Chapter 118: Collision

The remnant sun is like blood, the fiery sunset dyes this vast river valley into blood red, seeing the handsome flag fluttering in the hunt Zhao Ren sighed, the prince has arrived! The soldiers in front of the battle climbed out of the trenches one after another, holding swords and guns and cheering loudly, and the township soldiers in the city were even more demoralized. (K. Watching Genius can be remembered in just 3 seconds)

"The prince has an order, and he ordered the Xiangyi army to command Zhao Ren to leave some troops to defend the city, and all the forbidden army, township soldiers and the Flying Tiger battalion are ready to attack, and when the forward battalion breaks through the enemy formation, they will cover up and kill, and destroy all the thieves, so that they don't let one person and one rider slip through the net!" Just when the crowd was boiling, a prince guard came to the city with a command flag and Pegasus and shouted loudly at the city.

"Obey the commander's order!" Although the corpses of the Xia Jun killed in front of the city were piled up, the taste of being pressed and blocked at the door of the house was also boring, and this time it was finally his turn to be angry, and Zhao Ren was happy to accept the order in the city.

The cavalry of the two battalions passed through the enemy group, still maintaining a strict formation, and in front of the village a golden dragon swung its tail, and the column became a horizontal formation. Most of these people in the hussar battalion are skilled horsemen, but it is only relatively speaking, there is still a gap between them and the nomads in the border areas who have grown on horses since childhood, and there is an irreparable gap in individual combat, riding skills and personal bravery, and an ordinary nomadic cavalry can deal with two or three ordinary soldiers of the Xiangyi army.

In order to narrow this natural gap, Zhao Ta also thought of a lot of ways, but this is not good to treat in the womb, so he chose the strength of the collective, and united these people with iron-like discipline, so that they can act uniformly under the constraints of strict discipline, and use the collective strength to fill the gap in individuals.

After the formation was adjusted, the Xia cavalry also re-lined up, and a similar formation was discharged two hundred steps away, Zhao Ta jumped out again, the saber drew an arc in the air, and the cavalry array behind him once again let out a neat roar, indicating that he completely understood what the prince meant, and he wanted to charge again and confront the Xia cavalry on the opposite side. Zhao Ta's behavior made everyone very puzzled, although the Xia army had been fighting for a day, the soldiers were sleepy and the horses were lacking, but there was also a saying that 'the trapped beast was still fighting', and now that they had the advantage of firepower, they could be defeated and eliminated with the rapid-fire guns in their hands, and there was no need to give up their advantages and risk heavy casualties to shake the enemy's cavalry.

In fact, this has long been thought of by their prince, as the big and small battles progress, Zhao Ta found that his soldiers became more and more dependent on the advanced weapon of the Lianzhu gun, and neglected the training and use of cavalry fighting, and every time they encountered the enemy, they first thought of using guns to solve the problem. However, Zhao Ta found in several skirmishes that not all cavalry can keep charging when shooting, this technique can only be done by the earliest group of veterans, and once most people shoot, it affects the coherence of the charging process, and the impact is greatly reduced. If the opposing cavalry group charges resolutely and is well organized, then the own side that relies on the power of the guns will definitely suffer and will be easily overwhelmed by the whole group.

Another reason is that most of the members of their Xiangyi army are farmers from the hinterland of the Central Plains, which is compared with the 'barbarians' who have lived in the northwest with harsh conditions for a long time, they are always more elegant, less fierce and wild that the cavalry should have, and are psychologically in a disadvantaged position, often do not dare to take the initiative to challenge the other party, but use long-range firepower to kill them, avoiding face-to-face fighting, this kind of emotion not only affects morale, but also is not conducive to cultivating the team's dare to fight, courage' The iron-blooded spirit of the bayonet is red, so Zhao Ta chose to 'go backwards'!

The most common cavalry charge formation is a simple horizontal formation of several columns, from the east to the west, from ancient times to modern times. There is such a saying in "Liutao": "The method of easy battle: five horsemen are in a row, twenty steps from each other, four steps from the left and right, and fifty steps between the teams...... Thirty rides for a tun, sixty rides for a generation, a hundred steps apart, Zhou also returned to their hometowns. That is to say, the cavalry fought in the plains, and the five horsemen were in a horizontal formation, and the horizontal teams were twenty paces apart, and the horses of the same horizontal team were about four paces apart...... If the enemy does not collapse after a charge, the cavalry will return to their original position and regroup, ready to charge again. …,

Under the command of the prince, the two battalions of cavalry began to line up, and the team of more than 1,000 people was lined up in four columns, with a distance of twenty steps between the two rows, but the formation was different from usual, they always maintained a dense formation of horses next to horses and shoulder to shoulder, like a fast-moving "iron wall". This iron wall always maintains the strength of the collective to avoid the chaotic battle of fighting separately after the disbandment, so the overall combat effectiveness is far greater than that of the opponents who are lined up in the 'scattered formation'.

