Chapter 397: Riding Array to Destroy the Front
Yan Qi could only fight and retreat, but the annoying thing was that there was a group of government troops who always held on to it, and more government troops rushed forward on the left side, and many pirates on the right flank were also repulsed, and they struggled to run in the southeast direction, not only not close to the main battlefield, but farther away.
Under the sky, the pirates on the battlefield within a radius of five or six miles have gradually become disjointed, but the pirates on the right are waiting for their companions on the left to turn around, they are quite cunning, and they are not in a hurry, if they can join forces, they might as well turn back and fight, if they can't win, then go southeast, get out of the battlefield, go down from the sea, and swim back to the ship.
The government army had no warships and was powerless to pursue, and these pirates, who were not attacked or surrounded, were not too afraid, their eyes showed cunning, and they did not pay any attention to the cries and wails of their comrades in the middle of the battle, and not only did not approach the rescue, but separated a little farther.
Yan Qi knows that the only hope now is Liu Dan, the two of them have cooperated for many years, if Yan Qi and his main force are finished, Liu Dan on the left side will not be better, so many ships and Nuoda's territory, there will be a small group of pirates to accept ships and territory, and gradually fight hard, fight, and determine the new overlord, in this process, the sea is full of bloody battlefields, and there is no order, which will affect Liu Dan's income and cooperation with Pu Xingfeng.
Liu Dan will definitely speed up the process of flanking to save more people, even if this battle is disabled, as long as it can be delayed and retain the main force of more than 20,000 people, then it can fight again tomorrow, or let the ships dock and withdraw most of the main force.
Everyone including Yan Qi is inclined to the latter, they have been killed and are terrified, and the losses of the Wei people are obviously not heavy, and the whole army will fight again tomorrow, which is nothing more than a repeat of today's battle, if most of the people can be withdrawn, it is already the best result.
Lu Wenluo felt like his throat was so dry that he could almost breathe fire, but his water bladder was empty, and he didn't have time to drink.
The eyes of the trapped people in front of him were bloodshot, and their expressions were like wild beasts, Lu Wenluo had rounded up wild beasts when he was in his hometown, and the eyes of those fierce beasts after falling into the trap were exactly the same as the man in his thirties in front of him.
The other party's helmet fell off, and later someone handed it over, but Lu Wenluo could see that this person was from the Luzon side, with short hair, tortuous hair, very dark skin, thick lips, and a very tumid nose.
This person has fierce eyes and is also quite skilled in martial arts, many times Lu Wenluo tried to cooperate with his partner to kill this person, but he was always slid by this person, his body is agile, and his reaction is fast, like a loach in a mud pond, it is difficult to hold on tightly in his hand, let alone use a weapon to kill him.
The other party not only has thick armor, but also a shield and a sharp scimitar, plus there are always guards who come to protect them spontaneously, Lu Wenluo can already be sure that the other party is one of the pirate leaders, either Liu Dan or Yan Qi.
If it can be captured and beheaded, it will be the first major achievement since the establishment of the government army, and it will inevitably shake the world. Even if Lu Wenluo, a straightforward rough man, was devoted to the war after rescuing Wang Xinyuan outside Nan'an Town, and did not consider his own meritorious future, he now has a faint understanding that if he kills the first thief again, coupled with his previous merits, he will be able to turn the prince into a safe place, and his own meritorious arts will be able to rise within the system of the Nan'an Mansion Army.
This is the future that is almost there, and we must not let it go, Lu Wenluo licked his lips with the tip of his dry tongue, but he couldn't find a chance to start.
There was chaos all around, but the government army brigade continued to move forward under the promotion of the general, preparing to turn back and attack the enemy on the right, because the pirates on the right side have a large number of armored soldiers, and are already behind the flank of the army formation, this turn will be extremely difficult, and even extremely risky.
When the rear team turned around one after another, there were only a few people left around Lu Wenluo, and there were more than ten people around Yan Qi on the opposite side, and there were groups of thieves coming one after another.
Yan Qi's face was pale, and after panting for a long time, he squinted at the long-haired giant opposite, knowing that the other party wanted his own head, but fortunately, the left army was still there, although it was still quite chaotic in general, but because it was cut obliquely to the right side of the government army, it had already made the Nan'an army a little embarrassed.
"The cavalry should attack." Xu Zixian has been paying attention to the battlefield situation in the cavalry camp, and after the government army beat the drums, he moved forward under the guidance of the banner and broke through the extreme speed, and the indomitable momentum made Xu Zixian extremely excited.
After all, there are too many enemies, and they are tough and cunning, when the government army bursts forward, the bandits on the left side gather more and more, and begin to invite the side of the government army, interfering with the reorganization of the government army, many government army arrays can only be temporarily changed, thick flanks, more archers and hostile shooting, in this way, the sharp spirit is easy to lose, the power of the military formation is not obvious, if it falls into chaos and hard fighting, the advantage of the battle will be reduced, and the soldiers will lose too much if they win the hard battle.
As soon as he thought of this, Xu Zixian hesitated any longer, and immediately ordered the cavalry battalion to attack.
