Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1426 Gods and ghosts help
The sun gradually rose to the sky, and Ma Qiu stood in the back formation, seeing that the number of soldiers fleeing from the Jin army's formation was getting smaller and smaller, his face was extremely cold.

More than two hours ago, a total of [-] troops rushed into the Jin army's formation, but in the following time, these soldiers were like mud cows and sand, not only failed to charge to Xie Ai's position, but even failed to attack. Shake the Jin army formation.

Then some knights hurriedly withdrew from the formation, and as time went by, fewer and fewer soldiers could withdraw. He waited outside the formation for another half an hour, but no more soldiers rushed out.Of the [-] soldiers, less than [-] were able to withdraw from the Jin army formation!
Afterwards, he urgently summoned the soldiers who had escaped from the Jin army's large formation, and inquired about the situation in the formation in detail. When he learned about the many killing moves that the Jin army had ambushed and arranged in the large formation, his expression would inevitably become even uglier, and then looked at The Ling Tower where the old enemy Xie Ai was located a few miles away, the hatred in the eyes was so strong that it seemed to flow out!

It was only a few miles away, but in the dense arrangement of the Jin army, it seemed to him that it was a curse from heaven and it was difficult to reach.

In addition to the setbacks encountered in this charge, what made Ma Qiu feel even more distressed was the great loss suffered since the start of the war.It has only been more than three hours since the dawn of the war, but the casualties of the Jie army have far exceeded [-]!
At present, Ma Qiu is no longer in the mood to feel sorry for the foresight he had previously attracted but failed to express, but is worried about how to fight next?At this point in the battle, instead of making a breakthrough on the frontal battlefield, his troops lost more than a quarter of their strength in a very short period of time!

The strength of the formation that Xie Ai and his set up far exceeded Ma Qiu's imagination.It's ridiculous that he thought he had a trick before, thinking that Xie Ai had successfully forced Xie Ai to leave the central army and approach the front line, but the facts have proved that even if the distance between them has been shortened, a strong attack is still the next strategy.

He was scheming against Xie Ai, and Xie Ai was also scheming against him, using his body as bait to lure him into a strong attack on the formation, and only when the Jie army penetrated deep into the formation would all the viciousness of this formation be completely destroyed. When it blooms, this large formation is simply a huge slaughterhouse!
Because of such an astonishing battle loss, Ma Qiu was in a state of confusion for a while, and he didn't know how to proceed with this decisive battle.

It is impossible to lead the troops back into the city at this point, not to mention that there is Zhang Hedu in the rear who is holding his handle and watching him. He suffered such heavy losses in today's battle but he failed to bring any real blow to the Jin army. When the battle report is sent back to the capital, the Lord will not spare him!
After a long silence, Ma Qiu slowly raised his arm, but it was different from the previous resolute continuous sending out troops. This time the gesture was slow and weak, and it was an order to suspend the offensive. He also had to calm down and think carefully about how to fight next.

After a fierce battle in the morning, the Jie soldiers on the front line were also exhausted. As soldiers from the rear entered the front line, the Jie soldiers who had gone through a series of fierce battles were gradually transferred back to rest.The war came to an end for the time being, and the Jie army paid the price of more than 300 lives, but only conquered a small camp of [-] people stationed outside the Jin army's large formation.

The offensive of the Jie army has come to an end temporarily, and the front-line camp of Master Wang has also made adjustments, abandoning the camp that has been occupied by the Jie army. With the cooperation of the cavalry who entered the battle and rested, several small camps within a few miles around have moved out Withdrawing back, it can be regarded as completely giving up this position to the Jie army.

From the afternoon until the evening, the two sides always exercised restraint and did not continue to fight again.But towards evening, the Fenwu Army, which had been arrayed on the left flank of the battlefield, started to move. Three thousand of them left the army and continued to march northward on the northwest side of the battlefield under the leadership of General Shen Yun.

Aware of the change of the Jin army, Ma Qiu's heartstrings tightened again. First, he sent thousands of cavalry to follow the northward route of the Fenwu Army, and then sent someone to tell Zhang Hedu, who was staying in the city, to be careful and guard against the Jin army's attack at night. attack.

After nightfall, there was a rush of drum orders in the Jie army camp again, and more than two thousand cavalrymen approached the Jin army's formation, and the Jin army's front formation also moved after hearing the sound, and there were also two thousand cavalrymen. Crowds appear on the battlefield.

