Chapter 300: Five Absolute Formations (Part II)
On the side of the vanguard cavalry in the front row, Zhao Zichuan followed Li Xian and Li Gong and charged straight towards the middle of the Mengyuan enemy formation, intending to divide and isolate the left and right wings of the Mengyuan cavalry. However, the head of Meng's side, who didn't seem to realize it yet, continued to avoid the edge of Zhao Zichuan's front formation, signaled the cavalry on both wings, and infiltrated the two wings of the Tang Zhan army's "Five Absolute Formations".
"The two generals Nangong Jun and Murong Fei have already returned to their positions...... and in the middle of the formation, Lao Jiu reported to Lu Jing, who commanded everything, "Now on the two wings of the army, the two generals Nangong Jun and Murong Fei are fighting with the enemy army outflanked by the enemy——"
"Very good-" Lu Jing said with a certain look, "Order the front charge team to speed up and quickly divide the left and right flanks of the enemy—at the same time, order the cavalry of the two generals, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, to scatter and outflank the enemy's cavalry!"
After Lu Jing's order was issued, the flag army signaled in the formation again. Seeing this, Zhao Zichuan's front department accelerated the speed of the advance charge, and the entire front row of cavalry was like an arrow, breaking through a gap in the Mengyuan cavalry formation.
"Flying Cavalry General" Zhao Zichuan is always at the forefront of the formation, and the Mengyuan cavalry on the left and right sides of the enemy formation saw it and waved their swords at Zhao Zichuan.
Zhao Zichuan saw that he was determined, and responded calmly, and when the Miao Dao attack of the left and right enemy forces came, Zhao Zichuan leaned back and dodged the Miao Dao's attack. Not finished, Zhao Zichuan's left and right two swords came out, the yellow and green sword light flashed, and two blood marks crossed the waists of the left and right horses, only two screams in the chaos of horse hooves were heard, and the left and right cavalry fell from their horses.
And behind the enemy's formation, the center of the Mengyuan cavalry, which had not yet divided the two wings of the horse. Seeing Zhao Zichuan charging into a no-man's land, he wanted to intercept him. The front was defeated by Zhao Zichuan head-on, and the cavalry behind simply threw the spear in his hand in front of Zhao Zichuan. wants to throw Zhao Zichuan off his horse.
saw a spear flying in the air, Zhao Zichuan had a certain look in his eyes, and immediately dodged sideways and dodged this blow. But then, the enemy did it again. Seeing this, Zhao Zichuan put the hilt of the dry sword in his left hand between his lips and teeth, and waited until the spear passed by his left side. Zhao Zichuan's left shoulder was skillfully pushed against the shaft of the spear.
The spear was hit by Zhao Zichuan's left shoulder, and he quickly stopped flying. Zhao Zichuan is on one side. Grasping the shaft of the spear in his left hand, he continued to charge towards the enemy formation.
Immediately after, several spears flew and were thrown. Seeing this, Zhao Zichuan brandished a spear in his left hand. Cut off the spears that flew towards you one by one. Forthwith. Zhao Zichuan kicked the horse's stomach with both feet, and the horse let out a long cry, jumped up on all fours, and galloped in the air like a flying horse.
Zhao Zichuan immediately sat down, leaned down, and waved the spear and sword in his hand. I could only hear the screams of the chaotic army, and where Zhao Zichuan rode all the way, the Mengyuan cavalry fell one after another.
"Flying Horse General" was originally just a title. However, like Zhao Zichuan, who really galloped through the sky like a flying cavalry general, the Mengyuan soldiers had seen how far and looking at Zhao Zichuan's forward army all the way like a bamboo, invincible. Behind the formation of the Mengyuan cavalry, the morale of the army was already disheartened, and they were so frightened that they scattered and fled.
Rushing to the rear of the enemy's cavalry formation, Zhao Zichuan saw that he was decided, and with a wave of his spear, he stabbed straight at the rear of the cavalry. Before the cavalry could react, Zhao Zichuan was shot in the chest, screamed, and fell off the horse.
