In the Imperial Palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
After the officials left the imperial study, Cao Cao and Jiang Ji had a secret conversation. It was not until dusk that Jiang Ji left the Northern Wei Palace.
Cao Cao was ambitious and strode out of the imperial study. Looking at the picturesque mountains and rivers in the distance under the dusk, a strong murderous aura appeared in his eyes.
"Emperor Chu, if hundreds of kingdoms compete, I'm afraid there won't be a place for you."
The breeze blew by, and Cao Cao's figure turned into a black mist and quickly disappeared over the palace.
at this time.
After marching for three days, the Chu army had arrived at Ruzhou City. Emperor Chu, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Luo Shixin, Chu Ya and others reined in their horses and stood, all their eyes focused on Ruzhou City.
"Your Majesty, by capturing Ruzhou City, we will truly enter the hinterland of the Northern Wei Dynasty. There are only the last two cities left from Luoyang, the sacred capital."
"Excuse me, do you know who the guard general of Ruzhou City is?"
"Back to the emperor, the guard general of Ruzhou City is Cao Xiu, a son of Cao Cao's clan."
Lu Bu spoke up, and the Emperor of Chu nodded lightly without saying much, and ordered the three armies to set up camp on the spot.
"Why didn't the emperor give the order to march directly to Ruzhou, instead of setting up camp here?"
Lu Bu was puzzled and asked. Emperor Chu chuckled lightly, jumped off his horse and said, "Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Yuan Chonghuan and others defeated Diaolong Pass and fled into Ruzhou City. The city in front of them must have been carefully deployed.
Our army will definitely suffer heavy losses if it launches an attack now."
"Set up camp first, feign an attack at night, and test the reality!"
Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Chu Ya, and Li Yuanba dismounted one after another and ordered the three armies to camp on the spot. The stars moved, the wind and clouds changed, and in the blink of an eye, night had enveloped the earth.
The bright moon was in the sky, the stars were shining brightly, the night wind was passing by gently, and the ancient trees in the wilderness were rustling. Emperor Chu walked out of the tent and looked at the Ruzhou City with dim lights in the distance.
"Shixin, Pang De, in an hour, you two will lead 10,000 soldiers to Ruzhou City to test the city's defense."
"Zilong, Yuanba, Fengxian, Chuya, Su Lie, and Dianwei, the six of you, take turns guarding. The others should go to rest early. There will be another battle under Ruzhou City tomorrow."
After the generals were ordered to leave, Emperor Chu turned back to the tent and began to immerse himself in practice. After a while, Emperor Chu heard the rumble of horse hooves in the camp. He knew that it must be Luo Shixin and Pang De's Chu army advancing towards Ruzhou City.
At midnight.
Pang De and Luo Shixin returned with their troops, and they entered the tent to report to Emperor Chu. After learning about the defense deployment of Ruzhou City, Emperor Chu ordered them to go down and rest.
Late at night.
The Emperor of Chu did not rest. He read Sun Tzu's Art of War and at the same time deduced the method of capturing Ruzhou City. It was not until the morning light fell through the tent and fell on the ground that he withdrew from the deduction of tactics.
"Your Majesty, the enemy troops in Ruzhou City are moving!"
"Well!"
"Do the enemy soldiers in Ruzhou City still dare to take the initiative to attack?"
With a puzzled look on his face, Emperor Chu stood up and walked out of the tent, and together with Zhao Yun looked intently in the direction of Ruzhou City.
At the foot of Ruzhou City, war drums sounded, horses neighed, and smoke billowed into the sky. Smoke and dust condensed like long dragons, sweeping across the sky.
"What tricks are the enemy soldiers in Ruzhou City doing, so they are suspicious?"
Emperor Chu murmured to himself, withdrew his gaze and said loudly: "Zilong, order the army to set off and attack Ruzhou City. I want to see what Cao Xiu is capable of!"
An hour later.
The uniform Chu army, led by the Chu Emperor and his generals, continued to approach the city of Ruzhou. Horse hooves rumbled, flags flew, and all the troops marched together, with a huge momentum that shook the earth.
At this time, Cao Xiu stood on the city of Ruzhou, narrowing his eyes and looking at the Chu army outside the city: "These Chu troops defeated Xu Chu and Zhang Liao. They are indeed well-trained and can advance and retreat freely. It seems that they are a force that cannot be underestimated."
A fierce soldier."
"My dear son-in-law, why should we be afraid? Our army has a large number of elite soldiers and a large formation has been opened. If the Chu army dares to enter the formation, there will only be one death."
The speaker has a face like powdered powder, two yellow eyebrows, a height of nine feet, and a waist ten inches wide. He holds two dragon prison sticks in his hands and looks down at the city with a sharp light.
"With the help of my father-in-law, my son-in-law will naturally not be afraid of the Chu army!"
Cao Xiu's powerful voice sounded, and he looked sideways at Yang Lin beside him, looking confident.
