The seventh formation begins.

The ditch was full of firewood, and fierce flames shot up from the ditch several feet high. The village soldiers thought that this time they were safe.

On the side of the soldiers, the shield soldiers lined up in a neat shield formation and stepped forward with neat steps. When they were ten steps away from the ditch, the shield formation stopped, and a dozen soldiers holding halberds ran up from behind the shield formation.

When the village soldiers were confused, they saw a soldier holding a long halberd walking to the edge of the ditch. He stretched his halberd into the ditch and began to hook it and sweep the firewood in the ditch.

Seeing this, of course the country soldiers would not remain indifferent. They quickly tried to stop it, but the trench was too wide and the long sticks in the hands of the country soldiers were not long enough to reach the other side and could not stop it.

Some soldiers were anxious and threw sticks to the other side in an attempt to stop them. This actually caused some trouble for the other side.

The situation at this time, just as Li Mengxi had deduced a moment ago, is that a wide trench has advantages, and a narrow trench has advantages. A wide trench has a strategic advantage, and a narrow trench has a tactical advantage. In a narrow trench, the defender can not only use crossbows but also bows.

The long gun can also play a role, and considering that during field battles, there is not enough time to dig trenches leisurely, so 90% of the cases are narrow trenches, and 90% of the cases are fought around narrow trenches.

Returning to the battle situation, the soldiers borrowed the halberds and used the halberds as hooks to easily lift the bundles of firewood and throw them aside, and a passage was easily opened.

After the passage was cleared, the shield soldiers jumped into the ditch as before, and moved closer to each other as before, holding their shields above their heads and holding them steady with both hands. The shields were quickly put together like a puzzle, and the entire ditch was covered in the blink of an eye.

The shield bridge was completed, and the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers stepped on the shield bridge and flew towards the other side. The country soldiers were unable to resist and were routed again.

Compared with the previous game, the hometown soldiers have made much progress this time.

The country soldiers already knew that the Julu soldiers could use their shields to cross the wall, so how could they easily let the Julu soldiers do what they wanted?

Although the rural soldiers failed to hold the slope and retreated, they still maintained a deterrent attitude.

The country soldiers crowded around each other from the east and west sides, trying to press back into the middle. Inadvertently, because they lacked courage, the country soldiers leaned against each other and crowded into each other, and because the long sticks they held were too long.

The sticks were thrust forward one by one, and the spear array was laid out inadvertently.

The gun array is extremely difficult to deal with. The Julu soldiers only have shields and no weapons in their hands. Facing a gun array composed of more than a dozen long sticks, no matter how brave the Julu soldiers are, they cannot forcefully kill them.

It would be good if you can barely maintain a confrontation without retreating.

The centurion was obviously aware of this unfortunate situation. He frowned and looked at the left and right wings, thinking that it would be bad if the country soldiers pushed over when he was building a shield bridge.

In order to defend the flanks, the centurion made a temporary decision and immediately sent a large number of men to the left and right sides to form defensive formations.

After the shield soldiers gathered on the left and right sides, the well-trained shield soldiers skillfully formed a tortoise shell shield formation. The shield formation stood like an iron wall between the village soldiers and the breakthrough point in the middle.

After a moment of confrontation, the village soldiers began to tentatively attack. Taking advantage of their long sticks, the village soldiers stepped forward and poked carefully. The sticks poked the shields, making a banging sound. In the shield formation, the Julu sergeant held the shield steadily.

Shield, shield doesn't move at all.

On top of the wall, Li Mengxi could see the entire battlefield from a high position. As a bystander, he could clearly see the shortcomings of both sides.

Li Mengxi saw the country soldiers who were obviously taking the initiative but were cowering. He felt that in fact, if the Julu Army's shield formation could be pushed forward, pressed forward slowly, or even roared to kill twice, the effect might be better.

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Now the shield formation is staying in place, not deterring the country soldiers at all. The country soldiers are getting bolder and bolder with every little test.

And if the shield array slowly presses forward, even if it doesn't advance much, it only needs to press forward slowly. Dozens of shields forming a shield array are like a huge iron bastard, watching such a behemoth approaching slowly.