Zhao Zichuan swept all the way through thousands of troops, re-armed the two swords of Qiankun, and looked majestic in the enemy formation. And the rear of the most Lu was broken through, and the Mengyuan cavalry troops had been completely divided by the troops of Tang Zhan.
The head of the army was still commanding the cavalry at the army wing to attack the two wings of the "Five Absolute Formations", but the two generals Nangong Jun and Murong Fei were strict and agile in commanding the army, but the Meng Yuan cavalry could not attack at all. However, it was not until the news that all the cavalry behind had been divided by Zhao Zichuan's forward troops came, and the head of Meng realized that he had been fooled at this time. But fortunately, the entire army formation is dominated by cavalry, and the changes are flexible, and there is still the possibility of a breakthrough. In order to break through the infantry-based formation of the "Five Absolute Formations" as soon as possible, General Meng immediately ordered: "Don't panic - order the cavalry on the left and right flanks to infiltrate with a fish scale formation, break through the enemy's defensive line, and the whole army will break through the encirclement!"
The fish scale formation does not have the front and rear compactness of the general formation, and the whole army attacks in a scattered manner, which is suitable for the situation that the cavalry breaks through the infantry formation at speed in the plain war, and is also suitable for the cavalry to break through the encirclement. And Lu Jing had expected this early, and General Meng had also fully noticed that his troops had completely fallen into the trap of the "Five Absolute Formations".
Lu Jing looked away in the formation, and saw that the two wings of the Mengyuan cavalry army after being divided used to attack with a fish scale formation, wanting to infiltrate the "Five Absolute Formations" formation, with the advantage of cavalry against infantry, break through their own formation, and forcibly break through the encirclement.
After Lu Jing found out that the enemy was in a scheme, the corners of her mouth smiled slightly. When Lao Jiu saw it, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Sure enough, as the military advisor expected, the Mengyuan army really changed to use the fish scale array infiltration method——"
Lu Jing also smiled lightly, and then continued to order: "Pass my order, order the cavalry outside the formation to disperse at intervals, and open the gate to let the Meng Yuan cavalry enter the formation!"
So, the flag army waved the flag and gave the order, and the Nangong Jun and Murong Fei cavalry troops on the left and right wings received the order, so they dispersed at intervals, giving the Mengyuan cavalry enough space to step into the "Five Absolute Formations" formation.
Sure enough, after the Mengyuan cavalry switched to the fish scale formation, they scattered the momentum and rode away from the gaps in the cavalry on the periphery of the "Five Absolute Formations". After more than 1,000 Mengyuan cavalry troops, including the head of Meng, entered the formation, the cavalry troops outside the formation converged, and all the Mengyuan troops were completely surrounded by the "Five Absolute Formations".
However, General Meng didn't seem to realize that looking at the Tang Zhan troops in front of his cavalry troops, General Meng immediately ordered to break through.
Lu Jing saw it in the formation, and immediately ordered: "The first line to fight-"
As soon as he gave the order, he saw neatly arranged archers suddenly appear from behind the "Five Absolute Formations" formation from the crowd. With the sound of the arrow order, the arrows in the formation rained out, and the target was the Mengyuan cavalry in the array.
"Ahh Since all the cavalry of the Tang War troops were outside the formation, the cavalry troops in the formation were naturally from the Mengyuan troops, and the goal was very clear.
The head of the Mongolian army will see that the Tang war troops are all in the formation of infantry. can still be so calm, knowing that there must be an ambush behind, so he immediately ordered his remaining Qianlai cavalry to be reloaded. Break through.
Lu Jing saw the movement of Meng Yuan's army, and immediately ordered: "The second line will go out to fight-"
As soon as the order sounded, I saw that the infantry in the formation began to change positions and change formations, and the long-shield infantry and short-sword infantry were lined up at intervals, blocking the place where the Mengyuan cavalry broke through.
