To the east of the inner city gate, the Seven Nights Feather Forest Tiger Warriors lined up in a phalanx, holding a giant shield in their left hand and a spear in their right. Approaching little by little with the same pace.

Once, there was a demon warrior named Youxing Tianzhu who traveled to another time and space and learned this ancient phalanx. And it was taught to all races in the demon world, and it was unanimously praised.

In that plane, this formation was called: the Greek phalanx

It is not only a strong and sharp wall, but also a large flexible and powerful net - when the phalanx is launched and advanced, almost no one can break through the phalanx, and when a part of the phalanx is broken by the enemy, the people behind will immediately replenish it, so that the whole phalanx will not be chaotic; And when the enemy wants to retreat or break up, the phalanx can quickly turn into a large net to surround the enemy, or break them one by one, or encircle and annihilate them.

Although many countries in Greece used this type of phalanx to fight at that time, only the Spartans brought this type of phalanx to full use. Because the combat strategy of the Spartan phalanx is different from that of other armies, it can be summarized to describe the organizational strategy of the Spartan phalanx with "scattered in gathering, scattered in gathering".

It skillfully solves the problem of sluggishness and loss of flexibility in organizing the movement caused by the participation of a large number of soldiers in large-scale battles; And too flexible will make the organization scattered, lose the team's collaborative power, this paradoxical problem: no matter how scattered the team, are the same strong, no matter how cohesive and so flexible, so naturally the opponent can not match, in Greece at that time even some people think: the Spartan phalanx is an army led by God.

"It seems that it is difficult to deal with." Shang Mingwu secretly gritted his teeth.

Shen Xie hurriedly said: "Old Shang, hurry up and order an attack!" What are you waiting for? ”

Shang Mingwu said coldly: "Don't worry, I'll observe the enemy's movements again, and see if there are any other reinforcements." It seems that the reinforcements of the demon clan are probably far more than that. ”

Before the words fell, another scream of dysprosium. I saw that on the inner city gate, the 67th night armor camp was divided into three formations.

In the middle of the formation, a demon fish burst out, but with a bow instead of a crossbow. I saw him stand, take a bow in his hand, aim at a captain officer of the Demon Suppression Forbidden Army in front of the formation, and shoot an arrow.

Hearing a "whoosh", the captain fell to the sky, and the arrow hit the center of the eyebrows.

As soon as the officer fell, the roar of the demons in the camp of the Seven Nights rang out. Such archery skills are really unheard of.

The demon is obviously not satisfied. I saw him draw his bow and arrow again, aiming at a high-level martial artist of the Demon Slayer Guard.

"Smack!" The high-ranking martial artist fell in response, and the arrow was embedded in the center of his eyebrows.

On one side was the human army, and on the other side were the demon soldiers, countless pairs of eyes staring at this second arrow, silent.

If you say, the first time was lucky. So I'm afraid that this second time will be extremely scary? At such a distance, this demon can actually kill one arrow and hit one hundred shots?

Such a masterful archery, such a terrifying bow!

It can only belong to one demon, and it only belongs to one demon - Arashiha Chari, one of the four ministers of the Seven Nights

At this moment, the cheers of the demons who had been camping in the Seven Nights were getting louder and louder.

With one move, the demons unleashed their powerful crossbows from their backs, wound their feet and filled them with five-toothed arrows.

After the demons were loaded, Lanye Chaser raised his hand with one hand: "Shoot me!" ”

I saw that the six hundred demons in armor were divided into three teams, firing in a row, tearing the air with strong crossbows and letting out piercing screams. Before the sound died down, the soldiers of the First Army of the Human Vanguard fell in pieces.

Shang Mingwu was stunned: "Judging from the distance, at least five hundred steps." Such a long distance, such a large amount of wind and sand, so many targets. You can still shoot so accurately, Arashiba Chasie! Terrific. ”

Suddenly, Shen Xie's face turned pale, and his calloused hands held the King of Fudong: "Hey, old businessman!" The desolate warriors also came to kill. ”

Shang Mingwu turned to look at the direction of the inner city gate, and his face suddenly turned pale.

