Chapter 102: Breaking the Formation
From a distance, the new city is completely covered in black. The dense Qin army continued to climb the city, like a huge wave in the sea, wave after wave, endlessly. Only the occasional green on the top of the city proves that the new city is still in the hands of the Korean army.
In just half an hour, the South Korean army was forced to throw in all its reserves. But within half an hour, the reserves were completely lost. Under the "helplessness", the defender sent a large number of young men to the top of the city, which was able to stop the offensive of the Qin army.
"Kill!" The hideous Qin army swung his sword and killed the "young man" in the new city. In his opinion, the opposite side is just a rookie who has just entered the battlefield, and he must be trembling under his killing intent, and he may not even drop his weapon to beg for mercy. Unexpectedly, although the other party was in tattered clothes and armor and looked nervous, his shot was unambiguous. A thrust, "Qing Zhuang" used a spear to block the inevitable sword of the Qin army.
The Qin army, which originally had the upper hand in the war, gradually discovered that the reinforcements of the Korean army --- this group of obviously young and strong people, and they actually blocked their own progress. After occupying nearly half of the city, it was difficult for the Qin army to advance half a step. This group of young men is not inferior to the regular army in terms of cooperation or bravery.
However, Qin Jun was not so shocked by the opponent's good battle at the moment, but was angry at the obscenity of the opponent's tactics. In order to facilitate the arrival of the city, the Qin army carried short weapons such as bronze swords, while the Han army on the opposite side was actually all spears and spears. The head of the city was narrow, and after the Han army stretched out its dense spears and spears, the Qin army had little room to attack, and behind the Han army's spearmen, there were even more despicable crossbowmen, who squatted on the ground, constantly killing and injuring themselves through the gaps.
If it weren't for the Qin army's quick response with shields, I'm afraid there would have been more casualties. When the plan failed, the Han army had another plan and constantly threw fireballs at the Qin army on the opposite side, disrupting the Qin army's offensive.
Huang Can saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. The opposite side obviously occupies the advantage on the field, but it can't open the situation for a long time. Although he believed that he would definitely be able to conquer the new city today, the casualties made Huang Can a little sad.
"Vice General Song, you personally led a thousand Chinese troops to the south gate. The terrain is relatively low, and in an hour, Ben will hope to reward the army in the new city, understand? Huang Can said in a calm but unusually firm tone.
Song Xin's expression changed, and he responded solemnly: "Huh! "It seems that the Lord has made up his mind. However, in Song Xin's view, the city defense of the Korean army was already crumbling. Huang Can's move was more of an expression of dissatisfaction with the progress of the offensives.
The 1,000 Qin army quickly separated from the Chinese army and went straight to the south gate under the leadership of the deputy general Song Xin.
Inside the west gate of the new city, the three thousand tiger riders are already ready to go. Behind the Tiger Cavalry were 10,000 highly motivated light infantry. The Qin army's crash was constantly hitting the city gate, and its sound was as loud as thunder, and even the shaking of the nearby city wall could be felt near the city gate, and no one knew how long the west gate could hold up. Through the thick city gate, you can even hear the various noisy voices of the Qin army.
"Keep it up! The gates are falling! A Qin soldier in charge of command shouted in surprise. Another impact, just as the commander of the Qin army commanded his men to retreat, preparing to hit again, a sudden change occurred. The west gate, which had not been breached for a long time, was actually opened.
Three thousand iron horsemen set off a rolling torrent and disappeared from the dust. The 1,000 Qin troops at the west gate were defenseless, and more than half of them were immediately damaged, and many people were trampled into mud by horses. Screaming, screaming, screaming, wailing, in the face of death, people seem extraordinarily small.
This was only the beginning of the nightmare, and the surviving Qin army found that the city gate was not immediately closed by the Han army, but a thousand archers poured out of it, and a thousand arrows were fired in unison, and no Qin army survived this time. Immediately afterwards, 9,000 light infantry, armed with spears or bronze swords, slaughtered the Qin army densely assembled under the city wall.
