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Seeing that even when his troops knew that they were going to face an enemy several times their size, they were still able to keep their faces unchanged, Li Yi originally wanted to say some words of encouragement, but at this time, he couldn't help but be put into his stomach.
This time, only Li Yi and a few senior officials knew about their strategic intentions. If it weren't for the fact that Mel and Li Yi had a close relationship, with Mel's current status, he wouldn't know the real plans of the Yanlong Legion next.
Therefore, now all the soldiers thought that Li Yi led this army to station here, which was really to hinder the advance of the reinforcements of the Tianlan Empire and give the siege troops time to attack the city.
But Li Yi is the most involved, and he knows the true intention. He still has something to hide from his subordinates, and Li Yi is no longer ready to pretend to talk to them about some innocuous pre-war mobilization.
Satisfied with looking at his soldiers again, Li Yi just said loudly: "I won't say more than anything else, once the war starts, it is important to save your life." We're just trying to buy time, not to be able to defeat the enemy. If there is a strategic need, when you hear the order to retreat, you must also resolutely carry it out. ”
The soldiers were originally waiting for Li Yi to say something more imposing, but when they heard Li Yi's words, they couldn't help but be stunned.
Because they could not have imagined that this battle had not yet begun, and their commanders had already thought about retreating. But when they thought about it, they also thought of Li Yi's idea wisely.
In their opinion, what Li Yi meant was that their army only had to play a harassing role, and as for whether they could fight the enemy, it was not up to them to decide.
So after hesitating for a while, many soldiers also responded: "General, don't worry, we will do our best to save our lives." After all, who would want to die if they could live. ”
Seeing that his soldiers were still able to be so relaxed now, Li Yi was also completely relieved.
After continuing to wait for a while, Li Yi and his soldiers saw that in front of them, a large number of enemies began to appear faintly.
Seeing this situation, Li Yi knew that their enemy was really coming.
Raising the holy sword Luo Lan again, Li Yi shouted loudly: "Prepare for battle." ”
"Commander, the battle situation is not good, let's withdraw first, we can do this, we can be regarded as worthy of their Yanlong Legion." In the chaotic battle group, Mel took great pains to find Li Yi, and after coming to Li Yi's side, Mel touched the blood on his face and shouted to Li Yi loudly.
Hearing Mel's shout, Li Yi finally woke up from the high-intensity battle. The current battle situation can only be described as chaotic, because since the start of the war, Li Yi has only cared about leading the cavalry who followed him to kill, and did not think about how to arrange the troops. Because in Li Yi's opinion, those cavalrymen should be able to notice these things.
But Li Yi ignored the real importance of a commander on the battlefield. When Li Yi only cared about charging and killing the enemy, Mel and the tens of thousands of elite soldiers under him were dumbfounded. Because in fact, this battle can be regarded as the first tough battle after Li Yi and Mel converged.
Previously, when he was exterminating the Sayi Legion in the southern border of Say, although Li Yi was famously the commander of this cavalry unit. But because of that time, they were on a mission to harass the enemy, and they didn't encounter the enemy a few times from beginning to end. And even if he met the enemy, Li Yi only waved his hand, took his fierce subordinates, and wiped out the small scattered army of the Say's army in one go.
Therefore, Li Yi has not noticed what kind of responsibility he should take as the commander of the army. And when they hadn't noticed it before, Mel was there to take care of them, and their enemies had always been extremely weak.
But this time, Li Yi forgot that this time he was no longer facing the vulnerable rebels in the southern realm of Said. This time, Li Yi led his troops to face the regular troops of the Tianlan Empire head-on.
Although the troops of the Tianlan Empire came from thousands of miles, they were inferior to Li Yi's troops in terms of physical strength and morale. But after all, this is a veteran army that has been on the battlefield for a long time, and when Li Yi still wanted to use the simple charging method in the past to compete with the other party, the reinforcements of the Tianlan Empire were obviously not prepared for Li Yi's opportunity.
Therefore, when Li Yi was enthusiastically rushing to kill in the reinforcements of the Tianlan Empire, and had unknowingly killed thousands of enemies, Mel suddenly came to his side and gave himself a drink.
