The third game has just begun, and the left and right armies have not yet entered a state of preparation. On the high beacon tower, the ministers behind Li Shimin were watching the battle, and they were already discussing in low voices that the left army would win again this year. , after all, Li Jing is in charge of the army, and there is also a very smart female staff officer, and the army on the right only has a white-armored general. Although there are rumors outside that a powerful female military advisor has come, it may not be much better. .
"Set up the formation," Miss Du personally commanded the army. Soon, five hundred soldiers from the left army had already formed a formation on the school field, resembling a long snake with its head raised.
Meng Xinghe didn't know anything about battle tactics. He only saw for a moment that the originally square formation of the army on the left quickly gathered into a long snake. Miss Du was sitting seven inches away from the long snake and commanding the entire army. What was even more funny was that , seeing this huge change, Meng Xinghe actually stood motionless on the school field with the 500 soldiers he led, as if he had no idea of counterattack or taking the opportunity to rush over and disrupt the opponent's formation, which immediately attracted countless ridicules from around him. sound.
Watching from the beacon tower, Li Shimin and all the ministers in the court couldn't help laughing. It was obvious that the army on the right sent a fool general to challenge him. Even when the opponent started to form a formation, he remained motionless waiting for the opponent's formation to be announced. Well, isn't this a defeat without a fight?
Not only outsiders thought so, but even Miss Du was wondering whether the man in front of her was really a military illiterate. When he saw himself setting up the formation, he at least sent a small group of soldiers to block it, so that it would be more difficult to deal with him when he became like him. This is basic common sense in using soldiers. Could it be that he really doesn’t understand it at all?
Miss Du bit her lip hard and said to herself: Why are you worried about him? He and I are rivals and enemies. We must defeat him today.
Thinking of this, Miss Du raised a flag in her hand, and the originally lazy snake composed of five hundred soldiers suddenly seemed to be endowed with spiritual energy, and actually opened its mouth wide, revealing a ferocious cannibalism.
"Be careful, it's a long snake formation." At this time, Military Master Wu, who had been watching the battle and making suggestions from behind, came to Meng Xinghe on a fast horse. Meng Xinghe didn't know how to set up the formation, and he didn't even know anything about fighting. But Military Advisor Wu was different from him. When the opponent was setting up their formation, she had already recognized it and figured out a way to crack it. However, it was only at that moment that she appeared quietly and made more people remember this woman in plain clothes. , she seemed to have become the dream in the hearts of many men around her at this moment.
"Concubine Xiao," Li Shimin, who was silent on the high platform, saw this woman in plain clothes read out these two words instinctively, and then he immediately regained his composure and said, "Who is this person?"
All the ministers around knew who the Holy Concubine Xiao was, but when they saw that the woman below, regardless of appearance or form, was exactly the same person as the Concubine Xiao in the palace who was scolded by the concubines as a subjugated enchantress, they secretly thought There are so many strange things in this world, but no one dares to say anything for fear of accidentally offending Long Yan. After all, although the Holy Emperor is infatuated with Concubine Xiao, he has not neglected the government and seems to be working harder than before.
Du Ruhui saw that all the ministers were focusing on him. He took a step forward and whispered: "This woman's name is Wu Zhao. It is rumored that she is a disciple of Yuan Tiangang. She is proficient in the words of various schools of thought and is also good at stargazing, divination, marching and formation." Zhishu, now the military advisor of the right army,"
Du Ruhui did not conceal the information he heard from the army on the right. Li Shimin was a little curious when he heard that this woman was a disciple of Yuan Tiangang. He had gone to Taoyuan to ask Yuan Tiangang for approval. When asking about the fate of the Tang Dynasty, he still remembered that Yuan Tiangang gave him a signature. In addition to alluding to the rise and fall of a man named Meng Xinghe, the last sentence of the signature was "The sun shines on the universe at noon." Li Shimin never paid attention to the details. Now that he suddenly heard the word Wu Zhao, Li Shimin suddenly thought of the signature sentence. Could it be that this woman was the one who helped the Tang Dynasty unify the world and illuminate the world.
Although Li Shimin didn't believe that a woman could do such a thing, as an emperor's suspicion, of course he looked carefully at the woman named Wu Zhao under the beacon tower. She looked so similar, no wonder he thought she was Concubine Xiao. , she is simply a person, and she is a disciple of Yuan Tiangang. There is absolutely no one who can hire a beautiful woman to influence Qimen Dunjia in the astrology and divination during the march and war. This inevitably made Li Shimin pay attention to the woman named Wu Zhao.
At this moment, if Meng Xinghe, who was leading his five hundred men below, had not been reminded by the military counselor, he might have just watched the long snake wrap around his army and swallow it in one bite.
"Line up," Military Master Wu came to Meng Xinghe and immediately raised a flag in his hand. The originally scattered team suddenly became extremely continuous. After a while, it also changed the original square formation into a sharp spear-like formation. queue.
