Chapter 84 Section 6 Checheng Dajianbi Bai Qi said formation

The news of the fall of the Shichangcheng fortress reached Changping, and the entire barracks fell silent. Zhao Kuo immediately ordered Zhao Zhuang to lead 20,000 infantry troops into Changping Pass to conduct a large-scale search to see if there were any unexpected discoveries.However, after three days, 20,000 soldiers searched the dwellings, warehouses, and all the houses. In the end, after digging three feet, they only found a dozen or so carts of dirt and valleys at the bottom of the warehouses and some ants that had already dried up like iron and were covered with ants. animal meat.This Changping Pass was originally one of the seventeen castles of Shangdang in South Korea. Because it is located in the hinterland of Shangdang, there are naturally large warehouses for hoarding military rations.However, after the Qin State seized the Hewai Ferry, Yewang, Shangdang's Hanoi backup base, became an isolated city. Seeing that Shangdang was in danger, South Korea stopped delivering food and grass to Yewang.South Korea has long been a poor and weak country, and its Shangdang garrison has only two or three months of food reserves.During the period when Feng Ting Zhouxuan dedicated Shangdang to the State of Zhao, the food and grass for the seventeen castles were already unsustainable.When Shangdang was handed over, all the Shangdang people in South Korea accepted Zhao Wang's bestowal of the first rank, and all moved to the hinterland of Zhao State.During the three years when more than one million troops from Qin and Zhao entered the Shangdang confrontation, even the Orion Yaonong, who was the most dependent on the mountains, had fled to foreign lands.How can such castles have the miracle of hidden food and grass?

It is these soil, grain, iron and meat that are really not considered military rations. Zhao Kuo also ordered them to be handed over to the supply battalion for strict storage, and only provide one meal a day for seriously injured soldiers who have run out of food.After the matter was settled, Zhao Kuo ordered an inventory of the military food carried by the whole army.After a whole day of investigation, Zhao Zhuang and the Military Affairs Sima reported the results as follows: the current army has a population of 300,000 people alive, about half of the soldiers can survive for three days with military food, 70,000 to 80,000 people can survive for about two days, and five or six soldiers can survive for three days. There is only one day of military food left for ten thousand people, and another twenty or thirty thousand have run out of food, and all the wounded soldiers have been out of food three days ago!

"The wounded soldiers don't eat much, so why did they run out of food early?" Zhao Kuo's face suddenly sank. "Life and death in the army, food for the wounded soldiers, are all given to the brothers who can fight..." Zhao Zhuang choked up. "Also," the Military Affairs Sima muttered, "The number of talents just now is based on one meal a day." After a long silence, Zhao Kuo removed his hands covering his face, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's raise the account and gather generals!" The generals gathered together, and Zhao Kuo stood in front of the commander-in-chief and only said awe-inspiringly: "Three days of continuous battles! Desperate to break through! What do you think?" Without the slightest hesitation, the generals shouted in unison: "Follow the general! Fight to the death and break through!" Zhao Kuo immediately made deployments. In fact, there was only one way to break out of the encirclement—going to the north to fight to the death, breaking through the Wangling camp and the Stone Great Wall camp, and then taking Fukouxing to the east and leaving the Taihang Mountains.After the deployment was completed, the generals hurried back to the camp to prepare for the battle overnight.

For three days in a row, Zhao Kuo's 300,000 troops were all dispatched, and they were divided into two parts to fight back to back: Zhaozhuang in the south blocked the Qin army, and Zhao Kuo in the north stormed the camp.However, they stormed like a tide for three days and three nights without eating, drinking, or camping, but they still couldn't capture the Qin army's fortifications.In the middle of the night on the third day, Zhao Jun's soldiers, who were hungry but full of river water, lay down all over the field, unable to launch an offensive anymore.Zhao Kuo sighed and ordered to return to the army.Strange to say, as soon as the gong sounded for the Zhao army's retreat, the Qin army in the south immediately withdrew to give way, without any pursuit, and let the Zhao army brigade slowly squirm away.

