Chapter 408: Who allowed you to change the formation?
The long snake formation is a military formation that is derived from the habits of snakes.
This long snake formation is like a giant python attacking with fierce attacks! The advantage of the long snake formation is that it is flexible and changeable. It has three changes: hit the head of the snake, the tail moves, and it rolls; hit the tail of the snake, the head moves, and it bites; the snake body hits sideways, the head and tail come together, and it strangles! These three changes allow the head and tail to take care of each other. When the formation changes, the real and fake are used together. No matter which direction the enemy attacks, it will be attacked from both front and back.
With these three changes, the long snake formation operates like a giant python attacking with fierce force!
However, this formation has a shortcoming, that is, the mobility of the cavalry on both wings is the most important. If the mobility of the two wings of the long snake formation is restricted so that the head and tail cannot take care of each other, it will be difficult to make changes.
Because it was a test, the number of people was no more than 3,000, so both sides were all cavalry. The cavalry deployed in a long snake formation was certainly very mobile, but if the enemy was also all cavalry, it would be particularly difficult to encircle them, and it would be easy to be counterattacked if not careful!
Wenren Chengfu saw the situation on the field and shook his head, saying, "Although this General Haotian is brave, he is not good at deploying troops. The long snake formation is indeed very effective in this open terrain, but he ignored the enemy's troops. Han Yu led all cavalry, and I am afraid that the head and tail of the long snake formation will not have time to move. This long snake formation not only did not give him any advantage, but instead restricted him."
Hong Haijing looked at Wenren Chengfu, "I didn't expect that Prime Minister Wenren also knows how to deploy troops."
Wenren Chengfu smiled and said, "I understand a little bit."
Hong Haijing asked, "Then Prime Minister Wenren must know how to break the long snake formation, right?"
Wenren Chengfu said: "The best way is to grab its head, clamp its tail, and cut its waist!"
After hearing this, Hong Haijing nodded approvingly. It was indeed true, and this was also written in the Art of War.
Huang Tian found this interesting, so he asked, "How do you grab its head, clamp its tail, and cut its waist?"
"The detailed method is to set traps in our infantry formation, cooperate with two infantry phalanxes to prevent the movement of the opponent's cavalry on both wings, so that they cannot exert their mobility and flexibility, and then use the powerful heavy cavalry to launch a powerful attack on their snake-belly infantry, making their formation scattered and disordered! Defeat the infantry phalanx in one fell swoop and cut the long snake formation into three parts. In this way, the long snake formation will fight on its own and can no longer cooperate with the three parties. The formation will collapse without attacking!" Wenren Chengfu said: "However, this time General Haotian only deployed the cavalry, and the opponent was all cavalry. It seems difficult to cut it into three parts, because the cavalry is really flexible and it is difficult to contain the two wings. So I think we can turn it into three teams, cut off its formation, and then sprint and break through its formation. Before the opponent has returned, we will charge in a staggered manner and directly disrupt its formation!"
Hong Haijing nodded. Although it was more difficult to follow Wenren Chengfu's method, it could indeed break the formation. This was not just a theory, because there was a real battle on the front battlefield, which was exactly the same as today's scene, but the scale was several times larger. The enemy was also all cavalry in a long snake formation, and our side was also all cavalry, but the number was half of the enemy's. However, our leading general used this method to break the long snake formation and won the final victory!
The general leading the army at that time was the eldest prince, Li Tianming! This was one of the rare victories in recent years, but it was the only one in which a smaller force defeated a larger one. When the news of this incident spread back to the country, many people praised the eldest prince for his talent as a great commander, and he would definitely surpass the current five great marshals in the future. This battle was recorded in the history books, and it was compiled into a book as a model of defeating a larger force with a smaller force for people to learn from.
Speaking of which, Hong Haijing was very clear about this matter. He had seen the mirage screen of this battle. The eldest prince Li Tianming's command was remarkable, and even he was amazed at some parts.
Therefore, he was not optimistic about General Haotian, unless his long snake formation was just a cover. But if it was a cover, what would he do? The long snake formation had a disadvantage, that is, the line was too long, and it was very difficult to retract it. Once the formation was broken up, it was even more difficult to regroup it, and then it would be divided and destroyed, and there would be no chance of a comeback.
"So, from this we can see that General Haotian will definitely lose!" Wenren Chengfu said lightly.
"Not necessarily. I believe that General Haotian will win!" Li Tiancheng stood up and said, "I have seen General Haotian's ability with my own eyes, so I believe in him!"
Wenren Chengfu smiled coldly, "Do you think he is more powerful than your eldest brother, the prince?"
"This..." Li Tiancheng's face flushed. He knew his elder brother Li Tianming's ability best. Although Haotian was strong, he was still not as good as his elder brother. Li Tianming was able to rank among the top in the Heaven Realm in terms of both his ability to lead troops and his personal strength. Even among the young generation in the three Heaven Realms, he was a leader. If they said that Haotian was stronger than their elder brother, they would definitely attack Haotian by any means, which would be a stain on his future.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Wenren Chengfu said, "This is a tactic invented by the eldest prince, and he has a brilliant record in battle. Not everyone can do this."
