Vol 2 Chapter 2864: Cao Wei's Eight Tigers Riding into the Dragon Gate Formation

Chapter 2864 Cao Wei’s Eight Tigers Riding into the Dragon Gate Formation

Chapter 2860: Cao Wei’s Eight Tigers Riding into the Dragon Gate Formation

Cao Cao obviously did not expect that the fourth appearance of the Longmen Formation would be used against him, and that Bai Qi would also deploy this formation.

It is actually understandable that Bai Qi would create the Longmen Formation. After all, Bai Qi is a master of formations. With his attainments in formations, what kind of formations can he not learn? He hasn't used it before, maybe he just hasn't met an opponent worthy of using it.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

 Bai Qi, who has never used the Longmen Formation, used it on himself. This shows that he is an opponent worthy of Bai Qi's serious treatment. Should he still feel honored?

 Longmen Formation has a restraining effect on cavalry. Ying Hao formed an formation with 100,000 infantry cavalry and was able to defeat Temujin's 200,000 cavalry.

 Cao Cao now only has nearly 15,000 cavalry, but Bai Qi deployed a 40,000-person version of the Longmen Formation, which was more powerful than the 10,000-person Small Longmen Formation during the first battle of Hulao Pass.

Before he had figured out a way to break the formation, Cao Cao was asked to use 15,000 cavalry to attack the Dragon Gate Formation formed by 40,000 cavalrymen. Even if he thought about it with his toes, he knew it would be impossible to succeed.

Cao Cao held a telescope and looked at the entire formation several times, but found no flaws. He could only ask Fan Li for help: "Military advisor, Bai Qi has set up the Longmen Formation. What should we do?"

Fan Li seemed not to have heard, and still frowned at the Longmen Formation. He was obviously thinking about ways to break the formation, but if the Longmen Formation had been so easy to break, Li Shimin would not have been defeated miserably, and Temujin would not have died tragically.

 “Strategic advisor? Military advisor?”

　　Cao Cao shouted several times before Fan Li came back to his senses and replied:

"My lord, there is no unbreakable formation in the world. Zhang Liao has cracked the Dragon Gate Formation, but the Dragon Gate Formation is more restrained against cavalry, and our army is full of cavalry. There are too many single types of arms, and it is impossible to carry out multi-arm cooperation operations, and the number is too small. Far inferior to the Qin army, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky 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 ideas, but he didn't expect that he said a lot of nonsense.

 Could he not know that it would be difficult to break through the Dragon Gate Formation of 40,000 people with 15,000 cavalry? He wants a solution instead of complaining.

Just when Cao Cao thought that Fan Li had nothing to do, Fan Li changed his mind and said: "Since the formation cannot be broken, then it is better not to break it. As long as the Qin army in the formation can be defeated, the Longmen Formation will be broken by itself."

"But our army only has 15,000 troops, but the Qin army has 40,000 troops. How can we defeat them?" Cao Cao asked puzzledly.

Fan Li replied: "Use your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses."

Cao Cao showed a puzzled look. Facing the 40,000-level Longmen Formation, he really didn't have any advantages on his own side.

The greatest strength of the cavalry is speed and impact, but the 40,000 Qin army forming a dragon gate formation is a tortoise shell, which infinitely reduces the advantage of the 15,000 Cao army. Even if they hit their heads and bleed, they may not be able to break the defense.

Seeing this, Fan Li explained: "My lord, although Li Shimin and Temujin were defeated, they set the best example for those who would break the formation later.

Li Shi took the initiative to enter the formation to find a way to break the formation, but he was unable to break the formation. He could only rely on the number of people to break the formation. Although he won, he still lost.

Temujin knew that it was difficult to break the formation after entering it, so he looked for ways to break it outside the formation. Unfortunately, he underestimated the defense power of Longmen, and was ultimately defeated, and lost his life for it.

Our army's current strength is not as good as that of the Qin army. If we don't know how to break the formation, entering the formation is tantamount to seeking death. Therefore, we must not enter the formation. We can only use the same method as Temujin to break the enemy outside the formation. "

 “But is this possible?”

Cao Cao has no confidence in this at all. After all, Temujin's 240,000 cavalry were defeated. He only had 15,000 cavalry. How could he defeat the enemy outside the formation?

