The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 563

The mountains of corpses under the city of Xiang'an and the blood-stained ground are enough proof of the cruelty of the war.The corpses and broken weapons everywhere, the burning flames, and the undried blood all exude a strong breath of death.

During the more than ten days of battle, the Wei army suffered great damage, and after being repulsed by Yang Tong with a sand storm, Li Mi understood at this time that even if he occupied Liyang again, it would not help, and he would become his own army instead. Although more than 4 elite soldiers were lost, but fortunately the mainstays such as Shan Xiongxin and Fang Xuanzao were not harmed. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Li Mi led the army back to Jiangdu.

Li Mi's retreat, the happiest person is naturally Du Fuwei, the continuous battle has exhausted him, Li Mi's retreat will undoubtedly give him and the soldiers of the No.11 Army a rest time.

After regaining Liyang, the army rested on the spot.

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But he said that Li Mi's army had been retreating to Qingliu County, Jiangdu County, so he was relieved.At this moment, the Sui army took advantage of the situation and entered, recovering the fallen Liyang County.

Li Mi reorganized his team and found that he lost more than 4 soldiers in the Battle of Xiang'an. In fact, only [-] soldiers were killed at most. The rest were captured alive, and some deserted soldiers. It cannot be stopped, as soon as the morale of the army drops, there will be deserters, unless they are strictly selected direct line troops and personal soldiers.

Qingliu County is located at the intersection of Jiangdu, Lujiang, and Liyang counties. Its strategic location is very important. When it retreated to this place, Li Mi immediately used troops and civilians to strengthen the city defenses, and dug deep and wide moats to repel the Sui cavalry.

Li Mi stood on the city wall. At this moment, he was in a state of emaciation, with a haggard face, no longer his former style, and his eyes were full of worry.There were also a few wrinkles on Fang Xuanzao's forehead.

Shan Xiongxin glanced at the city wall that the soldiers were strengthening, sighed, and persuaded him: "King Wei, you haven't rested for two days, so leave it to the last general here! There is a loss of clear flow, and the last general will cut off the head .”

Li Mi sighed and asked, "I wanted to take this opportunity to completely annihilate Du Fuwei. I didn't expect Yang Tong to lead an army to him suddenly. I'm afraid Yang Tong will send his troops here in a short time. The enemy's siege that the king is worried about?" If we don’t fight, the main force of our army will be trapped in Jiangdu, and then Shiji and Bodang will be divided and cannibalized with absolute advantage. If the army cannot move, we will be in a disadvantageous situation of fighting on our own and falling apart. What should we do next?”

Fang Xuanzao paced and frowned and said: "Although it is difficult for our army to win a big victory, it may not necessarily require a large number of troops to sit here. Ten miles to the west, there is a land next to mountains and rivers, which is the only way for the Sui army to pass. , the terrain is quite dangerous, and it is better defended than Qingliu County, and I suggest setting up a strong camp there to stop the enemy."

"Is there still time?" Li Mi asked with a frown.

"Du Fuwei fought with our army for more than half a month. Under the exhaustion of our army day and night, the whole army has been exhausted. It is actually the end of the battle until now. The fight to Liyang depends on one breath. Support, now that morale is exhausted, you will fall into fatigue. If you attack by force, it will just give our army a good chance to defeat the enemy. From their stop in Liyang, you can see that Du Fuwei's army is powerless to fight again. The whole army rests! At the same time, it can also be seen that Yang Tong's Sui army is not many, otherwise, he would have taken advantage of the victory to pursue this point. Therefore, we still have time to set up a camp. Once this camp is set up, we can Become horns with Qingliu, "

"General, this king will give you [-] troops, and you must set up this camp before the Sui army invades." Li Mi said to Shan Xiongxin.

In the battle of Xiang'an, the Wei army lost about 4 people, and its superiority in military strength disappeared. Shan Xiongxin only had 4 elite soldiers and [-] soldiers who had been promoted to combat soldiers.There are still [-] elites in Qingliu County resting, but this is the only army Li Mi can use. If Xu Shiji and Wang Bodang are not supported, they will need to be drawn from these [-] people. It is impossible for Li Mi to take the initiative to send troops before he has transformed into a warrior.

"Here!" Shan Xiongxin accepted the order and wanted to leave
"Don't be in a hurry, General!" Fang Xuanzao said again: "I will personally design the formation map for the general to set up camp. As long as the camp is set up according to this formation map, not only can we win a big victory, but we can also use a very small amount of troops to defeat the enemy. It is difficult for the army to move an inch, and there is no need for any elite troops to guard it. In this way, the king of Wei will have more mobile troops."

"There is Lao Shangshu!" Li Mi's eyes lit up when he heard this. Although he was defeated in this battle, he still brought back about [-] troops. There are still [-] elites available.Immediately, the military order was changed, [-] elite troops and [-] supply troops were transferred to Shan Xiongxin, and the general was ordered to prepare.And he and Shan Xiongxin are waiting for Fang Xuanzao's formation.

Fang Xuanzao didn't keep them waiting, but asked someone to fetch a piece of white silk that was more durable than paper, and began to outline the formation map of the camp, and at the same time asked people to collect huge stones around the site of the camp.

"Sir, this formation seems to be a gossip formation? But it seems to be a little different."

Li Mi looked curiously at Fang Xuanzao's gradual outline of the formation. He had also learned some formations, and he still had some understanding of some basic formations.

