Chapter 240: Heavy Cavalry Charges

The momentum brought by the cavalry cluster charge is very grand, especially the large-scale cavalry cluster charge, which is simply shaking the ground, and the rumbling sound is endless, not to mention the destructive power it can cause, the momentum it brings alone has caused a huge innate pressure on the enemy from the psychological point of view, and no one can maintain composure during this large-scale cavalry charge.

Even though it was still winter, the dirt and dust kicked up by such a large number of cavalry would obscure the sky and the sun, and any obstacle that stood in its way would be crushed into dust.

Seeing that the cavalry in the front row was only 200 meters away from the enemy, the Chinese heavy cavalry unit led the army in front of Afald let out a loud roar: "Prepare - raise your gun!" ”

With a "bang", the three hundred heavily armored iron horsemen behind him raised the four-meter-long giant spear in their hands, each spear was erected diagonally upward, the knight's left hand held the reins, and the right hand held the spear, and the back section of the spear was clamped under the armpit by the knight to play a fixed role, the reason for this is to maintain stability when sprinting at high speed, and when there is no contact with the enemy, the spear can not be straightened very early, it is easy to hurt the comrades in front, and holding it straight at high speed sprint and lack stability. Therefore, it is best to clamp the tail end of the spear under the armpit when sprinting at high speed, and the tip of the spear is obliquely upward, which will not hurt the comrades in front of you, and it is easy to maintain stability and save strength.

In the assault formation of the cavalry group charge, the formation of the soldiers of each column is oblique, not in a horizontal line, if in a horizontal line, the soldiers behind can easily stab the soldiers in front when sprinting, and the soldiers in the back are in the right rear or left rear of the soldiers in front. In this way, there is a gap directly in front of the soldiers behind them, and the whole team charges like a cone and advances horizontally.

This formation has a very big advantage, that is, the maximum range of dù exerts the intensive lethality of the assault. It is conceivable that in the largest cross-section of this whole rank, the distance between the two soldiers in the horizontal row is not very short, and therefore the distance between the two spears is not very short, but because each column is diagonal, the soldiers in the back can make up for the gap between the two soldiers in front, so on the whole the distance between the pikes and the pikes is very dense. Such a formation is suitable for charging and assault, and can quickly penetrate the enemy's military formation if it sprints quickly.

At this time, the archers in the rear of the heavy cavalry began to shoot arrows with their bows, and the cavalry tactics were launched. The first salvo of about 400 arrows loomed over the heads of the opposite Moldor cavalry, causing at least 150 cavalry to fall, and the Moldor cavalry still used ordinary Hun cavalry bows, which were too far behind Qin Dong's archers in terms of range. Two rounds of firing are complete. The soldiers of the first few platoons of Moldor had already suffered heavy casualties, losing at least three hundred horsemen.

When the two sides sprinted to only about 100 meters, Alfold immediately shouted again: "Ping-gun-"

"Huh-" The heavy cavalry in front threw the reins in their left hand and controlled their horses with their legs, freeing their left hand to hold the spear together with their right hand, and the stability and bearing force of holding the spear with both hands were more than doubled.

At this distance, the cavalry of Mordo began to shoot arrows with their bows, but at this time, the Chinese cavalry of the Chinese army in Qin Dong had already begun to retreat, and they also shot two rounds of arrows at the cavalry of Mordo while retreating, and the cavalry at the front of the two sides had not yet begun to make contact. Qin Dong's archers inflicted casualties on Mordo's cavalry about 500 horsemen.

After the archers had withdrawn to the rear, the light cavalry behind quickly replenished through the gaps between the ranks of the archers. Soon chased behind the heavy cavalry.

Moldo, who was rushing to the front, did not have time to turn his head to look at the casualties behind him, but the screams from behind him reached his ears, according to his experience, he knew that his own casualties were very large, and he looked at the soldiers on the left and right with the rest of his eyes, and found that there were very few people still riding and sprinting, which made him feel horrified.

Moldor saw that the rear cavalry on the opposite side began to shoot arrows at such a distance, and at first he almost laughed out loud, what can he shoot at such a distance? The effect of the archers under Qin Dong was much beyond his expectations, how could they shoot so far? Impossible, completely impossible!

Knowing that the opponent's bow could shoot so far, Mordo was about to go crazy, his greatest wish at this time was to rush into the enemy formation as soon as possible and kill Qin Dong's cavalry without leaving a piece of armor.

When it was only a hundred meters, Mordo saw that Qin Dong's armored cavalry began to level the spear in his hand, and he couldn't help but panic in his heart, because the golden light on the spear was shining, and under the illumination of the sun, countless golden lights shot out from the opposite side, which was the light reflected by the sun's rays on the head of the spear, how could such a dense spear array not make Mordo panic.

