Chapter 257: Great Wars
With the disturbance of these 20,000 cavalry, the Chu soldiers, who were originally in the upper hand, immediately panicked, if the Chinese army was broken and the lord would be killed, then their formation would be self-defeating.
So at this moment, the various formations that acted as fish scales in the Fish Scale Descent were in a state of great hesitation. Some want to break away from the formation and rush to the aid of the Chinese army's big tent, and some want to increase their strength and destroy the Fu soldiers who are surrounded in the middle first.
With these hesitations, the scales immediately slowed down a lot, which greatly reduced the pressure soldiers who were surrounded in the center, and once again plucked up their courage and pressed forward in formation.
If the tip of the arrows of the Fu army's front arrow formation successfully enters the rear of the fish scale array, and forms an encirclement with the cavalry that goes around the enemy's rear to form an encirclement of the Chu army's military tent, not only will the Chu army's formation be broken, but Yu Xian may be captured or killed by the Dafu soldiers.
Yu Xian is a general who has commanded the army for many years, and his adaptability on the battlefield is also very strong, and he sees that the situation is very unfavorable for several classes. With a cruel look in his eyes, he stood high on the chariot, and the flag in his hand kept waving, and only the officers and men of the army would act according to their orders.
After seeing Yu Xian's flag clearly, the soldiers of the Chu army were surprised, but on the battlefield, soldiers must obey orders first. Therefore, the soldiers of the Chu State immediately took action, and according to Yu Xian's command, they each completed their own tasks.
This Yu Xian is also a very courageous person, seeing that the opponent's cavalry is not far from his Chinese army, standing on the high chariot, Yu Xian can even see the expression on the face of the doctor and soldier.
Faced with this critical situation, under normal circumstances, Yu Xian should command the soldiers in front to echo the rescue. However, Yu Xian waved the command flag and ordered the soldiers in front not to return, and continued to attack the soldiers in the front of the front array.
The soldiers of the Chinese army immediately turned around, and everyone stood in the shape of a crescent moon, with the help of the mutual cooperation of the formation.
"This Yu Xian is really extraordinary, he can actually put on this moon array, it seems that our army can't take much advantage." Yang Ming, who was standing on the chariot, suddenly felt a headache when he saw Yu Xian put on such a formation.
"Looking at this formation, it is like a moon, it feels a little thin, and the infantry suffers a lot against the cavalry, what kind of effect can such a formation achieve?" The adjutant general on the side asked with some confusion.
"Don't underestimate this moon formation, this formation is an arc-shaped configuration, shaped like a crescent, it is an asymmetrical formation, and the general's formation is usually located at the bottom of the crescent moon concave. During the battle, focus on attacking the flank, and resist the enemy with thick moon rings, which seem to be weak in the recess of the crescent, but contain danger. Yang Ming said with a solemn face.
"More than a hundred years ago, there was a general named Liu Yu, who used this moon formation, and with only 8,000 infantry, he was able to defeat the enemy's 30,000 iron banners. After this battle, the prestige of the "Moon Array" was greatly enhanced, and it was talked about by future generations, so that when it came to how to "ride with steps", it must be said that "the Moon Array". Seeing that the deputy general was a little unconvinced, Yang Ming said again.
"Then according to this, if our cavalry is in trouble, let them withdraw quickly!" Hearing Yang Ming's words, the deputy general said a little anxiously.
"The Dao is not so dangerous, Yu Xian's formation is similar to the regular Qiyue formation, but looking at his formation, he has not yet mastered the essence of this formation, plus he is not fully prepared, we have a numerical advantage, and we can't suffer much loss." Yang Ming said lightly.
Because the fish used the moon array first, the previous fish scale array was incomplete, and the attack ability obviously decreased a lot, and the pressure on the Dafu soldiers who were surrounded in the middle was much less, making the two sides fall into a stalemate stage.
And Yu Xian's Chinese army, hastily used the moon formation to meet the Dafu cavalry, although it was not able to defeat the enemy and win, but finally stopped Dafu's 20,000 iron cavalry on the periphery, and it was never possible
Take a step forward.
The battle lasted for three or four hours, and it was getting dark. The two sides beat the war drums to each other, agreed to a temporary truce, and then the soldiers of both sides withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the camp to rest.
On the first day of the formation battle, there were some casualties on both sides, but they were not serious. However, the leading generals of the two sides already knew that the other party was quite a powerful figure, so they were much more cautious with each other in the second day of the battle.
On the second day of the battle, the formation used by Yu Xian was called the Crane Wing Formation, which required the general to have a high tactical command ability, and the two wings could be opened and closed freely, which could not only be used to copy the enemy's flanks, but also work together to flank the enemy who broke into the middle of the formation. The two wings should be maneuverable, closely coordinated, and attack fiercely, otherwise the goal will not be achieved.
However, Yang Ming used a relatively common formation, called the Long Snake Formation, this formation has three changes, and from these three changes, the Long Snake Formation operates, like a giant python attacking, attacking fiercely.
Both sides were masters of formations, and on the second day of the battle, they both took advantage of different variations to mobilize soldiers to attack and defend. After a day of fighting, both sides still didn't get any bargains, and the battle was evenly divided.
In the next few days, the two sides still fought directly, and many different formations emerged, such as the goose-shaped formation, the hook-shaped formation, the Taigong formation, the Fangyuan formation, the yoke formation, and the crane wing formation......
The strange formations of the two formation masters are endless, and it can be said that they will meet the opponent in chess, and this formation battle has been going on for six or seven days, and there is no winner or loser.
