This formation actually does not concentrate the troops on the front as a "normal army" as usual, but concentrates the troops on the two wings to launch an attack.
This formation was one that Lu Su selected from many strategies of war to be most beneficial in such a closed environment, and used this formation to rehearse in the Qu'a Mountains all day long during the previous period.
The formation that had never been seen before and the atmosphere of an imminent battle tightened the nerves of every Yuan Jun soldier. "Bang!" The two wings came into contact first, and fierce sparks exploded.
At this time, the general leading the rear of Yuan's army was Qiao Rui. He had never seen such a strange formation before. The general commanding the army did not know how to command, and the soldiers below were even more confused.
Looking at the generals riding on their tall horses, and then at the enemy soldiers who were about to charge towards them, Yuan's soldiers stepped back one after another with their swords straightened. They experienced the most confusing seconds in their lives.
"Ah!" screams arose, and amid the sound of countless weapons banging, when Yuan Jun's troops were forced back into the bend, who would have expected that the soldiers on both wings would be defeated so quickly and so miserably.
At present, the only favorable condition for Yuan's army is that they have an advantage in tanks. They still have more than a hundred light arrow-blocking vehicles, but Yuan's army is coming from the west, and the road is full of mountain siege vehicles. Abandoning it on the road also reduced the threat to Cao's army.
Outside Qu'a City, Lei Gong led five thousand soldiers to form a formation. At this time, Cao Zhi, who was lying on the city tower, knew that the time had come and issued an order for a full-scale attack. When the general's flag on the city tower waved, they were in the final round. Under the bombardment of catapults and flying stones, the soldiers under the city rumbled and marched in neat steps to attack Yuan Jun.
Wu Jing's vanguard of 5,000 troops fled in confusion under the catapults and arrows. Sun He could only lead the vanguard battalion to resist stubbornly, so that the army behind could return to Niuzhu in time. However, his stubborn resistance only caused a lot of damage to his troops. of casualties.
Braving the severe cold, they launched a fierce battle at the foot of Qu'a City. The battle lasted from morning to noon. Yuan's army repeatedly charged and killed them, but they were unable to overcome the overwhelming force of Cao's army.
Wu Jing was also in a dilemma, but at this time Zhou Yu rode up to Wu Jing's side with emotion and advised: "Our army is alone in the expedition, and its momentum will not last long. If we are so timid, we will definitely die. It is better to fight hard." , there is a way out only by storming one place. General Wu, you have to make up your mind quickly!"
Wu Jing almost lost his direction. His central army just started to retreat towards the way they came. After taking a few steps, the soldiers in front stopped and started to retreat after a while.
At this time, Yuan's army was in chaos, and the transmission of military information was extremely difficult. When Wu Jing received the news that Qiao Rui's front army was intercepted, there were already people on both wings flying back.
Wu Jing only then sent the general order again. The Chinese army turned around again and had to connect with Sun He's forward, otherwise they would all be engulfed.
Wu Jing was now like a lost ship in the sea, not knowing where to go. He never liked to listen to Zhou Yu's words, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that what this young man said was reasonable, so he stopped changing his formation and urgently ordered Qiao Rui to decide whether he was alive or dead. It is necessary to lead his troops to break through the encirclement of Cao Jun and Wang Ping's troops from behind, and seize the road to break out of the encirclement.
On the contrary, Cao Zhi, who was lying firmly on the Qu'acheng tower, said with satisfaction at this time: "Zijing is really capable. Not only did he put in enough effort in the defense fortifications, but just looking at the formation shown here, it was enough to make Wu Jing's heart break."
Lu Su was praised by Cao Zhi and said happily: "The sergeants are on the front line fighting for life and death, how can I lie here and just enjoy the happiness? Now Quacheng has joined the troops who have retreated, and our army has a total strength of 200,000 to 50,000.
