Chapter 466: Fire Bull Formation VS Heavy Infantry Phalanx (2)
If the momentum created by the galloping of thousands of horses is a majestic mountain and river, then the scene of ten thousand oxen galloping is definitely a gas cover ring, thousands of majestic bulls rushing towards the Western Roman and Gepid coalition army formation one after another, so that the coalition army feels more than just an earthquake.
The flying sand and rocks in the sky, the ground that was constantly shaking, and the front was like a black iron stream rushing towards it with unparalleled momentum and speed, and the soldiers of the Western Roman heavy infantry phalanx, who had already been prepared like an iron bucket array, were frightened one by one when they saw this black iron flow, which made all the Western Roman soldiers and Gepid soldiers feel that it was definitely not a human power to contend with.
Why did the rows of bulls rush forward without falling into the chaos? That's because they're blindfolded, and they can't see what's ahead. As we all know, both wild beasts and domestic animals are afraid of fire, livestock animals will be afraid when they see fire, and they will subconsciously dodge, and the bulls are blindfolded to see the phalanx of Western Roman hoplites in front of them, and the bulls behind cannot see the burning oil cloth on the tail of the bull in front, so all the bulls will keep rushing forward after their tails are burned.
During the period of the Republic of China, someone once used the fire ox array to deal with the Japanese invaders, not only did not cause harm to the Japanese invaders, but because of the improper arrangement, the fire bulls fell into chaos and caused great losses to their own troops, the reason may be that the people who arranged the fire ox formation did not order the cow to be blindfolded, nor did they let the cattle rush out in a row, but all of them ignited the flammable materials tied to the tail of the cow, and the cattle in the rear saw that the tail of the cow in front of them was on fire and no longer moved forward. The cattle in front did not dare to rush forward when they saw the Japanese troops in front of them, but fell into confusion, and even turned around and rushed into their own troops.
The Fire Bull Array arranged by Qin Dong did not have these shortcomings. All the bulls that are used are bulls, why are bulls used? Because the bull has a violent temperament, is aggressive, and is very easy to get angry, and the bull is more daring than the cow, there is another very important detail that makes people blindfold the cow so that the cow will not be afraid of seeing what is ahead. Qin Dong asked the cavalry arranged on the left and right flanks of the army formation to use wooden guardrails to confine the bulls to a straight passage and rush forward, so that the cattle would not run away. They would rush into the coalition forces like a torrent, and since the bulls rushed through in rows, with a certain interval between each row, this caused this powerful and destructive attack to be rhythmic. It's wave after wave. It's like a never-ending wave crashing against the shore.
"Oh my God, what do I see?" A soldier in the front row of the phalanx of the Western Roman hoplites screamed with a pale face as he looked at the herd of cattle rushing in front of him.
"Run--" The quick-reacting soldier yelled and turned to run, but it was so easy to run away when he turned around, and there were soldiers behind him blocking the way.
The dozen or so rows of soldiers in front could clearly see the mad cow herd rushing in front of them, but the people in the rear could not see it, they did not turn around and run away, they blocked the way for the soldiers in front to escape. The phalanx of Western Roman hoplites immediately fell into disarray.
Egidious, who was in charge of the command in the rear, saw the mad cow herd rushing towards him, and his face turned pale. He did not expect that the enemy would use such a method to attack his heavy infantry phalanx, which was really unexpected, in fact, since the establishment of the Roman Empire, no one had ever thought of using this method against the huge number of heavy infantry phalanx, and now he saw, not only saw, but he knew that under the impact of this huge herd, no matter how strong the defense of the heavy infantry phalanx was vulnerable.
Egidious was very anxious, but he couldn't think of a way to crack the attack of the other party's mad cow herd, and now he couldn't choose to retreat, the other party had a large number of cavalry, retreating could only be self-defeating, and now this situation can't be retreated, the enemy's attack has arrived, the heavy infantry phalanx is too mobile to dodge such a quick attack, the only thing to do is to let the soldiers in the front row desperately withstand the impact of the mad cow herd, Egidious quickly made up his mind, he ordered the herald to convey the order, No one was allowed to retreat, and all the soldiers in the front formation immediately turned around and used their spears to defend against the onslaught of the mad cows.
Everyone knew that defending in place was an absolute death, and no one thought they could survive such a situation, but the order fell, and the officers in the front row immediately ordered the law enforcement team to cut down the soldiers who were turning and fleeing, and after slashing and killing some people, the situation improved, but the front of the army was still in chaos.
