Footsteps sounded, and a wooden wall appeared outside the spear array, which was a crossbowman with shields on his back, these shields were the size of a door panel, with their own brackets, which could stand directly on the ground, forming a shield wall with each other.

Because the crossbowman carries these large shields on his back, it looks like Wang Ba carrying a shell from a distance, so it is also called "Wang Ba crossbow".

These crossbowmen are Huangzhou state soldiers, who specialize in training to shoot crossbows in shield formations on weekdays, and can become an auxiliary to the military formation, and are specifically responsible for shooting at enemy archers or archers.

The crossbowmen moved quickly, and it didn't take long for them to form a shield wall around the perimeter of the spear array, and countless archers swam in the wind and sand, shooting arrows at the crossbowmen behind the shield wall, but the armored crossbowmen had the cover of the shield wall, and could calmly aim at the moving horses, and then pull the motive.

The crossbow arrows shot by the iron arm winch crossbow are extremely powerful, the body of the arrow is open with a blood groove, and most of the unarmored war horses are bleeding like an infusion of arrows, and the war horses that can't stand the pain can't run long before falling to the ground.

It was only after a while that the archers began to lose ground in the crossbowmen's fire.

For archers, it is possible to charge if the arrow is not successful, although there is no horse lance, but with the weight of the man and the horse combined, its impact power is not small, and it can directly knock people down and then trample to death.

However, the archers who wanted to charge were a little hesitant in the face of the shield wall, and at this time, the spear array had been completed, and there was no point in impacting the crossbowmen.

The battlefield seemed to be quiet except for the whining of the wind, and this rare silence heralded the arrival of a new round of storms.

The north wind that had been blowing violently seemed to weaken, as if there was a wall blocking the cold north wind, and the crossbowmen used the shield wall to shake the crossbow and put a good string on the crossbow, and looked out with bated breath, and suddenly felt a little melancholy in their hearts.

It's like a hunter's heart palpitations when he encounters a beast in the forest.

The sound of horses' hooves arose, dense like a tide, the earth trembled, as if thousands of troops and horses were moving towards the attacking formation, and the crossbowmen were stunned for a moment before they were awakened by the trumpets and shouts that sounded in the array: "Withdraw, withdraw!" ”

Lift the big shield and put it on his back, the crossbowman turned around and ran, with the big shield behind him, even if he fled with his back to the enemy, he was not afraid of arrows, but this appearance did look like Wang Ba from a distance.

As soon as he ran to the edge of the spear array, tall black shadows suddenly appeared in the wind and sand in the north, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves like a tide, approaching the spear array.

The armored cavalry with men and horses is the most powerful heavy cavalry of this era, and no arrow can stop their progress, and the armored cavalry that has been assembled and has already rushed up, its impact is incomparable, and there are almost no opponents on the battlefield.

Even if the spear formation and spear formation are completed, they will suffer heavy casualties under the direct impact of armored cavalry, because people and horses weigh hundreds of catties, even if they are stabbed by spears and spears, they will crash into the military formation with momentum, and the armor soldiers who are hit by them will not die or be disabled.

The effect of the armored cavalry attacking the spear array and spear formation that are waiting for the battle is obvious, but it is a combat method that kills 1,000 enemies and loses 800 of themselves, because armored cavalry is much more valuable than worthless pikemen and spearmen.

The armor worn by people is not low, and the armor worn by horses is more expensive, and it can charge with a cavalry wearing heavy armor while wearing a horse armor.

Forcing a spear/spear formation with an expensive armored cavalry is the equivalent of burning brocade for warmth, and not every commander has the courage and financial resources to use it, but it is not a problem for the powerful Prime Minister Lieutenant Chi Dan.

The armored cavalry was divided into several groups, forming an iron wall and pressing towards the spear array, and the cavalry looked at the spear jungle in front of them, and there was no fear in their hearts, they wanted to use their flesh and blood to smash the opponent's spear array.

