Chapter 418                                                             

Li Feng and Li Ying overestimated the combat power of the provincial government army, and at the same time they underestimated the combat power of the border army too much.

This border army that entered the battlefield was indeed only about 20,000.

In terms of military strength, there are not many differences between the two sides.

The border army and the prefecture army advance in the opposite direction.

Soon, the distance between the two armies was less than 100 steps.

The provincial government army took the lead in firing the arrow formation.

Almost at the same time, the border troops raised their shields together.

I saw a black fog soaring from the camp of the state army, drawing a long black arc in the air, and smashing straight to the border army camp.

On the other hand, the entire camp was completely covered by a black shield formation on the frontier side.

The arrows fell like raindrops. In an instant, the crackling sound of the arrows hitting the shields was connected into a piece, like a burst of beans.

The shield array can block most of the arrows, but it cannot block all of them.

Many arrows shot into the gaps between the shield arrays.

Some of these arrows passing through the shield array were blocked by the iron armor on the border army, while others penetrated the weak points of the iron armor and were nailed to people.

What's scary is that the border army, who was shot by the arrow, seemed to have no feeling, and was inserted with shocking arrows on its body and continued to advance.

Some soldiers from the border army were hit by several arrows on their shoulders, chests, and lower abdomen, but they could not stand still and maintain their overall formation.

Li Feng and Li Ying, who were behind the state army camp, could not see clearly the situation opposite, but the soldiers in front of him could see it clearly.

People's faces were full of fear.

If you get hit by several arrows, you can continue to march and fight. Is this a human or a monster?

It can be said that before the battle began, the soldiers on the provincial government army had been shocked by the ferocity of the border army, and their morale had also fallen apart.

As the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, when they were forty steps away, the border troops began to withdraw their shield formation. People gathered up crossbows in unison, aimed at the provincial government troops on the opposite side, and launched a volley.

The arrow formations shot by the border army with crossbows are much more fierce and denser than those of the provincial capital army.

The overwhelming crossbow arrows continued to smash into the crowd of the state army.

The provincial government troops also set up a shield formation as soon as possible, but from time to time, soldiers were still shot by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground with wail.

The two sides have not yet come into contact with each other directly, but the arrow formations on both sides have begun to continuously kill each other's live power.

Finally, the front row soldiers on both sides met.

For a moment, there were bang bang roars in the center of the battlefield one after another.

It was the impact of the shield hitting the shield.

This kind of confrontation has no chance of taking advantage of others, and it is to compete with the physical qualities of the soldiers on both sides.

After the two sides collided, the soldiers on the border army remained motionless. On the other hand, the front row soldiers in the front row were knocked to the point, and the shield formation in the front row was also in chaos.

The soldiers of the border army took this opportunity and immediately stabbed the spear forward.

The loose shield formation could not stop the countless spears piercing from the opposite side, and many soldiers from the state government were instantly penetrated by the spears.

As spears were pulled out from the crowd of the state army, blood arrows were also taken out.

The screams in the state army camp were all piercing people's eardrums.

The soldiers in the front row of the state army fell to the ground, and the border army followed the trend and moved forward. Many soldiers of the state army were just injured and lying on the ground. Before they could even get up, they were trampled on by the border soldiers.

The Tower Shield soldiers did not care about the enemy wounded soldiers on the ground, but the spear soldiers following behind were not polite to the wounded soldiers. While following the Tower Shield soldiers, people kept stabbing the wounded soldiers on the ground with their spears.

The overall camp of the border army was like bulldozers, constantly moving forward and then advancing.

On the other hand, the state army camp on the opposite side was killed and retreated step by step, and it was completely unable to resist the advancement of the border troops.

Seeing the chaos in the front army, Li Feng and Li Ying, who were in charge of the rear, were both stunned.

The two of them really didn't expect that the border army would be as brave and good at fighting as the rumored one, like a huge steel beast.

At this time, Li Feng and Li Ying finally realized that they were too arrogant and too despised the combat power of the border army.

Just as the two of them frowned and were about to retreat, a scout came to each other on both sides of the two of them.

The two scouts came close to Li Feng and Li Ying, and did not bother to get off the horse. They immediately intervened and saluted, and said anxiously: "Your Highness King Jin, Your Highness King Lu, our left wing discovered the enemy!"

"Our right wing also discovered the enemy!"

Upon hearing the reports of the two scouts, Li Feng and Li Ying hurriedly looked to the left and right sides.

you do not say!

On the left and right wings of the provincial government army, a large-scale border army appeared on each of them.

Looking around, the flags were waving, the cuffs were flying, and the black armored soldiers were covered with the sky and covered the horizon, and they could not see the boundaries at first sight.

Oh no!

Lee Bong and Lee Young have been through the battlefield for a long time and have rich experience.

After seeing the enemy troops appearing on the left and right wings of our side, we immediately realized that the border troops were using pocket formations for our side.

The number of border troops is far more than the 20,000 people ahead, but there must be 50,000 or 60,000 people.

Their troops were divided into three groups, and their purpose was not only to defeat their own side, but to encircle them and wipe them out!

Li Feng and Li Ying shuddered and said anxiously: "Send the order and retreat! The entire army retreats!"

The 20,000 border troops in front are already hard to resist. Now there are about 20,000 border troops on both sides of the left and right wings. How can we fight this battle?

If you don’t run away at this time, it will be too late to wait until the border troops completely encircle their own side and want to run away.

If Li Feng and Li Ying did not retreat, although the state army was at a disadvantage, they could still withstand it for a while.

When the retreat order came, the soldiers immediately had no intention of fighting and retreated in groups.

As a result, the overall formation of the provincial government army was completely messed up.

Large-scale legion combat, the strength of individual combat power is second to the two sides. The main competition between the soldiers is the overall cooperation and the maintenance of formation.

The formation of the provincial government army was scattered, and the border army immediately seized the opportunity. The border army camp advanced more fiercely and faster.

At the same time, border troops coming from both sides were also gathering quickly towards the battlefield.

Three groups of border troops quickly formed a double-team against the prefecture army.

The provincial government army, which had already shown its defeat, could not hold on at this time.

People were not worried about whether to maintain their formation or not, and turned around and ran back with all their lives.

Many soldiers from the state and prefecture even shook off their armor while running.

The armor on soldiers usually ranges from twenty to twenty-five kilograms, that is, forty to fifty kilograms.

Wearing such heavy armor, it is impossible to run fast.

In order to save his life, the soldiers could only remove the heavy armor on their bodies when they ran away.

This is how the idiom of throwing away the helmet and abandoning the armor comes from.

But at this time, it was too late for the provincial government troops to escape.

When the soldiers of the State Prefecture Army were panicked and were defeated on the entire line, the two thousand cavalry led by Yan Mo began to launch a cavalry charge against the State Prefecture Army.
Chapter completed!