Qingcheng ordered, the whole army was on standby, and all the soldiers roared three times to boost morale. And seeing that Haichuan's side had also finished arranging, Qingcheng no longer delayed, and shouted loudly: "Shangquan Xinxuan!" You have defeated Zhenhai Hou for four months in a row with my Great Qi's Eight Gate Formation, and you are extremely arrogant. Duan Mou is not talented, today he also uses the Eight Formations to ask for advice, you have to be careful. ”

Qingcheng said that the battle formation he had set up was an eight-door formation, and after careful observation, Kamizumi Nobuyi frowned slightly, and said puzzledly: "I know these eight-door formations, it should be divided into eight directions and eight kinds of strategies against the enemy alternately, but this Qingcheng formation, one circle after another, where is it like an eight-door formation?" ”

"The most famous thing about the Great Qi army is the weirdness of the formation, you can understand this formation casually, but it is far from being proficient, not to mention that there are such famous generals on the opposite side who personally set up the formation, and it is normal that you can't understand it."

casually replied to his brother, Shangquan Xinxuan carefully looked at the formation laid out by Qingcheng, and after a moment of silence, the corners of his mouth turned slightly, and he said with a smile: "Bamen is a gossip, and the changes are unpredictable, it seems that this general is serious." Anyway, this battle is very important, and both sides will definitely do their best, and I will give it a go and get to him for a while. Xinyi, after the war starts, you need to carefully observe the formation change method between me and him, and understand it well, it will definitely be beneficial to you. ”

"Don't worry, brother, I will. It's been years since I've seen you serious, and I'm looking forward to it, hehe. ”

Qingcheng is well-informed, and it is naturally not difficult to see that the battle formation set up by Shangquan Shingen is based on defense as an attack, so he is not polite, and slowly raises his hands, ready to give orders. Seeing that Qingcheng was ready to give an order, Thunder Shadow and Storm both clenched the weapons in their hands and prepared to attack.

Qingcheng raised his hands above his head, waved his arms from side to side, and the two flags swayed in a staggered manner. When the generals saw the order, they began to change formations. I saw that all the soldiers of the three circles of Daqi were running, and the middle circle was still in the opposite direction to the soldiers of the other two circles, but the difference was that in the running, they obviously kept getting closer to the Haichuan army and narrowed the encirclement.

Seeing this, Shangquan Shingen also hurriedly ordered, shouting: "If you don't move like a mountain, resist the enemy in all directions!" ”

When the Haichuan Army heard the commander's order, they also began to change their formations. I saw that the four detachments gradually approached with Shangquan Shingen as the center, and the soldiers of each detachment changed positions alternately, and finally all the shield soldiers moved to the outermost side, followed by the spearmen, standing alternately, the spear heads were interspersed along the gap between the shields to face the Great Qi army, and then the infantry, and the archers all retreated to the innermost side.

The encirclement gradually narrowed, and Qingcheng changed its formation again. His arms stopped, but they were still held high, first in a "cross" shape above his head, and then his arms fell quickly, and the two flags pointed forward.

All the soldiers were ordered, the soldiers in the middle circle and the outermost soldiers exchanged columns, and the archers stood in the middle circle, and drew their bows and arrows one after another, and then launched a round of crazy shooting against the Haichuan army.

The Haichuan army took defense as the attack, and the outermost shield soldiers did a good job of fortifications, and Daqi's bows and arrows did not penetrate their defense line, they were all blocked. The infantry behind the shield soldier seemed to have been prepared, and in the interval between the attacks of the Great Qi army, they cautiously collected the bows and arrows around the shield.

Seeing this, Qingcheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and thought to himself: The fortifications are well done, and the infantry is well-trained and cooperative, and if you want to break the formation, it is unrealistic to rely on the archers to open the gap.

He was also carefully observing the thunder shadow of the enemy formation, and after seeing the scene in front of him, he Qingcheng said: "Young master, every direction is well protected, and there are no conspicuous weak points, and it seems meaningless to continue shooting." ”

Qingcheng agreed with Thunder Shadow, so after a round of shooting, he raised his hands above his head again and continued to wave from side to side. Seeing this, all the soldiers stopped attacking and ran again, and the encirclement continued to shrink.

