Chapter 227 Attracting Nong soldiers into the set
Although the formation of the Western Army was strictly organized, the pikemen, sword and shield hands cooperated tacitly, and the soldiers of the Western Army were also extremely brave, but under the crazy impact of the nong army with high morale, the middle part of the front army of the Song army's Glaive Formation was soon a little unable to support it!
At this time, the two wings of the Western Army's formation were still fine, with a thick formation on top, which would not waver for a while, and the dogs and teeth of the Nong Army were staggered, on par. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
But in this kind of glaive array, the position in the middle is the weak point, and the troops used by the Nong army to attack the middle army of the glaive array are precisely the own soldiers of the Nong clan to which Nong Zhigao, the most powerful and elite in the Nong army, belongs.
Under the impact of the elite Nong soldiers of the Nong army, the army in the middle of the Western Army's Glaive Array gradually began to diverge, some of them resisted stubbornly on the open land of Quy Nhon Pu, and some of them retreated to the high slopes on both sides, which was equivalent to withdrawing from their positions.
The messengers who shuttled back and forth in the formation quickly reported the battle situation of the Glaive Array to Di Shuai, who was holding clairvoyance on the hillside and staring at the battle situation: "The former army commander Sun Jie died in battle!" The former army is shaken! ”
Zhong Hao listened to it next to him, his expression changed slightly, how could the former army commander be killed as soon as he came up. Shouldn't the Western Army easily beat the Nong Army? These Nong troops are so strong in combat.
But Di Qing listened to the words of the messenger, and just said lightly: Got it. On his handsome face, there was only indifference at the corners of his mouth, as if the battle situation in front of him was on the verge of collapse and had nothing to do with him.
????“ Marshal, isn't it time for our cavalry to attack?! Zhong Hao asked on the side.
The most powerful advantage of the Western Army over the Nong Army, which mainly fought on foot, was in cavalry. At this time, seeing that the Nong army was so fierce as soon as it came up, Zhong Hao couldn't help but feel a little uncontrollable, hoping that Di Qing would quickly send cavalry to attack the Xia Nong army and save the decline.
"It's not yet time for the cavalry to strike." Di Qing continued to indifferently watch the battle situation in front of him.
In fact, he didn't need the messenger to report, he could clearly see the confrontation in front of the glaive formation with the clairvoyance in his hand. He actually saw the death of Sun Jie, the former army commander. Seeing the death of this old brother who had followed him for more than ten years, Di Qing's heart was also painful, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead troops over to avenge him. But he is the commander of the first army, he must calmly control the situation of the battle, can not be rash, it is far from the time when the cavalry is dispatched, this battle has just begun, there are still many places to wrestle behind, it is Di Qing or let his cavalry stand still.
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While Zhong Hao and Di Qing were talking, some of the soldiers in the middle of the Glaive Formation who were still insisting on resisting just now had been drowned in the red torrent of the Nong Army.
With the sound of gongs resounding across the battlefield, the rest of the warriors in the middle of the Glaive Array began to fight and retreat in great strides. The Western Army had a geographically advantageous, topographical superiority that qualified them to do so.
Urged by the sound of a hurried horn, the Nong army clung to the Song army in the middle of the Glaive Formation, preventing them from having another chance to draw their bows and shoot arrows.
All the officers and men of the Nong Army understand a truth: the Song Army is a crossbow team, except for shooting, they don't even practice swords and guns on weekdays. Therefore, apart from shooting, the Song army actually had no other effective way to kill and injure the enemy, so biting the Song army tightly and not giving them another chance to draw their bows and shoot arrows was the best strategy to defeat them.
In this way, the soldiers of the front army in the middle of the Glaive Formation of the Western Army have retreated for nearly two miles, and the two wings are still fighting with the Nong army on the opposite side in front, which is a taboo for soldiers!
Well, of course, for the Nongs, they chased too far and lost their ability to echo the winged Nongs.
Seeing the red color of the Nong army, almost rushing to his feet, Di Qing said to the flag officer beside him: "It's almost over, let the cavalry of the rear army attack." ”
After receiving Di Qing's order, the flag bearer quickly raised a striking red flag, waved it vigorously at the cavalry of the rear army a few times, and sent out a flag that made the cavalry of the rear army immediately attack and attack those Nong troops who chased after the western army in the middle of the Glaive Formation.
The more than 3,000 cavalry of the Western Army on the low hillside where the rear army was stationed had already been ready to go. They watched their Chinese army retreat again and again by those Nong soldiers, suffering heavy losses, and they were already a little unable to hold back.
At this time, seeing the banner of the marshal asking them to attack, they couldn't help but quickly speed up their horses down the hill and rush towards the elite Nong soldiers who were attacking fiercely.
The war horse under the crotch of the Western Army is not the Lingnan bantam horse that is good at walking mountain roads in the Nong army, but the grassland horse that fights with the iron harrier of the party in the northwest frontier. There was no place to raise horses in the Great Song Dynasty, and every horse had to pay a high price. For these knights riding war horses, it is natural to be strictly selected, strictly trained, and equipped with the finest armor and weapons.
Before Di Qing sent out the army, Zeng Gongliang, who was ordered to compile the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", once asked him: "The characteristics of Nong Zhigao's army are that the javelin and shield make up for each other, and they are unstoppable in battle, what can you do to break it?" ”
Di Qing replied, "It's not a difficult thing. Javelins and shields were infantry, and they could not withstand the onslaught of cavalry. ”
It was now the turn of the cavalry of the Western Army to show their superiority over the infantry!
