Who killed the sword

Strictly speaking, the phalanx of the Jianghuai Army was actually a well-known infantry phalanx in the Western Mediterranean area a thousand years ago. Before the fourth century AD, the Macedonian Empire, King Philip II of the Macedonian Empire and his successor Alexander, developed their infantry phalanx to its peak.

However, the Macedonian infantry phalanx at its peak was a mixed force of multiple arms. In that era of bronze weapons, the mixed force tactics composed of the Macedonian infantry phalanx dominated the Mediterranean until Macedonian successors gradually abandoned the various tactics created by Alexander and became a single arms. In the end, the Macedonian phalanx was defeated by the Romans together with the Macedonian Empire to the Invincible Legion.

Wang Shichong was originally from the Western Regions, with curly hair, blue eyes, and high noses. It is very likely that his ancestors were people of the Macedonian Empire that migrated from the Mediterranean to the east. Therefore, Wang Shichong knew about this Macedonian infantry formation.

However, the Macedonian infantry phalanx has high requirements for terrain and requires the cooperation and cooperation of multiple arms. As early as nearly a thousand years ago, they were defeated by the Romans. Therefore, this infantry phalanx is not invincible.

However, since Wang Shichong formed the Jianghuai Army, he has dealt with all the peasant army. When fighting, the peasant army has always focused on the tactics of the sea of ​​people. When an infantry fights, it is like a pot of attack, and it is completely out of order. Therefore, Wang Shichong's Macedonian infantry formation, which was passed down from the West, allowed him to win many battles, and the Jianghuai Army to be invincible. He often has a number of enemies, or even a hundred battles.

But it is precisely because Wang Shichong had fought the peasant army in the past that although his Jianghuai army had amazing achievements, it did not attract much attention. In the eyes of many generals of the court, the peasant army was just a group of peasants who had not yet washed their feet and went ashore, and anyone could win. Especially in front of Zhang Xutuo, a fierce bandit suppression general who dared to rush to 20,000 people with five cavalry, Wang Shichong's victory was a bit disappointed.

It is precisely because of this that when Li Mi saw that Chen and Zheng's coalition forces dared to land under his nose, he could not wait to launch a fierce attack, trying to drive the Jianghuai army into the river in one fell swoop.

However, there is no pie falling from heaven, and there is no free lunch in the world.

Many times, the more beautiful the mushroom is, the more deadly toxins it contains.

Li Mi Yixin was confused by the prospect of victory before her. He forgot that since Chen Kefu was known as a famous general, he could not make such a simple mistake. He forgot that the Jianghuai Army was a unit trained by the hero Wang Shichong. Since the coalition forces sent this army to land in the array, it would not be so easy to deal with.

Too eager for quick success and instant benefits will often blind a person's eyes.

Even after the Wei army paid a very heavy price, Li Mi still saw that the Wei army had surrounded the Jianghuai army. It seemed that as long as he worked hard, he could drive the Jianghuai army into the river. However, he did not notice how the Wei army surrounded him, the Jianghuai army's infantry formation did not take a step back, but was slowly moving forward in an orderly manner.

What Li Mi saw was that the Wei army had surrounded the Jianghuai army and annihilated the Jianghuai army.

But Zhang Zhongjian, who was watching the battle in Hexinzhou, smiled and sent the Jianghuai army to the shore. It was just a feint attack. The biggest purpose was to attract the attention of the Wei army and cover Chen Kefu's troops to secretly go east.

However, when the performance of the Jianghuai Army surprised Zhang Zhongjian, he also secretly became more vigilant. If it weren't for what he saw with his own eyes, he himself wouldn't have thought that the Jianghuai Army would have such combat effectiveness.

A warship on the south bank had now become the commanding flag of King Zheng Wang Xuanying. Seeing the Jianghuai infantry formation unwavering under the fierce attack of the Wei army, it was still moving forward steadily, gradually inserted into the center of the Wei army's formation. Wang Xuanying's face was full of pride. In this battle, he wanted to show everyone that although the Jianghuai army lost his father Wang Shichong, he could not be underestimated by anyone.

Wang Bian, Yang Wei, Huo Shiju, Liu Changgong, Liang Dezhong, and Dong Zhitong, six generals were wearing helmets and armor, and they all rode their horses to the shore.

"Prince, our infantry formation has blocked the attack of the Wei army. The Wei army's momentum is weak. It is time for us to counterattack. The last general is waiting to ask the prince for orders and allow us to lead our troops to fight back!"

Wang Xuanying listened, on the battlefield, the Wei army's deafening shouts and killing sounds were indeed much weaker. Looking at the formation ahead, the infantry formation was constantly advancing. At this time, the Wei army not only could not advance, but was constantly retreating slowly. Even the strongest cavalry of the Wei army was completely trapped in the sea of ​​their own infantry at this time.

"Are your men ready?"

Wang Bian is more than ten years older than Wang Xuanying, but he is the son of Wang Shichong's uncle. In terms of seniority, he is also the uncle of Wang Xuanying, the current head of the Wang family. Facing the inquiry of the head of the family, Wang Bian slapped the double-layer iron armor on his chest and shouted, "The children are ready long ago, and they are waiting for King Zheng to give the order."

