Chapter 463: The Strategy of the Demon Sect
Zhang Xiao took a step forward and said loudly in a voice mixed with true qi, "Soldiers, let them be their siblings! If the order is not reached, if the hands and feet are at a loss, how can it be a battle? An army is not a sect melee of dozens or hundreds of people! If the army is not well-trained, there are those who trample on each other, there are those who run from place to place, and there are those who panic, and if they encounter a strong enemy, they can only be divided and annihilated, and this is the way to death! Therefore, the first thing for all soldiers is to order and prohibit, and only when they are pointed to and where the soldiers go can they become an army!
Qin Shuhuai said coldly, "Did you hear it?"
Xiao Lian was silent, but he still said unconvinced, "The truth of the order and prohibition is naturally known below. When we come to join the coalition forces, of course, we are following the orders of the alliance leader! What we oppose is this kind of senseless formation and running, and I ask you what is the use of this on the battlefield?"
Qin Shuhuai said awe-inspiringly, "What's the use, okay, Zhang Xiao, find some Jianghe to help the brothers come out and tell them if it's useful!"
Zhang Xiao immediately responded, "Yes, Alliance Leader!"
Then he ordered some Jianghe Gang disciples to come out, and said to Xiao Lian, "There are fifty-six of you, and the Jianghe Gang only has thirty ordinary disciples to fight against you once." If you win, you don't need to train, and if you lose, just wait for the alliance leader to take the lead!"
Xiao Lian was immediately furious, the other party only sent half of his own side, and they were all ordinary disciples, which was simply humiliating himself. He thinks that he is also a well-known figure in the rivers and lakes, how can he suffer such a great humiliation?
So he said, "Okay! If we lose, we will let the alliance leader fall!"
When the heroes present saw it, they were all interested, and they all stretched their necks, waiting to see this good show, which can be regarded as a joy in suffering.
The two sides immediately switched to wooden weapons, and agreed that if they were hit by a wooden sword, they would be killed once.
On the side of the Jianghe Gang, among the thirty people, there are nine shield soldiers and twenty-one sword soldiers. For the sake of fairness, the Iron Sword Gate and the Broken Sword Gate were also given nine large shields. However, the Iron Sword Gate and the Broken Sword Gate had never practiced shields, and they felt that it was troublesome, so they immediately refused.
In their opinion, how can their own side win against the other side by nearly twice the number of them.
Zhang Xiao yelled, "Let's go!"
The thirty people of the Jianghe Gang immediately rushed towards the fifty-six people of the Iron Sword Gate and the Broken Sword Gate in a zigzag shape.
Xiao Lian and Wang Zizai each brought their own disciples to greet them.
When the two armies met, the Jianghe Gang still maintained the "Pin" shaped position, and the three formations relied on each other and supported each other. The small formation of ten people is in a triangular position, with a shield hand at each apex, and the other seven swordsmen are either in groups of three or two, improvising.
And the people of the Iron Sword Gate and the Broken Sword Gate dispersed as soon as they met. They thought that they had a lot of people, and they only needed to surround the thirty people of the Jianghe Gang.
But as soon as they dispersed, they found that it was difficult to gather again!
When the people of the Iron Sword Gate and the Broken Sword Gate were about to complete the "encirclement", the ten people at the head of the "Pin" shape suddenly rushed towards the seven or eight people in front of them, and then quickly dispersed and attacked. The other two triangular formations were guarding on either side of it, preventing the people from the Iron Sword Gate and the Broken Sword Gate from coming back and forth.
The people of the Iron Sword Gate and the Broken Sword Gate first scattered, and when they saw that something was wrong, they ran back for reinforcements, and when they saw that the road for reinforcements was blocked, they remembered to rush up and fight indiscriminately.
Compared to the River Gang, they are like a rabble.
One of the biggest meanings of the formation is that it can achieve a situation of more and less in the local area. Why is it that when the formation is out of order, it is easy to be annihilated? Because in this way, the personnel cannot be effectively used.
The results can be imagined.
