All night long.
The rebels didn't get a good rest.
Caught in endless harassment.
No matter what measures are taken, they will soon be broken by the other side.
"Bang!"
"We can't go on like this!"
Yan Minshi slammed the table.
He stared with bloodshot eyes and said angrily.
"If we keep wasting time like this, we'll be killed by the enemy before we even reach Jingzhou City!"
"The other party is a tough guy, we must take the initiative to fight them!"
Hua Zijian smiled bitterly, they had underestimated the enemy.
The first two battles were won too easily. I never expected that Pharmacist Li would have such ability!
If they had known this earlier, wouldn’t it be better for them to rest outside Lie Mountain for two days before going into the mountain and heading straight for Jingzhou?
Lie Mountain is rugged and the mountain roads are difficult to travel.
If the enemy continues to harass them, they might never be able to escape...
Seeing Hua Zijian still hesitating, Yan Minshi immediately bowed and said, "General Hua, you can't hesitate any longer!"
"When two meet on a narrow road, the brave prevails. As long as we break through these fierce mountains, there is still a glimmer of hope!"
"Bang!" A hint of determination flashed across Hua Zijian's face. "Let's do as the Second Young Master said. Pass the order and form a formation and advance!"
“Woo——”
A horn sounded, and the desolate and high-pitched sound reached the sky.
Although they were tormented by the enemy last night, the soldiers in the entire camp were able to quickly gather together and march in formation, which shows their bravery.
On the hill.
Li Yinhuan stretched out his arm, raised his thumb, closed his left eye first, then his right, and continued, "The enemy is 215 steps away from the first stream. We estimate they will arrive in a quarter of an hour."
However, Pharmacist Li did not give any orders and seemed ready to let them cross the river.
The rebels were getting closer and closer to the stream, and finally the vanguard began to step into the stream. Fortunately, the stream was not wide and only half a foot deep. They waded across in a few steps and headed towards the second stream.
After a while.
Li Yinhuan measured the distance again, "One hundred and twenty steps to the second stream."
"When will General Li take action?"
"No rush, let the forward go first."
As the front army began to cross the second stream, two large flags emerged from the mountains and forests at the same time, and the flags were no longer carried by flag bearers, but by chariots.
On the two-meter-high flagpole, a fiery red flag fluttered in the wind. In the middle of the left side was a huge word "ban" embroidered with gold thread, and below it were two black characters in official script: "Holding the Sun". Surrounding it were dragon, tiger and cloud patterns holding up a red sun.
This army is the elite guard under the command of King Qin: the Japanese Army.
Another large flag had a flagpole inlaid with ivory, and a fiery red word "Hua" was written on the yellow flag. It was the ivory flag that held the Japanese commander Hua Zijian.
Behind the two flags was a large banner, two zhang and four chi high, with a gold-plated spear on the top, and below the spear was a round feather canopy with seven leopard tails hanging from the canopy.
This is the only signal flag in the battle, and the direction of the attack is where the flag points.
Just as the rebels' banner appeared, a horn sounded, and the desolate and high-pitched voice reached the sky.
The marching Song army couldn't help but slow down and look towards the source of the sound.
Before the previous horn sounded, another horn sounded, this time on the ridge in the right front.
Then the horns sounded one after another, each one several miles apart, but the last two were from behind the rebels.
The sound of the horn echoed in the mountains. Under the banner, Liu Ping sat upright on his horse and looked into the distance.
After a moment, he waved his hand.
The surrounding guards quickly raised their flags.
Li Yinhuan saw the rebels' different military flags, camp flags, and team flags waving constantly, but there was a strict pattern in the chaos.
Upon receiving the order, the Japanese troops in the middle stopped immediately, while the left and right wings quickened their pace and advanced forward rapidly.
Soon, the rebel vanguard formed an arc-shaped formation dozens of steps away from the first stream.
"Yanyue Formation." Pharmacist Li grinned, "This battle is about to be fought."
The偃月阵 is centered on the position of the commander-in-chief, with a concave center and two wings extending forward, forming a crescent-shaped formation.
The commander can control the overall situation and make arrangements at any time.
Once the enemy attacks, the two forward wings can attack the enemy's flanks, which is a solid defensive formation.
Before they knew it, the rebels had crossed two streams and formed a battle array. The widest stream in front of them had now become a natural barrier, but Pharmacist Li still had no intention of taking action.
The rebels formed a crescent formation and stood still. They placed ten teams of soldiers in the front, with eight shield-wielding swordsmen in each team, followed by sixteen spearmen, and behind them were archers and crossbowmen.
Such a deployment of troops, coupled with the barrier effect of the stream, can fully unleash the power of the rebels' long-range shooting.
The central army had two reserve troops, and in front of Hua Zijian's banner, there was also a complete infantry battalion, but they didn't even raise their flags. The entire army was half-kneeling on the ground, which looked quite strange, but it was not very clear from a distance.
Time passed by minute by minute as they waited. Hua Zijian frowned because the central army was about to cross the river.
At this time.
Pharmacist Li suddenly said, "Ming Di."
A sharp sound pierced the sky, and an arrow with a whistling arrow shot through the air.
At this moment, there were several horse neighings in front of the stream, and Li Yinhuan led his men to charge out. The war horses galloped past, and smoke and dust rose up.
At this time, Hua Zijian's central army had all entered the water and could not advance or retreat.
Hua Zijian had no expression on his face. He had calmly realized that although the enemy army was formidable, their number was not large, only two or three hundred people, which was half the strength of their battalion.
In a fight on flat ground, even if a god came, he would not be his opponent.
Li Yinhuan commanded the soldiers to spread out on both wings and arrange themselves in the same crescent formation with himself as the center.
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