Han Zhou is right, not just anyone can command a formation battle, it requires a first-class military commander, and the ability to command on the spot requires a handsome man.
However, the Qin army never left the border. Su Yi, Zhao Mu, etc. are now unknown in the empire and are not known to people.
Qin is a land of bitter cold and has been weak for a long time. Hanzhou does not believe that the Qin army can have a first-rate commander. Ren Ying and Xiang Ge actually do not believe it either.
Therefore, as soon as Han Zhou finished speaking, Ren Ying nodded and said slowly: "Well, what Brother Han said is absolutely true. We can use formation battles to see how the Qin army responds."
"In that case, leave this battle to me and let us, the Chu Army, take advantage of this." Han Zhou said with confidence.
"Haha, then Brother Ren and I will wait and see." Xiang Ge chuckled lukewarmly.
The allied forces first led the Huan Army and fought a decisive battle with the Qin Army in the plains. They were defeated. Then they were ridiculed by Hanzhou and wanted to carry out a battle. Two days later in the morning, under the leadership of Hanzhou, the Chu Army also came to the city.
The scene of one hundred thousand Chu troops was very huge, but Hanzhou did not launch a siege, but formed a formation far away from Shanyuguan.
After arriving here, Hanzhou immediately ordered people to set up a temporary general platform and then began to arrange their troops.
As his flag waved, the entire Chu army camp immediately underwent earth-shaking changes.
There are countless infantry troops running in unison, some people are forming shield formations, and teams of cavalry are galloping back and forth...
Amidst the deafening roar, it didn't take long for the Chu army to complete their formation.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that the entire Chu army formed a pattern, with four square formations inside, like small squares, round infantry and heavy shields outside, and cavalry in the channels.
At the same time, Hanzhou sent generals to the city pass and began to provoke the Qin army.
The general of Chu came to the city, tightened his reins, and shouted loudly:
"Master Qin, listen! My Han Shuai asked me to tell you! Quickly surrender! Otherwise, when the city is destroyed, no chickens or dogs will be left behind!"
"If you ask for surrender, then quickly grab the ground with your head and kowtow! Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it!"
"The Lord of Qin is incompetent! The Qin army's thieves are all rats! How dare you go to battle!"
"Such a cowardly young man hides and shrinks, why is he still fighting? Why don't you go home and coax your children! Hahahaha——"
He kept shouting, his tone was arrogant, and his attitude was domineering. When the Qin soldiers in the city heard this, they all held their halberds tightly in anger.
Xu Hu's nose was almost crooked with anger, and he immediately clasped his fists and said: "Lord! The little thief is too arrogant! The general will ask for your order to fight!"
"Huh? There's no rush." Xiao Yuan raised his hand slightly. At this moment, he and a group of generals were observing the Chu army's formation at the city gate.
"But this!" Xu Hu said anxiously: "They not only insulted my Qin army soldiers, but also insulted my lord! This is unbearable!"
"Scold him, scold him, let him scold him first, and he won't lose a piece of meat." Xiao Yuan said calmly.
"Hey! I'm so angry!" But he refused, so Xu Hu had no choice but to say goodbye.
At this time, Xiao Yuan had already seen the Chu army's situation, but he didn't understand ancient formation battles. He couldn't help but pointed at the Chu army, turned his head and asked, "Why is this formation?"
"Back to my lord, this formation should be based on Liuhe's Art of War. Hanzhou is worthy of being a famous general of the Chu State, and he has quite a mastery of military tactics and strategies." Shangguan Wenruo sighed slightly.
"Sir Shangguan is right." Su Yi continued: "This formation is the Liuhe Army Formation. It is not something that ordinary generals can understand. Many people can list it, but they cannot understand it. Looking at the formation of the Chu army now, it can be seen that Hanzhou is well aware of this. The formation, but the art of war, is dead, but the people are alive.”
"Oh? Is there any strategy to deal with the enemy?" Xiao Yuan asked again.
When Su Yi heard this, he thought for a while and said, "If Hanzhou can spread it, I can also break it."
Before Xiao Yuan could answer, Xu Hu on the side couldn't help it anymore and interrupted: "What kind of bird breaks the formation! My lord, give me ten thousand brothers, and I will attack the Chu army head-on! I will definitely defeat the enemy." , kill them to pieces without leaving any trace of them."
"Then General Xu will probably never come back." Su Yi said with a smile, Xiao Yuan also glared at Xu Hu, and then motioned to Su Yi to continue.
The latter said: "The battle formation set up by Hanzhou will change once it comes into contact, and then it will be deeply encircled and the battlefield will be divided."
As he spoke, he mused again: "In view of the general's opinion, we... might as well wait until after noon, when the enemy's strength is slightly weaker, and then defeat the enemy."
Hearing this, Xiao Yuangang was about to respond, but Xu Hu said angrily: "People have been clamoring for a long time! Named and insulted the lord! If you don't fight again, won't you make people laugh! If you ask me, fight now ! Why do you have to wait until after noon!"
As he spoke, he looked at Su Yi and said deliberately: "General Su just said that Hanzhou can set up this formation, can you also break it?"
"It's natural." Su Yi also looked at him funny, thinking that this fierce general knows how to provoke him.
Sure enough, when Xu Hu heard this, he curled his lips and said: "Tsk! The general said so, but in my opinion, he doesn't know this formation at all, right? He must be timid to fight against the enemy."
"Haha, I said that if you can recognize it, you can break it." Su Yi still laughed.
"Then what are you waiting for! Break it quickly!" Xu Hu muttered again.
Su Yi smiled and shook his head and looked at Xiao Yuan.
"Waiting for noon." Xiao Yuan said nothing, turned around and left without saying a word.
"Alas! Lord..." Xu Hu was still shouting from behind.
The Chu general outside the city continued to yell, and the more he cursed, the worse he sounded. His mouth was already dry and he drank water several times.
Seeing that the Qin army did not respond to the fight, Hanzhou was not in a hurry. Instead, he waved his hand and shouted in a loud voice: "Continue to call for formation!"
Time passed slowly, and soon it was noon.
At this time, in the Shanyuguan meeting hall, Su Yi was pointing at some stones on the ground and explaining the Chu army's battle formation to Xiao Yuan.
"Please take a look, my lord." He pointed to the stones arranged in a circle and said, "The battle formation set up by Hanzhou seems to have no way in or out, but it is not. And his commanding position is his biggest weakness."
"This formation is difficult to enter and difficult to exit. However, if a general leads a cavalry force and breaks through the formation from the southeast, directly inserts into the commander's position, and then exits from the northwest, the formation will be in chaos!"
As he spoke, he threw the stone somewhere and continued:
"At that time, Hanzhou's formation will be broken, and the generals will not be able to look at each other. The lord will take advantage of this to lead the main army, switch to attack, and will definitely defeat the Chu army!"
"Is it that simple?" Xu Hu, who was confused, couldn't help but interjected.
"No, it sounds simple, but this battle requires a brave and invincible general, and the cavalry cannot be too many, only three thousand. If there are too many, the position will be chaotic." Su Yi said .
"Okay! I'll go!" Xu Hu said immediately as soon as he finished speaking.
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