Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"The Shu army is invincible, and it is no doubt that it is a car to block my edge! Speed ​​up the march, quickly defeat the gang of mobs, and clear away the obstacles to Dangtu City. *top*point*novel" Lin Renzhao said looking back at the general.

It was already bright, but the sky was so gray that the sun could not be seen. It was a cloudy day, and there was still mist on the ground, so the line of sight was not very clear. When Lin Renzhao looked back, he saw densely packed soldiers and horses trailing behind him on the two main roads, marching vertically and horizontally. And directly ahead, many rangers were active on the flat field.

A general clasped his fists and said, "The last general immediately urges the ministries."

Not long after, I heard a person in front of me shouting: "Shu Army's formation!"

Lin Renzhao calmly wiped his round head with his hands, put on his helmet, and rode his horse over the cavalry in front of him. Looking far away, I saw a large army of soldiers and horses in the distance, with flags like clouds, and a huge number of people and horses.

A group of people rode forward first. After getting closer, Lin Renzhao took a closer look, and suddenly felt that it was not too good. At this time, the general beside him also said: "Guanzhi's armor is complete, and the queue is clean, it seems that it is not a mob..."

Lin Renzhao also noticed that before the battle, the enemy's combat power is usually estimated in this way.

He didn't say a word, and observed again. There are many shadows on the mountain on the left, and that mountain is the Great Yellow Mountain; and behind the Shu army's position on the opposite side, there should be a lake... Lin Renzhao sent scouts to carefully inspect the terrain and military situation of this generation earlier.

On the opposite side, the large formation of the Shu army is backed by the lake and next to the mountains. The entire army is in the shape of a circle. This situation is a defensive formation. However, the formation is very strange. It looks like a "six flower formation", but judging by the density of each corner, it seems that there are not only six corners (protruding parts like the petals of a flower), but eight... so it looks like an "eight formation diagram".

At this moment, the general asked: "Dong Lin, are you still arranging the fish-scale formation as you decided earlier?"

Lin Renzhao hesitated for a moment. The army in front seems a bit difficult to chew, will there be any danger if you can't make a quick decision? He sank his heart and thought about it again, the main force of the Zhou army stationed at Caishi, under the threat of more than 40,000 people from Huangfu Jixun, a war could be fought at any time, and he might not be able to withdraw his hand to threaten him for a while; what's more, the Caishi Zhou army is more than 20 miles away from here!

Although this group of Shu soldiers has been purged, they are still Shu soldiers. This group of people were captured from Shu Kingdom, can they really fight a tough battle?

While thinking about it, the forward of the army had already arrived, and the lineup envoy came to ask again. Lin Renzhao said decisively, "Arrange the formation according to the original plan!"

People came and went at the foot of the mountain, and the people who arrived at the battlefield began to form a square formation and arrange fish scale formations under the arrangement of the generals. The direction of the Southern Tang army camp was arranged in the northwest, so as to avoid the mountains on the left flank and increase the attack surface.

After a long time, the people who came one after another were deployed to the arranged positions. The Southern Tang army is in an attacking trend, with a protruding middle, and a staggered echelon behind, with heavy troops concentrated in the front. The tactics are simple: break through the middle!

At this moment, there was movement in the Shu army's formation, and the entire octagon began to rotate slowly. Lin Renzhao rode his horse to the front to watch, trying to figure out the intention of the Shu army. Later, when he saw the Shu army turning a well-armoured horn to the front, Lin Renzhao finally understood.

The opposing general should also have seen the deployment of the fish-scale formation by the Southern Tang Army, and understood that the edge of this formation was in the middle, so he put the most elite troops on the front. Seen from a distance, that group of infantry had a lot of armor, and the armor was shining, a bit like the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty. In short, the best armor should be elite soldiers.

This formation can rotate inside, and Lin Renzhao's attackers are on the outside, unable to avoid the opponent's elite. He did not change his tactics, and ordered the Southern Tang army to approach the enemy camp together.

Not long after, the long-range bowmen in front began to shoot arrows at each other. Lin Renzhao then left the front army, returned to the back of the drummers in the middle, and ordered the cavalry in the middle to dispatch; then he climbed into a cart with an elevated frame. After seeing the cavalry of the Southern Tang army dispatched, the archers of the Shu army were already retreating, returning to the big formation from the emptiness between the corners of the formation.

The Southern Tang army used cavalry to clear the way, and the main force approached forward. Heavy soldiers from the central bulge attacked a corner of the Shu army, and the battle was loud and loud.

Lin Renzhao was in the central army, and when the battle started ahead, the army stopped advancing, waiting for the central army to break through the enemy camp. But there was still no progress for a long time, and the whole army could not make half a step forward.

Yiqi rushed back to the Chinese army, knelt on one knee and said, "Commander Lin, the forward cannot break through the enemy camp, and there are many casualties!"

Lin Renzhao could see the general situation in the Chinese army. His own front had a heavy force, far more numerous than one of the eight corners of the Shu army, and he also had cavalry. The Southern Tang army also charged fiercely, and there was no sign of cowardice, but many people were killed and injured, and they couldn't break through that group of troops.

The situation was completely beyond Lin Renzhao's expectations. He didn't expect the Shu army to fight so well, so he panicked and shouted: "Get on the horse, let me go up and have a look!"

The general hastily dissuaded him: "The battle has already started, and the commander-in-chief has left the Chinese army. If there is a mistake, the whole army will be disadvantaged."

Only then did Lin Renzhao endure it, and said, "Order the second formation on the right wing, and move out from the flank!"

"Decree!" one of the generals yelled and got on his horse.

