"Cheng'er! If you don't accompany Ding'er, why are you coming to see my father?" Luo Yi looked at his son and had a good guess as to his purpose.

Yesterday, King Pegasus' express letter brought news about Qin Qiong's rebellion in Wagang Village. In fact, there was also a transfer order. The person to be transferred was none other than Ding Yanping, the two-gun general of Beiping Prefecture. On the surface, this transfer order said that Ding Yanping was required to go

The real intention of assisting Yang Lin in conquering Wagang is to see if Luo Yi is really colluding with Qin Qiong. If he agrees to transfer people, then the Beiping Mansion will naturally be fine. If he disagrees, the Beiping Mansion will not be in danger for the time being.

, but after the Eastern Expedition, there will probably be war. Therefore, he must let Ding Yanping go! As for Wagang Village being besieged by Yang Lin, someone has most likely notified Luo Cheng of this news, so Luo Cheng came to him to inquire.

Virtual reality.

The fact was just as Luo Yi had guessed. Wagang Village not only sent Xie Yingdeng to inform Luo Cheng of the matter, but also hoped that Luo Cheng could come to the rescue. Because at this time, Wagang Village was already surrounded by Yang Lin's Big Dipper Formation.

In Wagang Village, because Yang Lin moved too fast, Wagang Village was already besieged before the village leaders arrived. Now in Wagang Village, only the original troops of Xiawaagang Village are in the village.

Qin Qiong and others who went to rescue Cheng Yaojin could only stay behind closed doors and wait for help. However, the village leaders who arrived belatedly outside were unable to break through the Beidou Long Snake Formation because they did not know many military strategies.

As Wagang Village was about to fall into a crisis of food shortage, Wang Bodang hurriedly asked Xie Yingdeng to come to Beiping Mansion to ask for help, hoping that Luo Cheng could find a way to break the formation. But what Wang Bodang didn't know was that Luo Cheng didn't know how to break the formation either.

However, Luo Cheng knew that his father Luo Yi had played against Yang Lin back then and might know how to break the formation, so he came to find out.

"Dad, I want to ask you, have you heard of the Big Dipper Long Snake Formation?" Luo Cheng's purpose of coming was just as Luo Yi expected. He spoke straight to the point. He directly asked about the Big Dipper Long Snake Formation used by Yang Lin to siege Wagang.

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"I've heard of it." Luo Yi's answer made Luo Cheng feel happy, but then his face suddenly stiffened, "But I've never seen it. Cheng'er! You should know that only if you know how a military formation operates, can you

Find a way to break it. When Yang Lin came to attack Beiping Mansion, he didn't use the long snake formation at all. How could his father know how to break it?" Luo Yi looked at Luo Cheng and was confused because he didn't want Luo Cheng to do it.

Go. The current situation in Beiping Mansion is different from the past. If he is not careful, he may be doomed. He does not dare to take this risk. But Qin Qiong is his nephew. If he does not save him, his wife Qin Shengzhu will find out about this in the future, and she may have to make trouble with him.

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"However, my father knows that there is someone who may be able to break this formation." Luo Yi changed the subject. Luo Cheng couldn't find this person anyway, so there was no harm in telling him. Luo Cheng hurriedly asked: "Who is this person?

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"The fourth son of the former Vice Minister of Zhongshu, Xiao Zhuo."

"Him?" Luo Cheng said in surprise. When he was in Luoyang, Xiao Zhuo invited him and Su Dingfang to have a drink, but at that time he was angry at being taken advantage of by Xiao Zhuo, so he didn't go at all, but he didn't expect that this man had such ability.

"Well! In the fourteenth year of the founding of the Emperor, the late emperor inspected the three armies. At that time, Yang Lin had set up a long snake formation in the school grounds and invited the generals to discuss ways to break the formation. In the end, no one could break it. And at that time, the fourteen-year-old

Xiao Zhuo said that although the Long Snake Formation was exquisite, it had a fatal flaw. The generals asked him what the flaw was, but he just stepped forward and whispered a few words to the patron king. After that, Yang Lin praised Xiao Yu and said: Master Xiao

I am so lucky to have a son like this in the Sui Dynasty! Then Yang Lin changed the Long Snake Formation again and again, and this is how we have the current Beidou Long Snake Formation. Therefore, it is unknown whether even Xiao Zhuo can break this formation.

