Strictly speaking, the platoon infantry phalanx of the Jianghuai Army was actually a famous infantry phalanx in the western Mediterranean region thousands of years ago. Before the fourth century AD, during the time of King Philip II of the Macedonian Empire and his successor Alexander, the Macedonian Empire had grown their infantry phalanx to its peak.

However, the Macedonian infantry phalanx at its peak was a mixed force of multiple arms. In that era of bronze weapons, the Macedonian infantry phalanx formed a mixed force tactic and dominated the Mediterranean, until the Macedonian successors gradually discarded the tactics created by Alexander and became a single army. In the end, the Macedonian phalanx, together with the Macedonian Empire, was defeated by the invincible legions of the Romans.

Wang Shichong was originally from the Western Regions, with curly hair, blue eyes and a high nose. It is very likely that his ancestors were the subjects of the Macedonian Empire who migrated from the Mediterranean to the East, so Wang Shichong would have known about this Macedonian infantry phalanx.

However, the Macedonian infantry phalanx has high requirements for the terrain, and it also requires the cooperation of multiple arms to cooperate and cooperate. Nearly a thousand years ago, they were defeated by the Romans. Therefore, this infantry phalanx is not invincible.

However, since Wang Shichong formed the Jianghuai Army, he has dealt with peasant armies. When the peasant army started fighting, it had always been based on the tactics of crowds, and the infantry would attack like a pot in a single battle, without any rules. Therefore, Wang Shichong's Macedonian infantry formation from the West can make him win many battles and be invincible across the Jianghuai. Often with one enemy number, or even one enemy hundred.

But it is precisely because Wang Shichong used to fight peasant armies. Therefore, although his Jianghuai army has amazing achievements, it has not attracted too many people's attention. In the eyes of many generals of the imperial court, the peasant army was nothing more than a group of peasants who had not washed their feet and landed ashore, and anyone who fought could win. Especially in front of Zhang Xutuo, a fierce general who dared to rush 20,000 people with five horses, Wang Shichong's victory could not help but be a little overshadowed.

It is precisely because of this that Li Mi saw the Chen and Zheng families' coalition forces. When he dared to land on the beach under his nose, he could not wait to launch a fierce attack, trying to drive the Jianghuai army down the river in one fell swoop.

However, there is no pie in the sky, and there is no free lunch in the world.

Very often, the more beautiful the mushroom. But the more deadly toxins it contains.

Li Mi was so dazzled by the prospect of victory that he forgot that since Chen Kefu was known as a famous general, it was impossible for him to make such a simple mistake. He forgot that the Jianghuai Army was a unit trained by Wang Shichong, and since the coalition army had sent this force to land in formation, how could it be so easy to deal with.

Too much rush for quick success often blinds a person's eyes.

Even at this time, after the Wei army paid a very heavy price. Li Mi's eyes still only saw that the Wei army had surrounded the Jianghuai army. It seems that as long as you work harder, you can drive the Jianghuai army down the river. He didn't notice that with how the Wei army was besieged, the Jianghuai army's infantry formation did not take a step back, but was slowly advancing neatly.

What Li Mi saw was that the Wei army had surrounded the Jianghuai army, and the annihilation of the Jianghuai army was close at hand.

But Zhang Zhongjian, who was watching the battle in Hexinzhou, smiled and sent the Jianghuai army ashore, which was just a feint, and the biggest purpose was to attract the attention of the Wei army and cover Chen Kefu's troops to secretly move east.

However, the performance of the JAC army at the moment. When Zhang Zhongjian was surprised, it also made him secretly vigilant. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes at this time, he himself would not have thought that the Jianghuai Army would have such combat effectiveness.

A warship on the south shore has become the handsome banner of King Zheng and Wang Xuanying at this time. Seeing that the Jianghuai infantry array was unwavering under the fierce impact of the Wei army, it was still advancing steadily, and gradually inserted into the center of the Wei army's formation. Wang Xuanying's face was full of pride. In this battle, he wanted to show everyone that although the Jianghuai Army lost his father Wang Shichong, he should not be underestimated by anyone. …,

Wang Wei, Yang Wei, Huo Shiju, Liu Changgong, Liang Dezhong, and Dong Zhitong put on their helmets and armor, and came to the shore with their horses.

"Lord Wang. Our infantry formation has blocked the onslaught of the Wei army. The momentum of the Wei army has weakened, and now is the time for us to counterattack. The last general and others asked the prince for an order, and allowed us to lead our troops and horses to counterattack! ”

Wang Xuanying listened attentively, and on the battlefield, the deafening shouts and killing of the Wei army were indeed much weaker. Looking at the formation in front of them, the infantry formation has been constantly advancing, and the Wei army is not only unable to advance at this time, but is constantly slowly retreating. Even the strongest cavalry of the Wei army was completely caught in the sea of their own infantry at this time.

"Are you all ready?"

Wang Bian is more than ten years older than Wang Xuanying, but he is the son of Wang Shichong's uncle. Facing the inquiry of the head of the family, Wang Wei patted the double-layer iron armor on his chest and said loudly, "The children have already been prepared, just waiting for King Zheng's order." ”

Wang Xuanying nodded, the Jianghuai infantry on the battlefield seemed to be invincible, but in fact, every Wang family member knew it. The real killer of the Jianghuai army was not the infantry, but their cavalry.

