"Clever!" Ding Kui gave a thumbs up.

Looking at the rapidly growing silver vortex in front of him, Huan Qiao muttered in his mouth: "She will also be separated from the space, and she will be released in such a short time." ”

That's right, Ao Yan only suffered the loss of spatial separation yesterday, and in one night's effort, she used a magic wand to make a formation plate as the core, which was more complete and advanced than the one used by Xia Fan.

The point is that she deceived everyone by pretending to perform the magnification and splitting technique, stealing the day in a battle where she had no advantage, and firmly pitting Hao Dong once.

All the magic that flew close to the silver vortex was absorbed, and there were still twenty or thirty low-level mages who couldn't resist the attraction and couldn't help but fly towards the vortex, but fortunately, some companions flew out and grabbed them.

Dong Ba, who had no worries, shook out more than a dozen silver star-like spear heads, and sprinkled a knight in fine armor in front of him, which was the strongest opponent he had encountered after entering the enemy formation.

That was the most powerful captain of the 46th Division of the Northern Fifth Army, and he had the combat power of a fearless knight in the early stage, but at this time, he did not dare to face Dong Ba's edge, deflected the horse's head, swept with a gun, and rushed obliquely at Dong Ba's side.

The two guns were crossed, the two horses were wrong, Dong Ba suddenly freed up his hand, pulled out the long sword on the horseback, slashed it out with his backhand, and slashed the opponent's back with a sword, breaking the fighting armor and fine armor, and drawing a blood groove on the back of the captain of his army.

"Kill!" Dong Ba's pro-soldier captain arrived just in time to drive his pro-soldiers to ride out the spear.

The captain of his army endured the sharp pain in his back and stabbed at the gun. With a click, the spear broke in two, and the spear slammed into his chest, breaking through his defenses, and the scars on his chest were cut open to reveal the white bones.

"Kill!" "Kill!"

The pro-soldier cavalry array stabbed three shots in a row, and finally picked off the captain of his own army, who had been continuously injured.

The cavalry on both sides were killed together, and the men and horses were mixed, and with such a high-speed hedge and fierce fighting, it was difficult for the heavenly magicians to lock on to the target.

Ao Yan took out a new magic wand and rushed to the middle of the battlefield again, instantly striking the enemy with low-level group attack magic. Ding Kui and Ding Kun approached closely, protecting her from left to right to attack the magician of their own country.

Hao Dong and Lang Chun had no choice but to step forward to face the battle.

The happiest fight on the battlefield is the crossbowmen, the crane wing array of more than 10,000 people is too easy to aim, and every time everyone shoots a crossbow arrow, it can cause a certain degree of damage, and it is steadily harvesting the lives of their own soldiers.

Seeing that the enemy's two wings entered the range of 800 paces, Lei Feixiang ordered the crossbowmen to shoot flat.

A row of powerful crossbow arrows hit the shields, and most of the shields of the allies were shot through, and although they failed to kill the shieldmen in the front row, they also slowed down the speed of their charge.

"Change the armor-piercing arrow!" Lei Feixiang calculated the enemy's defense, which was not enough to resist the attack of the armor-piercing arrow at this distance.

Crackling, the second row of crossbow arrows hit, and a muffled grunt came from a large area of the own army's formation, and the shield hand was wounded.

"The second and third lines turn to the front, the target enemy archers, the elevation is five, listen to my order to fire a volley, and the line continues to attack both sides, and prepare!" Lei Feixiang immediately changed his tactics as soon as he saw his archers entering the firing range.

The closer you are to the crossbowmen, the more lethal the crossbow arrows will be, the more people your army will fall, and the more Feng Run's heart will sink. He glanced to the north and ordered: "Mingjin collects his troops and orders the 46th and 47th divisions to build a camp in Sancha Town." ”

The chief of staff of the Northern Fifth Army Corps was taken aback and hurriedly persuaded: "I am afraid that the retreat at this time will be pursued by the enemy cavalry, and the 44th and 45th divisions will suffer heavy casualties." ”

"Our cavalry can hold out for a while, the enemy's crossbowmen will not leave their positions, and we can still keep a little strength when we retreat now, hurry up and carry out the order!" Feng Run insisted on withdrawing his troops.

When the bell rang, the commander of his army rang the gong under the stage, and the crane wing array suddenly stopped, and then quickly retreated.

"Hey, I want to run, attack freely. Lei Feixiang gave the most relaxed order.

As Feng Run expected, the crossbowmen did not rush out of their positions in pursuit, but his cavalry troops were miserable.

The cavalry of their own country could not break through the sharp arrow formation of the 71st Division, and their speed had all slowed down, on the other hand, Dong Ba's troops could still run at high speed, and now they were spreading out to divide and surround them.

The faster the side, the more advantageous, the greater the impact, the faster the build-up, the faster the formation and tactics, these are the factors that determine the outcome of the battle.

Because he had a combat experience, the commander of the 45th Division was still in command of his own cavalry, and he was completely subdued by Dong Ba, and now he simply broke his wrist and divided the remaining 4,000 people into two halves, half of which continued to entangle the 71st Division, and he led the other half to the rear of the Crane Wing Formation.

The commander of the 44th Division personally led the steel shield warriors to cover the archers who had entered the range of the crossbowmen for a short time; the infantry on both wings saw who could run faster, and some shrewd soldiers simply carried their wounded comrades on their backs and ran, saying that they would not give up their brothers in life and death, but in fact they were looking for a shield for themselves.

"Slowly retreat, just protect our people!" Ding Kui beckoned Ding Kun and Ao Yan.

Hao Dong and Lang Chun also tacitly retreated to their own magician camp.

