Chapter 368: Armageddon (Part 1)

The next morning, after breakfast, the 170,000 Zhao Qi coalition army marched out of the camp and prepared to fight to the death with the Yan army on the opposite side.

Generally speaking, if a school organizes an all-school assembly, then thousands of students are gathered together, and it will give the people who see the scene a sense of "crowded".

If ten schools hold an assembly in the same place at the same time, then tens of thousands of students will be gathered together, and it will give people a sense of boundlessness.

What was it like for an army of 170,000 to go out of camp at the same time?

That, of course, is seventeen boundless feelings.

Pang Xuan, the commander of the Zhao army, stood on top of a chariot, and a red handsome flag flew high beside him.

The old general wore a shiny armor today, and his whole person looked in good spirits, and his eyes were full of fiery fighting spirit, like a lion eager to tear apart the enemy.

By Pang Xuan's side, there was a full 70,000 boundless and advancing army of Zhao State.

Countless footsteps fell on the ground like dense raindrops, stirring up billowing smoke and dust, causing the whole earth to shake incessantly.

On the right side of the Zhao army, the 120,000 Qi troops were also in formation.

The two troops, one on the left and one on the right, marched forward side by side.

A scout quickly reported: "General, the enemy has appeared!" ”

As soon as the scout's words fell, Pang Xuan's farthest sight was finally filled with smoke and dust, and countless Yan Kingdom soldiers loomed in the smoke and dust, heading in the direction of Zhao Jun.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was gradually getting closer, Pang Xuan quickly issued an order: "Order the whole army to stop and start arraying!" ”

As soon as Pang Xuan gave the order, the flag officer beside him began to wave the banner to give the order, and countless heralds began to act with it.

After the main force of the Zhao army stopped and laid out the formation, Pang Xuan suddenly asked a young man beside him: "Han Fei, in your opinion, should this general launch an attack on this?" ”

Walking beside Pang Xuan on horseback was Zhao Dan's "chief of staff" Han Fei.

Han Fei and his staff office had already been sent over by Zhao Dan, and they had been in the army for a while.

To be honest, at the beginning, Pang Xuan was somewhat unimpressed with Han Fei's so-called staff officer.

People who have never been on the battlefield, what are the blind staffs?

Isn't this just on paper?

However, Pang Xuan is an old man, knowing that this servant is a celebrity next to the king, he will naturally not be easily offended, so he politely entertained Han Fei.

Soon, Han Fei was completely impressed by Pang Xuan.

Although Han Fei and his staff officers couldn't help in military affairs, they helped Pang Xuan a lot in formulating the battle plan.

It can be said that with the help and deduction of Han Fei and these staff officers, Pang Xuan has a very sufficient understanding of the formation plan, offensive direction, defensive strategy, and so on that Rong Yan can make today.

is the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, so Pang Xuan was able to slap his chest so confidently in front of Kuang Liang.

Han Fei smiled after listening to Pang Xuan's question, and said, "Hui, Hui, general, as long as you line up and form a formation, then you can attack at any time!" ”

Pang Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, soldier, treacherous." If you can defeat the enemy, why pay attention to those poor rules? Pass the order, beat the drums, and order the vanguard cavalry to attack! ”

Not far behind Pang Xuan, there were hundreds of chariots, each of which had a cowhide drum placed on it, and next to the drum stood a wrestler holding a pair of drumsticks.

After Pang Xuan's order, Lux immediately raised the drumstick in his hand fiercely and smashed it hard towards the cowhide drum behind him.

"Tong, Tong, Tong!"

Hundreds of drums rang out at the same time, and the earth-shattering drums spread far away.

At the same time as the drum sounded, the flag officer beside Pang Xuan also waved the flag vigorously and played the flag towards the front-line troops.

"General Li Mu, where is Li Mu!" A herald cavalryman galloped in front of the formation, shouting incessantly.

Li Mu, who was sitting on the horse, was excited, and hurriedly responded in a loud voice: "General Li Mu is here!" ”

The herald cavalry galloped in front of Li Mu and showed a token high: "Cavalry general Li Mu, the general has already issued an order, you will immediately lead your subordinate cavalry to attack!" ”

Li Mu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately gave a military salute to the token in front of him, and said loudly: "Huh! ”

It's no wonder that Li Mu is so happy, you must know that this is an opportunity to win the first prize!

So Li Mu didn't talk nonsense, and immediately shouted behind him: "Where are the servants, quickly bring the armor!" ”

As the first heavy cavalry of the Zhao State, Li Musuo's department certainly has many special features, such as this unique servant.

In later generations, this kind of thing is not uncommon at all.

After all, cavalry is an incomparably expensive class, and it doesn't matter if you have a subordinate or anything.

But in this era, the cavalry itself is just a branch of the infantry that mixes with the infantry brother and does miscellaneous work for the infantry brother, and it can be said that it is quite an amazing thing to get a man to serve.

But this is also something that can't be helped, you must know that this heavy cavalry, whether it is a man or a horse, the armor is quite heavy.

Since it is very heavy, it is naturally impossible to wear it for a long time, otherwise it will be unbearable for people and horses to wear dozens of catties of armor.

Therefore, not only did each heavy cavalry have a horse specially used to transport equipment, but also two servants who took care of the equipment and horses.

It is precisely because of this that the cavalry wearing armor must be tall and strong, so that they can have the strength to fight with the enemy with dozens of catties of armor.

Therefore, there were very few nomadic tribes such as Lin Hu and Lou Fu in the cavalry led by Li Mu, but basically from the original hometown of Zhongshan and the northern part of Zhao State.

After all, the height of nomads is naturally not tall enough, whether it is the current Loufu Linhu, or the future Xiongnu, Turkic and even Mongolia, this is because the living environment is destined.

Immediately after Li Mu's order, thousands of soldiers came over from groups of two and began to armor Li Mu and the heavy cavalry under his command.

After the armor is dressed, the horses must also be put on.

After such a toss, by the time Li Mu, who had completely put on his armor, returned to his horse and began to slowly run out of Zhao Jun's main formation with his brothers, a quarter of an hour had passed.

It wasn't just Li Mu's 500 people who went to war, after all, now it was a battlefield where a whole 400,000 army was fighting relatively well, what could 500 people do?

There is a cavalry team on the left and right sides of Li Mu as a flank, and there are two cavalry teams behind him to sweep Li Mu's array, so that there are 500 heavy cavalry plus 4,000 light cavalry in the tradition of Zhao State.

What's more, all these cavalry are under Li Mu's command!

Li Mu was full of confidence and walked towards the center of the battlefield.