Chapter 993: Confrontation
Guan Yu has always been in charge of the dragoons, but his strongest skill is not to lead the cavalry to charge into battle but to fight in infantry formations, which is why the dragoons were transferred from Guan Yu's hands to Zhao Yun at the beginning, of course, it is not that Zhao Yun's cavalry is really higher than Guan Yu, but the best choice made by Liu Lan under Qihu.
Guan Yu was born as a ranger, and what he learned in addition to the Qinglong sword technique is to be an offensive and defensive deduction, especially after meeting Xu Huang, the two often fight and deduce, at this time after finding that the enemy will arrange the troops, Liu Lan found that he was beyond ordinary expectations, although it seems that the ancient battle array in the Warring States period has long been no longer admired by today, it seems that Guan Yu also denied his love for the ancient battle array, but now these subtle changes are telling Liu Lan that he is very much looking forward to fighting with the enemy, and Liu Lan took the initiative to hand over the command to him and handed it over to Guan Yu.
This is a trust, whether it is the method of offensive and defensive deduction or the means of the ancient battle array, but it is not the strongest means of the other party to defeat the other party, maybe this is why he is so excited.
After taking over the command, Guan Yu began to arrange his troops, I have to say that his response was quite good, even beyond the expectations of the general of the opposing army, but in the face of Guan Yu's enemy general, there was no comfort, but it was quite strange that both sides did not have the will to take the initiative to attack, and a calm and secret comparison.
After a few rounds, I don't know the outcome of the victory, but the dull scene disappeared, I thought that the temptation was over, and it was going to be serious, but Liu Lan found that the enemy general suddenly arranged for the soldiers to build a high platform, Liu Lan frowned, what is the situation? When he looked at Guan Yu, he found that his eyes were actually flashing with brilliance, thinking that he had already realized the enemy's intentions, and he must have already thought about it.
Is it just that Yun Chang will just attack like this? Just as Liu Lan was watching the two sides fight openly and secretly, Guan Yu, who had been unmoved, really moved, but he did not give the order to attack. Instead, he gave an unexpected order to build a high platform.
To the Han Dynasty for so many years, Liu Lan has long been surprised to build three zhang three high platforms, the so-called three zhang three is built according to the number of thirty-three days, and the reason why the platform is three floors. It is also for the purpose of dividing the three talents of heaven, earth and man, which roughly means that it hopes to communicate with the sky and completely defeat the enemy army.
There's really a bit of an ancient battle. There is no conspiracy on both sides, just open the posture to fight to the death, even if the other party's formation is not listed, it will never take advantage of its unpreparedness to sneak attack to win, it seems that the reason why the ancient battle array is not prosperous in the world is not unreasonable, but it is precisely because of this that this battle is exciting, but then again, they took advantage of this battle. After all, the Danyang Army appeared suddenly, and if they launched a surprise attack from the beginning, they would definitely be caught off guard.
The two sides held each other for an hour and a half before they set up a high platform, Guan Yu invited Liu Lan to take the stage and took the lead in attacking, only to see the high platform order the flag officer to shake the flag, and the Xuzhou army below instantly changed the circle formation formed when the initial hurried formation into a phalanx, just in the blink of an eye, the most typical square formation was arranged, the front of this formation is a melee force, and the back row is a long-range force. It can be described as a panacea way of arranging the formation, and it is obvious that Guan Yu, who has always been known for his stability, is also like his housekeeping skill Qinglong Sword Technique when he is in battle. It is necessary to use the offensive and defensive side of the phalanx to probe the enemy general's catties.
"Beat the drums, attack!" Guan Yu raised his big hand and burst out at the same time, Liu Lan looked sideways slightly, it was rare to see him like this, if it was Zhang Fei, he would naturally not react so much, and when he was quite surprised, he listened to him and gave another order: "Take the Chinese army directly." If the enemy splits his forces and attacks on both flanks, don't bother! ”
Could it be that Yun Chang really wants to ......
Liu Lan regretted a little, did he really want to watch the two sides fight in a dignified manner like this? His face began to look ugly, he asked Guan Yu to command this battle because he understood him, but at the moment, no matter how you look at it, he wants to fight in formation, just to persuade. But he found that he picked up the small flags on both sides again, and Liu Lan, whose mouth was open, didn't say anything in the end and smiled, yes, I should have thought of it earlier, since Yun Chang ordered to take the Chinese army directly regardless of the two wings, he completely denied his initial conjecture at this moment, he is a ranger after all, and the ranger evolved from the Mo family, at most, it is an offensive and defensive deduction, how can it really be like the ancients who followed the rules to start the battle in battle.
