"The whole army stops and forms a formation on the spot!"
Tadun's troops were all cavalry, and the speed of pursuit was extremely fast. He almost arrived in front of Pang Tong's formation with Sun Qing in front of him. Seeing that there was an army of Youzhou intercepting him in front of him, he did not dare to do this. He used a scattered formation to charge into the rigorous formation of the Youzhou Army, and quickly waved his hand to stop the violent advance of his troops.
"Da Chanyu, why did you stop?"
Not long after Tadun finished reorganizing his troops, he saw Gongsun Kang Ye leading nearly 30,000 Liaodong cavalry to the ground. He saw that Tadun had more than 50,000 cavalry, but he did not dare to attack Youzhou, which had less than 60,000 people. The military formation felt very unhappy, and did not save much face for Tadun. As soon as he got closer, he said something to blame with a livid face.
"Hmph, you can take care of it yourself."
Seeing that a junior like Gongsun Kang dared to bare his teeth at him, Tadun's face immediately dropped, and he fought back in a low tone.
"Well, the Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation?"
As the successor that Gongsun Du had trained hard, Gongsun Kang was somewhat knowledgeable. After looking at the Youzhou Army formation for a long time, he finally recognized the origin of the formation, and his face looked a little uncomfortable. Looking at it, it seems obvious that the Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation has many changes, and different people have arranged completely different formations. It is not easy to break the formation. Although Gongsun Kang himself can also set up this formation, but Far from being familiar with it, it is hard to say that he is sure that he can break through the large formation set up by Pang Tong.
"Asshole, why are everyone gathered here?"
Just when Gongsun Kang and Tadun were unable to do anything, a burst of smoke and dust rose. Gongsun Du himself led the main force of the infantry to catch up. Seeing that nearly 80,000 of his own cavalry were acting foolishly in front of them, Gongsun Du couldn't bear it anymore and galloped forward. When he arrived in front of the formation, he was so angry that he started swearing.
"Father, calm down. The bandits have deployed an eight-door golden lock formation. The boy is studying with the Great Chanyu how to break the formation."
Seeing that Gongsun Du was so furious, how could Gongsun Kang dare to say that he couldn't break the formation, so he had to stop and could only make a perfunctory statement.
"Hmph, it doesn't matter whether it is eight gates or nine gates. Our army has tens of thousands of troops here. Just attack it. I don't believe that this formation cannot be broken. There is no need to delay. Come, blow the trumpet and order the front troops. Launch an attack immediately and disrupt the enemy's formation in one fell swoop!"
Gongsun Du came from a humble background, and relied on brute force to lead troops in battles. In terms of fighting formations, he was far inferior to his sons. He thought that when he had an army of hundreds of thousands, he didn't even bother to break formations. He confidently gave the order to attack with a wave of his hand.
"Father has learned clearly that if this formation cannot be broken with formation, then it must be broken with force. If we invest our troops one by one, it will only give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. The current plan can only be achieved by using the entire army together. Defeat the enemy here.”
Hearing that Gongsun Du was giving random instructions, Gongsun Kang was a little anxious. He ignored his fear of his father and quickly admonished him from the side.
"Why don't you wait any longer? The whole army will attack. Kill the thieves in one fell swoop!"
Gongsun Du's favorite thing was to use the strong to bully the weak. He didn't hesitate to use force to break the formation. He just pulled out the three-foot green-edged sword from his waist and moved forward with all his strength. With a false strike, the order for a general attack was issued with a strong voice.
"Hoo ho, ho ho, ho ho..."
Following Gongsun Du's order, the horns of the Chinese Army Department immediately rang wildly. Soon, a large number of cavalry from the two coalition armies moved with a roar, shouting war horns, and headed toward Youzhou like a rolling iron stream. The military formation swept over, hundreds of thousands of iron hooves trampling the ground, and the momentum was astonishing!
"Open the formation, turn!"
Facing the nearly 80,000 cavalry rolling in, everyone in the Youzhou Army could not help but tremble with fear. However, Pang Tong remained calm and his heart did not change. He waved the small red flag in his hand and immediately dismounted. The general ordered, and immediately after hearing the horn sound, the Youzhou Army's formation began to rotate rapidly. While turning, it slowly retreated towards the road. A large number of arrows continued to shoot at the surging enemy. The military cavalry fired violently.
The arrows fired by the Youzhou Army were not many, but the distribution was extremely strange. The alternation of density and density soon caused some chaos in the cavalry formations of the two coalition forces. The cavalry formations were originally almost parallel. Unconsciously, several arrows were artificially separated. These protruding arrows corresponded to the entrance of the formation that was deliberately exposed after the Youzhou Army rotated. Without encountering any interception, these few arrows The cavalry on the arrow broke into the Youzhou Army's formation very smoothly, and the cavalry that followed were cleverly divided into the Youzhou Army's formation due to inertial thinking. A few ways.
It is easy to enter the formation, but difficult to get out. Once the formation was unfolded, the two cavalry officers who rushed into the Youzhou Army's formation felt that they were all enemies to the west. Under the constant collision, they killed many Youzhou soldiers. The soldiers of the state army, but as they continued to fight, the cavalry of our own army was all squeezed into a ball somehow, and their hands and feet became increasingly unable to move. Not only could they not further break through the Youzhou army's formation, but they also fell into the Youzhou army's formation. They were wasted and suffered heavy casualties.
"Front-on attack, kill, kill for me!"
The combat effectiveness of the cavalry is reflected in high speed and maneuverability. Once these two are missing, they are just a bunch of targets. If there are no accidents, the two coalition forces that rushed into the eight-door golden lock array will end up with their troops. It was undoubtedly very bad. Fortunately, Gongsun Du finally led nearly 60,000 infantry troops to the front in time. Taking advantage of the Youzhou army's formation to be exhausted, he forced his way from the periphery to the center and attacked head-on. Although the lock formation was exquisite and extraordinary, it could not withstand the crazy attack of so many enemy troops, and it gradually became overwhelmed.
"Open the formation and retreat!"
The battle had reached this point, and it was already a melee. As the casualties of the Youzhou Army soldiers gradually increased, the formation gradually became broken. Seeing that it was unsustainable, Pang Tong did not dare to delay any longer. After giving the order, taking advantage of the gap where his own formation could still barely operate, he led the Chinese army and fled to the east.
"Thieves, if you run away, catch up with me and leave no one behind!"
The battle between the two sides only lasted a little more than half an hour, but the price paid by the two coalition forces to break the formation was too heavy. Nearly five thousand cavalry were strangled on the spot by the Youzhou Army's formation. The number of injured was not under this number. Although they also killed no less than two thousand soldiers of the Youzhou Army, fundamentally speaking, the two coalition forces that had an absolute advantage in strength undoubtedly suffered a huge loss. Facing the ground full of The corpses of the men and horses were in a mess. Gongsun Du's eyes were already covered with bloodshot eyes. How could he let the Youzhou army escape? He roared and led his troops in pursuit...
