Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 228 Xuanxiang Formation

When Xiang Zhuang rushed to the outside of the Hengshan camp with [-] elite soldiers, he was surprised to see that the Hengshan army had already formed a very messy formation outside the camp, and the soldiers in the formation were scattered and vertical. There was a lot of noise, the noise was no less than that of the vegetable market in Wudongdongmen, and the sound of war drums and horns seemed chaotic.

Seeing this, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help frowning, Mei Yan shouldn't have only this level, right?The Hengshan Army has been stationed in the Panyi camp for at least a month. Even though some of the strong men have just arrived, at least half of the strong men have already received the most basic formation formation training. Why are they still like this? ?
However, the generals behind Xiang Zhuang laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, the Hengshan army can't even arrange their formation well, how can they fight with my army?"

"Mei Yan is nothing more than that, he can't even train the formation of soldiers well."

"The Hengshan army is like this. No matter how many hundred thousand soldiers there are, it can be easily defeated. Your Majesty, the last general only needs five thousand elite soldiers from his headquarters to directly enter the Hengshan army, kill Mei Yun, and win the big banner."

Xiang Zhuang frowned, and looked sideways at Bai Lixian.

Bai Lixian was equally confused, he was putting a feather fan on his forehead to block the glare of the noon sun, and was concentrating on observing the formation of the Hengshan Army. After a long while, Bai Lixian changed his expression slightly and said: "General, The Hengshan army looks chaotic, but if you look carefully, you can still distinguish the formation, although the drums and horns are chaotic, it is deliberately done, this is... the Xuanxiang formation!"

"Xuanxiang formation?!" Xiang Zhuang couldn't help squinting his eyes when he heard the words. As a traverser, Xiang Zhuang's advantage is that he is familiar with many battles that have occurred in the history of Chinese warfare. He found a way to win, but he is not an ancient person after all, and he is still quite unfamiliar with ancient formations.

But Bai Lixian is a person of this era, and he has a lot of research on formations.

"Xuanxiang Formation?" Gao Chu, standing behind Xiang Zhuang, said, "Military Master, is there something wrong with this Xuanxiang Formation?"

Gao Chu was already Xiang Zhuang's confidant general, but he didn't feel proud and complacent because of it. On the contrary, this kid is studying the art of war recently. Gao Chu also read about the formation in Sun Bin's Art of War, but the Xuanxiang formation that Mei Yan placed before him was somewhat different from what Sun Bin said.

In terms of Sun Bin's art of war, the Xuanxiang formation is a large infantry formation composed of dozens or even hundreds of sparse square formations, but the formation of the Hengshan army in front of you is too dense, right?

"General Gao Chu's eyes are as bright as a torch, the Xuanxiang formation that Mei Yan placed is indeed somewhat different from what is recorded in the book of war." Bai Lixian turned his head to Gao Chu and nodded lightly, thinking that with so many generals under the king's command, only Pang Yu, Master Zi Che has read military books, but now, he has to add a senior high school, and the rest are more than brave and lack of strategy.

Gao Chu immediately asked: "Military Master, what is the difference between the Xuanxiang formation that Mei Yan placed?"

Bai Lixian said indifferently: "Those in the Xuanxiang Formation are suspicious of many people, that is to say, the Xuanxiang Formation is used to confuse the enemy, in order to realize the original intention that is difficult to achieve, and generally increase the distance between each phalanx. The distance, but now, the Hengshan army is five times larger than our army, so the Xuanxiang formation is very dense, and I almost didn't see it just now."

"It's so dense, is it still Xuanxiang formation?" Gao Chu frowned, "It's almost a few formations!"

The number formation is also one of the ten formations in "Sun Bin's Art of War". The so-called number formation is actually a dense formation of infantry, which can prevent the enemy from breaking through the central army to the greatest extent. The number formation is the strongest in defense, but its weakness is also the most obvious. However, once the enemy army breaks into the Chinese army and cuts down the Chinese army's banner, the entire number of formations will collapse without a fight.

Bai Lixian smiled and said: "What the general said is that the Xuanxiang formation is on the periphery of the Hengshan army formation, but the core is several formations. This is because most of the Hengshan army are new recruits. If they are arranged in several formations, they may not wait for me. When the army entered the central army, they would push each other and be defeated like a mountain, so Mei Yan made improvements according to the situation and formed the Xuanxiang formation."

After this pause, Bai Lixian said again: "In this way, even if several square formations on the periphery are broken by our army, the main formation of the central army and the other square formations can still remain stable. It can move back and forth between each phalanx, so even if our army breaks through most of the Hengshan phalanx, the Hengshan army can still be chaotic and not collapsed!"

"Xuanxiang Formation is so powerful, Mei Yan still has this ability?!" Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but look slightly sideways.

If things are really as Bai Lixian said, it will be really tricky. It is true that the [-] Chu troops under Xiang Zhuang's command are all veterans, and it is true that they are powerful in combat, but they are human beings after all, not machines, and they also have physical strength In a limited, high-intensity and fierce battle, they can only persist for half an hour at most!
If the Hengshan army can really be chaotic without collapse, when will it last?Even if there are 10,000+ pigs there, you have to kill them for a long time, let alone 10,000+ strong men in armor and holding swords and halberds?If this is the case, no matter how powerful the [-] Chu army can fight, they will eventually be lost in the vast ocean of the Hengshan army.

