Chapter 63: Formation

"Urgent! The Third Cavalry Squad has detected the Dothraki army!"

"Urgent!There's an army of Dothraki ahead!!"

"Urgent! The army of Dothraki has discovered our position and is rushing towards us. β€œ

The cavalry, temporarily replacing the scouts, brought news of the Dothraki army.

With the approach of the Dothraki army, the huge army of nearly 6,000 also began to be nervously deployed.

Rows of Unsullied Ones armed with improved spears walked to the front row.

The soldiers of the first row were half-crouched and pointed their spears in front of them, while the soldiers of the second row rested their spears on the shoulders of the soldiers of the first row, which increased the lethality of the frontal cavalry.

These modified spears are a reference to the spears of the Meereen Lancers, and are nearly twice as long as the original Unsullied standard spears.

There were a total of five rows in front and back, and the tips of the spears were all on the shoulders of the first row, and the entire phalanx formed the shape of a hedgehog.

Moreover, the tail end of the spear also has a sharp edge, which enhances the melee combat effectiveness and the lethality of the weapon.

At the same time, some other soldiers also held shields in their hands, and the shields in their hands not only protected their left side, but also covered the right side of the bodies of their adjacent comrades, and once the soldiers in the front row fell, the soldiers in the second row would quickly fill in the gaps left by him.

Other than that, the first few platoons were all elite First Legion Unsullied, not reserves.

Once the soldiers in front are defeated, the soldiers who have not yet engaged in the battle behind will involuntarily retreat backwards, so that the whole army is defeated, and the cavalry chasing behind them will hunt their heads without resistance.

In the face of the momentum of countless cavalry charges, in Ma Shen's estimation, only the fearless and unsullied can not take half a step back, and use calm thinking to stab the oncoming cavalry under the horse as much as possible, and use all their strength to slow down the cavalry charge with their lives, and delay the cavalry impact to the greatest extent.

Boom.. Boom.. Boom.. Boom...

Before long, the ground began to shake and rise at a frequency that could be clearly felt on the soles of the feet, and gradually even the eyes could clearly see the wailing of the earth.

Suddenly, the soldiers in the first few rows saw a dense crowd of cavalry flashing beyond the horizon.

The breathing gradually became heavier, even the breathing of the unsullied was slightly heavier, and the unsullied were also flesh and had corresponding physiological reactions, but the difference from the reserve was that the unsullied could regulate their own breathing rate.

"Array!!Hurry!Hurry!!"

"Fifteenth squad raise arrows!"

Due to the presence of the innocent in front of them blocking the view, the reserve team in the rear quickly arranged the array at a relatively fast speed in a slightly nervous state.

Boom, boom, boom...

Columns of soldiers stabilized their center of gravity in a standard posture.

The soldiers were wearing black protective gear, with two iron armors on their chests and backs, and from a distance, a cold light flashed in the dark color.

"Ahh

"Kill!" (Dothraki)

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The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and seeing the infantry formation that had already been waiting solemnly, the Dothraki cavalry seemed to have been mentally prepared for a long time, without any slowdown, not even the slightest pause.

As they approached the infantry formation, they saw some Dothraki horsemen holding their horses on their legs, almost standing in stirrups, bending their bows and arrows on the back of their horses that were undulating like waves, and the sound of "whoosh" was incessant, and the feathers of arrows galloped through the air.

The arrows struck some of the Unsullied in the front row with precision, some of the bows and arrows stuck in the armor, some of them blocked the shields, but some of the arrows knocked the Unsullied who was standing in place to the ground.

Faced with this situation, the soldiers in the back row tend to take a few steps directly to fill the vacancy of casualties.

"1st Regiment of Archers, Shooting !!"

In the middle of the formation, a rain of arrows flew out from near the center of the camp, knocking the Dothraki cavalry, who were only in rudimentary equipment, to the ground.

"2nd Regiment of Archers, Shooting !!"

Another wave of bows and arrows flew out of the camp without stopping.

"3rd Regiment of Archers, Shooting !!"

"1st Regiment of Archers, Shooting !!"

"Archer。。。。。 ”

The Dothraki cavalry suffered at least five waves of arrows and suffered many casualties in their short charge.

But even though people were constantly being shot off their horses during the charge, the pace of the Dothraki cavalry continued to stop, and every Dothraki cavalry jumped over the corpses of their comrades without fear or panic in their eyes, and they had only one goal in their eyes, to kill and tear apart the cowardly infantry in front of them.

