96 'Practice is the only criterion for testing truth'

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After the news spread, the official army camp immediately became nervous, but Qi Lin's men were worthy of being the elite of the official army, and they did not panic.

Instead, in accordance with the officer's order, the night defense was strengthened, additional training teams were dispatched, and more night posts were added, but the enemy had the opportunity to steal the camp at night, and everything was in order.

But unlike the rumors of the official army, the White Dragon Army rested very comfortably all night and slept until dawn.

Although Li Zixiao knew the number of the vanguard of the official army and the address of the other party's camp, he did not plan to carry out any night attacks.

After all, through Han Tong's report, Li Zixiao learned that this vanguard of the official army should be the elite of the official army, and the combat power of his subordinates is still okay.

For the sake of safety, Li Zixiao did not carry out any plan for a night attack, but let his soldiers rest for a night and prepare for the next battle. 、

It was on this night that the second cavalry team led by Qi Wei returned smoothly and successfully completed the attack mission.

The grain and grass that Yongcheng County ordered Wang Yongxing to prepare for the imperial army, as well as those pigs and sheep, were all cheaper for Qi Wei in the end.

It's a pity that Qi Wei can't take these things away at all, so Qi Wei simply sent someone to inform them of the nearest fort under their control.

Let the guards of the fort bring the grain, pigs and sheep back to their fort first, and store them there for the time being, and then deal with them after this battle is over.

The next morning, the White Dragon Army buried the pot and cooked a full meal, then under Li Zixiao's order, he pulled out the camp and walked along the official road towards the location of the official army.

After a night of rumors, the officers and soldiers got up early in the morning and set up camp and continued to march in the direction of Yongcheng.

The two armies moved against each other, and quickly began to close the distance between them.

Qi Lin's heart became more and more nervous, because although last night, although it took a night, he sent several sentry teams to the front to investigate the news of the chaotic army.

But in the end, less than half of the sentries returned to the camp.

According to the report of the returning sentinels, they walked less than five miles before a large number of scouts began to appear.

They were spotted and intercepted at the slightest mistake, and the scouts were so fierce that they could not penetrate the blockade and find out where the main force of the rebel army was.

Qi Lin didn't sleep long all night, and all kinds of unfavorable news came back, making him begin to realize that the opponent he faced today was probably not as simple as he imagined.

The other party must have already discovered the strength of his soldiers and horses, but he still took the initiative to meet him, so it shows that the other party at least has the ability to fight with him head-on.

In this way, he had to be cautious, and if he accidentally fell into the way of the thief, he became a joke.

At this time, the main force of the officers and troops led by Wu Laiyun himself behind him had not yet followed, so Qi Lin's understanding of the officers and troops behind him.

said that it was only half a day's journey, but in fact, he estimated that the main force of the official army led by Wu Laiyun would arrive here to join him at least this evening.

This also means that he will face this gang of rebels alone during the day today.

Moreover, once Wu Laiyun arrived here with the main force of the official army, it is estimated that he would be disappointed if he knew that he had not even figured out the situation of the main force of the chaotic army.

He still wants to firmly hold Wu Laiyun's big thick legs, of course, he has to make some dazzling achievements.

So he got up early in the morning and raised the tent and gathered his generals to discuss the matter.

Because of the abnormal performance of the opponent's chaotic army, the generals under him were also a little uneasy.

Some people simply suggested that they should set up camp and wait until the strength of the enemy army was clarified, and after the arrival of the main force of the official army led by Lord Wu in the future, they would march forward.

But of course, Qi Lin couldn't accept this opinion, and at this time he was in a hurry to make some achievements, and he finally ordered the camp to continue to advance.

So early in the morning, the officers and soldiers began to pack up their things and set up camps, and continued to march in the direction of Yongcheng.

However, Qi Lin still cautiously sent his three hundred cavalry to the front as the vanguard to open the way, so as to avoid being taken advantage of by the chaotic army in confusion.

When the White Dragon Army marched to an open field five miles south of Pingding Village, Li Zixiao, who was walking in front of the team, raised his hand and signaled the troops to stop advancing.

Behind him, a series of stop-and-go roars rang out from the officers, and the whole team stopped.

Han Tong took a few scouts and Pegasus to Li Zixiao, and jumped off the war horse.

Han Tong walked over and respectfully reported to Li Zixiao: "The leader of Qiqi, the vanguard of the official army also pulled out of camp this morning and is rushing over here.

