The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 516
Regardless of whether this strategic plan is true or not, Zhao Gou still chooses to believe it.Although you can't believe it all, you can't believe it.Therefore, according to this combat map, Zhao Gou arranged them one by one on the sand table, and then ordered all the generals to enter the account to discuss the matter.

"Military division, according to the arrangement on this strategic map, what good strategy do you have?"

Wu Yong pondered for a moment, staring intently at the layout map of the Youzhou army on the sand table, he guessed that this person is also a marshal who is good at fighting.In terms of the enemy's arrangement and layout, it is a huge 'Hundred Bird Array', which is most suitable for fighting on the plains.

This formation uses 25 people as a small team, and divides the troops into more than a hundred teams, like the stars scattered in the sky, which makes the enemy wonder how many people there are.Whether it is offense or defense, it can be carried out in an orderly manner.

Moreover, according to the changes of the "Hundred Birds Formation", the Youzhou army can easily form the "Eight Formations of the Dynasty", that is, the eight formations used by the Song Dynasty against the enemy, namely, the square formation, the circular formation, the female formation, and the male formation. , Chong square formation, Fuzhi formation, wheel formation, wild goose formation.

Each formation is formed by a total of 4000 horse infantry.Among them, the infantry was organized into 50 teams, each with 1 people, totaling 50 people; the horse army was 4000 teams, each with [-] people, totaling [-] people.The founder of this formation was Li Jing, a famous military general in the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that the most important thing about this formation is cavalry.

Through the marching formation on the strategic map, Wu Yong can see that this person has a very clear understanding of the Central Plains culture.Even the Song Dynasty couldn't list it, because what the Song Dynasty lacked most was cavalry, and the Liao army had a lot of cavalry, and Youzhou had [-] soldiers and horses, which can be said to be just the right number.

At this moment, Wu Yong was one of the first two elders, and he was also confused by the second monk Zhang Er, and couldn't think of any countermeasures at all.Whether it is the formation method passed down in the Central Plains or the strategy he learned, it has no effect.After all, the formation formed by the Youzhou army is really powerful.

"Back to Commander, my subordinates don't know how to deal with it!" Wu Yong was helpless this time, he could only answer truthfully.

Zhao Gou nodded and sighed: "It's okay, I have no idea about this formation, and I can't think of any strategy to defeat the enemy. Now everyone gathers together and discusses how to deal with this formation. .”

Lu Junyi frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Now our army has more infantry, no more than 1 cavalry, and [-] archers. If it is only arranged in a crossbow formation, it can only withstand it for a while. From this point on the map It can be seen that the defenders of Nanjing City are well equipped, I'm afraid Yiran is not afraid."

Zhao Gou pondered for a while, and said: "The crossbow array is capable of long-range strikes. If the bows and crossbows are all used up, what should we do next? We can only use the crossbow array as the first array to disrupt the deployment of the Youzhou army. There are shields to resist, and it is difficult to parry them all."

Everyone nodded, the crossbow array is the best way to attack from a distance.As long as the two armies are in formation, they can use the crossbow array to shoot at fixed points.This kind of crossbow is far from the bow and arrow in the hand, but a huge crossbow. This kind of crossbow is so powerful that the arrows it shoots are like spears.

If you rely on human power alone, you can't resist it at all. You can only avoid it as much as possible, or use a thick shield to resist it.Even a thick shield can only reduce damage. This is the most common formation in Song Dynasty battles.As long as the enemy is close to the range, it can shoot, and the lethality is also great.

So, Zhao Gou demonstrated it on the sand table and found that the crossbow array did have some effect.No matter how the Liao army avoided it, it would be difficult to withstand such a dense attack.Because this crossbow is not an ordinary crossbow, but a god-armed crossbow. It is stretched from the ground with a stirrup and has a long range. As long as it is shot, it can knock down a piece.