I saw that the desolate warriors roared like thunder, holding a nearly three-meter desolate demon halberd that had rushed to a hundred meters away from the rear guard of the demon exterminator army.

Shen Xie slowly raised the double hammer and asked loudly, "Old Shang! Give it the order. ”

Shang Mingwu calmed down at this time, turning a deaf ear to Shen Xie's words.

This sixty-fifth generation leader of the Demon Slayer Guard, the vanguard general of the human race, fell into deep thought at this time: the demon clan may have surrounded Seven Nights City at this time. At present, the inner city gate is laid with two iron tongs on the left and right, and the two sides are horns against each other. The enemy on the left side of our army is the elite line-carrying infantry Seven Nights Feather Forest Tiger Warriors, and on the right is the melee white-bladed king of the Desolate Demon Clan, the Desolate Clan. Arashiha Chari's ranged troops overwhelm us above the city gates.

Shang Mingwu paused and looked up. But seeing Shen Xie's twin hammers dancing like the wind, the more than thirty crossbow arrows that flew in front of him were all blocked back.

Around his mount, there were already weak crossbow bolts.

Shen Xie's voice was like the symphony of a sword engraving: "Old businessman! Is there a countermeasure, I'll rely on-" It turned out that he was stunned just now, and a crossbow arrow almost hit Shen Xie.

"The enemy's goal is to rally us in the city of Seven Nights, and to do so, we must first erase the possibility of our retreat. Therefore, the enemy asked the Desolate Clan Jianyong to completely block the gate of the inner city, cutting off the connection between us and Lao Tie. Then, for an hour or a day. In the home turf of the demons, they have enough time to slowly clean us up. And now, on Lao Tie's side, the situation is not very clear. At worst, I'm afraid it has all been wiped out. Shang Mingwu was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans and continued to think.

Another round of flying arrows, arrows and arrows killed dozens of people in an instant. Shen Xie's whole body trembled: "Shang Mingwu, what the hell are you-"

Shang Mingwu took a deep breath: "It seems that only by taking hand-to-hand white-knuckle combat can the long-range troops of the Seven Nights be bogeyed. So—"

Shen Xie stiffly said, "Hmph! Have you finally come back to life? You should really learn from Brother Shu's 100 soldiers deduction stunt. ”

Shang Mingwu said lightly: "Received, brother." When this battle is over, I will definitely ask him to teach me. ”

At this time, Shang Mingwu didn't know. In the future, his son Shang Tingjing developed a more powerful chessboard hundred soldiers deduction on the basis of the old handsome hundred soldiers, a technique that can simulate the current situation and crisis into the chessboard for deduction. (See Chapter 5 of this book in the story of the fathers)

The sand wind roared in my ears.

Crossbow bolts whistling around.

Suddenly, Shang Mingwu said majestically: "Herald, inform Zhou Heng and Zhu Lei to take the Demon Suppression Forbidden Army to the rear team to quickly support Wei Shihui and face the Demon King Wildfire and the Wild Clan." Ling Hu Yanqi and Chang Chengqiu led all the Xuangong warriors of the Demon Guard to eliminate the Seven Nights Feather Forest Tigers. Everyone obeyed orders, obeyed commands, and engaged with the demons. The life and death of the First Army of our vanguard depends on this battle at this moment! ”

Shang Mingwu finally looked at Shen Xie, and stopped talking: It's not time yet, it's not time for Yin (Tiger) to appear. Because, this tiger is our real killer weapon, the hole card of the vanguard first army!

Shen Xie understood what Shang Mingwu meant, but he didn't break it: because, when the time comes, Shang Mingwu himself will say it. Only the real Armageddon will borrow his weapons of mass destruction to save the scene in time and destroy the demons in one fell swoop.

After the third round of shooting, the demon of the Seven Nights Camp finished shooting, and then mounted the crossbow and shot again. The Strike Magic Crossbow is just slow to wind, not that it can't be wound with a single arrow.

