Xianxia version of Water Margin

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The Japanese court didn’t know where they got a copy of the Chinese military strategy, but they actually arranged the Tianfu formation from the famous Eight Formations.

After reading it, Wen Huanzhang said, “The Tianfu formation has sixteen formations, with a square outside and a round inside, and four of them are wind-raising. Its image is like the sky, which is the master of the formation and the first of the troops. It is good at using the three armies and its shape is not biased. His Tianfu formation is well arranged.”

Liu Qi said, “The ancient and modern times are different, and the terrain is different. How can we follow a fixed diagram? The key to military strategy is to be unexpected and unpredictable, so as to win. If we suddenly meet the enemy in the plains and wilderness, how can we have time to arrange the formation according to the diagram? Moreover, if we arrange it according to a fixed formation, the enemy can see the strengths and weaknesses of our army at a glance. If we break through the front with the Thunder Chariot like Japan, how can they not break it?”

Liu Qi said again, “The formation is followed by the battle, which is the common method of the army, but there are situations that cannot be restricted. And the magic of application lies in one’s heart. What do you think?”

Everyone thought so.

The "wonderful use" mentioned by Liu Qi is actually "flexibility", which is the product of a smart commander. Flexibility is not recklessness, which should be rejected. Flexibility is a talent of a smart commander to take timely and appropriate measures based on objective conditions (this situation includes the enemy's situation, our situation, terrain, etc.), which is the so-called "wonderful use". Based on this wonderful use, the quick offensive battle on the outside line can win more victories, change the superiority and inferiority of the enemy and us, realize our initiative over the enemy, overwhelm the enemy and defeat it, and finally the victory belongs to us.

The phrase "wonderful use" mentioned by Liu Qi is a summary of Liu Qi's learning of war in war, through family tradition and combat practice over the years. Not only has he experienced some extremely brilliant principles in commanding operations, and has the insight to dare to break through conventions and traditional practices, but he also has strong self-confidence.

Everyone thought: "No wonder His Majesty values ​​this man, he is a great general!"

The formation Liu Qi arranged looks a bit like a cone formation, but it is not.

Why do you say that?

Because the most elite cavalry will be used as the leader of the cone formation. For example, when Jiang Hongfei and Yelu Yanxi fought, the coalition forces used the Xixia Iron Harriers as the leader.

But Liu Qi did not do this. Liu Qi unexpectedly used the Thunder Chariot as the leader, and the Thunder Chariot was not a cone, but a wide cone (that is, an inverted triangle).

Also, the Thunder Chariot was not followed by elite cavalry, but engineers on horseback!

Behind it were not elite cavalry, but infantry with bows and crossbows.

Behind it were the two wings of the cone formation composed of elite cavalry.

Many people have raised objections to Liu Qi's "cone formation", believing that Liu Qi did not follow the ancient formation diagram at all, and even believed that Liu Qi treated this decisive battle as a joke.

After listening, Liu Qi said: "This formation was taught by your majesty, called the lightning formation. In this battle, I am going to use the lightning war that your majesty taught me."

Liu Qi said that this lightning formation and lightning war were from Jiang Hongfei's hand, and all the voices of opposition disappeared at once, and no one asked Liu Qi how to command this battle.

At this time, Liu Qi's discussion of formations and formation diagrams was actually a response to these people.

Chenshi.

A group of Jinmen Yuke of the Yuan Empire cast a spell together.

In an instant, the northeast wind blew!

Liu Qi calmly ordered: "Beat the drum!"

The decisive battle began!

Hearing the drums beating on the Yuan army side, the Japanese army also blew the conch shells, and at the same time a series of cumbersome battle signals such as bells and drums sounded.

Soon, the Yuan army, which had decided to launch the main attack, marched forward.

When the enemy was still far away, they led the horses forward to conserve the horsepower; when the enemy was within three arrows, they mounted their horses and walked slowly to force the enemy; when the enemy was within one arrow, they charged forward to break the enemy formation!

This was a common cavalry attack method used by the Hu people, and the Yuan army, which had a complex membership and was good at absorbing the strengths of hundreds of schools, had already learned this tactic.

The vanguard of this battle was still Li Shifu, who was officially renamed Li Xianzhong.

Although Li Xianzhong was only seventeen years old, he was able to calmly control the speed of the army in such an important battle, allowing the Yuan army to advance slowly, which was really a great general style.

At the three arrows point, Li Xianzhong ordered: "Mount the horses!"

Following Li Xianzhong's order, the Yuan cavalry and the Thunder Chariot were like dominoes in reverse, one after another, rising a level!

Instantly!

The Yuan army's edge was revealed!

"Charge!"

Seeing Liu Qi's order coming over, Li Xianzhong burst into laughter!

