Chapter 133: Patience in Silence

One, two, three.

Ten, twenty, thirty.

One hundred, two hundred, three hundred.

The casualties of the Yulin Army had been increasing, but the formation had not changed at all, and if it weren't for the large number of fallen corpses or groaning soldiers left behind them, Wang Dangdang would almost have thought that the other side was invulnerable, and the bows and arrows were of no use to them.

Half of the cavalry beside Zhu Youxiao was divided, trailing behind the marching phalanx, dragging the soldiers who fell on the road, not to treat the battlefield, but to clear the aisle for the cavalry to charge.

The rain of arrows came round after round, and at first due to the distance and the protection of the leather armor, the casualties were not very large, at most some unlucky people were unlucky, and hung one or two arrows on their arms or chests. Then in the fourth round of volleys, after they entered within seventy meters, the power of the bow and arrow almost increased exponentially, especially in the last twenty meters of the round of flat fire, and two hundred people fell in an instant.

With such huge casualties, the corners of Zhu Youxiao's eyes, who were watching the battle from behind, kept twitching, and his heart was in great pain. The part of the front row of the entire Yulin army facing the archers in the middle was almost empty, and the soldiers fell like wheat harvesting.

However, all the soldiers have almost forgotten the fear of death under the rain of arrows, and they are only under the discipline of instinct, and they keep moving forward, either dying on the road or until the end. If the person in front of you falls, make up for it yourself.

After a few moments, the void left by the fallen soldiers was filled by those behind them, and the whole formation was perfect again, moving forward without a pause. With such a perverted ability to bear casualties, the king who is close at hand dares to be numb in his scalp, aren't these people afraid of death at all? With such huge casualties, it was still possible to maintain a complete formation without even a trace of change.

After paying seven or eight hundred casualties, the front row of the Yulin Army was finally only a dozen meters away from the enemy, which was actually enough for Wang Dadang to fire a salvo, but he waved his hand and pulled the archers down. It's about to be short-handed, and at this time, if you are greedy for a momentary advantage, then what you pay is likely to be the next formation chaos.

Even with a distance of more than ten meters left, these archers who could clearly see their enemies had begun to tremble uncontrollably, and the silent performance of the Yulin Army made them fearful.

After receiving Wang Kangdang's order to withdraw, all the archers breathed a sigh of relief, looking at that look, as if they had been suffering from the rain of arrows.

The performance of the archers made Wang dare to affirm his orders, they were like this, if they really shot this round, they would not be able to take it and be directly forced to collapse by the spearmen who were bullied by the other party, and when they rushed back, the formation would be over.

Under Wang Dangdang's skillful command, the forbidden army quickly completed the exchange of troops, the archers retreated, and the soldiers with swords stepped forward. After doing this, the Yulin Army was already only ten meters away from them, and then, he took a deep breath, let out a loud shout, and gave the last order.

"All the troops are attacking!"

At the command of the order, the forbidden army leaned on each other and rushed forward with a roar. There are very few sword and shield hands in the forbidden army, only less than a hundred people, facing the wide spear array on the opposite side, it is useless at all, rather than being beaten passively in place, it is better to launch a counter-charge and break up the opponent's formation.

It was all spear opponents, and as soon as the formation was broken, it would become a pig waiting to be slaughtered, and it would be slaughtered by the forbidden army. And the two sides are entangled, so you don't have to worry about the other party's cavalry, in this case, the opponent's spear formation does not dare to change sex, so that the opponent's cavalry comes out of the formation.

Shouting, the forbidden soldiers rushed out, steel swords raised, and rushed towards the opposing formation. The distance of only ten meters, under the running of one side, soon approached. Approaching at close range, Wang Dangdang raised his eyes and saw the silent expression of the soldiers in the front row of the other party, this expression was quite familiar to him, it was the expression of a veteran after the bloody battle.

Only in this silent silence without fear of life and death can the veterans use most of their martial arts, kill the enemy, and let themselves survive. Seeing that almost all the enemies had this kind of expression, Wang Dare suddenly raised a question in his heart, so in the face of death, he had to maintain a formation, this kind of iron-like discipline of the enemy, could his side really break through?

While he was wondering to himself, the Praetorian Army collided with the spear phalanx.

Wang Dangdang is worthy of being the person who controls the entire forbidden army that Xi Li's side values, and his judgment is quite in place, this counter-charge is really out of Zhu Youxiao's corpus.

The two sides marched with each other, and they collided together in a very short time, this unexpected move made Zhu Youxiao hurriedly restrain the horses that were gradually accelerating, and the entire cavalry company neighed, and the sudden change in the situation made the entire cavalry company chaotic.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't care about this, but hurriedly sent a herald to cancel the order to change the formation and let the cavalry pass just now. Fortunately, the two cavalrymen who gave the order were also clever, both of them had been trained as officers for half a year, and they had a certain ability to judge the battle situation.

After seeing the Forbidden Army's unexpected counter-charge, they decisively postponed the transmission of the order, preparing to observe the situation. In this way, there was no chaos, and the phalanx did not change.

After getting the feedback from the order, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately nothing went wrong. This kind of large army battle in a narrow place really made him feel aggrieved, his own cavalry could not be used, and the opponent's bow and arrow took advantage of it, causing huge casualties to himself.

Since the cavalry can't attack, there is no need for Zhu Youxiao to stay behind, instigate the horses, and lead the cavalry company to rush forward, he is now very interested in the commander on the opposite side, and he can grasp and use the terrain so accurately.

"Stop!"

"Flat spear!"

The sound of flat spear orders was conveyed throughout the phalanx, and although the opponent's counter-charge was unexpected, the battalion commanders, company commanders, and platoon commanders on the front line were not vegetarians, and they quickly gave the correct order. In just one breath, with reflexive obedience to the order, a spear that had been gathered vertically by the soldiers was instantly flattened.

The soldiers in the back rows also followed the order, extending their spears from the shoulders, under the ribs, or in the gaps of their partners in front. In the blink of an eye, the originally harmless phalanx suddenly turned into a hedgehog composed of spears.

With such a rapid change of formation speed, Wang Dang, who watched it, was amazed again, how this kind of soldier was trained, he couldn't even think about it. Such a large casualty acceptance rate and such a skillful formation change are simply rare in the world.

Rumble!

Like two torrents, the Yulin Army and the Forbidden Army silently collided together, followed by a huge sound of metal collision and fighting, which spread far away under the silent night sky.