"After Luo Yi finished speaking, he looked at Luo Cheng, with a look of disappointment on his face.

"I see. Then how did these fathers know? You have never been to Chang'an?" The attentive Luo Cheng still caught some loopholes in his father's words.

"My father has never been there, but your adoptive father was there at that time..." After Luo Yi said this, he saw the messenger coming outside, so he stopped mentioning the matter and asked the messenger: "What are you reporting?"

"Go back to the Marquis, General Su sent someone to deliver military reports."

Luo Yi reached out and took it, opened it and saw that it was indeed a report written by Su Dingfang himself, saying that there was a sudden movement of the Turkic army in the northern border of Yanyun, and Qin Yong was recovering from his injuries, so he asked Luo Cheng to guard it for a while.

"Cheng'er! Dingfang's book says that there is something strange happening in the Turks in the north, and my father wants to send you to guard it. If you are willing to go, go. If you go, go to Dingfang to get the military order and rush there as soon as possible. If you don't want to go, you can go.

Go and say it."

"Yes, my child obeys!" Luo Cheng didn't find a way to break the formation and didn't want to stay any longer. Luo Yi saw that his interest was waning, so she pretended not to see him and returned to the house.

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"Brother Xiao, it's actually nothing serious. Look at us Yanyun soldiers. Some of us are said to be Yanyun soldiers. In fact, some of them are in the Central Plains, and some are near Luoyang. So Brother Xiao, I want to ask you to help me when I go back this time.

Bring some letters from home." In the Liehu Army commander's house, Su Dingfang was drinking with Xiao Zhuo. He said he was accompanying him, but Su Dingfang didn't drink a glass of wine. Fortunately, Xiao Zhuo understood why and didn't care about Su Dingfang. He just stayed there slowly.

Use your own discretion.

"How many letters?" Xiao Zhuo took a sip and raised his head to ask. The imperial court had messengers dedicated to doing this kind of thing. He could have ignored it, but the imperial messengers could only go back and forth once a month, and now it was the end of June.

, no wonder Su Dingfang asked him to carry the letter.

"Not many, one or two hundred envelopes." When Xiao Zhuo heard this, the wine glass in his hand stopped in mid-air and joked: "One or two hundred envelopes? It's really not that much for someone like you who has tens of thousands of people. Take it.

bring it on!"

Just as Su Dingfang got the letter, there was a sound of footsteps far outside the tent. As soon as the footsteps arrived outside the tent, people's voices also sounded, "Brother, can the North Territory send someone to go? You know, Ding'er...?"

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As soon as Luo Cheng stepped in the door, he saw Xiao Zhuo sitting upright in the room. He was surprised and happy in his heart. What he originally wanted to say had been completely forgotten. He turned to Xiao Zhuo and asked, "Who are you? Xiao Zhuo?" Because

Although they had just met each other in Luoyang, Luo Cheng still remembered who the person in front of him was.

"It's rare that the young marquis has a good memory. I haven't forgotten that I invited him to drink in Luoyang that day. The young marquis refused to reward me. We meet again today. Would you like to have a drink with me?" Xiao Zhuo picked up a glass of wine and handed it to him.

Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng thought about it and finally accepted it.

"Little Marquis, did you just say that someone else should be sent to the north? It's not impossible. I'll let Wan Jun..." As soon as Su Dingfang said this, Luo Cheng immediately interrupted: "Brother, I just thought about it, Wan Jun

Jun is your personal attendant, so it's better not to let him go, but I, with more troops, can better share my father's worries, so I'd better go."

