Once the number of people on the ancient battlefield exceeded 10,000, it would be overwhelming, and there would be no end in sight.

In the absence of communication tools, people's voices are inaudible and are covered by a large number of noises.

Then the command of the army, mainly rely on the command flag, snare drum, or musical instrument to command the army to form a military formation, and give full play to the advantage of numbers.

And the formation, in fact, is not as mysterious as in film and television dramas.

What is the Five Elements Bagua Array, the Tiangang Beidou Array can be invincible if it is composed of formations, that is all an exaggeration in the story.

In fact, the formation is a tactical unit in which all branches of the army and various combat units in the general are coordinated together, in fact, it is the same as playing a game, with the meat shield in front and the output in the back, but there are more people and more complex.

Right now, Li Jinglong's army was placed in a circle.

This formation is a defensive formation carried out on flat terrain and without relying on terrain.

Li Jinglong obviously intends to wait for the attack by defending, braking quietly, and observing the opponent's flaws first.

As Zhu Gaoxu gave the order, the army formed a phalanx and began to advance.

The herald of the Tieming Army waved the military flag, and the herald on horseback swept the herald, and the command of the military flag was to advance the attack.

There are also trumpeters in the army, who once again convey the order, making it easier for the soldiers to distinguish them.

With the exciting music playing.

Wen time, morale soared again.

A small phalanx of twenty-five people formed a medium-sized phalanx, advancing towards each other, like a torrent of steel.

The phalanx needs to be aligned front and back, the four sides are like ropes, every time you walk a distance, you have to slow down slightly, tidy up the formation, it looks rigid, but it is actually very effective, it is composed of dense soldiers, like a copper wall with a wall of iron approaching, the disadvantage is that the two wings are weak, and it is a common formation for infantry attacks.

Drink! Drink! Drink!

The phalanx began to move forward.

It is more common for musical instruments to cooperate with military commands, but this is the first time I have seen that instrument, and Zhu Yuanzhang on the high platform is curious: "What kind of musical instrument is that?" ”

Fang Bin, the secretary of the military department, explained: "It was a trumpet, which was invented by the national teacher, and the sound it made was relatively high, and it had a miraculous effect on boosting morale. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao: "You can always invent some strange things." ”

Li Xiao smiled: "It's all nonsense. ”

The crowd was a little speechless, and they were thinking nonsense.

Afterwards, the crowd continued to watch the changes in the scene.

Li Xiao looked at the dense military formations on both sides, and said in his heart This is the winning method in the era of cold weapons, the soldiers are very dense, and they are teammates on the left and right, which can not only bring courage, but also the spear formation composed of spears, the stragglers can't get close at all, they only need to face the enemy in front of them, and forming such a formation is like a life harvesting machine on the battlefield.

However, with the advancement of weapons, future wars are just the opposite, and the formations are far apart from each other, otherwise according to such a dense fighting method, one shell will blow up a large area.

At this time, the battle on the battlefield has already begun.

Cixiwei's archers began the first round of bow and arrow shooting, and it was the archers who really brought lethality to ancient wars, accounting for half of the kills.

Most of the archers are big men with tiger backs and bear waists, chest hair longer than hair, and their physical fitness is even more exaggerated than that of the soldiers in the front row, otherwise they can't pull the bow and arrow at all, and the three-stone bow can bring a lethal effect to the armored soldiers.

And the archers are not idle after shooting arrows, the archers are generally equipped with horizontal knives, and their melee combat skills are not bad.

Whoa—

The rain of arrows struck, like locusts crossing the border, densely packed.

The Tie Ming army immediately formed a shield array, the spear crouched with a spear in hand, and the shield hand held the shield high above his head.

Twenty-five people were a small phalanx, and the shield hand of the small phalanx was just enough to cover the twenty-five people, and the arrows passed through the gaps, and if someone was hit by an arrow, he immediately fell to the ground and was eliminated.

Because the arrows were wrapped in cloth, the momentum was much weaker, and there were not many casualties caused by this round of arrow rain.

Whew-

The rain of arrows of the Tieming army was also launched, and the two sides carried out a round of shooting, but it had no effect, this martial arts competition was not to kill the enemy, but to see the quality and formation of the two armies, the bow and arrow had little effect.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly gave an order, the trumpet sounded, and the Tie Ming army began to charge. With the blessing of the phalanx, his soldiers rushed towards Cixiwei's circle like a stream of iron. Li Jinglong did not panic, he calmly gave the order, and his army immediately made a perfect response.

