Chapter 719: Goose Formation!
Regardless of whether Zhou Yu had committed evil in his previous life, now he is Sun Ce's brother, Sun Ce's love of jokes is known to the whole Jiangdong, and Zhou Yu must now block Gao Lan's pursuit for Sun Ce.
"Rush forward!" Zhou Yu gave the order, and the Jiangdong army met the Liu army troops who came to pursue.
Gao Ran saw that Sun Ce had already left under Zhou Yu's escort, and was very anxious, shouting: "It's all for Ben to attack to the death!" Can't let Sun Ce run away! ”
Liu Jun's soldiers knew Gao Lan's mood, and their mood was not much better. Originally, they had come to kill Sun Ce, if they hadn't wasted the opportunity just now, they wouldn't have been so passive. Although it is the reason for the boss Gao Lan, those who are small soldiers have no right to complain about the commander, the commander has the power of life and death, and they dare not say a word. Now they could only attack forward as Gao Ran commanded.
The two armies soon collided, and a killing began.
The Jiangdong army ran from a distance, and the physical strength of the horses and soldiers was lost a lot. The key point is that among the cavalry, Liu Yu's cavalry is the strongest, and Zhou Yu brought the strongest cavalry team in Jiangdong this time. This was cultivated by Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, who had always believed that their cavalry could compete with any prince in equal numbers.
Zhou Yu even thought that after his own training, this cavalry could definitely defeat Gao Lan's cavalry, after all, Gao Lan's cavalry was not the famous Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Xiliang iron cavalry under Liu Yuhui, but just ordinary cavalry.
The final result made Zhou Yu unbelievable.
The cavalry of the Jiangdong Army can have the strength to fight with Liu Yu's cavalry, but it is only a battle. When they first came into contact, the Jiangdong cavalry could have a draw with Liu's cavalry, but then the disadvantage of the Jiangdong cavalry appeared. The Jiangdong region is a region of hills and rivers, and the cavalry is all vertical and horizontal on the plains, and the Jiangdong army usually faces not so strong opponents, and there are even fewer cavalry and the like. As a result, the Jiangdong cavalry was seriously inexperienced in dealing with Liu's army, which was also a cavalryman.
This lack of experience is fatal. Liu Jun's cavalry knew that the cavalry on the opposite side could be said to be rookies through fighting, how could such a good credit be given up. The Jiangdong cavalry began to be slaughtered by the experienced cavalry of the Liu Army, and one after another fell to the ground.
Zhou Yu looked at this scene, and he finally saw the gap between his cavalry and the northern cavalry.
The northerners were tall, and the Jiangdong Army was relatively weak, and they suffered a little bit in the fight. War horses are well sourced, and war horses are all selected, unlike the Jiangdong Army, where every horse is bought with gold.
Seeing the cavalry on his side continue to fall, Zhou Yu's heart was dripping blood, which he and Sun Ce cultivated with a lot of effort.
"Good, good job! Let these Jiangdong rats pay the price! The general ordered that no one should be allowed to escape! "Gao Ran thought at first how powerful the cavalry of the Jiangdong Army would be, but it turned out to be a silver-like wax spearhead, which was useless.
"Assault of the whole army!" Zhou Yu didn't want to go on like this, this was not a fair battle, it was a one-sided slaughter.
Although the cavalry of the Jiangdong Army was inexperienced, they still knew how to huddle together for warmth, and they immediately gathered together, and then rushed in the direction where Liu Jun had the least number of people.
The infantry archers of the Jiangdong Army led by Zhou Tai began to fire feather arrows at Gao Lan's cavalry, creating opportunities for their brother troops.
Gao Ran also chose to pause temporarily, and after looking at the situation, he ordered again: "The Jiangdong dog thief is about to run." The cavalry outflanked from both flanks, and the rest of the soldiers followed Ben to assault head-on! ”
Liu's cavalry quickly moved and quickly rushed to both flanks.
Zhou Yu was very surprised that Gao Ran could see his intentions, this is Gao Ran, who was not welcomed by Liu Yu? Zhou Yu thought the same as Sun Ce, that is, Gao Ran had the strength but was snubbed by Liu Yu because of the demotion. But then again, there seem to be more generals under Liu Yu's command who are stronger than Gao Ran in front of him.
"The whole army forms a goose-shaped formation!" Zhou Yu began his own response.
