sweeping the world

Chapter 205 The Last Attempt
The hour of dawn is the time of war.

The fire in the coalition camp was soaring into the sky. The north and south sides had obviously completely collapsed and were no longer of any use. If the fire continued to spread, the entire camp would be burned down.

Wang Teng gave a suggestion: "Retreat the useless troops and concentrate the elite until dawn."

In a real decisive battle, the role of slave soldiers is actually not very high. The role they can play is nothing more than a desperate charge to consume the enemy's strength, and may also cause confusion in the enemy's army, but the effect is really not great.

"That's fine." Yao Lan just said casually, of course he knew that the burden of the slave soldiers in the decisive battle was more than their practical use: "It looks like it's not easy to give orders."

The flames were soaring and the smoke was billowing, and the entire camp was actually in chaos. From the long lines of torches on the periphery, it could be concluded that the Han had increased their troops from other directions, and they must take advantage of the situation to pull out of the camp.

The camp was chaotic, and it must have fallen into a certain degree of camp roar. Under such circumstances, it was difficult to control the slave soldiers. Yao Lan made up his mind almost instantly, and concentrated the elite to fight to determine the outcome. Time to decide.

It does not seem abrupt. It can even be said that the top leaders of the coalition forces are mentally prepared. After all, the coalition forces have been attacking continuously for nearly a month and have not achieved much results. They already appear weak and have low morale. How could they not be able to guess that they have arrived in the Han Dynasty? Time to fight back?There was one thing, they really didn't expect it would be a night attack.

One must understand the fact that in today's era, except for a few limited armies, it is impossible to fight at night. It is because of malnutrition that most people have night blindness.Those who can see a little bit in the dark, all of them enjoy extremely high treatment, at least there is no shortage of meat and vegetables, so they have enough vitamins.

The coalition forces mobilized the troops they could command, until a faint light appeared in the east. The assembled troops were only a little over [-], and the rest were in a state of chaos due to the surprise attack by several troops from the Han Dynasty.

"It's not the best time for a decisive battle. We should wait for Xu Zheng to completely cut off the retreat of the coalition forces, or the news of Ji Chang's attack on Guanggu City." Of course Liu Yan knew that life was unsatisfactory, so he smiled and said: " It's just as appropriate today."

Lu Shaoyang, who was standing behind Liu Yan, opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

Lu Shaoyang has already learned that he will be sent down after this battle, and he should be a commander of a certain soldier unit. He feels regretful but also full of ambition.He is very clear that he was born as the captain of the monarch's guard, and his status will inevitably appear relatively special. Besides, just like the night combat army is the commander of the village, the starting point is actually higher than anyone else. It should be working hard, and to put it mildly, is to repay the monarch. To be kind and kind, to put it more frankly, is to fight for a bright future of your own.

The desolate sound of horns came from the coalition army. Looking up, the coalition army occupied a large space in the dark land. The front army in the middle should be the Qingzhou infantry army, and the Yao family cavalry on the left and right flanks.

"Nearly 1 cavalry..." Liu Yan's cheeks twitched a few times: "It's not easy!"

On the main battlefield of Xiami, the Han cavalry had less than a thousand cavalry, and the rest were all infantry.

Why did you set fire to the camp last night?It is nothing more than wanting to compress the battlefield space.However, there is still a lot of space for the cavalry to move on this side of the battlefield.

Liu Yan made a special observation. Several troops attacking the battalion had changed their tactics and started moving towards some important roads.He made a rough judgment, the losses of the attacking troops seemed to be a bit heavy?
It seems that it is only reasonable to suffer heavy losses. Fire will not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Furthermore, chaos is inevitable during war. As the party taking the initiative to attack, it only has a certain advantage in information and can pre-determine the retreat route, but accidents will always happen. have.

Consistent with Yao Lan's choice, there are no slave soldiers in Liu Yan's decisive battle force. This is due to the same concern. Slave soldiers can be driven to death, but slave soldiers are usually very easy to collapse. During the decisive battle, slave soldiers will The collapse and rewinding of the formation is hilarious.

"Bang the war drum."

Naturally, someone would pass on Liu Yan's order, and it didn't take long for the war drum to be sounded "dong dong dong".

The war drum is quite large and round, so it must have a diameter of two meters?

There will be a war drum every 300 meters or so. At this time, watching the tall and strong warriors constantly beating the upright war drum with thick drumsticks, they are sweating profusely.

Yao Lan looked at Liu Yan strangely.Yes, he could see Liu Yan at a glance, just because Liu Yan's position was very obvious.

"The Han tribe wants to take the initiative to attack?" Wang Teng looked slightly surprised: "They are infantry, but they want to take the initiative to attack?"

It may seem strange, but if you think about it a little bit, you will take it for granted. The current battle situation is that the Han side has an advantage in morale, so it must seize the advantage to further attack the already low morale of the coalition forces.

