Chapter 66: Foot Cavalry vs. 1
More than 50 officers and cavalry roared and rode their horses down the hillside, rushing straight towards the Xingtian army formation, the officers and soldiers on horseback shouted loudly one by one, lowered their bodies, and took off their swords and guns from the saddle one after another.
Seeing that the cavalry of this enemy army was so arrogant, Zhao Erdonkey, who came out of the array to meet the battle, suddenly became nervous, because this cavalry was obviously rushing in the direction of his sentry formation, and he faced the impact of more than 50 cavalry with more than 100 people, once the enemy desperately rushed into battle, even if the sentry under his command would have the determination to face the battle without fear of death, I am afraid it would be difficult to stop this enemy cavalry.
Originally, he was equipped with more than 20 musketeers among his men, but after a fierce battle at noon, four or five musketeers were killed or wounded, and there were only seventeen musketeers and less than a dozen archers who really brought here.
He knew the military discipline of the Xingtian Army, the last time he was just slacking off, he was sent to raise horses, and this time if he dared to escape from the battle again, then with his understanding of Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian would never spare his life when he had followed Xiao Tianjian for the longest time, so even if there were more officers and cavalry in front of him today, he could only survive the way.
"Line up in front of the firecrackers! Archers lined up on both sides! The pikemen are lined up in three rows, and the sword players and gunners are lined up!! Zhao Erdonkey stood in the center of the team angrily and shouted loudly.
Seventeen musketeers, under the leadership of a commander, quickly squeezed from the back of the line to the front row with their birds, and the dozen or so archers also lined up from the left and right, pulled out three arrows from the quiver and inserted them into the ground in front of them.
"I heard it all clearly, hold it down for me!" Zhao Erdonkey shouted loudly again, on the one hand, to cheer for his subordinates, and on the other hand, to cheer for himself, the voice was so loud that the soldiers under his command could hear it clearly.
"Kill!" The generals who had just adjusted the queue immediately shouted in unison, which is also the traditional practice of the Xingtian Army, in order to strengthen their prestige, and the effect is quite good.
In fact, Zhao Erdonkey, the sentinel general, is also the latest sentinel of the group, except for the dozen chiefs and two teams of veterans drawn from the sentinels, the rest are basically the first batch of soldiers selected from the new barracks, and the strength is the weakest among the sentry men, but Zhao Erdonkey's training level is still there, after all, he started with Xiao Tianjian the earliest, and he is also the most familiar with Xiao Tianjian's way of training, so after his training, now this sentry will be in the several martial arts exercises of each outpost, and he has not fallen behind.
The Xingtian Army repeatedly requires teamwork, so even if the soldiers of the Xingtian Army generally have limited individual combat power, they have long been accustomed to array cooperation, and they have basically achieved instinctive implementation of military discipline. ‘
Although looking at the group of officers and cavalry rushing down from the mountain, there was a little fierce posture, and the subordinate generals of Zhao Erdon, who were lined up in front, were more or less nervous in their hearts, but no one dared to move around in the array, and according to Zhao Erdonkey's orders, the column was calm and calm, everyone stared at the oncoming team of officers and cavalry in front of them without blinking, and secretly used force in their hands, clenched the weapons in their hands, and everyone's bodies began to tense immediately.
The one who led this team of cavalry into battle was a general named Situ Liang under He Fang, who was also a fairly experienced officer, although the Xingtian army that caught up today also brought him a sense of shock, but with years of experience in the army, he felt that the other party was more like a show, and it was not necessarily how powerful.
He Fang sent him down the mountain to assist Liu Wanqing in the battle, he agreed to come down, ordered the cavalry with the army, and immediately turned over his horse and rushed down the hillside, when they rushed down the mountain, he also looked at the formation of the Xingtian army, and saw that the other party only sent less than two associations (the Ming army is generally more than 100 people) men and horses out of the formation, in front of the formation, so he was a little annoyed.
If the whole Xingtian Army lined up to greet them, he would still be able to understand it, but this Xingtian Army was so arrogant that it only sent so few generals to stop their cavalry from stepping into the formation, which obviously looked down on their officers and cavalry.
So he changed the mind he had made when he went down the mountain, and instead focused on the small formation of the Xingtian Army on the left flank, in his opinion, although his fifty people may not be able to break up the main force of the Xingtian Army, but there is no problem in breaking up such a small group of more than 100 people.
