Li Chengfeng, Zhao Xiaobao and Han Tianxing, the three "leisurely" spectators, watched the two fronts of different colors approaching rapidly in the basin below. They all subconsciously held their breath. When the two fronts suddenly separated, When they collided, it was like two raging waves hitting each other in an instant, with countless waves splashing out from the front.
At this moment, countless soldiers were pierced by the spears poked out of the opponent's shield array, and countless soldiers were hit by the opponent's heavy shield, and fell to the ground with broken heads and blood. In an instant, he was stepped on by his comrades who came after him, and there was no movement after just a few steps.
On the battlefield, the last thing you should not do while marching is to bend down and squat down, because as long as you do so, you will be knocked down by the people behind you and trampled by countless soldiers.
In such a legionary battle, every soldier in the phalanx is an elite soldier who has undergone extremely strict training. No matter what happens to the people in front, as long as the military order is issued, even if the front is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, the people behind will still move forward one after another. go.
At this time, let alone comrades, even if their parents fall in front of them, they cannot bend down to help them, because as soon as they bend down, the soldiers behind them will immediately knock them down and then they will be trampled over. The end result is that the person he wants to help is trampled into a pulp together!
The power of the battle formation lies in the dense unity, uniformity, mutual cooperation, and prohibition. The soldiers in this environment are no longer living people. Each of them is a part of this huge war machine. They have no individual. Will, no personal thinking, not even personal humanity!
The only thing they could do was to follow the orders and use the muscle memory accumulated over time in training in battle. During the march, the comrades in front fell and collapsed! The one who fell was their dearest friend, Pao Ze, who could not be supported or controlled. They could only pray that the other party could get up quickly to avoid being trampled to death by their comrades.
The shield soldiers in the front row are the burliest and strongest soldiers in the entire army. Not only can each of them carry a cauldron, but they can at least lift a stone pillar weighing several hundred kilograms more than ten times in a row.
Such burly and majestic soldiers are the most majestic and miserable when fighting, because they bear the most violent force from the front and rear.
In front were the enemy's most elite heavy armored infantry, who were also carrying high-lifting shields. They came quickly and pushed their heavy shields into the wall. The two forces collided together. In addition, there were soldiers rushing up behind each other. As soon as the force hit, some people were turned into sandwich biscuits on the spot, and they were so pinched that they vomited blood. Some people were even knocked directly into the air. Some were lucky enough to fall into their own formation, while others were very unlucky. , fell into the enemy formation, and were either trampled to pulp, or directly smashed to death by the heavy armored infantry with the sharp bottom of the heavy shield.
Although there are many pikemen in the army at this time, the formation has been completed and all the pikes are moving forward in unison. At this time, an enemy falls into the battle formation. If the pikemen want to stab the person to death, they have to turn the tip of the spear. , then put the gun back and lowered his head to poke. As a result, the formation immediately became irregular. Therefore, in the military formation, such intruders were not dealt with by the gunmen, but by the heavy shield soldiers behind. Knock him down with a shield, and then chop him to death with the sharp shield tip below.
When the war reached this point, both sides "learned from the barbarians and learned skills to control the barbarians". They learned each other's strengths and improved their own shortcomings. By the end of the war, they gradually became more and more alike.
Li Chengfeng and others looked around and saw that after the two waves of armies collided, the two front lines immediately turned into one front line. The two sides kept squeezing in, and red waves kept rising in the middle. Those were soldiers. Their blood is splashing everywhere!
At this time, the shouting of killing had already shaken the basin, and even the people above the canyon could feel the fierce sound waves coming towards their faces, which was heart-shaking.
Zhao Xiaobao and Han Tianxing also recovered from the previous confrontation. They looked down with wide eyes and clenched their fists in unison.
Although they were far apart, as cultivators, they could still clearly see the general situation of the battle between the two sides.
Although Daqi and the Puppet Kingdom have different equipment and weapon systems, their tactics and methods are roughly the same.