Everyone is recharging their strength, knowing more clearly that the lord is personally behind the scenes so that they can arrive at Qu'a City safely. They also know that the lord aims to lure the enemy to the west and turn the enemy into a tired army to be beaten hard. Therefore, everyone's morale is now high, and everyone
Gearing up to serve the Lord to the death."
Later, after Du Yi got along with Lu Su in the past few days, the previous misunderstanding and unpleasantness had long since disappeared, and the two could not help laughing. At this time, Du Xiao scolded: "Zijing turns out to be so cunning and knows how to spread rumors. Fortunately, these rumors have
It's a morale booster, otherwise you will be dealt with according to military law."
Everyone laughed.
Du Yi laughed twice and continued: "Brother Zijing has made great achievements in playing blowing. From now on, I will call you the god of playing blowing. As long as you are here, we will not be afraid of the dazzling enemy troops in the future."
Lu Su knew that Du Yi was joking with him, so he laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth and touched the white cloth on his buttocks to show his humility.
Joking aside, Yuan Jun's central army had just arrived in the area east of the Qu'a Plain and completely gave up the idea of joining up with the vanguard troops. They directly joined the rear troops and planned to attack with all their strength the Wang Ping troops that were outflanking from behind. The goal was clearly to break out of the encirclement.
Lei Gong and Li Hei took advantage of the weakness of Yuan Jun's Sun He tribe who were exhausted and unfamiliar with the terrain. They continuously attacked his front army in turns, and combined with the cavalry battalion to outflank them from behind, completely dividing and surrounding them. In a radius of twenty
In an area of many miles, they were hunted and killed.
Sun He, who had just seen Wu Jingzhong's army approaching, thought that as long as they could stand firm here, it would be worth losing no matter how many people they lost. But seeing Wu Jing abandon them was a particularly serious blow to morale. Many Yuan soldiers
The soldiers have begun to surrender.
Since Lei Gong and Li Hei were fighting with their backs to the city, the "serious soldiers" could use the trebuchets on the high walls and the crossbows from high above to increase their defense. Therefore, they were not afraid of the enemy's main frontal attack. They only waited for Sun He to be exhausted.
By eating this enemy force, it is only a matter of time before Sun He is defeated.
Wu Jing's main force, which had gathered more than 15,000 men, after gaining a firm foothold, immediately pushed the arrow-blocking cart to the front line and blocked the front line of the infantry. The cavalry protected the two wings and broke through in the direction of Niuzhu.
Qiao Rui took the lead, leaping on his horse to fight, charging towards Cao Jun with his swords brandished. Yuan Jun's battalion followed and charged towards Cao Jun. Cao Jun's formation was like a bird's feather. Seeing the enemy attack, Wang Ping and Du Damu did not take the initiative to challenge Qiao Rui.
, but quickly retreated under the waving of the command flag, and quickly transformed into a formation of two light wings, flying towards the outer flanks of Yuan Jun's two wings.
It has now entered early winter. If Cao Jun cannot deal with Yuan Jun, who is still a small force, before the severe winter comes, and surround them for the winter, they cannot afford to wait for this time, and there will be no time to transport winter equipment. If Cao Jun has the ability to trap Wu to death
In a few months, Wu Jing's entire army can definitely be wiped out. But being trapped in the ice and snow is a problem for both sides. Cao Zhi will not use this kind of tactics. Similarly, Cao Zhi does not worry about Wu Jing building a fortress and holding on. He also has to be anxious
He can walk away or fight quickly, and there is a big meal waiting for him on Niuzhu's Xijiang River.
Therefore, at this time, Cao Zhicai was willing to go out of the city to challenge the enemy with all his strength, hoping to achieve a quick victory and reignite the flames of war back to Niuzhu.
After Wang Ping and Du Damu led two soldiers and horses to lightly pass by the two wings of Yuan's army, Cao's army used long-range arrows to gain a slight advantage, and then allowed Qiao Rui to seize the road to break through the encirclement in the northwest direction.
