When everyone dispersed, Bailiyan closed the wooden door, sat down and said to Jiang Jie:

"Are you all ready?"

"Everything is ready, just wait for tomorrow morning and dusk to lead the oxen out of the west gate."

"Very good, the sky is sunny tonight, and the old soldiers of the coalition army can sneak out of the west gate to plant the flag."

"Subordinates obey!"

That night, pigs and sheep were slaughtered in the west of the city, and they ate and drank all night long. The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and the black chess pieces were inserted all over the three hundred steps outside the west gate, and the word from south to north was several miles long, and a black flag was planted every ten steps. The black flag was ten feet long, eight feet wide, two feet above the ground, and the cold wind blew and rattled.

Gudapa didn't sleep long after that, and his own soldiers hurriedly woke him up at dawn:

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"

"What's the matter?"

"An anomaly was found outside the camp, and overnight, there were hundreds of more black flags in the clearing."

The pro-soldier said quickly, and Gudapa frowned when he heard the news:

"Black flags? When did it appear? ”

"As soon as it was dawn, I saw black flags on the ground from a long distance."

"Let's go, let's see."

Putting on a fur trench coat, Gudapa braved the wind and came to the Yingmen Tower, and even without a telescope, he could clearly see the black flag belt a mile away, several miles from north to south. The black flag was arranged in an extremely strange way, the flagpole was not high, the black flag was two or three feet above the ground, there was neither a badge nor any mark, just a bare black flag that made people feel disgusted.

"It's weird, what are the northerners doing?"

While thinking about it, a battle horn was deafening, and it could be heard clearly from two miles away.

"What the hell, two miles behind the city to line up to fight, are they crazy! Go, blow the trumpet, gather the people, and get me the head of the Norengard family! ”

"Yes, my lord!"

At this time, the south, north, and west gates of the coalition army were fully opened, and 10,000 horses and horses each came out from the north and south gates, and detoured to the west to strengthen the momentum. The defenders of the West Gate drove 12,000 ploughing cattle out of the city slowly, and lined up in three rows from south to north two hundred paces outside the city, with 4,000 heads in each row, and the bull heads faced the direction of the enemy camp where the black flag was.

The generals stood at the head of the city and were puzzled, all confused, Fang Liang yawned, his eyes were confused, he couldn't help but be confused, and asked:

"General, with a sword tied to the cow's head, is it possible that he can still kill the enemy for our army?"

"What, don't you believe it?"

Bai Liyan asked rhetorically, Fang Liang shook his head and said:

"It's not that subordinates don't believe it, this cow is a beast, where can he listen to people."

At this time, Bai He suddenly realized a strange cry, and immediately said to Fang Liang:

"Ha, Brother Fang Liang, how about you and I bet!"

"Bet? What to bet on. ”

"Bet on the white thief of the cattle outside the city, if the cattle break through the enemy camp, you will lose me fifty gold coins. If not, the general will lose fifty gold coins to you. ”

Fang Liang didn't sound right, and he was busy refusing:

"I don't have fifty gold coins, so I don't gamble."

"Haha, don't have the guts, maybe your kid will win by accident." Bai He said excitedly, but he didn't have a good heart at all.

At present, there are countless people who secretly hide gold and silver from top to bottom, and the military attaché in command of the army is "leading by example" and taking the lead in intercepting wealth.

Bai He bet in front of everyone, Bai Liyan did not make a sound, which is equivalent to acquiescing that fifty gold coins are his legal property, and if he wins, the fifty yuan account is Baihe's, and there will be dividends in the future. lost, next time I intensified the search and came back, and at the same time found out the bottom line of Bailiyan, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

At this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and the cattle were all in place, Bailiyan put away the binoculars and asked Jiang Jie:

"What about the South Gate and the North Gate?"

"Lord Hui, you have lined up in place, and you are making a detour to the West Gate City."

"Order, Black Flag out of town!"

"Yes!"

The flag at the head of the city swayed, and a cavalry team of fifty people, one carrying a black flag, rushed out of the west gate, came to the front of the herd, from south to north, from north to south, running back and forth waving the black flag, constantly teasing the sensitive nerves of the herd.

At the same time, Norengar rushed to the high platform, also confused:

"Are these pigs stupid, even the cows are used! Heheha......"

Norenga scoffed, and Gudapa said nervously:

"But the cows have swords tied to their heads, don't they, maybe they have some way to let the cows attack us."

"Then what are you waiting for, their infantry is coming from the north and south, now let the cavalry rush over, kill them on their backs, are you still afraid that only one or two thousand cows will not be successful?"

"But if it's their tricks, our cavalry will suffer. And now only 10,000 men in the north and south are detouring towards the west gate, and the rest of the forces are nowhere to be seen, perhaps they have set up an ambush elsewhere outside the city last night, waiting for our cavalry to leave the camp and rush over, so as to separate the cavalry from us. ”

"If you are like you, you are hesitant about your mother-in-law, what kind of battle will you fight."

Norenga was stunned, and Gudapa was angry:

"I am thinking about the lives of the soldiers, Bailiyan is a famous general of the northerners, we are not his opponents at all, we should be cautious and cautious."

"Then what do you say?"

"The northerners often say that if you are not afraid of 10,000, we should stick to the camp and wait for Mooney's reply, so as not to fall for the tricks of the northerners."

While the two were arguing, a trumpet was heard from the east, and explosions followed, and there was a commotion in the camp, when suddenly someone shouted:

"The herd, the herd is coming!"

Gudapa followed the prestige, and saw the smoke billowing in the distance, and the cattle rushing towards him with the fire, his face suddenly sank to a low point, his chest was surging with blood, and his eyes were almost blackened:

"Hell, hell, Norenga, get out, let's get out!"

