Chapter 256: Fighting Array

In this battle of crossing the river, the Dafu soldiers did not lose many people, on the contrary, due to the addition of these former Suizhou soldiers scattered all over the country, the number of soldiers under the command of Cheng Xin increased.

Cheng Xin knew that the fighter plane was fleeting, so he hurriedly reorganized these newly joined Dafu soldiers and led people to quickly run in the direction of Suizhou City.

The Koreans sent 100,000 people to invade Dafu this time, sent 50,000 people to block the Dafu people from crossing the river by the river, and some soldiers were stationed in other cities, so there were only about 20,000 Korean soldiers left in Suizhou City at this time.

The city walls of Suizhou are very high, and the food reserves and various equipment in it are also sufficient. Under normal circumstances, the 20,000 South Korean soldiers could hold out for a period of time in the face of the attack of more than 100,000 Daefu soldiers.

However, the Korean soldiers guarding the city of Suizhou, they did not expect that the Dafu people could successfully cross the river, and they did not prepare to defend the city at all, and now they can only hastily organize a simple defense.

Another factor that is unfavorable to the Koreans is that they have just occupied the city of Suizhou, and they have not yet won the support of the people here, and in the minds of many ordinary people, they are still the people of Dafu and do not want to become subjects of such a small country as Korea.

Therefore, as soon as Cheng Xin's siege battle began, the Koreans were in a very dangerous situation, first, the soldiers of Dafu under the city were extremely brave, and second, the people in the city actually organized some militia and harassed them in the back.

Cheng Xin is worthy of being an old fox, he knows very well that he can't arouse the determination of the Koreans to fight to the death at this time, in this way, not only the Dafu soldiers will lose a lot, but the people in the city will also suffer.

Therefore, when Cheng Xin was attacking the city, he adopted the strategy of "encircling three and letting go of one", organized the soldiers to defend it, and desperately launched an attack from the three city gates in the south, east and west, but let go of the north gate to give the Koreans a chance to escape.

Cheng Xin's strategy really worked, and after a short period of contact, the morale of the Korean soldiers who had suffered heavy losses was greatly reduced, and the general in charge of commanding the troops saw that the general situation was gone, so he had to flee from the north gate with the remaining soldiers.

But what these Koreans didn't expect was that Cheng Xin had already laid out his pockets a few miles outside the north gate of Suizhou City. The Korean soldiers, who had fled in a hurry, suddenly got into their pockets, and the Korean soldiers, who had been frightened, were soon brutalized and killed. Seeing that the general trend had gone, some cowards simply surrendered on their knees.

The 20,000 Korean soldiers defending the city had already been killed a small part of the city, and at this time almost all the troops were wiped out. In the end, there were less than 1,000 Korean soldiers left to protect their commander, and they fought desperately to get out of the encirclement.

The defeat was like a mountain, and after two heavy defeats, the Koreans could no longer organize a decent counterattack, and it took Cheng Xin less than a month to regain all the lost territories.

The Koreans had all retreated to their own territory, and Cheng Xin did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, he asked people to report the battle report back to Xijing as quickly as possible, and wait for Emperor Fu's instructions before making the next move.

The news of Suizhou's victory soon spread among the government and the opposition, and while praising the old general Cheng Xin, Dafu was also extremely dissatisfied with Huaihua General Li Yue and Xiangwang Yang Xian through before and after comparison.

This made the people in Yang Xian's forces annoyed, thinking that he could earn military merits this time, so that the influence of King Xiang in the court increased greatly, but he didn't expect to steal chickens, but instead eat rice.

The great victory in Suizhou greatly boosted the morale of the entire Dafu, and they began to be optimistic about the war. There are even people who believe that this time they can take advantage of the situation to defeat the Chu State in one fell swoop and destroy the old enemy for many years.

But the people of Dafu were not happy for too long, and a defeat made them in fear.

This time the defeat actually occurred on the main battlefield of Yunzhou, and it was Yang Yun, the "god of war" in the hearts of the people, who suffered the defeat.

After Yang Ming came to Yunzhou, with his position in the Dafu military, he quickly got the command of all the armies in Yunzhou. Even the Longwu army guarding Yunzhou City, as well as the soldiers guarding Xunyang Pass, were temporarily under his control.

