Chapter 123: The Battle Formation Begins to Show Its Might (2-in-1 Chapter)
Buri Gude is the commander of this Aso army, as an Asu people, he has a pair of emerald beautiful eyes and a thick beard, and he has a strong body, if you look at the current aesthetics, he can definitely be regarded as a rare beautiful man among the Asu people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Moreover, Buri Gude is not only good looking, but also he is also noble, he is the descendant of Hang Husi, the king of Asu, and his ancestor Atachi has also made great achievements for Kublai Khan, so the family of Buri Gude can definitely be regarded as a family of military merits in the Great Yuan Dynasty.
However, although his ancestors had roamed the frontier, since the family was wealthy, no one in the family had ever been on the battlefield since his grandfather. Therefore, Buri Gude took the initiative to ask to participate in the war to pacify the Red Turban Army, after all, if you want the family to get long-term wealth, it is not possible to lie on the merit book and eat the old book.
Moreover, in addition to revitalizing the family, Buri Gude himself also wanted to go to the real battlefield to see and experience the pleasure of the ancestors who stepped on the south of the Yangtze River and conquered wantonly. After all, he is also a man, and it is natural for a man to have this kind of thought.
However, it is only today that he realizes how ridiculous this unrealistic idea really is.
As the commander of the Aso Army, he listened to the wails of the soldiers when they were injured and dying, and looked at the blood flowing from the corpses of the soldiers, the most ordinary scene on the battlefield and the bloodiest scene in the world, which directly taught him to feel like he was in an endless hell.
If he hadn't even taken care of his identity, he would have wanted to escape from this terrible place with him all year round.
"Hey! O merciful Buddha! Please put an end to all this, and let these lowly thieves go to hell! "Bu Ri Gude rode on his horse and silently begged the Buddha in his heart.
However, the Buddha didn't seem to care about his request, and perhaps in the eyes of the Buddha, they were the real bandits, so after the Buddha prayed sincerely, he was riding on a war horse and noticed Zhang Shihua and them hurrying towards the battlefield.
Looking at the large force of troops that appeared in front of him, Bu Rigude was completely panicked, because fools knew that once this force was sent to the battlefield, it was estimated that these officers and soldiers would be finished.
"Do you want to run away?" Looking at Zhang Shihua who was getting closer and closer, Buri Gude thought so in his heart.
After all, he also found that Bald Red seemed to be unable to mobilize any troops to stop these red turban thieves who suddenly appeared.
"As for whether you want to lead the Aso army to stop them? If I had expected to do so, but now, after seeing the horrors of war...... Are you kidding! Unless he is crazy, how can this group of guys under his command be the opponent of that group of bandits, and he doesn't want to send him to death! Bu Rigude thought so in his heart.
But sometimes, some things, the more you fear him, the more it will happen.
Just like now, just as Buri Gude was struggling with whether to escape, a herald under the bald tent also rushed to him on a fast horse, and the herald shouted to him as soon as he arrived here: "General Bald Red has an order, let Lord Buri Gude immediately lead his troops to stop the invading enemy, and be sure to hold the enemy back for half an hour!" ”
Hearing this, Buri Gude's whole person suddenly felt bad. "What the hell are you afraid of!" Bu Ri Gude scolded so loudly in his heart.
But he still has to abide by such a military order, after all, no matter which dynasty or generation, "disobeying orders and fearing the enemy" is a first-class crime, even if he is high-born, such a crime can also kill him.
Therefore, although Buri Gude was afraid to die, he still accepted this order, and roared, leading his four thousand Asu troops to rush towards Zhang Shihua and them.
Bu Ri Gude, who was riding on a war horse, looked at the three thousand red turban troops who were getting closer and closer, and then looked at the more than four thousand Asu troops beside him, and couldn't help but feel some confidence in his heart.
"I have so many more troops than you, it shouldn't matter if I block you for half an hour." Buri Gude cheered himself up in his heart.
Ay! Having said that, if the ancestor of Buri Gude knew what he was thinking now, it is estimated that he would have slaughtered this guy's heart with one sword.
With so many more than other family members, it is really a complete waste to only think about delaying for half an hour without thinking about winning.