The body of the divine arm bow is made of mulberry wood, the sandalwood is the scorpion, the iron is the tip of the pedal gun, the copper is the horse's face and teeth, and the hemp rope is tied with silk as the string.The body of the bow is three feet and two inches long, the string length is two feet and five inches long, and the arrow wood feather is several inches long. It shoots more than 240 steps, about 370 meters.

However, the god arm bow was also a very important weapon in the Song army, and the production method was strictly kept secret.Moreover, there is no special requirement for this kind of weapon, and generally speaking, there will not be too many preparations.On the one hand, it is considered to fall into the hands of the enemy to be cracked, and on the other hand, this kind of powerful killer is not suitable in a melee.

Now Song Jun has a total of 2000 divine arm bows, which is [-] less, but these are enough.In addition, [-] people can use commonly used bows and arrows to provide assistance.After deliberation, everyone decided to lead the battle with a crossbow formation, disrupting the enemy's footsteps.

Because the Liao army didn't even know that the Song army had such a more lethal god-arm bow in its hands. This kind of bow appeared during the reign of Song Shenzong.Although Song and Liao had conflicts from time to time, there had never been a large-scale battle. Therefore, the God Arm Bow became the top military secret, and few people knew about it.

Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi also went into battle to kill the enemy, and experienced various battles, but they have witnessed the power of this bow, so they are very much in favor of it.Use the crossbow array to break up the Liao army, and then break them one by one.

Han Shizhong went on to say: "The crossbow formation can be used as the front formation. I have seen the power of the crossbow formation before. If the enemy is not prepared, it can be said that no grass will grow wherever the crossbow formation goes."

Liu Guangshi nodded and agreed: "This subordinate also saw the God Arm Bow with his own eyes when he was fighting with his father. However, this subordinate has never understood why there is such a sharp weapon, and why it was not used in the first place? If it hadn't been mentioned by the commander-in-chief , I don’t know that there is a magic arm bow in the camp.”

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "This batch of divine arm bows was also made by the Ministry of War day and night when the emperor rewarded the three armies last time. As for how many, I am not very clear; I did not count them until the last few days. It’s good that it can come in handy today.”

"Commander, I know that there is a formation that can break the Liao Army's large formation, but..." Suddenly, Yue Fei remembered a formation that could break the Liao Army's "Eight Formations of the Dynasty" and the "Hundred Bird Formation".But after speaking, Yue Fei stopped, because he didn't know this formation at all.

Zhao Gou quickly asked: "What formation is it? But it's okay!"

"The 'Eight Arrays' used by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period!" When Yue Fei got the Liquan gun, he also got a military book, which once recorded the 'Eight Arrays', and it was just a simple description. There is no detailed record of the formation.

According to legend, this formation was created by Zhuge Liang. It can change a lot and can stop hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers.Now the Liao army has [-] elite soldiers. If you master the "Eight Arrays" formation, then it is not a problem to resist the Liao army, and it is even possible to turn things around.

If it is head-to-head, the chances of winning are not great. You can only use opportunistic tactics while taking into account the use of formations to complement each other.

Wu Yong was taken aback and said, "General Yue, do you understand this formation?"

Zhao Gou turned his head, looked at Wu Yong, and asked in surprise, "The military master also thought of this formation?"

"When I saw the formation used by the Liao army, I thought of this formation!" Wu Yong lowered his head in shame, and said, "Although I thought of it, I would never use this formation at all. Because this formation is too broad and profound , and I don't know all about it."

"Boss, I won't either!"

Yue Fei said embarrassingly that he really didn't know the 'Eight Formation Diagram'.After all, this formation is recorded in military books, but few people understand it.Because if you want to use this formation well, you must understand the theory of gossip, as well as the art of yin and yang and five elements, how could he know these.

"Eight Arrays?"

Zhao Gou muttered to himself, as if he had seen it somewhere in his mind, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.When he raised his head to look at the crowd, he found that they were all looking at him without exception, which made him very puzzled, and he touched his face again, but he didn't feel anything unusual.

(End of this chapter)