After receiving Li Zhiyun's order, Chen Ye turned his head to take a look.
As expected, the inky black flag began to slowly press forward.
His eyes widened as he roared,""Marshal, move your flag forward. General, you will live and die with us! Kill!"
"General, move your flag forward. Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!”
"Marshal's flag, move forward, kill!"
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In ancient wars, soldiers always paid attention to the changes in the commander's flag.
The commander's flag determined morale.
Once the commander flag fell, even the side with the advantage would have a high chance of being defeated in a short period of time.
This also gave rise to the saying of killing the general and seizing the flag.
Similarly, in battle, once the soldiers saw the commander's flag move forward, they would know what the commander was thinking.
Whether it was the strict military law or the courage that the commander gave the soldiers.
It would cause the soldiers to explode.
The existence of a commander-in-chief was even more important to the newly established army.
This was also the reason why Li Xiu Ning and Li Zhi Yun, one after the other, both chose to move the commander's flag forward.
"Kill them!"
"I've killed enough!"
"No one can take away my family's land!”
……
The courage of the spearmen instantly returned. They were fearless and seemed to be on par with Li Xiuning's two thousand archers.
With courage, he stopped panicking, and his movements of drawing his spear and stabbing slowly became steady and orderly.
Under the lead of the colonel, rows of spears pierced out. As the colonel shouted to stop, the soldiers 'hands suddenly twitched.
The enemies in front of him fell in rows.
When a spearman fell to the ground, the spearmen standing behind him would immediately fill in the gap.
The archers behind the spear formation kept shooting until their arms started to ache. After all, they were not well-trained archers.
His endurance was far from enough.
However, under the restraint of Liu Zhongyi and the other generals, he did not care about his injured arm as he gritted his teeth and shot desperately.
The dense rain of arrows came one after another.
Behind Li Xiuning's follow-up infantry, the supervising team held a large knife and had already cut down more than a dozen soldiers who were cowering in fear as a warning to others.
However, the soldiers were unable to break through the rain of arrows.
Even if there were, it was only a small portion.
Li Xiu Ning sat on her horse and watched as Li Zhiyun's spearmen formation slowly moved forward. The gap opened by the two thousand archers slowly surrounded them from both sides.
If they didn't have any reinforcements, they would be able to charge into the formation and kill all the elites.
At this moment, Li Xiu Ning looked nervous.
From time to time, she didn't think about going around the arrow rain and taking a detour from both sides.
She had already tried.
Li Zhiyun's archer army stared at her changes in formation.
At this moment, her formation was in complete chaos. The colonel couldn't find his soldiers, and the soldiers couldn't find the colonel.
The order was passed down. It would take time to change the formation.
The archers had already turned around calmly.
Li Xiu Ning finally understood why Li Zhiyun would use such a rigid tactic.
This kind of square formation was most suitable for new recruits.
The new recruits could not be chaotic. Once they scattered, it would be extremely difficult to organize them.
"Third Miss, quickly, quickly think of a way. There are not many left of the two thousand elites!”Tang Jian had long lost his high spirits. He pointed at Li Zhiyun's spear array and shouted.
Li Xiu Ning saw that the two thousand elites had been fighting for a long time, and they were not strong enough.
Now that the reinforcements could not keep up, they were forced to retreat under the attacks of Li Zhiyun's spearmen.
They were about to be surrounded.
A decisive look flashed across Li Xiu Ning's face. She immediately ordered the messenger,""Order the infantrymen to spread out and open up a distance!”
The messenger went forward to pass the order.
After hearing Li Xiuning's plan, Tang Jian felt that this was a good idea.
They still had about 15,000 soldiers who had not been sent in.
The entire battlefield was wide enough. After dispersing, the threat of Li Zhiyun's archers was greatly reduced.
"Uncle Tang, let's get ready to retreat." But at this moment, Li Xiuning's words struck Tang Jian like lightning.
"Why is Xiu Ning doing this?" Tang Jian was so shocked that he even forgot to address her as Third Miss and called Li Xiuning by her name.
Li Xiu Ning smiled bitterly." Once the recruits disperse, it's like a flock of sheep scattering into a mountain. It's easy to disperse, but it's difficult to gather. I'm only doing this to buy us some time. Otherwise, we won't be able to leave."”
Tang Jian's face instantly turned extremely pale.
He understood that Li Xiu Ning was abandoning thirty thousand soldiers!
