Chapter 507: Tragedy
——Two in one, 4,000 words in a big chapter——
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Tens of thousands of vanguard troops were unable to form combat effectiveness at a distance of a stone's throw from the enemy.
This result made the soldiers of the Yun Kingdom who saw it with their own eyes in the rear chill in their hearts.
The soldiers at the forefront were even more ugly and panicked.
Because obviously, it's their turn to play next.
The fate they face is probably similar to that of the previous group of people.
The odds of surviving are slim.
Seeing that the army's heart was shaken, Meng Huo's heart was full of regret.
If he had known, he would have attacked with the whole army, so that when he arrived in front of the enemy's position, he could retain at least part of his strength, and then wait until the two armies were fighting together and the battle was stalemate, and then release the heavy cavalry to win the war.
It is necessary to strike as soon as possible!
Seeing the continuous collapse of the vanguard army and the continuous death of the soldiers, Meng Huo waved his hand and signaled to launch a general attack.
"Woo-"
"Woo-"
The sound of the horn sounded, and the army of the Cloud Kingdom, which was close to 200,000 in the rear, roared in unison, and a roar like a roar came out of their mouths.
"Kill—"
"Kill—"
"Kill—"
Soar and go straight to the sky!
This is the army of the Yun State, even if it is a point weaker than the army of the Cang State, but the overall morale and strength are a little stronger than the army of the Chu State, otherwise it would not have grown into a big country in just a dozen years.
Unfortunately, this time it faced the Suzaku Legion.
Gu Fengnan rode his horse in front of the battle, waved his big hand, and roared loudly: "Sons and daughters of the Vermilion Bird Legion, show our momentum!"
"Oh-"
"Kill—"
"Kill—"
"The more you fight, the more courageous you become, and you will be loyal to Your Majesty—"
"Kill—"
The Suzaku soldiers, who had been waiting for the battle, suddenly burst out with a cry that was even stronger than that of the Yun Kingdom army.
Compared with the momentum of the Yun Kingdom army, the Vermilion Bird Legion was obviously much calmer, and even shouted the slogan of the Vermilion Bird Legion, which revealed a very strong self-confidence, which was lacking in the momentum of the Cloud Country army.
Judge from above!
Nearly 200,000 Yunguo troops directly charged and attacked the Vermilion Bird Legion, and the mighty soldiers who rushed to the front held their shields one by one to meet the stormy arrows.
More than 800 repeater chariots were launched at the same time, and the power was very huge.
Just a few rounds of arrows caused great losses to the army of the Cloud Kingdom, wailing all over the field, but they were quickly drowned in the rolling waves.
Finally, the two armies met together!
At this time, there was no conspiracy or special skills, and the two sides fought desperately with a lot of blood and faith.
The place where the two armies meet, that is, the row of crossbow chariots, seems to have turned into a meat grinder, and in just a few breaths, countless soldiers have died.
Although this kind of scene was extremely normal in the previous battles faced by the Suzaku Legion, it was undeniable that it did bring very large casualties to the charioteers next to the repeater chariot.
As a last resort, many soldiers have activated the second set of tactics.
That's boarding the battle!
Generally speaking, there will be three charioteers on a chariot, and there is a ten-person team next to it to assist, closely surrounding the chariot to fight, the two parts of the chariot help each other, from different heights and sight distances to divide labor, closely cooperate with the division of labor, and achieve the maximum combat power.
However, there is a special situation, that is, when the enemy and us are in a big battle, because the scale is too large, the charioteers in the front line must be the first to bear the brunt of the battle with the enemy, so in order to avoid too many casualties, unless it is the kind of war that is evenly matched and must be won at all costs, the following charioteers will adopt the second set of tactics, board the chariot together, and then put down the protective blades of the chariot to prevent the enemy from boarding the chariot and fight together.
In this way, although the results achieved in the battle will be smaller, the losses will be greatly reduced.
From another point of view, the chariot was also preserved as much as possible, and preparations were made for the next tripping horse for the heavy cavalry.
After the charioteers boarded the chariots one after another, there was a large gap between the crossbow chariots, and the army of Yunguo swarmed up, rushing to the main formation of the army in the mighty fighting sound.
In the rear, a thousand-strong team of the Suzaku Legion crossed the originally planned route, crossed the heavy infantry, and went to the front to block the army of the Cloud Kingdom.
It can be seen that there is a very clear gap between the two armies.
The most important thing is from weapons.
