If you look at both sides of the battlefield battle from the sky, you'll see the following scenario:

On one side, there were German Crusaders who were all white, with a red cross flag on a white background, facing the western wall of Jerusalem. Their feet were planted in the green fields unique to the western part of the Central Continent.

On the other side, however, was the black-clad *** army under the base of the wall in the northwest corner of Jerusalem. The two sides are separated by several kilometers and are far away from each other.

The formation of the German Crusaders is very similar to the legendary Goose Formation, and the *** side is lined up with the Glaive Formation.

Seeing this, are you a little confused? In countless military themes, these terms have been mentioned countless times, but even those of you who have read a lot of books may not be able to understand what they are: [Goose-shaped Array] and [Glaive Array]. (Of course, it is not excluded that there are great gods who know this...) It's just my class with an axe! ）

Now, let me say something for you:

In the Celestial Empire culture, these formations have many bells and whistles. One of the best to understand is the [long snake formation], simply put, it is to arrange the troops in a single column vertically and arrange them in a line, which is the so-called line formation in Europe.

Of course, on this basis, the Celestial Empire's long snake array is sometimes not straight, but curved, like a city wall. At this time, it is necessary for smart generals to find their flaws, which is the so-called [Seven Inch].

The so-called "Wild Goose Array" presents the word "person" as a whole, just like the formation arranged in the air by the southward flock of geese, hence the name "Wild Goose Array". The Goose Formation is a typical long-range formation, in which archers and rangers are arranged on the left and right flanks to achieve the best long-range killing.

The weakness of the wild goose formation seems to be in the middle position, but once someone recklessly rushes into the Chinese army in the wild goose formation, the wild goose formation can quickly change formation, outflank the two wings, and wrap the enemy in dumplings.

The goose-shaped formation of the German Crusaders, on the other hand, was actually a kind of variation, using cavalry as the left and right wings, and the long-range troops were protected in the middle, like a big claw, to strangle the enemy. The advantage of the goose array is that it is simple and easy to use, and there are many formations, and the operation is flexible.

The glaive formation on one side is a typical offensive formation, with the elite cavalry lined up in front of it, forming an arc, like the sharp blade of a scimitar, slashing at the enemy. I have to say that for ***, it is not surprising to wield a crescent scimitar and pose in a glaive formation.

Of course, in addition to the already mentioned one-word long snake array, goose walking array, and glaive array, there are also fish scale arrays such as the attacking fish scale array, as well as the legendary name of the Eight Gate Golden Lock Array, which is actually useless.

The so-called Eight Gates Golden Lock Array involves the I Ching Bagua, and Zhuge Liang's later Eight Arrays are a principle. But in fact, the eight-door golden lock is a typical main defensive formation. And there are high requirements for the quality and cooperation of soldiers (think about it, when we go to school, it will take several days to practice a stepping column, not to mention the high difficulty of the eight-door golden lock~). Therefore, this formation is not feasible, and few people use it.

At this time, Han Xing was on the right wing, using a monocular to observe the *** army not far away, and the front of the enemy was a *** knight wearing chain mail, wearing a conical helmet, and riding a reddish-brown desert horse under his crotch. There were a total of five thousand phalanxes, the first three advancing side by side, and the two on the flanks were positioned later, presumably as reserve interspersed support.

"Gunner, aim at the cavalry at the forefront of the enemy!" Han Xing ordered the gunners.

If there is any nemesis of cavalry, it must be firearms! The round solid bullet smashed heavily in the array of the cavalry, and when it landed, it made a deafening "dong ~ dong ~" sound, and the whistling shells smashed the cavalry and the horses into meat sauce, splashing a blood mist.

The cavalry array that was shelled immediately fell into chaos, and the war horses began to neigh, raising their front hooves and kicking indiscriminately, no matter how the *** knights scolded and whipped, in a short time, their war horses could not calm down.

Even in the Napoleonic era, the greatest effect of artillery was only to disrupt the enemy's formation and demoralize the enemy. However, the dense formation of the cavalry made them suffer a lot in the artillery bombardment, and every solid bullet that fell into the cavalry phalanx could kill several enemies. It's basically playing skewers~

Faced with this passive situation, the *** side reacted in time, their cavalry formation became loose, and immediately instigated their horses and began to charge towards the side of the German Crusaders.

2,000 meters··· 1,000 ······ Five hundred meters! The ranged units in the center of the Crusaders were in a state of readiness, with more than 5,000 musketeers and more than 1,000 archers, forming a long three-stage firing formation, with the first row of musketeers in a crouching position; The musketeers of the second row half-crouched and put their guns on the shoulders of their comrades in the first row; The archers in the third row stood upright.

