Chapter Sixty-Eight: Battle of the Formation
Looking at the valley at the foot of Qinfeng Mountain, Zhang Chong put Zhang Dan's Gemaotun, a total of eighty people, in the first formation.
Fifty steps behind Zhang Dan's big array, there are two more formations, the left formation is Li Damu's 100-person Dao Tutun, and the right formation is Ding Sheng's 100-person Dao Tutun.
The three of them formed a large zigzag formation.
On the slope behind the left side of the Pinzi Great Array, in front of the slope were Chen Huan's fifty strong archers, on the slope was Zhang Chong's ramming team, and behind the slope were Tian Jun's thirty assault horsemen, at this time they all dismounted to rest and wait for orders.
At this time, Zhang Chong's fight with the enemy army has begun.
Before, Meng Fu sneaked up the mountain with the flying army, and saw the Wangqinling thief Kou Xiaowei descending the mountain all the way, and after shooting a few people, he went around from the left side in front of Zhang Dan's big array to Zhang Chong's big line.
Meng Fu reported:
"Canal, I can see that Qin Kou did not guard the barricade, but went all the way down the mountain. Because they don't display flags, and hedgehogs gather in one place, they can't count how many of them there are. Later, I arrested one of them, and said that there were three people who came down the mountain, and there were 2,000 thieves. ”
Zhang Chong was sitting on the horse at this time, and when he heard this, his brows furrowed:
"Very good, good probe. However, in the future, the military report must be concise. I don't want the process, just the result. ”
Meng Fu's face flushed, and he nodded.
Zhang Chong was a little worried in his heart, the difference in the number of the two armies at this time was too huge, this was five times the enemy!
I thought that he had broken Gongsun Qi, and this would inevitably be a big injury, but I didn't expect to be able to gather such a large number of soldiers, which really can't be underestimated!
In fact, what Zhang Chong didn't expect was that most of Gongsun Qi's troops would lurk in the mountains and forests after they were defeated.
They couldn't survive in the forest, and in the end they all returned to Wangqin Peak, so they had this soldier.
And Meng Frustration was a little bit blamed, that is, the three thieves of Wangqin Peak had only 1,002 actual soldiers, including 800 of Zhao Ji's Shanliao people, 300 of Wang Bo's guests, and 100 of Gongsun Jiu's archers.
From this force, I also know why in the big block, only Zhao Ji has the loudest voice.
But this is not to blame for the frustration, nor for the frustration of the captive.
People didn't mean to deceive him, after all, people would be confused if they counted more than twenty, how could they really know how many people came down!
Don't people also say that you Zhang Chong only has 300 soldiers, and you are less than 100.
There's no way, it's already a rarity for fine people to be able to read count, and they can't be too demanding.
However, Zhang Chong didn't know this, but fortunately, Zhang Chong had already considered this situation when he set up the formation, and he paved Zhang Dan's tun at the front of the foot of the mountain.
In front of Zhang Dan's big array, there was a narrow open space with a length of 100 steps and a width of 50 steps.
In such a narrow open space, the thieves can invest up to 200 people at a time, and they have to be hedgehogs gathered together, and this is exactly where Zhang Dan Ge Maotun comes in.
Then Zhang Chong endured his temperament and watched how the thieves on the mountain responded.
Over there, Zhao Ji, Wang Bo, and Gongsun Jiu also led their troops to the foot of the mountain.
Just looked at the front and looked at it together, and the hearts of the three of them were stunned.
I saw a big array of pins, which happened to be blocked in the valley in front of the mountain.
Then take a closer look, there are many swords and spears, flags flying, and there is no sound.
At that time, the three generals knew that this General Shi had a background.
Why?
Don't you see, which mountain bandit can train such elite soldiers, with full morale, excellent fighting equipment, and a banner and golden drum! None of the county officials in Taishan County are like this!
At this moment, the three generals were depressed.
Half a sound, it was still Zhao Ji's thin face, and he was the first to speak, after all, he was going to take General Shi's dog head on the mountain before, and the words were still in his ears, and he puffed up and said:
"Don't be afraid, I just counted according to the flag, and the front is full of three hundred soldiers, let's rush up and pile them to death."
