The Battle of Qiyan Xifengyuan broke out on the morning of the last day of the 14th year of Jianwu.

Niu Cunjie finally waited for the reinforcements sent by Qing Yugong, that is, the 6,000 cavalry of the Jing Army stationed at the junction of Moyang Road and Gyeonggi Land, this cavalry would protect the Yan army's large array on the flank, mainly to deal with the cavalry of the Feiyu Army led by Li Bingxue.

The Yan army, under the command of Niu Cunjie, put on a very solid fish scale formation.

This formation is concentrated in the middle, like fish scales, layered on top of each other, the formation is very dense and solid, it is a common military formation with both offensive and defensive capabilities and a certain ability to assault.

The weakness of the fish scale formation lies in the back, because the formation is very wide as a whole, once the back is strongly impacted, it is likely to cause the rout of the whole army, which is also the reason why the commander decides to put out the fish scale formation, often the flag of the Chinese army will be at the back of the formation.

At this moment, Niu Cunjie's handsome banner was at the rear of the Yan army, and the 10,000 foot soldiers of the front army were commanded by Lang Shan, the deputy commander of the soldiers and horses he trusted the most.

The wind blows cold, and the flag flutters.

The gloomy canopy of heaven was like a heavy felt over everyone's heads, and the cold wind blew through the tense young faces.

Most of the Yan soldiers are only in their twenties, and less than thirty percent of the veterans who have been in the army for more than five years.

The young faces were wrapped in the ranks that slowly advanced southward, and some of them began to shiver involuntarily, wondering if it was because the weather was too cold or because they couldn't restrain their fears.

But they have no right to refuse, they can only walk towards the unknown ahead.

Whether victory or death awaits them.

In the past few years, the Qi Yan army has not had a decisive battle in the field, either attacking Yan or defending Yan, this kind of major war with a total strength of more than 100,000 people on both sides is the first time.

In the southern part of the West Wind Plain, the officers and men of the Jingzhou Army stood like javelins, especially the officers and men of the Qing Xu Army, who were divided into the front right and the front left, all of them looked at the Yan Army formation in the distance with expressionless faces, and their sophistication and composure after a long time on the battlefield were undoubtedly revealed.

Li Tianrun used the Liuhua Formation today, which is also the most proficient formation of the officers and men of the Jingzhou Army, and he is familiar with every change and every order.

The importance of formation to the combat of the current army does not need to be repeated, if an army loses the shelter of the formation, in an extremely dense battlefield, it will soon become a lamb under the enemy's butcher's knife.

This is also the reason why there will be a large number of casualties after the break.

Especially for the Qi and Yan armies, which are basically foot soldiers, whether they can stabilize their own formation and break through the opponent's formation is the key to victory or defeat in this war.

There are not too many intrigues on the real battlefield, or the plan must be before the outbreak of war, once you enter the battlefield, you must ultimately defeat the enemy to make the plan come true.

In the Jingzhou Army, there are several soldiers with excellent eyesight standing on the lookout car, and they will report the movements of the enemy and us to the commander not far away at any time.

"Fish scales?"

Of course, Li Tianrun was no stranger to this formation, and he quickly learned from this fish scale formation the complex and tangled mentality of Niu Cunjie, the head coach of the Yan Army.

After a while, he said to the herald: "Tell Qiu Jixun to let the enemy into the formation, close the left and right, and strangle the enemy's vanguard." ”

The herald quickly received the order, and the military order was quickly passed to the ears of Qiu Jixun, the former commander of the army and the commander of the Qing Xu army.

Qiu Jixun took the order loudly, and immediately conveyed the order to the next commander in charge of the regiment.

At this time, the vanguard of the Yan Army gradually approached the front of the Jingzhou Army's position and had already entered the range of the officers and men of the Jingzhou Army.

They saw that they were in front with sword and shield men, pikemen behind, and longbowmen behind them, advancing steadily to the south.

Arrows rained down.

The sky is full of arrows like locusts.

The archers of both armies used the method of projectile, and the shield soldiers in the front line could not block all the long arrows after all, and some of them would inevitably fall in the formation.

Blood began to appear, symbolizing the beginning of the great war.

The two armies were less than 100 paces apart.

At this moment, the rear of the Jingzhou army resounded with a rousing and majestic drum.

With the sound of drums that resounded between heaven and earth, the soldiers of the Qingxu Army in the front left and front right two large formations clenched the blades in their hands, and under the leadership of their respective generals, the Yan army that was pressing forward made an angry sound.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Every roar burst out of his chest, and the morale of the Qing Xu army rose by a point.

Murderous spirits rise to the sky.

Yan Jun's footsteps did not stop, but it could be seen from the expressions of many young soldiers that they had been shocked by the momentum on the opposite side.

Whether or not you have ever killed someone on the battlefield is the difference between a recruit and a veteran, and how many people you have killed is a measure of whether you are elite or not.

Although the Yan army had a slight upper hand in terms of strength, in the face of the Qingxu army built by Li Tianrun himself, they obviously inevitably cringed.

But in the rear is the military judge who is holding a long knife to supervise the battle, and the resolute order of the former army commander Lang Shan, these Yan soldiers can only move forward.

This is also the characteristic of the Fish Scale Formation, this thick and tight formation must continue to move forward once it is rising, otherwise the connection between the small formations will become loose, allowing the enemy to find an opportunity to break through the formation.

