The morning sun had not yet risen, but the first rays of dawn had already appeared, and a hint of fish belly white appeared in the eastern sky.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, there were flickering torches everywhere, and the fierce fire ignited by the fierce fire oil canisters projected on the south bank by the Hebei army in Jiangxinzhou, and even the corpses of many Wei soldiers were splashed with fire oil and turned into piles of fire.

The vanguard of the Wei army was cavalry numbering as many as 10,000 people, which was an elite unit that Li Mi had equipped at great expense. In front of them, the combined forces of the Chen and Zheng families had already seized the beachhead on the south bank, and hastily laid a trapezoidal diagonal formation.

However, it can be clearly seen that the other party was in a panic, and only came to transfer about 30,000 or so Jianghuai Army as the main infantry phalanx to resist. As long as the cavalry of the Wei army can break through the infantry phalanx of the Jianghuai army, the infantry army behind can take advantage of the situation to cover and kill these Jianghuai troops directly down the river.

"Raise the lance!" In front of the infantry phalanxes of the Jianghuai Army, the officers galloped back and forth on horseback, shouting loudly.

Wei Jun roared: "Kill!" The horses' hooves were like thunder, and the neat queue rushed towards the Jianghuai army like a black wall!

Facing the countless lances that suddenly rose up in the Jianghuai army, the Wei cavalry in the charge did not panic much. In their opinion, this spear infantry formation is just a strengthened version of the spear formation and spear formation.

Most of the Wei army was originally from a peasant army, and the peasant army lacked equipment in the early days, without a large number of war horses, without sharp crossbow arrows, and even the most basic longbow could not be equipped in large quantities. In the same way, there is a shortage of sturdy armor, and sometimes even equipment such as horizontal knives cannot be made for everyone.

But the most important thing for the rebel army is people, so the peasant army is the best at cutting wood and using it the most, which is to chop wood for soldiers, and a large number of bamboo guns, bamboo spears, wooden guns, and wooden spears. Putting an iron spear head on a long wooden or bamboo trunk is considered a weapon. Sometimes, even sharpening one end is a weapon.

When fighting, there were still a large number of people, lined up in dense spear formations and spear formations, and directly defeated the officers and soldiers with crowd tactics, which was a trick that all the rebels made good of. At present, these Wei troops have changed, riding tall war horses, wearing fine Mingguang armor, holding sharp spears and horizontal knives, and carrying longbows and crossbows.

This situation, apart from reminding them of their old days, did not arouse their defense in the slightest. In the past, they might not have been able to use this spear formation, but now, they have excellent equipment.

"Shoot the arrows!" The cavalry generals who charged forward quickly made judgments one by one.

This is the experience of exchanging blood and life in the past, and in the past, when they used to face the officers and soldiers with a spear array, what they were most afraid of was bows and arrows. Now it's finally their turn to be the fierce hunters who drive away their prey, and they certainly won't forget this best method of attack.

Ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and the charging Wei cavalry fired a dense projectile at the dense Jianghuai infantry formation with their riding bows on their horses. Arrows are like flying locusts, dense like rain.

"Raise your shield!"

One shield after another in the Jianghuai infantry phalanx was raised by the Jianghuai army, the infantry array was already very dense, and the infantry of the Wang family each had a shield with a diameter of two feet, and in the face of the overwhelming arrows, the well-trained infantry raised the round shield hanging around their necks and on their left hands above their heads. One by one, the shields were raised, not only to cover themselves, but also to cover the comrades next to them.

One by one, the infantry phalanx instantly looked like turtles lying on the ground, showing the hard turtle shells under the bows and arrows of the Wei army.

Arrows rained down, but in the face of such a strong shield array, it could only make a tinkling sound, and occasionally a few arrows passed through the gap between the shield and the shield, in front of the double-layer chain mail of the Jianghuai army, the damage that could be caused was also very limited. Except for a few who were very unlucky, the ten thousand arrows fired in unison, as if they were thrown into the Yellow River, only a small ripple, and then quickly disappeared. …,

Li Mi and the others who were watching the battle on Dongguan Ridge almost stared at each other, such a dense rain of arrows against such a dense infantry phalanx, generally speaking, the lethality was very huge. But now, the Jianghuai army is actually fine, and it is easy to prevent this big killing move.

"How come this Jianghuai army has so many shields, and why are the armor of those Jianghuai troops so strong, and in the face of such a dense rain of arrows, they can only resist with slight damage?" Li Mi was puzzled, very puzzled, he and Wang Shichong had been fighting in Henan for so long, and he had never seen Wang Shichong use this kind of phalanx.

