Three Kingdoms

Chunyu Qiong was getting more and more excited all the way. He thought about what might happen several times, and even asked the guards to get the map. Even when he was riding on horseback, he kept thinking I stayed up half the night looking at the map and making gestures, and fell asleep just before dawn when the guards reminded me.

No wonder Chunyu Qiong is in such a state, because this is actually Chunyu Qiong's first serious battle formation showdown in so many years.

Although it is said that Chunyu Qiong had served in the military as early as the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Chunyu Qiong only had some experience fighting against the Yellow Turbans and had very little combat experience with regular soldiers. In addition, he had not participated in anything for so many years. Large-scale battles are actually a bit unfamiliar, and there is also some pressure. The greater the expectations, the greater the pressure.

However, no one would have thought that in the early morning of the next day, when Chun Yuqiong was still staring at the soldiers gathering the camp and preparing to set off, a messenger, covered in dew and fatigue, reported the latest news. The nearby Zhengxi soldiers disappeared, disappeared...

Chunyu Qiong's head suddenly grew bigger. This change, which was completely beyond his expectation, immediately messed up his original plan. Chunyu Qiong not only thought about how to fight, how to spread out the queue when meeting Zhengxi, what formation to adopt, and even how to cooperate with Gao Lan, but he never thought about the disappearance of Zhengxi's soldiers.

"How could it be missing!" Chunyu Qiong scolded, "These are three thousand troops! Even if they go to heaven and earth, there should be some marks! Could it be that they went to Yanjin again?"

Naturally, Dang Yin's messenger couldn't say anything. After all, he was just a messenger, so Chunyu Qiong could only order the soldiers to move forward in confusion while anxiously waiting for the latest news.

Near noon, Chunyu Qiong finally got the latest news. Not only did the Zhengxi Cavalry not go to Yanjin, but they ran towards Yecheng!

"Madman!" Chun Yuqiong couldn't help but yell, "This is a madman!"

Still going to Yecheng?

What do you want to do?

Are you still planning to stage the Battle of Yecheng again?

However, the main camp was destroyed not long ago, and there were only a few hairs under Yecheng. What could we do if we were gone?

Can we let the cavalry attack the city wall?

madman!

A complete lunatic!

Chun Yuqiong had already confirmed that there was no large follow-up force for the Expedition to the West, so Chun Yuqiong was very confused and even couldn't believe it, until new sentry scouts came and confirmed again that the Expedition to the West was It was true that he went north of Wangdangyin and found some evidence of horse hoof prints, which made Chunyu Qiong accept the situation with suspicion.

But Chunyu Qiong still couldn't understand that unless the general of the Western Expeditionary Army was a madman, he wanted these Western Expedition soldiers to accompany him crazy...

But can you think about it now? It is no longer an important issue. The important issue is whether Chunyu Qiong will continue to go to Dangyin, or turn around and go north, and engage in a north-south pincer attack with Gao Lan?

Hey, it would be great if Zhang was here...

Zhang Zhang is actually a relatively well-versed general in cavalry tactics, not even much worse than Yan Liangwen Chou, but the problem is that Zhang doesn't like to talk much, and is usually like a boring gourd. Even when Yuan Shao asked him something , and often hesitated for a long time before saying a word, which gradually made Yuan Shao happy, and even Yuan Shang didn't like him very much. This time, Honda Toyo's original suggestion was to let Zhang lead his soldiers to chase and block the Zhengxi soldiers, but when it came to When it came to Yuan Shang's side, the result was changed to letting Gao Lan give up his merits.

To be honest, Gao Lan did need this opportunity, but Gao Lan had always been in charge of infantry, and his understanding of cavalry was naturally not as deep and thorough as Zhang Lai's.

The question now is, if this partial army in the expedition to the west really goes to Yecheng again, should Chunyu Qiong give up the original siege plan?

Not giving up is tantamount to betting that Zhengxi will come back again, but if Zhengxi really leaves without looking back, Gao Lan's lone army cannot stop him, and Zhengxi's soldiers rush under Yecheng...

Yuan Shao's glaring triangular eyes suddenly appeared in front of Chun Yuqiong's eyes, and he immediately shuddered and ordered: "Turn the entire army! Head north! Return to Yecheng quickly!"

When Chunyu Qiong turned north, Gao Lan also received news from the scouts, saying that they had discovered the Zhengxi soldiers coming towards Anyang!

