It was already dark, and the 15,000 soldiers arrayed outside Cao's camp were still waiting in formation. Everyone stood there quietly, waiting for an order.
There was no moon, and the clear night enveloped the troops outside Cao's camp like a black velvet garment. The troops stood in different directions and looked sparse in the huge open space. They looked like feathers in the still air.
It didn't move at all.
"Brother Wentai, brother Ziyu, please see, this is the battle formation I formed with the Qingzhou Army and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. It can be said to be the most elite army of Cao Cao's army." Cao Cao stood at the gate with a proud look on his face.
Outside, he pointed at the army that was not clearly visible in the night and showed off loudly.
Sun Jian was silent now, and the expression on his face became very dull. He was still feeling uncomfortable about what Cao Cao said just now. For him, Cao Cao is now very powerful.
If he really has the ambition to dominate the world, he may set off a new bloody storm in the Central Plains.
Gao Fei still had a kind face. He didn't have to guess what Cao Cao was thinking. Just a name was enough to shock him. If Cao Cao didn't have the ambition to dominate the world, then he wouldn't have gone to Cao Ying with all these efforts.
Find out. He is beginning to regret a little now. He regrets that when he was in the capital, he did not kill the people who would be extremely detrimental to him in the future. However, judging from the situation in the capital at that time, if he did not leave in time, he would probably be punished by various factions.
Being involved in the struggle for power and profit, no one may even know about it even if he dies one day.
He breathed a sigh of relief and thought about it. It was pretty good as it was now. Although Cao Cao had an army of 50,000, he was not weak in the north. The Wuhuan people alone provided him with 50,000 soldiers. And
He believed that those Wuhuan people were definitely better equipped than Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry. As long as they were trained, they would be able to become a cavalry that would conquer the world.
He had already seen it clearly when he came. The so-called tiger and leopard cavalry were only five thousand carefully selected strong men. The war horses were not very good, and the weapons and armor they carried were only iron.
Qualitatively, most of the horses in the Central Plains are sold from the north. Cao Cao was able to form a cavalry team of 5,000 people in the chaos of the Central Plains. It seems that he spent a lot of money. The Qingzhou Army, to put it bluntly, is a group of integrated cavalry.
The Yellow Turbans are just surrendering their troops. Although they are physically strong, there is no trace of proud glory on their faces.
He is not worried about Cao Cao's so-called elite soldiers, because he firmly believes that sooner or later, he will bring his cavalry from Youzhou to level the Cao family's foundation, and he will defeat Cao Cao.
There were many thoughts in his mind. He finally smiled with relief and turned to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, we are so blind that even if the formation changes, we can't see clearly. Why don't we let people hold lamps and arrange them around, under the weak light?"
You can see a little more clearly if you lower it.”
Cao Cao said "Yeah", with a blush on his cheeks and his whole face. He still smelled of wine when he spoke. With the support of his guards Dian Wei and Xu Chu, he shouted to Xiahou Dun behind him: "Hold the lamp."
, everyone will return to their places!"
As soon as there was a sound, all the generals in Cao's camp were seen walking towards the battle formation. After a while, other soldiers came out holding torches. Thousands of soldiers holding torches were scattered in the battle formation very regularly.
In the middle and around it, pillars acted as pillars, with torches raised high, standing there upright, illuminating an unusual dark night with the light of the fire.
There was enough light, and 20,000 people stood staggered outside Cao's camp. The soldiers holding torches and the soldiers lined up in the battle formation formed a perfect unity, which could not hinder the changes in the battle formation at all.
At this time, Cao Ren came to Cao Cao holding an order flag, bowed to Cao Cao and said: "My lord, everything is ready, can we start?"
Cao Cao nodded and shouted softly: "Let's get started, let General Sun and General Gao see our army's exquisite battle formations."
"No!" Cao Ren immediately raised the flag high and waved it suddenly.
The command flags fluttered, and the soldiers standing in the battle formation all roared "mighty" in unison. Immediately afterwards, the smaller command flags in the battle formation began to wave one after another, and the infantry square array lined up in front began to retreat.
Go, and the tiger and leopard cavalry arrayed in the middle began to disperse among the infantry, and the rest of the infantry included the cavalry. The infantry and cavalry began to cooperate very tacitly. After a while, the entire army formed a
Spectacular Bagua shape.
In order to allow Cao Cao to fly high and Sun Jian to see the essence of the battle formation clearly, he took the two of them to the watchtower of the military camp. Looking down from a high place, they could have a panoramic view of the changes in the battle formation in the distance.
Gao Fei saw it very clearly. The neatly arranged phalanx suddenly spread far away in all directions, and every five hundred people formed a small phalanx, with fifty cavalry and four hundred and fifty infantry staggering each other.
, and the infantry is divided into four types: sword and shield soldiers, spear soldiers, archer soldiers, and crossbow soldiers. There are one hundred soldiers for each type. In addition, there are fifty people carrying ropes.
