Chapter 671 Breaking the Defense

Even though the war was not over yet, Wu Kai had already fulfilled his wish and became a general, holding 6,000 soldiers in his hands. Although most of them are new recruits, but seeing blood several times in the military camp in front of the gate, they are all used to it. But the combat effectiveness is still much worse than that of the four major front armies or his previous veterans.

Wu Kai is not in a hurry, the battlefield is the best way to train people, and these bastards who used to be in the army will soon become elites. The premise is that they can survive as much as possible.

He was promoted not only because of Wu Kai's bravery in leading his troops, but also because of a small tactic he handed in.

It is precisely because of his little tactic that Cheng Jinhou's troops have maintained a high number of kills against the barbarian's powerful heavy-armed group "Long Tusk Clan" from the military camp in the upper part of Jianchuan to the current military camp in front of the gate. .

To be honest, Wu Kai's method is also simple, and even this is what he came up with suddenly when he came to Jianchuan before.

Each soldier has a small shovel attached to his waist, which can be used as a hand ax for chopping or digging on the ground.

The huge size and terrifying strength of the Tusked Elephants, together with the heavy armor on their bodies, once they charge, they cannot be resisted by any of the active battle formations of the Jingjiu Dynasty. Even if the magic protection of the monks is included, it is difficult to prevent the impact of the tusked elephants. Often the long-tusked elephant tribe opened the way and rushed out of the battle formation, and then the wolf cavalry swarmed up to chop melons and vegetables and quickly disintegrated the battle formation that should have been dominant.

This is also the reason why the tusked elephant clan has always been regarded as a thorn in the flesh by Jing Jiuchao.

But with Wu Kai's idea, it's different. A small shovel directly reduced the charging power of the Tusk Clan by at least 40%!

That is, when the tusked elephants start to charge, dig some thigh-thick small pits on the ground, each only needs to be half a foot deep, and then retreat to the back of these small pits, whether it is a spear formation or a shield formation. , to deal with the rest of the impact behind it.

Because the tusked elephants who charged with all their strength had to be coerced by these forces while gaining sufficient speed and impact, making them lose their flexibility, it was difficult to make flexible turns on the charge line, and it was even difficult to avoid the road. obstacles. Stepping on them or knocking them open is their usual way of coping.

However, if they stepped into the small pit like their legs, they would only have one result driven by the forward momentum: twisting their legs and falling heavily on the ground, becoming a huge obstacle for the companions behind, followed by a series of mutual tripping. In the end, only 60% of the tusked elephants rushed into the battle formation, and their speed and impact were forced to drop a lot, so they lost the power to crush everything.

Although a small shovel is not enough to abolish the tusked elephant tribe, a powerful group in the barbarian tribe, at least it has played an effective restrictive role. Therefore, Wu Kai was promoted by the Taoist chief yamen, and directly took up the post of general from the partial general, and he was the real position of leading six thousand troops.

Now this position is definitely a real power faction in the front line. Even Wu Kai has received goodwill from the lead general Cheng Jinhou. If there is a chance in the future, Cheng Jinhou said that he hopes Wu Kai can follow him back to the Jingbei Army.

Where to go is of course a later story, but Wu Kai is currently resolutely following Cheng Jinhou, pointing out where to fight, and absolutely going all out to lead the way.

But Wu Kai was able to survive and be promoted along the way, in addition to his own brains and abilities, he also had luck. He was seriously injured when he was in the upper Jianchuan military camp before. If it weren't for Shen Hao, a wealthy acquaintance, who saved his life, he would have probably entered the big grave in Jianchuan. Not to mention that Shen Hao later gave him several good healing pills on credit, otherwise he would not be able to heal his injuries now, and he would not be able to charge forward.

Because the 6,000 men under his command were not considered the main force, Wu Kai's troops were not sent forward today, but were placed on the flanks to prevent the enemy from looking for opportunities from the flanks with a feint.

Wu Kai also doesn't have any idea of ​​"eager to make contributions". Steady and steady fighting is not the most important character for a general. So now he has the most pikemen and large shield soldiers in his hands, and he is equipped with some sword and shield soldiers, as well as a team of masters from Jingying Mansion. It can't be regarded as being able to rush and fight, but it is no problem to hold the front line and slowly follow the overall offensive of the army.

Standing beside Wu Kai all the time is Ding Shan, a master of the Jingying Mansion. This person is already very familiar with Wu Kai, and he has been walking all the way from the Kunduo pass. Wu Kai was rescued by Shen Hao in Jianchuan, and the monk from Jingying Mansion also survived. Ding Shan even saved Wu Kai's life several times later.

After repelling the enemy's charge again, Wu Kai quickly sent someone to take advantage of this rare gap to call the emergency team to carry the wounded down for treatment. Not far behind there is a newly established "battle field treatment center", where more than a dozen doctors treat the seriously wounded in a unified manner, and then return to the military camp.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wu Kai patrolled his own front while comforting the soldiers who took the time to rest.

And the busiest ones are the people in the first aid team, who have quickly become an indispensable part of all armies. With them and the "battle field treatment center", the number of seriously injured people dragged to death has dropped to a very low number. This is a change that everyone, including ordinary soldiers, can see.

Injured, even if seriously injured, may not necessarily die, and the fear of fighting will naturally be reduced a lot, and the soldiers will be more brave when fighting.

These changes are definitely not simply "fewer deaths".

However, the situation of the battle made Wu Kai frown, and he was full of doubts: it is not reasonable to fight like this. Even if it needs to be consumed, there is no need to fill in so many people at once. If the barbarians had any more reinforcements, then Qianmen Military Village and Shimen Military Village would be in big trouble.

Wu Kai didn't understand why Cheng Jinhou was so stubborn today, it was all about pretending to fight the barbarians on the opposite side. This is completely different from the previous strategy.

"Over there, it seems to be the banner of General Pan of the Shimen Army Village." Ding Shan beside him raised his finger to remind Wu Kai who was distracted by a banner that suddenly appeared behind him.

"Huh?!" Wu Kai turned around when he heard this, and saw that it was really the banner of General Pan of the Shimen Army.

Why did even Pan Shigui personally lead the army here? Is Shimen's defense no longer needed? Wu Kai was shocked. But soon he thought that Cheng Jinhou and Pan Shigui's two generals came out at the same time must not be a matter of will, it should be the military strategy of the Taoist chief yamen.

"Is this going to cut through the barbarian's line of defense?"

When Wu Kai thought of this, a surge of emotion rose in his heart. He understood that the reinforcements from the barbarians hadn't appeared so far, maybe it wasn't the barbarian's problem, but was calculated. Now the entire Jianchuan battlefield is definitely not peaceful.

"Boom boom boom"

After resting for a meal, the war drums suddenly roared, and all the soldiers clenched their weapons again.