Chapter Seventy-Seven

Sun Jingyu lay in the shade of a tree, and five days of non-stop pursuit made his body overdrawn to the limit. After taking a short rest, Sun Jingyu felt a trace of new power in his body, and his mind gradually began to become less fanatical and calm. Calming down, he began to analyze the shape of the entire battlefield. Suddenly, a deep fear invaded his heart. He didn't know where that fear came from, but he seemed to feel that the initiative on the battlefield was no longer in his hands. For the first time, he wavered from his previous almost arrogant, blindly optimistic estimates.

If the "homeland" now had 5,000 cavalry, then Li Yuxuan was fully capable of crushing this exhausted army head-on. Only now did he realize how long forty miles was, and now he seemed so far away from Kefield.

Sun Jingyu stood up from the ground violently, wanting to order the troops to retreat and join the troops that were coming from behind. But when he saw the soldiers lying on the ground, and saw the tired looks on their faces, he wavered. He now finds himself in a dilemma.

If he ordered to retreat now, it would make these 7,000 soldiers exhaust the last bit of body, and the entire army would be ineffective in a short time. If they do not retreat, once the "homeland" really launches a counterattack, then these 7,000 sergeants alone will have no certainty of victory.

Whether to retreat or stay in place, two different ideas fought fiercely in Sun Jingyu's mind, and he seemed to feel that there were two villains fighting in his head. Sun Jingyu didn't know that his current situation was a situation that he should never have as a commander. Hesitation, this is a taboo for soldiers.

"General, there's smoke!" said one of the guards beside Sun Jingyu, pointing to the sky due north.

An ominous premonition rose in Sun Jingyu's heart like black smoke in front of him.

Most of the soldiers rose from the ground, staring in horror at the black smoke rising in the distance.

"There is an enemy army in front of you, it's cavalry!"

I don't know who shouted, all the Fengxiang soldiers stood together, and many of them didn't even wear their armor neatly. These veteran veterans knew very well that being alone on the battlefield meant death. All of them formed Feng Xiang's regular battle sequence, with shield soldiers in front, pikemen next to them, then long and short archers, and finally ironclad infantry. However, due to personnel reasons, the whole formation is not the usual rectangle, but presents a shape that is narrow in the front and wide in the back. The reason is that many shieldmen and pikemen have been left behind, and imagine how a one-man tall shield or a two-man long spear can match the speed of those who carry bows and arrows or ordinary infantry.

Sun Jingyu got on the war horse with the help of his guards, and the extreme exhaustion and panic in his heart filled his whole body with a sense of powerlessness.

After getting on the horse, Sun Jingyu rode his horse to a relatively high hill and looked north, a few miles away the smoke and dust were billowing out, and it was impossible to see how many cavalry the enemy had, but the speed of its advance made him feel frightened and frightened. Obviously, this cavalry is not composed of some so-called "stragglers", and its combat effectiveness and mental state are at their peak. Looking back at his army, Sun Jingyu clearly felt that the aura of death had begun to envelop the land.

Li Yuxuan of "Homeland" is really not an ordinary person!

Now there is no time left for myself to sigh. As a soldier, it is now my responsibility to return to my command position and face this battle with my soldiers, which may be the last battle I commanded.

Sun Jingyu suddenly remembered a person in his heart, Bramitch, the commander of the Second Corps of the Kingdom. Who would have imagined that in just half a month, he would go from a victor to a vanquished, and he doesn't know what Bramic's mind was before he died.

More than a quarter of an hour later, Li Yuxuan and his cavalry army appeared in front of Sun Jingyu in a neat appearance, and the two top commanders of the two sides, who had been fighting for a month, examined each other face-to-face for the first time.

This is the head of the "homeland", the commander who is only nineteen years old this year. The body naturally exudes a kingly momentum, so that he in the formation does not dare to force his eyes.

Sun Jingyu glanced at the "homeland" cavalry in front of him.

Standing behind Li Yuxuan, Tang Xu and the three of them were also amazing, although they were only around twenty years old, their fierce murderous aura was by no means inferior to any general they had ever seen. Obviously, these three people are all capable of standing alone, and it is even more rare that they are all so young. It is not difficult to imagine that as long as time passes, they will definitely become famous generals who make the enemy dare on the battlefield. Looking at the young soldiers, the fanaticism revealed in their faces and eyes was something that they had never seen before with a dozen soldiers.

Wang Shuai, fierce generals, male soldiers, all this qiē is in the hands of a nineteen-year-old boy, just ask what else can he compete with him at this moment.

This is the timid Li Yuxuan in his imagination, and this is the "home" of a terrified dog in his impression.

A kind of irony and self-deprecation, Sun Jingyu, who had no way out at the moment, laughed bitterly, and the ensuing feeling of depression made him want to cry without tears.

