Chapter 418: Guo Jia sets up an ambush
After Xu Rong took the soldiers who arrived in the camp first to solve the Yizhou army that was left behind outside the pass, he did not stop, and directly changed to a long snake formation to continue to pursue Ma Chao, who had retreated for a while.
When it comes to the long snake formation, the first thought of many people is that it is a defensive formation. Hit the tail is the first bite, hit the head and roll the tail, hit the abdomen, then the head and tail are twisted.
Therefore, if you want to break this long snake formation, you need to pinch its head, pull its tail, hit its abdomen, and go down in three ways to break it.
It's just that if you want to expel this long snake formation, you need extremely strong mobile force, and usually, cavalry is used on both wings to complete a perfect long snake formation.
In addition to this, the long snake formation is also a formation used for marching. It's just that if it's used for marching, it doesn't have so many requirements, and it's still the fastest formation for marching.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Rong will let the first camp set up a long snake formation to march.
It's just that in this case, although the marching speed of the first camp is increased, but in this case, if it is suddenly attacked, it is very likely that it will be cut into two parts, and the beginning and the end will not be able to take care of it.
Xu Rong, as a general who makes good use of his brain, naturally does not even know this. Knowing that there might be an ambush ahead, Xu Rong still chose to let the soldiers who arrived in the camp first to discharge a long snake formation to pursue.
And above Tongguan, when Koi Yi saw this situation, his face suddenly changed.
"Lord, my subordinates request to go out of the customs immediately and personally command the first camp!" The first camp was brought out by Ko Yi, and at this time, Ko Yi saw that Xu Rong might lead the first camp into an abyss, and he immediately began to become impatient.
To say Xu Rong. Koji Yi also knows a lot about this person. At least, the two have fought and worked together, and Koi Yi also admires Xu Rong's skills. Especially Koji Yi himself is not good at the art of war and strategy, so for people like Koji Yi. More respect.
But at this time, Lu Yi really wanted to be able to replace Xu Rong and command his own first camp.
Ye Mo also expected that Koji Yi would have such a reaction, if Koji Yi didn't have any expression, it would be really strange.
"Koji Yi is not in a hurry, Xu Rong does this. Naturally, he has a point. Ye Mo looked at Koji Yi, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and immediately said with relief.
It's just that although Ye Mo said so, how could Koji Yi really not be in a hurry? The first to go to the camp is the hard work of Koji Yi's life.
Let's be honest. Koji Yi has thought countless times about the scene of the annihilation of the entire army in the first camp, but every scene is on a magnificent and tragic frontal battlefield.
If this had been for the destruction of the Xianden camp and being ambushed by the enemy because of arrogance, Koji had never thought that there would be such a scene. It can be said that if Xu Rong made this scene come true today, it is estimated that Koi Yi would not care about the friendship between the two, and would have to fight Xu Rong directly.
Ye Mo put down these words, and even if Lu Yi was in a hurry, he couldn't say anything more. Someone else's words Koji Yoshiki may not believe it. But for Ye Mo's words, Koji Yi will still choose to believe it.
It's one thing to just believe Ye Mo's words, and it's another thing to worry about the soldiers who went to the camp first.
In fact. At this time, not only Koji Yoshiki was very worried. Even Fa Zheng and Dian Wei frowned at Xu Rong's approach.
On the other side, Guo Jia and the others, who had retreated, were listening to the report of the scouts they left behind.
"You say, there are only more than 1,000 people chased out of Tongguan?" Guo Jia looked at the scout in front of him, and his eyebrows also became a word "Chuan".
He didn't expect that. He did this himself, and Tongguan actually only sent more than 1,000 people to pursue. Even if he ambushed more than a thousand people. What kind of effect can it have?
When the scout saw Guo Jia's doubts about himself, he immediately became anxious. Although Guo Jia has always been a good gentleman. But at this time, Ma Chao was already injured, and Guo Jia had ordered 500 people to stay outside Tongguan and send them to death, who could guarantee that Guo Jia would definitely let him go?
"Master of the military advisor, what the villain said, if there is half a lie, the villain will not die well. It was true that only about a thousand people pursued Tongguan. And, in only two quarters of an hour, they slew all the soldiers we left behind. In order to make Guo Jia believe his words, this time the scout said in much detail.
In fact, at the beginning, Guo Jia believed the scout's words. At this time, hearing the scout say this, Guo Jia's brows furrowed even more.
If the combat effectiveness of this army is really as the scout said, I can't say that the 2,400 or so people around me will really be caught up and defeated by those people.
"How far are those people from us?" Since Guo Jia felt that those people might pose a threat to him, he naturally needed to figure out the distance between him and himself. If they were caught up by the imperial army before they could join up with Pound, it would be dangerous.
Since the scout was assigned by Guo Jia, he naturally had enough experience. Therefore, even if Guo Jia asked such a difficult question, the scout did not hesitate to say the answer. "If we continue to march at this pace, I'm afraid it will only take three quarters of an hour for the other party to catch up with us."
When Guo Jia heard the scout say this, he immediately looked at the scout with the wrong eyes. In three quarters of an hour, could it be that those soldiers chased out of Tongguan would not be able to fly?
When the scout saw Guo Jia's eyes, he suddenly shivered again. If this is not answered well, I am afraid that my head will not be protected.
"Returning to the military division, the army chased out of Tongguan is marching with a long snake formation, and they are all elite, so the marching speed is much faster than ours."
The scout also began to chase after Guo Jia and them after seeing the speed of the march of the first camp. Although Guo Jia and the others had been ahead for a long time, the speed of the march was much slower than that of the first camp.
After Guo Jia heard the scout's words, he first felt annoyed. The imperial army in Tongguan was too bold, and they dared to use a long snake formation when they were chasing an enemy who outnumbered them.
However, in this way, it gave Guo Jia a lot of opportunities. As long as the operation is good, perhaps, the end of the elite of this imperial army will be today.
"Pass my order and let the five hundred soldiers continue to march, and the rest of the soldiers lie in ambush in the ravines on both sides. When the chasing soldiers pass through guò, cut them off directly! Guo Jia was also decisive, and at this time, he directly ordered an ambush on both sides.
At the same time, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the pursuers in Tongguan, he also let the five hundred soldiers continue to march forward. In this way, it is also to let the Tongguan pursuers who are pursuing in the footsteps of the Yizhou army relax their vigilance.
After the arrangement, Guo Jia was still not at ease. After all, this is the elite of a court army, and I'm afraid it's not so easy to deal with.
"Hurry up and inform General Ma Dai and General Pound, and let them quickly lead the army to come and meet them." Turning his head and looking at the scout beside him, after Guo Jia gave the order, he felt a lot more relieved. (To be continued)
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