The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 93 Gou Xi’s instability
Liu Tai came with his own army, and under the command of Zhou Ping, he rushed directly to meet Ge Xin.

Seeing this scene, Ge Xin roared directly: "The general is here, everyone fight with me! Cone formation!"

As he spoke, the military formation, which had been using a circular formation to survive, began to change formations under Ge Xin's order.

Almost as soon as the soldiers on the periphery changed formation, Gou Xi consciously separated them and separated from the overall military formation in an instant.

Gou Xi even vaguely wanted to take advantage of Ge Xin's change of formation before he succeeded, and directly use his own elite to engage in the bloodiest fight with Ge Xin's men, blood for blood.

Directly using bloody death to frighten the soldiers under Ge Xin's command, leaving them in a permanent state of being unable to complete the conical formation and unable to return to the circular formation, then they were really allowed to be slaughtered by themselves.

But the fact is that Ge Xin successfully changed the circular formation into a cone formation and directed the forward to charge forward.

This made Gou Xi look at his soldiers with some confusion. According to his own estimation, it shouldn't be like this!
But I didn't expect that not only did Ge Xin complete the formation change, but also the peripheral soldiers who Ge Xin directly abandoned, at this time, I don't know whether their instincts or really have been trained for a long time, divided into small round formations, and worked hard in the advancement of his army. support.

This made Gou Xi even more strange. Normally, all the peripheral soldiers who were abandoned like Ge Xin would be regarded as killed in battle.

Normally speaking, any soldier who loses the organizational protection brought by the military formation will be overwhelmed by the army almost instantly. On such a battlefield, if he fights alone on his own, death will be instantaneous.

But Ge Xin not only abandoned these peripheral soldiers to complete the change of formation, but the peripheral soldiers also formed a circular formation one by one.

Not to mention how strong they are, but it's really not easy to eat them all in one go.

And this is one of the results of Liu Tai's continuous will cultivation and military formation training of the army.

Since ancient times, any general who can continuously change formations in war without being cracked by others is the top commander in the world.

As for becoming such a commander, don't think too much about Liu Tai, a commander with a command ability of only about 1 people.

But if the command ability is limited, there will be operations with limited capabilities.

For example, after Liu Tai carefully studied the Fish Scale Formation, he combined his own system of village commanders and military history to come up with a battlefield formation method suitable for his own war.

I can't guarantee that the overall formation of the army will change, but I can ensure that my core army completes the change of formation by abandoning the peripheral armies, just like an onion being peeled off.

Normally speaking, it is unrealistic for a soldier who is separated from the main body of the military formation to survive on the battlefield alone.

But what if Liu Tai wanted to leave, but took the initiative to leave on the battlefield with nearly a hundred people in a village?
Under such circumstances, the ordinary army has long since lost contact with the army and has completely lost its will to fight due to panic.

But the problem is that Liu Tai specially trained this kind of military formation. When he joined the army, he let his soldiers know that battlefield command would lead to separation from the army. Sometimes he would even voluntarily leave the military formation in order to delay the opponent's army dispatch.

Therefore, after each of the garrison units separated from the main force of the army, the military commanders under his command began to shout slogans such as "The army of tigers and benevolent warriors, one against five," to maintain the confidence of the soldiers.

At the same time, the task they need from this point on is to maintain the military formation and wait for reinforcements.

The ancient battlefield was more about a battle of morale. There were few times in the entire feudal era where the opponent was completely annihilated in a real head-on fight. Even facing such an invincible army, he was afraid that he would kill himself. Collapse first

What's more, this kind of main body changed the formation and spread out to the periphery to form the fish scale formation. It seemed to be out of touch, but it still had a containment effect on the battlefield. Gou Xi still didn't encounter it at all, and Gou Xi couldn't deal with it for a while. Method.

Gou Xi is not the kind of Four Saints-level figure like Han Xin Bai Qi who doesn't need any experience at all and is full of talents.

When such a person sees this kind of dispersion, he will directly find cavalry to crush him, or he will ask the Great Qin warriors to kill him. It is not easy to deal with the dispersion.

After a little command, the army said it would be crushed and it would be crushed. The soldiers' willpower was strong, and their bodies had to yield to physics.

But Gou Xi's military ability did not reach this level.

On the one hand, he had to deal with the counterattack of the main force of Ge Xin's army without hesitation after completing the change of formation. At the same time, Gou Xi, the garrison who formed a shield and defended himself, had no time to deal with it.

As for ordinary soldiers who want to break through a purely defensive formation such as the circular formation, they must either crush it with their own strength or risk their lives. Otherwise, the garrison team will not be able to break the circle formation against the garrison team.