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Zhang Shihua, who was riding on a war horse, looked at the Asu army that was blocking him on the opposite side, and after exchanging a look with Han Yan'er, he took out his war knife and pointed at the military formation of the Asu army and shouted loudly: "Soldiers! Victory or defeat in one fell swoop! Kill me! ”
"Kill!" The three thousand soldiers shouted in unison.
Then, with an unstoppable momentum, the 3,000 soldiers rushed towards the Asov army, which was trying to stop them.
To be honest, if you talk about the equipment of both sides alone, the 3,000 soldiers under Zhang Shihua and Han Yan'er are far inferior to the iron-clad Asu Army, but in the era of cold weapons, the courage of the soldiers is far more important than equipment and armor.
After all, if you talk about equipment, who can compare to the Great Song Dynasty in the past dynasties, the Great Song Dynasty's step armor and divine arm crossbow have far surpassed any country of the same era, but the Great Song Dynasty is still a small one for ten thousand years, and even a small country like Western Xia can and pee on their heads.
Therefore, although the equipment of these Asu Army far exceeds that of the Red Turban Army, Zhang Shihua still has the confidence to win, which may be the best explanation for "barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes".
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As usual, Han Yan'er's subordinates still rushed forward in a swarm after receiving the order to charge, while Zhang Shihua's troops formed a dense phalanx and pressed towards the Asu army in a posture of not hurrying or slowing.
Because the two sides were not far apart, the war soon broke out. And the first to fight with the Asu army was the soldiers under the command of Han Yan'er, but perhaps because most of Han Yan'er's men were new pawns, they did not tear apart the formation of the Asu army at the first time, but the well-equipped Asu army was entangled.
On Zhang Shihua's side, while Han Yan'er was entangled with them, he led his soldiers to form a battle formation.
In the battle array, Zhang Shihua's two of the most skilled and brave soldiers, Zhang Shihui and Zhao Jiu, armed with swords and shields, led a group of soldiers who were the most skilled and brave among the 1,000 soldiers to stand at the forefront of the battle array, and behind them, there were spearmen armed with spears.
The phalanx thus formed, like a steel wall, pressed against the Aso army.
Originally, there were many archers in the Asu army, but because Han Yan'er had already fought with the Asu army, the archers also lost their role at this time, so Zhang Shihua and the others approached their enemies without encountering any obstacles.
The fight broke out in the shouts of the double-haired soldiers.
Zhao Jiu, who was the first brave general under Zhang Shihua, held a sword and shield, and the soldiers under his command walked neatly together and rushed towards the Asu army opposite. Swinging the knife, slashing, advancing, crushing, hot blood splattered on the faces of Zhao Jiu and every sword and shield hand, but they didn't feel the slightest fear, but felt a burst of excitement.
Yes, it was the excitement, the excitement of crushing the enemy in front of them into powder, the enemies in iron armor could not stop them at all, they could not even hurt themselves, the sharp spear pierced out from behind their side, and the sharp tip of the spear killed every enemy who tried to get close.
The sharp swords of the sword and shield men and the sharp spears stabbed by the pikemen formed a small battle formation with both attack and defense in a ratio of one to two, and hundreds of such small battle formations formed such an unrivaled battle array.
Looking at the enemy's frightened expression and the thrill of crushing the enemy in a dignified manner, even Zhao Jiu, who has always liked to show his personal bravery on the battlefield, had to sigh in his heart: "The elite battle array is the royal road to the battlefield!" ”
Han Yan'er, who was guarded by layers of personal soldiers, has been paying attention to the more than 1,000 soldiers under Zhang Shihua's command, because at the time of the first battle of Shenqiu, Han Yan'er had already noticed that Zhang Shihua's soldiers were unusual, so at the beginning of this battle, Han Yan'er had been paying attention to Zhang Shihua's soldiers.
"Unbeatable! It's really unbeatable! This battle array is so powerful! When Han Yan'er saw the soldiers under Zhang Shihua's command tearing apart the military formation of the Asu Army with a momentum like a bamboo, Han Yan'er couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Then he thought again: "It seems that I will also ask Brother Zhang more in terms of military training in the future." ”
And when Han Yan'er thought like this in her heart, Zhang Shihua, who led a team of guards to supervise the battle in the back, couldn't help but nod when he saw the performance of the soldiers under his command.