The position occupied by the Western Army is a high place, which is more conducive to the cavalry rushing up from high to low, and the terrain here is flat and open, which is more conducive to the play of the Western Army's trump card!
In the process of breaking down and galloping, the Western Army has quickly adjusted its formation, and at this time it formed a sharp array, like a sharp sword, which was quickly inserted into the elite Nong soldiers of the Nong Army.
The soldiers of the Western Army, who were in the middle of the Glaive Formation, who were fighting and retreating, saw their own cavalry rushing up at this time, and hurriedly broke away from the entanglement with the Nong army.
Their task has been completed, because they successfully led the most elite Nong soldiers of the Nong Army into the depths of the Western Army's formation, so that this part of the Nong Army Nong soldiers and the Nong Army on both flanks lost their echo, and the rest depends on the ability of their cavalry comrades.
There are more than 6,000 nong soldiers in the most elite Nong army who attacked the front army of the Western Army, and they are the backbone of supporting the combat strength of the Nong army, and they are very brave. At this time, they saw the cavalry of the Western Army rushing towards them, and although they knew that they had been led into a disadvantageous situation, they were still brazen, holding their weapons, fearlessly facing the cavalry of the Western Army.
However, although the elite Nong soldiers of the Nong army were twice as many as the cavalry of the Western Army, it was still impossible to stop the onslaught of the Western cavalry.
If the Nong soldiers formed a tight gun formation, there might be a possibility of opposing the cavalry of the Western Army. But just now they had already fought with the soldiers of the former army in the middle of the Glaive Formation of the Western Army, and the formation had already been scattered, and the cavalry of the Western Army rushed down with lightning speed, leaving them no time to organize the gun formation, so the front arrow formation of the Western Army cavalry was easily inserted into the formation of the Nong Army and the Nong Clan.
In the face of the powerful impact of the cavalry, twice the number of people, obviously did not have any effect.
Although those Nong soldiers were very brave, but with their brave spirit, their flesh and blood obviously couldn't resist the cavalry with strong impact.
Countless Nong soldiers and Nong soldiers were so broken by the cavalry of the Western Army that they were scattered with weapons and broken bones. The loose formation of those Nong soldiers could not resist the charging of the Western cavalry, and they were soon killed by the Western cavalry and came out of the formation.
After the cavalry of the Western Army came out of the formation, it was still the same old routine, went around in half a circle, and once again rushed into the Nong Army's Nong Ethnic Formation, and carried out the second shock division.
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Nong Zhigao, who commanded the war, saw his most trusted and elite Nong soldiers at the beginning, and rushed forward with a momentum like a rainbow, killing the front army of the Song army and retreating again and again.
But he didn't expect that not long after, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Who didn't expect that the reason why the front army of the Western Army kept retreating was to lure their own soldiers into the trap, so that they could be strangled with cavalry.
Nong Zhigao saw that his own soldiers were in danger at this time, so he naturally couldn't sit still. These Nong soldiers are the soul of their own army, and they are also the most solid support for themselves to sit on the throne of the emperor of the Great Southern Kingdom, the most new soldiers, without these soldiers of their own clan, I am afraid that their position will be difficult to protect. There are only 8,000 of his most elite soldiers in total, and in order to defeat the Song army in one go, he sent 6,000 at once just now.
Moreover, these soldiers of their own clan are all members of their own nong clan, and they are all relatives who have broken their bones and tendons, and they must not be killed by the Song army, and they must be rescued immediately.
Nong Zhigao's ultimate weapon used to deal with the cavalry of the Song army was naturally like a soldier army. The reason why these elephant soldiers were not used to charge the battle was mainly to wait for the cavalry of the Western Army to attack and destroy their cavalry in one fell swoop.
At this time, it was naturally time for the elephant soldiers to attack, not only to defeat their own soldiers, but also to crush the cavalry of the Western Army.
At that moment, Nong Zhigao's herald also waved the banner and ordered the elephant soldiers to attack.
With the sound of a huge elephant chirping "moo", the elephant troops of the Nong army attacked.
Nong Zhigao's army had a total of 600 war elephants. The last time I dealt with the Zhenxi army, only a hundred war elephants were sent, and it was done in a hurry, and I didn't put a sharp blade on the ivory, but it was already easy to deal with those cavalry of the Zhenxi army.
At this time, all the 600 war elephants of the Nong army were draped, and all the ivory was tied with sharp blades. The 600 war elephants of the Nong army rushed together at this time, making people feel the earth shake, and it was really terrifying.
This elephant soldier unit is the ultimate killer weapon of the Nong army, and the order that Nong Zhigao gave them just now is to let them break the cavalry of the Western Army and rescue the Nong soldiers, and then rush straight to the Song Army, and strive to cut the flag and seize the commander.
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Although the war elephants had a bit of a hard time to accelerate, and the time to accelerate was a little slow, when they were fully charged, they were still very fast.
As the speed of the war elephants increased, the rumbling sound of those war elephants stepping on the ground actually covered up the sound of fighting on the battlefield for a while.
At this time, Di Qing, who was standing on the high slope and saw this elephant soldier for the first time, couldn't help but be shocked. These elephant soldiers rushed up, and they really had the momentum of destroying the world.
Although his face was still sinking like water at this time, his palms couldn't help but sweat, and there was no drumming in his heart, these elephant soldiers were really terrifying, if the methods he thought of to deal with war elephants in his army did not work, the consequences might be very bad.
The key to this victory or defeat is whether this method of dealing with elephant soldiers can work.
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