Chapter Fifty-Nine: The First Battle
Wanyan Jitai encountered not only more than 1,000 cavalry, but also Li Qing personally commanded the left wing of Wang Qinian, after the expansion of the army, now Li Qing's cavalry wing and left wing each have 1,500 soldiers, more than half of the general Dingzhou military wing, Li Qing only brought two wings, but the strength is comparable to the average battalion head. In their rear, there are still hundreds of remnants of the Xuanfeng battalion who were saved by them, but they can be ignored now, stay in Li Qing's rear, and wait for the soy sauce to be played.
At the beginning of the smoke and dust in the front, the sentinels who had already been placed in the front transmitted the information back, and the Changsheng battalion set up its position in place and set up a good position, and today is the first battle between the reorganized Changsheng battalion and the enemy, and it must not be ignored. Although Jiang Kui's cavalry is more numerous than the other party, Li Qing has little confidence in the cavalry, the elite of the Bai clan are all born on horseback and grew up on horseback, compared with them cavalry, Li Qing is not so stupid, maybe after a period of tempering, it is still possible to fight, but now, this batch of battlefield junior brothers still let them fight on the side, this decision makes Jiang Kui's face grow.
Wang Qinian was excited, the first battle between the Changsheng battalion and the barbarians, this honor was his, for such a long time, in addition to training, he went to Shang Haibo to learn the art of war, and now it is the first thing to say.
The two hundred chariots were quickly pushed to the front, the scorpion ballistas on the carts raised their heads, rows of soldiers stood with guns, behind them, another row of soldiers held a large shield in their left hand, a square knife in their right hand, and a row of gunners in the third row, standing in turn, neatly arranged, whether you look horizontally or vertically, Li Qing's troops are in a straight line. Except for the five hundred chariot soldiers and crossbowmen, the remaining soldiers formed a neat three phalanxes. Li Qing and his 200 personal guards were in the rear of these three phalanxes, the big flag was fluttering, and the one-eyed dragon Tang Hu was excitedly and persistently beating the drums, just waiting for Li Qing to give an order, and he was going to beat the war drums of the attack.
1,000 steps, 800 steps, 500 steps. Wang Qinian silently counted the distance between the other party and himself in his heart, and when he reached four hundred steps, Wang Qinian waved his hand violently, "Cannon!" ”
The scorpion crossbows on the two hundred chariots rang out at the same time, and the two hundred polished stone bullets flew up with the sound of the wind, smashing fiercely into Wanyan Jitai's charging cluster.
Wanyan Jitai did not look at the opposite military formation, although he had also encountered the Dingzhou army's military formation many times, but at that time, the troops he led were far inferior to the current Bai elite cavalry, whether it was the elite level or the psychology of daring to fight, even so, he had repeatedly penetrated the opponent's military formation, so he led his troops to come, and after discovering the other party, he immediately changed the formation into a conical attack formation.
Changing the battle formation on the galloping war horse, which made Li Qing, who was watching the battle, full of praise, his cavalry is really far worse than the other party, you look at these Bai people, just a little confusion, and then completed the transformation of the formation, amazing! Some of this battle was fought.
The stone bullets fell heavily, the center of the cone-shaped attack formation immediately stirred up a wave, these stone bullets weighed about a few catties, falling from the sky, each was afraid of dozens of catties of strength, the Bai people were not afraid of the general bow and arrow, the general bow and arrow could not penetrate the iron armor on their bodies at all, but this kind of stone bullet is different, if you hit it, you will be directly knocked off the horse, in this situation, fall off the horse, you will be waiting to be trampled into meat mud.
In the first wave of attacks, dozens of horsemen fell off their horses and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"Cannon!" Wang Qinian shouted again, and another wave of stone catapults shot out. The enemy cavalry had only two hundred paces left.
"Rack a gun!" There was a thud, and rows of spears were neatly erected.
"Cannon!" Wang Qinian finally shouted this word, and after the ballista on the chariot fired the last round of ballistas, he neatly turned over and got out of the car, penetrated through the gap in the crowd behind him, and pulled out his waist knives one by one, becoming the guard of the last row of spearmen.
Wanyan Jitai was very angry, this kind of chariot attack was the first time he encountered it, he lacked the means to deal with it, three waves of artillery bombardment, he lost about 100 people, but he didn't even touch the enemy's side.
