Planeswalker My Plane War

Chapter 423 The Battle of the River Bend 4
The Macedonian phalanx has strong fighting power on the front and back, with a forest of spears and spears.But the two wings are its key weakness.

Zhang Cheng has seen war examples in the history of the earth.On Earth, the Macedonian phalanx swept across for a while, but eventually lost in front of the Roman phalanx.According to historical records, the Macedonian phalanx actually won at the beginning.They defeated the frontal enemy.But during their pursuit, due to terrain constraints, the entire phalanx broke apart.So the Romans took this opportunity and sent several detachments to counterattack, cutting in from the defenseless flank of the Macedonian phalanx.This fierce counterattack turned into a one-sided massacre, causing the entire army of the Macedonian phalanx to collapse in an instant.

Since then, people have deeply realized the shortcomings of the Macedonian phalanx.It's too clumsy, too inflexible, too dependent on the terrain.So it was basically eliminated.It is replaced by the Roman phalanx, which is more flexible in formation and better able to adapt to various terrains. Of course, the training is more difficult and takes longer.

The reason for this effect is that the two sides of the Macedonian phalanx are really completely undefended.

This is the case with hobgoblins at the moment.

Of course, this is not to say that the hobgoblin is wrong or Jiang Kao is wrong, because the Macedonian phalanx has not experienced too many actual combat tests in this world.In fact, Zhang Cheng didn't think that the Macedonian phalanx would appear so early in the world if the traversers hadn't intervened.

But anyway, the situation right now is just... too bad.

The hobgoblins are still fighting the human rebels head-on.But even the Macedonian phalanx is difficult to defeat at once when facing an overwhelmingly superior enemy.It should be said that facing an overwhelmingly superior enemy without falling behind is an excellent performance in itself.But in the face of this situation, "excellent" is obviously not enough.What is needed now is "outstanding".

The hobgoblins are obviously aware of the weaknesses of their own phalanxes.So when they set up the formation, the formation stretched all the way to the side of the big stream.In other words, their right side was already facing the river, and the infantrymen on the farthest edge were stepping on wet mud.This also means that it is impossible for the enemy to turn around and attack.Similarly, their left flank is also in contact with the friendly army, so it is impossible for the enemy to outflank the left flank.This also allows them to only face the enemy head-on.

But the hobgoblins didn't take Lai Yi into consideration at all.

At this time, if the murlocs rushed over, they would be facing the defenseless flanks of the hobgoblins.

Zhang Cheng saw it, and so did the commanders of the hobgoblins, but there was nothing they could do about it.As mentioned earlier, the soldiers on the front line are already fighting fiercely with the enemy, and it is impossible to make any operations such as changing direction at this time.Doing nothing is waiting for death, but forcibly trying to change formation to face Lai Yi is looking for death.

Zhang Cheng was already thinking in his mind whether he should let Gong Bo out, in this case, Gong Bo and his ghouls were the only way.Of course, taking out the machine gun is also a good solution.

But this idea was immediately given up by him, and the machine gun didn't work, because Lao Liu was among the Laiyi group.Machine gun bullets are not eye-catching at this distance, and it is impossible to tell which one is Lao Liu.Uncle Gong couldn't do it either, he knew very well that he couldn't bear the consequences of being exposed as a planeswalker.

Travelers are one thing, anyway, there are a lot of "foreigners" in this world, and they can't stop killing them, so they won't specifically target them.But planeswalkers are a different story.

Or let the bear out?But he also knew how many witches there were in this chaos.Even if the little bear is released, it cannot use its divine power indefinitely, and the little bear's own power... Well, it is actually relatively weak among the great spirits.The only use the cubs let out was to escape.Bear can move instantly.

Fortunately, with Huchen by his side, he shouldn't be afraid even if he runs away.The big deal is to summon Yanbi again.

But it is easy to protect yourself, but it is difficult to protect others.Because whether it is Bell or Jiang Kao, it is difficult to find them in the chaos, let alone protect them.

Disturbing thoughts surged up in my heart, but I couldn't think of any good way to deal with this situation.Although the planeswalker is very strong, the constraints are really too great.As long as you don't want to lose yourself, there is nothing you can do.

But in fact, Lai Yi has just emerged from the water at this moment, and has not yet approached.It can only be said that this situation is too hopeless.

