In the early morning of the next day, the caravan of the Kazuyan family wanted to leave the camp of the Ira coalition early, but was stopped by the war witch who was guarding nearby. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info and Yan Zhiheng thought that these war witches wanted to kill them and rob all their belongings, so they wanted Maier to take them out of the bloody way and then escape from the camp.

There's no way Maier does what he says, because if he does, they're really dead. He told the guys in the caravan to watch and talk about it, lest he do anything stupid. After that, he wanted to find a place where no one was there to think about countermeasures, and he didn't want to have two war witches following him wherever he went.

Well, they seem to be coming for me.

Mel frowned, he couldn't figure out what the other man was doing this.

Could it be that my identity has been revealed?

It shouldn't be. And even if my identity is exposed, the other party doesn't necessarily want to force me to keep me in this way, right?

Could it be ...... This person has seen me at Riya Shrine? Do you know about dyed clay pots?

Maier could only think of this possibility. This speculation made him nervous, and he began to wonder whether to abandon the carriage and escape from the camp with three maids.

But they didn't seem to want to hurt me......

Mel glanced at the war witches who were giggling and chatting not far away, they seemed to be talking about Mel, and kept throwing winks at him. As the saying goes, "the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked", and there is also a saying that "the upward line is effective", with a person like Man Yun as the boss, it is not unusual for these war witches to do this kind of thing.

So what's going on?

Mel turned his head away with a bitter face, utterly confused.

On the other side, He Yan Zhiheng was already scared to pee his pants by the war witch who was spying on him. In order not to see those war witches, he got into the freight car, covered his face with a cloth, and kept silently saying "I'm not afraid" in his heart.

While the two were worried about their own affairs, the combat troops of the Iraa coalition army had already gone out and marched towards the predetermined battlefield. At this time, the Bujin people had already occupied favorable terrain on the battlefield and waited for the arrival of the Ira coalition army.

General North had two musket brigades (i.e., musket battalions) in his hands, totaling more than 1,000 men. A musket brigade had four squadrons, each with about 120 men. During combat, musket units were deployed in squadrons, each of which would stand in three rows of about forty men each.

The Ilibi musket can shoot accurately within 20 meters, hit a humanoid target relatively accurately within 50 meters, and have a very low hit rate at a distance of 150 meters.

In order to increase the effective range and hit rate, the Ilibians used musket units in squadrons. The three platoons of the squadron stood in three columns, with the musketeers of the first column kneeling on one knee and lowering their postures; The musketeers of the second column were half-crouched, with the muzzle above the heads of the front row; The third column remained standing, and the muzzle of the gun was again higher than the head of the front row.

When the lieutenant gives the order to fire, three rows of gunners fire at the same time, allowing the fired bullets to form a cone. In this way, an Ilibi musket squadron can theoretically inflict effective damage on the enemy at a distance of 100-200 meters, and at a certain level against the enemy at a distance of 200 meters.

General North deployed two musket groups on the left and right flanks, with eight squadrons lined up in front of the formation. Behind the musket units were four heavy crossbow battalions, totaling more than two thousand men. The heavy crossbows used by the heavy crossbow battalion can effectively kill and injure the enemy's heavy armored troops at a distance of 80 meters, and effectively kill and injure light armored troops at a distance of 150 meters.

Four heavy crossbow battalions were deployed in front of the Chinese army, totaling more than 2,000 people. These four heavy crossbow battalions were followed by two light crossbow battalions and four longbow battalions, totaling more than 3,000 men. There were two infantry battalions and two cavalry battalions of plundering cavalry, totaling more than 2,000 men. The camp was accompanied by North's general guard, which consisted of two hundred plundering cavalry, three hundred infantry, three hundred heavy crossbowmen, and two hundred musketeers. The total strength of the Chinese army was about 8,000 men, and it was on the defensive.

On the left flank, in addition to a musket battalion and two heavy crossbow battalions, there were two light crossbow battalions and two longbow battalions, which were deployed behind the heavy crossbow battalions, with the light crossbow battalions in front of the longbow battalions. The long-range troops were followed by four infantry battalions, two shock cavalry battalions and one plundering cavalry battalion, totaling more than 7,000 troops on the left flank.

On the right flank, in addition to a musket battalion and two heavy crossbow battalions, there were three longbow battalions, which were deployed behind the heavy crossbow battalions. The long-range troops were followed by four infantry battalions, two shock cavalry battalions, and two plundering cavalry battalions, with a total strength of more than 7,000 men.

