Just as he was about to order the troops to assemble, the deputy general who was leading the retreating cavalry in the front sent a messenger to report: "We have discovered the Khmer army, about 800 men. Among them are about 100 cavalry, the same group that fought with our scouts. The remaining 700 infantry have formed a formation to defend against cavalry attacks."

"Yes, that makes sense." The lieutenant general finally felt relieved: "Of the estimated 1,000 Khmer troops, 800 are the main force here, and 200 are making a feint attack in the east of the city to lure the enemy. This makes sense." Those 200 people could not affect the overall situation, and the place where victory or defeat would be decided was here.

The Lieutenant General waved his hand and ordered, "Tell Lieutenant General Jiang, the cavalry will accelerate to a trot and charge directly at a distance of 300 steps to break up the Khmer formation. Once the Khmer position is weakened, I will personally lead the main force to attack and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

As the order was issued, the Chen Dynasty cavalry began to accelerate. Lin Hai, witnessing a regular army in combat for the first time, felt quite nervous. It was clear that this wasn't Xiao Cheng's shabby, infiltrated army. Both sides were the backbone of their respective nations, and neither their morale nor their combat effectiveness could be measured against Xiao Cheng's army. If anything, the Nandingzhou garrison was displaying a combat capability that was ten times greater than Xiao Cheng's.

Simply put, one Nan equals ten Xiao.

Due to the misjudgment of the number of Khmer troops, the Chen Dynasty cavalry did not choose conventional tactics, that is, using bows and arrows to continuously consume the enemy's manpower, break the enemy's formation, and then try to launch an attack on the enemy, but directly attacked the Khmer army.

But normally there is nothing wrong with such a decision.

Nearly a thousand cavalrymen attacked a formation consisting of a hundred cavalrymen and seven hundred infantrymen. Even if the enemy used bows and arrows to attack, it would be useless unless they had the crossbows from Qinghe County.

However, if there is no letter of agreement, Lin Hai will not give it to you.

Under the command of the officers, the 100 Khmer cavalrymen had already retreated to the outside of the battlefield. They were ready to launch a flank attack after the Chen Dynasty cavalry slowed down, while the infantry began to shoot arrows desperately.

The effect of shooting arrows is not very good.

This is what it means to face the enemy with only three arrows.

Under the rapid charge of the cavalry, even a well-trained archer could only fire three rounds of arrows at most, and that was without considering the accuracy of the projectiles.

Although the arrows had caused some casualties among the cavalry, there was always death in battle, and now that he was dead, it was just a shame! Lieutenant General Jiang shouted loudly, leveling his lance, and for a moment the cavalry followed suit, forming a lance formation like a forest.

Through the gap in his helmet, Lieutenant General Jiang saw the Khmer archers running desperately backwards and the armored infantry coming towards them.

Huh? Armored infantry? Isn't that something only found in the Great Liang Empire? How did they get here?

The armored infantrymen armed with long-handled battle axes formed several layers of staggered formations, taking a posture to resist the impact, but it was too late for Lieutenant General Jiang to slow down.