"The Shu army is unbearable to fight, and I will undoubtedly be a mantis chariot if I want to block my edge! Speed ​​up the marching, quickly defeat the mobs, and eliminate the obstacles to Dangtu City." Lin Renzhao recalled the general and said.

It was already bright and the sky was gray and the sun was gone. It was a cloudy day, and there was still mist on the ground and the view was not very clear. When Lin Renzhao looked back, he saw a dense army of black soldiers and horses on the two roads following behind him, forming a marching raid. In front, many racists were moving on the flat fields.

A general clasped his fists and said, "The last one will immediately urge all departments."

Not long after, I suddenly heard someone shouting in front of me: "The Shu army formation!"

Lin Renzhao calmly reached out and wiped his round head, put on his helmet, and rode his horse over the front horse team. Looking at him, he saw a large number of soldiers and horses in the distance, with flags like clouds and a large number of people.

The crowd took the lead in riding the horse forward. After getting closer, Lin Renzhao looked closely for a moment and felt that it was not very wonderful. At this time, the generals around him also spoke: "I saw that the clothes and armor were complete and the queue was purged, and it seemed that they were not a mob..."

Lin Renzhao also saw that this is how it is estimated before the war.

He didn't say anything and observed it again. There were many shadows on the left, and that mountain was Dahuang Mountain; and behind the Shu army opposite, there should be a lake... Lin Renzhao had sent scouts to carefully investigate the terrain and military situation of this generation.

The Shu army formation opposite is backed by the lake and surrounded by mountains. The whole area of ​​people and horses is in a square shape. This situation is a defensive formation. However, the formation is very strange. It looks like the "Six Flower Formation", but judging by the density of each corner, it seems that there are more than six corners (like the protruding parts of a flower petal), but eight... so it looks like the "Eight Formation Map".

At this moment, the general asked: "Mr. Lin, are you still deploying the fish scale array as you decided before?"

Lin Renzhao was a little hesitant for a moment. The army ahead seemed a bit difficult to crack. Will there be any danger if it cannot be decided quickly? He calmed down and thought again. The main force of the Zhou army stationed Caishi. Under the threat of more than 40,000 Huangfu Jixun, he might fight at any time. He might not be able to pull over to threaten himself for a while; let alone the Zhou army is more than 20 miles away from this place!

Although the lineup of this Shu soldiers was purged, they were still Shu soldiers. Can these people be captured from Shu Kingdom really fight a tough battle?

While thinking, the army vanguard had already come over, and the platoon was inquiring again. Lin Renzhao made a quick decision and said, "Arranging the formation according to the original strategy!"

People came and went at the foot of the mountain, and the people who arrived at the battlefield began to form a square formation and arranged the fish scale formation under the arrangement of the generals. The direction of the Southern Tang Army camp was arranged in the northwest to avoid the mountains on the left wing and increase the attack surface.

After a long time, the troops who came one after another were deployed to the arranged position. The Southern Tang army became an attacking force, with prominent in the middle and staggered echelons behind, with heavy troops gathering in the front. The tactics were very simple: break through the middle lane!

At this moment, I suddenly saw the Shu army's formation moving, and the entire octagon began to rotate slowly. Lin Renzhao rode his horse to the front to watch, guessing the intentions of the Shu army. Later, he saw that the Shu army turned a corner of exquisite armor to the front, and Lin Renzhao finally understood.

The opponent's general should have also seen that the Southern Tang Army deployed a fish scale formation and understood that the sharpness of this formation was in the middle, so he put the most elite group of troops on the front. From a distance, the infantry was covered with armor and the armor was shining, a bit like the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty. In short, the best armor should be the elite soldiers.

This formation can rotate in the inner circumference, and Lin Renzhao's attacking personnel were on the outer circumference and could not avoid the opponent's elite. He did not change his tactics and ordered the formation of the Southern Tang Army to approach the enemy camp together.

Soon, the long-range bow and crossbowmen in front began to shoot arrows to each other. Lin Renzhao then left the front army, returned to the back of the drum and trumpet in the middle, and ordered the middle horse team to go out; then he climbed onto a large cart that built an elevated road. Seeing that the Southern Tang army cavalry was dispatched, the Shu army archers were already retreating and returned to the formation from the empty space between the horns.

The Southern Tang army used horse soldiers to open the way, and the main force approached. The central protruding heavy troops attacked a corner of the Shu army, and the sound of killing on the battlefield was shocked.

Lin Renzhao was in the central army and started a war in front of him, so the army stopped advancing and waited for the central headquarters to break through the enemy camp. However, there was no progress for a long time, and the entire army could not make any progress.

A cavalry ran back to the central army and knelt on one knee and said, "Reported to General Lin, the vanguard cannot break through the enemy camp, and many casualties!"

Lin Renzhao could see a rough situation in the central army. His vanguard had heavy troops, with a number of troops far exceeding one of the octagonals of the Shu army, and his squad had cavalry. The Southern Tang army rushed very fiercely and showed no signs of fear of fighting, but many people were killed and injured but could not defeat the troops.

The situation was completely beyond Lin Renzhao's expectations. He didn't expect the Shu army to fight so well. He felt a little panicked and shouted: "The personal soldiers are on the horse, I'll come forward and take a look!"

The general hurriedly dissuaded: "The war has begun, and the commander left the central army. If something goes wrong, the entire army will be unfavorable."

Lin Renzhao then endured it and said, "Order the second formation of the right wing to move from the wing!"

"Get orders!" A general shouted and turned over to his horse.

