Chapter 194, Formation

What's the most embarrassing thing? Probably when I was complacent, I thought I had a chance to win, and something else went wrong.

Sun Ce never thought that the Wu army would be able to defeat the Han army, but he was somewhat sure of the attack. So the Yulin army that came out of the smoke and dust gave him a heavy blow, and the hay that had just been lit was trampled by these cavalrymen, and the fire suddenly weakened a lot. In the face of flames and smoke, they dared to drive their horses and rush over forcibly, how desperate were these Yulin troops? How much money did Liu Bang pay them every month, and how could they do this?

While Sun Ce was still thinking about this problem, Zhou Yu had already commanded the troops to prepare for defense. I thought that the smoke could buy some time, but now I think I think too much. In the face of cavalry onslaught, it is absolutely impossible to run around, let alone withdraw immediately. In that case, it would be tantamount to letting go of the weapons and letting these cavalrymen beat them. It is important to block the first wave of shock, and then arrange the withdrawal of troops.

Zhou Yu dragged Sun Ce back from the front of the formation, and the combat effectiveness of the Yulin Army was probably not weaker than that of Bai Yu's soldiers.

Liu Che did not command the Yulin army to rush straight into the Wu army's array, and the best role of cavalry was always to pursue the enemy, not to charge the formation. It is expensive to raise a cavalryman, and it is a pity to use it to charge into battle. It's better to attack around the perimeter of the military formation, he is a master of strategy, and he doesn't know much about battlefield command, but he has an uncle who is good at cavalry combat, and a nephew who has a very good record.

Huo Qubing recently took people to Hell in the west to defend the caravan, which is actually no different from tourism. Huo Qu is not sick, then look for Wei Qing, who calls the two families close! Wei Qing has no interest in participating in the war now, so he told Liu Che some of the keys to cavalry combat.

Liu Che was probably the first apprentice taught by Wei Qing himself, and this time he led the Yulin Army to fight very well on the battlefield. Liu Xiu is also a little red-eyed, and now the strongest in the Han army is the Yulin Army, and his five schools in the Northern Army can only rank second. The half-finished pro-army still has no way to compare with the fully state Yulin Army, but Liu Xiu is confident that he will give him some time to get together the five schools of the Northern Army, and he will not be weaker than the Yulin Army.

Zhou Yu's face was very bad, and the Yulin army did not rush into battle, but wandered around the military formation, telling him that he couldn't withdraw even if he wanted to. But if the army is not withdrawn, Liu Bang's army will soon be pressed up. This time it was really a bit of a miscalculation, I didn't expect Cao Cao to be so useless, and the Han army would withdraw so quickly. The hay was scattered by the horses' hooves before it was completely burned, and although there was still some smoke and dust, it was no longer useful to stop the enemy.

"Bo Fu, your cavalry will go first, and I will lead the foot behind the palace. ”

Sun Ce shook his head and said firmly: "Where can we go? The Han army is powerful, and you can also see the tragic situation of Luoyang City, Jianye is not as strong as Luoyang, how can it block the hooves of the Han army." Instead of asking the Han army to fight at the doorstep, it is better to fight here, and it can more or less keep the foundation of the city. ”

"But as the commander-in-chief, how can you fall into the hands of the enemy, you go back to Jianye first, and I will stay here to fight the Han army. If I fall into the hands of the enemy, you can also exchange my belongings for me to go back, if you miss and are captured, what foundation do I have in Soochow. ”

"I'm not leaving, my father is guarding Jianye City, supplemented by Lu Su and Lu Meng, there will be no chaos, I want to live and die with my sons. ”

Zhou Yu persuaded him not to move, so he had to say: "It's okay, you and my brother, let's fight to the death with the Han army today!"

Sun Ce's expression was serious, and he took two steps forward. The strength of the Yulin Army made him envious, and there was a Ciqiang Army, where he could go.

