After Du Wenhuan heard Zhang Cunmeng's retelling, he couldn't speak for a long time, although the words of the thief Lu Shi were exaggerated, but they were reasonable.

In a war, it is definitely not providence that determines the outcome of the war, but what really determines the outcome is manpower and weapons.

There are absolutely the people who support this war to go on, there are soldiers who are willing to die, and then there are generals with one heart and one mind, and at the same time there is a steady supply of baggage, mainly endless steel, so how can this war be lost, I think at the beginning, Hong Wuye only had the first three to win the world in that Dayuan, if you add the foundation behind, how can you lose.

It's a pity that now, all these conditions are in the hands of Lu Shichuang and the thief, and he is here.

No, almost nothing, what is left but corruption and depravity, poverty and luxury, and all want? How can you insist.

Looking at the artillery and giant arrows that were still roaring strangely and overwhelmingly, in the curtain of death composed of those cannons and giant arrows, the soldiers who were driven to death in vain by the officers' butcher knives were wailed, and I felt a sense of powerlessness from the heart.

In a battle, you may not be able to compare to the enemy, but human life is still the same, at least, everyone should have the opportunity to fight face to face, at least everyone should fight with their lives.

However, now, I can only do this, I can't even see the other party's face clearly, and I was slaughtered, yes, it was a massacre, the artillery I originally relied on was lost, the artillery was all lost, and the archers who were barely put together were wiped out, so how could this battle be fought.

After a deep loss, he finally gritted his teeth and gave the order.

Fall back.

This order was not opposed by the He Ren Long He madman this time, because, at this time, this order was wise, He Maniac, although crazy, but still did not lose his mind.

The two sides fight in formation, hedge against each other, and engage in hand-to-hand combat for one life, which is not the mainstream of a battle, and when it comes to this part, they are often ready to make a final decision.

The reason is not complicated, this kind of being in the middle of the formation, not tossing and turning, not dodging and retreating, can only carry out the most brutal life-for-life short-range combat, in any era, not a selected warrior, or have carried out harsh training, can not do, it is a last resort.

Needless to say, if the two armies are evenly matched, it will not be easy to fight a battle, and the first thing the two sides should do is to stabilize their camps, protect their supply lines, have food to eat, stabilize their positions, and then consider finding the enemy to attack him.

The means that can be used are adapted to local conditions, the cavalry is mostly a large number of light cavalry, compressing the opponent's activity space, it is best to compress the opponent tightly in the camp, it is difficult to collect and draw water, and the cavalry Jingrui can expand the range of activities, then consider cutting off the opponent's grain route, in short, try to limit the opponent's initiative.

If you can't restrain the other party, then consider other means to gain the initiative, or attack the enemy and save it, lure the opponent out of the solid camp and fortress, and make a surprise attack during the march, or show the enemy weakness and induce the opponent to divide the army and attack in the gap.

As long as there is a choice, a qualified coach is likely to choose not to play, or a deep ditch and a high base, or simply lead troops to avoid it and wait for a better opportunity.

If the main forces of the two armies are really taken out, fighting against each other and fighting for their lives, there is no better choice for both sides.

Needless to say, tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers are armed and organized, supplemented by how many auxiliary soldiers and civilians, equipped with enough chariots, horses and military equipment, is it not so easy, a hard-fought battle is thousands of lives, with the degree of organization that can be achieved by an agricultural society, such a loss, the entire army is a great loss of vitality, and it cannot be easily recovered, after all, human life is human life, not to mention the army that was organized with great difficulty, thinks that fighting a war is to fight for people's lives, that is mediocre and handsome, and morale will not be attached.

On the contrary, it was only in the modern nation-state and even in the later era of industrialization, with the improvement of the degree of social organization, that a steady stream of armed forces could be organized to replenish the army before the human resources were exhausted.

A well-known Three Kingdoms, the battle between the two armies is a deep ditch and a high fortress at every turn, and it is a stalemate at every turn, and the last side retreats from the grain, and the real hard-fought battles are just a few, and often they just desperately killed thousands of lives, leading the troops to retreat, and licking their wounds.

Han and Tang dynasties, and even the Song Dynasty, when the country was founded, the Liao did fight a few battles, both sides suffered heavy losses, but this is who has endured comparison, the last alliance of the Yuanyuan, the war against the Western Xia, there are also a few battles that are not as large as the Song and Liao wars, although the Song people were defeated, the Western Xia did not use the power of the country, and after the fight, the vitality was also greatly injured, the Song people to the Western Xia from then on is to organize a large defense system along the border, that is, the attack is also step by step, or along the Hengshan pull point, step by step encroachment, Or it is the strategic flank adventure in the land of Hehuang, where the influence of Western Xia is weak, is the idea of not fighting easily and overwhelming the other party with national strength.

