The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 218 Breaking the Formation
After getting Dole Gun's reply, Zhu Cihong asked Huang Degong's right army to be in charge of setting up the formation, and only picked a battalion from the central army to supplement the right army.

Following Huang Degong's order, 6 people quickly gathered and formed a square. When the flag was waved, it split into nine square formations, and then the nine square formations split into 81 more square formations. small phalanx.

All of this was completed in just half a quarter of an hour. It can be seen that all the armies of the Ming army are already familiar with this so-called Nine Palaces Formation.

Although it was just a simple closing and splitting, Doergun and Hong Chengchou were even more afraid when they saw that the Ming army had completed their formation in such a short period of time.

Especially Doer Gun, who grew up reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, looked at the neat Nine Palaces of the Ming Army in the distance, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was unfathomable, and the more he looked, the more he felt that there must be a huge murderous intent and doorway.

"Sir, this Nine Palaces Formation is Nine, is it more powerful than Zhuge Liang's Eight Diagrams Formation?"

Dorgon looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see why, so he had to ask Hong Chengchou for advice carefully.

Hong Chengchou's face also twitched, this formation has long been lost, and he doesn't understand it.

But he affirmed that since ancient times, in all Chinese dynasties, no commander would have dared to divide the 81 army into [-] pieces to fight against the enemy.

Because this is simply impossible to command, even if the commander is a military genius, if he can command it, there will be chaos among the various phalanxes.

Commanding on the battlefield is about commanding like arms. The average army is divided into five pieces at most on the battlefield, and even a well-trained army will not exceed ten pieces.

So looking at the 81 small phalanxes of the Ming army at this moment, I really can't figure out whether the Ming army is ignorant or can really command these [-] phalanxes.

If it is really possible to effectively command these 81 phalanxes to cooperate with each other, no matter what kind of formation it is, the power it will exert is unimaginable.

"My lord, this so-called Nine Palaces Formation, as the name suggests, naturally arranges troops in the order of the Nine Palaces..."

Hong Chengchou didn't say how the Jiugong Formation is, but explained to him the general principle of the Jiugongge.

What Dole heard was cloudy and foggy, and his head became even more confused. Although he couldn't figure out the so-called Nine Palaces Formation, since he had promised to break the formation, he would send someone to try it anyway.

So under the repeated urging of the envoys of the Ming army, Dorgun looked at a Mobei Mongolian leader beside him and said: "Patriarch Ubato, you will lead the warriors under you to break the formation. You fight!"

"This...respected regent, my Ubato tribe has only [-] warriors, and the Ming army has a full [-]. How can we break the formation?"

The patriarch of the Ubato tribe is an old man in his 40s. Hearing the words, he said a little nervously, obviously he didn't want to go.

"You just go. The formation of the Ming army is so scattered, and there is a big gap between each other. After you lead the cavalry to rush in, just shoot the arrows and don't stop."

Dorgon waved his hand and said in a harsh tone.

Doer Gun was very curious about this so-called Nine Palaces Formation. If he didn't test it out to see how powerful it was, he might not be able to fall asleep tonight. Even if the two thousand horses were lost by half, it was all he could do.

Ubato had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead two thousand warriors to break the formation, while Zhu Cihong and Huang Degong in the distance saw that Jiannu had only sent two thousand cavalry to break the formation, and they all cursed angrily.

Fortunately, idleness is idleness, so it should be regarded as daily training.

Ubato galloped anxiously around the Nine Palaces Formation with two thousand warriors, turned around two or three times, but dared not rush in until Dorgon issued a strict order, and then he gritted his teeth and pulled out his scimitar and shouted: " Warriors, follow me, don't stop!"

"kill!"

Immediately, the two thousand riders rushed towards the gap between the two phalanxes of the Ming army like a torrent.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

Huang Degong, who commanded on the high platform in the center of the phalanx, was also very excited when he saw that the opponent finally rushed in, and immediately gave the order to meet the enemy.

"kill!"

All of a sudden, there was a bang of the war drum and the sound of the hammer, and the [-] troops shouted in unison. All the spearmen and pikemen put down their spears and spears, and the archers put their arrows on the ground one after another. On the other hand, the fire commander is ready to go.

The gap of [-] steps is enough for [-] cavalry to gallop through quickly. Ubato also rushed in quickly, and then rushed out from the other side to break the formation.

But after the cavalry rushed in along the gap, they were attacked by a wave of arrows from the two phalanxes. Wherever they passed, there were arrows and firecrackers on the left and right sides. In the end, they only rushed halfway, and two thousand cavalry arrived. Most of the time.

The remaining half were about to rush out, but the outermost 24 small square formations had been displaced, blocking all exits from the formation.

Fortunately, the Ming army was not shooting arrows or guns at this time. Ubato didn't dare to directly hit the glistening gun forest, so he had to slow down and lead more than a thousand cavalry towards the gap on the left.

Huang Degong on the stage saw a thousand cavalrymen being locked in the formation, scurrying around like headless chickens along the gap, even if they couldn't find the way out, a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

Decided to take this opportunity to rehearse the Nine Palace Formation. After all, the opportunity is rare. I am afraid that after this time, no one will foolishly break the formation and die, so I ordered to stop shooting arrows.

With the waving of the command flag on the central high platform, the nine small square formations in the middle began to close up and hug each other, while the 24 small square formations in the outermost began to move forward along the gap.

At this time, Ubato was already sweating profusely. As there were fewer and fewer warriors around him, the gaps became narrower, and there were fewer and fewer ways out. He was as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

Zhu Cihong's eyes widened in the distance, he originally thought that the so-called Nine Palaces Formation was just a show, and it was a joke of the red lady, because he didn't believe in any formations or anything like that.

But looking at the eighty small phalanxes now, just by simply shifting them, they have such great power that their jaws dropped. If they were paired with a long halberd and a long shield, they would really be invulnerable.

After tossing for half an hour, Ubato finally had only [-] riders left. There was really no way to go, and he was surrounded by groups in a small space, so he surrendered and ended the breakout.

And the entire Nine Palaces Formation doesn't seem to have changed much.

Doer Gun and Hong Chengchou, who were watching the battle from a distance, were silent, both were frightened by the huge power of the Nine Palaces. They knew that the reason why Ubato was able to persist for so long was not that the Nine Palaces were not good, but that the opponent was taking them Try the formation, otherwise I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out as soon as they enter.

"The Nine Palace Formation is really unpredictable, it's simply amazing, today is really an eye-opener!"

Dole said a word of emotion from the bottom of his heart.

"My lord, this Nine Palaces Formation is really famous. I'm afraid it is more difficult to break than Zhuge Kongming's Bagua Formation. Let's withdraw troops first and fight tomorrow!"

He didn't believe in any formations before, but after seeing the Nine Palaces formation of the Ming army today, he also has a little understanding of Zhuge Liang's Eight Diagrams formation.

(End of this chapter)