Chapter 80: The Great Battle
"Driving and driving" In the sound ......of horses, a whole battalion of more than 10,000 cavalry of the Yan army entered the Ming infantry array. In the center of the gaps was a very large open field.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa......" The cavalry of the Ming army began to plug the gap. With the inclusion of a full 10,000 cavalry, the infantry arrays on both sides changed rapidly again. Liu Yu stood on the big platform of the Chinese army and looked left and right, and the dozens of gaps on both sides had disappeared in the changes in the array.
The spears and crossbows, the giant shield and the sword soldiers, once again converged into a piece, as if the changes just now did not appear at all. With the sound of neat footsteps, 2,000 crossbowmen poured out from the rear formation, and quickly rushed to the front line along the gap between the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers in the front formation. Gather the previous 1,000 crossbowmen, a huge chunk of 3,000 people!
Although the range of the bow and crossbow is a little farther in this plane, the speed of the horses is also a little faster, and the average strength of the lively is also stronger. But the three arrows are still applicable, and it is impossible for soldiers to shoot arrows for a long time.
A while ago, arrows rained down, quite intense but also short-lived, from the beginning to the end of the few hits. After the bow and arrow are shot, Liu Yu is not afraid, isn't there still a bow and crossbow!
After a clanging sound, the three thousand crossbowmen in front of the battle were ready to go, holding their bows and crossbows in their hands, and one after another sharp crossbow arrows were buckled on the strings and placed in the arrow slots. Three thousand pairs of indifferent eyes stared at the dust and smoke billowing from the opposite side, and listened to the order in their ears!
Arrows"
Seeing the military flag, the captain in front of the formation drank coldly, and the right arm raised by the drummer behind him fell with a bang.
"Boom!" The eyes of the three thousand crossbowmen lit up, facing straight ahead, clenching the crossbow in their hands, and their dark eyes revealed a cold murderous intent.
"Whoosh ......"
Arrows swept diagonally across the sky, countless ghosts overlapping each other to form a dark cloud of death.
The dark clouds of death naturally rained deadly, and the arrows fell densely on the heads of the charging Yan cavalry.
A round shield was held above the head by the Yan cavalry, but at the moment when the arrow rain fell, the screams still rose into the sky. Although a round leather shield could not ensure foolproof, it also blocked a lot of killing opportunities for the Yan cavalry.
The overwhelming rain of arrows is the largest lethal weapon in the cold weapon war. Even ordinary masters, under the cover of this rain of arrows, have to hug their heads and run away. This is the equivalent of today's artillery, but it is more deterrent than lethal.
The rain of arrows is just an appetizer, and no one expects a rain of arrows to defeat others. Holding on to death, that is, a morale blow, the real damage is not as serious as imagined.
Amid the sound of wild horses' hooves, the Yan cavalry was still approaching rapidly. The Yan infantry followed, the cavalry opened the gap, and the infantry followed closely behind, and the infantry was in harmony. The key is that the cavalry is off to a good start, which can open a gap in one fell swoop.
But if the door is not opened beautifully, even if the cavalry of the Yan army is like a dragon, it can only hit its head in front of the Ming army's 'giant shield like a wall and a spear like a forest'.
The cavalry of the Yan army slapped over layer by layer like waves, and all of them smashed one by one in front of the Ming army, which was as calm as a mountain and rock.
Behind the Ming army are the three princes of the Ming Dynasty, although these three princes have a bad reputation for the forbidden army, but since they joined the army, they have all received the education of loyalty. Now that the three princes are in the Chinese army, they have handed over their safety, who dares to retreat, they are not afraid of being poked in the backbone by their comrades!
In a short period of time, nearly a thousand war horses and cavalry had fallen in the sprinting battlefield, Murong Lin turned a blind eye to the losses of the Yan army, and remained unmoved, and the tactics of the Yan army continued.
Bow and release one, there is a time gap. Enough for the archers to shoot arrows but not last, the opponent's bow and crossbow array can't last long at all. continues to rain arrows, and the first person who can't support it must be the Ming army, not himself.
The horses and the corpses of the Yan army gradually spread all over the battlefield, but there was still no end to the waves, and the cavalry with superb riding skills was not far in front of the Ming army, and it was also the place where the bow and crossbow were the most powerful. Quickly shoot arrows at the Yan position, then easily turn the horse's head sideways and divert to the left and right.
Then go around in circles and return to your own back, and you will gather and another wave of surfing will be formed in the blink of an eye. The triple waves were superimposed on top of each other, merging into a thicker and heavier wave.