Yang Ming divided his army of 400,000 into two parts

points, respectively stationed in the two large camps between Xunyang Pass and Yunzhou City.

Although Yang Ming is not very old, he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he has a lot of combat experience. Under his unified command, the Dafu army formed a strong defensive line in Yunzhou.

Yu Xian led his army and attacked this line of defense many times. But this line of defense is impregnable, and no matter which way Yu Xian attacks, he has not gained any benefits.

There were even a few times when Yu Xian's army was almost surrounded by the Dafu army, but fortunately, Yu Xian was also quick to react and led his troops out of the encirclement in time, so that his troops did not suffer too much loss.

After suffering a few dark losses, Yu Xian also learned to be smart, he asked his soldiers to hold their positions and no longer take the initiative to attack, so that there was a short calm on the battlefield in Yunzhou.

However, Yang Ming was not a general who liked to defend, and when he was sure that his defense line was no longer much of a problem, he began to try to take the initiative to attack Yu Xian.

Yang Ming and Meng Wu, the commander of the Long Wu Army, were the two most well-known generals in Dafu, one good at attacking and the other good at defending. Yang Ming just took advantage of the characteristics of the two of them, and Meng Wu was responsible for the defense of the entire defense line, and he led the army to attack Yu Xian's camp.

Yu Xian was able to become the generalissimo of the Chu State, of course, he was not an ordinary person. Seeing that Yang Ming took the initiative to attack him, he also immediately set up his position and prepared for battle.

The place where the two sides chose to fight was a large piece of flat land, waiting for Yang Ming to lead his soldiers to arrive. Yu Xian had already been waiting for the battle, and his soldiers had already stood in various directions according to his requirements.

After Yang Ming led the army to arrive, he did not rush to attack, he and several of his wise men stood on a high ground, observing the formation set up by Yu Xian.

"Can you see what kind of formation Yu Xian is posing?" Yang Ming has been familiar with military books since he was a child and has a deep knowledge of tactical formations, but every time he only fights, he still likes to listen to the advice of his subordinates, which makes him rarely make mistakes in every battle.

"This can't be a fish scale array, right?" After a long time, one of the generals under his command said with some hesitation.

"Yes, this is the fish scale array, after the general of this formation is located in the formation, the main forces are assembled in the center, divided into a number of small phalanxes in the shape of fish scales, arranged according to echelons, and the front end is slightly convex." Yang Yun said with a smile.

"Looking at the opponent's formation, there should be some fame, how should we respond?" Another general looked at the Chu army in front of him and said with a frown.

"Don't worry, I know a little about this formation, this fish scale basically belongs to the full attack formation, it seems that Yu Xian wants to have a hard fight with us, then we will meet his wish, wave the flag, and we will put on a sharp arrow formation to see who is more powerful." Yang Ming's tone was full of confidence.

According to Yang Ming's intentions, the Dafu soldiers in front of him quickly formed the shape of arrows.

Yang Ming's formation is called the Sharp Arrow Formation, the general is located in the middle of the formation, the main forces are assembled in the center, and the forward is open in the shape of an arrow, which also belongs to the offensive formation.

Seeing that the formation was arranged, Yang Ming personally took a group of guards, located in the middle and rear of the Blade Array, standing on top of a very tall chariot. Next, Yang Ming waved the command flag in his hand, and the formation took the tip of the arrow as the front and inserted it towards the fresh fish scale array.

The tips of the arrows were all the elite forces under Yang Ming, some of them were responsible for attacking and some were responsible for defense, like a sharp sword, which was quickly inserted into the fish scale array placed by Yu Xian.

Seeing the arrows of the opponent's formation, the Chinese army that stood up was only less than 500 meters away, and even heard the slogan of "Capture alive in Xian" shouted by the soldiers in front of him.

But Yu Xian was not in a hurry, with a mocking smile on his face.

"It is said that this Yang Ming is very good at fighting, I think it's just like that, the center of the fish scale array is the place where our army's heavy troops gather, if you want to fight with me, then I will fulfill you, see if your sharp arrows are strong enough, or my fish scales are the hardest."