"Don't underestimate the enemy. I am the military advisor now." Military advisor Wu stood next to Meng Xinghe and said extremely seriously: "The formation in front of you is not an ordinary one-word long snake formation. Look at the seven-inch length of the long snake on the other side."
Meng Xinghe is naturally sensitive to issues of numbers and observation, and has "two extra claws."
Military Advisor Wu didn't say that he was rude and ignorant. Based on Meng Xinghe's performance just now, she concluded that this guy was a pure idiot in setting up the formation. The battle situation was critical. It was a taboo to talk about countermeasures before the battle, but the opponent was indeed good at it. Even the military commander who thought he was good at setting up and breaking formations admired that Li Jing and Du Xuan were indeed tough opponents. She simplified the complex and said: "It's not called claws, it's knowing how to make a long snake." The seven inches of the formation is the weakest point to break the formation, so a new formation has evolved. If you attack the opponent's seven inches, you will be bitten by the snake heads growing out of the two directions, and you will undoubtedly be bitten by them. Fall into a snare,"
So that was the case. Meng Xinghe secretly sighed at Qicun, who had almost impulsively ordered the soldiers to kill the snake. If that had been the case, the battle would have been over long ago.
"Is there a way to break the formation?" Meng Xinghe asked Military Advisor Wu. Since she could see the way, there would be a way to break the formation.
"No, the only breaking point of this formation has disappeared. It is completely a copper wall and cannot be broken." Military Master Wu tried hard to think of a way, watching the giant snake slowly crawling over, and waved her second flag, which originally looked like a spear. The queue started to run, "But it's not that easy for them to break through my snake-slaying formation,"
After Meng Xinghe heard this, he felt bad in his heart. What about the snake-cutting formation and the snake-growing formation? If you give me a few barrels of gunpowder, I will turn you all into roasted snakes.
He just finished reading this sentence, and his head suddenly shook. Why did he almost forget? Yes, he used gunpowder to explode the snake.
Meng Xinghe immediately selected a group of old and young soldiers from the five hundred soldiers. As for the young and strong ones, he asked them to support the military division's snake-slaying formation.
"What are you going to do? Escaping from battle is a serious crime and will result in beheading," Military Master Wu reminded Meng Xinghe when he saw that he wanted to sneak away. Then he raised the third flag and once again directed the army to resist the giant snake of the army on the left. .
"Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I'm going to get something festive," Meng Xinghe had already led the soldiers he selected to leave and retreat from the rear of the army.
Then, on the school field, the two large formations were evenly matched, and neither one could devour the other in a short while. But just when everyone thought that the army on the right was at the end of its strength and was preparing to fight a trapped beast, I actually saw a few dozen people among the hundreds of people in the army on the right coming out and retreating to the rear in embarrassment, as if they were escaping.
"Hahaha, the coach actually took the lead as a deserter. It's so funny." Seeing that it was the silver-armored coach Meng Xinghe leading a group of old, weak and young soldiers to escape, most of them couldn't help but laugh, except Du on the school field. The young lady knew that Meng Xinghe had many clever ideas, so she secretly ordered people to pay attention that Meng Xinghe would come from both sides, and changed the formation in the middle to strengthen the defenses on both sides of the perimeter.
"My beloved sirs, I'm waiting for you to see why the white-robed commander took the lead in escaping." On the beacon tower, all the ministers were following the Holy One to watch the battle between the two armies below attentively, and Li Shimin also obviously saw the scene of Meng Xinghe's desertion. He actually took this matter as an example of discussing military affairs with the ministers.
No one said a word, they all flattered and said: "I am willing to listen to the Holy Spirit's advice."
These old foxes don't know what they are doing, they just don't want to talk about it. Li Shimin turned his attention to Du Ruhui: "Du Aiqing, according to your opinion, what method will Meng Xinghe use to defeat the enemy later?"
"According to Wei Chen, it should be outflanked from both wings, but this long snake formation is connected end to end, and the military defense on the left and right sides of the formation is already low-level. Wei Chen really can't think of how he can break the formation," Du Ruhui's eyes were like burning fire. It has long been seen that the long snake formation has no strength left. If Meng Xinghe can really break through this formation, then he is indeed an all-round talent.
While everyone on the beacon tower was still analyzing Meng Xinghe's purpose of escaping and how to break the formation, Meng Xinghe had already led his dozens of remnants to the temporary military tent of the army on the right.
"Prepare gunpowder, bullock carts and firecrackers immediately, and bring out a few jars of good wine." Meng Xinghe ordered the soldier in charge of logistics to prepare what he wanted. The soldier was afraid of delaying the military situation, so he quickly prepared what he ordered for Meng Xinghe. There are only a few barrels of gunpowder because gunpowder is not commonly used, but it is enough.
