Chen Qingzhi was a little puzzled, but soon, the situation in the battle ahead changed.
Liu Shenyan did as Xue Rengui said, using his spearmen to withstand the attack of the Chu cavalry, and the cavalry quickly circled the flank of the Chu army.
Although the spearmen suffered heavy losses in the face of the high-speed charge of the cavalry, the Ming cavalry troops also quickly attacked both sides of the Chu army formation.
A large number of Chu soldiers died tragically under the swords and guns of the Ming cavalry.
"Okay!" The third prince looked excited and raised his clenched fists.
The generals also breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now they were worried that Liu Shenyan would be defeated by Da Chu in the first match.
"Your Highness, we may have been fooled by Li Fengxian. The man in the wheelchair is Xu Gongmao of the Great Chu." Only a general recognized Xu Gongmao's identity.
The third prince's face froze, and his eyes immediately looked at Xu Gongmao next to Li Fengxian.
"Is he Xu Gongmao?" The third prince showed an angry look on his face, but then quickly calmed down: "So what if he is Xu Gongmao? You have seen Liu Shenyan's ability. Even if Xu Gongmao is here, can he defeat Liu Shenyan's square formation?
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"That's what His Highness said."
"Your Highness is wise!"
The generals all flattered the third prince.
The third prince's mood improved. Liu Shenyan did not lose at the hands of Xu Gongmao. On the contrary, the Chu soldiers suffered heavy casualties on both sides.
After a while, Da Chu's 20,000 troops may be wiped out.
Li Fengxian looked at the battlefield ahead, with a gloomy expression on his face: "Mr. Xu, this can't go on, we're going to lose."
"Don't worry, General God. I will let them die without a burial place." Xu Gongmao smiled faintly.
"The order is given, the infantry retreats fifty steps, and the cavalry, led by General Yan Chou, attacks quickly from left to right, looking for weaknesses in the enemy's force."
"Find a flaw, attack immediately, rush in from the flank, cut into the enemy's formation, and disperse the enemy's troops." Xu Gongmao issued the order.
The messenger waved the flag again.
Li Fengxian was a little puzzled. He seemed to have never heard of such an attack method.
"Mr. Xu, what you just said..."
"This is the Che Xuan Formation created by me." Xu Gongmao stroked his long beard with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Xu created it himself!" A trace of surprise flashed in Li Fengxian's eyes.
"The so-called chariot formation is to use the high speed of the cavalry to roll up the cavalry like a wheel, ready to go."
"When the general finds a weak point in the enemy's formation, the chariot will be deployed, and he will break in from the flank of the weak point, cutting into the enemy formation like a round knife, and launch a steady stream of cavalry attacks until the enemy collapses," Xu Gongmao explained with a smile.
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Li Fengxian saw with his own eyes that Yan Chou and other cavalrymen, who were originally unable to advance even an inch, only circled outside the square formation of the Ming Dynasty frontier army for a while, and then went straight to its weak point.
The Ming border troops wanted to support, but there was no cavalry speed.
Before support arrived, a huge gap was opened.
The supporting soldiers panicked and tried to return to their positions, but were overtaken by the high speed of the cavalry.
The Ming cavalry team wanted to support, but now they were blocked by their chaotic comrades.
"Your Highness!" The faces of the generals beside the third prince changed.
The third prince was also frightened at this moment.
It only took a few dozen breaths, how could the form be reversed in an instant?
The originally well-defended square formation was now like a sieve, leaking everywhere.
"Your Highness, if you don't raise the gold, General Liu will die at the hands of the cavalry on the opposite side." The general advised anxiously.
The third prince looked at Liu Shenyan who had begun to flee in the distance, feeling extremely reluctant, but at this moment he could only give the order to withdraw his troops.
"Ming Jin!" the third prince shouted through gritted teeth.
"Dang-dang-dang--" a rapid golden sound sounded.