The comrades who followed him would trample these pikemen into pulp!

The crossbowmen, with their shields on their backs, fired the last round of arrows at the armoured cavalry, and then retreated into the pike, but this round of arrows failed to stop the momentum of the armoured cavalry's charge, and not a single man or horse fell.

The armored cavalry, who looked at death as if they were at home, clenched their horses, and when they were less than thirty paces away from the spear formation, the first platoon of cavalry suddenly lunged forward and fell to the ground one after another.

For example, the armored cavalry entering the wall was tripped by the tripping ropes made of iron wires arranged on the ground, and these tripping ropes were set up by other soldiers with the help of the shield wall when the crossbowmen formed a shield wall to shoot at the archers.

There are a total of three iron wire tripping ropes, which are fixed to the ground with door-shaped iron nails, which are extremely tough, and the angry armored cavalry trips over on their backs, and the follow-up cavalry sees this and pulls the reins, turns the direction, and the overall speed slows down instantly.

At this moment, the trumpets sounded in the pikemen, and then the pikemen shouted, and the flat-ended pikes marched forward quickly, and they charged against the wind and sand, and launched a charge against the large number of cavalry who were turning their horses' heads, and the tiger's head banner that moved with the army fluttered in the wind.

From the very beginning of its birth, the Hulin Army was an army built with infantry against cavalry as the goal of building an army, and the pikemen against cavalry had another tactic in addition to forming formations, that is, trying to stabilize the speed of the cavalry, slow it down, and then charge on foot.

The pikemen of the Tiger Forest Army, even if they die, will die on the way to the charge!

The armored cavalry, whose speed had plummeted, did not expect that the enemy pikemen would dare to attack the whole army, and the infantry actually charged at the cavalry, such an act was either crazy or stupid, and what surprised them even more was that the opponent's movement speed was unexpectedly fast.

After a long period of rigorous training, the pikemen of the Hulin Army, even when they were heavily armored and had to maintain their formation, could still move forward quickly, rushing forward before the armored cavalry that turned the direction got up.

A cavalry that loses its speed is a belly of a fish at the mercy of spearmen/pikemen in the midst of the chaos.

The horses were dressed in heavy vests, and they carried even heavier cavalry, but once the speed slowed down, they were not so fast or flexible when they wanted to accelerate, and the spears stabbed like a forest, and there was no place for men and horses to hide.

Even wearing heavy armor, under the thrust of the spear, it was still impossible to prevent the king from being broken, many cavalry were directly stabbed to death, and some cavalry jumped off their horses, drew their sabers and tried to trap the beast, and were also stabbed to death by spears.

A cavalryman tried to leave on his horse, but his leg was tripped by the halberd soldier with an axe with a hook, and then he lifted the axe and slashed it, and his head was slashed.

The armored cavalry, which was still fierce before, is now like a fierce dog falling into an oil pot, constantly struggling, wailing, dismembering, and gradually losing movement, and at this moment, there was the sound of horses' hooves on both sides, and in the wind and sand, a large number of cavalry rushed over.

It was the cavalry that attacked the east and west flanks of Chaicun, and when they learned that the battle in the north was fierce, they were ordered to rush to reinforcements, and seeing that the enemy army in Chaicun actually dared to take the initiative to attack, and now the two ribs and backs were exposed, the cavalry did not hesitate to launch a direct charge.

At this time, the spear formation of the Tiger Forest Army, even if it was in a state of charge, still maintained a formation, and the four phalanxes maintained a slight interval between each other, forming a "Tian" character and responding to each other.

In the face of a large number of cavalry suddenly rushing from both flanks, the soldiers quickly prepared for defense, clenched their spears, and bravely faced the enemy cavalry who were about to charge.

It was afternoon, the sky was dark, the wind and sand were still blowing, the sound of collisions was frequent, the spears were broken, people were turned on their backs, and the flying snowflakes were dyed red by the blood mist sprayed everywhere, like scarlet catkins, which was shocking.