On the alluvial plain sixty miles south of Wuliluo City, Yu Wenhuaji and Wuliluo City's Damoda were in Filiu, two miles apart, and each formed an array.
Of the 28,000 people here, there are 4,000 cavalry, and the rest are all infantry.
On the opposite side, there were eight thousand armored cavalry and the rest were infantry.
Therefore, Huaji put up a defensive formation called Square Formation, while the opposite Bifuluu put up an offensive Fish Scale Formation.
Either that, Goguryeo must do it, and he is trying his best to learn everything in the Central Plains, and he has learned all the advantages and disadvantages.
In the square formation, the general is in the middle, the center is a circular formation, and the four sides are square formations.
The two square formations on the left and right front wings are inclined, like a figure eight, with a large gap in the middle, which is to let people in and then surround and kill them.
After entering, the left and right front wings are responsible for blocking the door, while the two spearmen phalanx at the rear are used to kill the enemy troops entering the formation.
If there are too many enemy troops, the front wing will not block the door, but will let the enemy troops in. Then the legions in the formation will be responsible for blocking the route and forcing the enemy troops into the large circular formation in the middle.
When the large circular formation is on defense, it is closed, with shield-wielding platoonmen on the outside to keep the enemy out of the formation. When the enemy forces in the formation gradually become saturated, the circular formation will open, expand outward, and deploy The spearmen in the center will come out to kill the incoming enemy.
This formation was first created by Sun Bin, and the first person to use it was Zhao Kuo of Zhao State, who was the one who lost the battle of Changping.
On the other hand, the Fish Scale Formation is an offensive formation, focusing on a central breakthrough.
There are too many people and horses on both sides, the formation is already established, it is no longer easy to change the formation, and the troops and horses of both sides are about the same, so the battle with Wei Fuliu is a head-on battle between the Square Formation and the Fish Scale Formation.
As the enemy's war drums beat, the mighty fish scale formation of thirty thousand people slowly marched towards the Sui army.
The front wings of both sides are standard defensive equipment, with the spearmen in front and the archers at the back.
Armored cavalry are used to charge into the formation, but they don't charge into the formation as soon as they come up, especially when the formation has been set up. If you only send cavalry to charge into the formation, you are courting death.
As long as you put your cavalry into the formation, it's like making dumplings.
Yu Wenhuaji was sitting in the central army, surrounded by more than ten generals and more than fifty flag officers.
He is the hub of the formation. Once a battle occurs, he is responsible for commanding changes in the formation.
"Report! The former troops are in contact and are fighting. No cavalry is seen," a flag officer galloped over to report.
Yu Wenhua and Ningmei waved their hands, and the flag officer retreated.
The first hand-to-hand encounter was a hard fight, focusing on consumption.
Once the phalanxes on the two front wings on the left and right are short of men, they will be constantly replaced at the back to ensure the defensive formation. The same is true for Goguryeo. Everyone is wasted.
How long will it take? The opponent's reserve troops were not replenished in time, and gaps appeared in the formation.
A fight like this can last for a long time, and it requires patience.
If you dare to rush into the formation, I will let you in, otherwise we will just waste it like this.
Huaji is not afraid of attrition, because the enemy forces in Liaoze, Yanzhou City and Shitaizi City behind him have been held back by the Hedouling Tribe, Xue Zuo Tribe, and Huang Shilang, and Duan Wenzhen's main army is also heading north. As long as he can resist the march for three days, reinforcements will arrive.
In the low-lying areas of Liaoze, Xue Zuo's troops had beaten the enemy to pieces by relying on their armor. He Douling believed that good steel should be used on the blade, so he sent a ranger to contact Xue Zuo, hoping that the other party could go north. To support Huaji, he and Huang Shilang destroyed the enemy forces in the swamp.
So Xue Zuo's tribe, which only lost 200 men, began to cross the swamp and march north.
One day later, his scouts detected that Huaji and the enemy were already engaged in the plain area seven or eight miles to the west.
