When Mingtian's defense line was about to collapse, finally, Xiao Xinyue brought Yin Cicada's words.

She's figured out a way to repel this first wave of attacks!

Here, only 3,000 of the 10,000 defenders were dead, and nearly 7,000 were killed or wounded, and the number of enemies killed was 18,000.

It is true that a two-and-a-half-fold kill ratio is very good, but you must know that the difference between the number of enemy troops and our side is four times, and such a number of kills does not cause damage to the main force of the Qi army at all.

The enemy still has more than 100,000 soldiers, and our current calculation is less than 25,000.

"All retreat!!"

With an order, Ming Tian asked all the soldiers to return to the barracks immediately after pushing out the remaining stones in their hands!

Mingtian is good at small-scale operations, but he doesn't know anything about large-scale military operations, but Yin Chan was a major in his previous life, so for large-scale operations, Yin Chan's command ability is stronger than Mingtian.

To put it bluntly, Yin Chan is good at strategy, and Ming Tian is good at tactics.

Tactics can only determine the outcome of a campaign, not the outcome of a war.

After all, the ruler is short, the inch is long, and Mingtian is not the male protagonist of the online text, how can he understand everything? Here, it's all about learning from each other's strengths.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief, Ming Tian is fully responsible for Yin Chan, even if he is higher than her in terms of military rank, he will still carry out her orders without question.

Now in this situation, Mingtian's tactics can no longer play a role, plus Yin Chan said that he has thought of a way to deal with this attack, so choosing to retreat is not a bad way.

Back at the camp, Ming Tian found that the west entrance of Jialu Pass on his side, about five hundred meters deep, had been crowded with about three thousand soldiers, and he had lined up a compact and tight military formation.

All the soldiers, the first and second rows of the front are all set up Zheng shields, these Zheng shields are three pieces tied together, extremely thick, each Zheng shield is spliced with each other, the first row against the front, the second row against the first row of shields.

The third row began, all armed with three-meter-long spears.

This is...

As soon as Ming Tian saw this formation, he thought of an allusion.

Three hundred Spartan warriors guarded the hot springs.

The allusion to the historical Spartan town guarding the hot springs is indeed fictional.

In fact, it was three hundred Spartan warriors, leading nearly 10,000 miscellaneous armies to resist.

But in reality, they did withstand the enemy's army of 200,000 men!

And this formation is the shield spear array used in the Battle of Hot Springs!

This shield and spear array is used by the most elite three thousand Earthquake Wind Army soldiers of the Di Clan!

Not only that, but in the open area in the rear, all 20,000 horses were deployed, armed with bows and arrows and a large number of arrows, ready to fire at any time!

Is this preparing to defend as an offense?

This formation is indeed effective, but using this formation means giving up the terrain advantage.

Could it be that there is another mystery in this formation?

Ming Tian doesn't understand strategy, but since Yin Chan called him back, he naturally had to believe her!

When Ming Tian arrived, he saw Yin Chan and An Luo standing behind the shield spear array reviewing the formation at a glance.

"Brother Mingtian, are you here?" As soon as he saw Mingtian coming, An Luo stepped forward quite enthusiastically and took off his cloak for him.

Inside, the armor was already soaking wet.

Taking off his shoes and pouring out the stagnant water inside, Ming Tian looked a little embarrassed, gasping for breath.

The long battle had exhausted Mingtian's physical strength.

[Beep], this is going to get athlete's foot, right?

"Mingtian, you've been tired for a long time, go to the rear to rest, leave it to me here!" Yin Chan said with a little concern.

Rest?

Ming Tian shook his head bitterly.

It's true that this is the first time I've participated in a war, and I'm still a commander, so I can't keep up with my physical strength, but ...

Just now, when the arrows of the bed crossbow were shot at the top, there were several times when the soldiers were not afraid of death to stop the deadly arrows for themselves.

Now go and rest and let the warriors charge? I'm not so unconscionable!

"It's true that I don't have the strength to fight anymore, but I want to stay and watch the battle, even if it's just to cheer up, my defense line is lost, the enemy will definitely send more men and horses to attack, and if I can't hold it, everything will be over."

