"Hoo ho ho!"
Liu Qi didn't know how many people he had killed, but he felt his breathing became more and more rapid, and his arms felt sore.
The Blade Formation places extremely high demands on soldiers, especially the one who serves as the blade.
It is necessary to cut through thorns and thorns with overwhelming force to break through the enemy's formation.
After charging for a while, even with Liu Qi's physique, he felt exhausted.
The three hundred axemen behind him were reaching their limit at this moment.
Seeing this, Liu Qi shouted: "Change the formation!"
Nie Dong, who was in the rear, heard this and commanded: "All officers and soldiers, listen to the order, fish scale formation!"
Wow!
I saw a thousand Qingzhou troops in a tight formation, suddenly dispersed like a flock of wild geese, as did the three hundred swordsmen and axemen including Liu Qi.
This kind of dispersion is orderly, and everyone knows their position and what they should do.
It is not difficult to do this, you just need to practice every day to form muscle memory and conditioned reflexes.
In the blink of an eye, a thousand people were rearranged and formed a new formation.
Taking the capital as a unit, it is divided into nine combat teams.
Each combat team formed an arc formation, with a three-two-three-one posture, as clear-cut as fish scales.
Each hundred-man squad seems to be fighting independently, but they can support each other.
This is the specialty of the Western Army when they are in fancy dress, the Fish Scale Formation.
The Fish Scale Formation and the Front Arrow Formation are both offensive formations, but compared to the extreme form of the Front Arrow Formation, the Fish Scale Formation is both offensive and defensive. Once the enemy troops are dispersed, they will immediately be detoured by small teams and divided into several areas.
As mentioned before, the advantages of fancy dress are flexibility and small-scale combat capabilities, because each team is fully equipped with shield bearers, gunners, sword and ax hands, and crossbowmen, so they can deal with any situation.
But the same cannot be said for the enemy.
Therefore, disrupting the enemy's formation and dividing the enemy into small groups for combat can better utilize the advantages of fancy dress.
Use your own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses!
Seeing that Gan Chi's army was in disarray during the charge just now, Nie Dong immediately roared.
"point!"
The three-two-three-one fish scale formation immediately dispersed, fighting in small groups, constantly weaving back and forth among the enemy troops.
Unknowingly, the six thousand daredevil army was divided into six areas.
Obviously the Qingzhou Army only has a thousand people, but those who are separated and surrounded by the Ganchi Army seem to feel that there are Qingzhou Army in all directions. No matter which direction they break through, they will be fiercely sniped.
After being divided into several small pieces, these brave warriors became lambs to be slaughtered.
Puff puff puff!
One after another, spears continued to thrust out under the cover of shields.
In conjunction with the arrows fired from the powerful crossbow, lives are constantly harvested.
If used in conjunction with firearms, the efficiency of killing enemies can be increased several times.
Liu Qi huddled in the formation, panting heavily, silently waiting for his physical strength to recover, and waving the Coiling Dragon Staff from time to time to hit the target.
"Damn it, fight with them, follow me and get out!"
A small leader gritted his teeth and shouted loudly, leading more than 300 of his men to break out in one direction.
Feeling the opponent's desperate momentum, Liu Qi in the center of the fish scale formation sneered and ordered: "Disperse!"
Wow!
The fish scale array suddenly split into two, like a river being split open, revealing a passage.
The little leader led the people into the passage.
"Come out?"
Before he could rejoice, he suddenly found that he was trapped in another encirclement.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
When the little boss wanted to break out of the encirclement again, he found that he no longer had the courage to face death.
On the battlefield, once you lose the courage to fight to the death, the outcome is already doomed...
The scene looked chaotic, but in fact it was a one-sided massacre.
It's just that the number of people in the Ganchi Army is six times that of the Qingzhou Army, so it wasn't obvious at first.
Screams and wails could be heard endlessly.
Gradually, as time passed, Shi Jian finally realized that something was wrong.
