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In the view of King Zhao Run of Wei, this is a gamble between more than 300,000 troops and one and a half million troops.

In fact, he also knew that the coalition forces of the various countries were less than 1.5 million. After all, he also saw the scene of soldiers of the coalition forces outside Daliang City everywhere - he just didn't know the specific number of the existing coalition forces of the various countries.

But then again, in this war, Chu Shuijun still had 1.5 million people or only one million people left, but there were actually not much difference. Anyway, they all completely crushed the Wei army in terms of military strength advantages.

"kill--"

In the southern suburbs of Daliang, a roar echoed through the heaven and earth. It turned out that the 50,000 Luoyang guards from the Wei side had already been killed in front of the coalition forces of various countries and in front of the Chu grain recruiting troops deployed in the center of the array.

It has to be said that the lack of food and military recruitment was clearly reflected at this time: when facing the Luoyang Imperial Guards of Wei State that were approaching, they really lacked the means of long-range strikes and long-range restrictions, so they were easily bullied by the Luoyang Imperial Guards of Wei State.

And what are the consequences of this?

That is, the Chu State's grain recruitment was destined to be suppressed by the elite Wei State in front of him at the beginning.

Yes, in the field of hand-to-hand combat, the Wei soldiers have always lost to others, and the Wei State has always been a country famous for its powerful infantry.

In the southern suburbs of Daliang City, 50,000 imperial guards fell into the Chu grain recruiting array with several times their strength. In just a blink of an eye, the front row of grain recruiting soldiers had been slaughtered by the Wei army.

What an amazing efficiency!

However, if you think about it carefully, the combat power of the two sides is indeed far different: Luoyang Imperial Guard is the King of Gyeonggi Division of Wei. Although it is inevitable that it is a bit unsatisfied to compete with the first-tier elite troops of the Shang Shui Army, Yanling Army, Wei Wu Army, and Zhenbing Army in China, it is a bit unsatisfied with the first-tier elite troops of the Wei State. But in the final analysis, it is the King of Gyeonggi Division of Wei State. It is well-equipped and well-trained. In addition to being inferior to the elite troops of the first-tier Wei State in the war, it is actually impeccable. The grain recruitment faced by the Luoyang Imperial Guard is the army with the worst weapons and equipment, morale and fighting spirit in the entire Central Plains. If you have an absolute advantage, the grain recruitment of Chu will become as fierce as the Qin Dynasty's tame army and are good at fighting; but if the battle situation is against the wind, or when it is necessary to fight a tough battle, the role of this army on the battlefield is really limited.

Just just after contact, thousands of grain recruiters were killed by the Luoyang Imperial Guards of Wei State, almost without any ability to resist.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on recruiting soldiers. Most of them have only the most basic and simple weapons and armor, and many people may not even have defensive armor.

More importantly, the essence of recruiting troops in grain is still "peasant soldiers", but what they face is a professional army of Wei State armed to the teeth - the gap between "peasant soldiers" and "productive soldiers", which is basically the gap between farmers and professional soldiers.

"tread--"

"tread--"

"tread--"

The Luoyang Imperial Guards of Wei took neat steps and advanced steadily step by step. Their eyes stared at the enemy in front of them, and moved forward without any rush. Sometimes they used the solid shield in their hands to block the counterattacks of the grain recruiters' as if they were struggling, and sometimes they used the sharp sword in their hands to kill the enemy soldiers who were blocking them one by one.

In the center of the first ten thousand-man square formation, Zhao Run's clan guard Zhu Gui sat on a war horse, shouting loudly for a moment, inspiring the Wei soldiers under his command with words.

"...Forget the fear in your heart, hold your weapons tightly, stare at the front, and don't stop the charge without stopping the drum. Retreat will only make you weak, and timidity will surely attract death..."

"Go forward! Luoyang Imperial Guards! Don't stop at a single step!"

"Remember behind me, that is the monarch of my Great Wei; and beside me, that is the old capital of my Great Wei!... My Great Wei, there is no way out!"

Not only Zhu Gui, who was the pioneer general of the infantry camp, in fact, in each thousand-person phalanx, his own thousand-person generals were also repeating the exciting and inspiring words that King Zhao Run of Wei had just been repeated.

"Let us live and let them die!"

"Give the enemy soldiers the miserable defeat deserved!"

Inspired by these Wei generals, the Wei soldiers in Luoyang's Imperial Guards showed the terrifying strength of "Why can the Wei infantry be famous all over the world". They advanced step by step steadily, killing the grain recruiting soldiers in front of them, and forcing the other party to retreat out of fear, thereby compressing the battlefield space for the grain recruiting soldiers in the rear. This caused the grain recruiting soldiers in the rear to be in a state of serious congestion. Although they had not seen the soldiers of the Wei Kingdom, they were pushed by their friendly forces and almost lost their foothold.

