In the wilderness in the western part of the Henan Plain, a large flock of crows and vultures hovered for a long time, waiting for the human activities on the ground to disappear completely, and a sumptuous and delicious feast was served.

After all these long years of famine and war, they have feasted on all kinds of human tastes, and have become unafraid of humanity, not even the human armor soldiers who are close at hand, armed to the teeth.

These ominous birds hovered in the sky with a flickering sound, and swooped down, and could not wait to fall on the fresh, hot food that had been disemboweled, stretching and undulating the long bare neck and pointed beak, and dragging and tearing aggressively, snatching the tenderest and delicious parts of their carcass.

Horses and cattle that had lost their owners wandered in the wilderness with a wailing voice, and in their field of vision, piles of corpses were pushed down the road, both armoured and unarmoured, and then the carts full of goods were gathered and burned down the road, turning into a long dragon shrouded in flames.

Only the banners that were held were kept, and then packed into bundles for other uses, all of them were tense and urgent, and in order, these attackers, dressed in similar armor, did not even want most of the trophies, but only took some of the portable military rations, and then dumped the rest on the ground, and all the pollution and destruction.

A baggage convoy of at least 1,000 men and 300 carts was reduced to wreckage and coke all over the ground.

"These acts of robbing the road have gone back to their old ways......

A military general wearing the scale armor of the Southern Army stood on the road and said to several military attaches beside him

"It is worthy of being a thief and giant who once crisscrossed the two rivers and waterways......"

"Lin Zhongwu said very much, recruiting them to come here can be regarded as making the best use of things......

A military attache said

"Although it's not as good as the four great ......"

"That's, that's, thanks to Xiao Zhang's support......"

One of them smiled humbly

"We are waiting for the barren and ugly people to have such a way out for the national newspaper school......"

"Chao Jundu, let your sons move neatly, this is the main road of Yu Chong......"

The general said in a deep voice unmoved

"It won't be long before a team of horses is coming......"

"Xiao Li Guang and them, but they can't hide their ...... for long"

Li Chuwen, who was temporarily stationed in Juye County, received the news of asking for help and led the troops to respond, and it only took half a day, but it was already early in the morning.

He was greeted only by the remnants of the scattered defeated army and the news they had brought. The Left Banner Battalion, which pursued the remnants of the enemy, was actually defeated? Defeated by a horse army of the Southern Dynasty.

According to what he knew, the so-called right wing of the new army was composed of a horse army. Li Chuwen only hesitated and delayed slightly, and then decided to face the battle, and tried the style before making plans.

However, an hour later, only a faint thunderous sound could be heard, and the defeated troops who had met the enemy in front of them retreated like a tide, and then were stopped by his own formation.

"The former army was defeated."

"Nan Reverse used a cannon ...... in the formation"

"Every shot erodes dozens of people, and a team of people is scattered with just a few cannons......"

"My subordinates really can't resist it."

However, what greeted them incoherently in return was only the snow bright sword and axe raised by the overseer team who couldn't help but take it, and the execution.

"Those who dare to retreat and disturb the morale of the army will die......"

Li Chuwen declared, so a little wavering military spirit settled.

Then he looked at the long battle line slowly advancing on the opposite side, and the smoke and dust raised by the galloping wings, and couldn't help but want to cut down the people who came back to report the news and go out to detect the enemy.

Where is this horse army in the right compartment of the new army, this is clearly the "invincible" left wing of the main formation, which has been killed.

And it was also a chariot, horse, and artillery, all of which appeared on the battlefield together, although it was a premeditated scene.

The sound of sobbing cold one after another, or the action of swallowing saliva, is one thing to be disdainful and disdainful in daily life, but when it comes to seeing the other party's lineup in person, it is another thing to continue to taunt it heartlessly.

"Formation."

"Stabilize ......"

Then he heard the sound of the cannon firing again on the opposite side, and several fine arcs, with heavy iron balls, fell not far from Li Chuwen, only to see the miserable howl of the ghost crying wolf, the severed limbs and gushing blood springs, and the heavy sphere that bounced several times as it landed, suddenly bloomed in the array.

The standby shooters were arrayed and cut out at once, and a number of deep grooves were suddenly scattered, some people were seen covered in flesh and blood, but they were at a loss to stay in place, some people ran around to find a place to hide, and some people wanted to rescue the wounded who had broken their hands and feet.

After all, no one can stand apathy in front of the side, all sorts of dead and wounded.

Then the dense projectiles from far and near are obtained, and the movements and reactions of the front array are swept from a distance.

Amid the sound of countless popping hands being pierced and shattered, and the muffled screams of the people who had been struck by the human body, the soldiers at the head of the platoon, whether holding spears or raising flags, were like dead leaves blown up by the wind, and they threw themselves forward one after another, or fell on their backs.

"Shoot the battalions forward, Xu Jin shoots ......",

Li Chuwen also quickly made his own judgment,

"Jumping, selecting the front of the various departments to quickly follow up and sweep the formation......"