The thirty-person Jianghe Gang disciples rushed to the ground with fifty or sixty people on the other side after a few charges, and then divided and annihilated. Xiao Lian, the chief disciple of the Iron Sword Sect, and Wang Zizi, the elder of the Broken Sword Sect, relied on the cultivation of the first and second rank of the Xuantong Realm to the death, but they "killed" many Jianghe Gang disciples, but it was not of great use, it didn't take long for all the people around them to be "killed", and there were still ten people left on the Jianghe Gang's side, surrounding the two of them.
The winner is decided.
Everyone present was shocked.
They also knew that the reason why the cultivation of the officers and soldiers was not as high as theirs but could still overpower them was because of the well-trained battle formations and the skillful cooperation of all arms. But after seeing the Jianghe Gang drill with their own eyes, they have a deeper understanding of this.
The battle between the two armies is really not a gang scuffle, if they fight separately on the battlefield, it is a matter of time before they are defeated!
Now it seems that it is inevitable that the thousands of allied troops of the Northern Beggars and the Cao Gang will be defeated by the Jianghe Gang.
Among the heroes, many people originally complained, but after seeing the scene just now, they were all convinced.
It's a shame that the Jianghe Gang understands the battle formation, otherwise if we go to fight the Demon Sect so stupidly, it is estimated that not many people will be able to come back!
Xiao Lian and Wang Zizai also had a bit of backbone, and threw their weapons to the ground, saying that they would admit defeat and let Qin Shuhuai dispose of them if they wanted to kill.
Qin Shuhuai's face darkened, and he said to his subordinates, "Xiao Lian and Wang Zizai instigated a mutiny in the army, which is a capital crime! Nian Er and other first offenders will be reduced or reduced as appropriate, and each will be beaten with eighty military sticks! The rest of the people will be punished with fifty military sticks! If there is a next time, this seat will not be spared!"
The people of the Jianghe Gang Law Enforcement Hall immediately rushed up, skillfully pressed them to their stomachs, and then ripped off their pants, and fought on the spot, board by board.
The people of the Law Enforcement Hall have always used true qi to fight boards, otherwise they are useless to these martial artists.
One person has a board, no discount at all, eighty is eighty, fifty is fifty, everyone is beaten.
But no one howled.
It's already embarrassing enough, if you call it out again, they won't just mess around in the future!
Especially Xiao Lian and Wang Zizai, both of them are well-known figures in the rivers and lakes, Wang Zizai is still nearly sixty years old, and he was picked up and beaten in public, this person was thrown home!
This humiliation is worse than killing them.
It is precisely this kind of humiliation that has a more effective deterrent effect than killing. Let the heroes present realize that military orders are not child's play!
After beating them, Qin Shuhuai instructed Meng Wei beside him that he didn't want any of these people, and they all returned after the training camp!
Subsequently, the whole training continued!
Time passed.
When Qin Shuhuai was intensively training the disciples of various factions, the Demon Sect was also advancing.
Within half a month, the army of the Demon Sect on the Northeast Road had occupied the central and northern regions of Gansu, which allowed the Demon Sect to obtain a stable source of money and food. In these areas, they have strict military discipline, have no offense with the people, and have also taken the initiative to reduce their taxes, and even help the people who are living in difficulty to tide over the difficulties.
Even more fearful than this was that they began to preach and even conscript.
Obviously, the strategy of the Demon Cult is to take one place at a time, occupy one place and run another, and then slowly advance. It was not a fanatical warfighter who led the Demon Cult's operation, but a clever strategist.
At the same time, the Demon Sect's other army had advanced to two hundred miles away from Lanzhou City!
And Qin Shuhuai's army is still five days away from the completion of the training. Although the imperial court urged again and again, Qin Shuhuai said without any negotiation that in the past five days, not a single day should be missing.
The ravages of the Demon Cult also triggered the butterfly effect.
Huang Taiji, who was far away in Shenyang, had just learned of the Demon Sect's rebellion a few days ago. This news was regarded as a lifesaver by him, who was already anxious!