Section XXXVII: The Smoke Billows 7
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It's like two huge sluices and dams firmly holding the flood water in a line, a thousand meters apart, both sides are quiet, at this moment even the air seems to be condensed, there is not the slightest wind in front of the position, the flags are drooping, and everyone is waiting for that moment to come. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The horn of "woo woo woo" finally sounded, and almost at the same time the war drums of both sides sounded, and the herald standing on the high platform also waved the red flag at the same time to signal the official start of the war.
Just like the lock dam bursting, the cavalry torrent on both wings poured out suddenly, the spurs slammed into the horse's belly, and the painful war horse suddenly accelerated, like a dust storm rolling up the sky, surging forward, just a thousand meters just two breaths to the front, the hideous face, blood-red eyes, dazzling cold light, crazy shouts, at this moment converged in one place, blood mist was filled, limbs splashed, people shouted and neighed, the sound of blades colliding, the sound of corpses falling to the ground, the sound of knives and guns entering the body, cursing and shouting, screaming and screaming at the same time. is also a light armored cavalry, a horse chopping knife against a scimitar and a round shield, and the war of life and death kicked off the prelude to the war.
Whether it is from the quality of soldiers and horses or from the number of both sides, the cavalry in the northwest has an absolute advantage, the war horses from the Tengger grassland are obviously a head higher than the war horses of the Tik cavalry, and good equestrian and archery skills make the cavalry of the two armies have not yet touched when the Tik cavalry encountered a baptism of arrows, although this did not affect the victory or defeat of the war, but it had a certain impact on the morale of the Tik cavalry. However, the two torrents that converged together immediately made both sides forget everything, and in the hearts of both sides at this time, only killing each other was the only goal, and the tragic fight made Cui Wenxiu and Kadmid, who were standing behind the two sides watching the battle, couldn't help but clench their fists and their eyes widened.
The fierce confrontation of the cavalry did not affect the steadily advancing infantry phalanx, if you had the opportunity to look down from above the battlefield, you could clearly see one brown and one snow-white, the two colors slowly advancing forward, and finally merging together, immediately flashing countless dark red waves.
Fearing a cavalry breakthrough from the front, Kadomid continued to line up with spear infantry in the first few rows, and it was not until the two armies were about to make contact that the spear infantry slowed down to allow the sword and shield infantry to overtake them at the command of the officers. As the first scream echoed across the plains, the entire battlefield immediately became a huge slaughterhouse, and the soldiers held their breath to become the most successful butcher, but often when he succeeded, he also fell prey to the knife of another butcher. Flesh and blood became the most worthless thing, even worse than dirt, and there was no dirt in sight on the battlefield, only countless mountains of corpses and a sea of blood surging up wave after wave at the feet of their companions.
The contest between the cavalry of the two sides was soon clear due to the disparity in strength, and the northwest cavalry, which had an absolute advantage, only took an hour to complete the encirclement of the Tik cavalry, although the Tik cavalry showed enough courage and courage, but the difference in strength was not made up by relying on courage and courage, and the 10,000 cavalry were reduced to corpses and fell on the plain that had been soaked in blood into dark brown except for less than 500 people.
Coldly watching the rout of his cavalry, Kadomid didn't have the slightest expression, he already knew that there would be this result, but he didn't care, the role of his cavalry was to delay the opponent's cavalry to encircle his infantry, and from the current point of view, he had achieved his expected goal, and even exceeded his own thoughts, he was very satisfied. Now it's time for the infantry on both flanks to play a role, the red flag stretched, and the spear infantry that had been arranged in parallel on the two wings suddenly changed formations, convex in the middle, forming two huge arched formations, firmly guarding the main infantry formation in the middle, while the archers and javelinmen quickly entered the battle position and launched the first wave of strikes against the roaring cavalry.
Just a few charges brought huge casualties to the light armored cavalry, Jiang Han's eyes were a little red, and he killed the opponent's cavalry like chopping melons and vegetables, but in the face of the spear infantry such as Lin, the light cavalry would undoubtedly have to pay a huge price for such a hard encounter, seeing that his subordinates turned into hedgehogs under the enemy's dense arrow rain and javelin bombardment, Jiang Han's heart was like a knife, although the Tik infantry also suffered huge casualties under the desperate attack of the cavalry on both wings, but the Tik infantry, which had a huge advantage in numbers, could fully afford this kind of attrition, and the situation seemed to be developing in favor of the Tik side。
And even more severe is the main battlefield in the middle, when the two torrents merge into one, the two sides compete for fighting spirit and quantity, and at this moment has been aware of the advantage of their own side of the Tik infantry also broke out enough courage and fanaticism, in the face of the ferocious northwest infantry, they do not give an inch, step by step, and only more than 20,000 people of the second division for the first time feel the crisis, the reserve has all been on top, in the face of the crazy pounce on the Tik soldiers, Schonei only found that sometimes sheep can become hungry wolves.
