Chapter 5: Annihilation!
A charge of this magnitude as the two hundred cavalry was generally carried out against a well-formed phalanx of regular infantry or the elite of the cavalry.
In the face of a rabble like Liukou who not only had low combat power, but also had an unstable position, the Beiwei army definitely used all their strength to fight the rabbit this time.
Of course, the Rogue Army will not sit idly by.
When the Beiwei cavalry approached the Liukou camp for twenty-five feet, dozens of archers from the old battalion suddenly rushed out of the Liukou spear array.
In less than five seconds, dozens of veteran archers used their stunts, and dozens of six-force bows actually flew out hundreds of arrows in a row.
Most of the elite archers in the old camp of Liukou can fire six or seven six-force bows in one breath, and the strongest of them is claimed to be able to open the bow left and right twelve times, and the shooting frequency in a short period of time is comparable to that of modern firearms!
However, such a high-intensity archery is very physically demanding, and after this wave of rogue archers broke out, it was basically possible to announce that they would be laid off in advance.
Although there were hundreds of arrows shooting head-on at the Beiwei cavalry, this scene was just a child for the Beiwei cavalry, and they only slightly moved their bodies and completely ignored this wave of arrows.
Hundreds of arrows suddenly shot at the iron armor of dozens of cavalrymen, and before they could make a "bang" sound, they fell weakly to the ground.
The few arrows that happened to be fired at the vital point of the Beiwei cavalry also quietly missed the target in the subtle movements of the Beiwei cavalry.
If you want to shoot through the heavy armor of the Beiwei cavalry, you must at least use a twelve-force bow, or use a ten-force bow and armor-piercing heavy arrows.
In the extremely frightened eyes of the hundreds of rogues in the first row with spears in their hands, it was like a landslide cracking the ground, and the iron horsemen on their backs rushed into the camp of the rogue army.
The armored war horse carrying huge kinetic energy instantly broke the inferior spear stabbed in Liukou's hand, and the powerful anti-shock force passed through the spear and directly twisted Liukou's arm!
However, before the rogues could feel the pain, the back elites who were not affected in the slightest had already charged!
"Bang-"
Dozens of armored war horses slammed into the first row of rogues, and nearly a hundred rogues were immediately knocked out, rolling on the ground for two or three feet, knocking down many rogues in the back row.
In this way, the rogue who was directly hit by the charging heavy cavalry would not only be seriously dented directly by the impacted parts, but even the internal organs in the body would be shattered at the first time.
In addition, they also rolled on the ground several feet away, and their whole bodies were covered with scars and bleeding.
Such an injury, not to mention in this era, is almost certain to die even in modern times!
At the same time, dozens of iron horsemen at the tip of the conical formation carved through the formation of the Liukou army with almost no effort.
The remaining hundred or so cavalry suddenly drove straight in, completely tearing open the breach of the rogue formation.
The commander of the cavalry battalion held the long sword on his side, waved the long sword outward, and with the help of horsepower, the long sword slashed through the body of the old battalion in armor at a speed of more than 20 meters per second.
From the lower abdomen to the front of the chest, the incomparably strong double cotton armor was instantly cut into a narrow opening, and bright blood splashed into the air through the opening.
The armored old battalion fell straight to the ground, almost being cut in half, he curled up on the ground weakly and twitched constantly, his eyes still vaguely revealed the desire for life, and seemed to be fantasizing that his companions could save him in time.
It's a pity that he is just a small microcosm of the entire battlefield, and when the two hundred cavalry rushed into the camp of the rogues, the slaughter had already begun!
All the rogues are unable to protect themselves, and no one has the power to help the others!
More than ten seconds later, two hundred iron horsemen on their backs cut through the rogue army, and came to the rear of the rogue army with the terrified cries of the rogues, leaving only blood and broken corpses all over the ground.
With just a small charge, the Beiwei Iron Cavalry killed and injured at least 300 young and strong rogues, and none of the 200 Beiwei Iron Cavalry were killed in battle!
Compared to before the charge, the only difference was that many of the heavy armor of the Iron Rider had a few extra scratches from the knife and axe.
Just as he wanted to order the back iron cavalry to turn around and charge again, he suddenly found that the rogues were already faintly showing signs of collapse, and the commander immediately frowned.
Can't even withstand a single charge, this army is simply inferior to bandits!
The commander remembered what he heard when he helped Su Ming lead the horse before, and muttered to himself in his heart: "What the general said is reasonable, this is a third-rate miscellaneous army that can't even bear one percent of the battle losses. ”
"It's easy to defeat such an army, but it's even more difficult to annihilate them because they will flee at the slightest mistake!"
