Chapter 511: Yuli's Array

"The king of Israel is a villain who can only do bad things!"

Seeing that Gongzi's clumsy performance came to an abrupt end, You Su, who was in charge of the Chinese army, turned pale.

Since entering the Song Kingdom, they can be called invincible, but You Su has always been faintly uneasy in his heart, because as long as the main force of the enemy army is not seriously damaged, the war will not be victorious. Therefore, this battle is extremely critical, although he does not have any great hopes for the 3,000 people who defend the country, but it is better than nothing, who expected that the handsome son of the defense division actually sent himself to the door before the battle between the two armies, and was captured alive!

If the teacher succeeds, it will boost morale, but if it fails, it will only have the opposite effect. The effect of Gongzi's unbearable and captured was immediate, and the morale of the soldiers on their side suddenly plummeted, especially those guards who had been assembled so easily, so they had to throw down their weapons and turn around and leave.

The coaches are all captured, what else to fight? Originally, they came to a foreign country to contribute to others, they naturally had no motivation to fight to the death, the prince was incompetent and died before the battle, and he didn't want the soldiers to do their duty for him.

Gongzi Di and Gongzichen of the Song Kingdom were in a hurry, and hurriedly went over to suppress them, but they couldn't control the situation for a while, and they saw that the guards were about to collapse before fighting......

Fortunately, there is also the mainstay of Yousu.

You Su is nearly fifty years old, and he is no longer the young assistant under Zheng Zichan back then, he is the vice secretary of Zheng Guo, the suzerain of the You family, and his status is noble, second only to the ruling party, but he remembers the teachings of Zichuan and his father one by one.

"Profit from the community, life and death!"

He led the army for 20 years, pacified the robbers, destroyed the Xu State, and repelled the invasion of the Yang Tiger of the Lu State. In last year's war, across the river, the soldiers of the You clan were used to contain the soldiers of the Han clan and the Zhi clan of the Jin Kingdom. For the sake of Zheng Guosheji, and also for the continuation of the You family, he went all over the place.

The same as Patriotic. The Zheng people are also guest troops, although they have a reputation for being cunning. The style is to take people's money to eliminate disasters for others. For example, whoever paid the highest price in the Jin and Chu countries back then, Zheng Guo was attached to whom, Chu was willing to cede the land of Rubei, and the king of Chu paid the price of one eye in the battle of Yanling, so Zheng Guo always stayed in the Chu League even if he was in a difficult situation, until he was crippled by the Jin State.

Now, in the Song State, support a new pro-Zheng monarch, and by the way, take the gap of six yi, this is the purpose of this war. The ruling promised that the Liuyi Zhongyu clan could take three of them by themselves, which was a great benefit!

Therefore, as the commander of the coalition army, You Su still had some responsibility, and he asked Zheng Ren to help stabilize his position, force the guards to return to their positions, and then quickly issued a reward after the victory.

The Zheng people, who can't afford to be profitable, only recognize the benefits, don't eat at night, and don't pull out the soldiers. No reward before the battle, no soldiers in formation......

If this method is applied to the defenders, it will naturally be effective, no matter what. Morale must be boosted as soon as possible.

After receiving the promise of reward, Wei Ren returned to his position suspiciously, and You Su assigned a disciple of the You clan to take over the command of the Wei army.

At this point, everything is ready. Just wait for the drumming to move forward......

During last year's war, Zhao Wuxian's name also spread to Zheng Guo. Together with Youwuzheng, he became one of the "good soldiers" alongside Yousu.

Of course. There is still a gap between everyone and masters like Taigongwang, Xianzhen, Sima Sui Tho, and Sun Wu.

Therefore, You Su also faintly had a bit of a quarrel with Zhao Wuxian in his heart: "I have to weigh it today, how many catties and taels do you have!?" ”

The winner and loser have already been thrown, but the plot must be accompanied by an upright division, You Su believes that with this invincible formation, with that partial division, it will definitely be able to crush Zhao Wuxian's so-called "warriors"!

He issued an order to fight in formation: "The Song Division Xiaoyi soldiers are the right to resist, and the prince will be general; The guard is the left refusal, and the wanderer will be it; The Song Shigong clan is the rear army, and Gongzi Chen will be the general; I led the Zheng people to the Chinese army, the second and third sons were the first to the army, Wu Chengmi, Buyuli's array, and I fought in Meng Zhu! ”

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"That's right, what Zheng Renzhongjun put up is the formation of Yuli......"

Looking at the enemy troops who began to change formations, Zhao Wuxian said.

He also learned the art of war from Post Wuzheng, so he naturally knew this kind of Zheng Jun's famous formation, but Sima Geng, who spoke a lot and had an impatient temperament, had already spoken out first.

"When Zheng Zhuang was in battle with King Huan of Zhou, he defeated the coalition forces of Zhou, Chen, Cai, and Wei, and shot the king in the shoulder, relying on the array of Yuli......"

"Si Kou, please see, Zheng Junzhongjun listed a large horizontal formation, which was divided into five deviations, each of which was 1,000 people; The lower team was divided into five teams, one team had two hundred, and each team was arranged with five chariots. The five sides are one formation, with the chariot in front, and the apprentice's team follows behind to fill the gap. ”

Zhao Wuxian bowed his head, he could see that this formation changed the traditional battle formation of the chariot, and the subordinate apprentices who were usually placed behind the chariot were scattered on the left, right and rear of each chariot as a unit, filling the gap between the car and the workshop, and forming a collaborative phalanx of chariots.

It's quite like the Butan synergy of later generations......

"Zi Niu thinks, how should we deal with the enemy?"

