Chapter 427: Mounted Archery Duel
At this time, Zhou Yue's benefits of delegating all the command to Xiao Guanyin were reflected, according to the general action strategy he formulated, and then according to the situation on the scene, Xiao Guanyin ordered the four thousand heavily armed wolf horsemen to occupy a relatively wide place, and then lined up here with two long and two short cross arrays. [擺|渡|搜||小|說|free|fee|下|upload|小|說】{Starter}
The so-called two long, that is, the north column of the guide is extremely long, and the two short columns are extremely short in the east and west columns, this is the simplest kind of cavalry charge attack array, and the response is flexible and changeable, you can quickly gather to the center point of the cross, you can also attack anytime, anywhere, forward, backward, left, right, no matter which direction, it will quickly become a chisel through the array!
Not only that, this cross array can also change formations at the fastest speed, turning into two large pincers, clamping the opponent to the death, and chiseling through left and right.
In short, this array is simple and convenient, it can be attacked and accepted, and it is on this flat terrain that it is not afraid of the enemy's attack at all, no matter which direction it attacks, whether it is a siege or a surprise attack, it will inevitably be smashed to pieces.
After this cross array was arranged, Xiao Guanyin continued to order, ordering everyone to stand by and rest, and before a new order was issued, there was no need to ride on the mount, which was also the best reason for saving the body, after all, the heavy equipment of the heavy wolf riding was really a terrifying burden, and it could be seen that although this kind of heavy cavalry was fierce, it was not necessarily invincible, and it could not be used when it encountered mountains and hills or desert water towns.
However, here, Zhou Yue is very confident, this place is infinitely flat, the Mongols want to defeat them, it is impossible, of course, they also can't catch up with the Mongols' light cavalry, but it doesn't matter, what Zhou Yue wants to do is to prevent the Mongols from entering a hundred kilometers of Panjin Black City, as long as this goal is ensured, the rest of him doesn't care.
At this time, seeing that the four thousand heavily armed wolves rode into a cross-shaped array, those Mongolian scouts were actually very eye-catching, and they didn't dare to approach within two or three miles to show off their might as before, because the north-south length of this cross-shaped array reached 2,500 meters, that is, the range of five miles, once they dared to get so close, as long as the iron horses on both sides launched a pincer attack, even if their riding skills were exquisite, they would definitely not be able to escape.
However, the Mongols are the most obscene in the case of unparalleled cavalry and archery, this tactical style is soaked in the bones, so they will not give up, and soon at least more than six or seven hundred Mongolian scouts gathered, screaming, with the help of their superb riding skills, a circle of rides, and began to slowly approach Zhou Yue their cross array.
"Brother Zhou, these guys really think we are fools, just our array, and we are heavily armed wolf riders, and they are still on such flat terrain, even if they get close, they can't break through our defenses at all, unless they also mobilize a team of no less than 5,000 heavy cavalry to compete with us here, but do the Mongols have heavy cavalry in them? If you want me to say, let's go all out, kill under Panjin Black City, stab them in the heart, and then kill them leisurely, and let them know, whether Lord Ma has four eyes or five eyes? ”
At this moment, Jiang Yang took off his helmet, held a grass stalk in his mouth, and commented disdainfully.
"Come on, you, if you don't talk big, you will die, Brother Zhou has his own principles of action, he can use your staff officer, put on the helmet, and spit out the grass, are you a cow? I also ate grass, and at the dinner table in the future, I will give you a bundle of hay for you to chew enough! Xia Zhi on the side couldn't help but speak, and Jiang Yang, who was originally vivid, suddenly spit out the grass stems, obediently put on his helmet, didn't dare to refute anything, and didn't care about the laughter of everyone around him, he was completely transformed into an honest uncle, in front of Xia Zhi, he had no conditions, and he had to create a condition to surrender unconditionally.
"Brother Zhou, do you want my archery battalion to charge? We've been practicing hard for a month, and we're waiting for this day! Xia Zhi turned to Zhou Yue again, her elite archery battalion is all wind archers, and almost all of the basic archery skills have reached lv7 or lv8 or above, which is quite powerful, especially the hundred archers who originally belonged to the guard battalion, before Zhou Yue fought everywhere, whether it was killing the colorful tiger or killing Yuan Gai Suwen, they all made great achievements, and their combat power was strong, and they were also among the best in the entire team.
In addition, the elite archery battalion of the summer solstice also has a major feature, that is, there are quite a lot of women, more than sixty, under the effect of the power system of Heicheng, these women who originally belonged to the weak, their strength is no less than that of men.
"Okay, go ahead, be careful, don't chase too far." Zhou Yue nodded slightly, the purpose of the establishment of the elite archery battalion is to keep up with the Mongolian scouts, and now it is just used to test it, and by the way, to encourage morale, because they still have to wait for a long time before they can wait for the elite support troops of the Jingbei Military Region.
