Chapter 216

"This matter would have been uncertain, and everything should be done in accordance with military orders. Under the inquiry of a subordinate, Zhao Xu could only answer like this.

"What if the enemy has been monitoring the situation in the camp, perhaps our army has already discovered the matter of our army's secret sorting out. One general suggested this possibility.

Zhao Xu considered this, there must be enemy eyes around the camp, although he could not enter the camp to investigate, he could still find abnormal movements in the camp. It was based on this that Zhao Xu set the time for retreat at night.

A cadre of generals got Zhao Xu's reply, and there was nothing else to say, now that the army of the Snow Country had arrived, they had become full of danger even to withdraw their troops. It would have been nice if they had withdrawn last night, but it's a pity that they have missed the best time to evacuate, and now they can only discuss it.

While the generals were discussing the withdrawal of troops, the drills of the soldiers outside were still going on normally. However, the three of them had already come to the mixed training area with the big bull brothers, standing in the same team, and practicing the formation with those soldiers.

In terms of formation, the army is very particular. The cavalry should play the role of cavalry, and the infantry should give full play to the ability of the infantry, which requires a good formation, otherwise the formation of the army on this side has been chaotic before the war has begun, and once the enemy army rushes in, it will only make the chaos more serious.

As soon as the formation is chaotic, the morale of the whole army will be affected, so it has been very particular about arranging troops and arranging formations since ancient times. Sometimes it's the cavalry, sometimes it's the archers, and it all depends on the situation of the game.

Throughout the ages, archers have always restrained cavalry, but cavalry is strong and strong, once rushed into the formation of archers, it is difficult for archers with short swords to resist, so archers on the battlefield have limited opportunities to attack.

Once the attack is over, they will either retreat to the rear of the army or fight with their short weapons. After all, they are all martial arts cultivators, and the combat power of archers is no worse than that of ordinary infantry, and the key is that the training of archers is not easy.

To become an archer, you may not need the strength of a cavalryman, and you don't need the ability to control a crossbow, but archers take a long time to train, and archers know a lot more than infantry, so a smart general will not let their archers die at the hands of enemy horses.

Generally, when arranging troops, there will be specific corridors between each team for archers. After firing a few arrows, the archers had to retreat from the road to a safe place according to the military order, so that the enemy could not have a chance to hurt them. But once the melee begins, the role of the archers is greatly reduced, and in the end they even have to charge like infantry.

Since ancient times, there have only been two situations for archers to participate in battle, when the battle is in progress, or when the battle is about to end, one is to pursue the victory with their own soldiers, when the enemy's momentum has declined, and the archers can use short weapons to participate in the battle, and they can also use bows and arrows to pursue.

The other is the defeat of the enemy, whose own soldiers are almost dead, and it will be their turn to fight again. At that time, archers had to go to war. All in all, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, so it depends on how their officers command it.

The methods that the three of them learned today are very simple, and after training for a period of time, Lin Xuanzhong fully understands that in fact, the main role of arranging troops is to keep their own formation not chaotic. There were no outstanding merits in the offensive side, and as the officer said, they had only rehearsed the most basic arrays, and the real ones had not yet been learned.

There is a lot to learn in the army, and now the three of them already know that it is not so easy to be a soldier. It's already very hard to train in normal times, and you can be killed at any time when you actually go into battle to kill the enemy, so it's better not to be a soldier.

When Lin Xuanzhong had his own ideas, the Da Niu brothers made Lin Xuanzhong realize a new dimension. Joining the army is a duty or an honor, and if a country does not have an army, it will be turbulent and the people will find it difficult to survive.

Since the establishment of the army can not be recruited, the recruitment of soldiers will be called, those sons may not need to join the army, but those ordinary people, they have a low status, and lack of strength, joining the army is a way for them to practice martial arts to change their fate, and there is no threshold, so it is very suitable for some poor people who want to get ahead.

According to the explanation of the Da Niu brothers, Lin Xuanzhong gradually learned that they had come to join the army not only for a ration, but also to protect their families. One of the policies of the Night Kingdom is that someone in the family can be exempted from a certain amount of tax service if they join the army.

Everything is not as simple as they imagined, not all people who join the army are just for their own survival, they come with responsibilities and stand with a mission on their backs. After gradually comprehending more things, Lin Xuanzhong's resistance to joining the army was no longer so strong, and when he looked at the uniform on his body, it was no longer so awkward.

The afternoon training ended early in the morning, followed the big bull brothers back to the tent, and the three of them had a good rest for a while. I have to say that today is much more fulfilling than yesterday. If it had been like this from the beginning, the three would not have that feeling of being under house arrest. Now think about how good the commander is, otherwise the three of them would not have thought of staying in the tent in peace, and someone would have come to bring them food.

