Chapter 60: The Formation Shows Its Might
"Interesting." Yang Mu picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Why don't we make a bet?" ”
"Bet on what?"
"Jiang Shan Castle...... If you win, my Cangguo will stop and no longer ask about Jiangshan City, if you win, your Zheng Guo's army will withdraw from Jiangshan City and retreat to the north of Anluo City, how about it? ”
"This ...... How to bet? Zheng Han was very tempted, Jiangshan City was attacked by the north and south, and it was in a difficult situation, as long as the Cangguo army no longer pursued and fought fiercely, the Shen army would definitely not be able to take it back.
"Each side will send an elite soldier, fight hard, and win or lose!" Yang Mu said categorically.
Zheng Han hesitated slightly, and said, "...... in terms of numbers"
"Let you go out double!"
"Really?!" Zheng Han's spirit was shocked, in terms of the equipment of the army, Zheng Guo's equipment is much better, basically at the level of ten masters, each person can have a fine iron short blade, if he can produce double soldiers, there is no need to compare, Zheng Guo won this competition.
The Zheng Guo soldiers next to him were all happy, with mockery in their eyes, contempt in mockery, and disdain in disdain, anyway, they were like looking at fools.
It's not bad to really fight head-on on the battlefield, one-on-one, and you still want to fight with one against two?
It seems that Zheng Guo lost so unjustly this time that he made the villain famous.
On the side, Wei Zhongquan hesitated, thought about it, and whispered: "Your Majesty, are we too hasty......
Yang Mu shook his head and said, "The general is a rare general, and leading the troops to fight is safe and reassuring, but he is a little conservative...... By the way, the last time I was in the barracks, didn't you say that my new art of training was a naughty play, and I will prove its power to you today. ”
"Old minister...... Shame on ......"
Wei Zhongquan was speechless, the last time he was on patrol in the camp, he did oppose the new military training method, forcing Yang Mu to make a compromise, but since the battle with Chen Shou, he had already abandoned this point of view, and even praised it in private, treating the four hundred new soldiers as the elite of the elite.
After some agreement, the two parties signed a gambling contract and stamped the handsome seal.
The Cangguo army sent 350 people, and the Zheng army sent 700 people, and the two sides set up positions in the open land next to the woods.
It's a showdown between the elite and the elite!
On Zheng Guo's side, all of them were well-equipped, and the soldiers were all wearing armor, holding sharp spears, and most of them had a short knife hanging from their waists, which was murderous.
On the Cangguo side, the three hundred and fifty soldiers were equipped with different equipment, some carried shields, some held spears, and some held short knives, which looked very untidy, only the fortitude and majesty on their faces revealed a trace of well-trained, so that people did not suspect that this was a group of improvised peasant soldiers.
The soldiers on both sides are waiting for each other, and everyone understands in their hearts that this is not only a battle to the death, but also a battle to determine the ownership of the city.
However, in the eyes of the soldiers of Zheng Guo who were watching the battle on the side, this was completely a crushing battle, not so much a gambling fight, but rather that the emperor of Cangguo himself did not want to be an enemy of Zheng Guo again, find a step for himself, and then return to China with face.
"Hahaha! Emperor Cangguo, are you sure you want to compete? Zheng Han laughed on the side, after he saw the soldiers of Cangguo put on a crooked formation, he was even more proud, anyway, he had to send the arrow on the string, so he wanted to add to the blockage of the emperor of Cangguo and vent the resentment in his heart.
Yang Mu looked sincere: "This ...... We really have to think about it, or let's stop today and meet another day? ”
"......" Zheng Han's face was ugly, and he said with a dry smile: "The emperor of Cangguo is really good at joking, you have no jokes, you have no jokes...... Hahaha......"
Yang Mu pursed his lips, make a good bet, what are you pretending to be forced, if you have to pretend to be forced, if you have this kung fu, wait and keep it for crying!
With an order, the formations of the two sides changed.
Zheng Guo's soldiers changed the phalanx and launched a fierce charge, like a triangular cone, piercing into the formation of three hundred and fifty people in the Cangguo.