"Good opportunity! It's time for me to test it. ”

Seeing that the Great Qi army had stopped attacking, Shangquan Shingen saw the opportunity to give an order: "It is as fast as the wind, chasing the wind and catching shadows!" ”

When the Haichuan army received the general's order, the innermost archers drew their bows and arrows, and the infantry in the middle also moved at the same time. I saw them take off a bamboo tube from their waists, sprinkle the liquid in it on the archer's arrowhead for some reason, and took out a flint and steel in their bosom and approached the arrow to make fire, and in an instant, the arrow was ignited, and all the bows and arrows became rockets.

After the preparation, all the archers released their arrows diagonally to the outside, and the rockets attacked the encirclement of the Great Qi army.

"Good fellow, there is even oil prepared. As my father said, when foreigners study the Art of War, they all like to use fire. Hmph, it's a pity that I've been prepared. ”

Qingcheng seems to have expected it, and has already instructed the soldiers how to deal with it, so after the Haichuan Army launched a fire attack, all the shield soldiers on the side of Daqi raised their shields high and put them down behind them, and the soldiers on the outside caught them, and the soldiers on the inside lived in it, just blocking the falling rockets.

Occasionally, a few arrows fell into the formation, but most of them were hurriedly driven and extinguished by the soldiers inside. A few people were actually injured, but the damage was not significant.

Kamizumi Shingen couldn't see the movements of the soldiers in the middle circle, but Liang Feng in the rear saw it carefully. All the archers secretly drew their bows and arrows, arrows pointing downward, leaning against the shields in the front row. Looking at this scene, Liang Feng's heart moved, and he secretly thought: Sure enough, he led the soldiers in a good way, and he did not disgrace the reputation of the Duan family.

"Hmph, isn't the wide opening of the array door giving us a chance? My brother is really powerful, with just one hand, he took the initiative back, and now the enemy army is too busy to take care of himself, do we ......?"

Before Kamiizumi Nobuyoshi finished speaking, Kamiizumi Shingen already understood. However, he was a little hesitant and did not give the order for a long time, because in his opinion, Qingcheng was not like this kind of goods, and it only took one round to reveal a flaw.

However, the opportunity will not come again, and even if you miscalculate, you will not lose anything. Thinking like this, Kamizumi Shingen hesitated again and again but ordered in a loud voice: "The fire dragon enters the world!" Rush into the fray! ”

Haichuan's soldiers were ordered, all the archers put down their bows and arrows, the shield soldiers in the front row turned their shields slightly, the formation gate opened, and the rockets aimed straight at the encirclement of Daqi.

That's it! Qingcheng's eyes were quick and he shouted loudly: "Fight back!" ”

Without waiting for the Haichuan army to launch a new round of attack, suddenly, all the shield soldiers in the Great Qi army retreated, and there was no cover in front of the archers on the inside, and the action was undoubtedly displayed. Then, under the slightly surprised gaze of the Shangquan brothers, Daqi's side launched a counterattack, and the archers shot at the enemy formation!

"It's not good, this is a trick to lure the enemy, the shield soldiers quickly reforge the fortifications!"

Although Kamiizumi Shingen gave the order in time, he was still a step too slow, and countless bows and arrows shot into the Haichuan array from all directions, although there was only a momentary opportunity, but the casualties caused were really not small.

And the first round of mutual temptation ended, Qingcheng took advantage of the enemy's slight panic to pursue and gave the order again. I saw him stretch out his arms forward, and staggered the two command flags in front of him in a "cross" shape, and the Great Qi army ran again.

At this time, Storm and Thunder Shadow had already joined the formation, and while all the soldiers were running, a part of the infantry and spearmen suddenly rushed towards the enemy formation, and if you looked closely, there were five squads, attacking the enemy from five directions.

"Kill!"

