Chapter 68 Battle
Looking at the valley at the foot of Qinfeng Mountain, Zhang Chong placed Zhang Dan's Gamao Tun, totaling eighty people, in the first formation.
Fifty steps behind Zhang Dan's formation, there are two more formations. The left formation is Li Damou's hundred-man swordsman camp, and the right formation is Ding Sheng's hundred-man swordsman camp.
Their three formations formed a large Z-shaped formation.
On the slope at the left rear of the Pinzi formation, in front of the slope were Chen Huan's fifty strong archers, on the slope were Zhang Chong's collision team, and behind the slope were Tian Jun's thirty assault cavalry. At this time, they were all Dismount and rest, waiting for orders.
At this moment, the fight between Zhang Chong and the enemy had begun.
Previously, Meng Ju led his flying army to sneak up the mountain. Along the way, he saw the Wangqinling bandits meandering down the mountain. After shooting several people to death, they walked around from the left side in front of Zhang Dan's formation to the foot of Zhang Chong's banner.
Meng Ju reported:
"Qu, I found out that the Qin invaders did not defend the stronghold, but meandered all the way down the mountain. Because they did not display flags and gathered in one place, I couldn't count how many of them there were. Later I captured one person and said that there were three people who came down the mountain. , count two thousand thieves.”
Zhang Chong was sitting on the horse and frowned when he heard these words:
"Very good, good detection. However, military reports must be concise in the future. I don't want the process, only the results."
Meng Ju blushed and nodded.
Zhang Chong was a little worried. The difference in numbers between the two armies was too huge at this time. They were five times the enemy!
I thought that if he defeated Gongsun Qi, the strength of this village would be severely damaged. I didn't expect that he could gather such a large number of troops. It really shouldn't be underestimated!
In fact, what Zhang Chong didn't expect was that after Gongsun Qi's troops were defeated, most of them lurked into the mountains and forests.
They couldn't survive in the forest, so they all returned to Wangqinfeng Dazhai in the end, so they had this soldier.
Moreover, Meng Ju was deceived on one point, that is, Wang Qin Feng's three bandits only had one thousand and two actual troops, including Zhao Ji's 800 Shanliao soldiers, Wang Bo's 300 guests, and Gongsun Jiu's 100 archers.
From this strength, we also know why Zhao Ji is the only one with the loudest voice in Dazhai.
But this is not the fault of Meng Ju, nor is it the fault of Meng Ju’s prisoners.
The person didn’t mean to lie to him. After all, people would get confused if they counted more than twenty. How could one really know how many people were coming down?
Didn't people say that you, Zhang Chong, only have 300 soldiers? That's 100 less.
There's no way around it. It's already a rarity for ordinary people to know how to count, so we can't be too demanding.
However, Zhang Chong didn't know this, but fortunately Zhang Chong had already considered this situation when setting up his formation, and he placed Zhang Dan's camp at the front of the mountain.
In front of Zhang Dan's formation, there is a narrow open space a hundred steps long and fifty steps wide.
In such a narrow open space, the bandits can invest up to 200 people at a time, and the hedgehogs must be gathered together, and this is where Zhang Dange Mao Tun comes in.
Then Zhang Chong patiently waited to see how the bandits on the mountain would respond.
Over there, Zhao Ji, Wang Bo, and Gongsun Jiu also led their troops to the foot of the mountain.
Just looking at each other in front of them, the three people's hearts skipped a beat.
I saw a large formation of Pinzi, blocking the valley in front of the mountain.
Then, if you look closely, you will see that there are many formations of swords and spears, and flags are flying, but there is no sound at all.
At that time, the three generals knew that General Shi had an origin.
Why?
Don’t you see, which mountain bandit can train such elite soldiers, with full morale, excellent fighting tools, and all the flags, gold and drums? None of the soldiers in Taishan County are like this!
At this moment, the three generals were immediately frustrated.
After a while, Zhao Ji was still the one with a thin face and spoke first. After all, what he said before about taking the stone general's dog's head on the mountain still rang in his ears. He cheered:
"Don't be afraid. I just counted according to the flag. There are three hundred soldiers in front of us. Let's swarm them and pile them up to death."