In the three-day war, more than 100,000 Zhao Jun died in battle, and more than 200,000 people survived. Everyone was wounded! Zhao Kuo himself was also hit by three swords, with a big cloth wrapped around his head and a splint hanging from his arms, but he gritted his teeth and walked through more than 20 camps.Wherever they went, the soldiers lying on the withered yellow grass just stared blankly at the emaciated general, and burst into tears unexpectedly: "General, soldiers are not afraid of fighting, but they are afraid of being hungry." Dead man!" Zhao Kuo always stood up stiffly, and hissed to appease these young men who were once alive and well: "Brothers, hold on, King Zhao is asking for help from all nations, and the warring states of the world will not watch Zhao's army fall After holding on for a while, Zhao Kuo will definitely lead his brothers back to Zhao State, revive their glory, and avenge the Qin people!" The soldiers just listened quietly, as if they no longer had the strength to respond impassionedly up.

On this day, when Zhao Kuo dragged his exhausted body back to Xingyuan, it was already the third watch.The guards asked him to ride a horse, but he shook his head: "The horses have no food and grass, and they are still carrying me to charge, so that they will rest their shoes." The guards wanted to carry him to patrol the camp, but he smiled: "The wounded Soldiers are going to fight, is there anyone to carry them?" He stubbornly walked on his own.Originally, the prince of nobles was a high-powered chariot and four horses at every turn. How did Zhao Kuo ever have such a difficult hiking career?Walking down in the middle of the day, the wound was burning and painful, but the body was so limp and heavy that it was about to collapse.When the young soldier was washing his feet, he held Zhao Kuo's skinny feet full of blood blisters and cried so hard that he couldn't speak.Zhao Kuo slumped to the army couch in a daze, but suddenly sat up with a snort: "Come here! General Zhao Zhuang is called immediately!"

Zhao Zhuang came in a hurry, and seeing Zhao Kuo sitting solemnly in front of the Shuai case, he was so surprised that he even forgot the etiquette.Zhao Kuo just waved his hand and asked Zhao Zhuang to sit on the floor opposite, then smiled lightly and said: "Our army is exhausted, but the Qin army does not attack me. What does the general think is his plan?" Zhao Zhuang thought: "Although the Qin army is exhausted Trapped me, but also suffered heavy casualties. Obviously I don't want to force our army to fight a trapped beast, but I want to trap our army to death... unless our army surrenders to Qin." Zhao Kuo smiled coldly: "Wang Yan has a good plan! It's a pity that I haven't reached the end of the mountain yet, I still have a way to support it, and try to drag it out of the battlefield to make a change." "The general said that he dragged it to other countries for rescue?" Zhao Zhuang's voice changed in excitement. "Exactly." Zhao Kuo said solemnly, "The soldiers of the whole country are in Changping. Isn't King Zhao anxious? Lord Pingyuan must also be running around in other countries, so I will use my plan and wait for changes. The great fortune of the country!" He said with a heavy gasp, "After our army won the first battle, Mr. Pingyuan returned to Handan and failed to return in time. This is the luck of the misfortune! Otherwise, our army will be hopeless."

"The general said, how can we stick to it and wait for change?" "Car city circle." "Car city circle formation?" "Exactly." "I heard that this is Sun Bin's formation, which has long been lost. How did the general understand it?" "It is said that Zhao Kuo is familiar with the world's military books, and I am really ashamed." Zhao Kuo smiled lightly, but he was full of emotions, "I read "Sun Bin's Art of War" when I was young, and discussed with my father about the effectiveness of the round formation in the city of chariots. ..."Suddenly, Zhao Kuo's eyes turned red, "My father said that this kind of formation can only be defended and not attacked, and it can be used in a desperate situation; Sun Bin has never tried it in his life, but it is unknown how effective it is... Now our army is in a desperate situation , Zhao Kuo is also trying, the generals have actual combat, if you think it is feasible, try it, otherwise..." Zhao Kuo suddenly stopped talking.

"As long as the general remembers the evolution method of this array arrangement, it will be feasible!" Zhao Kuo immediately lifted his spirits: "Sun Bin has something to say, the mountains in this formation are hard to shake, and there is no need to evolve it! As for the method of display, it is also simple and easy. Come and see!" He dragged a large piece of parchment paper, picked up a pen and Draw up.Originally, Zhao Kuo was extremely intelligent and quick-witted, and he was able to explain clearly while drawing. It took less than half an hour to describe the circle of cars incisively and vividly.