Indifferently, Ming Tian looked at the three thousand earthquake wind army that was waiting for him, and his eyes froze slightly: "So... In any case, either I will die here today with all the soldiers, or I will triumph with them in this first battle! ”

This is enlightenment.

As a commander, even if you don't have the strength to fight, being able to take risks and stand on the front line is the best recognition for soldiers.

Yin Chan looked at Ming Tian's determined eyes, and finally nodded.

Seeing this, An Luo on the side turned to the Earthquake Troops in the canyon and shouted, "Did you hear that? Lord Koma said that he would live and die with you and triumph together! Little ones, are you going to let the county horses die?! ”

"If you want to kill the horses and destroy the Di tribe, you must first step over our corpses!!! Hmm!! ”

In the canyon, the roars of the three thousand soldiers in unison even overshadowed the lightning and thunder in the sky.

The cold rain can't extinguish the burning morale at this moment!

Although the roar and the metal of the shield can lead to lightning, now that the soldiers are in the canyon, they are not afraid of being struck by lightning.

Everyone was waiting for the arrival of the Qi army.

The Jialuguan Gorge is four kilometers deep, but when the army charges, it is only an hour's journey.

In addition, when Mingtian retreated, the enemy army was also advancing, so it didn't take long to wait.

Sure enough, after only ten minutes of waiting, a thunderclap flashed, and with the help of thunder, not far away, the first Qi army appeared.

Immediately followed by the second, the third, the fourth...

Qi Jun saw the formation on the side of the Di tribe, obviously realized that he couldn't rush hard, and began to prepare for a line formation and a kite shield!

The best way to deal with the shield spear array, of course, is to use the shield dragon array!

That is, the soldiers are crowded into a lump, using shields to block the front, back, left, right, and upper sides, and using shields to form a long dragon, directly impacting, and scattering the formation of the shield spear array.

The enemy is not an idiot, of course this simple tactic understands.

But...

The premise is that there is no arrow array behind the shield spear array!

"Put !!"

Yin Chan shouted an order, and nearly 20,000 soldiers behind him suddenly shot the first arrow of this offensive and defensive battle!

20,000 arrows, dense even denser than rain!

Before the shield dragon could be formed, it was engulfed by this round of volleys!

Hundreds of Qi troops suddenly mourned all over the place. The corpse and blood instantly laid a "carpet" on the bottom of the canyon ahead! ”

The Chinese bow has a long history, and this is the anti-angle bow of the Di people, its structure is not inferior to the modern compound bow, the range can reach 800 meters, and its power is even more amazing!

The biggest advantage is that because of the short distance, there is no need to use a bed crossbow like the Qi army did against Mingtian, and if you use a bow and arrow, the biggest advantage is that the rate of fire is fast!

In ten seconds, a skilled archer can shoot three or four arrows!

As a nomadic people, even children can hunt with a bow, and who is not a good archer?

Second round, third round, fourth round!

It would take half a minute to form a shield dragon, but with such a dense number of arrows, coupled with the fact that there was no place to open a battle line in the canyon, the Qi army did not have the time and opportunity to form a shield dragon at all.

Ten rounds of salvos, the damage of the Qi army has exceeded 5,000, and there are still zero casualties here!

Terrible.

It makes perfect use of the small caliber of the west entrance of the canyon to form a shield spear array so that the enemy does not dare to charge, and the periphery is large, forming an arrow array so that the enemy cannot form a shield dragon.

Ming Tian couldn't help but marvel, Yin Chan was a soldier in the end, and in the absence of heaven and people, he still gave up part of the terrain advantage and used a small number of men and horses to fight a beautiful formation battle!

Formations were so powerful in ancient warfare.

Mingtian secretly remembered this so that he could try it later if he had the chance.

On the other side, after taking turns of shooting, the Qi army obviously understood that it was impossible to form a shield dragon, so they set up their shields and simply launched a direct charge, hoping to rely on the numerical advantage to directly break through the defense line of the shield spear array.

But... The Earthquake Storm Army of the Di Clan is not a vegetarian.

"Come on, let's reap as much as we can!"

Yin Chan gave an order, and the shield spear array moved at this moment!

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