Chapter 533 First Battle

On the first day of June of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the vast Ansai Plain sounded rumbling drums, and the scorching sun covered the earth, full of grass and green, and a black trend released endless murderous intent. Before Si, the central part of Ansai Plain was filled with tension.

The army spread out one by one, covering the entire battlefield. From the front, it is impossible to see the overall situation at all. But if there is a high point, just look at it from a distance and you can see a shocking scene. Nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers spread out, two circular formations in the middle are running in different directions, and eight rectangular formations are projected around the middle to all directions. Heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, volcano, and tens of thousands of people form a huge Tai Chi Bagua. Of course, the bandits cannot see these, and even if they see them, they cannot understand them. In their thinking, they have no impression of the Bagua formation.

The bandits did not hesitate either. The two armies were overwhelmed from the east and west sides. The Tai Chi Bagua Formation was too big, and the eight-way formation was blocking it. The bandits could not see the whole picture at all. From the outside, it seemed that they were all facing three rectangular formations on both sides. However, the position of the holding was really weird. Liu Wenxiu frowned. He could not understand after watching for a long time. The battle was mainly concentrated on the east and west sides. How could the rectangular formation formed by the officers and soldiers face the northeast direction?

Similarly, Zhang Cunmeng also felt a little weird. He had never seen a rectangular array before. Even if the two dragons came out of the water array, he still understood it. However, the rectangular array in front of him was full of weirdness. However, Zhang Cunmeng did not wait too long. No matter what, he always had to fight. At this point, it was impossible not to fight. The officers and soldiers could drag them, but he could not drag them at all. The tens of thousands of officers and soldiers near Yichuan were not vegetarians.

The horn sounded, and the first wave of attack was naturally the vanguard army under his command. This cannon fodder army was responsible for the task of testing. Zhang Cunmeng did not think about the effect of the first wave of offensives. He just wanted to find out the mystery of the opponent's formation through the vanguard army.

There were a total of 10,000 cannon fodders in the avant-garde army. They held various weapons and rushed towards the rectangular formation anxiously. They were treated poorly. Not only were they lacking weapons, but they even had few shields for single people. Most of them had experienced the battle in Baishan Village and were impressed by the officers and soldiers' bullet rains, so they rushed carefully and their formation was very scattered, for fear that a rain of bullets would come and they would suffer from the seedlings. However, this time, the bullet rains did not come. Tiemo lived in the long snake formation in the middle, so naturally he could not see the situation outside, but the scouts kept sending news, "The army, the bandits sent a cannon fodder army, and they are now approaching the two rectangular formations of Fenglei."

"Order all units to accumulate ammunition, and don't waste it until the necessary moment." Tie Mo is not a fool. The bandits sent cannon fodder out, obviously trying to make cannon fodder consume their own arrows. Baishan Village was defeated so badly, but he suffered this loss. Military orders were issued, and on the periphery, the avant-garde cannon fodder army had already contacted the Bagua Formation, and they aimed the attack at the wind and thunder formations on the periphery.

The eight-way rectangular array was all protected by heavy shields. It was a delusion to try to break through the outer shield array with the broken equipment of the Avant-garde Army. However, what surprised the cannon fodder army was that the rectangular array did not attack, but moved slowly like a gyroscope. Many bandits rushed forward, and the shields were exposed and the spears stabbed, breaking the opponent's attack.

Some bandits had unique vision, and the rectangular arrays in all directions were very wide, so there was a wide open space between each two rectangular arrays, four or five meters apart at the innermost distance, and dozens or hundreds of meters apart at the outermost periphery. Such a wide aisle was simply unprepared. A big leader of the cannon fodder army roared and led people to rush into the open space. They were not really fools. According to common sense, the more the middle area was, the more important it was. The rectangular array did not take the initiative to move forward. When everyone saw that they could not break the shield protection, they caused heavy casualties. No one took the initiative to attack the rectangular array. Everyone yelled and rushed into the open space. One after another, shouting came one after another. They were extremely excited, as if they had seen victory.

There were too many people in the tens of thousands of cannon fodder. They did not concentrate in the same open space, but rushed into the three aisles. At this time, the rectangular arrays in the surrounding areas were still ignored and just moved slowly and clockwise according to the predetermined steps. As long as the bandits did not take the initiative to attack, they would not rush out.

