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These Zhou soldiers were all heavily armed cavalry, all armed with spears, crossbows on their backs, and all men and horses were dressed in iron armor.

The Jianghuai army standing opposite them was all hoplites, each holding a steel shield in one hand and a spear in the other, aiming at the cavalry of the Zhou army with a flat end.

It seems that Du Fuwei also got inspiration from the battle between the Liang army and the Tang army just now, and knew that letting the southerners who are not good at cavalry warfare and the northerners who are good at cavalry warfare carry out cavalry battles is tantamount to self-destruction.

Although the cavalry has a certain advantage over the infantry, it is only when there is a sufficient distance to carry out a sprint assault.

But now the battle site is in the square in this acropolis, with a radius of only five miles, and I am afraid that the cavalry has just increased its speed to the highest level, and it has to slow down again. What kind of charge is this?

And if the cavalry and infantry are caught in a melee, then the advantage is not necessarily on the side of the cavalry. After all, since cavalry had to ride on horses, it was impossible for them to carry heavy or long weapons. For example, weapons such as heavy shields, longbows, and iron spears of more than two zhang are used.

In this case, Du Fuwei also believed that he might have a better chance of victory by using hoplites against the ironclad cavalry of the Zhou army.

Therefore, he let his soldiers abandon their horses and meet them in a formation of hoplites.

For this situation, the old surnames watching the battle around the square are not famous. But the princes understood this. For example, Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan's father couldn't help but sweat for Yuming.

However, Yu Ming, who was standing on the high platform, was a little surprised when he saw the lineup of the Jianghuai Army, but he did not panic. Obviously, there is a countermeasure to Duvoy's arrangement.

At this time, Du Fuwei, who was standing on the high platform at the other end of the square, shouted loudly, and saw more than six Jianghuai Army infantry began to shout and lined up in a neat phalanx.

They were lined up in eight horizontal rows, in a semicircular arc. Each platoon of eighty soldiers, each dressed in heavy armor, held a round steel shield with a diameter of a ruler in his left hand, and a spear of iron five feet long in his right hand, like an iron wall of guns.

This kind of formation can be described as extremely strong, even if it is strongly attacked by Yuming's cavalry, it has the strength to fight back. Moreover, the distance between the two armies was so close that the Zhou army could not raise the cavalry to the highest sprint speed, and the impact effect would be greatly reduced.

Seeing this, Yu Ming waved a big flag and ordered the cavalry of the Zhou army to start lining up.

Du Fuwei couldn't help but be secretly frightened when he saw the cavalry of the Zhou army in formation, he had fought with the Sui army for many years, and he was also a military general with rich combat experience. It can be seen that the Zhou army is neat, well-equipped, and has high morale, which is better than the Li Rail army he defeated in the last round.

However, he originally had the idea of having a long time with Yu Ming, but now that he saw that the enemy army was a strong enemy, he had a competitive heart in his heart and wanted to compete with the Zhou army.

Du Fuwei has never been afraid of war, and since he and Fu Gongzuo started his army, he has been in hard battles, and he can be described as defeated and defeated repeatedly. But then it was with his tenacity and will not give up. His Jianghuai army slowly turned from weak to strong. In the end, he defeated many Sui troops that surrounded and suppressed him, and later defeated Yuhua and conquered Jiangdu. Now he is one of the four great princes of the world.

Du Fuwei strove for success in the battle for Luoyang so that he could enter the Eastern Capital. The Jiangdu and the eastern capital of the world's capital cities have fallen into his hands, and he will definitely become the most promising person to win in the battle for world domination.

Du Fuwei stood on the high platform, looking into the distance, only to see that in an instant, the cavalry of the Zhou army had been killed, the soldiers and horses were like a tide, and the ground shook the mountains.

He frowned slightly, and said in his heart that the Zhou Army's iron cavalry was brave in battle, with strong impact, and could defeat the world-famous Youzhou Iron Cavalry head-on, which was really extraordinary.

Du Fuwei immediately discovered the peculiarity of the opposing cavalry, in this flat square, although the opposing cavalry was galloping rapidly, the formation was not chaotic at all. The momentum of the Zhou army's iron cavalry was like a sharp knife. It's fast, but it's not chaotic. It shows that the equestrian skills of its cavalry are indeed not comparable to the ordinary Central Plains cavalry, which is breathtaking.

Seeing that the other party had already attacked, he was also ready to return the color.

On the high platform, Du Fuwei immediately ordered the standard-bearer to change the flag, and the drummer beat the drum vigorously, beating loudly. Ordered the Jianghuai army to rush forward to meet the enemy.

The officer of the Jianghuai Army, who was in charge of on-the-spot command in the formation, immediately ordered his subordinates to line up in a neat queue and advance slowly after receiving Du Fuwei's order to meet the battle.

Smooth round shields glittered in the sunlight, and dense spears resembled a forest of spears.