“My Lord, although Temujin was defeated, his strategy was correct. The inside of the Longmen Formation was more dangerous than outside the formation, and it was much less difficult to break the formation from outside.

In addition, in the Battle of Hetao, the Qin army was able to defeat Yuan and Meng's 240,000 iron cavalry with 100,000 infantry cavalry. The Longmen Formation was only one aspect, but it was not the main reason.

The Qin army gathered together a large number of fierce generals, all the elite troops came out together, coupled with the close cooperation between the arms, and they were united, this was the main reason for victory.

Although the current Longmen Formation has a strong commander like Bai Qi and strong troops such as Xianden Euphorbiae, there are no strong generals to cooperate with it.

 A strong formation without strong generals, no matter how sophisticated it is, will be greatly reduced in power. "

Hearing what Fan Li said, Cao Cao realized that his biggest advantage was not the speed of the cavalry, but the lineup of generals.

But that’s the case, when did the Qin Army’s Bulongmen Formation not gather stars like stars before? Only this time, there are no generals who are famous for their bravery. Maybe I can really rely on the generals and forcefully break the formation.

“Yes, our army can rely on the superiority of the generals, the mobility of the archers and cavalry, and the long-range attack capabilities to shoot the Qin soldiers inside the formation from outside the formation until they are completely defeated.”

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible, and he immediately said:

“Yin Shou, Tantai Yu, Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun…”

Every time Cao Cao called someone's name, a general stood up to respond. Among them, even Cao Chun, who was not good at force, was a **** general with a base of 100.

[Ding dong, Cao Cao's skill 'Wei Wu' effect 2 is activated. You can designate a general from this camp to temporarily replace the combination of 'Cao Wei's Eight Tiger Cavalry' and activate the combo skill. The currently designated Yin Shou temporarily replaces the combination of 'Cao Wei's Eight Tiger Cavalry' ;]

[Ding dong, Yin Shou, Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, and Cao Xiu are present at the same time. The combo skill 'Cao Wei's Eight Tiger Riders' effect 2 is activated. When fighting with the army, if one of the Eight Tigers serves as the commander, if two of them are present, the commander's command +1 , four people +2, six people +3, eight people +4; if someone from the Eight Tigers is not the leader, the general will be promoted by 1 to 2 points according to the number of people;

 Cao Cao is currently serving as the commander-in-chief, so increase Cao Cao’s command by 1 point;

Cao Cao's basic commander is 100 (+2), Wei Wu +3, and Cao Cao's current commander has risen to 104; ] ˆ ˆ With the increase in skills of Wei Wu and Cao Wei's Eight Tiger Cavalry, Cao Cao's commander has reached 104, which is 107 away from the basic commander ( +2) Bai Qi was only 3 points away, and he was definitely one of the top commanders at the time.

Just when Cao Cao finished ordering the generals and was about to defeat the Longmen Formation from the outside, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Report... to report 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 then immediately realized that these four thousand Qin army cavalry must be the more than one thousand remnant troops who escaped from Dingtao, and the three thousand reinforcements who came to support Deng Jiugong.

There were four thousand Qin army cavalry, which was a considerable force, but Bai Qi did not recall them. Instead, he stationed them outside the battlefield. The purpose was obvious, which was to contain some of Cao's army and let them It was unable to devote all of it to the subsequent battles, thereby reducing the pressure faced by the Longmen Formation.

But if we attack this cavalry first, the opponent will definitely not fight head-on, so there is not much point in trying to fight again and again.

At this point, even Cao Cao felt it was extremely difficult. He could only assign 5,000 cavalry to stare at the opponent. At the same time, he sent General Yin Shou and other generals to lead 3,000 archers to test Bai Qi.

【Ding dong, the effect of ‘Eight Tiger Riders of Cao Wei’ is 1. When three people are present, all people have force +1, four people +2, five people +3, six people +4, eight people +5;

At present, Yin Shou, Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, and Cao Xiu are present at the same time, and everyone has +2 force;

  Yin received force increased to 127;

Xia Houyuan’s force increased to 111;

 Cao Chun’s force increased to 107;

 Cao Xiu…]

Because Yin Shou had just experienced the war, although he was able to vent his anger by killing Deng Jiugong and his son, the effect of 'Zhou's cruelty' has expired, and the force value has gradually dropped a lot, but it has not been cleared and is still maintained at The level is above 120, and was increased by 22 points of force by the 'Cao Wei Eight Tiger Cavalry'.

