Chapter 1467: Aggressiveness
Zarhan shouted and cursed the cavalry to storm as he quickly thought of countermeasures. Soon, he found a loophole in the opponent's formation. The opponent's soldiers and horses are arrayed in the shape of a 'weapon', and this strange standing formation seems to have a huge loophole. That is, there was a huge gap of more than 300 paces wide between the two cavalry of the Falling Goose Army. In the depths of that gap was a phalanx formed by a dense group of infantry of the Falling Goose Army. At present, the front is being resisted by the cavalry of the Luoyan Army, and the opponent is very brave in battle, and it is impossible to collapse for a while. The two cavalry on the flanks were already approaching, and when they outflanked them, the battle would surely end with a great victory for their side. However, as a vanguard army, he has achieved nothing, and he is afraid that this temporary forward general will come to an end. I have to do something to save the day.
Zarhan quickly made a decision, he was going to rush in through the gap between the two 10,000-strong troops and slaughter the infantry of the Luoyan Army in the middle. The head is the credit, and the opponent's infantry is the soft persimmon, why should he devote all his manpower to the fight with the opponent's cavalry, and let this credit be grabbed by the Liao cavalry and Yalu Buhua on both wings. If you can annihilate the opponent's infantry, you can greatly reverse the situation of frontal setbacks.
Zar Khan had made up his mind, and immediately gave an order, and personally led 10,000 cavalry to penetrate through the gap of more than 300 paces between the two cavalry of the Luoyan Army, and rushed towards the infantry formation in the center of the enemy formation.
At this moment, in the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and north, the Jurchen cavalry, which was outflanking and attacking head-on, had already confronted the four 10,000-strong cavalry teams of the Luoyan Army. Zarhan had to deal with the 20,000 infantry before his allies could get a piece of the pie, so he didn't even pay much attention to what the opposing infantry was doing, and led 10,000 cavalry to charge fiercely.
The infantry launched a counterattack with bows and arrows, and the powerful bows and arrows poured down, and the cavalrymen fell on their backs and killed thousands. But this could not stop the footsteps of the cavalry, and the 10,000 cavalry led by Zarhan broke through the land of Lixu in the tea time, and rushed through the gap between the two cavalry of the Falling Goose Army to the front of the infantry of the Falling Wild Goose Army. It is not a lie that the cavalry can be ten at a time. The 20,000 cavalry in front of him can be defeated by only a few thousand cavalry charging and trampling, let alone eight or nine thousand cavalry. In Zarhan's opinion, the other party is already meat on the chopping board, lambs to the slaughter.
However, just as the iron hooves of the Jurchen cavalry were about to step on the heads of the infantry of the Luoyan Army, the distance between the two sides was less than twenty paces. When the soldiers on both sides could even see each other's hideous expressions clearly. The formation of the infantry of the Luoyan Army changed suddenly, and the infantry who had been standing on the ground shooting arrows without cover only turned around, and then suddenly disappeared behind a one-man high wall. The entire infantry formation suddenly turned into the appearance of a square city with a man-high wall on the outside. This is exactly the variant formation of the infantry rejecting the horse formation, and it is one of the formations of the infantry and cavalry of the Luoyan Army. The repulsion array in front of the infantry formation was a common means of preventing cavalry onslaught, and the Falling Goose Army changed the rejecting of horses to a movable rejecting wall. It is called a wall because the pointed ends of the sharpened logs facing outwards are joined together to form a wall of countless spikes. All of these spiked logs are mounted on a three-dimensional triangular rejecting horse, underneath which are mounted wooden wheels. When fighting, you only need to quickly combine them to quickly form a wall full of spikes to resist horses.
It's not really a novelty
New, the Falling Goose Army has only made some changes to make the wall stronger, more lethal and protective, more flexible and reusable. It can be used as a simple cover when it is critical.
It's not that hard to make a spike wall like this. Countless logs are harvested in the Funiu Mountains. This kind of thing also doesn't require any level of craftsmanship, and ordinary soldiers can make it themselves. It is just a matter of coordinating the size and height of each other. But on the battlefield, this kind of infantry has this thing, and the ability to resist shocks has been greatly enhanced.
The actual combat in front of us is proof of this. Twenty or thirty paces was a distance that could be reached in the blink of an eye for a sprinting cavalry, leaving scarcely any room for manoeuvre. The Jurchen cavalry led their horses and men to rush towards the horse rejection wall, and the huge impact slapped them on it. Suddenly, the sound of broken tendons and broken bones in the screams was terrifying. The blunt tip of the log doesn't penetrate their bodies, but it breaks their bones. The Jurchen cavalry were like big white fish that had been slammed to the ground, jumping and jumping, but they were already half dead. Although there is no scene of flesh and blood, all of them are internal injuries, which are not much better than the external injuries of flesh and blood.
Moreover, because the horse rejection wall was oblique upward, many cavalry spun up from above the bureau horse strong, screaming and falling into the infantry formation of the Luoyan Army. Naturally, they were greeted by Rulin's swords and guns, which were cut into a blur of flesh and blood before they landed in mid-air.
