Chapter 424: A Night Attack
This kind of lethal fighting was really effective, and many soldiers could not resist their ferocity and were scattered to defend themselves, and these dead soldiers had the upper hand.
At this time, the curtain of the Chinese army was lifted, and a woman in purple armor walked out, followed by several men and women. Seeing the enemy soldiers rushing back and forth nearby, the woman shouted: "King Hong is really the next one, let you pay for your lives to kill me!" ”
As soon as the dead soldiers saw this woman's phoenix eyes and eyebrows, they looked like a king, and immediately understood that this was Sima Hongyan, the phoenix lord of Yanling. They howled fiercely, and at the same time, they rushed towards Sima Hongyan without dying. The front fell, and the back followed without hesitation, one after the other, completely putting life out of the way.
The female soldiers rushed up to stop them, and although they killed many enemies, they still couldn't stop these dead.
Several dead soldiers who had already been seriously injured were about to rush to Sima Hongyan when they saw it, and they desperately threw the weapons they could use at Sima Hongyan with their last breath.
Several people behind Sima Hongyan stepped forward quickly, blocking in front of Sima Hongyan, some wielding swords, some dancing knives, and smashing the flying weapons one after another.
The Feng lord was in danger, and the Yanling army began to concentrate on the Chinese military tent here, and the three layers inside and the outer three layers surrounded the Chinese military tent to protect the safety of the Feng lord.
The ferocity of the enemy also aroused the fighting spirit of the Yanling soldiers, and some soldiers disregarded their personal safety and used their bodies to block the enemy soldiers who continued to rush. The two sides fought for their lives, and people kept falling.
This attack of the dead soldier made Sima Hongyan also a little shocked, she didn't expect that such a tight defense could not stop the enemy, it seems that the explosive power of people without scruples is still quite terrifying, and it is really not a lie that one man is invincible.
Fortunately, there are female soldiers to escort them, and their husbands and sisters are by their side, which can be regarded as a thrill, but this time is the closest the enemy is to Sima Hongyan.
After all, the number of dead soldiers is limited, one less killed, and the Yanling army has surrounded Sima Hongyan in the middle like an iron bucket array, and the remaining enemies have no way to get close.
Even so, they did not retreat or flee, and died on the way to continue the attack.
After the Yanling soldiers defeated the last enemy, they breathed a sigh of air. Tonight is really dangerous, several enemies have come to Lord Feng, if it weren't for the protection of Nan Guying and Ban Lingruo, Lord Feng would probably be injured, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, suddenly there was a loud shout all around, and I saw countless enemy cavalry swarming towards the barracks.
Due to the chaos just now, the Yanling soldiers had not yet regrouped their formation, and at this time, they were suddenly attacked again, and they were obviously a little caught off guard.
Sima Hongyan hurriedly asked Nan Guying, Guo Zidi, and Ban Lingruo to immediately go and rectify the stragglers and prepare for the battle.
But the enemy came so quickly, and before the Yanling soldiers could rearrange their troops, they rushed in.
Tonight, King Hong's army occupied the right time and place, and the two waves of attacks were extremely cleverly connected, and the Yanling army was briefly disorganized, suffering heavy casualties under the impact of the enemy's cavalry.
Fortunately, Guo Zidi and Nan Guying organized in time, which blocked the enemy's offensive posture, but the situation was very passive. There was no moon tonight, and the archers were completely useless, and the two armies could only fight in close combat. In contrast, the Dongning army came prepared, but the Yanling army was in a hurry, often taking care of one or the other.
This time, in order to prevent the danger just now, Ban Lingruo deployed heavy troops to protect Sima Hongyan, including thousands of Hongyan troops who also ran to protect Sima Hongyan under the leadership of Xiao Hongying.
The two sides fought desperately in the dark night, which was quite tragic, and Guo Zidi and Nan Guying also personally went into battle to kill the enemy and command the resistance. The firelight was full of swords and swords, and there were dead and wounded soldiers everywhere.
Since Sima Hongyan led the Yanling army to fight, tonight was the first time that the battle was so embarrassing. Perhaps he didn't expect King Hong's surprise attack to come so quickly and so fiercely, the Yanling army looked a little chaotic and completely lost its previous advantage.
Sima Hongyan always supervised the battle in front of the Chinese army's tent, and the darkness of the night brought a great obstacle to the Yanling army, which gave the Dongning army, which was familiar with the terrain, an advantage. Seeing that many soldiers were killed or wounded, Sima Hongyan frowned, and a rare coldness appeared on his face.
In the melee, a huge ball of fire attracted Sima Hongyan's attention, and Xiao Hongying said urgently on the side: "Sister! That's our grain truck! ”
Sima Hongyan hurriedly said to Zhong Liying: "Fourth sister, quickly lead the troops to protect the grain cart, these cavalry are coming for our grain cart." ”
Zhong Liying hesitated and said, "Eldest sister, what should I do if I go away from you?" ”
Sima Hongyan said: "The fifth sister and the female soldiers are all here with me, don't worry, it's not so easy to kill me." ”
Hearing Sima Hongyan's affirmation, Zhong Liying led his troops to support the grain truck. When Zhong Liying left to go to the grain truck, another fire broke out, and it was another tent where the grain and grass were stored was burned.
Although the Yanling army has an absolute advantage in numbers, in the dark night like ink, it is impossible to see the surrounding situation clearly by relying on the illumination of some firelight, so the Yanling army has always fallen into a situation of passive beating. The Yanling soldiers were scattered everywhere, unable to gather together completely. Fortunately, they are usually well-trained, and in case of emergency, they are close to their own people to form a rigid formation, which avoids greater casualties.