The goose-shaped formation is a battle formation that spreads out horizontally and the left and right wings are arranged forward or backward in echelons. It has a high doorway, which can be attacked and defended, and at the same time, it can be rounded and turned. The attack range is large, and the wide depth in the middle can avoid being attacked by enemies for a long time. Zhou Yu's favorite is to use this formation, and he is the most proficient in this formation, and he has spent a lot of effort to study it, and even added some changes to the goose-shaped formation to make it more attackable. This goose-shaped formation is the best formation to counterattack the two flanks of the cavalry, and Zhou Yu can be regarded as hitting the seven inches of Gao Ran.
The soldiers led by Zhou Tai were trained by Zhou Yu, and they were already familiar with the wild goose marching array.
Jiangdong's army structure is a bit different from Liu Yu's army. Although the army on Liu Yu's side is led by the main general, it is also recruited by the main general. But Liu Yu's soldiers are all loyal to Liu Yu, they just follow the main general, and the money they receive is calculated according to military merits, which is relatively fair.
The army on the Jiangdong side is the family of the main general, or the domestic slaves, and fellow villagers, and it is the private property of the main general. Such an army structure can give full play to the centripetal force of the army and enhance its combat effectiveness. But there is a weakness, that is, if the main general rebels, the army to which he belongs does not have any idea of disobeying the main general.
It's just that now Sun Ce is the lord, and the officials and generals under his command are very loyal, this is just a hidden danger, and it won't happen if Sun Ce doesn't die. But if Sun Ce dies in Xuzhou, then something unpredictable will definitely happen in Jiangdong. So Zhou Yu must let Sun Ce go back safely.
Gao Ran is a general, and he can see at once that the other party is using a goose-shaped formation.
"That's amazing! can react quickly, it seems that the other party is not a simple person. Gao Ran said in surprise.
Zhou Tai continued to deal with the Liu army according to Zhou Yu's previous training, and rushed to the front by himself, while Zhou Yu kept giving orders in the center of the goose-shaped array, so that the Liu army cavalry on the periphery did not have the slightest chance to destroy the Jiangdong army.
The two sides just held on, and the two armies were constantly fighting. Although the Jiangdong Army was commanded by Zhou Yu, it was on the defensive side, and soldiers kept falling. Gao Ran kept attacking Zhou Yu's goose-shaped formation, but it was difficult to achieve much success, and he was also very anxious in his heart. Gao Ran knew that the opposite was Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, the number two person in the Jiangdong Army, who had the reputation of Mei Zhoulang. ran away from Sun Ce, the No. 1 leader, and it was okay to kill Zhou Yu. It's just that Zhou Yu is not a simple person, and it is not so easy for Gao Ran to succeed, let alone wipe out all the Jiangdong troops in the encirclement.
Unless the Liu army completely wiped out the Jiangdong army led by Zhou Yu, they would not be able to defeat Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu's formation was too exquisite. Gao Ran knew about the goose-shaped formation, and he had fought against many enemies, and it was not that Gao Ran had not succeeded in breaking the goose-shaped formation. But Zhou Yu's goose-shaped array is not an ordinary goose-shaped array, it should be said that it is a strengthened version of the goose-shaped array, and there are endless changes in it, which makes Gao Ran suffer a lot of dark losses.
"Damn, why is this Zhou Yu so difficult!" Gao Ran was really angry, just forget it if Sun Ce ran away, after all, the other party is a big fish, and the small fish and small shrimp are all protecting their lord who goes first. I didn't expect Zhou Yu to be even more powerful than Sun Ce, and I couldn't start at all.
In fact, if you want to break Zhou Yu's goose-shaped formation, there is only one way, that is, to use overwhelming forces to directly crush the past, compress the attack range of the goose-shaped formation, and directly break through its formation, which is the easiest way.
Zhou Yu knew this drawback, and he was also very anxious now. The goose-shaped array that he improved was very powerful, but the number of soldiers was constantly decreasing, and if he persisted, the physical strength of the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army would not be able to keep up.
"Ziyi, you have to hurry up and keep up, otherwise my lovely wife will really be widowed as Bo Fu said." Zhou Yu now only thinks that Tai Shici can come to help him early.
Gao Ran asked his lieutenant general, "Send scouts to find out if our reinforcements are coming!" ”
Gao Ran also understood that if he wanted to break the enemy army, he could only use crowd tactics. But at present, there is not much difference between the number of Liu Jun and the number of Jiangdong Army, so Gao Ran also hopes that his reinforcements will arrive.
Gao Ran's lieutenant immediately went down to make arrangements.
"Kill!" An earth-shattering shout of killing suddenly sounded in the ears of Gao Ran and Zhou Yu.
