Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 782
After learning that the main force of the Persians had passed through the Cheshi Ancient Road, Qingji led the Chinese Allied Forces with more than [-] people and formed several phalanxes in a field in Wulei.

This time, the one used to celebrate Ji is the relatively ancient "Yuli Array".

The Yuli Array was created by Zheng Zhuanggong.

It is said that Zheng Zhuanggong once saw farmers fishing with nets in the wild, and he invented a new formation based on his inspiration.

It is also said that when Zheng Zhuanggong was tasting delicious saury, he saw the layers of fish scales and inspired the new formation method invented!
In the famous battle of Sui Ge, Zheng Zhuanggong used the Yuli formation when he fought against King Huan of Zhou.

This is a formation in which the infantry formation is evacuated around the chariot.

I saw the Huaxia coalition army phalanx at this time, one army with five sides, one team with five teams, one team with five chariots, and five sides with five sides forming a square formation.

This formation is like a fish team, so it is called the formation of Yuli.

The most prominent feature of this Yuli formation is to give full play to the role of the infantry in the chariot battle, that is, first charge the chariot with the chariot, and the infantry will evacuate and form around the chariot, which can fill the gap between the chariot and effectively kill the enemy!
In fact, Qing Ji, Sun Wu, Fan Li and the others had more sophisticated formations, but it was not easy to practice and adapt in a hurry, so they could only use the Yuli Formation, which is most familiar to the armies of the Chinese countries.

"Marquis Wu, what kind of formation is this Persian using? I've never seen it before."

On the military chariot not far away, Zihu, the senior official of Qin State, looked at the huge and endless Persian army formation on the opposite side, and asked quite puzzled.

Qing Ji smiled, then turned his attention to Sun Wu, the captain of the state, and asked: "Sun Wu, do you know this formation?"

Sun Wu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know this formation. However, it is not difficult to break it."

"From my point of view, in the phalanx of the Persian army, the chariot formation is arranged in front of the infantry formation. It should be to disrupt the formation of our army first, and the infantry formation will follow. The cavalry formation is deployed on the two wings of the army. The two wings quickly circled and assaulted our army."

"good."

Qingji nodded in agreement.

In Qingji's view, the Persian phalanx was considered childish.

The world's recognized earliest battles in which formations appeared took place in the Sumerian city-states in the Mesopotamia around the 30th century BC.

Human is a gregarious species. In ancient times, people formed tribes of different sizes according to blood relationship.

There are often conflicts between tribes because of competition for survival resources, robbing of spouses of the opposite sex, and religious ceremonies.

In the early days, wars between tribes were often swarms of people fighting with cold weapons such as wooden sticks and stones, without any rules at all, and the number of participants ranged from dozens to hundreds.

A tribe with a large number of adult males and a more brutal character tends to have an advantage.

With the continuous development of human civilization and the emergence of tribal alliances, city-states, and even countries, the scale of wars has gradually increased, and the number of participants has increased.

People have gradually discovered that members stand, attack, and defend according to pre-agreed rules. The party with a small number can easily defeat the party with a large number, and the civilized and kind party can also easily defeat the barbaric and cruel party.

This is the initial germination of the "array" in war!

From Qingji's point of view, the Persian phalanx on the opposite side looked a bit disorganized.

After all, it is an army of more than 20 people, how can it be truly coordinated?

Qing Ji recognized the Persian phalanx at the front.

Probably similar to the ancient Egyptian formation.

It consists of three parts: chariot formation, cloth formation and cavalry formation.

The infantry was first organized into different teams according to the weapons they held, such as the spear team, the dagger team, the catapult team, and the bow and arrow team.

These teams then form an army formation together, and then a carriage drawn by multiple horses forms a chariot formation.

But that's all.

Among the several phalanxes of the Persians, most of them were generals standing at the front, followed by a group of soldiers. These soldiers held long weapons in one hand and shields in the other, and they gathered closely together, advancing and retreating in unison...

If Wu Jun used his phalanx to deal with the Persian army, it would be too bullying.

There are four formations in the Wu army: foot formation, chariot formation, cavalry formation, and crossbow formation.

The array has a large scale, more tactical functions, better practicability, and greater power.

You know, a formation of thousands of people and a formation of tens of thousands of people are not the same concept at all!
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

The phalanx of the Persian army on the opposite side burst into battle roars.

Following Darius I's order, thousands of military chariots and thousands of cavalry at the front of the Persian phalanx, like a flood that opened the gate, rushed towards the phalanx of the Chinese coalition forces out of control. side impact.

That scene was like a group of demons dancing wildly!

Because the motley crew of the Persians did not have overall battle uniforms and armor, some even wore animal skins, winter clothes, and big felt hats on their heads, rushing forward screaming.

There is no order at all!

Elite?
Perhaps, the chariot soldiers and cavalry of the Persians can still be called elite.

After all, they are soldiers wearing armor and fully armed, which is different from those improvised motley troops.

"The order!"

Standing on top of the military chariot, Qingji waved his big hand and said, "Crossbow array, shoot the enemy's wings!"

"Pikemen, come out!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The dull and murderous sound of war drums brightened the entire wilderness.

As Qingji issued orders, the soldiers in charge of ordering immediately waved flags and waved semaphore on the buildings on both sides of the car.

While the shield array was shrinking, the crossbow array was revealed.

In the huge phalanx, there were all crossbowmen with crossbows on their backs.

"Prepare!"

They sat down, then stepped on the crossbow, and suddenly charged up, pulling the bowstring with a "click".

Thousands of crossbowmen are all charging at the same time.

"put!"

With the wave of the command flag, countless crossbow arrows flew out, densely packed all over half the dome!
"Shhhhhh!"

"Pfft!"

"what!"

The crossbow arrows, like locusts crossing the border, quickly harvested the lives of the Persian cavalry.

Just like cutting leeks, one crop after another!
The Persian cavalry who were still riding galloping horses were caught off guard by the extremely penetrating crossbow arrows.

Even if they were wearing heavy armor, they couldn't avoid bleeding holes, and they fell down under the horse's back with blood splattered in all directions.

What's worse is that those who are not completely dead will eventually be trampled by horseshoes, bloody and bloody, and die like a puddle of mud.

"Chirp—"

The war horses shot by the crossbow arrows all wailed and turned their hooves to the sky, throwing the cavalry on their backs flying...

As for the Persian chariots, even if they were thousands of chariots, they were firmly blocked by the spear array of the Chinese Allied Forces.

(End of this chapter)