This is a small plain.
The view is wide and unobstructed.
It used to be a large area of ​​farmland that fed the people of nearly a state. However, as inhumane emperors came to power one after another, the farmland here also turned into a wilderness, covered with weeds. There were countless hidden among the weeds.
of desiccated corpses.
Chen Jun and Qi Jun came from two directions and met head-on.
Huang Fasu and Liu Taozi fought many times. After Wu Mingche's defeat, the two began a long-term wrestling match.
Huang Fazhu secured several ferries and forced Liu Taozi to Shiliang City, thereby preserving logistics. However, Liu Taozi also caused many casualties to the Chen people one after another, seriously delaying the Chen people's advance.
At this point, Huang Fazhu had to find a way to repel Liu Taozi. If he could not defeat him again, no matter where he advanced, the army would not dare to retreat.
As long as he dares to go back, Liu Taozi can attack these areas again, but if the army is stationed in these places, the national strength will basically not be able to afford it.
Therefore, the key lies in this battle. As long as Liu Taozi can be defeated once and make him give up the south, then the Chen people can go back with peace of mind and manage the territory they have gained now.
Huang Fazhu was not afraid.
The advantage is his.
Even if they fail once, as long as they don't die on the spot, they can continue to fight.
But if Liu Taozi fails once, he will have to go back to Gwangju.
"Array!!"
Huang Fazhu raised the flag.
The army quickly changed its formation. Their formation was a variation of the Yanyue Formation, which Huang Fazhu was best at. Looking down at the entire formation, one could see a semi-ellipse, with the general in the center and the arc facing the enemy.
The sword and shield are guarded on the outermost side, and many spears are set up to form a semicircular thorn to resist the cavalry attack. This is a defensive formation.
Huang Fasi's elite troops can change formations very quickly, and they don't have to worry about being attacked by the enemy when changing formations.
Because Huang Fazhu was quite familiar with the enemy, there was no need to consider anything else except the cavalry.
Liu Taozi stood directly opposite them, watching Huang Fasi slowly change his formation.
Lou Rui was fully armed and holding a horse spear. Looking at the enemy's army at this moment, he couldn't help but curse.
"This dog breeder has the upper hand and is still setting up a turtle formation here?!"
"They're not in a hurry."
Wang Lin said softly: "The troops of Xu Du and Chun Yuliang may be approaching. He just wants to hold us back and wait for them to arrive. It is reasonable to use this formation."
He slowly looked at Liu Taozi beside him.
When things have reached this stage, it is already too late to discuss whether we should fight or not. All we can talk about now is how to fight.
After many small-scale battles, the two sides finally had their first head-to-head confrontation.
Wang Lin didn't have much hope for this. Not to mention that Huang Fazhu was not easy to defeat, but even if he really defeated Huang Fazhu, how would he deal with Xu Du and Chun Yuliang who came later?
But looking at Liu Taozi's face, he didn't dare to question it.
I always feel that the other party has an inexplicable confidence, as if he has already made arrangements.
What confidence does he have?
Relying on the yoke formation practiced again and again??
Wang Lin still didn't think clearly, but he still clenched the weapon in his hand.
Ever since he left the south, his life has been difficult. Ever since he followed Liu Taozi, he has no longer been under surveillance. There are fewer annoying guys around him. He burned food and grass, killed Wu Mingche, and did many things that he didn't even think about.
If he can win the big things he has done in the past, he will be able to judge who belongs to the world.
Liu Taozi raised the horse's head, its tip shone coldly in the sun, and pointed at the enemy in the distance.
"King Lou, lead the people to supervise the battle. Anyone who retreats will be killed!"
Lou Rui nodded heavily and immediately led his soldiers to retreat.
"Shi Wansui, Yuchi Jia, you two lead the mandrill camp and bypass the enemy on both sides! Shi Wansui goes to the left, Yuchi Jia goes to the right!"
"only!!"
"Everyone else, follow me!!"
Liu Taozi also raised the flag, and the familiar sound of war drums sounded.
Huang Fazhu saw that the enemy's most elite cavalry was split into two and moved towards both sides of him.
This made Huang Fazhu particularly shocked. Instead of concentrating the elite cavalry, they had to disperse them and not rely on them to charge into the formation? Was he trying to use those broken troops to charge into the formation?
