Chapter 225: A Fruitful Harvest (3)
The distance of 200 steps is not very far for the cavalry, that is, in the time between a few breaths, the knights of Liu Renyu's department have already rushed to the gate of the camp of the Helaowen department.
It is said that the Mongolian camp is different from the Central Plains, there is no tall city wall to cover, and there is no thick gate for defense, and the camp is surrounded by a one-person high wooden fence, which is nothing more than to block the beasts such as steppe wolves, or not let their own cattle, sheep and horses run around, and there are no things like enemy towers.
This characteristic of the Mongols helped Liu Renyu a lot, which made him at least not need to fight a siege battle, but only need to send people to rush in and fight.
Originally, the Jingbian Fort army fought more and less, and according to the convention, it was only necessary to rush in on horseback and slash and kill, but Liu Renyu considered that the space in the camp was cramped, and it was not convenient to rush in on horseback to show his combat power, so he stopped his horses when his own men and horses rushed to the gate of the Mongol camp. He shouted: "Spearmen, sword and shield soldiers dismount and form a small formation." After the small formation was completed, 4 phalanxes were left to guard the gate of the wall, and the rest of the phalanx entered the Mongol camp to engage the enemy first, and the archers followed the phalanx into the enemy's camp according to the rules of a team of 12 people. ”
"Yes."
When the pikemen and the sword and shield soldiers were ordered, they dismounted and formed a small phalanx according to the configuration of six sword and shield soldiers and six pikemen, and entered the Mongol camp in turn.
And the archers under Zhang Tieniu's command also entered the Mongol camp according to the specifications of a group of 12 people, following the sword and shield, the small phalanx of pikemen.
The mystery of this formation lies in the fact that the phalanx is close combat, and the archers are long-range, complementing each other. In the Mongol camp, the enemy's situation is unknown, and the soldiers go in individually to meet the enemy, and if they encounter a large number of enemy troops, they may fall into a heavy siege in a local area, causing casualties.
Divide into a phalanx and go in together, and if you encounter a large number of enemy troops, you can also use the advantage of the phalanx to deal with the enemy in order to wait for reinforcements. If the enemy army is small and scattered, the phalanx can be broken up and the soldiers can fight on their own.
Liu Renyu saw that their respective phalanxes had all entered the camp of the Mongols, so he said to Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu and Ma Wenshan beside him: "Several, this is the place of the Mongols, their archery skills are extremely good, even the Jiannu can't catch up with them, and they like to shoot the enemy's neck and head and face, we are generals in the army, we can't make any mistakes, let's put on the mask armor and go in to engage the enemy." ”
"Yes, General." The generals agreed, then turned over and dismounted, took off the armor from the saddle and put it on their faces, and then handed the horses to the guards to look after, and then they followed Liu Renyu into the Mongol camp.
When these generals entered the camp and walked around, they found that not a single enemy was seen in the phalanx scattered everywhere, and the whole Mongol camp was quiet.
"Strange, where have all the Mongols gone?" Zhang Tieniu asked several generals around him in confusion.
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Zheyan and his Mongolian soldiers hid behind the yurt and waited quietly for the Ming army.
Originally, he expected that the Ming army would ride into the camp to kill people and set fire, but who knew that he waited for a long time, but the expected picture did not happen, and the sound of horses' hooves stopped outside the gate of the camp.
"Hey, the Ming army stopped at the gate of our camp, and it looks like they are going to fight on foot. They dare to be so close to us, listen to my orders later, let's release arrows together, knock down a few Ming troops first, and give them a dismount. ”
"Yes, master." A group of Mongolian soldiers replied softly.
"Let's see what happens." After he said this, he poked his head out, intending to take a look at the situation of the Ming army first. The other Mongol soldiers also followed suit, and they cautiously poked their heads out, intending to see the reality of the Ming army first.
Zhi Yan stretched out his head, and soon saw the Ming army on the opposite side clearly, and after he saw the situation of the Ming army, his order to shoot the Ming army was not issued for a long time, and his subordinates did not urge him.