After saying that, he was about to take the lead in the battle. Unexpectedly, Gongsun Jiu immediately stopped him and said:
"Zhao Si, don't be stupid. You don't even look at how many soldiers can be spread in the open space opposite. The soldiers swarm down. If the front can't break through the spear formation on the opposite side, and the back can crush the front, you don't know how many people you will trample to death. .”
After Gongsun Jiu reminded him, Zhao Ji was startled. He put up a pergola and looked at the front line. He knew in his heart that Gongsun Jiu was right. He was also modest and asked Gongsun Jiu for advice immediately: "Xiao Jiu, tell me how to break the This battle. I’m here to avenge your elder brother. You can’t hide your secrets.”
Seeing that his words were unconvincing, Zhao Ji added:
"I'm talking about your eldest brother Gongsun."
Gongsun Jiu secretly spit, but he knew that he had to concentrate at this moment, so he said:
"Zhao Si, you can choose 200 brave warriors from the mountain to ascend first, and I will take my 100 archers to cover you. Let us defeat this mountain formation in one fell swoop."
Gongsun Jiu spoke so arrogantly that Zhao Ji sighed inwardly. After all, the Gongsun family had a shadow, and there were two generations of heroes from the same family.
It's a pity that Gongsun Jiu is a coward and doesn't dare to be the chief. It seems that God has given me help.
Zhao Ji patted Gongsun Jiu and said nothing.
Then, he selected 200 brave warriors from the 800 people to break the formation with him.
To be honest, Zhao Ji was very confident in breaking the formation, because the people he brought were his brothers and sisters, and they were his most reliable support.
With soldiers like this, there is no place in the world that is undesirable, let alone a mere spear formation at the foot of the mountain.
The bandits did not have golden drums to cheer them on, but at this time they sang loudly under the harmonious voices of their respective leaders.
"Wenshui~" "Soup~soup!"
"Pedestrian~" "Peng~Peng!"
"Wenshui~" "Tao~ Tao!"......
The singing is solemn and the world is desolate!
Zhang Chong, who was on the slope behind the formation, also heard the song and immediately asked Yu Jin and Chang Xi from the collision team below:
"What song is this, and who sang it?"
Yu Jin was still thinking, but Chang Xi over there saw the opportunity and stepped forward and said shyly:
"Back to the channel, this is my Taishan folk song. The person who sings this song must be Zhao Ji, who loves my relatives and friends. His subordinates are all poor and dying mountain lairs. They love singing this song most."
Yu Jin was annoyed and let this man take the lead.
After Zhang Chong heard this, he hummed and continued to look at Zhang Dan's spear formation with a calm expression. No one saw him clenching the corners of his clothes tightly.
Zhang Dan's spear and spear formation is a typical long-armed square formation. Contrary to what those who don't know the military might think, Zhang Dan's long-armed square formation is spread out at this time.
There were ninety men in his unit, thirty in a row, arranged in three rows. Then each spearman was three steps apart from the left and right, and two steps apart from the front and back, and just spread out and blocked the valley at the foot of the mountain.
When Yang Mao taught this spear formation last year, Zhang Chong was foolish and asked:
"Why are the troops spread out so thinly and why can't they be gathered together in a dense formation?"
Yang Mao looked weird at the time, but he still explained:
Since ancient times, troops have been arrayed in sparse formations instead of close formations.
The reason for spreading out is that you, the spearman, are going to stab you. If there is someone standing behind you, once the spear is pulled back, it will hit your own person.
The left and right spread out because the two formations wanted to fight, and the one with the wider formation won.
Why?
Because the left and right sides of the long formation can form a semi-surrounding situation for the left and right wings of the short formation.
And once this happens, if the enemy looks forward, he will not be able to take care of his side, and if he looks sideways, he will not be able to take care of the front.
Therefore, when short formations and long formations compete, they often collapse from both sides!
This is also the reason why Zhang Dan formed a long formation.
Just as Zhang Chong was thinking about this, Zhang Dan's military formation over there began to roar into the sky.
The two armies officially meet!
Today I’ll add another chapter, it’s all about love. How to make his family happy, Xiao Chen does it with sincerity!
(End of chapter)