Chapter 2863 Cao Wei’s Eight Tiger Riders Break into the Dragon Gate Formation
Chapter 2860: Cao Wei’s Eight Tiger Riders Break into the Dragon Gate Formation
Cao Cao obviously did not expect that the fourth appearance of the Dragon Gate Formation would be used to deal with him, and Bai Qi would even set up this formation.
It is understandable that Bai Qi can set up the dragon gate formation. After all, Bai Qi is a master of formation. With his attainments in formation, what kind of formations do he want to learn? I haven''t used it before, maybe I just haven''t encountered an opponent worthy of him.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn''t help but smile bitterly.
Bai Qi, who has never used the Dragon Gate Formation, has used it to himself, which shows that he is an opponent worthy of Bai Qi''s serious treatment. Shouldn''t he still feel honored?
The Longmen Formation has a counterproductive effect on the cavalry. Ying Hao formed a formation with 100,000 infantry and cavalry, and could defeat Temujin''s 200,000 Iron Cavalry.
Cao Cao now has only nearly 15,000 iron cavalry, while Bai Qi set up a version of the Dragon Gate Formation with 40,000 people, which is even more powerful than the 10,000-person small dragon gate formation in the first battle of Hulao Pass.
Before he had developed a method to break the formation, Cao Cao used 15,000 cavalry to attack the Dragon Gate formation that had already restrained the cavalry and formed 40,000 people. Even if he thought about it, he knew that it would be impossible to succeed.
Cao Cao held a thousand-mile mirror and looked at the entire formation several times, but found no flaws. He could only ask Fan Li for help and said, "Military advisor, Bai Qi has set up the Dragon Gate Formation. What should I do?"
Fan Li seemed to have not heard it, and still frowned at the Longmen Formation. Obviously, he was also thinking about the way to break the formation. However, if the Longmen Formation was so easy to break, Li Shimin would not have been defeated and Temujin would not have died tragically.
"Military advisor? Military advisor?"
Cao Cao shouted several times before Fan Li came to his senses and replied:
"Lord, there are no unbreakable formations in the world. Didn''t Zhang Liao crack the Longmen Formation? It''s just that the Longmen Formation is more restraining in cavalry, and our army is full of cavalry. There are too many and single troops to cooperate with multiple arms, and the number is far inferior to that of the Qin army. It is probably difficult to break the formation."
Hearing Fan Li''s words, Cao Cao''s face was full of disappointment. He thought Fan Li would have some good idea, but he didn''t expect to say a lot of nonsense.
Can he not know that it is difficult to break the Dragon Gate Formation with 15,000 cavalry? He would do the same thing instead of complaining.
Just when Cao Cao thought Fan Li had no choice, he didn''t expect that Fan Li would talk and said, "Since he could not break the formation, he would simply not break it. As long as he could defeat the Qin army that was deploying the formation, the Longmen Formation would be destroyed."
"But our army only has 15,000, but the Qin army has 40,000. How can we defeat it?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.
Fan Li replied, "Use your strengths to attack the enemy''s weaknesses."
Cao Cao showed confusion. Facing the 40,000-person Longmen Formation, he really didn''t have any strengths on his side.
The biggest advantage of cavalry is speed and impact force, but the 40,000 Qin troops formed a dragon gate formation, but it was a turtle shell, which narrowed the advantages of 15,000 Cao troops infinitely. Even if they hit the head and broke the blood, they might not be able to break the defense.
Seeing this, Fan Li explained: "Lord, although Li Shimin and Temujin were both defeated, they set the best example for those who broke the formation later.
Li Shi took the initiative to enter the formation and seek a way to break the formation, but he was unable to break the formation. He could only force the formation to break the formation by relying on the number of people, and even if he wins, he still loses.
Temujin knew that it was difficult to break the formation when he entered the formation, so he sought a way to break the formation outside the formation. Unfortunately, he underestimated the defense of the Dragon Gate and eventually lost and lost his life for it.
Our army''s military strength is not as strong as the Qin army. Without knowing the method of breaking the formation, entering the formation is equivalent to seeking death, so we must never enter the formation. We can only adopt the same method of breaking the enemy outside the formation as Temujin. ”
"But can this work?"
Cao Cao had no confidence in this. After all, Temujin was defeated with 240,000 cavalry, and he only had 15,000 cavalry. How could he defeat the enemy outside the formation?
