Chapter 260: First Battle Infantry Formation

Two hundred paces away from the infantry phalanx of the Stone Kingdom, the strong crossbowmen of the armed cavalry lined up in an orderly manner, without surging people and the infantry phalanx with strong shield walls.

The Ministry of Light was well prepared before the expedition, and the crossbow arrows alone carried tens of thousands, but there were not many opportunities for strong crossbowmen to play, and after several rounds of big battles, the remaining crossbow arrows were still sufficient.

Li Huaitang's order made the strong crossbowmen of the armed cavalry ecstatic, the two huge phalanxes of the enemy in front of them were undoubtedly set up to achieve their fame, the denser and thicker the enemy formation, the more envious they had achieved by others.

"What are they doing?"

The rain of arrows didn't work well, and Sam was not satisfied. However, this is also a matter of no way, the craftsmen of the stone country are not skilled, the number of feather arrows is seriously lacking, in the infantry of Yi Wei, each longbowman is only equipped with ten feather arrows, which is rare to use in peacetime, the level of the longbowmen is unsatisfactory, plus today's rush to the enemy, the generals under his command are too nervous, and they do not grasp the opportunity well. The only effect of the rain of arrows was to stop the rogues, who seemed to be unwilling to wait out of the longbow's range. There was no high ground in the wasteland, and Sam's vision was not good, and faintly, he saw hundreds of knights dismounted in the rogue cavalry formation, lined up-for-tat, and did not know what the intention was.

Sam was in doubt, when a few black shadows suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he fell into his phalanx without warning, and several screams pierced the nerves of every stone infantryman.

"Devil, are those black spots just now the embodiment of the devil?" In the phalanx, the infantry of the Stone Kingdom who did not know why was quite frightened.

"Oh my God, it's a crossbow array!" Sam's heart sank deep into the water, and fear was evident in his jaw-dropping expression.

The ranging was very smooth, Gongsun Wenyuan nodded all over the place, the strong crossbowmen are getting more and more experienced, and the visual distance is not far from ten.

"Rear column, put!" The 'shooting' range of the pedal crossbow was long, and the power was so strong that it was listed last, and at the sound of an order, more than 200 crossbow arrows broke free from their shackles and rushed into the enemy's phalanx with terrifying kinetic energy.

Facing crossbow arrows with flesh and blood, even if there are countless shields to provide cover, the result is only destruction. The powerful crossbow arrows 'pierced' and even shattered the wooden shield platoon, bringing devastating death to the soldiers behind the shield, and countless gaps appeared in the seemingly stable and unshakable infantry phalanx in the blink of an eye. In the gap, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the wailing was earth-shattering. The dense formation shows the terrifying lethality of the crossbow arrows, and there are almost no missed crossbow arrows, and almost every crossbow arrow has achieved two results, some are exaggerated, and there are three in a string.

"Crossbow!" All the generals of the Stone Kingdom suddenly realized.

What to do? Some generals turned their eyes to the main general Sam for help, but what they saw was a blank face and a look of despair.

The catastrophe continued irresistibly, the second round of strong crossbows followed, although the power of the arm crossbow was slightly weaker, but it was not something that the flesh and blood could resist, nor could the wooden shield row, the gap in the phalanx continued to expand, and only the screams that the region should have one after another.

After two rounds of crossbow arrows, one of the phalanxes of the Shiguo infantry suffered heavy casualties, and the screams and threats of the generals could not stop the surviving soldiers from retreating, and the cruel scene frightened the soldiers.

Sam's cold sweat was pouring down, his situation was quite awkward, in the face of the flowing light cavalry, he could not act rashly, a surprise meant death; In the face of a powerful crossbow array, he couldn't stand still, and silence was tantamount to death. Although the remaining phalanx was not hit, their will had loosened.

The interval between the crossbow arrows was long, but it was only relative to the charging cavalry, and only a few breaths had passed, and the second round of crossbows again patronized the very wounded infantry formation, and hundreds of lives were gone, and the collapse was no longer inevitable, and the soldiers who were alive and could move were all dodging in panic, trying to escape from this death area, and there was no need to think about it, and the next round of stronger crossbow arrows fell in an instant.

"Stop! Stay in formation! "A commander slashed two of the routers with a knife in an attempt to turn the tide.

"Whoosh!" A sharp arrow coincidentally seemed to be a follow-the-sound attack, and the guidance function was powerful, and the commander was killed instantly. The thick bolts easily penetrated his armored body, sending him flying, crashing into a rout more than a dozen paces behind him, and the two were strung together back to back.

As the routs expected, this is the first powerful crossbow that appeared before, domineering, ruthless, and invincible.

Li Huaitang didn't expect that with less than a thousand crossbow arrows, a phalanx of Shiguo soldiers would collapse out of control. The light cavalry of the Ministry of Light leaped to the test, and their expectant eyes were focused on their generals, and chasing down the scattered and fleeing infantry was what they were most willing to do.

The order was given, and the protagonist on the battlefield stage was still the crossbowman.

The crossbowmen slaughtered the target of the one remaining infantry phalanx. There is nothing new, it is still the crossbow that speaks first.