Is it useless even if I am lucky up to 11? !Zhang Cheng suddenly thought of an idea.

The Laiyi began to approach.

From Lai Yi's position, one can clearly see that the battle lines on both sides are anxious.There are fewer people on the hobgoblin side, but there are not many casualties.There are many people on the human rebel side, but facing the terrifying power of the Macedonian phalanx, the casualties are much greater than the other side.You can't see anything farther away.

"Hey... which side should we fight?" a Lai Yi suddenly shouted at his companion.

If Zhang Cheng observed carefully here, he would probably be able to recognize that the murloc holding the bronze spear was Lao Liu.Recognizing faces across races is actually very difficult.Not to mention interracial, people of the same race have face blindness.

"Which side to fight? Of course it's the other side!" A companion replied foolishly.He pointed in the direction of the hobgoblin. "We should attack the side down the river."

"No!" Of course Old Liu knew which side to fight. He already knew the origin and details of the war from Zhang Cheng, but this did not stop him from pretending to be stupid. "When we were recruited this time, we made it clear that we were going to fight Zhuxia, right?"

The murlocs slowed down and whispered to each other. "That's right..." "Gan Yi hired us to fight Zhu Xia." "That's true." "Yes, that's what he said to me at the time..." "I also think Zhu Xia tastes better, the skin is better. soft……"

"But the side we're going to fight now is obviously not Zhu Xiaye...it's the Dong Man! They must have made a mistake!"

Fooled by Old Liu, a group of murlocs stopped in their tracks, all in shock for a moment.I don't know where to attack.

There was no other way, the murlocs were all marching underwater, and they couldn't dispatch other races' commanders at all.Not only that, these murlocs were recruited in a hurry, and they had only a half-knowledge about various things and were ignorant.

In most cases, mercenaries don't need to know any details, they just need to be able to fight.But this time with a spy who sneaked in, things were completely different.

The flip side of barbarism is ignorance.The murlocs were indeed fooled for a moment, completely lost their senses, and didn't know what to do.According to the order, they should fight the Dong Man in the lower reaches of the river, but according to the agreement when they were recruited, they should fight Zhuxia.

"They must have made a mistake!" Old Liu encouraged the crowd. "We should fight Zhu Xia. Change direction..."

"But the order..." Several other murlocs hesitated. "It's the army downstream."

"Hey, we can't make mistakes together with the higher-ups!" Lao Liu shouted. "Since we all know that we are here to fight Zhu Xia, and the agreement we accepted is to fight Zhu Xia, then why hesitate? Over there is Zhu Xia!"

He took the lead in the direction of the human rebels.

The other murlocs themselves were hesitant.In this case, it is natural to follow Lao Liu.

However, the direction Lao Liu chose was very good. He did not choose an obvious angle, but came towards the front line of the two armies.Although the warring parties watched the murlocs approaching, they didn't know who the murlocs were targeting.

As he walked, he unknowingly fell from the leading position to the back.As a traverser, Old Liu Ke didn't have the slightest idea of ​​rushing forward.

Zhang Cheng had already decided that once the whole army collapsed, he would flee to the rear camp as soon as possible, trying to find a way to run with the bell.As for Jiang Kao, he doesn't need to bother, because Jiang Kao himself has the consciousness of defeat.He must be ready to escape, so there is no need for Zhang Cheng to worry.

The murlocs from the flank struck fiercely on the flank of the human rebels like a hammer, causing massacre-level casualties to the unprepared human rebels in a very short period of time.

This is not to blame for the human rebels, they were violently attacked by Lai Yi without any psychological preparation.They regarded Lai Yi as a friendly army before, and they didn't take precautions, but unexpectedly, the friendly army approaching suddenly turned into the deadly Yan Luo.Although there are only a few dozen Laiyi, their combat effectiveness is terrifying.

Lai Yi is at least one head taller than a human in the vertical direction, and at least one-third wider in the horizontal direction. His whole body is covered with huge and terrifying muscles.The power of this creature is much stronger than that of humans.Their weapons hit people one at a time.Because as long as it is not enchanted, any shield and armor that humans can use cannot withstand Laiyi's terrifying brute force.

