Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 562 Crane Wing Formation

"Get up, worthless things, don't be greedy for the rags in the Han camp! After this battle is won, you can grab whatever you want in Beidi!" Li Kan slapped a man on fire with a whip. The thieves rummaging in the Han camp shouted angrily: "Grain, cloth, women, gold and silver, you can grab as much as you want!"

Is there anything that can cheer up the hearts of bandits more than this sentence?In the troubled times, these bandits who have already left behind their humanity and only wanted to satisfy their own desires have already become beasts.Under such encouragement, the [-] Qiang and Hu troops were like [-] demons that disrupted the world, flooding the entire Han camp in an instant, and then chasing the Han army that could not be seen in front of them.

"This is our last battle of this year. This battle must not allow Zhang He to return home in a small defeat. We must completely defeat this Han army, and return to Xiliang after a big fight in Han!" Looking at the wolf rushing ahead Han Jun, Han Sui's heart became completely hot.However, compared with those short-sighted generals, his angle is still higher.

Of course, the premise is that they really defeated Zhang Yun this time.

But half an hour later, they still only saw the backs of the Han army fleeing in embarrassment, and the weapons in their hands were not stained with a trace of Han army's blood.

What the hell is going on here?
Are most of the Han camp not infantry?Even if running for one's life is a human instinct, it can easily stimulate potential and speed up, but how can a two-legged person run faster than a four-legged war horse?
This does not conform to common sense at all!

Han Sui was a little anxious, but he hadn't reached the point of doubt, because what he saw at this moment.It's all a mess of Qianghu and bandit armies looting randomly.This feeling made him immediately blame the failure of this pursuit on the lack of military discipline of these soldiers.

But after an hour passed, Han Sui had no choice but to become suspicious.No matter how scattered his army is, it is still impossible to only see the back of the Han army fleeing like this.

But before he had time to find out why, Han Sui suddenly saw the well-organized Han army.Accompanied by this scene, there are also a large number of broken corpses of Qianghu and bandit soldiers who collided with the repelling carbine: Obviously, the vanguard of their Qianghu army finally caught up with the Han army, but the result was not their offensive Destroyed, but was caught off guard by the well-prepared Han army!
When Han Sui arrived, the sky was already twilight, and then there was a faint light. Out of the corner of his eye, he just saw the cavalry with branches tied behind their horses slowly splitting into two groups, gathering on the two wings of the Han formation that had been waiting for a long time.In the morning light, this army was like a bird of prey with its wings closed, showing a sarcastic and cold smile to the prey that was rushing to die.

Needless to say, Han Sui immediately understood that there were no Han infantry at all in the Han camp they had destroyed before, and it was all an illusion created by the fast and mobile cavalry.The purpose, of course, is to lead them into this death trap!
The weird feeling before attacking the camp surged into Han Sui's heart again, and once again, it was more violent and turbulent, grabbing Han Sui's mind in an instant, causing the chill in his body to flood all over his body in an instant: no, it's a trick !

As soon as this idea came to Han Sui's mind, it quickly spread to the hearts of all the Qianghu army, making their frantic pursuit stop in front of the huge shock and the corpse of their companions.At this time, they have all seen clearly that the mountains and plains as far as they can see are enemies.

At this time, the Han army had formed a very strange formation. Right in front of them were the cavalry-rejecting spearmen densely packed with Han infantry, and the crossbowmen who barely drew their bowstrings were behind them.The center of their formation was guarded by heavy troops, with General Zhang He and Lieutenants Wen Pin and Han Hao at the rear.On the two wings of this core infantry phalanx, there are old cavalry and Han Dynasty Guanzhong fine cavalry commanded by Ma Chao and Pound.

If that's the case, Han Sui might just be jealous.But on the gentle slope, which is obviously the Crane Wing Formation, there are Hun cavalry that completely surround them in all directions and are ready to go!
Shanyu Liu Bao, a young Xiongnu with hair on his left lapel, stood in front of all the Qianghu people, watching these people come to their door with cold and ironic eyes——Huns!This is a nation with such a glorious history. Hundreds of years ago, this tribe completely dominated the ancestors of these Qianghu, making them slaves who dared not resist and could not resist under the horses and scimitars.

Even though the Huns are now in decline, the fallen phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken.But in any case, the shadow they left on these Qianghu people has not dissipated with the passage of time...

