Although Vikos's eyes were not very sharp, when he was about three kilometers away from Abdullah's troops (note: in reality, it is generally believed that the distance of human observation is 8~10km in clear weather), Vikos finally saw their first prey in the past two days.

From a distance, it is estimated that there must be hundreds of people in my heart. If it is a group of well-trained soldiers, it may take some time, but the appearance of the other party hurriedly preparing for battle proves that the other party is nothing more than a group of rabble farmers, and only a collective charge of their group of cavalry can disrupt the opponent's formation, and then slaughter the group of farmers one by one.

"Woo~~~~" The herald in the cavalry team quickly put the horn to his mouth and gave the order to move forward.

The cavalrymen began to walk slowly forward with the reins in one hand and the rifles in the other. They don't need to be fast, and such speed can put more pressure on the other person's psyche.

"It's dangerous. The sound of the trumpet was so loud and so communicative that the moment Abdullah heard the sound of the majestic trumpet, he felt the hairs on his whole body rise, and if the majestic sound came from the direction of a strong enemy, it would be an ominous mourning sound. Although it was not clear how many people the other side was, Abdullah looked at it from a distance and saw that the other side was all cavalry, and there were more of them than his own infantry. It's a pity that there is only one cavalryman in this team, Abdullah, who still rides a camel!

In this day and age, cavalry is almost the natural enemy of infantry. No infantry could withstand a two-meter-long cavalry charge, and the force of the high-speed movement of the infantry was enough to make the infantry despair.

And because the cavalry comes and goes like the speed of the wind, it can not only rush through guò to quickly join the battle. It can also quickly get out of the battle after a decline.

This is a kind of troop that gives the commander who faces him a headache and excites the person who commands him, but because of the high maintenance cost of the war horse that the cavalry rides and the huge logistical pressure, this class of troops cannot equip the army in large quantities, and can only be used as a small number of elite troops, except for the nomadic race of centaurs, of course, who are born with the lower body of a horse and the upper body of a man!

The price of the cavalry was indeed expensive, but their excellent performance proved that they could afford the high salary.

Vicos actually had a hundred horses in his unit that didn't carry any members. That is to say, this detachment has 500 cavalry and 100 logistics horses, and each batch of logistics horses carries about 250 to 280 catties of logistics materials, but most of them are needed by the war horses and the transport horses themselves. Why didn't they prepare cavalry, because each cavalry actually had some food for himself.

Speaking of which, I have to digress a little. At first, no one expressed any irritability after the separation from the large army, but by now, two days have passed. Some people have plenty of food. But fresh water reserves are almost at the bottom. In this case. A sense of dissatisfaction with the lack of water gradually rose in people's hearts, blaming the leader and the damned task in their hearts.

However, Vikos was not so irritated, although his god coins had been wiped out due to the [armor destruction] of huàn, and there was no surplus to exchange for huàn fresh water resources. However, he calculated that they would receive fresh water as early as today and tomorrow at the latest.

When he saw the 100 transport horses, Vikos thought that the 100 transport horses alone carried 25,000 to 28,000 catties of horse feed, and each horse needed at least 30 catties of food every day.

If the leader doesn't want the team's combat effectiveness to be affected, the horse is not unable to walk because of lack of food. It will definitely be added to the predetermined route of travel. And when the team leader took out a map from time to time to look at it, Vicos knew that he had guessed correctly. Quite possibly. The place where they receive fresh water support is an oasis, a paradise in the desert.

The five hundred cavalry did not run very fast, but slowly ran forward with their legs slightly on the side of the horses.

Even though they were running slowly, more than 500 cavalrymen carried smoke and dust up into the sky behind them as they marched, and the banner of the Crusaders swayed over the yellow earth with the advance of the cavalry, and a dull breath rose from the hearts of the people.

Abdullah's rehearsed recruits were visibly shocked by the momentum of the cavalry on the other side, and they could not imagine how they could overcome the cavalry that outnumbered them many times over. They don't have great martial arts, they don't have sophisticated equipment, and they only have one more spear and a rusty scimitar than the average enemy on the other side.

