Control the speed of the march, on the premise of maintaining the state of the soldiers, it will take about four days to reach the outside of the Great Yan King City, which is probably another purpose of the royal court, that is, to buy a few more days for itself.

At this time, Xia Qi, who had completely grasped the dominance of this war, could be said to be full of calmness as the dominant party, and to put it arrogantly, how could the royal court still struggle to the death?

Self-confidence is undoubtedly a good thing, but it's not good to get up on the waves, Xia Qi, who has been crawling in countless routines, obviously knows this better than anyone else, so the more critical he is, the more calm he becomes, and the army advances all the way, during this period, Xia Qi keeps sending scouts to reconnoiter the surrounding terrain and situation, so as not to be ambushed and attacked by the enemy.

This hand undoubtedly blocked someone's last bit of hope, listening to the report of the soldiers under his command, Wang Ting's whole face was difficult to see, Xia Qi's almost step-by-step way of advancing made him unable to find any opportunity at all!

With a cloudy and uncertain face, Wang Ting, who had been entangled for a long time, squeezed out two words from between his teeth.

"Assault!"

There is no need to fight the battle to defend the city, Xia Qi's Eight Bull Crossbow completely suppressed him, and finally had to meet the attack, rather than that, it is better to suddenly kill in the middle of the road and fight a surprise battle, so that the odds of victory may be a little higher! And, from a certain point of view, raid warfare is probably the most suitable style of play for him at the moment......

The other side......

On the third day of the march, the slightly shaking ground made the slowly advancing army stop its pace, riding on the back of lightning, Xia Qi, who had a wider field of vision, saw the dust raised in the distance at a glance.

"Heh, there is no chance of an ambush and sneak attack, so why just send cavalry to attack?"

The royal court has cavalry troops, which has long been confirmed.

This cavalry suffered heavy losses in the battle with the steppe barbarians not long ago, and has not recovered until now, but this also shows that Dayan, where the royal court is located, has reached a critical moment of life and death.

The corners of his mouth outlined a playful sneer, and between Xia Qi's waves, the well-trained infantry units quickly formed a military formation one by one, and the spearmen troops, who were the natural enemies of the cavalry, were directly scolded!

However, Wang Ting was a player after all, and obviously considered the possibility that his cavalry troops would be targeted, and after rushing to a certain distance, a round of arrows flew from somewhere on the battlefield and directly attacked Xia Qi's military formation.

"All hands up their shields!!"

Xia Qi's infantry troops, the number of shield-wielding infantry is overwhelmingly superior, dealing with the enemy's archer troops' arrow rain attacks, for these shield-wielding infantry is equivalent to commonplace, while protecting themselves, there is even spare strength to cover the nearest spearmen, which is enough to see how easy these veterans are.

The rain of arrows exposed their position, and after easily blocking the three salvos on the opposite side, Xia Qi quickly confirmed the enemy army that was exposed to his field of vision, but did not let his own army move forward, but ordered all the shield-wielding infantry to maintain a shield-holding defensive state, and then he directly ignored this side, decisively turned around and commanded his own archers, and cooperated with the spearmen to slap the group of cavalry who wanted to surround him.

This move couldn't help but make the Wang Ting in the distance a little dumbfounded, this surnamed Xia didn't follow the routine at all!

Now this battle is clearly aimed at his cavalry troops.

As the commander of the cavalry troops, Wang Bo said that the pressure was great, and just the spearmen who were staring at them were enough to make him jealous, and now with the hundreds of archers who were staring at them all the way with bows and arrows, he clearly felt that the other party had already taken precautions.

In the face of such a situation, Wang Ting's attack tactics this time were undoubtedly a failure, and they failed quite completely.

Wang Bo was the commander of this cavalry, and in the face of such a situation, he immediately led his cavalry to temporarily leave the battlefield.

Looking at the cavalry unit that went away directly with its mobility after a detour for a certain distance, a trace of surprise flashed in Xia Qi's eyes, the cavalry is a type of troop that is difficult to use, and while paying attention to the terrain, it also pays attention to a timing.

If it is used well, a round of cavalry troops can directly inflict a devastating blow on the enemy troops, and if it is not used well, it will be like now, especially wasted, and there is not even much sense of existence.

The hand arranged by the royal court is undoubtedly rotten to the extreme, although Xia Qi can also understand that under the premise that he is advancing so cautiously, if he wants to fight a surprise battle, then he can only let the cavalry troops fight the vanguard with their mobility, but rotten is rotten, the facts are in front of him, and he can't help but admit it.

However, under this premise, the temporary judgment of the opposing general's surprise Xia Qi was a surprise, after the cavalry unit failed in a round of raids, what was the most taboo thing? It is a forcible fight regardless of it!

That's something that only rookies do.

And the correct way to deal with it is to rely on the mobility to temporarily leave the battlefield and find the next opportunity to strike, this Wang Bo's approach is correct.

