Dawn is the time of war.
The fire in the camp of the Allied forces is soaring. It is obvious that the north and south sides have completely collapsed and can no longer play any role. If the fire continues to spread, it will inevitably lead to the burning of the whole camp.
Wang Teng gave a suggestion: "useless troops retreat and concentrate their talents until dawn."
In a real decisive battle, the role of slave soldiers is not high. The role they can play is nothing more than a desperate charge to consume the enemy's strength. Maybe they can also make the enemy chaotic, but the role is really small.
"Good." Yao Lan said casually. Of course, he knew that the burden of slave soldiers was more than practical use in the decisive battle: "it looks like it's hard to order."
The fire was burning and the smoke was billowing. In fact, the whole camp had been in chaos. It was vaguely possible to draw a judgment from some torches and Dragons outside. The Han Army increased troops from other directions and must take advantage of the situation to pull out.
The camp was in chaos. It should be in a certain degree of camp roar. Under such circumstances, it was difficult to control the slave soldiers. Yao LAN almost made up his mind in an instant and concentrated on the elite to decide the victory or defeat. The dawn moment was the time to decide.
It doesn't seem abrupt. It can even be said that the senior level of the coalition forces are psychologically prepared. After all, the coalition forces have been attacking for nearly a month and haven't achieved much results. In fact, they have become weak and morale is low. How can they not guess that it should be the time for the Han to fight back? For one thing, they really didn't think it would be a night attack.
We must understand the fact that in today's era, except for a limited number of troops, it is impossible to fight at night. It is due to malnutrition, which leads to night blindness for most people. Those who can see things a little at night, they all enjoy high treatment, at least they don't lack meat and vegetables, so they have enough vitamins.
The Allied forces mobilized the troops they could command until there was a slight light in the East. The assembled troops were only in their early twenties, and the rest were in a state of running around under the surprise attack of several troops from the Han Dynasty.
"It's not the best showdown period. We should wait for the news that Xu Zheng completely cuts off the rear path of the coalition forces or Jichang attacks guanggucheng." Of course, Liu Yan knew that nine times out of ten life was unhappy. He smiled and said, "today is also suitable."
LV Shaoyang, standing behind Liu Yan, opened his mouth and couldn't say anything.
LV Shaoyang has learned that he will be delegated after the war. It's time to be a village chief in a war unit. He feels pity and complacent at the same time. He is very clear that he was born in the captain of the monarch's guard, and his identity will inevitably appear relatively special. Then, just like the night battle force, he is the chief of the village. The starting point is actually higher than anyone. He should strive to make progress. It is better to say that it is to repay the kindness of the monarch. To be more frank, it is to strive for a better future of his own.
The bleak horn came from the coalition army. Looking up, the coalition army occupied a large area of dark space on the earth. The front army in the middle should be the Qingzhou infantry, and the Yao cavalry on the left and right wings.
"Nearly 12000 cavalry..." Liu Yan twitched his cheek: "it's hard to do!"
On the main battlefield of Xiami, there are less than 1000 cavalry in the Han Dynasty, and the rest are infantry.
Why did the attack camp set fire last night? Just want to compress the battlefield space. However, there is still a lot of space for cavalry to move on this side of the battlefield.
Liu Yan specially observed that several troops attacking the battalion had changed their tactical actions and began to move in the direction of some important roads. He judged roughly that the losses of the attacking battalion seemed to be heavy?
It seems that it is only reasonable to suffer heavy losses. Fire can not distinguish between the enemy and ourselves. Then, it is difficult to avoid chaos in wartime. As the party taking the initiative to attack, it only has the advantage of a certain amount of information and can set the retreat route in advance, but there will always be accidents.
Consistent with Yao Lan's choice, there are no slave soldiers in the decisive forces put forward by Liu Yan. That's because of the same concern. Slave soldiers can be driven to death, but slave soldiers are usually very easy to collapse. It's funny that slave soldiers collapse and roll back formation at the decisive moment.
"Ring the war drum."
Naturally, someone will convey Liu Yan's order, and it was not long before the war drum was sounded "Dong Dong Dong".
The war drum is quite large and round. Should it have a round diameter of two meters?
There will be a war drum every 300 meters or so. At this time, looking at the tall and strong men beating the upright war drum with thick drumsticks, they are sweating.
Yao LAN looked at Liu Yan strangely. Yes, he can see Liu Yan at a glance, just because Liu Yan's position is very obvious.
"Hanbu will take the initiative to attack?" Wang Teng looked slightly surprised: "they are infantry, but they want to take the initiative to attack?"
It seems strange, but if you think about it a little, you will take it for granted that the current war situation is that the Han side has an advantage in morale, so you must seize the advantage to further attack the already demoralized coalition forces.
