Three hundred sword and shield men against four hundred Qin troops, the three arrays did not need to be changed indiscriminately to defeat the Qin army, even if the Qin army had abandoned the shield, it was not the opponent of sanitation. The four-man deep, hundred-meter-wide formation they formed was semi-surrounded by a three-person formation with a depth of two hundred meters - the gap between each sword and shield hand was about two meters instead of one, and only at this width could the sword and shield hand exert the greatest killing efficiency and frequently harvest the enemy's life.

But Yang Duanhe said that our army was defeated, not because he saw that the combat efficiency of the sword and shield was far better than that of the Qin army's four arrays, but because he had already recognized the characteristics of the sword and shield soldiers: this is a kind of hand-to-hand combat that sticks to you so that the long soldiers can't play, as long as you let it get closer, then it will win. The Qin army let them approach calmly because of the two waves of javelins, and as soon as the short hand in the front died, if the Qin army with long soldiers in the rear could not open the distance, it would be lost.

Yang Duanhe judged that there were not a few people who had similar opinions to him, and the five hundred lords of the Qin army who were on the battlefield had also noticed that they must not let the Jingren sword and shield hands approach, otherwise, the whole army would definitely be wiped out here.

"Listen to me: spearmen, spearmen rush to it! The spearmen rushed to it! "Five hundred Lord Khan rained down, just dodging a javelin that was thrown. At this time, his array had been recoiled from the flanks by the sword and shield hands, and the situation was extremely critical.

"Five hundred lords have orders, spearmen rush to ......" the herald shouted in the array, and as soon as he repeated the order, he was pierced by a javelin.

"Five hundred lords have a fate: spearmen rush to it! The spearmen rushed to it! Many of the long beryllium men had already fallen, and Captain Wu didn't have time to think, so he ordered the spearmen lined up behind the formation to charge immediately. Only they are at a sufficient distance from the enemy.

"Rush! Rush! "The spearmen rushed out from the rear of the formation with their spears in their spears along the gap in the ranks, their spears piercing directly into the great shields of the sword and shield men. After the boom, the spears that came out of the shield continued to move forward, and some of them were stabbed to death, some were stabbed, and even if they were not injured, they were knocked out of the array by the spearmen. However, before the spearmen could run out of momentum, or before they could run out, a row of sword and shield men came forward, and they were stabbed to death one by one when they lost their weapons.

"The long soldiers are in front, forming a circle! The long soldiers were in front, forming a circle. "The price of distance is the spearman in exchange for his life, the five hundred main forces on the chariot immediately ordered to adjust the battle formation, and the remaining more than a hundred Qin troops quickly clustered into a circle formation, and the beryllium spears outside the circle array were gathered, and the edge was fully displayed. When the sword and shield men tried to get closer, the beryllium spear stabbed hard, and their large shield was immediately pierced through the gap.

"General ......" originally thought that these five hundred people would be killed by all the Jing people, but now they are fighting to the death to save some of the situation, Feng Zheng wants to retreat and withdraw these people, after all, when you lose too many soldiers, you will suffer when you lose too many soldiers.

"Slow." Yang Duanhe waved his hand to stop it. "Let's see how Jing Ren's red clothes break this formation."

"What should we do at this time, my lord?" Yang Duanhe was curious about how the sword and shield men could break through this dense long soldier formation, and Lian Po, the old man of the left army of the Chu army, also asked Xiong Jing. It was also the first time he had seen sword and shield soldiers fighting, and the melee combat seemed to be invincible, but he couldn't think of how to break the 'long battle', so he could only ask Xiong Jing, the initiator of the military array.

"How?" Xiong Jing didn't know very well, so he had to ask Chang Yan, the spearman next to him. Although he had seen the battle scene of the spear phalanx and the sword and shield hand array, it was only a fragment, and this fragment was still deliberately intercepted, because they were representative enough, mighty enough, and domineering enough, and most of the scenes faced in actual wars were not such mighty and domineering scenes - how could a person who had never experienced cold weapon warfare and had never studied cold weapon warfare in depth know the true mystery of a certain formation and tactics from a few powerful and domineering fragments?

"King Yu and Xinping Jun, if there are still javelins, they can still fight; However...... "The sword and shield bearers and spearmen often fought against each other in the palace palace, and both sides knew their strengths and weaknesses. In this situation, the sword and shield hand can't attack at all.

"That's exactly what happened." Lian Po stroked his white beard and laughed.

Xiong Jing learned the drama of later generations, suppressed a certain displeasure and asked, "Why is the teacher laughing?" ”

"The king's formation is very wonderful, however, there are only short soldiers, if the long soldiers form a formation to protect themselves, and lack of guns, bows and crossbows, there is no way to break it." Lian Po had already glimpsed the mystery of the Xiongjing Battle Array, and smiled very proudly. "The short spears in the army are with each other, in order to help each other, this formation only has short soldiers and no long soldiers, and it is ugly. It's just that...... I have a plan to break the Qin people's array. ”

"Teacher, please speak." Xiong Jing had to admit that what Lian Po said was reasonable, although Cai Bao and Deng Sui had mentioned this reason, but he didn't hear it. Lian Po is the person he values, and he has to think deeply about his words.

"The king will order the archers to release their arrows." Lian Po said with a smile. "The first wave of arrows doesn't have to be shot, and the red clothes naturally understand the meaning of the arrows."

"That's right!" Xiong Jing felt the urge to slap his thigh. The sword and shield hands and javelins were exhausted, but the Qin army was within the range of the Chu army's archers, and once the arrows were released, their circle array would be over. "Quick, let the archers release their arrows, and the first wave cannot be shot, so that the sanitation can be formed."

