After receiving Dorgun's reply, Zhu Cihong asked Huang Degong's right army to be responsible for setting up the formation, and only selected one battalion from the Chinese army to supplement the right army.
Following Huang Degong's order, 60,000 people quickly gathered together and formed a square. With the flag waved, they split into nine square formations, and then the nine square formations split into eighty-one square formations.
A smaller square array.
All of this was completed in just half a quarter of an hour. It can be seen that all the troops in the Ming army are already very familiar with this so-called Nine Palace Formation.
Although they were just simply closing and dividing, Duo Ergun and Hong Chengchou were even more worried when they saw that the Ming army had completed their formation in such a short period of time.
Especially Duo Ergun, who grew up reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, looked at the neat Nine Palace Formation of the Ming Army in the distance, and the more he looked at it, the more unfathomable it became, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it must contain huge murderous intentions and secrets.
"Sir, this Nine Palaces Formation is nine. Is it more powerful than Zhuge Liang's Bagua Formation?"
Dorgon looked at it for a long time, but couldn't figure out the reason, so he had to carefully ask Hong Chengchou on the side for advice.
Hong Chengchou's face also twitched. This formation had been lost long ago, and he actually didn't understand it either.
But he was certain that since ancient times, no commander in the history of China had dared to divide an army of 60,000 into 81 pieces to fight against the enemy.
Because this is simply impossible to command. Even if the commander is a military genius, if he can command it, there will be chaos among the various square formations.
Battlefield command is all about being able to command like an arm. A general army can be divided into at most five pieces on the battlefield, and even if there are well-trained troops, it will not exceed ten pieces.
So looking at the eighty-one small phalanxes of the Ming army at this moment, I really can't figure out whether the Ming army is ignorant or can really command these eighty phalanxes.
If these eighty-one square formations could be effectively commanded to cooperate with each other, no matter what formation they were, the power they would unleash would be unimaginable.
"Your Majesty, this so-called Nine Palace Formation, as the name suggests, naturally arranges troops in the order of the Nine Palaces..."
Hong Chengchou did not say what the Nine Palaces Formation was like, but explained to him the general principles of the Nine Palaces Grid.
Duo Ergun was confused after what he heard, and his head became even more confused. Although he couldn't figure out the so-called Nine Palaces Formation, since he had agreed to break the formation, he had to send someone to try it anyway.
So under the repeated urging of the Ming army envoys, Dorgun looked at a Mobei Mongolian leader next to him and said: "Chief Ubato, you will lead your warriors to break the formation. I will lead the army to break the formation."
You hold the line!"
"This...respected regent, my Ubatto tribe only has 2,000 warriors, and the Ming army has 60,000. How can we break the formation?"
The patriarch of the Ubato tribe was an old man in his forties. Hearing this, he said with some anxiety, obviously not wanting to go.
"Just go ahead. The formations of the Ming army are so scattered and there are big gaps between them. After you lead the cavalry and charge in, just fire arrows and don't stop."
Dorgon waved his hand and said in a stern tone.
Duo Ergun was very curious about this so-called Nine Palace Formation. If he didn't test it out to see how powerful it was, he would probably not be able to sleep tonight. Even if most of the two thousand horses were lost, it would be the only option.
Ubato had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead two thousand warriors to break the formation. However, Zhu Cihong and Huang Degong in the distance saw that Jiannu only sent two thousand cavalry to break the formation, and they both yelled angrily.
Fortunately, idle time is idle, so just treat it as daily training.
Ubato and two thousand warriors galloped anxiously around the outside of the Nine Palaces Formation. They turned around two or three times and did not dare to rush in. It was not until Dorgon sent a strict order that he gritted his teeth, pulled out his scimitar and shouted: "
Warriors, follow me and don’t stop!”
"kill!"
Immediately, like a torrent, two thousand horsemen rushed towards the gap between the two square formations of the Ming army.
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
Huang Degong, who was in command on the high platform in the center of the phalanx, was very excited when he saw that the opponent had finally rushed in, and immediately issued the order to meet the enemy.
"kill!"
In an instant, the war drums were hammered with a bang, and the 60,000 troops shouted in unison. All the spearmen and pikemen lowered their standing spears and spears, and the archers also put their arrows on them.
On the string, Huo Tongbing was ready to go.
The gap of two hundred steps was enough for two thousand cavalry to gallop through quickly. Ubatto also rushed in quickly, and then rushed out from the other end to break the formation.
But after the cavalry rushed in along the gap, they were attacked by a wave of arrows from the two phalanxes. Wherever they passed, there were arrows and fire cannons on both sides. In the end, they only rushed halfway, and two thousand cavalry arrived.
Most of it fell.
The remaining half were about to rush out, but the twenty-four small square formations on the outermost edge had been displaced, blocking all the ways out of the formation.
Fortunately, the Ming army finally stopped firing arrows at this time. Ubato did not dare to directly hit the gleaming forest of spears, so he had to slow down and run towards the gap on the left with more than a thousand cavalry.
Huang Degong on the stage saw a thousand cavalrymen locked up in the formation, scurrying around along the gaps like headless flies, but couldn't find a way out, and he couldn't help but smile.
I decided to take this opportunity to practice the Nine Palace Formation. After all, the opportunity was rare. I was afraid that no one would be stupid enough to break the formation and die after this time, so I ordered to stop firing arrows.
As the command flag on the high platform in the center waved, the nine small phalanxes in the middle began to close together and form a group, while the 24 small phalanxes on the outermost edge began to advance along the gaps.
At this time, Ubatto was already sweating profusely. As there were fewer and fewer warriors around him, the gaps became narrower and narrower, and there were fewer and fewer ways out. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Zhu Cixiang's eyes widened in the distance. He originally thought that the so-called Nine Palaces Formation was just a show, a joke made by the Red Lady, because he didn't believe it at all.
But now I look at the eighty small phalanx, which is so powerful just by simply shifting, and my jaw dropped. If this is coupled with a long halberd and a long shield, it will be really invulnerable.
After struggling for half an hour, Ubato finally had only two hundred riders left. There was really no way out and they were surrounded in a small space, so they surrendered and ended the battle.
The entire Nine Palaces Formation does not seem to have changed much.
Duo Ergun and Hong Chengchou, who were watching the battle from a distance, were silent. They were both frightened by the huge power of the Nine Palaces Formation. They knew that the reason Ubato could persist for so long was not that the Nine Palaces Formation was not good, but that the opponent was trying to take advantage of them.
Try the formation, otherwise I'm afraid the whole army will be wiped out as soon as you enter.
"This Nine Palace Formation is really unpredictable and breathtaking. Today is really an eye-opener!"
Dorgun sighed sincerely.
"Your Majesty, this Nine Palaces Formation is indeed quite impressive. I'm afraid it's more difficult to break than Zhuge Kongming's Bagua Formation. It's better to withdraw our troops first and fight again tomorrow!"
He didn't believe in formations before, but after seeing the Ming Army's Nine Palaces Formation today, he now has a clear understanding of Zhuge Liang's Bagua Formation.