Look at the soldiers in the coalition camp. The attack on the camp all night forced them to fight passively. They have been busy for most of the night since they had a meal last evening. It can be said that they are relatively shrinking both mentally and physically.
The officers and men of the Allied forces were still a little confident. They were the party with a large number of people and a large number of cavalry. Naturally, they thought that the Han Army, which was all infantry, would take the defensive position, which brought back a little psychological advantage.
What's going on now? It was the Han Dynasty that sounded the war drum, and the military array seemed to be moving forward, which led to a burst of consternation among the coalition soldiers. They could not help wondering whether they were on the weak side.
The Han Dynasty is advancing, and listening to the war drum is no longer hasty. It is a drum with a sense of rhythm. It forms the same frequency as the soldiers' steps, so that it seems that the earth has become a war drum, and the Han Dynasty as a whole has become a "person" who plays the war drum.
"Lord, please also order the left and right winged cavalry to cruise." Wang Teng's face looked grim: "the enemy's military master is a man who can lead troops."
What is the war? Outside the battlefield are factors such as national strength, and the most important thing on the battlefield is morale. In fact, morale is an unseen emotion, but it can be judged from the mental state of soldiers on both sides.
In fact, Wang Teng doesn't have to say that Yao LAN will also let the cavalry on the left and right wings cruise.
Only the active cavalry is the best cavalry. Since ancient times, there are few cavalry to fight in battle. Since cavalry rarely attack the infantry of the enemy's tight formation, it is because the cavalry losing speed will be slaughtered when trapped in the infantry sea.
When the cavalry of the Allied forces cruised, the sound of the battle drums of the Han Army array changed. Several sections of rapid drums sounded. From a distance, we also saw the shaking of the command flag in some positions. Then the troops on the left and right wings of the Han Army stopped, and only the Chinese army was still marching forward.
"Jiashi... And Jiashi..." Yao Jing was both confused and shocked: "there are at least two thousand Jiashi. Liu Yan can't get so many Jiashi!"
Two thousand system soldiers stepped forward, followed by a thousand spearmen and about 800 archers. Should there be nearly 30 crossbows in the array where you can't see them outside?
Liu Zheng discussed with others and came to the conclusion that he should send troops to fight.
Speaking of it, behind the Allied forces, there was still a blaze of fire, and a large amount of thick smoke floated into the sky. If you can look down from a high altitude, the camp of the coalition army has been devastated. Some camps that are not burning are fighting, but you don't know whether the internal strife or the Han army is still fighting.
Behind the troops led by Liu Yan is the main city of Xiami. It can be said that there is at least a way out.
Behind the Allied forces is the camp where the fire spread. If you don't take the initiative, you will inevitably be squeezed. Do you want to promote the fire at that time?
The arrows were also used as a prelude to the war. The archers of the Han Dynasty formed an arrow array. The continuous arrow attack did not stop until the armour in front approached the Qingzhou army for 20 steps.
The soldiers of both sides collided in an irregular vertical direction. The first warriors of the Han Dynasty resisted with a shield, then stabbed their swords, advancing row after row. In an instant, the blood on the battlefield soared. Because of the overcrowding, a considerable number of war dead were squeezed and unable to fall even if they were out of breath.
Fu Wei observed the situation in detail, conducted a calibration shot in person, then read out some numbers such as codes, and ordered the archers who formed the arrow array to continue to release their arrows.
Liu Zheng, who stayed in the distance, saw that the archers of the Han Dynasty kept shooting arrows at the soldiers behind him. He saw his cheeks twitch: "I don't want to admit it, but the Han Dynasty is really a strong army."
The Yao brothers looked at each other silently. They had been fighting for nearly a month. We didn't get any cheap at all. It's true to say that the Han army is a strong army. They knew that Liu Zheng stressed again that he just felt worried about the future of the war and was extricating himself from his incompetence in advance.
In fact, Yao LAN and Yao Jing now face a very realistic choice. It is very obvious that they can't solve Liu Yan at one time. Now the war situation is favorable to Liu Yan. Maybe there is no chance to fight again, but the loss will certainly be great.
If Liu Yan keeps shrinking and the Yao brothers continue to consume, there is nothing. It is the cannon fodder of the slave soldiers that drives the siege of the city and the stronghold. What strength does it hurt to not lose the family soldiers?
The upcoming contest is different for the Yao brothers. They will fight their own soldiers. They should think about whether they can win and how much they will lose before they win, and then whether it is worth losing and gaining.
"Have a look?" Yao Jing was unwilling: "we have enough horses to evacuate at any time."
Yao Lan was also unwilling. She nodded fiercely: "ten percent!"
Wang Teng narrowed his eyes, took a look at Liu Zheng, who was far away, and his mouth gave out a "hey hey" laughter.
The bleak horn was sounded, and the Qiang cavalry cruising in the narrow space on both wings began to turn around