The Emperor of Chu didn't know that Cao Xiu had invited Yang Lin to help him two days ago, and it was even more impossible for him to think that Yang Lin, the patron king of the Sui Dynasty who was so brave in history, would be implanted in Cao Xiu's father-in-law when he returned to the war.
Yang Lin is good at using two dragon-prisoning sticks. He was originally a second-grade imperial general. Later, due to the failure of the Hundred Kingdoms War and the demise of the empire, he led his tribe to live outside Ruzhou City and never went to the battlefield to kill the enemy again.
If Cao Xiu had not repeatedly begged him, he would never have come out. But since he promised Cao Xiu to retreat from the enemy, he did not come alone. He also found his former friend, the veteran double-gun general Ding Yanping.
"My dear son-in-law, please order the army to be more vigilant to prevent the Chu army from raiding. When the time comes, we will follow in the footsteps of Nanque City. I will go out of the city to lend a helping hand to General Ding."
Yang Lin's firm voice sounded, and he gently patted Cao Xiu's shoulder and walked towards the bottom of the city.
In the past two days, Cao Xiu had witnessed Yang Lin and Ding Yanping perform the long snake formation, and he knew that this formation was so powerful that if the Chu army entered it, they would definitely escape death.
The mighty Chu army came to Ruzhou City. The Emperor of Chu raised his head and looked forward. He saw a high platform standing under the city, war drums thundering, tens of thousands of soldiers standing in arms, and the cavalry reining in their horses, looking eager to try.
Waiting for the decisive battle with the Chu army.
"Your Majesty, what kind of formation is Cao Xiu laying down? It seems that he has been prepared for it."
Zhao Yun, wearing silver armor and a spear, looked sideways and asked. Emperor Chu did not reply. He stared at the two generals on the high platform with a look of shock in his eyes, and then said to himself.
"The backing king Yang Lin and the two-gun veteran Ding Yanping, no wonder there is a long snake formation."
As soon as Emperor Chu noticed the formation in front of him, he felt a little strange. It was definitely not a large formation that Cao Xiu could put up. Now that he knew the existence of Yang Lin and Ding Yanping, the doubts in his heart were instantly resolved.
"Your Majesty, what kind of formation is this?"
Zhao Yun asked again, and Emperor Chu glanced at him sideways and said: "One word long snake formation."
"The movement of the long snake formation is like a giant python attacking. The attack is fierce. The whole formation is divided into the head, tail and courage of the formation. When the formation changes, true and false are used together to hide murderous intent. Entering the formation is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be killed.
He will be buried in the formation."
"This formation is so powerful, the general will step forward to break it!"
Li Yuanba picked up the two hammers, volunteered, and joined the queue, hoping to enter the long snake formation. Emperor Chu knew that in Li Yuanba's eyes, there was nothing that could not be solved with one hammer.
"Don't worry, Yuanba. Cao Xiu invited experts to set up this formation. Do you really think you can stop our Chu army?"
"This formation may be very powerful and intimidating to others, but for me, it only takes a few minutes to break the formation."
Emperor Chu's domineering voice sounded. Zhao Yun, Lu Bu and others all looked sideways and asked, hoping that Emperor Chu would tell him how to break the formation.
"Zilong, Fengxian, Yuanba, you three, look at this formation. If you rush into the formation, hit the snake's head and move its tail, you will be involved in it. By then, you will be unable to do anything, and the entanglement will become tighter and tighter.
In the end, he can only be buried in it.
"Hit the snake's tail, move the snake's head, open its mouth and bite. It's all very powerful. Don't take it lightly."
"Strike the courage of the snake, collide with the snake's body, look at each other from head to tail, strangle and entangle you, and then tens of thousands of troops will surround you, and tens of thousands of spears will attack you. You will never be able to escape easily."
"So to break the long snake formation, the best way is to limit the maneuverability of the two wings, that is, the cavalry on both wings, so that the head and tail cannot see each other. When the time comes, grab its head, clamp its tail, and chop its waist. The three of you can
I understand."
"clear!"
"Lead two infantrymen to stop the movement of the cavalry on both wings, making it unable to exert its mobility and flexibility, and then use the powerful cavalry to launch a powerful attack on the infantry in its belly, causing its formation to be scattered and disorderly."
"Destroyed the infantry phalanx in one fell swoop and cut the Long Snake Formation into three pieces. As a result, the Long Snake Formation fought independently and could no longer cooperate with the three parties. The formation would collapse without an attack."
Zhao Yun said that the Emperor of Chu would only realize it on Lu Bu and Li Yuanba. Li Yuanba smiled bitterly and said awkwardly: "I seem to understand, but it's not important. As long as the cavalry on the two wings cannot move, the emperor can rest assured."
"Your Majesty, the last general knows how to break the formation in front of him and let the last general and the two generals enter the formation together." (To be continued)