The Tie Ming army approached step by step, and the two armies met.

The battle began.

The spears of the soldiers in the front began to intersect, and the scene was thrilling.

Zhu Gaoxu waved the flag and the trumpet sounded, which was the signal of the breakthrough of the right wing, which was the most commonly used edict of Zhu Gaoxu.

Although the opponent's circle array is the same as an iron bucket, the strength is extremely dense, once the opening is torn, it can break through from the inside, and if you want to tear the opening, you have to rely on the strength of a single team, and at this time, personal bravery has a certain use.

Both sides did not fight, although it was a military exercise, and the spear was wrapped in cloth, but it was very painful to stab it in the body, and the timid people were probably already cowardly.

"Soldiers, for the glory of the Tieming Army, rush!"

The voices of the thousand generals led by the Tie Ming Army resounded in the sky, inspiring the morale of every soldier, and the roars and wails of the soldiers resounded in the sky.

Both Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong are nervously observing the battle situation, and their decisions will determine the outcome of the battle.

Cixiwei's circle formation was not directly rushed away by the enemy, but was evenly matched.

Li Jinglong's heart was determined, which showed that his guards had the strength to fight, and the chance of victory was very high, he calmly issued an order, and shouted loudly: "Resist me, you are the strongest soldiers of the Ming Dynasty." ”

His voice was firm and powerful, inspiring the determination of every soldier.

"Kill!" The soldiers of Cixiwei burst out with a powerful impact and conviction, they were older than the new army on the other side, and they had endured more, and at this time they burst out with a fearless momentum.

They all knew that the outcome of this battle would decide the fate of General Lee, and one of the generals shouted: "Brothers, for the sake of General Lee, for so many years of hard training, we must not be looked down upon!" ”

The other soldiers also shouted: "For the sake of General Li, for the reputation of Cixiwei." ”

Seeing that one of the teams of the new army was about to rush in, but suddenly, for some reason, a strong willpower erupted from there, and it was pushed back, and the war was once again at a stalemate.

As time passed, the soldiers fell one by one, showing a white heat.

The battles of this guard are all put into battle, and there can be no more troops to command, the next command is not very meaningful, they are all fighting non-stop according to their orders and usual training, unless everyone is equipped with a headset, otherwise after these soldiers are released, except for Ming Jin to collect the troops, they will either win or lose.

The main force of the Tieming Army commanded by Zhu Gaoxu failed to charge and was defended by the other side, and the casualties of each side had exceeded 20%, and if there was one less, someone would immediately make up for it.

If there is such damage on the battlefield, one of the sides may have already collapsed.

But this is a martial arts exercise, not a real battlefield.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately changed his tactics, fortunately, he left two hundred households in the rear, and at this time he could order these two hundred people as surprise soldiers to find a way to find a flaw and break the existing situation.

The two teams began to advance in accordance with Zhu Gaoxu's orders and in the designated directions.

Seeing this, Li Jinglong also immediately sent two strange troops, and made corresponding adjustments to block it was also looking for opportunities, while ordering the soldiers to hold their positions and stalemate with the opponent's main force, and at the same time constantly sending small groups of troops to counterattack.

The battle had begun to darken, and the soldiers on both sides showed great courage and tenacity. They are constantly looking for flaws in each other in the fierce confrontation, and the decision-making of Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu has become particularly important.

As long as a force of strange soldiers can break the current stalemate, the battle can end immediately, but Zhu Gaoxu found that no matter what he did, he would be perceived by Li Jinglong, and then cracked.

Zhu Gaoxu issued an order at the beginning, ordering the whole army to attack with all his might, showing his might and determination in this battle, and at the same time using his two teams of elite soldiers to find opportunities, but he found that because he did not go to the battlefield, his orders were still delayed.

And Li Jinglong can quickly observe the other party's actions, and he also issued blocking instructions, accurately capturing what he wants to do every time.

"Damn, Li Jinglong is not as weak as he imagined, and he is also very interested in commanding an army of 5,000 people."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but start to be slightly anxious in his heart.

He thought that with the quality of the new army, he could directly crush the other party, and with the two elite 100 teams he prepared, he could tear a hole from the army.

The result was a miscalculation, the willpower of the opponent's army was no worse than that of the new army, and the two sides fell into a stalemate, and their own surprise soldiers did not have the effect of surprise soldiers.

"It would be nice if I could use cavalry troops, infantry battles are not my forte!"

Zhu Gaoxu secretly said in his heart, if he loses this battle, he is afraid that his old face will be lost, and his brother-in-law will not be able to make a difference.

