Chapter 516: Spear and Shield [Subscription Requested]
After two rounds of arrow rain, the Khitan cavalry in the front row skillfully hung up their bows and arrows and took off the weapons hanging on the ring. It was either a mace, or an iron bone, or a thick iron rod. The Khitan cavalry in the forefront are all heavily armed.
Because they knew that they had a strong defense against the Han army, they had heavy shields and long plates, they were all dressed in heavy armor, and there was even a circle of wagons full of grain on the outermost side of the line. If you want to break the formation with one blow, you can only use heavy weapons!
At the same time, the sword players in the forefront of the Liangshan Army are also preparing to engage in battle.
They bit their lips tightly and steadied their feet, their long cards leaning against their shoulders and their bodies slightly sideways. Just waiting for the impact to come! But they did not approach the carriage formation, but seemed to use them only as an obstacle.
The arrows flying in the sky continued, like a cloud of terror over the sky, and like a buzzing swarm of bees, always floating above people's heads, and always causing casualties.
An infantry soldier who could still stand under the impact of the cavalry group, a strong force like the Liangshan Army, the casualties caused to the cavalry were extremely terrible. Not to mention the damage caused by the speed of the collision, just talking about the previous bow and crossbow is enough to make a small group of cavalry drink a pot!
But today the situation has reversed. The infantry with fewer people and the cavalry with more people.
The cavalry in the front line had become sparse in the rain of arrows and crossbows, and by the time they reached the carriage line, they had to suffer the damage of a round of throwing weapons such as axes and spears.
Of the three or two hundred cavalrymen in the forefront, only three or four out of ten could rush to the carriage in front of the rain of arrows. But these casualties can only be described as a drizzle compared to the entire cavalry group. And this simple barrier defense line is obviously impossible to stop the surging Khitan iron cavalry.
However, the damage that the Khitan cavalry had to bear earlier was what the cavalry had to go through when they charged, which was the damage inflicted on the cavalry group by the infantry array that was waiting in formation. If the Liangshan army is fully prepared and teaches the same number of infantry troops to stick to one place, if you want to impulse such a military formation, the same number of cavalry will not be able to do it at all.
But the advantage of the cavalry was speed, they did not attack the well-prepared infantry array, and they did not give the infantry enough time to slow down the formation. For example, now!
It was too little time to haul away the livestock, to line up the wagons in front of the array, and to assemble the soldiers. Therefore, the array of the Liangshan army seems to be disjointed, with the front line shielding the wall and the gun forest, and the rear is the heavy infantry gathering indecently. At the same time, the carriages in front of the array and to the left and right were too thin.
However, in the field battle, isn't it just a time difference for the cavalry to fight?
Just like now. The Liangshan army, which was in a hurry, took a big advantage at first glance, but their rain of arrows could not stop the cavalry from galloping. One by one, the Khitan cavalry flew on horseback, they pierced the hind buttocks of the war horse with their blades, and then slipped off the back of the crazy war horse like a spirit ape, and were pulled up by the following companions. Then, in the frenzy, the horses slammed into the carriage like a raging wave crashing against a weak embankment. Little by little, the entire levee is being destroyed! The arrows and crossbows of the Liangshan army could not stop the momentum of their charge.
But the flame can!
When a large force of Khitan cavalry rushed across the carriage line and crashed into the shield wall and gun forest some distance later, one rocket after another suddenly fell from the sky, completely igniting the columns of carriages that were knocked out of the way and the sacks that were knocked into the air. These ignition materials such as sulfur saltpeter, or areas soaked in grease, ignite instantly. A raging fire rose between the two armies in an instant!
And on the battlefield, a loud bang overshadowed the sound of horses' hooves.
This was a great collision between the cavalry group and the infantry battle column, blood was splashed, screams were endless, and countless lives of each other were lost in this collision.
Countless figures flew up and landed in the military formation, where there were flying Khitan cavalry and soldiers who were knocked into Liangshan. At the moment of the collision, they were all punished according to the eternal physical rules of the material universe.
Human strength cannot stop a galloping horse, and when the flesh and blood of a horse is faced with a spear, only the horse destroys and kills.
Blood is like rain from the sky, spilling out wantonly.
The screams and the sound of broken bones continued.
Just a face!
One by one, the cavalry was pierced by spears and spears, and the horses were dismounted; One by one, the horses were also stabbed to the ground by big spears and spears, and the speed and damage were always relative. Even if a car hits someone, there will be traces left on the iron shell. Now the Liao army's war horses are hitting a 'wall'.
Under the physical inertia, while the big spears and spears were broken one after another, the war horses also finished their 'horse life' with a loud wail. Along with them, along with the cavalry on their backs, there were also the Liangshan saber players behind the shield wall, and even the foot soldiers in heavy armor holding large spears and spears. Even if the high-speed war horses were pierced into a honeycomb by a large spear and spear, the power was also relative, and when their dead corpses rushed into the infantry array at an extremely high speed, the Liangshan army armor soldiers opposite them would inevitably be broken by the collision, which was unbearable.
A cruel and bloody scene, the powerful impact of the cavalry, was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
The neat shield wall in front of the front was torn apart the moment it came into contact, and countless gaps appeared. At the moment when the subsequent Khitan cavalry risked their lives, the front shield wall of the infantry array at the battalion level was obviously too fragile.