In order not to be killed by bows and arrows, guns, etc., all the platoon soldiers wear two layers of armor and carry an iron shield. Lance, double iron armor, iron shield, horizontal knife. Combined, these pieces of equipment are not lightweight.

Therefore, since its formation, Wang Shichong has told every general of the Wang family that the infantry formation is just a chopping block, and their biggest advantage is that the formation is solid, and it is difficult for ordinary enemies to break their array.

In the same way, the dense phalanx, although it has strong defenses, lacks quick mobility. Their advantage lies in uncovering the enemy's offensive momentum and even blocking the enemy's path. If the enemy storms, then the enemy will suffer heavy casualties under their dense platoon. In the same way, if the enemy retreats after suffering a loss, it will be difficult for them to pursue.

Therefore, the Jianghuai army has always used platoon infantry formations to block the enemy's attack, and after blocking the enemy's attack, it immediately sent cavalry with rapid mobility to attack the enemy's array.

The Jianghuai platoon infantry formation is the chopping board, and the Jianghuai cavalry is the knife, which repeatedly cuts the enemy troops who cannot advance and retreat on the chopping board. Until the opponent's formation collapses and the enemy is defeated, then in front of the infantry formation and cavalry group, victory is already in hand.

At present, the Wei army, which was in confrontation with the Jianghuai infantry array for the first time, was in this situation.

Wang Xuanying did not hesitate any longer, and nodded in agreement to the six generals who commanded the Jianghuai cavalry.

"Woo! ~~~”

"Boom! ~~~”

On the battlefield where the battle was being torn apart, the horn of the Jianghuai Army suddenly sounded, and the war drums rang out in unison.

The sound of the whining horn penetrated the entire battlefield, and the rumbling sound of war drums brought together more than 100 cowhide drums, and the sound of thunder-like drums and horns made all the Jianghuai real soldiers on the battlefield feel shocked and enthusiastic.

All the Jianghuai soldiers knew that whenever such a sound sounded on the battlefield, it indicated that they had controlled the battlefield and the time had come to counterattack.

"Ho! Ho! Ho! ”

The roar of the Jianghuai army here resounded throughout the battlefield, and the sound became louder and louder, and finally directly converged into a neat and passionate roar.

On Dongguan Ridge, Li Mi and others changed color together.

Li Yuan on the side also had an ugly face, "King Wei, it looks like the Jianghuai army is about to fight back." ”

Li Mi didn't say a word, his face gloomy. The battle has been fought for so long, and the shadow of the Hebei Army has not yet been seen, and the Jianghuai Army alone has made them stalemate the war. They have superior forces and have been fighting for so long without any progress at all.

But now, the Jianghuai army has made such a big move, even if Li Mi can't guess the Jianghuai army's movements, he can know from experience that this is the Jianghuai army is going to counterattack in an all-round way. …,

"Quick, send the overseer team to supervise the battle, pass on the order of the lonely, only advance, not retreat, and those who retreat in violation of the order will be killed on the spot."

Shen Luoyan added, "King Wei, immediately pull all our bed crossbows and catapults to the battlefield to support the soldiers of the former army from behind. ”

Li Mi nodded, "Yes, pull all our crossbows and catapults to the front, and give me a hard beating, and beat them to a pulp." ”

Seeing that Li Mi had already lost a little bit, Li Yuan looked at Li Mi with a slight disdain in his heart. In Li Yuan's view, Li Mi has always been a bit of a master with low ambition and talent. There were so many soldiers and horses in the air, but as a result, they mixed in the Central Plains for several years, but the more they mixed, the more they regressed. As now, it was an ambush battle in which the Wei army had the upper hand, but it turned out to be a stalemate for him, and let others gain the upper hand.

However, contempt is contempt, at the moment Li Yuan and Li Mi are still in the same boat, if Li Mi is defeated, then he Li Yuan will not have a good life. At that moment, he reminded loudly, "King Wei, now that Chen Kefu has been surrounded here, should we quickly transfer the other 50,000 soldiers and horses who were ambushed in Luokou to this battlefield to strengthen some offensives." After all, the current ashore is all the Jianghuai army, and Chen Kefu's Hebei army has not yet been dispatched. ”

Li Mi only felt a toothache when he heard this, he had never fought with Chen Kefu before, he only thought that Chen Kefu was just a tiger in the mountains in Hebei, so the monkey was the king. But now that he is really face-to-face, he has not yet started fighting, and the power of the Hebei Army has already made him feel heavy in his heart.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Mi paused, "Pass Gu's order, and all the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Luokou will be transferred immediately, and the whole army will be arrayed at the foot of Bishan Mountain to join the battlefield." After speaking, he felt that it was not enough, gritted his teeth, and said to the herald, "Then transfer 20,000 horses from Baihua Valley and 10,000 people from Luokou to come immediately." Lone didn't expect that Wang Xuanying, that child, would actually bring all his belongings. This time, no matter what, we will annihilate them together. ”

"Yes!" The herald quickly departed.

The drums rumbled, the east grew brighter, and a new day began.