Chapter 457

The defense line of the wing army is too weak, and from time to time some places will be broken through by the night army, so the generals next to Ruan Qiling have changed color, but standing in the middle of the generals, Ruan Qiling's face has not changed at all, as if everything that is happening now is within his expectations, and he seems to be confident of turning defeat into victory.

The battle between the two armies of "Dangdang ......" became more intense, the wing army kept falling, the defense line moved back, and the night army infantry quickly joined forces to kill all the scattered and isolated wing cavalry, and the battle line began to fundamentally advance. The fiercer the battle, the more brave the night army.

The night army's offensive is too strong, and at present, the wing army is obviously mainly defensive, but it still can't stop the night army's edge. During the melee, the generals of the winged army kept shouting to their soldiers to stay in formation. But because the wing army was afraid of the night army, the instructions of those generals did not have much effect.

"Marshal, if we continue like this, I'm afraid that our army will be completely defeated by the enemy?" Next to the chariot, a general couldn't help but wonder if Ruan Qiling's intentions were correct or not after paying attention to the situation on the battlefield.

"Don't worry, this commander has his own measure," the strength of the night army is indeed beyond Ruan Qiling's estimate, but Ruan Qiling has been waiting for the opportunity since the two armies fought, and the bravery of the night army is just to speed up the time for Ruan Qiling.

"Yes," Seeing Ruan Qiling like this, even if those generals had doubts, they didn't dare to show it openly at this moment, otherwise they would question Ruan Qiling's decision.

Time passed little by little, and the battle line of the Wing Army retreated again and again, and the rout was already extremely obvious, but at this time, those shield soldiers in the rear of the Wing Army were still unmoved, as if the battle situation in front had nothing to do with them.

On the city tower, a group of generals expressed to Zhao Xu that victory was in sight, but Zhao Xu was most worried. Being in a high place, Zhao Xu saw the situation of the battle between the two armies more clearly. It stands to reason that the enemy army should resist with all its strength at this moment, but it seems that the enemy army is still retaining its strength, which makes Zhao Xu wonder, but those shield soldiers are motionless, and Zhao Xu can't see the enemy's commander's plan.

"General, our army will undoubtedly win today's battle. ”

"Our sergeants have been through many battles, and each of them is extremely brave, how can those fledgling wings be the opponents of our army. If we win this battle, the morale of the enemy will inevitably plummet, and our army may be able to send troops to take the enemy's camp directly. ”

The generals next to Zhao Xu were all happy, and they were very confident in the current battle situation. The tone of their voice sounded like they had already won the game, but they were even more worried about what Zhao Xu said, Zhao Xu was more and more puzzled at the moment about the role of the enemy's shield soldiers, whether it was just to stay in the rear and give the army a strong reputation.

Not long after, when Zhao Xu continued to guess Ruan Qiling's intentions, there was finally a change on the enemy's shield soldiers' side.

"Beat the drum, wave the flag," Ruan Qiling, who had been waiting for a long time, finally ordered to the general next to him, "The shield soldiers attacked." ”

"Yes," the generals on both sides ordered, followed by the beating of the war drums of the winged troops, and the flag was raised. The shield generals, who had been waiting for a long time, gave orders to the soldiers behind them.

There was a sound of neat and heavy footsteps, and I saw those shield soldiers raise their shields one after another and move forward in unison.

As soon as the shield soldiers moved, the infantry and cavalry of the winged army in front of them fought and retreated, retreating from the gap in the shield soldiers' square.

It didn't take long for the Night Nation cavalry to officially meet the shield soldiers of the Wing Country.

"Pull the shield wall," a simple command, and the well-trained shield soldiers spread out as they pressed their shields against the soldiers in front of them, row after row.

Immediately afterward, the night cavalry that rushed rushed crashed into the shield wall. Some of the cavalry knocked the soldiers who formed the shield wall backwards, and the shields that were originally close to each other were knocked apart, but the result was without exception, no matter what the night cavalry smashed the shield wall into, they were eventually blocked by the shield wall.

The crossbow horses slammed into the shield wall because their bodies were blocked, and they leaned back, tearing off the soldiers on their backs, and some even threw the horsemen on them out. The cavalry could not break through the shield wall, let alone kill the wingmen hiding behind the shields.

After blocking the cavalry's charge, the wingmen behind the shields quickly stabilized their bodies, then turned their shields and drew their spears through the gaps between the shields, stabbing the crossbow horses or fallen Night Troopers in one fell swoop.

The Winged Army's shield men were well-trained and moved in unison, and after killing a platoon of cavalry, they pushed forward as a whole. At the same time, the night army was still rushing forward, and there were more and more confrontations between shield soldiers and cavalry. For the first time after some time, the Night Cavalry felt that their advance was blocked.

On the chariot, Ruan Qiling's expression was indifferent, and the performance of the shield soldiers was unexpected.

On the other side, on the city tower, Zhao Xu and those generals changed their expressions one by one after seeing the performance of the Wing Army's shield soldiers.

"What's the matter, why is our army being held back by the enemy?" said one general, who couldn't understand why the cavalry of the Night Army couldn't beat the enemy infantry with shields.

