Such a battle formation, the Southern Barbarian generals also saw it for the first time, and they were all frightened. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

With their eyesight, they couldn't get a glimpse of all the mysteries of this battle formation in such a short period of time, but they could have reversed it from the results.

The pentagonal arrays rotated alternately like wheels, harvesting several lives with each change of angle. No matter how hard the Southern Barbarian soldiers resisted, they were like praying mantis in front of the wheel, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't stop it a little, and they were crushed into meat in a blink of an eye.

At first, the infantry of the former army was still shouting and fighting, but the number of such brave soldiers quickly decreased, and the number of darers soon became as many as the opponent, and slowly became inferior to the other side.

Suddenly, someone let out a scream. Drop your weapon, turn around and flee.

Fear spreads like a plague and spreads to all those around you. The courage dissipated in an instant, and the remaining Southern Barbarian soldiers cried out of the battlefield and fled to their own camp for their lives.

The Tang army was not merciful, and the large array quickly dispersed into small formations, chasing forward like a shadow, like a goshawk fighting a rabbit, like a tiger descending a mountain.

Most of the fugitives died on the way. Before they could escape far, they encountered a wall, and they retreated to the battlefield by themselves!

The soldiers cried and pounced on the rook that had once been held up as a dry city, and tried with all their strength to knock it down in order to make a way to survive. But the Tang army's pursuit was also very fast, and many people were killed by the enemy from behind before they could push down the carts.

The few lucky ones who overturned the cart or passed through the gap between the carts were not happy for long, and what awaited them was the spear of the forest. They were stabbed by dozens of spears, raised high, and then thrown on the red-stained ground, turning to dust.

"Those who don't wait for Mingjin to retreat first will be killed!" An expressionless brute general shouted a loud emphasis, then flat-ended spears, led thousands of soldiers in neat formations, and with collective strength pushed down the turrets that had become obstacles, and plunged into battle.

Meng Shu's Chinese army stopped. The cavalry units on both flanks were also unable to move on, and the two armies engaged in a life-and-death struggle on a long front.

Tens of thousands of foot soldiers of the Southern Barbarian Army poured up like a tidal wave, attacking the Tang Army from all angles, trying to win with the tactics of crowds. However, the Tang army relied on its flexible formation and exquisite command, constantly changing formations and angles, and always allowed the enemy's attacking troops to hit the front by themselves.

The Tang army was elite and there were many barbarians in the southwest, each with its own advantages and unable to hold each other, so the battlefield soon became quite chaotic.

The two armies were staggered with each other, and sometimes a small formation of the Tang army fell into encirclement, but before the Southern Barbarian army that had reached the encirclement cheered, some people found that this was a trap, and the part of the people who were outflanked by the flank had fallen into the flank of the superior enemy army and were quickly killed.

Of course, the superiority of the Southern Barbarian Army in strength was large enough, and no matter how much the Tang Army moved and dodged, it was impossible to completely avoid the encirclement. But every time this happens, there will always be a large group of crossbowmen appearing, throwing a rain of arrows, and clearing a dead field with a position that is almost indistinguishable from friend and foe.

The generals of the Southern Barbarians all hated it. Don't look at the bow and arrow coverage of the crossbowmen of the Tang army, in fact, the Tang army is more advantageous, because they are well equipped and have at least a well-made pair of leather armor on their bodies. The attack that could cause fatal damage to the soldiers of the Southern Barbarian Army fell on the soldiers of the Tang Army, and sometimes even the oily skin could not be broken.

"Meng You, what's the specific situation now?" Meng Shu's face was covered with a layer of green qi, and his voice was as cold as eternal ice.

The attack of the foot soldier did not meet his expectations at all. Although it also caused a certain amount of consumption to the Tang army, his own losses were disproportionately completed, and Meng Shu was still not completely sure how exaggerated this ratio was, but he knew that the number must be amazing.

"The number of troops that our army has thrown into battle is close to 100,000, and more than half of the troops whose banners have disappeared. Judging from the formation of the Tang army, the casualties may be less than the eleventh ...... of our army" Meng You was also shocked.

The troops that lost the general flag were not necessarily completely wiped out, and the actual casualties caused by the Tang army were far less than 50,000. But losing the general flag means losing the command and becoming a skirmisher, which is worse than the dead, not only can not form combat power, but even interferes with his own people.

"Herald ......" Meng Shu's face did not change, but the voice of the order was a little colder, "Order the leaders of the tribes to prepare and launch the main cavalry attack!" ”

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"Rumbling...... Prosperous...... Prosperous! "The drums of war were beaten in a piece, rolling around the battlefield like thunder.

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo! In addition to the desolation and whimpering of the trumpet, the sound of the horn was also like a cry.

Occasionally, the sound of spears piercing into the bones, the muffled sound of swords and axes slashing shields, the groans of the wounded, and the shouts of the chargers changed the color of the wind and clouds.

