Chapter 565: Charging Array (1)
The first iron egg plowed a blood ditch in the northern cavalry, and after killing two northern cavalry and severely injuring one cavalryman, the kinetic energy it carried was finally exhausted, and it fell on the grass steaming hot.
Three of the six iron eggs hit the cavalry formation in the northern part of the mountain, and the other three all deviated from the direction, causing negligible damage.
However, the roar of the artillery surprised the cavalry in the north of the mountain, and the war horses under them seemed to hear the neighing of terrifying beasts, and out of the instinct of animal survival, some of the war horses that rushed to the front of the cavalry formation "sighed" and let out a long sound, and the front hooves were soft and knelt on the ground, and the cavalry on their backs flew out directly.
However, it is impossible for the cavalry to stop because a few horses have fallen to the ground, and there are only six artillery pieces, and the loud sound sounded abruptly, and it was immediately covered by countless "rumbling" horse hooves, and many of the cavalry in the cavalry formation in the north of the mountain did not know what was happening in front of them, and continued to run ahead without the slightest stagnation.
The artillery simply did not have time to fire the second round, and the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain had already rushed to the front of the infantry formation.
Fighting on horseback is about the speed advantage, and without the speed advantage, riding a horse is like a flock of lambs to the slaughter.
The choice of battlefield was very important for either side, with cavalry being better suited to fighting on wide plains, and infantry being more advantageous in long and narrow terrain with complex terrain.
The battlefield here is not suitable for the combat conditions of the cavalry, the north and south sides are the black sea zi, the black city calls this place the waist of the beauty, the east and west sides are flares, and in the middle is a five or six hundred meters of narrow gravel land, the interspersed harassment tactics in the cavalry battle are difficult to use here.
Wang Peng's infantry were not the most defensive heavy infantry, but rather light infantry that was convenient for rapid marches, but the first row of infantry standing held a huge square shield in their hands, followed by two rows of spearmen, then a row of shieldmen, then two rows of spearmen, and finally a lot of gōng nǔ hands ...... ready to attack.
Such an infantry formation, even if it encounters heavy armored cavalry, has the strength of a battle, the only deficiency is that the number of people is a little small, fortunately, the terrain here is not wide, fortunately in misfortune.
Since ancient times, there has never been an absolutely invincible existence of that class, and the most powerful arms are the most powerful arms that fight with each other and cooperate with each other.
The horns of both sides involuntarily echoed on this battlefield, and the sound was long and low.
"One step forward...... Walk! ”
The infantry's gaze became extremely determined, and even the pace under their feet became more steady.
Originally, there was a small drum, and during the drill, the pace of the infantry followed the drum beat, and usually stopped to sort out the formation after walking more than a dozen steps, so as to ensure that the formation was dense and neat.
But in the face of cavalry several times larger than one's own, it is good to be able to guarantee that there will be no rout, and there can be a dense advance, isn't this looking for death?
"Kill!"
An earth-shattering roar rang out in the infantry formation.
If the guards that Wang Peng brought at the beginning were still intact, I believe that there would be a chance to stabilize his position this time, but now, Wang Peng really doesn't have much confidence.
Most of these infantry are Murowei people, who are used to being loose in peacetime, and it is the first time that the cavalry has become infantry to fight, and it is ...... to win, no! Will you be able to hold on?
The cavalry in the north of the mountain on the opposite side suffered only a few dozen men under the first round of artillery attacks, and then under more fire and oil bombs, the formation was somewhat scattered. However, there were still too many enemies, and this loss was far from the extent of breaking the muscles and bones for the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain.
"Bang!"
A cavalryman from the north of the mountain crashed head-on into the infantry formation, and before dying, both the man and the war horse flew up under inertia and crashed into the shield at the front.
"Resist! Resist to the death! ”
The front shield hand has a slightly sideways body, his legs are spread back and forth, and the whole person is holding the shield with his shoulders, and the spearmen behind him also press their bodies against the shield hand in front, and the spears in their hands form the densest spear formation like steel thorns.
The spears that shone with cold light, and the huge and hard shields, became an impassable great wall of steel.
In the eyes of the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain, these are nothing, the number is too small, I have never heard of the infantry can block the cavalry attack, and a charge does not scare these people to death.
Both sides were roaring, and the only thing in their minds was killing, and it was too late to think about anything else.
"Rush over! Rush over and win! ”
"Thunderbolt ready!"
Gōng Nǔ's hands had already given up on shooting, and they all put away the bows and arrows in their hands, holding the black iron bumps around their waists one by one.
"Straight ahead, thirty steps, throw!"
In this era, there is no yellow huǒ yào, and the power of black huǒ yào is not even as good as that of later generations, but after all, it is the most advanced ǔ qì in this era.
The reason why the effect of artillery is not very obvious is that the power of the artillery is too small, and the second is that the number of artillery is too small, and there is not much advantage in quantity and quality.
But hand-held thunderbolts are completely different, although the power is smaller, whether you can kill a few people is completely a matter of luck, but there are a lot of them! In one throw, more than 200 thunderbolts fell into the cavalry formation in the northern part of the mountain......
At this time, the arrows in the northern part of the mountain also shot into the infantry formation, "Raise your shield!" ”
A loud shout sounded in the infantry formation, and the shield bearers of the fourth row held a huge shield diagonally above the heads of the shield bearers in the first row, forming a semicircular defensive formation, but it was a pity that the number of infantry arrays was a little less, although most of the arrows thrown by the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain were blocked, there were still some arrows that drilled into the large array, and many infantry made a "ding-dong-dong" impact sound on their heads.
What Black Domain City lacks most now is iron, iron has always been the most important material on the grassland, and it is also the most important commodity in the Central Plains and grassland trade, Black Domain City has been looking for iron ore in the surrounding area, but unfortunately the quantity is very small.
Nowadays, most of the infantry do not even have half-body armor, and can only wear armor sewn from thick cowhide, but Wang Peng still took out some iron materials to make a steel helmet for each of the infantrymen, and it was this steel helmet that saved the lives of most of the infantry.
A thunderbolt exploded in the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain, "boom, boom, boom ......", a loud bang sounded in the cavalry, the horse under the cavalry in the north of the mountain made a mournful roar, there were many war horses fell on the way to the charge, but most of the war horses rose on all fours, and the horse's head fled uncontrollably to a safe place, but the surrounding loud noises made the war horses have nowhere to hide, the war horses collided with each other at high speed, some of the cavalry in the north of the mountain could not control the war horses, and were directly overturned by the war horses in the ground, and they had not yet reacted, Immediately, he was trampled into minced meat by the war horse that followed closely.