Chapter 426
At the gate of the Chu army camp, the Chu army flowed continuously and rushed out.)
Eighteen thousand government soldiers and 20 thousand "Tiger Army" rushed out of the gate in a mighty manner, and then slowly unfolded in the wilderness on the east side between the two armies. In less than half an hour, a huge vanguard formation was set up. The front army, the left army and the right army gathered into a huge arrow in front, the central army and the twenty thousand tiger army were arrow shafts, and the rear army was arrow tails.
In addition, there are more than 5,000 cavalry scattered on the left and right sides of the rear army, with feathers shaped like arrow-tailed feathers.
Bi Shu, Jin Xiang, Ziche Shi, and Xiqilie stood on the nest car and looked down. The arrow formation formed by 200,000 Chu troops was like a giant arrow shot from an ancient giant, shooting towards the coalition forces in an unstoppable momentum. At the point of the arrow, the cold and solemn aura suddenly spread endlessly in the wilderness.
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The formation of the coalition forces opposite was a little messy.
Han Xin was wearing a purple robe and was standing in a solemn manner on the towering nest car. Seeing the Chu army setting up the brute arrow formation, Han Xin couldn't help but smile a little. Feng arrow formation, is it going to take the initiative to attack?
There was a whisper of extreme disdain behind Han Xin.
"It's actually a marching formation. Is Bi Shu trying to attack his father?" Han Heyu was disdainful.
"Bi Shu is really arrogant and I don't know how the word "death" is written." Xue Ou scoffed.
Cheng Hei also echoed: "That is, the first battle in Huainan three years ago, Bi Shu also wanted to attack the king, but was killed by the king without any resistance. If it weren't for the camp of Huainan, Bi Shu would have been defeated and died three years ago. This guy suffered a loss, but he was still unwilling to learn from his lesson?"
"Father!" Han He suddenly turned his head and looked at Han Xin. He said, "Or it is the crane wing formation?"
Han He also participated in the first Huainan Battle three years ago. In that battle, Han Xin and Bi Shu competed with the method of formation. In the end, he forced the Chu army into a desperate situation with the Crane Wing Formation.
"No." Han Xin waved his hand and said calmly, "Let the square array!"
"Huh, square array?"
"How is it a square array?"
"What... did this say?"
When all the generals heard this, they all looked shocked. Compared with the Crane Wing Formation, although the square formation is also both offensive and defensive, whether it is the change of the formation or the offensive and defensive momentum, the square formation is far less sharp than the Crane Wing Formation. If you have to find an advantage, it is that the square formation is more stable than the Crane Wing Formation, and even if it is subject to the most violent attack, it will not be easy to collapse!
In a word, the square formation is the most stable defense among the eight basic formations except for the circular formation. However, the circular formation is a pure defensive formation, while the square formation can barely be considered both offensive and defensive.
However, no matter how shocked he was, no one dared to question Han Xin's decision.
Han He suddenly turned around and shouted loudly to the commander: "The king has an order, arrange... a square formation!"
The messenger quickly raised two triangular flags on the nest cart, one was the king flag representing each army and battalion, and the other was the command flag representing the square formation. In an instant, the slightly chaotic coalition formation began to move. Teams of heavy armor, rows of halberd spear soldiers and archers moved to each other, and the entire formation looked even more and more messy.
The Chu army, who had already set up the vanguard formation on the opposite side, did not take advantage of the situation to launch an attack. This was not a demeanor, nor was it paying attention to war etiquette. It was not easy for the army to advance or retreat after setting up the formation. When you rush forward, someone might set up the formation. If you are not careful, you will lose a handful of rice.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the coalition formation evolved into a huge and neat square formation.
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Seeing the coalition forces set up a square formation, several Chu generals on the nest car were also shocked.
"It turned out to be a square formation?" Ziche Shi said in surprise, "This is not like Han Xin's style."
Jin Xiang's eyes were full of fierce light and said, "I thought Han Xin would sacrifice the crane wing formation again."
Xiqilie said in a deep voice: "You can't say that the last Huainan Battle, the crane wing formation set up by the Qi army was really powerful. If Ying Bu hadn't broken through the Qi army camp in the end, I wouldn't know what would have happened."
Bi Shu smiled and said nothing. The Huainan Battle three years ago did not represent this battle. The Chu army's vanguard formation and the coalition's phalanx formation cannot explain any problems. These are just forms. What really determines the outcome of the war is his commanding skills of Bi Shu and Han Xin, as well as the combat power of the Chu army, Qi army and Huainan army.
The Chu army had the advantage of training and equipment, but the coalition also had a weak advantage of military strength.
Therefore, what really decides the outcome of this great battle is his ability of Bi Shu and Han Xin!
When he and Han Xin reached the realm, the so-called formation was actually less important, because the various departments and qus that formed the entire formation were under their direct control. Even the purely defensive circular formations can also be decomposed into dozens or hundreds of purely attacking front-arrow arrays, and the transition between offense and defense was only in one thought.
And this is the highest level of no formation than a formation!
