Chapter Twenty-Eight: Swift as the Wind and Slow as a Forest

The sound of war drums, the banner hunting, the Gongyi battalion went out of the city one by one, and lined up outside the moat.

The wind and clouds gathered on the field, the sun was blocked by the clouds, the sky suddenly became dark, the battle flags fluttered in the wind, and the soldiers' armor kept shaking.

The standard-bearers and commanders of each post served as the vanguard, and the recruits lined up in order under the battle flag. Standing in the first row are all chiefs, by a tithe into a team, and by a team into a sentry, left and right spacing two arms, front and back spacing one arm, a sentry recruits lined up into a phalanx, four sentry recruits formed a large square formation, archers, firecrackers cruising in the meantime, Wang Kefan, Wang Sheng, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong and other four sentry officers led their own soldiers to sit in the center.

After a recruit left the city, the gatekeeper immediately closed the city gate, and the water bandits on the opposite side were still shouting, but they didn't dare to rush up for a while. In contrast, the Gongyi battalion was much quieter, except for the officers and commanders who kept shouting concise orders, all the recruits did not say a word, only the spears on their shoulders, pointing obliquely at the sky like a forest, and the tips of the spears flashed with cold light.

"Damn, the biting dog doesn't bark, this Gongyi camp is really a bit famous......" Meng Bao muttered in a low voice at the head of the city, licking his lips subconsciously, surprised, excited, and a little nervous.

The speed of the Gongyi battalion's formation and the strictness of the formation greatly surprised him. This spear array was lined up, and Sen Senran actually carried a solemn aura, reminiscent of a fierce beast in hunting, silent and quiet, but full of dangerous aura.

"What, is this phalanx very powerful?" Xu Bingzhong couldn't see any way, and asked Meng Bao uneasily.

"I haven't fought the bandits yet, I can't say for sure. However, this phalanx is very strong, and it looks like a strong army that has been trained for a long time. Meng Bao had to be convinced. The guards under his command could barely form a formation, but it took a long time to adjust their positions, and the formation was still crooked, which was too far behind the Gongyi battalion.

Lu Chuan was overjoyed, shook his head and said: "Yes, the Gongyi battalion is majestic, not moving like a mountain, but it is a dignified array!" Hey, it's moving, it's moving, they're moving again......"

After the Gongyi battalion was completed, it immediately launched an attack on the water bandits.

Kyoliang waved the command flag, the big drum at the head of the city stopped, he straightened the small cowhide drum hanging from his waist, waved the drumstick and beat the marching drum, and the recruits stepped on their left feet in unison and walked forward to the beat of the drum.

"One-two, one-two......" Jing Liang whispered to himself, counting the beats of Wang Kefan's teaching, the drums were sonorous and the rhythm was distinct, maintaining the formation of the Gongyi battalion advancing.

After joining the army, Jingliang became Wang Kefan's personal soldier and quickly adapted to the vibrant military life. Thousands of troops moved with the drumsticks in his hands, and this feeling filled his heart with pride, and he really wanted his family to see how he looked......

"One, two, one, two......" Someone was following Jingliang to count the beats, and his rough and silly voice sounded weird, but no soldier dared to laugh at him. It was Shi Da, the captain of the fourth team, he was tall and long-legged, and if he didn't press the pace, he would mess up the formation of the whole team.

The use of passwords with the rhythm of drums is a common means in modern military parades, and the effect is excellent. The spear phalanx moved slowly, almost not loosely deformed, and the pace was uniform, although there were only a few hundred people, there was a faint momentum of thousands of troops.

"Poke his mother, is this really a recruit who has only been in the army for three months? How did you get it? On the city wall, Meng Bao was completely suppressed, and his mouth was wide open for a long time.

He has been in the army for half his life, and even if his guards are unbearable, at least he still has vision. It is much more difficult for an army to maintain a formation on the march than when it is stationary, and it is more practical on the battlefield, and I am afraid that the only people who can do this can do this.

Several civil officials were puzzled, and Meng Bao happily bowed his hand to Xu Bingzhong: "Congratulations to Tang Zun, I Chongyang has been saved, Gongyi Camp, maybe I can really win this ......"

After some explanation, Xu Bingzhong listened to it and seemed to understand, and Lu Chuanying next to him dropped his bookbag again: "Good, good, its speed is like the wind, and its Xu is like a forest, and it has been mastered by Sun Wu to use soldiers......"

Under the city, the Gongyi battalion ran straight into the water bandit array, the front team of the water bandits was only a thousand steps away from the city wall, and although the spear array moved slowly, it was approaching in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that the Gongyi battalion was coming fiercely, the formation of the water bandits hurriedly adjusted, the regimental players were transferred to the front, the archers hid behind, and with the order of the general, a row of feather arrows was shot at the Gongyi battalion.

"Stand! Raise your shield! ”

The sentinel gave the order, the spear array stopped, and the recruits raised the small shields on their left arms, bowed slightly, and hid their heads, faces, throats and other vital points under the shields, in addition to this small iron-tire shield, they were also wearing cloth armor, which was enough to defend against ordinary arrow attacks.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The feathered arrow was fired at the shield, making a series of dull sounds of gold and wood striking. The feathered arrows shot by the bandits were not dense, and most of the recruits were unscathed, except for a few who were unlucky, and their legs, feet, arms, and other exposed parts were shot and injured.

