Chapter 1119: Fighting in battle formations without rules
Four fierce generals, catch and fight in the open space between the two armies.
The two armies faced each other from afar, and neither LΓΌ Bu nor Cao Cao gave the order for the soldiers to charge.
The Qin army set up a large arrow formation, in order to wait for the Cao army's large array to change, and then charge in one fell swoop, stifling Cao Cao's idea of confined the battle to a small scale.
However, Cao Jun's large array has always remained in its original state, and there is no sign of change at all.
"Ming Gong!" Standing behind Cao Cao, Guo Jia whispered to him: "You can change the edge of the big formation to a goose shape!" β
"Goose-type?" Turning his head to look at Guo Jia, Cao Cao frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice: "If it is transformed into a goose-shaped formation, once the enemy launches a charge, ......"
"The left flank of the enemy army is weak!" Looking at the Qin army's large array in the distance, Guo Jia whispered: "Cao Gongke secretly strengthens the left flank, and when the Qin army charges, he suddenly counterattacks!" β
"What about the right wing?" Having never heard of a goose-shaped formation used for defense capable of charging, Cao Cao frowned slightly and whispered to Guo Jia.
"The right flank only needs to be stabilized and the left flank can be strengthened, even if the Qin army cannot be defeated in this battle, they will definitely know that our army is not something they can defeat if they want to!" Lowering his voice, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "If this battle is won, and Cao Gong will lead the army to withdraw in the future, the Qin army will not dare to chase after him!" β
Listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao nodded and shouted behind him: "The transformation array is a goose shape, and the left wing is strengthened!" β
With Cao Cao's order, the battle flag in the Cao army's large array waved, and the soldiers soon moved.
Fighting in battle formations is the basic way of fighting that all armies must master, except for armies that have little discipline like the Yellow Turban Thieves.
The soldiers of the Cao army fought in the south and the north, and they were very familiar with the battle array.
The great array of changes, to the form, is only a matter of an instant.
Seeing the changes in Cao Jun's array from a distance, the corners of Lu Bu's mouth pulled slightly, and he said to an officer behind him: "Mingjin collects the troops!" β
After receiving Lu Bu's order, the officer answered and waved his arm to the standard-bearer not far away.
While the standard-bearer waved the flag and gave orders to Yan Liang and Wen Chou to withdraw their troops, there were also bursts of rapid golden sounds in the Qin army's large array.
The crisp sound of Mingjin floated over the battlefield, and when they heard Mingjin's body, Yan Liang and Wen Chou both crossed their blades in their hands, blocked the other party, turned around the war horse, and rushed towards the Qin army's large array.
Xiahoudun and Zhang He, who fought with Yan Liang and Wen Chou, saw that the two were retreating, but did not come forward to chase and kill, but also turned around and returned to the Cao army's array.
Seeing that Yan Liang and Wen Chou had returned to the big array, Lu Bu pointed the halberd in his hand forward, and shouted to the soldiers of the Qin army behind him: "The whole army is assaulted!" β
Cao Jun changed the formation, and it was transformed into a goose-shaped formation that was only suitable for defense, in Lu Bu's opinion, it was undoubtedly a great credit in front of him, he categorically would not give up such an opportunity, and immediately issued an order for the whole army to assault!
With Lu Bu's order, the Qin army's large array immediately pressed forward on the whole line, and Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou rode tall war horses and slowly advanced towards the Qin army's array.
The Qin army's large array advanced, and Cao Cao also raised his arm.
Seeing Cao Cao raise his arm, Cao Jun's standard-bearer raised the battle flag high, and hurriedly shook the battle flag while Cao Cao pressed his arm down.
The battle flag waved, and bursts of "dong dong" war drums came from the Cao army's large array.
The war drums sounded, and the Cao army's large array immediately advanced towards the Qin army.
Looking at Cao Jun's large array from afar, Lu Bu's brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
He has seen a lot of goose-shaped large arrays, but he has never seen such a large array as Cao Jun's arrangement.
The left flank is extremely thick, while the right flank is thin, as long as the Qin army concentrates its forces to break through to the right flank, the Cao army's large array will definitely be broken.
Seeing this scene, Lu Bu hurriedly instructed a soldier behind him: "Pass the order, and the whole army will concentrate on assaulting the right flank of Cao's army!" β
"No!" After receiving the order, the soldier responded with a fist clenched, clamped his legs between the belly of the horse, and rode his horse towards the large array of the Qin army, which had already advanced some distance.
The order given by Lu Bu was conveyed to the Qin army's large array in a timely manner, and the advancing Qin army's large array immediately changed its angle and advanced towards the right flank of Cao's army.
The Qin army's large array changed angles, Cao Cao and Guo Jia glanced at each other, smiled at each other, and Cao Cao waved his hand to the standard-bearer again.
With Cao Cao's movement of waving his hand, the standard-bearer hurriedly issued a new order to the advancing army.
To Lu Bu's surprise, as Cao Jun's standard-bearer gave the order, Cao's large array actually accelerated the speed of its march, as if it was going to take the initiative to attack the Qin army.
Seeing this scene, Lu Bu's face suddenly became solemn.
If something goes wrong, it will be a demon!
Cao Jun's actions completely contradicted Lu Bu's perception of the battlefield, and it was precisely because of this that he became more and more uncertain about this battle.
