Gao Pragmatic, who was commanding cavalry for the first time, set a record for himself: he drew his sword and charged for the first time on the battlefield.
Although he has five hundred elite cavalrymen by his side, and the sword in his hand, which is said to be able to cut iron like clay, probably will not have a real chance of seeing blood, but as a literary commander, no matter what, this time
He really galloped forward with his sword drawn.
Gao pragmatically decided to charge at this moment, which was essentially a gamble. This could be considered the first time in his ten-year military command career, which proved that Burihatu was actually his number one military commander so far.
Enemy.
But what Gao Pragmatic didn't know was that Buri Hatu was actually extremely nervous at this moment. If Gao Pragmatic's chance of winning on this bet was 70%, then in his own opinion, Buri Hatu's chance of winning was only 30%.
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He dares to gamble his life even if he has a 30% chance of winning. This does not mean that Burihatu has a strong gambler's characteristics. In fact, he just can't find a way to get a bigger chance of winning - at this moment, the overall strength of Ming Dynasty is too high.
You are so strong, you are lucky to be able to find a battle with a 30% chance of winning. If you don't take a gamble now, you may not even be qualified to be on the gambling table in the future.
Burihatu was nervous not only because his chances of winning were not big enough, but also because his arrangements were more complicated than those of the Ming army.
In fact, tactics have never been more complicated and powerful. On the contrary, the more complicated the tactics, the easier it is to make mistakes. Han Xin dared to say that the more troops he used, the better. That was truly extraordinary self-confidence, and it was a confidence in himself from the macro to the micro level.
The commander has god-like self-confidence, which is by no means something ordinary generals can possess.
Many movies and TV dramas make Zhuge Liang's Eight Formations look like the Eight Diagrams Formation. They put a pile of rocks to prevent the enemy's mighty army from getting out. In fact, it is just a typical ignoramus. In fact, the military formation is not that mysterious at all.
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The origin of military formations in China is very early. In "Historical Records: Zhou Benji", it is written that King Wu defeated Zhou. In it, the King of Zhou said: "Today's matter is only six steps and seven steps, and it will stop at the end of the line. I encourage you! It doesn't take more than four steps."
Five cuts, six cuts and seven cuts will stop Qi Yan. Sir, thank you! Master Huanhuan is like a tiger and a scab, like a jackal and he is like a liar. In the suburbs of Shang Dynasty, you do not want to conquer the country and serve the western land. Sir, you are not allowed to do that.
Mian, it will kill you."
This passage is actually talking about the "military formation" at that time, but the so-called military formation at that time... was really crude, because what King Wu meant was this:
You must stop and form a team every six or seven steps forward. You must not run around. You must also have a rhythm every time you attack someone. If I say one chop, you cannot chop them twice. Follow my orders and chop them six or seven times.
, and it’s almost done. Note, I will never allow you to continue chopping when I say stop, otherwise I will chop off your ass.
Look, this is the earliest military formation. If you put this level in modern society, I am afraid that a group of first-year high school students who have just gone through a week of military training will not be able to defeat it. However, this is really a military formation.
From then on, until the early Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, battles were fought in a simple three-way formation of left, center, and right, with a total of three square formations, with almost no exceptions. The first person to break this rigid fighting style was Zheng Zhuanggong.
A formation of fish and beauty came out.
To put it simply, the Yuli Formation is an inverted formation, with the left and right formations in front, and the center army at the back - all subsequent changes in formations came from this. The advantage of the Yuli Formation is that the military formation has never changed.
Now that we have an in-depth explanation, we no longer have to draw A all the way, we can only play in waves... But I won’t go into details here to avoid going off topic.
Here is a brief introduction to the so-called "Eight Formations" in the Eight Formations Diagram. The origin of "Eight Formations", judging from the information available in later generations, most likely comes from "Sun Bin's Art of War". This military book is very powerful, and there are two articles in it.
Mainly talking about formations, one article is called "Eight Formations" and the other is called "Ten Formations".
However, the two articles "Eight Formations" and "Ten Formations" do not mean that Sun Bin came up with eighteen kinds of formations. The "eight" in "Eight Formations" here is not a quantifier and should be regarded as a noun; the "eight" in "Ten Formations"
"Ten" is the quantifier. Regarding this, "Tang Li Wen Dui" explained that "eight formations" actually means "eight bodies in one formation".
This "eight formations" formation originated from the Jingtian system in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The "eight formations" actually follow the shape of the word "well" and place nine square formations in the space drawn two horizontally and two vertically. This is the eight formations.
.As the saying goes, "A well is divided into four lanes, and eight houses are located in it. Its shape is a well, and its square shape is nine."
He also said: "There are nine formations, and if there is zero in the center, the general will hold it. There are four heads and eight tails, with the first one at the point of contact. If the enemy rushes into it, both ends will be saved."
