There are about a thousand people on one side and about three thousand on the other side, which are based on both ends of this small plain in the river bay.

Even in this wilderness era, with a large area and a sparse population, this battle is not a large-scale battle. Not to mention that the two sides fighting are not regular troops in the usual sense.

The infantry on Jiang Kao's side were basically used to make up the numbers, and they were informal infantry mainly merchants. Although their morale was pretty good, it was to protect themselves and their property and they were not proactive enough. However, the equipment was not bad. Both weapons and armor were sufficient, and the magic was even more affordable, even exceeding the proportion of regular troops. Unfortunately, the discipline was not good and the formation was loose.

In order to piece together a large army in a short time, Wu Qing did not distinguish between meat and vegetables, and the ones that were put into the basket were vegetables. From a distance, you could notice that those front lines were basically brought by small tribes nearby: lizard men holding shields and weapons, without armor. The same formation was loose, and a typical smelly fish should not look down on anyone's rotten shrimp.

Of course, Jiang Kao has an elite force here, which is a powerful chariot unit composed of professional warriors and professional spellcasters. Wu Qing must have an equal elite force on the other side. They are the real targets for the generals of both sides.

Zhang Cheng inexplicably remembered a poem in his heart: When the golden wind and autumn dew meet, it is better than countless people in the world.

The correct use of these two elite troops should basically determine the outcome of this battle.

Of course, I understand it in my heart. In fact, looking at the other party's broad front, the number of people who are obviously far better than your own... you will naturally feel strong psychological pressure.

"Brother Zhang Chengxian, are you willing to go to the teacher with me?" Jiang Kao suddenly said this.

Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment before realizing that the command of the army was a challenge. In other words, a chariot rushed up and asked the enemy to challenge him.

All civilizations on Earth, both ancient and modern, and both China and abroad, basically had examples of single-handed fights before the emergence of firearms in modern times.

The winning or losing of a one-on-one challenge itself is meaningless, but the morale boost brought by a one-on-one challenge is very meaningful. Moreover, for such an almost raucous army, the morale boost of a one-on-one challenge is of great significance.

If Jiang Kao is replaced by Yan Bi or Hu Chen, then Zhang Cheng doesn’t need to think about it anymore and just answer “Of course there is no problem”. But Jiang Kao is around Zhang Cheng. According to Zhang Cheng’s speculation, Jiang Kao is a warrior with a level of no more than 5.

Madan, what do you think about low-level warriors like you rush up? Is it your turn? This is a high-demon world with many legends like dogs and demigods everywhere! If you rush up, you will probably be finished with a few fireballs and even the people and the car.

I don't want to! This is what Zhang Cheng said in his heart. Although he is already a level 15 warrior and level 15 mage, as a brigade mage, he has no idea of ​​fighting with others one at all.

Not to mention that Jiang Hei and Jiang Kao are around you, rather than helpers, they are burdensome companions. How useful can one level 5 and one level 7 be?

"Brother Jiang Kao, the whole thing is in our car." Zhang Cheng wanyan reminded Jiang Kao that he was the commander car. The main general stepped forward to fight alone... Even in this era, there is no precedent.

Legend has it that when King Wu attacked Zhou Muye, he ordered Jiang Taigong to go up and fight alone, rather than King Wu himself.

"Ah... it was me Meng Lang..." Jiang Kao realized that something was wrong.

Jiang Hei obviously understood the situation very well. He drove back to his lineup and had no intention of advancing towards the enemy.

The two armies are now temporarily confronting each other, and both sides are still observing each other. Wu Qing could have launched an almost winning raid while the other party sets up, but because they accurately predicted the time and place, they lost this opportunity.

The arrangements of both sides are simple and clear.

The two armies confronted each other on the riverside, each lined up in formation. Because the soldiers were of low quality, the formations of both sides were actually not particularly complete and strict. From Zhang Cheng's point of view, it can only be said that both sides were roughly arranged in battle formations.

On one side of the battlefield was the river, and Jiang Kao arranged the mercenaries of the earthly spirit on this side near the Daxi River.