The Bujin people fought in this battle, with a total strength of more than 22,000 men. Among them, there were 1,200 musketeers, which was more than twice the intelligence value of the Ira. There were more than 4,700 cavalrymen, which was also more than twice the intelligence value of the Ira. General North also left behind a battalion of shock cavalry, two infantry battalions, four longbow battalions, and eight battalions of engineer defense battalions, totaling more than 7,500 men, with a total strength of nearly 30,000. If you count the civilians and miscellaneous servants who accompanied the army, the total number of personnel exceeded 40,000.

General North chose a position on a high slope, and he had his troops position on the high slope so that the range of long-range weapons would increase. As soon as the Bujin were in formation, General North sent scouts to rest the whole army in place.

From a distance, General North saw the troops of the Ira people approaching the battlefield in three directions, and when he saw that the left flank of the enemy army was dominated by light infantry and archers, he assumed that this was the army of the 29th Village. There are a lot of war witches on the right flank of the enemy army, so this must be the troops of Rimi Shrine. Since this is the case, then the Chinese army can only be the troops of Shangjin County.

According to the intelligence gathered by the spies, the total number of cavalry of the Iraa coalition was about 8,000 men, all of which were light cavalry. Among them, there are more than 2,000 riders at the Rimi Shrine, more than 5,000 riders in the county seat, and only a few hundred riders in the 29 villages. The actual values are a bit higher, and the distribution is completely different.

The total number of cavalry of the Ira coalition army was about 10,000, all of them light cavalry, of which there were only more than 1,000 cavalry at Riya Shrine, more than 1,000 cavalry in Twenty-nine Village, and the rest of the cavalry were all from Kamijin Prefecture. It was not easy to assemble a cavalry force of nearly 10,000 people, and even if there were enough people and horses in Shangjin County, it would be difficult for them to sustain this cavalry force with their taxes.

So when General North got the information, he was still a little puzzled in his heart. He felt that the spy must have been misled by the enemy, and the actual number of cavalry of the enemy army should be around 6,000.

In fact, Kamijin originally had less than 3,000 cavalry. Before the battle, the king of Yongshan gave Wei Lin 5,000 horses, and it was because of this great gift that Wei Lin clamored for a decisive battle with the Bujin people.

Although these horses were not well-blooded war horses, they were sufficient to equip the light cavalry. So Wellin temporarily armed five thousand light cavalry, and after a brief training, sent them into battle. Although these light cavalry were not properly trained, they were certainly much better than ordinary light infantry.

General North didn't know these inside stories, so the 10,000 light cavalry put a lot of pressure on him. If these light cavalry charged at their own side regardless of losses, the musket units in the forefront were forced to deliver only one fire strike on the enemy under the pressure of the enemy cavalry. Crossbowmen in the rear of the musket unit will also be limited in the number of shots, infantry and cavalry will have to be thrown into battle in advance, and their own side will have to suffer a considerable amount of casualties.

Due to the large number of ranged troops deployed in the front line of the Bujin, the Ira coalition stopped their advance at a distance of a kilometer from the Bujin and began to deploy troops.

After the Ira coalition began to deploy the army, General North found that the enemy had deployed all the cavalry on the right flank, and it seemed that he wanted to break his left flank at any cost. He wanted to temporarily change the deployment, but he didn't want to show up on the left flank of the enemy at this time. North had seen them on the battlefield before, and had seen their sorcery, so he immediately decided not to change his deployment, lest the right wing force be too weak and be broken by the troops of Twenty-Nine Village.

General North felt that he might let the enemy take advantage of the gap by keeping his own hands in this battle, so he sent heralds to inform the officers of the battalions, telling them to be cautious of the enemy cavalry, and if necessary, they could go all out without leaving their hands behind.

Man Yun thought that the posture of the coalition army would allow the Bujin people to transfer the troops of the Chinese army to the two wings, but she didn't want the commander of the Bujin people to be fooled, which made her very depressed. Her plan was to use her wings to attract the attention of the Bujin, and she took advantage of the emptiness of the enemy's main position to lead the elite warrior cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Chinese army, breaking the enemy's main position, and preferably killing the enemy commander. Now that the Bujin people's Chinese army can't shake the thunder, her plan will naturally be ruined.

