From Chief to Ball

First let some scouts in the army approach the Xiacheng military stronghold, and then let people who can speak Dahe language insult them loudly, saying that Xiacheng people are like tortoises who dare not fight, and cut off the heads of a few slaves to try to provoke them.

However, after shouting and cursing all morning, there was still no movement on the other side, everyone entered the arena, and the guards handed over normally.Chen Jian had already told each soldier about his strategic intentions, and he only felt it was ridiculous for the other side to insult the soldiers. These stupid guys didn't know that the army would soon enter the empty hinterland of Dongyi, so they had nothing to hold back.

At noon, Qiongxi finally decided to launch a tentative attack. He really didn't understand what the opponent was doing, and he didn't dare to bet all the troops at once.

After eating, the army began to move forward slowly.Qiongxi divided the army into six parts, and one part stayed in the camp.

Three of the military strongholds that surrounded Xiacheng stopped at a distance of six or seven hundred paces; the other two were behind the three armies, used as mobile forces, and also to prevent Xiacheng's cavalry or chariots from raiding.

He didn't know how many riders were on the opposite side, and he didn't know which side the chariot would hit, so he should be careful in everything.Since he started fighting, he has never seen such a weird way of fighting.

When the Dongyi army slowly approached the Xiacheng military stronghold, the Xiacheng soldiers guarding outside began to retreat, which made Qiongxi feel even more uneasy.

Facing their own army, these Xiacheng people could retreat into the earth wall in an orderly manner, instead of retreating into collapse.

In the past, facing the rest of the city, as long as the city wall was taken down, the defense was completely disintegrated, because the city wall was the commanding height of the city, and the whole city was surrounded by the city wall to form an isolated city.When the time comes to leave a gap, those who are broken will run from the gap, and it is impossible to organize an effective defense.The city wall is not only a commanding height, but also a passage connecting the inside and outside, but this military stronghold or city does not even have a city wall, what is going on?

"Maybe there aren't many Xiacheng troops inside? Are they just scaring us?"

A clan leader proposed such an idea. Qiongxi thought for a while, shook his head, and ordered all the ministries to strictly observe it. At the same time, the three ministries that came forward organized 500 people to prepare for a tentative attack.

The city on the opposite side is doomed not to be able to deploy all the people, which means that the defense line is weak. Once the opponent chooses a little counterattack, it is likely to be defeated across the board.Although he wasn't afraid of Xiacheng's chariots and riders, it didn't mean he wouldn't take this into consideration.

At the same time, let the scouts scatter dozens of miles away, and closely observe the movement in the vicinity, especially the movements in the flanks and rear.

There is a layer of earthen wall blocking the line of sight on the outside. The archer began to move forward slowly to prepare for suppression. The spearman moved forward slowly with the sound of the drum, keeping a distance of fifty steps from the archer.

In order to deal with Xiacheng's chariots, Qiongxi arranged the spearmen in charge of the formation very closely, with very small gaps and thick density.

The best archers in Dongyi all hold double-curved recurve horn bows, but it doesn't take too long to make. Only some of them own them, and the rest use ordinary bamboo bows.

When approaching the battle, the average archer only shoots a dozen arrows, and the arm will be sore. The superior archer may be able to shoot for a while, but the feather arrows are not unlimited.

The problem now is that they can't see the Xiacheng people forming an array on the opposite side, but can only see the earthy yellow walls or rammed earth. The Dongyi archers are very helpless.

Soldiers armed with short swords and axes were selected, led by elite warriors, and rushed towards the strange military stronghold opposite after the sound of drums.

The narrow place couldn't be opened, and when it hit near the wall, a bunch of feathered arrows flew out from the city and scattered on the heads of those Dongyi warriors. There were not many casualties, but instead aroused their blood.

Dongyi's archers didn't dare to get too close. The situation inside was unknown. Once the opponent counterattacked, the archers who lost the protection of the spearmen would collapse.

It is even more impossible for the spearmen to follow up with the swarm. If those people hide in the rear and take advantage of the scattered formation of the swarm, the impact will be defeated across the board: marching, defense, and offense are different formations. The spearmen want to resist Xiacheng's possible battle. Vehicle impact means giving up mobility, and when the formation is changing, it is the most likely to be broken by the attack. Qiongxi is very careful and will never make such a mistake.

There are gaps in the simple outer wall, obviously there are several roads, and the Dongyi people howling and rushing to the earth wall realized that there was no defense at all on the opposite side. Form a formation and move forward slowly.

After walking thirty or fifty steps, there was another earthen wall, and then there was a rush of whistles from inside.

Many black balls were suddenly thrown from behind the earth wall, dozens of them, accompanied by a pungent smell.

Chapter 35 Awakening

These people had smelled this smell when they attacked Windy City, and they knew how terrifying this thing was. In their panic, a pile of black bumps rolled under their feet, followed by a violent explosion.

The splashed pieces of iron or the pieces of iron that were blown in half pierced into the bodies of this group of people with only a layer of cowhide as protection with scorching heat and extremely high speed, and blood was everywhere.

The thick black smoke with loud noise and flames may not be very lethal, but the shock caused by the instant casualties still made these Dongyi soldiers on the verge of collapse.

The leader was killed, and an iron lump fell at his feet. This was used by Xiacheng to defend the city, and the charge was quite large.

The morale of the group of more than 300 people who rushed in only fell to the lowest point in an instant. The injured lay on the ground howling, and the uninjured ears were full of buzzing echoes. They didn't know what they were going to do, and their minds were in chaos. .

