Seeing more than 20 cavalrymen escaping back unscathed, whether it was the cavalry behind Li Chengzhi or the Chinese infantry formation, everyone was excited and their eyes were shining.
It seems that the two old soldiers of the Li family were not afraid of danger and commanded properly, so these soldiers were able to escape with their lives without any danger.
But if there is no iron armor to defend themselves, when the enemy's crossbows fire and the horses stumble, these people will be trampled to death by the horses behind them even if they are not pierced by thousands of arrows...
With this extra armor, more than just an extra life?
After understanding this truth, the morale of the soldiers is higher and their fighting spirit is stronger. Staring at the rebel soldiers a hundred meters away, it seems as if they see piles of money and food waving to them...
Li Chengzhi was even more happy.
As long as there are ores and iron, he can make as many armors as he wants.
What he values more is the quality of his soldiers.
These two old soldiers of the Li family were able to calmly form formation and retreat under the eyes of thousands of enemy troops. Li Wenzhong insisted that there was nothing he could do against them. How inspiring was this for the military?
What makes Li Chengzhi even more delighted is their understanding and learning ability.
Li Chengzhi vaguely remembered that when Li Feng asked how a small group of infantry should survive when encountering enemy cavalry when they were practicing hollow formations at the foot of Kongtong Mountain, he casually talked about it.
At that time, I just briefly talked about how the gun and shield soldiers should form a defensive formation, how to change the formation and retreat quickly, and if there are archers on the side, they can even defend and counterattack, etc. Unexpectedly, these two veterans actually memorized it.
, can you still learn and use it flexibly?
This is not talent, what kind of talent is it?
The faces are so familiar that I can even vaguely recognize their names. One of them seems to be Li Hou'er's father, but I haven't found such a talent among my subordinates before?
In the end, these people were still not given a chance to perform...
Li Chengzhi jumped off his horse happily, patted the shoulders of the two old soldiers vigorously, turned to the military meritorious officer behind him and said: "These two men each recorded ten levels of beheading, and after the war they were promoted to the commander of the infantry...the rest
Everyone will be beheaded to the third level..."
The generals and soldiers around him were stunned.
In the blink of an eye, he was promoted to two levels of officialdom?
Isn’t this reward a bit too much?
Although it won't last long, at most the army may be disbanded once the chaos is settled, but it won't be able to withstand the generous treatment during wartime.
Li Chengzhi stipulated that for each rank of sergeants and generals in the army, their treatment will be doubled: twice as long as a soldier, twice as long as a team leader, brigade commander, military leader and so on.<
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It means that as long as you become the leader of the team, you will have one stone and two buckets of money and food every month, which is worth the official salary of the eighth-grade county magistrate...
That's all. These two old soldiers are really powerful. In terms of courage and determination, they are very comparable to others, and a heavy reward can be said to be justified.
But those two dozen cavalrymen just escaped with their lives with the old soldiers, but they actually had merit?
If you look at an ordinary commander-in-chief and see how many horses were damaged at one time, it would be a good thing regardless of the guilt of these cavalrymen.
Smart people all realized: The man of the Li family values the lives of his soldiers very seriously, at least much more than the lives of war horses...
There is some suspicion of buying horse bones with a lot of money, but the effect is not generally good. Li Chengzhi clearly felt that both the generals and the soldiers looked at him with burning eyes...
It doesn't feel very deliberate. This kind of method of cherishing soldiers comes naturally. It seems that I am getting more and more comfortable...
Just as he was sighing with emotion, Li Shi led the cavalry back to the front of the battle and urged the horses to run over and report to him:
"The formation of the bandit soldiers was at a medium distance. Most of the crossbowmen, archers, shield soldiers, etc. were concentrated in the center of the center. As they went to the wings, the strength of the troops became weaker... Only half of the cavalry were armored, without helmets or shields, and a very small number of them carried cavalry on their backs.
Bow...
The commander's flag is placed on the wall, and there are not many flags, gold and drums. Most of the enemy commanders rely on their soldiers to pass orders..."