The effect of the two bolts was exactly the same as that that had just been brought to the first infantry phalanx, and in the dense infantry formation, nearly a thousand Shiguo soldiers had fallen. The infantrymen in the phalanx finally figured out what was going on with the screams that had been echoing in their ears not long ago.

There is no need to wait for the arrival of the second round of crossbow arrows, the stones of other mountains can attack the 'jade', and the lessons of the past can be used as a mirror. The clever infantrymen hurriedly threw away their heavy shields and even their weapons, turned around and ran, hoping to escape and ascend to heaven before the next round of crossbow arrows arrived.

"Kill!"

The cavalry finally waited for the order to be killed.

The horses' hooves are like a 'tide', the war knives are like a forest, following the thousands of Shiguo infantry who are in a panic, and the facts have once again proved that no matter how fast the two 'legs' are, they can't outrun the four 'legs', and the backward ones are all slashed from the back in two sections, and their heads are moved.

The rout happened so suddenly, beyond everyone's expectations, Sam was carried back by the rout, thinking that there was no possibility of escape, Sam recovered from the shock, shouted and killed more than a dozen routs, and finally he forcibly pulled hundreds of stragglers, picked up dozens of wooden shields, and tragically blocked the route of Li Huaitang's pursuit.

"Throw a spear!"

Li Huaitang took out a short spear as he rode it. On this expedition, there were not many short spears carried, but there were few encounters along the way, and there were no opportunities to use them, and these hundreds of enemy warriors just used them to test the power of the short spears.

The effective throwing distance of the short spear is about thirty paces, and the limited range of the short spear is the fatal wound of this weapon, but fortunately, Sam did not organize the longbowmen, he just held the intention of fighting one by one as much as he could, rather than falling down with a knife in the back, it was better to block the arrogant horse's hooves with his flesh and blood.

Sam was depressed again, the rogues were too shameless, and they didn't give him the slightest chance at all, and actually used the usual tricks of the big cannibals, riding horses and throwing spears!

The short spear that is 'shot' at close range is not inferior to the strong crossbow at all. The effect of dozens of short spears hitting the shield wall was amazing, and with a "boom", the wooden shield wall was torn apart, and Li Huaitang rushed into the 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' enemy formation first, and the horse lance in his hand pointed directly at the enemy general who was shouting.

Sam caught a glimpse of a fierce enemy rider charging at him, as fast as lightning, and the sharp tip of the spear ignored the armor in front of his 'chest', easily piercing his entire 'chest' and provoking him up. Sam didn't blink, his round eyes glared angrily, and the face of the enemy general was finally seen clearly by him, frozen in his last consciousness.

"It's a pity!"

Li Huaitang flicked his horse lance and threw off the enemy general hanging on the tip of the gun. The enemy general was very 'colorful', cautious and resolute, but he was unlucky, met himself, and was sadly defeated by his own combination punch.

If it was a single arms duel, Li Huaitang would definitely not have a way for them, but Li Huaitang's belief was to use his own advantages to confront the enemy's disadvantages, and use a variety of means, including their combinations, to strike at the enemy until the enemy's will to fight was destroyed and the final victory was achieved. This is also one of the reasons why Li Huaitang decided to take the armed cavalry and crossbowmen to the north.

To outnumbered the crowd and achieve a complete victory, Li Huaitang did not do less, this time was no exception, with less than 3,000 cavalry to easily defeat the opponent, the scattered Shi Country infantry headless like flies, all over the wilderness. Thousands of infantry seem to be a lot, scattered everywhere, and they can't be counted, but for the wolf-like light cavalry, those are slow sheep, and no matter how many they are, they can't escape their iron hoof scimitars, but unfortunately Li Huaitang ordered that no more deserters should be killed, but only drove them back to the direction of Baishui City.

The soldiers of Shi Guo, who have lost their main general, can only think with their 'legs', and Whitewater City is their only goal. They can't think of the enemy's intentions, and even if they do, they can't resist them.

Whitewater City has never been a battleground for soldiers, the city walls are low, the capacity is limited, and it can't even fit Sam's army of more than 10,000 people, in order to stop Li Huaitang's gang of rogues, resulting in the appearance of rare tents outside Whitewater City.

Haman was Sam's lieutenant, and when the soldiers came to ask him, there were countless routs approaching in the south of the city, and whether to open the 'gates' for them.

Suspicious, Haman stood on the two-man wall, and the unbelievable sight hit his eyes. There were thousands of soldiers in sight, and looking at the outfits, it was certain that they were the 8,000 'elites' that Sam had taken away in the morning, and at this time, most of these so-called 'elites' were unarmed, the formation was missing, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, exactly like the sheep that encountered wolves on the grassland. The rout army was led by more than a dozen war horses, and the main general Sam's war horse was ambushed by one person, who could not be seen clearly, and under the protection of the rest of the war horses, rushed towards the city 'gate'.

"Open the 'door'."

Haman commanded in a trembling voice. He had been Sam's personal soldier before, and he had been promoted by his loyalty, but now that the Lord was in trouble, how could he stand idly by? At worst, you have to let the main general enter the city, and after the main general enters the city, then close the city 'gate', the enemy is still far behind the rout, and the safety of the city 'gate' should not be a problem. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon