None of the Liangzhou generals expected that Xue Rengui would really trick a formation of ten thousand people. If it hadn't been for Li Shimin's reminder, they would have crashed into it, and the result would have been...
At the thought of this, all the generals in Liangzhou couldn't help but shudder.
They have suffered a big loss due to impulse once, and they cannot afford to suffer a second loss anyway, so some people have backed down.
"General, since this formation is difficult to break and the coalition reinforcements are about to arrive, our army might as well retreat to the pass for the time being to find another opportunity before destroying the coalition's catapults?"
Li Shimin glanced at the man indifferently and said calmly: "Our army is suddenly in trouble this time. If we can't destroy the coalition's catapult convoy, it will be even more impossible in the future.
Although this formation is difficult to break, as long as you understand its structure, it is not difficult to break it. Yuanba and Jia Fu went with me to observe the formation."
"promise."
"I know, second brother."
Li Yuanba and Lu Bu said at the same time, while Hou Yi on the other side said: "General, we must go quickly. The reinforcements from the coalition will not give us that much time."
Li Shimin nodded solemnly, and then said: "Hou Yi and Lu Bu, I now order you two to lead the troops and ride eight thousand, and go to set up defenses at the intersection three miles away. You must persist until our army successfully breaks the formation and destroys the catapult convoy.
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Lu Bu and Hou Yi looked at each other. Although they knew that this battle would be extremely difficult, they still clasped their fists and said solemnly: "No."
After the order was issued, Li Shimin led thousands of cavalry to observe the formation, and Lu Bu and Hou Yi also led the troops to set up defenses. Xue Rengui saw all this, but there was nothing he could do to stop it. After all, his biggest task now was to keep the army.
Stone-throwing convoy.
Seeing that Li Shimin did not break the formation immediately, Xue Rengui couldn't help but a flash of solemnity flashed in his eyes. If the Dragon Gate Formation of 70,000 people had been deployed, he would be absolutely sure that there would be no flaws. However, there were flaws in the Dragon Gate Formation of 10,000 people. There was no guarantee that Li Shimin would not discover it.
The flaw in it.
"Immediately send an order to all generals. Once the Liang army forcibly breaks the formation, if any one of them is unable to withstand it, the guards of the surrounding gates must immediately provide support." Xue Rengui ordered with a serious face.
The most important thing about the Longmen Formation is the whole. The presence or absence of the guards of each gate makes little difference, so Xue Rengui dared to let the guards of each gate go to support the other gates.
After all, Li Shimin is a veteran on the battlefield, and Xue Rengui cannot rely on the opponent to find any flaws in this battle. Therefore, preparing for the worst in advance will also be conducive to the subsequent response.
Li Shimin watched the formation very quickly. He led Li Yuanba and Jia Fu to the first gate first, then just looked at Zhao Yun in front of the formation, and then directly led the troops in a circle around the Longmen formation.
After punching around the corner, all the Liangzhou generals were still confused. Li Shimin seemed to have made a decision in his heart, but his expression became more solemn.
"I guess this Dragon Gate Array was born out of the Bagua Array. There are eight gates in the Bagua Array, but this Dragon Gate Array has two more gates. These two gates have given rise to infinite changes, but it is difficult to detect its secrets in a short period of time.
However, since it was born out of the Bagua Array, it must never deviate from its origins, and by following the traces of the Bagua Array, we will surely be able to find out the flaws of this array."
Li Shimin also knew that his time to break the formation was limited, so he stopped talking nonsense and immediately ordered: "Yin Kaishan, I now order you to lead three thousand troops and enter from the southeast. If you encounter resistance, rush forward, and if you are trapped, leave; Chai Shao
, I now order you to ride in from the northwest with three thousand men on foot. If you encounter resistance, move away, and if you are trapped, kill them.
If nothing else happens, you two will meet up in the Chinese army, and the formation of this formation will be in chaos at that time. At that time, we will launch a general attack from outside, and we should cooperate inside and outside to forcefully break this formation."
"No." The two generals shouted, and immediately led their troops to break the formation.
The Liang army entered the formation from the southeast and northwest. In the early stage, it was exactly as Li Shimin expected. Yin Kaishan and Chai Shao indeed disrupted the coalition's formation, but in the later period, the peace and development was far beyond Li Shimin's expectation.
outside.
In the center of the Longmen Formation, Xue Rengui saw that Li Shimin was breaking the Bagua Formation in the same way, and he finally let go of his worries.
When the two armies entering the battle were about to join forces, Xue Rengui immediately waved his command flag and shouted: "Change the formation."
In the Longmen Formation, Yin Kaishan and Chai Shao were only a few hundred meters apart. They could even see the joy on each other's faces, but the next moment the Longmen Formation changed in an instant.
In an instant, flying sand and rocks, roaring drums, and two teams of huge shield soldiers completely blocked the sight of the two armies.
Countless arrows rained down from the sky, countless spears were stabbed from both sides, and shrill screams rang out one after another.
When Yin Kaishan saw this, his complexion changed drastically. While he was leading the charge, he shouted: "Kill all the soldiers."
Yin Kaishan slashed wildly with the sword in his hand. Although he led his soldiers and horses to break through the shield soldiers, more than half of his soldiers and horses were already damaged.
Although the casualties of the troops were large, Yin Kaishan did not care. In his opinion, as long as the two armies successfully rounded off and broke the formation and destroyed the coalition slinging convoy, the casualties would be completely worth it. However, the next scene was
Yin Kaishan was stunned.
Although Yin Kaishan broke through the shield soldiers, there was no Chai Shao's team on the opposite side. There were only coalition forces blocking the enemy and strangulating troops, and the number of Liang troops in the formation was less than half of what it was when they entered the formation.
Bad news came one after another, and Yin Kaishan's forehead was also covered with Hanshui, but he had nothing to do about it. He guessed that the situation at Chai Shao's side was similar to his.
Yin Kaishan's guess was correct. They all lost their way in the Longmen Formation. If there was no external force to rescue them, they would definitely get lost in the formation until the whole army was completely annihilated.
On the high platform in the center of the Longmen Formation, Xue Rengui was overlooking the formation. He saw that the two armies entering the formation, as he expected, staggered when they were about to meet, and then lost their way and collided in the formation, thus being captured
The soldiers in the formation were separated and gradually strangled, and Xue Rengui couldn't help but a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"Li Shimin, if you want to rely on six thousand soldiers and horses, you just need to test the depth of my Longmen Formation. You made a mistake in this calculation."
Xue Rengui raised the corners of his mouth slightly and whispered to himself: "Although this Dragon Gate Formation can only be regarded as a small Dragon Gate Formation, it is not up to you to enter this formation. How should you deal with it next?"
Outside the Dragon Gate Formation, Li Shimin saw that the two armies not only missed the meeting, but were also clashing randomly within the Dragon Gate Formation, not realizing that they had lost their way.
"No, if this continues, I'm afraid these 6,000 soldiers and horses will have to be accounted for."
Li Shimin couldn't help but have a flash of panic in his eyes, and then said in a deep voice: "Yuanba..."