After a series of mutual calculations, in the end, it was the Goryeo Jing army that came to the battlefield prepared by Liu Qi - Huangshayuan.

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Wu Yanzhong also forced the Jinwu army to send 7,000 cavalry south.

From this point of view, the Goryeo Jing Army, it can also be said that Wu Yanzhong, did not lose, and even had a slight advantage, after all, the existence of seven thousand cavalry can influence a big victory and defeat and force them away, which is definitely not a small weakness for the Jinwu Army.

Afraid that the Jinwu army would suddenly attack while they were new, Wu Yanzhong took the lead with bravery, won the battle, and cautiously came to the Yellow Sand Plain.

Far away, Liu Qi, Wang De, Zhang Xian, Wang Yan and others saw through the telescope that the formation of the Goryeo Beijing army presented a big "∧" shape, which was the famous attack formation - the cone marching formation.

Although Liu Qi, who knew that he was born in a military family, must be very familiar with the conical formation, as the chief of staff, Lin Shiyi still said dutifully: "This formation is called the cone formation, also known as the peony formation, is the most typical offensive formation, there are no obvious shortcomings, the key to this formation is that its forward must be sharp and fast, and the two wings are strong and powerful, and can attack the enemy in a narrow front through the elite forward, break through and cut the enemy's formation, and expand the results of the battle on both wings. ”

According to the formation of the Goryeo Jing army, Liu Qi and others guessed that their powerful forces should be concentrated at the apex and two wings, and the more they went to the center, the more empty and weak they became, and if the Jin Wu army could go around behind them to attack, it would form an extremely terrible thousand-year killing effect.

However, the two wings of the cone-shaped formation of the Goryeo Kyung army were very long, and the place was extremely empty, so it was almost impossible to go around the back of the Goryeo Kyung army under the surveillance of more than 70,000 pairs of eyes.

In the same way, it is impossible for the Goryeo Kyung army to use any conspiracy and trickery under the watchful eye of more than 40,000 pairs of eyes on the side of the Kim Wu army.

Therefore, this battle can only be a dignified Armageddon.

When the Kim Gur Army was observing the Goryeo Kyung Army, the officers and men of the Goryeo Kyung Army were also observing the situation on the Kim Goryeo Army's side.

Unlike the Kim Gork Army, which has a telescope and can anticipate the enemy, the Goryeo Kyung Army can only judge the situation of the Kim Woo Army by eye, so the soldiers of the Goryeo Kyung Army naturally react a little slower - when the soldiers and staff officers of the Kim Goryeo Army have finished analyzing and have begun to make corresponding adjustments, the officers and men of the Goryeo Kyung Army can only analyze the situation on the Kim Woo Army side in hindsight.

After observing for a while, Wu Yanpet explained to Zheng Zhichang: "The enemy's formation is called the crab formation, also called the purse formation, the lotus tail formation, this formation, extremely flexible, can change according to our situation, if we are divided into two teams, they will divide the left and right wings with the squadron of the formation, and also form two teams to meet the enemy, if we are a team, they will combine the left and right wings of the forward as a team, with the back half of the left and right wings and the middle team and the same column, thinking that the front team responds, if we have more soldiers on the left, he will become a left formation, if we have more soldiers on the right, He became a right-sided formation, if we out of four or five teams, they can also be divided into four or five teams to meet the attack, its big crab pack small crab formation is particularly powerful, its method or first to fight with us in a small formation, and then out of the big array surrounding, or deception and temptation to chase, ambush soldiers, will surround us, in short, this array is extremely difficult array. ”

After a pause, Wu Yanzhong said again: "Being able to put up this formation shows that the other party has a good soldier, and it also shows that the other party is extremely confident in his own soldiers." ”

Wu Yanpet observed for a while, and then pointed at the Jinwu army on the opposite side with a horsewhip, and said with a little heaviness: "Look at its team, it is neat and tidy, not noisy or noisy, the banner is orderly, and it is clearly staggered, and it must be an elite general." ”

Wu Yanzhong said to Zheng Zhichang with a solemn face: "The marshal must be prepared, there must be a strong force on the other side, and I am afraid it will be a bitter battle." ”