, guess what, the country soldiers have no reason not to be afraid.

If roars are added to the mix, a uniform and powerful roar emanates from the shield array, the deterrent effect will be even greater.

Momentum is also very important in battle, and momentum is also a weapon.

While thinking about it, Li Mengxi saw that the village soldiers poked at the shield array for a while, and they began to get bolder. The village soldiers began to push forward, and the village soldiers unscrupulously approached the shield array and poked at them with sticks.

Li Mengxi turned his head and looked at the other side. The other side was similar.

Li Mengxi suddenly had an idea. He wanted to test whether the deterrent method was effective. He shouted down, "Down below, shield array! Don't stay still! Attack forward! Push forward slowly! Go forward!"

As soon as he shouted, the soldiers arrayed below heard Li Mengxi's voice, and a squad leader looked up.

"Go forward!" Li Mengxi shouted down, "The shield formation is pressing forward!"

After receiving the reminder, the squad leader nodded and shouted to his comrades, "The military advisor asked us to move forward, get ready and go!"

The shield array began to move. The shield soldiers moved forward slowly with their shields in hand. As soon as this side of the shield array moved, the momentum of the soldiers on the opposite side became weaker.

Seeing the shield formation approaching slowly like a monster with fangs, the village soldiers did not dare to be presumptuous, nor did they dare to step forward rashly. The shield formation was like an iron bastard with nowhere to attack.

The shield array had no choice but to stand in confrontation and slowly retreat.

At this time, Li Mengxi noticed a huge shortcoming in the Julu Army.

The Julu Army attaches great importance to discipline. During daily formation training, no one can make any unnecessary noise. As a result, after training for a long time, the entire army became extremely calm and made no sound at all.

In Lu Zhi's words, the Julu Army is as steady as a mountain and can be called an elite force.

However, it is not good to be too silent, as too much silence will not be enough of a deterrent.

There must be a battle cry, there must be a battle cry.

Li Mengxi shouted down again, "Shield formation! Roar a few times and start roaring. If you don't roar, you won't be able to scare people!"

The shield captain raised his head and glanced at Li Mengxi with some doubts.

Li Mengxi asked him to yell a few times, and the squad leader said to his teammates, "Come on, let me start! Shout three times in a row, ho ho ho ho!"

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"rise!"

"Ho! Ho! Ho!"

From the shield array, a uniform, powerful, intimidating, and extremely murderous roar came out.

"Come again! Get ready - get up!"

"Ho ho ho!"

Li Mengxi was at the top of the wall, resting his hand on the wall, watching the battle below with great interest. He saw that some soldiers in the shield formation were having fun, roaring very happily, and even patting the shield with their hands. This is good, Li Mengxiruo

I thought about it, if the shield soldiers held knives in their hands, pressing forward and hitting the shield with the knife at the same time, with the bright knives exposed, wouldn't this greatly increase the deterrence of the shield formation.

Looking at the battlefield again, it is obvious that when the shield array roars, the shield array seems to have added a buff. I wonder if it is excited by the roar. The shield array presses forward faster and faster, and the more they press, the more aggressive they are.

On the contrary, the more the country soldiers retreated, the less willing they were to fight, and the more they retreated, the more chaotic the team became. Li Mengxi even saw some timid country soldiers retreating in a hurry, and accidentally slipped and almost fell into the ditch.

Looking to the other side, he saw that the shield formation on the other side that was standing still was being held up by the soldiers who were forced up.

The terrain on the left and right wings is similar, and the strength of both sides is also similar. Both sides are in shield formation and rural soldiers. The only difference is that one stays in place and the other slowly presses forward to maintain power. The result is that the shield formation that actively presses forward defeats the rural soldiers.

They were about to be defeated, but the shield formation that stayed in place was pushed back by the country soldiers and was in dire straits.

Li Mengxi clearly knew that the centurion's purpose of setting up shield formations on the left and right sides was only for defense, just to prevent the country soldiers from interfering with the construction of the shield bridge.

For the purpose of defense, it is obvious that a defense that maintains a posture of deterring attack has a better defensive effect than a defense that remains defensive.