The Puppet Kingdom mostly uses round shields. The oval shield is wide at the top and pointed at the bottom. It is extremely huge. It can cover almost three-quarters of the body when raised. If a soldier holds the shield in a bow, his head will be lowered and his shoulders will be lowered. Hidden under the shield, with the tip of the shield inserted into the ground, the entire body can be blocked behind the shield.
This kind of round shields are like pieces of fish scales, densely connected to each other, forming a dense protective formation, and the gap exposed by each connected shield is the muzzle, and the spearmen in the back row come out from here. Throw out the spear and shrink it to assassinate, to kill the enemy in the front row of the opponent.
The shields on the Daqi side mostly use square-pointed shields, which are V-shaped at the top and bottom. The lower part is sharp for touching the ground, and the upper part is for holding the gun. Long guns are mostly placed here. This way to hold the gun makes it easier to draw the gun downwards from a high position. , can kill the enemy hiding behind the shield from a better angle, but setting up the gun in this way can also easily cause the shooter to expose himself and be more vulnerable to the opponent's attack, which has mixed advantages and disadvantages.
As soon as the heavy shield men in the front row of both sides came into contact, after the initial people turned on their backs, the battle lines of both sides quickly stabilized. At this time, the armies of both sides no longer advanced and squeezed, and there was rarely a stampede. The front row was injured or killed in battle. The shield bearer was immediately dragged down and quickly sent to the back row, and the vacancy was immediately filled by the heavy shield bearer behind.
These heavy shield bearers hide their burly bodies behind their backs, and support the heavy shield weighing dozens of kilograms at the angle of a triangular support. The bottoms of these heavy shields are all inserted into the ground as a little support. At the same time, the heavy shield bearers Use your hands to hold the shield, your shoulders to your hands, and your head to your shoulders. The three of them should be pressed against the top of the heavy shield at the same time, and at the same time, support the ground with both legs in a lunge!
The tail of the shield, the human head, and the human legs form a stable isosceles triangle structure, so that even if there is an impact of a thousand pounds from the opposite side, they can hold it firmly!
Such heavy shield soldiers are the mainstay of this forward army! As long as it is thick enough, even if the opponent has heavy armored cavalry to attack, they will not be afraid!
As soon as the battle line in the field stabilized, the spearmen in the back row began to stab with their spears. At that moment, the two sides were attacking like mirror images. Except for the different equipment, the attack methods were almost exactly the same. The heavy shield soldiers on both sides were made of steel, and the spears from the rear were stabbing wildly. The attack continued, stabbing the shield bearer and gunner who were exposed to the impact.
At this time, under the command of the general, the legions in the rear row began to take off the crossbows they were carrying, bent their bows and nocked arrows, adjusted the angles, and fired at the enemy.
For a moment, arrows from both sides were coming and going, as dense as locusts.
The officers shouted loudly: "Raise your shield, raise your shield!!"
At this time, the heavy shieldmen in the back row raised their shields high and blocked them above, forming a steel barrier.
But at this time, the shapes of the shields on Daqi's side were perfectly inlaid with each other, with very few gaps and holes leaking out, and very few arrows leaking in. However, because of the shape of the shields on the Puppet Kingdom's side, there were always gaps between each other, and they would occasionally leak out. Arrows leaked in and caused damage.
Li Chengfeng stood at a high place, and murderous intent boiled below him. Tens of thousands of soldiers were fighting together. The fighting spirit, the murderous intent, was as real as it could be. It steamed up and shot straight into the sky. He could only see his blood boiling and his veins blazing. I just wish I could take out my spear and rush into the formation to join in the fight!
But he knew this was impossible. People like him would only destroy the formation and would have no effect at all.
In a battle of this level, personal bravery is reduced to the extreme. This is the greatest expression of the comprehensive will of collectivism!
Li Chengfeng cried out regret in his heart: A great man, fighting on the battlefield, his body wrapped in horse leather!
At this moment, a messenger on horseback rushed next to him and shouted loudly from a distance: "Master Li, Master Li!"
Li Chengfeng looked back and saw the messenger jumping off his horse, saluting him and saying loudly: "The general asked Lord Li, would you like to beat drums to cheer for our army?"
Li Chengfeng was overjoyed: "I have my wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears!"