Kai Fu Han

Chapter 136 The decisive battle with Zhishan 2
Then they recruited another five hundred soldiers at Liujiabao in Baishiwan. These people were all citizens. If they were defeated this time, their losses would be even greater, so their willingness to participate in the war would be even higher.

Together with the original 400 infantry and the [-] infantry sent back by Liu Xinqi the day before, the total strength of the Xinghan League reached [-].

However, only the original [-] infantrymen can fight, and the other recruits can only do chores such as waving flags to build momentum and cleaning the battlefield.

"All of this is the result of your benevolent government. A benevolent person is invincible if he has a lot of help." Luo Cheng replied: "Actually, I didn't expect so many people to apply. I estimate that 3000 people can be recruited if the recruitment is relaxed. But considering It was useless to have too many people, and it was a waste of money and food, so I selected 500 people among them."

"This naval battle and Liu Xinang's previous cavalry battle show that our Xinghan League's military strength is still very strong. For the remaining three county coalition forces in this battle, the original two infantry battalions are enough." Liu Xinqi replied. Said: "It is estimated that by noon, the [-] infantrymen and [-] marines in the fleet will also be able to reach the battlefield."

"We won't let these new recruits take part in this battle. They only need to help build momentum from the outside."

Liu Xinang, who was next to him, responded: "Yes, the recruits have not been trained. If they join the battle, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

Without much chatting, the troops arrived at the three-county coalition camp, only about a mile away from the camp.

Liu Xinang returned to the team and began to form a formation.

The two infantry battalions formed four large square formations, with two square formations at the front and two square formations on the flanks, forming a large Yanxiang formation.

The remaining two hundred infantrymen organized two thousand new soldiers to form an array behind the four square formations and inside the "wings" of the Yanxiang formation.

After the formation was prepared, Liu Xinqi arranged for soldiers with loud voices to ride horses to call for formation in front of the camp.

These loud voices rode to the front of the coalition camp. At first they were able to call for formation normally, but after a while, no one came out to challenge them, so they began to curse.

All kinds of dirty words were blurted out, and the soldiers guarding the gate of the camp turned blue and white at times as they were scolded.

After half an hour, Liu Xinqigang planned to command the military formation to move forward and storm the coalition camp.

I saw that the gate of the allied camp suddenly opened, and inside was a neat formation of soldiers. First, two hundred cavalry rode out of the camp. They stopped on guard when they rode two hundred steps in front of the Xinghan allied formation. Then the infantry formations in the camp began to form one after another. Leave the camp and line up behind the cavalry.

There are five large square formations of about 500 people, two in the front, one in the middle, and two in the back.

After the coalition forces were ready, Liu Xinqi stepped forward:
"The enemy general stepped forward to answer."

Seeing Liu Xinqi coming forward alone, someone from the coalition camp also rode out and replied:

"Thieves will use their names!"

"Fuck!" Liu Xinqi cursed in his heart, letting his grandson take the lead and say what he wanted to say.Now if you agree, you are a thief, if you don't, you are a coward.

But I have to respond.

"Grandpa, I am Liu Xinqi. My grandson will tell me my name."

The general was probably experienced and was not angry. He continued to shout: "Thieves, don't be brave. I am Huang County Lieutenant Jiang Yan. You thieves ignored the national law and attacked Penglai privately. You killed the good people and imprisoned the magistrate of Dengzhou." .”

"You have committed a heinous crime. If you dismount and surrender immediately, your life will be spared. Otherwise, you will all die without a place to die."

"He is really a sharp-tongued scholar, stop talking nonsense, who is right and who is wrong, we will see the truth on the battlefield." Liu Xinqi knows that these things he has done are rebellious in this era, and he can't say that he is an official .

I wanted to persuade them to realize their power and surrender to reduce the number of killings.

Now that this person has so many hats on him, Liu Xinqi has no interest in persuading him anymore.

After returning to the army formation, Liu Xinang, the director of the infantry department, began to command the battle.The drums in the middle of the army formation began to sound, and the four infantry phalanxes began to move forward step by step in the rhythm of the drums.

The training results of these few months have been very good.

The infantry phalanx can march continuously for fifty steps before it needs to stop to adjust and line up neatly.

After the first fifty steps, it was less than a hundred steps before the two armies met.

The two hundred cavalrymen in front of the coalition formation had already driven to the flanks of the formation. Because the Xinghan League cavalry on both sides rushed forward faster than the infantry, they had reached both sides of the coalition formation. Not only did they force the coalition cavalry to come forward to fight, they also The two infantry phalanxes at the back also had to go to the side and adjust their direction to cope with the possible charge of the cavalry battalion.

"Archer ready!"

A loud voice of order came from the middle of the two infantry formations in front of the Xinghan League camp. This was Liu Xin'ang's order.

The captain of each platoon in the infantry formation also repeated the order loudly after hearing it, ensuring that all soldiers in the infantry formation could hear the order.

There are a total of 250 people in an infantry formation and 50 people in a row, for a total of five rows.

The first two rows are all crossbowmen, the last row are sword and shield bearers, and the next two rows are all spearmen.

The captains and captains of the infantry battalion all stand with the soldiers, while military law officers, instructors and other officers stand in the last row and act as spearmen during combat.

The infantry formation advanced another twenty steps, and the distance between the two armies was less than sixty steps, and they were about to enter the range of bows and arrows.

"Stop!"

"shooting!!"

Liu Xinang stood in the middle of the two infantry formations and shouted loudly.

The order reached the ears of the officers in the infantry formation, and they shouted the order again:
"shooting!!"

The crossbowmen in the first row squatted down, the crossbowmen in the second row stood, and the crossbowmen in the two rows began to shoot. The ten arrows in the crossbow quiver were shot out quickly, with a time interval between each wave of arrow rain. Less than one breath.

The first row of the coalition infantry formation opposite is sword and shield bearers, followed by two rows of archers.

The coalition swordsmen and shieldmen use wooden shields, pure wooden shields without even a skin.

Half of the arrows were blocked by the shields of the coalition swordsmen and shielders. The other half of the arrows either hit the swordsmen and shielders from the gap, or flew over the shields and hit the archers behind. A small part of them penetrated directly. Shield, shoot the arm of the sword shield hand holding the shield.

For a moment, the neat infantry formation of the coalition forces was like thin ice with boiling water poured on it. After withstanding the first wave of arrows, it was shot out of the holes. The rain of arrows continued afterward, and the entire coalition infantry could only be passively shot.

After three or four waves of arrows, most of the first row of sword and shield soldiers had been shot down, and the unarmored archers were exposed to the Xinghan League's crossbows.

After enduring three or four waves of arrows again, most of the two rows of archers were shot down again.

Facing this sharp rain of arrows, only a few archers in the coalition infantry formation fired the arrows in their hands. After the arrows flew sixty steps, they hit the rattan armor or helmets of the Xinghan League archers, not even the armor. Can be shot.

After ten waves of arrows, the two infantry formations in front had collapsed. The surviving soldiers ran away crying, while the officers holding the formation behind were knocked to the ground and trampled over.

(End of this chapter)