Chapter 14 The Trumpet Sounds
The suicidal charge shook the spear formation of the Tiger Forest Army one after another, and people and horses crashed into the formation with inertia whether they were dead or alive, and the strong impact force made the spear array ripple for a while.
The pikemen standing in the outermost row were hit by the out-of-control horses and vomited blood, and the soldiers in the second and third rows were knocked back again and again by the huge momentum, and then they were stubbornly resisted by their comrades in the back row.
Many of them had broken spears in their hands, their chests aching from the slamming back of their comrades in front of them, and some of them fell to the ground, and the soldiers behind stepped forward to take the vacant positions, and the spare spears came from behind, and were held in the hands of the fearless soldiers.
The cat leans on the waist, leans forward slightly and steps out of the lunge, with the left foot in front and the right foot behind, the tail of the spear against the ground, with the right foot on the top, the body of the spear pointing obliquely forward, and the head of the spear facing outward.
Zhang Dinghe, who was originally in the third row, has now been transferred to the first row, and the pikemen in the first two rows have been killed, and now it is his turn to stand in the first row to meet the next round of cavalry charges.
The galloping war horses gathered into a wall, and rushed towards him again, Zhang Dinghe's eyes stared at each other, without fear, his life may have the last bit of time left, at this moment, what comes to mind is first the appearance of his wife, and then the image of his comrades.
I joined the Hulin Army last year, and it has only been a little more than a year now, and the years in the Hulin Army are unforgettable good times for Zhang Dinghe, with vigorous soldiers, sweaty training grounds, indomitable charges, and high-spirited pre-war mobilization.
There is also a fearless spear formation, facing any danger head-on.
The enemy cavalry began to accelerate, less than twenty steps away from him, Zhang Dinghe and his comrades on the left and right shouted to make the last shout in the world, at this moment, they did not feel afraid, what they thought in their hearts was to kill one more before they died.
Man and horse, no matter which one is stabbed, can't stop the impact of the other party, then, at least stab the person to death first, enough to talk!
The sound of bowstrings sounded frequently behind him, and it was the archers who had taken a short break to start shooting, and the archers' goal was very simple, that is, to shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and the arrow was like a small flat shovel to shoot the horse's chest, and cut the front chest of the oncoming horse.
The galloping horses fell to the ground with a bang, throwing the cavalry on their backs to the ground, some of the cavalry fell to the ground and did not move, and some struggled to get up.
"Odd Row Battle!"
As soon as the words fell, the first row of pikemen in the strange column rushed out with their spears in their hands, and Zhang Dinghe was among them, he held the spear tightly, looked at the enemy soldiers in front of him who stood up in embarrassment, and a thrust just stabbed the opponent's chest.
The enemy soldier held the freshly drawn saber in his hand, watched the head of the gun stab, pierced through the armor and pierced into the chest, blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and after losing the knife, he clutched the barrel of the gun with both hands, and stared at Zhang Dinghe with a pair of eyes, trying to stop him from pulling out the gun.
But this was in vain, Zhang Ding, like other pikemen, after high-intensity practice, the thrust and the pull of the spear were full of strength, and he pulled out the spear in an instant as soon as he exerted his arms.
At this moment, a cavalryman had already rushed in front of him with a flat horse.
"Kill!"
Zhang Dinghe's two pikemen on the left and right, according to the principle of three-person cooperation, each leaned towards Zhang Dinghe, speared forward, and accurately hit the horse's chest at the same time.
Zhang Dinghe turned sideways and stabbed the horse lance in front of him, only to see that the war horse under the crotch of the cavalry was hit by two spears, and the huge momentum bent the gun shaft, and a large amount of blood spurted out of the horse's chest.
With two clicks, both spears snapped at the same time, and the horses fell to the ground with a bang, and because the mounts suddenly stopped moving, the cavalry sitting in the saddle was carried forward by inertia and fell right towards the jungle of spears.
A few spears were pointed at the enemy soldiers who fell in mid-air, and with a few snorts, the cavalry was stabbed by three spears, like sparrows strung on a tree branch, hanging above the jungle of spears.
The pikemen who attacked immediately returned to the team, and the light cavalry saw that the direct impact could not shake the pikemanship, so they changed their tactics.
Bands of cavalry continued to charge towards the spear-ridden formation, but instead of crashing vertically into the formation, they slashed diagonally toward the edge of the formation, and the cavalry clung to their horses, trying to stab the enemy as they swept past the formation.