Thinking of this, the commander gave up the idea of charging again, and instead ordered the two hundred Beiwei Iron Cavalry to divide into twenty small detachments, which were interspersed to surround the Liukou army in the east and west directions, and encircled and annihilated the Liukou together with the Beiwei infantry who were rushing!
Although he wanted to rush back directly and defeat this gang of rogues in one fell swoop, the general's order was absolute, and the commander could not disobey it, nor did he want to violate it.
Since the general demanded the total annihilation of this gang of rogues, he could only lead the cavalry to harass and entangle this gang of rogues to prevent them from escaping.
Although this may cause more casualties to his own side, the commander did not take this into account in the slightest.
After all, there are no immortals in war, not to mention that they are all people who have died once, and even if they die in battle, they are just returning this life to the general.
After about half a cup of tea, a thousand back-to-back infantry finally arrived in front of the Liukou.
When the two armies were twenty feet apart, two hundred back-mounted infantry drew their longbows from their backs, and two hundred back-to-back infantry drew their crossbows from their backs.
The armament rate of bows and crossbows in the army of the Song Dynasty was the highest in China, and the Beiwei infantry army was naturally equipped with bows and crossbows.
However, while other armies have specialized crossbow archers, the Dorsal Army is a soldier who can use crossbow arrows proficiently.
Otherwise, how can it be said that the backing army is an "all-powerful" army.
After a few breaths, an overwhelming rain of arrows erupted from the Beiwei army formation, covering and shooting towards the rogue camp.
In just twenty breaths, three waves of arrow rain erupted in the Beiwei camp, and more than 500 rogue Kou were hit by the arrow rain and were directly shot to the ground.
Since these rogues are basically armorless, the Rain of Arrows offensive can achieve such an effect.
Fearing the direct collapse of the rogue camp, the commander of the infantry battalion responsible for directing the battle immediately ordered the whole army to speed up.
Soon, a thousand back-mounted infantry began to engage the rogue camp in close combat.
Similar to the previous ones, these rogues are no match for the elite at all.
The back-swordsmen and shieldmen in the first row cut down many rogues to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables, and the pikemen in the second and third rows also stabbed one by one.
The rogues who had already destroyed their formations did not even have the ability to resist the infantry even a little.
It didn't take long for the Beiwei army to cut the army into small independent squares, and the cavalry and infantry worked together to exterminate the Liukou.
Half an hour later, the last place of more than 100 Liukou was also wiped out by the Beiwei army, and the battle ended with the annihilation of the entire army of 5,000 Liukou.
By the time Su Ming arrived at the battlefield with two hundred reserves, there were less than 1,100 soldiers left who were cleaning the battlefield scattered and harvesting the spoils of victory.
The strong smell of blood came to the tip of his nose, looking around the broken corpses everywhere, looking at this scene that can be called hell on earth, Su Ming almost couldn't help but vomit.
Although Su Ming thought that he had been mentally prepared for war, the real battlefield scene still made Su Ming feel very uncomfortable, he was just an ordinary modern person, and the cruelty of the cold weapon battlefield was not something he could easily imagine.
Moreover, the casualties of the Beiwei army in this battle were not small, only more than 900 people remained of the 1,000 Beiwei infantry, and more than 30 cavalry of the 200 Beiwei cavalry were also killed.
Su Ming didn't expect that when this gang of rogues was about to break out, but suddenly found that they had been surrounded by the Beiwei army, they would be able to burst out with such a crazy will to fight!
In the later stages of the battle, when the remnants of less than 3,000 rogues had no way to retreat, under the desire to live, all of them suddenly went crazy!
Under the leadership of the old battalion, the rogues desperately attacked the encirclement of the Beiwei army.
Even, some old battalions also commanded ordinary rogues to continue to hit the armored war horses with their bodies one after another, so that the speed of the cavalry could not be fast, and then several old battalions suddenly pounced, and the back cavalry threw down the war horses, and then twenty or thirty rogue robbers swarmed up, and the two-fisted and four-legged back cavalry were directly overwhelmed by the crowd.
Under such circumstances, although the Beiwei Army annihilated this gang of rogues with stronger combat quality, firmer combat will, and more elite weapons and equipment, under the desperate counterattack of the rogues, the Beiwei Army itself suffered a lot more.
In fact, the reason why the loss this time is not small, Su Ming must be blamed.
If it weren't for Su Ming's stream-of-consciousness command, which made the Beiwei army put on a posture of "I just want to completely annihilate you, what do you want", and also ordered the complete annihilation of the enemy army without leaving prisoners, thus arousing the rogue's desire to survive, the Beiwei army could completely solve the battle with single-digit casualties.