The next morning, the fog was extremely thick, and ten paces away, there was a white expanse, although it was only fifty miles away from Xiema Town, but the closer it was, the more cautious Hao Zifeng became.

The number of scouts sent out has doubled the day before yesterday, and the scope of spying has expanded from a radius of thirty miles to a radius of fifty miles, which means that in a few moments, there should be an update on the town of Shema to be delivered to him.

He knew that Humon's scouts would find the army behind him, and he didn't know what the situation was on the side of the cavalry battalion, but so far he had not seen any soldiers fleeing, so that was good news.

It's just that I don't know how many big Yan Erlang broke by forcibly entering the city this time.

Hao Zifeng, who walked out of the tent, stretched his waist, the fog is so big, it means that it will be a sunny weather today, but he doesn't like such good weather now, after all, rain or snow will be more beneficial for the infantry in the upcoming battle.

The town of Shema should be considered safe for now, so how to repel this wave of Humeng people besieging the city next is the top priority.

Hao Zifeng was not crazy enough to use these 25,000 foot soldiers to smash the 60,000 Humeng iron horsemen on the opposite side, so he habitually took steps and thought as he walked, which was a habit he had developed over the years.

Everyone has an act that stimulates their minds, whether it's bathing, sleeping, or whatever.

Hao Zifeng's way is to think about things when he walks in the morning, his mind will become extraordinarily clear, and many times he will have a flash of inspiration, and he will come up with one or two ideas that even he will feel pleasantly surprised.

"Marshal!" With a few messy steps and respectful salutations, several black shadows gradually came to Hao Zifeng's line of sight from the dense fog not far away, except for Zhang Erhu, the commanders of the five battalions all stood in front of him.

He had asked his guards to pass it on.

"Have you had breakfast?" Hao Zifeng nodded cordially, as amiable as ever, this group of middle-aged people in their forties and fifties were like children in front of him, looking at this elderly man who was also in his sixties with admiration and love.

"I ate two steamed buns and drank a big bowl of porridge." One of them patted his belly, and the others all smiled, and this relaxed and casual atmosphere was obviously used to it.

Hao Zifeng continued to walk slowly step by step with his hands behind his back, and everyone behind him no longer made a sound, and followed step by step, in fact, they were very unaccustomed to Hao Zifeng's walking posture, with his hands behind his back, and his body leaned forward a little ricketically, if it weren't for the mighty armor on his body, he would look like a typical little old man, and he didn't have any military temperament at all.

Although they proposed many times, Hao Zifeng just smiled, and sometimes when he said it twice, he rolled his eyes for a while, "I want you to take care of it", so later, everyone forced themselves to accept it.

I don't know how long it took, Hao Zifeng, who was walking in front, slowly spoke: "I expect that Xiema Town is quite safe at the moment, I came to you just to ask your opinion, what should we do next?" ”

This is an expected, but quite thorny problem, with 25,000 troops against 60,000, although it is not unheard of this kind of case of winning more with less before, but it is a combination of the right time and place, plus the commander temporarily stepped on a little shit luck.

But now they are facing a situation where a small number of infantry is against a majority of cavalry, and it is in Dingzhou, a land of flat horses, perhaps everyone will feel that this is self-defeating.

"Marshal, the last general thinks that with the current state of our army, it is really unwise to go to fight with the Humeng cavalry, it just snowed heavily the day before yesterday, and the next few days will definitely be clear skies, dry soil, just suitable for the cavalry to charge, and the terrain around this Xiema town is a flat river, which is more suitable for cavalry combat, this day and place are favorable, we will not occupy any of them."

It was the commander of the battalion who spoke, coincidentally, he was also surnamed Qiu, with a single name and a constant character, the name Qiu Heng actually sounded quite good, and it was quite catchy to call, but it was in conflict with the word "old-fashioned", which caused a lot of jokes.

Qiu Heng's temples have been dyed a little white, but compared to Hao Zifeng's beard and hair, he still looks much younger, although his body does not look very strong, but only judging from the hundred-ten-pound glaive knife he is used to, it can't help but make people look sideways.

Hao Zifeng listened to Qiu Heng's suggestion, and nodded quite approvingly, the current situation is indeed like this, "Then in your opinion, how should we arrange it next?" ”

"Marshal, the last general thinks that we should take advantage of the infantry, fight steadily, step by step." It was the commander of the sixth battalion who spoke.

"Let's listen to it, how to work steadily and step by step?"

The commander of the sixth battalion hugged his fists and said: "Our army can advance another twenty miles, and then camp on the spot, within the range of the bow and crossbow, Dobu traps the horse formation and rejects the horse fence, echoing with Xiema Town." ”

After speaking, the commander of the sixth battalion paused, glanced at Hao Zifeng, and saw that the other party was encouraging him to continue, so he continued: "If the Humeng battalion dares to attack Xiema Town, our army will harass and attack them from behind; If they attack our army, not to mention the traps and bars we have laid will be enough for them to drink, and the town of Shema will also be able to harass and attack their rear at the right time. ”

The other crowd's eyes lit up and they praised, "This is a very good strategy!" ”

Affirmed by everyone, the commander of the sixth battalion added: "I don't expect that Commander Humeng is not a stupid person, and in the face of this situation, he will either consume it with us or take the initiative to withdraw his troops." ”

Hao Zifeng sighed: "In this way, it is a comparison of consumption, whoever can't bear it first will be the losing side." ”

The commander of the sixth battalion saw that Hao Zifeng seemed to be hesitating, and hurriedly added: "Military commander, since ancient times, the two countries have been at war, and what they compete for is resources, otherwise how can there be a strong country and a weak country." ”

"Hmm" Hao Zifeng nodded noncommittally, although the strategy proposed by the commander of the sixth battalion seemed to be perfect, there was a huge loophole, and as long as this loophole was discovered by the enemy, it would be a catastrophe.