The Mengyuan cavalry did not realize the situation, and still took advantage of the condescending superiority of the cavalry as they had charged through in the past. With a swing of his sword, he slashed at the infantry under his horse.
However, the long-shield infantry that was spaced up was already ready, and when Meng Yuan's iron horse swung down the Miao sword, the long-shield infantry raised their shields. The long shield of the interval is all up. A huge copper wall suddenly formed under the infantry formation, no matter how the Meng Yuan cavalry wielded their swords, they had no way to take these tight shield formations.
At this time, the short-sword infantry lined up under the shield took advantage of the cover of the long shield above. Then swing the sword towards the leg of the enemy's cavalry horse. Soon all I could hear was the neighing of the fallen horses in the battle. The Mengyuan cavalry in front of the battle began to fall one by one, and the Mengyuan soldiers on the horse naturally did not escape the doom, and they either fell off their horses and were killed by the soldiers below.
When General Meng saw the scene in front of him, he was immediately dumbfounded, the Meng Yuan Iron Cavalry, who had galloped on the battlefield and was often undefeated, was actually beaten by the infantry formation of the "Five Absolute Formations". The head of the Mongolian army also realized the strangeness of this formation, and it was not appropriate to stay in the formation for a long time. Then he shouted loudly: "The whole army charges through the siege on horseback and stops entanglement with the enemy." Get out of the enemy line!"
After that, the remaining Mengyuan cavalry, who received the order, stopped the confrontation with the infantry of the Tang War Army, and simply rode away on horseback, wanting to take advantage of the impact of the cavalry's war horses to cross the infantry formation and forcibly break through without a weapon confrontation.
Sure enough, Meng Yuan's horse's hooves entered the momentum of the horns, and with the momentum of the charge, he overwhelmed some of the long-shielded and short-sword infantry that had been intercepted in front before. Seeing this, Lu Jing calmly thought about it, her eyes were certain, and she ordered: "The third line will go out to fight——"
With a sound of the order, the infantry in the "Five Absolute Formations" formation changed formations again. The Mengyuan cavalry was still forcibly breaking through, and the long-shield infantry in the front row of the Tang army retracted the interval and re-arrayed, forcibly stopping the charge of Mengyuan's iron hooves with the long shield. Sure enough, after changing the formation to intercept, the speed of Meng Yuan's cavalry to break through slowed down.
However, this is not the most important thing, I saw that the infantry on the left and right sides of the formation moved again...... Suddenly, pikemen at intervals appeared from the infantry flanks surrounding the Mengyuan cavalry. Due to the superiority in weapons, the Mengyuan cavalry, which was dominated by Miao Dao, had no way to completely take the red tassel spears that came up from the siege when they were intercepted by the long shield infantry.
The iron cavalry could not move, and in the face of the siege of the red tassel spear, the Mengyuan cavalry lost the advantage of galloping on the plains, and it was completely passive to be trapped in the formation at this moment. Sure enough, the red tassel spear took its life, and the Meng Yuan soldiers who were surrounded were quickly picked off their horses one by one. I could only hear the continuous screams in the formation, and more than 1,000 Mengyuan cavalry were trapped alive by the "Five Absolute Formations" with infantry as a surprise soldier.
Seeing that the whole army was defeated, the head of the Mongolian army was stunned for a long time without any reaction, and he could not find a way to break through the siege. And Lu Jing in the formation saw the Meng Yuan General on the opposite side at a glance, and then continued to order: "Pass my order, the middle path will move sideways, and the main general will fight——"
Only the sound of war drums in the formation was heard, and the infantry in the middle of the road scattered to both flanks. Subsequently, a hussar god general appeared in the middle of the road, and Pegasus came with a gun.
It was Tang Zhan, and I saw Tang Zhan, as the main general, wearing battle armor and holding a pear flower gun, and went straight in the direction of the head of the Meng.
