Chapter 609: Layout
Regarding Wang Yong's doubts, Shadow Dance sighed and said: "It can only be said that Francis is unlucky, and Fuller also planned to do so before, but most of the guards around him have just been recruited and have little experience, and Francis is not at ease, and plans to train the guards to go to the front-line troops, but I didn't expect the war to break out so quickly, so Francis is still the captain of the guards." Wang Yong nodded and didn't ask anything, but looked at the battle situation in front of him intently.
At this time, the six wings of 'cavalry' had already circled the two flanks of the enemy's phalanx, and because the speed was not very fast, the soldiers who were not very good at riding could shoot at the enemy with their crossbows on their galloping horses. When a dense array of crossbow arrows rained down from the sky, the soldiers in the Eternal Empire's phalanx, who did not even have shields, fell one by one, wails came and went, and the square array that had just been neatly organized also became a riot.
When the two columns on the seashore crossed the enemy's flanks and regrouped after converging in the enemy's rear, the Eternal Empire's original phalanx now looked smaller and was still converging. On the edge of the original enemy phalanx, there were countless corpses and wounded soldiers who were screaming from arrows.
A little farther away, there were several corpses of seaside soldiers, all of whom had been killed by the enemy's crossbow arrows, and even if they did not die immediately after being hit by the arrows, they were trampled into meatloaf by the hooves of their comrades who followed closely behind them. Only one or two lucky guys survived because they were at the back of the column, and they barely struggled farther away to avoid the charge of their comrades next.
Wang Yong put down the lookout glasses, turned his head and asked Francis, "What did your family do before?"
Francis was stunned by Wang Yong's brainless question, and subconsciously replied: "I used to open a small grocery store in the imperial capital. ”
Wang Yong said 'oh' and then asked with a gossipy face: "How is it?
Francis nodded and said, "It's okay, there's still a little left after maintaining life." ”
Wang Yong pretended to be a little surprised and said, "Then why don't you do it?"
Francis hesitated for a moment, and said with some resentment: "Because of some things, the store was closed." ”
Wang Yong nodded, pointed in the direction of the enemy army, and said, "What do you think of this tactic of mine?"
Francis couldn't keep up with Wang Yongdong's change of thinking with a rake and a broom, and was stunned for a moment. Subconsciously took the lookout goggles handed to him by Wang Yong, glanced at it slightly, and said: "This tactic of the commander is very good, taking advantage of the speed advantage of our army and the fear of the infantry to the cavalry, attacking the enemy at a semi-long range, so that the casualties of our army can be minimized, but the consumption of crossbow arrows is too great, if there is no sufficient supply, such a tactic can only be used once." ”
Wang Yong saw that his whimsical tactics were recognized, and his psychology was beautiful, but in order to test Francis's catty. Still, he asked, "What do you think we should do next to annihilate this enemy army with minimal casualties?" Francis hesitated for a moment without answering.
Wang Yong saw Francis's embarrassed face and stopped talking, smiled slightly and said: "I think so, the next troops will be under your command, I hope you will not let me down." After saying that, Wang Yong patted Francis on the shoulder to show encouragement, and then took Shadow Dance, Qingling and Matthew to give up the position of coach.
Francis looked at Wang Yong who retreated to the side blankly, the expression on his face was uncertain, and when he saw that Wang Yong didn't look back, he just looked at the battle situation in front of him, and Francis looked left and right. Finally, he gritted his teeth and ordered loudly: "Order, the 1st and 2nd Wings are on standby in the rear of the enemy, the 3rd and 4th Wings are on standby on both flanks of the enemy, and the 5th and 6th Wings continue to fire medium and long ranges." The herald looked at Wang Yong not far away. Seeing that the lord did not show any objection, Lizheng repeated the order and urged the horse out to the front to convey the new military order.
Wang Yong heard Francis's order clearly, but he pretended to observe the battle situation, but he deduced Francis's intention to do so in his mind. But I can't figure it out when I think about it.
Francis urged his horse to Wang Yong's side, and said with a serious expression: "Sir, I want to know the distance between the main force of the enemy army and other troops and here. ”
Wang Yong thought for a while and said, "When we set off, the enemy's main force was about seventy or eighty miles away from this forward force. As for the rest of the troops, they are small groups of people who have robbed houses and houses, and there is no evidence. ”
Hearing this inexhaustible answer, Francis's face was different, he didn't know that this lord dared to bring someone to intercept without even mastering the basic enemy movements, Francis was speechless for a while.
According to the only bit of information, Francis calculated for a moment, and felt that after such a long delay, the enemy's main force should not be too far away, and if the enemy sent cavalry units to support, then it would be possible to arrive in half an hour at most.
Francis looked at the battlefield and saw that the various wings were already in place, and decisively gave the order: "Order the seventh and eighth wings to advance and stand by at a safe distance." Order the 1st and 2nd Wings to advance, stand by at a safe distance, and use crossbows with the two frontal wings to shoot at the front enemy phalanx along the left and right sides of the enemy, keeping a safe distance and advancing slowly. The 5th and 6th Wings went to the southeast and northeast of the enemy army to assemble and stand by, and there was no need to repeat the immediate execution. The herald answered and urged the horse to leave.
Seeing that the last two back wings had already stepped on the battlefield, Matthew, Padraic and Alva were anxious, scratching their ears and cheeks, you look at me, I look at you, and finally look at Wang Yong, who is as steady as Mount Tai.
Wang Yong deduced Francis's deployment in his mind, and found that the enemy's front, flanks, and flanks and rear had his own troops, and only the front and rear were empty, which was obviously an open net and forced the enemy to flee from the rear. Wang Yong nodded secretly, in this way, the enemy soldiers would not fight to the death when they found that there was still a way to live, and as long as they broke and fled to the east, then it would be impossible for them to resist the impact of their own cavalry without the cover of rejecting horses and various obstacles.
Just when Wang Yong was annoyed that he hadn't thought of such a simple solution, he heard Matthew say timidly: "That Ivan, do you think you also let us go up and have a good time?" It's been so long, and a few of us haven't fired a single shot." ”
Wang Yong rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't you shoot several arrows just now, don't worry, there will be a time for you to play." Matthew's three perverts were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all picked up their crossbows to check, and then looked at the battlefield with burning eyes, and wiped the big sword in their hands with a look of eagerness. (To be continued......)
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