Chapter 104: The Beginning of the Decisive Battle
Controlling the marching speed and maintaining the state of the soldiers, it will take about four days to arrive outside the Dayan Royal City. This is probably another purpose of the royal court, which is to buy yourself a few more days.
At this time, Xia Qi, who had completely grasped the dominance of this war, could be said to be full of calmness as an advantage. To put it more arrogantly, how could the royal court still struggle to death?
Confidence is undoubtedly a good thing, but it is not good to be sluggish. Xia Qi, who has struggled through countless routines, obviously knows this more than anyone else, so the more he reaches the critical moment, the calmer he becomes, and the army goes all the way.
During this period, Xia Qi kept sending scouts to investigate the surrounding terrain and situation to avoid ambushing and attacks from the enemy.
This move undoubtedly blocked someone's last little hope. Listening to the report of the soldiers under his command, Wang Ting's face was extremely difficult to see. Xia Qi's almost step-by-step approach made him unable to find anything to take advantage of.
machine!
With a gloomy face, Wang Ting, who had been struggling for a long time, squeezed out two words from his teeth.
"Attack!"
There is no need to fight in the battle to defend the city. Xia Qi's Eight Niu Crossbow completely suppressed him and finally had to leave the city to fight. Instead of doing that, it would be better to suddenly fight a raid halfway and fight a raid. The chances of winning may be higher!
, From a certain perspective, the raid is probably the most suitable style of play for him at present...
On the other side...
On the third day of the march, the slightly vibrated ground made the slowly advancing army stop and ride on the back of lightning. Xia Qi, who had a wider vision, saw the dust rising in the distance at a glance.
"Haha, there is no chance to ambush and attack, so did you just send cavalry to attack?"
The royal court has a cavalry unit, which has been confirmed long ago.
This cavalry suffered heavy losses in the battle with the grassland barbarians not long ago and has not yet recovered. However, this also shows that the Dayan where the royal court is located has reached a critical moment of life and death.
A playful sneer was drawn from the corner of his mouth. As Xia Qi waved his hand, the well-trained infantry troops quickly formed military formations, and the spearmen troops, who were natural enemies of the cavalry, directly attacked them!
However, Wang Ting is a player after all, and obviously considers the possibility that his cavalry unit will be targeted. After rushing to a certain distance, a rain of arrows flew from somewhere on the battlefield and directly attacked Xia Qi's military formation.
"Everyone raises the shield!!"
Xia Qi's infantry troops have an absolute advantage in the number of shield-held infantry. It is equivalent to these shield-held infantry troops. While protecting themselves, they even have spare energy.
Covering the spearmen closest to them is enough to see how easy the veterans are.
The arrow rain exposed their position. After easily blocking the three rounds of volleys on the opposite side, Xia Qi quickly confirmed the enemy army exposed to his vision, but did not allow his army to advance forward.
He ordered all the shield-holding infantry to maintain the shield-holding defense state, and then he ignored this side and decisively turned around to command his own archers, cooperating with the spearmen to fight against the cavalry who wanted to circumnavigate the back of the Yin.
This action made Wang Ting in the distance stunned. This person surnamed Xia did not follow the routine at all!
Now this situation is clearly targeting his cavalry unit.
Being a cavalry unit
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Wang Bo said that the general of the commander of the army was very stressful. The spearmen who were staring at them was enough to make him afraid. Now, the hundreds of people staring at them were all the way to open their bows.
The archer of the arrow made him clearly feel that the other party was prepared for it.
Faced with such a situation, Wang Ting's attack tactics this time were undoubtedly failed, and it also failed quite thoroughly.
Wang Bo is the commander of this cavalry. Faced with such a situation, he immediately led his cavalry to temporarily leave the battlefield.
Looking at the cavalry unit that was moving away with the power of the momentum after detour for a while, a flash of surprise flashed in Xia Qi's eyes. The cavalry unit is difficult to use. While paying attention to the terrain, it also pays attention to one.
opportunity.
If used well, the cavalry forces can directly cause devastating blows to the enemy troops, but if used poorly, they will be like now, which is particularly useless and not even have much presence.
The move Wang Ting arranged was undoubtedly extremely bad. Although Xia Qi could understand that under the premise of his cautious advancement, if he wanted to fight a raid, he could only let the cavalry troops fight the vanguard with their power, but it was bad.
It's just bad, and the facts are right in front of him, and he has no choice but to admit it.
However, under this premise, the temporary judgment of the opponent's general surprised Xia Qi. What is the most taboo thing after the cavalry troops failed in a round of raids? It is to forcefully attack regardless of the consequences!
That's something that only rookies do.
The correct way to deal with it is to temporarily leave the battlefield with the power of mobility and find the next opportunity to take action. Wang Bo's approach is correct.
The spearmen troops were signaled to continue to pay attention to the movements of the cavalry, and then ordered the archers to change the target of attack and began to counter-suppress the infantry troops of the royal court with arrow rain.