The actual situation is also the same, on the real field battlefield, Zhu Gaoxu is like a sharp knife on the battlefield with his bravery, and the combat method is the same as Zhu Di, leading the cavalry to constantly invite attacks, and once there is a flaw, he will lead the cavalry to drive straight in, disrupting the opponent's formation.

On the battlefield, once the formation is dispersed, it is almost impossible to organize, and then the enemy will face the slaughter of a large army with the enemy's formation intact.

"Yes, keep persisting and win!"

At this time, Li Jinglong had faintly seen the dawn of victory in his heart, and the physical fitness of the Cixi Wei soldiers was indeed much worse than that of the other party, but with his willpower and continuous maintenance of the military formation from being scattered, he survived, and the training day and night in the past six years was not in vain.

"What's more"

Li Jinglong secretly said in his heart: "Although the other party's new army is a young man, strong and strong, in terms of physical fitness, it is definitely higher than Cixiwei, but there is one thing that Zhu Gaoxu has overlooked, that is, endurance. The soldiers of Cixiwei are all farmers, and they usually have to farm, and after a busy day of farm work, they have to train in formation, such endurance is incomparable to those recruits! The battle only needs to last for another half an hour, and the opponent will be weakened, and then exhausted, and the victory or defeat will be revealed. ”

This is Li Jinglong's calculation.

He didn't think about hard steel with Zhu Gaoxu at the beginning, but defended in a circle formation, as long as he could drag the opponent's large army, and the other two teams would stop Zhu Gaoxu's intentions according to their own intentions, stalemate and fight, for a long time, the opponent's soldiers would consume their strength, and their own endurance would be better, so the balance of victory would be tilted towards their side.

The battle continued for another quarter of an hour, and neither side had the upper hand, but it was clear that the strength of the people on the side of the Forces nouvelles had begun to be unable to keep up, and their legs were on board.

You must know that the armor they wear is weighty, plus holding a spear of two or three meters, they can't stand it for a long time, and at the last critical moment, the competition is endurance and willpower.

But for both sides, this is a military exercise that cannot be lost, no matter what the result is, they must persevere to the end, so even if the physical strength of the new army has declined, they still grit their teeth and persist, the formation is still maintained, and the soldiers are holding spears and stabbing each other.

On the high stage, the people who watched this martial arts show looked stupid.

Generally speaking, the martial arts will soon be divided into winners and losers.

But this military exercise was really surprising, both sides fell into a stalemate, whether it was the new army or Cixiwei, they all showed a strong desire to fight.

The generals of both sides are on the same level in terms of command level, and Li Jinglong, who is familiar with military books, is not at all inferior to Zhu Gaoxu, who has been in a hundred battles, in this kind of small-scale battle.

"Incredible."

Even Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really unthinkable that Cixiwei can fight like this, but according to the number of people, the King of Han still has the upper hand, I'm afraid that if I fight for a while, the King of Han will win, but Li Jinglong is still glorious although defeated." ”

According to the current scene, the two sides have really fought red-eyed, and no one has taken a step back, but judging from the damage, the number of soldiers who have fallen in Zhu Gaoxu is only thirty percent, while Li Jinglong has fallen fifty percent.

Regarding military affairs, other civilian officials could not intervene, and only military attachés could express their opinions.

At this time, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, said: "No, it is impossible to fight on the battlefield until there is only one soldier left, because this is a martial arts exercise, so this situation can occur, but it is not determined by the number of people, the battlefield is changing rapidly, as long as there is a change, the winner can be immediately distinguished." ”

Zhu Di said: "Wei Guogong is right, if the war is more than the number of people, then whoever has the most troops will win?" How can it be so simple, this Zhu Gaoxu has already been defeated, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he will be defeated. ”

When the words fell, everyone else was taken aback.

"Why is that?"

They didn't understand why Zhu Gaochu would lose, and although it seemed that there had been a stalemate, it was obvious that Zhu Gaochu had more people left.

Li Xiao nodded and said: "What the Holy Lord said is right, the King of Han has already been defeated, if it continues to remain unchanged and continues to fight like this, it will be a steady win for the King of Han, but. The soldiers of the Tieming Army were obviously physically unable to continue to support, and the collapse was probably a matter of an instant. This Li Jinglong had this idea from the beginning, and winning in this way is really high. ”

"What?" Everyone on the high platform looked at each other, and according to Li Xiao's statement, they found that the soldiers on both sides of the clear distinction had different changes.

