Chapter 368: The two armies clash

If someone could fly high in the sky at this time, they would see a spectacular scene within a hundred miles of this grassland. "Ke * Le* Yan * Love * First * Fa ()] [No pop-up novel network baoliny]

Two groups of men and horses that are no less than fifty or sixty miles apart are approaching each other directly, and the momentum of these two groups is not at the same level at all.

The steppe people heading east were mighty, like a rushing wave. The two thousand men of the monks' camp, heading westward, seemed to be the difference between children and adults in front of each other.

It's just that now more than fifty miles away, the steppe people didn't know that such a group of people had appeared in front of them. And Lin Si and the others were completely unintentional.

At this time, Lin Si was riding an unusually tall war horse, surrounded by more than 2,000 people, and galloped forward at a hurry.

His posture on the horse was very strange, obviously he had a saddle, but he sat behind the saddle, because Ji Bingyun sat in front of him.

With Lin Si's strength, as long as he didn't rush to fight the enemy in person, he was still sure to protect Ji Bingyun from any harm.

Even Ji Bingyun can't even ride a horse.

In this battle, Lin Si chose to take the initiative instead of setting up an ambush on the spot.

Although they knew the movements of the steppe people in advance, it was still too much for them to arrange an ambush circle that could kill 20,000 people in advance.

2,000 people, even if 20,000 people are surrounded in groups, they can't eat.

What's more, it is difficult to find such terrain in the steppe area that is suitable for ambushing large forces.

If they want to defeat the 20,000 steppe cavalry, their best choice is to fight, constantly harass each other, and drag down the other party step by step is the best way.

Ambush, of course, can give the opponent a surprise blow at first, but once the opponent recovers, the next will be a frontal fight.

This will be a long battle, Lin Si, who is constantly deducing the follow-up battle situation, muttered in his heart.

Lin Si didn't know that the first battle he was now commanding would become a battle that people talked about many years later.

The reason why the mainland people and even military scientists have always taken the trouble to mention this war more than ten years later is not because of the significance of the war itself.

It was because this battle was the first and only time that Lin Si, Ji Bingyun, Mu Zheping, and Nie He, the four people who were enough to change the situation on the mainland in the future

Whenever people in later generations mention this battle, they can't help but shake their hearts and think of the heroic posture of those four people at that time.

But they couldn't have imagined that Lin Si and Ji Bingyun at that time had no bottom in their hearts about this battle. So much so that the two men who rode together did not say a word to each other until the battle.

And at that time, Mu Zheping and Nie He were completely two herald pawns, and where did they show a trace of the courage to lead a million-strong army as they imagined

Only a quarter of an hour passed, and the two groups of people officially met in the vast grassland.

At this time, the two sides were still seven or eight miles apart.

It's just that, to everyone's surprise, although the grassland people are strong, the number of people is a little wrong.

The steppe people who appeared here seem to be less than 20,000, but 15,000.

Whether it was Lin Yong who was dozens of zhang away on the left or Du Yu on the right, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Lin Si who was in the right position at this time, waiting for his order.

Although the fewer enemies, the easier the battle will be, this accident still makes everyone a little uneasy. Since the steppe cavalry were all on horseback, it was impossible for their marching formation to be completely dispersed like those cultivators before, otherwise they would not be worthy of being called the steppe spirit cavalry.

The number of people is less than 5,000, and that group of people can't be left behind, so where did they go?

"Sue sรน They continued to move forward, and after marching to within two hundred zhang in front of the grassland people, they began to shoot three arrows each, and then turned around and retreated in three ways," Lin Si calmly said to Ji Bingyun in front of him.

These complex passwords and flags could not be completed smoothly by Lin Si at this time.

And on the real battlefield, the shouts of killing, the clashing of weapons, and the neighing of war horses were almost as loud as the sky, and it was a joke just by shouting orders from his mouth.

Ji Bingyun nodded, then raised his hand, and the two small red flags began to wave all kinds of flags.

Mu Zheping and Nie He, on the other hand, quickly beat their horses and supplemented Lin Si's orders to both sides.

The two armies soon approached within two miles.

The steppe army in front had already discovered this army that did not even have a military flag, and at this time they also recognized this group of men and horses as their sworn enemies, the Qiansong people.

The steppe people in the front row had already untied their bows and arrows and scattered in formation.

The battle has begun to fight completely, and as a feud, the two sides do not need any temptation and declaration of war at all.

It wasn't until he saw the grassland people scatter the formation that was originally spread out horizontally and half a mile wide into two miles, and continued to expand horizontally, encircling this side, that Lin Si understood the significance of this move.

After the other party disperses like this, the meaning is twofold.

For one, if you scatter your men and horses, you will receive less damage when you are covered by the enemy's bow and arrows.

Second, the coverage of your bow and arrow is increased several times, and it can inflict greater damage on the enemy. At the same time, after the bow and arrow have killed the enemy in a large area, it is possible to take advantage of the situation to surround and strangle the enemy.

is worthy of being a steppe person, even if he has lost his rank, he can still make appropriate responses in an orderly manner.

Lin Si sighed secretly in his heart.