"What's the matter, is there something going on, why did Mel get up and retreat not long after the war started?" With a stomach full of questions, Li Yi first looked around.
But the situation around him can only be described in a garbled word, so Li Yi can't see anything unusual on the scene now. But Li Yi heard Mel's previous words clearly and knew that Mel was not the kind of person who had no purpose, so after Li Yi cleared the enemy army beside him, he was patient and asked Mel: "Mel, what happened, could it be that there are reinforcements coming from the Tianlan Empire." ”
Hearing Li Yi's question, Mel first smiled bitterly and thought to himself: "If the Tianlan Empire really adds reinforcements to come, then can you and I still have the leisure to talk here." "But thinking that this old regiment leader of his own has not been on the battlefield for ten years, and Li Yi was not good at this matter before, so Mel although the method. There was a lot of slander, but in the end, he didn't say anything disrespectful.
After just smiling bitterly, Mel said eagerly: "Commander, although there are other reinforcements from the Tianlan Empire that are rushing here, at least in the short term, those reinforcements will not be combined with this reinforcement." There are other reasons why I have consulted with you about retiring from the army. ”
"What is the reason? Could it be that in such a short period of time, we have already been defeated by the enemy? Speaking of this, Li Yi first cautiously looked around again, although he still couldn't completely judge the changes in the field, but Li Yi could still feel it somewhat, at least at this moment, his cavalry corps had not fallen into any disadvantage. After the cavalry troops confronted the infantry on the plains, their combat capability still had a great advantage.
Seeing this situation, Li Yi relaxed his mind a little, and then asked Mel suspiciously: "Since it is not our army that shows defeat, why do you persuade me to withdraw my troops now." Mel, know that the morale of the troops is the most important thing in marching battles. If we turn around and flee immediately before the war has just started and have not made contact with each other many times, it is difficult not to make our men feel restless. ”
Although Li Yi does not know much about military affairs, what he said is still very reasonable. Li Yi's meaning is very clear, now that the war has just started, it is the hot time for the two sides to fight. If at such a time, when the two sides did not distinguish a trace of victory or defeat, Li Yi waved his hand and retreated inexplicably with his troops. In this way, it is really inevitable that his soldiers will not be discouraged.
However, the meaning of Li Yi's words, Mel does not understand, and it can even be said that Mel understands these truths better than Li Yi. It's just that at this moment and then, the current battle situation has made Mel have to persuade Li Yi to make such a decision.
Because since the beginning of the war, Li Yi has only cared about killing the enemy for his own pleasure, and after taking out the holy sword Roland and commanding it on the war horse for a while, Li Yi was itching, and he didn't specify who would take over the task of his command, and as soon as he clamped the war horse between his legs, Li Yi joined the war group like a whirlwind.
With Li Yi's participation in the battle, the troops on the side of the Yanlong Legion, whether in terms of morale or combat effectiveness, have not improved by an ordinary amount. Li Yi is like a head harvester, as long as it is where Li Yi has walked, it is impossible to have a living mouth. Because of Li Yi's iron-blooded methods, not only did he succeed in deterring the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire, but even the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion who had the fate to witness Li Yi's brave killing of the enemy couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after seeing Li Yi's methods.
At that moment, many of the cavalry of the Yanlong Legion couldn't help but secretly rejoice in their hearts that they were people from the Yanlong Legion at this time, not from the Tianlan Empire. If it weren't for the reason for their current identity, then they asked themselves, with their little strength, it would be impossible to escape from Li Yi's pursuit.
However, although many ordinary soldiers have become extremely brave because of Li Yi's participation in the war, as the highest-ranking commander on the battlefield except for Li Yi, Mel did not have a relaxed smile on his face after realizing that Li Yi disregarded his identity as a commander and rashly participated in the battle.
After Mel saw that Li Yi was not in his command position, the smile on his face disappeared as soon as possible, and was replaced by incomparable panic and anger. If it weren't for Li Yi's kindness to him back then, he would have the heart to kill Li Yi now.
But Mel also knew that his idea would not be realized. And even if he has anger in his heart, he can't show it to Li Yi. Because even if it is sent out, Li Yi can't understand his own hardships.