"My fellow soldiers on the right, to be honest, I, Meng Xinghe, don't know how to fight, nor how to form a formation, nor how to go into battle to kill the enemy. I will lead you away from the five hundred brothers who are still holding on on the school field. When we get to the rear, in the eyes of others, we are deserters, and we are the most useless people. However, today, we will let those who look down on us open their eyes and see that we are just a pile of mud on the ground, mixed with water. It can also be smeared on the wall. Who said that mud can't support the wall? I don't believe in this evil. Even if it is a copper wall and an iron wall, we can still draw a few plum blossoms. Let's talk about it," Meng Xinghe said impassionedly. With some sensational rather than lifeless words, he then picked up the sea bowl in his hand and said to the dozens of old, weak and young soldiers: "After drinking this sip of wine, I, Meng Xinghe, leave my life in the hands of all brothers. I am willing to follow I'm leaving. I threw the bowl and we left together. Those who are willing to stay will drink wine and wait for our news. Remember, don't look around and let me collect the corpse."
"Pah,"
The big bowl made a shattering sound when thrown.
"I'll go,"
"I'll go too,"
"Never mind, I don't want to be a coward,"
"Commander Meng, we will die together, and we will all obey you,"
"Damn it, give your life to your brother, it's worth dying."
With a loud noise, all the soldiers in the row stood up, and no one wanted to stay where they were and wait for the news.
Meng Xinghe's heart felt hot. This scene reminded him of the bloody battle between the Dragon Gang and the Dragon Gang. It was raining lightly in the sky, but everyone looked at death as if they were dead.
"Good brother," Meng Xinghe called out truly, and the big bowl in his hand fell to the ground: "Let's go,"
He gave the order and jumped onto the bullock cart filled with gunpowder and hay.
When all the soldiers saw that Meng's army was taking the lead, they felt a surge of heroism in their hearts and quickly climbed onto the bullock cart, feeling as proud as a deserter returning home again.
"Come on," Meng Xinghe began to shout loudly from a distance, and the voice shook the three armies. Then he saw more than ten oxcarts loaded with hay and soldiers rushing from a distance, like a river bursting its banks, desperate He rushed into the long snake formation set up by the army on the left.
Before Miss Du could curse Meng Xinghe for her life, the soldiers who had not fallen down after breaking through the defense line of the army on the left, under the leadership of Meng's military division, quickly took out the fire from their bodies, lit the firecrackers that had been prepared and threw them everywhere. Go, the crackling explosion sound, although it does not have much effect, but it is a strong threat to the military horses. The originally hard outer shell of the iron cavalry suddenly appeared cracks under the action of the firecrackers. The army on the road created an excellent opportunity. Military Master Wu silently looked at the man in white robe who was in danger alone in the long snake formation of the army on the left. He suddenly gritted his teeth and raised the fourth flag.
"Break the formation," she seemed reluctant to say these two words, and then she saw the army on the right that had been resisting tenaciously before, and saw her brothers desperately resisting in the middle of the opponent's camp. Their anger made them burst out with endless fighting spirit. A violent attack was launched all at once.
We finally attacked, and I could hardly stand it any longer. Seeing that most of the dozens of brothers we brought had died on the battlefield, Meng Xinghe realized that actual combat training also required the use of swords and guns.
Let’s all perish together, Meng Xinghe shouted loudly, quite sadly, and then he lit the hay on the bullock cart. At this moment, the gunpowder buried under the hay was detonated and exploded with a loud bang in the center of the army on the left.
Black smoke filled the entire battlefield. At this moment, the center of the left army had been completely disrupted. The long snake formation had turned into a heartless snake without any threat. The right army took this opportunity to defeat the left army one by one. All defenses, Miss Du and dozens of soldiers were trapped layer by layer in the middle, and they were in a situation where the enemy was approaching the city.
"Surrender," Meng Xinghe said without the slightest joy of victory. There were stumps and broken arms everywhere on the ground. Could this be the so-called cannibalism? We are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty. Why should everyone be forced to despair?
"Congratulations, you won," Miss Du smiled bitterly, with a kind of discouragement in her eyes. Especially when she saw Meng Xinghe rushing into the formation she had set up desperately, she was very afraid that Meng Xinghe would die accidentally. But when she watched him lighting gunpowder in an almost crazy revenge, Miss Du felt sour in her heart and dropped the flag in her hand. She was defeated and was convinced.
Meng Xinghe didn't take her words into his heart at all. He looked up at the black smoke in the sky that had not yet dissipated, and smiled at Military Master Wu who was also unhappy at the side: "It's nothing, I'll go back first, there are still people waiting at home. Let me go back. As for those brave men, you can help me collect their corpses. Let the old prince pay more for the pension, and tell him on my behalf that Meng Xinghe will not join the army on the right in the future."
He took off his armor and threw it on the ground casually. No matter how gorgeous the clothes were, they couldn't compare to the green shirt that had been mended many times. He still had the same unruly expression and was still the same inconspicuous man, but everyone had just seen it with their own eyes. Witnessing him leading dozens of old and weak soldiers into the strongest defense of the army on the left, at that moment they even thought that this man was either crazy or wanted to die, until they saw the firecrackers behind, startling the horses, burning hay, and then the center blossomed. , and after waiting for each thrilling moment, they realized that this person was not a madman and did not want to die, but he used the words in the military book like a god.