At that moment, Gao Lan really wanted to curse.

Originally I had to keep my mouth shut in Anyang, but now I just wanted to have sex and this happened!

"Send the order! Set up camp immediately! Cut down more trees and set up more positions to resist the horses!" Encountering cavalry in the wild is undoubtedly seeking death. Fighting in formation is the best strategy.

After receiving the military order, Yuan Jun's soldiers did not dare to complain and got busy one after another.

"Send more scouts! Send more! Find out Zhengxi's movements! Come and report quickly!" Gao Lan still felt uneasy, although he didn't quite understand that Zhengxi, a partial army, seemed to be crazy and wanted to do it again. What is the purpose of attacking Yecheng, but it is also very important to know more about the battlefield.

But the problem is that Yuan Jun is still lagging behind a lot in terms of scouts. Many of the sentries who were sent out rarely come back together after encountering the cavalry in the expedition to the west. Therefore, their understanding of the battlefield is very low. , in fact, it’s not much better.

However, Gao Lan didn't care about the loss of the scout. He just needed to know that Zheng Xi was indeed still there. Likewise, he didn't care about letting Zheng Xi know that he was here. After all, Gao Lan knew in his heart that as long as the bird that entangled Zheng Xi was For the partial army, when Chun Yuqiong's troops from the flank are outflanked, it will naturally be the day when they are done.

Keep waiting!

Because Gao Lan had learned from the past, he did not dare to act rashly. Of course, scouts were still sent out constantly. Although Gao Lan did not have many cavalry troops to act as scouts, he still kept sending forward. Even these scouts were Not being able to come back would be equivalent to telling Gao Lan that the troops conquering the West are still here.

After all, battlefield intelligence is more important than the lives of scouts.

Not only Gao Lan, but also Chunyu Qiong's scouts were all moving forward crazily, even at the cost of their lives. The specific location of Taishi Ci, the deployment of troops, and the scouts from three aspects were in this area, intercepting and counterattacking. The fierce battle to intercept even lasted for more than ten or twenty miles.

On the third day, General Chunyu Qiong finally received information that Zhengxi might not be able to continue northward because Gao Lan had set up camp on the road, so he turned south and headed here. Chunyu Qiong was overjoyed and seemed to have seen the dawn of victory. He thought that he had finally surrounded Zhengxi, the guy who was wandering around!

This is a big fish!

Chunyu Qiong immediately ordered his soldiers to set up camp and guard the road like Gao Lan. He stared at Taishi Ci wholeheartedly as the big fish crashed into the net bag.

However, something unexpected happened to Chunyu Qiong. Just when he was waiting for Taishi Ci to come, Taishi Ci suddenly returned the same way, left the contact, and went north. Although Chun Yuqiong was surprised, but with the previous experience, he did not act rashly, but waited patiently...

Chunyu Qiong believed that Taishi Ci would definitely come again. After all, there was Gaolan to the north, mountains to the east, and Zhenze to the west. This army marching to the west was stuck here, where else could it go?

On the fifth day, Taishi Ci still didn't come, and there was no trace of him.

It is impossible for Chun Yuqiong's scouts to be sent too far. One hundred miles is the limit, unless Chun Yuqiong wants the scouts to report only every other day. Moreover, this will also greatly consume the physical strength of the war horses. After a few trips, they may not be able to run again. Ran.

However, there has been no news of the soldiers conquering the west, which made Chunyu Qiong gradually feel uneasy, and his original thoughts could not help but be shaken.

There are mountains to the east and Zhenze to the west, but are the mountains and Zhenze really inaccessible?

Not necessarily?

Dogs will jump over the wall when they are anxious, but what can people do when they are anxious?

Although the mountains and swamps are not suitable for cavalry to travel, but now that the north and south are obviously blocked, what if the soldiers of the Western Expedition invade the mountains and swamps regardless?

More and more thoughts were tumbling in Chunyu Qiong's mind. On the morning of the sixth day, General Chunyu Qiong couldn't bear it any longer and ordered to break camp and head north. He wanted to see where the Zhengxi troops had gone and why they had disappeared.

The infantry marched, stretching like a long snake. That's why many dreamers will make up the long snake formation, which is actually just a simple marching queue.

If the two sides encounter each other in the wild and have to fight, experienced generals will ask the soldiers in the front to defend, and then deploy part of them to the left and front, and some to the right and front, with the center camp, rear camp, etc. all arranged properly. Only then did the battle officially begin.

