Chapter 40: Setbacks

Since the noon march, the thieves' elite cavalry has been entangled, constantly trying to break through from all directions, but the cavalry guarding the outer perimeter of the official army is not inferior, firmly blocking this group of thieves in the outer circle, and the brigade of men and horses under the prying eyes of the enemy, still unwavering forward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Along the way, he met dense forests, grass, ravines and valleys, and the king sent the general capital to increase the ability to collect the night and check it carefully, if it wasn't for the summer, the grass and trees were not easy to light, he would have sent someone to burn those things clean, regardless of whether you hid Tibetans in it, they were all burned bare, saving trouble.

There were thieves rushing forward, and the king frowned with a headache, although there were sentinels on the periphery to warn, and the cavalry coming from behind the ass did not cause any major confusion at all, but one after the other, the two groups of cavalry had basically entangled the hundred or so elite cavalry he brought out.

Sensing that something was wrong, the king made a quick decision, ordered the main force of the Chinese army's foot soldiers to stop, and took advantage of the terrain next to him to surround the cart in a circle, and at the same time sent his cronies around him to call all the cavalry at the front and rear to come over, and stop doing unnecessary entanglement.

"Hey, divide into two teams, let's deal with the cavalry outside the car formation first." Li Tianwang had already gathered the elite cavalry, ready to rush straight to the main force in the center of the enemy formation from top to bottom, but the leader of this group of officers and soldiers was not given in vain, as soon as he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately formed a circle, and the arrangement of the officers and troops when they marched was extremely effective, and the movements of their hands were also extremely fast, and they were surrounded into a hedgehog in only three or two strokes.

Although the distance is only one mile away, but the official army has completely organized the defense, and it is not feasible to take advantage of the chaos to attack it, fortunately, the cavalry on the periphery is all attracted away, this will be inextricable, although it is only a mile away from the center of the car formation, but under the harassment and entanglement of the enemy cavalry, it is likely that there is no chance to get close to the Chinese army at all.

This is also a good opportunity, to defeat the only hundred cavalry in the official army, and the rest will be much easier. After only a moment's silence, King Li Tianwang divided into two teams, each leading more than fifty elite cavalry, and swept towards the official cavalry on both sides.

Looking at the black iron flow rushing down on the opposite slope, Wang Jiang only felt bitter, the cavalry he sent to the periphery could be left with a few complete returns, and now he could only resign himself to fate, he only hoped that there would be only twenty or thirty horsemen left, so that the cavalry cooperated with the main force of the infantry in the car formation, and the remaining few family members who were not sent out, cooperating with each other, there should be no big problem in holding the position.

The cavalry on the periphery is no longer under his control, so he no longer wastes time, just orders the infantry in the formation to stabilize the position, even if the cavalry is all over, as long as the chariot formation is saved, there is still hope.

"I've filled all the medicines, and the arquebuses are all ignited, and I'll release them when I give the order." After instructing the elite guards around him, Wang turned around and looked nervously at the grappling outside the formation.

I have to say that Li Tianwang is a little too big, he divided his elite cavalry into two teams, respectively to deal with the two teams of officers and cavalry in front and behind the car formation, is with the mind of all-encompassing, but if you are greedy, you will lose, the strength of the official army is not as weak as he thought, both sides have maintained a two-to-one superiority, but there is no absolute superiority in strength, and in the end, after some entanglement, there are still fifty or sixty horsemen who escaped and returned to the surroundings of the chariot array.

The results of the attack were smaller than expected, Li Tianwang frowned helplessly, the official army is indeed not easy to fight, this time it is really troublesome.

Half of the cavalry were entangled with the officers and soldiers for a long time, and the men and horses were tired enough, and they had to slow down for a while before they could be useful. Xu Zhengze also followed Miss Yang to the team, he naturally could see the car formation not far away, and when he saw it, he knew that Li Tianwang was likely to return this time.

The commander-in-chief of the officers and soldiers was very cautious, and there was nothing negligent in the arrangement, and the grass where they were hiding just now had been inspected several times, but of course the result was just a few more captures here. When encountering an unusual situation, even if you form a car formation according to the dense grass on the side of the road, the reaction is fast, and the combat power is not weak, this is not so easy to fight.

The back of the car formation is a large dense grass, and the weeds grow so high and dense in summer that it is difficult for people and horses to get into it and even walk around, so don't think about it if you want to attack from behind, as for arson, the green grass and trees in summer cannot be lit at all.

Wang Jiang always looked worriedly at the two hundred enemy cavalry outside, although the loss of the cavalry was much better than he expected, but the loss of thirty or forty elite cavalry in one face really made him feel painful.

Before he could react further, the thieves on the opposite side began to drape the horses all over their bodies, and the king tightened his heart, did these people still want to rush at his chariot? If that were the case, he would die laughing.

Xu Zhengze looked at the busy cavalry in front of him curiously, bringing armor to the tall horses, and thick felt on both sides, he could figure out this, it was protection, Li Tianwang They were poor, and they didn't dare to think about iron armor or anything, but it was really useless to put thick felt on the horses, and the ordinary weapons were hit. It's just, where does the Heavenly King want to attack? Xu Zhengze guessed puzzled.

