Chapter 566: Charging into Formation (2)
The biggest advantage of the infantry formation is the terrifying defense, unless it is a heavy cavalry charge, under normal circumstances, the leader of the light cavalry will not choose to let the cavalry impact the dense infantry formation, but use the advantage of the speed and class of light cavalry to harass around the infantry formation, like peeling an orange, the defense of the infantry formation is exhausted little by little, and the surprise attack will be launched after the rout of the infantry formation.
It is also unknown whether the leader of the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain knew how to attack the infantry formation, perhaps he made a wrong decision in a hurry, allowing the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain to launch a fierce attack on the dense infantry formation.
The cavalry and infantry formations in the northern part of the mountain that charged at the forefront collided violently together, and one by one sharp spears pierced into the body of the war horse, and the cavalry on the war horse was thrown away, some of them were thrown into the rear of the infantry like a kite with a broken line, and some of the cavalry were hung with spears piercing into the sky.
More and more cavalry in the northern part of the mountain rushed to the embankment, and the shield had close contact, under the huge impact, the entire infantry formation looked down from the sky, and appeared in a concave shape, difficult to block the attack of the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain.
The entire infantry formation has been crumbling, the standard infantry formation should have at least nine layers, but the number of infantry under Wang Peng is too small, and it can only barely maintain the form of six layers.
However, the follow-up cavalry in the northern part of the mountain did not keep up in time, under the thunderbolt attack in the sky of Black Domain City, the follow-up cavalry was carried by the panicked war horses and scattered in all directions, and the strength of the attack suddenly appeared a short gap, so that the infantry formation gradually stabilized its position, and quickly moved forward to make up for the gaps and loopholes that appeared.
Zhen Er led more than 100 cavalry to cruise around the infantry formation, this kind of big battle of more than 100 cavalry could not play any role at all, of course, Zhen Er would not be stupid to take his cavalry to attack the cavalry in the north of the mountain, but chose to kill those who were stunned and lone by the thunderbolt, responsible for defending the flank of the infantry formation from the cavalry in the north of the mountain.
Although the second wave of attacks in the northern part of the mountain was frustrated, the cavalry that lost not many cavalry was lost, and the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain that withdrew from the battlefield no longer had the arrogance and arrogance they had begun with, and cautiously observed the infantry formation in front of them.
"Fire oil bombs fired at both wings!"
Wang Peng found that the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain was divided into two teams and appeared on the two wings of the infantry formation, and immediately understood the purpose of the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain, the infantry formation of 1,500 people, the biggest weakness is the position of the two wings, if the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain attacks from the two wings of the infantry formation, the infantry formation must shrink to form a large circular formation, but such a formation has no attack power except for defense, and the northern part of the mountain can send a cavalry to drag the infantry formation, and use the other cavalry to dig the embankment of Haizi in the Black Domain, At that time, the water of the Black Sea poured down from the heights, not to mention retreating, and the only thing waiting for this infantry was to perish.
"Haha! If you want to attack us from both flanks, rush up and kill! ”
Zhen Er inserted the short spear in his hand into the backpack behind his back, took off the repeating bow and crossbow on his war horse and said, "Brothers, rush with me!" ”
The current situation has reached a dangerous level, the slightest carelessness will wipe out the whole army, Zhen Er saw that the northern part of the mountain adjusted the combat strategy, and knew that there could not be the slightest hesitation at this time, once the northern part of the mountain stabilized the formation and adapted to the combat mode of the infantry formation, the advantage of the infantry formation would be gone.
The reason why the two attacks in the northern part of the mountain failed was that the northern part of the mountain did not understand the infantry in front of him, and it is no exaggeration to say that this was the first Murwei infantry, and the previous combat methods of the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain did not have much advantage for this infantry.
However, Shanbei is not a fool, and after two charges, he discovered the weakness of this infantry, the defense is too strong, the mobility is too poor, and there is no need to use his own weakness to collide with the opponent's strengths.
In fact, the northern part of the mountain is also very anxious, in case the cavalry of the Black Domain City appears, the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain will not have any advantage, and the infantry in front of them must be eliminated before the cavalry of the Black Domain City arrives, and the time is equally urgent for the northern part of the mountain.
Wang Peng was desperately delaying time, on the one hand, he needed to prevent the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain from digging the embankment in the black region Haizi, and on the other hand, to prevent this weak infantry from being eaten by the northern part of the mountain.
The infantry formation was moving slowly, and the direction of movement was the Black Domain Haizi, and at this time it could only get close to the Black Domain Haizi and fight against the water.
The cavalry led by Zhen Er had already rushed to the opposite side of the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain, but they did not charge directly, but turned in the northeast direction, and suddenly launched an arrow attack one hundred and fifty steps away from the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain.
The bows and crossbows in the hands of Zhen Er's cavalry are all specially made, with three arrows in one shot, the effective killing distance is within one hundred and fifty steps, the distance through the leather armor is within one hundred steps, and if it is within fifty steps, it can easily penetrate a layer of iron armor. However, Zhen Er did not choose to fight head-on with the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain, which was obviously very unwise, and his purpose was to harass and lure the enemy's attack.
The purpose of this operation has been very clear, Zhen Er must assist this infantry and drag the northern part of the mountain to death, as long as he holds on for four hours, wait for the cavalry of Black Domain City to come back, and the victory of this battle belongs to Black Domain City.
A hundred cavalry dared to charge thousands of cavalry, which was simply an insult to the face of the cavalry in the north of the mountain.
Many of the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain could not bear to rush out of the cavalry group, and did not care about the arrows that came at them, but just lowered their bodies and lay on the back of their horses, and protected their arms and shields above their heads, and stared at the enemy who was getting closer and closer.
"Kill!"
Zhen Er shot a round of arrows, pulled the horse's head without looking back, and galloped towards the north.
This tactic is a bit bullying, Zhen Er led the cavalry to quickly bypass the infantry formation, and the cavalry in the northern part of the mountain behind him followed, and they had not yet caught up with the cavalry in front. However, countless fire and oil bombs had already flown out of the infantry formation on the left side of the mountain, and the target was the cavalry in the pursuing north of the mountain.
The cavalry pursuing in the north of the mountain was unable to advance and retreat under the attack of the infantry array, and it was impossible to pursue and kill the cavalry in front, but when they turned around and attacked the infantry formation, it was obvious that their numbers were a little small, so they could only leave the corpse in one place and retreat to the east unwillingly.
"The cavalry in the northern part of the mountain must not be allowed to gather, and the cavalry will continue to attack and harass!"
Wang Peng once again issued an order to harass Zhen Er's cavalry, and the initiative on the battlefield must not be ceded to the northern part of the mountain, once the northern part of the mountain begins to attack from both flanks, this infantry will inevitably be surrounded and eaten away.