Zhang Bao ordered the troops to attack immediately, this time it was different from the previous defensive formation, the last defense was that the vehicles were placed in the front, but this time the vehicles were left behind, and a brigade of troops was sent to guard the rear of the team, and the others were all pressed, anyway, in the wide grassland, how many troops could be placed, and there was no need to worry about the adverse effects of the terrain on the formation.

The offensive formation of the 1st Division was not a long snake formation, but rather a phalanx. In the face of 100,000 cavalry, although they despise the enemy strategically, they still need to pay attention to tactics. If you use a thin formation like a long snake formation, it is easy to be scattered by the cavalry as soon as it rushes, and it will be a cup when the time comes.

The formation of the 1st Division was a multi-layered formation, with several arms, each of which had several platoons. First in line are the five rows of fire ~ gunners, who are the most important combat power. They were followed by two platoons of part-time pikemen. Why do you say part-time pikemen? Because they were originally rattan armor soldiers, and now they also wear rattan armor, but they have replaced the broadsword in their hands with a spear.

Because the infantry was far more effective against the cavalry, the spear was far more effective than the broadsword, so the first division deliberately brought a lot of spears with it during this departure. Of course, weapons alone were not enough, these soldiers were also trained accordingly and mastered the skills of using spears against cavalry. In the event that the fire~spearmen are unable to suppress the cavalry, the fire~spearmen will quickly retreat behind the pikemen, and these pikemen will put up a spear formation to resist the cavalry charge.

Of course, this is rare, just in case. Unless the other party's cavalry and horses are wearing heavy armor, it is difficult to have five rows of fire ~ gunners can not suppress the situation, obviously, it is impossible for the Xianbei people who are so poor that they can't even afford to buy unified military uniforms to have heavy armored cavalry.

Behind the two rows of pikemen stood three rows of grenadiers, of course, also part-time, they were originally rattan armor soldiers or other troops, when the pikemen could not suppress the charge of the Xianbei cavalry, they would run to the front from the gap between the pikemen and the fire ~ spearmen in front, and throw thunderbolts to help suppress the cavalry.

The soldiers did not stand in a row next to each other, there were two arm's lengths between two people in the same row, so that there was a passage of more than one meter between every two columns of people, which was equivalent to a traffic lane, and five rows of fire ~ The gunners alternately stepped forward and retreated from these traffic lanes. Naturally, the Grenadier can also slide forward from these lanes of traffic to help him drop the bomb.

The entire phalanx of the 1st Division marched forward with a neat drum beat, and the neat and solemn sound of "tap, tap, tap" resounded in the sky, bringing great pressure. The Xianbei people had never seen such a unified army.

More than 10,000 people, but only one footstep sound, what a well-trained and disciplined army. The most feared armies in the world are not those of the brave steppe peoples, but of the disciplined and commanding armies. Such an army can everyone do the same thing together, forming an irresistible joint force.

The point is that such armies are usually armies with amazing willpower, which will not lose their fighting spirit in any adversity, such armies are almost invincible, they will only be destroyed, but they will never be conquered, even if they fight to the last soldier. The biggest headache for every general is to encounter such an army.

Bu Dugen didn't expect that he would see such an army with his own eyes today, the first division blindly hid in the car formation to defend before, he had never seen the opponent's military appearance, and he was surprised when he saw it today. Only then did he know that he had lost the battles between the two sides these days. Such an army, even if the other party does not use those terrible hidden weapons, has absolutely no hope of victory.

Bu Dugen didn't expect that the other party would attack without saying a word, obviously the other party didn't think about solving the problem by means other than fighting, no negotiations, no stratagems, the other party just pushed over and pressed people with force.

Although the number of those Han troops was far less than theirs, and the speed of walking was much slower than the speed of their cavalry charge, the momentum of these more than 10,000 people was not inferior to the charge launched by 100,000 cavalry, and even gave people a stronger sense of oppression.

Seeing that this army was distracted for a while, Budugen forgot to give orders, and it was not until the first division was already very close that Budugen hurriedly ordered the reserve troops to charge. Just now, he had been hesitating whether to send troops to rush to the Han army. The experience of several previous defeats made him very clear that even if his troops charged with all their might, it would be impossible to break through the enemy's formation, and rushing forward would be tantamount to suicide.

But what if you don't charge? The Han army was approaching, and if you didn't want to let the Han army slaughter your own people, you had to retreat. But behind is the royal court, and there are still many clansmen in the royal court who have not had time to withdraw, in this case, retreating is equivalent to letting the Han army enter the royal court, and the clansmen in the royal court are also facing the slaughter of the Han army.

The indecisive step felt that he was in a dilemma, and it was not a matter of retreating or not retreating. In fact, before he came, he finally mustered up the courage, vowing to block the advance of the Han people with his own flesh and blood, and cover the escape of the clansmen, but just now when he saw the solemn lineup of the Han army, the courage he finally mustered was instantly eliminated, and he hesitated repeatedly, but he couldn't muster up the courage to order the troops to charge.

It was not until the 1st Division had already reached a very close distance, and the people on the left and right consulted him several times, that he came to his senses and hastily ordered the reserve troops to charge. The so-called reserve troops are the old, young, and female units that he temporarily mobilized after returning to the royal court this time. These people are low in combat power, and they are just used as cannon fodder.

At the same time, because they have not experienced the previous battles and do not know the horror of the Han army, the fighting spirit is stronger, or rather, it is better to fool. On the contrary, those elite troops who followed him on the expedition before, because of the previous battle with the Han army, had already been frightened by the hidden weapons of the Han army, and now it has become difficult to drive them to charge and fool them to death.

The first division had approached the firing range, the drum and trumpet changed, the troops suddenly stopped advancing, and the fire ~ spearmen in the first row had already raised the fire ~ guns in their hands and aimed at the enemy in the distance. At this time, the old, young, and female units of the Xianbei people also divided into three groups and killed the front and left and right sides of the first division respectively.

The tragic slaughter began again after the Xianbei cavalry entered the firing range, and the gunfire on the side of the first division was incessant, and the Xianbei cavalry fell to the ground one after another. These old, young, and female cavalry were not comparable to the elite Xianbei cavalry before, and they were frightened by the fire ~ gunners of the first division after a few rounds of volleys of guns, and the formation collapsed instantly.

Seeing the clansmen in front of them fall off their horses like dumplings, listening to the terrifying loud noise in their ears, not only many horses went crazy, but many knights also panicked, after all, the knights on the horses are vulnerable groups, in addition to the elderly nervous numbness, reaction is relatively slow, children and women are a type of people with poor psychological endurance.

Many of them were so frightened that they were at a loss, some of them couldn't grasp the reins and fell off their horses, some were so frightened that they forgot to control the horses, let the horses run around, and finally turned themselves upside down, but there were also some people with slightly stronger psychological qualities, turned their horses' heads, turned around and ran back.