Li Chengzhi was stunned for a while: "The enemy cavalry actually doesn't have a bow? What's the use of it besides running faster?"
"Let's charge into battle. Just have a lance. What kind of bow do you need?" Li Shi replied matter-of-factly, "Isn't that what cavalry does?"
Li Chengzhi glared at him.
I just know in my head that rushing... is very expensive, do you know?
Most likely, Li Wenzhong saw that his cavalry had heavy armor and the effectiveness of mounted archery was not great, so he concentrated all his bows on infantry and chariots to guard against infantry formations...
But what Li Shi said is not unreasonable. The cavalry of this era is really used as a main attack and storm attack force...
So, has Li Wenzhong already had this idea?
Li Chengzhi's eyelids twitched slightly, and he turned to look at the bare front and left flank of his own infantry formation, then turned back to look at the enemy.
The enemy formation is still moving inside, but the amplitude is not very large. It is mainly concentrated on the right wing, and what is directly opposite it happens to be the left wing of our own infantry formation...
Before, he thought that because the strength of the formation had been detected by him, Li Wenzhong had to make emergency adjustments to confuse himself.
But now it seems that he actually wants to take the initiative?
Haha, I never thought about luring the enemy in, but unknowingly, I actually set up a formation to lure the enemy?
Since you want to come, let me give you some more confidence...
If Li Wenzhong really dared to take the initiative, he would laugh out of his dreams...
Li Chengzhi's eyes became brighter and brighter: "Li Shi, go explore again, just like before, from south to north, then from north to south, and finally come back here...
But remember, you must be more than thirty steps away from the enemy's position this time, and be especially careful with the enemy's right wing. Li Wenzhong may have transferred some crossbowmen there... If the enemy sends out cavalry, be sure not to engage in battle..."<
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Thirty steps?
Why is it getting farther every time?
Still can’t engage in battle with the enemy?
Li Shi's face was full of helplessness, but he didn't dare to say "no" even half a word. He just responded with a hum: "I have your order!"
Li Chengzhi was angry and laughing, and raised his riding crop as if to whip him: "What the hell do you know... There are so many enemies and thieves, why are you afraid that none of them will be killed? There will be times when you can't even chop them down..."
The reason why he sent Li Shi out this time was actually to lure the enemy.
If Li Wenzhong really planned as he imagined, he would definitely wait for Li Shi to rush over and then rush back, just in time to block the route of the remaining half of the brigade's white cavalry back to the left flank, before launching a cavalry attack.
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Whether it is true or not, you will know after trying it...
When he heard that there were still more people to kill, Li Shiya snapped, hit his horse and ran away.
Li Chengzhi turned to the flag soldiers and said: "Send the order, the infantry raise their guns and change the hollow formation... Forget it... Li Xian, go and give the order to Li Liang, let him do this, this..."
Li Chengzhi was afraid that if there was a battle, too many flag orders would cause Li Liang to panic, so he simply reminded him in advance so that he could take precautions.
Even if you guess wrong, there is no loss...
Li Xian responded, followed the gap in the formation, walked into the Chinese flag and drum formation, and whispered in Li Liang's ear.
Will the enemy cavalry attack the Chinese left wing?
Li Liang frowned and raised his head to look.
The enemy cavalry didn't even move, how did Lang Jun guess it?
He was still pondering when he heard Li Xian say: "Second brother, Lang Jun also said that if you are not sure, you should still form a sparse formation. When the enemy cavalry comes to attack, just put up your shield and fire arrows..."
"It's not a question of whether we can surround it or whether we can eat it!"
Li Liang imitated Li Chengzhi, holding his chin and looking at the enemy formation a hundred meters away, and said suspiciously, "How could the enemy commander be fooled so easily?"
"Are you stupid?" Li Xian chuckled, "In Lang Jun's words, this is purely an afterthought... In the past, someone would have said that we can defend against cavalry without relying on car formations or cavalry. We can even defend against cavalry by relying only on infantry.
