The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 361 Volume : Repelling the Moon Formation

"While they are still struggling to gain a firm foothold, drive them into the river!"

Zhang He once again urged the halberd soldiers to step forward and push the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp into the river!
No matter how powerful the Han army's warships are, as long as they cannot set foot in Hebei, they will not pose much threat!
Therefore, the mission of the Xianzhen Camp now is to seize a bridgehead for the Han Army in Hebei, so that the Han Army can continuously transport troops from the south bank to the north bank!

As long as you can stand, you win the battle!
On the contrary, if you can't stand, no matter what results you have achieved before, they will become meaningless!

These three inches of shallow water suddenly became the most important three inches of land in the world!
"Zhang He, huh!"

When Gao Shun, who led the Xianzhen Camp, saw Zhang He's flag, he immediately thought of the scene when the enemy attacked Yanjin a few days ago.

"Now, offense and defense have changed!"

Gao Shun ordered: "Set up the formation!"

On the fighting ship at the rear, not only were there soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp, but there were also a number of strange-looking boxes.

No, that's not right! Not a box!
Instead, it was a weapon that had been eliminated long before the beginning of the Han Dynasty - the chariot!
Since the maturity of cavalry tactics, chariots have completely withdrawn from the stage of history.

Even Zhang He had only seen the appearance of this thing in ancient military books.

When Zhang He saw the real thing today, he was a little confused. He didn't know why the emperor brought out this outdated antique.

"General! There seems to be something on that chariot!"

thing?

Zhang He squinted his eyes and his pupils suddenly shrank!
"Go forward quickly and smash those chariots to pieces!"

What made Zhang He so panicked was certainly not an ordinary object.

I saw that on the chariot that was just pushed down by the Xianzhen Camp, there was a Zhuge Crossbow with the string already strung!
A group of halberd warriors wanted to step forward to stop them, but Gao Shun had already landed more than a dozen chariots and aimed the Zhuge Crossbow at the halberd warriors on the opposite side.

"put!"

The chariot combined with Zhuge Crossbow suddenly became a hysterical monster on the battlefield!

When they work together, they have mobility, defense, and offensive capabilities!
Following a wave of volleys from Zhuge Crossbow, more than half of the halberd warriors in front of them fell down again!

More than that.

Several surrounding warships loaded with Thunderbolt Chariots and Zhuge Crossbows began to move again.

No more stone bullets or crossbow arrows.

But it was a dense array of arrows!
Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun each stood at the bow of the ship, holding their bows and shooting fiercely!

The swift offensive forced the Hebei halberd soldiers, who had just mustered up the courage to rush forward, to retreat again, leaving the open space at the dock in front completely to Gao Shun's trap camp.

"Charge! Form a formation!"

Hundreds of soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp pushed the chariots forward and arranged them into a semicircular formation.

Behind them is the river and the Han army's fighting ships.

After the chariots were used to guard the land for half a month, the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp came to the chariots, some holding large shields, some holding spears and sickle hooks, and extending their sharp blades to deter the enemy.

In the half-moon open space, there were archers with tiger bodies, ape arms, leopard bellies and wolf waists. They stood in place with bows in their hands, waiting to shoot arrows at any time!
This was the formation that the emperor had taught the Xianzhen Camp to coordinate the water and land armies.

The Moon Formation!
Moreover, because the dock was protected, the Han army's warships could continue to transport Han soldiers, expanding the scope of the Queyue Formation.

Once the limit of the Queyue Formation is reached, the Xiliang cavalry that are successively transported into the formation will burst through the cradle, emerge from it, and deal a thundering blow to the Hebei army!
This is the entire strategy of the Han army to cross the river!
At this moment, Zhang He also realized the horror of the Queyue Formation.

The longer time goes on, the more Han troops will be in the Queyue formation, and the more advantageous it will be for the Han army!

The only plan now is to break this formation as quickly as possible, so as to drive the Han army into the river!

"Archers, prepare!"

Through the test just now, Zhang He has vaguely understood the power of this formation.

Water and land coordination!

Because there were several Han army's fighting ships standing on the river behind, it was like the Han army had several more high platforms overlooking the ground, giving them an absolute advantage over the ground.

There were also some archers standing in the open space surrounded by the Queyue Formation.

With the cover of the chariots in front, they can shoot wantonly and shoot the Hebei soldiers outside into hedgehogs!
Under the pressure from both land and water, no matter how many soldiers from Hebei were sent in, they would become targets for the Han army!

The only way to have a chance of winning is to temporarily suppress the opponent and send the halberd warriors who are good at close combat to the side of the Queyue formation!
Zhang He ordered the archers to shoot at the Queyue formation, and also ordered the soldiers to half-raise the Han crossbows and shoot at the fighting ships on the water.

This counterattack was indeed effective!

The Han army's firepower output has become insufficient!
With this level of arrow rain, it would be no problem for the heavily armored halberd warriors to charge forward!
"Press up!"

At this moment, Zhang He seemed to be ready to fight to the death!
His general flag has been moved to the front line!

"Drive the enemy into the river!"