Zhang Huchen and Gao Shilai and others stepped forward immediately, and Gao Shilai grabbed Xu Zixian's horse reins and said, "Prince, rest here, watch us go and break the enemy." β
"If I retreat now, and the battle is lost, or the soldiers are greatly lost, what will I be able to do in the future?" Xu Zi first hit Gao Shilai's palm with the handle of the horsewhip, Gao Shilai had to retract his hand, Xu Zi first dialed the horse a few steps forward, and said to the cavalry battalion soldiers: "The opportunity to break the enemy has arrived, stroke its back, hit its side, and penetrate its formation, this is the responsibility of the cavalry battalion, we can no longer wait for the infantry battalion soldiers to return to fight hard, we must buy time for them, and even break the enemy with the cavalry battalion!" β
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion are the elite of the elite, and the selection of the government army has been extremely strict, and the soldiers of the cavalry camp are the best of the best in the government army.
In the previous battle against the natives, the cavalry camp had begun to show its power, but the combat power of the natives could not be compared with the pirates, and the two were far apart.
Zhang Huchen knew that there was no more persuasion, so he first hinted that Lin Shaozong and the others must follow the prince closely, and then shouted loudly: "The comrades of the Fu Army Infantry Battalion are fighting very well, and we must not be left behind." If you want to win, you still have to run the horse and fight! β
The soldiers of the cavalry camp arranged in three rows all roared angrily, and the Eastern Domain was on the rise, and the soldiers ate and moved more, and they had enough energy and high morale every day, especially the arrival of the princes and princes, which made the knights increase their desire to kill the enemy and win.
Many soldiers recalled that they were terrified, afraid, and even timid and afraid of war many days ago, and they were simply ashamed to die. Many people held their swords high and swords, eager to rush into the enemy formation and fight.
However, Zhang Huchen and other generals were quite experienced, and forcibly pressed the excitement of the soldiers' eagerness to fight, and jogged slowly, even so, the distance of Li Xu reached the right side of the battlefield in only half a moment.
Before the cavalry camp, the group of thieves on the right flank had already stretched their vanguard behind the government army, not far from the banner of Nan'anhou.
The bandits shouted and cursed in Luzon, Wei, Wu, Siamese, Srivijaya and other Chinese languages, and they were shocked and angry when they saw the corpses in the middle array lying for several miles, and under the command of the leader, these bandits began to attack the side of the government army on the side.
More than two miles away near the beach, only a small number of pirates are still holding on, and the government army has moved forward to the left, but the left side of the pirates is bitten behind them, and the two sides are gradually entering a state of stalemate.
At this time, the cavalry appeared.
Almost at the same time, the soldiers and bandits of the Nan'an army spotted the cavalry that appeared on the horizon.
The cavalry held the red flag, wore light yellow military robes, and covered with armor, although there were hundreds of people, they looked like they were in bright armor and neat in line, so that there were thousands of horses.
When the distance was only a few hundred paces, the brass trumpet sounded in the cavalry camp, and all the cavalry began to speed up.
More than 500 horsemen are like thunder, fast as lightning, and the momentum is like thousands of horses, rolling and rolling thunder, the front row of cavalry, holding a long line, there is a small red flag at the tip, embroidered on the tiger of the Jiaojiao, this is because the cavalry battalion is Zhang Huchen as the main general, so the battalion flag is designed like this, the big flag is embroidered with silver stars and bronze stars, each row has a small flag team owner, and the cavalry in the command arrangement maintains an approximate riding speed to keep a distance.
At this time, two or three months had passed since the attack on the natives in the mountains, and the cavalry camp practiced hard every day, so although the speed of the riding gradually increased, it was consistent, with only a slight inclination.
Xu Zixian was on the right side of the second row of the cavalry camp, his armor style was very distinct, all the soldiers recognized it, seeing the cavalry battalion galloping like thunder and rushing to kill, and Nan Anhou was in the cavalry camp, for a while all the soldiers of the government army were taken aback at first, and then many people showed sadness and indignation, and they could hardly hold back their emotions.
On the right side of the government army, the group of thieves was originally far away, and later saw that the left side was entangled with the government army, they gradually came closer, and began to fight with the government army with spears and spears, the poles and spears of both sides slapped each other, the government army was still moving to regroup, and did not seriously engage them, but when they saw Xu Zixian riding out of battle, the soldiers were angry and wanted to split the corners of their eyes.
In the group of thieves shocked, watching the smoke and dust rolling on the horizon, but the cavalry was neatly drawn, like a whole, armor and weapons shining, as if the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals rode down, Ge Cunzhong held several spears, suddenly walked out of the front of the formation, a spear out, immediately pierced a thief more than ten steps away to pierce the spot, the thief howled, the second spear also followed, fast as lightning, and pierced the appearance of another thief.
It turned out that Ge Cunzhong had been observing the enemy's situation, and found that the bandits had not organized the army, and the officers had not been determined according to the number of people, and some pirates had a large number, and among the hundreds or thousands of people, there was obviously a big thief leader.
