"The king led his troops to attack the defenders. As they approached, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and the ruins turned into rubble. The prairie warriors were injured by flying rocks and trees, and their formation was in chaos."
——From "Remaining Memories of A Rong's Old Tribe"
"To defend security with less and to fight more, the person you rely on is the formation change. This formation was unknown at the time, and later generations called it the Long Vine Stretching Formation.
The long vine stretching formation is distributed vertically, with dozens of formations advancing and retreating together; each formation is composed of several diamond-shaped formations, and each formation consists of four riders in front, back, left, and right.
There are two people on each horse, so the warrior abandons his heavy helmet and uses rattan armor. There are two people on the horse. The former holds the reins and holds the rattan shield for cover; the latter holds a spear, a bow and arrow, or a sword to kill the enemy. .
The formations are like vines. After quickly rushing into the enemy's interior, the long vines turn into whips, and the diamond-shaped formations on the vines form a section.
Every three to five sections are divided into one unit. The odd-numbered units fight separately, and the even-numbered units are responsible for supporting. When going into battle, odd-numbered units are like a cage, surrounding the enemy with an involution.
Each unit can surround dozens of enemy troops on its own, and if all units touch it together, it can break the enemy troops into pieces and destroy them in batches. "
——From "The Strange Formation of Yan, Chen and Chu"
Ha Yizhen didn't expect that Shou'an City would be so desperate that they would go crazy and even blow up their own city wall!
There was a loud noise that shook the earth, and the raised dust and yellow sand rushed towards them in an instant.
"Don't be alarmed! Don't be alarmed!" Even though Arong's generals at all levels reacted immediately, the soldiers in the front row were still affected.
Those who were overturned by huge air waves, those who were injured by flying sand and rocks, those who had frightened horses fall off, those who were trampled with their own people and both fell off their horses, those who were confused by the dust, those who were panicked and lost their direction... in short After the loud noise, the front row sergeants of the Ajong army who were responsible for the attack were in chaos, and even the middle and rear areas that continued to advance were also disrupted.
Hai Yizhen in the middle of the army was immediately horrified when he saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly ordered the generals to quickly reorganize their formations.
It was only after he gave the order that the sound of iron hoofbeats came from behind the dust. At this time, the Ajong soldiers who were frightened and angry realized that something was wrong.
When the Ajong soldiers at the front stabilized their cavalry and wanted to be on guard, the opponent penetrated into the Ajong army as quietly as a vine.
Almost in an instant, the first half of the Arong team was divided into dozens of independent battlefields with only a dozen people.
Ha Yizhen was shocked and angry when he saw hundreds of his soldiers being surrounded by the cavalry from guarding An City, and then being hunted.
"Quick! Disrupt their formation quickly!" The veins on Ha Yizhen's forehead swelled. He held the giant bow that he had never used in his hand, and without saying a word, he shot at the three or five diamond-shaped battle groups that had just formed an encirclement. go.
Swish, swish, swish! Five arrows rained out one after another, and in the blink of an eye several cavalrymen in the battle group were shot off their horses! Suddenly, the encirclement was in chaos. The Ajong soldiers tried their best to break out of the encirclement, and the two sides fought until they were in one group.
Ha Yizhen's move helped the chaotic Ajong soldiers find their way. Under the leadership of their respective commanders, they decisively abandoned their surrounded comrades, and at the same time quickly retreated and gathered towards Ha Yizhen's location.
It must be said that A Rong's choice was correct, but the problem was that the guarding Qingqi refused to give them a chance to counterattack. Seeing the opponent cowering, the team responsible for the support immediately galloped on both sides of A Rong's army, whipping their horses and whips. , the cavalry of the battle group was still swinging a noose in their hands, and tied to the noose were lit firecrackers with extended fuses.
Even a well-trained Ajong war horse would find it difficult to remain calm amid the sudden sound of firecrackers.
Seeing that the two wings of the army were in chaos, Ha Yizhen came up fiercely and shouted at his subordinates: "Anyone who messes up, regardless of whether they are soldiers or horses, can be killed!"
"Sister Yuan, that old guy is so cruel! He even killed his own soldiers!" Anyu held up the monocular and murmured angrily, "What if we had enough firecrackers? Just throw them down like this without us taking action. , he himself wiped out his own people!"
Sheng Yuan had no safe place to retreat at this time, and she and An Yu were among the team responsible for the response with their respective guards.
"Send the order to change the formation!" Seeing that the sneak attack was ineffective, Sheng Yuan decisively asked the guard responsible for raising the flag to take action.
The colorful flags in the hands of several guards are all more than ten feet high and their faces are beautiful.
The colors are bright and there is no repetition.
However, these semaphores were not broadcast to the soldiers going out to fight, but were conveyed to the soldiers on the six-story pavilion.
The colorful flags were hoisted and the horns were blasted.
The horns blown by the trumpeters behind the original city wall were for the soldiers going into battle.
"Khan, they have withdrawn!"
"Chase! Catch up with them!" Ha Yizhen realized that if the group of cavalry who had formed a changing formation were allowed to retreat, the opponent could still organize several attacks like the one just now before Qianlu's skills were exhausted.
By then, even if they have a huge advantage in numbers, one-third of their combat power will be consumed!
"All archers obey the order! Do not let him return to the mountain!" Ha Yi Zhen also ordered the flag bearer to convey the order.
It's a pity that he didn't react slowly, but the soldiers no longer had iron arrowheads in their hands, and all they used were wooden arrowheads with sharpened arrowheads. Although wooden arrows also have some slight damage, the requirements for shooting range are much stricter.
At this time, Ha Yizhen was really angry and annoyed.
He found that he seemed to understand the purpose of defending Ancheng's counterattack.
Although the opponent's move was intended to protect themselves, the main purpose was to hide as much as possible and consume the combat power of the Ajong army before the city was breached.
If the other party really succeeds, what can he do even if he captures Shou'an City? The imperial army on the other side of the grassland, the bandits and troops in the direction of Luodu Mountain, and Nurhan adjacent to Shou'an City will all look at him!
At that time, he will really be trapped in this borderland!
Thinking of this, Ha Yizhen's teeth itched with hatred: "Don't let Ben Khan know whose arrangement it is, otherwise, you must make him look good!"
Hate returned to hate, but he was very clear-headed, and reluctantly told a few of his confidants: "If something goes wrong, keep fighting power first, and don't care about the immediate victory or defeat for the time being."
"Great Khan, Nurhan said they can persuade us to move. Is it time for their reinforcements to arrive?"
Ha Yizhen looked at the army rushing towards Shou'an City and gradually fell behind. Hearing the sound, he shook his head and said, "The situation over there is unclear, so don't rely too much on it."
He did not expect Nurhan to attack the city at all. The reason why he sent envoys to negotiate was just to find out how useful the regent's trust was.
Of course, he thought so, but he would not say this: "Nurhan's role is not here, they are used by this Khan to deal with the Chu imperial army."
After saying this, he saw a subordinate hurriedly looking in the opposite direction: "Great Khan, the cavalry guarding An City are all carrying scarecrows!"
The wooden arrows that were shot before were all looked back!
Ha Yizhen was about to hit his horse when he heard this. He was so angry that he almost fell off his horse!
What a fool to borrow an arrow!
Shuzi bullied him!