The reason behind it is self-evident: to put it bluntly, it means that you don’t trust these mercenaries very much. Only when these mercenaries are arranged on this side can they be assured, because it is difficult to escape in this position. If the goblins feel that the situation is not good, they may escape, causing the entire army to collapse.

In this regard, Wu Qing is also the same. He and the goblins are facing human rebels from afar. Although this title is not very rigorous, it is not impossible to call these humans "rebels" from Jiang Kao's position. These rebels were also placed on the side of the river. Obviously, Wu Qing is also worried about any special actions of these rebels.

Among the Dongyi army, a team next to it took action.

It was a lizardmen army equipped with shields and axes. There were very few armored people, and the overall number was not large, just one or two hundred. They left their own queues and began to slowly move forward.

They did not intend to attack Jiang Kao directly, but wanted to detour to the flank. Once the detour was completed, they would form a flank encirclement, which would greatly affect the battlefield situation here.

Zhang Cheng changed several strategies in his mind, but there seemed to be no good idea. Because this is not the real main force of the enemy. Any slightly large-scale mobilization may give the enemy main force a plane. But it is impossible to keep these guys alone.

Just like a chess game, the battlefield is the chessboard of commanders on both sides, and the army is the chess pieces on both sides.

"Brother Zhang Cheng, what should I do?" Jiang Kao said to himself. He seemed to be asking, but Zhang Cheng knew that he didn't need him to answer at all. In fact, this was just a subconscious reaction when Jiang Kao was first on the battlefield and was too nervous. This tension was not that he was nervous when he went to the battlefield, but that he started to be nervous when he was still returning to the city. Jiang Kao obviously cared about the war he planned himself. This matter has a direct relationship with his own reputation and future.

"Since they are here, they will come unexpectedly... order the battle chariot team to attack... Brother, beat the drum!"

Beating the drum? Zhang Cheng was stunned. He knew that in this era, the command of the army on the battlefield relied on the flag and drums - he had flags and drums around him, but the problem was... he couldn't!

The fool also understands that this drum is not a random hit. Instead, it must be based on a certain rhythm and a certain rhythm, so that it can be divided into a rapid advance, a slow advance, an infantry attack, a chariot attack, a long-range attack... and so on.

This is a compulsory course for all nobles, and you must understand it when you are young. After all, as long as you go to the battlefield, you must understand it. Otherwise, you will be no different from a blind man and a deaf man on the battlefield.

In fact, let alone aristocrats, even civilians and "Chinese people" need to understand a little. The difference is that Chinese people only need to understand part of it, because in most cases they are not qualified to take the position of commander. And scholars must understand it.

Jiang Kao asked Zhang Cheng to beat the drum, which was a very simple requirement. Beating the drum requires the chariot troops to attack quickly. Enemies of this level do not need any detailed and meticulous command, anyway, they will definitely collapse as soon as they rush.

Zhang Cheng held the drumstick... He didn't move for a long time. He really couldn't!

The last time he attacked the swamped Huaiyi, he didn't need anything like a storm. An army of a hundred people shouted orders with his mouth. An army of a thousand people needed a storm to conduct more detailed commands.

"Why not beat the drum?" Jiang Kao looked back, his eyes full of doubts. "Let the chariot troops..."

Zhang Cheng found that he had sweated a little on his forehead for some reason. "This, there are only twenty chariots, don't you need to beat the drums, right?"

The chariot troops were right next to Jiang Kao, and there was no need to give an order, just shout.

"So that's it... don't beat the drum?" Jiang Kao looked at Zhang Cheng's expression, "It's indeed a good idea to further confuse the enemy!" His expression became excited. "Indeed, if you hear the drum sound, the enemy may turn around and run away."

The Huaiyi team was getting farther and farther away from the original formation, and a chariot unit suddenly came from the Zhuxia camp. The number of chariots was not too many, and they were usually hidden in the team. But when they were rushing out at this moment, everyone realized that this was a regular force.

The regular chariot troops composed of professional noble warriors and spell casters. They have advantages in speed, impact, long range, melee and spell casting. They are the strongest military force that the Zhuxia clan is proud of. Compared with Zhuxia, other races are far less dependent on chariots, so the number and use of chariots are far less than that of Zhuxia.