And what did Gou Xi's soldiers say...

If Gou Xi's command goes well, they can rush in and pick off people's heads. They will definitely be as brave as a tiger.

Just like when Gou Xi took the initiative to dismantle Ge Xin's military formation through careful command, none of his soldiers fell behind.

But now, we really need to rely on hard power to defeat the troops. The soldiers under Gou Xi's command said that they really can't defeat the enemy who has to work hard to defeat the opponent. .

After all, others don't know it themselves, but Gou Xi's soldiers at the bottom know it well. If they have the treatment of the other party's army, they will really dare to risk their lives in every battle on the battlefield!

Therefore, Gou Xi's original idea of ​​dealing with Ge Xin first, and then Liu Tai's main force was immediately shattered.

Because Gou Xi found that his soldiers were more obedient than others. They could carry out military orders, but their fighting spirit was a bit low.

This required Gou Xi's personal presence to contain Ge Xin's counterattack, and the small round formations stuck in his own formation were not easily destroyed by the army, but were able to take it very calmly.

However, Gou Xi had no time to worry about this, because Zhou Ping commanded the army and ran into Gou Xi's army.

As the mascot, Liu Tai naturally remained unmoved and calmly looked at the situation in front of him.

Zhou Ping's commanding ability is much stronger than Liu Tai. There are more than 1 people in Zhou Ping's hands. Although his command is bumpy, Zhou Ping can at least get the soldiers to where they should go even if they are in a melee.

In this regard, Liu Tai's commanding ability is not as good as Zhou Ping's.

However, Zhou Ping's battlefield interpretation ability and battlefield intuition are not as good as those of Liu Tai. There are many situations that Liu Tai feels are like opportunities. Even if he is not allowed to lead his troops forward, having a garrison team stuck in can hinder Gou Xi's army from advancing. It destroyed the battlefield command and dispatch of Gou Xi's army, but Zhou Ping had no idea about it.

This made Liu Tai know that if Zhou Ping wanted to become the commander of a large army, he still needed to gain more war experience on the battlefield. But seeing Zhou Ping commanding the army not only smoothly, but at least with a skillful attitude, Liu Tai knew that Zhou Ping still had room to grow. room.

So Liu Tai didn't remind him. After all, he needed a large army to command, whether it was Zhou Ping, Zhao An, or even Tian Tian.

Without a large army to command and take charge of the battlefield, Liu Tai knew very well that it would be difficult for him to unify the world!

As for myself, my battlefield vision and intuition should be fine, but my command ability limits my performance.

I may be more suitable for troop movement situations or Yin Yang troops. As for the so-called military strategy of leading troops normally, I don’t need to think about it.

And Gou Xi also found that Liu Tai's army was charging over, and his command was stronger than Liu Tai's at the time.Although there are still some bumps in the way of dealing with his own dispatch, the opponent's soldiers are not afraid of death, which makes up for the lack of command ability and gives the opponent more time to respond. Therefore, Gou Xi can't win on the frontal battlefield for a while. Come down.

But that was it, Gou Xi gave an order, and the left and right wings, which had been prepared for a long time, attacked from both sides.

The three armies on the left, center and right seemed to be like a trident piercing through Liu Tai's army at this time.

Zhou Ping was not in a hurry about this scene. He asked the soldiers on both sides to stand up with shields and spears, and arranged the military formation. Military History comforted him and prepared the soldiers to face the impact.

If this kind of scheduling were applied to other armies of this era, it would be almost impossible to resist a frontal assault by cavalry.

But for the troops under Liu Tai's command, they had the consciousness to bite their opponents hard even if they knew they would die.

Therefore, facing the charge of cavalry on both sides, they had no intention of escaping.

Just like the soldiers of the Yue family under Yue Fei's command cut off the legs of the Jin Army's Guaizi horse. These soldiers knew that cutting off the horse's legs meant exchanging their own lives for the life of the horse. But these soldiers who were willing to carry out the order felt that it was worth it.

Although the cavalry of this era has gradually developed in the direction of heavy cavalry, it has not yet reached the point of armored cavalry equipment.

Facing the already formed army, the cavalry must pay the price in blood if they want to charge.

When Liu Yao and his soldiers faced Liu Tai's already formed army, they didn't dare to charge forward. A very important reason was that no one could guarantee whether they would survive the charge.

Therefore, watching Zhou Ping quickly adjust his soldiers, Xu Gong couldn't help but hesitate.

The army originally wanted to charge head-on, but Baimi saw that the opponent was ready. Xu Gong decisively chose to slow down the horses, then draw his bow and shoot arrows, instead of directly attacking the Chinese army as if he was gambling on his life.