This small square formation based on 500 people formed a large military formation. There were a total of twenty-three such square formations arranged in it. Eleven thousand five hundred people formed such a square formation, all scattered in various positions.
, and left the central position vacant for the 3,500 tiger and leopard riders. Viewed from a high place, the 15,000-man military formation has become a battle formation in the shape of a trigram.
"What kind of Bagua formation is this?" Gao Fei asked in confusion after looking at it.
Cao Cao nodded heavily and boasted: "My dear brother, I have good eyesight, but what I said is not accurate enough. This is called the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation, and it is the result of half a year of research."
"Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation?" Gao Fei couldn't help but be a little surprised. Seeing the formation in front of him, he didn't expect that the Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation was so spectacular, and the person in charge of commanding the formation was actually Cao Ren, and the other generals
Then they all entered the formation to command the surrounding small square formations of 500 people. After reading it, he couldn't help but feel that Cao Cao still valued Cao Ren, otherwise such a complex and changeable formation would not be handed over to him.
Cao Ren came to take command.
"Yes, this is the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation. It uses Bagua as its prototype, and softens Xiandi's battle formation. It uses a small number of changeable battle formations to form the cornerstone of the entire formation, and then uses the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry as the backbone. As long as
When the enemy attacks, he can be completely engulfed in the formation. Dear brother, please see, I have carefully arranged every five hundred people in the formation. Each unit has its own special mission. This formation can be used even in large-scale melees.
Among them, it is completely calm. These fifteen thousand people are enough to withstand fifty thousand enemy troops attacking from all directions. This eight-door golden lock formation can be attacked or defended. I evolved it and it became what it is now."
After listening to Cao Cao's explanation, Gao Fei really admired Cao Cao. He was really a military genius. However, for Gao Fei, this formation was very cumbersome.
Time training and coordination cannot really work at all. There are many formations in ancient times, but very few are actually used in actual wars, because this kind of cumbersome battle formations must require every soldier to be firm.
Keep your position firmly in mind. If you make a wrong move, it is very likely that the entire battle formation will be destroyed. Soldiers who join the army often have little knowledge. They may not be ambiguous when they go into battle to kill the enemy.
They remember this complicated evolution and know it is difficult without even thinking about it.
Gao Fei smiled and felt confident in his heart. Although Cao Cao had peeped at his battle formation, Cao Cao was always an ancient man. In terms of thinking, he often based his thoughts on the military books and battle formations left over from ancient times. There would be nothing too special.
Big breakthrough thinking. This also makes him ahead of his time. At least he knows the history of Chinese and foreign countries and is familiar with the evolution of world wars. Although he is not very proficient in the art of war, he has thousands of years of history in his mind.
He kept collecting war strategies from ancient famous generals, which was enough for him to survive in this era. Although he copied the ancient people in terms of wisdom, he did not graduate from a military academy after all, and he was not necessarily good at fighting. For example, Sishui
In the first battle of Guan, he completely lost to Li Ru. If it weren't for the internal strife between Li Ru and Li Jue, he might have lost miserably in that battle.
"Brother Meng De is really a talented man. He is able to make such a complicated formation so neatly practiced by his subordinates. I really admire him." Gao Fei praised again.
Cao Cao said: "It's nothing, it's a trivial matter. I still have a lot of things in my mind. You will gradually know how powerful I am in the future."
Sun Jian never said a word and stood there quietly, but his eyes were fixed on Cao Cao's back. He seemed to be able to feel how terrifying this person standing next to him would be in the future. It was in his heart that he was dying.
When he was satisfied, suddenly there was a person blocking his sight with both arms, and a very sharp gaze stared at him, which made his back feel cold. And the person standing in front of him and blocking Cao Cao from behind, actually
It's Dian Wei.
Dian Wei's eyes shot out two rays of light, as sharp as venomous snakes. He noticed something strange in the way Sun Jian looked at Cao Cao, and he quickly turned around and stood between Sun Jian and Cao Cao, staring closely at them.
Look at Sun Jian.
Sun Jian's eyes hurriedly turned to the side. He only felt that his heart was beating hard now. This was the first time he felt such a sharp gaze. The look from his eyes seemed to kill him. His breathing gradually
I felt a little bit of difficulty, and then cold sweat began to break out on my back. I unconsciously took a step back, not daring to look at Dian Wei again.
Dian Wei used his momentum to force Sun Jian to take a step back from Cao Cao. He no longer paid attention to Sun Jian, but turned around, touched his back with both hands, lifted up a coat on his upper body, and unexpectedly exposed two penises inserted in
He held the big iron halberd in his waistband tightly in his hand, and resisted Cao Cao with his strong body. He did not move a step away, but he kept looking at Sun Jian from the corner of his eye.
Sun Jian was already a big man at this time, and his heart was still beating very hard. He looked at the monster behind Cao Cao with just his eyes. He thought to himself: "This man is really a monster."
Such a powerful character, I didn’t expect it to make me shudder..."