On the first day of June in the fifth year of Chongzhen, the sound of rumbling drums rang out in the vast Ansai Plain. The scorching sun shrouded the earth, the grass was full of green, and a black tide released endless murderous intent. Before long, the central part of the Ansai Plain was filled with people.
Tension.
The armies spread out one after another, covering the entire battlefield. From the front, it is impossible to get an overview of the whole situation. But if you look at it from a high point, you can see a shocking scene from a distance. There are nearly 30,000 people.
The officers and soldiers were spread out, with two circular formations running in different directions in the middle, and eight rectangular formations surrounding the middle and projecting in all directions. Heaven and earth, wind and thunder, water, volcanoes and swamps, tens of thousands of people formed a huge Tai Chi Bagua. Of course, the rogue bandits
They cannot see this, and even if they see it, they cannot understand it. In their thinking, they have no impression of the Bagua Array.
The roving bandits also did not hesitate. Two armies came overwhelmingly from the east and west sides. The Tai Chi Bagua formation was too big, and the eight directions formation blocked it. The roving bandits could not see the whole picture clearly. From the outside, it seemed that the east and west sides were facing three rectangles.
The formation was only held in a very strange position. Liu Wenxiu frowned. He looked at it for a long time and couldn't understand. The battle was mainly concentrated on the east and west sides. Why was the rectangular formation formed by the officers and soldiers facing the northeast?
Similarly, Zhang Cunmeng also felt a bit strange. It was not that he had never seen a rectangular array before. Even the Double Dragon Water Formation was familiar to him, but the rectangular array in front of him was full of weirdness. However, Zhang Cunmeng did not wait too long. No matter what, there was always something to do.
Fighting, at this point, it is impossible not to fight. Other officers and soldiers can drag it, but I can't drag it at all. The tens of thousands of officers and soldiers near Yichuan are not vegetarians.
The horn sounded, and the first wave of attacks was naturally carried out by his vanguard army. This cannon fodder army was duty-bound to undertake the task of testing. Zhang Cunmeng did not think about the effect of the first wave of offensive. He just wanted to find out through the vanguard army.
The secret of the opponent's formation.
There were a total of 10,000 vanguard cannon fodder. They were armed with various weapons and rushed toward the rectangular formation anxiously. They were treated very poorly. Not only did they lack weapons, they even had very few shields for single use. Most of them had experienced Baishan Village.
During the battle, I was deeply impressed by the rain of bullets from the officers and soldiers, so I rushed forward cautiously and spread out my formation, fearing that I would be hit by a hail of bullets. But this time, the rain of bullets did not fall. Tie Mo was in the middle.
In the Snake Formation, naturally the situation outside could not be seen, but the scouts kept bringing news, "Supervisor, the bandits have sent out cannon fodder troops, and are now approaching the two rectangular formations of Fenglei."
"Order all ministries to accumulate ammunition. Don't waste it until it is necessary." Tie Mo is not a fool. The bandits sent out the cannon fodder, which was obviously a test, and at the same time they wanted the cannon fodder to consume their own arrows. The battle of Baishan Village was so miserable.
Just because of this loss, the military order was issued, and on the periphery, the vanguard cannon fodder troops had also contacted the Bagua array, and they aimed their attacks at the wind array and thunder array on the periphery.
The eight-sided rectangular formation was all protected by thick shields. It was wishful thinking for the tattered equipment of the vanguard to break through the outer shield formation. However, what surprised the cannon fodder troops was that the rectangular formation did not take the initiative to attack, but acted like a spinning top.
Moving slowly clockwise, many bandits rushed forward, their shields exposed the gaps, and they stabbed with their spears, breaking the opponent's offensive.
Some rogue bandits have a unique vision, and the eight-sided rectangular array is placed very wide, so there is a wide open space between each two rectangular arrays. The innermost distance is four to five feet, and the outermost distance reaches tens to hundreds of feet. Such a wide corridor,
It was almost undefended. A leader of the cannon fodder army roared and led the people to rush in along the open space. They were not really fools. According to common sense, the more central the area, the more important it was. The rectangular array did not take the initiative to move forward.
, everyone saw that they could not break through the shield protection, but suffered heavy casualties. No one took the initiative to attack the rectangular formation. Everyone let out a whoop and rushed in along the open space. The shouts kept coming one after another. They were extremely excited.
It's like seeing victory.
Tens of thousands of cannon fodder, too many people, they did not gather in the same open space, but rushed in along the three aisles. At this time, the surrounding rectangular array still ignored it and just moved slowly clockwise according to the predetermined steps.