Before General Meng realized it, he saw that Tang Zhan had already arrived on a flying horse. The head of Meng, who was already alone, panicked and hurriedly pulled out the Miao knife to respond. However, Tang Zhan didn't give Meng Yuan Feng a chance to react, and directly "killed the soul gun", the golden light flashed, only to hear a crisp sound of metal breaking, Meng Yuan Yuan not only broke the Miao knife in his hand into two, but was also shot out of the air by Tang Zhan's pear flower gun.
It's not over, Tang Zhan waved his gun horizontally again, and slashed directly at the waist of the head of the Meng. Yuan Feng Meng shouted "Ah-" to the ground, and the whole person was directly chopped off his horse by Tang Zhan and fell heavily to the ground. Zhao Zichuan failed to capture the first general before, but this time Tang Zhan was finally successful.
After the head of the army landed, a group of infantry soon surrounded him - this time he had nowhere to run.
At the same time, Zhao Zichuan, who had returned from the front of the formation, was holding high the military flag of Meng Yuan and returning to the formation. Immediately, Zhao Zichuan was in front of all the soldiers. Swinging his sword, he cut off Meng Yuan's military flag, signaling the triumph of the army.
"Victory—" "Oh, victory—" Sure enough. It didn't take long for the battle to burst into the battle with cries of victory. The sound of victory resounded throughout the plain, and even on the cliffs at either end of the distance, the echoing sounds of triumph could be heard.
After Tang Zhan successfully captured the queen, he looked back at Lu Jing who was in command of everything in the formation with a smile. Lu Jing also smiled lightly at Tang Zhan, not only affirming Tang Zhan, but also being satisfied with the complete victory in the first battle of the "Five Absolute Formations......
"Newspaper-" Not long after the victory of the troops of the Tang War. A scout suddenly ran back from the front of the formation. The scout flew back into the formation and arrived in front of Lu Jing, and then reported: "Qi Qi military division." The spies came from the front to report, within a radius of ten miles, there are no more Mengyuan troops-"
There were no other Mengyuan troops, which should have been gratifying news. But after Lu Jing listened. It doesn't seem to be so. She seemed to be worried about something, and her brow furrowed.
Tang Zhan saw Lu Jing's worried look, and walked up to her again and asked, "Jing'er, what's wrong, after winning the battle and having no other enemy support, it should be good news, what are you still worried about?"
Lu Jing pondered for a while, and then said softly: "The two thousand Mengyuan cavalry we defeated just now. It should be the reinforcements sent by Timur to support Yuxing City. But there are no other Mengyuan troops behind it, which is too unreasonable......
"Why is it unreasonable?" Tang Zhan asked again.
Lu Jing continued: "If Kuangku Timur really wants to support Yuxing City. Sending only 2,000 men is too little...... From this point of view, Timur should have had no intention of supporting Yuxing City from the beginning, and these two thousand men and horses may ...... It's just a pretense to test us......"
"What did you say?" Tang Zhan couldn't help but be a little worried when he heard this.
Lu Jing slowed down, and then continued: "As an important minister of the imperial court, Timur will not be ambiguous about the dispatch of tribal reinforcements, if I guess correctly, there should still be people manipulating this...... Perhaps someone among Timur's men deliberately arranged this 'play' to test us, and to set our sights on us from the very beginning......"
After Tang Zhan heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Who will have an enmity with us, and they actually set their sights on us in our first battle......" Lu Jing stared at each other and said, "This person must not be simple, if he meets him on the battlefield in the future, he will inevitably fight with him......"
According to what Lu Jing said, Lu Jing's worries are not unreasonable. But now that the whole army has won the battle and is immersed in the joy of victory, no one except Lu Jing and Tang Zhan has thought of this kind of thing......
On the plains of the battlefield, the Tang family's "Five Absolute Formations" showed their might, and they ate Meng Yuan's two thousand iron cavalry alive with almost no casualties, which shows that this formation is really aimed at the Meng Yuan cavalry. The army of the Tang War made such great achievements in the first battle, and the morale of the whole army was even more invigorated, and the joys of the plains continued to ......
