The morale of the North Indian army was at its lowest, and the two cavalry attacks of the Don army inflicted heavy losses on them. Bagjira himself has gold armor and heavy infantry to protect him, so he doesn't have to worry about his life for the time being, but the soldiers under his command are dying one after another, can only a few hundred people be well-equipped to save the defeat? Even if he can reach the city of Qunu alive, how will the remnants of the defeated army recapture the city of Qunu from the Tang army?

He was confronted with a completely new tactic that covered his blind spot in military knowledge. In the past few hundred years, each invasion has brought a new way of warfare, the undead army of the Persian emperor Darius during the invasion brought hoplites and chariots, Alexander brought the Macedonian phalanx, and the frosty empire of the Dayue clan brought heavy cavalry charges, but this time the Tang army brought flexible interspersed light cavalry, of course, he has not seen the Tang army's crossbow arrows and longbows with the rain of arrows and six flower arrays.

In fact, every war of aggression can bring profound changes to India, such as the invasion of Darius and Alexander, which made the North Indians learn the heavy infantry and the Macedonian phalanx, and they used this advanced tactical thinking to brutalize their southern compatriots, and the great unified Mauryan Empire was born. After the end of the Sakugui Dynasty of the Otsuki clan, the North Indians learned to use cavalry and war elephants, and then the Gupta Dynasty was born. All their internal wars are against the South by the North, because North India is indeed more aggressive under the pressure of outsiders.

Although he himself was short-sighted, he had a vague sense that the elders of the Brahmin temple had harmed him, and they feared that the Kshatriya nobles' control of the army would threaten their rule, so they instilled caste segregation into the army. The sense of disconnection between the castes in an armed force made it impossible for Kshatriyas to unite their armies, even Brahmins, who had successfully transformed like him.

But he still believed that he would not be defeated, and he shouted in his heart, I am the god of war in North India! I was invincible! Now I will come to Qunu City smoothly and finally recapture Qunu City.

Calming down, Bagjira decided to form a marching phalanx, which was the Macedonian phalanx that Alexander had brought to India, but the Indians modified it according to their own characteristics, with two layers of spears on the periphery to base the enemy cavalry, and a third layer of sword and shield soldiers.

Marching in formation requires a high degree of discipline on the army, and the army under the command of Bagjira is considered the elite of the North Indian army, so it is natural to be able to complete such a low-rank complex operation.

He didn't dare to arrange the elephant array on the left side of the army formation, in case the Tang army used any witchcraft to flatten the ground and blast the elephants again, the sparse marching army just now had trampled so many people to death, if it was such a dense formation as the Macedonian phalanx, dozens of elephants were enough to make the North Indian army completely defeated.

He placed the heavy infantry guards in the center of the six phalanxes, and the Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, who formed the cavalry, were at the head and tail of the team respectively, so that even if the Tang army dared to come to charge the formation, the heavy infantry formation in the center could effectively block the enemy, and the cavalry could also rescue the cavalry phalanx at both ends, and there was no loophole in this configuration in theory.

The absence of a vulnerability is the biggest vulnerability, the Macedonian phalanx moves slowly and can be used in battlefield encounters, but not on long marches. And the main body of the march is man, as long as it is a man, it is impossible to maintain a pattern of behavior for a long time, he always has to eat, drink, Lazar and sleep, just like a herd of antelopes on the grassland, they also act in teams, but there is always a time to nap, and the wolf can always find an opportunity to hunt.

The scout passed the news of the North Indian Army to Feng Changqing, and Feng Changqing decided to go and investigate it himself, lying in the grass and looking at the neatly lined Indian army in the distance.

"I'll just say, if the North Indian god of war is at that level, then I can conquer the whole of India with more than 10,000 people. This formation is somewhat interesting, just a little interesting, and the level stops there. ”

The adjutant general asked, "General Feng, what should I do now?" ”

Feng Changqing glanced at him: "What should I do?" Arrays without fighting, today's two raids are enough, and the rest will be discussed tomorrow.

On the flat and fertile land under the starry sky, separated by a dozen miles, the two armies lit bonfires on the plain, and they were not unaware of each other's presence. With ambition and wariness of each other. It was the Don Army that showed its ambitions, and it was the North Indian Army that took vigilance.

If the side without the initiative wants to win, the difficulty level is equivalent to hell. The speed of their march made it impossible for them to take the initiative and the clarity of their objectives prevented them from wasting time to lure the enemy into ambushes, and the outcome of the war seemed to be doomed.

In the early morning of the second day, the blue waves on the Ganges River rippled, and the sparkling waves stretched for hundreds of miles. The North Indian army continued to march in formation, and the neat phalanx was also quite spectacular in its march, with dry dust rising in the air.

Li Siye divided the 3,000 cavalry into four parts, one of which followed the movement to guard the horses and provisions, and the remaining three took turns to send cavalry scouts to scout the enemy troops, waiting for their loose discipline and ready to attack at any time.

As the sun gradually rose into the sky, the North Indian army stopped, two phalanxes disbanded and ran to the river to drink, and the other four phalanxes sat down to rest. The Tang army suddenly appeared on their right side, and two cavalry teams of more than 1,000 cavalry charged against the North Indian Army from two directions, and the North Indian Army sitting on the ground hurriedly stood up to meet the enemy, and the reaction and rectification speed was half a cut slow, and the Tang Army had already rushed to the front and threw two rounds with a horn bow.

There was another skirmish in the North Indian army, and the cavalry on both flanks hurriedly came to the rescue, and when they were about to meet the enemy in the Tang army, the enemy withdrew like the wind.

The long march not only slowed down their speed, but also put their physical strength to the test, especially when the sun was in the sky, and many soldiers were tired of this fear.

Just an hour later, the Tang army found another omission in the march of the North Indian army, and made another surprise attack.

In the evening, the North Indian army again stopped repairing, most of them were numb and nervous, and the Don army carried out another round of attacks, shooting hundreds of enemy men before quickly retreating again. Not only did the lower-caste soldiers gradually lose their will due to exhaustion during the battle, but even the high-caste soldiers and Kshatriya cavalry were exhausted and complaining. This is simply a group of rats biting a living elephant, and the 20,000 troops have been covered in bruises in the pursuit of the Tang army, and they may fall apart and fall at any time.

That night, Feng Changqing summoned most of the officers to discuss, and many believed that the time had come to crush the North Indian army in one fell swoop, and that a general attack on the enemy could be launched tomorrow. Feng Changqing thought that the timing was still inappropriate, because most of the enemy troops were still able to counterattack after being attacked, even if it was a weak counterattack.

He thinks that more than two rounds of sneak attacks will be needed tomorrow, and Feng Changqing, a high-level player, is no longer satisfied with just winning the battle after understanding the comprehensive strength of the North Indian army. He also had to set high standards for himself and fight a war with a battle loss ratio ranging from fifty to one to one hundred. It's like playing through a level without taking any damage for advanced players, treating the war as an exhibition game to show off their skills.