"The right banner battalion is on the left flank, and the odd army is on the right flank, waiting for an opportunity to cover up and ...... forward"

I saw those Hebei crossbowmen and Anton Bu archers, under the cover of a small number of large platoons, bravely and fearlessly quickly met the enemy's line, and after paying the price of some casualties, they began to shoot a large rain of buzzing arrows with their bows and crossbows, like fast-moving clouds, roaring and falling into the opposite array line, and suddenly between the blood splashes, the naked eye saw that many figures fell, and the batch and rhythm of the confrontation radiation became messy.

This situation made Li Chuwen inevitably a little optimistic.

In this way, before these shooting armies are all lost, or they can't stand the casualties and collapse, they should be able to win a close enough assault distance for the front selection and jumping divisions, and then create more fighters for the rear hands of the two wings.

After all, it has been proven in previous battles that it is difficult for these unpleasant guns to exert their corresponding power and utility as expected after being close to them.

But

Only after the fierce battle for half a day, under the desperate escort of his own soldiers, Li Chuwen, who fled in a hurry, finally understood the true intention of this so-called "invincible".

The combat effectiveness of these new armies of the Southern Dynasties, which used individual firearms, was not necessarily very prominent and obvious in terms of individual and small units, but once they were formed in sufficient numbers and scales, they could form a continuous series of alternating strikes and dense projections through multiple formations and tactics.

What's more, the opponent also has the coordination of artillery and horse troops, which is enough to contain and kill those partial divisions who are trying to make a detour to the side, and then make one of them complete the turn, and continue to kill and suppress any troops who try to steal their unpreparedness. It can be said that even the biggest flaw in the battle array has been made up, and it has a multi-directional attack and defense momentum.

The so-called field defense is the first, and it really lives up to its reputation, although the guns they use are not much faster than bows and crossbows in terms of rate of fire, but they are large enough to form a formation, which is another situation.

They could have relied on the spread of horizontal formations and staggered rotations to suppress and kill most of the frontal enemies, and the furious waves that were rushing in turn could be stopped in front of the low chest-high defensive line that was hastily surrounded by carts.

Therefore, all that remains is that they will either not be able to endure the casualties, and will lose their organization and order and completely collapse; Either you can control your senseless emotions and impulses on the battlefield in time, see that things are difficult to do, and before causing greater losses, stop in time to preserve your strength and retreat in the face of difficulties, usually choose one of the two.

In other words, if he does not have enough overwhelming strength and equipment superiority, both offensive and defensive will be controlled by others, and it will be difficult to gain the initiative and upper hand.

It's just that it's a little too late to understand these keys, and the price is very painful, at least for now, he has lost his irretrievable confidence and basic disk.

As the backbone of the army, those veterans brought out by Anton were killed and wounded in the attack and defense, and the morale and fighting spirit of those soldiers who expanded on the spot in Hebei could not help but gallop down, and began to fear the battle and cowardly the enemy.

If it weren't for the critical moment, his cousin Li Chuxing, put on his robe and armor to take over the general's flag, and led the last desperate and tragic counterattack, in order to cover Li Chuwen's flank attack, he ordered the last bit of the horse team in the army, and ran out desperately before the southern army against him, for fear that he, the main general, would also get in.

But putting aside the gains and losses at this time, as a general from a border town, Li Chuwen has not encountered a worse situation, and this defeat alone is not enough to shake his will and belief.

It's just that he still has some regrets that after losing these valuable subordinates, he was not able to try out the new firearms tactics of the new army of the Southern Dynasties, as well as the upper limit and margin of the corresponding military formations, and even discovered the possible flaws and deficiencies during the period.

However, he already knew that these new armies, like most of the long-range guns, were quite disadvantageous in street fighting in the city, and he did not know how to behave in the relatively narrow and confined mountains. He vaguely remembered that these guns also needed enough space and space to spread out the firearm projection surface.

Therefore, he was especially looking forward to retreating to Juye County, only to meet the few men and horses left behind, relying on the city wall and the condescending screen, it should be able to offset some of the power of these Southern Army's guns.

He was so worried that the outline of the city wall was still in sight, but there was a pillar of smoke rising from the city tower, which made people's hearts sink.

Then, a fine line of dust and smoke rose from the gatehouse, allowing these somewhat frightened cavalrymen to restrain their forward-rushing mounts, which was obviously a sign of the firing of a gun.

"Go around, let's go to Yuncheng ......"

Under the gaze of his subordinates, Li Chuwen gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision,

Then, Zhang Xian, the general of the car regiment standing at the head of the city, and Niu Gao, the general of the capture of life, looked at the cavalry of the Northern Army, and the figure of patting the horse and leaving the dust, they were greatly relieved, and they were finally scared away.

The other side has at least a few hundred horses, and in fact, they only captured a limited area including the gatehouse, and then took advantage of the unknown enemy situation of the other party to confront the remaining northern army entrenched in the city.