Not long after, a military order came that the army would retreat tonight, and all the sergeants were ready to retreat. Because of the instructions of those commanding officers, the sergeants who received the orders did not dare to publicize them, did not dare to discuss them in private, and everything in the barracks was still as normal as usual.

Sitting in the tent, the three of them whispered about the good news they had just heard, as long as they retreated to the city pass, they no longer had to worry about safety, and they could even leave the army directly.

Thinking of the possibility of freedom, the three of them were very excited about the news of the withdrawal. For a few days, only now the three were the happiest. It's a pity that the three of them would not have thought that the few days they spent in the barracks would be their calmest days in the next long time, and perhaps many years later, the three of them would have to sigh for the life of these few days.

Because the army was going to be withdrawn at night, the whole army had to increase a certain amount of rations, and Lin Xuanzhong and the others also ate very well at night.

Unlike the previous days, it was not dark today, and the barracks had quieted down, and the three of them could feel the change in the atmosphere outside the tent.

As I waited, time passed slowly, and the firelight outside was blown by the wind, and the flickering light illuminated the inside of the tent. The three people who were meditating and pranayama sometimes opened their eyes to see, and sometimes they used their true qi to adjust their respective states to the best as soon as possible.

A trace of true qi traveled smoothly in his body, Lin Xuanzhong had a strong feeling, different from the situation after the realm had recovered, the true qi in his body was very weak at this moment, not strong at all, maybe this was the difference between low-level martial cultivation and high-level martial cultivation. No matter how Lin Xuanzhong used his true qi, the situation had not changed much, and his true qi had always been only a little bit.

I remember that the two qi veins of heaven and earth were all in the chest, and every time Lin Xuanzhong would feel the situation of the two qi veins with his heart, there was nothing abnormal, and his body seemed to have no problems.

When he couldn't feel the problem of the qi veins, Lin Xuanzhong shifted his attention to the dantian position. The dantian is the place where the true qi is hidden, but there is no special feeling to test it with the true qi.

I had read about the role of dantian in books before, and Lin Xuanzhong knew that the strength of a martial cultivator had a lot to do with dantian. The more true qi contained in the dantian, the stronger the strength of martial cultivation, and the strength of martial cultivation is generally displayed by strength.

As a concentrated location of true qi, the dantian connects the various qi veins of Wu Xiu's body. Generally, the higher the realm of martial cultivation, the stronger the qi veins will become, and they can withstand the impact of a large amount of true qi in a short period of time, thus bursting out with tremendous power.

Lin Xuanzhong had experienced a medicinal bath, and his physique had changed drastically, and after reaching the sixth order of the martial realm in his original realm, Lin Xuanzhong's qi veins could withstand the impact of a large amount of true qi. Now that the true qi in the realm falling into the dantian is limited, the true qi flowing into the qi veins is even more limited compared to before, and Lin Xuanzhong can feel the weakness of those true qi turning.

It's a pity that this is the state of third-order martial cultivation, so after thinking about it, he only got a sigh back. In fact, it has always been a headache for Lin Xuanzhong not because of the qi and pulse problems, but because he didn't know what problems he had, and what methods he could solve them, and he didn't even have a way to know about the problems, these were the things that really made Lin Xuanzhong embarrassed.

Fortunately, after experiencing so many things, Lin Xuanzhong deeply understands a truth, everything is not done quickly, and sometimes it is the best choice to go with the flow.

In the blink of an eye, another hour passed, and Lin Xuanzhong got up and went outside to take a look. Brother Da Niu is really still there, and his heart is gradually relaxed, and it is not yet time for the army to evacuate.

When Lin Xuanzhong asked when he would leave, the Da Niu brothers did not say the specific time, but only said that they would definitely call the three of them when they retreated. After receiving the reply from the two, Lin Xuanzhong smiled and retreated to the tent.

There are so many soldiers outside that they must move very much once they retreat, and they can all find out without being reminded by the big bull brothers. There are so many soldiers on Lin Xuanzhong's mind, and the three of them don't need to worry about the Snow Country's army coming suddenly.

In a blink of an eye, another hour passed, and Brother Da Niu finally came in.

"Three brothers, come with us. ”

There is no need for Da Niu to make it clear, the three of them knew that the time for retreat was up, and there was nothing to prepare, so they took the kettle and two blunt swords, followed behind the Da Niu brothers, and the three of them quickly left the camp tent.

The outside layout has not changed at all, there are no fewer lights, no tents have been removed, but there are obviously fewer people. It used to be a three-step post, now it is a ten-step one-post, and there are no patrolling soldiers.

Not long after, when they came to the back of the camp, the five of them quickly found a square to stand.

There were already many people lined up here, one by one, lightly armed, like the three of them, and no one spoke loudly all the time.