It is more common for both sides to test each other's weaknesses, and give full play to the long-range lethality of the bow and crossbow as much as possible, disrupt the opponent with cavalry, mobilize the opponent, and after discovering the weakness of the opponent, then put into Jing sharp attack, and strive to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

The elite armor-clad men on both sides marched in formation, collided fiercely, fought one life for another, and relied on desperate lives to beat each other to collapse, such a war scene, even if it was a hundred, it was rare to have one.

What's more, in the current environment, I can only support myself in the endless steel and blood of the thieves, and use my human life to fight the enemy who does not fight with me at all, and I don't know where the odds are.

It is wise to retreat, to form a battle formation outside of the range of the thieves, and wait for the thieves to attack, because the attacker will always lose more than the defender at any given time.

"King Chuang, look, the official army has retreated," Zhao Xing excitedly pointed out the enemy formation that was full of fireworks and howling.

Yes, the enemy army retreated, and the enemy army that was quickly swept away by his own explosives bag, tiger cannon, and countless sharp arrows can no longer see the enemy, and the rest is the artillery fire all over the ground, and the corpses of the archers and fire bronze hands all over the ground.

The battle between the two sides just now almost completely annihilated the most lethal branch of the official army against the intruding army, the firearms battalion and the archers, and the rest of the battle will become easier.

The enemy finally withdrew from the west bank of the Wei River, opening up an array for his large army to cross the river, freeing up a small but vital clearing.

At this time, Lu Shi let out a long breath, raised the flag in his hand, and slowly fell.

As the heavy flag fell, the artillery fire and longbows on the river bank stopped abruptly, and the entire battlefield immediately fell silent.

In fact, the battle just now, in the future, is almost a contest of wills between the two sides.

In order to open the gap in the main position of the officers and troops on the west bank of the Wei River, in order to cross the Wei River, which had been frozen, the invading army used almost all the firearms, threw out almost all the explosive bags, and more importantly, the continuous shooting of huge arrows, the continuous firing of the 5,000 longbowmen has made their hands almost numb and have no feeling, and if they hold on, they will not be able to fire again.

Establishing a foothold on the west bank of the Wei River is now a very urgent task.

Although the Weihe River was frozen, it was already riddled with holes under the bombardment of almost hundreds of Huzun cannons on both sides, especially on the official and military side, and the originally smooth and safe ice surface was even more cracked everywhere, not only was it difficult for the gunmen array, but it was also extremely difficult to transport the cannons in the future, and there was a danger of ice cracking and sinking.

On the west bank, it is imperative to fight a foothold, as for the half-crossing attack, that is unrealistic, which is a battle against the water, as long as the spearmen of the army line up in formation, then where is still a battle against the water, that is, to move forward bravely, never retreat, to break into the army, since the formation of the army, which battle is not a battle against the water, which battle is not to die and then live.

"Order, the whole team, the spearmen stepped forward, the sword and shield soldiers assisted, and the militia in the people followed," Wu Tao did not look at the tragic position on the opposite side, and began to arrange the formation of crossing the river in an orderly manner.

Lu Shiwang looked at the left and right of the army formation, and couldn't help but hesitate, at this time, all his cavalry had already rushed into the official army barracks, and fought with the most elite troops of the official army in the layers of the official army's barracks, so that the two wings that should have been cavalry guards became powerless to defend, and the only ones they could rely on were these longbow brothers.

"King Chuang, we can still fight," the commander of the firearms battalion saw Lu Shi's embarrassment, and was the first to stand up and accept the task, "Our artillery has no gunpowder, and above the battle array, they can no longer play their role, but our gunner brothers can still fight, please hand over the left and right of the brothers to us," the archers were divided into two teams, and they were divided into large formations to press the left and right formations, and for all the enemy troops who dared to approach, they were covered and shot," Lu Shi commanded, although he saw that the archers were exhausted, but, Lu Shi still handed over his left and right to them.

At present, the whole army must be killed at all costs, and the officers and soldiers must not be given the slightest chance to restore their morale and formation.

Rows of guns and erections, rows of swords and shields were arranged, and armed militiamen followed closely behind, and the longbowmen picked up their longbows again, firmly protecting the left and right of the large array, and everything was ready to stop.

Lu Shi and Wu Tao glanced at each other, and then nodded firmly.

Lu Shiyi waved his hand, and then urged the white dragon horse to slowly move forward, slowly walking down the river embankment, and towards the ice.

The flag bearer held high the banner of the word, and followed with firmness and pride.

Behind Lu Shi, behind that pole, the banner that rolled and flew in the smoke of gunpowder and the cold wind howling in the northwest, followed by Wu Tao, Geng Kui, Zhao Xing, Zhu Tie、、、、, and, tens of thousands of black oceans swept over like a tide.

Cross the river, cross the river,