For example, the cavalry queue marching through the wall does not need to be too high, which will disrupt the formation and affect the impact force, so they use a neat jog to meet the enemy. Maintaining a dense queue during a running charge is a much more difficult overall tactical act than an individual horseback martial artist, and it is very difficult to maintain a tight formation and coordination when moving forward at a gradually increasing speed, especially when moving on extremely uneven terrain.

For if not every cavalry had gone on straight, there would have been a squeeze in the column, which would soon spread from the center to the wings, and from the two wings to the center; The horses became nervous, and the speed and momentum of the horses began to fluctuate, and the whole formation soon became disorganized, unable to maintain a neat horizontal line, and completely lost the tightness that only guaranteed victory. Secondly, it is evident that when approaching the enemy, the horses are reluctant to rush into a group of enemies who are standing still or moving, and the rider should put an end to this phenomenon, otherwise the charge will fail.

Therefore, intensive training is the cornerstone of its emergence, and the rider must not only have a strong determination to rush into the enemy line, but also be able to skillfully control his horse. In dense queues, discipline reigns supreme and individual horsemanship is no longer important, as these Xiangyi troops have been able to do in their previous training, a single rider does not need to pull the reins, and the horses of his teammates on either side of him will carry him forward, and each cavalryman can free up two hands to fight, one with a sword and the other with a pistol.

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The Western Xia military system is fifteen percent, and there is an obligation to serve in the military, and it is not until seventy that it can be exempted, and it is said that * seventy is rare, so it can be said that the Western Xia can be said to be a lifelong service, and the soldiers have rich experience in fighting in their lives, and they have also trained a strong force. After a period of panic, Li Jifeng found that the number of Song troops who broke through his camp was not large, but he also knew that Lu Dao had fought for three days, and he had suffered heavy casualties but only got an empty fort, and now his division veterans were tired, but the opponent came to reinforcements, the problem was that now he didn't know how many Song troops were coming behind Lu Dao, and whether his back road was cut off, so he also decided to withdraw at this time. But in front of him, it was necessary to repel this reinforcement before he could retreat, so he ordered the whole army to regroup and retreat a mile, and mobilized three thousand iron cavalry to meet it.

This cavalry army can also be regarded as Li Jifeng's housekeeping troops, carefully selected from the 50,000 soldiers stationed in the left chamber Shenyong Army Division, it can be described as skilled in bows and horses, excellent martial arts, well-equipped, led by his own cronies, good food and drink for so many years, these days have not been used, I thought that steel was used on the blade, but now I can't take care of a lot!

When they were two hundred paces apart, the two teams began to accelerate almost at the same time, turning from light running to fast running, Zhao Ta still rushed ahead, and Erwa followed closely with the handsome flag, Zhao Xin did not dare to pull the prince back at this time, he knew that if he really dared to do this, the prince would mercilessly split himself under the horse, he could only lead the guards to follow closely in a tight formation, trying to sandwich him in the middle.

Zhao Tamar saber again, left and right two swings, the second baby immediately danced the handsome flag, at this time the two wings of the wheeled car suddenly accelerated forward, to the Xia army camp strafing, at the critical moment Wang Ye played yin, the Xia army is charging cavalry at first glance, the front of the riders like dumplings have fallen off the horse, the rapid charge of the array can not stop, because at this time stop to die is their own, the back companions will mercilessly knock themselves down and step into the pulp, but the speed is blocked by the front, or slowed down. …,

The shooter on the wheeler quickly finished playing a drum, and then immediately slowed down and turned to return to his own position, and at this time the two armies were only thirty paces apart, "Kill, kill, kill!" Zhao Ta could already clearly see the plateau red on the faces of the cavalry on the opposite side and their unruly eyes, and the shining sword light was reflected in the sunset's blood red. His heart throbbed a few times, a feeling he had seen before his first skydive, the first time he plunged a dagger into an enemy's chest, and it made his blood boil!

"Kill..."Zhao Ta slammed the horse's belly, he lifted the horse's reins, the horse jumped up and crashed into the oncoming enemy group, at the moment of collision, the role of the weapon was not great, and it relied on inertia at this time. If the strength is strong, the opponent can be defeated and dispersed, and this moment of bravery will immediately turn into material power.

Zhao Ta Chong was at the forefront, his composure, calmness, resoluteness, and courage made everyone feel what it means to be fearless, and they brought their coordination and concerted efforts to the extreme. In the face of the "iron wall" queue charge, the Xia army's tidal offensive hit this moving iron wall like the tide of Qiantang, and even if the Xia army lined up in a scattered formation had stronger personal martial arts and armor protection, at this time, it could only be turned over by the people who rushed instantly, turning into blood-colored waves!

The riders of the Xia army found themselves cutting out a knife, but at the same time facing the threat of two or three sabers, the excellent martial arts skills of the Xia army cavalry fought hard for the iron law of the unity of the cavalry of the Xiangyi army, and they were cut off from their horses without any suspense!

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