Chapter 230: Hollow Phalanx
Twenty-four thousand horses' hooves pounded the ground violently, and the thunderous sound of horses' hooves was deafening, and all those who were there couldn't help but have their blood in their veins.
In the gallop of thousands of troops, the two regimental training envoys under Chen Yu couldn't help but have a feeling similar to Liang Fangping, feeling that nothing could stop his more than 5,000 cavalry.
The two couldn't help but scream loudly to express the feeling of boiling blood in their hearts, and at this moment, the two saw the hundreds of Liangshan cavalry being pursued in front of them split into two, and several infantry phalanxes were vaguely exposed in front.
But the two didn't care much, no matter how strong the Liangshan army was, it had only been in the army for half a year, and most of its members were farmers who had just put down their hoes.
How can such a rabble, in the face of the indomitable charging power of such a cavalry army, not be frightened and frightened, and then collapse before they rush forward?
It's just that soon, the two of them are getting closer and closer, and the phalanx of the four infantry troops in front of them is becoming clearer and clearer.
The two of them could vaguely see that in front of the Liangshan Army's infantry array were rows of dense spear phalanxes, and the tips of countless spears reflected the dense cold light under the sunlight, bright, shining, and a little scary.
The two of them couldn't help but feel a little weak, and they also knew what would happen to the galloping cavalry when they ran into such a dense spear formation, but they still pinned their hopes on the Liangshan infantry army as a rabble, and they would definitely collapse before they rushed closer.
At this time, the two of them saw that one of the four large phalanxes of infantry in front of them cracked, and then quickly closed again, and Lin Chong and the other seven people had already ridden their horses and ran into the formation.
It was only then that the two of them discovered that the four large phalanxes of the Liangshan infantry army standing in front of them were actually hollow.
I saw that this kind of phalanx was boxy, consisting of rows and rows of spear arrays.
At the outermost end of the spear array, there was a row of shield walls more than half a person high, and the soldiers in the first column were slight, and they put their spears on the shield wall; The soldiers of the second column were half a distance apart from the first, and they also held their spears against the shield wall; The third column rests spears on the shoulders of the warriors in front, and the fourth column resembles crossbowmen; In the middle of the hollow phalanx, there seemed to be a few chariots in a circle, and it was not known who was inside.
And in the outermost part of the front direction of the hollow phalanx, there are also several chariots, which seem to be catapults, small catapults, and at this moment the catapults have ammunition in their pockets, and some people are standing behind the catapults, holding torches, and they will only be fired when their side rushes into range.
The blood in the two of them quickly cooled down, and reason occupied their brains again, and the two did not dare to continue to rush again, and did not dare to bet on whether the Liangshan infantry army would collapse in fear in the face of the majesty of this cavalry charge.
However, at this time, it was too late for the two to turn and escape, and at this time, they were less than a hundred paces away from the four large squares of the Liangshan infantry army, and they had already entered the range of the infantry archers of the Liangshan army.
Hearing a loud swan sound, the four hollow phalanxes shot three rounds of arrow rain at the same time, and soon the first or two rows of Song cavalry rushing to the front screamed miserably, and many people turned over and fell off their horses.
The two of them were only frightened and did not possess their bodies, but fortunately they were not hit by the arrow, they were busy shouting loudly, ordering the horn hand behind them to blow the horn, and the other cavalry who were not hit by the arrow began to pull the reins in a panic, and finally completed the turn fifty or sixty steps in front of the Liangshan army infantry formation, and successfully circled the left and right flanks of the Liangshan army's hollow phalanx.
Then, when they were secretly glad that the Liangshan infantry did not continue to release arrows and the catapult did not launch, it didn't take long for them to collide with the hundreds of Liangshan light horsemen who had been waiting in the grove in front of them for a long time.
Looking at the Liangshan cavalry rushing over like a wall on the opposite side, the cavalry of the Song army in their early 2,000s, who had already lost their fear, was suddenly a little stunned.
I was also a little stunned and didn't know them, and there were three thousand ironclad serial horses who were like rainbows and chased all the way.
According to the prior agreement, the two thousand Song army light horses in front, three thousand ironclad chain horses behind, when the front light cavalry was divided into two and released them, it was the time when the three thousand ironclad chain horses broke the formation and killed the Quartet.
At this time, the three thousand ironclad chain horses had already run about three or four miles away, and for the armored horses who were all wearing heavy armor, this distance could be regarded as having warmed up just right, but if they continued to run and did not engage in battle, they had to stop and rest, otherwise the war horses would easily lose their strength.
Hu Yanzhuo was confused and anxious, when he saw the Song army in front of him riding lightly and dividing into two sides, Hu Yanzhuo couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted at the horse to prepare for battle, and the corresponding horn whined.
However, when the smoke and dust brought up by the light cavalry of the Song army in front of them dissipated slightly, and when they saw the dense spear phalanx in front of them, a cold light shining, and the dazzling spear blades, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
At this time, the front row of the three thousand ironclad chain horses was less than eighty steps away from the hollow phalanx of the Liangshan army, such a close distance, such a powerful and seemingly unstoppable might, it was hard to imagine that Hu Yanzhuo and these armored cavalry under his command would not collapse in the morning, and they would dare to stand there in a decent formation.
To rush, or not to rush, that's the question.
However, Hu Yanzhuo did not hesitate for long, and after a quarter of a second, he made a decision to continue to charge forward, pressing the enemy until the opponent collapsed.
He believed that this group of Liangshan military horses, which had only been in the army for less than half a year, could not face the charge of 3,000 armored horses at such a close range!
Of course, in addition to this idea of pinning hopes on the enemy's collapse, Hu Yanzhuo's decision to do so could not be more correct.
The reason is very simple, the chain horse found that the time of the infantry army in front of him was too late, and the distance of less than eighty steps, it was impossible for the three thousand iron-armored chain horses who had already run out of temperament to stop.
The strong inertia made it difficult for these armored cavalry to slow down in a short period of time, and the fact that the thirty war horses were connected by iron cables also made it impossible for them to easily complete a ninety-degree turn like the Song army light cavalry in front, and at most adjust the direction at a small angle.
In this way, apart from continuing to gamble forward, does Hu Yanzhuo have any other choice?
Moreover, the large phalanx of the Liangshan infantry army did not do anything to the end, and there was still room for it, and there was still a passage between the four large hollow phalanxes that was barely enough for thirty war horses to pass side by side.
"Rush, rush them!"
Hu Yanzhuo roared loudly.
"Rush, they're going to collapse!"
"There is no doubt that no one can resist the onslaught of three thousand armored horses head-on!"
"They're just a rabble that have only been in the army for half a year, and they're just mud legs......"
Seeing that the hollow phalanx of Liangshan was getting closer and closer, the two leaders of the chain horse, as well as the other armored horsemen in front, also shouted loudly in their mouths or hearts at this time, and they rushed over unstoppably.