But the enemy had already begun to move, and tens of thousands of troops formed a large horizontal formation, pressing towards Huang Fashi.
Huang Fazhu stared at the two cavalrymen on the left and right, frowning.
The armies on both sides were making some strange movements at this moment, and the officers on guard frequently waved flags and asked for counterattack.
"Don't act rashly yet!"
Liu Taozi led the newly formed army and was pressing towards Huang Fasi step by step. These soldiers were still a little scared when facing the Chen people.
It's just that they really don't run away like before.
Lou Rui's scolding could be faintly heard from behind, and anyone who retreated would be killed.
Liu Taozi broke up these defeated troops and reorganized them. He used the elite officers under Lou Rui's command as the lower-level officers, used them as the skeleton, and used the Yangzhou Road army as the flesh and blood to reorganize an army of more than 20,000 people.
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Those people brought by Lou Rui can still fight at least, but they have been decadent for a while, and their past experience is still there.
Thanks to them, otherwise this basic formation change would be difficult to carry out.
"shoot!!"
The moving cart stopped at this moment, and the soldiers passed by the cart. As the general gave the order, the cart quickly began to fire in turns.
When the huge rocks fell towards the enemy formation, Huang Fazhu frowned.
The cart throw is usually used to hit the rear position. The purpose is not to cause kills, but to interrupt the enemy's organization. However, Liu Taozi's cart throw started bombarding the enemy without completely covering the range.
Indiscriminate bombing.
Stones kept flying in and landed heavily on the front army's position.
Some soldiers screamed and fell down and were hurriedly pulled away by their colleagues, while others stood on top of them.
Round after round of shooting, only part of the front army was covered, and many of the rest were ineffective strikes. Instead, rocks blocked the way forward.
Huang Fashu couldn't understand, and looked confused.
Blocking your own road?
What on earth do you want to do?!
Liu Taozi quickly raised the flag, and the knights on both sides of Huang Fazhu accelerated their speed and quickly began to circle.
They circled back from the two corners of this huge semi-ellipse.
Their speed was extremely fast, and Huang Fazhu had no cavalry that could restrain them.
Huang Fazhu's expression remained unchanged, he narrowed his eyes slightly and immediately raised his flag.
At this moment, the swordsman and shieldman suddenly flattened their shields, and a group of crossbowmen appeared on both sides.
The crossbowmen didn't need to aim at the enemy, they just started shooting desperately. Behind them, there were actually many throwing carts.
An overwhelming barrage of arrows and huge stones covered the cavalry on both sides.
Within a moment, the knights fell off their horses one after another, and the horses whined.
Shi Wansui lowered his head suddenly, and the arrow flew past his eyes, startling him.
A smile finally appeared on Huang Fasu's face.
His crossbowmen were not at the front and rear, but on both sides.
Want to attack from a weak spot in the rear?
Do you think I can't guess it?
Seeing the most elite knights under Liu Taozi's command being hit, Huang Fashi felt quite proud. In these days, he had been tortured by this cavalry a lot!!
Shi Wansui did not receive the order to retreat and kept his head down and continued to charge.
The Mandrill Battalion was not afraid and continued to charge along with the two generals, leaving its side exposed to the enemy.
Watch the enemy pass through the arrows and keep approaching your rear.
Huang Fazhu remained calm.
Liu Taozi raised the flag again, and the infantry increased their speed and kept closing the distance.
Huang Fazhu still focused on defense and paid a lot of sacrifices in the Mandrill Camp. When he finally rounded the semicircle and could see the enemy's back, Huang Fazhu suddenly raised the long sword in his hand.
"Change!!"
The ordering soldiers behind him accordingly raised their flags and the war drums sounded.
The semicircle began to slowly open from the middle, and a huge semicircle was trying to turn into a pair of wings.
If the enemy's cavalry continues to circle, their semicircle can turn into a semicircle facing the rear, ensuring that they are always facing the enemy's main force.
The mandrill camp rushed out for a long time but found that they could not get out of the enemy's shooting range!!
Shi Wansui watched as the arrows kept flying past him, and the shield in his hand could only protect his side, with several arrows already inserted into it.
