Chapter 341: The Battle of the Thieves (Part II)
Lan Ziyi picked the corners of his mouth and replied unceremoniously:
"If you want to call me a piece of waste, just say it, you don't have to beat around the bush. Zhang joins the army, you can still hold a lance if you break a hand, your courage is commendable, but you have a great chance of dying when you fight.
Didn't you still think about saving yourself yesterday? Why are you so brave today? “
Zhang Yanwu, who was wearing a helmet, had his entire face covered in the iron armor except for his eyes, and he snorted behind the iron armor, and the voice was so muffled that it was as if someone else was talking behind a bronze bell. 张遃武 says:
"Anyway, if you want to die, you can still struggle if you take it, and if you don't take it, you will die a nest."
The whole battalion was now in motion, and everywhere there was a bustling army marching out of the battalion. Yesterday, the soldiers fought hard for a day, and after moving to Xinzhai overnight, the ordinary soldiers were tired and fell asleep, they did not know what was going to be a decisive battle today, until they were woken up this morning, and the soldiers did not know that if they were going to win a field battle with the demon thief. Now that the army had marched out of the camp and lined up, the soldiers were speechless with a shock on their faces.
Lan Ziyi rode on his horse and looked down at the soldiers around him, the expressions of the soldiers were all nervous, and several people walked on the road and vomited out what they had just eaten.
Lan Ziyi raised his head and withdrew his gaze, and said to Zhang Yanwu, who was accompanying him:
"The soldiers are very nervous."
Lan Ziyi couldn't see Zhang Yanwu's face, but Lan Ziyi could see Zhang Yanwu lowering his head to observe the surrounding soldiers, and when he raised his head, a voice came from the iron mask:
"There were rumors of a decisive battle with the demon thieves in the camp last night, but it didn't make much waves.
Actually, today I was worried that there would be any disturbance after the soldiers suddenly learned that they were going to take the initiative, but apparently I was too worried. “
Lan Ziyi looked down at the soldiers around him when he heard this, although the soldiers were nervous and the atmosphere was depressing, but everyone just bowed their heads and walked silently, without the supervision of the team behind them, everyone would consciously go to the battlefield, you must know that now the officers and soldiers are at a huge disadvantage.
Lan Ziyi retracted his gaze and nodded silently, the soldiers collectively went to their deaths, even if they can't win today's battle, it will become a stinging curtain for everyone, and it will not become a shameful defeat.
Lan Ziyi opened his eyes and said:
"I don't know if anyone will remember today's battle in the future."
Zhang Yanwu in the iron helmet turned his head and glanced at Lan Ziyi when he heard this, although he couldn't see his face, but from his eyes, it could be seen that Zhang Yanwu showed a rather bright smile, and he said:
"Wei Hou is really sentimental."
Lan Ziyi and Zhang Yanwu said this and slowly walked out of the camp, and the officers and soldiers left the camp in an orderly manner as they had trained in the past, lined up in arrays, and the large number of infantry lined up every 3,000 people, and spread out to the south and north according to the arrangement of the captain last night. Lan Ziyi and the Imperial Forest Army Mounted Cavalry were waiting not far from the left flank of the main infantry.
Not far in front of the army was Qi Rongxun and the mixed phalanx led by him. Qi Rongxun and his brothers are the key to today's battle, they are not like the main force behind the rectangle, Qi Rongxun and his subordinates are actually arranged into a circular array, the straight soldiers standing on the outermost side of the circle are holding their heads high and looking ahead, the tips of the spears point to the sky, densely shaped, Lan Ziyi imagined in his mind that the long lance would be flattened after it was grounded, and there was no doubt that the entire circle would become a huge hedgehog at that time.
In the back row of the lance, there are shotgunners, in fact, if you look closely, you will find that the lance is mixed with many shotgunners even in the array of lancers, and there are furlong machines at a distance. As for what was behind the shotgunner, because it was too far away, Lan Ziyi couldn't see clearly, but even if he couldn't see what else was behind him, Lan Ziyi knew very well that the circle formation of Qi Rongxun in front of him was a bone that couldn't be gnawed down. This formation can be defended or attacked, no matter whether it is close combat or long-distance attack, Lan Ziyi thought for a long time and didn't think of any good way to break through this formation if he attacked by himself.
So Lan Ziyi couldn't help but sigh with emotion:
"How should Qi Rongxun's circle be attacked?"
Zhang Yanwu, who was wrapped in the iron armor on the side, also nodded and agreed:
"That's right, you can only defend but not attack, and that's it for this formation."
Lan Ziyi turned his head to look at Zhang Yanwu when he heard this, and what the two said was obviously not the same thing. But Zhang Yanwu's words opened up a new line of thought for Lan Ziyi. Zhang Yanwu is from the perspective of Qi Rongxun, the main general of the circle formation, and it can even be said that the problem is from the perspective of Zhang Wang, the circle formation is good, but it can only be stationed in place, not moving, once it moves, the entire front will collapse, and there will be no formation at that time. However, Zhang Yanwu's last sentence "But that's it" is really arrogant, not saving face for Qi Rongxun.
Lan Ziyi didn't find out what he and Zhang Yanwu thought differently, he just diverted the topic and said:
"Last night, the Taiwei said to let Qi Hou set up a phalanx, but today he set up a round formation, is this what the Taiwei meant?"
Zhang Yanwu in the iron armor said:
"It's not what my grandfather meant, but my grandfather just said to let Qi Hou set up a formation, as for what he wants to pose, that's his business."
