Chapter 618: Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation
As the Wudeng troops rushed forward, Shi Nai and Guan Jin smiled at each other and retreated directly into the formation.
Afterwards, the command flags were raised, and the formation under the two men began to operate rapidly.
If you can get an overview of the formation from above, you will find that the arrangement of Daqian's soldiers is empty in the middle and dense on the outside. As the formation moves, the soldiers on the outermost layer are also running rapidly. In addition, although the soldiers on the entire periphery look the same, they are actually a mixture of real and fake, and the number of soldiers in each part is completely different.
"General, this formation is truly ingenious!" A Xuhen leader exclaimed beside Shi Nai. "We, like the enemy, both have over 10,000 soldiers. However, given our current situation, the enemy has no idea of our strengths and weaknesses. Even if they had twice as many soldiers, they would be trapped in our formation."
Shi Nai smiled complacently, "What do you think we've been training in Longyou City for nearly half a month?"
"You should be thankful that Elder Shentu led his people to join the Marshal ahead of time. Otherwise, you might have to try this formation first."
"This formation was passed down by the Marshal, and is called the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation. Its reality and illusion are unpredictable, and it operates continuously. Once the enemy attacks, don't even think about getting out!"
The leader of the Xuhen tribe was surprised. The foundation of the Central Plains dynasty was indeed unfathomable. In terms of bravery, the people of Southern Xinjiang were definitely not inferior to the soldiers of Daqian. However, in terms of the use of troops, they were far from being the opponents of the generals of Daqian.
The Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is rumored to have been improved by Zhuge Liang based on the Bagua Formation.
This formation seems to be integrated, but in fact it is divided into eight parts according to Jingmen, Shengmen, Kaimen, Jingmen, Dumen, Simen, Xiumen and Shangmen. If you want to maximize the advantages of this formation, you also need to arrange corresponding means in advance according to the terrain and topography, and even in each direction.
Jia Cong had already observed the terrain of this place in advance. Although this is not a barren mountain area, there are low hills that rise and fall continuously, which is exactly the layout of the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation. Therefore, Jia Cong handed over the formation to Shi Nai in advance and asked him to lead his soldiers to practice. Although there was only less than half a month, it was obviously enough to deal with the members of the Wudeng tribe.
I have mentioned a few words about formations before, and I will say a few more .
The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated, so the creation of these formations is certainly not just for the sake of being fancy and beautiful.
The essence of a formation is first and foremost a combination of reality and illusion, and secondly, density. The goal of most formations is simply to use one's superior forces to counter the enemy's inferior forces, thereby quickly opening up the situation, breaking the enemy's formation, or gaining the upper hand.
For example, in Tian Ji's horse racing, under normal circumstances, Tian Ji would undoubtedly lose, but after a simple deployment, he could use inferior forces to defeat the superior enemy. This is the mystery of the formation.
The same is true for the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation. If there is an expert who can overlook the overall situation or knows the mystery of the Eight-Gate Golden Lock, he can directly use strong troops to attack the weak parts of the formation and naturally break the formation. For example, Jingmen, Shengmen , etc. are actually the weak points of the formation.
If you rush into the Death Gate or the Injury Gate, you will be besieged by the strongest and largest number of soldiers in the formation, and you will naturally be beaten to a bloody pulp.
Not to mention the operation of the Daqian army formation, the Wudeng army rushed straight forward. When one of their troops arrived in front of the formation, the troops opposite them did not dare to fight at all and retreated directly into the formation.
The commander of the troops was stunned, but at this moment he was rushing forward and had no time to make other arrangements, so he could only bite the bullet and charge in.
After chasing for a while, he discovered that the troops behind him had been cut off by the Daqian troops at some point. They were caught up in the army and surrounded by enemies.
"Retreat, retreat!" The commander immediately led his troops back in the direction they came from, but they didn't know that after the Wudeng troops had rushed in with a total of three to four thousand people, the troops on the left and right that opened the gap suddenly rushed towards their weak points. The Wudeng troops could not take care of both the front and the rear, and were directly cut in half.
The front part was the troops under the commander's command, and they had been surrounded by the army.
The following troops immediately rushed forward to fight, but were unable to gain entry...
The soldiers caught in the large formation had lost their direction and could only rush around randomly. After a while, they saw a group of soldiers blocking their way. These soldiers all held large shields, and there was no telling how many layers there were. They fought forward for a while, but could not move forward, so they had to change direction and continue to charge forward.
After a while, another troop came towards them. This troop had no shields and was composed entirely of spearmen.
The commander was too lazy to think too much and just led his troops to attack.
When the two armies collided, the spearmen were like a hedgehog, advancing and retreating in a strategic manner, relying on the advantage of their weapons to kill and injure a large number of Wudeng's soldiers. They fought desperately to kill some Daqian soldiers, but they were immediately replaced by the following soldiers.
The two sides fought for half an hour, and the Wudeng army was wiped out, and the Daqian army also suffered more than a thousand casualties.
This group of soldiers had no idea that they had just entered a dead end. It seemed that they were only facing one group of soldiers, but there were at least four or five thousand people surrounding them, and they were all elite and brave soldiers in the army.
In this way, more than 10,000 Wudeng soldiers fought with Daqian soldiers for more than two hours. In the end, only less than 2,000 people were left, and they fled back to their own camp in a panic. The Daqian side suffered a total of nearly 3,000 casualties.
"Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops, close the camp!" Qingya's face was ashen. He was a little overwhelmed by the strength of the Daqian army. With the same number of troops, how could his side be defeated so miserably? Moreover, the Daqian side did not seem to have suffered much loss at all.
What kind of magical tricks did the Daqian soldiers use, or was there such a huge difference in the bravery of the soldiers on both sides?
"Recall all troops to the main camp, and only send out scouts to conduct inspections. No one is allowed to leave the camp for battle without the order of the clan leader."
Although it was just one battle, Qingya had to admit that he had been frightened by Daqian. He had only about 40,000 men under his command, and more than 20% of them were killed in the first battle. If the battle continued like this, it would probably take less than ten days for him, the clan leader, to become a commander without troops.
Soon, all the leaders of the Wudeng tribe came to Qingya's tent.
Everyone sat down, but there was complete silence. Today's defeat was inexplicable and terrifying.
Finally, Qingya spoke first, "You have all witnessed the battle just now. Let's talk about what to do next..."
