With the complete contraction of the Republican scout cavalry, the 30-mile frozen sea surface was given to the Liao army east of Daniu Mountain and between the Bohai Fortress east of Lushunguan Great Wall (a stone fortress located on the shore of the Bohai Sea).

However, the Liao soldiers who had been on the ice for several hours did not immediately enter the battle. Instead, a long snake formation was gradually unfolded on the ice two or three miles away from the coastline. The Liao army, who was led to the battlefield by Xiao Fengxian, had the main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, with a total of 56,700 people! Although a large formation of hundreds of thousands of people were often seen in history books, on the real ancient battlefield, tens of thousands of troops were already covered. Moreover, it was not easy to command and dispatch.

These days, there were no telegrams, mobile phones, and satellite communications. The transmission of orders could only rely on the golden drum horns and the voices of the commissars.

It’s better to have a fewer people to dispatch. If there are really hundreds of thousands of troops, how high is the command art to be able to dispatch it freely?

As for the favorite generals of the Song Dynasty officials, who were from Zhongyu, who drew formations in palaces thousands of miles away, it was no longer art, but magic...

Xiao Fengxian's command level can only be said to be mediocre. Even if there are a bunch of staff and retainers, the army that controls tens of thousands of people will be in a hurry. If he really wants to give him hundreds of thousands of people, he is afraid that he will be in chaos without Ma Zheng sending troops.

To be fair, Yelu Yanxi took advantage of the large-scale ice-covered sea surface of the Liaohai Sea to make roundabout arrangements. Moreover, the day was good, it was the New Year's Eve of Zhenghe's second year. Although Ma Zheng had expected it, he only deployed hundreds of cavalry on the ice to guard the situation.

If Xiao Fengxian was really a famous general, for example, if it was Yelu Dashi, Xiao Gan, Xiao Heda and others, they might have personally led the 600 cavalry of the Shun Kingdom, plus 7,000 armored cavalry to go first, and bypassed the Lushun Great Wall as quickly as possible, and caught Ma Zheng off guard.

Although it may not be possible to win, the losses of Ma Zheng’s troops must be small!

But Xiao Fengxian did not have such courage. He acted in a normal manner. 56,700 people went south in a mighty manner. The momentum was quite strong, but it also gave the opponent time to respond.

When Xiao Fengxian's army bypassed the Great Wall of Lushun Pass and was harassed and blocked by the gathered Republican cavalry, he did not resolutely throw the troops into battle immediately and fight a melee. Instead, he began to set up his formation in a steady manner, as if he was preparing to have a dignified formation with the Republican army.

The 56,700 troops were deployed on the ice, which was not something that could be accomplished in just a few seconds. Wu Tian was afraid that his cavalry would break the ice, so Xiao Fengxian was also worried. The weather in Lushun Mansion was not so cold that it could turn the ice into steel.

So Xiao Fengxian had to carefully pull out a long snake formation with a width of twenty miles on the front. It was time-consuming to set up a formation of twenty miles, and it was like walking on thick ice. Although it was thick, there were tens of thousands of people stepping on it and more than eight thousand horses. Can it be done if you accidentally do it?

Therefore, until the eighth general of the Republican Army led by Wu Jing drove to the beach east of Daniu Mountain and north of Huangjiagou, Xiao Fengxian's army was still making arrangements in chaos.

Seeing the countless Liao soldiers on the ice, Wu Jian was also a little stunned. He only brought more than 5,000 combat soldiers to the battlefield, but his opponent launched a large formation of at least twenty miles. How did Old Wu defend himself? More than 5,000 people had to spread twenty miles, and an average of more than 200 people per mile, and a row of horizontal formations was not enough!

Why didn't the Liao people launch an attack before their troops arrived? Although Wu Tian's cavalry was large, and the main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were one to tens of thousands, they did not deploy defenses, and they only formed three attack clusters.

In addition, there are no defensive facilities along the Liaohai coast. Only the Bohai Fort on the flank of the Lushun Pass Great Wall, the Daniushan Fort on the sea surface, the Huangjiagou Mountain Village on the east side of Daniu Mountain, and the Jiutou Mountain Fort in the southwest of Daniu Mountain. The coast between Huangjiagou Mountain Village and Bohai Fort are full of farmland for more than 20 miles. Only on the East China Sea (Huanghai) coast on the other side of the peninsula, there is a wall of the Lushun Shang City. On the inside of the Lushun Great Wall, there are a series of barracks.

In other words, if Xiao Fengxian could be more decisive and take advantage of the Republican Army not reaching the battlefield, he would directly throw the troops into battle. Now he could at least set up a formation on the farmland, and maybe he could even grab a few farms.

But Xiao Fengxian wasted too much time on the formation!

"Preserve the laws of nature, kill the barbarians, divide the land, and be citizens..."

"Republic, thousands of victories! Republic, thousands of victories!"

Just as Wu Jian was thinking about how to arrange defense, the thousands of republican soldiers under his command were suddenly in an uproar and cheered.

Perhaps the middle and lower-level officers leading the team felt that there were many enemies and their subordinates might be afraid, so they took the lead in shouting slogans. This shouting didn't matter, and it immediately aroused the morale of the Republican infantry to the peak. Thousands of people cheered and shouted across the sea, even suppressing the rolling roar of the sea.

