In the afternoon, Cao Shuang led 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry and finally arrived at the outskirts of Hefei New City. The war in Hefei was about to break out...
Cao Shuang said loudly in front of the tiger and leopard cavalry: "The unknown young general in front of you has not quickly put down his weapons. If not, don't blame us for not having the sharpness of the weapons in our hands!"
As Cao Shuang spoke, he waved his hand for the tiger and leopard to ride forward.
The young general under Zhu Ji was suppressed by the momentum of Cao Shuang's army, and said with some fear: "I have been greatly favored by Lao Zhu and General Xiao Zhu. Now that your Wei soldiers are pressing down on the border, I am afraid, but the general is so kind, I cannot
If you don’t want to report it, just come back later!”
Cao Shuang held the Huanshou sword and said: "Soldiers, follow me and charge!"
The young general saw the tiger and leopard cavalry all wearing black helmets and black armor, riding black horses, wrapping their faces in black cloth, using brow-pointed knives, and rushed towards the Wu army formation led by him.
The young general was called Zhong Limu, and he was originally Zhong Limao's brother. His parents died when he was young, and he was adopted by Zhu Ran. He raised him, taught him martial arts, and later went to war with Zhu Ran.
This time before Zhu Ji went on the expedition, Zhu Ran called him to his bedside and asked him to take Zhong Limu with him so that his family could take care of him and share his merits with him. But what he didn't expect was that the great merits did not wait until
,The day of death is approaching.
Zhong Limu said sternly: "Form up a formation!"
The 10,000 Dongwu soldiers received the order and immediately set up the long snake formation they had previously arranged to block Cao Shuang's army. If Cao Shuang wanted to go to Hefei New City to rescue, he must break this formation first.
Cao Shuang saw that the formation was not a long snake formation. Cao Wei's soldiers saw that the formation was moving, and the long snake formation was moving like a giant python attacking, with fierce attacks, extremely strong defense, and both offense and defense.
He ordered the army to stop charging and wait for careful planning before breaking the formation.
The whole formation is divided into three parts: the head of the formation, the tail of the formation, and the gallbladder (central Wuji soil). When the formation changes, use both true and false.
The long snake formation is deduced based on the habits of snakes. There are three variations of the long snake formation.
1. Hit the snake's head, move its tail, and roll;
2. Strike the snake's tail, move first, bite;
Three, the snake body collides, head to tail, strangled!
Attack the snake head, and the snake's tail will roll around, forming a pincer attack with the snake head.
Attack Snake Tail, Snake Head turns to support Snake Tail.
If you attack the snake gallbladder, the long snake formation will be connected end to end, forming a closed door to beat the dog, surrounding the enemy in the formation and annihilating it.
The one-word long snake formation is mainly composed of spearmen, shield soldiers, and archers. There are also horse pits, horse tripping ropes, and fences in the formation.
The main force of the Long Snake Formation is the spearmen, and the shield soldiers and archers are only used as auxiliary forces.
Shield soldiers are mainly used to block the impact of enemy cavalry and prevent the enemy from breaking out after encirclement.
The archers used powerful crossbows to suppress the formation and cooperated with the spearmen to kill the enemies in the formation.
Cao Shuang's face became a little serious. Yang Zong, the chief clerk, came forward and said, "My lord, could this be a long snake formation?"
Cao Shuang looked serious and said: "Uncle Chu has really good eyesight. This formation is a long snake formation. This was when Emperor Wu led an army to attack Liu Da'er in Xuzhou.
Guan Yunchang used the formation to fight against our Wei army. Even Emperor Wu suffered a lot from this long snake formation!"
Yang Zong, the chief clerk, said with an ugly face: "In this case, it will take some time to break this formation."
Cao Shuang thought for a while and came up with the method that later generations used to break the one-word long snake formation. He said: "It is actually not difficult to break this formation. Duzi has said that the mobility of the cavalry on both wings of the long snake formation is the most important. To break the long snake formation, the best way is to limit the maneuverability of both wings so that the head and tail cannot see each other!"