These poor people who were thrown on the battlefield were so happy that they had already rushed for a distance, but they were not at all blocked. They rushed forward a hundred feet and could rush into the middle, but at this time the abnormality broke out. The blue flags were waving in the long snake formation in the middle, four drums sounded, accompanied by blue arrows. The rectangular array, which was originally moving clockwise, suddenly accelerated the speed. They all faced their right side, and slowly moved with heavy and steady steps. With a loud shout, the shields exposed the gaps, and countless spears stabbed out, like iron thorns embedded on huge steel plates, "Ho...Ho...Ho", the invisible pressure pounced overwhelmingly, and finally, many bandits were directly crushed by the rectangular array like hedgehogs.

At this time, the bandits who rushed in finally felt the danger. The more they rushed in, the smaller the space. At this time, the rectangular array accelerated its rotation speed and strangled together in an instant. There were long spears and shields to protect them, and the sound of puffs kept ringing. One by one, the bandits were lying on the ground wailingly, and they were instantly flooded by the rectangular array that came later.

The ferocity of the bandits was stimulated. They tried every means to break through the shield protection and even rushed to the innermost point, but the effect was very little. As the leader of the cannon fodder army, Wu Dansong was always a little jealous. After paying a heavy price, he found that the rectangular array was just moving in one direction, and all attacks came from the left direction, and the rectangular array on the right direction ignored it. After discovering this, Wu Dansong shouted loudly, "Attack the rectangular array on the right, hurry up, rush in and disrupt the formation of officers and soldiers."

The soldiers of the cannon fodder army were quite obedient. Some burly and strong men followed the orders and roared and led people to attack the rectangular formation on the right. However, before rushing over, the shield of the rectangular formation on the right suddenly dispersed, and a neighing sound came. The silver cavalry rushed out of the formation. Before the bandits could rush in front of them, they were chopped and killed by the galloping silver-armored cavalry. This was not the end. The cavalry came out of the wind formation, slashing all the way and slashing towards the thunder formation. At this time, the thunder formation crushed by the rectangular spear formation also changed.

The spear was retracted, the shield was separated, and another silver-armored cavalry rushed out. In an instant, the bandits fell into the impact of the cavalry on both sides, and they cried and cried, and they were killed without any strength to fight back. The two cavalry attacked in a hedge posture, but they attacked rapidly, but they did not want to fight. In a blink of an eye, the cavalry entered the thunder formation, and the cavalry entered the wind formation. In a blink of an eye, the shield formation closed again, and the spear stabbed out, restoring the original crushing momentum. This time, the bandits collapsed, and each rectangular formation moved clockwise. If you look at it from a high altitude, these rectangular formations would be a huge wooden stick, and the people in the open space were crushed to death like an ants. This was the case between the wind formation and the thunder formation, and the same between the sky formation and the wind formation. Until this time, the Bagua formation truly showed its might. Tens of thousands of cannon fodder troops had no power to resist under such a ruthless formation.

The smoke and dust were rolling in murderous intent. After an hour, the peace between heaven and earth was restored, and the Bagua Formation also stopped again. The dust dissipated, and the sight under the scorching sun was still blurred, and the vast land was covered with corpses. In less than an hour, the cannon fodder army responsible for the first wave of tentative attacks was almost wiped out, and less than half of them escaped. Wang Zhang Cunmeng looked at the scene in front of him. He did not expect that this seemingly unparalleled rectangular array would have such great power.

It’s not that Zhang Cunmeng doesn’t understand the formation, but he rarely comes into contact with this strange formation. From a distance, he feels like a circle is rotating, which seems to be very heavy and ridiculous, but it is full of lethality. To be careful, this formation is really bulky and has a lot of defense, but the ability to take the initiative to attack is not strong, because once you take the initiative to attack, it will inevitably destroy the stability of the eight-directional formation.

However, Zhang Cunmeng could not prevent the attack. Fortunately, he sent the cannon fodder army to conduct a tentative attack. If the army was pressing forward as soon as it came, there would be no place to cry now. "I inform Liu Wenxiu and let his troops cooperate with the attack, but the troops should not disperse, nor should they rush in, concentrate their forces to attack from the outside."

When Zhang Cunmeng thought of the battle in Baishan Village, the officers and soldiers also used similar circular formations. I think the methods of breaking the formation were similar. The order was issued. Just half an hour later, the bandits began the first wave of attacks. Tie Mo understood that the attack really began at this time. The bandits' elite soldiers and horses cooperated with the cannon fodder army, and many people in the formation were carrying the city-killing wood. Zhang Cunmeng's intention was very obvious, and he wanted to use the same trick again to break the formation and defeat the rectangular formation one by one. At the same time, Liu Wenxiu also attacked from the east as Wang Ziyong ordered.

