"Uncle, lead the cavalry and attack from the two flanks while I'm facing the enemy head-on!”
After the horn sounded, Li Zhiyun immediately turned his head and said to Wan Xuandao with a cold expression.
Although there were few cavalrymen, they were the most powerful steel sabers that Li Zhiyun had so far.
There were now a total of 1,500 people.
Therefore, Li Zhiyun's most trusted uncle, Wan Xuandao, was the commander.
These 1,500 people were not only responsible for the thunderous attack at the critical moment, but also for saving Li Zhiyun at the critical moment with their superior mobility.
Although Li Zhiyun's every step was based on victory, he also considered failure.
Cavalry was his trump card after he failed. With this cavalry, even if he failed, he still had a chance to recover.
Infantry was no good, especially the ones he was leading. They were only slightly stronger than a motley crew and definitely not true elites.
In fact, there were no more elite soldiers in the entire Huaxia Country.
It was not wrong for Yang Guang to attack Gaoli three times, but the failure had almost wiped out all the elites of Great Sui.
These were the elites that had survived the wars since the founding of Great Sui. Only those who had died in Goguryeo could be considered elites in Li Zhiyun's eyes.
Wan Xuandao didn't question it and immediately cupped his hands.""I accept your orders!"
Wan Xuandao led the cavalry out of the formation and slowly fell behind the infantry.
Li Zhiyun turned his head to look at the other general who had received the order.
They were Chen Ye, the commander of the spear infantry, and Liu Zhongyi, the commander of the archer army.
These two people were originally cavalry lieutenants who had survived the battle with him.
They were also the first two people to pledge loyalty to him.
Chen Ye and Liu Zhongyi were unknown in history.
Her ability was just ordinary. She did not have her own thoughts and could firmly carry out his orders.
Li Zhiyun didn't have anyone else to use, so he could only use these two people because they were loyal!
To him, loyalty was more important than talent!
"Chen Ye! Liu Zhongyi!"
"I'm here!" The two of them replied in unison.
Li Zhiyun looked at the two of them sternly and said,""Chen Ye, lead the spearmen and press forward in an orderly manner!”
"Remember, I said to press them neatly!”Li Zhiyun reminded them," The enemy has archers. There will be knives falling from above your heads. You have to maintain your formation. You'd rather be slow than charge in a sloppy manner. You have to be like a millstone! " If we press forward, it means that after the enemy comes into contact, we still have to maintain our formation and use the stupidest method to crush our opponents and crush their attacks! Pass my request to every colonel and tell the soldiers that if we lose, the land they just got will be snatched back by the big families!”
This tactic seemed clumsy, but it was Li Zhiyun's best choice at the moment.
His soldiers had not been specially trained to charge together. Once they charged in a relaxed manner, it would be like herding sheep.
There was no cooperation between the soldiers. They fought on their own and relied on their own bravery. This was definitely not going to work.
When he had met Li Xiu Ning previously, he had observed that there were archers in Li Xiu Ning's army.
However, the number was relatively small, about two to three thousand.
Therefore, he was worried that the spearmen would collapse under the rain of arrows, so he repeatedly reminded Chen Ye.
"General, don't worry. I promise to complete the mission!”Chen Ye left.
Li Zhiyun then instructed Liu Zhongyi," Liu Zhongyi, your archer army will follow closely behind the spearmen formation. When the enemy attacks and contacts us, your archer army will have to cut off the charging soldiers behind the enemy."”
Liu Zhongyi was slightly surprised. Archers usually attacked the enemy before the spearmen.
When the enemy attacks are approaching, quickly retreat from the position and give up the position to other infantry.
However, although Liu Zhongyi did not understand why Li Zhiyun had violated the rules of war and made such arrangements, he immediately accepted the order."This general will obey!"
Li Zhiyun watched as Liu Zhongyi left. The infantry phalanx began to move forward. The archers fell behind, and the pikemen advanced.
Li Zhiyun had no choice but to use his archers like this. His archers were not bad at shooting.
Even changing their formation was very slow. In a tense situation, these archers might collapse due to panic.
Once such a thing happened, it was simply courting death.
If the archers were in a mess, they wouldn't be able to retreat quickly, which would affect the spearmen behind them. If the archers collapsed and charged back, it would be even worse.
Therefore, he placed the archers behind the pikemen.
At the same time, he ordered the archers to block the enemy's attack route. In fact, he borrowed the tactics of the later generations of artillery barrage to block the enemy's dense wave charge.
The enemy's troops could not be sent in from behind. Whether the troops sent in from the front could hold on under the pressure of his superior forces would depend on his or Li Xiuning's soldiers.
There was a drawback to this.
That was to arrange archers behind the formation. Their archers might very well injure the spearmen in front.
However, Li Zhiyun had calculated too much. He had learned from the Macedonian phalanx's pikemen formation. The distance between the front and the back was only 40 meters. As long as the archers could follow the pikemen closely, the possibility of injuring the pikemen was not high.
The two armies slowly approached each other.
The howling wind became even louder, and the howls sounded like the screams of ghosts.
On the other side, Li Xiu Ning was observing Li Zhiyun's change in formation while making arrangements.
Tang Jian was right beside Li Xiuning. He saw that in Li Zhiyun's formation, the archers were actually placed behind the spearmen. He frowned in confusion and said to Li Xiuning,"Third Miss, Fifth Young Master placed the cavalry behind the formation probably to protect the two wings and was worried that the two wings would be harassed by us. However, what is his intention in placing the archers behind the spear formation?”
After being defeated by Li Zhiyun's Chain Horse, Tang Jian did not dare to take any of Li Zhiyun's strange actions lightly.
Li Xiuning had already noticed it.
However, he could not guess.
Such a method that went against the war attempt was really intriguing.
"Uncle Tang, I don't know why Zhiyun has archers, but his cavalry is definitely not protecting the two wings. He has 20,000 spearmen, 10,000 archers, and 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers that he hasn't used yet. These 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers are enough to protect the two wings. If I'm not wrong, his cavalry is preparing to attack our two wings at the critical moment!”
If Li Zhiyun was here, he would definitely be impressed.
To put it bluntly, the battle between two armies on the battlefield was a contest of strategy and mentality between the commanders of the two armies.
Guess and be guessed.
Li Xiu Ning had clearly seen through Li Zhiyun's use of cavalry.
"Does Third Miss have any countermeasures?" Tang Jian was stunned for a moment and immediately asked.
When Li Xiu Ning heard this, a confident smile appeared on her face.""Uncle Tang, don't worry. Ever since Fifth Brother's thousand cavalry charged into the formation, I've always been wary of his use of cavalry. If he doesn't come, then so be it.”
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