Close, close, finally close, the first row of war horses neighed, suddenly turned automatically, the bright spear tips on the chariot let these quite psychic horses automatically avoid, the knights on the horse flexibly bent their bows and arrows, and shot sharp arrows at the back of the car, the arrow rain hit, the neatly lined soldiers could not evade, all they could do was bow their heads and protect their faces, but the distance was too close, although there were shields raised high by the shield soldiers, and the spearmen also raised their spears and waved them in the air, but there were still arrows to break through the layers of defense, The Changsheng battalion finally suffered casualties. The fallen soldiers were immediately dragged away by the sword soldiers, and new spearmen were immediately added behind them, so that the formation remained tight.
The horses in front could be avoided, but the horses behind were blocked from view, could not turn, and crashed into the chariot heavily, and were stabbed in the belly by the soft, and the knight on the horse was thrown high and fell to the back of the chariot, and was immediately met by several spears in the air and pierced into a sieve. The huge momentum caused the chariots in the front row to fall backwards heavily, and the handlebars that were stuck in the ground were deeply rooted in the ground, but some of the handlebars were broken in two, and the chariots were hit by this huge force, and they fell to the ground, and the Bai cavalry, who had excellent equestrian skills, leaped forward and rushed in.
"Thorn!" The sentinels shouted hoarsely, and the whole platoon of soldiers did not hesitate to raise their spears and stab forward, and as for the opponents who had rushed into the formation, there were naturally shield soldiers and sword soldiers.
The Bai soldiers who crashed into the formation turned over and got up, only to find that around him, the black pressed shields squeezed up, and in the gap of the shields, there was a long knife with a cold light, shouting in despair, and violently slashed the war knife in his hand, although the wooden shields were cut in two, but at the same time, several holes appeared in his body.
Wanyan Jitai found that this chariot formation was completely impossible for him to do, and the first wave of attacks caused him to lose dozens of knights, but the opponent's army formation stood still, swept diagonally on the battlefield, and once again led his troops to pounce. At this time, on the opposite side of him, Wang Qinian, who heard the sound of Li Qing's war drums, also changed his formation brazenly, the chariot was pushed up, and he rushed forward in rows, and behind him, the black pressure spearmen followed in rows.
"Look for death!" Wanyan Jitai is overjoyed, sure enough, there are still some rookies, if you don't move in formation, I really don't have any good way, but as long as you move, there will be a gap between the queues, and you can make my war horse gallop, so aren't these infantry like pigs and sheep?
"Charge!" He yelled.
One by one, the chariots in the front row were knocked into the air, and the charioteers flew into the air with their feet pierced and fell to the ground again, but they succeeded in slowing down the speed of their horses, and the infantry behind them advanced in a neat row to the shrill whistles of the sentry commanders.
"Thorn!" With a bang, rows of spears stabbed neatly.
"Second row, thorns!" Another row. "Third row, thorns!"
The guns seem to be endless, row after row, at this time Wang Qinian's three phalanxes have gathered together, converging into a huge phalanx, each row is about a step away, the front row of guns stabbed, the moment the guns are collected, the back row has been plugged in, after stabbing more than a dozen shots, the gunmen in the back will be deployed by the fruit chief, in the whistle of the whistle, rush forward, replace the front row soldiers who have weak arms.
Wanyan Jitai felt that he was trapped in an infinite forest of guns, and the opponent's formation had been advancing for so long, but it was still neatly arranged, not giving him the slightest space to find. He and his soldiers were struggling to cope with the waves of spear tips.
His formation was completely scattered, and after some soldiers fell into the bullet forest, they were stabbed and thrown out by several guns at the same time in the blink of an eye, and more were more than a dozen horsemen, and dozens of horsemen were forced into a narrow range by the gun forest, and it was difficult to even turn around, let alone pick up the speed.
"Kill out, kill out!" He swung his knife and slashed at the spears that stabbed him, and shouted loudly.
In just half an hour, a thousand Bai clan elites were scattered under Wang Qinian's gun, Li Qing showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, seeing hundreds of Bai clan soldiers breaking through, Li Qing turned to Yang Yidao beside him and said, "Give Jiang Kui an order, it's his turn to appear." ”
Jiang Kui, who saw Ling Qi, pulled out his face, pulled out his waist knife, and said angrily: "Brothers, hit the water dogs!" "Take the lead and rush out.