A series of cavalry could not restrain the forward momentum, and crashed into the horse wall with a bang. The horse wall is a connected whole, and the wooden stakes are laid below to fix it to the ground, which can be described as extremely strong. Even so, it was loosened by the huge impact of the opponent's flesh and blood, and it was almost knocked open. It can be seen that the impact force of the cavalry when charging is huge. In a short period of time, thousands of Jurchen cavalry fell on the periphery of the tall horse rejection wall, and the ground was full of Jurchen cavalry and war horses rolling and screaming and neighing.
Even more terrifying was still behind, when the Jurchen cavalry in the rear saw the tragic situation in front and hurriedly reined in their horses to stop the charge, they finally stopped the galloping horses in front of the horse rejection wall, and it was too late to rejoice. In the middle of the wall, a pointed log was quickly pulled open, revealing countless holes in the mouth of the bowl laughing. The next moment, countless crossbow arrows shot out from these holes, cutting leeks and sweeping down a circle of nearby Jurchen cavalry. This is another use of the wall after this renovation, that is, it can be used as a simple fortification. By pulling out the special wooden peg slot at the rear, several pointed logs can be extracted from each individual wall. This allows you to shoot and stab enemy troops outside with a crossbow or spear without showing your head.
Zarhan cursed loudly, almost crying without tears. Only then did he regret his hasty decision. How could the opponent not have any means of defense, so he put 20,000 infantry in front of the battle and let the opponent's cavalry charge and slaughter? Obviously, he was too meritorious and didn't think it through. In addition, the other party's rejection wall array is really ingenious, and it is actually connected as a whole in a very short time. If it weren't for this structure, the ordinary horse rejection formation would have been able to break through the defense line even at the cost of some soldiers and horses. This was originally within the scope of Zarhan's consideration, and he considered the opponent's bow and arrow blocking and the possible rejection of the horse spear array, but he didn't expect the other party to actually build the rejection of the horse into a connection
up the walls. Such a ferocious impact failed to open the gap. However, the casualties of one or two thousand cavalrymen who fell in front of the battle were meaningless.
After such a toss, the 10,000 cavalry had already killed and wounded more than 3,000 people. Zarhan had to decide whether to continue the assault on the infantry or to retreat immediately. Zarhan made his choice in a very short time, knowing that there seemed to be no way to get past this wall of horse-spiked horses. Instead of standing here and being beaten, it is better to retreat quickly. Even if the remaining 6,000 or so cavalry were to attack the flank of any 10,000-strong team at the head of the flank and help the frontal battle, it would be better than being shot to death by the opponent here.
"Turn the horse's head, retreat, retreat!" Zarhan ordered loudly.
The Jurchen cavalry cursed and hurriedly turned their horses' heads back and forth to retreat. However, they only realized at this moment that the gap of 300 paces between the two 10,000-strong cavalry teams had been blocked by soldiers and horses. It was a group of more than a thousand cavalrymen, who had appeared on the passage in the rear at some point, and at the moment they had no interest in the surrounding situation, and their target was the one that had broken into the battle of Zarhan.
"Rush, kill them all." Zarhan found an outlet and couldn't break through the infantry formation, is he still afraid that the more than 1,000 cavalry will not be able to block the way? He thought that one of the two armies of the wild geese in front of him had divided some troops and horses to intercept it, and they still wanted to surround themselves and eat them? It's just wishful thinking.
But the next moment, Zarhan realized what kind of predicament he was encountering, and what kind of cavalry he was facing.
It was the more than 1,000 cavalrymen of the personal guard firearms battalion led by Lin Jue and Sun Dayong, and I don't know when they detoured to the rear of the opponent's cavalry, or they had already prepared and waited for the other party to throw themselves into the battle formation. This is the time for them to hunt down these lost lambs who have broken into the array.
The cavalry of the Guards Firearms Battalion was the most powerful cavalry of the Luoyan Army. Even if they don't have firearms, they are also the soldiers and horses with the highest martial skills, the best equipment, and the strongest combat effectiveness, because they shoulder the responsibility of protecting the commander Lin Jue, and they are all composed of loyal and superior strength. What's more, they are equipped with more than 600 firearms, and their combat effectiveness has soared several times.
More than 600 guards and cavalry holding Wang Ba's box charged first, firearms roared, shotguns rained down, everywhere they went, people turned on their horses, and those who blocked were invincible. Behind them were more than 400 guards who did not have firearms, although they had no firearms, but they were equipped with long knives and crossbows, which could shoot from a distance and cut at close range.
In the eyes of the Jurchen cavalry, these cavalry of the Falling Goose Army were as terrifying and awe-inspiring as heavenly soldiers and generals with thunder in their hands. The firearms in their hands roared and burst into bright flames, like gods who had mastered the power of thunder. The lethality of those firearms was even more terrifying, and after the roar and firelight, a large number of their own men and horses fell, and their bodies were covered with dense bloody wounds, which was simply miserable. Cold weapons and heat. The battle of weapons is obviously destined to be powerless, although the Wang Ba box of the Luoyan Army is not hot in the true sense of the word. weapons, but in a face-to-face battle between the two sides, it is bound to crush the opponent. No matter how tough your opponent is, under the dense shotgun attack, it will inevitably end in slaughter.