Li Mengxi sighed, and sure enough, "Offense is the best defense", this sentence makes sense.

The military quality of the Julu Army is excellent. The shield soldiers are well-trained and coordinate rigorously. The shield formation firmly blocks the threats on both wings. At the breakthrough point in the middle, the shield bridge is steadily built.

It's still the same method, build the first layer, then the second layer, and then the third layer.

As a traffic tactic with strong adaptability and fast reaction speed, the shield bridge can only have three layers. If it is higher than three layers, the difficulty will increase greatly.

"Get up!" At the centurion's command, the shield bridge began to rise, and the highest point of the shield bridge began to approach the top of the wooden wall.

Li Mengxi saw that the soldiers on the wall had been trying to interfere with the construction of the shield bridge below. They used long sticks to poke down on the wall. As a result, the wall was too high and they could not poke people below. When they could poke people,

, the shield bridge is almost completed.

Li Mengxi couldn't help but frown. He thought that if the enemy army was a regular force and if the enemy army also had a tight shield formation, then the crossbows of the rural soldiers would not be of much use against the enemy army with a tight shield formation. At this time, the crossbows could be effective

The only thing that can kill the enemy is the long spear, which can effectively kill the enemy. Only here at the wooden wall, and only by relying on the wooden wall, can the country soldiers calmly kill the enemy.

However, the wooden wall was too high, so the only chance of killing was because the wall was too high and could not effectively block the enemy when they built a shield bridge. On the contrary, it was restricted.

Seeing this, Li Mengxi realized something. It seems that just like trenches, the higher the defensive walls, the better.

If it is a serious city, the higher the wall, the better, because a serious city relies on the city wall to fight. The higher the wall, the harder it is for the enemy to climb, and the more powerful the falling rocks are.

However, for such a defense in the countryside, the wooden walls in the countryside are only so high. It is not difficult for the enemy to climb and destroy them. At the same time, throwing a stone from the wooden wall has little power. At this time, it is different from defending the city.

Similarly, the height of the wooden wall has no effect. At this time, the more important role of the wooden wall is that the biggest value of the wooden wall at this time is that the wooden wall is essentially a terrain advantage that the defender can use to defend and counterattack.

In this case, the wooden wall is not strong and cannot be regarded as a serious city wall. If you try to use the wooden wall to block the enemy, the enemy can burn the wooden wall with just a burst of fire. It only takes a dozen people to push it hard.

Push down the wall. The wooden wall should not be regarded as a wall, but rather as a vehicle formation. With the help of this "vehicle formation", the rural soldiers can protect themselves behind the wall and at the same time, they can effectively kill the enemy.

Considering this, the current wooden wall, which is nearly three feet high, is no good, it is too high.

Li Mengxi's clear understanding of this is that whether it is a wooden wall or a real city wall, its essential purpose is to use fortifications for combat. Combat is the main thing and fortifications are auxiliary. You cannot abandon the basics to seek the last.

If we don’t talk about the actual situation and make the fortifications too high, like this, if we make the wooden wall four to five feet high, so high that no one can stand on it, then this kind of wooden wall will not only have no practical value, but will become

A self-limiting cage. The rural soldiers are not trained enough to shoot across obstacles. The most efficient way for the rural soldiers to use their bows and crossbows is to have them stand on the wall and shoot directly at the enemy. But,

An overly tall wooden wall deprived the country soldiers of the most effective means of counterattack, direct shooting with bows and crossbows. Without the means of counterattack, the country soldiers became toothless tigers.

What will happen when the village soldiers build a wooden wall that is so tall that no one can climb it?

It will happen that the enemy encounters such a wooden wall, takes an ax to the bottom of the wall, and cuts a hole in the wall in a short time. The enemy can bring firewood and pile it on the base of the wall to light it, and the wooden wall can be easily burned. At this time,

The wall blocked the village soldiers on the other side. The village soldiers who were poorly trained could only counterattack with bows and crossbows. The secondary method was to take advantage of the height of the fortifications to counterattack with spears. However, crossbows and bows could not counterattack.

Even guns couldn't fight back. The huge fortification eventually became an obstacle to the rural soldiers themselves.
To be continued...