As soon as Gao Ran heard the source of this voice, his whole face turned white, and he scolded: "Is there a mistake! How did the reinforcements of the Jiangdong Army come so quickly!? ”
Zhou Yu looked back, saw the big "Taishi" banner, and said with a smile: "Haha, the whole army has paid attention, our reinforcements are coming." Liu Jun can't embarrass us anymore! ”
The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army were shocked when they heard this, and they all had a high will to fight.
Zhou Tai even began to kill the Quartet, and no one was invincible as the big knife pointed to.
"Taishi Ziyi is here!" Tai Shi Ci brandished a spear and rushed to the front.
The situation immediately changed, and the morale of the Jiangdong Army on this side soared. Liu Jun became depressed, he didn't defeat the Jiangdong Army just now, and now that the Jiangdong Army has reinforcements, their expedition this time has been regarded as a failure.
"It's disgusting. Ben will have fallen to this! Gao Ran looked at the approaching Jiangdong Army, and suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed.
"General, you can't do anything. Let's move first. Otherwise, the brothers will lose greatly. The adjutant hurriedly suggested.
What the adjutant general said is very reasonable, taking advantage of the fact that the Jiangdong Army has not yet met, his side is still the attacking side, and if he moves first at this moment, it is impossible for Zhou Yu to break them.
Gao Ran is very unwilling, the duck to his beak just flies, how can you let him stand it. And if it is transferred now, the Jiangdong Army will not give up, and Gao Ran's side will definitely be defeated.
Gao Ran thought about it for almost a second, and said, "Let's transfer, we can't be calculated by the Jiangdong dog thieves here." ”
Now only the strong man can break his wrist, and he can retain a certain strength to deal with the offensive of the Jiangdong Army.
Gao Ran did not order the whole army to retreat suddenly, but first let a part of the troops retreat to set up a defensive formation, and then let the front troops retreat, so that the living forces could be retained.
Due to Liu Jun's transfer, Tai Shici was able to easily rendezvous with Zhou Yu.
Tai Shi Ci came to Zhou Yu's side with a large army and said, "Governor, the end will be late, please forgive the governor!" ”
"Ziyi, you are not late, you came at the right time. Now it's time for us to attack. How's the lord? "Where would Zhou Yu blame Tai Shi Ci, Tai Shi Ci risked his life to report to Zhou Yu, now the wounds on his body have not healed, and he rushed all the way to rescue Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu was too late to thank him.
"It's all up to the Governor's arrangement! The lord has been escorted back to Guangling County by the last general, don't worry about the governor! Tai Shi Ci replied simply and clearly.
"That's good, so I'll be relieved." Zhou Yu turned around in high spirits, pulled out his sword and shouted at Gao Lan: "Soldiers, now is the time for our Jiangdong soldiers to let Liu Yu's minions know that we are powerful......
Zhou Yu's words stopped before he could finish speaking.
Because he saw a small black dot appear on the plain in the distance behind Gao Lan, and it was getting bigger and bigger.
Needless to say, it's Gao Ran's reinforcements arriving!
"Quick transfer! Don't waste time! Zhou Yu immediately changed his tune.
The soldiers in Jiangdong were all confused by Zhou Yu, and they should have attacked with their high-spirited appearance just now, but now that we have the advantage, what's the matter with the rapid transfer.
Zhou Tai and Tai Shici also discovered the information of the arrival of the other party's reinforcements, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to retreat quickly.
The soldiers in Jiangdong can only obey, the main generals are all their family masters, they are all domestic slaves or family members, there is no way not to obey them.
Zhou Yu quickly led his troops and rushed towards the original road.
Gao Ran looked at the rapid retreat on the opposite side with a puzzled face, he didn't understand why the Jiangdong Army didn't choose to destroy itself in such a good opportunity?
"There's definitely a conspiracy in this! Zhou Yu, this kid will definitely not evacuate so easily. Gao Ran was very suspicious that the other party was luring the enemy, so he chose to wait and see first.
Well, it was such a wait-and-see that caused Liu Jun to lose the best opportunity to chase and kill the Jiangdong Army.
After a while, the scouts sent by Gao Ran carried the information that reinforcements had arrived, and the leader was Jia Xu Jia Wenhe, the current supreme leader of Xuzhou. Gao Ran directly slapped himself, no wonder Zhou Yu would retreat, and he dared to find that the reinforcements on his side had been killed.
Gao Ran immediately led the troops to chase and kill him, and he wanted to make up for his mistakes. Who is Jia Xu, Gao Ran knows it, he wasted so many good opportunities, Jia Xu will definitely report it to Liu Yu. Gao Ran is no longer taken so seriously by Liu Yu, if this time it is like this, Liu Yu may let Gao Ran go home to farm.
Gao Ran went crazy and pursued with the army, but he didn't know if he could catch up.