The chief secretary, Yang Zong, said with confusion and joy: "Who is this master, my lord? How can he be so powerful? There is also such a detailed way to break the formation. Please give me your advice so that our Wei army can quickly break this formation."
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Cao Shuang did not continue to show off, and said with a smile: "This Duzi is a knowledgeable and wise man who I accidentally met when I was fighting with my father in the early years.
To break this formation, we must seize its head, clamp its tail, and cut off its waist! The specific method is to set up traps in our infantry formations, and use two infantry square formations to cooperate to prevent the Wu army's cavalry movement on both wings.
This makes it unable to exert its mobility and flexibility. Of course, our army now has no infantry and can only use tiger and leopard cavalry to restrict the movement of its cavalry on both wings.
Then, the powerful heavy cavalry will launch a powerful attack on the snake-belly infantry, causing their formation to be scattered and disorderly!
Defeat the infantry phalanx in one fell swoop and cut the Long Snake Formation into three pieces. As a result, the Long Snake Formation fights independently and can no longer cooperate with the three parties to fight. The formation will collapse without an attack!"
Yang Zong, the chief clerk, thought for a while, frowned, and said with admiration: "My lord's plan is really wonderful. I will give my orders now. According to this plan, this long snake formation can be broken in an hour!" The chief secretary, Yang Zong, sent the order according to Cao Shuang's plan. Cao Shuang held the ring-headed sword and said loudly: "Soldiers, follow me to break the formation!"
The Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry, under the command of Cao Shuang, divided into five thousand cavalry, and sent 2,500 men on each side of Sun Wu's army and horse formation to restrict the movement of Sun Wu's cavalry.
The tiger and leopard cavalry are all the best in the world, the leaders of the cavalry of the Three Kingdoms. On the side of Sun Wu, Sun Wu's navy was so powerful that the battle of Chibi turned the tide. Emperor Wu personally led an army of 250,000 (known to the outside world as an army of 800,000) to attack Sun Wu.
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I recall the time of Zhou Gongjin, when Xiao Qiao was first married, and the young man was majestic and handsome. Zhou Gongjin, Zhuge Kongming, feather fan and silk scarf,
Sun and Liu's 50,000-strong coalition were chatting and laughing while Emperor Wu's 250,000-strong army was wiped out. Emperor Wu had no choice but to retreat to Huarong Road and did not dare to go south for several years.
This shows that Sun Wu's navy is powerful, and Sun Wu's infantry is not bad either. Even the cavalry is more "cave" than Cao Wei's and Shu's, but this time Zhong Limu is both "cave" and fun-loving.
He just set up a long snake formation and took out Caicai's cavalry to fight Cao Wei's best cavalry in the world. Isn't that asking for abuse?
The cavalry restrained the infantry. Cao Shuang personally led the remaining 5,000 cavalry towards Sun Wu's snake belly infantry square. With the cooperation of the cavalry on both wings, they slashed and killed.
After using a stick of incense, Sun Wu's one-word long snake formation was completely cut into three pieces, and the one-word long snake formation was destroyed without any attack.
Cao Shuang took the lead and rushed towards Zhongli's animal husbandry. The melon and vegetable choppers chopped down more than ten Wu soldiers to the ground.
Zhong Limu secretly cried in his heart: "I am really destined to die! Who said before that Cao Shuang is not familiar with military affairs, loses many battles, and is known as the often-defeated general? This is really a curse on me!"
Zhong Limu led his army to resist desperately, but it was obvious that they were completely defeated. Cao Shuang loudly said: "All the soldiers listened to my order and formed a cone formation to quickly cover and kill the Wu army!"
After another cup of tea, Cao Shuang had already led his army and rushed in front of Zhong Limu. Zhong Limu raised his sword to resist with all his strength. Cao Shuang struck out three more times, and the fourth sword.
Zhong Limu couldn't resist, and slashed his head with the ring-headed sword. After a moment, the sword fell and killed him, and the long snake formation broke! The Wu army retreated towards Hefei New City like a tide...