In the formation of the Qing Xu army, Qiu Jixun was commanded to look forward indifferently, and waited extremely calmly for the Yan army to attack.

"Kill!"

When the enemy's face was clearly visible and the weapon in his hand had entered the attack distance, Sergeant Yan forcibly endured the panic in his heart, raised his spear almost like a machine, and stabbed forward with a roar.

Looking down from above, the Yan army's forwards lined up in a line with a width of more than 100 zhang, surging forward like a tide.

Under the shadow of death, the fear in the hearts of the Yan soldiers reached its peak, and then it turned into a ferocity that they themselves did not understand, driving their bodies to squeeze against each other.

There was a hideous expression on the young faces, and the transformation from man to beast was only in an instant.

They were greeted by a cold counterattack by the soldiers of the Qing and Xu Army.

"Roar!"

A neat shout sounded, and the spears in their hands pierced through the gap of their own shields, stabbed out from different directions, and stabbed into the body of the Yan soldiers.

The cold, hard and sharp tip of the spear easily broke through the leather armor on the Yan soldier's body, tearing the skin and flesh deep into the body, and as the spearman stirred, countless terrible roars came out of the wounded soldier's mouth.

The next moment the spear was pulled out, either bringing out the flesh that had been turned out, or pulling out a bloody hole, and even someone's intestines were rolled out.

"Roar!"

Without the slightest pause, the second round of stabbing came immediately, and the living stepped on the corpses of their comrades with difficult steps, and stabbed out the spears in their hands with all their might.

Of course, the soldiers of the Qing Xu army are not invulnerable immortals, they will also be injured and bleeding, and they will also fall to the ground and die.

This is the real battlefield, and it is also the reason why the formation is becoming more and more important.

Without the solid organization that comes with a formation, very few people can calmly face this kind of death at any time.

The Yan army as a whole continued to press forward, and the two large formations of the Qing and Xu armies gradually retreated.

Qiu Jixun indifferently observed the situation at the front of the position, those fallen soldiers would of course make his heart ache, but the more battles he fought, the harder his heart became.

When the Yan army pressed out a distance of about ten zhang in front of him, Qiu Jixun took a deep breath and said in a cold voice: "Order, let go of the middle, let the enemy into the battle, and the team will be strangled!" ”

The drums sounded, the flags appeared, and the heralds ran through the formation.

The officers and men of the Qing Xu army retreated in an orderly manner, and the Yan army continued to move forward due to inertia, and directly broke through from the middle of the two large formations on the front left and the front right.

The generals of the Yan army who led the troops did not have time to get excited, and soon ushered in a tough counterattack from the other party.

I saw that the officers and men of the Qing Xu Army were divided into three teams, three squads were a group, and five groups were a group, plus a total of fifty low-level generals who led the troops.

On the battlefield, countless small units composed of fifty people crossed and cooperated, and on the battlefield where the teeth were intertwined, they launched an extremely fierce strangulation against the Yan army!

The roars and wails continued to rise and fall, and the well-trained soldiers of the Qing Xu army blocked the Yan army on both wings with their spear divisions, and the long knife division slashed and slaughtered the Yan troops who broke into the formation.

Lang Shan, the main general of the Yan Army, witnessed this scene and said sharply: "The front army commander is attacking!" ”

Under his command, the Yan army immediately opened its formation like a long snake, encircling the two positions of the Qingxu army.

However, no matter how much he gave the order, no matter how many charges the Yan army launched, the Qing Xu army was like a spear nailed to this position, not moving at all, standing proud!

In the rear of the Yan army, Niu Cunjie was also aware of the tenacity of the Qing Xu army, if he wanted to break through this elite division of the Southern Qi head-on, it was obviously difficult to rely on the 10,000 forwards led by Lang Shan alone.

After a short period of thought, he said resolutely: "Order, Zhu Zhen of the left army led 10,000 foot soldiers to continue to move forward, changing the formation and attacking the enemy's flank!" ”

The military order soon reached Zhu Zhen's ears, and he received the order without any hesitation, but the moment he turned around, he couldn't help but look at the distant Southern Qi Chinese army, and a trace of hesitation appeared in his eyes.

Since Qing Yugong went south, the Northern Yan army has been investigated several times, especially those generals who may be related to the south have all been idle, and Zhu Zhen has escaped by luck.

In order to protect himself, he didn't even dare to contact the Wang family in Heluo City privately for half a year, but before this big battle came, he was still waiting for some secret orders to come, so as to cooperate with the Qi army on the battlefield.

But until now, he has not received a word, which shows that Li Tianrun does not plan to use this relationship.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Zhen gathered his mind, waved his army forward, bypassing the Qing Xu army and rushing to the western flank of the Qi army's large array!

Within the Qi army, Li Tianrun soon received the news.

He slowly boarded the lookout car, confirmed the current situation on the battlefield with his own eyes, and then turned his head to look at Li Bingxue, who had been waiting by his side, and said calmly: "You take the cavalry under your command and go around from the east to lead away the cavalry of the Jing Army, be careful not to fall in love with the battle." ”

Li Bingxue lowered his head and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Then he strode away.

Li Tianrun continued to observe the situation of the Yan army, and after a long time, he raised his eyes to look at the canopy further north, as if waiting for the appearance of some old man.

(End of chapter)