Chapter 34: Circular Array, Rhombic Array, Dovetail Array

Li Dong heard the horn sound suddenly, and his first reaction was that the Jin army on the flat ground had been killed. Although he was a little surprised, he did not panic. Years of experience on the march have taught me that this situation is actually very beneficial to my side.

After all, they are on the high ground, if the Jin army on the flat land really attacks themselves, it is from the place to the high place, in the case that both sides are cavalry, the Jin army is not the slightest advantage, and their side only needs to charge at the same time, which can cause a big blow to the Jin army on the flat land.

But now that I heard the words of this soldier, the sound of the horn was not from the cavalry on the flat ground, but from the camp of Song Ruoyu in front of me. Then Li Dong was very puzzled at the moment.

The position where he led the three thousand iron cavalry was a very safe position, even if Song Ruoyu's army found out, it was absolutely impossible to fight with him in a short time, and even if he was discovered by his army, he could quickly withdraw from the battlefield with the advantage of cavalry, so what was the purpose of this horn blowing?

Li Dong thought about it, but looked at the front in confusion.

I saw that the Song Ruoyu camp in front of me was still calm, and I couldn't see that I was going to send troops, and I couldn't even see the shadow of half of the enemy army on the road, and there was no one at all.

Then the sound of this horn is really strange, this Song Ruoyu did not send troops, but he blew the horn there, what does this mean?

After all, Li Dong is a very experienced general, and he has fought with Song Ruoyu many times, so he naturally knows that this must not be as simple as a joke, maybe it is some kind of trick of Song Ruoyu.

Thinking of this, Li Dong immediately shouted: "The whole army is on alert and ready to meet the enemy." ”

When Li Dong's cavalry heard this, they also drew their long swords one after another, and looked around vigilantly, guarding against the enemy who would emerge from any place.

After Li Dong gave the order, he paused again, and was quite puzzled when he saw that whether it was Song Ruoyu's camp or the cavalry on the flat ground, it was still as if nothing had happened.

Turning his head, he asked the sentry just now, "What's the situation with this horn?" ”

The sentry replied, "Tell the general, the sound of the horn came from the enemy camp, but it seems that there is no movement after the blow." ”

Li Dong squinted his eyes, thinking in his heart, this thing seemed a little strange, and when he was tight, he shouted at his army: "Whole army, retreat." ”

Li Dong felt more and more that this matter was quite weird, he was quite jealous of Song Ruoyu, and now he sounded the horn for no reason, and only thought that he should return this matter to Huang Xiu, and let Huang Xiu decide.

Just as Li Dong was about to lead his army to retreat, he suddenly heard a louder and longer horn sound coming from the flat ground to the west.

The sound of the trumpet, mixed with the bleak atmosphere of autumn and the tense west wind, suddenly made people feel more desolate and sad, and made people shudder.

When Li Dong heard the sound of the horn, he was suddenly startled, and he immediately turned his head to look at the three thousand Jin cavalry to the west.

I saw that the cavalry who was still in the sky just now didn't care about it at this time, and rushed directly towards the hill where Li Dong and them were in the long sound of the horn.

Li Dong was even more surprised when he saw this situation, although he thought that the cavalry in the west would not be so bold and would kill directly from the flat ground to the mountain, but now that he saw this group of cavalry rushing straight over like a madman, he knew that the seemingly unrealistic idea had really become a reality.

Li Dong was slightly certain in his heart, and then looked at the Jin cavalry under the mountain with a fierce face, since you dare to ignore it so much and hit the stone with an egg, then it is no wonder that I, Li Dong, are not polite.

Although he guessed that there might be some deception in this, his years of experience in the march told him that this was the best time to be able to completely annihilate this group of enemy troops, and if he missed this time, he might not have a chance again.

Besides, even if he Song Ruoyu really has some tricks to deal with himself, but with this kind of soldiers and horses and that kind of battle like a fantasy, even if he Li Dong is not afraid.

In addition, Li Dong has his own pride, although he was frightened by this Song Ruoyu just now, but if today's big opportunity is in front of him, even if he doesn't propose an attack, the soldiers under him will also propose it.

Sure enough, he turned his head to look at his cavalry. I saw that they were all gearing up, looking at this group of Jin cavalry like wolves looking at sheep, and their faces did not hide their intentions at all.

Seeing this, Li Dong did not hesitate any longer, and immediately shouted categorically to his army: "The whole army, listen to my orders and be on guard." ”

After finishing speaking, he tightly grasped the big knife in his hand and stared directly at the Jin army coming from afar.

When the cavalry charged to a distance of less than a hundred zhang from him, he shouted: "All the army, attack." ”

As soon as the words fell, the thousands of iron horsemen rushed towards the bottom of the mountain like thousands of fierce tigers

When charging, it seemed to be out of order, but in the process of galloping, Li Dong's cavalry gradually sorted out the formation, and after a while, it was uneven and orderly, quite neat.

I saw that they were skilled in horsemanship and cooperated tacitly, and in the blink of an eye, they gradually approached the enemy army of the Jin Kingdom.