They ignore the problem of physical strength, this is a decisive battle of five thousand against five thousand, there is no foreign aid, and there will be no real death, no one will escape, if the generals on both sides do not admit defeat, they can continue to fight.

If you keep fighting, it involves the problem of physical strength, people's strength is not unlimited, physical strength is exhausted, there is no need to fight at all, people will be paralyzed on the ground, let the slaughter.

The soldiers of the Tieming Army were sweating profusely, their lips were white, and some of their hands began to tremble, on the other hand, those soldiers of Cixiwei, although they were not as strong as the new army, they were all muscular, but their physical strength was better, and they looked like they could hold out for a long time.

This does not mean that the new army is not physically strong, the new army will often carry out endurance training such as long-distance running and weight-bearing long-distance running, and the physical strength is also very good.

But those farmers in Cixiwei have been trained by more than ten years of farm work, so their endurance is even stronger.

Li Xiao had to admire, maybe this was an advantage of the guards.

was unexpectedly discovered by Li Jinglong, he didn't expect this at all, I'm afraid Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect it either.

If Zhu Gaoxu thought of this, then he should have concentrated on breaking a little at the beginning, and then won with his physical advantage, instead of thinking about crushing it directly, but was entangled by the other party.

Zhu Di looked at Li Xiao with great appreciation: "Li Xiao, you can see it, but your bet with the Emperor Taishang is about to lose, and you are still so leisurely?" ”

Li Xiao smiled helplessly: "How can there be invincible?" Victory or defeat is common sense in soldiers, and if you lose, you will admit defeat. ”

Li Xiao thought to himself, since he can't change it, then let's talk about it later, I'm afraid that I won't have a chance?

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Yes, I am willing to lose the bet, Li Xiao, didn't you say that our guards can't do it?" How do you feel now? ”

Li Xiao said: "The Emperor is too heroic, the system of guards created by the Emperor is particularly good, the guards are the strongest soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and the three major battalions are not as good as you."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "You kid can stretch and bend, but why does it sound weird"

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly scolded in his heart: This Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect to really lose, we were all determined to change the military system, but you are not angry

"Look, the front line of the Tieming Army has collapsed!"

At this time, Xie Jin saw that the situation had changed and shouted.

Everyone looked over.

Sure enough, as the war lengthened, as the Holy Lord and the National Teacher expected, there was a place where the soldiers of the Tieming Army were physically exhausted, and as several soldiers fell, a gap was opened in an instant.

I saw that the soldiers of the Cixi Wei finally opened a gap, and several small flags rushed in with their subordinates, outflanking left and right, and the formation was in chaos.

"The gap has been opened, and the winner is about to be revealed!"

Zhu Di got up and stood up, as he really thought, this is a battle of physical strength, the two sides are evenly matched, and in the end it depends on who can stand in the end, and compared to physical strength, the soldiers of Cixiwei are superior.

But soon, there was another change on the battlefield.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was originally on the command platform, actually rushed down directly with his weapon?

"What?" Zhu Di's face changed: "What happened to Gao Xu?" ”

As the gap was opened, Zhu Gaoxu finally couldn't sit still, and directly led a force into the battlefield.

Originally, it was stipulated that Gao Xu should be the main general, and the main generals of both sides would not participate in the battle, which Zhu Gaoxu obviously violated the law.

Zhu Di was about to shout to stop, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed over there and said, "Li Jinglong has also come down, let's take a look." ”

It was really a twist and turn, and now everyone's expressions became subtle.

According to reason, Li Jinglong doesn't have to go down at all, because the opponent fouled, which means that he has won this martial arts match.

But once he leaves, it means that he accepts Zhu Gaoxu's challenge, then the martial arts will continue, and he may lose

"Li Jinglong doesn't seem to want to win? Shouldn't it, the saint promised him, as long as he wins this game, he can regain the title of Duke of Cao Guo, under such conditions, why would he still play? ”

Li Xiao's heart moved, and he put his eyes into the battlefield, staring at Li Jinglong.

"Why did Li Jinglong end up? He's already won. ”

"Yes, he can just wait for the order to end the martial arts, and he is so confident that he can defeat King Han?"

"Hey, people can't be too arrogant and complacent, this victory is already a narrow victory, in vain, Li Jinglong's six years of tempering, I thought that my heart had been sharpened, but the result was still willful"

The faces of the civil and military officials on the high platform have changed, this battle is really thrilling, it is obviously a military exercise, but both sides are fighting to the death, this is a must be divided into winners and losers.

And with the addition of the commanders of both sides, how will this situation change?

See!

(End of chapter)