The waterfront array is one of the taboos in the art of war, but Han Xin's waterfront array fought against the water, but it achieved the name of the god of war. Therefore, the key is to see how to use this trick, if you use it well, it will naturally have a miraculous effect, and if you use it badly, you will harm yourself. There is no doubt that Zhao Ji and Chen Kang will not fail to understand this before they act. And after Huangfu Zhen saw this scene, he immediately frowned, because this was completely different from the scene he expected.

But if the war is going on now, it is a good thing to be able to surround the Tang army at the water's edge. Therefore, when Huangfu really couldn't guess Zhao Ji's true intentions, he could only subconsciously think that Tang Jun wanted to learn from Han Xin's example of fighting against the odds.

After all, it seems that Tang Jun is indeed at a disadvantage now, and if he puts himself to death and survives, it may be a way to live.

However, the Tang army's military formation was very stable, and under the situation of the waterfront array, the Yan army was almost only able to attack from the front, which virtually reduced the pressure on the Tang army.

Therefore, after the two sides fought for a while at the water's edge, the Yan army did not make any progress.

On the river behind the Tang army, there was a small stone bridge, when Zhao Ji was fighting with the enemy, at this time Chen Kang had already led the cavalry to run to the north bank of the river through this stone bridge.

After seeing this scene from afar, Huangfu really seemed to understand Tang Jun's thoughts, and said to the generals beside him: "It seems that the Tang Army wants to drag us here, and then attack behind us with a cavalry detour." Unfortunately, this strategy has already been seen through by us, otherwise, maybe it will work. ”

"So how do we deal with it? There are many cavalry on the other side, and once they really kill us, I'm afraid it won't be easy to resist! Not to mention that there are still tens of thousands of Tang troops inside, if they cooperate in pairs, we will finally surround them, and we will have to let go again. A general asked.

"Well, immediately gather all our cavalry, and then track down the Tang cavalry along the river. If you find out that the other person is crossing the river, or if there is a suitable place to cross the river, destroy them on the spot! Hearing this question, Huangfu really couldn't help but think for a while, and then ordered.

"Yes, the last general will arrange it!"

The terrain on the north bank of Zhanranshui is much more complicated than that on the south bank, because it is already close to the southern foot of the Three Emperors Mountain. As a result, the terrain is relatively undulating, and the mountains replace the plains.

Chen Kang led the cavalry, and he could only go west along the river, which could not be too fast.

Since the banks of the dry river were not as wide as the Yellow River, the Yan cavalry marched side by side on the west bank, and Chen Kang quickly discovered it. However, he did not intend to do so, and just continued westward.

It didn't take long for Chen Kang and them to be more than thirty miles away from the battlefield, but there were no bridges on the way. Therefore, although the cavalry of the two armies were close to each other, they were never allowed to meet.

The cavalry of the Yan army followed, and suddenly found that the cavalry of the Tang army on the opposite side had disappeared, which made them a little strange. After all, Tang Jun, who was still watching in front of him just now, couldn't see it in a blink of an eye.

Strange to strange, what Yan Jun was most worried about was whether the Tang cavalry had secretly crossed the water from somewhere, and had already arrived on their side. If this is the case, doesn't it mean that he may face an attack by the Tang Army at any time?

As soon as he thought of this, the general who led the cavalry of the Yan army immediately ordered: "Advance immediately, investigate the surrounding situation, and be sure to find the traces of the Tang army!" ”

And just when they were busy, Chen Kang at this time had already turned around and went back to Zhao Ji's side.

The reason why he suddenly disappeared in the eyes of the Yan cavalry was actually a trick he played.

In the process of traveling, he did not always stick to the riverbank. But in the process of westward travel, he has been constantly moving towards the mountains to the north, constantly moving away from the banks of the Zhanranshui River.

So, although it seems to be gone all at once. In fact, this is a gradual process, and the cavalry of the Tang Army has slowly exceeded the sight of the Yan Army from the beginning.

The reason why Chen Kang took such a painstaking run was actually that the most fundamental reason was that he wanted to transfer the cavalry of the Yan army.

Because no matter what the combat strength of the Yan cavalry is, these more than 3,000 Yan cavalry are on Zhao Ji's side, which will inevitably pose a serious threat to Zhao Ji and his foot soldiers. In this way, the whole war will not be thought of being resolved quickly.

And once the Yan army has no cavalry support, if it only relies on foot soldiers to fight, it can be said that there is really no one in the Tang army to be afraid.

Just after Chen Kang attracted the enemy's cavalry away from the battlefield, Zhao Ji's side had already begun to counterattack.