It's a siege, do you dare to believe it?"
Li Liang was shocked: Right?
I have practiced a lot, so naturally I have preconceptions, and I have the idea of "whenever I encounter such a gun formation in the future, I must stay away".
But the problem is that the enemy commander doesn’t know...
Probably because they saw that their front army and left wing had no cavalry to protect them and no vehicle formations to defend them, they felt that there was an opportunity to exploit...
Lang Jun must have judged it based on the commotion in the enemy camp just now.
This is a cavalry... Not only does it have a human head, it is also covered with armor, and there is a horse riding on its crotch...
I just came here to give myself some military success...
Li Liang's eyes flashed wildly, and he ignored Li Xian, and asked the flag soldiers to give the order: "The whole army will strengthen their guns, change to hollow formations, move behind to assist the train formation, and guard the rear wings..."
He was afraid that when the enemy commander saw that the cavalry was trapped by the enemy's formation, he would send another team to surround the rear flank and rescue him...
Following the flag order, the originally half-foot-wide gap in the array was filled in an instant by the infantry that followed. People were crowded together, soldiers were pressed against each other, and there was almost no gap.
Li Wenzhong stood on the wall and was dumbfounded: What kind of formation is the enemy's formation? Why is there such a big space in the middle?
The front army is extremely dense, and the front line is indeed wider, but the problem is, is the depth also thin?
After counting carefully, it seems that there are only ten columns thick. As long as the cavalry charges three or four times, they can definitely break through.
More importantly, I wonder if there is something wrong with the enemy commander's mind. He actually concentrated all the cavalry on the right wing and ignored the left wing?
What an opportunity...
Li Wenzhong was so happy that he immediately summoned his own soldiers to give an explanation and asked him to give orders to the cavalry...
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Li Shi is here again.
He honestly followed Li Chengzhi's request and walked around thirty steps away from the enemy's line.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be the middle position in front of the two armies' formations, not far from each other on the left and right.
What's strange is that this time the enemy's crossbowmen didn't fire a single arrow?
I guess it was because I was looking too far away, so shooting would be in vain, it would only be a waste of arrows...
After running from the south to the north, after passing through the 100-meter-long front line, the soldiers on both sides looked at him as if they were watching a play, but saw no movement. Li Shi turned his horse's head depressedly, and continued from north to south.
He felt like a monkey, running over and back again, with no effect.
This time the horse was going very fast. After laughing at himself, Li Shi was about to return to the cavalry formation on the right wing. Just as he was about to slow down his horse and return to the team, he suddenly heard the sound of a drum behind him, and then everything was like ten thousand people.
The stone rolled to the ground, and it was like a continuous burst of muffled thunder.
He was startled, and instinctively looked back, and saw all the enemy's right-wing cavalry dispatched, forming a conical formation, from thin to thick, moving around to the left flank of his own infantry formation.
Li Shi's scalp went numb, and the hairs all over his body stood up. There was only one thought in his mind: It's over...
I have already reached the right wing, and there is no one to guard the left wing of the formation...
He subconsciously reined in the horse and wanted to turn around and go back.
"Commander Zhuang, flag order!" the soldier beside him reminded him urgently.
Li Shi was startled. He looked up and saw that the remaining cavalry on his side had also moved.
I saw Li Xian running and waving the flag, obviously giving him orders.
Having been startled just now, Li Shi's mind was a little slow and he didn't realize what the order was.
"Mr. Lang, let us follow closely..." the soldier said again.
Follow closely?
Shouldn't it be to turn around and chase the enemy cavalry?
Li Shi was shocked and horrified. When he took a closer look, he saw that the white cavalry did not intercept the enemy cavalry attacking the left wing, but instead inserted into the enemy army directly in front?
What kind of play is this? Is the idiot going all out?
You hit yours, I'll hit mine, who is not afraid of death?
Li Shi endured it again and again, but in the end he did not dare to disobey the military order, so he could only bite the bullet and urge his horse to follow...