Chapter 475: Array within Formation
After learning the news that Yan Jinxuan was about to arrive in Guangyuan, Yan Shichong immediately rode his horse to the scene.
At the same time, Yan Shichong sent people to the scene to send a batch of muskets and cannons, and sent 50 military dogs.
"My lord, it's just 40,000 horses, we don't need to make such a big move, right?" Gu Yungang looked at Yan Shichong with a solemn face and said, feeling that he was really making a fuss.
Yan Shichong only smiled lightly and did not answer.
He had fought with Yan Jinxuan no less than ten times, and each time he thought he was well prepared, but each time he was shamefully defeated. This time he doesn't want to lose again, so he has to give it his all.
"My lord, after the col ahead, you will reach the uninhabited slope." The person sent by Du Bai to check on came back and reported to Yan Jinxuan.
Yan Jinxuan looked up in that direction, but saw that there were cliffs and cliffs that stretched for dozens of miles in front of him.
The mountain wind blew from the gap between the mountains, and it was cold and swishing, and the occasional birdsong was even more chilling.
"Where are their people hiding?" Yan Jinxuan asked.
"Go back to your lordship, and hide in the bushes and stone holes on the hillside." The visitor replied, pointing to the hillside not far away.
Yan Jinxuan fixed his eyes in the direction he was pointing, and vaguely saw a few slightly moving figures.
On another mountain road, another group of people were carrying things up the hill at a rapid pace.
There is no doubt that this is Yan Dang carrying weapons up the mountain.
"Do you know how many of them there are?" Yan Jinxuan asked again.
"My lord, because they are too secretive. So the small ones can't be known. But judging from the movement of those hills, there should be no less than 30,000 people. "Come humane.
Yan Jinxuan nodded.
But he wasn't alarmed.
He glanced back at the army with shields held flat, and said in a calm tone, "Keep going." And took the lead.
The army immediately followed him and moved quickly.
Yan Shi rushed to the top of the mountain and looked at it this way, and was suddenly dumbfounded--what is that black, moving large area?
However, when he looked closely, even his legs could not help but tremble.
It turned out that under the black patch, there were neat footsteps moving forward.
So, did Yan Jinxuan have long expected that he sent someone to ambush here?
Yan Shichong looked at it in a daze, and the anger in his heart didn't come to one place.
Gu Yungang took a few steps forward and reminded, "My lord, it's time for us to make a move." ”
Yan Shichong looked at the soldiers at the foot of the mountain who had firmly protected themselves with their shields, and his original confidence in victory had been reduced by half. However, the arrow was already on the string and had to be sent, so Yan Shichong shouted: "Brothers, rush for me!" ”
Yan Dang, who was hiding in the bushes and stone caves, immediately came out in response. Carrying his weapon, he rushed down the mountain.
"Accelerate!" Yan Jinxuan said loudly.
The 40,000-strong army immediately picked up.
Yan Dang rushed towards them as if he had fallen from the sky. Their shields were immediately pieced together more closely to keep the enemy troops at bay.
Yan Dang soon fell onto their shields and tried to attack their bodies.
However, Yan Dang was unable to get past the shield to get close to their bodies. These people have no choice. So he had to jump the shield. In order to make them powerless to resist.
However, the soldiers of our army still held their shields very calmly. And constantly changing formations.
The enemy army could not get close to our army, and I couldn't help but be a little impatient.
Yan Jinxuan ordered at this time: "Set up a formation!" ”
The soldiers immediately stood in countless circles and tilted their flat shields into the circles.
The unsteady enemy suddenly slipped into the circle.
Our army then raised their swords and stabbed them.
Because it was surrounded by clusters. The enemy forces could not break through at all, so they had to resist to the death.
For a while, there was a constant sound of fighting within a radius of several miles.
Our army soon gained the upper hand.
After killing the enemy surrounded by these regiments, our troops raised their shields flat, formed a dense group, and continued to move forward quickly.
Yan Shichong, who was standing on the top of the mountain and witnessing all this, was about to fall out.
Yan Jinxuan, I will not give up if I don't kill you today, Yan Shichong said fiercely in his heart, and his hand was unconsciously clenched into a fist.
"My lord, they're all about to get out of the unmanned slope, what should I do?" Gu Yungang hurriedly asked.
"Let go of the military dogs, and then amplify the cannons." Yan Shichong said through gritted teeth.
Suddenly, fifty military dogs flew down the mountain. At the same time, ten cannons began to fire wildly at them.
Seeing that a military dog pounced, Yan Jinxuan immediately ordered the soldiers to spray the bottle of vinegar made from a special medicine on their bodies.
It's a liquid with a strong smell, and dogs canine can't stand it when they smell it.
Yan Jinxuan distributed them to the soldiers before he set off, so that he could meet the urgent needs.
Dogs are already afraid of acid, and they really don't dare to continue to step forward when they smell this smell.
Seeing that the military dogs did not dare to step forward to attack the enemy, Yan Shichong hurriedly said to the gunners: "Hurry up and bombard." ”
Shells rained down on the foot of the mountain.
"Hurry up!" Yan Jinxuan ordered again.
Yan Jinxuan knew very well that the lethality of the cannon was only effective within a certain range, and the foot of the mountain here was about fifty or sixty meters away from the top of the mountain, which was already the limit of the lethality of ordinary cannons, so if they ran faster, they could avoid injury.
The soldiers immediately followed Yan Jinxuan's order and quickly ran forward and blocked it with their shields. As a result, although a small number of soldiers were wounded, most of them were safe.
The soldiers who were able to continue on their way quickly escaped from the artillery bombardment.
"My lord, do you want to chase it?" Another subordinate hurriedly asked Yan Shichong.
"Absolutely." Yan Shichong said, immediately took the remaining 10,000 people on horseback to chase after him, and notified the accomplices who were in ambush not far away through a code.
"My lord, Yan Dang is chasing after you again." Du Baixun immediately came to Yan Jinxuan and said.
"I know, let's go ahead as usual, and stop when we get to the basin ahead." Yan Jinxuan said.
It's easier to set up when you get there.
Many people know that Yan Jinxuan is an expert in water control, but very few people know that Yan Jinxuan is also proficient in formations, so Yan Shichong and his party just chased after him desperately and never thought about it.
In Yan Shichong's opinion, if he is familiar with the terrain of Sichuan, he must be slightly better, so he is also clear about what terrain they will pass through next.
And his accomplice was now lying in ambush above the basin not far ahead.
Just as Yan Jinxuan's men and horses were about to arrive at that basin, Du Bai's people came to report: "My lord, there is an ambush on the slopes around this basin. ”
Yan Jinxuan said without changing his face: "Okay, then let's play a good game with them today." ”
Yan Jinxuan immediately ordered the whole army to set up a 'labyrinth array'.
It was a formation he had created when he was sixteen years old, and he hadn't had a chance to use it for many years, and this time he was ready to use it well. (To be continued.) )