"Reported to the Marshal, the hot air balloon observation results, after the high ground in the east, the enemy has already set up its formation, extending for more than ten miles north and south, and roughly estimated that it is no less than 70,000 troops!"

"knew."

After Yuwen Weihan finished speaking, he picked up the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile and looked at the hill in the distance east, which looked like a threshold. With his current location, he could not see the situation behind the hill.

There were some Goguryeo cavalry on the hills, and it was the enemy general who was watching their movements.

The decisive battle was about to begin. Yuwen Weihan was very excited, but his mind was very clear when he was excited. The other party deliberately let them cross the river, of course it was not the kindness of Duke Xiang of Song.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Song army fought a decisive battle with the Chu army. As the commander-in-chief, Duke Xiang of Song insisted on letting the Chu army cross the river and set up a formation, but he could not "attack halfway through" to show his benevolence and righteousness, but he ended up humiliating himself.

Now, the Goguryeo Army is watching the Zhou army cross the river and set up its formation because after a flood, the shore is muddy. Although the Zhou army will not be trapped in such a terrain, it will be a bit troublesome to mobilize.

The other party set up a pre-arrangement behind the hills, which also used the hills to block the Zhou army's sight and could not make targeted deployments.

Yuwen Weihan felt that the Goguryeo commander had some ideas, but the elite of the official army could not be restrained by just mud. However, if there were hot air balloons on his side, he could take the battlefield situation into his eyes.

Make means such as ambush, suspicious, and surprise weapons invalid.

As he thought about it, Yuwen Weihan's confidence increased a little. On the side, the marshal Wang Jun, the chief of the marshal, was issuing orders and starting to arrange troops.

Under his command, the 60,000 troops moved like arms and fingers. After crossing the river quickly, they expanded their formation in an orderly manner. The troops who followed the river were still moving, while the soldiers who had already set up their formation began to eat "Chao Food".

Everything was going on in a busy and unchaotic manner. Yuwen Weihan observed it carefully for a long time and admired Wang Changshi's command ability.

To be fair, he can't do it at the moment.

Han Xin ordered troops, and the more he had, the better. Since ancient times, famous generals were able to command tens of thousands of troops, but hundreds of thousands of troops were not lost. However, he was not good at this time, and it was a bit difficult to command nearly 10,000 troops to fight.

According to my father, I just didn’t have enough experience.

My father also repeatedly emphasized that during this Eastern Expedition, the King of Kings dispatched troops and generals. He, as a novice, should not be self-righteous and rely on his passion to fight.

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, and his courage is commendable, but you cannot win a battle by relying solely on courage. A big battle is not a joke. If you have a slight mistake, you will end up losing and dead.

Yuwen Weihan dared not forget his father's teachings, so he watched how the Changshi Wang Jun commanded the army with the attitude of "studying".

During this battle, the Zhou army's infantry and cavalry totaled more than 60,000, and the battlefield was on the east coast of Sashui.

It is located on the banks of the Sashui River, with muddy surfaces. The Goguryeo Army is located nearly ten miles away and has been arranged. The total infantry and cavalry is about 70,000, and the troops are slightly superior.

Between the two armies, there is a wilderness, mainly grassland and solid ground. On one side of the Goguryeo Army, there is a hill running north and south, which looks like a threshold.

Under normal circumstances, even if both sides advance, the warring area will be in the wilderness west of this hill.

If one attack and one defense, the Goguryeo army has a great possibility of attacking, and the reason is very simple: First of all, no matter how the Goguryeo army is, it must go forward and arrive at the hills and condescend to the high ground.

Secondly, the opponent lets his side cross the river, which means that he wants to set up a formation on the muddy ground and then attack, making it inconvenient for his soldiers to move in the mud.

Third, the Goguryeo Army had a stronghold upstream of the Sashui River, with nearly 5,000 troops stationed, five or six miles away. The garrison at this stronghold could not stand by and watch. It always had to move, and hit the Zhou army that was forming a formation on the downstream shore.