The fish scale formation launched by Lin Renzhao was in the middle, intending to concentrate troops and break through the enemy camp from the center; now it is not a clever plan to divide troops to attack another place, because dispersing troops cannot put concentrated pressure on one place... However, Lin Renzhao made a temporary judgment that he believed that the advance could not progress because of the small number of elite troops in the Shu army, so he made such an order.

The Southern Tang army's horse soldiers first, and the infantry followed, attacked another "horn" of the Shu army from the right wing. Looking from the elevated chariot, we could see a group of horse soldiers shooting arrows near the enemy's formation. The opponent's formation was firmly equipped with dense spearmen in front, and the Southern Tang cavalry did not dare to attack head-on. The middle of the Shu army's camp was shot in batches, and the Southern Tang army's horse team suffered more losses. The people had some armor, but the horses did not have armor, which caused the loss of horses and cavalry to keep falling off their horses.

The center of the "Octa-angle Formation" opposite was hollow, and the Shu army placed the horse soldiers in hollow, and at this time a horse army had quickly reinforced to the right wing. "Dangdang..." A bronze ware was faintly ringing, and the Southern Tang army's horse soldiers retreated, rectifying the troops and horses in the open space on the right, waiting for the infantry to catch up.

After a while, the right-wing infantry stepped forward and gradually approached a "corner" of the Shu army. The two sides quickly met with each other, and the shouts became even louder. The people and horses were stabbing in the place they were in contact, and the bows and arrows behind were still shooting each other. The battlefield was very tragic. But the Shu army did not collapse for a long time!

Lin Renzhao was so nervous that he asked, "Who is the leader of the Shu army?"

The general replied: "The scout caught this morning confessed that he was named Gao Yanqi, and was surrendered to Shu."

Lin Renzhao frowned and said, "Why did Gao Yanjun fight so hard for the people of Zhou? Mom, he is so loyal to be a dog!"

When he scolded, he forgot that he was also a surrendered general of the State of Min, and he also fought for the Southern Tang Kingdom! However, Lin Renzhao's idea was that the southern countries should have joined forces to resist the Central Plains long ago.

He finally couldn't bear it and led his army to rush to the right wing himself, shouting: "Follow me to defeat the Shu army camp!"

At this moment, someone suddenly caught up and shouted, "Not good!"

"What's the matter panic?" Lin Renzhao turned his head unhappily.

The man pointed to the right and shouted, "Look at Marshal Lin! It's all horse teams, are they soldiers of Zhou?"

Only then did Lin Renzhao notice the end of the western wilderness, and indeed saw groups of horse soldiers running out of the sparse woods! The distance was too far, and the other party had no flags, so he couldn't see whose troops were... But Lin Renzhao's heart was already cold, and it was almost certain that they were enemy soldiers! As the soldiers who reminded him said, the most cavalry was the Central Plains army; and who else came here except Lin Renzhao's men and women? At least he should tell him.

Lin Renzhao was stunned. Even though he was confident and proficient in combat formations and military tactics, he was helpless and stunned at this time.

Where did the enemy soldiers emerge from? Didn’t Huangfu Jixun make an appointment to attack Caishi today? He had more than 40,000 attacks, and could the Zhou army free up his hands?

At this moment, a cavalry rushed back and ran towards Lin Renzhao's banner. Before he could dismount, he shouted: "The army of Zhou State! Here comes!"

"Mr. Lin, what should I do?" the general asked anxiously.

What should I do? Lin Renzhao also wanted to ask... Mom, why did I expect that a horse soldier would suddenly come out from somewhere? Now this fish scale formation is full of heavy troops, and it is an offensive formation with very weak rear flanks, which can resist the assault of a large number of cavalrymen?

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Gao Yanqi was also not in the central army. He supervised the battle in the west (the right wing of the Southern Tang Army). The front was the most elite force of the entire Jiannan Army, and was equipped with excellent plate armor allocated by Guo Shao, with extremely high defense. After obtaining the "corners" on both sides and the reinforcements of the central army, the front line was very stable. But the west side could not withstand the attack. Most of the soldiers of the Jiannan Army were selected from the Shu imperial guards. They had not fought fiercely for many years, and they surrendered without fighting when the Chengdu Prefecture fell... There were fewer blood when they saw it, and if they died a little more, they would collapse.

Gao Yanqi personally led the cavalry to sit behind the battle formation. A few of the people who wanted to run were killed by the formation. The others were scared and did not dare to escape easily. The central cavalry continued to reinforce, so they barely resisted!

But it is hard to say how long it will last. Gao Yanqi was eager to establish his position in the Zhou court. He would rather die than be defeated, but the soldiers below were not as eager as him.

However, even if a corner is broken, it may be able to last for a while. After all, the gap between the eight formations is relatively small. This is also the consideration that Gao Yanqi does not use the Six Flower Formation, but arranges eight formations. The more horns, the smaller the gap between the place is broken. He does not use the Eight Formation Diagram, but may be called the "Eight Flower Formation"... The changes of the Eight Formation Diagram used by Zhuge Liang are too complicated. In later generations, most people will not use it, so they will develop a more simplified Six Flower Formation.

Gao Yanqi was also anxious. Lin Renzhao was indeed not flirting with fame. If he continued to fight like this, Gao Yanqi felt that the prospect was worrying.

At this moment, I finally heard the cheers of generals and reinforcements coming!

Gao Yanqi ignored his appearance and stood up on the horse's back while stepping on the stirrup to watch, looking over, and was overjoyed. Guo Shao came too in time. Shipo Mountain was near Caishi, more than 20 miles away from here, and he arrived so quickly.

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(I didn't want to apologize anymore, but I had to do so.

This month, it will take nearly twenty days to set off from home on the 16th of this month, and the number of daily updates is only one update.
Chapter completed!