Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 51: Frustrating Ambush
The main purpose of the pincer attack was to contain and restrict the enemy with spear infantry, creating an output for the cavalry...
At this time, Chen Gong was still giving orders on the high platform with an expressionless face, and occasionally looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle - this was Chen Gong's habit, and others didn't know why.
But if you look at it from Chen Gong's perspective, there are three "big screens" forty-five degrees above him, showing the battle situation on the battlefield from three other perspectives!
If you look more closely, you can see that these three perspectives come from the vanguard of the Bingzhou cavalry and the two infantry formations...
It was Chen Gong’s other strategy—Ming Ce!
Before the battle, the Mingce Seal, which is condensed from spiritual power, will be imposed on the generals in the army.
Afterwards, Chen Gong can obtain the perspective of the general, and the general can also obtain Chen Gong's perspective - the reason why Lu Bu can lead his troops to charge like a god is because Chen Gong's global perspective is opened at this time.
Generals who possess the Mingce mark can communicate with Chen Gong in real time.
Maintaining the Mingce mark requires Chen Gong to consume mental energy. If multiple marks , the consumption will accumulate, and when the distance exceeds the line of sight, the consumption will increase significantly.
Therefore, Chen Gong chose to open three seals at the same time, giving them to Lu Bu and two other captains who led the infantry formation. One of them was Ding Feng, whom Bai Tu had transferred to Chen Gong to teach and train in the past month, and the other was an old soldier of the Bingzhou Army, who was promoted after the new army was formed.
With the help of these three perspectives, Chen Gong can also analyze the situation on the battlefield more clearly...
If "slow wisdom" is a strategic tactic, then "bright strategy" is a tactical tactic. This also makes Chen Gong's thinking in handling details extremely clear when commanding the battlefield.
Even in Puyang, when fighting against Cao Cao who wanted to retake the city, Chen Gong dared to set fire to the city while letting Lu Bu rush to kill Cao's army. The secret lies here - he had no fear that Lu Bu's army would be surrounded by fire and would be unable to advance or retreat.
With the effect of Ming Ce, Lu Bu was able to use a bird's-eye view when charging, and almost killed Cao Cao in the city!
"Jia Zi rushes eastward, Yi Chen blocks the southwest." Chen Gong commanded calmly. He arranged the eighteen formations according to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.
"Are there only new recruits behind? It's simpler than I thought... It seems these guys are not strong enough to form a corner formation." Chen Gong muttered.
Lu Bu's wolf cavalry was invincible on the battlefield. The enemy troops fled wherever they passed. Whenever Zhang Xun's army wanted to defend with dense formations or attack the flanks of the cone formation, they were blocked by the Qu'a spearmen.
It was like a pair of huge hands, pinning down Zhang Xun's teams on the spot, waiting for Lu Bu to come and reap the rewards!
At the same time, although the "corner formation" is still in its infancy and has not yet been completed, it has already had some special effects. That is, with the coordination of the two major arms, one dynamic and one static, the enemy's attention will be focused on one of them and they will subconsciously ignore the other.
The special effects haven't been fully developed yet, but there is indeed such a trend.
Therefore, the enemy troops that were pinned down by the Qu'a spearmen were easily harvested by the wolf riders. However, some of the enemies who were overly wary of the wolf riders and were eager to join the nearby formations and form a dense queue were easily stabbed by the spearmen without any response...
Even for the Huainan cavalry, it was not easy to break through the formation of Qu'a spearmen. When the cavalry came, the soldiers behind them also raised their spears at an angle, and coupled with the dense formation, compared with the Bingzhou cavalry, the cavalry who were only trained to the level of "being able to ride horses" could not defeat them at all.
Although they were able to incur casualties among the spearmen, they were unable to achieve the effect of a cavalry sweep and were also unable to break the impasse.
Fish on the chopping board!
Zhang Xun suddenly felt that although he had more troops, they were just fish on the chopping board...
The enemy's spearmen are the chopping block, and the Bingzhou cavalry are the razor.
What good is it if the meat is heavier than the cutting board and the razor is heavier?
Looking at the army that was constantly disintegrating, the Bingzhou cavalry that was harvesting, and even intending to rush towards the general's platform, Zhang Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Blow the war horn... blow the war horn! Let the ambushers come forward!"
As the battle trumpets sounded, messengers sent . Thousands of ambushed infantrymen rushed out from a bush five or six miles to the east. They were confused at first, and then gradually began to approach the battlefield...
Of course it's inexplicable!
What about the ambush we agreed to intercept the enemy?
Why was the order suddenly issued ahead of schedule?
Fortunately, Liang Gang, the team leader, managed to fly up at this time, took a look at the situation of the battle, and found that the Huainan Army was actually showing a trend of collapse. Then he began to command the officers to rush to the battlefield.
Indeed, they met a messenger halfway through the journey, who told them to immediately cut into the battlefield from the side...
Liang Gang felt a little uncomfortable. In a battle of 10,000 against 4,000, he actually had to cut into the battlefield from the side. People might have thought he was ambushed on purpose!
However, Liang Gang now knew that this was not the time to care about face. If the situation really collapsed, no one would be able to escape well. He quickly ordered his men to approach the battlefield in a goose-shaped formation.
The so-called goose formation generally refers to a "V"-shaped or "inverted V"-shaped military formation. Usually the former is more common, that is, the left and right wings are in front, providing a certain degree of protection for the central army, as if the left and right fists are stretched forward...
From Liang Gang, we can also see the difference between a charging general leading troops and a wise general leading troops.
The latter usually build a high platform and command with flags and drums, while the generals who charge the formation have to act together with the army, and usually command directly with the functions attached to the armor - the general's armor can make the armor of his subordinates receive simple signals within a certain distance, usually no more than five types of signals...
The maximum number of contacts that can be made, as well as the type of signal and the distance that can be transmitted, all vary from person to person. It is generally believed that this is related to the "command ability" of the general, and it is one-way and can only transmit messages downward.
Compared with commanding generals, charging generals have more direct commands and are therefore more flexible. But at the same time, not only are they more vulnerable to attack because they are in the formation, but they also have no global perspective from the high platform, making it more difficult for them to grasp the battle situation. Moreover, the distance for transmitting signals is very short. If they are on the high platform in the rear, the ability to transmit signals will be completely lost at this distance.
Just like Zhang Xun was actually a military officer and had military tokens, but when commanding tens of thousands of people in a battle, he could only choose to command from a high platform.
Usually, a general who is a charge-type general will indeed command fewer troops, but it is also related to ability. At his peak, Lu Bu once led tens of thousands of wolf riders to charge. If he had the cooperation of Chen Gong's "wise strategy", he would be even more powerful.
At this time, Chen Gong saw "ambush troops" approaching in the distance, and even the last thousand Huainan cavalry who were not originally on the fighting field began to rush out, which did not surprise him.
He just continued to give orders, commanding the Qu'a spearmen to prepare for the response...
Lu Bu sneered and suddenly the formation split into two. The "head" including himself, about 300 cavalrymen, rushed towards the general platform where Zhang Xun was. The two wings that were disconnected at the back began to drive the defeated army to flee with their heads in their hands and change their escape route!