In contrast, Shao Xu did not hesitate at all, and his cavalry chose to charge directly into the military formation.

The cavalry in the front row were almost dead in the face of this spear formation, but they did not show any pause and continued to charge forward.

And no one can really resist the galloping war horses with their flesh and blood. The soldiers in the formation under Liu Tai's command suffered from pulverizing fractures all over their bodies under the impact of the horses. Some even fell to the ground and were directly trampled by the cavalry. Into meat paste.

But Shao Xu still showed no signs of stopping and continued to attack the Chinese army, causing considerable turmoil.

"General, are you moving the camp?!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but ask as he saw the other party's cavalry moving directly towards the center.

To be honest, Zhou Ping was not afraid of himself, he was more afraid of something happening to Liu Tai.

Liu Tai smiled calmly and said, "The other side's troops are not united. What do I have to fear? Just continue to command!"

Hearing Liu Tai's words, Zhou Ping couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, came to his senses and nodded in agreement.

If both sides of the cavalry choose to cross at the same time, they may not have time to answer Liu Tai's question, and the other party will already be in front of Liu Tai.
But now, although the Chinese army is in turmoil, it will not make the situation dangerous.

So it can only be said that the other army did not completely implement Gou Xi's orders.

There was no way, Xu Gong had military talents, but the characteristics of his family background allowed him to get the support of some aristocratic families in Qingzhou.

At the same time, he prefers to lead the army in a departmental manner, which makes him somewhat selfish every time he fights.

When executing Gou Xi's orders, some cunning methods will be used to test on the verge of violating military discipline.

For example, if Gou Xi lets attack Liu Tai's flank, he can choose to rush in directly like Shao Xu to cause maximum damage.

But similarly, facing Liu Tai's army that had already formed its formation, it cannot be wrong that he chose to use archery to contain it.

However, when Xu Gong has a choice, he will choose the choice that can preserve the power in his hands.

But the result of this was that Gou Xi's plan to cause maximum damage to Liu Tai's army in a short period of time came to nothing as all the tridents had hoped for.

At least in Gou Xi's opinion, this is the best way to directly crush Liu Tai's army, but just by cooperating with Shao Xu and the two armies taking the initiative to attack, the pressure caused is not enough!

Liu Tai's entire army was further compressed, but the overall fighting will of the army became stronger and stronger!

"Brother, let me attack!" Gou Chun looked at Gou Xi and said involuntarily.

Gou Xi knew that the situation might be better if Xu Gong was replaced by Gou Chun. If Liu Hui had not gone to Luoyang to deliver supplies, she would not need to use Xu Gong.

But there was no way, Gou Chun lost Linzi, and he couldn't suddenly promote him just because he was his younger brother.

Only by allowing Gou Chun to be appointed as his personal guard commander and command his own headquarters would there be no objection from anyone in the army.

"At least we still have the advantage now, don't worry yet!" Gou Xi took a deep breath and said.

At least Gou Chun was by his side, and Gou Xi was still confident of escaping. After all, this time the food and grass were exhausted and the rear was captured, although counterattacking Liu Tai was his best choice.

But if he really couldn't take it down, with Gou Chun and his close personal guards, he would still be able to get out!
Therefore, Gou Chun would never use this army unless the situation was truly irreversible!

But soon, Zhao An led the cavalry into the field, and just like Xu Gong and Shao Xu, they charged directly towards Gou Xi's army!

Gou Xi frowned slightly at Zhao An's sudden attack, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Even Zhou Ping was able to complete the formation before the cavalry arrived. Gou Xi, who ruled the soldiers with military law, commanded and dispatched the soldiers better than Zhou Ping. Faster.

However, even Zhao An was only attacking in detail. At this moment, Liu Tai was listening to the sound of suona from Zhao An's attack. A wild smile appeared on Liu Tai's lips, and he ordered Zhou Ping,

"Cave a way for me, I'll go meet Gou Xi for a while!"

After hearing Liu Tai's words, Zhou Ping's orders were issued one after another. Liu Tai's army suddenly seemed to open up a sea and a large, neat and smooth passage appeared, leading directly to Gou Xi's army.

Liu Tai did not hesitate at all. He led his entire bodyguard and rushed directly towards Gou Xi's army along this straight corridor. His flag fluttered as he sprinted. stand up!
"Follow the general and kill!"

Seeing Liu Tai's battle skills floating on the battlefield, the eyes of the soldiers under Liu Tai's command were filled with bloodshot eyes, and they let out deafening roars.

They want to follow Liu Tai, and they want to kill Gou Xi!
　No need to wait for the first update today. I still need to make a note of the third update.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)