Compared with the tactics of the Tang people, the marching method of the Huzhu coalition forces in the river was obviously much simpler.
Putting aside many flashy theories, their tactics can be roughly summed up in two words - surround and encircle.
In fact, under the premise of having an absolute numerical advantage, this method is also the most effective and safest. This tactic does not require the commander to have superb dispatching capabilities, nor does the soldiers have to have extraordinary understanding and firm execution. As long as
Swarming up and blocking every possible exit of the Tang army, more than ten thousand Tang soldiers could be trapped to death.
They have a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and they can definitely do it.
However, seeing the tragic situation of the soldiers of Baishui City being massacred by the Tang people, the other Hu soldiers obviously did not dare to have the slightest contempt for the Anxi army. They finally understood that the reason why they were able to suppress the Tang army a little was because of the cannibal cavalry rather than the cannibals.
themselves.
The Tang people were afraid of the cannibals, not them! Therefore, they had to use their numerical advantage to make up for the gap in strength, and carefully and step by step complete the strangulation of this Anxi army.
Under the leadership of the Lord of the Stone Kingdom and the Lord of Huoxun City, the square-shaped array of Zhu Hu gradually changed and turned into a long snake, running rapidly from east to west.
This is a long snake formation! The Zhuhu coalition forces actually formed a long snake formation!
The one-character long snake formation was originally passed down in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but for some reason it was secretly learned by the barbarians in the river. To say that this one-character long snake formation is really powerful, when the general gives an order, the long snake formation moves like a giant python.
Attack, the attack is extremely fierce!
In the Long Snake Formation, the maneuverability of the cavalry is the most important, so Ziad mobilized 20,000 elite cavalry from the Zhuhu coalition to serve as two wings. The leaders of the two wings were naturally the Lord of Stone and Huo.
Looking for the city lord.
Gradually, the Anxi cavalry and light-armored infantry who were eager to kill were eaten alive by a giant python. Although they were still killing the enemy, the momentum of the attack obviously slowed down.
The long snake formation is deduced based on the habits of snakes, and there are three variations. If you hit the snake's head, the tail will move and roll; if you hit the snake's tail, the head will move and bite; if the snake's body collides with the head and tail, it will be strangled! So now the Tang Army in Anxi is being killed!
Trapped in it, unable to care.
Duan Xiushi lifted a centurion of the Hu Kingdom into the air and frowned slightly as he looked at the "snake body" that was constantly tightening. Damn it, he mistakenly entered the one-word long snake formation. Although Hu Lu may not understand this formation.
The essence of this formation, but as long as this formation has the advantage of numbers and speed, it can maximize its power and does not require too much on-the-spot dispatching and command.
Duan Xiushi took a deep breath, and while ordering the soldiers to conduct a tentative attack to seek a breakthrough, he was thinking about his next plan.
The one-word long snake formation relies on the speed advantage of the cavalry, so the best way to break the long snake formation is to limit the maneuverability of the two wings so that the head and tail cannot see each other. However, the two wings of the long snake formation are respectively led by Shi Guo
The soldiers and Huoxun national soldiers will be in charge, and their strength is extraordinary. If the cavalry fights head-on, they may be counterattacked by snakes and pythons.
If the cavalry is not up to the task, it is better to try with infantry! Duan Xiushi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and said with great joy, he will defeat this formation with infantry!
You only need to use two infantry squares to cooperate to prevent the opponent's cavalry from moving on both wings, making it unable to exert its mobility and flexibility, and then use the powerful Anxi heavy cavalry as the main force to launch a powerful attack on its snake-belly infantry, causing its formation to be scattered.
Disorder is defeated in one fell swoop. At this time, the infantry phalanx can cut the Long Snake Formation into three pieces. In this way, the Long Snake Formation fights on its own, and can no longer cooperate with the three parties to fight, and the formation will collapse without attack!
"Instruct my general to divide the infantry into two square formations and capture the two wings of the long snake! The heavy armored cavalry will follow me to attack the belly of the snake!"
After Duan Xiushi said this, he waved his riding whip fiercely and rushed towards the Zhuhu infantry array not far away.
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Facts have proved that Duan Xiushi's clever response worked very well. The two infantry arrays effectively slowed down the enemy cavalry on both wings, giving the heavy armored cavalry led by Duan Xiushi enough time to attack!
Given enough time, how could Duan Xiushi give this 'big python' a chance? The snake's belly is the weakest link in the formation, but Ziad also put the weakest Zhuhu infantry here!
The enemy's infantry array is not like the Tang Army's Mo Dao Formation, and it can't even compare with the light armored infantry. They are just a ragtag group with wooden sticks and kitchen knives in their hands. How can they withstand the force of Anxi's heavy armored cavalry?
One blow?
Duan Xiushi only led the cavalry to charge back and forth a few times before he poked a big hole in the 'snake belly'! Before the 'snake head' and 'snake tail' understood what happened, the 'snake body' was pierced by the Tang Dynasty people, and the long snake formation
That’s it!
The Tang army who rushed out of the array vented the anger in their chests wantonly, and every time they swung their swords, they would cut off the head of a Hulu. The carefully designed array was broken like this, which undoubtedly greatly damaged the morale of the Zhuhu coalition forces. They just
Like a deflated sheepskin raft, it was so limp that it could no longer accumulate any strength to resist. On the contrary, the Tang army became more and more courageous as they fought. The infantry and cavalry cooperated perfectly to drive some of the Hu soldiers eastward.
"General Ziad, General Ziad, the Tang people are coming, the Tang people are coming! Let's run away, let's run away!" Baishui City Lord Jie Erzheng never thought that the Tang people were so powerful that they could turn the situation around in an instant, and they would
The originally dominant Zhuhu coalition forces were defeated. Now, the Tang people are about to kill them. If they don't get on their horses and flee, they may become the victims of the Tang people!
"Why are you panicking!" Ziad glanced at Jie Erxuan and said sternly: "No matter what, you can't move an inch. As for the captain of the military law team, I ordered all your men to march out with swords. If anyone dares to escape from the battle, he will be killed without mercy!"
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The last thing Ziad wanted to see was what he saw in front of him. If he could accept the defeat of the Hu coalition forces, he would absolutely not be able to bear it if they were allowed to attack the Chinese army's main formation.
After all, Zhu Hu's defeat somewhat weakened the will and strength of the Tang people, creating extremely powerful conditions for the large food cavalry to annihilate the Tang people in one fell swoop. But if hundreds of thousands of troops were driven towards the central army by the Tang cavalry like sheep, hissing
!
"But, General Ziad, the current situation is such that even the Military Law Corps cannot maintain order. The Tang people are too cruel. They kill everyone they see, without giving the soldiers a chance to surrender. Many soldiers dismounted and knelt down to beg for mercy.
, but his head was beheaded by an officer of the Tang Army!"
Jie Erxuan didn't want his few remaining soldiers to be exhausted, and kept blowing the wind around Ziad. If he left a moment earlier, he could retain more strength. Anyway, in the end, no matter whether he lost or won, the benefits would not fall on him.
Why does he have to beg for nothing and work for the cannibal?
But Ziad obviously didn't think so. He suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Jie Erxi's collar, hung the leader of Baishui City in the air and said coldly: "I don't care what other people do, if it's yours
If the soldiers dare to take a step back, I will skin you alive to make a military drum!"