This time, they sent 300 cavalry to open the way, and our scouts could not stop them, so they ordered the brethren to disperse first, waiting for the next instructions of the great master. ”

"Oh? It seems that the generals who led the vanguard of this official army did not take our White Dragon Army in their eyes at all, and the two thousand men and horses dared to rush over directly.

Hmph, since this is the case, then we can't snub others, Han Tong, continue to monitor the movements of this official army and report it at any time. ”

"Yes." Han Tong left with the scout team again.

At this time, Li Zixiao looked at the surrounding terrain, nodded and said, "This place is good, the terrain is flat, let's wait here for the arrival of the officers and soldiers."

The order went down, and the brothers of the infantry army were ordered to prepare armor, and then the team was expanded, and the phalanx was lined up to meet the enemy, the two teams of cavalry of Luo Chao and Qi Wei were in the back at any time, and the archery team and the bird gun team were on the left and right flanks of the phalanx, waiting for orders at any time! ”

With Li Zixiao's order, the White Dragon generals who came with him immediately took action.

The infantry were in good order, putting on the armor they had brought with them, and then the auxiliaries immediately retreated with their mules, horses, and vehicles.

At this time, the infantry of the White Dragon Army was mainly the three captains of spearmen and sword and shield soldiers.

At this time, they began to assemble according to the orders of their respective officers, changed from a marching formation to a rectangular phalanx, and after a little advance march, blocked the official road.

And the formation formed this time is somewhat different from the formation they used in the past.

The birdmen and archers in the army were arranged in the four corners of the phalanx, forming four muskets and bows and arrows.

The pikemen and shield men, on the other hand, were assembled in a dense formation in the center.

Qi Wei and Luo Chao's two teams of elite cavalry were placed at the rear of the team as a reserve for the phalanx and a force for the assault.

As for the nearly 1,000 men behind them, they were not incorporated into the phalanx, so as not to destroy the tacit understanding between the soldiers.

So they were ordered to line up at the back of the line and use them as a reserve force.

And this change in the phalanx is that in the recent period, Li Zixiao carefully recalled more knowledge about the West's tactical application of infantry.

even referred to the formation of the Qi family's army, etc., and then Li Zixiao gathered the actual situation of his own team and adjusted the phalanx originally used by the White Dragon Army to make it more suitable for actual combat.

From the very beginning of the formation of the White Dragon Army, Li Zixiao simplified the configuration of the troops in the army, mainly focusing on the construction of pikemen and firearms, supplemented by a part of the sword and shield soldiers.

After all, in the case of not being able to build a large cavalry in a short period of time, phalanx combat is their most ideal choice.

After several months of fighting, Li Zixiao has also been constantly improving his phalanx tactics.

Moreover, the facts have shown that the new army in his hands at this time still has quite strong combat effectiveness by using this unique phalanx combat tactics.

After all, a great man once said, 'Practice is the only criterion for testing truth', and Li Zixiao thought so.

This time, the White Dragon Army completely took the initiative to attack, and wanted to take the enemy outside the Imperial Gate and face the enemy army three times their own head-on.

This battle can be said to be a test for the White Dragon Army, and the drills during this period of time are also a test, and whether the specific results can be achieved are very important for the future development of the White Dragon Army.

But Li Zixiao is still full of confidence in this, in his opinion, after such training, although the White Dragon Army has a lot of recruits in the team.

However, their combat effectiveness has still been greatly improved, and with their current state, in the face of this army of tens of thousands of officers, he still thinks in his heart that there is at least a sixty percent chance of victory.

When the soldiers of the White Dragon Army had just unfolded into a phalanx along the official road according to Li Zixiao's order.

In a short time, a cloud of smoke and dust rose in the distance on the official road in front of the army, and quickly approached their location.

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Ma Feng rode on a red horse, leading three hundred cavalry under his command, galloping on the official road.

Since he was ordered by Qi Lin to go forward to open the way for the brigade, he led his troops to leave the main force of the official army and galloped towards Yongcheng.

Along the way, they also found at least two or three sentry groups on horseback near the official road, probes probing their brains to observe them.

So he immediately sent people to pursue them, and these rebel scouts were also very cunning, knowing that their strength was not good, and did not fight them head-on.

As soon as they saw him send men after them, they turned their horses and left, and soon disappeared without a trace.