Many people didn't even do the right thing for a soldier on the battlefield because of this sudden change, that is, to form an array under the instructions of the commander, otherwise they would definitely have the slightest chance to fight back when they were standing in all directions.

"Hurry up, do what I said you would do with the cavalry, take out the spears behind you!!!" Abdullah shouted anxiously to his soldiers as he looked at the cavalry advancing here.

However, the recruits did not hear what Abdullah was saying, and some even tried to turn back, ready to flee.

"Run, can you outrun the cavalry?!!" Abdullah said to the soldiers who tried to escape.

"I swear to Allah that if you try to escape now, you will have no place to die! According to their speed, they will arrive in four and a half minutes at most!! Think about it, can you fight the cavalry with only one person!!" Abdullah yelled at the soldiers, although he was usually a very kind person, it did not mean that he would not vent his anger.

Looking at the soldiers who were stunned by his roar, Abdullah said, "According to the method I usually teach you to deal with cavalry, pick up the spears you carry behind your back." That's not an ornament! Take a hundred people as a unit to form three gun formations!!"

In his years of military career, Abdullah has gradually summed up some ways to deal with different types of troops. One of the most suitable for this group of recruits was the spear formation, a primitive but effective method against cavalry that he thought even someone with only a week's training could barely use.

And among them, Abdullah also hid some of his own thoughts.

(There are still two kilometers left!) Vicos estimated in his mind, he could clearly see the hurried movements of the soldiers on the other side, but strangely their movements seemed to become orderly after someone on a horse (?) walked by. They are leaning together in some haste.

"What are you doing? Let's dress them up as meat skewers? I won't eat these filthy infidels!" a cavalryman shouted behind Vicos, his words quickly drawing laughter from the others.

"Oh, look, do those idiots think they're going to stop us by leaning together like this?—they're like a bunch of undressed bitch!!" another cavalryman laughed. uses obscene metaphors to vent his disdain for his enemies. There was no way, and the arrogant cavalry of a group of peasants could not be very vigilant at all.

Hearing the ridicule of his subordinates, even Vicos couldn't help but relax a little, and thought that the soldiers on the other side were like chickens and dogs.

"There are 1,400 meters left!!" Abdullah rode his camel and ran in front of the formation. Now there is still 1,100 meters left for them to react. The cavalry usually charged at about three hundred meters. The distance of three hundred meters will not make the horses tired from running, nor will the cavalry not have enough speed to pierce because the charging distance is too short.

"Hurry!!Hurry!!!It's not training now!!" Abdullah roared loudly.

(There's a kilometer left.) Vikos silently thought in his heart, the other party's army seemed to be slowly gathering into three compact collectives, what was this doing? Vikos slowly put away his somewhat frivolous heart, carefully observing the other party's actions.

Listening to the sound of the soldiers around him still laughing, Vicos was not only a little disappointed, these people did not know if they were overconfident in themselves or because they were inexperienced. I didn't even find anything from the other party's strange behavior.

Vicos, who was naturally cautious, slowly became stern, and the other party's behavior was different from before. It means that the other party may have some new ways to deal with it.

It seems that it is a little tricky. However, Vicos did not intend to tell his soldiers about his discovery. If he is a qualified captain, he will definitely tell his subordinates about his discovery, so that they have time to deal with it, but Vicos does not think that he has a deep comradeship with these hostile subordinates, and he is not sure that the other party really has something that can make them difficult, this qiē is just his speculation, if the speculation fails, he will not be even more embarrassed.

"There are still 700 meters!!The three teams are in the shape of an inner half-moon, and the interval is not too large!!"

Abdullah rode his camel and quickly reminded him of the sand around the soles of his feet with every step of his heavy body, and he kept tapping his foot on the side of the camel to make it even faster.

The so-called inner half-moon is a formation in the middle of the concave inward, and the two sides lean forward to form the shape of a half-moon, such a formation can make the opponent's troops fall into the middle of the half-moon when there are many people on their side, and then the two wings are encircled, so that the opponent's main force, left wing, and right wing are all hit by the recess, so that the enemy is defeated. It's a simple, yet usable formation.

The three teams Abdullah spoke of were in the shape of a half-moon, i.e., one of the spears was recessed inward, and the other two were diagonally above the two of the middle teams. In this way, most of the cavalry attacks are concentrated in the middle of the gun array, and because there is a certain gap between each gun array, although it is not too large, it will reduce the enemy's attack area. If you just form a straight line, then every point of the infantry line will be hit by the opponent, and it is better to divide the 300-strong force into three parts to reduce the damage caused by the enemy's attack.

The spear formation, a small formation taught by Abdullah to this group of recruits, can barely reach the standard with only simple training, although it is not very powerful, nor is it very new, but it is very effective against cavalry.

For the infantry, there is no doubt when the cavalry is in the greatest danger, charging, close combat, and disengagement. It was time for the cavalry to charge. The nearly two-meter-long cavalry spear can nail an infantry to the ground under a huge impact, which is a force majeure. No matter how good the armor is, the sheer force of the spear touching you can break your bones.

Therefore, in order to prevent the great danger caused to the infantry by the cavalry charge, Abdullah forced each soldier to prepare a scimitar and carry a two-meter-long spear behind his back.

The material of the spear does not need to be very fine, only a wooden rod with a certain hardness and a sharp spear head, which can be made of iron or stone. This completes his arsenal against cavalry, as long as the infantry sets up the spear. It can ensure that the cavalry facing the charging will die, no matter how long the cavalry's spear is, after the cavalry's spear hits the target. Since the horses could not immediately stop their speed, the cavalry would advance some distance, long enough to insert the spear in the infantryman's hand into the cavalryman's body, even if the infantry was dead. But the spears in the hands of the infantrymen did not break.

This approach was conceived many years ago. However, due to many factors, it has not been put into practice.

In order for this method to become a reality, it is necessary to have a large number of infantry, close together to form a compact group, so that the power of the spear can be realized. If it is performed by only one infantryman, the cavalry can go around the infantry's attack range and kill a single infantry with a spear in one fell swoop. In this regard, Abdullah made all his infantry shoulder to shoulder to form a circle, and within this ring there was also a circle of soldiers, so that even if there were few people. Abdullah still told them to reduce the area and increase the density. Completed a dense array of small guns. Even if the people in the front row died, the spears in the back row could be lowered and inserted into the chest of the cavalry.

On the other hand, this formation is vulnerable to long-range weapons such as bows and arrows if it is not well armored enough, and they do not have shields against rain of arrows like infantry. And how is it possible that there is no long-range strike in an army?

Due to the above factors, this formation has no way to be favored by the world in the end. However, Abdullah had the discernment to train his soldiers in this kind of thing, not that he had long anticipated the current situation of being surrounded by the cavalry of Kolesman, but because Abdullah thought that it was only a useful formation that could be used in small-scale battles in the desert, not only against cavalry, but also against infantry. On the desert, three groups of people who are gradually gathering together are slowly turning into rings.

(The opponent's formation is not yet ready.) Vicos looked at the ball of three infantrymen, who already looked a little bit, and didn't understand what the other side was going to do, what was this doing?

"Five hundred !!!meters to go," Abdullah rode his camel into the center of the left flank of the spear array in the path made for him by the infantry, and then he rolled over and landed on the ground from his camel.

The tenacity of the Iqzar people is evident here, and there is no hope of escape, so let's fight with your life, darlings of the desert!

Abdullah swallowed nervously, moistening his thirsty throat. The reason why he was so nervous now was not that he lacked battlefield experience, but that the gap between the military strength of the enemy and us this time was really huge, and the superiority of the cavalry infantry made him a little desperate. He was convinced that unless a miracle occurred, these recruits alone would not be able to stop the cavalry's furious advance.

Now about two hundred meters away from the charge, Abdullah, who had always been calm, also wiped the beads of sweat that were dripping down one by one due to the heat and nervousness with his sleeve.

The commander of the "Rushing !!!!!!!! Front!!!!!!!!!" suddenly accelerated on his war horse, clamped the spear in his hand under his armpit, and propped up a two-meter-long death line.

