Chapter 10: A Critical Arrow
Without anyone noticing, an invisible force covered the soldiers. According to the novice-level light magic effect, all soldiers of the militia gain +3 defense and +10 morale at this moment.
+3 defense is a bit difficult to understand, even Liu Tao is not sure if it is the concept of +30% defense. However, +10 morale is easy to understand, after all, the maximum morale is 100 points.
It's a pity that he can't see the morale of his soldiers, but the effect of increasing the morale of the total number of 10% should be obvious.
The soldiers didn't know that Liu Tao had used magic, but after hearing him shout, for some reason, his originally trembling body instantly stabilized, and the fear in his heart gradually dissipated, not much, but his will was firm.
"Kill!" Zhang Fei was originally full of fighting spirit, but after adding the effect, he shouted excitedly.
"Kill!" The soldiers responded one after another, and their morale soared further, and for a while, it was like a rainbow and a thunderous sound.
This change made the yellow turban thieves who were about to come to them startled and subconsciously slowed down.
"Onward, Thrust!" Liu Tao immediately ordered.
When the first platoon of soldiers heard this, they immediately raised their left foot in accordance with the requirements of the exercise, took a step forward, used both hands forcefully, raised their guns and stabbed forward. At present, it has not become an instinctive behavior, but the movement is quite standardized, at least no one is stabbing out with their eyes closed.
The spear stabbed forward neatly, and the yellow turban thief in front couldn't even resist effectively, even if he blocked one spear, the other spear stabbed violently, only to hear the muffled sound of "poof", the spear pierced into the body, and even penetrated the body.
"Put away the guns and retreat, and the second row will step forward and stab!" Liu Tao immediately ordered, the first row quickly retreated, the second row stepped forward, the erected spear was put down, and according to the drill, the left foot stepped forward, and the spear quickly stabbed forward.
There may have been some problems with the connection, but with the thieves in front of them dead, the process created time for the second platoon of soldiers to attack. So when the opponent came to fill in the position, the spear stabbed forward again, and then the third row began to move forward.
Zhang Fei once asked Liu Tao, why did he use the spear alternately, and directly let the soldiers in the first row in front continue to stab?
Liu Tao couldn't explain it, so he found someone to make twenty scarecrows, and then found thirty pikemen, lined up in one column and two in one team, and then tested the total offensive efficiency for a period of time.
Then it was concluded that the speed of the alternating thrusts was no slower than the speed of the direct thrusts of the direct first row, and at the same time, under the prolonged thrusts, the staying power of the alternating spikes, as well as the power of the thrusts, was greater and faster.
In the end, people will be tired, especially in the face of a large number of enemies, stabbing again and again, this part of the soldiers, with the increase of psychological pressure, and the decline of strength, the morale will also decline rapidly.
If you attack alternately, there will be no such problem, and at the same time, you can give the first row of soldiers a short break.
"The third column is coming forward and stabbing!" With Liu Tao's next round of orders, the second column of soldiers who had already stabbed out collected their guns and retreated, and the third column quickly stepped forward, and then raised their guns to stab.
Under the muffled sound of "puff ......", the yellow turban thieves who approached were harvested again. Seeing that the enemy was so easily blocked by the spear array, the morale of the pikemen phalanx was also improving little by little.
"Yide!" Seeing that the frontal enemy's charging posture had begun to be blocked, Liu Tao immediately shouted.
"Sword and shield soldiers, follow me to cover and kill!" Zhang Fei burst into a shout, and then led the sword and shield soldiers, from the left and right sides of the envelope, he himself held the ring head knife, and rushed directly to the front.
The ring knife in his hand flew up, and every time he slashed out, one or two yellow turban thieves were slashed and hacked to death. Under his leadership, the sword and shield soldiers surrounded the Yellow Turban Thieves while covering their companions.
In the face of the constantly alternating enemy forces, the sword and shield soldiers moved cautiously to protect themselves to the greatest extent, as a group of new soldiers, the current casualty rate is actually the best embodiment of +3 defense.
This group of followers of the Taiping Sect had no experience in fighting with the regular army at all, and the battle was still stuck in the concept of group fighting. Liu Tao's militia may not be very formal, but this kind of multi-arm cooperation and the application of the battle formation still gave them a great shock.
They suddenly discovered that fighting and fighting are completely different concepts, and the cruelty and horror of fighting are much stronger than fighting in groups.
As a result, most of the people who participated in the Yellow Turban Thieves were only attracted by good wishes and promises of material power, and when they realized this, they immediately began to coax them. The key is that Zhang Da personally trained it, and the existence of a 'soldier' is more of a 'thug', which has almost died out under the spurts of the pikemen.
Without this group of 'soldiers', those minions behind naturally have no will to fight, and many people have begun to hesitate, and some have even begun to retreat.
After discovering the changes in the Yellow Turban Thief, the morale of Liu Tao's troops became stronger, in the end, they were smooth, advancing step by step, attacking according to the military order, and the army of nearly 1,000 people was almost pressing Zhang Da's 2,000 people.
"Huh? Aren't you the one who opened the casino? Zhang Fei had unconsciously rushed to Zhang Da, and the formation of the Yellow Turban Thief began to mess up, and he simply further expanded the results of the battle.
"The head of the Zhang family, how about I give in today and spare my life?" Zhang Da arched his hand towards Zhang Fei, "It's all the Zhang family of Zhuo County, two hundred years ago, I can't say that you and I are still relatives." ”
"What stupid things are you talking about?" Zhang Fei was not fooled, "It's a war now, do you think it's a group fight?" ”
Zhang Fei immediately killed the past, and the ring head knife went towards Zhang Da to kill, and when the latter saw this, he could only passively use his sword to resist. This kid still has a little strength to eat, and he actually resisted Zhang Fei's blow.
"You're so reckless?" Zhang Da roared angrily and went towards Zhang Fei with a bang.
"Phew! When you tie that yellow scarf, you have only one identity, and that is the thief! Zhang Fei took a sip violently, and then didn't wait for him to say anything, and directly burst into a shout: "Protect the family and defend the country, and kill the thief with me!" ”
The attack was even more fierce, Zhang Da had almost no room for resistance, and in less than three moves, he was beheaded by Zhang Fei.
"It's ridiculous to be embarrassed to rebel at this level!" Zhang Fei didn't even look at Zhang Da, and directly killed the other thieves.
Just turned around, but he didn't want a figure to have broken in front of him, in the end, it was too lonely to go deep, Wang Er, who was originally attacking Lousang Village, after realizing the situation here, immediately led the army to support, and also considered winning, so he thought about at least rescuing Zhang Da.
Seeing that Zhang Da was beheaded by Zhang Fei, he gritted his teeth, and immediately rushed towards Zhang Fei desperately, taking advantage of his inattention, he turned over and came to the ground with a knife, cutting off the horse's feet under Zhang Fei's seat.
Zhang Fei was caught off guard and landed directly on the horse's back, the opponent's long sword had already pursued him, and it was less than a foot away from Zhang Fei's chest at that time! Zhang Fei's hand holding the knife happened to be pressed by the horse, and he could only grab the long sword with his empty hand, shouting in his heart!
At the critical moment, an arrow wrapped in light suddenly flew in, and Wang Er was shot through the head before he could react. Wang Er fell to the ground suddenly, Zhang Fei looked at the other party in shock, looked back at Liu Tao who was looking at the Chinese army, and breathed a long sigh of relief......