As the controllable cavalry under his command became more and more powerful, Xie Ai became more and more bold in using his troops, and the speed of the large array was more than several times faster.

The eight formations have a wide range, and they are also quite disciplined when they move forward, which is different from ordinary soldiers' marches. The first is to explore the terrain, set up the mound method, and form a tendency to lean on, and gradually encroach on it.

The first is to select the location of the position, and then the chariots come out in groups, attracting the army to take the initiative to attack, first attract the strength of the army battle formation to the regional battlefield, gallop and run, cover the ears and eyes, and use the army to serve the public, dig ditches and set up trenches, set up horses, and block the cavalry of the army from approaching.

After that, the soil is the mound, the soldiers climb the mound to guard, before the camp is completed, first push the formation in front of the van car, shoot with the car in wartime, and at night can dismantle the carriage and stay in the night, can avoid the suffering of frost and cold.

In the process of advancing, it is especially important to note that the Qiang army used heavy equipment such as trebuchets for field warfare. Although the van for transporting troops was also covered with thickened leather, it could not withstand the smashing of stones.

Previously, due to the long battle line between the two armies, the Qian army did not dare to use these defensive equipment in the field, for fear of being captured by the counterattack of the royal division. With the narrowing of the distance between the battle lines, the Wang Division had enough cavalry to replenish, but the Qian army did not have the huge chariots of the Wang Division, and they did not dare to use heavy weapons externally, so they could only watch the Wang Division's large array approaching the city of Xiangguo little by little.

Ma Qiu, who stayed in Xiangguo, has also been tormented by Xie Ai's dog-tooth advancement method recently, and he can be said to be tormented. Although there were many cavalry under his command, the Jin army advanced through this intricate large formation, which offset the advantages of the field battle to the greatest extent, making him at a loss.

It was not that he did not think of blocking the advance of the Jin army by other means, such as water attacks and fire attacks. However, the weather is unfavorable at the moment, the river canals are dry, and the water attack cannot be applied at all. In the case of a fire attack, the surrounding area of Xiangguo itself has been cleared, and most of the wild grass and trees in the field have been cut down, and the distance between the Jin military camp and the camp is very large, even if it is ignited, it is difficult to burn the joint camp, and it is difficult for the fire to spread.

Or set up a fort on the advance route of the Jin army in advance, as a nail. However, the strength of the Jin army's siege equipment was outrageous, and even the previous front-line fortified city could not last long for the bombardment, and the hastily erected barracks were even more vulnerable.

Although he and Xie Ai are old rivals, they still dare not boast that they have all known their talents. In the old years, they fought against each other in Yedi, and every time they fought in the battle array, they had a new experience, which was dizzying, and now the complicated array set up made him feel like he couldn't break it.

Of course, if Xie Ai knew what Ma Qiu was thinking at this time, he would inevitably have to be humble and thank Ma Qiu. Now he can re-push the eight formations and successfully set them up, and calmly control them and apply them to actual combat, and the combat training with Ma Qiu in the past few years can be said to be indispensable. Many of the changes in the eight formations gradually matured after they were gradually improved in the battle with Ma Qiu.

It can be said that if there were no years of experience in fighting with Ma Qiu, even if Xie Ai deduced the Eight Array Diagrams, he would have been just talking on paper, and it would be difficult to directly apply them to actual combat. Not to mention the tens of thousands of elite soldiers who make up the eight formations, the changes in the formation diagram are so complicated that it is difficult for many long-term generals to fully grasp and digest them in a short period of time, and without the tempering of the past few years, how can these soldiers be proficient.

Of course, even if Ma Qiu learned about these inside information, he wouldn't feel very proud. As the battle went on, he didn't think about how to break this battle formation, and he already had many immature thoughts in his heart.

The large array in the south of the city has a wide range, so it has extremely high requirements for the transmission of instructions. If you can gather a brigade of elite troops, quickly attack, and behead at any cost, even if you can't directly kill Xie Ai, the main general, just break the command system of one of the armies, you can make those sub-camps unable to cooperate and be broken by each one.

In addition, a large number of infantry pawns rushed into the formation, filled the gap between the camps, and prevented the cooperation of the battalions in the enemy's army, and then broke through the strong cavalry army from the outside and inside, and the large array was naturally broken.

However, these two lines of thought, the former according to his understanding of Xie Ai, may be a loophole that was deliberately leaked to him, and once the battle is implemented, it may be found that this so-called loophole is the real killer move.

And the latter way of thinking, the amount of pawn power required is massive, and the gap between the southerner camps is huge, and if you want to fill it completely, don't think about it without tens of thousands of pawns.

Ma Qiu didn't care much about the lives of ordinary Han Ling, but the problem was that in addition to the garrison and necessary labor in the Xiangguo at present, most of the people had been coerced to Xindu by the lord Shihu. And at present, the military power of Xiangguo has been separated, although he is still the main one, but more than 10,000 foot soldiers are under the command of Zhang Hedu, the guard of Wu'an Wang Shi Kun stayed in the dilapidated Jiande Palace, and it was not under his control.

Ma Qiu also tried to communicate, hoping that Zhang Hedu could cooperate with him and make every effort to break through the Jin army camp outside the city. But after listening to Ma Qiu's tactical ideas, Zhang Hedu directly refused, unwilling to use the lives of his men to fight for Ma Qiu's chance of victory, but questioned why Ma Qiu didn't use his own men to fill the battle array?

When Ma Qiu heard this, he was so angry that he didn't know how to express it. Everyone in the country knows that he can get the trust and reuse of the lord because of his loyalty and not private troops, if he really has the selfish intention to build his own armed troops, how can he obediently let the lord transfer away many elites from the lord, let alone share the military power of Xiangguo with Zhang Hedu, a fool like Zhang Hedu, because of the lord's order!

