Yelu Ao commanded nearly 10,000 Khitan elite palace troops, divided into nine echelons, and fiercely pounced on Li Zhongyi's side.

Li Zhongyi's side was not idle at all, the soldiers had stopped advancing, inserted the portable iron tripod carried in their backpacks and carried with them, inserted them into the feet in front of them, and then used wooden hammers to nail them into the mud, a total of ten rows.

After the tripod was nailed to a deep level, the soldiers inserted a spear two feet long into the beveled opening reserved for the tripod.

In the blink of an eye, in front of Li Jiajun's front, there was a forest of guns with a depth of more than thirty meters out of thin air.

After making these preparations, the soldiers of the Li Jiajun deliberately used wide door flags to cover the forest of guns tightly, so that even if the Khitans rushed closer, they would not be aware of the sinister things in it.

Horse rejection is one of the indispensable and effective methods for the infantry of the southern Han army to resist the impact of the grassland cavalry, and most of the warlord armies in the north carry thick horses.

However, Li Zhongyi, who attaches great importance to the mobile combat capability of his troops, has keenly discovered that although the coarse rejection of horses has a significant effect, its negative effects are not easy to underestimate: they are too cumbersome and inconvenient to carry when crossing mountains and mountains.

Therefore, after a long time of careful consideration, Li Zhongyi finally came up with a good method: let the craftsmen make a triangular iron frame that was easy to carry, and there was a hoop on the iron frame that was large enough to insert the spear diagonally.

When facing the charge of the steppe cavalry, you can set up a flexible and mobile but lethal spear formation in front of the formation anytime and anywhere.

Of course, it's just a dull spear formation, although it can definitely make the Khitans suffer a dark loss. But it wasn't enough to stop the wolf pack for a long time.

Li Zhongyi was placed behind the spear rejection array was a nine-row crossbowman. They were the main force of the Khitan cavalry.

In addition, Li Zhongyi usually asked to carry a military shovel. When it came to work: large and disorganized pits of various sizes were dug out one by one, immediately behind the crossbow array.

The pit formation is not particularly wide, and between the pits, there is a passage that can accommodate two people walking side by side, which is convenient for the soldiers to retreat at any time, or to advance and attack.

Li Yunxiao quietly guarded Li Zhongyi's side, and the fiery actions of the soldiers were all in his eyes.

Since the last time they entered the hinterland of the Khitans. Li Yunxiao obviously found that after Li Zhongyi had the experience of fighting with the Khitan cavalry, the tactical tactics of confronting the cavalry charge head-on became more and more diversified and insidious.

For example, behind the pit formation, behind the door flag, there is still a simple spear formation. Even if the Khitans broke through the spear array and pit formation in front, they would definitely stop in front of another undefeated spear array. can only be slaughtered by the Li family's army.

Just as Li Zhongyi said, the two armies have always been fighting in one go, and then declining. Li Yunxiao has always remembered this vividly.

Just when the Li family's army was overwhelmed, Yeluao had already led the Khitan elite palace army. Killed less than a hundred feet in front of the battle.

Li Zhongyi put down the monocular in his hand and raised his chin. Signaled to the herald beside him: "When the Khitans approach to fifty zhang, order the soldiers in the first row to retreat behind the formation." By the way, throw some gadgets like wooden knives, wooden guns, and fake military flags. ”

Li Yunxiao grinned, Li Zhongyi arranged to customize these fake knives and guns, including the person in charge of the fake military flag, it was him Li Xiaosong.

For the sake of simulation, these fake things are smeared with some special silver foil powder, and at a glance, they are as realistic as real knives and real guns.

It must be known that when the two armies were fighting, especially in the face of the extremely fast Khitan elite cavalry troops, if it were not for the well-trained Li Jiajun and the ban on the order, Li Zhongyi would never dare to let his subordinates turn around and retreat when he was about to engage in battle.

Whether it is the era of cold weapons or the era of hot weapons, it is taboo for soldiers to turn their backs on the enemy.

I think that at the beginning, when the Japanese army invaded China, KMT's army fought head-on with the Japanese army, and in fact, it could fight to the death. However, as soon as the order to retreat was given from above, these fruit troops immediately turned from retreat to rout, like headless flies, only knowing that they could escape faster than their brother troops, where did they remember the tactical essentials of cross-covering retreat?

This is a typical tactical training defect, and the serious consequences are caused!

Now, after five years of tempering, Li Zhongyi is very confident that the troops he painstakingly trained have already transformed into a well-known iron army that can attack, retreat, and defeat under the command of an effective grassroots officer corps.

Yelu Ao knew that since the Southern Barbarian Li Jiajun on the opposite side dared to swallow it in one bite, the more than 10,000 elite palace troops under his command would have something to confront.

Therefore, Yeluao decisively abandoned the previous practice and changed to two thousand people as a wave, the purpose of which was to break Li Zhongyi's encirclement in one fell swoop. Yeluao thought very clearly, after the high-speed cavalry team had penetrated the infantry formation, as long as he rolled back, Li Zhongyi would definitely be finished.

"Pass on my strict order, only one side is allowed to attack, wave after wave, to make the southern barbarians breathless. My warriors of the Great Khitan, come with me, completely defeat the Southern Barbarian Li Langzhong, and ...... "Yeluao was mixed in the first wave of 2,000 people, and while speeding up and galloping, he loudly issued the latest military order.

Li Zhongyi saw very clearly that the Khitans could actually change formations halfway, and the first wave of attack clusters had obviously become thicker.

Well, this is the Khitan elite palace division army in the heyday, Li Zhongyi smiled faintly, strong and strong attack is the real royal road. As long as this battle is completely won, the Li Jiajun, who has dealt with the Khitan elite troops three times, will definitely establish an obvious psychological advantage.

Psychological advantages are something that cannot be touched, but they can be seen indirectly through the spirit and spirit that are revealed.

Li Zhongyi held a monocular in his hand, staring at the front line of the Khitan forward, when the Khitan people obviously accelerated and unfolded the charging formation, he waved his hand and ordered: "Blow the whistle, order the brothers at the front, throw fake knives, guns, fake military flags, and quickly withdraw behind the door flag." ”

After the chief herald repeated the order, he did not hesitate to blow the copper whistle that had been in his mouth, and in the blink of an eye, the copper whistle one after another spread throughout the front line of the Li family's army.

"Dangdangdang......" The sons and daughters of the Li family, who were originally at the forefront of the façade, threw away the fakes in their hands one after another, turned around and ran back, burrowing into the back of the wide door flag in twos and threes, and passing through the narrow gap left by the spear array.

The officers and men of the Li family's army, who had retreated to the rear in time, rearranged in a neat queue under the command of their respective officers, holding spears in their hands, and quietly waited for the moment of decisive battle. (To be continued.) )