Devil’s Advent

The cavalry did move, but it was not Li Fusheng's charge into the camp, but the two cavalry on both sides of the charge with a total of more than 6,000 cavalry began to accelerate.

For cavalry, the distance on the battlefield is extremely important. If the war horse wants to increase its speed, it must have enough distance for it to accelerate.

A cavalry who cannot charge is like a living target.

Later generations of ancient war movies pursue the feeling of the picture, so there are often scenes of cavalry riding on horseback after a large-scale charge and drawing knives and starting to slash each other.

In fact, the most effective way to use cavalry is its speed and the terrifying impact it gives. Generally speaking, if the troops can be pulled out after a collision, and after a short rest, start a new round The charge, repeated several times, is the most correct way for the cavalry to open.

Just like squeezing toothpaste, try every means to squeeze out the last bit of toothpaste and brush your teeth again.

However, to be able to achieve this level, it must be an extremely high-quality cavalry unit. There is no discipline or organization, and cavalry units with poor horse and cavalry quality may launch a charge and smash the wall with eggs Come on, the flowers are scattered like this, and I can't take them back even if I want to.

Zheng Fan had personally seen the quality of the Zhenbei Army, and he was really not worried about it at all. The cavalry on both sides moved, but the left-behind part of the Chinese Army where Zheng Fan belonged to did not move.

Zheng Shoubei is an adult now, and he doesn't have to run forward with a horse to play like Liang Cheng, a child who can't grow up.

Therefore, Zheng Shoubei carefully "overalls the overall situation" here.

There were more than 3,000 cavalry on each side, stabbing directly at the frontmost army formation.

This is the most "elite" formation among the three formations of this dry army.

The Ancestral Army is famous in Dagan for its disciplined military formation, but as a newly rising army, they have already demonstrated their prestige and confidence.

However,

In the face of this rolling iron hoof,

There was panic in every soldier's heart.

Pirates,

No matter how many powerful pirates,

It is impossible to come up with such a cavalry formation!

"Long gun, press!"

"Shua! Shua! Shua!!!"

The spearmen in the front row squatted down, raised the spears in their hands obliquely, and the rear end touched the ground. They built thorns with their flesh and blood to block the charge of the cavalry in front.

The long gunner in the back row holds the long gun under his right arm, and his left hand is responsible for fixing and adjusting the direction, with the tip of the gun forward.

The densely packed spear points are the shell of the military formation, a shell full of spikes.

It's just that, among them, many people are already trembling in their hands and feet.

Facing the charge and oppression of cavalry is just like the people of later generations standing there facing motorcycles rushing towards you at full speed. Who can not be afraid?

They are all human beings, and they are all living beings. Who wants to die like this?

But they knew that as the outermost existence of the military formation, the probability of surviving after a big battle was really very low.

Especially the spearmen in the front row, even if their spears can pierce the opponent's horses, even if their spears can pick off the opponent's knights, the terrifying inertia carried by the horses can still knock them out. Under the circumstances, it is a kind of luck to die directly. What I fear most is the kind of person whose body has broken countless bones but has not yet passed away.

In that state, every extra moment of life is an extra moment of torture.

"Axeman!!!"

"Shua! Shua! Shua! Shua!"

The knives and axes began to take their positions. They were behind the shield soldiers, but after the charge occurred, they would quickly break away from the protection of the shields and charge up. Go up and hack the cavalry.

After the shield soldiers, there are archers and crossbowmen. In fact, the real output of the army formation is provided by them.

Although Zu Zhuming was born in the general family, his general family is really a little too shabby. After all, the prosperity of the ancestral family depends on Zu Zhuming's personal ability. At the same time, he has to thank the Southeast Sea Bandits for the success. Thousands of heads help pave the way.

This is a person who is good at studying and studying warfare. When the official order was issued to transfer the ancestral army to the north, Zu Zhuming was already thinking about the method of defeating cavalry with infantry.

No, to be precise, for a hundred years, as long as the generals of Qianguo who still have blood and dreams in their hearts will sit withered at night, thinking about how to deal with the impact of the Yan people's cavalry.

The defeat a hundred years ago is an eternal pain in the hearts of Gan people. There are many people who are afraid of the Northern Expedition, but there are even more people who look forward to the success of the Northern Expedition!

Zu Dongcheng sat on the horseback and issued orders one after another through the orderly soldiers beside him.

Changes on the battlefield always happen in an instant. The general is the brain of an army, and only under the command of the brain will the body make corresponding movements.