Hearing the commander's shouting, every cavalryman roared angrily and kicked the war horse under him with his legs. They were already desperate to vent the pain they had endured for the past two days in the desert, and the blood of the enemy would refresh them.

The tall war horse raised its head high, and after neighing, the muscles of the whole body suddenly tensed and suddenly erupted, and streams of flames flowed in the horse's veins, and the thick nostrils couldn't stop sprinkling hot air outward. A handful of manes fluttered in the air. The huge horseshoe struck the ground, and the muscles of the war horse were like soaring and frenzied mountains.

They were born beasts of war, demons sent from hell to the world, and their red eyes were like flames that kept beating. scorching everyone's soul, the corners of the eyes seem to mock the tragicomedy of life and death that is constantly repeated in the world.

"Charge!!"

"Hallelujah!!"

"God my lord !!!"

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One roar after another erupted in this rushing torrent, the faces of the cavalry were twisted and red, and the sandstorm that rushed to the sky also grew rapidly behind them in their roar.

"Prepare for !!!!!!" Abdullah pushed aside the infantry in front of him and saw the cavalry group that was about to start killing. Reaching out and pulling out his treasured war horn.

"Woo woo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Abdullah took a deep breath, put his mouth on the horn, and rhythmically blew the rhinoceros horn. The real contact of the war really began at this moment.

Abdullah only hopes that his usual drills have not been in vain, so that maybe a few people will escape after this conflict, of course, it is more likely that all of them will die here. But he would not speak such pessimistic thoughts, if a commander is sad. This army is also not far from death.

The unique glow of the scorching sun in the desert. The figures of this group of galloping cavalry shone in the sand, and tall shadows appeared on the yellow sand, as fast as the wind. They all had sharp points in front of them, and the roaring wind was coming from the sharp spots, and the severed wind seemed to be dripping bright red blood downwards.

"Hey!!" After a moment of panic, the militiamen finally did not forget their duty, and the actions that Abdullah had taught them in the past finally remembered when the horn sounded.

They pulled out their spears from behind them, and then everyone began to change their positions in a hurry but not in a hurry.

Although there was some nervousness in their looks. But they are firmly in their place, and there is no way back for them to continue to choose.

Abdullah was already able to clearly see the subtle movements of each of the cavalrymen. Their hideous movements are like machines designed to harvest life.

"Let go !!" Abdullah pulled out his scimitar and stabbed it in the air!

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Put!"

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Each of the infantry shouted so that those around him could hear Abdullah's command, and soon in less than a few seconds, the three infantry in the spear formation repeated the word. This is the trick that Abdullah gave them on how to quickly convey orders on the battlefield and execute them neatly.

"Whew!!"

"Whew!!"

"Whew!!"

"Whew!!"

"Whew!!"

"Whew!!"

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After shouting, the infantry in the front row stepped forward half a step, half knelt on the ground, and stuck their spears diagonally on the ground, although the movements were not standard enough to meet the requirements of Abdullah's requirement of a perfect angle to the ground, but the handle of the spear deep in the sand was still able to deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

The sharp spear tips shone dazzlingly in the sun, the three round ball infantry formations, and the two rows of spears sticking outward, like a city wall that was difficult to break through, making people dare not approach.

The three hedgehog-like formations were thus completed in the desert, and the young and immature faces of the infantry operating this qiē had a fear of death, but more than that, a thirst for life!

"Oops!!!! back !!!!!" The moment he saw the spear forest appear, the commander's face turned pale, and the muscles on his face without a trace of blood were constantly throbbing.

He wanted to stop the cavalry charge, and he knew very well that if the cavalry hit the tips of those spears, even if they could annihilate the enemy, they would also suffer irreparable heavy blows to their own side, and those immobile spears were the natural nemesis of the cavalry.

A high-speed impact horse mounted on the tip of a spear can certainly pretend that the arm of the spear bearer is broken, but the war horse and cavalry will definitely die a more miserable death.

"Retreat!!Retreat!Retreat!Retreat!Retreat!!" The cavalry who rushed ahead saw such a terrifying scene and cried out in horror.

But both the commander and the cavalry in the front row made a fatal mistake.................. (To be continued......)