Qin Shou was very cunning and arranged the newly arrived elite infantrymen in the middle of the formation to recuperate, and let the last batch of recruits replace the other recruits, so that he always had a team of elite soldiers with abundant physical strength.
Fortunately, before Qin Shou was ready and determined to break out, Lin Hai arrived at the position of the First Regiment.
The Khmer army is attacking the defense line just built by the First Regiment like a tide. They hope to go back the way they came. After all, they have walked this road many times, and the fortifications inside have been almost demolished. It is indeed much more convenient to go from here.
The First Regiment has not participated in the battle, so it can be said that it is gathering strength.
The Cambodian army that came to attack was also a team of new recruits who had just joined the battle. Mixed in it were many veterans specially arranged by Qin Shou. Under the leadership of these veterans, the Cambodian army relied on its numerical advantage to fight the First Regiment on equal terms.
The people brought by Lin Hai greatly relieved the pressure on the first group.
To be honest, according to the initial estimates, the Khmer infantry should have been in chaos at this time because they had no command from senior officers.
But after Qin Shou unified the command, these infantrymen were more resilient than imagined.
Therefore, the First Regiment was caught in a tough battle from the very beginning, and was not even able to send troops to take a look at the Khmer camp.
It’s not a big problem now.
Lin Hai waved his hand, called over Liu Sanwa, and said, "There's a great achievement, and it seems that even God thinks it's yours. Take your 500 men to the Khmer camp across the way and capture Yang Yizhen for me. If you can't catch him, don't worry, just set fire to the camp. The bigger the fire, the better!"
Then he immediately turned around and ordered, "Raise my banner and shout, 'Yang Yizhen has been captured alive' and 'Qinghe Bo is bringing reinforcements.'"
The appearance of Lin Hai's banner on the battlefield was an unparalleled inspiration to the Qinghe Army.
Whether it was the militia's deployment to the battlefield that greatly improved the First Regiment's predicament of insufficient manpower, or Lin Hai's personal participation in the battle that boosted the morale of the Qinghe army, the First Regiment went from barely defending the passage to having enough strength to counterattack.
But for the Khmer army, the pressure was more than just a little bit.
Although Cambodian officers were still suppressing the rebellion, many new recruits had begun to waver.
In many places where the two sides fought, due to the active retreat of the Cambodian soldiers, the First Regiment had effectively advanced a considerable distance. In the end, the billowing smoke rising from the direction of the Cambodian camp broke the last psychological defense line of the Cambodian army.
Although the Khmer troops in the center of the formation had no idea what was happening, the soldiers retreating from the periphery told everyone they met about the fear and the source of the smoke.
The suppression by officers and supervisory teams completely lost its effect.
The Khmer soldiers, having lost their will to fight, retreated towards the central formation, which was the only safe place they could think of at the moment.
What ultimately caused the Khmer army to collapse was that Qin Shou, seeing something was wrong, simply gave up command of the entire army and instead took the remaining manpower he had and attacked the side where he felt it was the weakest point.
This is what you do after you have completely given up hope.
Use a large number of new recruits as cushions and let the elite protect you in breaking through.
As the shouts of "Qin Shou has run away" grew louder and louder, the entire Khmer army collapsed. The Qinghe soldiers tried their best to drive the Khmer recruits who had lost their fighting spirit towards the direction where Qin Shou had recognized the flag, blocking Qin Shou's last way to break out.
This is what new recruits are like. Once they get support and command, as long as they are operated properly, they can fight with the elite. But once their morale collapses, they are actually not much better than a group of ordinary people.
All that's left is to arrest people.
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