At this time, on the cliff in the west of the plain, there were two people who were quietly watching from the cliff, and they had all witnessed the whole process of the Tang Zhan army's great victory just now.
One of them, a general-like figure in extraordinary battle armor, had a relaxed expression on his face as he cut the roast lamb in his hand with a knife and ate it as if nothing had happened. There was also a figure like a civilian official beside him, he was not the same as the general in front of him, but he had a somewhat nervous expression. Judging by the general's attire, he should be a Mongol.
The civil official was silent for a while, and then said to the general in front of him: "General Wuliang Tuoduo, just sent Meng Yuan 2,000 cavalry, really...... Is it all right?"
The general named "Uliang Todo" spit out a sheep bone from his mouth, and then calmly said: "Being able to test the strength of the other party with two thousand men and horses is already very profitable......
The civilian official calmed down for a while, and then said nervously: "But General Wuliang, you didn't see it just now, that formation that I have never seen before, almost no casualties ate our 2,000 troops, it can be seen that it is extraordinary, in case it ...... in the future."
However, Wuliang Tuoduo still had a normal face, and continued to say unhurriedly: "The reason why that formation is powerful is because of the usual tactics of our Mengyuan cavalry, but more importantly, it is the leading general in their army...... Needless to say, the military advisor or the main general commanded in the formation, there was Zhao Zichuan, the descendant of the Zhao family, and Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, two tiger generals on the left and right, and the morale in the army was naturally high...... The only way to defeat them is to divide their main forces one by one and break them one by one......"
The civil official thought for a while, and then worried: "Even if we defeat them, what will happen? Zhu Yuanzhang now claims to have 300,000 people, and they are coming towards the north, and even Lord Timur said that if the imperial court continues to deal with it like this, it will be difficult to protect the country......
Wuliang Tuoduo didn't answer immediately, after he finished eating the roast mutton in his hand, he played with the Mongolian knife in his hand, and then continued: "Who can sit firmly in the future in the future, I, Wuliang Tuoduo, never care, even if Zhu Yuanzhang occupies most of the capital? The trend of the world has nothing to do with me...... You should know the purpose of my Wuliang Tuoduo march to fight, and I have only one purpose - I want to personally take the lives of Zhao Zijin and Zhao Zichuan and their Zhao family, and seize the heirloom of the Zhao family, the 'Qiankun Two Swords'. Nothing else has anything to do with me......"
The civil official listened to Wuliang Todo's somewhat dangerous words, and said with some trepidation: "General, you ...... If you say such things now, you will not be afraid...... Don't be afraid to spread it to Lord Timur ......."
"What if it is passed on, do you think I am really afraid of him? Although I am his subordinate, I will not be his dog!" Wuliang Tuoduo added strictly, slammed the knife in his hand to the ground, and then stood up and continued, "A hundred years ago, my ancestor Ah Shu led an army to attack Xiangyang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, but he failed to seize the 'Qiankun Second Sword' from Zhao Fan, Li Tingzhi and others...... Now a hundred years have passed, Zhao Zichuan, as the ancestor of the Zhao family, inherited the two swords of Qiankun, and as a descendant of the clan, I will definitely fulfill the unfinished wishes of my ancestors...... Wait, I will definitely kill Zhao Zijin and Zhao Zichuan with my own hands, and recapture the ...... of the 'Qiankun Two Swords'"
It turned out that Wuliang Tuoduo was the descendant of the Mengyuan general Ashu who attacked Xiangyang, the capital of the Song Dynasty a hundred years ago, and after he finished speaking to the civil official beside him, he looked back at the plain battlefield just now, thinking of witnessing Zhao Zichuan's charge and killing formation just now, Wuliang Tuoduo's eyes were full of killing intent...... (To be continued......)