Regardless of whether this strategic deployment plan is true or false, Zhao Gou still chooses to believe it. You can't believe it all, but you can't believe it either. Therefore, according to this battle map, Zhao Gou arranged them one by one on the sand table, and then ordered all the generals to enter the account to discuss the matter.

"Strategist, what is your best plan for arranging the formation according to the arrangement on this strategic map?"

Wu Yong pondered for a moment, and looked intently at the layout of the Youzhou army on the sand table, and he guessed that this person was also a marshal who could fight well. In terms of the layout of the enemy's troops, it is a huge 'Hundred Bird Array', which is most suitable for fighting on the plains.

This formation was divided into 100 or so teams with 25 men as a small group, as if the sky was scattered with stars, so that the enemy was surprised and did not know how many people there were, and each team had the same number of people, and did not know where to attack first, so they could not advance. Whether it's attacking or defending, it can be carried out in an orderly manner.

Moreover, according to the changes of the 'Hundred Bird Array', the Youzhou army can easily form the 'Eight Formations of the Dynasty', that is, the eight formations used by the Song Dynasty against the enemy, namely the square formation, the circle formation, the Mu formation, the Chong square formation, the Fuzhi formation, the wheel formation, and the goose-shaped formation.

Each formation was formed with a total of 14,000 horsemen and infantry troops. Among them, the infantry army was organized into 200 teams, each team of 50 people, totaling 10,000 people; There were 80 teams of horses, 50 people in each team, and 4,000 people in total. The founder of this formation is Li Jing, a famous military general in the Tang Dynasty, and it can be said that the most important thing about this formation is also cavalry.

Through the marching formation on the strategic map, Wu Yong could see that this person had a very clear understanding of the Central Plains culture. Even the Great Song Dynasty could not list it, because the Song Dynasty lacked cavalry the most, and there were many Liao soldiers and cavalry, and there were 80,000 soldiers and horses in Youzhou, which can be said to be just the right number.

At this moment, Wu Yong is also the first two big, and he is also the second monk who is confused, and he can't think of any countermeasures at all. Whether it was the formation that had been circulated in the Central Plains or the strategy he had learned, it had no effect. After all, the formation put forward by the Youzhou army is really powerful.

"Back to the big handsome, my subordinates don't know how to deal with it!" Wu Yong was also helpless this time, he could only answer truthfully.

Zhao Gou nodded and sighed: "It's okay, I don't have a clue about this formation, and I can't think of any way to break the enemy." Now everyone is gathered together to discuss how to deal with this formation. ”

Lu Junyi frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Now our army has more infantry, no more than 10,000 cavalry, and 10,000 archers. If it's just lined up in a crossbow formation, it's just able to resist for a while. It can be seen from this map that the defenders of Nanjing City are fully armed, and they are only afraid of Yiran. ”

Zhao Gou pondered for a long time and said, "The crossbow array is a long-range strike ability, if the bow and crossbow are all used up, then how to deal with it next?" The crossbow array can only be used as the first formation to disrupt the deployment of the Youzhou army, even if they have a shield to resist, it is difficult to parry them all. ”

Everyone nodded, the crossbow array was the best way to attack from a distance. As long as the two armies are in position, they can use crossbow formations to fire at fixed points. Far from being a bow and arrow in your hand, this kind of bow and crossbow is a huge bow and crossbow, which is so powerful that the arrows shot out are like spears.

If you rely only on manpower, you can't resist it at all, so you can only avoid it as much as possible, or use a thick shield to resist it. Even a thick shield can only reduce damage, which is the most common formation in the Great War of the Song Dynasty. As long as the enemy is close to the range of fire, it can be fired, and the lethality is also high.

So, Zhao Gou demonstrated it on the sand table and found that the crossbow array did have some effect. No matter how the Liao army avoided it, it would be difficult to resist such a dense attack. Because this crossbow is not an ordinary crossbow, but a divine arm crossbow, which is spread by stirrups from the ground, and has a long range, as long as it is shot, it can be knocked down.