To be honest, as early as when Zhang Shihua was still inspecting, he was already thinking about forming such a battle formation in his heart.
At the beginning, perhaps because he was too heavily influenced by the previous life, Zhang Shihua superstitiously believed that the spear phalanx was the perfect battle array. However, after a series of actual battles, Zhang Shihua found that this statement was not credible at all.
That's right, the spear phalanx does have a great advantage in attack, and the spear is indeed more economical and cheaper than other weapons, but the spear phalanx still has a great drawback, that is, the lack of defense and the inability to close the melee combat.
It can be said that if a single pike-mounted phalanx encounters a heavily armored foot soldier, the heavily armored infantry can completely rely on its own defensive power to break through the phalanx of pikemen. After all, the pikemen are all nearly three meters long weapons in their hands, and such long weapons are naturally infinitely powerful after opening up the distance, but once the knife and axe hand is close, such a weapon is simply a burden.
Therefore, after discovering such shortcomings and experiencing a series of actual battles, Zhang Shihua came up with a plan for the sword and shield men wearing heavy armor to cooperate with the pikemen. Now it seems that such a scheme is not bad, at least to compensate for the lack of defense of the pikemen.
After all, as long as the heavy armor sword and shield hand in front of him is there, the enemy will not want to break through the spear battle array, and if the spear battle array is not broken, the enemy will not be able to defeat him.
Moreover, as long as such a phalanx is combined with crossbowmen, it can evolve into a sharp weapon against cavalry. However, if you want to fight against cavalry, the proportion of crossbowmen should account for at least fifty percent, after all, cavalry is the strongest type of troops in the era of cold weapons, and today, when gunpowder weapons have just appeared, there is not enough long-range strike power, and it is impossible for infantry to fight against cavalry.
As for the so-called spear phalanx crushing the cavalry, it is complete nonsense, from ancient times to the present in the east and west, there has never been a single pike phalanx that can crush the same number of cavalry. After all, the cavalry is not an idiot, and they rushed over stupidly when they saw you lined up, and even if the cavalry rushed up stupidly, as long as the cavalry was equipped with weapons such as throwing axes, your group of pikemen had not touched people, and it was estimated that they would be smashed into two fools by a flying axe.
So after thinking about this matter, Zhang Shihua also completely understood: "That is, there is no perfect tactical method in the world." The so-called perfection is nothing more than perfection in a particular situation of a particular era. ”
It's a lot of nonsense, then again, when the soldiers under Zhang Shihua's command formed a phalanx under the command of Zhang Shihua to tear apart the military formation of the Asu army, Bu Rigude, as the commander of the army, naturally noticed this terrible army.
However, although Bu Rigude noticed this army, he did not have the courage to lead the troops to resist in person, but sent one of the bravest Qianhu under his command and asked him to lead people to stop Zhao Jiu and Zhang Shihui.
"Within three households, there will be a faithful man." Although most of the generals of the Aso Army are not very good, Qianhu Umar is a rare warrior among the officers of the Aso Army.
Therefore, when Umar received the order of Bu Rigude, he, who had always regarded himself as the first warrior of the Azo Army, did not think much about it, and led the bravest guards under his command to meet him.
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Besides, on Zhao Jiu's side, after a long time of fighting, Zhao Jiu, who had formed a battle formation, had already broken through the outer defense line of the Asu army, and was even about to approach the general flag of the Asu army.
Looking at the battle flag of the Asu Army fluttering in the distance, Zhao Jiu, who was covered in blood, pointed at the battle flag of the Asu Army with a brave sword and shouted: "Sons, victory is close at hand, rush with me!" With that, Zhao Jiu led and rushed forward to kill a long distance.
However, when the battle between the two armies was at its most intense, Wu Ma'er, who was the first brave general of the Asu Army, also rushed here with more than 100 personal guards, and as soon as he arrived here, he roared and rushed to Zhao Jiu, who led the troops to fight.
"Shoot a man before a horse, capture a thief and capture the king first." Wu Ma'er naturally understands this reason, so when he led the troops to rush to kill, the first person Wu Ma'er wanted to kill was Zhao Jiu. Because he knew that the red turban thief battle formation was extremely strong, and it was impossible to win if he was hard-hitting. As long as he can kill their commander, he can naturally defeat this thief army. (To be continued.) )