In the past few years, although Cangguo has also sold some weapons to various countries, with the change of strategy, after deciding to use troops against other countries, it has reduced the export of weapons.
With the change of time, the wear and tear of weapons are updated, and the weapons obtained by various countries in the first few years are actually almost eliminated, taking Yunguo as an example, among the soldiers of the entire country, there are less than 10,000 soldiers who use the swords produced in Cangguo.
Up to now, generally good weapons are in the hands of those grassroots officers.
Therefore, among the more than 200,000 charging Yunguo troops, the number of people using the weapons cast by Cangguo is only two or three thousand at most, which is almost negligible in the face of the huge population base.
With the cooperation of equipment and tactics, and the simple, crude and effective tactics of hand-to-hand combat, the Vermilion Bird Army quickly resisted the charging posture of the Yunguo army, and the two sides began to stalemate.
Seeing this scene from afar, even though Meng Huo had expected it in his heart, his expression at the moment was also a little ugly.
You must know that the army of the Cloud Kingdom under his command is not a weak army.
From the initial defeat of the Chu State to the successive civil wars, it was honed in the heavy battles, and it can be said that it has been tested for a long time.
Unexpectedly, in the face of the Suzaku Legion, it seemed so weak, and in a short period of time, the momentum of the charge that was lost was gradually suppressed by the enemy and the battle situation was leveled.
You don't have to think about it to know that it won't be long in the future, and without any accidents, the 200,000 troops under your command will definitely show a decline and then suffer a crushing defeat.
At this time, he finally realized that Cangguo was able to defeat the Chu State, make the Chu State surrender, and attack his Yun State, not as the outside world generally thought, relying on conspiracy and trickery, and suddenly attacking, but the Cangguo army did have this ability.
The strength of the Cangguo army itself is above them.
The so-called assassination plan, the plan to stir up civil strife, is just the icing on the cake.
Looking at it this way, in addition to the combat methods and the quality of the soldiers, the biggest shortcoming of the Yunguo army compared with the Chu army is actually the weapons and equipment.
"Alas, I don't know how Cangguo got it, new things are emerging in an endless stream, is it really with God's help?"
Meng Huo frowned, and a trace of helplessness involuntarily appeared on his face.
The enemy is so strong that it is like a mountain in front of you, which cannot be shaken, and suddenly collapses all at once, leaving people in a deep depression, with only infinite despair.
Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and seemed to have made a very difficult decision, ordering: "Crossbowmen prepare, salvo ahead!"
The so-called front is the place where the two armies are fighting.
The reason why this decision was very difficult for Meng Huo was because it was a trick to kill the enemy by killing one thousand and losing eight hundred, and the two armies were fighting together, naturally attacking indiscriminately, no matter which side they were, they would suffer heavy losses.
But for the sake of the overall strategy, Meng Huo has no choice, if he can't suppress the enemy army at this time, he will collapse if he can't do it, and after the soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Legion regroup, then the lethality of the heavy cavalry will be much smaller.
"Shoot the arrows!"
With a roar, the order was given.
The arrows from the sky rushed like locusts through the melee, like a storm, to the place of melee.
The baptism of a large wave of arrows......
After a clanging noise, there were casualties on both sides.
But it was obvious that the casualties on the side of the Yun Kingdom army were even greater.
Why?
Because it is obvious that the soldiers of the Suzaku Legion are fighting in this formation, many of them are holding shields, and there is a place to hide when the arrows come, but the charging Yun soldiers do not have such a good life, because they are mainly charged, so the people holding the shields are the people in front, and all the soldiers in the back can only accept the baptism of arrow rain solidly.
"Hmm...... The cavalry on both sides of the Suzaku Legion didn't react at all. ”
Meng Huo looked from afar and found that on both sides of the Vermilion Bird Legion, the cavalry of about 20,000 did not move.
Could it be that there is a scruple?
Meng Huo felt that something was wrong in his heart, because before the advent of heavy cavalry, cavalry was definitely the main force on the battlefield, whether it was dividing and disrupting the enemy army, or sneak attacks and charges, it was very powerful, which attracted countries to desperately develop cavalry, but since the advent of heavy cavalry, its status has declined a lot.
However, it is undeniable that the importance of the hussars, there is still no substitute.
Meng Huo very much hoped that the Suzaku Legion could put the 20,000 light cavalry on the battlefield, so that the results of the heavy cavalry would be expanded again, and the 20,000 light cavalry would not have much power to fight back in front of the heavy cavalry, and it would be good to be able to escape half of them.