The crossbowmen and cavalry of the Shaodian Kingdom showed their combat power to defend against low-level magic, without the threat of ground troops, and were not afraid of the hundreds of magicians in the air at all.

When Dong Ba led his troops to clear out the enemies who were pestering them, the crane wing array of his own army had withdrawn from the range of the crossbowmen and began to convert into a circle formation, and another 2,000 cavalry fled to the rear of the circle formation.

"Retreat, back to the rear of the crossbowmen. "Dong Ba is not fond of fighting, although he may break through the enemy's circle.

At the end of this battle, nearly 7,000 cavalry of our own country fell, and the cavalry hedging was a real white-knuckle battle, either you die or I die, and it is easy to win a big victory or a big defeat; the two wings of the infantry are lost, about 4,000 people; the archer unit in the middle runs fast and is protected by a steel shield, and the loss is very small, less than 200 people.

Counting the more than 5,000 dead and wounded in the battle, our army suffered a total of more than 17,000 losses.

"Retreat to Sancha Town and wait for dark!" Feng Run wisely chose to preserve his strength.

There is no way, the enemy's crossbowmen are too strong, with a range of more than 1,500 paces, and the enemy's cavalry is the elite of the Shaodian king's card, and it is necessary to prepare defensive equipment to face the enemy head-on.

Ding Kui covered his own magicians to withdraw from the battlefield and gave an order to the ground troops: "The infantry and cavalry retreat to the rear of the position, and the whole army rests in place!"

"Oh thick!" "Crossbowmen might!" "Cavalry might!"

The soldiers of the Shaodian Kingdom cheered.

Dong Ba couldn't help but run to the crossbowmen's position to inspect and see what state this elite unit was in after a battle. The crossbowmen were quite face-saving, and when he approached, they shouted "General Dong is mighty!"

"Awesome, you're the most powerful unit I've ever seen outside of the Eighth Legion. He gave Lei Feixiang a thumbs up.

"That's the cultivation of the city lord, not only to give us the best to eat, to use the best, but also to teach us advanced body refining secrets, without adults there would be no us. ”

Lei Feixiang was praised by a famous general like Dong Ba, and he was so excited that he couldn't do it, but he was also proud that he was Ding Kui's private army.

"Well done, I basically got the most out of the training. Ding Kui came over to praise and encourage his subordinates.

"One, two, three, four!" Ding Cai shouted coldly.

"Loyal to the lord of the city, defend the territory!" replied crossbowmen, infantry, and auxiliaries in unison.

The generals and staff officers of the 71st Division were blinded after hearing this, and the commander of the first brigade shouted: "Eighth Army!"

"Courage to protect the country!" shouted the cavalrymen in unison.

This is the soul of the army, a sense of mission deeply written into the soul, and it is the spiritual strength that a strong army should have.

"The military heart is available!Shizi, does your unit have any name?" Dong Ba asked a question that Ding Kui hadn't seriously thought about.

"Uh, no. At first, I wanted to name it 'Ding Jiajun', but they didn't have any children of the Ding family, so it was not appropriate to call it so; the title of Loyal and Brave Count cannot be hereditary, and besides, there are many Loyal and Brave Uncles in the country, and they cannot be named after the title. What do you think it's called?"

Ding Kui felt that it was not bad to have a name, so he asked the people present.

"That can be called the National Protector Army, isn't there an Anguo Army in Zhongwangzhou now? Dong Ba immediately thought of the Protector Hou.

"No, no! That must be approved by the Commander's Office and the Senate, and the Senate will not be able to pass this hurdle, and only Yipin Gong is qualified to name the private army or the local army with the title of knighthood. Ding Kui didn't dare to use the name of "protecting the country".

"You can add braille after 'protect the country', so that it will not be overdone. Ding Kun interjected.

"Makes sense!" Dong Ba believed Ding Kun the most, "How about calling the army to protect the country and protect the family?"

"This sounds weird. Ding Kui's eyes flickered to see several people shaking their heads secretly.

"Why don't you call it the Protector Army?" Dong Ba was very enthusiastic. In fact, he is selfish, it is a matter of time before he retires from the army, he really wants to defect to Ding Kui after retiring from the army, and have the opportunity to take charge of this private army.

"Huh?" Ding Kui suddenly had a whim, "My private army wears red uniforms, can it be called the Red Army for the Protectorate?"

Ding Kun stroked his beard and said, "This can be had!"

"Protecting the Red Army, Protecting the Red Army!" is concise, powerful, and catchy, and it is decided. Dong Ba said happily.

Lei Feixiang, Zhong Wei, Ding Cai, Huan Qiao, Li Fei, etc. next to him all nodded, thinking that the name "Protecting the Red Army" was good.

"Okay, in the future, you will have a name, called the Protector Red Army!" Ding Kui officially announced to his subordinates.

"Protect the Red Army, be loyal to the city lord, and defend the territory!" Dou Xiaoqi took the lead in shouting with the men and horses of the special operations battalion.

The slogan "Defend the Red Army, Serve the City Lord, Defend the Territory!" soon spread throughout the army.

"Damn, against us today, he made a name for himself. Feng Run heard the shouts outside the town, and his teeth itched with hatred.

"How long are we going to stay here? After dark is not good for crossbowmen. Dong Ba had a heart, and afterwards remembered the war in front of him.

"There are very few cavalry left to contain us, and the other troops can't outrun us, so we can retreat at dusk and return to Port City before dark. As his understanding of crossbowmen deepened, Ding Kui became more confident.

"Do you want to sneak attack at night?" Dong Ba had some thoughts.