Chapter 443 Decisive Battle (1)(3/3)
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In Jiaozhi in late spring, around five o'clock, the sky is getting brighter.
When the dawn of dawn fell on the wilderness, the Jiaozhi soldiers and horses had already collectively left the camp.
Tens of thousands of people lined up and moved forward.
The young men holding wooden poles and bamboo spears walked tremblingly at the front.
Behind them were Jiaozhi officers and soldiers holding swords and driving them away.
These young men were cannon fodder and the shields that consumed the Song army's first wave of bows and arrows.
In the formation, twenty war elephants wearing leather armor, controlled by the elephant soldiers, strode forward with unstoppable momentum.
Twenty war elephants are like twenty hills.
Their huge bodies will make the ground tremble slightly with every step they take.
Li Changjie was riding on a precious war horse, wearing an iron armor, and followed the war elephants.
Behind him are a thousand dead soldiers carefully selected by him.
These people will rush into the trampled Song army array after the war elephants.
Opposite him, the Song army had also completed their formation.
Countless flags were waving, and messengers on horseback shuttled among the array, constantly delivering orders.
Li Changjie could easily see the Song army array facing the war elephants.
There is a group of exceptionally tall and burly Song soldiers.
They are easy to recognize and stand out.
The long wings on the bright phoenix-winged helmet move with the wind, and the bright scarlet armor shines brightly in the sunlight.
That's not an army at all!
Where can there be an army that dresses itself up so brightly and conspicuously?
Isn't this a clear message to your opponents - hit me, shoot me, throw all your firepower at me?
When Li Changjie saw it, his confidence immediately increased.
"God help me!" He tightened the reins excitedly.
Song Jun made a big mistake!
His experience told him that that army in the Song army must be protecting a big shot.
Just rush over and capture that big shot.
It will definitely defeat the Song army.
Just like a hundred years ago, the Northern soldiers and the Liao people faced off at the foot of Chanzhou City.
Relying on the Eight Ox Crossbow, he successfully killed the Liao Marshal.
Therefore, Li Changjie immediately said to his left and right: "I am sending an order to the general: the whole army will attack the center of the Northern Army and capture and kill the commander of the Northern Army. I will show my favor to the Emperor and be granted the title of Marquis of ten thousand households and be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold!"
After hearing the words, everyone went to deliver the order.
They rode horses or even ran on foot to pass on Li Changjie's general orders.
At this time, Li Changjie's military formation was divided into three major groups: the left and right armies and the central army.
On the left and right wings are young and strong civilians and two to three thousand soldiers supervising the battle.
Li Changjie's main force was in the Chinese army, consisting of about 15,000 soldiers, surrounded by 20 war elephants, rolling forward.
There is no need for the two wings to send orders.
They are cannon fodder that attracts attention and wastes the Song army's arrows.
The Chinese army is the real main force in combat.
Therefore, it only took these messengers about a quarter of an hour to pass on Li Changjie's order.
As a result, the morale of the Chinese army in Jiaozhi was boosted.
Many soldiers' eyes were filled with brilliance.
Marquis of ten thousand households? Thousand taels of gold?
Chapter completed!