This can be regarded as a little dark psychology of Zhou Yue, his 5,200 people, pure cavalry, and 4,000 heavily armed cavalry, rushed into the Mongols' camp, and then rushed out, there is no problem, but the Mongols are not easy to mess with, under the fame, it is naturally a bit of material, if he is stunned, he will damage some people and horses, and when they are fighting fiercely with the Mongols, let the Jingbei Military Region pick peaches?
Hehe, he doesn't have this awareness, and in a short period of time, the Mongols will definitely not be able to capture Jinzhou Heicheng, so he would rather stay here honestly and watch the excitement.
At this time, Xia Zhi led the order to go, leading the six hundred elite archers to kill out like a puff of wolf smoke, as an archer cavalry, there are three major elements, the first is speed, the second is the dexterity of the horse, and the third is the accuracy of the feather arrow projectile.
These three elements, the elite bow cavalry battalion is very good, the war horses are all good running endurance war horses, plus their riding skills are similar to the Mongols, as for the basic archery, it is also not inferior, so, just this one attack, you can see the clues!
These six hundred horses are like a whip in the air, and in an instant, in the rapid running, forming a large S-shaped array, Xia Solstice leads, behind her is the hundred archery masters in the guard camp, and finally the five hundred elites selected from the Shenji battalion, every two people are in a row, one horse position apart from each other, but the first person on the left must be a horse head faster than the second person next to each other, in this way, it is equivalent to providing a defensive barrier for the companions on the right, and it will not affect the shooting boundary.
Then there is the second row, the distance is also a horse position, still the left head is fast, the right head is slow, it looks not only neat, but also very dynamic!
When the six hundred horsemen ran at full speed, they spread for two or three miles, like a great net, covering it in a fine and delicate way.
But that's not all, what's really amazing is that all of them shoot in a very regular rhythm, that is, they don't shoot randomly, and it seems that everyone can find a single target.
In less than twenty seconds, the elite archery battalion of the summer solstice had already engaged in several rounds of arrow rain with those Mongolian scouts, both sides were running wildly at extremely fast speed, and they had no intention of colliding together, but each other was their own reaper of death!
In a matter of moments, the results were already revealed, in this round of rapid pegasus shooting, more than forty or fifty Mongolian scouts were shot and killed, and even men and horses became hedgehogs, and more people were injured, while the elite archery battalion of the summer solstice fell from their horses and killed eight people, and more than thirty people were shot and wounded.
"That's good!" Zhou Yue nodded lightly and said, the Mongolian cavalry shooting is quite powerful, in this round of confrontation, in fact, they did not fall behind, it was really because of their long snake array on the summer solstice, plus the clever strategy worked, they won a game, their strategy is that five people shoot one person, never slow down, rather sacrifice accuracy, but also to ensure the rapid running of the array!
In this way, their speed increases, the probability of being hit decreases, and the strategy of shooting one person with five people is not bad, and they can almost kill the other party on the spot, as for the Mongolian side, there is no such method, then, even if they are shot with an arrow, their equipment level can be taken down on the summer solstice! Not immediately fatal.
At this time, the first round of confrontation has just passed, and the 600 archery cavalry battalion on the summer solstice has changed again, this time the left head has changed to the right head, the right head and the left head, that is to say, the one who blocked the arrow before has become the one who has been blocked by the arrow, and the one who has been blocked by the arrow before has become the one who has blocked the arrow, so that it is a way to replace the new force, avoid large-scale damage, and do not damage the combat power!
In the blink of an eye, the six or seven hundred scouts of the Mongols once again started a rapid confrontation with the elite archery battalion of the summer solstice, which was a very exciting situation, thousands of war horses galloped rapidly on the spacious flat ground, and the feather arrows fell like flying locusts, every moment was a test of life and death.
And this time, Xia Zhi's elite archer battalion seemed to be much more skilled, changing formations faster, and the entire S-shaped long snake formation was also more flexible, almost accompanied by flying smoke and dust, a puff of deadly feather arrows had already shot out.
On the other hand, those Mongolian scouts, although they also reacted quickly, they had always been accustomed to molesting others with their superb riding skills, and who could have expected that one day, they would be molested by others in a more ingenious way, so they still messed around.
At this time, it can be seen how powerful the precise array, the precise attack method, and the precise coordination are, and almost every arrow will not be wasted.
In just an instant, thirty or forty Mongol scouts screamed and fell from their horses, and then a denser array of feathered arrows flew in, completely overwhelming!
The Mongol scouts had already been shot down by more than a hundred people before they even understood what was going on, and when they finally regrouped with hindsight, the elite archers of the summer solstice were gone, leaving only smoke and dust.