Chapter 288, step by step
Control the speed of the march, and on the premise of maintaining the state of the soldiers, it will take about four days to reach the outside of the Great Zhou King City, which is probably another purpose of Zhou Dongnan, that is, to buy himself a few more days.
At this time, Luo Ji, who has completely grasped the dominance of this war in his hands, can be said to be full of calmness as an advantageous party, to put it arrogantly, how can Zhou Southeast still struggle to the death?
Self-confidence is undoubtedly a good thing, but the waves are not very good, Luo Ji, who has been crawling in countless routines, obviously knows this better than anyone else, so the more critical he is, the more calm he becomes, and the army advances all the way, during this period, Luo Ji keeps sending scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding terrain and situation, so as not to be ambushed and attacked by the enemy.
This hand undoubtedly blocked someone's last bit of hope, listening to the report of the soldiers under his command, Zhou Dongnan's whole face was difficult to see, Luo Ji's almost step-by-step way of advancing made him unable to find any opportunity at all!
With a cloudy and uncertain face, Zhou Dongnan, who had been entangled for a long time, squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "Attack!" β
There was no need to fight the battle to defend the city, Luo Ji's three-bow bed crossbow completely suppressed him, and finally had to meet the city, rather than that, it was better to suddenly kill in the middle of the road and fight a surprise battle, so that the odds of victory might be a little higher! And, from a certain point of view, raid warfare is probably the most suitable style of play for him at the moment......
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On the third day of the march, the slightly shaking ground made the slowly advancing army stop its pace, riding on the back of a horse with a burning plain fire, Luo Ji, who had a wider field of vision, saw the dust raised in the distance at a glance, "Heh, there is no chance of ambush and sneak attack, so why just send cavalry to attack?" β
There are cavalry troops in the southeast of Zhou, which is something that has long been confirmed, but the previous siege battles and siege battles are basically no use for this type of troops, but from another point of view, it is precisely for this reason that the cavalry troops have become the only troops in the hands of the southeast of Zhou that have preserved their strength intact! And the most suitable thing for a detachment is a surprise battle, how could Zhou Dongnan not make good use of this and give full play to his advantages? On the other hand, how could Luo Ji, who had calculated that he had reached this point, not be a little guarded?
The corners of his mouth outlined a playful sneer, and between Luo Ji's waves, the well-trained infantry units quickly formed a military formation one by one, and the spearmen troops, who were the natural enemies of the cavalry, were directly scolded!
However, Zhou Dongnan was a player after all, and obviously considered the possibility that his cavalry troops would be targeted, and after rushing to a certain distance, a round of arrow rain flew from somewhere on the battlefield and directly attacked Luo Ji's military formation.
"All hands up their shields!!"
Luo Ji's infantry troops, the number of shield-wielding infantry is overwhelmingly superior, dealing with the arrow rain attack of the enemy's archer troops, for these shield-wielding infantry is equivalent to commonplace, while protecting themselves, there is even the spare strength to cover the nearest halberd soldiers, which is enough to see how easy these veterans are.
The rain of arrows exposed their position, and after easily blocking the three salvos on the opposite side, Luo Ji quickly confirmed the enemy army exposed to his field of vision, but did not let his own army move forward, but ordered all the shield-wielding infantry to maintain a shield-holding defensive state, and then he directly ignored this side, decisively turned around and commanded his own archers, and cooperated with the spearmen to scare the group of cavalry who wanted to go around him.
This move couldn't help but make Zhou Dongnan in the distance a little dumbfounded, the one surnamed Luo didn't follow the routine at all! Now this battle is clearly aimed at his cavalry troops.
As the commander of the cavalry unit, Zhao Zhe said that the pressure was too great, just the spearmen who were staring at them were enough to make him jealous, and now with the hundreds of archers who were staring at them all the way with bows and arrows, he clearly felt that the other party had already taken precautions.
In the face of such a situation, Zhou Dongnan's attack tactics this time were undoubtedly a failure, and it failed quite completely, at this moment Zhao Zhe clearly realized that he had to temporarily leave the battlefield, and he actually did so......
Looking at the cavalry unit that went away directly with its mobility after a detour for a certain distance, a trace of surprise flashed in Luo Ji's eyes, the cavalry is a type of troop that is difficult to use, and while paying attention to the terrain, it also pays attention to a timing.
If you use it well, the cavalry troops can directly inflict a devastating blow on the enemy troops with a round of charge, and if you don't use it well, it will be as useless as just now, and you won't even have much sense of existence.
The hand arranged by Zhou Dongnan is undoubtedly extremely rotten, although Luo Ji can also understand that under the premise that he is advancing so cautiously, if he wants to fight a surprise battle, then he can only let the cavalry troops fight the vanguard with their mobility, but rotten is rotten, and the facts are in front of him, so he can't help but admit it.
However, under this premise, the temporary judgment of the opposing general's surprise Luo Ji was a surprise, after the cavalry troops failed in a round of raids, what was the most taboo thing? It is a forcible fight regardless of it! That's something that only rookies do.
And the correct way to deal with it is to rely on the mobility to temporarily leave the battlefield and look for the next opportunity to strike, this Zhao Zhe's approach is correct.
Signaling the spearmen to continue to pay attention to the movements of the cavalry, he then ordered the archers to change the target of the attack and began to counter-suppress the infantry units southeast of Zhou with a rain of arrows.
The change of the situation came too quickly, and the cavalry troops failed to seize the opportunity to make a move, which brought a lot of pressure to Zhou Dongnan, and the thoughts in his mind flew around, only to see Zhou Dongnan wave the halberd in his hand, and at the same time shouted, "The whole army charges!" β
The sound of killing shook the sky, and the morale on the opposite side was unexpectedly fierce, Zhou Dongnan obviously brushed a wave of morale when he shouted, and it was clear that he wanted to take advantage of a wave of first-mover advantage to suppress Luo Ji's army.
Seeing through the other party's purpose, Luo Ji behaved very calmly at this time, his eyes swept the vanguard troops opposite, and he didn't need to look closely at all, the scattered formation made him clearly aware of the amateurism of this halberd army, and then a trace of clarity flashed in his eyes, "Use the recruits who are forcibly recruited to fight the vanguard?" It seems that they are trying to drain the physical strength of my soldiers. β
"Chief, these halberd soldiers ......" It was obviously Zhou Yi, who also saw this, and there was a bit of hesitation in his tone.
"I know what you're trying to say." Luo Ji glanced at Zhou Yi lightly, and then directly interrupted his words, "The people who were forcibly conscripted are indeed pitiful, but since they have gone to the battlefield and rushed up with weapons to kill, they are enemies, do you understand?" β
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