Chapter 61: Heavy Cavalry Breaks the Formation (1st Update)

On the field, Gao Cheng stood on top of the command car that was several zhang high, and looked at it from afar, only to see a layer of black lines surging in the sky, and there was a roar that shook the heavens and the earth from the ground, and the 300,000 soldiers phalanx lined up below couldn't help but feel a commotion, but then they were reprimanded by the general who commanded the army and stabilized.

In the Central Plains, 100,000 cavalry is enough to dominate the world, and the 200,000 iron cavalry of Chahan Timur is like thunder, if it is a frontal impact, the iron cavalry can break through all obstacles.

With such a momentum, it is no wonder that it is called heavenly punishment by those Hu people in the Western Continent.

However, there are many ways to deal with cavalry in the Central Plains since ancient times, and Gao Cheng has naturally been prepared, in front of the military formation, there are two circles of strong iron-clad vans, in the original timeline, Ming Taizu drove out the Tartar army's formation, which is to cooperate with each other with car formations and foot soldiers.

Use the van as a wall to block the impact of the cavalry. Then the archers, cavalry, and various arms cooperated with each other to finally defeat the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry.

Gao Cheng has no one else by his side, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu, Hu Dahai and Zhu Yuanzhang, the generals who command the army, are already ready to meet the enemy on both wings and in the Chinese army.

As long as the terrifying impact of Meng Yuan's iron cavalry was blocked, they would rush straight into the enemy formation with the elite of the Five Elements Banner and capture the King of Meng Yuan Ruyang.

"It's coming!"

At this time, Gao Cheng muttered in his mouth, his eyes were closely watching the movement of the Mengyuan army in the distance, when the 200,000 iron cavalry came to the field, they suddenly stopped the impact, and the 200,000 cavalry dismounted one after another, took out the bean cake from the backpack on their bodies and fed the horses, so that the horses under the seat recovered their strength.

There are two types of cavalry, one is light cavalry and the other is heavy cavalry, of which the light cavalry focuses on harassing grain routes and is good at bows and arrows. The heavy cavalry is good at shock and is good at breaking formations. This kind of heavy cavalry that broke the formation was called Xuanjia Jingcai in the Tang Dynasty and Tiefutu in the Jin Kingdom.

In Mengyuan, it is called Xue Jun!

Chahan Timur went south this time, although there were not many masters accompanying him, but he brought the most elite Xue army of Mengyuan to a full 10,000.

Heavy cavalry breaks through the formation, and what is needed is a terrifying impact. The physical strength of the war horse was limited, so before the big battle, the Mongol cavalry did not immediately rush out, but first restored the physical strength of the war horse.

If the enemy army does not move, the Ming army will naturally not take the initiative to attack. The other side is a cavalry, and if you want to fight, you can go as soon as you want, and if you make a rash move, you will be wiped out.

After about a while, the Mengyuan cavalry mounted their horses one after another, separated tens of thousands of iron cavalry, bypassed the chariot formation in front, like two quenched sharp daggers, and attacked towards the two ribs of the army.

In the distance, Chahan Timur was holding a spear in his hand, carefully observing the large array of the Ming army, and when he saw the car formation, he frowned slightly, and did not send the most elite Xue army. Instead, the cavalry under his command first covered the blow with bows and arrows.

Boom! The 50,000 cavalry of the Chinese army of Meng Yuan dispatched, trampled on the mountains and rivers, and rushed forward with a roar.

When they came to the front of the car formation a hundred paces and were about to hit the van, one by one the Mongols suddenly clamped their horses between their legs, and the surging cavalry ran very flexibly to both sides, and when the horses turned the direction, these cavalry roared and bent their bows and arrows. Countless arrows rained down like dark clouds, covering the car array.

Countless arrows rained down on the carts, some of which were blocked by the vans, and most of them fell into the array of the army behind the carts.

"Raise your shield!"

Chang Yuchun sat in the Chinese army, and he was prepared, and when he saw the rain of arrows, he yelled and ordered. The sword and shield hand in front of the formation immediately protected his whole body with a shield. The sword and shield bearers had shields and were fine, but a small number of arrows rained down on the spears behind them, killing some of the pikemen.

