Chapter 1010 The reputation of the Red Army for protecting the country is obvious
"Smart!" Ding Kui gave a thumbs up.
Looking at the rapidly growing silver vortex in front of him, Huan Qiao murmured: "She can also separate space, and she can cast it in such a short time."
That's right, Ao Yan just suffered the loss of space separation yesterday. She used a magic wand as the core to create a formation disk in one night, which was more complete and advanced than the one used by Xia Fan.
The key is that she deceived everyone by pretending to use the Great Slit Technique, and she managed to trick Hao Dong once in a battle where she had no advantage.
All the magic that flew close to the silver vortex was absorbed. There were still twenty or thirty low-level magicians who could not resist the attraction and flew into the vortex involuntarily. Fortunately, their companions flew out to catch them.
Dong Ba, who had no scruples, got up and started fighting. He shook out more than a dozen silver star-like spear heads and sprinkled them on a knight wearing fine armor in front of him. This was the strongest opponent he had ever encountered after entering the enemy's formation.
He was the most powerful captain of the 46th Division of the Fifth Northern Army. He had the combat power of a fearless knight in the early stage, but at this time he did not dare to face Dong Ba's sharp edge. He deflected his horse's head, swung his gun across, and charged Dong Ba's side diagonally.
The two spears clashed, and the two horses crossed each other. Dong Ba suddenly freed up a hand, pulled out the long sword on his horse, and slashed out with his backhand. He slashed the opponent's back with one sword, breaking the fighting spirit armor and fine armor, and in front of his own army.
A bloody groove was drawn on the captain's back.
"Kill!" The captain of Dong Ba's soldiers arrived just in time, leading the soldiers to ride in a formation and thrust out their spears.
The captain of our own army endured the severe pain in his back and stabbed at the spear. With a click, the spear broke into two pieces. The remaining edge of the spear hit his chest, breaking through his defense. His chest was cut open and his bones were visible.
scars.
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"
The cavalry formation fired three shots in a row, finally knocking off the horse the captain of his own army who had been wounded continuously.
The cavalry from both sides fought together, and there was a mixture of men and horses. With such high-speed collisions and fierce fighting, it was difficult for the magicians in the sky to lock their targets.
Ao Yan took out a new magic wand, rushed to the middle of the battlefield, and instantly used low-level group attack magic to attack the enemy. Ding Kui and Ding Kun came closer, protecting her on the left and right as they attacked the magician of their country.
Haotong and Langchun had no choice but to step forward to fight.
The crossbowmen were the most enjoyable to fight on the battlefield. The Crane Wing Formation with more than 10,000 people was very easy to aim. Every time a crossbow arrow was fired by each person, it would cause a certain degree of damage, and they were steadily reaping the lives of their own troops.
Seeing the enemy's two flanks entering the 800-step range, Lei Feixiang ordered the crossbowmen to shoot straight.
A row of powerful crossbow arrows hit the shield, and most of the shields of our own army were shot through. Although it failed to kill the shield bearers in the front row, it also slowed down the speed of our own army's charge.
"Change to armor-piercing arrows!" Lei Feixiang calculated that the enemy's defense power was not enough to withstand the armor-piercing arrow attack at this distance.
Bang bang bang, the second row of crossbow arrows were fired, a muffled groan could be heard from a large area in our army's formation, and the shield hand was injured.
"The second and third lines turn to the front, target the enemy archers, elevation five, listen to my order and fire volleys, the first line continues to attack both sides, prepare!" Lei Feixiang immediately changed his tactics when he saw his own archers entering the shooting range.
The closer they were to the crossbowmen, the more lethal the crossbow arrows were, and the more soldiers fell, and Feng Run's heart sank. He glanced at the north and ordered: "Ming Jin withdraws his troops, and orders the 46th and 47th divisions to
Build a camp in Sancha Town."
The Chief of Staff of the Fifth Northern Army was shocked and quickly advised: "If we retreat at this time, we may be pursued by enemy cavalry, and the 44th and 45th Divisions will suffer heavy casualties."
"Our cavalry can hold out for a while. The enemy's crossbowmen will not leave their positions. We can still retain some strength by withdrawing now. Please execute the order quickly!" Feng Run insisted on withdrawing his troops.
Dang dang dang, the commander of our army rang the gong, and the Crane Wing Formation stopped immediately, and then quickly retreated.
"Hey, if you want to run, attack freely." Lei Feixiang gave the most relaxed command.
As Feng Run expected, the crossbowmen did not rush out of their positions to pursue, but his cavalry troops were miserable.
Our country's cavalry could not break through the front line of the 71st Division, and their speed had all slowed down. On the other hand, Dong Ba's troops could still run at high speed, and were now spreading out to surround them.
The most fearful thing about cavalry battles is losing speed. The faster the side, the greater the advantage, greater impact, faster assembly, and faster change of formation and tactics. These are all factors that determine the outcome of the battle.
Since he had a battle experience, the commander of his country's cavalry was still the commander of the 45th Division. He was completely convinced by Dong Ba. Now he simply cut off his wrists and divided the remaining 4,000 people into two halves. One half continued to entangle the 71st Division, and he led the other
Half of them ran towards the rear of the Crane Wing Formation.
The commander of the 44th Division personally led the steel-shield warriors to break off the rear and cover the archers who had just entered the range of the crossbowmen; the infantrymen on the wings looked to see who could run faster. Some shrewd soldiers just carried their injured comrades on their backs and ran away, which was known as
If you don't give up on your brothers of life and death, you are actually looking for a shield for yourself.
"Go back slowly and protect our people!" Ding Kui greeted Ding Kun and Ao Yan.
Haotong and Lang Chun also tacitly returned to their own magician camp.