In the Ming army's formation, sweat broke out on the foreheads of countless archers, their powerful arms began to feel sore, and a wisp of exhaustion unintentionally crossed in their resolute eyes.
"Da da da......" In the thundering sound of horses' hooves, the huge waves of the sea of people rushed towards the Ming army in front of them, and they urgently needed to slap down mercilessly.
Although there are brave soldiers on either side, they know that they will die, but they have no regrets. However, each of these heroes is the most precious essence of a party and a country, so it will not be wasted so easily.
As early as when Yan Jun's horn sounded, Liu Yu raised his hand lightly. The archers who had lost their combat strength before the battle retreated from the front line, and they retreated directly to the middle of the formation to accompany the cavalry, recovering their arm strength with all their might, and they still needed to be transferred to the field for the next battle.
The cavalry of the Yan army was no longer in the way, and the speed of the galloping cavalry team was even higher. The cavalrymen in the front raised their weapons in their hands and began to shout wildly. It seems that the Ming army in front of him is just eating a group of meat on the chopping board, and he can eat it as much as he wants, and the group has fallen into a kind of madness.
Rows of pikemen approached, and the huge shields like walls were arranged more compactly and densely. Heavy infantry armed with broadswords and halberds walked behind the pikemen step by step.
Spearmen against cavalry. The generals of the Yan Army are mostly powerful people. For the sake of shame, the generals personally rushed to the front line. Coupled with their own personal guards, the strength is not weak. These powerful people are crazy to attack as arrows, and their impact is not trivial.
The spear has the advantage of length, and can easily pierce and poke horses or horsemen on horseback to death. But in these years, the cavalry used as an armored vehicle is not so easy to kill. Thin spears and fragile human bodies could not stop the horses from rushing and stomping.
While the pikemen stabbed and wounded the cavalry on horseback, most of them themselves were knocked down and trampled to death by the rushing horses. Horses neighed, blood splattered spears snapped, pikemen and cavalry fought each other, basically fighting for their lives.
The lives of the officers and men of the two armies are not as cheap as ants at this moment, and human life at this moment seems to be invincible to the weeds on the roadside, and every moment, every breath, there is a fresh life disappearing. In just a few moments, thousands of corpses of men and horses fell in front of the battle.
The snow bright broadsword slashed at the warhorse, the heavy halberd swept out in defiance of everything, and the spears and shields alone could not stop the cavalry's charge, their role was only to block the Hu cavalry's charging momentum.
For those who do not have many masters, the battle between the two kingdoms. Infantry against cavalry, don't expect to be able to be mastered, take the head of the enemy. Heavy infantry in heavy armor and armed with broadswords are the pillars of strength.
When the speed of the cavalry is no longer some, when they face the heavy infantry wrapped in thick iron sheets, even if many Hu cavalry still have many advantages, but without the most basic speed advantage, it will be doomed to fall into the quagmire of strangulation.
The battle was scorching, and compared to the losses of the Yan cavalry, the losses of the Ming army seemed to be greater. After all, in the era of cold weapons, it is really difficult for infantry to face cavalry head-on.
The corpses of the enemy and us are indistinguishable, and the ratio of battle losses between the cavalry of the Yan army and the infantry of the Ming army is about one to two or even one to three. At this moment, Liu Yu really saw the magnificent scene when hundreds of thousands of troops were fighting, and he also saw the cruelty of the cold weapon era.
Time passed little by little, and the gore became more and more intense. Compared with the tragic scene in front of the battle, the Ming cavalry in the formation was completely two worlds. The battlefield was already dark, but they were still quietly waiting. Although they were always waiting for the order to attack, not a single person was killed or injured.
Although you fought to the death in front of you, the fight was extremely fierce. But the cavalry of the Ming army did not move, and the infantry of the Yan army rushed up, and did not dare to attack with all their might. After all, the cavalry of the Ming army is still defending the east, and it is really unwise to rashly press all the military strength. It can only be said that the war has been fought until now, and it has not yet entered **.
Unlike Murong Lin's idea, Liu Yu wanted to use the infantry army to first defeat the sharpness of the opponent's cavalry, and then use the cavalry in the formation to fight a counterattack. He asked for an easy army to quickly defeat the tired army of the Yan army. Defeat the opponent's cavalry, and then charge the opponent's infantry.
The idea is very good, and the current war is also developing towards Liu Yu's thoughts. Under the best efforts of the Ming army, the cavalry of the Yan army became more and more exhausted, and the losses became greater and greater.
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