The cavalry of the two sides confronted each other in the open area of ​​the battlefield, one south and one north, and when there were still tens of feet away from each other, they passed each other in a tacit understanding, wandered close to the two fronts of the north and south, and then returned to the battle.

The drum orders of the Jie army gradually ceased here, but suddenly the drum orders of the Jin army sounded in unison.Although they are all harassing the enemy, it is obvious that the Jin army is less particular than the Jie army. Although the orders are swift and fierce, there is no sign of sending troops at all.

In short, in this long night, the two sides fought one after another, and the frequent sound of drum orders shook the eardrums of the soldiers on both sides who were close to the frontline battlefield, and they almost vomited. No one took advantage of it.

On the frontal battlefield, neither side launched an actual offensive that night, but in the middle of the night, Zhang Hedu in Beicheng sent a message for emergency, but Ma Qiu ignored it.

He had warned several times before, and he also knew that the Jin army's northward march had limited strength, and if Zhang Hedu couldn't hold the city, he would really be damned.What's more, he lost a lot of troops during the fierce battles during the day, and now he is gradually insufficient, and he has no strength to help Zhang Hedu.

At dawn, when it was still dark, the Jie army launched an attack again.It's just different from yesterday's pure cavalry attack on the enemy's formation. At the beginning of today's battle, the Jie army used heavy equipment such as trebuchets to bombard the Jin army's camp.

Although he had been disturbing the enemy last night, Ma Qiu didn't just disturb the enemy. He dismantled the heavy equipment in the city and transported it to the camp occupied yesterday by the soldiers coming in and out.

The reason why it was not used yesterday is because there is still a gap of more than ten miles between the city of Xiangguo and the Jin army's formation. Once the Jin army notices that the Jie army is transporting heavy weapons, it will definitely destroy it regardless of the cost. The use of weapons is far inferior to that of the Jin army, and it really cannot withstand destruction.

The catapults of the Jie army may not be as powerful as the Jin army, but it is more than enough to bombard the camp formed by the Jin army's pure chariot formation.Therefore, at the beginning of the war, the Jie army had a full advantage and smashed several camps of the Jin army one after another.

In this battle, Ma Qiu wanted to win the battle, and the main force of the Fenwu Army, the most threatening Jin army, had already left the battlefield here, and would not turn back in a short time, because Ma Qiu still maintained a wild posture at the beginning of the battle, and the army came out together, but only Three thousand cavalry were left behind for emergency, and even he himself went to the front line to command the battle.

After winning the first battle, the Jie army was very excited, but when they rushed into the camp that was smashed by the catapult, they were shocked to find that the soldiers in these camps, including the chariots, had already evacuated, but only the empty space left behind. battalion, it is obvious that they have seen the offensive methods that the Jie army will adopt today.

"The southern bandits are already at the end of their skills, and the decisive victory is today!"

Although Ma Qiu felt a bit depressed in his heart, but at this moment, he could only hold back and keep cheering.

The Jie army won the first battle and expanded the invasion range of the Jin army's large formation, but they were caught in a dilemma in the subsequent advance, that is, how should they continue to advance?

If you still use the trebuchet to open the way, it is true that the journey will be much smoother, but the trebuchet is too heavy to move flexibly, which will inevitably slow down the overall advancement speed. The advantages of each break.

But if you still use rangers to attack, the dangerous and murderous moves displayed by the Jin Army's formation yesterday are still in front of you, and the Jie Army cavalry are not brave and loyal souls who are not afraid of death, and they dare not continue to go deep into the Jin Army's camp .

Ma Qiu thought hard all night about countermeasures, and naturally came prepared.He set up two thousand light cavalry as the periphery, and pushed out along the occupied area to test out. First, he tested out that there were Jin soldiers staying in the surrounding camps, and then transported the catapult forward for bombardment.

Of course, in this process, it is inevitable that the cavalry of the Jin army will obstruct the attack, and then the cavalry can fight with it.As for the dozen or so catapults in the army, Ma Qiu also made a perfect arrangement. With the vests and armors sent by the letter before, and Ma Qiu's army, he gathered [-] heavy armored infantry. Use the nearest arch to guard the safety of the trebuchet.