This operation requires excellent riding skills, and the distance from the infantry cannot be too far, otherwise the horse lance will not reach the enemy soldiers, and the distance from the infantry array should not be too close, and too close will cause the horse lance to be stabbed by the enemy soldiers before it can stab the person himself.
This method of warfare is like "circumcision", which weakens the enemy's infantry little by little.
Circumcision is a kind of torture, that is, the predecessor of the so-called Ling Chi torture in later generations, which is very effective against the scattered formation and the scattered infantry formation, but this tactic has no effect on the spear formation of the Hulin Army.
The archers in the infantry formation did not stop shooting horses with arrows, and many archers had begun to lose their arms and pull the strings with blood, but they still gritted their teeth and released arrows, and the adjusted "Wang Eight Crossbows" also began to move forward to provide cover for the infantry formation.
The four phalanxes of the Hulin Army formed a large formation with the character "Tian", which were spaced apart from each other to facilitate the movement of crossbowmen, and after the initial continuous onslaught of the enemy cavalry, the infantry formation had stabilized.
There were more and more fallen horses and enemy soldiers on the periphery of the formation, forming an undulating "obstacle", so that the cavalry could no longer charge in groups unscrupulously.
The sky is getting darker and darker, and under the obstruction of the dark clouds in the sky, the sun still doesn't know where it is, and Tian Zhengyue, the main general in the Hulin military formation, took out his pocket watch and looked at the time.
It's half past four in the afternoon, and the winter days are short, and it seems that it will be dark in more than half an hour (more than an hour).
The battle began in the early hours of the morning and lasted for almost ten hours (five hours) now, with high-intensity fighting, there was not much respite, and even the officers and men of the Hulin Army, who had been trained rigorously for a long time, began to be exhausted.
It's time for the last stand.
Tian Zhengyue ordered the release of fireworks, roaring into the sky and rushing to the sky, blooming with brilliant brilliance, the sparks had not disappeared, the cavalry that had been gathering momentum for a long time rushed out of Chai Village, facing the wind and sand to the north, charging towards the enemy cavalry besieging the infantry formation.
The cavalry participating in the round-the-loop fight, even if they had time to take turns to rest, were already tired from morning to evening, and they were unable to intercept the cavalry of the Hulin Army that was put into battle for the first time by surprise.
There were only 1,000 cavalry in the headquarters of the Hulin Army, and there were more than 1,000 cavalry from other divisions accompanying them, who recuperated for a day, and finally waited for the moment to attack, they quickly approached their own spear formation and dispersed the enemy cavalry around them.
The pikemen that had been held in place began to move again, and after a short period of adjustment, they began to advance northward, gradually increasing in speed, and the cavalry lined up to protect the flanks on the left and right, and attacked the enemy's main position to the north.
Only by breaking through the enemy's main position can the opponent be repulsed and gain precious time to retreat, the battle has reached the last moment, and it is necessary to fight desperately no matter what.
The sound of the horn in the phalanx sounded, one after another, and it was extremely loud.
The prime minister who was sitting on the scene to supervise the battle Chi Dan, looking at the Hulin Army infantry formation approaching his own formation, he didn't know whether to get angry or laugh, the battle lasted from the early morning to the present, and it had been more than half a day, not only could not attack Chai Village, but was attacked by the other side and approached the main formation.
With so many cavalry, they couldn't defeat the Tiger Forest Army!
Wei Chidun was on the battlefield, and he watched his side attack the downwind direction of Shiba Village with a tailwind momentum, because of the wind and sand, he couldn't see the specific battle situation on the north side of Chai Village, that is, the frontal battlefield, but the other party was now advancing in front of him, and there was no need to say anything.
He looked ahead, his own armor had already finished arraying, and looked left and right, many cavalry were gathering, and the cavalry attacking Chai Village from the east, south, and west would not take long to arrive.
You are really good at fighting, so you must die here today!
Seeing this, a general stepped forward, and at this moment, a faint horn suddenly sounded behind him, and the generals felt a little strange: Who was blowing the horn behind?
Wei Chidun was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed, he commanded the army to attack Chai Village, and also released rangers to guard around, and behind him (north), that is, the upwind direction, also arranged rangers to prevent someone from sneaking attack, and now this horn is afraid that the sound of the horn is a warning from the north rangers.
"Oh no, there's an enemy coming from the north!"