"Damn, how the hell did Azir fight off such a powerful enemy. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhang Chao felt a little tricky, although those Raptor Riders were still only hovering in the clouds, he had already realized that the reality was far more severe than he had imagined.

In his imagination, although these nomads were numerous and brave, and even the slightly stronger elites in leather armor among the nomads were enough to easily defeat a city guard soldier in a one-on-one competition, this was not taken into account by Zhang Chao.

Because war is never the decision of individual bravery, war requires the strength of a team, and an organized and disciplined regular army, even if they are weak, can definitely defeat a rabble that is twice as strong as them.

Historically, the Roman army defeated the Celts and Germanic peoples who were outnumbered by their discipline and phalanx, and the greatest reliance of civilization in the face of barbarism was discipline.

The more disciplined the troops, the more tenacious the fighting spirit and the higher the morale, and in ancient warfare, the general casualty ratio of 6 to 7 percent would collapse (of course, there were a few exceptions), and this standard of collapse was naturally determined by the morale of the soldiers.

Therefore, he felt that in this tragic offensive and defensive battle, although the opponent was numerous, as long as he killed and injured a small part of the enemy, the enemy could be defeated, just like the chain raising of the white flag in the all-out war game.

The position of morale in a battle is too important, for example, the fighting generals often described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, known as generals such as Wanfu Modang, are actually by declaring the bravery of the generals to quickly hit the morale of the other party, they may play a greater role on the battlefield than 10,000 farmers, but in fact, it is impossible for them to really defeat 10,000 and exhaust them.

In the Battle of Weishui, Fu Jian claimed that the reason why the army of more than 800,000 troops retreated so quickly was because the front-line troops were killed and broke their courage, and everyone ran backwards in a chaotic manner.

Otherwise, with tens of thousands of horses in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, even if the Qin army stood and let them cut it, they would all ...... Well, it is probably possible to kill so many people, after all, Qianqin claimed to be 800,000, but in fact it was estimated that it was only 200,000.

Since most of these nomadic conscripts were forced to participate in the raids, they had very little loot to share in their hands, and the dangers were very great, and they had no training, so they were not strong in morale or will to fight.

Against a rabble of regular troops, there is an advantage in any case.

And this only requires Zhang Chao to severely thwart their spirit, and the current nomadic coalition led by the Gesatai tribe has been driving all the way to the city of Shurima without encountering decent resistance, which can be described as a smooth sail.

This was the case with all armies in ancient times, which were mostly composed of peasants, and it was natural that it would be okay to have a smooth sail, but once the sharp qi was blocked, it was easy to rout.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guangyi's army collapsed, and Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of peasant troops collapsed in an instant, and the limitations of the irregular army can be seen.

The nomads at the bottom don't want to fight, and the nomadic nobles who have already plundered all the way have no reason to continue fighting, they have already made a lot of money, and what they want to do at this time is to bring the loot home successfully.

And Zhang Chao only needs to give them a reason for defeat, or a reason to retreat, and even if Ge Satai himself still wants to continue fighting, his subordinates will inevitably disagree with him.

Of the 100,000 nomadic army, some of them were non-combatants, less than 20,000 were Gesatei's own men, and the rest were mostly tribes under his jurisdiction or alliances, and if they disagreed, the other side would not be able to unite as long as they disagreed!

This was Zhang Chao's original idea, and it was still valid, but he was already beginning to doubt whether he could thwart the enemy's spirit, because since even these mounted archers with big birds had come out, who could guarantee that Ge Satai's men would not have stronger and more violent troops?

Can he resist an opponent who can make Azir remember in his heart? Thinking of this, Zhang Chao's brows tightened, and his face became even more sad.

"Azir's military talent is really terrifying, not only was he far inferior to me in strength back then, but he was also similar in age to me, but his military talent is already far beyond the reach of my future generations. Zhang Chao couldn't help but sigh.

Here he fell into a misunderstanding, he didn't realize that there was an important gap between himself and Azir, that is, although Azil was definitely not as strong as the current Zhang Chao before he became an ascendant, it was not easy for Zhang Chao to defeat him.

That's right, Zhang Chao's level is high, but who let there still be a kind of evil kryptonite player in this world?

For example, when Azir faced the cavalry of the Gesates, he didn't even take action himself, and directly burned them all in mid-air with the help of the powerful sunbird.

Moreover, Grand Duke Rhodes alone had such a treasure as the Death Banner that could summon an entire army, how could he not have it when he was sitting on a huge treasury of Shurima?

The reason why Azir didn't use those treasures later was because he hadn't reached the point where he was exhausted, and he didn't need to use those extraneous tricks at all.

Those treasures are equivalent to cheats, if you can clear the level by normal means, players generally rarely use cheats, and the cost of using these treasures is generally quite high, compared with the life and death of some ordinary fighters, in the eyes of the vast majority of the former is more important.

It's a magical world, and it's useless to think about it with an inherent war mentality.

The two Ascended Heroes may not have great talents, but they are still legendary generals who have won many battles, because they - one person is enough to form an army!

"Keep a close eye on those raptor cavalry, and shoot them down if you get in, I'll need time. Zhang Chao explained.

The adjutant nodded, silently taking his place.

After getting off the city wall, Zhang Chao rode a war horse in iron armor and went to the central square where Azir had spoken.

Twelve veterans of the Royal Order guarded him, walking in unison, even the horses under their crotch running at the same range, and although they were guarding him, they did not seem very respectful.

The rest of the royal knights went to various parts of the city, and they were telling the citizens of Shurima to assemble and listen to his speech.

Zhang Chao has now realized that he is not playing the role of Azir, but simply a commander, and these soldiers are rigidly obeying his orders, like machines, which has advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that he does not need to deal with complex human hearts, and the disadvantage is that they cannot burst out with blood courage far beyond their original level.

As for the reason why he is not playing Azir, Zhang Chao guesses that it is because if he is really asked to play Azr's position, it will inevitably be suspected of trespassing, and even if it is a simulation, if the people participating in the assessment can understand what it is like to be an emperor, it will definitely be an unbearable thing for Azir!

Power touches the heart, and Azir will not fail to understand this.

The royal knight rode his horse and galloped, his thick and powerful hooves on the floor making a loud sound like the sound of war drums, but the sound was obviously not as loud as Zhang Chao had heard in the Imperial City of Shurima.

Although the quality of the riders of today's royal cavalry is not much different from that of later generations, the mounts are somewhat inferior, after all, the northeast grassland at this time still belongs to a fierce Dan tribe, they are extremely brave, good at domesticating giant horses, even the Gesathai people dare not provoke.

Without him, as long as the war horses of the nomads who rely on cavalry to dominate the world encounter this kind of Dan giant horse, they will immediately fight in two forces, and they will not be able to fight at all, and the archers they are proud of will not be able to fight against the Dan cavalry after losing their mobility, and the scattered formation will not be able to resist the charge of the Dan cavalry at all.

In this way, it is also regarded as one thing descending from one thing.

People soon gathered from all directions, they were undoubtedly much more vivid than the dull lieutenants and royal knights, and it seemed that in order to reflect the military cultivation of the commander, some of the officers who had been shining and playing the role of the mainstay became very mediocre, which made the candidates who were familiar with the direction of the battle and wanted to copy it completely opportunistically.

On the contrary, Zhang Chao, who did not know much about Azr's original method of fighting the Gesates, was not affected, after all, Azir himself was not completely sure that he would be able to win this battle, and a complete copy can only be said to be looking for death.