With communication and command in the Warring States period, once the military formation was formed, it was difficult to change the formation. But reserves are different, and having enough reserves can not only change the position, but also completely change the outcome of the war.

In later generations, some people believed that the military technology of East Asia lagged behind the world of West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean for nearly a thousand years on the grounds that the Warring States still had chariot warfare, cavalry could not fight independently, and that there were flower teams rather than pure teams. This was a tactical accusation, but at the campaign level, reserves were not created and used in Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean until nearly two hundred years later, in the time of Caesar. The state of Chu has had Youque since King Wu of Chu, which is equivalent to saying that the world of West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean has lagged behind East Asia for nearly a thousand years at the battle level.

Mu Chong had a reserve of 40,000 men in his hands, which was more than all the Chu troops combined. Even if the Chu army broke through the Qi army array, these 40,000 people would be able to fill the gap. The Chu army was different, in order to maximize the width of the formation, not only was the depth of the array extremely thin, but there were also very few reserves left. You Que had only nine pawns, two thousand four hundred and thirty men. Once the halberd-wielding men break through the thin depth of the Chu army, there is a high probability that these reserves will not be able to turn the tide.

The capture of the king of Chu was an order given by the king of Qi, and everything Mu Chong did was to capture the king of Chu. As for the wailing of the common people, he was not worried. The families of the Qi army are all in the city, even if they do not have family members, once they go out of the city to line up, under the grip of the Chu army's spears and the halberds behind them, they will fight hard to survive.

The task of the 130,000 new soldiers was to hold the battle line, the task of the 50,000 halberd-wielding soldiers was to break through the central army of the Chu army, and the task of the 40,000 reserve troops was to fill the gap in the front and supervise the battle of the 130,000 new soldiers in front.

Seeing the five-kilometer-long Qi army array under the city gradually taking shape, a smile couldn't help but appear on Mu Chong's face. He wanted to know how the Chu army would line up under such a formation, they only had 30,000 people, and if it was eight people in depth, it would only be 3,750 columns, which was only about two-thirds of the width of the Qi army.

"Yu Jun Division, there are already five people in each column of the Chu army." The strategists around him have been observing the Chu army formation.

"Five?!" Mu Chong couldn't believe it, although the truth was right in front of him. The army of 50,000 halberds is 25 elements deep and 2,000 columns wide, while the Chu army is opposite, and the depth of 2,000 columns is eight people. Outside these two thousand columns, although the depth of the Qi army on the opposite side was as many as forty people, the depth of their military formation was only a thin five.

"Our army may be able to ......" Shi Yi was a little excited, he really wanted to adjust the position of the halberd-wielding army, so that the halberd-wielding army could face the depth of five people.

"No." Mu Chong shook his head without thinking about it, "The Chu army is fast and our army is slow, and I will change the enemy, so it is better not to change." ”

"That's fine." Shi Yi knew that what Mu Chong said was reasonable. "Three more people, our army can also break it."

"The Chu army is narrow, and our army may be able to attack it on the side." Doctor Tian Yang looked at the wings of the Chu army and couldn't help but say.

In addition to the 2,000 columns of the Chinese army and the halberd-wielding army, there were more than 900 columns on the left and right of the Chu army (in fact, there were 912 columns on each flank), plus the cavalry in the array, the entire army formation was less than 4,500 columns, and the army formation looked very tight. The army of Qi with halberds was 2,000 columns, and the 130,000 new soldiers plus 10,000 soldiers had 3,500 columns, making a total of 5,500 columns.

The array of the Qi army is 1,000 columns more than the Chu army, and it is most convenient to outflank and hook the attack, so Tian Yang has this remark.

"No!" Mu Chong still refused, "Tie the water and Shenchi to protect my two wings, if the two wings step forward to hook up, they will inevitably be taken by the cavalry of the Chu army." In this battle, only the army with halberds can break the formation, and the rest ......"