Most of the Hengshan army are rookies, and may not reach the level of chaos but not collapse, but the way of formation is ever-changing and extremely dangerous!Although Xiang Zhuang has never read ancient military books, he still has a very basic understanding of this point. Otherwise, there would be no legend of the Eight Formation Map, so he never dared to risk the lives of [-] veterans.

Gao Chu said again: "Military Master, how to break the Xuanxiang Formation that Mei Yan placed?"

Bailixian said: "Xuanxiang formation is actually a defensive formation of suspicious soldiers. As long as the attacking side concentrates its forces and pushes forward, it will be defeated naturally. However, the Xuanxiang formation set by Mei Yan is different. If you push forward flatly, you will inevitably fall into the vast ocean of the Hengshan Army, and once you go deep into the enemy's line, you may not even be able to distinguish the direction."

After saying this, Bai Lixian said to Xiang Zhuang: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the troops be divided into four groups, each with four colors of green, red, yellow and blue flags, and guided by the king's big banner, from the east, south, Take the main formation of Mei Yan's central army from the west and north, and once Mei Yan's main formation of the central army is broken, the remaining Hengshan army formation will be destroyed without attack!"

"No, that's not necessary!" Xiang Zhuang refused without hesitation.

Compared with Wei Liao, Bailixian is slightly inferior to Wei Liao in terms of strategic vision, but in terms of tactical command attainments, he is definitely not inferior to Wei Liao. This is what Wei Liao said to Xiang Zhuang himself, but whether it is Baili Xian or Wei Liao, they are all ancients of this era after all, so they cannot escape the shackles of this era. The so-called shackles are the war etiquette of this era.

Until the Spring and Autumn Period, wars were still "games" between the nobles of various countries, so many incomprehensible and strange phenomena often appeared on the battlefield, such as the battle of Yanling between Jin and Chu, Jin generals Han Jue, Zhi and others intercepted several times They captured Lord Zheng Guo who assisted the Chu army in fighting, but instead of capturing Lord Zheng Guo, they got off the chariot to salute each other, and then released him!
In the Warring States period, the scale of wars continued to expand and the wars became more and more tragic. The composition of the army was expanded from nobles to civilians. This absurd war etiquette gradually disappeared in the long river of history. However, some etiquettes have evolved into conventions. The habit of fighting against each other has been tenaciously preserved. For example, if two armies face off, the winner must be decided!
Looking at the history of the pre-Qin period, in the history of thousands of years of war, there has never been a single instance where both sides have formed a formation, but before the battle started, one side voluntarily withdrew its troops. There has never been a single case of such a battle!It wasn't until the Three Kingdoms period that many masters of war headed by Cao Cao perfected the pre-Qin art of war to the extreme, and the means of war became diversified.

Even if Cao Cao is like this, Xiangzhuang from later generations will not have the shackles of this era.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang turned his head and ordered loudly: "Order the whole army, change the rear team to the front team, and retreat slowly!"

"Huh? Back off?!"

"Didn't fight, just retreat?"

"Wouldn't this be a joke for the Hengshan Army?"

"What's wrong with your Majesty, don't you understand?"

As soon as Xiang Zhuang's words fell, not only Bai Lixian was stunned, but the rest of Gao Chu, Xiao Kai, Tian Heng, Bai Limao, You Yuan, Xi Qilie, and Zi Che Shi all looked at each other in blank dismay. Obviously, Xiang Zhuang's move It greatly exceeded their expectations, and with their way of thinking, they couldn't understand Xiang Zhuang's intention at all.

However, Huyan Zhengde and Jin Xiang suddenly agreed and sent the order.

In an instant, the low-pitched horn sounded in the Chu army's formation, and the soldiers of the Chu army who were waiting in the formation turned around in shock and retreated slowly.

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Hengshan Zhongjun.

Mei Yan was standing on the chariot watching the battle, holding on to the guardrail.

Looking at the Hengshan Army Formation, which is densely spaced, dense and not chaotic, the corners of Mei Yan's mouth can't help but twitch. Mei Yan has been familiar with military books since childhood, and especially likes to study formations. For the ten formations recorded in Sun Bin's Art of War He has done a lot of research, and the Xuanxiang Formation that the Hengshan Army put up this time is his masterpiece.

Most of the Hengshan Army are rookies, and their biggest weakness is lack of training!

However, the Xuanxiang Formation can make up for the weakness of the Hengshan Army’s lack of training to the greatest extent, because the biggest feature of the Xuanxiang Formation is "chaos". The infantry phalanx constituted the entire scattered Xuanxiang formation, whether inside or outside the formation, it gave people the feeling of chaos.

Because of the chaos, even though the front was already full of excitement, amidst the noisy golden drums, the rear was also ignorant. It was because of ignorance that these new recruits who had just been recruited would not feel fear. This way, the Hengshan Army's weakness of lack of training can be made up for, while the advantage of having more soldiers can be brought into full play!
No matter how brave Xiangzhuang is, no matter how capable the Chu army is, can they really kill 10,000+ Hengshan soldiers?

However, when Mei Yan was looking forward to being complacent, when he looked up, he was surprised to see that the Chu army waiting in front of them turned around and retreated. Mei Yan's eyes widened in surprise. What's going on?The Chu army actually withdrew?
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PS: There was only one update yesterday, but I don’t want to explain any more, and I don’t want to post a single chapter, because posting a single chapter to explain it makes me feel shameless. I just want to say that the sun will come back tomorrow Rise as usual, no matter what, life has to go on, so I will definitely continue to update, in order to explain to the readers who support the swordsman, and to support the family...

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