"Great, Sun Bin! You are worthy of being an actual combat strategist! This formation is very useful!" Zhao Zhuang sighed in admiration, and couldn't help sighing, "If it is an ordinary time, this formation should be a big explanation!" "Okay!" Zhao Kuo patted the handsome case, "Then we will set up the battle tomorrow!" In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Jun began to take turns to be busy and take turns to rest. He moved out all the old chariots and usable things in Changping Castle. After five days of hard work, a round formation of chariots that had never been seen in ancient times finally stood majestically on the ground. Changping Battlefield!

As long as Zhao Jun didn't leave the battalion to fight fiercely, Qin Jun ignored it.However, the formation of the car city immediately alarmed the Qin army.In the distance, the Qin army flooded the camp on the top of the mountain to watch and point out, everyone was amazed.Bai Qi received the report and immediately led the generals to the highest point of Langcheng Mountain to have a look.From a distance, this large formation is almost a huge circle of flames with a radius of more than ten miles. The flags are scattered, the golden drums are faint, and the horses are screaming. If Zhao Jun's murderous spirit has not been greatly reduced, this military camp castle is really shocking! Looking closely for half an hour, Bai Qi went down to the watchtower and sighed: "Qin Zhao's decisive battle, this is the time! If Zhao Kuo survives this battle, he must be a famous general in the world, the nemesis of Qin!" Wang Lu laughed and said: " Mr. Wu An overestimated this kid, how can such a troublesome boy stand? There are 50,000 cavalry, and two charges will kick him over!" Bai Qi glanced at the generals and said with a sneer: "You are all warriors in a hundred battles. Who can tell the origin of this formation? What are its strengths and weaknesses? How to fight?" He looked at Wang He with piercing eyes, "50,000 cavalry kicked over? I'm afraid that all 50,000 cavalry are dead, but you are still ignorant As a general, you will be able to win battles by kicking the blind men and blind horses into the city of the country? Today, you will say that whoever can say that he is ugly is the great fortune of our Qin State and our Qin army." Although Bai Qi was not violent, and there was never even a case of harshly denouncing soldiers, there was a kind of majesty that no one could explain. He was in awe and never dared to talk or laugh openly.However, the most important thing is that the entire army is extremely convinced by Bai Qi.Bai Qi, who was born in the army, was an iron eagle swordsman when he was a soldier. He was proficient in riding, fighting, fighting and all kinds of weapons. Difference.Ordinary generals have this length, and the soldiers wear casual clothes.However, Bai Qi is far from this. The calculations on the battlefield are sophisticated, the deployment of tactics is clever, the courage to kill the enemy is abundant, and the courage and courage to make decisions are almost perfect in everything!For more than 30 years, as long as Bai Qi led the army, no matter how fierce the battle was, the Qin army was invincible.Over time, the soldiers of the Qin Army referred to Bai Qi as the god of war sent to Qin by heaven.A military rumor spread in the barracks: "But with Bai Qi, you can only die of old age. If you have to die in battle, such is the destiny!" It is said that even if you die in battle with Bai Qi, you will not be wronged.It is so white, but it has never been manic and arrogant, always so calm, always so sober, and always so tirelessly trying to figure out the enemy.Except for the word "God", there is really no way to explain it. Bai Qi is so solemn today, the contempt for the defeated generals that the generals still had in their hearts just now is gone.There was silence for a moment, then Wang Yan blushed, scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks and said, "Hey, Mr. Wu An's questioning like this must be impossible for anyone. I'd like to ask Mr. Wu An to make it clear. I'll just wait and fight." "Alright, I can see clearly here, so I will talk about this formation." Bai Qi lit the long sword that he always held in his hand during the battle on the ground, "There is no formation in ancient warfare. There is formation in battle , issued in the Spring and Autumn Period. Jin Pinggong General Wei Shu encountered a surprise attack by the Rong and Di in the Jinyang Mountains, destroyed the chariot, mixed the soldiers and infantry into a square team, and defeated the Rong and Di cavalry. The battle of formation, thus However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, chariot warfare was the main thing, without iron cavalry, and formations were only used for extraordinary purposes. Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were no formations in constant warfare, and there was no such thing as a battle formation in "Sun Tzu's Art of War". In the Warring States period, chariots were eliminated and The iron cavalry flourished, and all military battles in the world turned into cavalry field battles. Cavalry was fast and changeable, so the formation method was born in time. The so-called formation method refers to the various formation changes of soldiers, supplemented by terrain, or supplemented by equipment , and form a whole as a fighting force. Small as our army’s cavalry’s three cavalry compatibility, as large as the central infantry forming a square and the cavalry on the two wings prominently, they are all formations. The change of the formation is based on the three forms The fundamentals are: one is square, the other is circle, and the third is length. All the formations in the world are composed of the three shapes of square, circle and length, and then formed by the characteristics of terrain, equipment, flags, and weapons. However, soldiers have no permanent shape. Water is impermanent. Formation warfare has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of formation warfare is that it can unite the whole army as a whole, and especially enable the weaker side to rely on the changes and coordination of the whole to fight against the superior side. Three The cavalry is well matched and can resist ten cavalry. Therefore, the three hundred iron eagle cavalry of our army can resist the one thousand flying cavalry of the Zhao army. The shortcoming of the large formation lies in a remote corner. Transfer operations lack the influence on the overall outcome of the battlefield. During the Warring States Period, there were frequent wars, but none of the battles was a battle of formations, let alone a victory of formations. The root of this lies in the shortness of formations Also. But because of this, the extraordinary formations are mostly used for self-protection for weak soldiers, but they cannot change the general trend of the battlefield.” The generals listened fascinatedly, and all nodded frequently, but Wang Ling suddenly asked: "Mr. Wu'an, the last general once heard that Sun Bin's art of war has ten formations. I don't know if Zhao Kuo's formation can be included in these ten formations." ?” Bai Qi looked at the blood-stained mausoleum wrapped in white cloth all over his body, and there was a sense of relief in his eyes: "In the Warring States Period, Sun Bin was the only master who was successful in actual combat and possessed the art of war. It is unclear how the next ten formations are used. The so-called ten formations of Sun Bin are square formations, circular formations, one-character formations, sparse formations, number formations, conical formations, geese formations, hook formations, and Xuanxiang formations. Formation, water and fire formation. Among the ten formations, the first three formations are regular battle formations, which are actually included in the book by Sun Bin; the last water and fire formation is also the method of water and fire warfare in actual combat, not the formation; the remaining six formations , should be created by Sun Bin, but there is no fixed formula for how to use it, and there are many changes due to people, places and equipment. Zhao Kuo's current formation is based on Sun Bin's ten formations, with a circular formation equipped with trenches, chariots, Formed by infantry, it is called the Checheng Circle Array!" "Is the car city circle formation very powerful?" Huan He was gearing up. "Just wait and see." Bai Qi's long sword pointed at a distance, "This big formation has five floors: the outermost one is a moat and deer village, and the second is the car city barrier that is fixedly connected by chariots. Infantry with swords and shields; the third line is an orderly spaced infantry interception square formation; the fourth line is a continuous army tent, stationed in changing soldiers and the disabled, old and weak; the fifth line is the central one that is more than ten feet high, with a side The Golden Drum Military Order Building with the word "Zhao" on the Dazhu Banner, the main general commands the whole army. The power of the car city circle lies in the formation of the whole army, and the mutual support between the soldiers of the whole army; if our army concentrates its forces to attack In one place, the rest will come to attack our flanks; if our army encircles them all and attacks them, the troops will be stretched into a large circle of tens of miles, and they will be scattered thinly at once, how can we break through the camp?" "In that case, why don't you let this kid go?" Wang Yan became anxious immediately. Bai Qi smiled coldly: "The world is fighting, and the outcome is always outside the battlefield. Let him go to Jincheng Tangchi, and I just ignore him." Turning around, he leaned his long sword on the ground again, "I will pass on my general order: the whole army will fortify the walls Defend and block all the passes within a hundred li! If the Zhao army does not move out of the circle formation, our army will not fight! If the Zhao army moves out of the circle formation, our army will force them back with all our strength! But if there are those who underestimate the enemy and neglect the defenders, military law will do it!" "Hi!" The strategy was so simple, the generals suddenly became courageous, and they roared in unison.