Seven hundred Zheng troops, almost at the moment of contact, chiseled through the formation of the Cangguo army.
This made Zheng Han and other Zheng soldiers who were watching from a distance nod their heads, and the soldiers on the Cangguo side sweated one after another, because as long as the soldiers who had the experience of charging into battle knew that once their formation was chiseled through by the enemy, they would basically be at a disadvantage, and it would be difficult to stand on the scene.
But right away, someone noticed something different.
The formation of the Cangjun army was disrupted, but it was not chaotic and disorderly, but began to move, with a certain law, the soldiers guarding the formation were not panicked, one by one was very calm, holding shields, and quickly surrounded and divided the Zheng Guo soldiers who rushed into the formation, turning it into several layers inside and out.
At the same time, the outermost Cang soldiers built a row of shield walls to block the Zheng soldiers behind them from the formation.
A long snake formation!
In this world, for the first time in the true sense, there is a long snake formation!
Compared with the formation of the last interception of Chen Shou's army, this formation is obviously more comprehensive, although the number is insufficient, but although the sparrows are small, they are no longer a simple formation change, but the division of labor of each soldier is arranged to be meticulous!
As one of the top ten formations in ancient China, the long snake formation can be said to be the simplest formation, but its power is not small, the shape of the long snake formation is not the same as the traditional straight line, but the arc-shaped word, so that the formation eye in the center of the formation is safer, to avoid direct impact from the enemy, to facilitate the change of the formation to encircle, faster annihilation of the enemy.
When the enemy rushes into the formation, the head of the snake and the tail of the snake must act quickly, so that the formation is like a giant python, quickly wrapping the enemy firmly, and constantly moving, so that the snake body is more and more tightly wound, as the spear of the snake body is responsible for constantly tearing the flesh of the enemy's body like fangs, and the fierce general of the snake head is responsible for killing the fish that slipped through the net, and the shield inside the snake body must desperately block the impact of the enemy, just like the iron scales of the python. Under this kind of attack, the enemy will be strangled in an instant, and there will be no armor left!
"Ahh
"Whew-"
"Kill—"
"Second from left, make up—"
In a short period of time, Zheng Guo's soldiers had already died in a large area, and the enemy troops who rushed into the formation had no time to react, so they were quickly surrounded, and they wanted to counterattack but found that everything they could reach was tight, and they had no way to start.
In such a formation, short weapons have become a disadvantage, and spears are the most practical weapons!
"How so...... What kind of damn formation is this......" Zheng Han's face turned pale, staring at the long snake formation, his heart was cold, and he only felt a cold sweat on his back.
Twice the troops, just lost?
The soldiers of Zheng Guo next to him also looked at each other, as if they had seen something extremely absurd, as if they had a nightmare.
"Second prince, aren't you ready to admit defeat? This is seven hundred elites, and the emperor feels sorry for you. Yang Mu sat opposite and teased, he was not surprised by this result, every time a new formation appeared in history, the enemy army would almost suffer a big loss, Zheng Guojun had never encountered this type of movement formation before, let alone crack the formation on the spot, and it was normal to be stunned all of a sudden.
Zheng Han's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was gloomy: "Hmph! So elite, don't do it! ”
Yang Mu was stunned, really don't want it? This is almost half of the elite of Zheng Guo's grassroots team, and its weight is no less than a team of 3,000 people, and there are nearly 300 people who have not fallen into the formation at the moment, how can it be worth a thousand people, is it a pity to lose it?
But he thought wrongly, and immediately saw Zheng Hanteng stand up: "Withdraw!" Take them all down for me! Useless stuff! ”
Hearing this, Zheng Guo's soldiers, who had not yet fallen into the formation, turned around and ran away as if they had been amnestied, and withdrew with palpitations.
As for those who have already entered the formation, they can only be anxious and desperate, and they can't extricate themselves from the formation, and they are all slaughtered in just a moment.
The soldiers of Cangguo were jubilant and shouted long live.
The soldiers of Zheng Guo were full of sorrow, like mourning, and there was a dead silence.