Thousands of chariots began to accelerate slowly, the pace of the horses also became bigger, and the earth began to shake!

There were no war drums.

But the might of the chariots rolling forward and the galloping horses was more shocking than the war drums.

It was a sunny day, but the rumbling sound seemed like millions of thunders exploding together!

The Japanese army's formation, which was originally arranged perfectly, was in chaos before it even started to join the battle!

The Japanese generals shouted, beat drums, and blew conch shells, which slowly stabilized the formation of the Japanese army.

One arrow to the ground!

The crossbows and bed crossbows on the chariots fired together!

In an instant, arrows like a blanket of arrows shot towards the Japanese army.

At the same time, the chariots began to accelerate!

"Swish, swish, swish, swish..."

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

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The Japanese army also shot at the Yuan army almost at the same time, and judging from the number of arrows in the first wave, the Japanese army fired more arrows.

The difference is that the rain of arrows from the Yuan army caused considerable casualties to the Japanese army, while most of the Japanese army's rain of arrows were blocked by the Thunder Chariot.

Soon, the rain of arrows from the Yuan army tore a big hole in the Japanese army.

Li Xianzhong seized this opportunity and commanded the Thunder Chariot to rush in quickly from this gap!

The Thunder Chariot is not afraid of water, fire, swords and guns, and is flexible in turning. Even an eight-foot-wide trench and a five-foot-high barricade cannot stop it. Moreover, its attack power is strong. It is simply another interpretation of a tank. It is absolutely a kill-all!

Faced with such a Thunder Chariot, the Japanese army had no choice but to send Qi refining masters to act as a death squad to stop the Thunder Chariot from advancing.

However, there were too many Thunder Chariots from the Yuan army, and too few Qi refining masters from the Japanese army who could stop the Thunder Chariot.

The key is that the Japanese army has Qi refining masters, but doesn't the Yuan army have any?

Du Fu and Lu Junyi, who came from Jidi to reinforce Japan, were two tornadoes on the battlefield. Any Qi-refining master of the Japanese army was vulnerable in front of them.

Soon, the Japanese defense line was broken open by the Thunder Chariot!

After rushing into the enemy camp, the Thunder Chariot immediately dispersed in an orderly manner, and then began to wantonly destroy the Japanese defense line!

And if there is a natural or artificial obstacle that the Thunder Chariot cannot pass, the engineers following them will clear it in the shortest time!

After completing the breakthrough, the Thunder Chariot and the cavalry behind it began to cross the opened gap, and entered the Japanese front line and began to go deep into the enemy's rear!

This is the time to test the ability of the front-line generals. They are usually at the front of the troops, using their own observations to grasp the overall situation and report the enemy situation to the back at any time.

The reason why the Yuan army has been invincible and invincible is actually largely because the Yuan army is committed to cultivating front-line generals.

Moreover, it is no exaggeration to say that every front-line general of the Yuan army has climbed over a mountain of corpses and waded through a sea of ​​blood, and each has rich experience in fighting.

On the other hand, the Japanese army.

Before the Yuan army came, the Japanese army had never fought a decent war, let alone the experience of foreign wars, and they had not even fought much internal wars.

The key is that the Japanese court, from top to bottom, is extremely corrupt. If you want to be an official, you don’t look at your ability, but your family background and origin.

This led to many Japanese officers who couldn’t even hold a knife, but could command thousands of troops.

The key is that although the Japanese army had come into contact with the Thunder Chariot before, the Thunder Chariot had never taken such a dense and sharp attack as it did now, which caused the Japanese army to be in chaos, and the Thunder Chariot was unstoppable!

The Thunder Chariot advanced very quickly, and it can also be said that the Japanese army’s resistance was too weak.

Seeing that the victory and defeat had been decided, Liu Qi decisively ordered: each column should be fanned out and advance forward in a dispersed manner.

After receiving the order, the generals of the Yuan army immediately changed their formations. The cavalry bypassed the Thunder Chariot, and then searched and advanced in front or on the flanks to find open roads, detect the enemy, provide early warnings, and seize important tactical points such as commanding heights and bridges.

Each advancing column will choose an appropriate route that is not worried by the enemy according to this intelligence.

When encountering a stronghold that is really impossible to conquer, each advancing column will choose to bypass it and take roundabout infiltration as much as possible. Only when there is no other way will they fight.

In addition, the Yuan cavalry will also fill in the gaps left by the Thunder Chariot, that is, fill in the gaps created by the Thunder Chariot's advancement.

After this, it is the various infantry.

Let's put it this way, there is no cover from airplanes and artillery, otherwise this is the most standard blitzkrieg!

Not long after, the person who reported to the secret special battalion came back to report to Liu Qi that about 30,000 elite cavalry of the Japanese army had rounded behind the Killing Stone, just a dozen miles behind them, and would soon kill them.

