Chapter 22: Another Defeat

Cheng Fang, you did a good job, you can retreat from the enemy today, you should take the first credit! Back at the camp, Chen Mo was in a good mood and smiled at Cheng Fang.

Cheng Fang was originally a military marquis under Hu Cai, but the number of lives was nearly ten points higher than that of ordinary military marquis, Chen Mo naturally did not promote people casually, even if he did not know the root of the army, he also selected those who had excellent lives from these grassroots generals to promote, this Cheng Fang's life number far exceeded his position, and he naturally had his unique talent.

"It's the lord who has a good schedule, and the last general will not dare to be greedy!" Cheng Fang was also a little excited, during this time, he also had some knowledge of Chen Mo, and he was naturally happy to be rewarded, but what was even more exciting was the feeling of being recognized for his ability, which was a feeling that he would never have under Hu Cai in the past.

"Don't be modest, the next battle still has to be fought, this battle is by no means the work of one person, and it depends on the help of all the soldiers!" Chen Mo smiled and asked people to reward the prepared reward, a fine iron long sword, the texture is good, in addition to the official captain's seal, although he was temporarily acting as a lieutenant before, but he has not been officially appointed, this time it is officially promoted to captain Cheng Fang, although there are only two people, but it is enough for Cheng Fang.

The rest of the generals were a little envious, although they were all promoted by Chen Mo, but there was no case like Cheng Fang who was promoted from a military marquis to a captain, how long has it been?

"Cheng Fang can be rewarded, it is because he is willing to train diligently, and the effect on the battlefield has been seen, I believe that God rewards hard work, and capable people will not be buried under me." Chen Mo spoke out to draw everyone's attention back, and said with a smile: "You are all personally selected by me, your ability is not less than a square, just like Fang Cai said, fighting a war is by no means the work of one person, I hope you can break the enemy with me!" ”

"The last general is willing to die for the Lord!" Regardless of whether it is sincere or not, at this moment, heartbeat is inevitable, Li Le and Hu are clan-style warlords, and these recruited generals are no matter how capable they are, it is not easy to be a military commander, but here in Chen Mo, it may be possible to go further.

"Go back to the camp and rectify the troops, this battle has just begun." Chen Mo smiled.

"Whoa!" The generals bowed and departed.

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On the other side, after Xu Huang returned to the camp, he felt that something was wrong, if Chen Mo really had an elite, then why didn't he take the initiative to attack, he saw that he had intended to lead him to pursue before? But when the other party retreated, the position seemed to be trying to maintain, obviously worried about his own pursuit, could it be that there was fraud in it?

Yang Ping strode in, frowned at Xu Huang and said, "Gongming, this initial battle was frustrated and morale was low, how do you explain it to the lord?" ”

The tone was no longer as polite as before, Xu Huang frowned, got up and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and today's battle is just to test the enemy's reality, and I have never been frustrated." ”

Thinking carefully about the process of the daytime battle, Xu Huang had already found some cats, the other party's later attack was actually a little chaotic, but the rain of arrows came a little suddenly, and the performance before and after made people feel a gap in their hearts, so they regarded the other party as an elite, but in fact, looking at it now, even if it is not a rabble, it is not much better, Chen Mo is good at fighting, and now it seems that what he said is true, and he is clearly bluffing himself.

"Ha, more than 300 people were killed in the first battle, if you continue to fight like this, within ten days, our army is afraid that it will be exhausted by that Chen Mo." Yang Ping said disdainfully.

Xu Huang frowned and said, "I have my own plans, and I don't bother General Yang!" ”

"Then the general will have to wait and see how General Xu breaks the enemy!" Yang Ping snorted coldly and walked away.

Xu Huang rubbed his temples with a headache, this Yang Ping is really still in the way, but he can't help it, after all, he is Yang Feng's brother, he can't move, let's think about how to deal with Chen Mo tomorrow, right?

For Chen Mo, Xu Huang didn't dare to despise him, even if the other party was just a group of rabble, but today's performance showed that this group of rabble could still exert good combat power in Chen Mo's hands.

Early the next morning, Xu Huang led his troops to fight again, standing on the gate, Chen Mo put up a pergola, looked at the neat queue of troops in the distance, several cavalry generals shouted in front of the formation, Chen Mo ignored these foul-mouthed cavalry generals, and looked at the formation of Xu Huang in the rear, two thousand people looked like yesterday in twenty phalanxes, but unlike yesterday, these twenty phalanxes were lined up, but not completely in a straight line, eyebrows raised, this Xu Huang is going to fight with himself?

"This Xu Huang can't even put the position in order!" Dian Wei stood beside Chen Mo and frowned.

"This is a mixed element array, it seems simple, but it can be attacked and defended, the mixed element is the same, it is quite a practical battle array!" Chen Mo shook his head with a smile and explained to the generals.

"Then why don't you set up a battle formation?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo Dao when he heard this.

"How can it be that easy?" Chen Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "This battle formation is made up of people, and there are special flags, drums and trumpets to cooperate in order to have the desired effect, the most powerful thing about this battle formation is that it can quickly change according to the occupation, and it can also keep the formation not chaotic. ”

"All the bells and whistles, it turned out that it didn't work for half a point?" Dian Wei pursed his lips when he heard this, and it sounded very profound, it turned out to be useless.