In the front formation, the archers of the Ming army also began to return fire, but the long arrows they fired did not pose much threat to the Mongol cavalry that came and went.

As soon as the confrontation began, the Ming army fell into a situation of being suppressed.

Gao Cheng stood on the command platform in the rear, and when he saw such a situation, he couldn't help but sigh: "It is worthy of being a Mongolian iron cavalry with unparalleled archery, if it weren't for the van car in front to resist, I'm afraid this field battle would be defeated!"

However, the current situation is not optimistic, Gao Cheng's mental power is extremely strong now, and he can feel that Meng Yuan Iron Cavalry and the core elite have not been used, and now he can only hope that Chang Yuchun can resist the pressure.

When the Chinese army attacked, Meng Yuan's cavalry on both wings also began to attack, but Gao Cheng's chariot formation was connected from end to end, like a city wall, and it was also very tightly protected on the flanks, and the generals on the two wings were Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Feng Sheng, and Lan Yu.

These generals are extraordinary, and it is not so easy for Meng Yuan Tieqi to break through.

On the front, the Mongol cavalry galloped several times in a row, shooting five rounds of arrows back and forth, and every inch of the front was covered by the rain of arrows. The archers, sword and shield men, and pikemen in the Ming army's chariot formation have suffered thousands of casualties.

The originally indestructible car formation was also somewhat shaken with casualties.

Seeing this situation, Chahan Timur was overjoyed, the Mongolian cavalry in front of him had reached the limit, and the physical strength of the mount was about to be exhausted, and finally shook the opponent's large array.

"But Xue Jun, attack with me!"

This Mengyuan Ruyang King keenly grasped the fighter plane, immediately roared, and personally took 10,000 Xue Jun to roar, as if the sky was thundering, and nothing in heaven and earth could block the impact of the Xue army.

As long as the chariot array in front of them is broken through the gap, the other Mengyuan cavalry can rush in and break the large array of the Ming army.

This elite force is extremely fast, the cavalry and war horses are all armored, and if a long arrow is shot at their body, it will be bounced off by the iron armor. It's like a demon rising up from hell.

Boom! The hundreds of heavily armored cavalry at the front rushed directly at the van, and the impact force of each heavy armored cavalry was several thousand catties. Hundreds of iron horsemen collided with each other in a row, and suddenly knocked out a depression in the round car array.

At this time, the surrounding archers, pikemen, and sword and shield men had just been covered by bows and arrows and shot down, and they had no time to step forward to plug the gap.

The gap opened by hundreds of heavy cavalry in flesh and blood was quickly enlarged by the influx of companions in the rear.

"Shield! Block me! Spearman, come forward and assassinate!"

Seeing this, Chang Yuchun was furious, holding a heavy iron spear in his hand, jumping to the front, constantly letting out bursts of roars, and commanding the military formation in front.

"Die!"

He was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the front, several heavy armored cavalry rushed over, Chang Yuchun roared angrily, raised his hand and shot, the wind and thunder stirred, and the cavalry in front of him was blown away with a bang.

Then he took the lead, back and forth, and more than a dozen Mengyuan cavalrymen fell to the ground. Inspired by his bravery, the pikemen and sword and shield men in the rear shouted and rushed forward to block the Meng Yuan cavalry pouring in through the gap.

It's a pity that the Xue soldiers and horses are wearing armor, and the impact is terrifying, unless it is a real city wall or the physical strength is exhausted, otherwise once it rushes up, the sword and shield hand and spearman are lambs to be slaughtered.

Gao Cheng's expression was tense, he took a step forward, his eyes swept in front of him, and he immediately saw the direction where Chahan Timur was, and at this time, the king of Ruyang was following behind, not far from the car formation. There are also a few expert guards by his side.

"Good chance!"

He immediately gave the order, waved the command flag, pointed the way. The real elite five-element flag of the Ming army suddenly rushed out from the rear. Yang Xiao, Fan Yao, and Yin Tianzheng were the vanguards, and they directly killed the commander of the army of Meng Yuan's iron cavalry.