In the face of the arrows flying from the infantry camp, some Dothraki subconsciously bowed down and hid their bodies behind their horses, while some Dothraki fearlessly raised their bows and arrows to fight back.

The distance of a few hundred meters was fleeting, and the Dothraki cavalry desperately urged their horses and began to straighten up, their scimitars reflecting patches of cold light in the clairvoyant mirror.

A few drops of rain slowly drifted down from the sky, and the wind carried a damp breath, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Time stood still, and in an instant, the people turned on their backs, and the innocent people in the front row were also drowned in the vast sea of cavalry at this moment.

However, taking advantage of the obstruction of the pikemen, the speed of the cavalry decreased, and the last few rows of waist sword and shield men began to fight around the cavalry with shields, using chopping the legs of the horses, tripping horses, and various ways.

"Kill!!"

Looking at a Dothraki cavalryman a few meters away, an officer's eyes turned red, and he shouted: "Fight to the death for the king!"

As if to express his anger, he drew the long sword at his waist, held it in his hand, and faced the Dothraki cavalry in the distance, and rushed forward as if he were dead.

In the phalanx of the infantry improvised arrangement, pikemen were on the periphery to hinder the cavalry charge, in the center were waist sword and shield men, and on the inside were archers.

Layer by layer, slowly slowing down the speed of the Dothraki cavalry.

In the face of cavalry onslaught, the army generally adopts multi-arm cooperation, using infantry phalanxes to protect the archery troops (not mixed), infantry phalanxes are set up on the cavalry charging route, and archers are ready to shoot.

This kind of military formation not only has a good effect on cavalry charges, but also has a better counterattack ability for cavalry guerrillas.

Throughout the history of ancient warfare, cavalry has always been a lingering nightmare for infantry, and since mankind mastered the perfect ability to smelt iron, powerful cavalry began to gradually appear on various battlefields.

In the field, the cavalry became the king of the battlefield with its powerful impact and superb mobility.

In the face of the opposing infantry, the cavalry will generally win as long as the tactics are appropriate, and even if there is a defeat, they can generally retreat with their whole body, while the infantry does not have this advantage.

Therefore, the tactics of infantry in the face of cavalry are generally to use static braking, forming a phalanx or corresponding formation to stop the charge of the enemy cavalry, so as to contain the enemy cavalry.

The infantry phalanx would pass through depth and pikemen to counteract the cavalry charge, forcing the cavalry to stop.

When the cavalry charged the infantry phalanx, the cavalry line could not be concentrated and could not be too deep.

Concentrated cavalry will not be able to maintain their respective battle space, and cavalry that is too deep will not be able to withdraw from the infantry phalanx.

In addition, when the cavalry retreats after charging the infantry phalanx, the entire cavalry team needs to turn to make an arc retreat (refer to the 180-degree turn of a high-speed car) or collectively slow down to a stop and then turn into a front team and turn around and retreat (refer to when 1,000 people are running and need to suddenly go back).

If the cavalry charges the phalanx head-on, the other infantry phalanx will move to the sides of the cavalry after the cavalry enters the infantry phalanx, and the cavalry's first retreat will not work (as it will get stuck in the deep quagmire of the infantry phalanx).

If the second method of retreat is adopted, because the impact is on the front of the infantry phalanx rather than the weak point, then the infantry team will scatter into small groups to fight alone to entangle the cavalry, preventing it from accelerating backwards and retreating, when the cavalry attacks the front of the infantry phalanx without defeating the infantry, the above situation is very likely to occur, so the cavalry troops usually attack the weak parts, weak points, flanks and other positions of the infantry phalanx.

However, after all, cavalry has a great advantage over infantry, and in order to eliminate cavalry with infantry, infantry must also be clearly restrained, strictly disciplined, and prohibited.

In war, it is directly manifested in the maintenance and maintenance of formations, if the infantry can ensure the discipline of seeing death as if they were at home, then relying on the cooperation of pikemen and other arms can contain its impact, and then forming a phalanx to gradually devour and destroy the cavalry is not impossible.

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I saw someone in the book post asking why the update is so slow, of course, it's because of bad grades, not long ago I was promoted and raised, and the current monthly salary is more than 10,000, if I spend my time writing books, I'm afraid I'll be hungry and full by now, and my girlfriend will run away, so the motivation to write so far is completely for the commitment and interest of readers.

After that, my plan for myself is to update every 2-3 days.,If the subscription can reach 500,Then I'll update it every day.,But think about it shouldn't be possible.。。。