Let's hope the enemy will be fooled.
Guan Yu ordered the phalanx to assemble in the middle of the road and rush straight to the Chinese army, it seems that he wants to smash the Yellow Dragon to destroy the withering and decaying momentum, in fact, he is confusing the enemy general, if he is really fooled, then he will inevitably gather in the middle of the road to defend or divide the two wings to encircle, but once the enemy general really makes a response as Liu Lan's initial judgment, then waiting for him is only a way to destroy, Guan Yu holds the small arrow in his hands is not something else, but hidden in the two wings by Zhang Fei Xu Chu led by the waiting dragoon and the guard knights, when the two armies rush straight to the enemy formation, and cooperate with the infantry, You will be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!
It seems that the enemy general has been in Guan Yu's calculations for a long time, I really can't believe that this is the martial saint of the later generations, it seems that so many years of conquest and training have really made him a unique general, such as the famous China when the Seventh Army was flooded, otherwise Guan Yu in this period can only be like the early stage of history, defeated by Cao Cao in one battle after another, and finally lost Xuzhou, as for the comparison with the unknown general opposite, it is only five or five at most.
Just when Liu Lan was thinking, the enemy general Zhang Bei responded, and the troops under his command instantly turned the formation into an arrow formation and began to attack, the composition of the arrow array was composed of heavy armor sword and shield hands, and breaking through Guan Yu's square formation combining step away was the most wonderful!
It seems that the enemy general has been fooled.
Just when Liu Lan waited for the middle lane to drag the enemy army, and when the cavalry on both wings suddenly came out after exhausting the enemy's sharp energy, he found that the command flag in Guan Yu's hand moved again, and the formation instantly scattered, and soon became a hook again.
Liu Lan frowned.
The enemy general has clearly been deceived, why did Yun Chang change the formation again, and it became this hook-shaped array, not that the hook-shaped array is not as good as the phalanx, but under the form in front of him, the clever thing is that its two wings can form a hook-shaped array with horns to charge is obviously difficult to compare with the phalanx, could it be that Yun Chang has always planned to rely on the advantage of many troops to attack without any reason?
But soon Liu Lan saw the doorway, it can be regarded as self-defeating, it turned out that the enemy general left a back hand after gathering his forces in the middle lane, and it was the countless small phalanxes that were secretly assembled that forced Guan Yu to change the formation into a more advantageous hook formation, which is a rapid change.
The enemy general is not a general of ancient warfare, why is he so proficient in the method of array warfare. knows more about the art of promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses, especially in knowing oneself and knowing oneself and the other, which is why Guan Yu is still at a disadvantage after this repeated fight, and now they don't even know who the main general on the other side is, but the enemy general knows the details of the Xuzhou army. Naturally, it is clear that the Xuzhou Army, or his Liu Lan's real hole card is not these infantry, but the world-famous Dragoon.
But fortunately, Guan Yu was not fooled, otherwise once Guan Hai and Zhou Cang were fighting with the Danyang army, if he sent Zhang Fei and Xu Chu cavalry, it would be a heavy loss.
The only thing Liu Lan is glad about at the moment is that he is wise and decisive, and handed over the command of this battle to Guan Yu early. Otherwise, if he is in command, no matter how many people there are, I am afraid that this battle will create another classic example of winning more with less.
With the Xuzhou army changing formations, Liu Lan said a pity in his heart, if he was just a passerby today, he would definitely appreciate this dragon fight, and even take this opportunity to set himself up as Guan Yu to hypothetically deal with it, but he couldn't. Even if he is not the main general today, he is the lord of Xuzhou after all, and it is difficult to be a passerby.
Sure enough, the enemy who had already been called by him in his heart was almost comparable to Guan Yu in the battle of formations, and then changed the formation after the Xuzhou army was replaced by a hook-shaped formation. And this time he sacrificed a conical formation, the advantage of this formation is that only a small number of soldiers are stationed on the two wings, and the troops are stationed with the Chinese army, so that Guan Yu's middle road is empty, if the Danyang army's tactics are successful, even if there are cavalry rear moves. The Xuzhou army is in danger!
Interesting.
Guan Yu, who had never said a word from beginning to end, finally spoke. But in the face of such a clever formation of the enemy general, he immediately waved the flag to change the hook-shaped formation to a fish scale formation, in the face of such a strong enemy, he no longer thinks about the aftermath of the cavalry, and now he is forcing or even forcing the enemy general to attack him in the middle lane, and the strong spear against the big shield. Let's have a head-to-head life-and-death battle!
The art of war pays attention to Qi Zheng, and what Guan Yu is doing right now is the most authentic right attack method.
