Chapter 903: Pressing the Formation
Chaos is the beginning of a big defeat, especially the chaos in the big camp, once the chaos starts, the soldiers below can't hold their breath and run around aimlessly, the middle and low-level generals can't find their own soldiers everywhere, can't give orders, and can't stop effective resistance, so the chaos is getting more and more chaotic, and finally the middle and low-level generals can't calm down, and run around with ordinary soldiers, many historical defeats began like this, such as the battle of Wu Shu of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Xun burned Liu Bei's ten-mile company camp, it was because the camp was on fire, The Shu army was in chaos, which led to a great defeat.
Now the battalion of the Tang Army almost means the same thing.
The whole camp was in chaos, the government soldiers rushed to the wolves, the generals shouted and scolded, only to see the figures of the building, and occasionally the school captain or fire chief below organized a team of 100 people, and finally took the weapons and lined up in formation, but the government soldiers in front squeezed over, and the formation that had just been lined up was immediately dispersed.
At this time, only veterans can be relied on, and veterans are the mainstay of the entire camp, such as Li Ji.
After Li Ji gathered his troops and horses, he quickly pressed towards the direction of logistics, from the Chinese army to the logistics There are still several miles, Li Ji rode on the horse and personally led the team, 40,000 people held bows, arrows, shields, spears, and the formation was not scattered at all, and the fleeing soldiers encountered head-on, after seeing the strict formation of their own soldiers and horses, the panicked mood suddenly quieted down, as if there was an infection, but wherever Li Ji's department passed, no matter how chaotic the scene could be silently calmed down, and then the scattered government soldiers quietly looked for their respective generals, and the generals organized their familiar subordinates, Quietly picked up his weapons, quietly assembled in formation, and finally followed closely behind Li Jisuo's department, advancing forward.
An impending rout, under the prestige of Li Ji and the quiet and calm demeanor of the 40,000 foot soldiers, miraculously reversed the defeat.
At this time, the cavalry was still in the rear of the Tang army's camp to kill and set fire unscrupulously, and the cavalry continued to advance after setting fire to the grain, the speed was very fast, and when Li Ji led the soldiers and horses to face the cavalry, the small half of the Tang army's battalion was already on fire, and there were countless casualties.
When he was more than 100 zhang away from the cavalry, Li Ji ordered to stop and line up.
Squinting at the formation quietly formed by the Ya cavalry in the distance, the corners of Li Ji's mouth hooked up a sneer.
"The Spirits? If it is really not my race, its heart will be different. Where did they dare to betray my Datang? β
No one answered this question, and there were probably only two reasons for daring to rebel against Tang, one was the hatred that could not be resolved, and the other was the interests that were enough to move.
After quietly observing for a while, Li Ji suddenly shouted: "The bow and arrow come forward, and the shield array is ready to attack!" β
The general waved the command flag and ran back, waving the flag and giving orders.
Soon, the bow and arrow phalanx team walked to the front of the formation, followed by a shield phalanx, behind the shield, is the spear and halberd phalanx, the various phalanxes are clearly distinguished, tightly sealed, at this time the battlefield is silent, the banner hunting and swinging in the wind, the soldiers are like a steel spear nailed into the ground motionless.
After a long time, the leader's shouting came from the rear of the Ya cavalry, and the Ya cavalry moved when they heard the order, urging the horse to rush towards Li Ji.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves seemed to knock on people's hearts, and the distance of the enemy army became closer and closer, from 100 zhang to 50 zhang, then 30 zhang, then 20 zhang......
Finally, when the enemy's war horse had galloped into the range of the bow and arrow, Li Ji finally gave the order.
"Shoot the arrowβ" Li Ji ordered loudly.
Whoosh β
The people on the opposite side flipped on their horses, and countless enemy soldiers fell from their horses with arrows, but most of them were still galloping on their horses.
Li Ji frowned with some regret and continued to order the arrows to be released.
If you can summon a team of thunderers, hundreds of earth-shattering thunderbolts are ignited and thrown out at the same time, I am afraid that this first round will harvest a lot of enemy corpses, and more importantly, it can also effectively hit the morale of the enemy army and create panic within the enemy army.
Between thoughts, the cavalry has arrived at the front of the Tang army, the archers released their arrows again, after the second round of arrows, no matter how many people were shot, they did not hesitate to retreat, and then the shield phalanx stepped forward, the shield soldiers held the shield with both hands, and the lunge was under their feet, everyone's forehead was bruised, and they were bowed and gritted their teeth, just waiting for the cavalry to rush, the shield slammed forward, and for a while, people turned over on their backs, and countless shield soldiers were knocked down by the galloping horses, and at the same time, the momentum of the cavalry was slowed down because of the shield blocking.
Then, under the command of the general, the shield soldiers quickly withdrew, followed by the spear phalanx, this phalanx was specially prepared to deal with the cavalry, when the cavalry's momentum was blocked by the shield, the spear halberd appeared, they held the spear in both hands, and stabbed forward neatly with the command sound, retracted, and stabbed again......