It has to be said that it is a very fatal matter for any army to lose the "stand-standing place" on the battlefield. After all, in the crowded combat environment, they do not have enough space to dance weapons. Their front, back, left and right directions are filled with their comrades.

This is the direct manifestation of lack of training and lack of experience - recruits who lack battlefield experience will make a serious negligence in combat in this intensive formation, that is, retreating out of fear of death, even if it is just a small step, which is also very fatal, because it will squeeze into the friendly forces in the back row - your timidity will not only kill you, but also kill the robes behind you.

Because of this, experienced and sacrificial old soldiers sometimes would rather stand up and let the weapons in the enemy's hands pierce their chests than take a step back, so as not to kill their robes.

But it is obvious that the Chu State's grain recruitment team did not understand the principles on this battlefield. Under the pressure of Luoyang's imperial guards, the grain recruiters at the forefront of the array were both dead and retreating. Maybe they thought it would be okay to retreat a little, but in fact, they invisibly helped the Wei soldiers compress the space behind them.

Of course, the generals of Chu State did not understand this principle. Even several generals scolded the food and recruited soldiers and said, "Don't retreat! Attack!"

But unfortunately, the Luoyang Imperial Guard's step-by-step advancement, which seemed to be an attack and defense, was not something that even light infantry could resist. The only thing that could stop the heavy infantry from advancing was another heavy infantry, or war weapons such as Wei Lianbi.

"Let them die!"

The generals of the Wei army were still yelling at the top of their voices, even if they became hoarse and left, they would not hesitate to leave.

Inspired by these Wei generals, the Wei infantry in the front row held up their shields and waved their swords, as if they were unilaterally slaughtering food to recruit soldiers.

This is a one-sided battle situation.

Strange, what about the left and right wings of the coalition forces of various countries?

Shouldn’t the coalition troops deployed on the left and right wings of the countries should use long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows to limit the advancement of the Wei infantry in the middle? Why hasn’t they provided assistance for a long time?

The reason is very simple, because the soldiers of the left and right wings of the coalition forces of the various countries are now attacked by hundreds of thousands of militias and rangers of the Wei army. Compared with the strict formation confrontation in the central battlefield, the battlefields of the left and right wings of the two armies are simply in chaos.

"Kill--"

"Kill all these damn guys!"

More than 200,000 Wei militias rushed towards the two wings of the coalition forces of various countries. The crazy atmosphere forced the generals on the left and right wings of the coalition forces to use the crossbows that should have been used on the Luoyang guards in the middle to use the volley of the Wei militias.

"Puff puff puff puff puff--"

Countless Wei militias were hit by arrows halfway through the charge.

At this moment, an incredible scene appeared: even if it was hit by an arrow, as long as it was not hit by the vital points, the charge momentum of the Wei militias remained unabated, and they still roared and rushed to the coalition forces of the various countries.

These militias temporarily recruited by the Wei State, just as King Zhao Run of Wei said, had regarded themselves as dead when they took the first step.

Since you are dead, why should you be afraid of death?!

"These Wei people are simply crazy!"

The troops deployed in front of the left wing of the coalition forces of various countries were the army under the command of Xiang Mo, the general of Chu, led by his general "Dou Lian".

Dou Lian was a powerful general of Chu who participated in the "Four Kingdoms' Battle against Chu" that year. He was both brave and backbone. He would rather die than surrender when he was surrounded by the Wei army. Even though the food road was cut off and the water source was cut off, he still led his remaining soldiers to hold his position. It was not until later that King Xi of Qi died in Shouying, and then Chu admitted his defeat, ending the "Four Kingdoms' Battle against Chu" that Dou Lian survived by chance.

It is precisely because he had dealt with the Wei army that Dou Lian knew the power of the Wei army.

But even so, the madness of the more than 200,000 Wei militias was far beyond his expectations.

Here we have to mention the infantry of the Chu State's official army.

The infantry of the Chu State's main army can be roughly divided into "long halberd soldiers" holding long halberds, and "sword and shield soldiers" holding battle swords and shields. As the name suggests, the former is even the main attacker on the battlefield, especially when charging, long weapons can give the Chu State's main army a certain advantage, unless it encounters heavy infantry full of thick armor, such as the infantry of the Wei State; while the sword and shield soldiers are mainly used for defense, such as protecting the crossbowmen in the army. Of course, although they are also called sword and shield soldiers, they are far from comparing with the sword and shield soldiers of the Wei State.

At this time, since Chu Shuijun had issued an order to "prepare for attack", Chu general Dou Lian transferred the long-saltitude soldiers to the front, preparing to let the infantry wait for an opportunity to enter the battlefield and serve as the main attacker on the flanks.

But what was unexpected was that the Wei army, which was at a disadvantage, actually launched an offensive in front of them.