"This formation is an ancient formation diagram. It is called the eight-door golden lock formation. The eight gates refer to Xiumen, Shengmen, Shangmen, Dumen, Jingmen, Death Gate, Jingmen, and Kaimen. The eight-door Golden Lock Formation was originally for The Qimen Dunjia azimuth technique used to make astrology more convenient, Wei Zhiming’s famous general Cao Ren and Liu Bei’s formation, was seen through by Xu Shu, Liu Bei’s military adviser at the time. Afterwards, Zhuge Liang improved according to the use of Qimen Dunjia, and compiled a The complete eight-formation diagram. The eight-formation diagram was superb in the hands of Zhuge Liang, and repeatedly defeated Sima Yi. Therefore, there is no distinction between superior and inferior formations. The strength of the formation actually varies from person to person. Cao Ren is a general, so naturally It’s because they don’t understand the subtleties of it, and it’s possible that they created the formation according to the gourd painting. I and the generals under my command didn’t grasp the essence, so Xu Shu easily destroyed it. If the user is replaced by Zhuge Liang, the power will definitely far exceed Cao Renbai’s Ten times. So the eight-door golden lock formation is said to be an underestimated formation."

"The eight-door golden lock formation of the humble job is actually not the original flavor, it can only be regarded as a derivative formation. And the thousands of formations in this world are actually invariable. The so-called big formations are only based on the five elements. It is formed by changes in basic formations such as gossip. The one drawn below is a static formation used for camp layout, which can also be called a death formation; there is also a formation technique used in a battle formation. Not to mention looking down on others, but if the opponent doesn't understand the secrets of this formation, they can win more with less." Fang Xuanzao said proudly

"Eight-door Golden Lock Formation?" A strange light flashed in Li Mi's eyes, and he looked at Fang Xuanzao with some doubts: "Then why didn't Shang Shu use this formation to defeat the enemy before?"

Fang Xuanzao shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Although this formation is powerful, it also requires extremely high requirements. Not only does it require the cooperation of various elite troops, but it also needs to be smooth and smooth. At the same time, the requirements for the general are extremely serious. Knowing enough, using it is full of loopholes, and it will eventually help the enemy. Also because the formation method has too high requirements on the sergeant and the general, so he slowly withdrew from the battlefield." Fang Xuanzao paused, a little hesitant He frowned and said: "In today's world, the only person who can use formations is probably only Yang Yu, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. A master of military training, the rest of the generals may not be able to do it."

Li Mi suffered a lot in the face of it.

"Then is there still a need for us to deploy?" Shan Xiongxin asked Li Mitong's thoughts.

Fang Xuanzao said: "No matter how strong Yang Tong's formation technique is, it still needs the cooperation of many people, and Du Fuwei's army obviously does not have this level. Besides, the static formation we want to deploy is to rely on the help of many people." If the camp is used to block the enemy, the soldiers are not the main force of the battle, so as long as the camp is built firmly, the formation will always be there, and the effect of receiving the enemy is much stronger than that of two armies facing each other."

"What Shangshu said is very true!" Li Mi understood Fang Xuanzao's meaning, and said with a smile: "We can think of it not as a formation, but as a camp that can be attacked and defended."

"That's right!" Fang Xuanzao nodded, and said, "As long as we set up the camp according to this formation! Not to mention that it can never be broken, but at least block the Sui army from the next spring."

Glancing at Shan Xiongxin who was expectant and hesitant to speak, Fang Xuanzao said with a smile: "I will go with the general to set up this static formation. If I have time, I will explain the battle formation with you one by one."

"Thank you, sir!" Shan Xiongxin was overjoyed. He had read about battle formations in ancient books, but just as Fang Xuanzao said, the requirements for flexible formations are too high, and the enemy will not give you leisure. The leisurely arrangement of time has never been used by anyone in the current world. If I can learn to a certain level, I can completely annihilate the enemy with battle formations. Moreover, Fang Xuanzao also said that few people in the world today can set up formations and break formations. When facing these people in the future, the big deal is not to use tactics.

Fang Xuanzao didn't say much anymore, after the formation was drawn, he and Shan Xiongxin went to the matching place to set it up, Shan Xiongxin wanted to learn this formation wholeheartedly, so he watched it very carefully.

The eight-door golden lock formation is extremely complicated, but Fang Xuanzao has studied this formation for many years, and he is already familiar with it, and the soldiers only need to build camps according to the places he marked out. But it is not difficult.It’s just that this kind of static formation, which is still, is often used as a cover-up. If people who don’t know what’s inside sneak into it, it’s easy to get lost and lose their sense of direction, even the generals of the Wei army are no exception.

Naturally, Fang Xuanzao couldn't let everyone know the eight-door golden lock formation. If the eight-door golden lock formation was so easy to learn, the formation would not fade out of the battlefield because of its profoundness.

While the [-] soldiers of the Wei army were busy day and night, Fang Xuanzao's camp gradually improved. He began to separate the generals and soldiers, and then took brigades as units to take charge of the defense tasks in different areas. Without orders, no one was allowed to do whatever they wanted. Leaving and crossing the border is just because the entire camp is too complicated, and the action route is hard to remember. If you walk indiscriminately, you will definitely lose your way and be killed by the traps in the camp, but it is not difficult to remember a small area.

This is also the disadvantage of all static formations. No matter how wonderful the formation you arrange, he is still a dead thing after all, while the enemy is a living person with a thought and soul. As long as you understand the internal structure of the static formation, There are traces to be found, and the enemy can take advantage of it, so it is not difficult to break this kind of formation.

If it is a flexible battle formation, it will not be so simple. It can change flexibly, so that the enemy cannot see its own flaws, so that it can be killed by the enemy again and again.But the requirements are also quite high, and the soldiers must undergo continuous training and be familiar with various changes.Moreover, the general must not only have a sufficient understanding of the formation, but also have the ability to adapt to changes in combat preparations. Only in this way can he display various subtle changes in the formation.

(End of this chapter)