Sun Ce's thought flashed, and then he fainted, and Zhou Yu struck him the back of the head, and reached out to hold it again, preventing him from falling off the horse. asked the soldiers to take over Sun Ce, and then instructed Gan Ning: "General Gan, today we miscalculated, so that there is such a crisis. As the commander-in-chief, Bo Fu cannot be humiliated. You quickly lead the cavalry, escort Bo Fu back to Jianye, and I will lead the infantry to fight the Han army. ”

Gan Ning shouted sadly: "Dudu, you take the lord back, I will wait for a decisive battle here!"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "Commander of the military formation, you can't wait for me, you can't hold back the Han army, or I'll stay." Hurry up! If you don't leave, you're afraid you won't be able to leave!"

Gan Ning looked from afar and saw that the army of the Han army had been pressed. I had to put Sun Ce on the horse and said, "Take care of the governor, you must protect yourself." ”

The sound of horses' hooves, it was the cavalry of the Han army wandering on the battlefield, wailing, it was Gan Ning with people, escorting Sun Ce from the battlefield. Zhou Yu moved his wrist slightly, he hadn't commanded such a big battle for a long time, and he should show his hand so that the enemy army would not dare to look at it. If you lose, you have to lose with dignity.

Zhou Yu quickly dispatched a large army to change the formation and prepare for the coming war.

The cavalry of the Han army circled around the Wu army's formation, but they did not really rush to kill.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's front army had already arrived and set up a position two hundred paces away from Wu's army.

Zhuge Liang turned his horse forward and shouted to Zhou Yu: "Zhou Gongjin, how can you be good at your words and have no faith?"

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "The two armies are fighting at all, where is there any credibility at all, when Han Gaozu and Xiang Yu made an appointment, with the chasm as the boundary, under the two divisions, the Han army did not also attack each other with the alliance, so that the overlord of Chu killed himself." ”

Zhuge Liang looked away and said, "This time, that time." The Han army has a certain chance of winning against the alliance, and I don't see where your chances are. ”

"My soldiers of Eastern Wu, although they are not as strong as your Han army, they are not muddy, they are still brave, and they will only know after a battle. ”

"In that case, I can't say more. Gong Jin, you should set up a position. ”

Zhuge Liang retreated again, and Zhou Yu had a little gratitude in his eyes. It is Liu Bang who is in charge of the Han army at the moment, not Liu Bei, let alone Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang can stop the front army and let him set up the formation, which is already a kind of affection. Before the two armies were arrayed, Kong Ming could still leave some affection for him, which could not help but make him grateful in his heart.

Liu Bang took Chen Ping and slowly walked to the front of the formation and looked at the formation of the Wu army. A little familiar, and a little unfamiliar. The Xuanxiang array is one of the ten formations contained in the "Art of War" of Sun Bin, and it can not be familiar with the Han army. After fighting for so many years, it can be regarded as the most used formation.

But this Xuanxiang array placed by Zhou Yu is different from the previous ones, and he can't see the number of ways at all. If you look at it the way you used to look, you can't see anything. Liu Bang looked at Chen Ping, Chen Ping frowned, he was good at tricks, although he knew a little about the military formation, he didn't know much. In the Han camp back then, the most familiar with the art of war and military formations had to belong to Zhang Liang and Han Xin, but now neither Zhang Liang nor Han Xin is under Liu Bang's hands.

Fortunately, there was a Zhuge Liang among the juniors, and Chen Ping looked at Zhuge Liang again.

Zhuge Liang had to take a few steps forward and said: "Gaozu, Chen Xiang, this is a variant of the Xuanxiang Array, I have never seen it, I think it was rearranged in the underworld after Zhou Yu died." ”

Liu Bang looked at the military formation and said: "If you use the army to press it, you can also ruin this formation, but the soldiers will inevitably suffer a lot of losses." Kong Ming, are you sure to break through the formation?"