The crossbowmen and cavalry of the Shaodian Kingdom showed their ability to defend against low- to medium-level magic. They were not threatened by ground troops and were not afraid of the hundreds of magicians in the air.
When Dong Ba led his troops to eliminate the enemies entangled with them, the crane wing formation of his own army had withdrawn from the range of the crossbowmen and began to transform into a circular formation. Another two thousand cavalry fled to the rear of the circular formation.
"Retreat and return to the rear of the crossbow formation." Dong Ba was not willing to fight, even though he might be able to break through the enemy's circular formation.
After this battle, nearly 7,000 of our country's cavalry fell. The cavalry confrontation was a real hand-to-hand combat. Either you die or I die. It is easy to win or lose. Nearly half of the two wings of the infantry were lost, about 4,000 people;
The archer troops ran fast and were protected by steel shields. They suffered very little loss, less than 200 people.
Counting the more than 5,000 people killed and wounded in the initial attack, our army suffered a total loss of more than 17,000 people.
"Retreat to Sancha Town and wait until dark!" Feng Run wisely chose to conserve his strength.
There is no way, the enemy's crossbowmen are too powerful, with a range of more than 1,500 steps, and the enemy's cavalry is the elite Shaodian King, so defensive equipment must be prepared to face the enemy head-on.
Ding Kui covered his magicians to withdraw from the battlefield and gave the order to the ground troops: "The infantry and cavalry retreat to the rear of the position, and the entire army rests in place!"
"Oh thick!" "The crossbowmen are mighty!" "The cavalry is mighty!"
The soldiers of Shaodian Kingdom cheered.
Dong Ba couldn't help but run to the crossbowmen's position to inspect the situation to see what condition this elite force was in after the battle. The crossbowmen were quite considerate of him, and when he approached, they shouted "General Dong is mighty!".
"Awesome, you are the most powerful army I have ever seen besides the Eighth Legion." He gave Lei Feixiang a thumbs up.
"That is the cultivation of the city lord. Not only does he give us the best food and use the best, but he also teaches us advanced body training secrets. Without you, there would be no us."
Lei Feixiang was extremely excited to be praised by a famous general like Dong Ba, but he was also proud that he was Ding Kui's private army.
"Well done, you basically brought out the training content." Ding Kui came over to praise and encourage his subordinates.
"One, two, three, four!" Ding Cai shouted coldly.
"Be loyal to the city lord and defend the territory!" Regardless of the crossbowmen, infantry or auxiliary soldiers, they all responded in unison.
The generals and staff of the 71st Division brightened up after hearing this, and the captain of the First Battalion shouted loudly: "The Eighth Army!"
"Courage to protect the country!" the cavalry shouted in unison.
This is the soul of the army, a sense of mission deeply written into the soul, and the spiritual power that a strong army should have.
"The military morale is available! Prince, what is the name of your army?" Dong Ba asked a question that Ding Kui had not seriously thought about.
"Um, no. At first I wanted to name it 'Ding Family Army', but they don't have any descendants of the Ding family, so it's not appropriate to call it that. The title of Uncle Zhongyong cannot be hereditary, and there are many Uncle Zhongyong in the country, and they can't be named after the title. What do you think?
what's good?"
Ding Kui thought it would be good to have a name, so he asked the people present.
"That can be called the Protecting the Country Army. Isn't there an An Guo Army in Zhongwangzhou now?" Dong Ba immediately thought of the Protecting the Country Marquis.
"No, no! It needs to be approved by the General Office and the Senate. The Senate cannot pass it. Only first-level public officials are qualified to name private or local armies with titles." Ding Kui did not dare to use "Guoguo".
"The name.
"You can add dots after 'protect the country' so that it won't exceed the limit." Ding Kun interjected.
"That makes sense!" Dong Ba believed in Ding Kun the most, "How about we call the Army to Protect the Country and Protect the Family?"
"This sounds weird." From the corner of Ding Kui's eyes, he noticed several people shaking their heads secretly.
"Why don't we call it the Heroic Army that Protects the Country?" Dong Ba was very enthusiastic. In fact, he had selfish motives. It was only a matter of time before he retired from the army. He really wanted to join Ding Kui after he retired and have the opportunity to take charge of this private army.
"Huh?" Ding Kui suddenly had an idea, "My private army all wears red military uniforms. Can they be called the Red Army to protect the country?"
Ding Kun stroked his beard and said, "You can have this!"
"Red Army to Protect the Country? Red Army to Protect the Country! It's concise, powerful and catchy, that's it." Dong Ba said happily.
Next to them, Lei Feixiang, Zhong Wei, Ding Cai, Huan Qiao, Li Fei, etc. all nodded, thinking that the name "Red Army to Protect the Country" was a good one.
"Okay, from now on you will be called the Red Army for Protecting the Country!" Ding Kui officially announced to his subordinates.
"Red Army to protect the country, be loyal to the city lord and defend the territory!" Dou Xiaoqi took the lead in shouting with the men and horses of the special operations battalion.
"Red Army to protect the country, be loyal to the city lord, defend the territory!" This slogan quickly spread to the entire army.
"Damn it, you played against us today and you even came here with a name." Feng Run heard the shouts outside the town and his teeth itched with hatred.
"How long are we going to stay here? It's not conducive for crossbowmen to fight after dark." Dong Ba had a thought and then thought of the war in front of him.
"There are not many cavalry left by the enemy. They cannot come out to contain us. Other troops cannot outrun us. We can wait until dusk to retreat and return to the port city before dark." As his understanding of the crossbowmen deepened, Ding Kui became more confident.
"How about a sneak attack at night?" Dong Ba had some ideas.