Whether it was Sir Johenheim on the left flank, or Prince Henry, who was in the middle army, his heart was suddenly tightened. This is a typical deception formation, and the Chinese army, which seems to be composed of long-range troops, is the biggest flaw. But in fact, if the enemy army rushes into the Chinese army, it will taste the taste of hidden needles in the cotton!

Before enemy cavalry approaches, ranged units will immediately retreat and hide behind the rear heavy infantry. And the heavy infantry, which is mainly defensive, can temporarily drag the enemy's cavalry. The spearmen on either side will press down instantly, and the enemy cavalry will quickly collapse under the attack from three sides.

It's just that an amazing scene appeared, just when it was about to enter the shooting range of the long-range troops, the menacing *** cavalry actually split into two and rushed towards the left and right wings.

"This enemy commander has a lot of brains!" Seeing this, Han Xing hurriedly ordered the eight hundred devil terminators to step forward and prepare to meet the charge, and said with a smack in his heart.

Rows of stubborn Devil Terminators stepped forward with heavy steps, dressed in shiny thickened full-body plate armor, with two-handed swords on their backs and two-meter-long halberds the thickness of sugar cane in their hands. However, for the Devil Terminator with incredible power, this is just a small matter! What's even more terrifying is that they are all immortal bodies with gold coins~ Such a hoplite is destined to be a nightmare for all cavalry!

The hill-like Devil Terminators lined up in two staggered lines, tilting the tips of their halberds forward, quietly waiting for the enemy to attack. The musketeers crouched obscenely behind the Devil Terminator and shot at the incoming *** cavalry from under their crotch.

There were constantly *** cavalrymen who unfortunately won the lottery, and a bright blood flower bloomed on their chests, and they fell from their horses with a scream. Or the running war horse suddenly screamed, collapsed, and threw the owner of the horse off his back~

On the left flank, Sir Joenheim has led the German noble knights to launch a counter-charge under the orders of Prince Henry! The entire battlefield trembled with the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, and in the distance, the Crusader knights and the *** cavalry could be seen colliding fiercely, and the melee was in a mess.

To Han Xing's surprise, in the face of the Devil Terminator, who was as tall as a hill and as strong as an iron wall, the *** cavalry chose to continue to detour towards the right flank, trying to go forward to destroy Han Xing's artillery position.

Faced with this situation, Han Xing had no choice but to lead more than 500 noble Braunschweig cavalry and rushed towards their right flank.

"Charge!" Han Xing rode the lightning, took the lead, mounted a horse pistol, and rushed forward with a shield.

"For the glory of my Lord!" Baron Bird shouted, and as he spoke, he lowered his visor, leaned forward his spear, and entered the charge.

With the speed of the horse, Han Xing's horse pistol hit the right rib of a *** cavalryman first, and at the moment when the spear head pierced his chest, the "crackle" sound was crisp, and the spear head snapped in response. The *** knight looked at his wound with a look of disbelief, and fell off his horse.

After all, the riding spear is a consumable, and even if it is not broken, it is quite troublesome to pull it out after piercing the enemy's body. However, this was not difficult for Han Xing, he immediately changed to the spear of judgment and stabbed several *** knights one after another.

You may ask: Why doesn't he have to break his heart?

In fact, it is very simple, in horse warfare, long-pole weapons such as spears and carbines are better than swords! or Guan Yu, Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. Why do you use all long weapons?

Because Han Xing led the cavalry to storm the right flank of the *** cavalry, the *** cavalry was immediately stagnant, and the devil terminator immediately brandished his halberd, trotted up, and split the stagnant Mamluk cavalry in half with his horses, or swept them off his horse.

Poor *** knights can't help the devil terminators who are as hard as steel plates, not to mention that they are still immortal?

A *** knight instigated his horse, pulled away, and shouted "Allah Hukba!" Urging the warhorse, wielding the crescent scimitar, it slashed at the back of the Devil Terminator.

Unexpectedly, his confident blow, instead of killing the steel monster in front of him, he ushered in an indifferent look. With a swing of his halberd, the Devil Terminator hooked the *** knight off his horse. Then he smiled and raised his halberd, and stabbed it hard into his heart.

Such scenes are playing out in every corner of the battlefield.

The remaining 1,000 musketeers and 200 ultra-pikemen of Han Xing's department formed a simple phalanx, shooting at the *** cavalry who had fallen into a state of stagnation.

At this moment, Han Xing, who was in the shadow of the sword and sword, suddenly heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves behind him, and he used the spear of judgment to kill an enemy in front of him, and then turned to look behind, only to find that it was the HRE knight led by Prince Henry.