After Yu Xian finished speaking, he also waved the battle flag in his hand, and a few scales in the fish scale array immediately approached around the arrows composed of the Dafu soldiers, and desperately attacked the Dafu soldiers.

The main point of the fish scale formation is the "central breakthrough", concentrating forces to launch a fierce attack on the center of the enemy formation, which is a strong offensive and weak defensive formation.

And Yang Ming's sharp arrow formation, on the surface, seems to be the intention of smashing the Yellow Dragon, but in fact, it is a kind of formation that focuses on attack, supplemented by defense, and combines offense and defense.

Yang Ming's sharp arrow formation is more suitable for steady and steady fighting, step by step. But at this time, Yang clearly adopted a hard-hitting approach, and if he had to attack against attack, the formation had some disadvantages.

Therefore, after Yu Xian mobilized the soldiers to attack the tip of the arrows of the formation, the formation of the Dafu soldiers could not take a step forward, and each scale of the fish scale array kept changing its position and taking turns to collect some attacks on the tip of the arrows of the sharp arrow array.

Although the Dafu soldiers at the tip of the arrow are very brave, but under the opponent's wheel warfare, they are still a little unbearable, and the casualties begin to increase.

But the strange thing is that Yang Ming saw that the losses of his own soldiers were obviously greater than those of the other party, but he was not in a hurry at all, and continued to wave the order flag in his hand, and commanded the Dafu soldiers to attack the surrounding Chu soldiers.

Seeing that Yang Ming seemed to be going all the way to the dark, Yu Xian was very happy in his heart, and immediately commanded his soldiers to strengthen the attack, and the scales in the fish scale array were rotating rapidly, like gears with bayonet blades, harvesting the lives of the Dafu soldiers.

"Your Highness, it is very detrimental to our army if it goes on like this, it is better to let the sons and daughters withdraw first, we are thinking about it in the long run." Yang Ming's adjutant general, seeing the more and more losses of the Dafu soldiers, said to Yang Ming in a little anxious.

"Don't worry, if you want to fish, you have to give some bait, first of all, this kid will be proud for a while, and then I will clean him up later." Facing his own disadvantage, Yang Ming was not in a hurry at all, and smiled at the deputy general.

At this time, the advantage of the Chu soldiers on the battlefield became more and more obvious, and they squeezed the Dafu soldiers into a small space in the center. Yu Xian obviously wanted to expand his advantage, and soon ended the battle, continuously urging the Chu soldiers to attack, and even a few scales in the rear who were responsible for guarding them moved over and joined the attack sequence.

"It's time." Seeing the transfer of Chu Bing, Yang Ming let out a long breath and said softly.

"Order our rear flank troops, break away from the formation, go around to the rear of the enemy's formation, and attack them directly from behind." Yang Ming said loudly to the lieutenant general beside him.

"But our rear forces are already weak, and if we are transferred, our Chinese army will be in danger." The adjutant general said anxiously.

"They're busy eating the bait we've given us right now, so where can they pull out people to attack the rear of our army? Listen to me right. Yang Ming was not in a hurry at all, and said to the deputy general with a smile.

Behind the Dafu formation were 20,000 cavalry, who were very mobile and fast. After hearing Yang Yun's order, they bypassed the battlefield as fast as they could, attacking directly towards the rear of the Chu army.

The Fish Scale Formation is a formation with strong offensive ability, but his weakness is that his defensive ability is not strong, especially the tail side of the formation, which is even more vulnerable.

Therefore, after the pair of Dafu cavalry arrived at the rear of the Chu army, they immediately attacked the soldiers in the rear of the Chu army as if they were in a no-man's land.

In order to make the fish scale formation flow quickly, Yu Xian transferred all the cavalry to the formation to participate in the attack, and those who remained in the rear were some infantry, and the cavalry could not withstand these infantry after a few attacks, so they had to flee in all directions.

Seeing that the Chu army in the rear began to retreat, these cavalry did not pursue, but rushed directly from the back to the front, in the direction of Yu Xian's Chinese army.

The Chu soldiers who were attacking in front saw that the Chinese army was threatened, and immediately panicked and wanted to go over for reinforcements, but they couldn't rush over for a while.

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