Chapter 139: The Great Break

Many people saw the cavalry storming the infantry phalanx on TV, and it was so powerful. In fact www.biquge.info except for heavy cavalry such as armored cavalry and chain horses, few cavalry directly attacked the infantry phalanx.

In the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, when China's cavalry tactics developed greatly, the Liao State fought against the Song Dynasty, and there was a basic tactical principle, that is, to be invincible in formation.

As long as the infantry phalanx of the Song Dynasty was neatly arranged, the Liao State never rushed to battle, as if they followed immediately, keeping a certain distance, which was outside the range of the opponent's bow and crossbow, but within the range of cavalry impact.

Arraying in the case that the cavalry can attack at any time is also a strength job, and the Liao army only needs to wait for the Song army to be tired, or retreat, and then attack, or simply bypass the other side and attack the rear baggage.

Therefore, the cavalry in ancient China was used to charge the battle, which was only armored cavalry, or chain horses, and the use of Tiefutu, in fact, more cavalry rushed to the battle.

Not to mention that in the pre-Qin era when stirrups, high bridge saddles, and horseshoes were not invented, this cavalry was not used to directly impact the infantry battle array.

Hesitating without stirrups, the cavalry is not stable at all on horseback, can not use two-handed weapons, can only hold the reins of the horse in one hand to control the body, and the other hand to hold the weapon, that is, some long-handled weapons with strong impact can not be used, and there is no root under the feet, under the impact, eighty percent of the cavalry will fall off their horses.

Therefore, using precious cavalry to impact the opponent's battle formation is also Zhang Han's helpless move, just to buy time.

At the forefront of the guards were all brave men, and the first one was none other than Canghai Jun.

The stakes in this battle are very important, so Wei Wuji sent the best soldiers and the best fierce generals in the whole army to the front, and his own Daxu was also split in the forward, and he was only three or four feet away from the first row. It's still within the crossbow's range.

Without Wei Wuji's order, Canghai Jun didn't take the Qin army in front of him in his eyes. Canghaijun escaped from his arms with a big water bag, opened it, raised it high and poured it into his mouth, and drank it in one go, not a drop left, these water bags were not filled with water, but wine.

This wine was specially sent by Wei Wuji to keep out the cold when he spent the night in the mountains last night. It's winter. Spend the night in the wilderness. There is no tent, and there is no fire, Wei Wuji can think of using it to ward off the cold, and the wine is only one of them, but he is afraid that the drunkards below will drink and make mistakes, and everyone has a ration of the wine distributed, but I don't know where Canghaijun got so much.

Canghaijun drank it in one go, slammed the wine bag on the ground, and said, "Ping Halberd." ”

The halberds that had been standing upright were all lowered like a dense forest, and sharp branches and leaves stretched forward.

Canghaijun's twin hammers were placed at his feet, and he also held a halberd in his hand, standing side by side with all his tactics. Canghaijun's eyes narrowed slightly, he calculated silently in his heart, suddenly shouted, stomped hard behind his feet, exhaled and said, "Wansheng." ”

The voice was extremely loud, and for a while, all the soldiers of the guard shouted loudly together: "Wansheng." "It seems that the guards are in front of the formation, and there is a wave of anger.

But before the sound fell, countless horses smashed heavily into the battle formation, and in an instant, countless gurgling sounds were heard. Countless halberds were all broken by the galloping horses in an instant.

Almost the entire phalanx took a step back in an instant, and most of the guards and soldiers standing in the first row didn't even snort before they were hit by the horses, bleeding from the seven orifices in an instant, breaking their sternums, and dying with their lives.

The battle formation of the guards was very dense, in order to defend against the impact of the horses, almost all of them were densely packed shoulder to shoulder and back to support each other, one by one long halberds stretched out from the second row and the third row, and the impact of the galloping horses stiffly broke the three rows of halberds, killing most of the soldiers in the first row. With this cushion in front, the soldiers of the second and third rows were able to survive such an impact.

However, these Qin cavalry were not happy, the reaction force brought by this hard collision was not small, and the sound of falling horses was also heard for a while, and for a while, I didn't know how many cavalry fell off their horses.

