"With this kind of terrain and fighting methods, how is it rare to have such casualties?"
"In fact, I always feel that it's not worth it..." Tang Huai paused and said frankly. "Not to mention the Imperial Camp Right Army Beiwei Army led by Tian Shizhong, even our 20,000 soldiers were carefully selected during the rest period in Xuzhou. We have been on the southern expedition for more than half a year, and there were no casualties at all. We were also prepared to keep them for crossing the river to the north to fight against the Jin people. I didn't expect that we would have to waste time with the bandits of the pseudo-Qi in the wild at this time... I know this is a decisive battle in the wild, and I know that there will be casualties, but the death is too fast!"
This time, Yue Fei did not speak for a long time. It was unknown whether he did not want to speak or he felt the same "silence" unique to the battlefield as Li Cheng opposite him.
"Send out the troops! Push forward!"
But unlike Li Cheng, Yue Fei gave the order directly after a moment of silence. "Press forward to the middle!"
Tang Huai said nothing, but turned around to look at Bi Jin behind him. Just as Bi Jin was about to pass on the military order, he found that the flag bearer behind him had already pulled out the flag, and the surrounding soldiers had all started moving... He turned around in surprise, only to find that after his commander Yue Fei gave the order, he actually went forward in person. The last 4,000 central troops that stayed around the commander's flag naturally started moving as well and headed straight ahead.
As soon as the flag with the character "Yue" on it moved, the entire battlefield shook.
On the central avenue, the infantry formation of Li Cheng's troops, which had already suffered heavy casualties from Zhang Xian, was showing signs of wavering, and the central unit of Tian's army, which had advanced alone, suddenly relaxed and was able to gain a chance to catch its breath, and was thus supported and caught up by the infantry behind him.
Seeing Yue Fei sending out troops so early, Li Cheng on the opposite side was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he fell into a bit of confusion under the attention of many generals including Guo Dadao... He found it a little difficult to understand. He felt sorry for his family's wealth, so wouldn't Dadao feel sorry for it?
Why do we have to fight a decisive battle so early? Don’t you think the battle is intense enough?
But soon, Li Cheng came to his senses. No matter if the man made a mistake out of softness or felt that a quick victory would result in fewer casualties, since the other party had moved, he could no longer waste his elite forces in the rear and had to not give in!
"Send out the troops!" Li Cheng drew his sword and looked back. "Follow me and attack! Let's kill this idiot right in front of us!"
Guo Dadao was the first to respond. He directly removed the brocade cover on his long-handled sword, shouted, and led the long-sword cavalry to clear the way. Li Cheng led the general flag forward, and then three thousand heavy infantry followed Li Cheng and went forward at the call of dozens of generals... It was as if the two armies collided head-on without any care before. The war lasted only two quarters of an hour, and the commanders of both sides raised their flags and advanced head-on to the front line.
This brought the intensity of the battlefield to a new level.
In an instant, almost everyone was rushing forward. The daily military pay, support, honor, and loyalty, as well as the pressure, leadership, and supervision of the general flag behind them, mixed with fear and anger, all came together. No one could explain why they were moving forward, but they could only move forward... and then wait until one of them gave up the courage to move forward first.
Yue Fei arrived at the front line first. After his several thousand fresh troops joined forces with Zhang Xian's cavalry, they took advantage of the dislocation space created by the advance of Tian's central division and dealt a heavy blow to the oncoming infantry of Li Cheng... It was almost visible to the naked eye that although both sides were rushing forward, with the arrival of Yue Fei's general flag at the front line, the cavalry, with the infantry as the base, divided into several teams and charged back and forth, pushing the battle line westward step by step.
For a time, one side gained while the other lost.
At this time, Li Cheng's troops were still struggling to advance.
Let me add one more thing here. The reason for such a time difference in arriving at the front line is not only because Yue Fei activated the general flag first, the key lies in the deployment of troops... The front army of the imperial camp has 23,000 people, advancing obliquely, with 8,000 infantry on each side. Among them, Wang Gui led Zhang Yong, Li Kui, Sang Zhong, Liu Zhong, Li Hong and other generals to form a group with a total of 8,000 people in the north, and the other 8,000 were led by Ma Gao and Yizhang Qing and his wife, who also led several generals and marched behind Tian Shizhong. In the middle was Zhang Xian leading 4,000 cavalry. Finally, Yue Fei and Tang Huai led 4,000 central troops to coordinate the rear.
In other words, after Yue Fei pressed forward, there were only 4,000 cavalrymen on the road in front of him, so he could move forward unimpeded.
At the same time, Li Cheng's army had nearly 40,000 people, with 5,000 cavalry on each side, assisted by some infantry following, and then some supervisory troops were separated to mix in the gaps. Even so, the infantry formation in the middle was still dense and deep, with a total of 20,000 people. However, the front was strong and the back was weak, with elite armored soldiers in the front and inferior leather armored soldiers in the back... At this time, Li Cheng led his troops forward, and he had to rely on Guo Dadao to open the way in front to barely advance.
The advancing speeds of the two sides are not at all in sync.
By the time Li Cheng's troops finally arrived at the front line, the infantry formation was already crumbling...the so-called breath of life was only left.
I can only say that fortunately I made it in time.
"We must counterattack!" Behind the army, Li Cheng directed some of the heavy infantry to stabilize the formation, while pointing at Guo Zhongwei and shouting, "Guo Dadao! All the remaining long sword cavalrymen are with you, go and charge, it's best to rush over and chop off the flag of Daxiaoyan! Remember, only chop off the flag, don't try to compete with Daxiaoyan, you are no match for him!"
Guo Zhongwei said nothing, did not raise the flag, and did not shout. He just held his sword upside down and moved forward. The two hundred long-sword cavalrymen behind him took off their sword sheaths. For a moment, the long swords were like a forest of arrows, moving forward along the center. The infantry of Li Ben's side in front saw the iconic long-sword cavalrymen holding their swords and marching forward in formation, and they parted to both sides like the wheat waves in the distant fields after encountering a living creature.
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