, as long as those rogue bandits do not take the initiative to attack, they will not rush out.
These poor people who were thrown on the battlefield were so happy that they had already rushed for a certain distance without encountering any obstacles. They could rush forward a hundred feet and reach the middle. But at this time, a sudden change occurred. Only
Seeing the blue flag waving at the long snake formation in the middle, four drums sounded, accompanied by blue arrows. The rectangular formation that was originally moving slowly clockwise suddenly accelerated. They all faced their right side, heavy and steady.
He stepped forward slowly, shouted loudly, the gaps in the shield were exposed, and countless spears were thrust out, like iron thorns inlaid on a huge steel plate, "嚯...嚯...嚯", the invisible pressure came overwhelmingly.
, finally, many bandits were directly crushed by the hedgehog-like rectangular array.
At this time, the bandits who rushed in finally felt the danger. The more they rushed in, the smaller the space became. At this time, the rectangular array sped up and rotated, and they were strangled together in an instant. There were many spears, shields for protection, and pop-pop sounds continued to sound.
A rogue bandit lay on the ground wailing, and was instantly overwhelmed by the rectangular formation that came after him.
The ferocity of the bandits was stimulated. They tried every means to break through the shield protection, and even rushed to the innermost side, but the effect was very little. As the leader of the cannon fodder army, Wu Dansong always had some sharp eyesight. After paying a heavy price,
, he found that the rectangular array only moved in one direction, and all attacks came from the left direction. The rectangular array on the right direction was ignored at all. After discovering this, Wu Dansong shouted loudly, "Attack the rectangular array on the right side, quickly.
Point, rush in and disrupt the formation of the officers and soldiers."
The cannon fodder soldiers were quite obedient. Some burly and strong men obeyed the orders and led the men to attack the rectangular array on the right with a roar. However, before they could rush over, the shields of the rectangular array on the right suddenly dispersed, and there was a hissing sound.
The brilliant cavalry rushed out of the formation. Before the bandits could reach their eyes, they were killed by the galloping silver-armored cavalry. This was not the end of the story. The cavalry came out of the wind formation and continued to kill all the way.
, rushed towards the thunder formation, and at this time, the thunder formation crushed by the rectangular spear array also changed.
The spear was retracted, the shield was separated, and another silver-armored cavalry rushed out. In an instant, the rogues were caught in the impact of the cavalry on both sides.
However, they attacked quickly and violently, but they were not willing to fight. In a blink of an eye, they cut through the bloody path. The wind formation cavalry entered the thunder formation, and the thunder formation cavalry entered the wind formation. In the blink of an eye, the shield array closed again, and the spears thrust out, and resumed the original crushing force.
At this moment, the rogue bandits collapsed. Each rectangular array moved clockwise. If viewed from a high altitude, these rectangular arrays were like a huge wooden stick. People in the open space were crushed to death like ants. The wind array and
This was true between the Thunder Formation, and the same was true between the Sky Formation and the Wind Formation. It was only then that the Bagua Formation truly showed its majesty. Tens of thousands of cannon fodder troops had no power to resist under this ruthless formation.
Smoke and dust billowed with murderous intent. An hour later, peace was restored between heaven and earth, and the Bagua array was stopped again. The dust dispersed, and the vision was still blurry under the scorching sun. The vast land was covered with corpses. In less than an hour,
The cannon fodder army responsible for the first wave of exploratory attacks was almost wiped out, and less than half of those who escaped returned. Wang Zhangcunmeng stared blankly at the scene in front of him. He did not expect that this seemingly ordinary rectangular formation could actually have
So powerful.
It’s not that Zhang Cunmeng doesn’t understand formations, it’s just that he rarely comes into contact with such weird formations. From a distance, it looks like a circle is spinning. It seems very cumbersome and ridiculous, but it is very lethal. Speaking carefully, this kind of formation is
The formation is really bulky and has full defensive power, but its ability to actively attack is not strong, because once it takes the initiative to attack, it will inevitably destroy the stability of the eight-directional formation.
However, Zhang Cunmeng had no choice but to attack. Fortunately, he sent out cannon fodder troops to conduct a tentative attack. If the army pressed forward as soon as possible, there would be no place to cry now. "Inform Liu Wenxiu and ask his troops to cooperate with the attack, but the strength of the troops
Don’t scatter, don’t rush in, concentrate your forces and attack from the outside bit by bit.”