So don’t ask why the nine square formations are called the eight formations. That’s because the middle square formation is where the coach is located. Usually, it is mainly responsible for centering and dispatching, and is not directly charged into battle.
This square formation is roughly a "three-three-three", adapted from later football formations. However, because it is a tic-tac-toe grid, there is a saying that "the four sides are straight and the four corners are odd". This means that the main general is where the square is.
The square array is the center, its front, rear, left, and right are "positive", and its left front, right front, left back, and right back are "odd".
Of course, Sun Bin's Chinese army is not really not used as a combat force. In fact, his arrangement is to "hold Qi" - in fact, it is to control the reserve team and control a force that can be used at the most critical moment and the most critical position at any time.
Mobile forces.
Now let's talk about Zhuge Liang's Eight Formation Diagram. It is actually based on the Eight Formation of the Ninth Army, with the addition of twenty-four cavalry squads as mobile troops that are independent of the main body of the square formation. They can fight guerrillas, rob food and grass, and attack enemy camps.
, these twenty-four cavalry squads are responsible for patrolling all four directions.
Why did Gao pragmatic know this? Because he was familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, and he knew that the person who restored the eight formations was Mao Yuanyi of the Ming Dynasty. This man personally went to Yubijiang to study the stone formations, drew the formations, and included them in "Wu Bei Zhi"
", so there were formation diagrams handed down from generation to generation, and Gao Pragmatic had seen them in his previous life and understood the advantages of the eight formation diagrams.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Originally, Sun Bin's Eight Formation looked like a "solid square array", but from the perspective of the formation thinking, it was actually a circular array. That is, no matter which direction the enemy attacked from
, it can respond to the enemy with balanced strength.
However, the flaw of this formation is the same as that of the circular formation. The defense is very strong, but the attack power is about zero. Unless the opponent takes the initiative to attack, you can only advance slowly, otherwise the formation will be damaged.
The highlight of Zhuge Liang's creativity is that his core is the nine armies and eight formations, which have super strong defenses, and then he arranges 24 cavalry squads as mobile troops to harass the enemy. In this way, the enemy can't stand the disturbance and is completely annoyed.
People, people will naturally launch an attack and kick the iron.
As for whether Zhuge Liang is better than Sun Bin, I don't think so in this pragmatic way, because Sun Bin did not have such arrangements mainly because the cavalry in his time could not fight independently (without saddles and stirrups), so it is probably not unexpected by others, but objective
The conditions are indeed not met.
Of course, Zhuge Liang is still very powerful. At least with the Eight Formation Map, the Shu army can fight according to this method. Although there is no guarantee of victory, at least it will not be easy to lose. I didn't see Sima Yi holding an army of 150,000.
No idea?
In fact, it's not that Sima can't fight, he just can't think of a way to break the turtle-hedgehog formation. In other words, it's not that he can't fight, but if he fights, it will only lead to a stalemate. It has no strategic significance, so it is better not to fight.
However, Zhuge Liang's eight formation diagram is very complicated to command, and the types of troops used are also very comprehensive, especially equipped with a large number of crossbowmen to enhance the "hedgehog" attribute. At the same time, except for the twenty-four cavalry squads that were ordered in advance, they can
In addition to making decisions, the rest of the troops must rely on the command of the Chinese Army.
Gao Pragmatic commanded cavalry for the first time, and only cavalry. At this time, there were very few formations that could be used. In the past, he was familiar with either all-arms formations or pure infantry formations. At this moment, he could only rely on some ancient and modern formations.
The general principles used by Chinese and foreign cavalry lack more specific things, so the temporary dispatch is far inferior to professionals like Burihatu who have been playing cavalry for 20 to 30 years.
What should I do if I can't compare with micro management? A miracle can happen if I use my strength. Anyway, the distance has been shortened. I can charge directly with the strength of armor and strong soldiers, and I can defeat ten enemies with one force!
Coincidentally, this move happened to be the source of Burihatu's nervousness. According to Burihatu's thinking, his two wings were quietly strengthened through wheel battles. By this time, it was clear that he would attack the Ming army's rear formation with both wings. So at this time
It is only right that the Ming army should urgently protect the rear line to prevent the main army from being attacked from both sides after the battle. How could Gao Pragmatism, who was always cautious, ignore such an obvious crisis?
Could it be that... my backhand was seen through?
This is the name of a person and the shadow of a tree. Burihatu overestimated Gao Pragmatic's direct tactical command ability, and instead made himself suspicious. In fact, Gao Pragmatic did not personally command front-line troops in the past, and the current situation is completely normal.
However, it was precisely because of this that Burihatu had to fight head-on with the half-equipped cavalry of the Ming army that had already rushed over in order to ensure the final "backhand".
"Government? Governance!" The cronies around Burihatu saw that he was distracted and hurriedly woke him up.
Burihatu was woken up by him, and suddenly found that the Ming army's forward had entered the shooting range, and quickly shouted: "Shoot!" The cronies beside him waved their hands violently, and four knights not far away blew two short horns at the same time.