In fact, General North didn't know that Man Yun was in the Ira Coalition Army, he was only scared by Man Yun last time, and after that, he developed the habit of protecting his own formation.

The Ira's coalition forces lined up outside the range of the Bukin's weapons. Twenty-nine villages will organize soldiers in "squads", and soldiers from the same village will be organized in the same squad. Several squads form a brigade, and the leader of the team is appointed by Nami Layman, who directly obeys the command of Nami Monk and Yan He.

There were two cavalry brigades in the twenty-nine villages, one with more than 400 men and the other with more than 600 men. Yan He deployed these two cavalry brigades behind the left flank to deal with the cavalry of the Bujin. Yan He placed several rows of light infantry with shields in front of the array, and behind the light infantry were archers, who stood in a skirmish line, and there was a large gap between people. Behind the archers were a large number of light infantry, behind which Yanhe left a reserve in case of emergency.

The troops of the Rimi Shrine were nominally under the command of Lan Xian, but several long witches, including Man Yun, did not listen to her command at all, so she could only lead the troops and horses of her headquarters to stay behind. Man Yun led all the war witch cavalry to quietly leave the right flank and go around to the rear of the Chinese army, while the other long witches led their own soldiers and horses to line up, and the formation seemed to be quite reasonable.

The troops of Kamijin Prefecture were divided into three parts: left, center, and right. The right side is all cavalry, with a large number of people, and the troops of Riya Shrine are close to it. On the left were a small number of light infantry and crossbowmen, who were some distance from the troops of the twenty-nine villages. The center seems to be the main formation, defended by heavy infantry, and the only musket squad of the coalition forces is also deployed here.

There were also 22,000 troops sent out by the Ira coalition army, and Wei continued to guard the camp with 3,000 people, and the total number of personnel of the Ira coalition army exceeded 40,000, including the accompanying civilians and miscellaneous servants.

It is worth mentioning that the batch of Dugu muskets that Wei Xu spent money to buy did not appear in the Shangjin army. After being "served" by Manyun's maiden last night, Wei Xu forgot about it, and his cronies didn't remind him.

Wei Xu, the commander of the coalition army, did not show up, but after Man Yun led his troops to the rear of the Chinese army, he led dozens of cavalry guards to find her, wanting to act with her. When Man Yun saw Wei Xu and his personal guard cavalry, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately agreed to his request.

Wei Xu's personal guards cavalry were trained by his father, and they were well-equipped, loyal to Wei Xu, and had good combat effectiveness. The appearance of such a cavalry on the battlefield will definitely attract the attention of the enemy army.

Man Yun asked Wei Xu to send his personal guard cavalry to attack the enemy's main position first, and when they had torn through the enemy's defenses, he would lead the war witch to launch a charge—of course, these words were all used by Man Yun to bluff Wei Xu. Her real purpose was to let Wei Xu's personal guards and cavalry go to death, and then lead her troops to kill them from elsewhere and catch the enemy by surprise.

"There is a danger of dying if you lead the charge, so stay by my side."

Wei Xu is handsome, Man Yun still likes him a lot, and he is reluctant to let him die, and wants to keep him by his side. Wei Xu insisted on leading the army to charge into battle, wanting to show his bravery in front of Man Yun.

Man Yun thought to himself that he had pitted Wei Xu's musket and his personal guard cavalry, and that keeping him might cause trouble. Besides, there are still two small fresh meat in the camp, and even if Wei Xu dies, there will be a substitute. So Man Yun pretended to stop it for a while, and let Wei Xu go to die.

When the Iraa coalition army was completed, neither side had the intention of making the first move. General North and Wei Xu pretended to make several simple troop movements, trying to test the reality of the other party, but they failed to do so.

According to the plan formulated by Man Yun, the Ira coalition army, which had an absolute advantage in the number of cavalry, would attack first. Seeing that the time was almost up, Wei Xu sent a herald to inform the coalition forces and asked them to launch an attack according to the plan.

After receiving the order, Nami Jushi and Yan He immediately let their troops advance steadily. After receiving the order, Lan Xian sent someone to take over the cavalry troops of Shangjin County, and then conveyed Wei Xu's order to the other chief witches, hoping that they would cooperate with her headquarters and the cavalry troops of Shangjin County to launch an attack.

At the same time as the Ira coalition army moved, there was also movement on the side of the Bujin army.