He wasn't afraid of the steppe people, who had the advantage of speed and range. He just regretted that he hadn't thought of this before, and he knew that he should have let his side disperse the formation first.

In this way, the first wave of attacks could kill as many steppe people as possible, and at the same time, provoke them and disrupt their positions with a greater range

But he didn't know that his vision was unique. Now that the two sides have not yet begun to fight, it is impossible to judge the intentions and consequences of the other side just from the actions of the other side, which is by no means something ordinary people can do.

Just then, he was stunned to find that the two thousand-man teams on his left and right flanks were also lined up in a line just as quickly.

Lin Si couldn't help but lower her eyes and looked at Ji Bingyun in front of her, who was motionless, just quietly looking at Ji Bingyun in front of her, this should be her own opinion

Where she didn't expect, she directly made up for it.

For others, some people may feel that the majesty of their commander has been provoked. But Lin Si wouldn't think so, he just felt that this Ji Bingyun was really unexpectedly powerful

It seems that she is the one who is really familiar with military books and has all of them. Even if she hadn't been on the battlefield, she knew what to do.

Thinking of this, Lin Si was very determined, and with her by his side, he was much more relaxed

The steppe people soon entered the two hundred zhang range of the monks' camp, and in an instant, the two wings of the monks' camp began to pull the bowstrings continuously.

Two thousand people shot arrows in unison, and the scene was still spectacular. After the first wave of projectiles, a rain of arrows poured down, and many steppe people fell like long grass blown down by the wind.

The grassland people obviously didn't expect the strength of this group of Qiansong people to be so high. After a distance of 200 zhang, he was able to start shooting arrows to hurt people.

For a while, they were caught off guard by the original rush and crashed headlong into the rain of arrows.

After the steppe people in the front row fell, the steppe people in the back row raised their shields to protect the front of them.

It was not the first time that the men of the monk battalion had dealt with the steppe people, and although the steppe cavalry protected their bodies with shields, their horses were unarmoured.

The men of the monks' battalion switched from projectile to flat fire, and the second and third waves of arrows rushed straight at the steppe horses.

The destructive power of these three waves of bows and arrows was truly staggering, and at least 3,000 of the 15,000 steppe cavalry fell under the bows and arrows.

It's just that, to Lin Si's surprise, the chaotic scene he originally imagined because of these three waves of arrow rain did not appear.

Although the steppe cavalry suffered heavy damage, the rear cavalry still rushed over in an orderly manner.

They charged extremely fast, and after three arrows, the steppe people were already within one hundred and fifty feet, and then they began to return fire.

"Withdraw" The monk battalions on both flanks turned to the left and right and retreated.

And Lin Si, who was in the army, also turned around and retreated with the more than 100 people led by Bai Jinghuan beside him. The three groups of people gradually separated, separated by hundreds of feet.

"Let them control their speed, keep a distance between 150 zhang and 200 zhang from the steppe people, and shoot arrows backwards at the same time"

Hearing Lin Si's words, Ji Bingyun waved the flag again.

The steppe people in the rear chased after them without thinking.

This is a very natural thing, at this time in the vast grassland, there are no ambushes and traps in front, they were killed and injured by the other party, more than 3,000 people were injured, there is no reason to watch the other party leave like this.

And the remaining 12,000 people of the steppe people were quickly divided into three teams.

There are 5,000 on the left and right wings, and 2,000 troops, and they are divided into three ways to pursue Lin Si's side and three people

The earth-shattering shouts and the sound of horses' hooves coming from the rear could not affect Lin Si's mood in the slightest, because he had experienced this kind of scene of being pursued several times and was used to it

At the end, he swung his sword from time to time to shoot down the impending arrows, while constantly observing the situation on the left and right wings.

The situation on the left and right flanks was good, and the steppe people who were chasing from the rear were constantly shot off their horses, and it looked as if they had come together to send them to their deaths.

And what surprised Lin Si the most was that there had been no casualties on their side so far.

He had thought that when he turned and retreated, the two camps of monks would be shot and killed by the steppe people.

And in this situation of fighting and retreating, the opponent's bow and arrow may also threaten the horses of the people behind the palace. At this time, once the horse is arrowed, it will immediately fall behind, and the next is almost a dead end.

Lin Si found that the people behind the two thousand-person teams were the strongest dozen people in the monk battalion, plus those few Extreme Realm guards.

If these people are behind, the enemy's arrows will be easily blocked. And even if they are horses and arrows, with the strength of their Extreme Realm and Yuan Realm, they can follow the team even with their legs.

This is also what he didn't expect at the beginning, and it seems that it is Ji Bingyun's handiwork again.

In this way, the two sides chased and fled, and soon rushed forward for more than ten miles. In the process of this pursuit, the steppe people on both wings kept falling from their horses.

In these more than ten miles of road, there are grassland people who have been shot off their horses almost everywhere along the way.

Lin Si's initial judgment was not wrong, the war horses of the grassland people were already tired.

Under normal circumstances, the horses of the steppe people would not run as slow as the horses of the Qiansong people. Now, however, they have not been able to shorten the distance.

Even though they were not afraid of death and kept shouting and killing, they were never able to attack the Qiansong people in front