Because as a powerful cultivator, it is impossible to use tactics and tactics to explain to Li Yi how to fight a war. To use a more appropriate way to describe Li Yi's words, that is, Li Yi is just a general, not a handsome talent. Let it lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to charge, perhaps no one in the entire Yanlong Legion can be more qualified than Li Yi for this position.
But if you want Li Yi to lead thousands of troops and horses, strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, it will really stump Li Yi.
And the embarrassing thing is that Mel is actually the same person as Li Yi.
Before Li Yi didn't come back, Mel played Li Yi's current role. Whenever there is a war, Mel's first thought is not if he arranges his troops and horses to meet the enemy, the only thing he thinks about is that with the huge advantage of his cavalry fighting on the plains, the whole army will be dispatched, as long as the cavalry charge formation can remain intact, then this war should not be lost.
However, after the troops drove out of the southern border of Said, and Mel saw the defenders of the Tianlan Empire stationed on the Seine King City, Mel was also loyal to his senses. Now is no longer the time to be in the south of Said, now they have to face the regular army of the Tianlan Empire that swept through the entire Sayi Empire back then.
If they still only know how to rush and kill, and don't think about how to use some strategies, then what awaits them is only failure.
Therefore, since the beginning of the war, although Mel has been very interested in joining the warband and taking the enemy's head, he has been constantly eager to try. But thinking of the current situation, and seeing the military uniform of the Tianlan Empire that the opponent was wearing now, Mel could only forcibly restrain himself and prevent himself from rushing into the enemy's camp rashly.
But just when Mel was bent on restraining himself and arranging for the officers to command their men to pay attention to the charging formation and the depth of the charge, Mel turned around and was shocked to find that the supreme commander of his troops, Li Yi, had disappeared where he should have stayed at this time and rushed into the encirclement of the enemy.
By the time Mel saw this happening, Li Yi had been rushing into the enemy's forces for some time. And because Li Yi left his command position, many officers had to command their troops to move closer to Li Yi's direction after seeing their commander participate in the war, for no other reason than because they had to protect Li Yi's safety at all times. Although they all knew that their supreme commander was a strong man whose strength had reached the peak of the sevenfold tier, in their opinion, even if the sevenfold powerhouse wanted to face thousands of troops on his stomach, it did not mean that he could really retreat with his whole body.
But Li Yi didn't know what his subordinates thought, and after he rushed into the battle circle, all Li Yi thought about was to kill as many enemies as possible. In Li Yi's opinion, as long as he can kill one more soldier of the Tianlan Empire, then his subordinates will be less in danger of being killed.
But Li Yi didn't know that although the starting point of his own idea was good, but because Li Yi wanted to do this, and constantly rushed towards the center of the Tianlan Empire's lineup, in order to protect Li Yi's safety, many cavalry of the Yanlong Legion had to follow Li Yi to the tiger's den in Longtan without fear of death.
At first, Li Yi was also very curious, Li Yi thought to himself, he was obviously killing in a straight line, why could the soldiers of the Yanlong Legion and the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire always fight each other. Because of this, Li Yi also secretly complained that because of the existence of these Yanlong Legion soldiers, Li Yi could not use some powerful killing moves.
But when Li Yi rushed out a long distance and was found by Mel, after Mel's story to Li Yi, Li Yi knew that because of his impulsiveness, the battle line of the Yanlong Legion had been invisibly stretched.
Don't look at the current battle situation around Li Yi has always been extremely anxious, which makes Li Yi always think that the cavalry of the Yanlong Legion and the soldiers of the Tianlan Empire are on par with each other, and they have not fallen into disadvantage because of their small numbers. It is because of this that Li Yi showed confusion when Mel just proposed to withdraw from the army.
Li Yi didn't know that because his lone army was deep, the soldiers under his command thought that he wanted to rely on his strong strength to prepare to take the head of the generals of the Tianlan Empire among the ten thousand troops. Therefore, the cavalry of the many Yanlong Legions also disregarded their own safety and followed Li Yi to rush towards the enemy's hinterland.