"Change formation, flying bird formation!" Xi Lie watched the enemy formation and after thinking for a while, he suddenly gave an order to Cao Yan.

"Order!" After receiving the order, Cao Yan immediately turned around and issued Xi Lie's military order to the heralds of the left, center and right armies. The heralds of the three armies immediately raised their orders and galloped away.

Shao Jun saw that with the change of the drum and the flag-waving command of several flag soldiers, the original parallel formation of the three armies of the Bai Ling Army on the left, the center and the right also immediately changed. Driven by the shield and sword banners, columns of heavily armored shield and sword infantry marched out from the left and center formations, and formed an arc-shaped shield wall facing the enemy in front of the central army. The crossbowmen and crossbowmen who were originally scattered in the formation of the three armies also quickly gathered in front of the Chinese army, and they rushed to the rear of the heavily armored shield and sword infantry to form a dense formation.

Without waiting for the crossbow soldiers to complete the formation, the pikemen and sword soldiers of the left and right armies also gathered towards the Chinese army. Seeing this, Shao Jun thought that the only remaining cavalry of the left and right armies would distance themselves to the left and right because of this, so as to cover the bloated Chinese army, but he didn't want to, at this moment, the only remaining cavalry of the left and right armies actually slowly converged towards the two flanks of the Chinese army.

Looking at the army that was about to change formations, Wei Wanxing asked Shao Jun in a puzzled whisper, "Senior sister, I heard it right, this formation is called the Flying Bird Formation?" ”

Shao Jun nodded.

Wei Wanxing continued to whisper, "But how do I feel that this military formation is more like a steamed bun now, I can't understand it, senior sister, do you understand this formation?" ”

"Ge Jia has been in the army for a long time, and it is difficult to know the situation." Shao Jun said, "The military array is ever-changing, and the mystery in this is mysterious, if the person who arranges the formation doesn't say it, don't say it's you, even if it's a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, it's difficult to easily see through, let alone your senior sister and I, a civil official who has lived in the imperial court for a long time." ”

"Oh." Wei Wanxing said, "Since you can't see through this formation, senior sister, you must be even more confused by the Khaldo people." ”

During the process of the army's formation, Xi Lie has always maintained a focused observation of the enemy's formation. He had imagined that the enemy would launch a surprise attack during the Bai Ling Army's mutiny, but this did not happen. Looking at the enemy Xi Lie, who was not moving, judging that the enemy general must be unfamiliar with the tactics of the Bai Ling Army, and did not dare to easily attack the position of the Bai Ling Army. However, Xi Lie knew that the Flying Bird Formation was a preemptive formation, and he actually hoped that the enemy would take the initiative to attack.

Forced by the enemy's immobility for a long time, after the formation change was completed, Xi Lie decided to move the entire Bailing army formation forward in order to form an oppression on the Khaldo army formation and force them to take the initiative to attack.

"The whole army stays in formation! Slow ahead! Xi Lie immediately ordered and shouted loudly.

"The whole army stays in formation! Slow ahead! The heralds shouted and waved the signal flags in their hands. With the shaking of the command flag, the Chinese army of the Bai Ling Army also sounded a calm and majestic drum, in the drum, the soldiers of the Bai Ling Army slowly advanced towards the enemy formation, and shouted an earth-shaking slogan, "Kill!!kill!!!"

On the side of the Khaldo military formation, Amarahan, who had been absent from the battle formation for a long time, watched from a distance as the Bailing army, which was in strict formation, slowly walked on. He had always disliked war, but he knew that this battle was inevitable, because the messenger he had sent to Iro brought back the news that either he would lead his people out of the Oasis of Seva, or he would lead the Seva people to turn the spearhead and attack Azor.