With the superiority of equipment and the tenacity of the will to fight, the counterattack of the Tang soldiers can be described as extremely fierce. The soldiers of the Yan Army who were blocking in front of them all had an illusion at this time, as if they were the one who was surrounded, and the Tang Army was far superior to themselves.

The bow and crossbow opened the way, the Mo knife was in the center, and the more than 12,000 troops under the command of Zhao Ji were divided into small teams one by one, like plum blossoms, and rushed towards the surrounding Yan army.

This method of breaking up into pieces is just right for use in such a situation where the enemy has a numerical advantage.

The main reason is that he has few troops, so he must give full play to the maximum combat effectiveness of each soldier. At the same time, it is also necessary to be able to do more with fewer enemies.

A small group of several people, because of the formation of formation, is often able to block twice or even several times the number of enemy troops than themselves. To put it figuratively, it's a bit like an ant moving things.

This kind of tactics were not common in the past, but in later generations, especially in the Ming Dynasty, the Qi family army often used this tactic.

However, although it is both offensive and defensive, there is a prerequisite for using it. That is, the soldiers are well trained, and there must be no loose and unobedient things.

Otherwise, the formation will not be formed, the shape will not be positive, and in the end it will just be a plate of scattered sand, so what is the combat effectiveness?

It is clear that the Tang Army meets this requirement. In particular, the regular troops in the Tang Army are basically veterans of a hundred battles, and this fighting quality is already sufficient, which means that they will not panic when facing the enemy.

In addition, and most importantly, from the very beginning of the establishment of the Tang Army, Li Xin was deeply imprinted with discipline. This is the key reason why the Tang army can be defeated in a hundred battles now, at any time, the military order is above all else, and the military order is like a mountain.

In fact, military formations have existed since ancient times, but they are constantly evolving with the development of history. For so many years, when Li Xin trained his soldiers, because he focused on building elite soldiers, not the kind of victory that is now fashionable.

Therefore, the indispensable method of military formations on the battlefield is naturally among its discussions.

The number of each squad was not very large, only twelve, and among them there were shield-bearers surrounded by large shields. When they got close to the enemy, these shield-bearers gathered and quickly divided this part of the Yan soldiers into small pieces, directly surrounding them between the shields.

The rest of the squad was split into two halves, and half of them took the opportunity to quickly stab between the shields with spears and hooked sickles, claiming the lives of the soldiers in the formation. It doesn't take much, just three or four people, and the enemy army in the encirclement can be quickly eliminated.

The last remaining part of the people was responsible for covering the people in front of them, protecting them from the attacks of the other Yan soldiers around them.

And once the enemy forces surrounded by the formation are eliminated, the formation immediately disperses, and then looks for the next target around. An army of twelve people, and twelve thousand people are a thousand small army formations.

Although each army is fighting on its own, if it encounters a large number of enemies, it can act together with other military formations around it, divide and surround the enemy into small pieces, and quickly divide and solve them.

The soldiers of the Yan Army were only regular wars in the past, where had they ever encountered such a delicate formation. I couldn't react for a while, I just felt as if all the people around me were all Tang Army soldiers at once, and no matter which side they rushed to, they were facing an attack at any time.

In less than an hour, the situation that seemed to be dominating suddenly began to reverse. The Yan army, which was originally several times the size of the Tang army, seemed to have been divided into countless small pieces at this time, and then, one by one, disappeared.

Huangfu Zhen and some of the generals who stayed by his side couldn't help but widen their eyes when they saw this scene at this time. In their eyes, it was as if the ink on the ink painting had been washed off piece by piece, and it was replaced by the unique dark color of the Tang Army.

"General, how can you go on like this? It seems that the Tang Army's offensive method is very strange, and we can't resist it at all! A general couldn't help asking.

Huangfu Zhen frowned, and there was no better way for a while.

But he also knew that it would not work if he continued like this, so after thinking for a while, he said: "Now that the army has been disrupted, it is the best policy to order all the troops to retreat and reorganize the army, and work together to deal with the Tang army!" In addition, immediately send a signal to notify the people on the opposite side, so that they can immediately kill the generals and take these Tang troops by surprise. At the same time, it also gives us time to reorganize our army! ”

Zhao Ji and they expected it to be good, this time before Huangfu Zhen led his army south, he had met Murong Chui first. Because both of them realized that the current battle situation was not good for Yan Kingdom, especially Murong Chui, who had already thought that Huan Wen might take advantage of the opportunity to move.

Therefore, he decided to deal with the threat of the Jin army after the Tang army was eliminated first. Even if you can't wipe out the Tang army in one battle, at least win back one first, so as to boost morale.

And their way to win was to ambush the troops in the Three Emperor Mountains and fight a decisive battle north of Xingyang County.