Duke Lvov's anger is normal. The army he commands has less than a thousand lever crossbows, with a range of only 130 steps and an effective range of 100 steps. So he needs a long-range projection army, and the Jiuhu people provide 10,000 Archer, it has been rehearsed several times before, and Prince Lvov is very satisfied.
Now the army is in chaos because Jiuhu and ten thousand archers have entered the army and are still unable to reach their positions.
So Duke Lvov could only keep a calm smile while being anxious.
This is the first time for Duke Lvov to face such a decisive battle involving nearly a million people. In the past, only 200,000 people died in the kingdom's battles. He has never commanded such a battle, but he has participated in it. The honor of the Thorn family cannot be lost. In his hands. So he tried to use the ease he showed to keep the morale of his army high.
Suddenly the drums on the grassland stopped, and all the flags in Daqian's army fell down. Only a big flag of the Protectorate Palace with the word "Li" written on it was flying at the highest point of the entire battlefield.
Su Ce turned his head and looked behind him. The strong wind above the general stage blew the handsome flag with a whirring sound.
Su Ce glanced at it and turned around, checking his weapons and equipment. As a lieutenant in the army, he was young and strong, so everyone was heavily armored and fully equipped. Even the horses he was leading were equipped with harnesses and armored cavalry. A first-class war horse of the same level.
The chilling atmosphere on the battlefield made the well-trained war horse a little uneasy. Su Ce patted the war horse's neck. The war horse's big round eyes were as pure as a deep pool, black and shiny.
The black war horse quickly calmed down under Su Ce's comfort.
On the entire battlefield, except for Duke Lvov, who was riding a horse with gold-edged patterns and silver armor, no one was on horseback. The battle was about to begin. Whether it was a man or a horse, if he could have more strength before the battle, he would have more strength on the battlefield. Advantage.
Su Ce held a handful of fried black beans that he had received from the gang leader in the morning and fed them to his battlefield comrades in small handfuls.
Su Ce didn't know when he started to feel at ease as long as he stayed with his comrades and horses.
While Su Ce was feeding the war horse named Xiao Hei, he looked in front of him.
The first line of crossbowmen is Mo Dao, the second line of archers, the third line of heavy infantry, the fourth line of reserve heavy infantry plus cavalry, and the fifth line of second reserve heavy infantry. This is a standard military formation with nothing to look at, plain and simple. , hugely lethal.
After this are forty red-armored cavalry who are like wooden stakes, and ten people are guarding under the general platform. These are Li Sizhe's personal guards. After this are the hundreds of lieutenants in the army, and lieutenants are also decorated officers. As long as Those who hold the title of captain are qualified to stand under the commander's flag. This is the position that comes first to the moon near the water and the tower.
The military orders of the battle formation are complex, and this is a rare opportunity. Of course, the commander's flag is on the battlefield, and whether you have learned the real thing or not, you only have the opportunity to learn it while you are alive.
Soon, the five-meter-square general platform was filled with flag commanders. In the wooden railing below the general platform, military Chinese clerks were rehearsing the battle situation on a sand table.
Su Ce vaguely heard a voice: "The enemy's position has not yet been determined, but we can attack!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The three drums on the stage were sounded in conjunction with the red flag in the hand of the flag commander.
Some of the flags were raised, while others remained lying down.
The 30,000-strong military formation came to life, and other military formations followed suit.
Under the orders of 3,000 grassroots commanders, the small square formation of fifty people formed a triangle, scattered but not chaotic, and seemed to have a cohesive force.
This is the time when the arm waving is mentioned.
Various military orders began to ring in Su Ce's ears.
Su Ce, a hundred-man lieutenant, did not have a single military order. Now was the time for them to study. Everyone was listening attentively to the military orders coming from under the general stage.
These are not found in the art of war, and they are abilities that cannot be learned by rote memorization.
Su Ce listened to the military order for a cup of tea almost word for word.
The military formation that had just been marching in order now had its fangs exposed.
For the first time, a founder of the state, who wore the emblem of the captain of the light chariot on his armor and a gold rim on his helmet, waved the military flag in his hand.
"The Chinese army presses forward, advance!"
Su Ce led the horse and the entire 6,000-man army formation slowly moved to the center of the left and right front armies, joining together with them.
The two square formations on the left and right also began to press forward, but they were different from the defensive posture of the 30,000-man formation where Protector Li Sizhe was located. The two military formations on the left and right were in a sagittal shape with the left and right front troops. This was a typical offensive formation.
At this time, Su Ce could already see the enemy army. At the first glance, Su Ce's thoughts were a little confused. He actually saw the Roman military formation, but upon closer inspection, he found many differences, which denied the Romans.
, but in this life, if there is a Daqian similar to the Eastern feudal country, can't there be something similar to the West?
Su Ce recognized his identity as a Dagan man, so he quickly put aside the mess of thoughts in his head and carefully observed the enemy's military formation.
This army with Roman characteristics should have a neat and orderly phalanx, but the addition of the nine-hued archers wearing leather armor made Su Ce feel a bit nondescript.
Normally, in a decisive battle between the two armies, a test attack would be carried out in the morning. Duke Lvov thought so too, but there was no need for a test attack by the Protector Li Sizhe.
An army with monotonous arms and its battlefield flexibility is too rigid. Li Sizhe stood on the general platform with no arrogant ridicule, only a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
People who are familiar with Li Sizhe know that with a smile, Ru Shuai most likely found the enemy's weakness, found the weakness and attacked with heavy troops, then followed the weakness bit by bit to tear the enemy into pieces, and then relied on delicate command to eat the enemy's army bit by bit.
Soon the two armies were less than 500 steps apart. Compared with the entire military formation, which only had the commanding voice of the flag commander and the sound of drums on the general platform, the military formation of the Rus and Jiuhu people was too noisy.
The battle was about to break out, and everyone began to string their bows and crossbows, open their arrow kettles, and make final preparations.
The side that attacks first is often disrupted by charging generals. Li Sizhe naturally knows this. He loves soldiers as much as his son and is not willing to make unnecessary sacrifices.
Soon a military order came out, and with the rhythmic drums on General Li Sizhe's stage, the whole army heard the military order. With the drums, the heavy infantrymen, the sword and shield hands, held the shield in their left hand, drew out the horizontal sword in their right hand, and put it on their arms.
The armor of his arms collided with the shield, making a dull "thud" sound.
"Kun!"
"Kun!"
"Kun!"
"Qian" represents heaven and yang, and "kun" represents earth and yin.
Da Qian took the "Qian" in the universe as the name of the country, and "Kun" became the slogan of the army. The land was everywhere under his feet, and he was slaughtered with swords and guns in his hands.
On the battlefield, the louder the shouts are, the higher the morale will be. Only the neat slogans can give people a sense of unity and strength.
Duke Lvov was startled by the sudden chorus of shouts from Da Gan, but he quickly calmed down. Looking at the neat and elite troops in front of him, a thought suddenly came to his mind. The decision to cross Langyan Mountain might be
Incorrect.
It was just that the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. The atmosphere of the war activated the killing blood in the Jiuhu people's bodies. Both sides were feuding, and no one expected the other's kindness to fall on them.
The crossbow began to bend, and power accumulated in the yellow-white strings made of animal sinews.
When the distance between the two armies was only 200 steps, the battle that determined the situation in the north officially began.