The move of his people out of the Oasis of Sewa was obviously unacceptable to Amaraham, who felt that his entire Sewa tribe would then be just like the Sinwa tribe of Asana before them, wandering around and having no fixed home. Turning the finger at Asol, Amarahan could not accept it after weighing it, because he felt that it was better to submit to the Asolites and fight Iro than to be an enemy of the militarily powerful Asol.

Although Amarahan had rarely fought against the Ilo army at Yaoshan Pass, he also learned from many of the Khaldos who often harassed the Ilo border and fought against the Ilo people that the Ilo army was known to be armed with strong bows and crossbows, and its crossbows were particularly terrifying.

Right now, in the face of the White Feather Army's approaching step by step, Amaraham, who knew the power of Ilo's powerful crossbow, couldn't help but worry that his army would be quietly covered by Ilo's crossbowmen without knowing it. Thinking of this, he also felt that the combat space was constantly compressed, and immediately hurriedly ordered the whole army to attack.

As the horn sounded, the Kaldo raised their scimitars and spears, shouted and drove their horses and camels, and began to charge the White Feather army.

Seeing that the Kaldo camel cavalry company and foot soldiers were shouting together, Xi Lie immediately ordered the whole army to prepare to meet the enemy on the spot. At the same time, he also sent several heroic costumed squads, which stretched out in front of the military formation like tentacles.

Under Xi Lie's command, the heavy infantry with shields was the first to settle down and squat, and the crossbowmen who followed followed stepped forward at this time, and leveled their crossbows on their heads. After the crossbowman, the archer also took the arrow and half-pulled the bowstring, and entered a state of readiness to fire.

Seeing that the Khaldo were charging and were about to enter the range of the crossbow, Cao Yan, who was standing behind the crossbowman, took a rocket and quickly ignited the fuse. After the enemy stepped into the range of the crossbow, Cao Yan bent his bow and arrows and threw the rocket in his hand towards the enemy formation. The rocket burned and released smoke, and as it streaked across the clear desert sky, it pulled out a striking thick black smoke. As the rocket flew into the air of the two armies, and exploded into a cloud of black smoke, all the crossbowmen of the White Feather Army who were looking ahead pulled the crossbow machine at the same time.

The whistling rain of arrows came in an instant, and the first row of the Cardo cavalry immediately fell with arrows. Subsequently, under the command of Cao Yan, the archers of the Bai Ling Army threw out a rain of arrows falling from the sky, and in the face of the overwhelming arrows, a large number of horses and horses in the charging Caldo army were killed.

The Khaldo sprinted in a rain of arrows, and as they approached the White Feather Army's formation, they encountered the White Feather's team in costumes. The fancy squad composed of four shield and axe men, two spearmen, two hook and sickle soldiers, two Mo sword soldiers, and two crossbow men, they worked closely with each other and firmly gathered together, effectively attracting the Kaldo army formation that was originally rushing side by side, and successfully blocked its army formation one after another.

Due to the hindrance of the Costume Squads, the inconsistent speed of the charge, and the rain of arrows, the Cardo army as a whole had a large number of gaps.

In the face of these gaps of the enemy, the heavy infantry of the Bailing Army, which was the first to take the lead, formed small horns protruding from the battle formation under the leadership of the centurion before engaging the enemy. Using these small horns, the White Feather Army sought to further divide the entire formation of the Khaldons, so that they could not effectively support and cooperate with each other.

After the Khaldo army engaged with the heavy armor shield and sword soldiers of the White Feather Army guarding the crossbowmen, the two armies also completely entered the bloody battle.

In the face of the heavy infantry of the White Feather Army, the Khaldo did not attack one place, and the cavalry troops on both flanks of them quickly bypassed the front line of the White Feather Army shield and sword soldiers in the melee from both sides, and turned to attack the bow and crossbow formation behind them in a roundabout way.

However, Xi Lie's actions had long been expected by the enemy, and he did not wait for the enemy's cavalry to completely approach the crossbow formation, and immediately ordered the pikemen and Modao team of the Chinese army to quickly step forward and intercept the camel cavalry and horse cavalry units of the Khaldo people respectively.