Wang Lin looked at the enemy's changes in formation and the situation at the Mandrill Camp, her anger surged to the sky, and her horse could not help but move restlessly.
Liu Taozi, who had always been indifferent, now widened his eyes and stared at the enemy's change of formation.
At the moment when a pair of wings took shape, Liu Taozi raised the horse high.
"Change!!!"
The army heard a familiar command.
Since these defeated troops were contained, they have been practicing the same thing every day, changing from marching formation to yoke balancing formation.
This is the moment Liu Taozi has been waiting for.
Huang Fasu, Lou Rui, and everyone else felt that the Mandrill Battalion was the main force, and these broken troops were just cannon fodder, responsible for waving flags and cheering.
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The mandrill camp is a bait, and the main force Liu Taozi really wants to use is these defeated troops.
These people have never won a single victory under Wei Pohu, but the current leader is not Wei Pohu.
When the defeated soldiers began to change their formation slowly according to their habits, Huang Fazhu, who was staring at the Mandrill Camp wholeheartedly, was also frightened. The opponent's change of formation was extremely slow, and there was even a commotion, but they were really changing their formation!
The horizontal formation turned into a yoke formation for charging. A rolling pin suddenly stood up and turned into a spear!
No wonder car dumpers are at the forefront!!
Huang Fazhu woke up with a start.
Are these still those defeated troops?
"Divide into formations!!"
What he wants now is to turn his wings into two wings and fight against the Mandrill Battalion and these defeated troops respectively.
However, the defeated troops at this moment were too close to Huang Fazhu.
Liu Taozi wore heavy armor and became the iron tip of the spear. He roared and launched the attack.
And his main attack direction is the most vulnerable point at the moment, the connection point of the wings, which is also where the enemy's general is.
Perhaps it was the throwing of the cart and the shooting that gave the defeated soldiers some courage, or perhaps it was because of the supervising team behind them that they followed Liu Taozi and launched a stumbling charge.
Liu Taozi charged forward, the black wind neighed, and the horse's branches were blown by the wind. The two sword and shield wielders were directly knocked away by him and fell into his own formation. The black wind became more and more violent, knocking over the enemies in front of him, and the horses' branches flew like wheels.
Wherever they went, soldiers fell one after another.
The two sides officially went to war.
Chen Ren's spear stretched out from the shield, and the Qi soldiers were stabbed through the abdomen. They fell one by one, but at this moment they could not retreat. There were enemies behind them, and they rushed over one by one.
The spear and the large shield collided violently.
Huang Fashu knew that Liu Taozi's target was him.
The pressure on the mandrill camp was too great, and he did not dare to set up a circular formation. Then the density of crossbows and the effectiveness of shields would not be as powerful as they are now.
But he didn't expect that Liu Taozi would actually use the mandrill as bait and lead the group of defeated soldiers to launch a fierce attack.
It was too late for the two wing formations to change at this moment. He gritted his teeth and said, "Combined formation!!"
The two wings moved forward again, preparing to slap Liu Taozi and others in the palm of their hands and crush them together.
When the two wing formations began to move inward, Qi's casualties became faster. The spears were pressed from left to right and trampled on each other. Lou Rui watched as some soldiers began to flee back. He killed a few, but was unable to stop them.
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It is not easy for these broken soldiers to charge with Liu Taozi once. If they want to face the attacks from both sides, it will still be difficult for them.
Even Liu Taozi's charging speed slowed down, and there were enemies all around.
Wang Lin fought desperately and killed everyone around her. Wei Pohu rarely rose up and roared to kill the enemy.
At this moment, the pressure on Mandrill Camp disappeared.
The enemy formed a formation and the rear was exposed to the Mandrill Battalion.
Shi Wansui pulled out the arrow from his arm, his eyes filled with rage.
"kill!!!"
The Mandrill Battalion rammed diagonally into the enemy's formation from both sides and from behind!
The Mandrill Battalion was not one of those defeated troops, and their charge was not so easy to withstand. The soldiers on both sides were knocked off their backs, and the formation began to become chaotic. Shi Wansui rushed in from left to right, killing heads like a roll, and no one could stop him!
The huge commotion on both wings almost made Huang Fazhu grit his teeth.
You clearly have the advantage, but you are attacked from both sides by the enemy!
