Chapter 1307: Temujin's Drum Beat Breaking the Fire Ox
Chapter 1307: Temujin's Drum Beat Breaking the Fire Ox
The opening of the Dragon Gate Array made Temujin feel like a great enemy, before he was ostensibly fighting with Qin Hao, but in fact he was secretly looking for a flaw in the Dragon Gate Array, but unfortunately he did not find a way to break the formation.
In the absence of a clear way to break the formation, it is undoubtedly very dangerous to crack a very famous and extremely complex combat method.
Therefore, Temujin was not ready to use conventional methods to break the formation, he decided to rely on the superiority of troops to forcibly break the Longmen Formation, after all, the bearing capacity of any formation is limited, and the Longmen Formation must be the same.
The reason why Li Shimin couldn't crack the Longmen Array was that his superiority in strength was not obvious and could not reach the level of forcibly breaking the Longmen Array, and second, because the cavalry under his command had too few machines and insufficient power.
Temujin was completely different, his 240,000-strong army was all elite cavalry, and the total strength and mobility were impeccable.
I have to say that Temujin is really a war genius, although he didn't find a way to break the formation, but his idea of forcibly breaking the Dragon Gate Formation is correct, but if he forcibly breaks the formation, there is still a big concern, that is, he doesn't know when the Fire Bull Array will be released.
Before stepping into the battlefield, Temujin sent out all the spies to collect the locations where the Han army's fire ox array might be released, just because he was afraid that the Han army would suddenly release the fire ox after the battle, but unfortunately there was no harvest at all so far.
"Your Majesty, the spies of our army have searched all over the radius of a hundred miles, and they have not found any signs of cattle."
Wo Kotai looked puzzled, and said, "Your Majesty, did you say that Qin Hao is Kuang us?" He hadn't thought about using the Fire Bull Formation at all? ”
"Impossible."
Temujin decisively denied it, and said in a deep voice: "Our report will not be wrong, before the Han army left Ningxia City, they had collected nearly 10,000 ploughing cattle in various places, if they didn't want to use the fire ox array, why did they collect so many cattle?" ”
"This ......"
Wokotai rubbed his temples with a headache and said, "But there is really no place around where ten thousand cows can be hidden." ”
"Just because I didn't find it doesn't mean I didn't."
After that, Temujin pointed in the direction of the Dragon Gate Array and said, "At least in that direction, our spies can't go." ”
"What?"
Wo Kotai's eyes immediately widened, and he said in disbelief: "Qin Hao actually placed tens of thousands of cattle in the Longmen Array? Isn't he afraid that the cattle will run wild and make the Longmen Array self-defeating? ”
Although Wo Kotai said this, he already believed most of it in his heart, after all, if the fire ox array was placed in the array, when Yuan Meng launched a frontal charge, the Han army was releasing the fire ox, and Yuan Meng couldn't run away even if he wanted to.
"I've searched for other places, but since I haven't found them, then the Dragon Gate Array will be the only place where cattle can be hidden."
A hint of cunning flashed in Temujin's eyes, and he sneered, "I'm not sure about this, but there's a way to find out.
The order was sent down, and the five major armies in the vanguard were ordered to bring the 5,000 drums prepared in advance and beat the drums with all their strength 300 meters outside the Longmen array. ”
Wokotai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his heart was filled with Temujin's admiration for the five bodies, and now he understood why he had prepared so many drums in advance, it turned out that he was using the drums to alarm the herd.
Three hundred meters is already within the range of the crossbow, but as long as the five thousand horsemen are scattered, do not continue to approach, and keep moving left and right, it is not easy for the Han army to shoot the Yuan cavalry three hundred meters away, and the sound caused by the five thousand drums is enough to reach the Longmen array.
I have to say that Temujin's advantages and disadvantages of the Fire Bull Formation have reached the point where he knows everything about them.
He knew that the biggest advantage of the Fire Bull Array was suddenness, and in order to prevent being attacked by the Fire Bull Array, he searched for a place where the cattle could be hidden before the battle, and after knowing the location of the Fire Bull Array, even if Qin Hao used the Fire Bull, he could calmly avoid the Fire Bull's attack route.
He also knew that although the fire ox who had taken the secret medicine was not afraid, the herd was afraid of noise, so he prepared five thousand war drums in advance, wanting the restless cattle to counterattack the Han army, and directly not give Qin Hao a chance to use the fire ox array.
It was precisely because he was not afraid of the Fire Bull Array at all that Temujin dared to directly fight Qin Hao, after all, apart from the Fire Bull Array, there was nothing in the Han Army that could make him jealous, and the Dragon Gate Array was the same.
Five thousand cavalrymen carrying war drums rushed towards the main gate of the Dragon Gate Formation, Qin Hao thought that they were here to test the formation, but when they reached three hundred meters away, they stopped advancing, and then after the earth-shattering drums came, Qin Hao realized how outrageous he was wrong.
The arrow array in the Longmen array continued to send out a rain of arrows, and each round caused casualties to the Yuan cavalry three hundred meters away, but due to the long distance, the enemy cavalry was in a scattered formation, and it was always in a mobile state, and the dense arrow rain did not cause much casualties to the Yuan cavalry.
Seeing this, Wang Meng, who was beside Qin Hao, immediately showed a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Temujin knows that these five thousand cavalry cannot break through our army's arrow array, so they only beat drums three hundred meters away, and this distance may affect the herd of cattle in the breaking formation." ”
"Report ...... Lord Qiqi, the sound outside the formation is too loud, although the cattle in the formation have blocked their ears with cotton, they are still affected, and they are already a little restless. ”
Qin Hao took a deep look at the reverse where Temujin was, he had already guessed that Temujin could crack the Fire Bull Array, after all, the advantages and disadvantages of the Fire Bull Array were too obvious, but he didn't expect Temujin to use such a simple and crude method.
Qin Hao used the power of livestock to fight the enemy, while Temujin used the method of noise to resolve it, but fortunately, Qin Hao's real hole card was not a fire bull formation from the beginning.
"It's worthy of Temujin, it's really powerful, just relying on thousands of war drums, I have to release the fire bull array in advance."
After Qin Hao praised the move with a faint smile, he decisively ordered: "Pass the order, according to the original plan, immediately release all the fire bulls in the array." ”
Although Qin Hao didn't expect to rely on the Fire Bull Array alone to defeat Temujin, he also wanted to weaken Yuan Meng's tens of thousands of troops, but now it seems that it is impossible.
"Wait a minute, my lord, Yuanmeng only sent five thousand cavalry, and if you use the fire bull array now, you won't be able to cause damage to Yuanmeng at all."
Xue Rengui stood up with an unwilling face, and said: "The cattle in the formation are just restless, and they have not yet erupted, according to the general's opinion, just borrow a strong crossbow, the greater the casualties of these five thousand cavalry, the smaller the drums, and the cattle will naturally settle down." ”
Qin Hao glanced at Xue Rengui and asked rhetorically, "Rengui, do you know how many drums Temujin has prepared?" ”
"This ......"
Xue Rengui was speechless for a moment, yes, God knows how many drums Temujin had prepared, in case the sound of drums outside the formation caused the cattle in the formation to run wild, it would really be too late.