The nearby knights were also infected and cheered with the infantry.

When the three generals under Wu Jian saw that their subordinates were full of morale, they also sent cavalry to ask for battle.

Seeing that his morale was high, Wu Jian also felt that he could give his opponent a warning. So he sent the Eighth and the One Hundred and Eighth Division to the formation, and he led the team of generals, the Engineer Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion and the Two Hundred and Eighth Division to set up a formation in Huangjiagou, waiting for the subsequent main force to arrive.

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"Preserve the laws of nature, kill the barbarians, divide the land, and be citizens..."

Du Guoliang, who dreamed of getting into Yuntai Academy with his military bonus points, formed a horizontal formation with his "accomplices" brothers, shouted slogans and advanced with the sound of drums. He was wearing a full-fitting wart armor, carrying a Tianjin crossbow, and a long sword hanging on his belt, and a small round shield tied to his left arm guard. He was so fully armed!

After Du Guoliang's crossbow soldiers were standing in a horizontal formation, less than ten sets were the spear team where Monk Zhu and Monk Zhu Er were located. The two monks were in the same group, and the group was equivalent to a platoon. When they were lined up in a horizontal formation, they usually formed a horizontal formation. The group where the two monks were located was now in the first row of the horizontal formation! This is the most dangerous and easiest position to achieve success.

Following behind the spear team are the sword and shield hands. Most of them are strong and powerful and outstanding martial arts. Once the spearmen successfully break through, it is time for them to come on the stage to reap their lives.

In addition, the cannons belonging to the two artillery departments (corps) have not been pulled up yet. So now we can only rely on the crossbow arrows in Du Guoliang and the others to shoot the Liao soldiers in chaos.

Xiao Fengxian, who was sweating profusely and busy setting up the formation, also discovered the offensive of the Youzhou Army!

More than 3,000 infantry soldiers actually launched an attack on the mixed infantry and cavalry legion of more than 50,000 people! The minds of these Youzhou troops are really abnormal!

"Supreme," Xiao Wuna, the imperial camp of Xiao Fengxian, took the initiative to ask for battle, "Give me 3,000 iron cavalry, I will go and rush for a while!"

Xiao Fengxian looked at his right wing from afar and shook his head, "No, there are cavalry of Youzhou Army on Daniu Mountain. If they rush up from a high point, it will be unfavorable to us."

The combat power of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry is really a bit terrifying!

"And our cavalry should keep their cannons," said Xiao Fengxian, "It's better to fight with infantry. Their cannons did not come, and our warriors of the Great Liao are still afraid of their infantry? Turner (Xiao Wuna's font size), go and command the infantry on the right wing."

"Here!"

Old Man Xiao took the order and led his personal guards to gallop to the right wing. At the same time, the Flying Tiger Army on the right wing of the Liao army, before Old Man Xiao arrived, had 4,000 people (half of them were armor-free auxiliary soldiers) and met them.

Now the Liao army placed on the ice of the Liao Sea are all dismounted cavalry, so there are no spears, swords, shields, and bows. The Khitan cavalry are all equipped with three battles, including horses, rifles, bows, arrows, and swords.

However, it is impossible for so many guys to take them to the battlefield at the same time. After all, they get off the horse and become infantry, so there are too many things to take.

So half of these 4,000 people were carrying bows, arrows, swords and shields, and half were carrying carriages to defend against the cavalry of the Youzhou Army.

The Khitan cavalry dismounted the horse and shot feather arrows first. They used the stubborn sheep horn bow, which had a longer range than an ordinary horse bow, and could penetrate thin leather and paper armor at a distance of seventy or eighty steps. However, it had no effect on the wart armor produced in Tianjin. It was just a jingling sound!

"Don't be afraid, lower your head and keep moving forward!"

"I'm afraid of a bird, so I'll bless you with the truth!"

"Our wart armor cannot enter..."

When the arrow rain of the Liao people fell, the grassroots officers of the Eighth General began to cheer up their subordinates. At the same time, they also stared at their respective subordinates! These officers, including the brigade and the brigade, had replaced the Modao made by Tianjin Steel, which was used to deal with cavalry and supervise the battle! The Modao looked very scary, and was very powerful when assassinated and slashed.

At this time, no matter who dares to escape in the battle, it goes without saying that it is just a kill!

However, now the officers and soldiers of the Republican Army are at their peak of morale. They all want to kill the barbarians and become citizens. Who would have thought of running away?

Seeing the "Iron Man" opposite, he was just moving forward with his head covering his head, and the arrows hit them without any use. The Liao people's dismounted cavalry were also a little anxious, but there was no other way except for waves of archery rain.

Just as the distance between the two sides was less than thirty steps closer, the crossbowmen of the Republican Army was about to start the terrifying "Thousand Crossbows" volley, the sound of horns sounded one after another in the Liao people's rear formation. The soldiers who shot the arrow suddenly stopped shooting, turned around and handed them to the soldiers behind, and took the spear from them!

In a flash, the archer turned into a spearman!

This tactic of changing clothes in front of the formation was originally a common trick used by elite soldiers of the Sui and Tang dynasties, but now it has been used by the Liao people to deal with the Republican army.
Chapter completed!