A murloc swung his coral ax and smashed down a human rebel soldier including his shield and helmet.Along the way, he picked up the corpse of the deceased, pulled out the bloody and sticky internal organs, threw them in his mouth, and began to chew.

Although the murlocs are indeed an intelligent race, to humans, these are monsters that drink blood!

The human rebels were in a nightmare situation, the front was tightly bitten by the hobgoblin Macedonian phalanx, and the flanks were attacked by murlocs by surprise.In an instant, hundreds of people were killed or injured.Hundreds of casualties are fine, seeing the scene of these barbarians eating on the spot on the battlefield makes one feel intimidated.

Although everyone looks down on barbarians, everyone is actually afraid of barbarians.

This low morale was immediately transmitted to the entire front.Sensing that the pressure on the front lines had eased, the hobgoblin commanders lost no time in ordering their soldiers to charge.

The Macedonian phalanx, which was still on the defensive just now, suddenly began to charge forward.This sudden blow is the last feather that weighs down the balance.Like a snowball, it crushed the few human rebels blocking the way one by one.

Just as Zhang Cheng was stunned, the entire battlefield situation had been completely reversed.

The hobgoblin mercenaries had won the battle on this wing, and the enemy was completely broken, and the crying fathers and mothers began to flee.The murlocs were chasing after him unhurriedly - don't look at Lai Yi who looks strong and almost bloated, but in fact their moving speed on land is not slow.Most of the human rebels who fell into the hands of Lai Yi were directly swallowed alive on the battlefield.

For these savage creatures, the battlefield is no different from the canteen.You can choose the fat and tender ones to eat.

Leaving aside the fighting chariots, the flanks of the central enemy's forces were now exposed to the hobgoblins after the frontal enemy collapsed.

In fact, the Dongyi army is still safe for the time being, because for a while, in order to chase the Zhuxia rebels ahead, the hobgoblin mercenaries can't spare their hands to attack the central government.

Lai Yi, on the other hand, was obsessed with cooking. He was munching on the battlefield at this time, and had no intention of chasing the fleeing enemy at all.After all, these Lai Yi had no discipline at all, they were just a mob, not even an army.

But this situation, which can only be said to be salvageable, collapsed in an instant.

Seeing that the hobgoblins had made a detour and could launch a side attack at any time, the morale of the Dongyi army collapsed.The soldiers started running uncontrollably.It was okay at first, only a few people were running away, but fear and shouts spread over the entire army, and all Huaiyi, Fengyi, and Wanyi turned around and ran for their lives in an instant.

The human side immediately launched a pursuit.The merchants also understood that all the captives captured at this time can be used as slaves and brought back to Yingqiu for sale.They chased very hard, and all the slower Dongyi were either mercilessly hacked or surrendered.

Everything happened so quickly that Wu Qing, who was in charge of the army, didn't even react.

This is the quality of a general... An excellent general must foresee the future situation and make targeted deployments when there are slight signs in the future, so as to save the battle situation in time.A mediocre general, on the other hand, can only see his moves, and his every move lags behind the situation on the battlefield, and even does not help.

Of course Wu Qing didn't help this time, because before he even had time to react, everything was over.

Seeing the defeat in other positions, Dongyi's chariot troops also showed obvious wavering.The huns who fought with the chariot even retreated to the edge of the battlefield.Apparently if things went wrong they would run away immediately.

"Quick! Quick! Quick!" Wu Qing yelled, jumping and ordering his troops to go down to block the rout.But his efforts were in vain.His last reserve team was entangled with the rout, neither advancing nor retreating, but giving the rear a chance to pursue the enemy, allowing them to calmly massacre the rout of the Dongyi coalition.

The rout soldiers desperately wanted to escape, aiming their weapons at their own soldiers without hesitation.The soldiers were also defeated directly.

"Master Wu Qing... we... shall we run too?" a subordinate next to Wu Qing said cautiously.

"On the contrary!" Wu Qing looked gloomy, and turned to look at the people around her.There are forty or fifty entourages around him, all of them are Gan Yi. "Come here."

The Yi people looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what Wu Qing meant.But they did not dare to disobey Wu Qing's words and gathered in front of Wu Qing.

"Now, it's time for you to sacrifice for my lord!" Wu Qing suddenly announced loudly, and then raised her crutches high.

(End of this chapter)