Chapter 357: The Moon Formation

Under the deployment of Ma Yan, the two thousand Han soldiers quickly formed a formation with their backs, and at the same time set up the chariots they carried. Five hundred cavalry stood on the side of the battalion, commanded by Ma Tan's personal guards, thinking that they were guerrillas.

Although he was going to die, Ma Jian didn't really take the old and weak on the field really stupidly. At most, he will carry out some risky and risky actions, and he is far from begging for death.

These two thousand Han soldiers are all wearing Xuan armor, and the weapons and equipment in the hands of the guards are the best in the Han army. The five hundred cavalry were also led by the most capable guards in their own homes, all of them were light cavalry, and stirrups and horseshoes were readily available.

No matter how easy my horse head is, I can't let a waste take it, right?

Ma Tan began to deploy the military formation in full swing, with 2,000 Han troops backed by Thorn Water, preparing to fight a battle with the Wei army.

Because Ma Yan's reputation was too great, and Wang Chang's subordinate Wang Sheng was cautious, the Wei army marched very cautiously. The road for half an hour walked for an hour, and finally set up a battle ten miles away from the Shu army array, until the Han army formation had already been set up, and the Wei army slowly squirmed in front of the Han army.

However, to the consternation of the Wei army, the Han army's military formation this time was very strange. There are chariot iron cables on both sides, and a half-moon-shaped circle is formed against the thorny water.

The two thousand soldiers of the Han army wore Xuan armor and stood in this semi-circle array. There is only a small gap in the middle of the chariots on both sides, which is guarded by the elite soldiers of the Han army.

And at the front of the Han army, a general in a white robe stood in front of the battalion, it was the Ma Jian who flooded the three armies!

This formation is the famous moon formation in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a classic work of Liu Yu against the Northern Wei Dynasty. After Ma Tan's improvement, this formation became the killer weapon for this battle against the Wei army.

Even if there is no cavalry and only infantry fights, Ma Jian is not incompetent.

"This formation...... There are quirks! "Wang Sheng is mostly a general for the assassin history, and he still has knowledge. At a glance, he sensed that something was wrong, and it was obvious that the military formation of the Shu army was not so easy to gnaw.

Wang Sheng didn't dare to move forward about this, so he sent someone Pegasus to report back to Wang Chang.

It's just that this behavior made Ma Jian in front of the Han army see a real thing, and he squinted his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Soon Wang Sheng reported and got Wang Chang's instructions,

"If you look at everything, I'm sure you're enough to kill Ma Yan."

Wang Chang didn't want to take the blame if he didn't go to the front line, how could he go to give instructions at this time. If this is defeated, his responsibility will be great.

Wang Sheng had no choice but to follow the conventional way of playing, shooting first with the archers, and the infantry holding shields and slowly pressing up.

No matter how strong Ma Tan can fight, it is strong in cavalry, strong in assault and super mobility. Now he himself has given up the cavalry detour and personally appeared in front of the military formation, which is no different from inserting a bid and selling his head.

Covered in iron, you can hit a few nails, is it possible that you can still kill me 10,000 or 20,000 people by yourself?

With this in mind, Wang Sheng gave the order for the whole army to attack, and let the 30,000 Wei troops take turns to attack the Han army.

First of all, thousands of archers took a position and aimed at the Han army formation and fired arrows in a big way. Countless arrows were thrown out, densely pressed into the moon array.

However, the Han army had already prepared, and the 2,000 Han troops relied on chariots and shields, and all of them hid tightly. Tens of thousands of arrows from the Wei army shot over, and the impact on Ma Tan's side was minimal.

However, there was one detail that Wang Sheng still found out that was wrong, he noticed that the Great Demon King Ma Yan was standing in front of the formation, and he didn't dodge at all. But after a few rounds of arrows, Ma Jian still stood there intact, calmly watching the Wei army pressing up.

"What's the situation? Could it be that the Shu people really have ghosts and gods to help? Or is it just luck? Cold sweat began to ooze from Wang Sheng's forehead, and he was the first person to notice that Ma Yan had a problem.

However, the arrow was already on the string and had to be sent, so Wang Sheng could only bite the bullet and order the army to press up.

As the Wei army got closer and closer, Wang Sheng's sense of foreboding grew stronger and stronger. Especially when he saw that Ma Jian didn't seem to move, he was even more bottomless.

TNND Wang Chang, such a dangerous mission knows to push me out!

Just when the vanguard of the Wei army approached about 100 paces, Ma Jian suddenly raised his gun and made a move to meet the light. The Han army in the formation suddenly changed, and one by one the crossbow arrows mounted on the repeater appeared in the chariot gap!

"Shoot the arrows!"

Countless crossbow arrows were shot out quickly, round after round. The dense crossbow arrows quickly flew flat and flew towards the Wei army, and the Wei army was unable to dodge at such a close range. Many foot soldiers were shot to the ground, and the originally neat phalanx immediately became chaotic.

However, as the main force of the Wei army slowly pressed up, the Shu army was suppressed at this point. The infantry in the back, surrounded by the military array, stepped on the corpse of the robe in front of them, and pressed in front of the Han army step by step.

"Prepare for battle!" Ma Jian raised his eyebrows, personally led the guards to the formation, and stood at the forefront of the military formation as the vanguard of the fight.

However, in a few breaths, the large corps of the Wei army finally pressed in front of the Shu army. Under the huge inertia of the 10,000-strong army array, an incomparably terrifying impact crashed in front of Ma Yan's Qiyue array.

"Kill!!"

"Kill!!"

"Kill!!"

Countless Wei soldiers shouted and rushed in, each desperately moving forward to fight with the Han soldiers. Countless spears and short knives stabbed over densely, and there were more than a dozen spears just to greet Ma Yan.

When the battle came to fight, Ma Tan's reputation was not good. The Wei soldiers began to charge numbly, and they would no longer be afraid of you Ma Jian at all.

"You can't get through!"

However, Ma Jian is not a vegetarian, and a double-headed gun makes it extremely smooth. In the face of the Wei soldiers who kept coming up, Ma Jian did not panic at all, and at the same time blocked the sneak attack of the Wei army very smoothly, he was able to kill the Wei soldiers in front of him at will.

Of course, luck also has a lot of credit, under the shadow of this sword, there is no gun, and a knife stabbed at Ma Yan's vital point. At most, it will bruise the shoulders and arms, and give some skin trauma, which will not affect Ma Yan's performance at all.

In just one stick of incense, there were already more than a dozen corpses lying at Ma Tan's feet.

At this time, the advantage of the Moon Array was also revealed. In the face of the Wei army, which was ten times its size, the pressure on the Han army was theoretically very great. After all, the Wei army pressed up from three directions, and with their own backs to the thorny water, there was no room to retreat at all, and it was easy to be driven directly into the river to feed the fish.

Don't think that fighting on your back is a good thing, most of the generals who think so are fed to the fish.

For example, Dongwu Buqi, a thousand Jiaozhou elites under his command were driven into the water by Ma Tan's 1,000 cavalry and drowned.

However, with the semicircular chain of chariots on the left and right, the threat to the Han army from the Wei army's foot soldiers was instantly reduced by more than half. The Han army relied on chariots for defense, although it was not as easy as defending against cavalry, but it was also very difficult for infantry to climb over.

And the frontal military formation, even more under the obstruction of chariots, made the Wei army have very little space to attack. Wei Sui was ten times larger than the Han, but he couldn't use his strength, but let Ma Jian maintain a local part to fight more and less.

The two sides fought for half an hour, and the Wei army lost its troops, but there was no progress at all!

(End of chapter)