Some people turned around as if they were running backwards, and there was a rush of flute sounds from behind. Hundreds of Xiacheng centurions with spears in their hands stepped out slowly and firmly, and rushed out from behind on the not-so-wide divided land. A group of Dongyi people who had already lost some collided together.

Soldiers thrust their spears forward just like their usual training, they only need to keep themselves on the same level as the people in the same row, and they don't need to charge or run.

It's like herding sheep... In this kind of terrain, facing the organized spearmen, those Dongyi people whose morale had collapsed didn't know how to resist at all, and ran away with their heads in their arms.

The spearman didn't pursue either, and retreated with the sound of the whistle behind him, ignoring the dead bodies with severed limbs at all.

In just a moment, hundreds of Dongyi people who had tried to attack scattered back, and less than half of them survived.

The city on the opposite side was like a man-eating beast that suddenly devoured all these people. The low earth walls blocked the sight, but they couldn't stop the screams of those who were seriously injured and survived. It echoed in the middle, making people feel cold all over.

Several seriously injured Dongyi people climbed out of the earth wall relying on the remaining half of their legs or arms. They were covered in black and died halfway through the climb.

An atmosphere of uneasiness and tension reverberated in Dongyi's army formation, and the clan leaders all looked at Qiongxi.

"Pass the order, the archers retreat a hundred steps one by one, stabilize their positions, and don't panic! Bring a few people who have retreated."

The army began to move back slowly, and the warriors in charge of the probing attack were called to the front of Qiongxi. Those people were no longer flustered, but they still couldn't help but hug their heads when they heard the sound of the drum.

After asking for a long time, Qiong Xi shook her head, knowing that she had met her opponent.Those gunpowder weapons are nothing, and the advantage of using the terrain is indeed to play, but as long as the impact and melee are together, the weapons will be difficult to use.

What annoyed him were those spearmen who came in listening to the drum and retreated after listening to the whistle. According to those who fled back, those spearmen in Xiacheng walked very slowly, but when they walked, they were like a wall Moving forward neatly, there is no way to compete with them in a narrow place.

There were also a few brave warriors who tried to rush to the front by their own abilities, but they were all stabbed to death by spears, and each of them had to face three or five spears.

Qiongxi also heard about the previous battles from those captured Xiacheng people, and he knew a little bit about Xiacheng's tactics. They fought stupid battles, and there were not many ways to make him feel ridiculous. strategy.

On the plains, the formation of spears and spears is used. The cavalry harass and disrupt the enemy's formation to make the army out of touch or move forward, and then use chariots and those shock troops to seize the opportunity to break a little bit.

From Qiongxi's point of view, Xia Cheng's tactics are ridiculously simple, and there is only one sentence: in a certain place, fight more and fight less, tearing apart the front line.

Qiongxi also understands that this stupid method has great requirements on the command ability of the military leader, but what is more important is whether the spear phalanx can be stabilized.

They're not murderous, they're just moving walls.Perhaps very few people died in the hands of the spears before the battle was decided, but without these spears, those assault arms would be meaningless, and no one would create opportunities for the chariots.

After hearing so many rumors, Qiong Xi originally thought that the Spear Army of these Xiacheng people was similar to her own, but just now it seemed that it was definitely stronger than her spearmen.

At least as far as the situation just now is concerned, if it is the spearmen on their side, they may rush out, at least they will not let these people escape: the enemy who is facing a collapse does not need to maintain the army formation, and sacrifice the army formation in exchange for a speed impact.But the Xiacheng people on the opposite side were so stiff and terrifying, they would rather let it go and retreat according to the whistle, and never disperse.

Looking at the silent city on the opposite side, Qiong Xi felt like the bones she had eaten. The bone marrow inside was delicious and tempting to eat, but it might break the teeth.

If there are really only 3000 people inside, I can't rush in at any cost. The problem is that these clans followed me to plunder slaves. A head-to-head confrontation is not the best for a person who has only been the leader for a year. choose.

This made Qiongxi very puzzled, what exactly are these Xiacheng people doing?It's hard to get in by defending yourself, but if you don't hit the Xiacheng people on the opposite side, you can't do anything about it. What are they doing here?

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out what the problem was, so he ordered people to build a camp and insisted not to attack for the time being.

The first night was spent in this weird confrontation, and in the early morning of the second day, the Dongyi people also built a high platform with wood and earthwork, and after Qiongxi climbed up, they finally saw the whole picture of the opposite side clearly.

The inside is well-ordered and well-organized. There are about 800 people in the front; there are [-] people in the middle; and the place near the river bank is the main force of Xiacheng people.

After peeking at the whole picture inside, Qiong Xi felt even more prickly.The camp on the opposite side is a standard semicircle, no matter which side you attack from, the distance to the center is about the same.Besieged on three sides, the terrain is rugged and divided, and there are not many troops that can be deployed, so they can only fight against those hateful Xiacheng Spear Army in a narrow place.

If two sides are encircled and the main attack is on one side, the main force of Xiacheng in the center can be easily deployed to the main attack side. If you want to mobilize, you have to follow the large arc of the outer circle, while the Xiacheng people inside only need to follow the shortest path from the center to the arc. The distance can quickly reach the battlefield.

The initiative on the battlefield was in his hands, Qiong Xi felt that he could fight or not, the group of Xiacheng people could only defend but could not take the initiative to attack him.Due to terrain constraints, Xiacheng people were also unable to deploy formations and attack.