He opened his mouth, wanting to ask Li Xiu Ning why she didn't bring the remaining 15,000 soldiers back.
However, he could see that Li Zhiyun's spearmen were like rolling millstones on the battlefield. They had already gained the upper hand. Rows of spears stabbed out, stabbing into their soldiers.
The pikemen stepped forward, and the pikemen behind them stabbed out from the middle of the pikemen in front.
This cycle repeated itself, pushing their soldiers forward.
Their soldiers were armed with long spears and were not organized. Usually, when they killed a soldier of Li Zhiyun, they would be stabbed by three or four long spears at the same time.
If they didn't send in their troops to stall Li Zhiyun, once their commander's flag moved back, Li Zhiyun would quickly stick to them.
At that time, they would not be able to leave.
"Order the carriages in ambush to prepare to cut off the cavalry. Order the cavalry to prepare to cover the rear!”Li Xiuning ignored Tang Jian and immediately gave the order to the messenger.
After her follow-up infantrymen reorganized and passed down the order to the lowest rank colonel, she was able to send a message to the commander.
Li Xiu Ning looked at the commander's flag that was erected high up in the distance.
The sky was dark. At such a close distance, Li Zhiyun could no longer be seen clearly. He could vaguely see a blurry figure.
Kill!
Shouts of battle rang out as the colonel led his troops to charge behind Li Zhiyun's army.
"The brave men of sacrifice will stay behind and hold the commander's flag. The rest of you, follow me and retreat!" Li Xiu Ning said.”In the darkness, blood seeped out from the corner of Li Xiu Ning's mouth.
She bit her lips as she gave the order.
He was defeated!
She had lost!
Li Zhiyun could not help but frown when he saw Li Xiuning's reinforcements charging in a disorganized manner.
"What does she want to do?"
He also understood that charging in a sloppy manner against his spearmen formation was courting death.
He didn't believe that Li Xiu Ning didn't understand this logic.
At a certain moment, Li Zhiyun's mind suddenly lit up. He shouted anxiously and happily,""The enemy general is about to escape. Order Chen Ye not to tangle with the enemy archers.”
"Order Liu Zhongyi, the archers will press behind the spearmen formation and fire alongside the spearmen formation!”
As a result, a scene that had never happened on the cold weapon battlefield appeared.
The archers pressed closely behind the spearmen formation, firing as they moved.
Wave after wave of arrows landed on the path of the spearmen.
Although Li Xiu Ning's troops were now attacking in a scattered manner, the soldiers on the two flanks were not hit.
However, as long as the soldiers were in front of the spearmen formation, they would be within the attack range.
The scene was very similar to the coordinated tactics of the modern era.
Under the rain of arrows, even the soldiers who were lucky enough to survive lost their courage. Under the suppression of the spearmen, they quickly retreated.
The spearmen and archers were like a snowball rolling faster and faster as they pressed forward.
Li Zhiyun noticed that the two wings were being held back by the roundabout attacks, and he was a little annoyed.
So he immediately gave another order." Order Wan Xuandao to send out his cavalry and sweep the two wings. Order Chen Ye to ignore the two wings and charge forward. The enemy's defeat is a foregone conclusion. Gather the defeated soldiers and charge into Yu County tonight to capture Li Xiuning alive!”
"The enemy has been defeated. Capture Li Xiu Ning alive!”
"Charge into Yu County and capture Li Xiu Ning alive!”
……
The infantrymen were closer and received the order first. They attacked even faster and their formation began to become chaotic.
Li Xiu Ning had just chosen her men of sacrifice and gave the order to retreat.
Suddenly, she heard shouts coming from the other side. She focused her eyes and took a closer look. In the darkness, she spent some effort to see the battlefield clearly.
"What kind of battle formation is this?!"”
The ancient version of the gun coordination shocked Li Xiuning.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The rain of arrows landed less than ten meters in front of her. Li Xiu Ning's expression changed instantly and she shouted,"Retreat! Retreat immediately!"
She knew that even if she gave up 15,000 infantrymen, it would not be enough to stop Li Zhiyun.
She took the lead and sprinted towards Yu County while turning her head to look at the rain of arrows clearing the way. The spearmen followed closely behind, and the new tactic of rolling and sweeping. She gripped the reins tightly with both hands, her nails deeply embedded in her flesh.
However, she did not seem to notice it. She continued to turn her head in shock and unwillingness to look at the rolling black stream behind her…
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