The divine arm bow is made of mulberry wood for the body, sandalwood for the stalk, iron for the kick head, copper for the horse's face and teeth, and hemp rope and silk for the string. The body of the bow is three feet and two inches, the string length is two feet and five inches, and the arrow feather is several inches long, and it shoots more than 240 paces, about 370 meters.

However, the Divine Arm Bow was also a very important weapon in the Song Army, and the production method was strictly secret. Moreover, this weapon is not particularly required, and generally not too much is not prepared. On the one hand, it is considered to fall into the hands of the enemy to be cracked, and on the other hand, this powerful weapon of mass destruction is not suitable in the melee.

Now there are a total of eight thousand divine arm bows in Song Jun's hands, that is, two thousand less, but these are enough. In addition, 2,000 men can be assisted by the usual bows and arrows. After deliberation, the group decided to take the lead with a crossbow formation to disrupt the enemy's footsteps.

Because the Liao army did not know that the Song army had such a lethal divine arm bow in its hands, this kind of bow appeared during the reign of Song Shenzong. Although there were contradictions between the Song and Liao countries, there was never really a large-scale battle, so the Divine Arm Bow became a top military secret, and few people knew about it.

Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi also went into battle to kill the enemy and experienced large and small battles, but they had witnessed the power of this bow, so they were very much in favor. Use the crossbow array to break up the Liao army, and then break them one by one.

Han Shizhong continued: "The crossbow array can be used as the head formation, the subordinates have seen the power of the crossbow array, if the enemy is defenseless, it can be said that wherever the crossbow array goes, there is no grass." ”

Liu Guangshi nodded and agreed: "When my subordinates also followed my father to fight, I saw the Divine Arm Bow with my own eyes. However, the subordinates have never understood why there is such a sharp weapon, why they didn't use it in the first place? If it weren't for the marshal, I wouldn't have known that there was a divine arm bow in the camp. ”

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "This batch of divine arm bows was also made by the last time when the emperor rewarded the three armies, and ordered the military department to work day and night. As for how much, I don't know very well; I didn't count it until the last few days, so it's good that it can come in handy today. ”

"Dashuai, I know that there is a formation that can crack the Liao army's big array, but ......" Suddenly, Yue Fei remembered a formation that could crack the Liao army's 'Eight Formations of the Dynasty', as well as the 'Hundred Bird Formation'. But after the words were spoken, Yue Fei stopped, because he himself didn't know this formation at all.

Zhao Gou hurriedly asked, "What kind of formation is it?" But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

"The 'Eight Array Diagram' used by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period!" When Yue Fei got the Liquan Divine Spear, he also got a military book, which once recorded the 'Eight Array Diagram', but it was just a simple description, and how to arrange the formation was not recorded in detail at all.

According to legend, this formation was created by Zhuge Liang, with thousands of changes, and it can block 100,000 elite soldiers. Now the Liao army has 80,000 elite soldiers, and if you master the 'Eight Formations' formation, then there is no need to worry about resisting the Liao army, and it is not impossible to even turn things around.

If it is a hard match, the odds are not big, only opportunistic at the same time, taking into account the use of formations, complementing each other.

Wu Yong was taken aback and said, "General Yue, do you know this formation?" ”

Zhao Gou turned his head, looked at Wu Yong, and said in surprise: "The military advisor also thought of this formation?" ”

"When I saw the formation used by the Liao army, I thought of this formation!" Wu Yong lowered his head in shame and said, "Although I thought of it, I wouldn't use this formation at all." Because this formation is too broad and profound, and I don't know everything. ”

"Dashuai, I won't either!"

Yue Fei said embarrassedly, he really didn't know the 'Eight Array Diagram'. After all, this formation is recorded in the military books, but there are very few people who understand it. Because if you want to use this formation well, you must understand the gossip theory, as well as the technique of yin and yang and the five elements, where does he know.

"Eight Formations?"

Zhao Gou muttered to himself, as if he had seen it somewhere in his mind, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. When he looked up at the crowd, he found that they were all looking at him without exception, which made him very puzzled, and he touched his face again, but he didn't feel anything unusual.