"Strategist, the king is the king." Mu Chong once again emphasized the tactical intent of this operation, and someone around him whispered to him.

"The Great King?" Shi Yi and the generals immediately looked at the city.

The military formation of the Qi army and the western city wall of Linzi formed a right triangle. The long side of this triangle at right angles is the west city wall of Linzi, the short side is the avenue from the west gate of the small city to Shenchi, and the hypotenuse is the military array of the Qi army. In order to command the entire army array, the location of the Chinese army's big tent was set outside the Yangmen of the big city. There are three gates in the west of the city, which is the middle gate.

Qi Wangjian's car drove out of the city from the small city of Shenmen and headed north towards Yangmen. Looking from the city, he was lifeless and expressionless in Wei Ben's suit, and the city lords hurried down to the city to greet him before they could take a closer look.

"A dangerous place in the army, how can the king come here!" Shi Yi had the fastest legs and feet, and as soon as he left the city, he crawled under Tian Jian's car.

"King, the Chu army has a crossbow, it is dangerous here, please return to the palace quickly!" Tian Yang also said urgently.

After he persuaded the rest of the army commanders, he also anxiously persuaded each other, but no matter how much he persuaded Tian Jian, he was indifferent. He didn't seem to hear the advice of the courtiers, and stood in the car and looked at the Chu army opposite for a while before asking: "The widow heard the lamentation of the Qi people in the early morning, and the Qi people were really upside down?" ”

"The king ......" Hou Sheng still wanted to persuade again, but at this time, Mu Chong preemptively said: "Tell the king: After only three days of fighting, the Qi people are indeed upside down." However, if the king can comfort and swear in front of the battle, and promise that Linzi will be exempted from three years of oral endowment after this battle, morale will be boosted. ”

"Presumptuous." After the victory is in a hurry, "In the dangerous place of the battle array, how can the king swear in front of the battle." ”

Shi Yi disagreed. "The Chu people want to get the king but can't, if the king comes to the front of the battle, what if the Chu people attack?"

"The weight of a king and a country should not be in front of the battle." Tian Yang also said. The morale of the Qi army is low, and if something goes wrong with some of the kings, this huge military array in front of him will definitely collapse. Before his words fell, he heard a burst of wild shouts from the opposite side, as if the 30,000 Chu army was killing angrily, and he hurriedly said: "The king returns to the palace!" The king quickly returns to the palace! ”

Not only Tian Yang, but also Hou Sheng, Tian Jiao, Shi Yi, Taihang Tian Ji, Da Ji Tian Frame, Sima Tian Ran, these people were all frightened and pale, and the temple people were even more worried. However, the Son of Heaven drove six, and it was difficult for the four-horse chariot to turn, let alone the six-horse Dongdi chariot.

There was a panic behind the battle, causing the Qi soldiers on the front to turn back again and again, and the Qi army array suddenly floated. Mu Chong hurriedly shouted: "Stop! Stop......" He shouted a few times before Mide stopped.

"This King of Chu is also patrolling in front of the battle, and it is not the Chu army that is attacking." Mu Chong felt a little bitter in his heart. He originally wanted to persuade Tian Jian to go to the front of the battle to comfort the soldiers like the King of Chu, but he didn't expect that the Chu army just shouted a few times, and the king was scared like this.

"Long live the King! Long live the King! Long live the king......"

Three hundred paces away in front of the Qi army, Xiong Jing, riding a seven-foot dragon horse, was patrolling his soldiers. Every time he swung into the formation, the soldiers would shout, 'Long live the king.' One after another, the morale of the Chu army shook again, and the spears were heavily struck on the ground by them, shaking the Zhongbang Bangbang. At this moment, the king is with them, and the state of Chu is with them.

"That's the King of Chu?" Tian Jian heard Chu Shou's voice shouting long live, and he stood on the carriage again and watched.