The situation changed too quickly, and the cavalry troops failed to catch the phone, which put a lot of pressure on the royal court.
"The whole army charges!!!"
The sound of killing shocked the sky, and the morale on the opposite side was unexpectedly fierce. When Wang Ting shouted, he obviously wanted to use the advantage of the first move to suppress Xia Qi's army.
After seeing through the other party's purpose, Xia Qi was particularly calm at this time. He glanced at the vanguard troops on the opposite side, and there was no need to look closely. The scattered formation made him clearly realize the amateurity of this long-saltitude army, and then
Come to understand.
The other party wanted to use the recruits who were forced to attack the vanguard to consume the physical strength of the soldiers on his side.
"Clan leader, these halberd soldiers..."
Obviously, Li Chuan, who also saw this, spoke with a little hesitation.
"I know what you want to say."
Xia Qi glanced at Li Chuan indifferently, and then directly interrupted his words, "The people who were forced to recruit are indeed pitiful, but since they have gone to the battlefield and rushed up with weapons, they are the enemies, do you understand?
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Unlike when he recruited Wang Lucong's troops before, he had a city wall as a supporter. To a certain extent, he could be said to be fearless. After receiving the surrendered troops, he could immediately ask his generals to manage them uniformly.
At this moment, he led his troops to fight in the field. At this time, recruiting the opponent's soldiers would undoubtedly add unstable factors to the army under his command. Xia Qi had no plans at all.
The military formation still did not move at all,
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The one who was anxious was Wang Ting, not him. Xia Qi was waiting for the opponent to come, and then he wanted to give the other party the deepest despair in one breath!
After judging the distance, feeling that it was almost at the position, Xia Qi shouted, "Bear!"
Needless to say, Xiong pulled out the bronze sword from his waist.
"Axe and Shield Hands, follow me to meet the enemy!!"
On one side is the well-trained axe and shield soldiers, and on the other side is a group of civilians who have been forced to recruit. It can be said that which one is stronger and which one is weaker can be said to be clear at a glance.
There was no suspense. The moment the militia wielded a bronze halberd collided, it seemed as if it had entered the gate of hell and fell into the hell of the sword mountain! The ruthless slaughter of the bronze battle axes
With the creatures on the battlefield, a unilateral massacre began.
The overwhelming gap in strength caused these militias to fall into deep despair. The scene in front of them was not a war at all, but they were rushing up one after another to die!
The morale that was raised by Wang Ting's skill before fell to freezing point at this moment. The blood-stained bronze battle axes on the opposite side made them feel no chance of winning, and they only brought them
Endless despair!
Seeing an opportunity, Xia Qi shouted loudly: "The militias on the opposite side who were forced to come up, listen to me. I know that standing here is not your own voluntary, but because the royal court forced you to go to the battlefield, I had no intention of slaughtering civilians. Now, I give it to you.
You have an opportunity to throw away the weapons in your hands and escape from this battlefield. The farther you run, the better. I promise not to send people to pursue them, and I don’t lose the weapons. I choose to stay here. There are no swords on the battlefield. You
There is only one dead end!!”
Xia Qi did not intend to add unstable factors to himself when fighting in the field, but turning these militias into deserters is also a good way to weaken the royal court's troops in disguise.
His words were simply at the critical moment, and they were stuck in the hearts of the militia. Among them, basically none of them stood here voluntarily. They were originally holding hoes and grazing cattle with cattle.
The peasants were suddenly caught in the military camp, then stuffed their weapons into their hands and went to the battlefield. Wouldn't they be told to die?
At this moment, the right words became the catalyst for their inner emotions. The fear of the battlefield and death in their hearts instantly crushed the will of a group of people, causing them to throw their weapons and run in one direction on the spot.
But humans are a creature with a strong herd mentality. This wave directly caused a chain reaction. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people escaped. Wang Ting, located behind the military formation, was so angry that his face turned pale and then roared repeatedly.
"Escapers who escaped at the last minute will be punished as the crime of deserter, implicated the nine clans, and the whole family will be killed!!"
As the king of the Great Yan, Wang Ting's words were undoubtedly extremely deterrent, and they forced the militia to contain the situation where the militia troops were almost about to flee. The militiamen were holding weapons with despair all over their faces.
The rushing on the battlefield made Li Chuan, who was beside him, flashed a hint of unbearableness in his eyes, and then he simply persuaded these people loudly and asked them to put down their weapons and escape.
Xia Qi said nothing and let him shout. Li Chuan has a shortcoming. Of course, to some extent, it can also be considered an advantage, that is, he is very kind to the common people, and he can undoubtedly become a
A general who is deeply loved by the people, but he obviously still has some learning.
Looking at Li Chuan, who had no success in admonition, Xia Qi spoke calmly.
Chapter completed!