Under the command of Cao Xueyang, the Longwu Army's formation has been divided into two formations: inner and outer.
The inner formation was commanded by Mrs. Yang Si to encircle and annihilate the heavy cavalry led by Zhu Shihong, while the outer formation was commanded by Cao Xueyang personally to resist the attack of King Zhao's army.
When the Longwu Army was newly established, its combat experience was naturally incomparable to those of soldiers like Zhao Wangjun who had experienced hundreds of battles.
But the training of the Longwu Army has only one direction, to build a stronghold and form a formation.
Build a stronghold and fight stupidly.
This is a classic tactic used by the late Qing Dynasty to shave their heads.
There may be doubts about his so-called three immortals, but there is no big problem with this tactic of holding a stronghold and fighting a dull war. It was indeed a feasible tactic at the time.
The so-called "strong stronghold" refers to the fact that Zeng Guofan and his Hunan army did not engage in head-to-head combat with the enemy, and did not take the initiative to launch attacks. Everywhere they went, they camped outside the city, dug trenches, and built high walls.
To put it bluntly, it means turning offense into defense, first making yourself invincible, and then slowly accumulating small advantages. Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and then victory is achieved.
This tactic is not advanced, even backward and rigid, but it is very useful in certain situations.
This tactic is a last resort choice on the premise that the quality, experience and mobility of the soldiers are insufficient. It allows these soldiers to exert their maximum combat power.
For example, now, Zhang Shimei was a little unbelievable when she looked at Long Wujun's strict formation.
The deputy general on the side looked at Zhang Shimei's frown and couldn't help but comforted him, "General, don't worry. General Zhu is extremely brave. Even if he is trapped in the enemy's formation, this group of new recruits from the Longwu Army will not be able to handle him. He will definitely be able to lead three thousand people."
The brothers from the battalion fought their way out of the siege."
Zhang Shimei's expression froze when he heard this, "I don't only care about Brother Shihong and the brothers from the Three Thousand Battalion..."
In fact, he didn't care about this at all just now, but now that the deputy general mentioned it, he suddenly felt that he was a bit unkind.
After all, Zhu Shihong is a brother who has been through life and death, but he doesn't even care about others...
"Then what are you still worried about, General?"
"When you look at the Longwu Army's formation, it's neat and uniform, with measured advances and retreats. It doesn't look like a new army that has just been trained."
The Longwu Army's formation seemed to be extremely skilled in the transition between attack and defense, and there was little jerkiness in the transition.
To be honest, even the current Zhao Wangjun is difficult to achieve this level. How can Zhang Shimei not be frightened.
Before raising troops, King Zhao's army had never regarded this newly formed Longwu army as an opponent.
In their eyes, they only have the Yulin Army and the Tiance Army, the two elites.
But now the performance of the Longwu Army makes Zhang Shimei doubt himself. Did he underestimate this kind of troops?! Or maybe this is actually a conspiracy of the Southern Army. In fact, the remaining elites of the Yulin Army have already been mixed into the Longwu Army.
, just wait for them to take the bait.
However, now that things have happened, there is no chance to retreat.
Zhang Shimei waved his command flag, and the army followed the command flag and moved forward.
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On the left wing of the Longwu Army was a formation called the Queyue Formation, which evolved from the Queyue Formation of Emperor Wu of the Liu Song Dynasty Liu Jinu. It was a formation specifically designed to deal with the charge of cavalry groups.
Hundreds of chariots were deployed in an arc-shaped "queue formation". The chariots were divided into two wings, and the square rails moved slowly. The chariots were all open, and the charioteers held the chariots and used light cavalry as wandering troops. The military orders were solemn and the troops were in order.
Although the cavalry of King Zhao's army was extremely powerful, their attack on the arc formed by Wugang's chariot was in vain. The rangers on the side would harass the cavalry of King Zhao's army from time to time.
Once the cavalry of King Zhao's army returns and wants to deal with these cavalry first, the rangers of Longwu's army will retreat into the formation.
This gave Zhao Wangjun the feeling of a fox picking off a hedgehog.
These rangers will never fight you head-on. They will just fire a hail of arrows and then retreat immediately. It is not a matter of letting King Zhao's army chase you, nor of not chasing you. This kind of discomfort is something ordinary people cannot understand.
But when King Zhao's army attacks Wugang's chariot formation again, these rangers will appear again and attack at their weak points.
Although the Longwu Army is a new army and is not good at cavalry combat, this does not mean that the Longwu Army does not have cavalry.
In fact, the cavalry of the Longwu Army are the real famous cavalry in the world. The cornerstone of Cao Xueyang's formation of the Longwu Army was the original Youlongqi under her command.
Wandering dragons are unparalleled, treading white and impermanent.
He is talking about the Youlongqi and Tabaiying of the Tiance Army at that time.
The reason why these two cavalrymen are famous all over the world is the shocking battle between Yang Qingyuan and Monk Wanyan Chen in this red leaf field that day.
