: Li Xi’s Biography of Contributions (Five)

Author: Xianren Grass Tofu Milk

: Li Xi’s Biography of Contributions (Five)

"put!"

The bow and archers hiding behind the infantry phalanx shoot arrows at the opponent's infantry phalanx. Since there is still a relatively long distance, there is no need to worry about shooting their teammates.

Swallowing!

clang--

clang--

"ah--"

"Bastard, you stepped on my hand!"

Thousands of arrows were thrown into the opponent's infantry square formation in parabolic lines, but most of them were blocked by the square shields of the infantry square formation. Only a small number of unlucky guys were shot by the arrows and their knees were unprotected, and they fell to the ground and kept wailing.

But teammates cannot stop just to save him alone, resulting in disintegration of the squadrons, giving the enemy a chance to defeat him in one fell swoop.

Therefore, these Han soldiers and Minyue soldiers who were unfortunately shot by the opponent's archers could only crawl under the crotch of their teammates, crawl from their teammates to retreat behind the infantry formation, and return to their respective camps with their respective light cavalry troops.

During this process, it is inevitable that some soldiers were accidentally stepped on their hands or even directly trampled to death.

Finally, the infantry formations of both sides collided together.

The soldiers in the two rows of soldiers at the front threw down their shields and held the spear tightly with both hands, which was more stable than holding them with one hand, so as not to fall off from their hands during the battle.

The infantry in the last rows still held their shields above their heads to protect themselves and prevent the opponent's archers from killing them.

When a soldier in the row of the front died, the soldiers in the second row would immediately make up for the first row. At the same time, the soldiers in the third row would also throw down their shields and advance to the second row, ready to replace the first row that was about to die.

Because the mortality rate in the front row is very high, no matter where you are, the rewards for the front row soldiers are even more generous. It is also to kill an enemy. Kill one in the front row is a great merit, and kill one in the back row may be just a minor merit. In addition, the front row soldiers also have additional subsidies. Even if they die, the pension is much more than ordinary soldiers. With so many generous treatments, only soldiers are willing to be in the front row.

As the infantry formations of both sides touched each other and stabbed each other, the archers behind had to give up shooting archery. After all, the enemy held a shield to defend the front, and their teammates had no shield protection against the archers in the back. From a probability perspective, the chance of shooting their teammates was much greater than the chance of shooting the enemy.

Archers retreat under the command of the commander, not because they are so kind that they are unwilling to shoot their teammates, but simply because the chance of shooting their teammates in this situation is much greater than the chance of shooting their enemies to death.

clang--

clang--

Scream—

Puchi!

"ah--"

A long spear was tidily stabbed forward, and Han infantry soldiers were stabbed to death, and Minyue soldiers were stabbed to death, but the square formations of both sides were still in place, and no one took a step back.

Due to the large number of spears, a very strange scene occurred. In one area, dozens of Han army spears and dozens of Minyue spears twisted together. Like a knot, no one could poke it out, and at the same time he could not take it back.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

In the Han army infantry formation, officers stood in the back row, beating the small drums hanging on their chests, and commanding the "soldiers of the Youcheng" to move with the sound of drums of different rhythms.

In specific battles of this level, the head coach Li Xi will naturally not issue military orders personally, so it is a perfect match. Micro-fighting usually has no good ending.

After all, "The Art of War: Nine Changes" also says that any method of using troops will be ordered by the king and gathered together. There is no place to destroy the land, no place to join forces, no place to stay, no place to encircle the land, and a plan to fight in the dead. There is no way to go, there is no way to attack the army, no city attack, no place to fight, and no king's orders to accept.

Sun Tzu criticized the commander or king for forcing micro-jobs for a long time, which is likely to have catastrophic consequences for the front-line combat troops. Li Xi has also read military books, so he naturally would not make such low-level mistakes.

Therefore, the middle and lower-level officers of the front-line commanders are all subjective initiative and consciously find and choose the opportunity to issue military orders.

Therefore, whether an army can win depends not only on whether the commander is wise, but also on whether the middle and lower-level officers are wise, because the specific battle cannot be directed by the wise commander. In that case, the army will be defeated in the gap between the time when the military order is conveyed.

Moreover, even if the wise coach is, he himself has not personally stabbed each other with the enemy in the first row, so he can only understand the general situation of the battle. How can he know what the soldiers on the front line are in the specific state?

If you do not understand the specific combat situation, forcibly interfering with specific combat operations will instead lead to soldiers executing wrong military orders in a wrong state, and such wrong military orders will also amplify the consequences because of the characteristic of time gaps in the communication of military orders.

In such a situation, if an army just wants to win a few wars by chance, it only needs a wise commander to do it. But if it wants to be undefeated in all battles, it is necessary to have a wise commander to cultivate middle and lower-level officers who are literate, understand military tactics, and adapt to changes, as well as a group of elite soldiers who have military disciplines and absolutely obey superior military orders.

The commanders of the Han Dynasty today are not necessarily smarter than those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors periods, but even with the same weapon, the troops of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period are by no means the opponent of the Han army today under the same number.

Because the gap is not mainly in the commander, but in the Han army with many literate and educated low-level officers.

With the two major advantages of Han army officers knowing better how to adapt to changes and Han army soldiers understand military discipline, the Han infantry of the central army gradually gained an advantage and actually took a step forward.

At the same time, under the command of the Han army officers, the "Going Array Soldiers" came to the bottom of the spears of each other. They squatted under a long spear and used the short sword in their hands to stab the Minyue soldiers without armor protection.

"ah--"

"Well--"

Many Minyue soldiers were stabbed by short swords in their hands, and they screamed and threw down the spear in their hands. They were then stabbed through the body by the Han army's spear opposite, and fell to the ground and died with a wail.

These "Visiting Array Soldiers" are special types of troops that are specifically targeted when the infantry formations of both sides are entangled together.

This kind of special military service is naturally present in Minyue, but the number is far less than that of the Han army.

More than a dozen Minyue "Entertainment Soldiers" also got under the spears and took out their short swords to stab the palms of the Han soldiers.

"ah--"

More and more Han soldiers were stabbed in their palms and were immediately stabbed to death by Minyue infantry.

As time goes by, the "sporting soldiers" from both sides started to slash under the forest of spears.

At this time, a Minyue bow cavalry of about fifty people came to the rear of the left flank of the Han army and shot arrows behind the Han army while maintaining a distance.

Swallowing!

Under one round of arrows, dozens of left-wing Han soldiers had already fallen to the ground.

The right wing of the Minyue infantry formation took the opportunity to advance a few steps forward and gradually suppressed the momentum of the Han military formation.

"Let the cavalry of the Feilong team chase and kill the Minyue bow cavalry, and the other light cavalry continue to attack the enemy's left-wing infantry in accordance with the previous military orders." Li Xi commanded like this on the high platform.
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