During the attack, the chariots launched a strait and swept across the hundreds of Huaiyi.

Compared with the chariot, Huaiyi's reaction was obviously a beat slower. When they saw the chariot rushing over, they hesitated for a while. When they confirmed that the chariot was theirs, Huaiyi almost immediately turned around and fled to the formation.

This is the most instinctive reaction of intelligent creatures to danger, but it is definitely the most wrong reaction on the battlefield.

Because the chariots are much faster than theirs. What's worse is that the chariots have long-range attack capabilities.

This is not so much a battle, but rather a hunting battle. The warriors on the chariot began to shoot arrows, and the escaped lizardmen were easily shot down from behind. Moreover, this kind of shooting did not affect the speed of the chariot.

Each wave of shooting can easily kill more than ten lizard men.

The lizardmen all brought shields, but in order to run faster when they ran, most of them lost their shields. Then they were chased one by one, shot and killed, and crushed. The last lizardmen realized that it was impossible to run away, so they gathered together to fight to the death - even if they died, they could at least kill a few horses. But unfortunately, these professional warriors would not use their precious war horses to fight against the enemy. They kept a distance, refused to get close, and shot with bows and arrows from afar.

In addition to a few "collective acceleration", the chariot troops completely wiped out these lizard men without even using magic. They were completely erased from the battlefield and turned into corpses lying on the battlefield. The chariot troops themselves were not damaged.

This is definitely a complete victory and the best manifestation of the strength of both sides. Speaking of which, these Huaiyi, who are at most five or six, are normal to be crushed when facing the chariot soldiers with an average level of three or four.

Jiang Kao and Zhang Cheng also saw this perfect victory clearly in the team.

"Brother," Jiang Kao couldn't help saying something when he watched the last lizard man fall into an arrow, and the chariot troops were intact. "Do you know how history books will record today?"

"How to record?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"I hope there is a record: Jiang Kao's commander and Zhang Chengyou defeated Dongyi in the riverside and won the Great Wu Qing." The battle he witnessed just now obviously greatly enhanced Jiang Kao's confidence, and he became much more optimistic.

But this victory angered the enemy's main force. When the chariot troops returned to their own team, the Dongyi army began to advance. They left the grove where they were originally located and began to enter the battlefield. All the soldiers walked slowly and approached slowly.

Because the speed is very slow, the formation is maintained very well, and there is no obvious flaw in the march. Even if the chariot troops want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack, they have no chance at all, so they can only retreat slowly.

Any commander can naturally understand that putting the chariot into battle at this moment cannot achieve the greatest effect. Compared to consuming precious chariot troops, it is better to let the cannon fodder troops consume one wave first.

Although we had won a perfect victory just now, as the superior enemy slowly came over, there was a clear commotion in the infantry immediately. This is the difference between profession and amateur.

The enemy's front is very wide, and it is clearly a posture of fighting from the front and surrounding the side. However, if we also list the same width as the enemy, it will inevitably lead to the front becoming fragile and thin. This is the effect of the superior force. A very simple strategy, but there is no solution.

"I'll go and command the Tongman." Zhang Cheng took the initiative to ask for his order, mainly because he was afraid that Jiang Kao would ask him to beat the drums and drums again... He really didn't understand this. "I'll try to take them to take the initiative first."

The enemy's military strength is composed of four major races, so humans should be the weakest link. Although I don't know what these human rebels are, in theory, they should be depressed and have low fighting spirit. They are easier to deal with.

"Okay," Jiang Kao also felt that it would be more appropriate to send cannon fodder first in this case. Although the infantry body formed by the merchants is cannon fodder in his eyes, the big goblins are cheaper cannon fodder. If the merchants die too much, he may feel a little guilty, and the big goblins will not frown even if they die. Racism is that simple.

Zhang Cheng brought Huchen to the team of the goblins and immediately told the commander of the goblins to start moving forward. The goblins were close to the river, so there was no need to worry about the enemy surrounding the flank. Even if this wing protruded forward, there was no danger.

The goblin has not taken any action yet, but the other party has pressed it all over and has no intention of stopping.

Now, both armies have gradually approached the scope of the battle.
Chapter completed!