Although he was a little flustered, Moldor also knew that this was not the time to be afraid, the more afraid he was at this time, the faster he would die, and the only way to survive was to muster up courage to face the enemy. He was not without knowledge of the Hun commander, three years ago he followed Attila to participate in the battle of Chalon, in that battle, the Visigoths heavy cavalry left the deepest impression on him, in the charge of the light cavalry and heavy cavalry confrontation is obviously an act of seeking death, seeing the scene of spears, that time he was afraid, not only he was afraid, many Hun cavalry were afraid, so in that battle, the Hun cavalry lost to the Visigoths heavy cavalry.

"Kill—" Moldor yelled, and the sparse cavalry around and behind him followed suit.

The cavalry of Mordo began to shoot arrows at the Qindong heavy cavalry less than a hundred meters ahead, the arrows were a little sparse, but the number was still quite a lot, and the damage caused by the arrows to the opponent's heavy cavalry was almost negligible, and most of the arrows bounced off the armor of the heavy cavalry, and only a few arrows were shot in the gaps in the chain mail of the heavy cavalry, and the damage to the cavalry was not very large.

A distance of 100 meters was too short for two cavalry teams that were running at high speed in opposite directions, and in just a few breaths, the soldiers at the front of the two cavalry teams collided.

"Puff" "Puff" "Puff" .......

The sound of spears piercing into the human body sounded one after another, as dense as firecrackers, and the cavalrymen under Mordo's men could only watch the spears on the opposite side pierce into their bodies at a very fast speed and did not have time to dodge, that is, they dodged the spears in the first row, but did not dodge the spears in the back.

The second when the two cavalry teams collided, the cavalry at the front of Moldor were almost collectively stabbed with spears, and their bodies left the horses, and the horses were still moving forward by inertia, not knowing that their masters were no longer on their backs.

The scene was so spectacular, the spears of the heavy cavalry in the front row were almost strung with a corpse, due to the inertia of the high-speed sprint, these corpses hung steadily on the spears, and the heavy cavalry were still sprinting forward as always, and the Moldor cavalry behind were also strung with spears.

In just a few seconds, Moldo's cavalry was missing a large area, many of them were strung on the spear, but at this time, both sides were killed, and the cavalry behind was still desperately sprinting forward, and the casualties on both sides began to increase, Qin Dong's heavy cavalry also began to appear casualties, and there was no shortage of agile and combat-effective cavalry under Moldo, they dodged the spear assassination, and brandished a scimitar to constantly slash and kill the heavy cavalry passing by.

The neighing of the horses, the screams of the knights, the blood continued to fly, some people's heads were separated from their bodies and flew up and rolled to the ground, some people's intestines were rotten, some people were missing arms and legs, and the whole battlefield was extremely miserable.

In less than fifteen seconds, the heavy cavalry unit had already rushed to the tail of the Moldor cavalry team, but at this time the impact force had gradually dissipated, and many of the heavy cavalry's spears were strung with the corpses of the enemy, and some of the spears were strung with several corpses, and the most was even strung with four corpses.

Seeing that the heavy cavalry was about to lose its high-speed sprint, Alfold immediately made a decision, threw away the spear with several corpses strung together, drew the saber at his waist with a snort, and shouted: "Throw the spear, draw the knife, kill-"

"Kill-" The heavy cavalry responded en masse, all threw their spears, drew their swords, and slashed at the enemy cavalry that was coming quickly.

"Click" many Moldor cavalry scimitars have been cut off hungry, the new weapon cleaver is really sharp, this kind of chopper is not only heavy, but also the edge is extremely sharp, the general Hun scimitar can not be cut at all.

The heavy cavalry who abandoned their guns and used swords were still undiminished, and in a very short time they killed the tail of the Moldor cavalry team, and killed the opponent in just twenty seconds.

The heavy cavalry began to form in the rear of the enemy, and while forming the formation, the horses and knights were to rest, and if necessary they were to charge again, waiting for orders, and they were replaced by the light cavalry units, which by this time were already strangled with the cavalry of Mordo.

"My lord, the casualties have been counted, there are sixty-four horses missing, and thirty-three horsemen have been slightly injured by arrows, so it's not a big problem!" The deputy reported to Afald that the casualties had been counted in such a short period of time, which had to be said that Qin Dong's training of the army was a very effective manifestation.

After hearing this, Alfald looked at the Moldor troops on the opposite side who were strangled together by their own light cavalry troops, and found that at this time the Moldor cavalry had been reduced by more than half, he nodded and said: "I have always heard from Master Wanfu that the heavy cavalry charge is extremely powerful, and today's battle is to let me know its power, if there are 10,000 heavy cavalry charging into the formation, even if there are 100,000 people in front of it, they will be crushed!" Alright, pass the order, and get everyone ready to charge again! (To be continued......)