The Mongolian army's shooting did not require too much careful command. Whenever the Mongolian army asked themselves whether they could shoot within the range of the Ming army, they would quickly throw an arrow, and then hang up their bows and change their swords without waiting for other orders - the two sides were hedging, and they were not taking turns.
Until the second arrow was fired, the Ming army would not have a second chance to fire.
But the strange thing is that the Ming army is now less than 200 steps away from the Mongolian army, and they can actually open fire in a hedging situation. However, their lances all remain silent for some unknown reason.
At this time, the two sides were about to engage in battle, and Burihatu concentrated all his energy on the battle. He felt a slight shiver in his heart, knowing that the scene in front of him actually meant that the training level and fighting will of the Ming army had improved compared to a few years ago.
of improvement.
Sure enough, it was not until the two armies were only 120 steps apart that the sound of a very fast golden gong, one heavy and two light, was heard from the Ming army. This was the military music used by the entire cavalry team to replace the sound of drums during the march, which meant that firearms were fired.
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Perhaps it was precisely because only a few people in front had a chance to fire when charging into the formation that the Ming army shortened the firing distance to such a short distance to ensure the lethality of this salvo.
When the gunshots were banging, Burihatu was too lazy to care about how much damage he had suffered. Instead, he ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn louder, and the two cavalry finally fought together.
The scene in front of him was perhaps the bloodiest one that Gao Pangshi had ever seen. The elite cavalry from both sides who were charging at the front were overturned at the same time in an extremely fast time. I don’t know how many cavalry fell off their horses almost at the same time after just a moment of fighting, and were then killed by the rear.
drowned by the torrent.
Neither riding skills nor equipment seem to have much effect in this head-on moment. But horses are psychic animals, and at this time they began to act purely on instinct. The entire battlefield seemed like two different places.
The torrents rushed together and began to gradually spread to both sides. As a result, the battle front between the two sides quickly expanded from the center to the outer edges.
Soon, the situation that had just been confronting the torrent quickly "relaxed", because neither the Ming and Mongolian armies were able to defeat the enemy in an instant, and the battle began to turn into a close-quarters fight.
Burihatu subconsciously looked to his right. Blocked by the crowds of people, he vaguely saw smoke and dust, and couldn't help but feel happy. Then he wanted to see if the Ming army had been outflanked by his previous two-wing cavalry.
I came here, but unfortunately I am now on the battlefield, but my sight is blocked and I cannot see.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this moment, Gao Pragmatic could not care about anything else, because he himself could not see clearly the situation on the periphery of the battlefield under the close protection of five hundred cavalry. He could only
Judging from the several flags still held high not far away, Xu Long, Pogui and other troops under his command, who were originally on the left and right wings, were desperately trying to push forward to the front of the Chinese army - they must have really not dared to let Gao Jinglue personally take over.
If you are an enemy, you would rather die than stand in front of him and stop him.
Gao Jingshi was a little thirsty, and for the first time in his life, he had the urge to kill the enemy personally. Unfortunately, the impact of both sides had exhausted, and the Ming army kept pushing into the middle. His own cavalry
Ding even spontaneously formed a dense formation. It seemed that as long as the army had not collapsed, it would not be easy for him to have a Mongolian appear in front of him.
Seeing the situation in front of him that he could not help, Gao Pragmatic took the time to look back. At this time, the rear army had been separated from the main force and was fighting desperately with the Mongolian army together with the three columns supporting the past from the two wings.
However, there were some problems with the Mongolian army's movements. Gao Pragmatic discovered that they did not really want to defeat their own rear army, but were concentrating while fighting, as if they had other tasks.
Gao Pangshi felt a shiver in his heart: Could it be that they planned to leave only some of their people to fight in the rear, and concentrate the rest to use their horse speed to forcibly backstab our Chinese army?
In the midst of suspicion, the Mongolian army that was already behind the main battlefield gathered some of its troops and broke away from the battle. The flag bearer raised the battle flag high and waved it violently. Although the number of troops that could be gathered in the melee was no more than a thousand, but
They were really desperate and shouting loudly to kill from behind!
Gao pragmatically looked around quickly. The guerrilla generals and flags were basically in front of or to the side of him. Currently, the rearmost organic force was only responsible for the task of self-defense: 500 cavalry.
"Gao Funiu!" Gao Pingshi shouted loudly: "Turn the entire army around and prepare for a sneak attack from the rear!"
"Master, just rest assured. There is no need to use a machete to kill a chicken. The younger one can just go with three hundred people!" Gao Funiu, the commander of the cavalry, responded loudly. Not only was he not afraid, he quickly turned the horse's head and immediately raised a flag to indicate where to mobilize.
After three hundred-man teams, they even shouted harsh words: "Master, please wait a moment, you guys can go and come back!"
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