"Lord, although Temujin was defeated, his strategy is correct. It is more dangerous inside the Longmen Formation than outside the Formation, and it is much less difficult to break the Formation from outside the Formation.
In addition, in the Battle of Hetao, the Qin army was able to defeat the 240,000 Yuanmeng cavalry with 100,000 infantry and cavalry. The Longmen Formation was only one aspect, but it was not the main reason.
The Qin army gathered together with all the elite troops, and the troops cooperated closely, and the top and bottom were united. This was the main reason for the victory.
Although there are strong generals like Bai Qi in the current Longmen formation and powerful troops such as the first to climb the Grand Hyperbola, there is no strong general to cooperate with him.
The powerful formation without a strong general is in charge, no matter how exquisite it is, its power will definitely be greatly reduced. ”
Hearing Fan Li say this, Cao Cao realized that his biggest advantage was not the cavalry''s speed advantage, but the general''s lineup.
But that''s true. Before, did the Qin army set up the Longmen Formation not gather together? Only this time there is no general who is famous for his bravery. Maybe he can rely on the general and forcefully break the formation.
"Yes, our army can rely on the advantages of the general, the mobility of the bow and cavalry, and the long-range attack ability to shoot and kill the Qin soldiers inside the formation outside the formation until they completely defeated it."
The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was very high, and he immediately pointed out:
“Yin Shou, Dan Tai Yu, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun…”
Every time Cao Cao clicks on his name, a general stands up to respond. Even Cao Chun, who is not good at martial arts, is also a magnificent general of 100 martial arts.
[Dingdong, Cao Cao''s skill "Wei Wu" effect 2 can be activated, and a general in this camp can be designated to temporarily replace the combination "Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry" and activate the combination skills. Currently, Yin Shou is designated to temporarily replace the combination "Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry";]
[Ding Dong, Yin Shou, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu are present at the same time. The combination skill "Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry" is activated. When fighting with the army, if someone among the Eight Tigers serves as the main general, two of them will be the commander +1, four people +2, six people +3, and eight people +4; if it is not for the person among the Eight Tigers serves as the main general, the commander will be promoted by 1 to 2 points according to the number of people;
Cao Cao is currently the chief general, so he promoted Cao Cao''s commander by 1 point;
Cao Cao''s basic commander is 100 (+2), Wei Wu +3, and Cao Cao''s current commander has risen to 104;】??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Just as Cao Cao finished his general and was about to defeat the Longmen Formation from the outside, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Report... to report to the main attack, about 4,000 Qin troops came from the west, but stopped ten miles away, with unknown intentions."
"What?"
Cao Cao subconsciously exclaimed, and immediately realized that the four thousand Qin cavalry must have been the more than a thousand remaining troops that fled from Dingtao and the three thousand reinforcements who came to support Deng Jiugong.
There are 4,000 iron cavalry of the Qin army, which is a considerable force, but Bai Qi did not recall him, but instead let him station forces outside the battlefield. His purpose is already very obvious, which is to restrain part of the power of the Cao army and prevent him from investing all of them in the subsequent battles, thereby reducing the pressure faced by the Longmen Formation.
But if we fight this cavalry first, the other side will definitely not fight head-on, and it doesn’t make much sense to repeatedly pull this.
As soon as he thought of this, even Cao Cao felt extremely difficult, so he could only split five thousand cavalry again to stare at the other side, and at the same time sent Yin Shou and other generals to lead three thousand bows and cavalry to test Bai Qi.
[Dingdong, the effect of the ‘Eight Tiger Cavalry of Cao Wei’ is 1. When three people are present, all people have +1 force, four people +2, five people +3, six people +4, and eight people +5;
At present, Yin Shou, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu are present at the same time, and all have +2 in force;
Yin Su''s force rose to 127;
Xiahou Yuan''s force rose to 111;
Cao Chun''s force rose to 107;
Cao Xiu…]
Because Yin Shou had just experienced a great war, although he was able to vent his anger because he killed Deng Jiugong and his son, the effect 5 of "Jeor" had expired and his military power value gradually decreased a lot, but it was not cleared and remained at the level of more than 120, and was increased by 2 2 points by the "Eight Tiger Cavalry of Cao Wei".