The sun in the sky could no longer bear to look at the miserable scene of this world, and quietly hid behind the clouds.

The sky was dark, like a prelude to the end of the world, but the people who were intoxicated with the fight were unaware, and continued to wave the steel knife that had been cut through the gap, shouting and fighting.

The wind whistled across the boundless wilderness, stirring between the mountains and rivers, and the strong force blew the drum horns, but could not disperse the roar of the human beings.

The clouds, moving with the wind, gathered on the distant mountains, covering the sky, covering the sky, but not the murderous aura from the spirit of all things.

Li Yi stood under the general's flag, his eyes were in front of him, and the expression on his face was not affected by the tragic atmosphere on the battlefield at all, and there was no joy or sorrow.

It has been more than 20 years since we came to this era of more than 1,800 years ago, and I don't know how many battles have been experienced, and even more tragic battles have not been encountered. Although in peacetime, Li Yi is very important to life, but when the war officially began, Li Yi was able to face everything calmly. Because he knows very well that in war, only a calm and sober mind can make him command the war more reasonably and reduce the casualties of the soldiers under his command.

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After the tragic foot fighting, the foot soldiers of the Southern Barbarian Army had begun to cower, and on the long front, there were routs everywhere like headless flies. Whether it was crashing into the sword edge of the Warlord or disrupting the array of friendly troops, they didn't care, they only had one thought in their hearts, as long as they could stay away from the terrifying enemy.

Fear is contagious.

Seeing the panicked appearance of the rout, even the rear army foot soldiers who had not engaged in the battle all the time felt cold in their hearts, and their feet seemed to have fallen a thousand catties of boulders, and they couldn't move.

The foot soldiers in the middle and in front of them have no fighting spirit. The generals and the overseers urged once, and they only took a few steps forward slowly, and when the gaze of these urgers shifted slightly, they immediately retreated back to their original places several times faster. It wasn't until the next time he was driven away that he had no choice but to move forward, but in the end it was just a matter of repeating the same steps.

The Southern Barbarian Army has more than 300,000 foot soldiers, and the current casualties are at most less than 10%, which is said to have no great impact on the overall combat strength. However, the Southern Barbarian Army was temporarily put together by various tribes, all of them were rabble, and they were stronger than the Yellow Turban Army back then.

Now both sides have their own scruples. The cavalry of the Southern Barbarian Army never moved, and although the Tang Army's infantry had the upper hand, they did not dare to move forward too much and were taken advantage of by the enemy cavalry.

In this southern expedition, because of the long distance and the terrain of Yizhou, Li Yi did not have many cavalry, only the first cavalry of the Tang Army led by Zhao Yun, and a cavalry corps of the Royal Forest Army, with a total of more than 20,000 cavalry. Therefore, in terms of cavalry, the Nanban has an advantage.

Meng was clearly aware of this.

He had no other choice now. If the troops continue to stand still, the scale of the army's morale will continue to decline, and it is unknown whether it will evolve into a rout of the whole army. Without the cover of foot soldiers, the simple cavalry did not have much advantage over the Tang army.

Even if Li Yi cared about his own losses and avoided fighting to the death, the Southern Barbarian Army, which only had pure cavalry, could not continue to maintain pressure on the Tang Army's Southern Expeditionary Army.

Withdrawing troops for the time being is the next step. If this battle is retreated, his prestige will drop to the same level as other leaders, and when supplies become tight, a chain reaction will be formed, and the entire coalition will collapse.

You can only advance, not retreat!

Realizing this, Meng Shu gave an order, and the cavalry of the Chinese army and both wings began to assemble and prepare for the attack.

From Li Yi's point of view, the huge military formation of the Southern Barbarian Cavalry, like a huge jellyfish, looked so neat in the scattered infantry array, with the sound of drums and horns, constantly shrinking, ten times stronger than before, the murderous spirit rose to the sky, and the morale of the entire Southwest Barbarian Army was lifted out of thin air!

"What a Meng Shu." Li Yi praised from the bottom of his heart, "I defeated him one after another before, and I thought he was a wasted person, but now he can be regarded as an insight." ”

Indeed, before this war, Li Yi had always had some doubts about how Meng Huo's commanding ability as high as 85 given in the military general system came about. Because judging from what he saw and Meng Shu's performance in his memory, he didn't seem to have such a high command ability.

Now it seems that the reason why he performed so badly was entirely because his opponent was too strong and he couldn't show what he was good at.

"How can the emperor increase his popularity and destroy his own prestige?" Zhang Fei muttered dissatisfiedly, "The Southern Barbarian cavalry does look majestic, but they are relying on the number of more people, a full 80,000 horsemen!" Even if there are 80,000 pigs on horseback, it is still very majestic. Not to mention the cavalry of the Southern Barbarians, as well as fierce beasts such as lions, elephants, tigers and leopards. ”

Zhao Yun next to him glared at Zhang Fei and reprimanded, "Yide, what are you talking nonsense!" ”