"Chapter Ninety-Six: Evenly Matched"

The ignorant person is not an unlearned person, but a person who does not know himself, and understanding comes from self-knowledge, which is the whole mental process by which a person understands himself. Therefore, the true meaning of education is self-understanding.

- Krishnamurti (the greatest spiritual teacher of the twentieth century)

After the battle array of the Tianlong army is ready, if someone stands on a high place and overlooks, then he will find that the neat battle formation of the Tianlong army is actually composed of several distinct phalanxes, which can be seen from the color of the military uniforms worn by the soldiers of each phalanx.

The central position of the defensive army at the southern end of the D'Orville Gorge was the elite of the Fire Legion in fiery red uniforms, and the four slightly inferior phalanxes on the left and right flanks were composed of standing legion soldiers in white uniforms.

Fifteen miles away from the rear of the defending army, the soldiers of the Spartan Legion in black military uniforms had already set up a Macedonian phalanx full of spears, ready to face the elite of the Eight Banners that could be killed at any time, and behind them were the soldiers of the Yulin Legion in dark red military uniforms.

The faces of every soldier in the Celestial Dragon Army were full of firmness and confidence, and even the soldiers of the 74th Legion who had been given the order to fight were not afraid of fighting, because they knew that the commander who commanded them was the Yulin God of War who defeated the orc army!

Compared with the Eight Banners cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchen and the orc army of the Orc Empire, it is simply the difference between cloud and mud; in the eyes of the soldiers of the Tianlong army, Bai Feng is the Yulin God of War who can lead the imperial army to defeat the orc army, and it is easy to defeat the Eight Banners cavalry!

Was this really the case? Barsaromu's 74th Army Corps began to advance from the left flank of the Burning Legion, while the 5th Division, at the front of the Agni Legion, retreated slightly by about 50 meters to make room for the 74th Legion.

More than 4,000 infantry with red flags faced the 74th Army Corps, which had a full strength of 20,000 soldiers, and the cannon fodder infantry, knowing that it would definitely be a dead end if they continued to advance, had no choice but to grit their teeth and move forward step by step under the threat of the blue banner cavalry behind them.

Seeing the enemy forces in front of him approaching step by step, Basaromu, who knew something about the formation process of the new Eight Banners infantry, shouted with anger on his face: "Warriors of the 74th Legion, open your eyes and take a closer look at the enemy in front of you. ”

"They were originally the same people of the Empire as you are, but when the Empire was in danger, when you chose to stand up for the Empire's bloody battle, these people chose to betray their homeland and join the invaders who slaughtered our relatives!"

Barsaromu's voice was hoarse from overrage, but it did not stop him from uttering his breathtaking words: "Warriors of the Seventy-fourth Legion, tell me, how should we deal with these traitors who have betrayed their ancestors and their homeland?"

!!The officers and men of the 74th Army Corps, whose emotions were aroused, immediately shouted in unison.

"Kill the traitors! Sweep away the enemy army! Restore our rivers and mountains!" A wing commander of the 74th Army shouted this slogan at the right time.

"Kill the traitors! Wipe out the enemy army! Restore our rivers and mountains!! This was the cry of the officers and men of the wing.

"Kill the traitors! Sweep away the enemy army! Restore our rivers and mountains!!" This was the cry of all the officers and men of the 74th Army Corps.

"Kill the traitors! Sweep away the enemy army! Restore our rivers and mountains!!" This was the cry of the 130,000 defending army.

When the shouts resounded in the sky, the more than 4,000 red-banner infantrymen who were frightened by the defenders' rainbow-like momentum involuntarily stopped their advance, and it was not until the cavalry of the blue banner killed more than a dozen people one after another that they regained their pace.

Seeing that the re-advancing enemy army was only more than 200 meters away from the defense line of his own army, Basaromu, who had successfully aroused the indignation of all the officers and men of the 74th Army Corps, immediately ordered: "The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Wings will immediately go into battle to meet the enemy!"

With the order of Barcelomu, the three wings of the 74th Army Corps, under the command of their respective wing commanders, shouted the slogan of 'kill the traitors' against the red flag infantry who were still slowly advancing, and launched a fierce charge!

The 6,000 soldiers of the 74th Legion, who were highly motivated to fight, rushed towards the walking corpse-like red-banner infantry cluster like tigers descending from the mountains, and the red-banner infantry, who were unwilling to go to the battlefield, could only choose to fight for survival in the face of the swords slashed at them by the imperial soldiers.

The infantry fought against the infantry far more fiercely than any other form of battle; every slash with the sword, every hammer and stab, every blow with the spear, brought bloody wounds to the officers and men of the enemy and our armies, and the sprayed blood and the weapons wielded were the only melody.

It was not that the young men who were forcibly incorporated into the Eight Banners Army wanted to fight their former relatives to the end as Red Banner Infantrymen, but that the imperial soldiers were mercilessly slashing and killing, forcing them to wield the weapons in their hands in order to survive.

On the battlefield of life and death, ordinary souls began to fight for survival, and two recruit units, which had no essential difference, fought a battle that was no less fierce than that of any famous battle, because only the victor had any hope of survival.

The performance of more than 4,000 infantry inlaid with red flags in desperate fighting on the battlefield made Azig who was watching the battle very satisfied; the use of 4,000 cannon fodder infantry to consume 2,000 soldiers of the Tianlong army was all earned for Azig, who did not care about the life or death of cannon fodder.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the Red Banner infantry when they fought for survival was stronger than Azig imagined, and the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Tianlong Army was weaker than Azig imagined, so the scorching battle was fought.

Seeing that the soldiers under his command continued to die on the battlefield, but they were unable to defeat the enemy cannon fodder composed of 4,000 imperial traitors, Barsaromu, who was a little anxious in his heart, once again ordered the wing commander beside him: "The ninth and tenth wings, attack to reinforce our army!"

On this side, Barsaromu had just sent two wings of 4,000 soldiers, and on the other side, Azig had also asked Duoduo to send out 5,000 infantry with blue flags, and at the same time, the infantry of the Eight Banners and the Imperial soldiers who had been reinforced at the same time fought together again, and fought together with the most primitive fighting to be the victors of the battle.

Barçaromu, who had never put his five most elite wings into battle, knew that if he continued to fight endlessly, his legion would sooner or later be consumed by the enemy's cannon fodder, but what could he do when he knew the outcome?

The bloody battle of more than 6,000 Eight Banner infantry and nearly 8,000 Seventy-fourth Legions was already the largest battle that could be fought in the valley of D'Orville, and even if there were 10,000 soldiers in Barcelona to fight, those soldiers would not be able to squeeze into the forefront of the battle.

The predicament of the 74th Army Corps did not attract Rodriguez's attention in the eyes of Rodriguez, and in Rodriguez's view, it was not an unacceptable thing to use a newly formed 74th Army to destroy the enemy's 30,000 cannon fodder infantry.

Even if the 74th Army Corps can't fight the enemy's 30,000 cannon fodder infantry, doesn't it matter if there are still three standing regiments on their side? As long as these four legions fight out the enemy's cannon fodder, there can still be two legions to fight out some two Blue Flag cavalry, Rodriguez thinks it's worth it!