Section 4: Collision (Medium

The capture of the camp was only the beginning of the war, after which Townsend's ambush against the March cavalry was the key event.

The war theory of the Red Empire also pays attention to this, so in this battle, Townsen's requirements for the troops are to arrive first, unfold before the enemy, and attack before the enemy

The battlefield was chosen on a gentle slope thirty miles from the main camp of March, and less than fifteen miles from the nearest north camp. This distance is not enough to prepare for the psychological red line of preparing for battle, so the enemy will not have more combat preparations except for sending scouts to explore the road.

This also reflects Townsend's cunning, because walking on this gentle slope, the scouts can clearly see both the burning smoke of the southern camp and the general situation of the northern camp, and the concern is chaotic, which will divert their attention to a large extent.

And in the eyes of ordinary people, this gentle slope is really not a good place to set up an ambush, it is less than sixty meters long, less than twenty-five meters high, and it is a straight road, the road is less than four meters wide, and the sides of the road are not far from the steep slope perpendicular to the direction of travel. In short, there was no open place for archers, nor was there a dangerous terrain to hold onto, and even the grass was so green that it could not even be fired.

But Townsend chose this place as the battlefield, and he hit the enemy's psychological blind spots in every link

Because of the terrain, one hundred and twenty men was already the limit of the lurking limit, and it was this number that many people had to be hung on the slopes on both sides, and of course they were all Townsend's most skilled old base troops—thirty guards, thirty pikemen, twenty archers, and the rest were all light infantry.

With the help of the powerful camouflage and infiltration ability, several groups of Markey battlefield soldiers passed by Townsend and the others as if they were blind, and then rushed to the field in front of them with great anger, but they didn't find that there was still a force hidden in the bushes under the turf

At noon, the late Marqui cavalry appeared, and they reached the gentle slope in columns.

It was worthy of being the most elite unit of the March tribe, and even if there were sharp soldiers in front of them, they still habitually maintained battlefield vigilance - the whole army was roughly divided into two parts, the cavalry in front was very neat, each row of four horsemen side by side, a total of more than twenty rows, and the rear was the same number of cavalry, but the formation was slightly more scattered.

There was a thirty-meter gap between the two groups, and this was a safe place for the Anomalous Division and the Commander.

This formation is simple but effective, can cope with unexpected situations in any direction, and is also conducive to command and deployment. Unfortunately, these advantages do not include a surprise attack on the uphill section - the leader of the group can change speed according to the situation when going uphill, but the person behind can only follow the same path because of poor vision, which inevitably leads to chain congestion.

More importantly, the horses should use small steps to go uphill, although this kind of horse weighs more than 600 catties, but the load on the body is not light, it is impossible to maintain a speed advantage here, so it is difficult for the rider on the horse to react appropriately to the sudden enemy situation.

Just when the leading row of war horses carried more than 200 catties and panted to a distance of 15 meters from the top of the slope, a cold and resolute command sounded, and there was only one word: "Fight"

The cavalry standard-bearer at the front looked up sharply, only to see a snow-white light sweeping through his vision, and then his vision jumped up strangely, and the whole world was spinning. He even saw a headless horseman below, holding half a bare flagpole in his right hand, while a group of enemies armed with spears were rushing onto the road from both sides...... Then his vision shook violently, and his entire vision was taken over by a cloud of weeds.

"That's ...... Me?" That was the last thought of the standard-bearer, after which he lost all perception.

The decapitation of the standard-bearer and the chopping of the battle flag in two at the same time were a great shock to the Marchians, and it was completely unexpected - the enemy did not flee, and they dared to use this manpower to set up an ambush?

"There is an ambush" The cavalry officer in the first row yelled, stretched out his hand and drew his sword.

Just as the blood of the standard-bearers was rising to the sky, thirty enemy pikemen had completely occupied the road, and the four rows of shiny spears were extremely hideous, condescendingly pointing directly at the Marches.

"Spear Team - Forward" The officer who had just cut the flag bearer of March shouted, he turned his long knife horizontally, the cold metal broke through the air, and a low whistling sound sounded, and the four heads of the horses in the first row were cut off at the same time, and the heads of the horses were cut off at the same time, and the horses fell sideways or backwards, and all the cavalrymen on the horses were thrown down, including the leading officer who had just drawn half of his sword.

Wearing forty pounds of armor, all kinds of bits and pieces add up to nearly sixty pounds, they don't want to stand up again when they fall from the horse, and the four unlucky people can only roll down all the way in a semi-coma, trampled and trampled again by the iron hooves of their own + passionate people.

"Forward, forward, forward" The enemy spearmen leaned close together, walked down step by step with the shout, and after three steps, squatted slightly, and two rows of spears more than a foot long stabbed at the heads of the horses of the second column of cavalry - it was difficult for experienced soldiers to be frightened, but war horses were different, it was the instinct of creatures to seek advantage and avoid harm, and when they saw the spear heads approaching, these beasts would naturally hide.

This evasion will cause a big incident

The horses on both sides will subconsciously turn, but the target of the horizontal horse body is larger, and they were immediately stabbed by spears, and the horses began to struggle under the severe pain, and then fell down the slope The weight of several hundred catties smashed on the road, which can be said to be flying sand and stones, and the destructive power of rolling up is more powerful than ordinary sasswood.

One of the horsemen who fell at the same time as the horse could not even scream before he could faint, and the other horseman screamed half as he fell to the ground, and then his neck was crushed by his own horse.

The two horses in the middle did not turn, they just retreated, and immediately collided with the horses in the third row, and the space that could only accommodate four horses was squeezed into six horses, and it became difficult to even move, let alone resist the movement-but the enemy troops killed from above would not give the Marches any chance, and they continued to advance amid shouts.

After three "forward, forward, forward" three times, they crossed the fallen horses, the sharp and cold spears stabbed again, and the cavalry of the third row was limited by space, and did not even draw their weapons - so the previous tragedy was repeated again, one of the horses was pierced into a hornet's nest on the spot, and the remaining five horses shamefully retreated, and collided with the horses of the fourth row.

On the narrow road, a large number of war horses were crowded together, some wanted to step forward, some wanted to retreat, some were dodging, and some were simply frightened and began to kick people, it was really tangled and chaotic...... The cavalry of the fifth platoon had already dismounted when they saw that the situation was not good, but they were forced to retreat by the retreating horses, and some even blocked the way of the horses and were crushed to death by a butt when the horses sat down

Although the cavalrymen further back had drawn their weapons and were psychologically prepared for war, they had no contact with the enemy at all. In front of the enemy, the March cavalry was held hostage by the war horses, and had no chance to resist the enemy at all, and was easily dismounted by those spears.

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