The 7,000 Tabai camp and the 30,000 Dragon Cavalry defeated the 300,000 troops of Monk Wanyan Chen, the famous general of the Later Jin Dynasty, and became famous all over the world.
Afterwards, Tabaiying became the backbone of the new Royal Forest Army cavalry, and Youlongqi became the cornerstone of the new Longwu Army.
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"Li Dade, I will allocate you three thousand light cavalry to kill those flies and don't let them interfere with the consensus of our army." The general responsible for attacking the left wing of the Longwu Army couldn't bear it anymore, so he allocated three thousand troops to the deputy general.
Don't worry about anything, just nail these rangers for me.
At the same time, Song Yi, the general of Zuoying, ordered the infantry and cavalry to advance at the same time.
The light cavalry of King Zhao's army under Song Yi's command did not have the power to attack Wugang's chariot formation head-on like the heavy cavalry. They could only choose infantry to assist the cavalry in attacking.
The Longwu Army relied on Wu Gang's chariot formation and rained arrows continuously.
Compared with the general army, the proportion of crossbows issued by the Longwu Army is more than one level higher.
Under two rounds of arrow rain, Zhao Wangjun's shield hand felt that the big shield in his hand was extremely heavy.
Although the crossbow arrows could not completely penetrate the large shield, there was no problem in inserting it into it. After these two rounds of arrows rained down, the large shield had been shot into a hedgehog. Its weight had more than doubled, and of course it became extremely laborious to hold it.
On the contrary, on the Longwu Army's side, the constant rain of arrows made it difficult for the infantry of King Zhao's Army to move forward, and they were all suppressed 150 steps away.
Moreover, the infantry of King Zhao's army rarely had large shields, and mostly used flexible round shields and small shields.
When the battle with Hou Jin began, it was both offensive and defensive. As the combat power of King Zhao's army increased, King Zhao's troops became more sophisticated. King Zhao's army rarely had time to defend, and had always fought in the field with Hou Jin's cavalry.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Large shields are inconvenient to move and will greatly slow down the cavalry's marching speed, so King Zhao's army is rarely equipped with them.
Now the shortcomings were revealed. Zhao Wangjun did not expect that Longwu Army would have such a dense rain of arrows.
In just thirty breaths, the Long Wu Army's left wing fired no less than 50,000 feathered arrows, and more than 6,000 soldiers and horses lost their ability to fight under such a rain of arrows.
Seeing this level of casualties made Song Yi tremble inside.
It's not that he is soft-hearted, but he hasn't even met Long Wujun yet! How could the battle end like this?!
There are many powerful bows in King Zhao's army, but the range of their crossbows is obviously shorter than that of Longwu Army, and in front of Longwu Army there is a Queyue formation composed of Wugang chariots.
This has resulted in the current embarrassing situation.
The speed of the infantry was difficult to break through the arrow rain of the Longwu Army. The speed of the light cavalry was enough, but there was no way to get past the Wugang chariot formation.
This formation of Long Wujun seems to be very powerful, but it actually has two fatal flaws.
First, the formation is cumbersome. Once on open terrain, the light cavalry can easily bypass the Wugang chariot formation and attack from the rear.
Secondly, they are good at defense but poor at offense. Facing this turtle-iron barrel formation, the cavalry can simply bypass this formation without forcing an attack.
But now there is no way to use these two tactics.
Although Hongyeyuan is an open plain that can support large-scale corps operations, it is surrounded by mountains. The Longwu Army is now arrayed with its back against the mountains. The light cavalry of King Zhao's Army have no way of getting around to attack from behind.
Second, this decisive battle is what both sides want to see. Therefore, King Zhao's army must fight and cannot avoid fighting.
In this way, the two major weaknesses of the Longwu Army no longer exist.
There is no strongest formation in this world, only the most suitable formation. This style of play was also expected by Cao Xueyang.
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The situation on the right wing was exactly the same as that on the left wing. They attacked hard but were hit hard.
Zhang Shimei did not worry about occupying the two wings, but chose to attack from the front. Cao Xueyang, the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army, had been waiting here for a long time!
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In the inner formation of the Longwu Army, the battle between Zhu Shihong and Lady Yang was already in full swing.
Both of them are masters of the Dongxuan Realm. With the support of the military, even the Fa Tian Xiang Earth Realm has come, but now they can't get any benefits in the hands of the two of them!
Lady Yang Si was in the middle of the army formation and received stronger military blessings; Zhu Shihong was now trapped in a tight siege, and his connection with the main force of King Zhao's army had been cut off, and his blessings were constantly weakening.
Mrs. Yang's martial arts skills were originally superior to Zhu Shihong's, but her sharp spear pear blossom put Zhu Shihong at a disadvantage.
Zhu Shihong's Pear Blossom Mountain Axe is a powerful and heavy weapon. When used, this weapon is as powerful as breaking a mountain and can destroy mountains. However, it is good at attacking but poor at defending.
Mrs. Yang's guns were in full bloom like thousands of pear blossoms, forcing Zhu Shihong to resort to exchanging injuries for injuries and risking his life as a last resort.