"The king has an order: the archers release arrows, and the first wave cannot be shot, so that the sanitation can be formed." The order was quickly delivered. Suddenly, the first wave of arrows rained out, and the arrows fell in front of the Qin and Chu armies. As soon as the rain of arrows fell, the five hundred lords in the middle of the circle immediately understood that this would be the place where he was buried, he first bowed to the west to thank the King of Qin for his kindness, and then drew his sword and pointed at the Chu army's large array, and resolutely shouted: "Enter the ——! Advance ——! Advance ——! ”

If you retreat, you can only be shot by the Jing people, so it is better to go forward and kill a few more enemies. Some people in the panic understood this truth, and some people didn't, but whether they understood it or not, as soon as the five hundred lords shouted forward, the circular long army array quickly converged, turning into a rectangular array of more than 30 people wide and four people deep. The Qin army in the front row held a long beryllium spear and rushed forward. Although these more than 100 people are small, their spirit of determination is by no means weaker than that of any army.

"Avoid!" The battlefield commander Fan Que saw the Qin army advancing, and immediately issued an order to avoid. This is actually the experience that the sword and shield soldiers have been practicing against the razor spear array for a long time, and they have exchanged pain and defeat: never go head-to-head with the razor spear array.

"Avoid, avoid!" With the order, the three arrays of sword and shield hands in front of the Qin army seemed to break out of thin air, and they broke into two before the arrival of the Qin army. But evasion is not a simple evasion, the sword and shield array that was broken in two turned around the sides and rear of the Qin army, this is the weakness of the long soldier array, and it is this weakness that they want to fight.

With their impact, the advancing Qin army had to stop, under the fierce attack of the sword and shield hands, the Qin army unconsciously formed the previous circle formation again, but the difference from the previous one was that the sword and shield hands had penetrated deep into the ranks of the Qin army, and the Qin army no longer had the courage or strength to push them back, so the Qin soldiers surrounded by three hundred black-armored sword and shield hands fell into complete confusion, and were stabbed to death by the sharp short sword of sanitation layer by layer.

"Shoot!" As soon as the Qin army changed formation, the Chu archers stopped shooting, but seeing that their own army was about to be destroyed, the Qin army suddenly began to fire arrows. The rain of arrows broke through the air, and the sword and shield men who were killing the enemy immediately shouted: "Defend against arrows!" ”

"Ahh Ah...... "The rain of arrows is an indiscriminate attack, which can shoot the Chu army, and naturally it can also shoot the Qin army." Defending against arrows is the most basic skill of sword and shield fighters, and before the rain of arrows falls, they raise their shields to meet the arrows, and most of the arrows are the Qin army in the encirclement.

"Putting ——!" The Qin army released arrows, and the Chu army also released arrows, and the first wave of arrow rain still missed, the purpose was to make the sword and shield men form a shield array, and the second wave of arrow rain hit the surrounded Qin army. After a few rains of arrows, there was no longer a standing Qin army on the battlefield.

"The general has an order to order our army to retreat to five hundred paces." Yang Duan and the generals around him were still lamenting the five hundred soldiers, and Meng Wu's general order came. At this time, the right army was too far ahead, and if the left army of the Chu army attacked, it was likely to drag the whole army into a decisive battle.

"Retreat." Looking at the place where the Qin army ran out of ink for the last time, Yang Duanhe let the Rong chariot turn and drive to the rear of the formation.

"The Qin people have retreated! The Qin people retreated! The news of the retreat of the Qin army once again spread among the Chu army, and Xiong Jing couldn't help but sigh when he heard the cheers of the soldiers. The Qin army dared to fight, but the Chu army did not dare to fight, otherwise, why was it happy to hear that the Qin army was retreating? They should be disappointed, as soon as the Qin army retreats like this, won't the ducks in their hands fly again.

"Great King," Lian Po didn't care about the retreat of the Qin army, nor was he affected by the cheers of the Chu soldiers. "I thought it might be...... Shieldmen, crossbowmen, and spearmen marched together, and if the enemy had long soldiers, he would shoot them, and if he gathered in array and attacked, he would be rejected, and if he scattered and fought, he would be closer. This is also a mutual aid of long and short, far and near. ”

The spear array Lian is quite familiar, and the Zhao army will also use the spear array when resisting the enemy; The shield array is quite a matter of today, with advantages and shortcomings; Needless to say, crossbowmen are found in all countries, especially Han and Wei, and more than seventy percent of the Korean army are crossbowmen. Now whether it is the shield array or the spear array, in Lian Po's opinion, they are all lame, because they are a single army, and since they are a single army, they naturally have the advantages and disadvantages of this army. In order to overcome the inherent shortcomings without diminishing its advantages, the way is naturally to cooperate with each other in formations, rather than with people with various weapons in a team.

For Xiong Jing, Lian Po's words were like iron bullets thrown by trebuchets, which fell in his ears and caused a roar. He always thought that the spear array was the spear array, the sword and shield array was the sword and shield array, and the mandarin duck array was the mandarin duck array, and he never thought of using them together. In the midst of the tremors, he subconsciously remembered the cavalry used in conjunction with the spear phalanx, and asked, "Teacher, if there is cavalry, how should it be used in the army?" ”

"Cavalry?" Lian Po looked at Xiong Jing a little distractedly, "The king wants to train cavalry?" ”

"Naturally, I have to train cavalry." Xiong Jing exhaled, he had too many thoughts about the cavalry, and he also had many 'advantages', and now the Chu army was abused like this by the cavalry of the Qin army - the scout cavalry could only go out of the camp at night, and he wanted to have a cavalry with stirrups and saddles and sharp blades and strong armor.