There are another [-] armored heavy cavalry, which are not armed at the moment, and Ma Qiu is planning to behead him after determining Xie Ai's location.He paid a heavy price yesterday but failed. In addition, he has been suppressed by Xie Ai for the past few years. Whether Ma Qiucheng admits it or not, Xie Ai has become a lingering nightmare in his heart. He is unwilling to give up the possibility of the other party.

The battle progressed very smoothly. With the participation of heavy machinery such as trebuchets, the seemingly indestructible chariot formations of the Jin army were useless and could not stop the Jie army's advance at all.

Probably the soldiers of the Jin army were also stunned by the offensive of the Jie army. Several camps were flattened one after another, and many soldiers fled in haste. The place where Ai Linzhen commanded.

At the same time, the sky is gradually brightening, and as the surrounding scenery becomes clearer, Ma Qiu suddenly finds that he has been trapped in a pocket specially opened by the Jin army!

After the sky brightened, Xie Ai's figure appeared on the Chinese Command Tower again, and he began to calmly arrange the formation of the king's division for changes.The several-kilometer-long passage dug by the Jie army was indeed laid out last night while beating the enemy to disturb the enemy, in order to lure the main force of the Jie army into the heart.

At this time, following Xie Ai's dispatch, the gap opened in the front line began to close in an orderly manner.Xie Yi led [-] elite cavalry to stand by in the front formation, and once ordered, he launched a fierce attack on the Jie army formation itself, cutting off the part of the Jie army that had penetrated into the formation!
"Thank you thief for being treacherous!"

Although he is already in a tight siege, Ma Qiu still has fighting spirit, and he has come prepared. Since Xie Ai wants to swallow him in one bite, he also wants to test whether Xie Ai really has such a stomach. It is necessary to pierce the heart of the Jin army's large formation, and it is necessary to enter and exit vertically and horizontally, blooming in all directions!
"Heavy riding with negative armor, get on the horse and behead!"

Following Ma Qiu's order, the three hundred heavy cavalry under his command had horse armor, and the rest of the cavalry centered on these three hundred heavy cavalry, and lined up in layers, creating an unimpeded direction for the heavy cavalry to charge towards. The core of the Jin army's central army charged away a few miles away.

Xie Ai's central command tower is taller and more eye-catching than the rest of the armies. There are several battalions around the tower and form a quincunx formation, which can effectively prevent the enemy's attack from approaching.But this so-called effectiveness refers to the regular soldiers, but it does not include the heavy cavalry who killed the gods on the battlefield.

Although the light cavalry in the front of the Jie army charged faster, when they arrived in front of the camp of the plum blossom formation, they were shot by the strong crossbow in the camp, and had to walk to the flank to avoid, while the three hundred heavy cavalry But they are not in this list. Once they rush in, they will have the power of landslides and ground cracks. Although the Jin army's arrows are like rain, under the protection of the thick armor, the blocking effect they can cause is very small !
Ma Qiu personally led two thousand cavalry to closely follow the road opened by the forward three hundred heavy cavalry, and kept their eyes on the Jin army's central command tower, which was getting closer and closer. There was even a bit of madness on his face: "Thank you!" The time for the thief to die is today, right here!"

On the command tower, Xie Ai seemed to feel Ma Qiu's fiery gaze, and he deliberately leaned out his upper body from the fence of the command tower, looked down and raised his hand to wave to Ma Qiu who was not far away, as if to say hello.

Although the distance between the two parties was not close enough to see each other's expressions clearly, Ma Qiu could clearly see Xie Ai's action. That calm and determined posture was regarded by Ma Qiu as a serious provocation, and he couldn't hold back his surge. Out of anger, he shouted: "Kill! Kill! Swear to kill the thief!"

With heavy cavalry opening the way, the Jie army rushed in very smoothly. In order to ensure that the main force of the Jie army was besieged in the large formation, the Jin army used a large number of cavalry to intercept outside, but there were not many wandering supporters who really stayed in the formation.

Xie Ai's central army is located, although the camp is densely packed, but there are no effective means of restricting the armored and heavy cavalry of the Jie army on the battlefield.Thousands of light cavalry led by Ma Qiu headed up, quickly filling the gaps between these camps. Once the soldiers of the Jin army in the camp tried to leave the camp, they would be killed by these Jie army rangers. !