"Raise your gun!"

In order to save physical strength, the spears of the recruits were obliquely resisted on the right shoulder, and the battle was changed to a flat end when facing the enemy. Left hand front, right hand back, front hand low, back hand high, hundreds of spears suddenly pointed diagonally at the enemy formation, like a beast showing its claws.

"Forward-!"

The marching drum sounded again, but the tempo was faintly quickened, and the bandits had just finished shooting a round of bows and arrows, and they had to take advantage of this gap to quickly enter the enemy line. At the same time, the musketeers and archers, who had been holding back, began to return fire, and the battlefield was instantly filled with gunfire, bullets flying sideways, and whizzing feathered arrows towards the bandits like locusts.

Wang Kefan raised the bird gun in his hand, aimed at a group player in the front row of the bandits, "bang" a gunshot, the group player was shot in the leg, immediately threw away the shield and fell to the ground, holding his thighs with both hands and wailing.

In the blink of an eye, the group of players staggered up and tried to run, but they were instantly drowned in the spear array. "Poof, poof", he was shot twice in the back, and he fell headlong and did not move, and the recruits stepped past the corpse, cutting into the camp of the bandits like a sharp blade.

The water bandits roared and shouted, gathering a crowd to meet them. Most of them are outlaws among the bandits, and they were selected to join the vanguard force, and if Chongyang is breached, their rewards are the most generous, but at the critical moment when they need to fight hard, these bandits do not value their lives.

In front of him, there were countless spears stabbed out like a forest, blood burst out one after another, and the screams continued one after another, and the water bandits fell twenty or thirty people, and the rest had no fighting spirit, and they shouted and fled away.

The spear formation continued to move forward, and the formation of the water bandits was split in half.

"It's broken! It's broken! ”

Xu Bingzhong at the head of the city was overjoyed, and punched the female wall, and he didn't feel pain at all under the excitement, but he didn't expect that the Gongyi battalion was so brave that he broke through the shield array of the water bandits with one drum.

"Damn, Wang Kefan's guy is really fierce, he won't even withdraw his troops after winning for a while......" Meng Bao was both excited and a little nervous.

In his mind, the Gongyi battalion was not an opponent of thousands of water bandits after all, and went out of the city to meet the battle just to boost the morale of the city. After a small victory, he can turn back in time and take advantage of the chaos to retreat into the city, so as not to be surrounded by the superior water bandits.

But the choice of the Gongyi battalion was unexpected, after they broke through the first shield array, they went straight to the front team of the water bandits, and it seemed that they wanted to defeat the two thousand water bandits in one fell swoop!

"Meng Baihu, the Gongyi Battalion is fighting fiercely, how can I help it?"

"This, the battle is fierce, and the last general really can't intervene, please ......forgive me," Meng Bao muttered and explained, facing Xu Bingzhong's eager gaze, a little short of breath and weak heart.

The Gongyi battalion and the water bandits fought together, with his guards and young men, and they couldn't help in this kind of scene. It's like two strong men are fighting for their lives, fists and feet, sharp blades flying, and children with thin arms and legs rush forward, which will only hurt themselves.

The battle has reached this point, and we can only hope that the Gongyi battalion will win by itself, if such a strong army is also defeated by the water bandits, the young men on the city wall will immediately escape......

The Gongyi battalion, the spear array, drove straight forward in the water bandit formation, and everywhere it went, it was invincible, and it was getting closer and closer to the flag of the water bandits.

The leader of the former team of the water bandits shouted angrily again and again, drew his sword and cut down several defeated soldiers, and only then did he suppress his panicked subordinates. The sound of the horn became extremely poignant, and the bandits regrouped into a team, and the former team leader urged the generals to lead two thousand water bandits to rush up together, enveloping the Gongyi camp in the middle.

The crowd watching the battle at the head of the city was silent, and their hearts were in their throats. Although this spear array was extremely brave in the frontal breakthrough, it was surrounded at this time, and the water bandits killed together from all directions, and it was difficult to take care of the head and tail of the Gongyi battalion, as long as it was broken through, I am afraid it would collapse.

"Stand up!" With the command of the four sentinels, the spear array stopped again.

"Meet the enemy!" In addition to the front row of non-soldiers, the recruits turned outward, the left side to the left, the right side to the right, and the rear row of recruits turned directly backwards, facing the rear of the pike.

"Raise your gun!" Hundreds of spears were raised together, and the spear array turned into a huge hedgehog, and there were countless cold spears in each direction, silently facing the roaring and rushing water bandits.

Outside the immovable spear array, the water bandits rushed towards the spear array like a dark cloud blown by the wind, and with a bang, the two centaurs slammed into each other, and the spear array was like a heavy blow, and the edges around it were concave inward at the same time.

"Knock knock......" The city resounded with passionate war drums, cheering for the Gongyi camp.

"Woo, woo, woo......" The water bandits were also horned in the formation, and King Du Long was gathering the rear team of people and horses, wanting to rush to support.

The battle situation changed too quickly, King Du Long had already found that the situation was not good, the rear team of the water bandits was busy setting up camp, and some people even ran to the distant hillside to cut down trees, if the front team was defeated, the scattered rear team could only be slaughtered.

No one expected that the attack of the Gongyi battalion would be so sharp, and it would suddenly come to the critical moment of deciding the winner.