He signaled the spearmen to continue to pay attention to the movements of the cavalry, and then ordered the archers to change the target of the attack and began to counter-suppress the infantry units of the royal court with a rain of arrows.

The change of situation came too quickly, and the cavalry troops failed to seize the opportunity to make a move, which brought a lot of pressure to the royal court.

"The whole army charges !!"

The sound of killing shook the sky, and the morale on the opposite side was unexpectedly fierce, and Wang Ting obviously brushed a wave of morale when he shouted, and it was clear that he wanted to take advantage of a wave of first-mover advantage to suppress Xia Qi's army.

Seeing through the other party's purpose, Xia Qi behaved very calmly at this time, his eyes swept the vanguard troops opposite, and he didn't need to look closely at all, the scattered formation made him clearly aware of the amateurism of this halberd army, and then came to his senses.

The other party wants to use the recruits who have been forcibly recruited to fight the vanguard, so as to consume the physical strength of the soldiers on their side.

"Patriarch, these halberds ......"

Obviously, Li Chuan, who also saw this, spoke with a little hesitation in his tone.

"I know what you're trying to say."

Xia Qi glanced at Li Chuan lightly, and then directly interrupted his words, "The people who were forcibly conscripted are indeed pitiful, but since they have gone to the battlefield and rushed up with weapons to kill, they are enemies, do you understand?" ”

Different from the previous time when he recruited Wang Lucong's troops, he had the city wall as a reliance at that time, and to a certain extent, it can be said that he had no fear, and after receiving the surrendered troops, he could immediately ask the generals under his command to manage them in a unified manner.

And at this moment, he led his troops to fight in the field, and recruiting the opponent's soldiers at this time would undoubtedly increase the instability factor for the army under his command, and Xia Qi had no intention of doing so at all.

The military formation still hasn't moved a bit, and now it's Wang Ting, not him, Xia Qi waits for work, waiting for the other side to kill, and then, he wants to give the other party the deepest despair in one breath!

After glancing at the distance and feeling that he was almost at the position, Xia Qi shouted, "Bear! ”

Needless to say, Xiong pulled out the bronze war knife at his waist.

"Axe and shield troops, meet the enemy with me!!"

On one side is a well-trained axe and shield troops, while on the other side is a group of civilians who have been forcibly recruited.

There is no suspense, the moment the militia unit wielding the bronze halberd collides with it, it is as if it has broken into the ghost gate and fallen into the hell of the knife mountain! A falling bronze battle axe mercilessly slaughtered the creatures on the battlefield, and a one-sided slaughter began.

The overwhelming disparity in strength plunged these forcibly recruited militiamen into deep despair, and the scene in front of them was not a war at all, but they rushed forward one after another to die!

The morale that had been pulled up by Wang Ting's skill before fell to freezing point in an instant at this moment, and the blood-stained bronze battle axe on the opposite side made them feel no chance of winning, and all they brought was endless despair!

Seeing an opportunity, Xia Qi shouted loudly: "Listen to the militia who were forcibly recruited on the other side, I know that standing here is not your will, but because the royal court forced you to go to the battlefield, I have no intention of slaughtering civilians, now, I give you a chance, throw away the weapons in your hands, and flee from this battlefield, escape as far away as possible, I promise not to send people to pursue, but did not lose the weapons, and choose to continue to stay here, the sword on the battlefield has no eyes, you only have a way to die!" ”

Xia Qi didn't plan to add instability to himself when he was fighting in the field, but letting these militiamen become deserters was also a good way to weaken the royal court's forces in disguise.

His words can be said to be right to the point, pierced the hearts of those militiamen, among them, basically none of them stood here voluntarily, originally all of them were peasants with hoes to plow the land and herd cattle, and suddenly they were caught in the barracks, and then put their weapons in their hands, and went to the battlefield, didn't that tell them to die?

At this moment, the right words became the catalyst for their inner emotions, and the fear of the battlefield and death in their hearts instantly crushed the will of a group of people, causing them to drop their weapons on the spot and flee in one direction.

And human beings are a kind of creatures with a strong herd mentality, this wave directly brought about a chain reaction, and hundreds of people fled in the blink of an eye, so angry that Wang Ting, who was at the rear of the military formation, turned pale, and then roared angrily,

"Those who escape from the battle will be punished according to the crime of desertion, and they will be beheaded by the nine clans!!"

As the king of Dayan, Wang Ting's words were undoubtedly very deterrent, and they forcibly curbed the situation that the militia troops were almost about to break and flee, and the appearance of the militiamen who were holding weapons on the battlefield with desperate faces made Li Chuan's eyes flash a trace of unbearability, and then simply persuaded these people loudly, telling them to put down their weapons and flee.

In this regard, Xia Qi didn't say a word, let him shout, Li Chuan has a shortcoming, of course, to a certain extent, it can also be regarded as an advantage, that is, he is very kind to the common people, he can undoubtedly become a general who is deeply loved by the people, but he obviously still has learning.

Looking at Li Chuan, who had tried hard to persuade to no avail, Xia Qi spoke calmly.