Han Xin ordered the coalition forces to set up a square formation, which was not so much a response to the Chu army's storm formation, but rather a demonstration to Bi Shu: You kid set up a front arrow formation, don't you just want to attack? Okay, I will set up a square formation and let you attack, and see if your Chu army can defeat my coalition forces.
What is self-confidence? This is self-confidence!
What is arrogant? This is arrogant!
Bi Shu just smiled indifferently, then raised his right hand and pressed forward gently, saying, "Attack."
Since Han Xin has made a statement that he will let him attack, what else can I be polite? Just attack.
Tie Niu suddenly turned around and rushed to the other side of the nest cart and said loudly: "Transfer the order, attack..."
The Chu army's flag, which was originally standing on the nest cart, suddenly spread out. First, it waved twice in the wind, then suddenly tilted towards the front. The 200,000 Chu army, who were waiting for the battle, began to take neat steps and shout neatly horns, like a torrent of steel, rolling forward, and the Chu army... began to attack!
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When the Chu army moved, the virtual and real in the formation were exposed.
Zhao Yan put on a tent and looked at it for a moment, turned his head and said to Han Xin: "King, the Chu army all came out lightly and did not carry the baggage cart to fight. There is also a crossbow that has not been seen."
Xue Ou also said: "The Chu army went to fight for about 200,000, and the troops left behind in the camp will not exceed 50,000!"
The formation of the Chu army was very neat. Even when advancing, the oblique rows were extremely neat, so it was easy to count. Xue Ou only counted for a moment and found out the approximate number of troops of the Chu army.
Han Xin nodded slightly, but his eyes fell on the middle of the Chu army's front arrow formation.
In the middle of the Fengya Array, just around Bishu's towering commanding chariot, there was an especially eye-catching Chu army formation. The other Chu army was all wearing black battle robes, but the Chu army in this phalanx were all wearing bright red battle robes, and they were all wearing iron armor and holding sharp long swords. On the big star in front, there was a colorful tiger with teeth and claws embroidered on it.
Hu Ben Army, Han Xin narrowed his eyes slightly. Is this the Hu Ben Army, one of the three imperial guards under Xiangzhuang's tent?
Zhao Yan quietly walked to Han Xin and whispered: "King, this should be the Hu Ben Army of Chu, and the Chu general wearing golden armor in front of him should be General Hu Ben, one of the two fierce generals in Xiang Zhuang's tent. It is said that this man's martial arts are even better than Xiang Zhuang, and he is almost comparable to Xiang Yu."
"Compared with Xiang Yu?" Han Xin couldn't help but feel a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth.
Unstoppable, a scene of extremely noisy war broke out in Han Xin's mind. It was during the Battle of Gaixia that Xiang Yu personally led 20,000 front-line troops to launch a fierce attack on the 300,000 Qi troops. Han Xin still cannot forget the peerless appearance of Xiang Yu holding a halberd and slamming his halberd. Xiang Yu... How could there be another one in this world?!
However, the hero is as great as Xiang Yu, and wasn't he defeated by Han Xin in the end?
In front, 200,000 Chu soldiers were shouting roaming overwhelming trumpets and rolling towards this side: "The great Chu, a sage of death; blood will not flow, and death will not stop..." As the sound of trumpets as they were higher than the waves, there was a strange aura surging between the heaven and the earth. It was a kind of momentum, a kind of murderous aura with no enemies and no one, and I was invincible!
While waiting for a suffocating, the distance between the Chu army and the coalition forces was getting shorter and shorter.
Five miles, three miles, five hundred steps, three hundred steps... Finally, the arrows of the Chu army's front arrow formation had advanced to the coverage of the coalition longbow. In an instant, tens of thousands of coalition archers pulled out longbows more than half a person high. Amid the buzzing sound of the bowstrings, tens of thousands of reed feather arrows had already shot into the void ahead with a squeaking roar.
The next moment, the entire void in front of the Qi army formation was filled with endless arrows!
The coalition soldiers who were waiting for the battle looked up and saw that the entire void ahead was completely covered by faint clouds formed by arrows, which really covered the sky and the sun.
After a moment, tens of thousands of feathered arrows were piled up with endless roars.
"Herby...Shield!" In the Chu army's front arrow formation, accompanied by the angry long howls of the heads of each army and battalion, dark iron-packed shields were raised one after another, and gathered into an endless shield wall over the entire front arrow. In the next moment, endless feather arrows had already roared down from the air, and endless screams and wails sounded in the Chu army formation.
Although the shield of the Chu army was strong, the shield wall formed by tens of thousands of shields was wide enough, it was impossible to resist every feather arrow. With the screams of soaring, feather arrows shot into the gap between the shields from time to time. Many heavy arrows shot by Lou Fan archers directly penetrated the solid shields and shot the Chu army mercilessly.
The so-called Lou Fu Sagittarius does not refer to Lou Fu, but refers to those sharpshooters with extraordinary arm strength.
With the sound of shouts, the coalition archers put their long bows again and again, throwing waves of arrow rain into the air, and then piled up the heads of the Chu army. With each wave of arrow rain falling, there will inevitably be wailing and screams in the Chu army formation, and there will inevitably be Chu soldiers being caught in the arrow and falling to the ground. However, the progress of the Chu army has not been slow at all... (..)
Chapter completed!