He was reluctant to fill the cavalry into the battle formation, one is that it is not easy to develop the cavalry combat power, and the cavalry combat power under his command is already one of the few elite in the country at present, once the loss is too much, it will be even more powerless to intercept the southerners' offensive.

Second, Ma Qiu himself is not sure whether this tactic is effective, leaving enough cavalry maneuver force, even if there are more variables, there is enough strength to deal with it, so as not to be defeated.

Zhang Hedu refused to cooperate here, and it was difficult for Ma Qiu to show his ideas even if he had ideas, so he could only watch the Jin army gradually approach the city defense of Xiangguo. Although he frequently sent troops to fight to obstruct, but the effect was minimal, once the Jin army arrived at the city of Xiangguo, he was well aware of the fierceness of the Jin army's siege, and it was a dream to hold on to the tug-of-war!

On this day, it was customary to patrol the front line, and after seeing the advance of the Jin army, Ma Qiu's mood couldn't help but be even worse. In fact, according to his thoughts, it is difficult to turn the tide of the war by defending Xiangguo and fighting against the Jin army.

If the lord was really reluctant to give up Xiangguo, he should not have moved to move the capital last year, which not only cost the people and money, but also made the various armies in the south fight separately, lacked systematic scheduling, and was broken by the Jin army. And since the capital has been moved to the north, Xiangguo should be abandoned in such a chicken place, and gather the main force of Yu Xindu to prepare for a decisive battle with the Jin army.

But he was already a sinful person, and although the Lord was out of balance, he could not tolerate others challenging his authority, even if Ma Qiu had different opinions, he did not dare to declare it, and could only obey orders.

Not long after returning to the city, the news in the Jiande Palace was that the messenger of Xindu had arrived, Ma Qiu did not dare to slack off, and led hundreds of retinues through the city and entered the Jiande Palace.

Today's Jiande Palace, there is no longer the majesty of the palace, after a war in the autumn of last year, it was not repaired, and then the Lord decided to move the capital, and many beams and pillars of the Jiande Palace, the cornerstone was removed and sent to Xindu to build a new palace, and now it is even more a ruin.

Shi Kun, the king of Wu'an, was the nominal supreme governor of the current Xiangguo, and he did not want to live in the Jiande Palace, which had unbearable memories for him, but lived in Shan Yu Taichung, which was built by the late prince Shi Di to the north of the Jiande Palace.

When Ma Qiu arrived here, the guard Zhang Hedu had already arrived first. Zhang Hedu is responsible for defending Xiangguo City north of Zhangshui, which is an area that the Jin army has not yet arrived at, there is no front-line supervision and fatigue, and the time is naturally much more abundant than Ma Qiu, his eyebrows and eyes are narrow, and he looks quite cold, seeing Ma Qiukuo walking into the hall, the corners of his mouth are filled with a trace of inexplicable smile.

Because Zhang Hedu was unwilling to cooperate with the battle, Ma Qiu's relationship with him was also tense. In fact, he has not had a good relationship with other generals in the country, he was originally an old man in the lord's palace, and he had to take power directly, and then he fought for a long time, and he didn't have the time and energy to maintain any intimate contacts with other people in the country, but he was like a lone husband, so he could get the trust of the lord Shihu.

Seeing Zhang Hedu's cold expression, Ma Qiu couldn't help but glance at the other party, although he was a lonely man in the country, he would not be afraid of anyone. After their eyes collided, he stepped forward to salute Shi Kun, the king of Wu'an.

"Mahou, please take a seat, no need to be polite."

Wu'an Wang Shikun is very polite to Ma Qiu, he is not very valued by the monarch among the brothers, last year was captured by the Jin army and almost died, after being released, he entered the Ma Qiu army, and Ma Qiu is also an old acquaintance, for this general naturally dare not slack off.

The messenger from Xindu stepped forward and conveyed the Lord's order in detail, in fact, there was no new instruction, nothing more than a sharp intimidation, so that Ma Qiu, Zhang Hedu and others worked together, and they must hold the city of Xiangguo and buy time for the army of Xindu to counterattack. As for when the defense will last, and how the country will launch a counterattack, none of this is mentioned.

Although it was just some nonsense, Ma Qiu still listened with his ears up, but when he heard the end, he didn't hear what he wanted to hear, and he couldn't help but feel very disappointed. The situation in Xiangguo is like this, and he has also made a proposal to the lord, hoping to send some more reinforcements, at least hoping that the lord can clarify how the master of Xiangguo is, and use the lord's authority to make Zhang Hedu obey his orders.

But Shi Hu did not talk about the issue of reinforcements, and avoided talking about the distribution of military power in Xiangguo, which made Ma Qiu feel even more anxious, especially when he saw Zhang Hedu's sneering expression, he couldn't wait to smash his face with a punch.

However, the envoy's trip did not just convey some nonsense, but also brought some assistance, the most important of which was 300 pairs of heavy infantry armor and 200 heavy cavalry armor.

After the great decline of the country, the use of the state is even more scarce, especially the letter is still in a big expansion of the army, the army is reckless, these five hundred pairs of excellent men and horses armor, Shi Hu carefully raised and squeezed out, if it is not for the trust in Ma Qiu, let alone sent to Xiangguo, and do not forget to tell Ma Qiu to make good use of strong weapons to beat the southern thief.

Ma Qiu should be grateful for the Lord's care and intentions, but when he thought of the strong and powerful military appearance of the Jin army opposite, it was really difficult to feel a little fluctuating in his heart for these equipment assistance.

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