The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 518
Zhao Gou taught the people all the changes in the "Bagua Formation", and then divided them into each formation to serve as the coach. He also told everyone to follow his banner as an order and not to act rashly.

Everyone wrote down one by one, and then familiarized themselves with the changes of the formation again, and took a short rest after mastering it.

The next day, Zhao Gou ordered the army to go straight to Nanjing City.

At the same time, there was silence in the city of Nanjing. They saw that the Song army had arrived not far from Nanjing city, but they did not attack for a long time, which made them a little confused.

The governor of Youzhou sent out spies to inquire about the situation. The Song army had sealed the army firmly, and no news could be found. kind of array.

To this day, when the Song army entered the capital, the governor of Youzhou immediately sent an order to the three armies to open the city gate, and the army came out in full force, like a torrential river.

That uniform pace, and uniform armor, the same weapons.The governor of Youzhou walked out first, and the other generals followed closely behind.

With Zhao Gou as the core, the Song army marched forward in great strides. The two armies formed a formation ten miles outside Nanjing, and the two sides confronted each other.

"Place up!"

Zhao Gou and the governor of Youzhou shouted in unison, and the armies of both sides immediately started the battle.

The two armies of Song and Liao formed a large formation at the first time, without the slightest greetings, and they were not even willing to report. Some of them just looked like swords drawn, life-and-death enemies.

Zhao Gou retreated from the front to the position of the central army, and the governor of Youzhou also retreated to the rear.Standing on the high tower of the Chinese army, Zhao Gou happened to see the battlefield. He watched the movement of the Liao army intently, gradually changing from curiosity to surprise.

"That strategic map is actually real?" Zhao Gou was secretly taken aback. He didn't expect that the suspicious enemy's strategic map was actually the real thing, not a trap.

I saw that the Liao army was marching and forming a formation according to the strategic map.Zhao Gou also set up his formation accordingly, and all the generals were scattered to eight directions, corresponding one by one, and the crossbow formation team led by Zhao Yougong was in the lead.

The Governor of Youzhou frowned secretly when he saw that the Song army was forming an formation, which he had never heard of or seen before. He really couldn't figure out what kind of formation it was.

"Eight Arrays of Marquis Wu!"

However, the generals in a large formation of the Liao army were taken aback. After looking carefully and secretly estimating, they believed that the formation set up by the Song army in front of them was an "eight trigram formation".

"The commander-in-chief of the Song Army is just a handsome young man. How could he have such a great ability to put on such a formation?"

The man bowed his head in thought, admired secretly, and thought silently: "Now I know why you admire him so much and let me help you secretly. So that's what happened!"

Even if he saw it, he didn't intend to tell the governor of Youzhou.Some of them didn't understand the generals, and there was a look of contempt on their faces. There were so many of them, and such a nondescript formation was vulnerable to a single blow in their eyes.

"kill!"

There were also warriors in the Liao army. After they set up their formation, they immediately led their troops to kill them.However, the Song army also began to change formation. Originally, more than 100 people led by Zhao Yougong immediately took out the magic arm bows, and after they reached the attack range, they were allowed to enter the restricted area for [-] meters, and then Zhao Yougong began to give the order to launch.

Due to the high lethality of the God Arm Bow and the limited range of damage, Zhao Gou decided this after repeated deliberation.Because the distance is closer, the power is stronger, and then the damage caused by the attack is far greater than the previous damage.

The Liao army had never seen a god-armed bow before. Seeing them resisting with a crossbow array, they thought of the old battles, and they were not worried at all, and then continued to attack.It's a pity that they miscalculated this time, the magic arm bow is too lethal.

As soon as Zhao Yougong gave an order, more than [-] soldiers picked up their bows and started shooting.Moreover, their two to eight thousand were divided into three waves and launched in turn.

The ruthless arrows left the bow of the god arm, and with the help of powerful force, they shot forward time and time again. Even if the Liao army had a large number of people, it quickly wiped out the forward troops. Those cold arrows harvested the soldiers of the Liao army coldly and mercilessly. Some of the lives were pierced through the chest on the spot, and their power remained undiminished, and they still flew away, piercing directly through the six before stopping.

Seeing this situation, the Liao army hurried forward with the shield army, while the cavalry retreated. Unfortunately, although the cavalry retreated fast, it was still difficult to withstand the overwhelming offensive. Then the Liao army cavalry lost more than [-] troops.

The Shield Armor Army covered the retreat of the cavalry and suffered serious blows, with more than 2000 casualties.Those solid shields were all smashed by the huge attack power, which shows how powerful such a force really is.

After the first battle of the crossbow array, after winning the victory, the morale of the Song army was high.Due to the limited number of arrows, Zhao Gou waved the battle flag in his hand and withdrew the crossbow array to the rear.Then, he changed his formation and killed the past again.It's just that this time the triangular offensive formation composed of Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Yue Fei frantically killed the Liao soldiers.

The Liao army immediately changed its formation, and more than a dozen small formations gathered around it, trying to surround Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Yue Fei and others.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Gou immediately asked them to retreat, and changed to the "Niaoxiang Formation" led by Lu Junyi, Song Jiang, and Lin Chong to defend and rescue them. After Han Shizhong and others retreated safely, they came back again.

Zhao Gou commanded the overall situation, and everyone cooperated with each other tacitly, which made the generals of the Liao army helpless and could only be beaten passively.The most important thing is that the Liao army has a large number of people, but the formation was leaked one step earlier, and the Song army learned of it.