Three days later, Yuan's army advanced towards Niuzhu again, slowly entering the twenty-mile-wide gentle river beach at the northern end of the Niuzhu protrusion. They set up camps and tents in the mountainous areas on the edge, and used chariots to form defensive barriers.
After Cao Zhi regained the commanding heights of Cuiluo Mountain, he ordered to stop all attacks that disturbed the enemy and allowed the enemy to stand firm.
Three days later, more than fifty catapults from Cao's army arrived, and Cao Zhi and others advanced to Cuiluo Mountain. Four thousand people in Sun He's tribe were killed, and only more than a thousand were captured. Sun He was missing, and the encirclement and annihilation battle was indescribable.
Not tragic. Although Cao's army also suffered losses, Cao's army still has 20,000 troops, facing off against Wu Jing's 15,000 troops up and down Cuiluo Mountain.
The scene was not undramatic. Cuiluo Mountain, which you fought for dozens of days ago, has become the dividing line between the two sides. Looking from the mountain, on the surface, Wu Jing is still in full military glory and shows no sign of fatigue.
Lu Su can already walk on the ground. As long as he doesn't run, the wound should not open. After all, the wound is on his buttocks. If he lies down any longer, he will no longer look like a man.
Lu Su paid close attention to the lineup of Yuan's army at the bottom of the mountain for a while, and said with a smile: "In terms of the quality and training of soldiers and generals, we are still not as good as Yuan's army. After all, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian have been fighting for many years, and the quality of their subordinates should be very good.
Cao Zhi was still leaning on a rattan reclining chair like the leader of the White Lotus Sect. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "But he met you Zijing and adopted various targeted measures to win."
Lu Sudun did not pause and continued: "There, there, looking at the famous generals of the contemporary era, only the lord has never followed the established rules in fighting, and he does not follow the established rules. It is impossible to predict, and there are always traces of others."
After hearing this, Cao Zhi laughed and scolded: "You kid is getting better and better at flattering me."
After everyone talked and laughed for a while, the atmosphere became more relaxed. Wang Ping said: "Although the enemy has suffered losses, he still has fifteen thousand troops, and we cannot fight for a long time. And the opponent has stood firm in Niuzhu in the past few days.
You didn’t even retreat, what’s your purpose?”
When Cao Zhi and Lu Su heard this, they looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing. When everyone was puzzled, Lu Su said with determination: "Wu Jing is a man who worries about gains and losses. We were unexpectedly killed outside the city of Qu'a.
He will not be willing to give in. He has not lost his main force now, so of course he does not want to retreat. He is still considering a last ditch effort."
While he was speaking, Cao Xiu looked far into the distance, jumped up and shouted: "The messenger cavalry in the enemy's formation galloped from the center to the left and right, apparently to summon the generals and go to the central army meeting. It seems that the enemy is about to attack in a large scale.
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Cao Zhi's heart moved and he said calmly: "Zijing, how many days will it take for Jiang Qin to arrive?"
When Lu Su heard this, he bowed and said: "At most, we have one or two days, and we should be able to catch up with the encirclement."
Du Damu was a rather upright man, and he was puzzled when he heard this: "Isn't Jiang Sima in Moling?"
Lu Su smiled and said: "That's a cover. He has already sent troops by water to search for enemy traces in Beigu Mountain. This is my lord's extra layer on my strategy. Since Wu Jing is too lazy to leave, we will use it."
, now we not only want to defeat Wu Jing, but also annihilate them all."
When all the generals heard this, they were moved at the same time. When their morale soared, they were also convinced that their side would win.
Cao Zhi chuckled twice and then said: "I think Wu Jing came here just to show off to us. If I were Wu Jing and his morale was really high, I would just pretend to be weak and lure us out of the city."
Attacking with such a mighty posture now fully shows that they are timid and hesitant, fearing that we will take advantage of the situation to attack them."