Being beaten without being able to fight back is very damaging to morale. Either we fight or we don't fight. No matter how hard we look at the tiger game, it won't go on. The nobles form their own mountains and obey orders to hunt together, but they cannot be allowed to die.
This is the difference between the Han-style national war system and the city-state system. Even if the ruler is the same wise, the implementation and execution of orders will be greatly reduced under the city-state system.
Except for Yuan Yan, a few who are good at military affairs, who are considering counterattack and retaliation, many nobles feel that this battle is a loss, and said: "We should retreat to the woods and use trees to defend against arrow rain..."
Defense is right, but can a war be won by defense?
Hu Bo glanced at everyone who showed no intention to fight, his face was gloomy, he was unwilling to do so, but he knew the wolf pack morals of his people, and knew that this war would end without any problem, so Yu Jian ordered: "Withdraw troops, we have found out
If you know the enemy's strength, you have to admit defeat... go back and apologize to the Aragami, and the next time you come back, you will crush him with stronger force."
These words restored the originally depressed atmosphere, and the nobles and priestesses nodded: "Yes, we have three cities... How many cities does this foreign city-state opposite have?
"I have never seen such a green beast flag with a red background... It should be a new force, one city at most."
"These enemy warriors are very elite, but they cannot be replenished. The more we fight, the fewer they will be. Our army has been replenished. We will recruit more slaves next time..." Yuan Yan has already thought of a strategy.
A nobleman touched his chin: "There are some motivated slaves. Let's recognize them as freemen in name, give them some land, and send them to fight... When they are destined to go back, they will be considered freemen, but they can never join our nobles."
circle."
This is essentially a vassal group. It slightly opens up the channels for upward advancement, gives a glass ceiling, pushes the entire force to a higher level, and then opens another level, still leaving the glass ceiling.
This method was effective in the previous two conquests of foreign city-states. It can be said that it established a fight to the death with this newly emerged city-state...
Aragami is still waiting to take the woman back, and can tolerate failure once or twice, but the oracle must eventually be completed
Everyone calculated the gains and losses and agreed, and their faces improved a lot.
Although ordinary warriors are still sad about Pao Ze's death in battle, and Pao Ze's broken back outside the forest is even screaming, which makes the military morale become low, the perspective of the nobles has always been different, and they have their own methods of judging and handling interests, which can change everything.
It is enough to stop losses or even turn losses into profits.
As long as there is a certain buffering period of rest... just one year is enough.
The warm and humid evening wind blew from the southeast, and the rustling of the branches and leaves made the city-state army use totem poles as basic units. They dispersed into horizontal formations and quickly left in the forest. Taking advantage of the last bit of light before the black star fell,
Get away to a safe distance as soon as possible.
"Get ready to light the torch..." The order was passed around.
This primeval forest is the home ground of their Pengyu tribe, but spring has come, the snow is melting, hibernating beasts, wild beasts and even monsters will come out. The army is not afraid of these attacks, but human beings have the instinct to fear the dark, and no one wants to
Stay longer in the dangerous late-night forest.
However, if the enemy dares to pursue them, the warriors of Peng Yu tribe will not mind burying them in this forest.
Lu Xun led one hundred and thirty cavalry. In front of the forest, he only intercepted a team of three to four hundred people. Although these infantry were several times more numerous than the cavalry and were very powerful, they...
This continent is covered with dense forests and swamps. If there is no grassland suitable for running, there would be no native horses.
They had only seen a few horses brought by the colonists to be used as mounts for generals and messengers. They had never seen a cavalry group charging. When they first saw it, they were simply shocked: "What kind of monster is this..."
"It's a horse..."
"I know about foreigners' horses, but I've never seen so many..."
"Stop talking, just kill. We can't lose our reputation as warriors." A samurai drew out his sword, and the light of the sword shone coldly in the last light.
"kill"
Although there were only more than a hundred riders, a horse and knights collided with tons of momentum. The heavy iron cavalry galloped in the bare fields, forming a row like a shield wall, but they ran faster than their fastest warriors. They directly pursued them.
He went up and inserted himself into the rear formation.
A foreign warrior screamed and jumped, trying to avoid the direct impact of a war horse from the side, but the wall charge was beyond his ability to avoid, and he crashed directly into the path of Lu Xun's charge.
Lu Xun laughed loudly, and swung his halberd into his vest. The flexible leather armor could not block his power at all, and blood spurted out. Because the horse was running, he didn't need to use any force at all. He just drew out the halberd blade with his hand, the blue blade.
The light slid through the air in a perfect arc, and chopped off another warrior's head, and then the third one...
The guards behind "Kill" were all highly skilled, and their combat power increased several times while riding. They all used special halberds and stabbed them one after another. Many warriors tried to resist, but they were all knocked down.
Because there were so many people, some warriors were not even killed by halberds, but were directly knocked over by their horses. Countless iron hooves stepped on them, causing a mist of blood to splash out as they screamed.
"Let's all spread out and run back to the woods. These monsters can't escape into the woods..."
Seeing this, they finally realized that two-legged people could not outrun a four-legged horse, even if they were born with divine power and strong legs. The warriors of the city-state fled one after another, preferring to increase the distance in the forest rather than stay on the horse any longer.