The large array of the Qin army, which was advancing forward, reached a place where it was only fifty or sixty steps away from the Cao army, and gradually stopped its march, and the heavy infantry in the large array raised their shields one after another, and used their round shields to build a solid shield wall in front of the formation.
The strong crossbowmen in the array raised their crossbows one after another, aiming at the Cao army who rushed up.
A series of sharp arrows were aimed at the charging Cao army, and the strong crossbowmen of the Qin army had solemn faces, just waiting for the officer commanding them to give the order to fire.
The Cao army was getting closer and closer, and the Cao army archers in the charge had already set up feather arrows on the longbow, and raised their longbows while charging.
"Shoot the arrows!" As Cao's army got closer and closer, the Qin officer commanding the crossbowmen drew the long sword at his waist, raised the long sword high, slashed it down, and gave the order to release the arrow.
As the officer gave the order, all the crossbowmen pulled off the springs of the crossbow arrows.
There was a burst of machine springs, and arrows flew towards the oncoming Cao army's array.
The heavy infantry of the Cao army, who rushed to the front with a large shield in hand, let out a roar of rage in the face of the arrows shot by the Qin army, and rushed towards the Qin army.
Countless arrows flew towards Cao Jun and shot at the shield held in Cao Jun's hand.
One by one, the feathered arrows, like huge raindrops, fell on Cao Jun's shield, and the shield struck: "crackling".
Although most of the feather arrows were blocked by Cao Jun's shield, some of the feather arrows still fell into the charging Cao army.
Patches of Cao army, under the attack of the Qin army's arrows, fell on the battlefield.
Cao Jun in front fell down, and those behind rushed up.
Xu was defeated by the Qin army, and the soldiers of the Cao army now had an idea, that is, to break through Xu Du as much as possible and rescue the family members who fell into the hands of the Qin army.
With an obsession in their hearts, when the soldiers of the Cao army were charging, they showed a high fighting spirit that they had never had before.
Compared to the Cao army, the Qin army was a large army that was always able to maintain a high fighting spirit, and when the Cao army rushed to a distance of only thirty or forty paces from them and began to shoot arrows to counterattack, all the Qin troops let out a roar.
The two armies were getting closer and closer, and the effectiveness of the arrows was getting smaller and smaller, and when the Cao army rushed to a place that was only more than ten steps away from the Qin army, the Qin army let out a roar and pounced on the Cao army.
After all, the distance of the Cao army's charge was farther than that of the Qin army, and the two armies collided in one place, and the shields and blades collided with each other, making a crisp sound of "popping".
The soldiers of both sides who rushed to the front picked up their shields and weapons, and constantly whipped and stabbed at the heads and bodies of the enemy soldiers.
The soldiers on both sides at the front, holding a shield in one hand, protected their heads and bodies under the shield, and the other hand held a blade, stabbing and slashing at the enemy with all their might.
A soldier of the Qin army used his shield to cover the countless short spears stabbing in his face, and when the short spear stabbed a little looser, he roared and handed the Pu knife he was holding in his other hand forward.
Together with the many Pu knives stabbed by the Qin army beside him, the tip of this Pu knife pierced the Cao Jun on the opposite side like a bolt of lightning.
A soldier of the Cao Army, who was pushing together with this Qin army, saw that Pu Dao was pierced and wanted to move the shield to cover it, but the shield was stuck by the people on the side, and it was difficult for him to even twitch.
In the blink of an eye, the sharp Pu knife pierced into the chest of the Cao soldier.
The moment the Qin army drew out the Pu knife, a stream of blood shot out like a fountain, and the Qin soldiers were full of shields.
The soldiers on both sides were entangled in one place, letting out bursts of shouts, and pushing forward with all their might.
As the soldiers stabbed and slashed with their blades, patches of people fell, and then patches of people poured up.
The two sides collided in one place, and the Qin army rushed to the Cao army in pieces, but the left flank array of the Cao army did not send out full strength, after the Qin army was completely caught in the battle situation, the Cao army on the rear side of the left flank immediately detoured to the side of the Qin army and launched an attack from the rear of the Qin army.
Cao Jun's array suddenly extended, which surprised Lu Bu, who was watching the battle from afar.
The Qin army led by him was much smaller in number than the Cao army, and if the two sides fought in battle, the Qin army would still be difficult to say whether it would win or lose by virtue of its well-equipped and far stronger soldiers than the Cao army.
But the Cao army suddenly changed its formation and attacked the left flank of the Qin army from behind, and in this battle, the Cao army took the initiative.
There were bursts of killing on the battlefield, and the Qin army, which was attacked by the Cao army from the flank and rear, turned around and fought with the Cao army that came up from behind, wanting to repel this Cao army.
But after all, they suffered a great loss in numbers, and when the Cao army suddenly attacked from the flank and rear, they were completely defenseless, but in an instant, the Qin army on the left flank fell in pieces.
The Cao army, which was charging head-on with the Qin army, desperately resisted the Qin army's charge, but the Cao army that fought behind it became more and more courageous, and was gradually eating away at the Qin army's large array.
Standing in the middle army, Cao Cao looked at the two armies that were fighting from afar, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Guo Jia beside him: "Feng Xiao really expects things to be like a god, and he actually sees that the left flank of the Qin army can be used as a place to break through!" β