And Ma Feng was also afraid of falling into the trap of the thieves, and did not dare to let his subordinates stay too far away from his own team, so after dispersing the scouts of the White Dragon Army, he recalled the soldiers and horses sent back to his team.

In his opinion, these scouts of the chaotic army are not worthy of his too much attention, and the main task he has to do now is to find out the location of the main force of the chaotic army as soon as possible, as well as the deployment of troops.

Then report these situations to Qi Lin, Ma Feng, as Qi Lin's brother-in-law, goes without saying that he is loyal to Qi Lin.

Otherwise, Qi Lin would not have handed over the only cavalry under his command to Ma Feng to lead.

After more than half an hour of marching, Ma Feng finally found an enemy army in front of him blocking their way in a relatively flat place.

He led his cavalry to a position about a mile away from the formation of the White Dragon Army, and raised his hand to stop his men, so the cavalry gathered the reins of their horses and looked at the enemy army on the opposite side.

The reason why Ma Feng could recognize at a glance that the team that appeared here was the White Dragon Army, and it was the pole they were ordered to exterminate this time.

The reason is very simple, at this time, it happens to appear here, and if there is a powerful armed force, in addition to the government, there is only the White Dragon Bandit entrenched here.

In addition, Ma Feng also saw that in the opposite team, a red battle flag was erected, with no words on it, only a white dragon churning among the clouds, swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

He didn't need to look at it, he also knew that this was the banner of the group of white dragon bandits.

After a closer look, Ma Feng found that the group was also dressed in a messy manner, with various colors of clothing and armor, and helmets of various colors.

Although the officers and soldiers were dressed in tatters, it was impossible for them to be so mixed.

But despite the chaotic equipment of the White Dragon Army, there is no doubt that they have achieved that everyone has armor and weapons, and this kind of chaotic army simply cannot be believed.

But this is not the most surprising thing for Ma Feng's group of officers and cavalry.

What really surprised them the most was the neat formation and orderly deployment of the chaotic army on the opposite side.

Ma Feng looked at it and saw the chaotic army opposite, although the clothes and armor were mixed, and the equipment was very simple.

Except for a few rows of swords and shields with skinned wooden shields in front of the formation, most of the team were all spears.

At the two corners of their ranks, there were also musketeers and archers carrying bird guns, and in the back, he even saw the figures of cavalry, as well as the eight guns of the White Dragon Army artillery battalion.

Ma Feng boasted that he had been in the army for more than ten years, but it was the first time he had seen such a peculiar formation.

And what surprised Ma Feng even more was that these rebel soldiers showed a well-trained appearance, which was completely different from the chaotic rebels before!

After such a phalanx was formed, there was basically no other noisy sound in the army except for the cheers of the officers.

Moreover, after the other party's chaotic army lined up, the queue was unimaginably neat, and there was a dangerous murderous aura faintly.

Even though Ma Feng and the White Dragon Army were still more than a mile away at this time, the aura emanating from the White Dragon Army's array still made him and his subordinates feel a little depressed.

Ma Feng couldn't help but gasp, his heart suddenly jumped a few times, forcibly stabilized his mind, and hurriedly ordered to go down, let all his subordinates settle down, don't act rashly, and see the enemy situation first.

In the past, the chaotic army that Ma Feng encountered, no matter how much or less, was a chaotic scene.

Only a small number of rebel armies will be really more sophisticated, and the rest are basically some homeless people who were temporarily coerced by the rebel army.

But the composition of the chaotic army in front of them was obviously different from the chaotic army they had encountered before.

What's more, the chaotic army in front of him was only one or two thousand people, like the information he had received from his brother-in-law.

At this time, the White Dragon Army in front of Ma Feng's eyes, he didn't need to count, just swept it with his eyes, and knew that the number of people was almost four thousand.

This is also the ability that Ma Feng has cultivated in the army for more than ten years.

In other words, the strength of the White Dragon Army in front of him was more than twice as large as they knew, and they were fully equipped with armor and a lot of bows and arrows and birds.

There are even several artillery pieces, and even cavalry have been formed, which is simply more regular than the regular army of these official governments!

You must know that at this time, Qi Lin only had a team of 300 cavalry like him, and as for the artillery, there were four old tiger squat cannons.

At that time, the main force of the official army led by Wu Laiyun in the back also had a cavalry of 1,000 people and seven or eight artillery pieces.

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