Yan Chou, a general of Chu, chopped the head of a Ming border general with an axe, and glanced coldly at the corpses of Ming border soldiers around him.
In the distance, Dachu messengers waved flags, signaling Yan Chou to lead his army back.
"Win!"
"Win!"
"Win!"
Three powerful cheers sounded among the Chu army.
Liu Shenyan returned to the third prince with his remaining soldiers and generals.
The third prince's eyes were full of gloom. Liu Shenyan lost, even in the first competition!
The third prince looked back at the frontier soldiers behind him and saw that they all looked sad and dejected, with no morale at all.
Looking at the battlefield ahead, there is already a river of blood and piles of corpses.
At a glance, 70% of them were the corpses of his Ming frontier soldiers.
"Your Highness, the final attack formation used by Da Chu has never been seen by the general before."
"This is a huge defeat, and the general will not be able to escape the blame." Liu Shenyan knelt on the ground, and he saw Xu Gongmao opposite him smiling at him.
"Liu Shenyan, I heard that you are the number one military formation master of the Ming Dynasty, as famous as Huo Qubing back then. How great do I think you are? It's a pity that I am disappointed." Xu Gongmao's voice came from far away.
It was more like a loud slap on Liu Shenyan's face.
Liu Shenyan's eyes were red, but he did not dare to respond.
The third prince was trembling with anger.
He originally wanted to win against Li Fengxian through a military battle and enhance his prestige among the Ming Dynasty's frontier army.
From now on, whether he is commanding the Ming Dynasty's border troops or dealing with Chen Changfeng, the three princes will be able to do it with ease.
Unexpectedly, I lost the first game!
With the bastard Xu Gongmao here, is it necessary to conduct the next military formation competition?
Isn't this a losing battle?
But will Li Fengxian agree?
With the current morale of the Ming Dynasty's border troops, if Li Fengxian led his army to attack directly, how could he withstand it?
"Chen Wu, in the second game we will defend in Dachu, and you will attack."
"If you don't dare to come, then forget about it and directly lead the attack!" Li Fengxian's voice came from afar.
The sound alone made the third prince feel deeply frightened.
All this was completely different from what he had thought before.
Xu Gongmao is here, who dares to lead the troops to attack?
What is the difference between this and seeking death?
"Your Highness, the general will attack!" Liu Shenyan said resolutely after a moment of silence.
"Is it useful for you to go?" The third prince looked coldly, and suddenly his eyes fell on Chen Changfeng not far away.
"Go and invite the prince here." The third prince looked at the general next to him.
The general was stunned for a moment, then realized what the third prince meant.
"Your Highness, the third prince, please come over." The general came to Chen Changfeng, who was still explaining to Chen Qingzhi and Xue Rengui the formation that Xu Gongmao used last time.
"The prince has something to do and doesn't have time to go there." Chen Qingzhi was keenly aware that the third prince asked Chen Changfeng to come over. He must not have held it in well and he treated it as a refusal.
"But..." The general didn't know what to do.
"Let him come over in person and invite me over." Chen Changfeng said expressionlessly.
The general was stunned for a moment, then turned and left.
"The third prince invites your highness. He must want your highness to go and break the Chu army formation. Your highness must not agree." Seeing Chen Changfeng asking the third prince to come in person, Chen Qingzhi immediately reminded Chen Changfeng.
"Xue Rengui is willing to lead the army if we charge into battle." Xue Rengui suddenly spoke from the side.
Chen Changfeng looked at Xue Rengui and saw a look of longing on his face.
Chen Changfeng didn't say anything, he just smiled.
The third prince came quickly, with a face full of reluctance, but when he met Chen Changfeng, a smile appeared on his face: "Sixth brother, I didn't expect Xu Gongmao, the formation master of Da Chu, to come to the battlefield.
Our army suffered a disastrous defeat in the first battle."
"Sixth brother is very quick in thinking, can you dare to go into battle in the second game?"
"Don't dare!" Chen Changfeng's two-word reply almost choked the third prince to death.