"Yes, the eldest prince is a man of natural talent. He was already on the battlefield killing enemies at the age of fifteen. How can he be compared to someone like this who is so proud of himself for doing a few small things in the local area?"
"If Haotian were to go to the front line, he wouldn't survive for more than a month!"
“But General Haotian also defeated the conspiracy of Qingtian Realm, which cannot be erased!” Li Tiancheng said.
"Of course, no one wants to erase that little bit of credit. I am just speaking the truth. After all, it is different from a real battlefield. A real battlefield is ten or a hundred times more dangerous." Wenren Chengfu said, turning around and bowing to Huang Tian, saying: "It is a blessing for Huang Tian Realm to have such an outstanding successor!"
Huang Tian smiled and nodded, "Ming'er has been smart since he was young, and he is good at both literature and martial arts. His future achievements will definitely surpass mine. You are my important ministers, and I hope you can assist him well!"
"We, the ministers, will certainly die for you!" All the ministers knelt down.
Li Tiancheng saw all of this. Although he was convinced of his elder brother's ability and admired him very much, it was a good thing for him to become Huang Tian. However, because of Wenren Chengfu's existence, if his elder brother became Huang Tian, he might not live long. So for his own future and for his mother, he had to fight and challenge his elder brother who had been at the top of the mountain since he was a child!
"I'm not as good as you, but I won't give up. You have Wenren Chengfu and I have Brother Haotian. I believe that Brother Haotian will not let me down!" Li Tiancheng clenched his fists.
The battle lines of both sides were rapidly approaching, and Han Yu seemed to have seen the scene of that group of ruffians being completely suppressed by the troops he led.
But at this moment, the long snake formation began to change. Under Shi Yan's command, the two wings of the long snake formation accelerated forward, encircling from both sides and strangling!
No one expected that the long snake formation would change in advance, with the head and tail responding and strangling!
The central line of the formation remained motionless. Han Yu frowned. Did he still dream of surrounding himself?
Indeed, Shi Yan wanted to use the advantage of this long snake formation to encircle Han Yu.
Han Yu ordered the march to be accelerated, and then the brigade was divided into three teams to attack separately.
Because Han Yu's subordinates were wearing sophisticated standard armor, the armor was red, and from a high altitude, they looked like three red fire dragons. As long as the three fire dragons broke out of the encirclement formation at the head and tail of the long snake formation, they could turn around and intersperse until the formation was completely collapsed. Han Yu sneered: "Even if you encircle and suppress me in advance, I am not afraid. I don't know how many times I have practiced this tactic!"
The collision between the two sides was sudden.
Shi Yan was in the middle of the team, watching the other party's actions with a smile on his face.
"This guy is as stupid as those thieves in Qingtian!" The barbarian grinned. The last time he turned around from Huya Gorge to kill the Qingtian army, he used this formation, plus General Haotian's strategy, and directly defeated the enemy. I didn't expect to see this scene again today, and in front of Huang Tian and the civil and military officials.
The eldest prince's tactics were classics, but there was one bad thing: they were too widely circulated, and even Shi Xingyuan had seen them.
Although Shi Xingyuan couldn't think of a way to crack it, Shi Yan did, but this method was really shameless.
"A long snake formation against cavalry? Who the hell said I was forming a long snake formation?" Shi Yan smiled.
He mounted his horse and shouted, "Charge! We must conquer them with overwhelming force!"
"rush!"
The two wings of the long snake formation stopped charging, and then quickly moved towards the center in front of everyone's surprised eyes. Then the troops that had been motionless actually rushed forward quickly. The two wings stopped charging and moved towards the center, while the troops in the middle were moving quickly. For a moment, the long snake formation turned into a cone formation!
And at the front of the cone formation was General Haotian!
The forward is sharp and swift, and the two wings are strong and powerful. The elite forwards can be used to attack the enemy in a narrow front, break through and split the enemy's formation, and expand the results of the battle on the two wings. It is a formation that emphasizes offensive breakthroughs. The cone formation is also called the oyster formation.
Unexpectedly, the long snake formation turned into a cone formation in an instant. The biggest advantage of the cone formation is that it can easily divide the enemy! At this moment, there is no need to divide it. Han Yu's formation has already been divided into three parts.
On the high tower of the city wall, Li Tiancheng unconsciously clenched his fists. He was usually calm, but now he couldn't help but get excited. Although it was not the first time for him to watch Haotian's performance on the battlefield, he still felt his blood boiling. Moreover, he wanted to see the moment when his brother's tactics collapsed under Haotian's iron hoof!
Hong Haijing suddenly clapped his hands, "Haha, this kid is insidious! But I like him!"
Wenren Chengfu's face was extremely ugly. Many of the civil servants behind him were cursing in an extremely ugly manner, "This is cheating, cheating, isn't it a long snake formation? How did it become a cone formation? Who allowed it to be a cone formation? Who allowed it?"
Wenren Chengfu sneered, "Formation is secondary, winning a war depends mainly on people! Let's wait and see!"
"A rabbit will always be a rabbit. No matter how it changes, it will never become a lion!"