"Okay." Seeing that Luo Cheng was willing to go, Su Dingfang didn't say much. After taking out the seal and handing it to Luo Cheng, he pushed a bag in front of Xiao Zhuo and said, "Here, that's all, it's not heavy.

I can’t tire you.”

Xiao Zhuo smiled, took the baggage with one hand, picked up the wine glass and said, "Young Master is going to the north to defend against the enemy? I wish you a triumphant return, come!"

Seeing Xiao Zhuo drink it, Luo Cheng also drank a drink, and then asked: "Thank you for your kindness. Mr. Xiao, I heard that you know a lot about military formations. I wonder if you can teach me so that I can triumphantly as soon as possible."

Ah!" Luo Cheng asked for help from others and became more modest in his words.

Heard? Xiao Zhuo looked at him suspiciously. I really didn't know who Luo Cheng heard this from. Su Dingfang? He didn't seem to have discussed this matter with Su Dingfang? Who else could it be?

"Brother Xiao, do you know how to march and form formations?" Su Dingfang, who had been in the army for many years, became interested as soon as he heard this. He immediately sat back at the desk and picked up a pen and ink, preparing to record everything Xiao Zhuo said today.

"I can't say I understand!" When Xiao Zhuo saw this situation, he was embarrassed to say he didn't understand at all, so he just said modestly: "Because I had a good relationship with Yu Wencheng when I was young, I have seen the Xiaoguo Guard's formation. And my father

I am a family friend of General Han Shi'e, so I see him more often than the average person."

"Brother Xiao, please tell me, what military formations have you seen? What are the formations like? How are the formation eyes arranged? How do they work?" Su Dingfang was impatient and urged in various ways.

"Where do we start talking about this?" Just after Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, Luo Cheng continued: "How about we talk about the Big Dipper Long Snake Formation?"

When Luo Cheng asked, Xiao Zhuo didn't show anything. On the contrary, Su Dingfang turned and looked at Luo Cheng. He knew about Yang Lin calling Ding Yanping, and naturally also knew about the siege of Wagang, so Luo Cheng

He didn't ask about other formations, but asked about the Beidou Long Snake Formation alone, which made him a little worried. Could it be that Luo Cheng wanted to go to Wagang for rescue? Then he also said he wanted to go to the north?

"Beidou Long Snake Formation? Let me think about it." Xiao Zhuo thought for a while before speaking: "This formation is originally a one-word long snake formation. It is a formation commonly used by the patron king. It is mainly used to besiege generals. For large armies,

Formation combat is actually of no use. The reason why it is famous is not only the reputation of the patron king himself, but also the fact that it has never been broken by anyone. In addition to the two generals guarding the head and tail of the formation, the other reasons for the formation are

The formation mainly consists of shield soldiers, spear soldiers, and hook soldiers arranged in fourteen rows. If they are numbered in order, they should be shield, shield, spear, rope, spear, shield, shield, shield, shield, spear, rope.

, gun, shield, shield. The outermost two rows of shield soldiers are used to resist external enemy rescues and respond to the inner shield soldiers. The spearmen behind the shield soldiers are intended to assist the outer shield soldiers to increase their lethality and at any time.

Replenish the inner spearmen to kill the surrounded enemies; further inside are the hook soldiers. This row of soldiers is mainly used to deal with the cavalry trapped in the formation. Rope hooks use softness to overcome rigidity, and the cavalry can break through the encirclement the best.

This is nothing more than what you are afraid of. And the most dangerous thing about this formation is the four rows of shield soldiers on the innermost side. Brother Dingfang, how do snakes eat?"

"If it is a venomous snake, it first kills the prey with its venom, then swallows the prey whole, eliminates its flesh and blood in the body, and then spits it out; if it is a python, it strangles the prey and then swallows the prey. The method of digestion is the same as that of poisonous snakes

." Su Dingfang replied.