Not only Yin Shou, but also generals such as Dan Tai Yu also declined a lot due to the middle of the war, but as long as the war started, they could be improved.
At the same time, Bai Qi, who was on the stage in the Longmen Formation, was also silently observing Cao Cao. Seeing that the other party''s reaction was indeed the same as he expected, he felt relieved.
The Dragon Gate Formation that Bai Qi set up this time was basically the same as that that Ying Hao had set up in the Battle of Hetao. In addition to being in charge of the formation, the generals who guarded the ten directions were: Qin (Ying) Hua, Qin Yi, Guan Hai, Liao Hua, Qu Yi, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Zhu Ling, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Baoyin;
But from this list of generals, Fan Li was not wrong. There are indeed no strong generals in the Qin army now. Even Qin Hua, the strongest, is just a high-level **** general of Jiwu 103. The Longmen Formation without a strong general will obviously weaken its combat power.
Bai Qi naturally knew this, but even if there were no strong generals and a group of good generals in the Longmen Formation, he was still confident that he would defeat less than half of his Cao army, but the premise was that Cao army took the initiative to enter the formation.
But Bai Qi felt that Cao Cao''s prudence and Fan Li''s wisdom were unlikely to enter the formation, and he would most likely choose to break the formation outside the formation.
After all, the Dragon Gate Formation is a formation. Although it can move, it is slow. If the Cao army does not take the initiative to enter the formation, then Bai Qi will not be able to do anything to Cao Cao.
But even if Cao Cao did not enter the formation, Bai Qi was not afraid of the impact of the Cao cavalry. After all, in addition to restraining the cavalry, the Longmen Formation also had extremely strong defense. Even the 240,000 Mongolian Iron Cavalry could not be defeated, let alone the 15,000 Cao Wei Iron Cavalry.
"It''s so dangerous. If you''re slower and you can''t set up the Dragon Gate Formation in time, this battle will be really lingering."
As soon as he thought of this, Bai Qi couldn''t help but feel a little scared.
After not receiving a message from Deng Jiugong for a long time, Bai Qi knew that his reply must have been intercepted by Cao''s army, so he sent Wei Rui and Fu Youde to lead the cavalry to support Deng Jiugong.
Bai Qi also knew that after Wei Rui and Fu Youde arrived in Dingtao, they could only play a role in restraining the situation. If they went to war with Cao''s army, they would only cause casualties. So they ordered to speed up the march and strive to arrive in Dingtao as soon as possible, but they did not expect that they would be one step too late in the end. When he arrived, Dingtao City was already captured by Cao''s army.
At this time, Bai Qi was already exposed to Cao Cao''s eyes, and there were two roads in front of him, either to force the attack on Dingtao City or to fight the Cao army in the wild.
It seems to be two roads, but Bai Qi knew that there was actually only one road, because Cao Cao would never defend the city because it was too passive. So Bai Qi, who predicted Cao Cao''s actions in advance, chose to form a formation on the spot to resist the upcoming Cao army.
Advanced formations like the Dragon Gate Formation are obviously not something that can be deployed just by cloth. They not only require extremely high abilities of generals, but also require a lot of time to deploy troops.
Just as Bai Qi was racing against time to set up the formation, Cao Cao was hesitating whether to leave the city to fight a decisive battle. When Cao Cao transferred all his troops out of the city and was about to come, Bai Qi finally barely set up the Longmen formation.
In other words, Bai Qi, apart from him, even if Xue Rengui came in person, he might not be able to set up the formation in such a short time.
The Longmen Formation is 10% true. Even if all infantry in the Qin army is in charge, they can rely on the rich defense power and restraint of the cavalry. They no longer have to be afraid of fighting with the cavalry on the plains.
At this point, the dominance of the war has returned to the Qin army again. After all, whether Cao''s army enters the battle or not, Bai Qi has a way to deal with it.
Even if Cao Cao adopts the tactic of delaying the exhausted army, it will not have much effect on the Qin army. Instead, the longer it delays, the more beneficial it will be to the Qin army.
Because Kong Xuan will arrive soon, and after Kong Xuan arrives, the only shortcomings of the Qin army will be filled. By then, it will not be Bai Qi waiting for Cao Cao to attack, but will take the initiative to launch a counterattack.
(This chapter ends)