The army's charge line was on.
The arrows in the air were still falling in front of them, as densely as raindrops. The knights were equipped with water-forged breastplates and magic defense blessings, but the war horses only had simple felt to protect them from arrows. The friendly sharpshooters behind them stopped because they were worried about damaging the precious war horse resources.
Instead of firing a salvo, aim and shoot.
Many warriors just scattered to avoid the pursuit of the cavalry. They didn't pay attention to these precise early shots. With the sound of 'pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, bang, pop, pop, pop, hit,' they fell down...
A few minutes later, this feast of killing finally came to an end. Only a few dozen of the three hundred people in the team were able to run into the forest.
"Enter the forest without chasing"
The cavalry changed direction in front of the woods, not wanting to go back. Their faces were filled with excitement and dissatisfaction, but they could not pursue them into the woods.
Ye Qing was laughing in the village. For a skilled cavalryman, the charging distance of just two or three miles was too short. It was just like when you were warming up and preparing to run, the referee suddenly announced that you had reached the finish line or the bridal chamber.
Hua Zhuye was in high spirits and prepared for a big fight, feeling like she was ejaculating in seconds...
It makes people want to shout: "Actually, I can continue -"
"No more pursuit."
Liniang kept a straight face and reminded her lord: "They are familiar with the terrain. If they fail to win a direct battle, they will turn around and harass them. Your Majesty, beware of deceit."
Ye Qing came back to his senses and nodded: "Indeed, although we won a small victory in this battle, we did not achieve the expected goal of crippling the enemy... The opponent relied on his racial talent to advance and retreat with the woods at his back. Seeing no opportunity, he
Retreating after losing a battle, this style of daring to fight but retreating, decisively cutting losses, is by no means easy to deal with... The skills of warfare have been developed to a certain extent, and I'm afraid it will be more difficult to deal with him next time we see him."
If given the chance, he would actually be willing to forcefully keep this enemy that is a threat to grow, but he cannot pursue it even if he wants to - the road to the dense forest in the east has not yet been opened, and the native aliens can be at home like a fish in water, but his own army cannot.
Chase in and take risks.
Or use leaf fire thunder to forcibly level the forest, but going deep here uses up one ammunition base and blasting through the savage's lair is the limit. The remaining leaf fire thunder must be used to guard against unexpectedly strong enemies to break out, and there is not enough to go deeper.
However, it would be too wasteful to use the naturally unstable spiritual stone trap like this.
"Well... the roads are unclear. In this wild and dense forest, the enemy is as mobile as the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty on the grassland. They can join the battlefield from any angle at any time, and they can withdraw from the battlefield at any time, leaving them in an invincible position."
Ye Qing summarized this experience in this way, which can be regarded as realizing an advantage of the alien city-state alliance in actual combat.
"That's right."
Liniang nodded: "But Zhenjun is already very powerful. In the past, when our army advanced, we allocated a lot of strength to protect the back road, but we were worried that the enemy would steal it... Ye Huolei can forcefully blast out a road. If something like this is
If it could be applied earlier, many of our previous defeats could have been avoided."
Ye Qing was a little strange: "I handed in the Ye Fire Thunder Scripture and it has been popularized in the world for two years. Don't you know about this?"
"Ye Zhenjun has forgotten? This is the Eight Wastelands..." Liniang bit her lip, her expression a little complicated: "No one cares about us, we are just a forgotten group of people
"Da Si Ming has always been thinking about our Dongzhou. She talked about Ye Huolei's production the year before last. But in those two years, when the princes gathered together and their buds were beginning to appear, Cai Chao and our Qingmai competed for control in the coastal states.
It's very powerful... Ye Huolei cannot be used directly in civil war, but it is very effective in dealing with evil spirits. It is needed to expand power and win the hearts of the people."
Ye Qing suddenly understood: "So the Ye Huolei you made by selling iron was given to the Qingmai princes in the coastal states?"
After winning this battle, Ye Qing's image became much bigger in Liniang's mind. She looked at him carefully and then turned away: "Not to mention things, people... gave away a lot to him four years ago.
At that time, I had two junior sisters who were married to the princes, Jiangzhou, Ezhou, Qingzhou... Among the Qinghou ladies, there were two female cultivators from the Qingmeng League of the East China Sea. In fact, "
She blushed slightly, thinking of herself, and was not embarrassed to continue, so she quickly changed her words: "...Actually, it's not a gift. When Qinghou got up, he supported us and reciprocated the favor to help us survive the crisis of the previous winter defense counterattack. Today
The next winter defense counterattack turned defeat into victory."
Ye Qing thoughtfully understood that the East China Sea Green League had made certain sacrifices for the sake of the overall situation, and this was related to the continuous connection between Da Siming...
The Qingmeng League has been weak for a long time and really needs a leader to lead its rise. Did that female fairy want to send her to Dongzhou a long time ago?
Thinking from this perspective, we understand why she is so enthusiastic, and why Donghai Qingmeng handed over the land of three counties in one fell swoop even if she saw just the incarnation - this is not a small number in Donghai Qingmeng.
"That's all, you are sincere to me, how can I be stingy in return?"
"The Chinese language of the Han Dynasty has no influence on Qingde. Everyone just needs what they need."