Shen Luoyan, who is from Jiangnan, frowned and said, "This army of soldiers and horses must be Wang Shichong's platoon army. However, in the past, the most famous Jianghuai army was the Wang family's chain of horses, but this row of spear troops was not the most famous. And because Wang Shichong used to fight the Jianghuai Righteous Army with little combat power, there are different opinions about the true strength of the serial cavalry and platoon soldiers under Wang Shichong. Although Yang Guang later called the Jianghuai soldiers and the Liaodong Broken Army with the Xiaoguo Army, Zhang Xutuo's Bafeng Battalion, Luo Yi Youzhou Iron Cavalry, and Chen Kefu's Liaodong Broken Military Camp. But most people still didn't take the Jianghuai army to heart, after all, they had only fought with the peasant army before. ”

Li Mi let out a long sigh, "Wang Shichong is really a hero, holding such a powerful soldier and horse in his hand, but people don't pay attention to him. This is the real biting dog doesn't bark, fortunately Wang Shichong is dead, otherwise, he is really a fierce enemy. ”

Fang Xuanzao said worriedly, "This Jianghuai infantry is like a turtle, and now these tens of thousands of turtles have formed a big turtle formation, how can we break him?" In case the Hebei soldiers of the Chen thief are allowed to go ashore, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to us. ”

Li Mi laughed loudly, "No matter how powerful the Jianghuai soldiers are, they are just a group of infantry dressed in turtle shells, don't forget, we are fighting in the front of the charge with 10,000 elite cavalry." Riding on foot, and there are no ditches, no antler fences and other defensive objects, on such an open river plain, they are still behind the Yellow River. How can you hold back our cavalry? Riding a gram step, this is born to restrain each other. In this battle, victory will be ours. ”

The charging cavalry had reached a distance of 100 paces in front of the infantry formation, and the officers shouted, "Change the spear!" ”

With a sound of "brush", the Wei cavalry who was galloping rapidly unloaded their bows and arrows and put their spears on at the same time, and their crisp and neat movements showed that the Wei cavalry was worthy of being the first elite unit carefully built by Li Mi, and they could make such perfect movements in the rapid running, which made the Jianghuai army look solemn.

The speed of the horses did not slow down in the slightest, and the cavalrymen began to lower their bodies, and their spears were neatly half an hour above the horses.

A thunderous roar: "Rush!" ”

The other side was shouting at the same time: "Kill! ”

The bloody battle has begun!

With a high-speed gallop and a huge impact, the Wei cavalry faced the Jianghuai infantry and used the most commonly used tactics to charge directly.

The cavalry of the Wei army was not a heavy cavalry, but this cavalry carefully built by Li Mi was also fully equipped, each cavalry was equipped with Mingguang armor, and the war horses were also equipped with leather armor, which was a descendant ace army piled up with countless gold and silver.

The intention of Wang Bodang, the commander of the cavalry, was very simple, although the long lance in the hands of the infantry of the Jianghuai army seemed amazing, they did not have enough depth. This hastily formed array was like a trapezoid, like a stubborn stone, nailed to the shore. Although the stone is solid, there are countless thorns on the outside. But as long as the impact of the cavalry is used to break through this layer of shell, then the trapezoidal phalanx of the Jianghuai army with spikes on the outside and hollow on the inside will be divided into two.

Although the turtle shell is hard, if the turtle is turned over, it is full of flaws. …,

"Thorn!"

With the roar of the officer, the soldiers in the front row of the Jianghuai platoon lance held the lance with both hands and stabbed the extra-long lance, which reached seven meters, forward. In the face of such a high-speed cavalry, they didn't have to stab hard at all, as long as they put the lance down, one cavalry after another would naturally crash into the lance by themselves.

A lance is not a spear, nor is it a spear. Although the rifle does not use a composite gun like a horse lance, the lance's gun is still very strong. The lance mercilessly stabbed the onrushing cavalry. The knots on the head of the lance prevent the lance from piercing too deeply, which is convenient for the infantry to retract.

The horses neighed, and one after another the cavalry was stabbed by the dense platoon and fell off their horses. Some knights drove their horses upright and wanted to jump over this line of death, but the lance of the second row of the Jianghuai Army had already stabbed it, and immediately stabbed the knights and horses into a hornet's nest.

In an instant, hundreds of Wei soldiers rolled to the ground, and they fell forever outside the Jianghuai infantry formation, outside the line of death. At the same time, only a very small number of Jianghuai infantry died under the flying axes, throwing spears, bows and arrows of the cavalry. A small number of infantry were wounded by the impact of the rifles, but the soldiers next to them quickly replenished their positions, and the formation was still strong and intact.

The follow-up cavalry was not afraid of any confusion at all, and the impact was continuous, and in an instant it was already one after the other. However, the cavalry offensive of the Wei army was like a tide, like a landslide, like a tsunami. However, in the face of the Jianghuai infantry phalanx nailed to the south bank like a nail, it was only like a storm crashing against a rock, and it could not shake half of its point at all.

The Wei cavalry and the Wei infantry that followed continued to advance in front of this huge rock composed of more than 30,000 Jianghuai troops. Finally, the Jianghuai army was surrounded on three sides. From a distance, the Jianghuai infantry phalanx had been submerged in the sea of Wei troops.

But if you look closely, the Jianghuai infantry phalanx stubbornly blocked the attack of the Wei army, and in front of the large phalanx of trapezoidal diagonal lines, the platoon that was constantly stabbed, like the messenger of the underworld, continued to harvest the lives of the Wei soldiers.

The waves crashed on the shore, but only the bright red blood of countless Wei soldiers was splashed!

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