As soon as Wu Yanzhong's words came out, Zheng Zhichang's heart was "chuckled", and he said secretly: "Shouldn't you lose the battle?" ”

Seeing that Zheng Zhichang was a little lacking in confidence, Wu Yanzhong was worried that Zheng Zhichang would do bad things, and he was worried that Zheng Zhichang would disturb the morale of the army, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "However, the marshal doesn't have to worry too much, the other party is elite, why shouldn't we be?" In this battle, we can dispatch all the elites of the Beijing army, so if we can't win, it means that we will die in Goryeo. ”

Wu Yanzhong pointed to the "crab's body" again and said: "The key to this battle is whether our forwards can break through their Chinese army, as long as our forwards can break through their Chinese army and cut their formation, they will be slaughtered by us." ”

On the other side, Liu Qi also said to Wang Yan: "Nine times out of ten, the enemy will choose to attack our Chinese army, annihilate the enemy's horse army for the sake of a battle, and then completely annihilate the enemy's army. ”

The crab array arranged by Liu Qi is composed of the two "crab turtles" of the White Army and the horse army of the New First Army and the New Second Army, the "crab head" composed of the infantry troops of the New First Army and the New Second Army, and the "crab body" composed of the left army of the divine machine.

Liu Qi's idea was to rely on the infantry of the New First Army and the New Second Army to compress the cavalry of the Goryeo Kyung Army together, and then annihilate the cavalry of the Goryeo Kyung Army with the full force of the Shenji Left Army, and then slaughter the infantry of the Goryeo Kyung Army with the cavalry of Liangao, striving to completely annihilate the Goryeo Kyung Army.

And Wang Yan is the commander-in-chief of the "crab head" composed of the infantry of the New First Army and the New Second Army, and it is also the key to this victory and defeat and the size of the results - Wang De is the commander-in-chief of the left-route cavalry, Zhang Xian is the commander-in-chief of the right-lane cavalry, and Liu Qi personally serves as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army (that is, the Shenji Left Army).

Wang Yan smiled heroically and said: "This war of the nation and the war of the country, how can you fight to the end without dying?" ”

Liu Qi is very relieved of Wang Yan, he knows Wang Yan's ability, and he also knows that Wang Yan has not been famous before, not because of his ability, but because he has no chance to prove himself.

This time is when Wang Yan became famous.

Liu Qi said secretly: "This is also the time when I became famous in a fight!" ”

On the other side, after listening to Wu Yanpet's analysis, Zheng Zhichang's heart relaxed.

Seeing that everyone was listening to Wu Yanzhong's orders, Zheng Zhichang also wanted to show himself as a marshal, so Zheng Zhichang turned his head and said to General Yingyang and General Longhu: "The second army is a guard army (heavy cavalry), and it is also the elite of the elite of the Beijing army, can you have the confidence to serve as a vanguard?" ”

If Zheng Zhichang only said this and stopped, then it was just right.

But Zheng Zhichang wanted to play the prestige of his marshal, so he added: "If the second army has no confidence, the commander will change someone else to take the position of vanguard." ”

As Zheng Zhichang said, the second army, that is, the Eagle Yang Army and the Dragon and Tiger Army, has always been the elite of the elite of the Goryeo Jing Army and even the Goryeo Army, for so many years, the Eagle Yang Army has always had only one leader, that is, six hundred people, and the Dragon and Tiger Army has always had only two leaders, that is, 1,200 people, these 1,800 people, it can be said that the best of the best, the best of the best, from top to bottom have their own pride, in addition, the Eagle Yang Army and the Dragon and Tiger Army have always been the pro-army of the King of Goryeo, therefore, even if it is the lowest soldier, In other armies, they are also middle and senior officers, in other words, the officers and men of the second army must be capable and capable, and they must have positions.

Let me ask, how can such a soldier of the Second Army be insulted by Zheng Zhichang, a person who does not know how to soldier?

Therefore, as soon as he heard what Zheng Zhichang said, the officers and men of the Second Army immediately exploded, and the general of the Yingyang Army said even more honestly: "If the marshal thinks that the Second Army is not qualified for the position of the striker, please replace it." ”

All the generals scolded Zheng Zhichang in their hearts: "It's time for your mother, you still have a moth, do you still want to win?" ”

Actually-

Zheng Zhichang just wanted to provoke the general, didn't Zhuge Liang provoke Huang Zhong during the Three Kingdoms, he just wanted to emulate Zhuge Liang and strategize.