Not only Yin Shou, Tantai Yu and other generals, but also due to the middle stage of the war, the force of force dropped a lot compared to when the war started, but it can be improved as long as the war starts again.

At the same time, in the Longmen Formation, Bai Qi, who was on the general stage, was also silently observing Cao Cao. Seeing that the other party's reaction was exactly as he expected, he was secretly relieved.

The Longmen Formation deployed by Bai Qi this time was basically the same as the one deployed by Ying Hao during the Battle of Hetao. In addition to himself sitting in the center of the formation, the generals guarding the ten directions were: Qin (Ying) Hua, Qin Yi, Guan Hai, Liao Hua, Qu Yi, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Zhu Ling, Xiao Yan, Xiao Baoyin;

But judging from this list of generals, Fan Li is right. There are indeed no strong generals in the current Qin army. Even Qin Hua, the strongest, is just a high-level general with basic martial arts of 103, and there are no strong generals. The combat power of the Longmen Formation sitting there will obviously be weakened a lot.

Bai Qi naturally knew this well, but even if there were no strong generals and a group of good generals in the Longmen Formation, he was still confident of defeating less than half of Cao's army, but the prerequisite was that Cao's army took the initiative to enter the formation. .

 However, due to Cao Cao's caution and Fan Li's wisdom, Bai Qi felt that it was unlikely that they would enter the formation and would most likely choose to break outside the formation.

After all, Longmen Formation is a formation. Although it can move, it is slow. If Cao Jun does not take the initiative to enter the formation, Bai Qi will not be able to do anything to Cao Cao.

But even if Cao Cao does not enter the formation, Bai Qi is not afraid of the impact of Cao Cao's cavalry. After all, in addition to restraining the cavalry, the Longmen Formation also has extremely strong defensive power. Even the 240,000-yuan Mongolian cavalry cannot break it, let alone a single one. Fifteen thousand Cao Wei cavalry.

“It’s very dangerous. If we were slower and failed to set up the Dragon Gate Formation in time, this battle would really be in doubt.”

At the thought of this, Bai Qi couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Having not received Deng Jiugong's message 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 cavalry to support Deng Jiugong.

Bai Qi also knew that after Wei Rui and Fu Youde arrived in Dingtao, they could only play a diversionary role at most. If they really went to war with Cao's army, they would only increase casualties, so he ordered the march to be accelerated in an effort to reach Dingtao as soon as possible, but he did not want to end up being a step too late. , when he arrived, Dingtao City had already been captured by Cao's army.

At this time Bai Qi has also been exposed in front of Cao Cao, and there are two ways before him, either to attack Dingtao City by force, or to fight Cao Cao's army in the wild.

There seemed to be two ways, but Bai Qi knew that there was actually only one way, because Cao Cao would never defend the city because it was too passive, so Bai Qi, who had predicted Cao Cao's actions in advance, chose to form a formation on the spot to resist. The coming Cao army.

Advanced formations like the Longmen Formation are obviously not easy to set up. Not only does it require extremely high abilities from the generals, but it also requires a lot of time to arrange the troops.

While Bai Qi was racing against time to set up the formation, Cao Cao was hesitating whether to leave the city for a decisive battle. When Cao Cao mobilized all his troops out of the city and was about to rush in, Bai Qi finally reluctantly set up the Longmen formation.

That is to say, the formation of the formation this time was in vain. Apart from him, even if Xue Rengui came in person, he might not be able to set up the formation in such a short period of time.

Once the Dragon Gate Formation is complete, even if the Qin army is full of infantry, it can rely on the defensive power of the formation and the restraint of the cavalry, and there is no need to fear fighting with the cavalry on the plains.

At this point, the dominance of the war returned to the Qin army again. After all, whether Cao's army entered the battle or not, Bai Qi had a way to deal with it.

Even if Cao Cao adopts the tactics of delaying and exhausting the army, it will not have much effect on the Qin army. On the contrary, the longer it is delayed, the more beneficial it is to the Qin army.

Because Kong Xuan will arrive soon, and after Kong Xuan arrives, the only shortcoming of the Qin army will be filled. By then, it will no longer be waiting for Cao Cao to attack, but will take the initiative to launch a counterattack.

 (End of this chapter)