Both sides are in complete formations. Xue Zuo will not be able to help, and may even be a hindrance.
It was obviously unrealistic to rely on his 6,000 men to attack the fish scale formation. There were a total of 60,000 troops on both sides of the war. The formation stretched for seven or eight miles. He went there just to deliver food.
After thinking for a moment, Xue Zuo planned to go directly to Qianwu Liluo City. Didn't your main force come out in full force? I'll raid your hometown.
So he took six thousand elite infantry and marched straight to Wuliluo City.
Duan Wenzhen and Zhang Jin rested for a day in Sanfo Village and then went on the road urgently, taking Li Jing with them.
They didn't plan to help Huaji at all. My main task was to attack Wuliluo and Fuyu City. As long as Wuliluo was captured, Huaji would be out of danger. This was called besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.
When he was halfway through the march, he learned that Xue Zuo's troops had fled to Wu Liluo, and immediately summoned Shi Wanbao:
"I will give you four thousand cavalry, and immediately leave the army and go north to coordinate with Xue Zuo to prevent reinforcements from Fuyu City. If Wu Liluo can fight, you can fight. If he can't fight, form a formation and wait for me."
"General, take your orders!" Shi Wanbao took the order and took his entourage and staff to order the troops.
Zhang Jin sat on the horse and frowned: "Xue Zuo is a subordinate of Mai Tiezhang and is under the control of Li Jing. He was going to fight south, but now he has gone north. Why don't you say hello to Li Jing and simply send Xue Zuo Transferred to our department?"
Duan Wenzhen shook his head and said: "Our north is actually very easy to fight. Li Jing's task is arduous. It is better to have more soldiers than less. We marched quickly. After taking Wu Liluo, we ordered Xue Zuo to return south immediately. At that time, Liaodong would A fight is about to begin, and Li Jing needs to go south in time to open up a route, which is a heavy responsibility."
Zhang Jin said: "This man is a talented general. From crossing the river to the present, he has calmly planned and defended the surrounding areas of Sanfo Village. I have seen that he is quite organized. This man's skillful planning is quite similar to that of Yue Gong."
Many of the older generation are still accustomed to calling Yang Su Duke of Yue.
Duan Wenzhen nodded and said: "There are talented people from generation to generation. We are all old. This time we conquer Goguryeo, there will definitely be some young generals, and these people will succeed you and me and become the backbone of the future military. Mai Iron Stick has been knighted, and Li Jing is next."
Zhang Jin nodded: "His Majesty has decided to capture Liaodong on May 5th, and he will send troops to protect his children during this time. After defeating Liaodong, it will be the beginning of the real difficulty. It is the time for the two armies to join forces. There’s no room for error.”
Duan Wenzhen snorted coldly: "Yu Wenhuaji is such an idiot!"
As soon as Li Jing learned that the Huaji defense line had collapsed, he arranged for Xue Zuo to go north. At the same time, he asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs for food and grass, which was allocated to Xin Shixiong's troops stationed in the south.
When Xin Shixiong set out in the early stage, he only brought half a month's supply of food and grass with him. However, once Yu Wenhua missed it, Tu Wanxu's attack on Liaodong City was delayed, so Li Jing had to send the food and grass to Xin Shixiong as soon as possible.
He cannot leave Sanfo Village now and needs to wait until Tu Wanxu launches a general offensive.
Xin Shixiong's mission was to attack the Xiuyan Niangniang City, Anshi City, Futu City, and Desheng City south of Liaodong City, but now, he had the Ministry of History by his side.
Tu Wanxu was also trying to gain some momentum, because Li Jing was worried that their attack on Liaodong City would not go smoothly, so he deployed Xin Shixiong to go south. However, Tu Wanxu thought that I would go smoothly without your help, so he took 20,000 from Shi Xiang's Ministry. People were transferred to the south.
Shi Xiang had already fought with the people of the four mountain cities, but he did not set fire to the mountains like Wei Yunqi, but attacked fiercely at all costs. After all, the military strength of these four mountain cities was incomparable to that of Wunv Mountain. Here There are less than 6,000 enemy troops.