Under the dim starlight, he could see that his subordinates were getting fewer and fewer, and the enemy was almost killing him.
Shi Jian looked panicked and continued to encourage him in a hoarse voice: "Kill! They only have a thousand people, don't be afraid!"
Shi Wenhui only felt that his hands and feet were cold. The combat power of this Qingzhou Army was simply appalling.
One thousand against six thousand, yet still so brave.
Despite his panic, he always had a sense of clarity in his heart.
Turning his head and looking at the dark city cave, Shi Wenhui's mind raced, and then he yelled: "Quick, enter the city!"
Shi Jian angrily scolded: "You don't want your life! There is an ambush in the city. If you enter the city, wouldn't you risk your death?"
"Where did the ambush come from!"
Shi Wenhui quickly explained: "If there was an ambush, I'm afraid they would have been killed long ago. How could we survive under the attack from both sides? The lack of movement at the moment shows that there is no ambush in the city at all. This Qingzhou army is powerful and invincible. If this continues, they will all be killed sooner or later."
"It's better to rush into the city, create chaos, and maybe have a chance of survival!"
"Wow!"
After his prompting, Shi Jian suddenly understood.
Then he hurriedly summoned his protectors and ordered: "Follow me into the city!"
"Enter the city!"
Shi Jian waved his hand and rushed into the city gate first.
When those who dared to fight saw this, they suddenly had no intention of fighting, and everyone rushed towards the city gate.
For a time, the scene became more and more chaotic.
"Quickly, close the city gate!"
A guardian ordered his men to close the city gate.
When Gan Chijun, who was still outside the city, heard this, he rushed in like crazy.
The crowd surged.
In the face of desperate situations, these brave warriors burst out with amazing energy.
"Don't push, damn...ah!!!"
The guardian, along with dozens of soldiers responsible for closing the door, were immediately pushed to the ground.
Before they could get up, countless pairs of big feet trampled over them, turning them into flesh.
At the same time, taking advantage of the defeat of the Ganchi Army, the Qingzhou Army took advantage of the situation to pursue them.
In an instant, six to seven hundred people died.
Liu Qi waved the dragon-coiling stick and shouted: "Nie Dutong, Dare Chi's army has entered the city, what should we do?"
"Enter the city!"
Nie Dong chopped off a head with a knife and gritted his teeth.
The changes in the current situation are completely out of control.
When the Gan Chi Army entered the city, they had to fight their way in. If they were exposed, they would be exposed. Compared with the fact that the county town fell into the hands of the Gan Chi Army, this little thing was insignificant.
I believe the county magistrate should be understanding!
…
There were only more than 3,000 Ganchi soldiers left in the county.
As soon as they entered the city, Shi Jian ordered: "Lao Wu, lead 300 people to set fire, the more chaotic the better, the remaining people will follow me into the inner city!"
"Got the order!"
The protector named Lao Wu immediately gathered 300 people and scattered them in various streets and alleys.
After a while, fires broke out all over the outer city.
Residents screamed and fled from their houses, and the entire county fell into chaos.
Na Lao Wu took this opportunity to rob money wantonly, and his men dared to follow the same example, burning, killing and looting.
Outside the city, he saw hundreds of daredevils fleeing in all directions. Liu Qi was eager to kill and was about to pursue him. Nie Dong stopped him and said, "Stop chasing and enter the city quickly!"
Hearing this, Liu Qi came to his senses and led his troops into the city.
Just as he entered the city, he ran into a large group of people preparing to leave the city.
"ah!!!"
The people suddenly turned pale with fear and screamed.
There were thousands of people in this group, blocking the streets tightly.
Liu Qi had an idea and said loudly: "We are the armed guards. We are here to suppress the rebellion and kill the thieves. Don't panic."
Sure enough, after hearing these words, the people felt happy.
Nie Dong took advantage of the situation and said: "Everyone, please get out of the way."