Of course, the Jin army on the opposite side did not give in too much, but gradually increased its speed, no matter what Li Dong's cavalry was, they rushed up to the high ground.

The two sides were like two beasts running at high speed, and they were within a distance that could be reached by an arrow. At this time, I saw that Li Dong waved his knife and shouted: "The whole army, release the arrows." ”

All of a sudden, arrows rained down, and in an instant, the sky covered the entire mountain.

The thousands of feathered arrows were like thousands of flying locusts, rushing towards the Jin army.

But seeing that the cavalry of the Jin army was completely unafraid, they began to quickly change their formation, the lancers who rushed to the front slowed down slightly at this time, and the shield cavalry behind accelerated to the front, and made up the position in the blink of an eye.

I saw that they held shields in their hands, blocking many of the thousands of arrows that fell from the sky.

On the other hand, they used their skillful skills on horses to effectively use their bodies and horses as cover, and they were able to dodge a lot of sharp arrows.

Li Dong saw it in his eyes and was slightly surprised. Although he had fought with the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom on the battlefield many times before, now he really saw the strength of the cavalry of the Northern Jin Dynasty at close range.

If you want to say that this cavalry, all countries in the world have it, but if you want to count the most powerful, then only the three kingdoms are the strongest, one is the steppe cavalry of the China Khanate on the steppe, their people have grown up on horseback since childhood, and they have been skilled in horsemanship since childhood, and their archery skills are exquisite, so it is not surprising that the cavalry is the strongest.

These two are the Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Northern Daqing Kingdom, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry lives outside the Saiwai all the year round, and it is a cavalry trained by withstanding the cold and hard tempering, and it is also a first-class power.

These three are naturally the cavalry corps of the Northern Jin Dynasty, although the cavalry corps of the Northern Jin Dynasty is not as good as that of the Nachina Khanate and the Daqing Kingdom, but it is also very powerful.

Now that I realize the difficulty of this Northern Jin Dynasty cavalry, I am also quite surprised.

Surprised to surprised, after this round of arrows, Li Dong did not stop the command order, and immediately ordered to start the second round of archery.

It's just that this ordinary archery is really difficult to cause any fatal damage to the cavalry of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and the cavalry of the Northern Jin Dynasty is the same, and they did not suffer much loss, and once again resisted the rain of arrows.

Li Dong saw that two consecutive rounds of arrow rain had no great effect, but he only saw that the Northern Jin Dynasty people were getting closer and closer, and he no longer hesitated, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Sons, rush." ”

As soon as the words fell, the cavalry of the two sides fought.

The two armies were staggered, only to see a burst of swords and swords, blood spilled on the battlefield, and some of the Liang cavalry did not even get the longbow in their hands, that is, the handover of short soldiers, and they actually stabbed others in the head with the bow and arrow.

Because Li Dong's cavalry rushed down from the high ground, he had an advantage, and he could often use the inertia of the impact to directly knock down many enemy troops, but he was still unharmed.

The Jin army was not simple, and when it charged, it was transformed into a circular formation, although the offensive was insufficient, but the defense was more than enough, with a group of shield cavalry on the outermost side, and the sword cavalry and lancers on the inside, so as to minimize their own damage, and even have the spare strength to compete with the Liang cavalry from the heights.

After a short time, the two armies were left by mistake. After missing out, the two armies remained in a very complete formation, as if the first charge had not done them any harm at all.

The momentum was about to end, and the two sides immediately exchanged positions, reined in their horses, and stood with their eyes looking straight at the enemy not far in front of them, leaving only dozens of corpses on the battlefield that had just charged, which was quite desolate.

After this, it was Li Dong who began to worry, now that he was below, and the Jin army was above, he would become a disadvantage. I thought that I could defeat this Jin army at once just now, but I didn't want to make it like this.

Of course, worrying is worried, but Li Dong is determined at this time, and as the horn sounded again, the two armies began a second round of charge.

If the Jin army just now is as strong and powerful as a copper wall, then the Jin army at this time is as fast as the wind and pouring like a torrent.

I saw that they immediately changed from a circular formation to a diamond-shaped formation, and the lancers set up their guns at the front, and rushed straight towards Li Dong's cavalry.

Li Dong is not an ordinary person, and when he saw the performance of the cavalry in front of him, he already had ten thousand spirits in his heart. Seeing that they were changing formations again, Li Dong was calm and calm, and shouted to his cavalry: "Listen to my orders, move forward in a roundabout way, bow and arrow, shoot." ”

Suddenly, the entire cavalry was in the shape of a swallowtail and generally scattered in all directions, not concentrating its forces to hedge with the Jin army, but going around in a circle, which could avoid the diamond-shaped formation tip of the Jin army, and when it was roundabout, it was a random shot towards the Jin army's formation, which had a great effect.

Feathered arrows whizzed and flew all over the sky, unambiguously.

In this second round, the Jin army dropped dozens of corpses, while Li Dong's cavalry faintly gained the upper hand.