"The enemy's shield soldiers advance and retreat in an orderly manner, rely on each other, and are very orderly and powerful," Zhao Xu stared closely at the every move of the shield soldiers of the wing army, and saw all the situation in his eyes, those shield soldiers were closely attached to each other, like a wall, blocking the charge of the night army cavalry, and it was also very lethal, Zhao Xu clearly saw that the cavalry was assassinated by those spears sticking out from behind the shield, and there was no ability to resist. In front of the shield soldiers, it seemed that their cavalry had lost all their combat power, and only one body remained.

At the same time, the cavalry generals on the battlefield saw that the soldiers could not continue to charge, and on the one hand shouted for the soldiers to be braver, and on the other hand, they personally attacked the shield soldiers.

It's a pity that although they are seventh-order martial cultivators, the power of their attacks is not something that ordinary soldiers can withstand, but when their weapons or strength hit the shield wall, it is no different from several crossbow horses hitting the shield wall at the same time, at most, they just mess up the shield wall, and they can't completely destroy a shield wall at all.

Sometimes, even if you can occasionally kill a soldier who makes up the shield wall, the rear wing will quickly step forward to fill the gap, so that the shield wall will always play well. In this case, not only did the ordinary cavalry have no confidence, but even those cavalry generals did not know what to do, but unfortunately there was no order from above to withdraw the troops, and they could only continue to charge at all costs.

As time passed, the Night Cavalry suffered more and more casualties, and the Winged Guard's shield soldiers continued to advance over the corpses of the Night Army. After the large number of winged troops in front of them were withdrawn, the shield soldiers' squadrons had long since expanded horizontally, and the distribution of troops became more and more extensive, and now the night army has been completely blocked.

On the chariot, Ruan Qiling saw that many generals had followed the strategy they had discussed before, allowing the well-trained shield soldiers to play a role little by little, and the expression in his eyes became more and more natural.

At the same time, after seeing the strength of the shield soldiers, the generals next to the chariot gradually understood Ruan Qiling's plan one by one, and while sighing that Ruan Qiling was not in chaos, he became more and more confident in fighting, and the feeling of turning defeat into victory gradually increased.

"Marshal, are our troops surrounding the enemy?" watched the shield soldiers continue to stretch the battle line, and one general speculated.

"Exactly," replied lightly, Ruan Qiling only hoped that the night army would not retreat now, so that they could surround some more night soldiers and kill more night soldiers.

"The marshal is wise. ”

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The wing generals kept praising Ruan Qiling, and everything on the wing army's side was developing in a good direction.

"General, our army is no match for the enemy's shield soldiers, how can it be?" At the same time, the look of victory on the face of the night general in the city just now has completely disappeared, and now a person has a heavy face, and he is very worried about the situation of the night army.

"General, the enemy army wants to encircle our army, is our army going to withdraw?" The enemy army withdrew more and more cavalry and infantry personnel, and on the other side, the shield soldiers were getting wider and wider, and there was a tendency to encircle the night army. In fact, many generals have seen that the Wing Army is encircling their army, and Zhao Xu will naturally not be an exception.

Zhao Xu had already thought about the question of the two generals just now, and what Zhao Xu was thinking about at the moment was not whether to withdraw or not to withdraw the army, but what to do if their army was surrounded by the wing army. Judging from the current situation, if there are no reinforcements, I am afraid that there will be many casualties by then. But once troops are sent to relieve the siege, the night army will only lose more completely.

Rather than this, it is better to withdraw as soon as possible while the night army still has the upper hand, so as to reduce the casualties of the night army.

"If the order goes down, our army will withdraw immediately," After careful consideration, Zhao Xu directly chose to retreat.

"The general must not, if the troops are withdrawn at this time, doesn't it mean that our army is not the enemy of the wing army?" Although the night army is not fighting well now, it does not mean that all the generals want to withdraw the army, and some generals even feel that as long as they fight for a period of time, their night army is likely to defeat the shield soldiers of the wing army.

"General, although our army is temporarily blocked, the soldiers are brave and fearless, hold on for a while, and maybe we can find a way to defeat the shield soldiers," followed by another general who advocated continuing the battle. Although the shield soldiers of the wing army are very strong, the general who spoke does not think that the shield soldiers are invincible, and this person naturally believes in the combat power of their night army, not to mention that there are not only cavalry but also infantry outside the city.

Zhao Xu was most afraid that someone would question his decision at a critical moment, but this situation still appeared, if things were really as simple as these two generals said, it would not be impossible to fight. But in Zhao Xu's opinion, facing the shield soldiers head-on, their cavalry did not have any advantage. If the infantry had fought with those shield soldiers, I am afraid that the momentum of the night army would have been frustrated. At that time, if the infantry is still defeated by the shield soldiers of the Wing Army, the morale of the Night Army will be greatly damaged, and in the end, regardless of the casualties, it will definitely be the Night Army that will be defeated.

The strong performance of the Wing Army's shield soldiers constantly told Zhao Xu that the Wing Army was a well-trained army. Remembering that the wing army only used very little time to arrange the troops before, Zhao Xu was extremely sure of his discovery, so the two generals were completely willful in the main battle. Zhao Xu couldn't accept this unwise gamble, and the night army couldn't afford to gamble.