Life is not a momentary thing. So, what you see and hear is not a matter of moments. Look at what you see and listen to what you hear for a period of time, the length of a life, and the truth will naturally be there.

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

In front of the fifty teams of iron artillery and gunmen, four infantry wings under the command of Luculus, and the most elite infantry officers of the 12,000 personal guards, blocked the northern exit of the D'Orville Gorge with a tight battle formation, and blocked the front of the iron gunners.

Each salvo of the 6,000 iron artillery lancers took at least hundreds of taels of blue flag cavalry, and as long as the two blue flag cavalrymen were hit by the iron artillery gunners, there was almost no chance of survival; the iron cannons, which belonged to hot weapons, were much more powerful than the bows and crossbows of cold weapons.

The 9,000 longbowmen and 6,000 crossbowmen on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon will shoot 9,000 arrows and 6,000 crossbows with each salvo, and no matter how much they dodge, the two blue-banner cavalrymen covered by the rain of arrows will not be able to change their fate as hedgehogs.

As for the Eight Banners infantry, who were powerless to fight back, they learned to use the corpses on the ground as shields to resist the rain of arrows after several rounds of arrows, but unfortunately, the two Blue Banner cavalrymen on their horses could not learn this practical trick.

Round after round of arrows rained down the cavalry of the two Blue Banners in batches and killed them on the spot, and the angry Dudu, the Nikan brothers, the Azig and the Duoduo brothers knew that it was almost impossible to break through the frontal defense of the Fire Legion at this time.

Their only way out of escape was to follow the northern exit of the canyon they had just entered and then kill out, compared to the fire army blocking the southern exit, the 12,000 infantry soldiers in black uniforms blocking the northern exit were much more unknown.

The combat effectiveness of the infantry wing directly under the pro-guard corps and the combat effectiveness of the Agni Legion will not be mentioned for the time being; the two blue banner cavalry, which charged north under the rain of arrows, were hit head-on by the iron artillery and gunners before they could get close to the infantry defense line blocking the northern exit.

Previously, due to the limited range of the Iron Gunners, only the cavalry close to the exit at the northern end of the canyon would be shot by the Iron Gunners, but now that so many two Blue Banner cavalry were rushing into their range, how could the Iron Gunners miss such a great opportunity to kill the enemy.

With the sound of crackling gunfire, bursts of gunpowder smoke rose from the positions of the iron artillery gunners, and the more than 500 cavalry of the two blue banners who charged at the forefront fell to the ground as if they were cutting wheat, along with their war horses.

The two blue banner cavalrymen, who had never seen such a strange way of killing, tightened the reins in their hands with horror on their faces, and did not dare to push any further, but they still could not escape the fate of death when they stopped, and the rain of arrows on the cliff did not need to stop.

In just 10 minutes, 30 rounds of firing sharply reduced the 36,000-odd cavalry of the two Blue Banners to 23,000, and more than 13,000 cavalry of the Blue Banner and 4,000 infantry of the Eight Banners were killed in the dense rain of arrows and shots, and the trapped two Blue Banners did not even have a chance to fight back.

The reason why the siege and annihilation battle in the canyon did not continue was not because the trapped two blue flag cavalry came up with some effective way to break the situation, but because Rodriguez wanted to force down the trapped two blue flag cavalry, so as to make a more dazzling feat.

Last time, after Rodriguez successfully captured more than 900 cavalry with red flags, he was rewarded by Bai Feng; this time, Rodriguez, who had the chance to win, planned to capture more than 20,000 blue flag cavalry in one fell swoop, so as to gain the battle merit that overwhelmed all the generals who participated in the battle!

The battle report of 23,000 cavalry of the Two Blue Banners and more than 10,000 infantry of the Eight Banners who were trapped in the canyon and unable to escape had not yet been sent to Bai Feng by Rodriguez, and the elite main forces of Dolgon, Shulhaqi, and Murhaqi had already appeared on the periphery of the battlefield.

"General, the cavalry responsible for reconnoitring the situation in the vicinity has come to report that a large number of red flag cavalry have appeared twelve miles in front of our army!"

Steve's report on the military situation did not surprise Bai Feng, who had long expected that today was the day of the decisive battle, so he just gave an understatement order: "Give Leonidas an order and tell him that the enemy army will arrive on the battlefield in ten minutes." ”

"No!" Steve, who didn't dare to delay, went to deliver the order non-stop.

Looking at the sky where nothing could be seen in the distance, Bai Feng, who suddenly showed a smile, said to himself: "The Spartan Legion, the Yulin Legion, the Yellow Flag, the Yellow Flag, the Red Flag, what an otherworldly version of the battle of the Five Armies!"

The Spartan Legion, which had originally maintained a posture of preparing for battle, was relieved of its preparations under Bai Feng's order after an hour of fighting on the other side of the canyon; now, several hours have passed, and the Spartan Legion, which has almost rested after lunch, is finally about to start fighting.

After Steve galloped to the Spartan Legion with several of his own soldiers, before they could leave the Spartan Legion, the originally calm Spartan Legion immediately sounded the rallying horn before the battle;

Four phalanx wings of 1,024 super-pikemen lined up a sixteen-story spear line, and on either flank of the pikemen were two elite infantry wings and two longbow wings.

In the initial formation of the Spartan Legion, there was only one elite infantry wing, and the other was only an ordinary infantry wing, and later, the well-armed White Peak in the city of Rome upgraded that ordinary infantry wing to an elite infantry wing in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Spartan Legion.

The two elite infantry wings were followed by two longbow wings with a long range, and if they were arranged according to the standard combat pattern of the Macedonian phalanx, the two longbow wings should be deployed directly in front of the spear line.

When the battle began, the two longbow wings fired several volleys in front of the pike-lined line, and then retreated behind the long-lance line and the elite infantry on both flanks.

The mobility advantage of the cavalry determined that it was impossible for the soldiers of the Longbow Wing to retreat to the rear of the defense line along the gap after a salvo; in order to ensure the safety of the Longbow Wing as much as possible, Bai Feng had specially discussed the deployment of the Longbow Wing with Leonidas.

In addition to these eight belligerent wings, the two cavalry wings of the Spartan regiment were constantly roaming the perimeter of the battle formation, and if the enemy cavalry attempted to attack the pike-line from the flank, they would resist the enemy's charge before they could make adjustments.

The Yulin Legion personally commanded by Bai Feng was only about three miles away from the Spartan Legion in front, and whether it was to reinforce the Spartan Legion in front in time, or to take the initiative to participate in the battle to share the pressure for the Spartan Legion, it could be completed in a very short time.

Although the whole army was equipped with the Roman Youth Army and the Roman heavy infantry standard weapons and equipment, although there was no Macedonian phalanx that specialized in dealing with cavalry like the Spartan Army, the shield wall tactics of the Roman legions were also an effective means of defense against cavalry charges.

When the almost boundless cavalry of the Three Banners appeared in Bai Feng's field of vision, Bai Feng suddenly found that he still underestimated the value of cavalry in the era of cold weapons; compared to the enemy cavalry that came like a tide, the Spartan Legion was simply a lonely reef in the sea!