"It's not useless, this hybrid array is simple, among all kinds of battle formations, it can be regarded as a kind of general formation, any general can use it, it is used well, and the power is extraordinary, but if it is just a few changes, it is not difficult to deal with, Bao Geng!" Chen Mo smiled and turned his head.

"The last general!" Bao Geng came to Chen Mo's side and bowed.

"You lead the cavalry to the battle, remember, don't rush straight into the enemy's formation, just run around the formation, I'll see how his formation changes." Chen Mo smiled.

"Whoa!" Bao Geng agreed, turned around and got out of the gate, ordered the cavalry out of the camp, and went straight to Xu Huang's army.

Cavalry?

Xu Huang saw a cavalry rushing out of the opponent's camp, and frowned slightly, Chen Mo wanted to try the formation? At the moment, the command flag was waved, the drum sounded, and the battle formation that was originally lined up in a line began to return, and began to shrink into a circle formation, and at the same time, the archers inside the formation began to stretch their bows and arrows, and only waited for Xu Huang to give an order.

Chen Mo stood on the gate, the other party's flag could not be seen, but the sound of drums and trumpets could be heard clearly, although in the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, Chen Mo rejected the qin, the teacher's bloody hands are still unforgettable, and they have always been the shadow in Chen Mo's heart, but this does not prevent him from appreciating the rhythm, and the command in the army also uses drums and trumpets, how can Chen Mo not understand.

On the battlefield, Bao Geng led the cavalry around Xu Huang's military formation, and from time to time he wanted to get close but was repelled by the opponent with an arrow array, and he couldn't get close after several attempts.

Several short encounters ended in failure, but instead lost dozens of cavalry, Bao Geng was helpless, Chen Mo's side had already sounded the drum, this was the drum of Chen Mo's army out of the camp, and it was also to tell Bao Geng that it was time to retreat.

"Lord, the last general is incompetent!" Bao Geng came back with a depressed face, and saluted Chen Mo and said, "Please surrender the lord!" ”

"The opponent's formation is tight, and the changes are rigorous, this is not your fault, and it is a temptation, you let the soldiers come back to rest." Chen Mo shook his head with a smile and said.

"Lord, the other party's formation is a little difficult to break!" Cheng Fang came to Chen Mo's side and bowed.

"It's not difficult to break, you just need to remember after a while, when you hear the drums, you will retreat, and don't pay attention to the other drums!" Chen Mo smiled and said to Dian Wei on the side: "Go and call more drummers." ”

"Whoa!" Dian Wei was a little dazed, but he still went to give the order and brought out all the drummers in the general.

On the other side, Xu Huang rearranged his formation, looking at the army on Chen Mo's side, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, yesterday was a temptation, but today he has determined that Chen Mo's command is not a rabble, but they are all temporary patchwork soldiers, such an army, it is not difficult to break it! Today, he may be able to defeat Chen Mo, a victorious general.

"Knock knock knock~" Here, Chen Mo ordered the drum to sound, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies began to move forward slowly under the command of Cheng Fang and others, Chen Mo's order was very simple, and he entered and retreated when he heard the drum, and the soldiers who had not undergone integrated training could not understand the too complicated drum and horn, so it was easier to command these people with simple orders.

"Lord, the drummer is here!" Dian Wei came to Chen Mo with a team of drummers and bowed.

"Dian Wei, you lead me to escort these drummers, follow the soldiers to send troops, as long as the other party sounds the drum, you will immediately beat the drum." Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei and the drummers behind him.

"Lord, I don't know how to knock?" Several military musicians looked at Chen Mo and said.

"Knock randomly, the more chaotic the better, I want to disrupt the other party's drums, and the rest of you can see for yourself!" Chen Mo looked at the slowly advancing troops and said with a smile.

"Whoa!" Several musicians were a little stunned when they heard this, it was the first time they had encountered this kind of order after beating the war drums for so many years, but Chen Mo understood what they meant, they wanted to confuse the other party's drums, and they each took orders at the moment, led the drummers to board the drum car, and began to conduct.

On the other side, Xu Huang saw that the soldiers and horses on this side began to advance, and after carefully looking at the formation, he was a little puzzled, Chen Mo wouldn't have even understood his own formation, right? If this is the case, Xu Huang is a little disappointed.

"Rise!" Xu Huang's expression was cold, and he slowly raised his hand and shouted.

"Knock knock knock ~ woo ~" The sound of drums and trumpets started at the same time, and almost at the same time, the drums sounded from the opponent's military formation: "Knock knock ~ knock ~ knock ~"

In the chaotic Gu Shengzhong, Xu Huang's face changed, and he turned his head to look behind him, and the originally rigorous formation was suddenly chaotic.

"Not good!" Xu Huang's face became ugly, he never dreamed that the battle formation he had practiced hard would be broken by Chen Mo in this way, he felt aggrieved, but he was helpless, at this moment, he watched the other party's army slowly approaching, but he didn't dare to engage in the battle, and directly ordered the soldiers of the three armies to withdraw, and the shortcomings of the battle array are also here, once it is disrupted, it is not as good as the ordinary army......