However, Shi Xiang's early game was not smooth either. People were condescending and threw rolling rocks and logs at him, which really made him suffer a lot. However, as the logs and logs in the mountain city were exhausted, everything went smoothly.
The four cities were successfully captured, and Shi Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally not embarrassed, otherwise he would have been laughed at by Li Jing's West Route Army.
His mission was to follow Tu Wanxu to attack Liaodong, so after taking the four cities, Shi Xiang captured more than 6,000 civilians and escorted them to Liaodong, while Xin Shixiong was responsible for staying and taking over the four cities.
Wei Yunqi's side was the worst. Half of the 20,000 people were killed and wounded, and he was already in danger of being defeated. After all, he was fighting against Gao Jianwu's main force.
Of course, Gao Jianwu's side was not having a hard time either. They were eager to escape from the wildfire area and made a desperate attempt to break through. They even broke through several checkpoints set up by Wei Yunqi, but their own losses were also quite heavy.
In desperation, Wei Yunqi could only order the withdrawal. If he did not withdraw, he would not be able to control the remaining 10,000 people. By then, they would all be deserters, which would mean the entire army was annihilated, and he would be beheaded.
After Tu Wanxu learned that the main force in Liaodong was taking direction from Wei Yun, he also hesitated.
He didn't dare to make up his mind whether to attack Gao Jianwu or continue to besiege Liaodong. After all, His Majesty had already set a deadline for him.
When you can't make up your mind, you have to ask the emperor for instructions.
So a military report was urgently sent to the rear. Whether to attack Gao Jianwu or Liaodong, the emperor has the final say.
Su Wei said: "Liaodong is an isolated city. If Gao Jianwu's main force is defeated, Liaodong will collapse. I believe that Tu Wanxu should be ordered to immediately reorganize the army, and together with Shi Xiang's and Wei Yun's troops, surround Gao Jianwu and defeat him in one fell swoop."
Yang Yue frowned and said: "Wei Xuanbu is crossing the river right now. You will transfer Tu Wanxu away at this time. If the enemy troops in Liaodong City come out in full force, how can we resist them?"
Su Wei immediately said: "This opportunity cannot be missed. Our Liaodong defense line is at Sanfo Village, and Li Jing's troops are there right now. If the Liaodong enemy troops leave the city and Li Jing is ordered to defend them, they must buy time for Tu Wanxu."
Yang Yue shook his head and said: "Li Jing is the Western Route Army, and he is responsible for opening up the road south. If he is disabled in Liaodong, how will my main force go south?"
"The war situation is unpredictable, and we have to adapt to local conditions," Niu Hong also said: "Li Jing's losses will be determined by how much he will make up for later. But this time, the key is Gao Jianwu. If he defeats his main force, it will be of great benefit to me."
Both opinions have their own reasons. Don't think that Yang Yue doesn't know the art of war. He is much more powerful and harmful than Su Wei Niu Hong in the art of war.
He felt that with Gao Jianwu outside, he could completely resist it and buy time for the main force to attack the city. There was no need to spend a lot of time vowing to kill the enemy general. This thing sounded like it would boost morale, but it had little practical effect.
Even if Gao Jianwu is defeated, you still have to fight against Liaodong City. Why bother?
Why is Gao Jianwu outside? Isn't it just to disturb your main siege force? As long as you understand Gao Jianwu's purpose, it's actually easy to make a decision.
It's a pity that Yang Guang chose to listen to Su Wei Niuhong's opinion. To be precise, this was Yang Guang's original plan.
Kill the enemy general and your face will be bright.
So after the ministers argued for a long time, Yang Guang said:
"Order Li Jing to deploy the defense line, and Tu Wanxu to concentrate the main force to destroy Gao Jianwu."
Yang Yue sighed in his heart, he had no choice but to be greedy for small gains and lose his big gains. (End of chapter)