Sima Geng's attention has been completely attracted by the Yuli array: "The most prominent feature of the Yuli array is to give full play to the role of infantry in the chariot battle, that is, to charge the battle with chariots first, the infantry surrounds the chariots, covers each other, and closely coordinates, which can effectively kill and injure the enemy, and attack and defend freely, and the swimming speed This arrangement is indeed good." Resist it with a heavy armor spear! Shoot it with a strong crossbow, so that you can withstand the attack of Yuli's array. ”

"But if you fight hard like that, the losses of the soldiers will be greater......" Zhao Wuxian said in his heart, he pondered for a moment, looking at the battlefield from afar.

As the long-awaited commander, Zhao Wuxian can no longer fight on the front line like when he fought at the thousand-level level, he must look at the overall situation.

Their position was not high enough, but the grassy terrain was low-lying and flat, so that it could be seen as far as the eye could see: the shore was slippery and muddy, and it went gently uphill to the west, leading to a mud road, and further northwest, the broken terrain near the autumn forest, with a little wood. Located at the north and south ends of the battlefield in the center, the phalanxes of your own and enemy banners and soldiers look like square chess pieces......

Speaking of which, this is the first time that Zhao Wuxian has commanded a battle at the level of 10,000 people: when Zhao Ying attacked Liqiu, 10,000 people pulled out the city, and he was just a bystander; During the Yanghu Rebellion, more than 10,000 soldiers were crowded in Lucheng to fight with the countrymen, but Zhao Wuxian was only a participant, and it was too chaotic to unify the command.

In last year's Battle of the Snow Field, with 10,000 soldiers chasing the 40,000 people of the Qi army, it was the biggest scene that Zhao Wuxian had ever seen in his previous life and present life, but he only used hundreds of light horsemen as a sharp blade in the Zhao army, and the person holding the sword was still his father Zhao Ying.

It was only to this day that he got a taste of holding an axe......

But there is not much emotional agitation, but it is like facing the abyss, walking on thin ice. Because one general is incompetent, the three armies are affected, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will be the end of burying all bones.

Today's arrangement, that plan, can it really be done?

After looking at the overall situation, Zhao Wuxian suddenly asked Sima Geng: "Ziniu, have you ever seen a horse race?" ”

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"Horse racing? Although I have heard of its name, I have never seen it with my own eyes. "Sima Geng heard that in the newly established arena of Taoqiu in Cao Guo, this sport is popular for people to guess and play, but the current enemy, why did the coach mention this?

"The art of war is often hidden in the common things, and I suddenly remembered an incident I encountered in Taoqiu last year."

Sima Geng looked at the battlefield, the dispatch of 10,000 people is a long process, the other party's arrangement is still a while away, this side is generally ready, and there is still time to adjust, he has to listen patiently.

Zhao Wuxian said: "Cao's doctors, scholars and businessmen from other countries often come to me to race horses, and set a lot of money as a bet. I have a large original generation horse domesticated by the Zhao family, and naturally I have won many battles, but one day I lost, obviously my horse is better, but I lost to two unknown taxis, do you know why? ”

"Why?"

"Because those two men have a trick!"

"According to the breed and age, the horses involved in the race are divided into three categories: the upper horse, the middle horse, and the lower horse, and the horse race is generally on the top to the top, the middle to the middle, and the bottom to the bottom. But that day, they made a big bet, and at the start of the game, they sent their lower horses against my upper ......"

Sima Geng was puzzled: "The upper sir may not necessarily win against the upper si, isn't this a sure defeat?" ”

"Of course, but they also used the upper donkey against my middle donkey, and the middle donkey against my lower donkey, so they won two out of three battles and won the bet."

Sima Geng suddenly realized: "I see! But the other generation was opportunistic, and Zitai lost unjustly. ”

Zhao Wuxian smiled: "Although I lost the gamble, I won an idea. ”

The whip in his hand pointed at the left flank of the enemy army that had returned to its position: "The defenders are guest troops, and they have no fighting spirit in the first place, and now before the war starts, the commander has been captured by us, and his morale has dropped greatly, and he will collapse at any time." Even if some of the Song rebels refused, it was in vain, this was the most vulnerable part of the enemy army, and it was for the sake of the bottom. ”

He pointed to the right flank of the enemy army that was slowly unfolding: "The Xiaoyi soldiers of the Song State are the right wing, this army is the descendant of Le Daxin, and its combat power is not weak, but it is not as good as the Zheng army. ”

As for Shang Si, of course, it was the five thousand Zheng people, and You Su's plan was to use the solid Yuli Array to break through the central part and defeat the coalition forces in one fell swoop.

Sima Geng's eyes lit up and he said, "That's right, how is that Zitai going to deal with it?" ”

How to deal with it?

If you want to govern the crowd like a widow, you have to rely on the prestige of the generals and the establishment of the army; If you want to fight the crowd like a widow, you have to rely on efficient command; If you want to be invincible, you must correctly use the changes of "Qizheng"; Attacking the enemy is as easy as hitting an egg with a stone, and the key is to attack the virtual with the real ......

Zhao Wuxian had already made plans before the war, and now he only needs to adjust his tactics slightly. The so-called tactic is to inflict heavy damage on the enemy with the least damage to yourself!

He replied: "Fighting is the same as horse racing, you can't just focus on the opponent's backbone, no matter how hard your fist hits the rhinoceros armor, it will hurt, on the contrary, if you can find the opponent's weakness, you can kill it with one blow...... I'm going to emulate that race, the lower horse against the enemy's upper horse, the middle horse against the enemy's lower horse, and the upper horse against the enemy's middle horse! (To be continued.) )