The two armies that were slowly advancing stopped for no other reason than that if they continued to move forward, they would enter the range of the enemy's crossbowmen, which would also cause the cavalry to lose a distance to accelerate the charge.

Feng Qiyang waved his hand, and the orderly soldier beside him suddenly dropped a small flag. When the soldiers in front saw it, they dropped the shields they raised on the ground.

The messenger waved the flag a few more times, and the formation of Feng Qiyang's side began to change. The infantry soldiers in the front line did not move, while the soldiers behind them continued to tighten, and finally formed a defensive formation.

The cavalry, as the main force of the battle formation, was surrounded in the center of the infantry, and even the crossbowmen were positioned further forward than the cavalry.

The general of the Three Kings side let out a light sigh, tentatively sent a group of heavy cavalry to rush towards the camp, abandoned a few corpses and ran back in dejection.

The generals of the three kings were also in a bit of a dilemma. Feng Qiyang was in such a formation that he almost gave up attacking. He came to call for formation but put up a defensive formation. It was really weird.

The shields in the hands of the infantrymen in the front row are as high as one person, and there are several columns of infantry soldiers holding spears behind them. Once the position is established, if the three kings send heavy cavalry to forcefully charge into the formation, they will survive three rounds of arrow rain.

The tall shield must be exchanged for the life of the cavalry.

If the shield soldiers slightly block the cavalry charge, the spear soldiers behind them will pierce the cavalry with their spears. Even if they break through this layer of defense, it will be useless. There are still several lines of defense behind the shield soldiers and spear soldiers.

, broke through these lines of defense, and the impact of the cavalry was almost eliminated. As long as Feng Qiyang changed the formation slightly, he could trap the cavalry in the formation.

After stabilizing their position, Feng Qiyang gave the order to move forward again. Facing the incoming arrow rain, the soldiers in the front row only had to raise their shields to block it, but in this way, a flaw was exposed in front of them. The generals of the Three Kings and One Party naturally

He would not miss this opportunity. He was waiting for this opportunity the moment Fengyun Shang gave the order to move forward.

Facing the charging enemy cavalry, a gap opened in the front row. In the gap were crossbowmen from the Eastern Imperial Army, holding Yang Yun's improved black box. After a round of lasing, many of the Three Kings' cavalry fell off their horses.

The crossbowmen in the front row quickly squatted down after pulling the trigger, revealing the second row of crossbowmen behind them. After the second row of crossbowmen pulled the trigger, they also squatted down, revealing the third row of crossbowmen. At the same time, the archers also did the same.

It was a three-round projectile. Although the effect was not as good as the crossbow, it still killed many enemy soldiers.

After three rounds, the front row infantry quickly encircled and resumed their formation. They tilted the shield in their hands a lot and hid it under the shield. This could not only block the arrows above their heads, but also hinder the cavalry. However, they could block it with their shields.

Not only the arrows above the head, but also the spearmen behind them. They must face the arrows head-on.

If you observe carefully, you can find that the helmets of these spearmen are not only thicker than ordinary helmets, but also the brim is longer than ordinary helmets. The thicker the helmets, the natural arrows will not be able to penetrate as easily.

, the arrow hit the thick helmet, making a clanging sound.

The slightly longer hat brim can slightly block some arrows that are not pierced on the helmet and slow down the impact of falling arrows. The effect is not very obvious. Most of the arrows can still hit the soldiers, but because they are blocked by the hat brim

Once blocked, it won't be as easy to penetrate the armor.

The Eastern Imperial Army is one of the elite troops under Fengyun Shang, and is the prototype of the future frontier army, so its military quality is naturally higher. Even if there is a rain of arrows overhead, he may be shot dead in the next moment, but these

The soldiers of the Eastern Imperial Army firmly thrust out the spears in their hands and penetrated the necks of the horses.

Naturally, the army horse that had its neck pierced would not survive. The soldiers who were riding on the army horses were unlucky enough to fall off their horses and were directly crushed to death by the army horses. Those who were more lucky were seriously injured and fell to the ground.

Falling to the ground on the battlefield is no different than dying. Even if you don't deliberately kill the fallen soldiers, they will soon be trampled to death.

On the battlefield, in order to kill the enemy and survive, no one will pay attention to whether they are stepping on a lifeless corpse or a living person with a breath left.

The generals of the three kings soon realized something was wrong and ordered to withdraw their troops. They sent a group of light cavalry to patrol, shoot Feng Qiyang's positions, and cover the retreat of the heavy cavalry. It didn't look very good. It turned out that just at the moment he sent out the heavy cavalry,

Feng Qiyang changed his military order from advancing to retreating.

However, because both the archers and crossbowmen were shooting, the retreat speed was not very fast, almost equivalent to not moving at the same place. However, due to visual effects, the generals of the Three Kings did not notice this. Originally, the Eastern Imperial Army

They didn't even get within the shooting range of the three kings. After a slight retreat, most of them retreated, so there was no need to worry about the rain of arrows above their heads.

Under Feng Qiyang's deliberate order, the Three Kings' heavy cavalry easily tore open a hole and charged into the depths. However, due to the timely sound of ringing gold coming from behind, these heavy cavalry were able to withdraw.

Half, not all were surrounded and killed.