Lan Ziyi looked at Zhang Yanwu, who was motionless in the middle of the iron armor, and asked:
"Isn't it stuffy for Zhang to wrap his face in iron armor? I don't even listen to you talking. ”
Zhang Yanwu sighed when he heard this:
"How can there be a piece of iron in front of the mouth that is not stuffy, not only stuffy, but also tired! Such a heavy iron armor hurts everywhere on my body, and just wearing this helmet makes my neck hurt to death. “
Lan Ziyi smiled:
"In that case, why didn't Zhang join the army take off his helmet and take a break?"
Zhang Yanwu said angrily:
"I'm just one hand, where do I take off my helmet and put it?"
Lan Ziyi's voice laughed louder when he heard this. After laughing, Lan Ziyi suddenly remembered something, he looked down at the war horses under his crotch, although these war horses are all good breed horses, but when everyone and horses are wearing armor, these war horses are tired enough even if they stand, once Lan Ziyi pays attention to the war horse, he can immediately feel the restless breathing of the war horse.
Lan Ziyi was shocked when he saw this, and he immediately ordered in a loud voice:
"Dismount! Dismount now! ”
So saying, he rolled his saddle and stood under the horse.
Hearing this, Zhang Yanwu looked back at Lan Ziyi and scolded:
"What are you smoking? With such a heavy thing on his body, he feels tired when he sits on a horse, and he can stand it when he gets off the horse and stands? ”
Lan Ziyi scolded back when he heard this:
"You can't stand the horses, you can't stand it? Don't you look down and see what your war horse is tired of before it starts fighting? People can still hold on when they are tired, but how can they kill thieves when they are tired and can't run? ”
Zhang Yanwu also lowered his head to look at his war horse when he heard this, and he was also taken aback when he found that the war horse was panting, and hurriedly dismounted. When the other sergeants saw the two leading men dismounting, they dismounted as well.
Although Zhang Yanwu dismounted, he still did not fully agree with Lan Ziyi's order, he asked:
"We're under the horse now, what if the thieves attack and want us to attack?"
Lan Ziyi replied:
"The demon thief has no cavalry, so it is impossible to launch a surprise attack, even if the demon thief gathers his horses together to raid us, we still have the Western Tiger Battalion led by my second brother and third brother to stop us. To put it bluntly, our Iron Floating Slaughter is not used for quick raids, we are used to tear through the demon thief front, and if we want to tear through the demon thief front, we have to wait for the loose demon thief formation to take advantage of it before launching an attack. After not fighting for such a long time, the horse was exhausted. Let's come down and stand, the opposite side is full of infantry, and the appearance of fighters will not be delayed by our efforts to get on the horse. ”
Although Lan Ziyi said this, he still ordered Tao Zhuhu to go out to the front to observe the demon thief, and the sergeant on the right wing and Zhang Wang's main formation should always pay attention to the signal sent by Zhang Wang.
Lan Ziyi said it clearly, and Zhang Yanwu also understood it. However, it was too tiring to stand after dismounting, and Zhang Yanwu grumbled while reaching out to remove his armor:
"Lan Ziyi, I haven't had a good thing since I met you, I broke my shoulder and dislocated it yesterday, and today I have to play with you again, and now I have to stand here and suffer. What sin did I create in my last life? but to suffer this sin. ”
Before Zhang Yanwu finished speaking, Lan Ziyi stepped forward and pressed Zhang Yanwu's hand to remove his armor, and said:
"Zhang joined the army, he couldn't take it off, and he was really deflated if he took off his armor."
Then Lan Ziyi shouted an order to the surrounding soldiers:
"You are not allowed to take off your armor, and you are not allowed to sit in the open. All of them stood up straight beside my horses, and at the first chance I got on my horses and joined the battle! Violators will be dealt with by military law! ”
In addition to being physically strong and strong in martial arts, the people who can be selected as the Royal Forest Army also have a good family background, and they have no background to be on an errand in the palace, so it will be their turn. Usually, this group of military masters walk horizontally on the streets of the capital, and if there are generals who have parachuted in to lead these proud soldiers, they really may not obey orders. But the Imperial Forest Army is under the jurisdiction of Yu Gonggong Taicheng Guard, and the relationship between Lan Ziyi and Yu Gonggong is known to everyone, and Yu Gonggong himself is not a good stubble, and Lan Ziyi's orders These Royal Forest Army have to listen. Therefore, although the iron armor on the bodies of these sergeants can crush people to death, everyone still has to stand next to the horses under Lan Ziyi's order, holding the reins with one hand and holding the reins with the other, standing straight and not daring to move.
Zhang Yanwu looked at the surrounding Imperial Forest Army, who were holding their breath and didn't dare to complain, and muttered in a low voice:
"Wei Hou is so powerful!"
Then Zhang Yanwu stretched out his probe, looked up at the sky again, and said:
"There's really no rain today."
However, Lan Ziyi didn't care about the weather, he looked at the billowing smoke rising in the distance and asked:
"That's where the camp was yesterday!"
Hearing this, Zhang Yanwu looked at Lan Ziyi and said:
"Yes, yesterday my grandfather left with people, and the camp did not move."
When Lan Ziyi heard this, he remembered that he was being tricked by Lei Youde Jin Cicada in Dangyang, but he didn't expect that this time Lei Youde also fell for Zhang Taiwei's strategy.
Lan Ziyi took a deep breath and said slowly:
"It's coming!"
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