If we fail to defeat the Queyue Formation as soon as it is formed, then there will be no chance of winning!
As Hebei's elite halberd warriors stepped forward again. Looking at the halberd warriors marching like a forest, even Gao Shun, the commander of the Xianzhen Camp, couldn't help but exclaim: "What a strong army!"

First, he was hit by stones.

Afterwards, he was shot by Zhuge Liannu.

Then there was the Queyue Formation's attack from land, sea and air.

If it were some weak-willed stragglers, they would have already fled. How could they maintain their formation and rush towards him like these halberd warriors?

"But so what?"

Gao Shun drew his sword and rode his horse: "Breaking into the enemy's formation!"

"Death but no life!"

The surrounding trap camps followed with a loud shout!
If the best infantry in the world had a name, it would definitely be their Xianzhen Camp, not the Hebei Great Halberd Soldiers!

Zhang He saw that the morale of the Xianzhen Camp was high, but he felt a little disdainful.

A strong army is always built through fighting, not by shouting!
Who will be the better one? It will be a life-and-death duel in the end!

Only the last person standing can be called the strongest infantryman!
Fall into camp!
Euphorbia!
The two strongest infantry units in the world finally collided with each other with a thunderous bang!
The Hebei halberd soldiers were good at close combat. Rows of their heavy halberds crashed into the chariot at the top of the Queyue formation, actually tearing it to pieces!
The trap camp and chariots at the top were unable to withstand this powerful attack and retreated continuously, and the halberd warriors almost broke through the defense line and rushed in!

Seeing this, Zhang He felt refreshed!
good sign!
As long as we continue to chisel along the gap, we will be able to pierce through the Queyue Formation sooner or later!
……

But when Zhang He saw the changes on the battlefield clearly, he was shocked and his heart instantly fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley.

Because the halberd warriors who had just marched forward in such a mighty manner did not, as Zhang He had expected, continue to advance bravely and directly break through the Queyue formation of the Xianzhen camp.

Due to the shape of the Queyue Formation, after the halberd warriors in the front rushed in, the halberd warriors in the back could not move forward and were forced to slide towards the "crescents" on both sides of the Queyue Formation.

This immediately reduced the pressure on the Han army at the front, and spread the pressure brought by the halberd soldiers from one point to the entire front line!
"I was wondering why this formation didn't just line up in a straight line. I wonder if there was such a plan..."

……

Zhang He suddenly thought of something that happened in the past.

At that time, Yuan Shao ordered people to steal the curved plow from Hedong, but they were caught by Zhong Yao. So the emperor simply gave the blueprint of the curved plow to Yuan Shao...

He had also seen that drawing.

At that time, he was still curious and asked Tian Feng: "This curved plow is just a straight plow that has been curved. How can it be so powerful?"

After Tian Feng studied the blueprint, he also showed disdain: "It's just because it can save some labor after it becomes round. It's really not a great setting."

"It's great to be able to save labor!"

"General Zhang, what you said is wrong! If we save the people's energy and make them unaware of the hardships of farming, how can we make them exhausted? If they have extra energy but nothing to do, wouldn't that cause a huge mess? So in my opinion, this way of turning straight into crooked is really a side path and not worth mentioning!"

……

Zhang He looked at the crescent-shaped Queyue Formation in front of him with some bitterness: "Yuan Hao! How can this be considered an unorthodox method that is not worth mentioning?"

"This is clearly an attempt to kill us Hebei people!"

The Xianzhen Camp, which was originally unable to resist, was now able to withstand the attacks of the Great Halberd Soldiers because some of the attacks of the Great Halberd Soldiers were diverted by the Queyue Formation, and was firmly blocked outside the Queyue Formation!
What's worse is that at this moment, a second Han army warship has approached the shore.

Coming down from above were still the soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp, as well as the nightmare chariots loaded with Zhuge Crossbows!

In addition, a troop of dozens of soldiers also came down with the Xianzhen Camp.

The leading general had a handsome face, eyes like shooting stars, and his brows were full of fighting spirit!
"Ma Zhuguo, why are you here?"

The person who came was Ma Chao!

Hearing Gao Shun's address, Ma Chao lowered his head in shame and said, "General Gao, I am no longer a pillar of the state, please don't embarrass me!"

"I have asked the Emperor's uncle for permission to come to the front line to atone for my sins!"

Ma Chao's temperament has indeed changed drastically, which made Gao Shun, who had met Ma Chao before, marvel at it.

"But Mengqi, your left arm is still injured. You can't use a bow and arrow. You can only go for close combat..."

Now is the time for Zhang He to launch a general attack. If we go in for close combat, the death rate will be frighteningly high.

Gao Shun did this in order to scare Ma Chao away, so that Ma Chao would not challenge him to a fight, but would stay behind obediently, in order to avoid having such a former pillar of the country die on the battlefield.

"General Gao! Since I, Ma Chao, have come to the shore at this time with the permission of my uncle, how could I not be prepared to die on the battlefield?"

"My ancestor, General Ma Yuan, was still determined to die on the battlefield at the age of 62. Could it be that I, Ma Chao, have lost this spirit now?"

Ma Chao raised one arm and bowed to Gao Shun again: "I hope the general will put me in the most dangerous place! In this way, even if I die on the spot, I, Ma Chao, will have the face to meet my ancestors!"

(End of this chapter)