Li Yuxuan was also observing the ironclad infantry in front of him and its commander Sun Jingyu at the moment. From surprise to bitter smile, from bitter smile to depression, every subtle change in the expression on Sun Jingyu's face fell into his eyes.

Although he knew very well that the winner of this war would be himself, he knew very well that the seven thousand Fengxiang ironclad infantry in front of him were already at the end of their strengths, and they were weak to cheer up. But seeing that they did not scatter and flee in such an exhausted and chaotic situation, but formed a formation, Li Yuxuan felt the tenacious side of this army from the bottom of his heart.

Feng Xiang's ironclad infantry was worthy of being the strongest infantry in the southern part of the continent, and its combat qualities really surprised Li Yuxuan.

It seemed that he was going to change his original plan, and the tenacity of the ironclad infantry was beyond his expectations.

Originally, Li Yuxuan thought that as soon as the 3,000 cavalry led by him appeared, Feng Xiang's ironclad infantry would definitely be a little flustered, and he relied on the superior impact and speed of the cavalry to break the enemy apart and split it, so as to disperse the enemy's strength and make it unable to exert the power of the infantry corps in collective combat. Then there is the coercion and encirclement of the Li Fang Army and the Baiyunqi Army on the left and right flanks, and they can not only achieve complete victory, but also will not have too many casualties.

But now the situation is obviously different, Feng Xiang's infantry corps did not appear in the panic he expected, but formed a formation that Feng Xiang has always been proud of to defend against cavalry assault. In normal times, no matter how powerful his three thousand cavalry were, he would not be able to break through this formation composed of seven thousand Fengxiang infantry. Even now, he has the ability and combat power to impact this formation, but the price is huge.

Li Yuxuan waved his hand to stop the advance of the entire cavalry team, and stopped at a distance of five hundred steps from the Fengxiang infantry corps. In this way, a strange phenomenon appeared, nearly 10,000 soldiers on both sides faced each other, and there was no obstacle between them to stop the war, but the war did not happen immediately as most people expected. The battlefield that was supposed to be killing the sky turned out to be only the neighing of war horses.

However, the sunlight overhead did not weaken by half a point because of the sudden stagnation of the war, and the close formation of people and the increasingly heavy atmosphere on the entire battlefield made the soldiers on both sides sweat like rain, and their bodies were also passing bit by bit under the torment of the sun.

At this time, Sun Jingyu, who was in his own military formation, truly realized the terrible nature of his opponent.

Li Yuxuan did not order his troops to enter the battle as soon as they arrived at the battlefield, and as soon as he saw that his army was in formation, he immediately ordered the cavalry to stop advancing and let the two armies stand still opposite each other. There is only one purpose, which is to consume the last bit of combat power and fighting spirit of your own sergeants, and give a fatal blow when your own army formation is at its most vulnerable. But now he can't order the troops to retreat and withdraw from the battlefield, because on the way to retreat, due to the pressure of the other side, the only bit of fighting spirit on his side is likely to collapse, and he can't and dare not imagine what kind of situation it will be at that time.

The forces of both sides continued to face off each other, with no intention of either side to attack or retreat.

At this time, Li Yuxuan, who was in the front of the battle formation, clearly saw the tired expressions on the faces of the enemy soldiers, although they were still holding on, they were only one step away from collapse.

When he was about to win, Li Yuxuan would never allow himself to make the slightest mistake, and no matter what state the opponent's army was in, he would not despise his opponent. When he was convinced that he could sacrifice a thousand soldiers in exchange for victory, he would never sacrifice fifteen hundred soldiers. This is the scary thing about Li Yuxuan, on the premise of ensuring that he does not make mistakes, as long as his opponent makes a mistake, he may lose the chance to equalize forever.

The time has finally come for the building to collapse!

More and more infantry appeared on the flanks of the Fengxiang Corps.

When these infantry first appeared, Sun Jingyu thought that they were the follow-up troops who came from behind, but when he saw the armor on their bodies and the murderous aura on their faces, he knew that he was wrong.

Bai Yunqi and Li Fang's infantry corps finally arrived at the battlefield, and the encirclement of Feng Xiang's infantry corps was finally formed. At this point, the balance of victory has completely tilted in favor of the "homeland".

The Feng Xiang soldiers in the array looked at the enemy infantry around them, and the remaining trace of fighting spirit on their faces was gone at this moment, replaced by fear, fear of the enemy's superior forces, and fear of death.

Sun Jingyu was also bloodless at the moment, staring at the overwhelming "homeland" in a daze, and her mind was blank. In front of themselves are no longer dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of enemies, but tens of thousands of enemy regular troops.

At this moment, Sun Jingyu really understood the intentions of the nineteen-year-old boy opposite him.

Not to defeat themselves, but to annihilate Fengxiang's Fourth Corps.