Where did the Qin army think that the Han army still had extra troops to go out of the city to counterattack, after all, the battle on the head of the city was so fierce at the moment, the Korean army was only three thousand, and it was too late to defend the city. But the reality is so cruel, and the Qin army, which was caught off guard, suddenly fell into a bitter battle.
The Qin army's forces were too scattered, and this flaw was infinitely magnified at this moment. The same is true for the South Gate and the North Gate, but in these two gates, the Han army only invested 5,000 troops each, which is a bit petty compared to the West Gate, but even so, it is enough for the Qin army to drink a pot. When the Han army was lax, the Qin army showed its fangs that had been hidden in the snow for a long time.
Huang Can looked at the galloping tiger rider, and his face became a little blue. originally thought that the new city could be defeated by a war suddenly poured out so many Korean troops, and it seemed that they had fallen into the trap of the other party. But even so, if you use cavalry to fight against the infantry that you have integrated into the phalanx, the other party is looking for death. And looking at the past from a distance, the cold armor of the Korean army reflected the chilling light, and the war horses sitting down were more than seven feet, obviously a heavy cavalry. Although they seemed to be powerful, Huang Can was not too worried. The Koreans are just empty of the surface, and the armor-clad cavalry is better protected, but the flexibility is even worse. As long as you block the other person, most of them will probably fall off the horse.
"Archers! Shoot the arrows! Huang Can gritted his teeth and said. His face turned blue because he was fooled, but he didn't expect that he would be cautious for a lifetime, and he would be deceived by the weak Han.
The 600 archers in the front row were ordered to start firing arrows, and the dense rain of arrows drew an arc of death and headed straight for the Korean army. The tiger rider looked at the rain of arrows that were getting closer and closer, and began to lean down, trying to avoid the vital point. Although each person has a riding shield, it is not used to protect himself, but to protect the vital point of the war horse under him.
Everyone knows that in the rolling torrent of iron horses, once the war horse falls down with an arrow, the cavalry on the horse will not be spared, and the only outcome is to be trampled into flesh by the robe behind him, and protecting the war horse is to protect himself. Every officer and soldier of the Tiger Cavalry has armor to protect themselves, and the worst of them is also leather armor, as long as they are not shot at the vital point, they will not be in danger of their lives.
The current three thousand tiger horses are not the tiger horses of the Battle of Huayang, after the invention of cement, Zhao Guo is very interested. The crown prince took advantage of the situation to propose to exchange war horses for cement, and for Zhao Guo, the most important thing is war horses. War horses are not really strategic materials in this era, after all, the national strength of various countries is limited, and the training of cavalry is also very difficult. Therefore, Zhao Guo happily agreed. However, the crown prince required that it must be a war horse with a height of more than seven feet at the shoulder, which was a bit difficult, and Zhao Guo took some trouble to do it.
With these 3,000 good horses, the prince formed the first real heavy cavalry--- equipped with stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes, plus well-trained elite cavalry in armor. The Yulin army went north to the Yan Kingdom, where there were many ears and eyes, and it was not appropriate to show the wonderful use of stirrups and saddles. But Xincheng is different, at the moment he has the advantage in troops, and the Qin army has already been tricked, and there is a great hope for annihilating the Qin army and keeping the secret. Only then did the prince decide to send this ace in his hand.
Seeing that the tiger cavalry was getting closer and closer to the Qin army's main formation, Huang Can decisively ordered the archers to retreat, and then it was the moment of the real confrontation. As long as the shield soldiers in the front row block the cavalry of the South Korean army, the cavalry that loses speed and distance can only accept the unilateral slaughter of their own side. Huang Can even began to look forward to the picture of a large number of Korean soldiers falling from their horses and being killed. It's just that the script didn't go the way he thought. Without any hindrance, the Han army's tiger cavalry broke through the formation, and the infantry phalanx that the Qin army was proud of was broken!
Thanks to Lumiya for the reward, work hard in the codeword. And one more! The third will be tomorrow morning.