Facts have proved that Li Tianwang wants to impact the official cavalry on the flank of the car formation, the car formation is relatively narrow, and the cavalry cannot drill inside, so they gathered on the side, Li Tianwang wants to rush hard once, and rush over at this angle, because his own cavalry is in front, the officers and troops in the car formation basically lose their effect, they only need to crush the official cavalry on the periphery, maybe they will even solve the car formation.

The horsemen who went out to fight stepped forward on their horses, lined up in a tight and neat queue, and then began to trot, slowly accelerating, the rumbling of horses' hooves was like thunder, and the earth trembled, and rows of simple armor-like horsemen rushed towards the cavalry of the official army like angry waves. As soon as they made contact, the officers and soldiers who had been entangled with Li Tianwang's elite cavalry for a long time and did not fall behind were immediately knocked out and scattered.

Xu Zhengze was dumbfounded, this is too much contrast. He had just seen the performance of the cavalry of the official army clearly, but he did not see that the official army was so vulnerable.

"The morale of the officers and soldiers is deflated." Li Tianwang was also a little unexpected, but he still understood that the collision just now only knocked the cavalry of the official army apart, and there were not many real casualties, and the cavalry of the official army that was knocked away on the side of the car formation quickly gathered again, avoiding the follow-up impact, and the own armored cavalry that rushed to the front of the car formation was repelled by a burst of bow and crossbow fire from the opponent, but there were a few casualties, and Li Tianwang could only helplessly let the attacking cavalry retreat.

Although the morale of the officers and soldiers is discharged, but there is a chariot formation with cavalry, both of which are not so easy to solve, if there are more people, it would be good, looking at these elite horses under his own command, Li Tianwang sighed helplessly, if there were some ordinary foot soldiers, he would not be so forward-looking at the future, and directly sent the army to rush over, how could he break this chariot formation.

The next time was lackluster, the two sides were nervously confronted, Li Tianwang sent cavalry from time to time to rush at the cavalry scattered by the official army, and after a rush, he quickly turned back, so that the firepower in the car formation could not hit at all, so that after two or three blows, more than a dozen cavalry of the official army were cut off.

Seeing that it was not a way to go on like this, Wang General also took the risk, forcibly commanded the car formation to push to the outer circle, and worked hard to expand the position, and then introduced the remaining forty or fifty horsemen into the car formation, so that Li Tianwang had a headache, and he had to guard against suddenly stretching out and being bitten, how to break?

The officers and soldiers who had stabilized their positions, not satisfied with passively holding on and waiting for reinforcements, actually began to advance slowly and firmly, and Li Tianwang, who was reluctant to damage too much capital, could not start in the face of the turtle shell, so he had to send cavalry to constantly run around the car formation, harass, and shoot an arrow from time to time, or a group of three or five, a group of ninety people, constantly impacting and turning, repeating this, step by step, the distance to fifty or sixty meters.

In the face of the wolves, the officers and soldiers could only stop one step at a time and move slowly. Fortunately, until now, there have not been a few officers and soldiers who have lost control and sent bows and arrows indiscriminately, I think that Li Tianwang's department is elite, but it is far less than the unforgettable fear that the Jurchen elite brought to the Ming army, and he is not afraid in his heart, and his hands are naturally stable.

There was a loud sound of "boom", even Xu Zhengze was startled, looked up, but saw that several cavalrymen who were showing off their might in front of the enemy were beaten into a cloud of blood mist, and planted their horses.

"There's a bird." Li Tianwang clenched his teeth, staring at the officers and soldiers opposite, his own people didn't notice, they were too close, and they were shot off the horse by a dense burst of birds from the other side, basically there were few to live, and Li Tianwang, who had lost more than a dozen good players at once, how could Li Tianwang, who had few soldiers and was fine, not be angry.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the thieves' temporary deterrence, the king lost no time in sending the only remaining dozens of cavalry to charge straight into the enemy formation, and the foot soldiers of the rear brigade slowly approached and pressed up step by step.

was bitten hard by a counterattack from the other party, Li Tianwang also had to retreat from the army, looking at the officers and soldiers who were still on guard and walking slowly, he said with a headache: "It's not a way to go on like this, how to break this turtle shell." ā€

"Big brother, why don't you make people wear multiple layers of heavy armor, use foot soldiers to fight close to each other, and forcibly break the formation?" Gao Chenghe also saw the anxiety of the battle situation, so he came up with an idea. can really approach the fight, most of the officers and soldiers can't support it.

"There are a lot of birds in the official army." Li Tianwang was also very helpless, at the beginning, the cavalry of the official army was outside, and he could not send heavy armor foot soldiers to attack the enemy formation, but now the official army collected the cavalry into the car formation, but the other party showed a lot of bird guns, and the soldiers wearing three layers of armor could not necessarily block the bombardment of bird guns.