"So, the danger of this formation does not lie entirely in the head and tail of the snake, but in the shield surrounding the belly of the snake on the inside. Unfortunately, those who fought against the old prince in the past valued the old prince more than the formation, and every time someone rushed into the formation

, most of them used the force of capturing thieves and kings to seize the heads of snakes, so that they were all trapped in the formation and strangled." Regarding this, Xiao Zhuo also sighed endlessly, what was regrettable was that the old prince did not hesitate to use himself as bait. Boo.

It was the thinking and strategies of those who entered the formation. He could clearly understand it at a glance, but those battle-hardened generals could not understand it. Maybe they were just a fan of the authorities!

"Master Xiao, you mean that in order to break the snake formation, you must bypass Yang Lin?" Luo Cheng was most concerned about how to break the formation, so naturally he was more concerned about the meaning of Xiao Zhuo's words.

"That's not to say bypass it. I'm afraid it's difficult to bypass it unless you deliberately contain it. The two generals at the head and tail of this long snake formation are just two poisonous fangs. Their intention is not to kill the generals who rush into the formation, but to block them.

The momentum of its attack is just as the saying goes, it will be strong in one go, then weaken again, and then it will be exhausted. Once the enemy general's momentum of charging into the formation is blocked, the two generals will disperse, and the long snake formation will open its mouth like a giant snake, closing in on the enemy.

The army swallowed it in one gulp. At that time, the general was pulled off his horse with hooks, ropes and nooses, and his limbs were stabbed with spears and sharp blades. The iron wall and shield turned into a copper wall that was difficult to shake." When Xiao Zhuo said this, he changed the subject.

, asked: "The two generals have been in the military for many years, do they have any experience on how to deal with shield soldiers?"

When asked by Xiao Zhuo, both Luo Cheng and Su Dingfang were silent for a while. Finally, Luo Cheng answered: "If we were to deal with a small number of shield soldiers, with war horses charging and no ropes to hinder us, I would be sure to break through the formation. But no more

The war horses are trapped in a tight siege. It may be difficult to use a long-skilled weapon like a spear. If we fight hand-to-hand, we will undoubtedly use our own shortcomings to defeat the other's strengths. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Xiao Zhuo couldn't help but look at Luo Cheng in a different light.

"Only those who are powerful enough to shake the mountains and rivers can forcefully tear open the shield, and then they can escape from the snake's belly and survive the death!" Luo Cheng looked at Xiao Zhuo. Originally, he didn't believe that Xiao Zhuo could break the long snake formation, but Xiao Zhuo said how about the long snake formation.

After it was put into operation, he had to admire Xiao Zhuo. Because the method of using the Long Snake Formation to fight the enemy mentioned by Xiao Zhuo was exactly the same as what Xie Yingdeng told him: generals to block the enemy, hooks and locks to hold the pendant, spears to pierce, and iron walls to surround the enemy.

The people from the Eighteenth Village who first arrived at Wagang Village did not know what they were doing and forced their way into the formation. As a result, half of them were killed in the formation and the rest were captured. So at this moment, Luo Cheng wanted to know if his method would work.

"Young Master Xiaohou is right! To break this snake formation, the first way is to have someone with the power to shake the mountains and rivers forcefully break through the shield and break out of the snake's belly. As for the second method... it used to be easy to use.

, it’s hard to say now.”

"Why?" Luo Cheng asked hurriedly. Although he had thought of forcefully breaking the formation just now, the next moment he knew that this method had almost no effect on him. It was not because he could not find someone who could shake the mountains and rivers, but because he could not find anyone who could shake the mountains and rivers.

They were the people he thought of, but he couldn't use them at all. Qin Yong and Luo Shixin were the first two people he thought of, but Qin Yong couldn't get out of bed at this time, so how could he accompany him to break the formation! So it was not advisable. And Luo Shixin was straightforward.

, I'm afraid he doesn't know where to rush, and Luo Shixin is currently surrounded in Wagang Village, and he can't see him at all.

"This second method is simple to say, it is to hit the snake seven inches. As we said before, the snake formation has a long snake formation, and the snake head and tail have two generals with poisonous fangs. It can be said that the snake head is the snake tail, and the snake tail is the snake head.
To be continued...