Seeing that the target was getting closer, Ma Qiu was so excited that his heart was beating like a drum. If the soldiers around him hadn't seen the general's state was wrong and pulled the reins desperately, Ma Qiu couldn't help but rush forward to witness Xie Ai's decapitation with his own eyes. scene!
However, when the heavy cavalry of the Jie army rushed to the distance of Xie Ai's Zhongjun Commander Talixu, the speed of the charge suddenly slowed down to a degree visible to the naked eye. Like an old buffalo stuck in a swamp.

"Rush, rush! The great achievement is in front of you, go!"

Ma Qiu kept his eyes wide open and focused on the front. At first sight of this scene, he thought it was his own illusion. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, but found that the speed of the forward heavy cavalry slowed down even more. Some heavy cavalry even stopped directly. The expressions were panicked, as if a powerful force was exerting on them in the dark, making it difficult for them to move.

If there was a stalemate for a moment, there was a sudden bang in front, and a heavy cavalry soldier of the Jie army fell to the ground without being attacked!
Such a weird scene, not to mention that Ma Qiu stayed on the spot by himself, the other Jie soldiers were stunned for a while after seeing it.Not long afterward, knights in the heavy cavalry team of the Jie army fell down one after another, and those knights who fell were even more frightened, shouting in panic: "There are monsters! The Jin army has the help of gods and ghosts..."

Regardless of the power of gods and ghosts they are yelling about, when these hundreds of heavy cavalry cavalry are lying on the ground, and all the Jie soldiers in the back are panicked, the Chinese army has already rushed out hundreds of people wearing clothes. Benshi in leather armor, each with a bone knife polished from a rhinoceros horn, rushed into the area where the heavy cavalry of the Jie army lay paralyzed, cut open the heavy armor on the body of the Jie army, and calmly and stabbed the heavy cavalry of the Jie army who were still invincible before. Harvest one by one!

"How could this be? How could..."

Seeing this scene, Ma Qiu was so shocked that his eyes burst open, his whole body fell off the horse suddenly as if struck by lightning, his eyes were already dazed, and he lost his sanity for a short time.Seeing this, the Jie soldiers around them didn't have the energy to rescue those armored cavalry who were lying on the ground, waiting to be slaughtered. They hurriedly pulled Ma Qiu onto their horses, began to shrink their formation, and quickly retreated towards the area they controlled.

The unbelievable scene encountered by the Jie army's heavy cavalry, in the eyes of the Jie army soldiers, it was a strange method, thinking that the Jin army was strong enough to drive away ghosts and gods.But the mystery is broken, it is actually very simple.

Xie Ai is determined to restore the ancient eight formations. The ancient books may not be traced, but the deeds of the remote age will naturally not be missed.Regardless of the Eight Arrays of Zhuge Wuhou in the Three Kingdoms, there was also a famous general who used the Eight Arrays in actual combat during China and North Korea.

In the battle against Hexi Xianbei, Ma Long cleverly used magnets to set up an formation, and with this magical power, which was almost like a ghost, defeated the Hexi Xianbei rebels.Such miraculous achievements are also widely praised in Liangzhou. Xie Ai is originally from Liangzhou, so he is no stranger to this.Now that he has to command a large army, he naturally cleverly transplanted this method of warfare into the eight formations he re-arranged.

The central command tower where he is located is densely covered with magnets under the soil layer within a radius of about [-] square meters. Jie soldiers and horses rushing here with heavy armor will naturally be captured and attracted by the magnetic force of the ground. , Falling on flat ground is a very normal thing!

However, even these soldiers in the Royal Master's formation, not many can understand the details. Seeing that the heavy cavalry of the Jie army were killed so easily, they thought they were helped by God for a while, and their fighting spirit was even higher. The Chinese army flag orders were dispatched in an orderly manner, and they began to violently launch a counterattack against the Jie army in the formation.

　This battle is written in three chapters in a row. If there are shortcomings in the details, don't worry too much about it. . .In other words, if some book friends hadn't reminded Ma Long of the Western Jin Dynasty, I really didn't know that there were such technological madmen in ancient cold weapons. The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. . .It's a pity that if Ma Long hadn't lived in the fucking era of the Western Jin Dynasty, his deeds wouldn't be so uncommon. . .

　　
　
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