However, sometimes there will be problems with this coordination, either because the general is too mediocre to make the right decision in time, or the quality of the soldiers is not good enough, no matter how talented a person is, if he has physical defects or disabilities, you let him go It is also difficult to do well in heavy work.

This is what a general needs to get in touch with his subordinates.

In the early years, in order to seize military power, the founding emperor of the Qian Kingdom had mobilized elites from various armies to enrich the Forbidden Army when formulating national policies. At that time, the Imperial Army of the Qian Kingdom was the most powerful military force in the entire country.

Once there is a war in the empire, the imperial army will move out of Beijing to quell the chaos.

However, first, Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition buried the elite of the Forbidden Army in one fell swoop, turning them into "silver waves";

The second is the peaceful years, which allowed the imperial army to corrode themselves.

Although there has been no large-scale war between Yan and Gan for nearly a hundred years, the Imperial Army of Qian has begun to degenerate to the point where even the rebellion within the empire cannot be quelled.

At the beginning of the southwestern chieftain rebellion, in fact, at the beginning, the forbidden army was the main force to suppress the rebellion, supplemented by the western army. Unexpectedly, more than 100,000 troops of the forbidden army were successfully attacked by wolf soldiers in the valley, which led to the collapse of the whole line at that time, making the original After waiting and watching, the chieftains saw that the Qianguo army was so useless and immediately joined, which made the situation in the southwest completely corrupt.

Whether it is the Ancestral Army or the Western Army, they all stood up on the corpses of the Forbidden Army. When the Central Army cannot bear the responsibility, it is an unavoidable foregone conclusion that the local feudal towns will be overthrown.

In feudal towns, naturally, there will be no situation where soldiers don't know the generals and don't know the soldiers.

Zu Dongcheng's palms were full of sweat,

he knows

Whether my ancestral army can really stand up depends on this move!

Since Yan Jun on the opposite side chose his own side as the breakthrough point, then give it a try and see if you, Yan people, have such a good set of teeth!

"Beat the drum!"

Zu Dongcheng ordered.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

The sound of war drums came, and the ancestral army began to change formation following the drumbeat.

Zu Dongcheng believes that his command ability will never be inferior to that of Yan Manzi, the opposite general.

But what he doesn't know is,

Yan Jun on the opposite side,

There is simply... no one to direct.

At this time, the iron cavalry of the Northern Army of Liuqian Town, which rushed out from the two wings, had reached a certain distance, and all the knights began to draw their bows and arrows.

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The rain of arrows from both wings is thrown past,

The knights stretched their bows and arrows on the horses while clamping the back of the horses with their legs. The center of gravity and the running horses became a kind of balance.

The pikemen on the outskirts of the formation immediately lost a lot of casualties, and at the same time, almost unavoidably, the two wings of the formation began to be compressed back.

People are afraid of death. When facing the charge of cavalry, everyone was already very afraid. Now that the arrows are coming, retreat a little, and then retreat a little. This is instinct!

"Let the arrow!"

Zu Dongcheng gave an order, and the archers and crossbowmen in the army began to fight back.

The knights of the Zhenbei Army did not retreat to avoid the rain of arrows like the previous trial, but continued to move forward. At the same time, they continued to draw their bows and set their arrows, because the distance was close enough that they could find their heads without throwing them.

For a time, the casualties of the Ancestral Army in the army began to increase rapidly, especially the pikemen on the periphery. They had no shields to protect them, and the armor on their bodies could not protect them very well. They could only be like sculptures. The ground was shot and knocked to the ground.

This is the cruelty of war and the ruthlessness of war, but there is no way to do it. If there are no pikemen on the periphery of the army to block it, it will not be able to survive the cavalry attack later.

However, casualties also began to appear on the side of the Zhenbei Army. One by one cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses, or the horses were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

But the two Zhenbei army knights did not slow down, but continued to close the distance, while continuing to draw their bows and arrows.

This is changing lives, this is fighting for courage!

The knights who had dismounted and survived quickly gathered together and began to shoot arrows. They did not lose their minds or left the battle, and tried their best to protect their robes.

near, near, near,

Very close!

"Change!"

Zu Dongcheng ordered.

The shield soldiers began to retreat, and the axemen began to move forward, ready to meet the charge from the cavalry. At the same time, the bed crossbows in the army formation began to aim.

The advantage of the bed crossbow is that it has a long range and great lethality, but the disadvantage is that the winding speed is very slow.