The enemy army was immediately in confusion, and both men and horses were stabbed with spears and let out a sharp and terrible scream, and finally turned over and fell.
This cavalry was not simple, when the front suffered too many casualties, the rear quickly regrouped, and then launched a second charge towards the Tang army's formation.
Li Ji saw it from afar, his brows couldn't help jumping, at this time, the killer weapon had to be taken out, and most of the so-called big moves were used at the moment of life and death.
"The order, the front army retreats, and the Modao battalion steps forward." Li Ji ordered in a cold tone.
With the command of the generals, the archers, shield bearers, and spear phalanxes of the front army all retreated like a tide, and after the black crowd retreated, there was only a strange team left in the middle of the battlefield, this team was wearing heavy armor, and the figure was generally tall and burly, and each person held a large knife with a strange style in his hand, the length of the handle was a ruler, the blade was wide, the blade was long, and the weight was about 20 catties.
The number of this team is not large, only about two thousand people, the phalanx has already been neatly arranged, as the flag is waved, this phalanx stepped on heavy footsteps, slowly stepped forward, the arrangement of the phalanx is also a little strange, the distance between people is about the length of two blades, the distance is very wide.
The order flag danced again, and the more than 2,000 movements in the team were unified, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands, and began to dance at the same time, and after the command flag was waved, the team danced while slowly advancing forward.
The cavalry in the distance looked at this strange team inexplicably, but some of them had seen the world, and after careful observation for a long time, their faces suddenly became ugly, and they opened their mouths and exclaimed.
"Modao Battalion! Tang State's Modao Battalion! β
The power of the Mo knife is best known only to those who have tried it personally, and of course, those who have really tried it have basically laughed at Jiuquan.
In this era of cold weapons, Datang's Modao battalion is the sharpest phalanx on the battlefield, like a machine, as long as the Modao dances, any animal shrimp and crab entering the phalanx is all squeezed to pieces, not only die quickly, but also die very ugly, no matter how handsome they look, after being facelifted by Modao, it all becomes a pile of rotten meat, minced meat, mixed with some leeks can be directly made into dumpling filling.
A veritable battlefield meat grinder, up and down for thousands of years, only the Datang Mo Knife Battalion has this qualification.
Watching the Modao Battalion dance in the distance, Li Ji quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
From the king to the ordinary soldiers, the Tang Dynasty's trust in the Modao Battalion is unconditional and unreserved, in fact, the Modao Battalion has never disappointed anyone, but whoever participates in the war, no matter how brave and ferocious the enemy is, can only stop in front of the dancing Modao, if you want to force it over, it is basically the end of being ground into minced meat.
It's just that the cost of the formation of the Mo knife battalion is too high, and the conditions are particularly harsh, not only the process of craftsmen building the Mo knife is very cumbersome, but more importantly, the selection of the Mo knife hand is more difficult, a Mo knife of more than 20 catties is not difficult to wield, the difficulty is that it needs to be waved constantly, while waving and pushing forward, if the general does not give an order, the wielding Mo knife can not stop, which requires a lot of strength and endurance, ordinary soldiers can not do it at all, only those who are born with brute force can bear it.
Because the Modao Battalion is too precious, just like the pilots trained by the country thousands of years later, each of them has spent a lot of money and effort to cultivate, so the Modao hand will not be used passively, and the monarchs and generals cherish the Modao hand very much, and until the moment of life and death when the eyebrows are burned, the Modao Battalion will not have a combat mission, and their weekday task is to eat meat, practice knives, and practice formations.
Today, Li Ji finally ordered the use of the Modao Battalion, which shows that the situation on the battlefield is already very critical, and it has reached a critical moment when it has to be used.
The Mo knife battalion danced the Mo knife, slowly moving forward, the Yan Ya cavalry in the distance froze, most of them did not know how powerful this team was, on the surface, this is just a team wielding a big knife, according to common sense estimates, if the cavalry to charge them, desperately lose a few people, they can break up their formation, once the formation on the battlefield is broken, this team is basically no combat effectiveness, personal bravery and combat power, in front of the entire army is very small.
So some unbelieving Ya cavalry glanced at each other, and before the general could stop, a group of hundreds of Ya cavalry rushed to the horse, raising their knives and rushing towards the Modao camp.
The Mo swordsmen were still wielding the Mo swords according to the rhythm of the generals, ignoring the rushing cavalry, and in the blink of an eye, the Mo cavalry had rushed to the front of the Mo Dao battalion, they let out a wolf-like howl, and slashed forward with their swords.
It's a pity that this action is just raised, and it ends here, and even life ends here.
The blade of the knife more than two feet long, after the cold light flickered, only a scream was heard, and hundreds of cavalry died under the knife at the same time in an instant, as the Mo knife continued to advance, the corpses that fell to the ground were cut by the Mo knife one by one, and soon, the corpses of people and war horses turned into a pile of indistinguishable minced meat.