Seeing that the battle situation was gradually changing to his side, Cui Wenxiu remained silent, this time is the most challenging time for people's will, if the second division cannot withstand the surprise attack of the enemy's infantry, then the entire defense line will collapse, even if the cavalry has a strong mobility ability, it will not be able to recover the decline.
It was time for Cui Wenxiu to order a personal guard of a brigade directly under his regiment to join the reserve of the second division on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also ordered the flag bearer to quietly wave the military flag.
A group of hoplites hidden behind the Mott light cavalry on the right flank quietly covered up almost no one noticed, and followed by 10,000 Tubu light cavalry, the hoplite cavalry of that brigade was specially equipped by Cui Wenxiu to strengthen the frontal breakthrough ability of the second division, using a brigade of heavy cavalry as a nail to tear open the enemy's defensive circle, and using 10,000 fresh cavalry as the backing to follow up and expand the results, this is the killer weapon reserved by Cui Wenxiu. Victory or defeat in one fell swoop!
The enemy in the heat of battle suddenly dodged a passageway, and before the Tik infantry could understand what was going on, a group of black cavalry appeared in the eyes of the Tik soldiers with a muffled sound like a giant stepping on the ground.
The three-meter-long heavy cavalry spear shone a little cold in the sun, and the whole body was covered with thick iron leaf armor and the soldier's face was also tightly covered by the beast face armor, leaving only a pair of bloodthirsty eyes exposed, and the war horse under the crotch seemed to be a head taller than the war horses of the light armored cavalry around him, covering the horse from head to tail like iron leaf armor, as if it was a dinosaur giant beast from the flood barren plain, rushing with an incomparable momentum.
At this moment, the blood of the Tik infantry was almost congealed, my God, it was the ironclad hoplites! It's over, it's the ironclad cavalry of the Don River people! The natural nemesis and terminator of the light infantry! The Tik soldiers saw the frightened cowardice and cringe in the eyes of their companions almost at the same moment, they could face the light cavalry, because both spears and arrows could inflict great damage on the other side, but in the face of the ironclad cavalry, the arrows were useless, and the attack ability of the spears was also greatly reduced, and the infantry lacking thick armor could not resist this steel monster with terrifying impact, such an extremely asymmetrical confrontation had no suspense at all!
However, there was no time for them to think about it anymore, every time they raised their hooves, they rolled up waves of mud, and as the huge spear spear was picked up high and swung down violently, the huge habitual surname brought by the speed was accompanied by the impact, and the Tik soldiers in the first row didn't even have time to scream before they could spit out blood and flew into the air with the spear in their hands, like a sharp iron plough easily ploughing through the soft mud ground, and like a snowy dagger cutting through the belly of a fish, the Tik infantry defense line that had lost its fighting spirit was immediately torn open by the unstoppable ironclad cavalry, and the Tubu cavalry who followed with mace immediately cut in just right, step by step, tear apart the right flank defense line, which has begun to appear chaotic.
Kadomid was the first to notice the fluctuations in the right flank defense, but when he found out that the opponent had used the ironclad heavy cavalry to tear through the defense, he had no time to react. Although there was no heavy armor, the mace-wielding Tubu cavalry quickly played a role in the face of this chaotic situation, constantly tearing the opening bigger and bigger, and gradually extending to both sides, the festering of the right flank immediately affected the operation of the entire large infantry phalanx, and the soldiers' miserable howls and evasion of the pursuit of the hoplites also caused the entire right flank situation to immediately fall into chaos, and this confusion spread slowly but irreversibly to the central phalanx as if it would be contagious.
Kadomid watched as the right flank front turned into a pot of mud under the agitation of the enemy's heavy cavalry and the light cavalry that followed up and expanded the results, and this trend obviously spread to the center, and directly affected the assault infantry offensive at a critical moment, but he could not do anything, such a vast tide of troops, in this chaotic situation, not to mention that the order could not be conveyed in time, even if it arrived, the officer could not control the situation at all, it was better to order the assault infantry to strengthen the offensive, as long as the right flank defense line could break through the enemy's center before the complete collapse, this battle still had a chance to turn around!
However, to Kadmid's despair, it seems that he has been affected by the situation on the right flank. The enemy's defense seemed to be strengthened all at once, and the offensive of his own side was significantly weakened, and even the officers shouted for their lives and even went into battle in person, the opponent's defensive circle was always as immobile as a rock, and the rout on the right flank soon evolved into a collapse, like a whirlpool that swirled up, constantly rolling everything around it, and finally turned into a great rout that affected the entire battle situation.
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