Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 1216

Zhao Kuo raised his head and said: "No, Bai Qi is best at fighting quick battles, but not at protracted battles. If we rush deep, we may fail. Therefore, it is safest to proceed step by step."

"Step by step? Be more specific." Ding Ermiao frowned and asked.

Zhao Kuo clasped his fists, then pointed to the map on the ground and said: "We will occupy the buildings one by one from the front or the two wings, and finally surround 73 buildings. This is encroaching step by step, building camp step by step."

Ding Ermiao vomited blood and asked, "Bai Qi's troops far exceed ours. How can we surround him?"

"Surrounding fewer troops with a large number of troops is a common method of war; it is a rare soldier to encircle a larger number of troops with fewer troops." Zhao Kuo was very confident, and said: "As we advance step by step, I am sure that Bai Qi will be surrounded and eliminated in the end."

Ding Ermiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Okay, okay, we are talking about war on paper. Enough is enough. Now everyone continues to stick to their posts and wait until after twelve o'clock to launch the attack again. This time..., I will hand over the command of the battlefield to General Zhao."

It's nothing more than just talking on paper.It's a mule or a horse, it needs to be taken out for a walk!
So Ding Ermiao planned to try out the quality of Zhao Kuo first.

If he can succeed, keep him; if he fails, just kill him. It is useless to keep someone who is a boaster.

"Thank you Generalissimo, my subordinates must wash away their shame and make contributions to the Generalissimo!" Zhao Kuo was grateful and saluted with fists clasped.

After waiting for more than 2000 years, he finally got the chance to fight Bai Qi again, so Zhao Kuo was inevitably excited.

Ding Ermiao waved his hand and took Ji Xiaoxiao for a walk around the artificial lake, then returned to the rental house to have dinner and wait for the arrival of twelve o'clock.

To make a long story short.

Before twelve o'clock, Ding Ermiao was already standing on the road in the middle of the artificial lake with Ji Xiaoxiao.

The lake on the south side of the road is covered with thin wooden boards of different shapes.The soldiers of the underworld stood on it, densely packed.

Bai Qi's ghost bandits withdrew their defense line to the north bank of the artificial lake. They were lined with swords and guns, watching eagerly.

"General Zhao, now you give orders on my behalf and command the three armies to attack Baiqi." Ding Ermiao looked at Zhao Kuo and said seriously: "But this is the first battle, you must win but not lose, otherwise, military law will be dealt with! "

"Understood! Generalissimo, please watch the battle with peace of mind."

Zhao Kuo clasped his fists at Ding Ermiao, turned around and gave the order: "Nuutou Mamian, I order you two to lead three thousand Yin soldiers to attack from the middle as a test!"

At this time, Zhao Kuo had a loud voice and a decisive tone, which was quite majestic.

"Got the order!" The bull-headed horse-faced man shouted, leading three thousand Yin soldiers and rushing towards the other side of the artificial lake from the middle road.

Zhao Kuo then waved his hand and said: "Advance across the board, half an arrow ahead, and plunder the formation!"

The underworld soldiers behind them took action one after another and pressed towards the other side in neat rows.

The Flying Ghost King had already led his subordinates who could fly, and flew into the air first, and threw some scraps of wood planks on the water for the soldiers of the underworld to use as pontoon bridges.

Ding Ermiao and Ji Xiaoxiao, following Zhao Kuo, also stepped onto the covered bridge on the lake to watch Zhao Kuo command the battle.

On both sides of the covered bridge, the soldiers of the underworld were divided into four teams and moved forward on the floating bridge in an orderly manner.

Ji Xiaoxiao and Ding Ermiao looked at each other, thinking in their hearts that this Zhao Kuo still had a few tricks up his sleeve. It might be unfair to Zhao Kuo for future generations to cling to the armchair joke.

"kill……!"

The north bank of the artificial lake is in front of the formations of the two armies.Three thousand Yin soldiers led by Niu Tou and Ma Mian met Bai Qi's ghost bandits at hand-to-hand combat, and their shouts of killing shook the sky.

Because the field was not big enough, Bai Qi's follow-up troops were blocked by his own vanguard and could not come out in full force, so the battle was a tie, and the outcome was temporarily tied, and the two sides stuck together.

"The [-]st, [-]th and [-]th columns, each send out a thousand soldiers, to conduct a tentative attack!" Zhao Kuo waved the command flag in his hand and issued the order again.

Old ghosts such as the Wolf Fang Ghost King and the Stone-bearing Ghost King immediately commanded their subordinates to launch an attack. The battlefield situation turned into a full-line attack formation.

Bai Qi was still not seen in the ghost army on the opposite side, and Sima Jin was still the supreme commander.

When the soldiers came to cover up the water and earth, Sima Jin also waved his command flag and mobilized ghost soldiers to greet them.

Zhao Kuo looked solemn, watching the battle ahead, calm and steady.

Ding Ermiao and Ji Xiaoxiao were also paying attention to the battle situation, but they would occasionally look at Zhao Kuo's face.

Quietly, Guo Zhanbi floated out and stood beside Ding Ermiao.

On the north shore of the artificial lake, in the open space between the buildings, ghosts are rolling, killing each other indiscriminately.

Niutou Xiaoyong, with three thousand Yin soldiers, gradually advanced.

"Master, Bai Qi's ghost bandits have begun to change their formations again." Guo Zhanbi whispered.

Ding Ermiao hummed and turned to look at Zhao Kuo to see how he would dispatch his Yin soldiers to deal with it.

"Generalissimo, this is the Yanyue Formation. The entire army is arranged in an arc, shaped like a crescent knife, with the edge of the knife facing the enemy. It is an asymmetrical formation. The general's formation is usually located at the bottom of the concave crescent moon. Pay attention to it when fighting Attack the flanks and block the opponent with thick moon disks.”

Zhao Kuo stared ahead and explained to Ding Ermiao:

"The inner recess of the crescent moon may seem weak, but it contains dangers. The general's formation has strong combat power. It is suitable for brave men with strong soldiers, and it is also suitable for certain asymmetrical terrains."

Ding Ermiao nodded and said: "That's it. How to crack it now?"

"If there is a brave general who can attack directly into the crescent moon, he can destroy his Yanyue Formation, but there are currently no suitable generals. Therefore, we can only attack from both wings."

Zhao Kuo waved the command flag and sent an order: "The first and fifth columns each add ten thousand troops and charge the enemy's flanks. The bull-headed horses in the middle retreat, and the archers shoot at the opponent's pursuers!"

The soldiers of the underworld responded and acted according to plan.

In fact, there was a brave general at the scene who could attack the opponent's crescent moon and directly capture Sima Jin.That is Ding Ermiao.

However, Ding Ermiao wanted to see Zhao Kuo's true talent and learning, so he stayed put and watched them fight.

Besides, Ding Ermiao is the de facto supreme commander and cannot kill the enemy unless absolutely necessary.

As a general marshal, you have to have some airs.You can't just charge into battle, right?

Zhao Kuo's tactics obviously worked.

With heavy troops advancing rapidly on both sides, the two wings of the opponent's Yanyue Formation could not resist it at all and moved closer to the center.The originally curved formation was squeezed into a long column.

The two wings could not be expanded, so Sima Jin had no choice but to seek a breakthrough at the forward of the column, waving the command flag and attacking forward.

The bull-headed horse-faced man retreated while ordering the Yin soldiers to fire arrows.

It's just that the number of archers on the underworld is limited, and the bows and arrows fired can only slightly slow down Sima Jin's forward troops, but they cannot completely stop them.

(End of this chapter)