"Withdraw, the northerners are rushing over, where are they going!"

"Are you blind, that's a herd, thousands of angry herds!"

"My warriors can kill an ox with their bare hands, and they are afraid of these beasts. Immediately mobilize the cavalry to kill them! ”

Desperate to weep without tears, frustrated and desperate, Gudapa fled from the high platform in a hurry, mounted his fast horse, and fled westward with his cronies and subordinates, while Norenga still stubbornly ordered the cavalry to charge the herd.

Seeing this scene, Bai Liyan shook her head and said sarcastically:

"The ignorant are fearless, and their courage is commendable!"

The narrator asked:

"General, as soon as the fire bull array comes out, if the enemy army uses it against me in the future, can our army break it?"

Bai Liyan sneered:

"Hmph, you and other generals should remember that there are two mysteries in this fire bull formation, one is the direction in which the herd rushes to kill, and the other is that the herd is afraid of fire and loud noises, and is angry and painful. If the cow is frightened and rushes into the enemy without hurting itself, it must first tease the cow so that it remembers the direction of the provocation.

Therefore, Ben had the black flag planted in the direction of the enemy camp outside the city last night, and it was constantly shaking under such a strong wind, and then sent cavalry to shuttle back and forth with black flags in his hand, so as to provoke the cattle to provoke their anger, and finally ignite the oxtail grease and gunpowder.

If the enemy uses this method to counter our troops in the future, he can set a fire on the spot, or make a loud noise to frighten the herd, but it is really not possible, and he can form a dense formation with spears and shields, and although there are dead and wounded, he will not collapse in the formation of heavy casualties.

As long as these two methods are followed, the Fire Bull Formation will not hurt itself. ”

Cattle are colorblind and cannot distinguish any other colors except black and white. As for the fact that red can anger the cow, that is a misunderstanding, it is not the red color that angers the cow, but the piece of cloth that keeps shaking. [Note 1]

Cattle are relatively neurological slow animals, slow to react to relative static, but have a natural aversion and sensitivity to fast-moving objects, so fast movement is extremely easy to arouse the vigilance and anger of cattle.

Just like a lion hunting and sneaking up on a herd of bison, the herd often sees and ignores it, only when the air is not there, and only after the lion attacks, the herd will make a way to avoid it.

Even when the lion bites the bison and kills it in full view of the cow crowd, keeping it relatively static, the other bison suddenly stop, or watch, or continue to graze, looking indifferent, but in fact it is the nervous system of the cow that determines that the cow is only slow to react to relatively static things.

And red itself in the eyes of the cow is only a darker black, without any special significance, is artificially in order to increase the entertainment atmosphere, the bullfighting cloth is rendered red, not so much red to tease the nerves of the cow, but to tease the nerves of people.

In order to increase the memory of the cow and facilitate navigation without recoiling itself, it is necessary to fix a black flag directly in front of the cow as a coordinate, and at the same time evacuate the crowd behind the cow. When the fixed black flag is constantly waving, the oxtail ignites the pain caused by the moment, which provokes the anger of the cow, so that the herd can attack according to the predetermined route of man.

Due to the huge power of the fire bull array, improper operation can not only not defeat the enemy, but will hurt itself, and the people of the time do not understand the physiological characteristics of the cow, which is also the reason why there is no fire bull array so far. Because the ox is not at the mercy of men when it is angry.

The herd must be given the right direction to increase its memory before igniting a fire that will cause the herd to charge at the enemy. It's best to hide in the city like a coalition army, even if there are cows that are crazy and have no target, they will hit the south wall headlong and kill themselves.

Countering the fire bull formation is far simpler than launching the fire bull array, you only need to establish a fire belt, and the animals are naturally afraid of fire, so the herd will naturally turn around and rush to other places.

Watching the cavalry rushing outside the city go forward and die one after another, Bai Liyan couldn't help but sigh:

"A general is incapable of exhausting thousands of troops, the defeat of the Jinxuedi people is revealed, this victory has been decided, from now on, our army will no longer be a threat in its rear. Where is Jiang Jie! ”

"My subordinates are here, what do you command?"

"Order, the north and south formations immediately join forces, advance to the west to the black flag, the army in the city will go out of the west gate in two quarters of an hour, assemble after the formation, and prepare to attack on all fronts!"

"Yes!"

The cavalry was powerless in front of the herd, and the casualties were heavy at the first touch, and the herd angrily entered the camp and rampaged, and the Jinxuedi people who were waiting to fight became the target of the herd's anger in a blink of an eye.

Norenga tried to salvage the decadent defeat, and the bow and spear took turns to kill, and even though they were pierced into hedgehogs by arrows, the cow was not only rough and thick, but the insignificant wound did not kill them, but angered them.

In front of the herd, the new recruits were fragile and vulnerable, and their fighting spirit quickly collapsed, their morale was lost, and they fled in panic and in no order.

[Note 1] Cattle are colorblind and can only distinguish between black and white, red cannot be distinguished, and the red seen is only a dark color. As for the red cloth head for bullfighting, it is not that red stimulates the bull, but that the cloth is constantly shaking, and the rapid movement will stimulate the cow.

In addition, the fire bull array has great limitations, and it is rarely used in history, the more famous is Wang Xuance's crusade against India, and the fire bull array broke the Indian war elephants. In addition, in the War of Resistance Against Japan, both China and Japan fought the idea of the Fire Bull Formation, but both ended in failure. Therefore, the wisdom of the ancients may not be able to understand the mystery of today.