Now Song Jun's use of the "Bagua Formation" caught them off guard, and they were unable to resist at all, and the Liao Army was gloomy.

"What kind of formation is the Song army using that is so powerful?" The governor of Youzhou was furious, with a sad face. If the Song army was defeated with an extra [-] troops, it would be really difficult to explain.

In addition, after several battles, the Liao army had already suffered tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, while the Song army only had more than a thousand people. This made the Liaozu generals very depressed and restless. Never seen such an offensive, as if history is turned upside down.

Once the Song Army was in front of the Liao Army, it was vulnerable and not a concern at all, but now the Song Army is pressing down on the Liao Army, like beating a dog in the water.

Zhao Gou passed the gap between the Liao army's formation, waving the battle flag in his hand, and the Liao army commander also saw that all this was because of Zhao Gou, ordered the archers to prepare, and asked the cavalry to keep up, and went straight to Huanglong, wanting to attack Huanglong. To defeat Zhao Gou in one fell swoop.As long as he is killed, the formation will be broken without attack.

It's a pity that the cavalry are also human beings. They just experienced a fight and suffered heavy casualties. This made them fearful, their morale was low, their movements were slow, and they couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

As for the archers, the whole army was wiped out, and they were all wiped out by the Song army.After the fierce battle between Lianghe and Shichen, the Liao army suffered mentally and physically, while the Song army was in high spirits. In comparison, it is clear which one wins and which loses.

Due to the leak of the military situation, the Song Army found the right time and directly disrupted the formation of the Liao Army, not to mention killing them and retreating steadily, unable to break through the Song Army's defense at all.

Seeing this situation, the governor of Youzhou, his eyes glazed over, ordered to retreat but was already pressed by the Song army step by step, so he had to give it a go for the current plan.

"Brothers, kill!"

He personally went into battle and led the soldiers to kill them. He was bound to break out of the siege and give the generals a way out.

However, the "Eight Diagrams Formation" is too weird, unpredictable, paired in pairs, and cannot be broken.In the end, in desperation, they could only choose one place to attack, but it was a pity that they entered the "Longfei Formation" guarded by Gao Chong. This formation was a killing formation.

Gao Chong wears a silver mask, which is an essential tool for him and also Zhao Gou's suggestion.Gao Chong went forward single-handedly, one man was in charge of another man, even if it was cavalry and heavy armor, it didn't make any sense in front of him, one came to kill one, and two came to kill one pair.

No one in the Liao army could match Gao Chong. The battle between the two sides was not only a battle of ingenuity, but also a battle of generals.If there is not much difference in the combat effectiveness of the generals of the two sides, then the outcome will be very different; if there is a large difference in combat effectiveness, then the battle will be one-sided.

Gao Chong rushed in and out alone, even if there were thousands of troops and horses, he was still not afraid. He killed three in and three out. The Liao army could only watch him go away, and Zhao Gou ordered other people to assist him. It is cooperation and trust.

At the same time, Zhao Gou came out from the central army, went into battle, and directly led the army to form a "heaven-covering formation", and all the generals gathered together.The crossbow array was in the rear, but this time it was replaced by ordinary bows and arrows, not divine arm bows.

Zhao Gou personally led the army to attack, which rejuvenated the morale of the Song army, as if they had taken a stimulant, and the exhausted soldiers were shocked, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and continued to attack.

Now the Song army launched an attack again. Niu Gao, Gao Chong, Lin Chong, Zhao Yougong, Han Shizhong and others were all generals with one as ten, and they were brave.

The formation of the Liao army was completely disrupted, and the cavalry were killed by Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng and others, throwing away their helmets and armor. They completely forgot to cooperate and respond.

Now that the Song army has the upper hand, the defeat of the Liao army has become a certainty.As a last resort, the governor had no choice but to order a retreat. Even if there was no way to retreat, he had to fight a bloody road to fight for the last hope.

Zhao Gou took advantage of the victory to pursue and continued to chase and intercept, which made the Liao army even more anxious to stay away from the battlefield, and Gao Chong and others were even more merciless. They wiped out the enemy one by one with spears in their hands. Those soldiers of the Liao army died in the hands of the Song army. There were countless, bloody corpses all over the place.

"Your commander is dead, don't surrender quickly, surrender and don't kill!" Zhao Gou raised the head of the governor of Youzhou and yelled fiercely. The head in his hand was still bleeding, and his eyes were full He froze, as if frightened.

Zhao Gou rushed out and went straight to the captain's team to kill.If the battle lasts for a long time, not only the soldiers will not be able to hold on, but even the outcome will change. He led a team, assisted by others, and finally took the head of the governor.

When the Liao army saw that the commander was dead, they also lost their fighting consciousness. They were completely stunned by the Song army, and finally had no choice but to abandon their weapons and surrender.

The battle in Youzhou came to an end. Zhao Gou leaned over and saw corpses everywhere. They could be seen everywhere on the flat plain, and some places were even piled up into mountains, full of desolation.

Among them, there are soldiers of the Liao army and soldiers of the Song army who died in battle.Although the city of Nanjing was captured, the Song army also paid a certain price, which made Zhao Gou full of emotion.

"One will succeed and ten thousand bones will die!"

Zhao Gou knew that the achievements of the generals were all made by stepping on the pile of dead people. No one knew whether he would still be there at the next moment, and his hands were filled with an unknown amount of blood. All of this was the inevitable result, because he didn't want to fall behind and get beaten , being violated by other countries' territorial sovereignty, this battle must be fought. This is Zhao Gou's determination and his lifelong pursuit.

(End of this chapter)