back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 684

After giving Duan Silian a hard time, Lu Chenhuan shook his drunken head, got on the steed, and walked out of the city slowly surrounded by his own soldiers.

Unlike Chang'an City, Dali City has a curfew at night.After all, the Wuman and Baiman are fighting too fiercely. If they attack Dali City frantically, even if they can't stop it, they can make preparations, right?In the empty city of Dali, there were no pedestrians, and a gust of cold wind blew by. Except for Fatty Lu, who was feverish from drinking, the soldiers could not help but put on their armor. Fortunately, they changed into winter clothes, otherwise, the temperature would have been extremely high. Not going well.

The winter clothes of the forbidden army were provided by Huangzhuang.This is the advantage of Huangzhuang. As long as the military products are purchased, they can get orders.This winter coat is filled with cotton wool, which can resist severe cold.But Dali's wind, like a knife, cut open and poured directly into the body.

"Why is it so cold?"

Fatty Lu's head was a little dull from drinking, and it took a while before he gradually felt the chill.But he has a strong body and high martial arts skills, and he also drank some wine, so he didn't feel bad.

"Didn't it say that Dali Mansion is like spring all the year round, how can it be a lie?" A soldier complained.

Fatty Lu was full of alcohol, and joked, "Your seldom... rare, more strange, hiccup... Isn't Guangnan East Road also known as having no snow all year round? No, it hasn't snowed a few years ago? Rare, more strange, see... …When I saw a camel, I insisted that the back of the horse was swollen... I would have heard that it is only October. If... If it was the middle of winter, Dali City would also be covered with heavy snow. However, compared to the north, it is much more It's..."

The soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all said that it was fortunate that they had changed into winter clothes, otherwise they would have been frozen.Fatty Lu didn't have any worries. Why is it so cold and cold, so it's not like fighting?He never thought that he could light a fire to keep warm in the tent, but there was no such thing in the soldiers' tent!The so-called full man doesn't know the hungry man is hungry, is talking about this kind of people.If it's freezing cold, and the combat power has been reduced to nine out of ten stops, what do you use to fight?

Fatty Lu rode unsteadily on his horse and came to the city gate.The soldiers guarding the city had heard the news before, and they dared not stop them, so they obediently opened the city gate and let them out.At this moment, Fatty Lu ran into Duan Lianyi who was out of the city for prostitution. Although he was a little drunk, he still recognized him: "Little prince..."

Duan Lianyi hurriedly saluted and said: "General Lu, for those fifty thousand forbidden troops, I ordered them to eat pots of milk and go to ****."

Lu Chenhuan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your benevolence!"

The two exchanged pleasantries before parting.At the end, the suspension bridge outside the Dali City Gate was raised and the city gate was slowly closed. Lu Chenhuan sneered and said in his heart: "This is a small favor, why do you want to use me as a weapon? It doesn't matter where I come from." Get up, this thought, can I hide it from Lao Tzu?"

But the soldiers whispered: "The lord seems to have no airs this time, he doesn't look like a lord, he looks like a rich man..."

"Isn't he a rich man? He is raised by the imperial court, so he doesn't have to worry about food or clothing."

"Hush, keep quiet, you dare to talk about Prince Duan, but you are still in Dali Mansion!"

"Hey, what are you afraid of? This prince has a heart but is powerless. He is said to be a prince, but in fact he is not as good as a Zhizhou. Zhizhou also has hundreds of soldiers and horses, but this prince is only a few dozen. No wonder he is so respectful to my commander. , just because we are afraid that we will cause trouble!"

"It turned out to be like this..."

"You kid, learn a little bit, these officials have a lot of twists and turns in their hearts!"