Of course, this doesn't matter. After all, the long-sling soldiers of Chu have the advantage of long weapons. Dou Lian does not think that the infantry under his command holding a long-slingered spear will be unable to withstand the oncoming Wei militia - these are just the militia of Wei, not the heavy infantry of Wei who are armed to the teeth.

Just when the two armies first came into contact with each other and launched hand-to-hand combat, Dou Lian's point of view was immediately proved: the militia of Wei State could not really get close to the long halberd soldiers of Chu State, so the latter pierced the chest with a long halberd of more than meter long.

Some soldiers even pierced the body of a Wei militia at the same time, which made people feel frightened no matter how they looked.

However, he underestimated the fighting spirit of these Wei militias—or the desire to fight.

I saw those Wei militias whose bodies were pierced by Chu's long halberd soldiers, not like the enemies they had encountered in the past, slums fell to the ground and howled in pain. The moment their bodies were pierced, they firmly grabbed the long halberd, and at the same time urged their robes: "Kill him! Kill him for me!"

The Chu soldiers who were caught with the long spear tried hard to pull the weapon back, but the weapon was grabbed by the Wei soldiers and could not be pulled back at all.

When he realized it, the other Wei militias rushed to the front with a ferocious expression.

In this case, the only thing this Chu halberd soldier could do was to put down the halberd in his hand and protect his head with both hands. However, even so, it was still difficult to avoid being killed by several Wei militiamen.

And this is not the most amazing. The most amazing thing is that Dou Lian saw with his own eyes a Wei militia whose chest was pierced by his halberd soldiers. After shaking his sword to cut off the halberd rod, he continued to charge forward, and died with a Chu army soldier who had lost his weapons.

"Crazy, these Wei people are simply crazy..."

Dou Lian was shocked to see the Wei militias who were indifferent to life and death, sacrificed their lives, and fought with their lives to fight against the Chu soldiers under his command.

It is undeniable that these Wei militias in front of them were not as powerful as the soldiers of the Wei State's army and were good at fighting, but their courage was enough to make their enemies scared.

At least, Dou Lian felt a creepy feeling at this moment. He felt as if he was fighting a group of dead people who were not afraid of life and death. Otherwise, if they were living people, why would these people look down on their lives so much?

The formation was torn apart, and the militia of Wei continued to pour into the Chu army array under Dou Lian's command.

At this time, we can see that these Wei militias had no tactical command at all. They just did two things repeatedly, namely "finding the enemy" and "killing the enemy" until they were killed by the enemy.

Because of the lack of command, the assault directions of these Wei militias were also very different. Some went east, some went north, and some went south. Anyway, as long as the Chu soldiers existed, they were their attack directions.

To be honest, if it is a small-scale confrontation, such a way of fighting alone will only allow the enemy to seize the flaws and be severely attacked. However, in this battlefield where more than one million people participate, it may be the most suitable tactic for the Wei militia.

What's even better is that because the enemy and us had too many troops, the Chu general Dou Lian could not command the soldiers under his command to make effective counterattacks. In this sea of ​​people, he could not even see which direction the Wei militia was attacking.

The whip of fighting was beyond reach, which made the Chu army passively fall into a state of fighting each other, making this war zone even more chaotic.

The formation and other things have long been left behind by the soldiers of Wei and Chu countries here. The only thing they still remember is to kill the enemy.

It must be admitted that in this chaos, where you have me and I have you, the lethality of the ranger group was amplified, and they either came from groups of three or five, or led militia together to form their own small groups. With their superb swordsmanship and evasion methods, they caused serious casualties to the soldiers of the Chu army in this chaotic battlefield.

Looking at the messy battlefield and watching the soldiers under his command being killed by a group of rangers and Wei militias, Chu general Dou Lian felt this feeling for the first time: It turns out that too many soldiers may not be a good thing.

Indeed, if the State of Chu also advocated that "the army is more important than the essence," even if the Chu army's strength is reduced by half, the militia and rangers of Wei will not want to break through the formation of the Chu army, just like the Chu army's grain recruitment and the Qin army's tattooed army, these peasant soldiers can only be beaten in front of the Wei army.

At this time, in the middle area of ​​the left wing of the coalition forces of various countries, General Xiang Mo of Chu looked at the messy battle situation ahead and frowned.

Just like his generals Dou Lian, Xiang Mo never thought that one day the main army of Chu would be suppressed by a group of militias, even if the militia came from Wei.

"General!"

The handsome general "Miyu" under Xiang Mo came to the former in person, clasped his fists and said, "General, Dou Lian can't stop it anymore. Please allow the general to lead the army to advance and provide help."

"..." Xiang Mo pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Be careful not to be impatient first... Although Dou Lian is at a disadvantage at this moment, he may not be defeated by the Wei Zhu on the opposite side immediately."

"General?"
To be continued...