Chapter four hundred and eighty third prepare for formation
Yeluhu put down the tea cup in his hand, looking a little embarrassed. He obviously understood the meaning of Liu Mingzhi's words.
If you disagree, you have to admire the Dragon Gate Formation, which can withstand an enemy of 70,000 and 400,000. In that case, why not let me appreciate the defense map of the capital of your Kingdom of Jin?
"Master Liu is joking. The city defense layout is a top priority. Without His Majesty's permission, how dare I leak it privately?"
"General Yelu, you were the one who made the joke to this envoy first. General Yelu did not dare to reveal the city defense layout plan without His Majesty the Golden Emperor's permission. How could I dare to reveal the layout of the Longmen Formation without His Majesty's permission?"
"This is my general's negligence. I offer tea instead of wine to Mr. Liu to apologize. Please forgive me."
Yeluhu drank all the tea in his hand, then took out the tea cup and gestured to Liu Mingzhi, which looked quite good.
The sincerity is open to question.
Liu Mingzhi also picked up the tea in front of him and drank it all: "General Yelu, Dalong has a sage saying, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. I hope the general can understand."
"Thank you for Master Liu's teachings. I will definitely read them carefully when I have free time. However, we must not be negligent when it comes to borrowing 70,000 troops to set up an array. These 70,000 are not a small number. They are 70,000 fresh troops."
How can Mr. Liu convince this general to borrow 70,000 troops? How can he convince me that Mr. Liu can defeat the enemy with 70,000 men against 400,000 men?"
Liu Mingzhi stared at Yeluhu carefully for a while, cursed an old fox in his mind, and secretly was still trying to find out what the Dragon Gate Formation was saying.
Although Liu Mingzhi planned to lay out the Dragon Gate Formation that was deduced and perfected by his junior brother Huyan Yunyao, he was absolutely unwilling to leak the formation map to an important official of the Jin Kingdom like Yeluhu.
Even if the formation is set up, the center of the formation is under his own command, and the five-element formation flag that controls the formation is left to Song Qing and his bodyguards.
All the Jin soldiers had to do was follow the changes in the formation flags to cover up the attacking enemy troops.
As for whether the appearance of setting up the formation will be seen or even remembered by the Jin people, Liu Mingzhi has never worried about these issues. If he could understand the Dragon Gate Formation just by seeing how to set it up, wouldn't everyone in the world be thousands of people?
Unparalleled genius.
Huyan Yunyao was able to evolve the Dragon Gate Formation not only because of Master Liu's formula, but also because of the combination of the formation diagrams drawn by Master Liu.
Huyan Yunyao was able to deduce the formation diagram of the Longmen Formation. Even so, it cannot be said that Huyan Yunyao is not a born handsome man.
Liu Mingzhi previously thought that the so-called battle formation was just something made up in storytelling.
Facts have proved that Liu Mingzhi was wrong. The stories passed down by ancestors orally must be based on evidence. As for the basis for this, it is unknown.
There are no formulas or diagrams for the Dragon Gate Formation with hundreds of variations, so trying to copy it is tantamount to wishful thinking.
Liu Mingzhi looked at Yeluhu's curious eyes, dipped his fingers in some tea and gently wrote out the starting formation diagram of the Dragon Gate Formation on the tea table.
"The Dragon Gate Formation contains the Nine Palaces and Bagua, the changes of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. It integrates offense and defense. It has five formation gates of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. They are all gates of life and there is no gate of death. However, as soon as the formation flag changes, the gate of life will immediately turn into the gate of death.
, divided into dragon head, dragon majesty, dragon belly, dragon claws, and dragon back, which coincide with the five elements formation flag."
Yeluhu stared at the starting formation diagram on the table: "Sir Liu, as you said, if the enemy attacks from the dragon's belly of the Tuzimen, they can rush out of the dragon's claws of the water gate in an instant."
"Really? The moment the enemy attacked the dragon's belly, the formation changed, the dragon's head flicked, the dragon's tail wrapped, and the dragon's claws closed. Let alone rush out of the formation, the enemy didn't even have room to resist.