He secretly thought in his heart, although the cavalry of the Zhou army in front of him were all wearing iron armor, their protective power was amazing. But it's just about as good as its own hoplites. I have enough confidence that I can hold the position.

When neither side is able to break through the other's formation, it will be entangled in a scuffle. And in this crowded melee situation, the cavalry did not have an advantage.

However, Du Fuwei did not know that Yu Ming had already made arrangements for using cavalry to break through the defense of the enemy's hoplites. He adopted this dense formation defense, just to serve the cavalry of the Zhou army as a target.

"Pass the order! Get ready to start casting! Yu Ming said to Zhang Zhongjian.

Zhang Zhongjian immediately blew the horn, and the regular "woo" horn sound resounded throughout the audience.

At this time, the cavalry of the Zhou army immediately changed their formation after hearing the sound of the horn.

In the process of charging, the cavalry, which was originally huddled together, suddenly separated from the middle, avoided the front of the Jianghuai hoplites, and ran towards their two flanks.

At this time, Duvowe suddenly had a sense of danger coming. It's a strange feeling, an instinctive reaction to danger after countless wars.

He finally realized that something was wrong, so he hurriedly ordered the infantry to hold off and defend in place.

However, at this moment, the cavalry of the Zhou army had already rushed to the front of the Jianghuai army. The hoplites, each holding their breath and holding their shields and spears, swung their axes and cut down the enemy's cavalry as they rushed up.

But how could Yuming let his cavalry and the enemy's heavy armor go head-to-head? I saw the officer of the Zhou army who rushed to the front shouting: "Everyone throw javelins!" ”

I saw that this group of cavalry of the Zhou army who were running fast took out a javelin from the leather bag behind their backs. Then he threw himself into the crowd of enemy hoplites who were waiting in battle.

Now the javelin is a must-have for the cavalry of the Zhou army. Yuming's original intention in designing the standard robbery was because most of the Han cavalry were not good at riding and shooting, so they wanted to use the javelin as a weapon to assist long-range attacks. However, after equipping their troops, the cavalry found it easier to use javelins and more powerful to attack.

After all, the impact and piercing force of the cavalry throwing javelins at high speed is incomparably huge. Moreover, it can effectively avoid the disadvantages of being used in a headwind environment.

Therefore, today, not only the Han cavalry love to use javelins, but even the cavalry of all ethnic groups in the grassland who grew up on horseback are also equipped with javelin backpacks.

Now, these javelins used by the cavalry of the Zhou army are about a foot long, all made of stainless steel, with sharp tips and barbs, once pierced into the human body, it is not easy to take them out. The cavalry of the Zhou army who participated in this battle each had six such javelins in their backpacks.

The impact of the javelins thrown by the cavalry at high speed was quite amazing, and in addition to their own throwing power, the momentum of the horses was added.

Although these hoplites of the Jianghuai army were also wearing heavy armor, they could not resist, as long as they were hit by javelins, the result was that they were pierced through the heart, and in the densely lined up places, a javelin even penetrated the body of one person in front of them, and then pierced the chest of one person behind, killing two people with one shot.

Although these hoplites of the Jianghuai army wore fine iron armor, they could not resist in the face of such penetrating javelins, and they were completely defenseless against this alternative attack of the enemy, so under the first wave of javelin attacks of the Zhou army, they suffered heavy casualties.

All of a sudden, there were screams and cries in the square, and Du Fuwei's most elite hoplites suffered a heavy blow, and the originally neat formation was immediately thrown into chaos.

The semicircular arc formation that Du Fuwei had put forward first instantly collapsed. Although the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army under his command did not retreat timidly. But seeing the people in front of them being pierced by javelins one by one, and the people behind not being able to fill the empty seats immediately, the formation inevitably loosened.

At this time, under the command of Yu Ming, the cavalry of the Zhou army, which had been separated from the two wings, returned to the front of the enemy army after making a circle, and began another surprise attack, preparing for the second round of javelin projection.

"Quick! Boys, raise my shield to block! Duvowe shouted.

The Jianghuai army also reacted at this time, and they immediately raised the shields in their hands to block in front of them.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Zhou army had already begun to charge again, and the javelins in their hands were thrown again.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Countless javelins poured down densely from mid-air and shot straight at the Jianghuai army.

After a while, only to hear the screams repeatedly, and the Jianghuai troops standing in front were stabbed one after another.

"Strange! Even though my soldiers have raised their shields, why are there still so many who have been shot through? Seeing this, Du Fuwei was also taken aback.

I saw that the dead Jianghuai soldiers had the round shields in their hands in good condition and were not damaged. This made everyone watching the battle a little confused.

Li Yuan was also surprised: "Shimin, Yuanji, this is strange! Could it be that Zhou Jun's javelin could penetrate the shield? Why did the soldiers of the Jianghuai Army raise their shields but could not resist? ”

Li Yuanji looked around, but he didn't see what was going on. Like Li Yuan, he had to turn his inquiring gaze to Li Shimin.

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