Wang Xuanying nodded. The JAC infantrymen seemed to be invincible on the battlefield, but in fact, every member of the Wang family knew that the JAC army's real killer move was not infantry, but their cavalry.

The platoon soldiers held long spears in the square formation, and the formation was dense. In order to avoid being killed by bows, arrows, guns, etc., all the spears were wearing two layers of armor and carrying one side of the iron shield. The platoons, double layers of iron armor, iron shields, and horizontal swords. The combined weight of these equipment is not light.

So since its establishment, Wang Shichong has told every Wang general that the infantry formation is just a chopping board. Their biggest advantage is that the formation is strong and it is difficult for ordinary enemies to break their array.

Similarly, although the dense square formation has strong defense, it lacks fast mobility. Their advantage is to expose the enemy's offensive momentum and even block the enemy's way forward. If the enemy attacks fiercely, the enemy will suffer heavy casualties under their dense spears. Similarly, if the enemy retreats after suffering losses, it will be difficult for them to pursue.

Therefore, the Jianghuai Army has always used infantry formations to block the enemy. After blocking the enemy's attack, it immediately sent cavalry with fast-motorized power to attack the enemy's array.

The infantry formation of the Jianghuai platoon was a chopping board, while the Jianghuai cavalry was the knife, which was placed on the chopping board and could not advance and retreat, and repeatedly cut. Until the opponent's formation collapsed and the enemy formation was in the enemy, victory was already in front of the infantry formation and the cavalry group.

At present, the Wei army, which was in conflict with the JAC infantry formation for the first time, was in this situation.

Wang Xuanying did not hesitate anymore and nodded to the six generals who were leading the Jianghuai cavalry.

"Woo!~~~"

"Dong!~~~"

On the stalemate battlefield, the long horn of the Jianghuai Army and the war drums suddenly sounded.

The sound of long horns penetrated the entire battlefield. The rumbling sound of war drums gathered more than a hundred cowhide drums. The sound of thunder-like drums made all the real soldiers of Jianghuai on the battlefield shocked and their blood was boiling.

All the soldiers of Jianghuai knew that whenever such a sound sounded on the battlefield, it meant that they had controlled the battlefield and the time for counterattack had arrived.

"Ho! Hoho! Hoho!"

The roars of the Jianghuai army resounded across the battlefield, and the sound became louder and louder, and finally it directly gathered into a neat and exciting roar.

On Dongguanling, Li Mi and others all changed their color.

Li Yuan, who was standing beside him, also looked ugly, "King of Wei, it seems that the Jianghuai Army is about to fight back."

Li Mi said nothing and had a gloomy face. After fighting for so long, the Hebei Army had not seen the shadow of the Jianghuai Army. The Jianghuai Army alone made them stalemate. They had the advantageous troops and fought for so long, but there was no progress at all.

But now, the Jianghuai Army made such a big noise. Even if Li Mi couldn't guess the actions of the Jianghuai Army, he could know based on his experience that the Jianghuai Army was going to fight back in full swing.

"Quickly, send a supervisory team to supervise the battle. Pass the orphan's orders, only advance forward, no retreat, those who retreat against the orders will be killed on the spot."

Shen Luoyan added, "King of Wei, immediately pull all our crossbows and catapults to the battlefield to support the soldiers of the front army from behind."

Li Mi nodded, "Yes, pull all our crossbow machines and catapults in front, beat them hard, and beat them up."

Seeing that Li Mi had already lost her composure, Li Yuan looked at Li Mi with a little contempt. In Li Yuan's opinion, Li Mi has always been a little arrogant and low-spirited. There were so many soldiers in the Central Plains, but after several years of being in the Central Plains, he became more and more regressive. Just like now, an ambush battle where the Wei army had the advantage had turned into a stalemate and gave others the upper hand.

However, no matter how despised you, Li Yuan and Li Mi are still on the same boat. If Li Mi is defeated, Li Yuan will have no better life. He immediately reminded him, "King of Wei, Chen Kefu is surrounded here. Should we quickly transfer the other 50,000 troops ambushed at Luokou to this battlefield to strengthen some offensives? After all, the Jianghuai Army is now on the shore, and Chen Kefu's Hebei Army has not yet been dispatched."

Li Mi felt a toothache when she heard this. She had never fought with Chen Kefu before. He only thought that Chen Kefu was just a tiger in the mountains in Hebei, so the monkey was the king. But now he was really face to face and had not started fighting yet. The power of the Hebei army had already made him feel heavy.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Mi paused, "Transferred Gu's order, all 50,000 soldiers from Luokou were transferred immediately, and they formed a formation at the foot of Mangshan to join the battlefield." After saying that, he felt that it was not enough, and gritted his teeth and said to the commander, "Transfer 20,000 soldiers from Baihua Valley and 10,000 people from Luokou. Gu did not expect that Wang Xuanying's child actually brought all his belongings. This time, we will annihilate them together no matter what."

"Yes!" The messenger left quickly.

The drums rumbled, the east gradually became brighter, and a new day began.

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Chapter completed!