"Woo~wu~wu~"

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. In the early morning of the sixth day, trumpets sounded in the Liang Army camp. Tens of thousands of troops marched neatly out of the camp and arrived at the Quannan Pass to form an array.

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The terrain around Quannan Pass is flat, and in front of the pass are endless plains and gently undulating hills. If the Liang army were to attack from here, it would be a tough battle.

Because Quannan Pass is different from Nanchong City, behind it is the continuous supply of logistics and military supplies from the entire Jiangbei area, and it is the front line that Yuwen Xingchen personally sits on.

Of course, the so-called Gyeonggi Province Defense Line is not one city or one place, but a long and narrow defense line composed of several cities and dangerous mountains and rivers from east to west, just like a scaled-down version of the Northern Xinjiang Defense Line.

The main force of more than 100,000 Liang troops was divided into three. Chenyue, the army in the middle, was personally in charge, looking at Yuwen Xingchen from a distance. Wang Rusong, the envoy of the Liaodong Road Protector, was the commander of the army in the east, with 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry of the Liao army.

, threatening Gyeonggi Province, the West Route Army Chenyue sent veteran general Lu Jiyi as commander, leading 20,000 infantry including the city camp and 10,000 left cavalry to advance.

In addition to these three armies, there is also the Left Cavalry Army. Each of the Suppression and Liao Army mobilized 10,000 cavalry as a mobile force to respond to the three offensives at any time. The remaining troops and horses were all gathered in front of Quannan Pass.

The sound of war drums at Quannan Pass will definitely become a life-threatening horn for soldiers from both sides.

Today was the first battle for the Liang army to enter Quannan Pass. What Chenyue and the Beiliang generals did not expect was that Yuwen Xingchen took the initiative to send people to write a letter of war instead of blindly holding on to the city.

What's going on in Long Jun's gourd?

A high general platform was erected in the Liang Army's formation. Chen Yue led the generals of the Liang Army to climb up and have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.

Guarding around the general platform were the Daliang dragon knights from the Northern Liang Dynasty. The vast silver-white armor even brought a bit of chill to the warm spring day, and the silver spears were even more murderous.

Dozens of war drums were lined up along both sides of the general platform, and the burly men with bare arms and fierce looks looked fierce.

At the front of the formation were Su Hong's 10,000 Jixi Taoist soldiers and 10,000 Yungu troops, followed by the Zuo Cavalry, Bai Xuewei and other tens of thousands of cavalry, which was impressive.

Since the Long Army took the initiative to start the war, the Liang Army naturally brought out the strongest team, which could be regarded as giving enough face to the Emperor Long on the opposite side.

Chenyue walked slowly to the edge of the general platform, his eyes full of curiosity, because the Long army on the opposite side had already formed a formation and was ready to attack.

The formation of the Long army was very strange. They were lined up from east to west, with shields in the front, and behind them were archers and spearmen who responded to each other. The last row seemed to be shield bearers, and no cavalry was seen.

This formation is extremely weak. In the eyes of the Liang army's cavalry, this kind of straight forward line cannot be regarded as a horse-repelling formation, because as long as the shield hand at the front is broken, the Long army will be defeated.

There were no equipment such as antlers and caltrops to resist horses. Is it possible that they relied on those shields to resist the impact of the Liang Army cavalry?

Why did the Long army form this formation?

"Everyone, take a look, the Long Army's formation today is quite interesting~"

Chenyue squinted his eyes and did not take it lightly, because he smelled a hint of danger from this square formation, and Yuwen Xingchen would never make fun of the lives of his soldiers in vain.

Chu Yucheng said softly:

"This is a long snake formation."

The so-called long snake formation is not just about everyone standing in a row, but the formation can be changed at any time. It is mysterious and unpredictable. It is difficult for those who are not proficient in formations to see its full picture.

Xue Meng scratched his head and asked: "One word long snake formation? Could it be that the Long Army wants to compete with us in formations?"

Chu Yucheng said softly: "Looking at the situation, there should be nothing wrong."

"No matter what the formation is, send thousands of cavalry to rush through it, and the formation will be broken." Xue Meng waved his hand carelessly. In his eyes, this formation was really fragile.

Chu Yucheng rolled his eyes at him and said nothing, but Ye Xiaoxiao next to him said with a smile: "Xue Shuai, if the Long Army is so easy to deal with, how could they take the initiative to declare a challenge?

There must be something weird!"

Chen Yue concentrated and said: "Then let's see how the Long Army will attack~"

On the top of the city of Quannan Pass, the generals of the Long Army also gathered together. Yuwen Xingchen, who was wearing a golden dragon robe, came to the front line to supervise the battle, and was accompanied by the new and frail right minister of the Ministry of War.

There was also a hint of curiosity in Xun An's eyes. Although he had an almost demonic talent for leading troops in battle, he knew nothing about formations. Today's formation was set up by Dugu Chengye, and all of them were just spectators.

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Yuwen Xingchen said softly: "General Dugu, we are going to watch your performance today."

Dugu Chengye didn't say anything, he just waved his hand gently to the side, and quickly galloped out of the city on a horse and went straight to the front of the Liang army.

The cavalry was a strong man, and one could tell from his face that he was a tough soldier in the army. He held a huge Long Army flag and galloped out without carrying any weapons.

Even though he knew that there were countless cold arrows from the Liang army on the opposite side, he was not afraid at all.

Liang Jun made no move and allowed the man to gallop to the front of the formation. The cavalryman reined in the reins, stood sideways, raised his head and roared:

"General Fu of Dalong Town, Dugu of Longxi City, please ask the Liang army to break the formation!"

"General Fu of Dalong Town, Dugu of Longxi City, please ask the Liang army to break the formation!"

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The roar slowly spread in all directions, and even though the cavalryman had galloped away, the loud shout still echoed in Liang Jun's ears.

Chenyue raised his eyebrows slightly:

"General Zhenfu is Dugu Chengye, right?"

Chu Yucheng put his hands behind his back and said softly: "Yes, Dugu Chengye, Dugu Xin's uncle, is a veteran of Longxi.

Maybe the prince and you all don't know that this man studied at Yuelu Academy when he was young and studied the art of war, especially the art of formations. He was a prominent person in Yuelu Academy at that time.

My teacher even rated him as a formation genius."

Ye Xiaoxiao, who also came from Yuelu Academy, nodded slowly: "I have heard a little bit about this person."

"Huh? Is there such a thing?"

All the generals were very curious. They didn't expect that this distinguished general from Longxi came from the same academy as the Northern Liang Protector and had such a reputation.

Chenyue said calmly: "Then the Long Army must want to have a formation battle with us today~"

Chu Yucheng smiled and said: "This is Dugu Chengye's specialty. Although I have never heard of his achievements, to be praised so highly by my teacher, he must not be mediocre."

"In that case~"

Chen Yue's eyes were slightly cold: "Then today's battle will be led by Chu Duhu in the center. Let's all see whether this formation genius is extremely talented or our ghost in white is better!"

Chu Yucheng looked solemn, cupped his fists and shouted:
Chapter completed!