You must know that Guan Yu's fish scale array, like a big fish, is composed of countless small arrays, arranged like fish scales, row upon row, combined for giant whales, divided into small fish, seemingly integrated but independently formed, so that the enemy will reserve a rear move to deal with the cavalry becomes meaningless, do not say that Guan Yu's reserved cavalry ends the battle in a strange way, even if it attacks now, in the face of countless small fish, it is difficult for the enemy to cause damage to the dragoon.
Finally, Guan Yu made a killer move, and it can even be said that he is very shameless to rely on people to pressure you, but in the face of absolute strength, this kicked ball really made the rough face of the enemy Zhang Bei appear bleak blue for the first time.
Liu Lan?
Is it really you who is fighting me now?
No, never, never you, there must be someone else!
The enemy general Zhang Bei's face was pale, he never underestimated Liu Lanjun's strength, and even magnified Liu Lan's strength, but when he really faced Liu Lan in person, he found that he had ignored one point, Liu Lan actually had a general by his side who was so proficient in the method of forming a formation, who would he be?
Zhang Zheng?
Shang?
One by one, the names came to mind, and one by one he shook his head and denied it.
His eyes were cold, looking at the high platform opposite, I don't care who you are, since you plan to force me to compete with you head-on, okay, then I will compete with you head-on!
Morph Array!
Since the enemy general is a fish scale formation, it is inevitable that it will be a bit chicken to continue to use the conical formation such a heart-digging tactic, so after Zhang Bei issued the order, the Danyang army instantly became a goose-shaped formation, as the name suggests, the appearance of the goose-shaped formation is like a wild goose flying south to form a formation, and the advantage of this formation is that the left and right armies have the mobility of encircling and extending up and down, and they can immediately encircle the enemy after quickly rushing into the enemy's formation.
And the reason why he chose this formation is not only because it restrains fish scales, but also because he also has to prevent the dragoons who have not appeared, so the goose-shaped formation with the ability to extend up and down has naturally become his first choice.
But the enemy general far from thinking that the fish scale array was just a bait thrown by Guan Yu, almost at the moment when he changed the formation, the formation of the Xuzhou army was changing, and almost at the same time the formation was changed to the Xiangying formation, this formation was not like a goose type but like an eagle, because the front of the formation was like a hawk's beak, and the two wings of the phalanx were the same as the eagle wings, and the two phalanxes at the rear were like eagle claws, giving a fatal blow after a peck!
The Xiangying Array is a very powerful impact formation, which can quickly disperse the enemy's formation, especially the goose-shaped formation of the Danyang Army at this time, and at the moment when the Xiangying Formation was formed, a three-way drum suddenly sounded between heaven and earth.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
This is the signal to charge!
Liu Lan barely reacted to what was going on, and saw Zhou Cang in front of the eagle's beak holding a pair of big hammers in both hands and rushing towards the enemy formation, in front of him, there were shield bearers with giant shields for defense, and behind them were three long armies with spears and spears, and behind the long weapons were several rows of crossbowmen, and on the two wings of the archers were sword and shield soldiers with small shields in one hand and ring knives in the other.
With 50 people as a small formation, 500 people as a middle formation, and 5,000 people as a large formation, the Xiangying Formation has more advantages whether it is charging or trembling, whether it is in melee or squad combat!
For example, a flying eagle soaring between the heavens and the earth suddenly pounced on the flock of geese, even if the frightened geese maintained a formation, but they could only give birth to an irresistible feeling when they were suddenly attacked by the flying eagles.
It was close at hand, but Liu Lan found that Guan Yu put down the battle flag weakly again, his forehead was full of sweat, he was clearly motionless, but it seemed that after a long-distance run, he could think of how thrilling Fang Cai's battle was, even if he finally won, but the gap between the two was not big.
Liu Lan became more and more curious about who was on the other side.
The name of the first person who came to mind was Yu Ban, but this famous battle master would definitely not appear in the Danyang Army, but besides him, who could stage such a battle with Guan Yu in a dragon and tiger contest?
Liu Lan became more and more eager to know who the main general on the other side was, no matter whether he was famous or not, he was a little impatient and even expected to be able to capture him alive and serve himself before receiving the battle.
The two armies are approaching, less than a stone's throw away, Guan Yu is no longer in command, and the command of the battlefield at this moment has actually become Zhou Cang, Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao, the three Yellow Turban heroes, at the moment of the charge.
"Shoot the arrows."
At the very front, Zhou Cang gave the order.
And shortly after the first round of feathered arrows, Pei Yuanshao at the eagle wing gave the order of consent. (To be continued.) )