In the past few days of continuous fighting, the soldiers on both sides were a little tired, so Yang Ming agreed with Yu Xian to rest for a few days before resuming the battle. With this agreement, the exhausted soldiers on both sides had the opportunity to rest in their respective camps for three days.
Three days later, the battle began again, but then the situation changed. Yang Ming, the king of Da Fusheng, put out several strange formations, this time Yu Xian couldn't identify it, and Yu Xian, who didn't understand the magic of the opponent's formation, suffered several losses and lost a lot of soldiers and horses.
Seeing that the army had suffered a defeat and the morale of the soldiers of the Chu State had been severely hit, Yu rarely saw that the situation was not good, so he simply organized his soldiers to retreat to the rear and set up camp on a hillside twenty miles behind the original camp.
Seeing Yu Xian's army retreating to the rear, Yang Ming was unwilling to let them go, followed closely behind the Chu army, and also set up camp in the rear of the Chu army.
Yu Xian's approach was supported by his generals, because their current camp was built against the back of a mountain, and the terrain of this place was not flat or open, which was not suitable for setting up a formation for battle.
However, everyone forgot that morale can be used, although Yang Ming can't put up a good formation that is conducive to attacking now, but the Dafu soldiers won the battle and their morale is very high. After the battle started again, the Dafu soldiers screamed and rushed towards the Chu army desperately.
But the soldiers of Chu State are different, because they have suffered defeats, they see these Dafu soldiers who are very imposing, and there is a faint fear in their hearts, and they are always timid when fighting, and they can't fully exert their strength.
Such a mood of the Chu army was very unfavorable to the operation, and after two days of fighting on the new battlefield, the Chu soldiers were still suppressed by the soldiers of Dafu, and the number of losses in each battle was more than that of Dafu.
In desperation, Yu Xian had no choice but to retreat twenty miles to the rear with the Chu soldiers, but the Dafu soldiers led by Yang Ming were like shadows, closely following the steps of the Chu soldiers, and once again following the Chu soldiers to force the Chu army to fight, but the Chu soldiers whose morale had greatly decreased were not opponents.
In desperation, Yu Xian had to pull out the village again, and the team retreated to the rear for more than ten miles.
Choose a high ground to set up camp. This time Yu Xianxue was smart, he strengthened his camp on the high ground, no matter how the Dafu soldiers challenged, they closed the gate of the village, guarded the camp, and resolutely did not leave the camp.
Because Yu Xian chose to camp on the high ground this time, he deliberately strengthened the defensive facilities, coupled with the terrain advantage, so that the Dafu soldiers could not take a step forward.
Seeing that the soldiers of the Chu State did not go out to engage in the battle, the soldiers of Dafu chose the way of scolding, and sent some sharp-tongued soldiers to surround the gate of the Chu army camp and use all kinds of vicious language to abuse the generals and soldiers of the Chu army, in an attempt to provoke them.
In the face of the abuse of the Dafu soldiers, the Chu soldiers were furious, and several generals wanted to lead the troops out of the camp to fight to the death with the Dafu people many times. However, Yu Xian ordered that everyone should not go out of the village to meet the battle without permission, and those who violated it would not be spared.
Seeing that the Chu army was unwilling to go out of the village to meet the battle, Yang Ming had to change his combat strategy, and he asked the Dafu soldiers to surround the Chu army's camp. Unable to transport food or water, they are trying to trap them alive on the high ground.
Yang Ming deserves to be a brilliant general of the unified army, and his approach is very in line with the art of war, and it is very effective to use at this time. According to everyone's estimates, under this strategy, the soldiers of Chu who are surrounded by regiments will be without water and food within ten days, and they will be defeated without a fight.
In order to trap the Chu soldiers in the camp, Yang Ming also asked his soldiers to add many facilities to the encirclement, making the encirclement more solid.
After doing all this, Yang Yun asked the Dafu soldiers to divide into several parts, leaving some to supervise the movements of the Chu army. Always ready for the battle. The rest of the soldiers took turns to rest, adjust their mental state, and when the Chu army broke through, they would give the Chu army a head-on blow in the best condition.
Just when Yang Yun and Yu Xian led the army to fight, on the Quanzhou battlefield, Kuban, who had been calm for a few days, suddenly commanded the army to attack like Tuobada's territory like a stimulant.
The way the Liuyi people fought was different from that of Dafu and Chu and even Korea, and they didn't pay attention to what formation or formation at all? Their troops are also very single, all of them are cavalry.
On the battlefield of this era of cold weapons, the combat power of cavalry is indeed much stronger than that of infantry, and when the number is equal, the infantry is basically unable to stop the cavalry that has already rushed up.
But like Liuyi, all cavalry also has some drawbacks, their battles are a lot less varied, always the same fierce combat style for thousands of years, their combat methods are generally only a few, long-distance cavalry shooting, close range running, or using the advantage of fast horse speed to outflank the opponent.
Because of the relatively simple tactics, after the Kuban team and the Tuoba soldiers encountered, they immediately began a bitter battle without any tricks, and the casualties on both sides of such a battle were relatively serious.
A small number of Dafu soldiers led by Liu Cheng were not good at this way of fighting, and in order to preserve their strength, he let his soldiers respond outside the battlefield, so that Tuobadu, who had relatively few troops, would not be defeated by Kuban on the battlefield.
This kind of battle is really cruel, there are often people who are cut off from their horses, and trampled into a paralyzed mud by the running war horses, and some people have been cut off in half, or their heads have fallen to the ground, and they are dragged around the battlefield by the war horses, or both sides of the war have fallen under the horses and are dragged alive by the frightened war horses.
The two forces of the same nation have now become mortal enemies, and every battle has done their best, and countless lives have been left on the grassland.
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