Liu Qi smiled and said to his left and right: "This should be the trump card of the Japanese army."

It is not difficult to see from Liu Qi's attitude that he did not take the trump card of the Japanese army seriously at all.

This is also normal.

Because Liu Qi still has 50,000 troops in his hands and has never moved.

Historically, the German army used its six armored divisions, four light armored divisions and four motorized divisions as the main assault force, and tore through the defense line of the Polish army consisting of about 800,000 people in the flat western Poland. The rapid deep-advance force composed of the German armored forces and the air force quickly tore apart and encircled the large but outdated Polish army, and the Polish campaign ended in just one month. More than 60,000 Polish soldiers were killed, 130,000 were injured, and more than 910,000 were captured (of which nearly 700,000 were captured by the German army and more than 200,000 were captured by the Soviet army). 100,000 fled to neighboring countries, while the German army only had more than 10,000 killed, more than 30,000 injured, and more than 3,000 missing.

At the beginning of World War II, based on the above theory, Hitler took the initiative, concentrated the army and air force, and attacked the enemy like a sudden lightning in the dark night. His offensive was fierce and successful. From September 1939 to June 1940, he used blitzkrieg to occupy Poland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and other countries. Specifically, he conquered Poland in 27 days, Denmark in one hour, Norway in 23 days, the Netherlands in five days, Belgium in ten days, and France, known as the "strongest army in Europe", in 39 days...

In 1941, Hitler used blitzkrieg to attack the Soviet Union again, and by December he had reached the outskirts of Moscow.

After World War II, especially with the development of missile nuclear weapons, blitzkrieg was still regarded as an effective war style by superpowers. Whether it was the Middle East War or the Gulf War, blitzkrieg became the only way to win the battle.

Attack the enemy when they are unprepared and take them by surprise. The suddenness of blitzkrieg can make up for the lack of manpower and defeat the enemy with a small force.

More importantly, it is shocking.

——This crushing attack can easily break the enemy's psychological defense line and make the enemy surrender in an organized manner.

Of course, it is not to say that blitzkrieg has no weaknesses. Control and supply are the biggest weaknesses of blitzkrieg.

However, in this decisive battle, there is no need to worry about these two weaknesses.

First, the depth of the Japanese army is not that large at all, and it is too backward.

Second, although Liu Qi also fought a blitzkrieg for the first time, he controlled the rhythm very well, and it can even be said that he was at ease.

So there was no suspense in this battle.

When it was getting dark, the Japanese army had been completely defeated.

The 30,000 elite cavalry used by the Japanese army as a trump card were also defeated by the 50,000 elite cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty left by Liu Qi.

The winner was decided.

At the same time, Ruan Xiaowu personally led 20,000 elite cavalry, led by the Ise Taira clan who surrendered to the Yuan Empire not long ago, bypassed the war zone and attacked Kyoto, Japan, and took advantage of the emptiness of Kyoto to enter Kyoto in one fell swoop.

——The Ise Taira clan and the Kawachi Genji were in a marriage relationship. It was precisely because of this relationship that the Ise Taira clan was able to surrender to the Yuan Empire.

In fact, if it was just like this, the Ise Taira clan, who was originally loyal to the Emperor Shirakawa, might not necessarily surrender to the Yuan Empire.

The reason why the Ise Taira clan surrendered to the Yuan Empire was mainly because the wife of the leader of the Ise Taira clan, the contemporary head of the Ise Taira clan, Taira Tadamori (that is, the mother of Taira Kiyomori), was given to Taira Tadamori by the Emperor Shirakawa after she was pregnant with the son of the Emperor Shirakawa.

In other words, Emperor Shirakawa cheated on Taira Tadamori.

This is not groundless.

In fact, there has always been a saying in Japan that Taira Kiyomori is the illegitimate son of Emperor Shirakawa.

Another basis for this saying is that Taira Kiyomori was favored by Emperor Shirakawa in his childhood.

Of course, it is not important whether it is true or not.

What is important is that the Kanmu Taira clan, led by its leader Taira Tadamori, surrendered to the Yuan Empire and helped the Yuan army capture Kyoto and even the Japanese Imperial Palace.

At this time, Emperor Shirakawa was still leading Japan's dignitaries, wealthy families, and gentry families to suffer defeat on the front line...

Two days later.

The number of surrendered Japanese troops has reached 300,000, and the number of Japanese soldiers killed has reached nearly 100,000.

Although the battle has not yet ended completely, the two pincers of the Yuan army have already surrounded it. Except for the tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers who escaped in advance, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers in the encirclement are just struggling to survive.

At this point, the war in Japan began to come to an end, and Japan was about to become history...

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