After speaking, he was about to take the lead in battle, who knows, Gongsun Jiu over there immediately persuaded him, he said:
"Zhao Si, don't be stupid. You don't look at how many soldiers you can lay in the open space on the other side. If you can't break through the opposite spear formation in front and press the front behind, you don't know how many people you will trample to death. ”
After being reminded by Gongsun Jiu, Zhao Ji was startled, and looked forward with his hands on the pergola, knowing that Gongsun Jiu was right, he was also humble, and immediately asked Gongsun Jiu for advice:
"Xiao Jiu, you and your brother talk about how to break this formation. Brother is to avenge your eldest brother, and he is the first to go first, you can't hide your secrets. Otherwise, how can you be worthy of your brother? ”
Seeing that the words were not convincing, Zhao Ji added another sentence:
"I'm talking about your eldest brother."
Gongsun Jiu spat secretly, but knew that he had to be single-minded at this moment, so he said:
"Zhao Si, you can choose 200 people from the Shanliao Crowd to fight, as the first to ascend, and I will bring my own 100 archers to cover for you. Let's break through this mountain in one fell swoop. ”
Gongsun Jiu said it magnificently, and Zhao Ji sighed in his heart, Gongsun family has a lingering shade, a family of two generations of heroes.
It's a pity that this Gongsun Jiu is a soft female and doesn't dare to be a leader, it seems that God has given me help.
Zhao Ji patted Gongsun Jiu, and everything was silent.
Then he selected 200 warriors from the 800 people to break the battle with him.
To be honest, Zhao Ji is very confident in breaking the formation, because these people he brings are brothers and brothers with him, and they are his most reliable support.
With this kind of soldier, there is no place in the world to take it, let alone the spear formation at the foot of this mountain.
The bandits did not have the golden drum to cheer them on, but at this time, under the harmony of their respective burrows, they sang loudly.
"Wenshui~" "Soup~Soup! ”
"Pedestrian ~" "Peng ~ Peng!" ”
"Wenshui~" "Tao~Tao! ”……
The singing is gloomy, and the world is desolate!
Zhang Chong, who was on the slope behind the formation, also heard this song, and immediately asked Yu Ban and Chang Feng in the rampage team below:
"What song is this, and who sings it?"
Yu Ban was still thinking, and when Chang Xuan saw the opportunity, he stepped forward and said shyly:
"Huiqu, this is my Taishan folk ballad, the singer of this song must be my beloved relatives and friends Zhao Ji, his subordinates are all poor and waiting to die, and they love to sing this song on weekdays."
Yu Ban was annoyed and let this person steal the conversation.
When Zhang Chong heard this, he hummed, and continued to look at Zhang Dan's spear formation from afar with a calm face, and no one saw him clenching the corners of his clothes.
Zhang Dan's Ge spear formation is a typical Changge team, which is different from what those who don't know the soldiers think, at this time Zhang Dan's Changge team is scattered.
There were 90 men in his department, 30 in a row, and in three rows. Then each of the Gomaurs was three paces apart from each other, two steps from each other, and so they dispersed into the valley below.
When Yang Mao taught this spear formation last year, Zhang Chong was also stupid, he asked:
"Why are the soldiers scattered so sparsely, and they can't be gathered together and lined up in a dense array?"
Yang Mao looked strange at the time, but still explained:
Since ancient times, those who have used troops to form formations without dense formations have been arranged according to this kind of sparse formation.
The front and back scatter because you are a spearman who is going to stab, and if you have a person standing behind you, once the spear is retracted backwards, it will hit your own people.
And the left and right are scattered because the two formations want to fight, and the one with the width wins.
Why?
Because the left and right sides of the long formation can form a semi-encirclement posture on the left and right wings of the short formation.
And once this happens, if the enemy looks at the front, he can't take care of his side, and if he looks at the side, he can't take care of the front.
Therefore, the short formation and the long formation often start to collapse from both sides!
This is also the reason why Zhang Dan lined up in a long formation.
Zhang Chong was thinking about this, and Zhang Dan's military formation over there began to erupt with a roar that soared into the sky.
The two soldiers officially intersected!