Zhuge Liang thought about it carefully and said, "You should be able to give it a try." ”

"Okay, then it's up to you to command, and both the Yulin Army and the Five Colonels of the Northern Army can call in. ”

Zhuge Liang still did not mobilize Liu Che and Liu Xiu's troops, Liu Bang's words were so, but as a junior courtier, Zhuge Liang thought that he did not have this confidence. No matter how much he has no elites in his hands, although the Bai Yu Soldiers and the Wudang Flying Army are not as good as those two powerful troops, they are also top troops.

Zhou Yu recognized Bai Yubing, but he didn't recognize Wudang Feijun. The latter unit was built after his death, and it used many southwestern tribes, and was good at mountain warfare, and its combat effectiveness on the grassland was much weaker, because the lip had not really been used so far.

Wang Ping, as the chief general of the Wudang Flying Army, undertook the task of exploring the formation. With a spear across his chest, he shouted, "Sons, kill with me!"

Squinting his eyes, watching Wang Ping rush into battle, Zhou Yu mobilized the Wu army to surround him. The two armies met and fought quite fiercely. The Wudang Fei Army was far more resistant to hard fighting than the Wu Army, and it was very fierce in the fighting. Wu Jun, on the other hand, seemed timid and did not dare to step forward.

The formation was a little scattered for a while, and Zhou Yu hurriedly rectified it, but it was too late. Zhuge Liang fully grasped the fighter plane, the generals of the Han army in the city government came out, and the five generals of Guanzhang, Ma, Zhao and Huang each led the cavalry to step into the formation, and quickly dispersed the formation.

"Alas, it's a pity that Zhou Gongjin is talented, but his soldiers are so weak, and the defeat of the Wu army is not Zhou Yu's crime. ”

Liu Bang nodded when he heard this, he couldn't understand Zhou Yu's formation, but he always knew something. After Wang Ping rushed in, he was actually in a predicament, if the Wu army was brave enough, then Wang Ping might be trapped in the formation, so that the Wu army would be wiped out. This formation made him a little unconscious, good thing, want!

"Kong Ming, this formation may be imitated?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "This array is Zhou Yu's painstaking efforts, it is difficult to imitate, I am afraid that it has its appearance, but there is no essence." ”

"That's it, then forget it, the army will press up, all the captives will be dug and buried, just like Luoyang City, only one head will be kept. ”

Liu Bang walked towards the Chinese army with the pace of a hooligan, and this time the tossing time was a little long, which made him a little sleepy. Now that the overall situation has been decided, then the rest does not need to worry about it, go back to the Chinese army to rest.

Zhou Yu did not escape, but was surrounded by Zhang Fei and others with unwillingness. Zhang Fei did not attack again, and Zhuge Liang's order had been passed down, digging a pit on the spot and planting the Wu army in the soil. Keep Zhou Yu outside, wait for the army to withdraw, and then dig out the Wu army.

Zhou Yu could only watch as the Han army dug out the pit, and the Wu army jumped into it, and then the Han army filled it in, leaving only one head in the end. The teeth were almost crushed, and Zhou Tai and Tai Shici were just as sad and angry as him. At this moment, he was guarding his left and right, beware of Zhang Fei's move.

The soldiers of the Han army were supported down, and this time the Han army was not small, and they all wanted money to comfort.

Sima Yi walked on the battlefield with Zhang Chunhua, and sighed every time he saw a soldier of Wu. made Zhang Chunhua very upset.

"Old thing, can't you sigh a few less?"

"What do you know, the Han army is so strong, how can Shi'er and Zhao'er establish a foundation after they die? I don't sigh for Wu Jun, I sigh for my sons. ”

Hearing him mention his two sons, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but have a trace of melancholy on his face.

Not to mention the other sons, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao are now the faces of the Sima family, the target of Cao Wei's old ministers, what a cruel thing the political struggle is, and if you are not careful, you may lose everything. She can not care about Sima Yi, but she can't not care about her son.

Seeing the change in Zhang Chunhua's expression, Sima Yi smiled slightly.