If he were shot by Yang Si Niang, as long as it was not a vital wound, it would not have a fatal impact.
But if Mrs. Yang was hit by his axe, she would definitely lose her ability to fight.
Only in this way can Zhu Shihong reluctantly draw a tie with the Fourth Lady.
But as time goes by, the martial arts characteristics and weapon characteristics of both sides are still revealed.
Zhu Shihong's pear-shaped mountain-opening ax weighs more than 180 kilograms and is incredibly powerful, breaking mountains and cracking rocks.
It would be extremely difficult for an ordinary military commander to take an ax from him head-on.
Such a powerful weight and power also means a huge consumption of real energy and physical strength. Even Zhu Shihong felt a little tired after wielding the Pear Blossom Mountain Ax with high intensity for a long time.
While wielding, Zhu Shihong had to constantly change his moves to deal with Madame Yang's ever-changing spear techniques, which made the already huge consumption even higher. Cold sweat was already oozing out from Zhu Shihong's forehead, and between his arms
There was a slight sense of soreness and swelling.
It was very slight, but it made Zhu Shihong vigilant.
This is a manifestation of the high load on his body. In normal times, even if he spins the pear blossom mountain ax like flying, he will not feel any discomfort at all.
As soon as he thought of this, the ax in Zhu Shihong's hand suddenly became faster and three points stronger, and struck the fourth lady head-on.
The force of Zhu Shihong's ax can easily split a Wugang chariot in half, and even a huge rockery cannot withstand it.
With the famous gun in the palm of the fourth lady's hand and her martial arts skills, it would not be difficult to block this blow?
It’s just that the Fourth Lady didn’t choose to force the connection.
Zhu Shihong knew his own status, and the fourth lady, who was the attacker, could also roughly guess his status.
Zhu Shihong's physical energy and real energy consumption must be huge. As long as he continues to maintain the fighting rhythm just now, he can be defeated steadily, and there is no need to fight Zhu Shihong head-on.
Although the Fourth Lady is a master of the Dongxuan Realm, she is not a fierce martial artist. She will always choose the most advantageous way of fighting.
Facing this axe, the Fourth Lady flipped her horse's head and hid aside.
Although the ax blade stopped moving, the indestructible ax blade essence left a ravine on the ground that was more than seven feet long and two feet deep.
After the ax struck, Zhu Shihong immediately jumped out of the battle circle. He needed time to recover his true energy and physical strength.
The fourth lady looked at the traces left by the pear blossom mountain ax on the ground and was shocked. She didn't expect Zhu Shihong's ax to be so powerful.
However, when Zhu Shihong took the opportunity to recover his physical strength, the Fourth Lady did not interrupt.
Although the dilemma of physical strength and true energy will be alleviated to a certain extent, Zhu Shihong's mentality will also be affected.
Just when Zhu Shihong was recovering his true energy and physical strength, he took the opportunity to look around.
The battle with Lady Yang just now put so much pressure on him that he had no time to look around.
Looking now, Zhu Shihong realized that there were very few heavy cavalry under his command.
On the ground all around, the corpses of heavy cavalry soldiers lay scattered in various directions, and many war horses also fell to the ground and whined.
The hook-and-scythe gunners specialize in the four hoof joints of war horses. Most of these fine war horses are useless and will end up being nothing more than supplementary food for the officers and soldiers of the Longwu Army.
There were only about thirty heavy cavalrymen still resisting on the battlefield. They were forced to a place and surrounded by the hook and sickle gunmen. They were locked in a fight and it was only a matter of time before they were annihilated.
"General Zhu, all the soldiers and horses under your command have been strangled, do you want to continue?!" Mrs. Yang Si made a fool of herself and pointed her spear directly at Zhu Shihong.
When Zhu Shihong didn't answer, he clenched the pear blossom mountain ax in his hand.
"There is an old saying that goes well, those who know the current affairs are heroes. Good birds choose trees to roost, and good ministers choose masters to work. As a descendant of Taizu and the younger brother of Taizong, King Zhao did not think about repaying the country's favor.
On the contrary, it is a heinous crime to go against the grain and start plotting rebellion."
Although Mrs. Yang Si is a military commander, she is also educated, and she is also good at deceiving people.
"General Zhu is a good general of the country. He has made great contributions to the country by fighting against the Hou Jin Dynasty! Why should he associate with such rebellious people as King Zhao?! If General Zhu is willing to surrender, I am willing to recommend General Zhao to the governor."
Mrs. Yang's words made Zhu Shihong feel shaken. After all, no one wants to die.
But it was only for a moment.
"Thank you for your kindness, but a loyal minister has no regard for you. Although Zhu is not a righteous person, he is also a person who understands kindness. Your Majesty has been so kind to me, how can you betray the Lord?! General Yang doesn't need to say more
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After saying that, the Lihua mountain ax was slowly lifted up again, and the edge of the ax blade shone with a cold light under the sun...