Isn’t Liu Taozi a cavalry commander??
When did you learn the tactics of riding on foot?
Liu Taozi struggled to break through the crowd and got closer and closer to Huang Fazhu.
The chaos on both sides continued to intensify, and the formations were struggling to maintain.
Huang Fasu couldn't help but look behind him.
"The Chinese army listens to my order, retreats, and forms again!!"
Huang Fazhu was not a strong general. He could not get too close to Liu Taozi. If he died, the whole army would really be defeated.
The fulcrum of the chaotic formation, which looked nothing like anything, gathered around the general and began to retreat.
After losing the fulcrum, the pressure brought by the two wings was greatly reduced. Lou Rui roared and urged the officers in front of him to launch an attack.
The next moment, the enemy's formation completely collapsed, and the Qi army's formation collapsed at the same time, and the two sides directly entered a melee.
The two sides no longer have tactics or formations. Looking around, they are killing each other everywhere. The crossbowmen, sword and shield bearers, spearmen, cavalry and even the soldiers responsible for throwing stones on the cart are all here at this moment.
Fight with the enemy.
Huang Fazhu had retreated to a safe area and watched the melee that took place in front of him.
Liu Taozi had been completely overwhelmed by the sea of ​​people. It was almost impossible to break through and find Huang Fashi.
But it was impossible for Huang Fasu to reorganize his army at this moment.
Such a melee is simply a paradise for cavalry.
Shi Wansui walked back and forth among the enemies. There was no formation to restrain him. He could charge as much as he wanted, and the enemy could not contain him.
Huang Fasu's face was pale and his lips were trembling slightly.
Pei Ji looked at the melee with sweat on his head, "Retreat! Let's retreat first!"
"Beihu is tall and has elite cavalry. We are no match for a melee. We retreat first and cannot lose the city we gained in the past!!"
"Let's withdraw first and wait for reinforcements from both directions to arrive. The enemy has suffered a lot of casualties, but we still have reinforcements!! They can't fight anymore!"
Huang Fashu quickly cheered up and raised the last flag.
"retreat!"
Huang Fazhu brought a large number of troops. The Chinese army did not directly participate in the melee. Only the armies on both wings participated in the melee. The Chinese army still retained its combat effectiveness.
The Chinese army quickly retreated, and there was no objection to the outcome of the melee.
The two armies on the left and right could no longer hold on, and began to collapse and flee in all directions.
The Mandrill Battalion was chasing and killing everywhere, and the battle situation was getting more and more tilted. Qi Bing looked at the enemies who turned around and ran away, and they were a little confused. I don't know where they got the courage to start chasing after the Mandrill Battalion.
The fighting lasted from day to night.
On this plain, there were piles of corpses, some from Qi people and some from Chen people. The entire ground was dyed red. The corpses were spread on the ground. There was no place to stay. The knights were all stepping on the corpses.
Moving forward.
The sunset glow, which is also dyed red, and the place dyed red with blood reflect each other.
Liu Taozi wiped the blood on his face and looked at the soldiers holding spears and cleaning the battlefield, beheading people and stripping off clothes, the traditional skills of the Qi army.
Wang Lin's sword-holding hand was shaking all the time. Standing next to Liu Taozi, he firmly grasped the sword-holding hand with one hand, trying to stop it from shaking.
Wang Lin had fought many battles in her life, but she had never fought such a thrilling battle. He was just one step away from being crushed by the two wings.
After the victory, his hands kept shaking and he couldn't calm down.
"General, congratulations, General!"
"Chen Ren is afraid that he will be frightened by the general from now on. When he meets the general in the future, his momentum will be reduced by three points."
Wang Lin looked excited, "The general killed Wu Mingche first, and then defeated Huang Fazhu. He is so brave! He is so brave and invincible!"
Liu Taozi listened to his compliments, but her face was unusually solemn.
"Prince."
"The war is not over yet."
"There are also Chun Yuliang and Xu Du. Huang Fazhu is not dead either, and he still has soldiers and horses in his hands."
"They should have arrived at this moment, and they might be standing there staring at us."
Wang Lin was not worried at all. With excitement in her eyes, she asked eagerly:
"General, should we defeat Chun Yuliang first or Xu Du first?"
Chapter completed!