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..."

Every shot of the bed crossbow was accompanied by a series of blood splashes.

However,

To Zu Dongcheng's shock,

The cavalry on the two wings, who had already rushed to the distance, turned their horses around at the last moment.

This is a quick turn of the cavalry. In this scene, the coordination and discipline of the troops are taken into consideration, as well as the cavalry's equestrian skills. The troops are stuck there.

Zheng Fan had seen this kind of tactics before. When Liang Cheng was leading the army, he brought his own barbarian cavalry to fly kites and basically eliminated a convoy of guards without any casualties.

In the outer area where the cavalry on both wings turned, hundreds of cavalry did not choose to turn with the large troops, but chose to go directly to the opponent's army formation.

Because the troops need space to turn, their departure can give their own robes the space they need, and the distance is already very close. At this time, if the horse's head is reined in and stopped, it will soon be shot into a hedgehog.

So, it's better to take advantage of the extreme speed of the horse and directly hit it!

"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"

One by one war horses were pierced by spears, and a famous knight was knocked down, but their men and their war horses still smashed into the ancestral army's formation with a strong inertia.

The two-wing formation was directly knocked out of two large gaps.

"hiss………"

"hiss………"

The two sucked in cold air, almost at the same time.

One is Zheng Fan.

Seeing so many elite knights smashing up like this, Zheng Shoubei felt distressed, how much money would it cost to arm them, and how much energy and price would be spent to train them.

Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while, this sentence, at this time, received the most cold and cruel interpretation.

The other one was sent by Zhong Mao. He couldn't stand this way of directly smashing the army formation with cavalry, and these cavalry were really brave and fearless!

This is really... terrible.

No one wants to go to war with a bunch of lunatics who are not afraid of death.

The two-winged cavalry turned back,

Some of the cavalry who charged into the formation had already charged into the formation and began to hack and kill, and some fell off their horses and continued to fight with sabers. No one retreated, and they all went straight forward!

At the same time, the two cavalry on the east and west sides also started to mobilize, and they almost seamlessly connected the previous cavalry on the two wings to put pressure on the ancestral army formation.

When the cavalry on the two wings retreated in a roundabout way, the two cavalry on the east and west sides began to suppress with bows and arrows.

Everything is handled very well.

Because they are too familiar with each other, this is the fundamental reason why Li Fusheng can rest assured and rush to the camp!

At the same time, the two cavalry behind, who were responsible for cutting off the army's retreat, began to press up at this time, putting pressure on the army formations on the east and west sides of the army, forcing these two army formations to be unable to face the front where the ancestors' army was the main force. The army array supports and echoes.

Zheng Fan suddenly felt like a pack of wolves driving the flock of sheep.

Because the most elite and solid army formation at the front, under the sweeping formation of two groups of cavalry, the formation has already begun to be flattened, and there has been a lot of chaos.

This kind of confusion is something that even a rookie in warfare like Zheng Fan can see.

Firstly, this is due to the excellent riding and shooting skills of the Zhenbei Army. Even on horseback, the lethality of their bows and arrows is no less than that of the dry army archers standing on the ground in the army formation, and even to a certain extent , there is still victory!

Liang Cheng once talked with Zheng Fan about the charge of cavalry. Liang Cheng said that even after the advent of modern guns and artillery, when infantry faced a large-scale cavalry charge, if the formation was not stable, the firepower formed by the guns and artillery would be reduced. It is also difficult to break up cavalry.

What's more, this era is still an era of absolute cold weapons. The scene where the arrows are fired and the cavalry in front fall down like a line to be shot is almost impossible to happen.

Secondly, it was the knights who took the initiative to rush into the formation. Their impact was like two big rocks hitting the shell of the Qianren army formation, which seriously hindered the operation of the Qianren army formation.

These knights are not only good at horseback, but also know how to cooperate in foot battles after falling off their horses. When facing them, with the same number, they are completely suppressed, and they can only rely on the number of people to pile up hard. This side needs to concentrate more strength and other aspects will naturally become weaker.

In addition, after the blows from the east and west came one after another, the ancestral army's formation was like a piece of brown sugar, which was repeatedly bitten and pulled, cracked, gaped, and pulled out all at once.

Zu Dongcheng never expected that the ancestral army that he was proud of, the army formation that he was proud of, was as fragile as the lanterns sold on the streets of the capital on the Shangyuan Festival in front of this Zhenbei army.

gap,

It's so big.