As the pikemen of the Chinese army and the Modao team stepped forward to meet the enemy, a fierce battle was launched with the enemy, and the cavalry that had been gathered on the flanks and rear flanks of the Chinese army also received the military order issued by Xi Lie. They seized the opportunity and rode out in a roundabout way.

These white feather horses, like a white wind, immediately reversed the enemy who had originally attacked the two ribs of the white feather army, and they quickly detoured to the enemy's flanks with a larger range, and launched cavalry fire on the enemy in the process of detour.

Shao Jun admired Bai Ling's riding order like the wind, and was also surprised to see that the Bai Ling cavalry in the left army was actually holding a bow in his right hand and an arrow in his left hand. She knew that this was an archery posture that was not common in Ilo, and that it needed to be cultivated from a young age and trained for a long time to do. However, this archery posture of holding the bow in the right hand and placing the arrow in the left hand needs to be deliberately cultivated, but it can bring great tactical benefits, that is, they can keep the bow and arrows fired while constantly detouring to the right side of the enemy line. In the riding and archery posture of holding a bow in the left hand and firing arrows in the right hand, it is impossible to detour to the right side of the enemy army and still keep firing arrows.

Watching the cavalry on both wings of the Bai Ling Army quickly unfold to both sides, Shao Jun finally understood why this military formation was called the Flying Bird Formation. At the moment, the shield soldiers in front of the Chinese army clamped down on the enemy's vanguard like a bird's beak, while the pikemen and Mo sword soldiers behind them clawed the enemy who tried to attack the bird's belly like a pair of claws, and the white feather riders, they swept towards the enemy like huge bird wings.

The Kaldo camel cavalry, who kept rushing to the front of the White Feather Army, immediately fell into a bitter battle after they came into contact with the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers of the White Feather Army. Although the Kaldo camel cavalry had the advantage of the camel's height and size, and was able to attack the White Feather Army from a high position, the camel's slender legs and long neck also became an obvious target for the spearmen on the side of the sword and shield soldiers.

Not only that, but because the Cardo camel cavalry straddled the tall camels, they were even nearly half a person taller than the feathers on the heads of the White Feather Army's foot soldiers, which also made them easy targets for the Ling Army's crossbowmen and soldiers. As for the light cavalry unit that rushed into the battle formation, after losing its mobile advantage, it was slashed by the Mo Dao team, and in front of the long-handled Mo knife made for the cavalry, the Cardo light cavalry was immediately cut down on his back, and the stumps fell in all directions.

Seeing that the cavalry on both flanks of the White Feather Army was rapidly detouring, and the heavy armor array in front of it could not effectively break through, the Khaldo soldiers couldn't help but start to panic.

While the generals in front of the Khaldo camp were determined to ignore the attacking Bai Ling cavalry on both sides and continue to attack the middle of the Bai Ling army, the Bai Ling cavalry had quickly completed the outflanking of the Khaldo army. Subsequently, Bai Lingqi, under the leadership of their respective captains, carried out a change of formation. The small number of heavily armored cavalry that had been following the light cavalry was now converted to the vanguard, while a large number of light cavalry were now collected behind the heavy cavalry and formed a wedge shock formation with them. While changing formations, the Bai Ling cavalry also put away their bows and arrows one after another, and instead raised their extra-long armor-piercing horses.

As the White Feather Cavalry turned from the flank of the Cardo to its hinterland and launched a swift onslaught, the follow-up army of the Cardo immediately fell into panic and confusion. The confusion caused by the White Feather cavalry on the enemy's flank affected more Khaldons who were fighting hard in the Chinese army, and they thought that the White Feather army had completely routed both of its flanks. After a hard fight, and worried about being besieged, the Khaldos began to show signs of retreat.