Led by Thunder Shadow and Tempest, these five squads took advantage of the chaos to attack the enemy. The spearmen were in front, and when they rushed to the enemy formation, they took advantage of the panic in the Haichuan formation and inserted the spears in their hands into the gaps between the shields, stabbing many enemy soldiers. The infantry behind him took the opportunity to snatch the shield from the hands of the casualties of the Haichuan shields.

For a time, the Haichuan army was in chaos. The charge was particularly brave, rushing behind the enemy formation, he jumped up slightly on his feet, raised the giant knife in his hand and slashed above a shield in front of him, and then with his superior arm strength, he pulled down the shield while landing, and then led his team of soldiers into the battle to fight the enemy.

"Come on! Whoever is not afraid of death will come and fight with me! ”

The wind took the lead in the charge, and the morale of his subordinates was high, coupled with his murderous appearance, which really shocked many Haichuan soldiers. And watching the enemy army drive straight in, Kamiizumi Nobuyoshi clenched his saber and killed the wind.

"I'm going to fight you!"

Listening to Nobuyoshi Kamiizumi's shout, Tempest swung his giant knife sideways, and the latter rolled over to dodge his attack and stabbed Tempest in the abdomen.

The wind quickly turned around, and Kankan dodged Kamiizumi Nobuyoshi's attack, and at the same time kicked out, counterattacking Kamiizumi Nobuyoshi's face. Seeing this, the latter held his saber on his chest and used his blade to block the attack of the wind, while in his left hand he used his sword to perform the new Yin Stream taught by his brother. Piercing the throat, stabbing into the chest of the Wind.

"Good! I'm going to fight with you! ”

Rushing Wind looked at Kamizumi Nobuyoshi's offensive, and hit the latter with a fist with his right hand, and the two fought a little, Kamiizumi Nobuyoshi's arm strength was not as good as Hurricane, and the sword move was broken, but it also changed in time. I saw him turn his knife into a palm, and slammed it into the wind's chest, knocking it back a few steps.

The wind didn't expect this person to change his moves quickly, and he was unwilling to fall into the wind a little, and he was about to attack again. At this time, Qingcheng looked at the Haichuan military formation that was gradually restoring order, and knew that the time had passed, and he couldn't fall in love with the battle, so he hurriedly changed the formation.

He raised his arms high, the two flags were staggered, the soldiers on the periphery quickly ran, and the five squads that charged saw it and quickly withdrew. Although the wind was unwilling, he knew that the order was important, and he couldn't disrupt the layout of Qingcheng, so he had to evacuate synchronously.

During the retreat of the charging squad, all the infantry who grabbed the shields were the last to stop the pursuit of the enemy archers.

At the same time, in the Great Qi army formation, except for those five directions, the archers in other positions launched a fire to support the retreat of the charging team. As a result, Kamiizumi Shingen, who wanted to take advantage of the evacuation, did not succeed.

In this round of changing formations and charging, although the Great Qi Army suffered slight casualties, in general, more than 2,000 people had been killed and wounded in the Haichuan Army, which was considered a slight upper hand in Qingcheng.

After Kamiizumi Shingen finished commanding the soldiers to re-array, he looked at the casualties of both the enemy and us, and after a moment of silence, he looked a little sad.

"Sure enough, it's a skill. All the formations have been arranged in advance, and whoever has to order the charge and who is responsible for the support does not need to be transferred to the battle. Looking at the charging squad, the spearmen disrupting their positions, the infantry fighting, and the people who were responsible for snatching the shields in case of retreat, it was really a last resort. ”

Listening to his brother's evaluation, Shangquan Nobuyoshi nodded helplessly, and said: "I'm ashamed, I can be regarded as having set up this formation, but until now I haven't understood how he defined the position of the Eight Gates and the offensive methods of each team, this Duan Qingcheng is indeed clever." ”

Kamiizumi Shingen felt the same way, but he groaned slightly, put on that slightly arrogant expression, and then said with a smile: "In this way, taking defense as an attack is tantamount to becoming a live target for his General Duan, it seems that he can only defend and attack." ”