Just when the sixth battalion commander was about to pour another fire, the third battalion commander next to him stretched out his hand to stop him, and looked at the other party with some unwillingness, only to see the third battalion commander looking at the foggy front with a solemn face, and then under the puzzled gaze of everyone, lying on the ground, pressing his ears to the ground, and at the same time using his eyes to stop everyone who wanted to make a sound.

Seeing this, Hao Zifeng's eyes were cold, and an idea that he didn't want to think about it suddenly appeared in his mind, and his eyes looked directly at the third battalion commander who got up in a hurry, and the other party just nodded and said four words, "They are here!" ”

At the same time, a soldier hurried over, his expression full of nervousness and panic, "Report ...... The commander of the army, outside the camp, found a large group of Humengqi soldiers, rushing here. ”

"How far is it?"

"Less than five miles!"

"Shhhh Five miles! Everyone present was shocked, if the cavalry launched a full-speed charge, the distance of five miles would be in a moment.

"Assemble the battalions at once and form a formation to meet the enemy!" Hao Zifeng hurriedly gave an order, but at this time, there was another thing in his mind, "What are the scouts sent out doing?" ”

In fact, it's no wonder that Hao Zifeng has this kind of question, a few days ago, when Yan Wuji suddenly rushed in from the rear of the Humeng camp with the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Temuter also asked himself, and also asked the two commanders who had gone to the Immortal Heaven.

Now the scout battalion in Temutel's hands is enough to compete with the scouts under Yan Wuji, and its special operations capability has been continuously raised to a new height in the battles in recent years.

And although the scout battalion under Hao Zifeng can also be regarded as elite, it cannot be regarded as a hundred battles, and the scouts with no actual combat experience are indeed not enough to even plug their teeth in front of the old scouts who have been screened from countless missions of nine deaths.

So most of the scouts in the Scout Camp of the Blade Army are already hanging on the tail of the Humeng cavalry at this time, but they are all heads.

"Oh... The wild horn sounded from the mouths of every Humeng soldier who straddled his horse and galloped wildly, and although the thick fog made them unable to see everything in front of them, they knew that there was prey there, and that there were Yan soldiers who could give them access to cattle, sheep, horses, women and slaves.

So they desperately charged, unstoppable!

Han Zan is the commander of this group of cavalry, and he is still charging in the first row, the slowly flowing extreme force on his body tightly protects his body, in this kind of charge full of unknowns, although he is confident, but he does not dare to be careless, even if he is an extreme martial arts cultivator, there is only one life, and the Arouca that disgusts him is a lesson from the past.

He didn't know how far this breath was going to go out, but just as Hanzan began to pay some bored attention to the horse to see if it was starting to gasp, a row of dark shadows suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

"Hehe" Han Zan smiled a little smugly, because this raid was the result of his insistence, and most of the Temuter were not prepared to send troops in this foggy weather.

No, those stupid Yan people didn't have time to prepare at all, they all rushed to the front, they didn't see a single arrow, and the Yan army without a bow and arrow attack was just a child holding a wooden sword, and Han Zan felt that he only needed one kick to knock him to the ground.

"Whew!" Just thinking about it, a sharp arrow shot at Han Zan's front door, but Han Zan, who had a great martial arts body, directly ignored it, although he was a little embarrassed, but he still thought viciously, "It's all rushed to the front door, is there any point in releasing arrows?" ”

"Drink!" With a more ferocious flick of the horsewhip, he rushed towards the increasingly clear Yan infantry phalanx.

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"Steady...!" A tiger roar sounded from the Yan army's array, and the spears were pointed diagonally ahead, forming a forest of cold and light-filled guns.

Although it was too late to assemble all the troops, under the command of Hao Zifeng, in such a short period of time, the Yan army still assembled a long defensive line of 5,000 people, a total of four rows, the first row was the sword and shield hands, but they abandoned the knife, held the shield with all their strength, and attacked in a low grade.

The second and third rows are spearmen, the second row is half squatting, the third row is upright, and the spears in their hands are not the red tasseled spears used in the usual hand-to-hand combat, but there are two long spears with red tassels, which are mounted on a row of shields, the end of the spear is on the ground, and the soldiers are responsible for fixing the direction.

In the fourth row, there are longbowmen and crossbowmen, crossbowmen shoot horizontally and are responsible for striking targets at close range, and longbowmen are projectile to the sky and are responsible for long-range strikes.

Being able to organize such a fully functional defensive phalanx during this period of time is enough to reflect the well-trained and excellent combat quality of the Blade Army in peacetime.

It's just that after all, time is in a hurry, and although the defensive front of 5,000 people can withstand the impact of the first wave of steel torrents, it is extremely vulnerable in the face of the continuous flow of Humeng cavalry.