The power of the demons is much greater than that of humans, and it is endless. Just give them time and give them enough arrows. The demon can keep shooting until all the humans are wiped out in the city of the Seven Nights.

When the strong wind of the fourth round of crossbows has passed. Arashiba Chaseri's arrows were replaced, intending to use the Jackdaw Arrow, which is good at dealing with dense targets, for the fifth round of shooting.

Suddenly, two roars erupted from the human vanguard formation, and the Demon Slaying Praetorian Guards rushed out. Zhou Heng led 500 people in front, and Zhu Lei led 500 people in the back, divided into two teams, and took an irregular diagonal line to copy it in the direction of Jianyong, the desolate clan at the inner city gate.

This time, it was beyond the expectations of the Demon King Wildfire.

Unexpectedly, these two human forces did not plan to retreat directly, but planned to join forces and engage with their own short-handed troops?

At this time, the desolate clan Jianyong had already fought with the guard Wei Shihui. The demons surrounded and intercepted the rear legions of the demon guards, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded.

This sudden reinforcement broke the Demon King's deployment.

"It's good! What our warriors of the Desolate Race are best at is melee combat, white-knuckle combat! The Demon King Wildfire sneered, and the magic spear was raised; I saw that the warriors of the desolate clan quickly changed formations. Five demons in groups back to back, forming a circular formation. In addition to the round formation, the other four demons formed a phalanx, and they were facing the two teams of demon slaying guards led by Zhou Heng and Zhu Lei.

The two sides fought in a round, and the desolate demon halberds rose and fell together, like a gust of windmill halberd wall, cutting the demon subduing forbidden army that rushed to the front into two. There are also barren tribes who are brave and are overturned by the warriors of the demon army. But the desolate clan in the back immediately filled the gap.

For a time, the Demon Suppression Praetorian Guards suffered heavy casualties, and their stumps and broken arms flew around. And the desolate clan Jianyong was also killed one after another, and the demon head kept falling. But with the desolate clan behind to fill the gap, the halberd array has always stood still.

Seeing that the Demon King Wildfire suddenly listed such a halberd array, and it was extremely powerful.

Shen Xie asked, "! Old businessman! What the hell is this? Shang Mingwu didn't respond, but frowned, just staring at the battlefield.

This array was brought by Youxing Tiansheng from another world - as a "special gift" to the young Wildfire Highness's demonization gift. It is known as the best gift of all!

This array comes from the ancient Warring States of Japan in another time and space.

Name: Senseiko

Spearmen are spearmen, and those marksmanship masters are very good at defending, and their stubbornness is undoubtedly the most restrained for the advancing enemy.

And the Sengoku daimyo named Toyotomi Hideyoshi was inspired by the horse seal of the "Sensei Ladyboard" and created a more powerful method of warfare based on the gun. So there was the trick of "Qianchengshu"!

Although the number of the Demon Subduing Praetorian Guard is not under the strength of the Desolate Clan, this battle is a big defeat.

And these demon warriors, under the leadership of the demon king wildfire, all sound like thunder, and they see death as home. Sweep the halberd in your hand and slash wildly. This Qiancheng, the nine halberds are in a group, covering each other, if the warriors of the Demon Suppression Forbidden Army go to the left, then the right side will be stabbed. If to the right? Then kill from the left. If it is a breakthrough in the middle, then the left and right sides will be assassinated together.

Unless you have three heads and six arms, no matter how high your martial arts are, there is no way to do it.

Of course, Zhou Heng and Zhu Lei had no choice but to lead the army back. However, the centurions of the Desolate Warriors had their eyes on the two of them, and wherever they went, a group of nine Desolate Demon Halberds greeted them together. Although the two of them have great strength, their martial arts are also high. However, in the face of the nine halberds left, center, right, front, back, up, down, and all the flank attacks, there was only one defeat and retreat.

Zhu Lei obviously did not give up, and repeatedly roared and attacked the gun formation, but he couldn't break through at all. And the subordinates of the forbidden army around him have already suffered heavy casualties.