Standing at the front, Canghai Jun was quick with his eyes and hands, and at the moment when the halberd broke, he immediately let go, picked up the two sledgehammers at his feet, and smashed them down with a fierce hammer, just on the head of the horse that was galloping, and with a hammer down, there were hundreds of catties of strength, and the horse's head was smashed into a pulp, and the red and white were all there, and the horses weighing hundreds of catties did not even scream, and they fell in front of the Chu army.

Just when everyone hadn't recovered their strength against the impact, Canghai Jun had already shouted, "Kill." "He strode forward, hammer at a time, and saw people smashing people, seeing horses smashing horses, smashing people, people dying, smashing horses, and crippled horses. The biggest advantage of the cavalry is his speed, at this moment, countless cavalry were blocked by the flesh and blood by the foot soldiers, and the biggest speed advantage was no longer there, and naturally turned into a disadvantage.

If the newly formed Hanoi Army among the guards was here, such a tragic blow would naturally make the guards shake their hearts, and they would have already turned around and fled.

But the more than 10,000 people in the front row are all elite people selected from the Wei army, most of them are Puyang veterans, who have seen life and death, and their ability to bear is by no means below the Qin army, and they are Wei Wuji's most loyal, most elite, and most assured team.

Although this situation was tragic, it still couldn't frighten them, and as soon as Canghai Jun hit it, countless guards woke up like a dream, stepped on the corpses of people and horses, and strode forward, stabbing them one by one.

The Qin army and horses were mixed, some were on the horse, and some had fallen from the horse, and for a while the chaos was extremely chaotic, and they were fiercely repelled by this wave of attacks by the guards, and couldn't help but take a few steps back. I want to regroup and charge again.

It's not long to go back. A team of cavalry had already rushed from Zhang Han, and without saying a word, he beheaded the cavalry commander first, and shouted: "The general has an order, you must not take a step back, otherwise you will not be forgiven." ”

All the Qin troops couldn't help but gasp, gritted their teeth and rushed into battle again.

Wei Wuji saw the camp of the Chu army on the opposite side, walking side by side with the guards, the formation was a little scattered compared to the guards, but the morale was high, and the soldiers were also extremely brave, knowing that it was definitely Wu Guang's team.

Both sides are elite people who have fought old battles, and they make the same decision without discussion, forcing the front, forcing the front. Forced forward again, desperate to engage the Qin army.

Because this time was the weakest time for the Qin army, most of the soldiers were still all over the battlefield, even if some soldiers had gathered in front of Zhang Han, they were also in a state of confusion where the soldiers could not find the generals, and the soldiers could not be found, and if they did not take advantage of his illness to kill him, they were not a qualified general.

In fact, the generals of the Qin army who had just commanded the charge were not very wrong. Cavalry is powerful only when it runs, and cavalry that does not run is inferior to infantry. Only by retreating for a period of time and charging into battle again can this reflect the power of the cavalry.

But time doesn't allow it, and neither does the place. Especially the location, this cavalry needs to run in the formation, the distance of this section of the run, at least in the length of the mile, but the entire battlefield from Zhang Han to Wei Wuji, there are only a few miles, there is no room for cavalry maneuver, Zhang Han wants the cavalry to fight desperately, delay time, how can they have the slightest place to move.

So this cavalry general had to die.

But fortunately, even if the Qin soldiers were cavalry, their ability to fight under the foot was not bad, and they were entangled with the two armies of Chu Wei to the death, and they did not retreat one step at a time.

It's just that there is a gap in strength, and the arms are mutually restrictive, even if they are determined, they can't do anything.

Without the weapons and armor of his cavalry, and even the bow and arrow crossbow machine, they are not suitable for foot combat. And Wei Wuji and Wu Guang also knew how precious time was to the two of them at this moment, and the drums beat louder and louder, as if someone was desperately chasing.

The two sergeants of Chu Wei were even more desperate. Fighting to the death, this big battle was full of blood from the beginning, and it was directly fought to the climax as soon as the battle was engaged.

In this way, the cavalry of the Qin army was even more unbearable, but in a moment or so, more than 10,000 cavalry even their mounts disappeared.

At this moment, the two armies of Chu Wei were already round together, striding towards the Qin army.