Lin Renzhao's fish-scale formation, with elite soldiers in the middle, intends to concentrate the troops to break through the enemy camp from the center; it is not a good idea to divide the troops to attack another place now, because scattered troops cannot exert concentrated pressure on one place... But Lin Renzhao temporarily judged that the reason for the inability to advance ahead was due to the small number of elite Shu troops, so he issued this order.

The cavalry of the Southern Tang Army went first, followed by the infantry, and attacked the other "corner" of the Shu Army from the right. Looking from the elevated cart, one can see a group of cavalry shooting arrows near the enemy's formation. The opponent's formation is solid and there are dense spearmen in front. The Southern Tang cavalry did not dare to attack head-on. In the Shu army camp, the infantry bows were thrown in batches, and the cavalry of the Southern Tang army suffered more losses. The men had armor, but the horses did not, resulting in the loss of horses and cavalry.

The center of the "octagonal formation" on the opposite side is hollow, and the Shu army put the horse soldiers in the hollow. At this time, a group of horse troops has quickly reinforced the right wing. "Dangdangdang..." There was a faint sound of bronze wares, and the cavalry soldiers of the Southern Tang Army retreated. They rectified their troops and horses in the open space on the right, waiting for the infantry to catch up.

After a while, the right-wing infantry stepped forward and gradually approached a "corner" of the Shu army. The two sides soon fought hand-to-hand, and the shouting became louder. But the ranks of the Shu army did not collapse for a long time!

Lin Renzhao looked flustered, and then asked, "Who is the general of the Shu Army?"

The general replied: "The scout caught this morning made a confession. His name is Gao Yanchou, a general of the Kingdom of Shu."

Lin Renzhao frowned and said, "That Gao Yanchou, why did he work so hard for the Zhou people? Damn, a dog is so loyal!"

When he scolded, he forgot that he was also a general from Fujian, and he worked hard for Nantang! However, Lin Renzhao's idea was that the southern countries should have united to resist the Central Plains long ago.

He finally couldn't bear it anymore, and led his troops to rush to the right flank, shouting: "Follow me to defeat the camp of the Shu army!"

At this moment, suddenly someone rushed to catch up and shouted: "It's not good!"

"Why panic?" Lin Renzhao turned his head very unhappy.

The man pointed to the right and shouted, "Look, Marshal Lin! They're all cavalry, are they Zhou Jun's horses?"

It was only then that Lin Renzhao noticed the end of the field to the west, and he saw groups of horsemen running out of the sparse woods! The distance was too far, and the opponent didn't have a flag, so it was hard to tell whose troops it was... But Lin Renzhao's heart became cold, and it was almost certain that they were enemy soldiers! As the soldiers who reminded him said, the Central Plains army has the most cavalry; and besides Lin Renzhao's men and horses, who else came here from the Southern Tang Army? Whoever wants to come should at least tell him.

Lin Renzhao stood there stunned, although he was confident that he was proficient in the art of battle, he was also helpless at this moment and was stunned.

Where did the milk | milk | come from? Didn't Huangfu Jixun make an appointment to attack the quarry today, and he has more than 40,000 people to attack such an important place, and Zhou Jun can still free up his hands?

At this moment, Yiqi galloped back, ran towards Lin Renzhao's banner, and shouted before dismounting: "Zhou's army! Here we come!"

"Mr. Lin, what should we do?" the general asked urgently.

what to do? Lin Renzhao also wanted to ask...Mother|damn, how could I have expected that a group of cavalry soldiers would suddenly come out from nowhere? Now this fish-scale formation, with heavy troops gathered in the front, is originally an offensive formation, and the rear flanks are very weak, can it stop a large group of cavalry assaults?

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Gao Yanchou was also not in the central army, he was supervising the battle in the west (the right wing of the Southern Tang army). The troops on the front are the most elite troops of the entire Jiannan Army, and they are equipped with the excellent plate armor assigned by Guo Shao, with extremely high defensive power; the front line is very stable after receiving the "horns" on both sides and the reinforcements of the Chinese army. But the west side is a bit unable to withstand the attack. Most of the Jiannan Army officers and soldiers were selected from the Imperial Army of Shu Kingdom. They have not fought fiercely for many years. When Chengdu Mansion fell, they did not fight and surrendered directly.

Gao Yanchou personally led the cavalry to sit behind the battle formation. Those who wanted to run were cut off by the formation, and the others were frightened and did not dare to escape easily. There was also a steady stream of reinforcements from the central cavalry, which barely withstood it!

But how long it will last is hard to say. Gao Yanchou was eager to establish his position in the Zhou court. He himself would rather die in battle than lose, but the soldiers below were not as eager as he was.

But even if a corner is broken, maybe it can last for a while, after all, the gap in the eight formations is relatively small. This is also Gao Yanchou's consideration for not using the six-flower formation, but arranging eight formations. The more corners there are, the smaller the gap will be if a place collapses. He didn't use the eight formations, maybe it can be called "eight flower formations"... Zhuge Liang's eight formations were too complicated to be used by ordinary people in later generations, so he developed a more simplified six flower formation.

Gao Yanchou was also impatient, Lin Renzhao really did not earn his name in vain, Gao Yanchou felt that the future was bleak if the fight continued like this.

At this moment, I finally heard generals cheering, reinforcements are coming!

Regardless of his appearance, Gao Yanchou stepped on the stirrups and stood up on the horse's back, looking at him with joy on his face. Guo Shao came too timely, Shipo Mountain is near the quarry, more than 20 miles away from here, and he arrived so quickly.

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I didn't want to say an apology, but I had to.

Starting from home on the 16th of this month, I will go to Beijing to participate in the training at Lu Xun Academy of Literature. It will end on April 3rd, and it will take nearly 20 days including the time for the return trip. So the goal of this month is to keep updating as much as possible, and the daily update volume is only one update.

The two-shift guarantee will be restored next month, I hope everyone can understand; this is also my fault for not saving the manuscript.