Seeing the tide of battle turn sharply, Amarahan, who was overseering the battle, couldn't help but tremble. Seeing that the cavalry of Asol in the distance on one side was delaying the attack, he couldn't help but resentment in his heart that the Asol people had not believed their words, and he suddenly fainted in frustration.

Seeing that many of his Seva warriors had been charged and killed by the White Feather Army, and that reinforcements from other tribes had begun to flee, Amarahan hurriedly ordered his troops to be collected in fear. However, in the face of the embarrassed retreat of the Khaldo soldiers and the pursuing White Feather army, Amarahan was categorically unable to organize an effective retreat, and the retreat turned into a complete rout of the Khaldos, and he also fled to Seva in a hurry under the cover of the guards.

Under the scout's reconnaissance, Amarahand's escape was quickly known by Xi Lie, who was in charge of the Chinese army. At the same time, Xi Lie also saw from a distance that the two thousand Yasuor cavalry on the side of the Khaldo army formation had also begun to withdraw. At the same time, he found that the two thousand Yasol cavalry, although they had withdrawn quickly after seeing the rout of the Khaldos, did not show any panic, and they kept a consistent pace and a tight formation, and turned to the northwest.

"Herald!" When Xi Lie learned the news of Amarahan's escape, he immediately shouted to the heralds.

"In!" The herald replied loudly.

"Order Adjutant General Yuan to lead the light cavalry on the left and right flanks, continue to drive and kill the Cardo deserters, and do not chase the Yasol cavalry."

The herald was ordered to leave, and Xi Lie shouted loudly, "Cao Yan! ”

Cao Yan, who was commanding not far in front of Xi Lie, immediately turned around and rushed to Xi Lie's side and answered, "The last general!" ”

"The 1,000 heavily armored white feathered horsemen you left behind you in the battle will immediately chase the enemy general, and be sure to take him down before he rushes back to Seva." Xi Lie ordered Cao Yan loudly.

"Order!" After Cao Yan received the order, he immediately ordered the captain beside him, "Go and inform that cavalry, let them take off their war horses and heavy armor, and then go after my general banner!" ”

After Shao Jundan saw Cao Yan's order, he quickly reflexively took a silver white tassel gun from the soldier's hand, and then he jumped out of the formation with his spear and jumped out of the formation, that is, he rushed into the rout of the enemy formation, and galloped towards the west. And at the moment, there was only one rider holding the banner of the general Cao and five cavalrymen.

Early in the morning of the second day, in the tent of the general of the Bai Ling army, Shao Jun saw Amarahan, who was covered in sand and had lost his scarf and hat. At this moment, Amarahan was hanging his head in embarrassment, kneeling silently under Xi Lie's tent.

"Ask him how many Azor troops there are in the area of the Oasis of Seva." Xi Lie said to the military interpreter on the side.

Amalahan looked up in embarrassment, and he spoke weakly to the interpreter. Then he lowered his head again.

"Back to the general, he said that there was no garrison of Yazor in Seva." "He said he wanted to ask Ilo to surrender," said the interpreter, "and that Seva would like to join Ilo in his fight against Athore. ”

"Hmph, it's going to be fast." Xi Lie said, "Tell him, it's late." ”

After hearing Xi Lie's negative answer, Amarahan couldn't help but show fear on his face, and he anxiously spoke to the interpreter, and after his voice was behind, he kowtowed to Xi Lie a few more times in prayer.

"Back to the general, he said that if the general did not accept his surrender and asked him to lead the people of Seva out of Seva, then they would have nowhere to go." "He also said that as long as you don't drive them out of Seva, general, you can do whatever you want him to do." ”

"Hmph. They have nowhere to go, what does it matter to me. "Tell him that if he doesn't leave Seva with his people, I'm going to let him die." ”

After hearing the interpreter's words, Amarahan was frightened and hurriedly kowtowed to Xi Lie a few more times, and then said to Xi Lie, "Venerable General Iro, if you are going to kill me, I... I have nothing to say, I only hope that the honorable general will not drive us Seva out of the Seva oasis. ”

After listening to the interpreter's words, Xi Lie turned to Cao Yan and said, "Vice General Cao." ”

"Yes." Cao Yan said.