Looking at the soldiers in the coalition camp, the one-night attack on the camp forced them to fight passively. Since yesterday evening, they had a meal, and after working hard for most of the night, they are still in a state of not eating or drinking. Physically, they appear relatively shrunken.

The soldiers of the coalition army were still a little confident. They were the side with a large number of people and a large number of cavalry. It was taken for granted that the Han, which was all infantry, would take a defensive position. On this point, they regained a little bit of psychological advantage.

What's the situation now?It was the Han troops who were beating the war drums, and the military formation seemed to be really moving forward, which caused the coalition soldiers to be stunned for a while and couldn't help but wonder if their side was in a weak position.

The Han Dynasty is advancing, and the sound of war drums is no longer a rush. It is a rhythmic drum, forming the same frequency as the drum sound and the soldiers' steps, so that it seems that the earth has become a war drum, as if It was the Han tribe as a whole that became "one person" beating the war drum.

"Master, please also order the cavalry on the left and right wings to cruise." Wang Teng's face looked serious: "The enemy's master is a man who can lead troops."

What is the war about?Outside of the battlefield are factors such as national power, while on the battlefield the most important thing is morale.Morale is actually an invisible concept, but it can be judged from the mental state of the soldiers on both sides.

In fact, Wang Teng didn't need to say, Yao Lan would also let the cavalry on the left and right flanks cruise around.

Only the active cavalry is the best cavalry. Since ancient times, there have been very few cavalry to fight formations. It is rare for cavalry to attack the enemy's tight formation of infantry. will be slaughtered.

During the cruising activities of the coalition cavalry, the sound of the battle drums of the Han army formation changed, and several rapid drumbeats sounded. From a distance, some flags could be seen shaking at certain positions, and then the troops on the left and right wings of the Han army stopped. Only the Chinese army is still moving forward.

"Soldiers... Another soldier..." Yao Jing was both confused and shocked: "There are at least two thousand soldiers. How can Liu Yan get so many soldiers!"

Two thousand system soldiers stepped forward, followed by a thousand spearmen and about [-] archers.In a position that cannot be seen from the outside, there should be nearly thirty crossbows in the formation?
Liu Zheng discussed with others and came to the conclusion that it is time to send troops to fight.

Speaking of which, behind the coalition forces, there was still the appearance of flames rising into the sky, and a large amount of billowing thick smoke also floated into the sky.If one could look down from a high altitude, the camps of the coalition forces would have been wrecked. Some camps that had not been burned were fighting, but it was not known whether the internal strife or the Han troops were still there.

Behind the troops led by Liu Yan was the main city of Xiami. It can be said that at least there was a way out.

Behind the coalition forces is the camp where the fire is spreading. If they don't take the initiative to fight, they will inevitably be squeezed out of the space. Will they push into the fire scene then?

Arrows were used as the prelude to the war again. The archers of the Han Dynasty formed an arrow array. The continuous arrow offensive did not stop until the soldiers in front approached the Qingzhou Army [-] steps away.

The soldiers on both sides collided in an irregular vertical direction. The soldiers of the Han tribe first used their shields to resist, and then continued to stab their swords, row after row.Because of the overcrowding, quite a few war dead were squeezed and unable to fall even if they died.

Fu Wei observed the situation in detail, conducted a calibration shot himself, and then read out some numbers such as marking codes, and ordered the archers who formed the arrow formation to continue shooting.

Liu Zheng, who was staying in the distance, saw the archers of the Han tribe keep shooting arrows at the soldiers behind him, and his cheeks twitched constantly: "I really don't want to admit it, but the Han tribe is indeed a strong army."

The Yao family brothers looked at each other silently. They had been fighting for nearly a month, and they hadn't gotten any advantage at all. It is true that the Han army is a strong army.But they knew that Liu Zheng emphasized again that it was just that he felt that the future of the war was worrying, and he was trying to relieve himself of his incompetence in advance.

In fact, Yao Lan and Yao Jing are now facing a very realistic choice. It is very obvious that the war has reached this level, and they cannot solve Liu Yan at once.The current situation of the war is favorable to Liu Yan. Maybe there is no chance if the fight continues, but the loss will definitely be great.

If Liu Yan keeps shrinking, it won't matter if the Yao brothers continue to waste their lives. The ones driving the siege are cannon fodder like slave soldiers. Why feel bad if they don't lose their own soldiers?

The battle that is about to start is different for the Yao family brothers. They will fight with their own soldiers. They should think about whether they can win, how much they lose to win, and whether it is worth losing and gaining. .

"Take a look?" Yao Jing was not reconciled: "We have enough horses, and we can evacuate at any time."

Yao Lan was also unwilling, and nodded sharply: "[-]%!"

Wang Teng squinted his eyes, glanced at Liu Zheng who was far away, and let out a "hehehe" laugh.

The desolate horn was sounded, and the Qiang cavalry who were constantly cruising in the narrow space on the two wings began to turn around...

(End of this chapter)