On the west, Zhang Cunmeng aimed at the wind formation on the front, while Liu Wenxiu's soldiers aimed at the Ze formation. The troops on both sides were not too wide, but concentrated their forces to attack a rectangular formation. In the wind formation, Li Yuanqing had already seen everything in the distance. At this time, the Bagua formation began to rotate again, and Li Yuanqing responded calmly, "The musketeer is ready to shoot."

The bomb rain suddenly hit, like a spark, covering the crowd. The bandits who were still charging were not prepared enough and were beaten to death. The worst thing was the people who carried the city bumper and the city bumper were moving slowly and were simply a living target. That's fine, some rockets were released from the formation, which successfully ignited the dry city bumper and instantly caught fire.

A leader rushed up and looked at the city-killing wood covered by flames. His head was as big as a fight. He was covered by fire. The bandits were in chaos, but the offensive did not stop. The order they received was to slam the wind formation and concentrate their troops to destroy the rectangular formation. After paying a heavy price, they finally rushed over. Dozens of bandits carried the city-killing wood to hit the rectangular formation. However, the Bagua formation was different from the usual circular formation. Each rectangular formation was moved. The wind formation shield would not be foolishly waiting for the city-killing wood to hit it.

So, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. Several city-killing wood chased the wind raid shield, and the peasant soldiers behind him followed closely. Others could not feel that the peasant soldiers carrying the city-killing wood were in trouble. After a while, they were all tired, "Boss, this is not right. If you continue to fight like this, you will never be able to break the other party's shield formation in your lifetime."

In fact, there is no need for others to remind you. Many leaders have discovered the problem. This is not an ordinary circular formation at all. The officers and soldiers will not be foolishly waiting for you to come and bump into it. They were chasing each other and trying to break the formation. Now they calmed down slightly. After careful observation, their hearts sank to the bottom of the valley. In order to break the rectangular formation, they chased from the west to the south. The entire attack formation also became messy. Just kidding, in this case, the attack is really a snake posture. Isn’t this seeking death?

As expected, before the leaders could make arrangements, a sound of arrow came, and the wind formation that had been pursued had not changed. The sky formation and the earth formation suddenly dispersed. Two silver-armored cavalry rushed out and rushed towards the abdomen of the long snake. The peasant army could not react. The cavalry attack came fiercely and stayed in a hurry. Although the lethality was not terrifying, this attack divided the attack of the long snake into several sections and completely fell into chaos. At this time, some peasant soldiers wanted to continue chasing, some wanted to retreat, and some simply panicked and fell into the air between the two rectangular arrays.

The bandits who were trapped in the formation disappeared in an instant. The Bagua Formation did not stop and continued to move. At this time, the leaders would not be stupid enough to continue to carry the city-killing wood. The so-called generals were not allowed to be ordered by the outside king, and the city-killing wood was abandoned. Under the orders of several leaders, the bandits finally slowly stabilized. In this way, after paying a heavy price, the bandits who had pursued the wind formation went around from the ground to the east and joined Liu Wenxiu's troops. Zhang Cunmeng did not get any benefits, and Liu Wenxiu was not much better, but he reacted quickly. After the effect was not significant, he decisively gave up the pursuit. Otherwise, Huo was afraid that he would suffer.

Leader Lin Tu led the remaining soldiers to retreat to Liu Wenxiu's headquarters. After experiencing the previous battle, Lin Tu's mental state was a little bad. He swallowed his saliva and his lips were dry. "Captain Liu, Zhang Cunmeng's method is not good. Our people have been chasing them from the west, and the effect is minimal. As a result, he suffered heavy casualties. If he hadn't reacted quickly enough, he would have to fall into it."

"Yes, the formation of officers and soldiers is really mysterious. To be honest, the threat is not great. As long as we do not take the initiative to attack, the opponent will have no choice but to do anything to us. However, in this situation, it is impossible not to fight." Liu Wenxiu is also considered to be the few people in the rebel army who understands military tactics. He also saw that the formation in front of him had excellent defense, but there was no way. This is a real open plot, setting up an iron barrel array for you to fight. Even though he knew that he was an iron turtle in front of him, he had to bite the bullet.
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