I don't want to, but I was treated as an insult by these warriors.

Wu Yanzhong had a headache, he thought to himself: "Scholar Zheng has been very humble these days, how can he come up with such a stupid thing?" ”

Wu Yanzhong couldn't let this trivial matter be magnified, because this was taking the battlefield as a child's play, so he could only come forward and say: "If the two armies can't serve as the vanguard, what other army in Goryeo can take on this heavy responsibility?" ”

Zheng Zhichang didn't receive Wu Yan's favor this time, he was really a little unhappy - he didn't expect that there were so many of these martial artists, he was a marshal, couldn't he say a few words, even if he said the wrong thing?

In such a state of mind, Zheng Zhichang pulled out the long sword at his waist and said loudly: "Speed up the formation, prepare to follow Ben Shuai's order to attack, this battle is related to the life and death of my Goryeo, who dares to slack off, Ben Shuai will spare him, Ben Shuai's sword will not spare him!" ”

As soon as he saw Zheng Zhichang's performance, Wu Yanzhong knew that something bad was going to happen, and he hurriedly handed a look to the generals and signaled to them: "Don't be like him, he is just a literati and doesn't understand military affairs at all." ”

General Yingyang, General Longhu and other generals silently sighed for the status of the military ministers, and then stepped forward to talk to the generals who would lead the charge for a while.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the attack formation of the Goryeo Jing Army had been set up but the attack was delayed, Zheng Zhichang frowned and said, "Why don't you attack yet?" ”

Wu Yanpet said: "There is another hour to rise to the sky, if we can delay the charge at that time, we don't have to worry about the dazzling problem of daylight, and over time, daylight will change from our disadvantage to our advantage." ”

At this moment, the banner of the Jinwu army on the slope suddenly changed.

Wu Yanzhong took a closer look and found that the Jin Wu army seemed to be withdrawing.

Wu Yanpet frowned!

Zheng Zhichang also saw it, and he hurriedly said: "They want to run?" ”

Wu Yanpet thought for a while and said, "They should be forcing us to take the initiative to attack." ”

Zheng Zhichang was not angry and said: "Why are they forced, let's attack?" If you don't attack, you won't attack, and you will wait until the sun is up to launch an attack. ”

Wu Yanzhong said with a bitter face: "If we don't attack, the other party will really withdraw, they will let the infantry retreat first, and the cavalry will not be able to cover it at all." ”

Zheng Zhichang said tentatively: "In other words, what does the enemy mean is that either we will fight now or not at all?" ”

Wu Yanpet said: "Yes, that's what the enemy general means." ”

Zheng Zhichang thought for a while and asked Wu Yanzhong: "What does the old general mean?" ”

Wu Yanpet said: "Now it's the south wind, no one on either side has an advantage in terms of wind and sand, in terms of sunshine, although we are now at a disadvantage, but this is a big battle with more than 100,000 horses, it is impossible to finish it in two hours, now the war, we are at a disadvantage, but in the later stage, we will have an advantage." ”

Zheng Zhichang said: "Did the old general agree to start a war now?" ”

Wu Yanpet said noncommittally: "You can fight, or you can not fight." ”

This is to kick the ball to Zheng Zhichang, the marshal.

Zheng Zhichang knew that it was not that Wu Yanpet did not dare to take this responsibility, but that this decision could only be made by him, the marshal.

Zheng Zhichang thought to himself: "Your Majesty has already promoted the war, and it can't be delayed any longer, besides, if you don't fight this time, in a short time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a chance to fight a decisive battle. ”

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhichang pulled out the long sword in his waist and said loudly: "Defending the land and defending the country, how can you not fight and kill the enemy with this commander!" ”

Wu Yanpet didn't talk nonsense, he directly ordered: "Beat the attack drum!" ”

Hearing the sound of drums, the general of the Eagle Yang Army, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, instantly opened his eyes, and then shouted: "Kill-", and then took the lead to kill the Jinwu army on the hillside!

Under the leadership of the general of the Eagle Yang Army, a long cone flew straight towards the crab head on the opposite side......

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