There was a slight smile on Feng Qiyang's lips. He performed a show with the lives of the soldiers in the front row, replacing the three kings' two thousand heavy cavalry. Although the number of dead and injured soldiers on both sides was about the same, no matter where the heavy cavalry came from,

On the one hand, the value is higher than that of infantry.

All in all, Feng Qiyang still made a small profit. He killed one thousand enemies and lost seven hundred to himself.

Ci does not control soldiers, Feng Qiyang does not think there is anything wrong with his actions.

If you are unwilling to use the lives of these soldiers to gain a slight advantage, it will be impossible to add up to a small amount, and more soldiers will be sacrificed later.

There is nothing wrong with these two sentences, but the balance between them needs to be weighed by the general himself. In Feng Qiyang's judgment, now is the time to use soldiers like clay, not to love them.

When you are like a son.

After suffering a slight loss, the generals on the Three Kings side became more and more cautious. They sent out light cavalry several times to harass, but they were like dragonflies touching water, and they ran away. After doing this several times, the Three Kings general also took possession of Feng Qiyang's hand.

I got a small advantage and made up for the previous losses.

Feng Qiyang sighed, this battle was considered a draw between the two sides.

The flag of the messenger waved, and a gap opened in the rear of the camp. The light cavalry in the camp rushed out from the rear and circled to the left and right wings of the three kings. At the same time, the camp moved forward again, and the archers kept firing, pressing towards the camp of the three kings.

General Three Kings had been on guard against the cavalry in Feng Qiyang's formation for a long time. When he saw the light cavalry charging out of the formation, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the left and right wings to be on guard.

Compared with heavy cavalry, the advantages of light cavalry are low cost, faster speed, more flexibility, and suitable for carrying out harassment tasks. However, light cavalry also has shortcomings, because the armor on the body is not as thick as heavy cavalry, and even most light cavalry

There is no armor on the horse, so its defense is low, and it does not have the frightening impact of a heavy horse.

There are advantages and disadvantages between the two, and it all depends on how the general chooses.

General Three Kings did not pay much attention to this light cavalry. If the two sides were fighting vigorously, a group of light cavalry suddenly appeared and attacked both sides, which would naturally change the situation of the battle.

But now the three kings and one side are ready and the formation is not in disorder. The light cavalry can only play the role of harassment. As long as they are dealt with properly, they can be easily repulsed.

But he soon paid the price for his negligence, because what came out of Feng Qiyang's camp was not light cavalry, and naturally it was not heavy cavalry. Heavy cavalry and light cavalry are still very distinguishable. Instead, they did not wear armor on the military horses.

He was riding a heavy horse, with cold spears hung on both sides of the horse.

He broke into the camp of the three kings and one side, circled a small semicircle, fought out from the other direction, and retreated towards his own camp. He did not go deep, so he did not disturb the camp of the three kings and one side.

Originally, Feng Qiyang planned to save this special heavy cavalry to attack when the two sides were in a stalemate, but he never found an opportunity, so he simply released it to plunder a small victory and then retreated.

They did not change their formation, but retreated facing the formation of the Three Kings and One Party. If the Three Kings and One Party wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to charge, they could stop and counterattack at any time.

The Yunjuan Army led by Huo Shiyi also slowly moved forward to hold down the formation for the Eastern Imperial Army. If the three kings and one side had the intention to pursue, the Yunjuan Army would be able to pounce on it and support the Eastern Imperial Army. If there was no such plan,

, and can retreat calmly.

Huo Shiyi returned to the camp, a little depressed. Feng Qiyang shook his head and chuckled. Huo Shiyi's character destined that he would not have too many opportunities to play in this kind of battle. If it were Huo Shiyi,

If you go to call the formation, you will definitely take the lead and lead the Yunjuan Army directly into the enemy formation.

Although it is easy to achieve a big victory in this way, it is also easy to suffer a big defeat. In the relatively conservative early stage of the war, Fengyun Shang will not let such a thing happen.

Time flies by in a blink of an eye, and both sides are still accumulating advantages. They are fighting generals and battle formations. They are fighting happily. I don’t think this is too much delay. After all, the main forces of both sides are gathered here. It is said that the final victory or defeat will be decided in one battle.

It’s not an exaggeration. No matter how cautious you are, it’s still the right thing to do.

If both parties have no worries, they can just go ahead and fight, but there is no need to delay it for a month.

However, one month finally brought about some changes. The camps of both sides were not as dense as before, but gradually spread out, each occupying a favorable position and slowly oppressing the other.

At this moment, Huo Shiyi was stationed in a critical place, which was considered to be separated from the main camp. The terrain where Huo Shiyi was stationed was relatively open, and from here, he could have an unobstructed view of the main camp of the Three Kings.

However, due to the distance, it was not possible to clearly see the specific movements of the Three Kings and One Party camp.

But it doesn't matter, because this position is not for observing the three kings, but for placing red cannons.

This is the position decided by Fengyun Shang and Li Zilai after many sand table deductions. Placing the red cannon here will be effective whether Fengyun Shang's side attacks or defends, and the red cannon position is also very convenient to move.

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The most important thing is that this place is not far away from Fengyun Shang's camp. There are two armies of Kuo Army and Yunjuan Army stationed there, and it can be completely defended. If the three kings are determined to capture the red cannon position,

Fengyun Shang's side can easily surround three soldiers and one side, and swallow them all in one go.
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