Chapter 192: The Power of the Bull Formation: Burning the Hedgehog
In the last chapter of the book, the Qi army was just about to retreat in the Wei army's camp when they heard sounds from all directions like floods bursting. They couldn't figure out what it was, so everyone paid attention to their surroundings because it was night.
Can't see clearly what it is at night? The Qi soldiers stretched their necks to know what it was earlier.
Everyone looked at each other in embarrassment. When they got closer, they realized that it was the ox team. They were huge, covered with iron armor, and had sharp knives tied to the horns. The exact number was unclear. Some of the judges asked, where did Dugu Lang come from?
In fact, our book describes the main aspects of this thing. Some aspects are not explained clearly. Here is a brief explanation of whose cattle belong to them? It was none other than Han Xian's cattle team. At that time, Dugu Lang surrounded the fence and burned the cattle team.
At that time, he heard the cow lowing and felt compassion in his heart.
Who is Dugu Lang? At first, he only knew how to injure people on the battlefield and was unwilling to kill them. Later, he had to take decisive measures to kill people on the battlefield. Compassion for the enemy is the same as for himself.
The greatest harm to a person is caused by being forced to do nothing, but Wuchuan Dugulang was originally a kind-hearted man full of compassion. Just because he lived in troubled times, he was forced to join the army, which was really a helpless act.
So he sent people to make a gap in the fence, and some cows came out and got a chance to survive. The cows that came out were well placed by Wei Jun. From then on, Dugu Lang has been secretly training this cow team. He has already experienced
The special power of animals on the battlefield
Seeing such a scene, the officers and soldiers of the Qi army all felt 70% fear in their hearts. They thought to themselves: When did Dugu Lang get these beasts to join the battlefield? Turning on the light, they could clearly see six cows fastened with iron chains.
Together, the sound made by the armor seems to be the call of death.
After watching for a long time, Ren Jingyan, the king of Zhennan, shouted to his soldiers: "Brothers, the Iron Bulls also have weaknesses. Use the big swords in your hands to slash at the legs of the bulls to successfully break through his formation!"
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Dou Chi led his brothers to charge first, shouting: "Brothers, follow me and charge!" Some people were afraid, so they hesitated, thinking: How can they use the sword when they are wearing iron armor? However,
The military order came like a mountain, even if it means death, many soldiers rushed forward with doubts in their hearts.
The knife was raised above his head, but before he could cut it, he was sent to the west by a hail of arrows. The little dwarf Dou Chi ran fast, saved his life, and returned to the King of Zhennan, crying: "Your Majesty, the Wei army is so bad, they
The bull formation is opening the way in front, and the crossbowmen are cooperating behind. Our soldiers can't take action!" After saying this, he looked at the cow formation, and the cattle formation was gradually approaching.
The leaky house was hit by continuous rain. When the Qi army was surrounded by the Wei army, his subordinate Blue Flag Officer reported: "Your Majesty, it's not good, look to the north!" Without daring to explain the situation, King Zhennan looked up at the sky to the north.
, and saw the flames shooting into the sky! Dou Chi also saw it and shouted: "Did they take away our camp?"
Originally, the soldiers of the Qi army should have been extremely frightened. At this time, they heard such heart-wrenching bad news. They lost any fighting spirit in their hearts. After all, Ren Jingyan passed by the big scene and shouted: "Quickly."
Quickly form a hedgehog formation and head north to meet Mr. Sima's reinforcements."
It is right for the general not to panic at this time. He can still think of the reinforcements from outside and let his men immediately form a big hedgehog. Ren Jingyan can be regarded as the best among the generals of the Qi army.
Dugu Ruyuan and others saw that the Qi army had taken measures to save themselves in an instant. Delamoti immediately rushed to Dugu Ruyuan and asked: "General, look at their thick shields blocking the road, and their long spears outside! Our ox team is like this
What can I do?"
Dugu Ruyuan had noticed the changes in Qi's army a long time ago, and admired Ren Jingyan in his heart for being a handsome man. He was not afraid of changes in the battle, and was able to deal with chaos without being surprised. He was a hero, and he also turned into a hedgehog-shaped formation. This was also his military experience.
This is the first time I have seen this in my career, so I couldn’t think of a way to solve it for the moment.
When he was at a loss, the camp that was burning in the distance gave Dugu Lang a hint. He ordered with a slight smile on his face: "All officers and men, listen to the order!" "General!" "I want to find two people in each person."
Here comes a burning stick!" Some people were stunned for a moment and said to themselves: Why are they looking for burning sticks now that a fierce battle is going on? They are very puzzled!
Delamo could see the doubts in everyone's hearts. He knew that since Dugu Lang had said it, he must have a trick of his own, so he shouted loudly: "Is his grandma deaf? Go and find her!" Everyone!
When he shouted like this, everyone seemed to understand something, and soon they found two burning sticks in their hands.
The sergeants asked: "What is the general going to do next?" Dugu saw the wooden sticks in everyone's hands burning as he wished, and ordered: "To break this hedgehog formation, I think it is best to throw these torches in first as long as there is fire inside them.
