Chapter 1984: Dragon Gate Reappears
Chapter 1984 Dragon Gate Reappears
Chapter 1982: Dragon Gate Reappears
With Li Shimin's stimulation and the increase of "Zhenguan", the 50,000 Tang troops who turned into Ai troops were indeed no longer fierce, but they still had to be able to defeat the Qin army.
Even if the Tang army risked their lives and fought to the death, it would not change the fact that they were infantry. If they wanted to attack the Qin army with all the cavalry, they had to wait for the Qin army to take the initiative to attack.
In other words, the initiative lies entirely in the hands of the Qin army. They can beat you up whenever they want, while the Tang army can only passively counterattack.
Since he has taken the initiative, what else does Zhang Liao have to fear? He has the final say from beginning to end, and he has many means to slowly control the Tang army.
“Send the order and the Chinese army will advance five miles.” Zhang Liao said calmly.
After Zhang He and Xu Huang left, the position of Zhang Liao's central army did not change. It was still ten miles away from the Tang army. Naturally, this was done to maximize the impact of the cavalry.
Once a general attack is launched and the distance between the two sides is too short, the cavalry may have rushed to the enemy before the speed of the cavalry has developed, which is not conducive to the charge of the cavalry.
Now Zhang Liao is advancing five miles because the Tang army has changed too much. If there is any change in the battle situation, if his cavalry is ten miles away, he may not be able to respond in time.
Following Zhang Liao's order, the 160,000 cavalrymen began to advance forward, but Xiao Yan's 10,000 cavalry did not keep up. They still stayed in place, as a viable force, guarding against the 10,000 Tang army cavalry who might attack at any time.
After Zhang Liao's Chinese army advanced five miles, Zhang He and Xu Huang's armies also rushed to the front of the Tang army.
In just a few words, Li Shimin successfully restored the morale of the Tang army and transformed the army into the Ai army. This method stunned Xu Huang and Zhang He, but what surprised them even more was what came next.
Li Shimin, who was on the command platform, saw the two cavalrymen Xu Huang and Zhang He approaching, and immediately shouted: "Set up the formation."
As soon as he finished speaking, the huge circular formation formed by 50,000 Tang army elites was immediately divided into ten with Li Shimin on the command platform as the center, and quickly formed ten small circular formations.
The gaps between the formations are huge. From outside the formation, you can see Li Shimin on the command platform at the eye of the formation, but there is not even a single soldier along the way.
As for the ten small circular formations, they all have sword and shield bearers on the outside and spearmen in the back.
At the center of the formation, Li Shimin stood on the high platform, laughing wildly and said: "Li Shimin is here."
Xu Huang, who was still leading the charge, exclaimed after seeing this scene: "Dragon Gate Formation?"
That’s right, the formation deployed by Li Shimin was exactly the Longmen Formation that had made a stunning appearance in Hulao Pass and Liupan Mountain.
Longmen Formation has only appeared twice so far. The first time was when the heroes were fighting against Dong, and the second time was during the Second Battle of Hetao. Both times, without exception, they achieved amazing results.
When Li Shimin was responsible for guarding Hulao Pass, he was defeated by the 10,000-level Longmen Formation deployed by Xue Rengui. At that time, he paid attention to this top formation, but after that, Xue Rengui never deployed this formation again, so Li Shimin You can only rely on memory and learning from other formations to understand it yourself.
What Li Shimin didn't expect was that when he heard the news about the Longmen Formation here, it was actually during the Second Battle of the Hetao, and the person who set up the formation was not Xue Rengui, but Qin Hao, which further strengthened his determination to retell the story. The determination of Longmen Formation.
Qin Hao was able to set up the Dragon Gate Formation not only because of his superior understanding, but also because of Xue Rengui's teachings.
Li Shimin did not have Xue Rengui's teachings, so it was naturally not easy for him to master the Longmen Formation. After so many years of research and understanding, he could only barely reach 70% of Xue Rengui's level.
Li Shimin naturally did not dare to use this formation before he completely controlled the Dragon Gate Formation, but what he did not expect was that Sima Yi also knew about the Dragon Gate Formation. Sima Yi's meeting with the Longmen Formation was actually an accident.
There was a time when the grain and grass under Xue Rengui's headquarters caught fire, and he needed a batch of military grain for emergency support, otherwise he might be in trouble. The person who escorted the grain and grass at that time was Sima Fang, and Sima Yi also went with him.
Xue Rengui was naturally overjoyed when he learned that Sima Fang was escorting grain and grass. He specially entertained Sima Fang and his son in the big tent. It was at that time that Sima Yi saw the Dragon Gate formation diagram that Xue Rengui had laid out on the sand table.
Seeing that Sima Yi kept peeking at the formation map, Xue Rengui didn't pay attention, just thinking that the young man was curious. Besides, the Longmen Formation was unpredictable, how could he understand it just by looking at it?
What Xue Rengui didn't expect was that although Sima Yi didn't learn it on the spot, he remembered it roughly in his mind, and then he realized six or seven points.
Before the Qin army caught up, Li Shimin was so excited when Sima Yi took the initiative to propose to Li Shimin to set up the Dragon Gate Formation to fight against the Qin cavalry.
When he learned that the Tang Dynasty king actually knew the Longmen Formation and understood it to a deeper level than himself, Sima Yi was completely shocked. He immediately put away his arrogance and never dared to look down on anyone again.
Li Shimin's Dragon Gate Formation has seven points, plus Sima Yi's six points. Although the total is still not the original version, it can barely restore it to 90%.
It was precisely with the Longmen Formation that Li Shimin was confident that he could use 50,000 infantry to repel the Qin army's 30,000 cavalry.
When they saw that the formation of the Tang army turned into the Longmen formation, Xu Huang and Zhang He were stunned. Zhang Liao, who was five miles away, was also shocked.
Zhang He saw Xue Rengui's Longmen Formation during the battle of heroes against Dong. Since Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Xue Rengui all belonged to the Qin army, it was natural that they could not fail to recognize the famous formations of their comrades.
Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Xue Rengui had a good personal relationship, and they often asked Xue Rengui for advice. In sand table deductions more than once, Xue Rengui used the Longmen Formation to kill everyone without leaving any trace behind. Naturally, he knew the layout strategy of the Longmen Formation very well.
Although the Dragon Gate formation laid out by Li Shimin is not exactly the same as that created by Xue Rengui, there is generally not much difference. They are both laid out according to the method of ten gates, that is, among the ten gates they belong to, five are real gates and five are virtual gates. , a combination of virtual and real, specially used to confuse and trap the enemy.
Now these ten gates are guarded by ten generals including Ma Shanwei, Shang Shitu, Hou Junji, etc., and Li Shimin himself is in the middle to suppress the formation.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang both know the Longmen Formation well, but the more they know about it, the more they understand how powerful this formation is.
As far as the currently known formations are concerned, the Longmen Formation is the formation with the fewest flaws and is also the best choice for infantry against cavalry.
But Nai's requirements for the formation attainments of those who set up the formation were too high. Even generals of the level of Xu Huang and Zhang He could not understand the essence without several years of study.
Therefore, the Longmen Formation is destined to become a niche formation, and it is impossible to popularize it.
Xu Huang and Zhang He felt a headache when they thought that they were facing the Longmen Formation. After all, the defense of the Longmen Formation was notoriously strong, but they immediately felt happy secretly.
Fortunately, the order Zhang Liao gave them was only to harass the two wings of the Tang army, not to attack by force. Otherwise, facing the 50,000 Tang army who were determined to fight to the death and had formed the Dragon Gate Formation, even if they could win, it would probably be a miserable victory, right?
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