Chapter 308: Bai Qi's ability
Nominally, Ying Zheng was of course the supreme commander of the 600,000 Qin army, but in the actual battle, Ying Zheng did not intend to intervene too much.
Because Ying Zheng believed that on the battlefield, these three generals who had already made great achievements in war would definitely know more about war than himself! Among them, Wang Jian and Meng Tian were deputy generals, and they respectively commanded two legions of 100,000 people, while Bai Qi, as the chief general, commanded the Chinese army of 400,000 people!
Three generals, commanding three legions, a total of 600,000 people, formed a horn and began to set up a position.
This is a kind of formation that can support each other when attacked, and at the same time, the corner posture arranged in the shape of "pin" also ensures that even if one of the legions collapses, it will not easily impact the other two legions, so as to avoid the collapse of one legion, which can easily cause the defeat of the army.
However, to Qin Zhongyu's surprise, even though the Qin army had an absolute advantage in numbers, the first order given by Bai Qi, as the actual commander, was only to order all the legions to start preparing for defense!
"Although caution is very important, this is too cautious...... Qin Zhongyu said to himself in a low voice.
600,000 people, in the face of only 100,000 troops, actually adopted a defensive posture from the beginning.
"There has never been a saying that if there are too many people, you must attack......" I don't know if Bai Qi heard Qin Zhongyu's voice, and suddenly said, "The other party only has 100,000 people, but they immediately launched an attack, because they know that if they defend, there is only one possibility, that is, to be calmly surrounded by our army, and finally use the advantage in numbers to crush them!"
"Therefore, although the other party has few people, it launched an attack first, just to mobilize our army, in order to find our flaws in the movement, only in this way can they gain a glimmer of life in the case of a disadvantage in numbers!" Bai Qi said seriously to Qin Zhongyu who was standing beside him, "Therefore, the right thing to do is - even this slightest flaw cannot be left for them......"
"Uh...... General Bai Qi, in fact, you don't need to explain it to me like this......" Hearing Bai Qi explain to himself in such detail, Qin Zhongyu was also a little embarrassed.
"You are a person that His Majesty likes very much, and of course the last general Bai Qi will try his best to solve your doubts...... And we have also seen that if it weren't for you, it would be impossible for these 600,000 Qin troops to reappear in this era...... With that in mind, it's normal to answer a few questions for you......"
"Hahaha...... Really, so much to look up to me......"
Qin Zhongyu smiled embarrassedly as he watched the entire Qin army change formation.
Anyway, now that Qin Zhongyu has basically exhausted his strength, it is almost impossible to participate in such a large-scale battle, which also makes Qin Zhongyu decide to settle down and carefully observe this large-scale war. Of course, along with Qin Zhongyu, there were also Mo Xi, Chu Zilan and others who were shocked by the momentum of this battle. Only Xu Fu seemed to have seen such a big battle before, so he seemed calmer.
"It's good to leave the matter of the battle to a few generals, let's sit down and drink tea while admiring it......" Xu Fu didn't know where to get the tea set, boiled the water with the flame in his hand, and then brewed fresh tea leaves.
"Uh...... I'm afraid it's not good to drink tea at this time......" Qin Zhongyu said.
"What's the matter...... This level of war is not equal to ordinary combat, and it is better for inexperienced people not to meddle casually," Xu Fu said, "And this is not an ordinary tea, it is a tea that can help you recover your strength......
"Hmm, is that so?" Hearing Xu Fu say this, Qin Zhongyu naturally picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.
"It's really good tea!"
Not only was the fragrance of the tea extremely strong, but Qin Zhongyu felt that there seemed to be another surge of power in his body, and the power that had been consumed by the original summoning Qin Jun seemed to be slowly recovering. Although it is not possible to fill the previously depleted power in a short period of time, it is also a good thing for Qin Zhongyu to be able to recover a little more strength as soon as possible.
"If it's delicious, drink more......" Qin Zhongyu had just finished drinking a glass, and Xu Fu immediately filled Qin Zhongyu with another glass.
"Thanks!"
Qin Zhongyu was like this, drinking tea while watching the army of the Qin army move nervously.
Qin Zhongyu saw that the Qin army, which was densely packed with a large area of numbers, was actually changing formations in an orderly manner under the command of Bai Qi, and every soldier was like a cog in a precision machine, cooperating with each other to intersperse movements, but there was no mistake at all! This made Qin Zhongyu have to sigh, the so-called famous generals are really worthy of their reputation, even if it is just a simple formation change, you can see its subtlety!
In fact, when Yingzheng and Alexander fought before, Qin Zhongyu had seen this kind of basic change of formation of the Qin army, which was a simple change of formation in order to meet the enemy, the crossbowmen moved forward and prepared for the first wave of attacks. But at that time, Yingzheng commanded only 8,000 people, but now Bai Qi commands an army of 600,000 people!
The difference in numbers between the two is more than 70 times! When there is a tremendous quantitative change in the number of people, the difficulty of command naturally rises in a geometric progression.
"No wonder Ah Zheng said that she could only command 8,000 people...... Bai Qi mobilized the 600,000 army without the slightest mistake, and the two are indeed incomparable......" Qin Zhongyu thought again.
At this time, before the arrival of Alexander's Macedonian army, the 600,000-strong army of the Qin army had completely completed the transformation of formation.
"Your Majesty...... Please also personally give the order for the first wave of attacks, so that the morale of our army will be even higher!" After completing the change of formation, Bai Qi knelt in front of Ying Zheng and said respectfully.
"Hmm......" Ying Zheng nodded.
Ying Zheng knew that although he handed over actual control to Bai Qi, in name, he was the supreme commander of the imperial army!
Ying Zheng himself is the desire of the entire army, and it is also the biggest motivation for the Qin army to appear here. In other words, Ying Zheng personally issued the first wave of attack orders, which would greatly boost the morale of the army! Moreover, as the first wave of arrow attacks of the Qin army, Ying Zheng also needed to use the power of the ancestral dragon sword to manipulate the wind in order to maximize the power!
So Ying Zheng stood on a carriage and raised the ancestral dragon sword in his hand.
"Qin Jun obeys the order! Prepare to shoot!"
Hearing the order, all the crossbowmen loaded the Qin crossbow in their hands with arrows.
"Wind! Gale !!"
"Wind! Gale !!"
"Attack !!"