In fact, no matter how much they look down on the Yan people verbally, they even say that the Yan people's armored cavalry of the Northern Army is blown out.

But neither the local generals nor the ministers in the court really dared to look down on the fighting power of the Yan people.

Otherwise, there would be no situation in which troops from all walks of life rushed northward. After Yang Taiwei proposed a strategy to avoid the war, he could continue to sit in the position of the commander of the three sides.

Everyone, in fact, is still honest.

On weekdays, Zu Dongcheng and Zhong Mao often heard their parents talking about the Yan people. Whenever they talked about the Yan people, they would naturally talk about the Yan people's Zhenbei army.

The elders, in fact, have given enough attention to the Zhenbei Army, thinking that if this 300,000 Zhenbei cavalry is really going to meet on the battlefield, it will really be a headache.

But the present situation,

Is it really just a headache?

It wasn't until this time that the young people of the two ancestors and Zhong's family really realized how terrifying the cavalry of the Northern Army was.

This army has fought against the barbarians in the desert for a hundred years. Their previous opponents were the barbarians, a terrifying group of people who would become excellent cavalry as long as they were adults!

But even so, his bones were broken bit by bit by the Zhenbei Army, and he lost his temper.

How do dry people compare to barbarians?

Zu Dongcheng waved his long knife and rode his horse straight forward, while Zhong Mao immediately shouted:

"Brother Dong Cheng, you have to stay and command!"

"Once the front line is broken, we're all finished!"

Everyone knows that the front formation is the strongest, and it's not just as simple as breaking the front formation and causing the rear two formations to lose their barriers.

Once the front formation is broken, firstly, the soldiers in the front formation will be defeated, and their own family will attack their own army formation; secondly, the two army formations at the back will see that the strongest front formation is also broken, and their morale will be lost instantly. ,

Then,

a rout,

And so it started...

In this world, many things are unfair.

The same is true for the battle between cavalry and infantry. The cavalry feels that it is not easy to gnaw at this bone.

And once the infantry is defeated, if they want to escape, can they escape with four legs?

In other words, once the front line is broken, it means that the 30,000 army will be wiped out here!

Zhong Mao mentioned his own horse, and said:

"Brother Dong Cheng, I'll go with you!"

At this time, the two-winged cavalry who had previously detoured out began to charge again, and at the same time, the cavalry on both sides finished their work and detoured back.

This feeling is like four hammers repeatedly striking the Qianjun formation.

At the same time, the cavalry under Han Laowu's command were confined to the army formations on the east and west sides of the rear, especially the imperial phalanx. The impact of the death-defying Knights of the Northern Army still showed a tendency to collapse.

At this moment, even if Han Laowu wanted to turn his horse's head to support the front army, he couldn't do it. First, the three thousand cavalry under his command were entangled by the opponent's hundreds of cavalry, and they couldn't be pulled out at all. Once the cavalry of his own withdraws, the forbidden army here will definitely blow up the nest directly!

Straight girl thief,

Why are these Yan people so vigorous!

………

front of the army,

The rushing camp, which formed early but has not been dispatched, began to speed up with the main general Li Fusheng riding his horse forward.

This real cavalry, this thousand-shot horse, this real elite among the elite, is finally planning to join the battlefield!

Li Fusheng is very clear about the fact that people die in war.

In the previous period of time, the raids of various cavalry had actually caused quite a few casualties.

But it's all necessary, and it's bound to happen.

It's just that this kind of casualties won't be too many, because it won't last forever.

As long as the front line of this army is defeated,

The remaining tens of thousands of troops on the remaining battlefield will be scattered like birds and beasts, like lambs running around in panic, they will no longer have attack power and lethality, and will be easily beaten by their subordinates on the way to run. Harvest the heads.

Everything before is actually laying the groundwork. Now, the time has come!

Li Fusheng raised his horse spear,

Behind him, Qianqi made the same movement together,

Subsequently,

Li Fusheng's Ma Qian moved forward,

next moment,

A thousand-rooted horse spear is raised forward,

Li Fusheng's eyes were red, like a hungry wolf, he couldn't wait!

"Here they are, one last shiver!"

Li Fusheng shouted:

"The ambition to break the formation!"

Thousands of riders behind him shouted in unison:

"There is death and there is no life!"

immediately,

Speed ​​up the whole army,

Like thunder rushing from the ground,

finally,

A thousand battalion knights led by their commander-in-chief personally,

Crashed into the already crumbling army formation.

"boom!"

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