An army of more than 10 people seems to be not enough to deal with the [-] Iron Qiang League.But Han Sui knew that this battle could no longer be decided by numbers alone.It wasn't until this time that Zhang Yun, one of the four court pillars in Hebei, showed his demeanor and ability to the fullest.

Hebei Sitingzhu is not just a title, but is closely related to the responsibilities of the four of them.Among them, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were in charge of the forward military, Gao Lan was in charge of the rear army, and Zhang He and Zhang Junyi were in the middle of the patrol.As a result, the four talents will hold up the military power of Hebei like four pillars.

Obviously, Zhang Xi, who is in charge of patrolling in the center, is best at this kind of task of both offense and defense.At this moment, he has already set up this mutated crane wing formation. The tactical idea of ​​this formation is to outflank the left and right, and it has very high requirements for the commanding general.

If the general can arrange this formation properly, the two wings can be opened and closed freely, which can be used not only to copy the enemy's sides, but also to attack the enemy who broke into the middle of the formation.While the two wings are flexible and coordinated with the core combat force to advance together, the entire offensive is in full swing and irresistible.Not to mention, Zhang Yun has greatly expanded the two wings this time, allowing the Huns to act as a curtain covering the sky.

Speaking of siege and looting, what could be more competent than the Huns' rangers?What's more, Zhang Yun so cleverly avoided the disadvantages of inconsistent command and incoordination between the Han army and the Xiongnu cavalry, and it was too...too embarrassing to let the Hun cavalry do the last and unscrupulous slaughter. Han Sui was amazed.

Han Sui, who had read military books well, turned his brain rapidly, thinking about how to deal with this formation.After thinking about it, he only thought of the tortoise shell array.

For the commander of the defensive side who is well dispatched, the main point of the tortoise shell formation is that there are all iron walls around it, and they will not give an inch.In view of the Crane Wing Formation's tendency to attack and divide, the Turtle Shell Formation's firm defense has become the best response.

To put it simply, avoiding the truth and holding the ground is the correct decision to deal with Zhang He's Crane Wing Formation, but... let such a group of Qiang and Hu troops who don't understand the Golden Drum Command and have no military discipline give up what they think Rong's rush to death, is this possible?

Even though there is no absolute way to break the formation and defend the formation since ancient times, flexibility and adaptation to local conditions are the key points, but the problem is that Zhang He's Crane Wing Formation completely hides his shortcomings, and makes the disadvantages of the Qiang and Hu army infinitely magnified...

What are you waiting for?

Faced with such a situation, Han Sui made the most sensible decision in an instant after being full of fear: "Retreat, everyone retreats to the camp!"

To be fair, Han Sui's decision was really correct.Although the Crane Wing Formation has a powerful ability to outflank and plunder, if the enemy flees without fighting, this formation will be self-defeating.Although the result was that the Han army and the Huns were chasing after them, but it was much better than being killed here and destroying the entire army, right?

Moreover, Han Sui was also lucky: since Zhang Xi's army can be defeated repeatedly, then he only failed once, and maybe those defeated soldiers will slowly gather and recover, right?
However, at this moment, Han Sui never expected that Li Kan, who was stationed beside him, stared at the formation of the Han army for a long time, and then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha... just want me to break the formation. Waiting for the [-] troops to stay away is simply wishful thinking!" After saying this, Li Kan gave Han Sui a contemptuous look.

Han Sui was startled and angry, but at this moment of life and death, he couldn't care about Li Kan's rudeness, so he asked Li Kan, "General Li, can you break through this crane wing array?"

Han Sui had [-] points of hope for these words.But at this time, the words that made Han Sui vomit blood finally appeared.

"Crane Wing Formation, what is Crane Wing Formation?" Li Kan stared with big eyes, and then laughed disdainfully: "Whatever the formation is, the enemy army is only 4 people, how can they beat us with [-] troops?" Army?!"

After hearing these words, Han Sui felt his chest was hit hard by a sledgehammer, which made him feel so bored that the sky that was already lit up turned dark again.When Zhang Yun on the opposite side heard this, he was also so angry that he laughed: "Okay, so courageous... What a fool who knows how to live or die! The crossbowman stepped forward and threw three shots without leaving an inch of armor!"

(End of this chapter)