Zhang Cunmeng thought of the battle in Baishan Village. The officers and soldiers also used a similar circular formation. The method of breaking the formation must be the same. The order was issued, and just half an hour later, the bandits began the first wave of attacks. Tie Mo understood that this attack
At this time, the real beginning. The elite soldiers and horses of the rogue bandits cooperated with the cannon fodder troops. Many people in the formation carried the ramming logs. Zhang Cunmeng's intention was obvious, which was to repeat his old tricks, use the ramming logs to break the formation, and defeat the rectangular formation one by one. At the same time,
, Liu Wenxiu also followed Wang Ziyong's instructions to attack from the east.
To the west, Zhang Cunmeng's side aimed at the wind formation in the front, while Liu Wenxiu's troops and horses aimed at the Ze formation. The troops on both sides did not spread too far, but concentrated their forces to attack a rectangular formation. In the wind formation,
Li Yuanqing had already seen everything in the distance. At this time, the Bagua array began to rotate again. Li Yuanqing responded calmly, "Musketeers, prepare, shoot."
A rain of bullets suddenly struck, like tiny sparks, covering the crowd. The charging bandits were not well prepared, and many people were killed. The worst of all were those carrying the ramming logs. They moved slowly and were simply living targets.
Forget it, some rockets were released from the array, which successfully ignited the dry ramming wood, and instantly caught fire.
A leader rushed up and looked at the wall of wood that was covered in flames. His head was as big as a bucket. Covered by fire for a while, the rogues were in chaos, but the offensive did not stop. The order they received was to attack the wind array and concentrate their forces to defeat them.
This rectangular array. After paying a heavy price, they finally rushed over. Dozens of gangsters carried city walls to hit the rectangular array. However, the Bagua array was different from the usual circular array. Each rectangular array was moving. The wind array
The shield will not wait for the wall to hit.
As a result, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. Several ramming logs chased the wind shield, and the peasant army soldiers behind them also followed closely. Others could not feel it, but those peasant army soldiers carrying the ramming logs could
It was miserable. After a while, everyone was exhausted and wheezing, "Boss, this is wrong. If we keep fighting like this, we will never be able to break the opponent's shield array for the rest of our lives."
In fact, no one needs to remind you. Many leaders have already discovered the problem. This is not an ordinary circular formation at all. The officers and soldiers will not wait stupidly for you to hit them. Before, they were chasing after you to break the formation. Now they have calmed down a little and carefully.
After observing for a while, my heart sank to the bottom. In order to break this rectangular formation, I actually pursued it from due west to due south. The entire attack formation also became messy. Just kidding, in this case, the attack was really like a snake.
Isn’t this asking for death?
Sure enough, before these leaders could make arrangements, there was a sound of arrows. The wind formation that had been being pursued did not change, but the sky formation and the ground formation suddenly dispersed. Two groups of silver armored cavalry rushed out and charged at the belly of the long snake.
After a burst of killing, the peasant army could not react. The cavalry attack was fierce and hurried. Although the lethality was not terrifying, the attack divided the long snake into several sections and completely fell into chaos. At this time, the peasants
Some of the soldiers wanted to continue the pursuit, some wanted to retreat, and some simply panicked and fell into the air between the two rectangular formations.
Those bandits caught between the formations disappeared in an instant. The Bagua array did not stop operating and continued to move. At this time, the leaders would not be stupid enough to continue carrying the wall against the wall.
Unable to accept it, the city wall was abandoned. Under the orders of several leaders, the bandits finally calmed down. In this way, after paying a heavy price, the bandits who originally pursued Feng Zhen actually circled from the ground to the east and met Liu Wenxiu.
The soldiers and horses gathered together. Zhang Cunmeng did not get any benefits, and Liu Wenxiu was not much better. However, he reacted quickly and decisively gave up the pursuit after the effect was not obvious. Otherwise, Kong Jing would also suffer.
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Leader Lin Tu led the remaining soldiers to retreat to Liu Wenxiu's headquarters. After the previous battle, Lin Tu's mental state was a little bad. He swallowed his saliva and his lips were dry. "Leader Liu, Zhang Cunmeng's method is not working. We
The people have been chasing from the west, with little effect, and I have suffered heavy casualties. If I hadn't reacted quickly enough, I'm afraid they would all have been trapped."
"Yes, the formation of the officers and soldiers is really mysterious. To be honest, the threat is not great. As long as we don't take the initiative to attack, the other side can't do anything to us. However, in this situation, it is impossible not to fight." Liu Wenxiu can also be regarded as a member of the rebel army.
There are few people who understand the art of war. He also saw that the defensive force of the large formation in front of him was excellent, but there was nothing he could do about it. This was an out-and-out conspiracy, setting up an iron barrel formation for you to fight, knowing that in front of you was a