Similarly, soldiers need to be fully trained so that they will not read the wrong orders or understand the orders but execute them incorrectly under the chaotic flags and orders...

The entire military formation is a rather cumbersome thing, and it is not something that can be done with just two mouse clicks on the screen. Therefore, Chun Yuqiong ordered his soldiers to abandon the well-defended camp and move forward, which was actually quite risky. After all, if he suddenly encountered a battle, no one would give him the time and opportunity to set up another camp.

Yuan Jun's scouts and outposts were in chaos, and they were constantly collecting information from the front, some and some, to Chunyu Qiong. Many of Chun Yuqiong's scouts are the children of Jizhou Haoyou. Although they are skilled in riding, their ability to survey the battlefield is still a bit worrying. Many times they don't know what they should observe.

But no matter what, it is better than nothing.

Finally, Chunyu Qiong discovered the traces of the Zhengxi cavalry. The scouts reported that some injured horses abandoned by the Zhengxi soldiers were found in the depressions in the eastern mountains...

Headed to the mountains to the east?

Abandoning the horse and browsing the mountains, it is indeed possible to jump out of the circle and find a road to the east of the river. But in this way, wouldn't it mean that the greatest advantage of the cavalry is abandoned and it becomes the same speed as the infantry?

Even under the drag of war horses, maybe it is not as fast as pure infantry?

After Chunyu Qiong saw those war horses again, he no longer had any doubts. He ordered his soldiers to look for traces of the Zhengxi troops near the abandonment point of the war horses, and launched a pursuit without stopping.

From midday to west slope, Chunyu Qiong finally turned his troops and dispersed them into a huge flying geese formation. The two outstretched wings went long towards the mountainous area. However, perhaps it was because the soldiers were not fully trained and stretched out. The wings of the bird are not as light and agile as the wild goose and crane. Instead, they are like two arms stretched out by a monkey, twisting and swaying...

Chunyu Qiong looked at the array of soldiers entering the mountainous area to search, smacked his mouth, and sighed.

Although it doesn't look good, this is the greatest ability of these soldiers under his command. It was extremely difficult to command an infantry that had not been fully trained and set up an effective formation in the Han Dynasty without communication devices.

To conduct a search in the mountains, it is impossible to line up skirmishers into the mountains in the same way as pulling a net. Instead, we must form an echelon array along the mountain roads and valleys to take care of the front and rear. Under such requirements, the wild goose formation is naturally the most suitable. suitable.

The Wild Goose Formation actually sounds very lofty, but in fact, the so-called Wild Goose Formation is a battle formation with the left and right wings spread out horizontally and arranged in steps forward or backward. It looks like a "V" shape forward. Just like the two wings of a wild goose, they are most often used to outflank, but this formation is relatively weak for the defense of the central formation at the rear.

If the two wings are arranged backwards, it will form an inverted "V" shape. This is called reverse flying geese, and it is used to protect the safety of the two wings and the rear and prevent the enemy from detouring. Under such circumstances, generally more mobile cavalry should be placed on both wings. In this way, the soldiers on both wings can be protected and supported by the infantry in the center when they are stationary, and at the same time, they can exert the power of the attacking cavalry and increase their surprise. , and the speed of the cavalry can also ensure that under certain circumstances, it can change from flying geese against the flying geese to flying geese along the way, and then outflank and besiege the enemy.

However, whether they are traveling with the geese or against the geese, they require highly powered cavalry units, and Chunyu Qiong does not have them, so they can only use infantry as two wings. In addition, although Chun Yuqiong has a large number of soldiers, most of them are It was a miscellaneous army. It was quite difficult for Chun Yuqiong to mobilize such a generally decent array outside the city.

Of course, Chunyu Qiong also sent messengers to Gao Lan to pass on the news here. I believe that if Gao Lan cooperates, he will definitely be able to catch the tail of this partial army in Zhengxi...

However, when the sun was setting, the scout who was wandering outside ran to Chun Yuqiong as if his butt was burned by fire, with no blood on his face, "General... General! Zhengxi... Zhengxi …”

Although the scout sentry agent could not speak completely, the tremors coming from the ground and the smoke rising in the distance had already told Chunyu Qiong all the answers!

The soldiers of Zhengxi did not enter the mountain, but hid in the direction of Zhenze, and are now heading towards Chunyu Qiong's main formation to kill him!