"Order the whole army to expel all the Seva people from the Oasis of Seva upon arrival in Seva, but if there are those who resist, they will be killed."

Shao Jun, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but be shocked when she heard Xi Lie say this, and she immediately opened her mouth to ask Xi Lie, "General Xi, do you want to completely expel the Khaldo people from the Seva Oasis?" Still want to slaughter the people there who don't want to leave? ”

"Or else?" Xi Lie asked rhetorically.

Since Shao Jun left Linglong Mountain to go to the Kaldo Desert, she has imagined thousands of cruel war scenes along the way, and also imagined thousands of plans for building in the desert, but the only thing she did not imagine was that Yiluo's generals would plan to slaughter the civilians of Khaldo after winning the battle. Looking at Xi Lie in front of her, she felt that he had suddenly become extremely strange, and he who had been in contact with her for the past few days seemed to be like two people. Shao Jun froze in place, she couldn't say a word for a long time, just muttered, "General... You do this.."

"What's the problem? Shao Ting's envoy. Xi Lie looked at Shao Jun who was struggling and asked.

"General.. You can't kill the people of Cairdo in Seva.. It's really against heaven and righteousness for you to do this. Shao Jun said after hesitating.

"Heavenly benevolence?" Xi Lie looked at Shao Jun's eyes and asked, "Shao Ting, when they disturbed my frontier and plundered our clan, did they also talk about heavenly benevolence and righteousness?" ”

Shao Jun was silent for a moment, and then she said, "General Xi, after we occupy Seva, we will still carry out large-scale defense construction there. We need a lot of manpower, and you should leave the population for us to build and produce. ”

Xi Lie smiled and said, "Shao Ting, as the imperial envoy of the Gongjian Mansion, you only have the right to supervise the construction. ”

"I'm the only one who has the power to make things, but those civilians... What are their sins?" Shao Wei paused slightly, and then continued, "Isn't it enough that we have occupied Seva? Why do you have to slaughter civilians there... It doesn't make sense... General, if you do this, there is no morality, and it will also provoke the other Khaldo tribes to anger us even more. ”

"Shao Ting's words are the same, this will cause hatred." Xi Lie said, "But I wonder if the Khaldo people had skipped it when they slaughtered the residents of Xianweibao in Tianquan Prefecture ten years ago, and this would also cause us hatred?" ”

"It's... This retribution, general, you are inevitably a little cruel. Shao Jun looked at Amarahan who was kneeling on the ground and said in embarrassment.

After Xi Lie also looked at Amarahan kneeling on the ground, he looked into the distance outside the tent, and then he slowly said to Shao Jun, "I am cruel.., I really hope that everyone can put the reputation of cruelty, slaughtering people, and no morality on the head of my General Bai Ling." ”

Shao Jun turned his head in confusion and asked, "General Xi, what do you mean by this?" ”

Xi Lie looked at Shao Jun and said slowly, "This general's words, others don't understand, don't you understand Lord Shao, who is an envoy of the imperial court?" ”

Shao Jun was stunned for a moment, she looked at Xi Lie's eyes, and after a little thought, she suddenly realized. The corners of Shao Jun's mouth moved slightly, and she seemed to have something to blurt out, but she immediately stopped talking.

She knew that the reason why Xi Lie said this was that there was only one possibility, that is, all this was the will of the Son of Heaven and Wei Wushuang's arrangement.

She knew that the Son of Heaven, who had always been benevolent to the world and benevolent and fraternal, would never be willing or able to bear the reputation of violating morality and slaughtering civilians. And all this, these stigmatizing and evil deeds, can only be done and borne by generals like Xi Lie.