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Listening to the soldiers saying these words, Lu Chenhuan had no intention of stopping.In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Duan Silian's abacus is just a trick!It's just that Fatty Lu also has something to ask from him now, and he also has something to ask from Fatty Lu, and the two hit it off right away.There is a saying that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, even if Fatty Lu represents the imperial court, he must act cautiously.If these "barbarians" are turned against each other, it will be a lot of fun.No matter how much credit he had in front, it could not be worth this crime.At that time, exile would be the lightest punishment, and I'm afraid he would have to go to prison.This is also why Fatty Lu dare not let go to attack, after all, it is not a familiar place!
The imperial army was stationed two miles outside Dali City. At a glance, the densely packed tents vaguely had the shape of gossip.This is the characteristic of the Chinese army, everything depends on the formation.

But this gossip array, used in defense, really has a bit of taste.The full name of the Eight Diagrams Array is the Jiugong Eight Diagrams Array, which is a military formation of the Han people. It is said that it was invented by Zhuge Liang.Nine is the extreme number, taking the number derived from the six lines three and three, it is easy to say: one life is two, two is three, and three is all things.There is also the so-called Taiji produces Liangyi, Liangyi produces four phases, and four phases produces eight trigrams, and the eight trigrams change into 64 lines, and from then on, they go back and forth and change endlessly.

Of course, the Nine Palaces and Bagua Formation is not as magical as the storytellers say, but it really reflects the general's understanding of war theory at this time.

Over the years, infantry has always been difficult to defeat cavalry. In wars in the cold weapon era, the outcome is often not determined by the absolute number of casualties on both sides, but by the morale of the soldiers.When the vast majority of troops on one side fell into fear and lost the courage to continue fighting, they declared their defeat.But people are blind. The so-called courage often depends on whether there are comrades standing around us and whether we can maintain a complete lineup.As long as a battle formation is still intact, even if it is heavily besieged, the soldiers around can give the soldiers the encouragement to continue fighting.

Mounted cavalry has an overwhelming advantage over infantry, largely due to its indomitable momentum and powerful impact on the destructive front.The orthodox method of warfare, the so-called "rushing into the formation", is to launch a hundred horses at once, break through the opponent's front line from multiple points in the front, reach the formation directly, and then rein in the horse and turn around to attack in the opposite direction.The effect of this repeated impact is not to kill, but to make the connection between any two soldiers of the opponent be cut off by a horse at any time, so that a single infantry will have the illusion of being isolated and helpless, and as a whole will destroy the entire team. The shape is destroyed as a plate of loose sand.In addition, when the cavalry charged, it was like a sickle cutting wheat, and its extremely high speed generated huge energy. Once a single infantry was hit head-on, it would not have any chance to block or counterattack.

The cavalry charged back and forth, creating chaos and panic, waiting for the "hedgehog soldiers" to disperse on their own, and then harvesting one by one.Therefore, although the cavalry's attack route is irregular, in fact, they often choose to advance in a direction with fewer people in front of them and a weaker team.The means of cavalry is to charge back and forth between the front and rear ends of the enemy's formation; the purpose is to cause panic and confusion.Bu Fang's disadvantage is that he can't take into account both safety and mobility, and he can't compete with Qi Fang in an upright manner.

The so-called Jiugong Bagua Formation is actually a method for pawns to deal with horse troops after targeted training in advance.When the opponent is attacking, he consciously leaves a vacuum at certain positions on the front line, luring the rider to subconsciously concentrate on these routes.After he entered the formation, our formation was broken but not dispersed. We gathered and defended on both sides along the way, leaving space in front for the enemy to sprint.

Determined through pre-drilling, through conscious guidance, let the opponent's straight-line charge at both ends of the battle formation become a circular route within the formation led by our side!Continuous contact with endless enemies will gradually consume the momentum and physical strength of the horse army.And due to the characteristics of the horse army itself, they had to charge along this "safe" route.The so-called "you can't wear Lu Jin at the end of the crossbow", as time goes by, the enemy troops in the formation will eventually be gradually exhausted.

In order to prevent the opponent's cavalry from attacking the camp as much as possible, in addition to the secret sentry, the tents are arranged according to the well-trained positions of the Jiugong Bagua Formation. As long as there is a situation, they can come out in armor and form a formation, so that the enemy's sneak attack is useless. return.

(End of this chapter)