Chapter 238 The Battle of Dingzhou (1)
The four main generals looked at the formation diagram and found that the so-called Bagua formation was to arrange soldiers in eight directions, and then there were soldiers connected in the middle.
At first glance, there is nothing special, because each link is very weak, and basically the cavalry breaks through as soon as they rush. The only thing that has support is the second place of Qiankun, where there is a fortress and the other is a city.
"Mr. Governor, there seems to be nothing special about your Bagua Formation. Although we have support from front and back, as long as the Liao army attacks from both sides, we will definitely lose."
Guo Hao smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "I just want them to attack from both sides. You can't see anything from the paper. Let's go out and see."
Immediately, Guo Hao led a few people to the city wall and looked down from a high place. The few people were surprised to find that the gullies dug before were actually a huge Bagua formation!
"The merit is three-point country, the name is Bagua map, the river flows and stones do not turn, and the regrets are lost and the Wu is lost."
After Guo Hao finished reciting, he took out his goose feather fan and pointed to the Bagua formation below and said, "Look, the gullies I asked you to dig are actually not dug casually.
At that time, your soldiers will stand on the gossip. If the Liao army's cavalry rushed in, the gullies would kill them!
For the next period of time, you will train soldiers to adapt to the terrain, and then force all the Liao army to the Tai Chi diagram in the middle.
At that time, Wang Shenqi, you have to intersperse through it, cut open the enemy, force them into big pits on both sides, and then tighten your pockets!
However, in order to completely lead you into the trap, we will hide the gully, and then train the battle formation to allow the soldiers to have the gully position in the prison!"
It was not until this time that the four men fully understood Guo Hao's plan. Although they might not have completely defeated the Liao army, Guo Hao's Bagua Formation had restrained the Liao army's cavalry to the greatest extent.
In the next few days, the Zhou army began to train the formation. The Liao army in the distance thought that their reliance was on the fortress and had planned to take the detour on both sides to attack.
Three days later, Guo Hao sent someone to fight for the first time. Yang Gun readily agreed. He had been waiting for this day for too long. This time, Guo Hao's entire army was the opportunity he wanted.
The general confronted each other and the Zhou army formed a gossip array. Since the Zhou army blocked their sight, they did not see clearly what was in the array.
Guo Hao rode a horse to the front of the formation and shouted to Yang Gun: "Brother, thank you for waiting for me for so long. Now I have set up the Bagua Formation. I wonder if you have the courage to enter the formation?"
Yang Gun took a step on his horse and laughed: "I have heard that Guo Hao is unparalleled in wisdom and strategy. Yang has heard of this Bagua Formation, but Zhuge Wuhou's Bagua Formation had long been lost back then, so I don't believe that your formation is useful!"
Guo Hao smiled and shook his head, saying, "If you don't believe it, just come and try it. If I lose this battle, I will surrender!"
As soon as Guo Hao said this, everyone was shocked. Was he confident or had given up, and actually said the word "success" in front of the two armies!
"This is what you say seriously!"
"Never break your promise!"
"Since that's the case, then come!"
"Let's wait!"
Yang Gun was about to order an attack, but his hand fell halfway, but Guo Hao asked, "What if you lose?"
"I lost? This is impossible. If I lose, I will lead people to withdraw my troops!"
Guo Hao laughed when he heard this, plucked his horse into the army, shouting: "I hope you can keep your promise!"
Yang Gun didn't take his heart after hearing this. He looked at the Zhou army's formation and ordered: "The whole army obeys the order, attack left and right, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"
"kill--"
Ten thousand Liao troops divided into two groups, bypassing the fortress of the Zhou army and attacking the two wings. Guo Hao had retreated to the city gate at this time and ordered: "Change the formation and let the enemy in!"
As the formation flag was waving, the Liao army's cavalry suddenly disappeared, and the Zhou army suddenly jumped into the gully. The Liao army could not stop even if they were killed. Two rows of cavalry rushed into the formation, and many horses suddenly stepped on the air, and the Liao army fell to the ground one after another.
The cavalry behind quickly grabbed the horse and looked closely and realized that there were many gullies in the formation, and the cavalry could not gallop like on the plain.
The Liao army that entered the formation had no advantage of horses and was no longer much different from the Zhou army. In addition, there were many Zhou soldiers, so they were quickly strangled.