And some have a smaller crowd, or dozens, or hundreds.
Most of them walked with the military flag, either in front or station, or to attack the flank of the government army.
Ge Cunzhong's spear throwing technique, in the territory of the Great Wei is the first person, when it is a thief, there were more than ten people besieged by thousands of Xiang army, that is, with a hand of spear throwing art to shock the Xiang army, where the Xiang army military attachΓ©, the nearest one will be thrown to death, no officer dares to restrain forward to encourage the army to capture and besiege, and finally thousands of people watched more than ten people break away from the encirclement.
At this time, Ge Cunzhong had already observed the location of more than ten thieves, and repeatedly determined that he actually wanted to vote for a big thief with a higher status, but most of those people were hidden behind the side of the military formation, at least a hundred steps away, and they were wearing heavy armor, they couldn't throw spears, and it was difficult to kill arrows, so they had to give up.
Ge Cunzhong stood alone in front of the battle, completely ignoring the group of thieves who were close at hand, exhaled and opened his voice, throwing people with spears, each throw must hit, each hit must kill one person, after more than ten throws, some small thieves in front of the command were thrown spears and cleaned up, and the pirates were depressed and had to retreat.
The bandits on the left turned in astonishment, for the cavalry charge was facing them, and was about to rush in front of them.
Liu Dan was already jumping in a hurry in the formation, he hated Yan Qi for refusing to train the array, resulting in more than 10,000 people in the middle being quickly beaten by the Nan'an Fu army, and he had no power to fight back.
And when he struggled to lead his troops to try to save the battle, the enemy's cavalry appeared behind him, and it was them, not the Wei, who were to suffer from the enemy.
Several pirate leaders, most of whom were Liu Dan's henchmen, had never seen the power of the cavalry impact in front of them, they climbed Liu Dan and said, "If you don't leave at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance." β
Liu Dan said: "If I leave, the situation will be completely bad." If you lead your troops forward, you must repel the enemy cavalry, but there are only hundreds of cavalry, and we have more than 10,000 people, are we not their opponents? β
The leaders were helpless, and led their troops forward, and by this time the cavalry had galloped very close, and the dust and the peculiar gravel of the seashore were carried up by the wind, and the wind was facing the bandits, and the gravel and dust slapped on their faces, so that many people's eyes could not be opened.
Zhang Huchen was overjoyed and shouted: "This is the wind and clouds, and it is helping our army!" β
With that, raise your hand high and wave it vigorously.
A hurried horn sounded, and all the military flags tapped forward twice in a row, and all the knights were full of blood, increasing the speed of their horses to the fastest!
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves is like thunder, and the knights in light yellow military uniforms and armor are like heavenly generals galloping down from heaven in the clouds and mist, riding forward, and the sharp stars are shining brightly, giving people a sense of unreal reality. In front of such a mighty, seemingly boundless cavalry array, who would dare to be an enemy in person?
Almost two hundred paces away, the pirates collapsed.
They did not restrain their masters, let alone have been trained to resist the onslaught of cavalry in strong infantry formations.
The Great Wei forbidden army often had such training in the north, with heavy infantry in front and archers in the flanks or flanks.
After the decline of the northern captives, the heavy cavalry scenery was not there, and the Wei army's march gradually changed, with the horizontal formation against the enemy as the most, the gap between the horizontal formations one after another was very small, the archers and crossbowmen were concentrated in the two corners of each formation, meeting each other, and the arrows were like rain when advancing, and the enemy cavalry lacked the method of breaking the formation, and could only be covered by the bow and arrows and retreated.
Later Donghu sent out heavy cavalry, and the Wei army's infantry was struggling against the enemy again, and suffered losses many times, and it turned out that no matter how thick the armor was and how sharp the bow and arrow were, the pure infantry formation was still not the opponent of the cavalry.
Mixed with infantry and cavalry, fighting in formation, is the best way to deal with nomadic light cavalry, but if the nomadic light cavalry has the support of the agricultural area, a single man with many horses, equipped with heavy armor, turned into a mixed cavalry and light cavalry, can also fight in formation, or forcibly break the formation, the light cavalry will kill the wings, intercept reinforcements, threaten the grain route, pure infantry to this kind of heavy cavalry and light cavalry mixed cavalry army, that is quite difficult, can only be more defeats and fewer victories.
The group of thieves in front of him had not undergone serious training at all, and when they saw the impact of the iron cavalry, before they could engage in battle, the troops had already collapsed first.
The power of hundreds of gallops, it is difficult for those who have not been in front of them to imagine that for an ordinary person who has never seen a war horse sprinting, there is still a sense of terror when he rushes towards it on a single horse.
If there are dozens of horses, there is a feeling that the ground is shaking and the mountains are shaking.
Hundreds of horses rushed together, coupled with the guns coming like a forest, and the knights in the front row were all wearing iron armor, giving people a sense of oppression like a mountain pressing, making people breathless, and they were unable to think and resist at all.
For a moment, it was as if the sun was rising in spring, and the snow was quickly gone.