It will become loose, and then it will be very easy for us to break in!"
When the sergeants heard that they were justified, they approached the Qi army's camp and threw torches inside. After a parabola passed by, it happened to fall on the edge of the Qi army's camp. The edge of the Qi army's camp happened to be the soldiers holding shields. The first few torches were okay, but
The endless torches of the Wei army rushed towards them. After a while, they became a small pile, with smoke and fire, and began to loosen up.
Dugu seized this opportunity as he wished and said to Delehmo: "Brother Hei, quickly drive the cattle array in front to open a gap!" Delehmo ordered the first to bear the brunt of the rush, and soon Qi Jun's hedgehogs
There was a gap in the formation. Delmo drove dozens of cattle in front, and Dugu Ruzhu led the cavalry behind.
When Ren Jingyan heard the report, he was so anxious that he almost fell off his horse and said to Dou Chi, the short man under his command: "It seems that we have no choice but to fight our way out. General Dou is in front. I think General Zhang's reinforcements will arrive soon.
Don't worry about fighting out!" Faced with another sudden change, Wei Jun's Iron Ox Formation has already rushed in. Wherever they went, the soldiers had no intention of resisting the enemy, and they just ran away. Under such circumstances, it was really impossible to organize them.
Additional anti-enemy actions
The cavalry brought up by Dugu Ruyuan and others held big sticks and hit people on the head. This trick was indeed effective. Most of the Qi army died from head injuries and bleeding. The Qi army suffered heavy casualties. Everyone else saw Wei Jun like this.
The fear in their hearts increased by three points with one move. Everyone followed Zhennan King Ren Jingyan and Dou Chi and ran desperately. Fortunately, Ren Jingyan's follow-up reinforcements rescued them, and then they were allowed to pick them up.
One life breaks through the siege
Dugu gathered all the troops as he wished, and did not pursue the enemy. After all, his army and horses were much smaller than those of Qi's army. He immediately ordered the battlefield to be swept, and advanced three miles to set up a new camp. It was considered a great victory. Sappho was sent out with dozens of soldiers.
When a soldier came back, Sappho fell to the ground and reported: "The general has come to return to the army on the order of the general!"
Only then did everyone understand that Dugu had fulfilled his wish. When Sappho left, the message Dugu Lang conveyed to him was to set fire around the Qi army camp. Sappho's fire completely burned away Ren Jingyan's confidence in commanding the army to counterattack, and intensified the situation.
the speed with which they fail
This fire made Ren Jingyan dare not return directly to his camp. He always thought that his camp was also taken over, so he took the remaining soldiers and defeated the generals. He did not dare to return directly to the camp, so he sent Zhang Xialing to kill him first.
Stop, go back and inquire about it
After Zhang Xialing returned and saw the truth of the matter, he led the army back to the camp. The generals who stayed behind were shocked when they saw King Zhennan coming back with a group of severely disabled troops. This was
What's wrong? How could such a confidential matter fall into an ambush? But no one dares to ask! But one thing they know quite clearly is that it seems that Wei Jun's food and grass have not been obtained at all.
What do people eat when there is no food? What do horses eat? How can we fight without food? Privately, everyone no longer discusses the outcome of this battle, but worries about how to live in the future! The statistics are also very shocking. They are
This time nearly 6,000 men and horses were lost. The King of Zhennan walked back and forth in the Chinese army's treasure tent, with a sad look on his face that made people feel heartbroken.
He was thinking about two questions in his mind. One was how to solve the problem of food and grass. There was no solution for this! The other question was why so many generals and colonels were captured! In fact, this was a question that did not need to be thought about deeply. Dugu almost captured him as he wished.
They encircled me. If the troops were not too small, I might have become his prisoner, let alone them. They were all captured to cover my breakout.
A deep sense of guilt continued to spread in his heart. As his first counselor, Sima Ziru certainly knew what the coach was thinking. He said: "Your Majesty, I think Dugu Lang will not embarrass them.
You should relax!" "I hope, but this time we lost the food and fodder first, and failed to rob the food and fodder later. We are powerless in such a thing, or this king is too useless! And -"
In the middle of his words, he stopped. In fact, he just didn't say that everyone knew that the problem of food and grass was indeed difficult to solve. No one spoke or answered. But a voice broke the silence, and a voice was heard outside the tent: "The imperial edict has arrived!
The King of Zhennan received the order—"
Ren Jingyan took over Ge Rong's imperial edict with trembling hands. He did not send it off. The eunuch Sima Ziru, who thought he was great, came over quickly and said: "Your Majesty, are you looking for someone to send it off -"
These basic etiquette are still needed. King Zhennan shook his head and did not agree to the words in the imperial edict he heard. There was not a single word of encouragement other than reproach. Ren Jingyan held the piece of paper reproaching himself with the edict in his eyes.
Returned to the camp without any light
The soldiers behind also shook their heads, as if they were sighing, or as if they were helpless. Sima Ziru waved his hand and said, "Follow me to the tent to persuade the prince to be at ease!"