So he immediately began to speed up his horse, whistling to the cavalry around him, and shouting to them: "Brothers, listen! Disperse this gang of thieves with this officer! Chop off a few heads and go back, kill their majesty! ”
Most of the cavalry he brought down were He Fang's personal soldiers or the night in the army, so they could be regarded as the elite force in this official army, these people can also be said to be real professional soldiers, relying on He Fang's support, they have the best treatment on weekdays, and the quality of equipment is also the best, otherwise they would not have horses to ride, and they don't have to think about other things at all on weekdays, so they have the most time to practice, and they have always been relied on by He Fang, so when they see that the other party's team of thieves is only more than 100 people, Each of them agreed loudly, and the subordinate general who followed this Situ Liang began to speed up and rushed towards this team of Xingtian Army.
In their eyes, the infantry army will never have an advantage over the cavalry, not to mention that there is still a thief army on the other side, since it is a thief army, how good can it be? The big deal is to put on a good look, once in the face of their cavalry collective charge, it is estimated that as soon as they get close to them, they will be scared to let themselves mess up first, as long as the other party is messed up, then the rest is the time for them to perform, riding horses and rushing into the enemy's army, relying on their impact, isn't it how to cut as you want, how to kill how you want?
So as soon as they got off the mountain, they began to speed up and stare at Zhao Erdonkey, and the group of people rushed over with a roar, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps...... The distance was getting closer and closer, and they could even see what the faces of the thieves on the opposite side looked like, and as they accelerated, they slowly dispersed some formations, because they also knew that there were a lot of firearms in this thief army, and if they concentrated in formation, they would become the best targets for the opponent's firearms.
As an experienced cavalryman, they knew how to deal with such a battle, and gradually spread out their formation, keeping their horses at a distance of two horses, and kept their bodies low, ready to dodge the enemy's bullets.
But when they got closer and closer to this thief army, they found that things seemed to be a little wrong, this thief army did not as they imagined, when they rushed closer, they began to chaos on their own, but they roared in unison "Kill the ......" so loudly that they were slightly startled when they rode on horseback from such a distance, obviously the other party did not mess up on their own because of fear as they wanted.
Then I'm afraid things won't be good, this is the first thought that flashed in Situ Liang's mind, he involuntarily slowed down slightly, landed in the center of the team, and began to squint and look carefully towards the thief army opposite.
This thief army is obviously ready to meet them, a team of thieves carrying bird guns has been lined up in front of the line, and there are a small number of archers, also lined up on the two wings of the not too wide formation, sticking arrows on the ground, as an old soldier who is used to seeing battles, he naturally knows what this means, the opponent obviously did not intend to take the initiative to retreat because of their impact, so that things may not be as simple as he just imagined, so his brain teaser turned, gradually put away the contempt for this thief army.
Soon, under their acceleration, the war horse was already close to the distance of about 100 steps away from the thief army, and every cavalryman on horseback began to get a little excited, but what made Situ Liang nervous was that until this time, the thief army on the opposite side seemed to ignore their existence, and there was no reaction at all, neither showed any sign of retreating, nor did it show any signs of preparing to release their guns.
Under normal circumstances, if it is not a well-trained soldier and horse in the face of their onslaught, they either mess up their positions first, or they do not wait for them to enter the firing range, and they begin to fire arrows indiscriminately.
In this way, the opponent's bullets basically do not pose any threat to their cavalry, even if the bullets hit them, because the distance is too far, there is no power at all, with the armor on their bodies, they can completely withstand such a blow, as long as the opponent fires, then they are given a chance, with the loading speed of bird guns or fire guns, within a hundred steps, they simply have no time to reload for the second round of fire, then as the cavalry of the attacking side, you can directly overturn them, Rush into the middle of the enemy line and slash the enemy at will.
But what made this Situ Liang feel uneasy was that they had now rushed within a hundred steps, but the enemy army did not react at all, and still stood in front of them as steadily and neatly as Mount Tai, as if they had not seen them rushing towards them at all.
With the gallop of their war horses, the distance between the two sides is rapidly shortening, eighty paces, the thief army still has no response, sixty steps, the thief army is still in a state of indifference, as usual, there is no sense of chaos, these cavalry began to gradually become uneasy, because as a perennial battle, they are beginning to realize what this situation represents!
Under normal circumstances, there are only two possibilities for the enemy to behave like this, the first is that they are completely frightened and do not know how to react! The second is that the opponent is indeed a well-trained soldier who knows exactly what to do.
Obviously, the thief army in front of him does not belong to the category of the former, after approaching this distance, the officers and soldiers on horseback can already clearly see the expressions on each other's faces, the soldiers and generals of this thief army are indifferent, as if they are carved clay sculptures in stone, and their bodies are tense, as if nothing can impress them.