However, at this moment, the mad cow herd had already rushed over, like a mountain of rushing force, the front dozen rows of Roman heavy infantry were like a rag was smashed to pieces, scattered, the weight of the bull was too large, the tail was burned and then rushed forward like crazy speed, and the horns were fixed with sharp knives, each bull was tied to the body of two riding spears, the strong impact strengthened the sharp weapons, many Roman soldiers were tied to the bull with sharp knives and riding spears strung on it, all the way to the rear.
There were also many Roman soldiers who were hit by the bull's head and flew far away, and some people were knocked into the sky, this scene was like Shura hell, many soldiers' bodies were swept by the sharp knives on the horns, arms and heads flew everywhere, blood was splashed, stumps and broken arms were scattered on the ground, screams, desperate screams filled the entire battlefield.
This wave of attacks was not over, the next wave of bulls rushed over again, the bulls in front who had slowed down the impact speed were hit by the bulls rushing up from behind, and the injured bulls suddenly went crazy and continued to rush forward with all their strength.
I can't stand it, under the impact of such a powerful force of the mad cow herd, no one can still obey the bullshit order to defend on the spot, whether it is the soldiers in the front or in the rear, they are already clear about the current situation, no one wants to continue to stay here and wait for death, escape, desperately escape, only by escaping here can they live.
The heavy infantry phalanx of the Western Roman Empire was in chaos, 60,000 people, hundreds of heavy infantry phalanxes were in chaos, the whole battlefield was in chaos, countless soldiers trampled each other to death, and many more were killed by the bull herd, and many soldiers pushed each other and crowded to escape from here.
In the Qin army's military formation, the battlefield enemy situation observer reported the situation loudly with a happy voice: "Our army's bull herd has broken through the middle of the enemy's heavy infantry phalanx, and the enemy army in front is in chaos, with countless casualties, and now our army's bull herd is still continuing to charge the enemy's heavy infantry phalanx!" ”
Qin Dong saw these situations with a telescope, he put down the telescope and said happily: "Order to continue to use the herd of bulls to storm the enemy's heavy infantry phalanx, until the 60,000 heavy infantry phalanx of the Western Romans is completely crushed, once the Western Roman army collapses, the Gepid cavalry and infantry will also be alone, and all the archers, light cavalry, and crossbow cavalry are ordered to start chasing and killing the fleeing enemy soldiers, especially those Gepid cavalry, don't let them escape, block their escape path, and surround them!" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The horn of the all-out attack and the drums of the attack began to sound, and the two cavalry divisions that the Qin army had already bypassed successfully pinned down the 20,000 Pid cavalry arranged on the left and right flanks of the coalition army, and now began to launch a substantial attack.
Most of the bulls that charged at the beginning had already fallen to death, some of them were killed by other bulls, some were stabbed to death with spears by the Western Roman heavy infantry, and some were too strong to die, but the herd of bulls behind them was rushing over continuously.
In just a quarter of an hour, the phalanx of 60,000 Roman heavy infantry collapsed, and in this case no one was able to recover, and the small Roman heavy infantry phalanx in the rear dispersed before the herd of bulls could rush over, and many of them took off their weapons and armor and helmets as they ran to lighten their burdens in order to escape faster.
Egidious watched his army collapse completely, and kept muttering, "Defeated, I defeated!" ”
"General, let's go, if you don't leave, it'll be too late!" One of the guards shouted to persuade him, and when he saw that Egidious did not respond, he immediately beckoned a few guards to escort Aegidius and ran.
The Gepid people who were fighting with the Qin cavalry had already discovered that something was wrong, the elderly Gepid leader Aldaric was riding on a horse and wielding a sword to slash and kill the Qin cavalry, and a bloodied general Gepid rode over and said loudly: "Chief, it's not good, the Chinese Western Roman army is completely defeated, the Qin army is gradually surrounding us, and if we don't retreat, we will fall into a heavy siege!" ”
"Damn, didn't the Romans boast of the invincibility of their heavy infantry phalanx? Why didn't you even hold up for half an hour and then collapsed? It's over, it's over, the Romans are not enough to succeed and more than to lose, our defeat, the Qin cavalry will inevitably take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, and my 40,000 army will be completely finished! Aldaric looked up to the sky and sighed, unable to help but cry out in mourning.
"Leader, the general trend has gone, our defeat is a foregone conclusion, now is not the time to complain, it is better to withdraw cleanly, it is good to save more strength, if you don't leave, you won't be able to go at all!"
After being reminded by his generals, Ardari came to his senses and immediately gave the order to evacuate, and now it is estimated that only the cavalry can escape, and as for the infantry, they can only wait for death.
The cavalry of the Qin army began to chase and kill the fleeing coalition soldiers, many infantry knew that they could not escape, so they simply threw away their weapons and knelt down and raised their hands to surrender, those who had the hope of escaping were all cavalry, and the Qin cavalry focused on pursuing these people! (To be continued......)