Wang Shichong's army heard a dull sound of drums and horns, 50,000 troops, began to line up, 5,000 people for an army, it is the standard small army formation, Yang Gongqing and Guo Shiheng each led an army, mainly infantry, holding a long lance, wearing heavy armor, shouting the trumpet to the front, stretched outward, the infantry side by side, close together, each lined up about a mile wide, about ten lines of arrays, dense formation, the two armies are separated by about 300 steps, constituting the outermost line of defense.

After Guo Shiheng and Yang Gongqing, Liu Shili and Wang Ren each led 5,000 medium infantry, wearing chain mail, and the length of the lance was slightly shorter than the first two formations, in which there were a large number of archers and crossbowmen, in addition to maintaining the front, they also had to provide bow and arrow support for the front two formations. The width of the two formations is still about ten columns, but the interval between the formations is about 200 steps, which is much shorter than the previous two formations.

Wang Xuanying and Wang Xuanshu brothers, each with a group, their troops are quite a lot, compared to the usual 5,000 people phalanx, each more than 2,000 people, this is Wang Shichong specially strengthened the Wang family cavalry, the width of these two formations is the same as the front formation, but there is cavalry on the outside as a cover, when necessary, you can directly kill from the outside to support the front formation, and the infantry is the elite Huainan infantry with double heavy armor, as the core of the whole army, it is also used to resist the enemy's broken formation assault, the width of the formation gate, only about 100 steps.

After Wang Xuanying and Wang Xuanshu's two formations, it was Fei Qingnu and Laicheng, each with 8,000 soldiers and horses, and the number of infantry and cavalry was equal, these two formations were also the final bottom line of the whole army, the last barrier before the Chinese army marshal, this 16,000 foot cavalry, it was to follow Wang Shichong for many years, almost all over the world, the beginning of the Yuancong, whether it can repel the crazy attack of Li Tang's army today, it all depends on this pair of gates. Between the two armies, there is only an interval of about fifty paces, which can almost be said to be impenetrable, and the eyes of Lai and Fei Qingnu are bright, each holding a silver lance and a big axe, standing behind the formation, today, in order to defend, these two unstoppable brave generals during the assault cannot be the first to attack.

Liu Heimin led 3,000 infantry and archers, lined up on the flank of the side of Gushui, and scolded Li Shiji across the river.

The last Chinese army here, a "Wang" word handsome flag fluttering high in the wind, Shen Guang and Shan Xiongxin, each with three thousand iron horses, armor and horses, standing in front of Wang Shichong, and two thousand Wang family Qu Ruishi, squatting on the ground, long lance on the ground, double knives in the back, if all the defense in front of the fails, these two thousand Wang family troops are the last guards to protect Wang Shichong's life and safety, Wang Shichong himself will be robes and big armor, sitting upright, calm and relaxed, holding a baton, and behind him, Five hundred war drums are lined up, and thousands of shirtless men are holding huge drumsticks, as long as an order is given, it is a thousand drums in unison!

Wang Shichong's eyes were shining, looking at the battlefield in front of him, the fog had gradually dispersed, and the Tang army on the opposite side had already begun to set up the formation, Wei Zheng's eyes were blazing, pointing to the formation of the Tang army, explaining to Wang Shichong one by one, and when he saw it, the Tang army was still that set of military formations, and the ten guards were lined up in turn, but it was similar to Wang Shichong's crane wing formation here, but the Tang army had about 10,000 people as a team, which was more than double the number of teams here in Huaqiang Army, and the width of the entire formation, Nor can it be said in the same day.

Wei Zheng sighed: "Lord, if we extend our forces like this and expand them directly, the gap left in the middle is too big, if the Tang Army wants to attack the center of our army with all its might, how can it be good?" ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "This is the essence of the crane wing formation, our army stretches out diagonally to both sides, so as to expand our front to the maximum, now our army is on this plain, there is not a lot of troops, but it is still less than half of the Tang army on the opposite side, if they take advantage of the strength advantage, bypass the right side of our army, and attack from the side, then it will be difficult for us to resist." In the last battle of Xiyuan, Li Shimin attacked from the flank of our army, and he went forward to fight Xue Ju, and Liu Wuzhou was the same, so we must protect our flank. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong turned his head to look at the valley water on the left, and said: "The valley water on the left, separating us from Li Shiji, this thief is cunning, will not attack first, our army only needs to send 2,000 people to guard as it is now, it can be said that the left flank of our army is blocked by a big river, you can rest assured, but there is no natural barrier on the right side, only by extending the front of our army, opening more than five miles, and connecting with the dense forest, can we effectively block the roundabout flank attack of the Tang cavalry, which is the fundamental reason why I must open the formation." ”

Wang Shichong's baton pointed ahead, and said with a smile: "As for the interval between the two formations of our army, taking this crane wing as an example, from three hundred steps to two hundred steps to one hundred steps to fifty steps, if the enemy army ignores the two wings of our army and directly attacks the center, it will only give the two wings of our army to attack its flank, even if there are thousands of troops, it will inevitably fail, only if they gnaw off the front formations of our army one by one, it is possible to hit our center, this is the fundamental reason why the crane wing formation is called the strongest defensive formation!" ”

Shen Guang said with a smile: "The lord is well versed in the art of war, and his subordinates are impressed, with such a strong defensive formation, coupled with the strong combat effectiveness of my Huainan infantry, it is impossible for the Tang army to break the formation!" ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "No, the Tang army is under the command of Li Shimin, the strength is more than double that of our army, and the combat strength is comparable, we can only delay the time as much as possible by arranging the formation like this, and it is impossible to really defeat Li Shimin. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed greatly, and Wei Zhengqi said: "No support, no rotation?" What does this mean? If the front army can't withstand it, the rear army needs to be raised to meet the front, this is the conventional way of playing! ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "That's the norm, but this battle can't be the norm, Li Shimin is also rushing for time, you see that he is not running over now is not a normal march at all, but a galloping horse, regardless of the physical strength of the soldiers, because he also knows that the army in the rear can't stop for too long, if he can't break down our army's defense line around noon, then he will be in danger, so, he will definitely attack with all his strength, if our army is in normal rotation, the formation will change, once he loses his position, give him a strong frontal breakthrough of the cavalry, Then there is a possibility of instant collapse, so give me an order, no rotation, no rescue, no military order, no retreat, and fight with the Tang Army without retreating! ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong hooked the corners of his mouth, stared at Tang Jun opposite, and muttered: "Li Shimin, what method will you use to break my crane wings?" ”

In the Tang Army, under the handsome banner, Li Shimin's eyes flashed coldly: "It's actually Crane Wing, hum, it's really worthy of Wang Laoxi, the herald, the train ** array, the rotation attack!" ”