At this time, Nan Guying, Guo Zidi and Ban Lingruo were gathering soldiers everywhere, and they had gradually gathered the soldiers who were fighting separately, but the Dongning cavalry that attacked this time was not only strong and strong, but also had undergone long-term training at a glance, even in the chaos of the army, they still maintained the same formation, like two long dragons interspersed back and forth in the Yanling army.
These two teams of Dongning cavalry can be said to be the special troops of King Hong, and their tactics have a name, called "Dragoon Formation". As the name suggests, the cavalry is lined up like a long dragon charging through the enemy's formation.
This was the method that King Hong came up with to deal with the tight defense of the Yanling army.
Through the previous battle, King Hong found that Yanling's shield array was very powerful, not only was it not easy to be attacked when people hid behind the shield, but they could also damage external opponents through gaps, whether it was cavalry, infantry or archers, they could do nothing with this iron bucket-like lineup.
For this reason, King Hong combined the characteristics of his own soldiers, coupled with his rich battlefield experience, and soon developed a set of methods to counter this dense defense.
The cavalry of the dragoon array is not expensive, they are all selected from the best in the army, whether it is a single soldier or a collective battle are outstanding soldiers are eligible to join, and then targeted training, at this time rushed into the Yanling army really had an extraordinary effect, and the Yanling soldiers retreated again and again.
Sima Hongyan stood on a high place and carefully observed these two groups of elite cavalry as if they were in a no-man's land, and found that the reason why the soldiers of Yanling could not stop their charge was because these two groups of cavalry completely used mobility to attack.
The first cavalry of the enemy to open the way were strong men armed with heavy weapons, armed with maces or axes, and whenever they encountered resistance or resistance, they would pick up these heavy men and attack. The impact force of this weapon is already powerful, and coupled with the impact of the war horse, the force of swinging it out is even more domineering. Although the Yanling soldiers raised their shields to cover them, as long as they were picked up by these heavy weapons, they would be immediately knocked out. After a few rounds of attacks, Yanling's shield array would be opened up several gaps.
The heavy weapons of the dragoon formation were in order to break the defense, followed by the cavalry with spears, they took advantage of the gap in the Yanling array, and the spears stabbed indiscriminately, and many Yanling soldiers who lost their shields were stabbed to death or stabbed, and the strongest shield array in the past completely lost its advantage at this time.
It was precisely with the invincibility of these two teams of Dongning cavalry that the Yanling military camp was even more chaotic, and because it could not stop the enemy's attack, the enemy was getting closer and closer to Sima Hongyan's position.
However, their weakness was soon discovered by Nan Guying, who reacted quickly and ordered the soldiers who had taken the initiative to resist to retreat, giving way to the cavalry. After the Yanling soldiers opened the distance, they set up a shield formation and let the enemy soldiers pass through.
As soon as they saw the Yanling soldiers retreating, the two teams of cavalry were no longer hindered, and rushed straight to the Chinese military tent where Sima Hongyan was. Sima Hongyan and Nan Guying had a good heart, and when she saw Nan Guying asking the soldiers to retreat and fortify, she immediately understood what Nan Guying meant, and she immediately gave a few orders to the female soldiers behind her.
The enemy cavalry saw that they were getting closer and closer to Sima Hongyan's position, but the soldiers on both sides let it go, and those cavalry faintly felt a little strange. When they were about to approach the Chinese army, there was a sudden sound of bowstrings, and a rain of arrows flew towards them without warning.
The Dongning cavalry was suddenly shocked, but they didn't expect the Yanling people to dare to release arrows in their own army, and hurriedly pulled the horses in a panic, but those arrows came so fast, the horses that opened the way first were immediately shot into hedgehogs, and even the cavalry on the horse became the target of the arrows, and the body was instantly filled with feather arrows, and the body fell to the ground without snorting.
The arrow nets were overwhelming, and the Dongning cavalry had no shields to cover them, so they suffered heavy casualties. Only then did the cavalry understand what was going on, it turned out that the opponent had retreated to give the archers a chance to release their arrows, and all the arrows that did not hit the enemy were blocked by the shield walls that had been laid on both sides. In other words, only their own cavalry are now the living targets of the Yanling archers.
The little advantage that I had just taken was reversed in the blink of an eye. The Dongning cavalry was very surprised that the Yanling people reacted so quickly, and immediately set up an ambush circle for them in such a short period of time, which was really a bit incredible.
No matter how much you can't believe it, it's too late, the continuous firing of bows and arrows has killed most of the two teams of elite cavalry, some cavalry jumped off their horses in panic to dodge on both sides, who knew that as soon as they got close to the shield array, they were suddenly pierced out of the shield array by the spear poked out of several transparent holes in their bodies.
The situation of the battle changed rapidly, the Yanling soldiers were really tested tonight, if it were not for the hard training on weekdays and the proper command of the generals, then the Yanling army would inevitably suffer a serious blow tonight, and it seems that no enemy can be underestimated and lucky.
The last time King Hong suffered a crushing defeat, many Yanling people had doubts about the legend of King Hong's god of war, and they realized that a temporary defeat was nothing at all, this is the true ability of King Hong, and the god of war in Dongning is not in vain.
At this time, a young general ran to the front of the Chinese military tent and reported to Sima Hongyanyu: "Report to the Phoenix Master!" The grain and grass fire has been extinguished, but we have suffered heavy losses, and both grain and grass have been burned. ”