Chapter 1309: Temujin's drum beats the fire bull

Chapter 1309: Temujin's drum beats the fire bull

Chapter 1309 Temujin’s drum beats the fire bull

Chapter 1307: Temujin’s drum beats the fire ox

The opening of the Longmen Formation made Temujin feel like he was facing a formidable enemy. Before, he was ostensibly fighting Qin Hao, but in fact he was secretly looking for flaws in the Longmen Formation. Unfortunately, he did not find a way to break the formation.

 In the absence of a clear way to break the formation, it is undoubtedly very dangerous to try to decipher a very famous and extremely complex strategy.

Therefore, Temujin was not prepared to use conventional methods to break the formation. He decided to rely on the superiority of his troops to forcefully break the Longmen Formation. After all, the endurance of any formation is limited, and the same is certainly true for the Longmen Formation.

The reason why Li Shimin was unable to break the Longmen Formation was, firstly, because his strength advantage was not obvious and could not reach the level of forcibly breaking the Longmen Formation, and secondly, because the cavalry under his command had too few machine sets and insufficient power.

Temujin was completely different. His 240,000 troops were all elite cavalry, and their total strength and mobility were impeccable.

I have to say that Temujin is really a war genius. Although he did not find a way to break the formation, his idea of ​​​​forcibly breaking the Longmen Formation is correct. However, if he forcibly breaks the formation, he still has a big concern, that is, he does not know what to do. The fire bull array will be released when the time comes.

Before even setting foot on the battlefield, Temujin sent out all his spies to collect the locations where the Han Army's Fire Bull Formation might be released. He was afraid that the Han Army would suddenly release the Fire Bull after the battle. Unfortunately, so far, there has been no gain at all. .

"Your Majesty, our army's spies have searched hundreds of miles around and found no sign of cattle."

Wokuotai looked puzzled and said: "Your Majesty, do you think Qin Hao is trying to help us? He has never thought of using the Fire Ox Formation at all?"

"impossible."

Temujin decisively denied it and said in a deep voice: "Our detection report will not be wrong. Before leaving Ningxia City, the Han army collected nearly 10,000 cattle from various places. If they had not used the Fire Ox Formation, they would have Why collect so many cows?”

"this…"

Wokuotai rubbed his temples with a headache and said, "But there really is no place to hide tens of thousands of cows around."

 “Just because I haven’t found it, doesn’t mean there isn’t one.”

After saying that, Temujin pointed in the direction of the Longmen Formation and said, "At least our spies can't go in that direction."

"What?"

Wo Kuotai immediately opened his eyes and said in disbelief: "Qin Hao actually placed tens of thousands of cattle in the Longmen Formation? Isn't he afraid that the cattle will run wild and the Longmen Formation will collapse without attack?"

Although Wokuotai said this, he already believed most of it in his heart. After all, if the Fire Bull Formation is placed inside the formation, when Yuan Meng launches a frontal charge, the Han army will release the Fire Bull, and Yuan Meng will want to run away. Can't even run away.

“I have searched in other places. If I can’t find it, then the Longmen Formation will be the only place where I can hide the cow.”

A hint of cunning flashed in Temujin's eyes, and he sneered: "Although I am not sure about this, there is a way to find out.

 The order was passed, and the five leading troops were ordered to bring the five thousand drums prepared in advance and beat the drums with all their strength three hundred meters outside the Longmen Formation. "

Wokuotai's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he admired Temujin in his heart. Now he finally understood why he had to prepare so many drums in advance. It turned out that they were to use the sound of the drums to alarm the cattle. Three hundred meters are already within the range of the crossbow, but as long as the five thousand cavalry spread out, do not continue to get closer, and keep moving left and right, it will not be easy for the Han army to shoot Yuan Qi three hundred meters away. , but the sound caused by the five thousand drums was enough to reach the Longmen Formation.

I have to say that Temujin knew the advantages and disadvantages of the Fire Bull Formation very well.

He knew that the biggest advantage of the Fire Bull Formation was its suddenness, and in order to prevent being raided by the Fire Bull Formation, he searched for places where the cattle could be hidden before the war. After knowing the location of the Fire Bull Formation, even if Qin Hao used the Fire Bull, and he was able to avoid the Fire Bull's attack route calmly.

He also knew that although the fire oxen that had taken the secret medicine were not afraid, the cattle were afraid of noise, so he prepared 5,000 war drums in advance, hoping that the restless cattle would come back to attack the Han army, and did not allow Qin Hao to use the fire ox formation. Opportunity.

It was precisely because he was not afraid of the Fire Ox Formation that Temujin dared to directly fight Qin Hao. After all, apart from the Fire Ox Formation, the Han army had nothing to fear, and the same was true of the Longmen Formation.

Five thousand cavalrymen carrying war drums rushed towards the main entrance of the Longmen Formation. Qin Hao originally thought that they were here to test the formation, but when they reached 300 meters away, they stopped advancing, and then the thundering sound of the drums came, and Qin Hao knew How wrong I was.

The arrow array in the Longmen Formation continued to send out arrow rain, each round causing casualties to Yuan Qi, who was 300 meters away. However, due to the long distance, the enemy cavalry was in a dispersed formation. In addition, it was always in a mobile state, and the enemy cavalry was densely packed. The rain of arrows did not cause many casualties to Yuan Qi.

Wang Meng, who was beside Qin Hao, immediately showed a solemn look when he saw this, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, Temujin knew that these five thousand cavalry could not break through our army's arrow formation, so he only beat the drum three hundred meters away, and at this distance I’m afraid it will affect the cattle in the formation.”

"Report...to my lord, the noise outside the formation is really too loud. Even though the cattle inside the formation have blocked their ears with cotton, they are still affected and are already a little restless."

Qin Hao took a deep look at the opposite direction where Temujin was. He had already guessed that Temujin could break the Fire Ox Formation. After all, the advantages and disadvantages of the Fire Ox Formation were too obvious, but he did not expect that Temujin was using Such a simple and crude method.

Qin Hao used the power of livestock to fight the enemy, while Temujin used noise to resolve it. Fortunately, Qin Hao's real trump card was not the Fire Ox Formation from the beginning.

“As expected of Temujin, he is really powerful. With only thousands of war drums, I was forced to release the Fire Bull Formation in advance.”

 Qin Hao smiled lightly and praised the move, then decisively ordered: "Send the order and follow the original plan to immediately release all the fire oxen in the formation."

Although Qin Hao did not expect to defeat Temujin by relying on the Fire Bull Formation alone, he also wanted to use it to weaken the tens of thousands of Yuan and Meng troops, but now it seems that it is impossible.

"Wait a minute, my lord, Yuan Meng has only sent five thousand cavalry. If we use the Fire Ox Formation now, we won't be able to cause any harm to Yuan Meng."

Xue Rengui stood up with a face of unwillingness and said: "The cattle in the formation are just restless and have not yet exploded. In the opinion of the general, we only need to borrow crossbows. The greater the casualties of these five thousand cavalry, the louder the drums will be." The smaller they are, the more stable the herd will be.”

Qin Hao glanced at Xue Rengui and asked, "Rengui, do you know how many drums Temujin has prepared?"

"this…"

Xue Rengui was speechless. Yes, God knows how many drums Temujin had prepared. If the sound of drums from outside caused the cattle in the array to go wild, it would be too late.

 (End of this chapter)