, if you discipline him, he will never come back and the entire army will be wiped out."
Liu Mingzhi is not exaggerating. In the romances of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Xue Rengui relied on the Dragon Gate Formation to defeat many foreign countries. That is, as long as the formation is set up, he can eat as many enemies as he comes, and rarely loses.
"The five flags of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth complement each other. They look like gates of life, but in fact they are all gates of death. No matter where you attack, you will end up in a dead end. It's awesome."
"The Dragon Gate Formation is said to require 700,000 people to form the real Dragon Gate Formation. 70,000 people is just a simplified formation. It is said that there are 700,000 troops in the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and the Dragon Gate Formation is not needed.
Well, dealing with the rebels is just a piece of cake."
Yeluhu stared closely at the formation pattern on the table and wanted to engrave it in his mind. Upon seeing this, Liu Mingzhi laughed softly and did not stop him.
I faced one hundred and eight changes in the formation diagram deduced by my junior brother. I read through it silently in the middle of the night before I could understand the essence of the Dragon Gate Formation. To say that I understood it all is to lie.
Yeluhu just memorizing the starting formation diagram is of no use at all.
After a moment, Yeluhu stared at Liu Mingzhi cautiously: "Master Liu, according to what you said, the Dragon Gate Formation is indeed unparalleled in power, but have you ever thought about it. An army of 400,000 only needs to surround 70,000 people. No matter how powerful the formation is, it will be difficult to defeat them."
Resist?"
Liu Mingzhi put down the tea cup in his hand and nodded gently: "Yes, General Yelu, can you take a look at the map of the capital?"
Yeluhu pondered for a moment and waved to the soldiers, who immediately took out a map from his arms and placed it on the table.
Liu Mingzhi watched for a while and formed a circle towards the open space to the north and west of the city gate: "General Yelu, please look at the distance between the swamp and the city wall. After placing 70,000 people in the Dragon Gate Formation,
,How many people can the surrounding terrain accommodate?"
Yeluhu carefully recalled the terrain outside the city in his mind: "At most 120,000 people, dozens of miles of swamp land, if not careful, they will die without any body. Behind them, there is the north city wall and the west city gate wall to block the formation.
If we attack, we can only accommodate a maximum of 120,000 people, so"
Yeluhu suddenly looked at Liu Mingzhi who was smiling slightly in surprise: "You mean, of the 400,000-strong army, only a few hundred thousand people actually fought at hand-to-hand combat?"
"That's right, the person who built the capital is simply a genius. The dozens of miles of swamps serve as a natural barrier. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. It is simply impossible for an army of 400,000 to surround the Dragon Gate Formation in this area."
Yeluhu nodded dumbly: "No wonder you want to set up a formation here. You want to rely on the swamp to block the swarming offensive of the rebels. It is simply a strange plan."
Liu Mingzhi pointed to the two northwest corners of the city on the map: "When the rebels see us leaving the city to meet the enemy, they will definitely think that we will fight to the death. Nine times out of ten, the siege equipment will give up using it because it is too bulky and is not conducive to charging.
, the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers can deploy trebuchets and crossbows on both sides, and a large number of archers to harass the Chinese army who are unable to come forward and engage in close combat with the Dragon Gate Formation."
"Yes, the two city walls can look like horns, so that they cannot look at each other. But what if they cannot attack the formation for a long time and the rebels use the trebuchets and crossbows of the rear army to break the formation? They have a large number of siege forces.
Equipment."
Liu Mingzhi pointed to a piece of terrain with a slight smile: "We don't have to worry about siege equipment. There are ten thousand cavalry outside the city, and they are all riding high-quality Turkic horses. The terrain here has a slope. When they want to use the attack
When the city's equipment breaks the formation, due to the heavy weight of the equipment, two charges of 10,000 cavalry can cause them heavy losses."
"All linked together, both offensive and defensive."
"General Yelu, offense is the best defense. Instead of waiting for reinforcements, it is better to take the initiative and give the rebels a head-on attack."
"This general needs to discuss this with His Majesty and a group of colleagues."
"Please do it, but you only have half a day to discuss it."