This is all because they saw the equipment of the Ming army.
When Zheyan saw the equipment of this guy Ming Army, his scalp exploded, and his heart was cold, and he almost had an urge to cry, while the other Mongolian soldiers were surprised and couldn't close their mouths for a long time.
The equipment of this group of Ming soldiers is really fucking good!
It is normal to say that the army is wearing heavy armor, which is normal, but this guy Ming Jun actually covers his neck with armor and covers his face with his face armor.
The Ming army was so well protected, but how could these Mongolian archers who were alone in the world display their talents?
"Master, this guy is fully armored and well protected, how can we shoot them?" A Mongolian soldier asked his master in a trembling voice, with a crying voice.
"Bows and arrows can't penetrate, and sabers may not be able to cut through, so use iron bones, giant axes, and iron hammers to fight them for their lives." His face turned pale, and he said in a loud voice.
"Yes, let's go get it." When the Mongol soldiers received the order, they returned to their yurts under the cover of various objects, took iron bones, throwing axes, maces and other blunt weapons, and prepared to fight.
At this time, the Jingbianbao army happened to be organizing a shield array, and looked at the formation of the Ming army, and found that he did not have an advantage on his side, and the Ming army was fighting in formation, and his side could only fight alone, and he suffered some losses.
"Master, the Ming army is in such a formation, we can only break through their phalanx by riding horses to attack them, and then fight with them in close combat." A Mongol soldier suggested.
"No, the camp is narrow, the horses can't be lifted quickly, and they can't break through their array no matter what." Zhen Yan shook his head and said.
"What then?" A group of Mongolian soldiers said depressedly.
"Master, don't worry about anything now, rush out and fight with them, if you can kill one, count one." A Mongolian soldier slammed the mace in his hand to the ground and said impassionedly.
"The Han people's military formation is really powerful, let's fight like this, it's not cost-effective." Zhi Yan first shook his head, rejecting this proposal, and then thought about it for a while, before he said to his subordinates: "Let's simply disperse into the camp tent, think that if those Han dogs can't find us, they will always enter the camp tent to get people, they want to enter the camp tent, how can they still maintain the formation, then we will have the opportunity to fight with them alone, and at that time their archers will not be able to hinder us from fighting." ”
"The master's idea is very good, let's do it." The Mongol soldiers thought it was a good idea, so they each found a yurt and hid in.
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But when Zhang Tie Niu looked at the empty Mongolian camp and was puzzled, Liu Renyu directly picked up the conversation and said: "Where else can the Mongolians go, naturally they are hiding in the yurt." ”
"I don't think the Mongols are like women, hiding and refusing to fight us, it's really eggless." Yang Desheng seems to be very disdainful of the Mongols' behavior.
"General, it seems that we can only disperse and go to the yurt to fight the enemy." Ma Wenshan proposed.
"You don't have to, who knows what traps are in the yurt, this yurt is not made of stone, it's just some wooden shelves covered with leather, just poke through the leather and kill it into the yurt." Liu Renyu first waved his hand to deny Ma Wenshan's opinion, and then re-calculated.
"Yes, General." When the officers and soldiers received the order, they changed the formation, from a 12-man phalanx to a six-man small formation, these 6 people lined up in two rows, sword and shield soldiers in front, pikemen in the back, and archers in the back for long-range sniping.
After the Jingbian Fort army lined up the new formation, the sword and shield soldiers took out their thick-backed knives and slashed at the yurt.
How the building material made of animal skins can withstand the sharp blades of knives, many yurts are immediately cut beyond recognition.
It didn't take much effort for the terrified Mongolian herdsmen hiding in the yurts and the stunned Mongolian soldiers to be completely exposed in front of the Jingbianbao army.
"The warriors of Mongolia have fought with Minggou." Zhi Yan found that all his calculations were fucking unworkable, and in desperation, he had no choice but to roar, and rushed over with an iron bone, wanting to fight to the death with the Jingbian Fort army.
"Rush." The other Mongol soldiers followed suit, roaring and rushing towards the Jingbian Fort army.