If it weren't for the raging fire, the follow-up Khitan cavalry would never have wasted the results that the former army colleagues had exchanged for their lives and blood.
Without interval, they would swarm through the gap with the carcasses of the two sergeants and horses, and into a sharp iron chisel, which would not stop digging into the inner part of the formation. Until the array of the Liangshan Army penetrates, smashes, and destroys.
By this time, the battle had become a contest of sharp spears and shields. Spear and shield, this metaphor is very suitable for the Khitan cavalry and the Liangshan army.
And the result will be set, and the spear will win. Because the number of Liangshan troops is really too small.
Just looking at the shield wall gun forest at the front of the front, under the crazy impact of the Khitan cavalry, it failed to hold out for even a quarter of an hour before it was overwhelmed by the cavalry, which is enough to confirm.
The surging Khitan cavalry stopped before the fire. Animals fear flames, it's nature, and no one can change it.
Jeremiah wanted to go crazy, which was not what he had imagined. The scene he imagined was that after the iron hoof, the battlefield was like a flesh slaughterhouse, all the Liangshan troops fell to the ground, and all the corpses of men and horses were trampled to sparse pieces, not human. Some of them have even actually become pureed meat.
Blood stains the whole land!
But now they had to avoid the fire, and this move of the Liang Shan army caught them off guard. In this way, large forces of Khitan cavalry could only pass through the space of the zigzag array.
Arrows rained down, and in the three separate battalions and first-level small formations, all the people were pulling their bows and shooting arrows as fast as they could.
Li Ying snorted hard. His general Qi Shicai is gone, but he is not dead. His strong martial arts allowed him to survive the charge of the Khitan cavalry. After the baptism of the Khitan cavalry, how the other two battalions are in the first-level battle formation are not mentioned, just look at the current array of the zigzag where the sky eagle is located, and half of the shield guns in the front have fallen.
In a short collision, at least 100 of his people were killed here.
The sword and shield men and heavy armor spearmen arranged in front of Li Ying were almost completely wiped out, so he was fiercely attacked by the Khitan cavalry.
Li Ying's personal guards were also killed and wounded, and the few remaining people surrounded him like bloody men with swords and shields.
At this moment, the eagle's feet are not stepping on the stirrups, but they are down-to-earth. Helplessly, in the face of the desperate crazy offensive of the Khitan cavalry, he was lucky to be able to take care of himself, and the war horse under his crotch was chopped on the head by an axe when he didn't know it, and the whole head was almost divided into two halves. It was also he who saw the opportunity quickly and slid straight back off the horse, so that he was not crushed by the horse's corpse. After that, he stood firm under the desperate cover of the guards!
And when he snorted three flying knives and wanted to kill the last three Khitan soldiers, he found out that his general flag had been cut down by a certain Khitan cavalry.
The flag being cut off, whether it is a capture of the flag or not, is very demoralizing. However, the morale of the Liangshan army did not change much, because at that time they were exporting damage with all their might.
The shield wall at the front of the gun forest was smashed to pieces, and then lewd into a group of heavy infantry, they did not experience the strong erosion of the Khitan cavalry flow, at this moment the array is tightly organized, one by one heavy infantry, swords, guns and axes are placed on the ground, is going all out to bend the bow and shoot arrows, who still has the heart to see the flag?
This is a small formation of 500 people, not a large formation of 5,000 or 50,000 people!
Li Ying's death is not, you can know if you shout. What's more, there is not only one Li Ying in the army, but also the battalion chief and battalion deputy and so on.
Three hundred heavy armored infantry gathered in a dense manner, which was the best way to deal with the cavalry onslaught, if the flames in the front could not stop the Khitan cavalry. It's a rainy day.
It is also the choice that Zhao Song Bujia will make when facing the Liao army and the Western Xia army since the Northern Song Dynasty. When they are full of strength, when they are full of energy, when their number is large to a certain number, there is no shield wall and spear forest in the front, and the cavalry will only crack and walk when they see them. And it won't be the kind of fearless slam you just had!
A tidal wave of cavalry swept by, drowning the small formations of three battalions, and the dust obscured the view, and it seemed that everything was about to settle. But when the smoke and dust cleared, like the tide overflowing the reef on the shore, the extremely fast horses crossed over, and the rows of Liangshan army infantry armor were revealed.
The tides can submerge the reef, but there will come a time when they will recede, and the solid reef will be revealed.
This is a common scene when the infantry and cavalry collide, after the tide washes, the infantry may lose a lot, but the tide will completely destroy only the sand castle, not the hard reef.
The losses of the three battalion heads were not significant, not just the current one. The three battalions combined, the specific loss was only three or two hundred.
Yelu Yu didn't look back, so he led the Khitan cavalry to the north, without going around a big circle to turn around, and did not gallop quickly towards the road from which he came. Even the herds of cattle, horses, and livestock behind the fret-shaped array did not bother to sweep.
What else do you not understand now? The Liangshan army can handle it like this, obviously it is luring the enemy and luring them to attack.
At this time, they have already won the scheme!
But at this moment, going back the same way is definitely the stupidest and stupidest choice, and it is a wise decision to go north quickly and tear this trap.
Yelu Yu only rejoiced in his heart that he had attacked early enough, instead of waiting until the Liangshan army was on the west flank. The consequences were even worse because there were too many mountains and hills on the west side of Nanjing. It can be blocked by infantry. ()
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