Seeing this scene, Guo Hao's eyes narrowed into slits. Yang Gun led the cavalry on the left at this time, and was a little surprised for a moment, and then he reacted.
"Stop moving forward and shoot arrows!"
Hearing this order, the Zhou army jumped into the gully and raised the wooden boards that had covered the gully as shields. The Liao army's bows and arrows did not cause much damage to them.
The enemy was right in front of him, but they did not dare to go forward. At this time, explosive packs began to be projected on the city wall, and fell into the Liao army on both sides, causing a sudden chaos.
The enemy did not all enter the formation, which was as expected by Guo Hao. However, there were a total of one thousand cavalry on both sides of the charge, and Guo Hao lost less than half of the Liao army. Such a war loss ratio was a miracle.
"Coach, are we still rushing!"
Yang Gun looked at Guo Hao in the formation. He was clearly in front of him, but he could not kill him. Moreover, before the war started, the two made a bet, and if he lost, they would withdraw their troops.
"Send the order and dismount all the horses. Since he targets our cavalry, let us let the Zhou army take a look. Without war horses, we are invincible!"
"Yes, dismount all!"
With Yang Gun's order, the Liao army dismounted one after another, pulled out their waists and looked at the Zhou army. The Zhou army was suddenly panicked out of fear of the Khitans.
"Don't panic, change the formation and shoot arrows!"
Seeing this, Guo Hao's pupils shrank. Yang Gun's decision was unexpected. They actually gave up the advantage of cavalry and gave up their horses to fight them.
However, he quickly calmed down and felt that this was an opportunity. After all, the Liao army was too arrogant and believed that even if the horses were gone, the Zhou army would not be their opponent.
The outcome of the infantry against the infantry is unknown. Guo Hao made a calm judgment. After a rain of arrows, no many Liao troops were killed. They used horses as cover. Although they avoided bows and arrows, many horses were killed and injured.
"Kill, don't give them a chance!"
Yang Gun made a quick decision and did not want Guo Hao to continue to consume them. Once the two sides fought each other in close combat, both arrows and explosives would be useless.
Because the distance was very close, the Liao army quickly rushed to the front. Guo Hao shouted and turned over and said, "Li Jixun stopped the right wing, I stopped the left wing, and Wang Shenqi's troops divided into two groups to attack the tail of the Liao army. They wanted to surround us, so we would give him a counter-encirclement!"
"yes!"
If the two main generals were ordered to leave, if they were all infantry, the Eight Formation Map would be useless. The close contact was all based on the general's temporary command. Guo Hao and Li Jixun each brought a deputy to fight against the left and right enemies respectively.
The silver spear in Guo Hao's hand swayed, and the Liao army kept falling down. The reason why he chose the left wing was because the Liao army commander Yang Gun was also here.
Guo Hao rushed into the crowd, and his personal soldiers followed closely behind him. After a few years, Guo Hao's blood was boiling.
"Those who block me will die!"
Guo Hao shouted loudly, and the three Liao troops rushed away, then shook left and right, a stream of blood squirted on his face, and a Liao army fell down.
After touching the blood on his face, Guo Hao shouted: "Brothers, don't be afraid. The Khitans were raised by their mother's biological parents, and they would die. You have seen how he treated the Han people before. They are beasts, and we are killing beasts..."
Guo Hao's temporary mobilization reminded the soldiers of the previous scene. Thousands of people died tragically under the sword of the Liao army, and they didn't even let go of their children.
With the speech camera and Guo Hao's bravery, Guo Hao quickly came to Yang Gun. Both of them were already red in their eyes. In this battle, either you die or I die.
"Yang Gun, I asked you to run away before, but I didn't expect you to come. Today you either surrender or die..."
Guo Hao rushed up as he said, Yang Gun spitted and said quickly: "Let me surrender, let me surrender for the next life!"
After saying that, the two of them collided with each other, making a loud noise, and a spark was created.
However, neither of them stopped. Yang Gun slashed down again. Guo Hao flashed sideways and stabbed him out with a shot. Yang Gun quickly turned around.
Dangdangdangdangdangdangdang...
The two collided fiercely, and the soldiers of both armies retreated far away. After Yang Gun's growth over the past few years, his martial arts skills have improved a lot, but Guo Hao has lived in the court for a long time, so he has made little progress.
"It seems that the rumors are true. Everyone says that you have become a high-ranking official and have a pampered life. Your skills are not as good as before."
Chapter completed!