After having the idea, 10,000 cavalry were quickly organized, led by Chi You, with General You Liang as the first pursuer.
Except for Li Chengliang, who had basically no sense of presence, among the remaining four forces, two groups sent troops and two groups of princes sent generals. There is a high possibility that the first group of pursuers will encounter an ambush, so all four princes must contribute.
Han Xin's 10,000 troops this time were all Youzhou cavalry, and half of them were divided and formed the first line of pursuit with Yuan Shao's 5,000 cavalry.
There are many masters among the five thousand Jin army, so there must be corresponding masters to control the formation. Otherwise, if the opponent easily kills us, even if the second group of troops can arrive in time, it will be greatly compromised. Therefore, Chi You and You Liang, Cao Cao's first general, took over this task.
As a prince along the way, Chi You should not take risks easily. But among the coalition forces, except for him, no one can stop Xing Tian.
What's more, Chi You has enough confidence in himself that even if nothing can be done in the end, with his strength, it will still be no problem to kill one person and one horse!
The second group of pursuers also consisted of 10,000 cavalry, but they included elite cavalry such as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and were led by heroes like Cao Cao himself.
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"Grand Governor!" Gao Shun called Li Jing, and at the same time passed a message taken from the carrier pigeon to Li Jing.
In principle, other generals are not qualified to view these messages in the presence of the coach.
"There are two groups of pursuers in front and behind! Later, there were even more troops pressing in. There are quite a few capable people in the coalition forces!" Li Jing sighed slightly, and then ordered Gao Shun, "Order the generals to give up the ambush and wait for our army to pass." , blocking the road with rolling logs and thunder stones to slow down the enemy’s pursuit!”
This time, Li Jing laid two ambushes, but now he gave up both ambushes!
However, even though he gave up the ambush he had prepared, Li Jing was not prepared to return to Hulao Pass just like this. During the many years of guarding Hezhou, Li Jing did not waste his time, but carefully studied the formation.
Li Jing further derived a formation unique to him, the Six Flowers Formation, based on the Five Elements and Bagua Formation in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. This formation has not really shined since Li Jing's derivation was completed. Perhaps today is an opportunity.
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"What a cunning thief!" Chi You couldn't help but said harshly as he looked at the road covered with rolling logs and rocks.
Chi You looked at the hillsides on both sides of the road. This was indeed an excellent place for an ambush. If so many rolling logs and rocks were thrown on their heads, their casualties would probably not be small.
"Clear the road quickly!" Chi You loudly ordered the soldiers behind him. These cavalry could not walk on such a road.
It is said that there is strength in numbers, and Chi You had ten thousand people behind him. Although he only sent half of the people to clear the road, and the other half were always on guard, it still only took less than half an hour. After a while, the road was cleared again.
However, after wasting nearly half an hour, Cao Cao, the second group of pursuers, was only a few miles away from them.
"Continue to pursue!" Chi You continued to order. In fact, Chi You himself had lost track of this pursuit. He spent nearly half an hour here, and the enemy didn't even know how far he had run!
However, perhaps out of the desire not to shed tears until he saw the coffin, not to give up until the Yellow River, or because he did not want to give up the remaining hope, Chi You still chose to continue chasing.
"Hey!" Just after running out of the range of more than 20 miles again, Chi You, who had almost given up hope for this pursuit for the first time, discovered the Jin army again.
However, this scene was obviously not quite what they had expected.
"Go and inform Duke Wei so that he can come over as soon as possible!" Looking at this huge military formation, Chi You roughly estimated that there must be tens of thousands of troops. With just his 10,000 cavalry, he is no match for them.
Fortunately, due to being delayed for nearly half an hour, Cao Cao's men and horses were already very close to him. Let the two groups of men and horses join up first.
"Come here, separate out the rangers and investigate the surroundings!" Chi You ordered again.
This move was done out of caution by Chi You to prevent the Jin army from ambushing any troops around here!
"What a powerful formation!" After Cao Cao arrived, he first found a high place to take a look, and then he couldn't help but exclaimed.
Cao Cao also has considerable research on the art of war and formations. Although he can't see anything substantial from the outside, nor can he see how to break the formation, it doesn't stop him from understanding the power of this formation.
"Hahaha, after a eunuch, there is also the remnant of the Yellow Turban. Have you seen enough? How dare you break the six-flower formation set up by the governor of my family!" Kuafu walked out of the army and looked forward to Cao Cao, who was watching the formation from a distance. He and Chi You shouted sharply.
However, although Kuafu made rude remarks, Cao Cao and Chi You were not simple figures and would not be offended by such a simple sentence. This formation is obviously not simple, they will not rush into the formation recklessly without any confidence!
"My lord, I will invite you to fight. I will give you five thousand cavalry. I will definitely break this formation!" The Lord humiliated his ministers to death. Cao Cao and Chi You didn't react at all, but all the generals under them did. Can't stay any longer!
"Hahaha, it's just the barking of some ignorant fanatics. Why do you generals care?" Cao Cao waved his hand as if he really didn't care.
"Wei Gong, is there a way to break the formation?" Chi You's deep voice came from the side.
Chi You's ability to command troops was quite good and he was very good at fighting, but he knew very little about formations. Although out of a military commander's intuition, he instinctively felt that this formation was quite powerful, but if he were asked to think of any clever ways to break the formation, he would definitely not be able to think of it.
"It's difficult!" Cao Cao shook his head and then said with a solemn face, "From the outside, this formation consists of seven square formations, six formations on the periphery, and a circular formation where the commander is at the center!
Looking more closely, in this formation, the big formation contains the small formations, and the large camp contains the small camps. Without the formation diagram, who can know how many formations and how many battalions this formation is divided into.
Moreover, the four directions and corners of this formation are connected to each other, and the twists and turns correspond to each other. The formation is arranged in this way, with many changes, and the odd and right are consistent. If you enter this formation without noticing, you will definitely be in trouble! "
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