With the fire burning everywhere, everyone saw the tattoo on Nie Dong's forehead.
In the past, when they met Qiu Ba with tattoos on his face, these people were afraid to avoid him, but now they felt particularly close to him.
No matter how hard it was, the people finally made way.
Nie Dong quickly ordered: "Liu Qi, you lead two hundred soldiers to kill the rebels who set fire to the city. The rest will follow me to the inner city!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Qi responded with cupped fists.
Summoning the 200 soldiers, he ordered: "Each team is responsible for a small group. Each small group is responsible for an alley. If you encounter a large group of rebels, don't be reckless. Retreat and gather people to meet the enemy again."
"yes!"
The eighteen teams responded in unison, and then each led their twelve-man teams into the streets and alleys.
…
"Bang bang bang!!!"
In the backyard of the government office, Zhao Ting woke up from his sleep to a sudden knock on the door.
The two concubines beside him also woke up and hurriedly blackened their clothes.
Zhao Ting rubbed his face and shouted angrily: "What's the matter?"
The panicked voice of the old servant sounded outside the house: "Master, it's not good, the army dares to attack the city!"
"ah!"
The expressions of the two concubines changed, and they both exclaimed.
"How unbecoming is it to be in a panic!"
Zhao Ting scolded, then got out of bed and put on his clothes slowly.
He naturally knew that something would happen tonight, so he didn't panic at all.
After slowly getting dressed, Zhao Ting walked out of the room and asked, "What happened?"
The old servant outside the house was so worried that he almost cried. When he saw him coming out, he immediately reported: "The Ganchi Army has entered the city and is currently attacking the inner city. The head of the government office has summoned the government archers and is struggling to resist, but I'm afraid It won’t be able to hold you back for too long.”
"What did you say?"
Zhao Ting was stunned for a moment, and he was dumbfounded.
The granary in the city is in the southeast corner of the outer city, not in the inner city.
Moreover, when he conspired with Han Zhen, he had no plan to attack the inner city.
"really?"
After coming back to his senses, Zhao Ting said in disbelief.
The old servant smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, it's already this time. How dare I still lie to you?"
Zhao Ting's heart suddenly thumped, and a bad feeling arose.
What did Han Zhen want to do? Could it be that he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Yidu County?
Thinking of this, he quickly asked: "Where is Liu Tongpian?"
The old servant replied: "Liu Tongpan is already waiting in the lobby of the government office."
Hearing this, Zhao Ting quickly walked out of the backyard and came all the way to the lobby.
At this moment, the government office hall was brightly lit, and except for Liu Mi, all the officials and court guests were present.
Seeing Zhao Ting, everyone bowed and saluted.
Zhao Ting knew this and asked, "How many Dare Chi troops are there?"
"It seemed like three to five thousand people."
A Zhilu said in an uncertain tone.
Zhao Ting pretended to be furious: "How can three to five thousand people attack the outer city?"
Na Zhilu looked confused: "This... I don't know, but maybe there is someone in the city who can help!"
Liu Mi looked solemn and looked at Zhao Ting suspiciously.
Yesterday, Zhao Ting suddenly sent troops to quell the rebellion, and he felt something was wrong. As a result, tonight a daredevil army rushed into the city.
As soon as the Wuwei Army left, the Ganchi Army came in from the rear.
How could there be such a coincidence?
Moreover, the city of Yidu County is tall and thick. How could three to five thousand people attack the city so easily?
Therefore, he had no choice but to doubt it.
The point is, Zhao Ting is full of bad things, and with his character, he may not be able to do such a thing.
"It's not good!"
Suddenly, there was an exclamation from outside the government office.
Immediately afterwards, a government servant ran into the lobby in a panic: "The inner city cannot be defended, and the thieves are about to come in!"
hiss!
Zhao Ting couldn't help but take a breath when he heard that the thieves were entering the inner city.
Liu Mi couldn't care less about his doubts and turned pale instantly.
(End of chapter)