If the Goguryeo Army gave up the attack and waited for the Zhou army to attack, then the upstream stronghold would lose its function, and the troops stationed in it would be easily annihilated by the Zhou army.

This is Yuwen Weihan's judgment, and so is Wang Changshi and several other marching supervisors.

So the next question is when the battle begins.

It is not that the two armies can start a war immediately. The military formations between the two sides are separated by ten miles and it takes time to get close to each other. The army forming the formation moves very slowly in order to maintain the formation.

It is very likely that the distance between these ten miles will take more than half a day to shorten the one that is about to be fought.

Yuwen Weihan kept observing, and was about to listen to Wang Changshi's dispatch of troops, observe the arrangement of troops and horses of his own troops and horses, and also had to look at the enemy situation in the hills in the distance from time to time, and was also very busy.

The 3,000 cavalry of the marching general manager Wang Shiji had already stepped forward and arrived at a mound several miles northeast of the left front of the formation, occupying the commanding heights of the battlefield and serving as the barrier of the left wing formation.

According to the pre-war plan, in order to facilitate command, this nameless mound was temporarily named "Qiujia".

The 4,000 cavalrymen of the marching general Liu Boer had already stepped forward and arrived at a mound several miles southeast of the right front of the formation to serve as the barrier of the right wing of the formation. The unnamed mound is temporarily named "Qiu Yi".

The Zhou army infantry relied on the Sashui River and spread in a semicircular shape towards the east, forming a large arc-shaped army formation.

The arc-shaped step formation was arranged against the river. Wen Weihan knew that when Emperor Wu of Song Liu Yu was still a general of Jin, the "Qiaoyue Formation" set up in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains was in this shape.

The Northern Expedition Army arrived on the edge of the Yellow River, and the fleet went upstream to Luoyang. It was often washed to the north shore by the water, and the personnel were killed by the Wei army on the shore.

So the Jin army crossed the river and faced the Wei army with superior cavalry, they set up the "Quyue Formation" to control cavalry with infantry. The "yue" is an arc-shaped chariot formation composed of combat chariots. The infantry used combat chariots as a barrier, and killed the enemy with spears and crossbows behind the chariots.

This formation uses the Yellow River to protect the enemy and the back, and is not afraid of enemy cavalry's detours and side attacks. The river surface is full of ships loaded with food and supplies, and provides support at any time. The wounded soldiers can also be on board to heal and rest in time.

The Jin army used this formation to attack the Wei army. Although the troops were very different, they defeated the Wei army one after another and attacked repeatedly, with many killings and injuries, just like an isolated island in the stormy waves, still standing still.

The Jin army defeated the Queyue Formation with fewer and more, which made the name of the Queyue Formation be passed down to this day.

Now, the Zhou army is backed by Sashui, forming a moon formation, and has a river on its back as a barrier. It is not afraid of sneak attacks. It is a wilderness in front of us. In addition, there are hot air balloons in the air to observe the battlefield, and the enemy's dynamics are clearly visible at a glance.

The Zhou army did not form a formation with chariots, and there were no warships on the Sashui River for support. This is the difference between the Jin army's Yue formation.

Another difference is the main combat weapon.

The sound of the horn broke Yuwen Weihan's thoughts. He closed his gaze, picked up the Qianli Mile Mile and looked east.

Before we knew it, it was almost noon. A black line appeared on the long hill to the east. The black line slowly moved, gradually spreading like a carpet, with a width of more than ten miles from north to south.

A large number of Goguryeo soldiers lined up in neat rows, constantly climbing over the hills and appeared in the fields of Zhou soldiers. From a distance, it seemed as if the entire hill was slowly moving forward.

In the view of the Qianli Mile Mile, the Goguryeo military formation flags fluttered, and dense spears were erected, looking like dense forests.

Yuwen Weihan observed for a while, put down the Qianli Mile Mile and looked at his pocket watch.
Chapter completed!