Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The formation that Qu Ba led the Lin-Yi army to deploy was naturally not a military formation unique to the Han army.

The so-called military formation is not simply having the soldiers form a formation or shape; it is essentially a kind of coordinated cooperation.

Through flags, horns, drumbeats, and other methods, thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers can be directed by the commander like limbs, cooperating with each other for defense, cover, and attack.

Moreover, depending on the level of the soldiers' elite status and the commander's level of command, even if the same military formation is deployed, the combat power that can be exerted will be vastly different.

In the traditional concept of the Han Dynasty, soldiers who do not even know the basic formation are just a disorganized rabble that can only swarm forward.

And Qu Lian may have some slight understanding of military formations, but even the military system of the Lin-Yi Kingdom, which was established by splitting Han territory, clearly does not have the conditions to master military formations.

Only the royal elite, known as the "Iron Wall of Lin-Yi," maintains a relatively orderly formation on the surface, under the command of Qu Ba.

As for the rest, whether they are private soldiers of nobles or peasant soldiers with their own weapons and rations, they look like a chaotic mass from a distance, merely standing in the areas required by Qu Ba.

However, even though there are still about 20,000 peasant soldiers on their way, Qu Ba, who is currently commanding 40,000 troops, already has the ambition to sweep across the Han territory.

Moreover, with Qu Lian putting Qu Ba in command this time, entrusting nearly 90% of the "Iron Wall of Lin-Yi" to Qu Ba, the nobles and ministers gradually realized that the royal grandson Qu Ba, whom they had always looked down upon in the past, actually had a real possibility of inheriting the throne.

Because many nobles did not hesitate to leave their private soldiers in place, and then they themselves moved closer to Qu Ba, to show their favor to this seemingly promising heir to the throne.

The active courtship of many nobles made Qu Ba even more complacent, riding on his Guoxia horse, his tone still somewhat modest, but his eyes could no longer hide his pride.

(PS: Jiaozhou and the surrounding areas produce native horses, called "Guoxia Horses" in the Han Dynasty, meaning that they can easily walk under fruit trees when ridden. The height of an adult horse is generally only about one meter.

That's right, it's one meter, one of the two shortest horse breeds in the world.)

The nobles' courtship and flattery, as well as the 40,000 troops concentrated here, allowed Qu Ba to truly taste the taste of power, and no longer be the puppet royal grandson who needed to please Qu Lian at all times.

As for the Han court army that Fan Shang mentioned in a hurry a day ago, Qu Ba did not take it seriously.

On the contrary, he was very angry that the Han people dared to cut off one of the ears of the envoy Fan Shang, believing that this was not only a slap in the face of the Lin-Yi Kingdom, but also did not take the army led by him, Qu Ba, seriously.

With a thousand soldiers, there is no boundary; with ten thousand soldiers, there is no edge.

In addition, the 40,000 Lin-Yi troops led by Qu Ba were in a chaotic mess, looking even more like they covered the mountains and plains.

Riding on his Guoxia horse, Qu Ba raised the horse whip in his hand and swept it towards the left and right armies, asking the surrounding nobles.

"Everyone, is this army... majestic?"

"Extremely majestic!"

The nobles responded.

"Can it defeat the Han court?" Qu Ba asked again.

"It is enough to sweep the world!" The nobles answered again.

"Hahahaha!"

This time, Qu Ba no longer had the low-key and honest posture he had before, pointing with the horse whip in his hand, and said loudly.

"The king has many sons and grandsons, and no one has seen me or looked up to me since I was a child, so what? The facts will prove that I, Qu Ba, am the most promising, and also the heaven-ordained king, who will inherit the king's ambition to sweep the countries and dominate the world!"

"And all of this will start with leveling the Rinan Commandery of the Han court, how about it?!"

At this moment, the nobles were also awed by the heroic spirit revealed by Qu Ba.

And some nobles who had already been secretly wooed by Qu Ba took the lead in expressing their views, saying.

"Willing to follow the royal grandson to sweep the countries and create hegemony!"

As more and more voices echoed Qu Ba, the nobles also expressed their views under such a large trend.

This made the smile on Qu Ba's face even brighter. With the army in his hands, and using it to force the nobles to express their support, the throne of the Lin-Yi Kingdom was already within Qu Ba's reach.

As long as he conquered Rinan Commandery, then Qu Lian would probably have to take the initiative to give way to Qu Ba.

Immediately, Qu Ba flicked the horse whip in his hand forward and said loudly.

"Pass on this royal grandson's military order, the entire army advances! Level Rinan Commandery!!!"

As the future King of Lin-Yi, Qu Ba never thought of holding the border from beginning to end, but instead held the idea of conquering Rinan Commandery as a stepping stone to the throne.

Even if, as Fan Shang said, the Han court has a large army coming, so what?

The military systems of the two countries are different. Compared with the outdated commandery system that Rinan Commandery had shown in the past, Qu Ba only felt that the military system of the Lin-Yi Kingdom was the most excellent.

Not only can the nobles independently bear and train a large number of elites, but also mobilize a large number of peasant soldiers to cooperate in wartime.

Instead of like Rinan Commandery, which only has a mere two thousand or so commandery soldiers, how can they be the opponent of the Lin-Yi Kingdom?

Even if the Han court has ten times the size of Rinan Commandery, it can only mobilize up to 20,000 usable soldiers to come.

At present, the force concentrated in Qu Ba's hands has already exceeded 40,000, and there are also 4,000 "Iron Walls of Lin-Yi."

Forty thousand against twenty thousand.

A full double the difference in strength!

Qu Ba really couldn't think of a reason to lose, let alone a reason to defend blindly?

"Since the Han court wants war, then give the Han court war, Lin-Yi will win!"

"As long as Rinan Commandery is conquered, the entire army can freely plunder for three days!"

As Qu Ba continued to open his mouth to encourage morale, the spirits of many peasant soldiers who had been following lazily were obviously lifted.

For the peasant soldiers who brought their own weapons and rations, what drove them to appear here was more of a clear interest.

And just as Qu Ba commanded the Lin-Yi army to prepare to advance and begin to invade Rinan Commandery.

"Dong dong dong!!"

A burst of impassioned drumbeats came from afar in front.

Before the people arrived, the sound of drums spread for several miles.

This made Qu Ba, who was leading the "Iron Wall of Lin-Yi" in the lead, pause slightly, looking at the small hill directly in front of him with some surprise and uncertainty.

The area between the Lin-Yi Kingdom and Rinan Commandery is full of one hill after another.

The position where Qu Ba is leading the army is not a flat plain, but is located on a slightly sloping hill.

In the direction from which the drumbeats came, it was behind another small hill about two miles away.

Qu Ba squinted his eyes, raised his hand to block the somewhat dazzling sunlight above, and looked in the direction where the inexplicable drumbeats sounded.

The next moment, as the drumbeats seemed to be getting closer and closer, there seemed to be a sound of footsteps that seemed extremely neat.

The sound of footsteps was not intense, but it seemed neat and dull, making Qu Ba feel inexplicably depressed.

Until a "Han" flag took the lead on the small hill opposite, slowly raising.