"The king is the king of Chu." Mu Chong admonished. "Every time there is a big war, the king of Chu goes out to comfort and swear, so the morale of the Chu army is high every time there is a big war. If it's a king......"

"Ahem!" After winning and coughing. "The military advisor must not forget that the king is the king of a country, and he should not go to danger lightly."

"The widow is not as good as the king of Chu." When Mu Chong wanted to persuade again, Tian Jian had already admitted defeat.

"The king of Chu is a barbarian king, who only knows how to attack but does not know how to govern the country." Hou Sheng hurriedly persuaded him. "The country of Qi is the country of etiquette and music, and the king ......"

"The widow does not know how to govern the country." Silently, Tian Jianzhi's words were like a whip, and he was beaten like a whip, making his heart palpitate and blush.

"This king is humble." Hou Sheng is still unremitting, constantly looking for advantages for Tian Jian.

"Widows can't go into battle, people can't rule the country, and the king of the country can't die." Tian Jian ignored Hou Sheng, he bluntly said what he thought. "In this battle, the widow is here, if you win, the ancestors will bless my Qi country, if you lose, ......"

"The king must not do this!" The ministers were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly persuaded each other.

"The king is right here. The soldiers know that the king is here, and they will definitely destroy the Chu people. As the general who commanded this battle, Shi Yi immediately confessed. However, he wanted Tian Jian to witness his bravery in breaking the enemy, but Hou Sheng turned pale on him again and again. This is war, not child's play, Tian Jian wants to stay here, and he doesn't want to stay for half a moment.

"Please treat the king." Shi Yi also looked backwards. The depth of the Chu army was only a thin eight people, and it was estimated that the chariot would collapse as soon as it galloped. Just as he bid farewell to Tian Jian and confidently stood under the banner of Jing and was ready to command, there was a burst of dust on the opposite side, and the cavalry of the Chu army, which was originally on the left flank of his side, rushed from behind the formation to the right flank of the Chu army.

"General Yu, the Chu army has changed formations." The formations of both sides have been arranged, but I didn't expect the Chu people to move the formation.

"It doesn't matter. Our army ...... "The military formation has been lined up, and the formation was suddenly changed before the battle, Shi Yi, who was standing on the chariot, had never seen this situation, and he said that it was okay to salute him when he said it. "What is the plan of the military advisor?"

"When the Chu cavalry changes formation, our army also changes." Mu Chong said. "Please go behind the rear army to the right army."

The reserve of 40,000 people was mainly on guard against the cavalry of the Chu army, especially the array where the 130,000 new soldiers were located. If the cavalry of the Chu army breaks the formation, it will never be from the halberd-wielding soldiers, but only from the 130,000 new soldiers.

"Pass my military order: the rear army to the right army." Shi Yi ordered. At this time, the movement of the cavalry of the Chu army had ended, but it did not prevent the rear army of the Qi army from changing formations.

"King, the Qi people also change formations." The army formation of the Chu army was later than the Qi army, but it was completed earlier than the Qi army. At the moment before the battle, Xiong Jing ordered the cavalry to move the formation, but he didn't expect the Qi people to follow the formation.

"Tell you about the concubine, Qi Ren Youque is facing him." Xiong Jing instructed his side, "The place to break the formation must be chosen." ”

Although I heard the mournful singing of the Qi soldiers in the early morning, once they lined up, they would be afraid of death no matter how much they complained. Xiong Jing didn't believe that the Qi pawns on the opposite side would collapse as soon as they rushed, they were human beings, even if they were already at the forefront of the military formation, whether they wanted to or not, they had to fight hard.

Breaking the formation is a contest between heavy cavalry and foot soldiers, and a fight between horses and people. Although the Qi army was thick and the rear army was numerous, under the salvo of soldiers and the rain of arrows of light cavalry, it might not be able to stop the five hundred heavy cavalry. And once the heavy cavalry rushed in, with the current morale of the Qi army, he would definitely win.

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