At the beginning, the 10,000 cavalry of the Cangguo State ran around with more than 100,000 cavalry of the Chu State as an example.
Although it was a bit regrettable, Meng Huo didn't plan to wait, after all, even he couldn't figure out when the enemy would send light cavalry to join the battle.
What if the army is not sent all the time?
Is that it?
"Let's begin, order the heavy cavalry to act immediately." Meng Huo explained.
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, the herald immediately changed the order flag and sent a detachment of light cavalry to deliver a verbal message to the heavy cavalry.
50,000 heavy cavalry, already prepared.
After receiving Meng Huo's order, they quickly increased their speed, otherwise, with their speed and movement, I am afraid that the enemy army will withdraw as soon as they sense that something is wrong, and they will soon run away.
In this way, in about half a cup of tea, 50,000 heavy cavalry finally emerged from behind the hill.
"Target, the Suzaku Army ahead, the whole army will attack!"
At the sound of the order, 50,000 heavy horsemen began to gallop in small increments, and then the speed became faster and faster, like a sharp arrow ready to be attacked, towards the Suzaku army.
I have to say that the momentum is very large.
At the beginning, the 10,000 heavy cavalry of the Qilin Army charged, it was already like the earth was shaking, not to mention the 50,000 heavy cavalry now.
In fact, when the 50,000 heavy cavalry began to run, even the two sergeants who were on the battlefield felt the shaking like an earthquake for the first time.
"It's ......"
"What sound? Earthquake? ”
"Somewhat familiar ......"
"Heavy cavalry?!"
Some of the soldiers of the Suzaku Legion, who did not know the exact depth, showed a look of horror on their faces at this moment after vaguely seeing the heavy cavalry rushing out from behind the hill, even if they were soldiers who had been in battle for a long time.
It's no wonder, after all, the matter of the heavy cavalry is only known to the high-level on both sides, and in order to avoid shaking the morale of the army and leaking information, a blockade was specially carried out.
Even in the Suzaku Army, it was only known to those who were involved in the arrangements for the heavy infantry.
The power of the heavy cavalry was well known to the soldiers on both sides.
With the arrival of the heavy cavalry of the Cloud Kingdom, there was inevitably a little panic among the Vermilion Bird Legion.
They may have once confidently believed that the only thing that could defeat them in this world was hunger and death, and that the Suzaku Legion was invincible, but now when facing the heavy cavalry like a tide in the distance, they couldn't help but fear in their hearts.
And some of the more agile soldiers finally realized why the generals had ordered them to dig in the earth and burrows before the war began.
Why, there is a group of heavy infantry lined up in front.
Why, there are so many trips.
Why, there are so many ambush knives on the repeater chariot.
It turned out that everything was for the heavy cavalry!
"Withdraw!"
Seeing that their heavy cavalry had arrived on the battlefield, the generals of the Yun Army on the front line issued orders one after another, so as not to be accidentally injured by the charge of their own heavy cavalry.
And almost at the same time, several generals of the Suzaku Legion also issued orders to withdraw their troops.
Withdraw troops?
Is it too late?
Why did you go earlier?
Suzaku Legion...... Hehe, the myth is about to be shattered!
In the main formation of the army, when Meng Huo saw that the front part of the Vermilion Bird Army on the frontal battlefield was showing signs of turning around and retreating, he secretly sneered in his heart, and at the same time felt secretly refreshed in his heart.
There was an irrepressible excitement and excitement in his heart.
This excitement and excitement may be because he is about to witness the spectacular scene of 50,000 heavy cavalry sweeping across the battlefield, or it may be because he will defeat this legendary invincible army today and become a great hero of the Cloud Kingdom, leaving a name in history.
With excitement, Meng Huo's face was ruddy, and his eyes were shining as he watched the 50,000 heavy cavalry advance towards the Vermilion Bird Army little by little.
It's closer......
It's closer......
It's about to crash together!
Just when Meng Huo subconsciously clenched the reins, expecting the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry to crush all those Vermilion Bird troops in the distance.
Suddenly, his slightly trembling body shook.
His expression froze.
Completely stunned.
Because he saw his own heavy cavalry on the battlefield, for some reason, he fell to the ground in large numbers, people turned on their backs, trampled on each other, and the heavy cavalry in the rear wanted to stop, but they were rushed to the ground by the heavy cavalry following behind him......
Tragedy!
Bloody!
A bolt from the blue!
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