Volume 3 Yellow Sand Scroll Chapter 635 The Means of Heavy Infantry
"Your Highness has won the award, if it weren't for His Highness's firm belief in combat, we would definitely not have room to play!" Jiang Cha said.
Previously, after Jiang Cha learned about Huang Zhang's age, he didn't have much trust in Huang Zhang, after all, Huang Zhang was too young, and everyone would have doubts.
But Huang Zhang's performance in the back completely conquered Jiang Cha.
A problem that Jiang Cha could not solve, the morale of the soldiers, was easily resolved by Huang Zhang.
Jiang Cha didn't think about fighting the Qiang-Hu coalition army, but the hussar battalion he led had just escaped from the mouth of the Qiang-Hu coalition army, and he wanted to go back to fight the Qiang-Hu coalition army, and this morale became the biggest problem.
If the problem of morale is not solved, there is only one outcome that greets them.
Jiang Cha knew that there was no way, but Huang Zhang used a way that everyone didn't expect.
He didn't say something uplifting, but invisibly instilled hope in the soldiers.
A hopeful force, it is invincible.
At first, Jiang Cha was suspicious of Huang Zhang's behavior, but when he saw the change of the soldiers in the hussar camp with his own eyes, he immediately understood.
From that moment on, he began to show interest in this young and promising backer.
Later, Huang Zhang asked him about the way to deal with the Qiang-Hu coalition army, and after Jiang Cha told him about his experience in fighting with the Qiang-Hu coalition army, Huang Zhang formulated a battle formation in accordance with the information provided by Jiang Cha and some suggestions.
At this moment, the Qiang King Fang Dang Wuzhi and the King of Jiqu outside the battlefield all saw the current situation of the Qiang Hu cavalry being besieged.
Especially Fang Dang Wuzhi, when he saw the battle formation of the Su army, he probably understood the intention of the Su army.
Now seeing the cavalry surrounded, his face was shocked.
"Who is the general of the other side with the troops?" Fang Dang Wuzhi asked hurriedly.
During this period of time, they only noticed the opponent's troops, but ignored the opponent's generals.
Hearing Fang Dang Wuzhi's question, his subordinates immediately came and said: "I heard that he is the backer king of Su State, and he is only twenty-one years old!" ”
"Impossible!" Fang Dang Wuzhi immediately vetoed.
Twenty-one years old? At the age of twenty-one, it was impossible to command the troops to break their battle formation, and Fang Dang Wuzhi directly rejected this statement from the bottom of his heart.
"There must be someone behind this so-called backer king!" Fang Dang Wuzhi said firmly.
King Qu, who was in the same column as Fang Dang Wuzhi, was already stunned.
At this moment, seeing the cavalry constantly falling into the military formation, his heart was dripping blood.
Although the Hu people are not short of horses, but that is only for Su Guo, now that so many cavalry are besieged, even if they are Hu people, they are somewhat unable to withstand it.
Fang Dang Wuzhi was the same, but at this moment, his expression was deeper, although he also felt very sorry for these cavalrymen, he still had hope for this battle.
You must know that the main force of this battle was not originally these cavalry.
These cavalry were originally used to fight harassment, and were specifically responsible for flanking and disrupting the Su formation.
Even if the cavalry is gone, they still have heavy infantry, and with heavy infantry and numerical superiority, they can crush the Su army on the opposite side.
Moreover, in the eyes of these Hu people, the morale of the Su army is definitely not as good as their own, and maybe they themselves will collapse if they fight.
Fangdang Wuzhi and King Jiqu had this idea in mind, counting on the subsequent Qianghu heavy infantry to crush the Su army.
The Qiang-Hu heavy infantry would definitely not wear armor and make themselves into tin cans like the heavy infantry of Su and other countries, and the Hu and Qiang people would not be able to make up so much iron.
Their heavy infantry was built from the resources they had.
The heavy infantry of the Qiang people, with an emphasis on the shield.
The Qiang were advanced by heavy shields, relying on thick wooden shields to resist attacks, and when the Qiang army reached a certain range, they began to shoot with spears.
The Qiang are particularly good at throwing spears, and once the spear is thrown, its powerful penetrating force can often directly shatter the enemy's armor.
This battle was no exception, as the Qiang army approached, the Qiang infantry hid behind the large shield and began to throw spears at the Su army's formation.
Spears that rained down were thrown at once.
Even if the Su army raised its shield and prepared to resist, when the spear was shot down, it still caused a lot of casualties to the Su army.
Spears were stuck diagonally in the middle of the formation, and on each spear there was always a little blood and wailing.
The previous projectile of the Qianghu cavalry gave the Su soldiers the illusion that they could be blocked with only a shield.
But they ignored the fact that the projectile of the Qianghu cavalry was only harassing in nature, and the archery on the horse was originally poor in accuracy, and the strength was not enough.
But the spear projectile of the Qiang army is different, whether in terms of strength or quantity, it is incomparable to the cavalry of the Qiang Hu cavalry before.
Just one round of spear throws threw the entire rear of the Su army into chaos.
Fortunately, after many rounds of fighting, the Qiang army can only throw one round of spears now, which is a blessing in misfortune.
But even so, it still caused chaos on the side of the Su army for a while, resulting in the front almost being broken through.
The Hu people, on the other hand, were not the Qiang army's big shields and spears, and the Hu heavy infantry wore coarse linen sewn armor, but used iron armor in key parts, and at the same time, they each carried a long knife around their waists, and kept wielding a sling, a weapon specially used for throwing stones.
The Hu people often graze horses and sheep, and there are always livestock with strong temperament, often at this time, the Hu people will ride horses and wave the slings in their hands.
As soon as the rope is thrown, it will fly straight along the tangent, stumbling the animal's feet and restraining it when it arrives.
The Hu people are the best at using slings, which is generally a trick they use against other tribes, but at this moment, when they go to the battlefield, they still do what they do regardless of who the other party is.
As the Hu soldiers threw out the slings with brushes, the dense flying slings immediately smashed on the Su army formation.
However, compared with the spear throwing of the Qiang army, the power of throwing stones is obviously not comparable, and besides, throwing stones is more used to deal with cavalry, especially heavy cavalry.
However, it is obvious that there is no heavy cavalry in the Su army, which leads to the great reduction of the power of the Hu people's stone throwing, and does not pose much threat to the Su army.
It was precisely because this attack by the Hu people was not too threatening that Huang Zhang had time to dispatch and sent people in time to stabilize the defense line that had just been turbulent by the Qiang people.
The battlefield is like a game of chess, and the chessboard is so big that it cannot be confined to one corner, but must be considered holistically.
If the Qiang people break through the defense line of the Su army, then the entire defense line of the Su army will collapse immediately, and at that time, even if Huang Zhang has the ability to reach the sky, it will not help.
And at this moment, the methods of the Hu and Qiang people have been demonstrated, which has also caused a lot of trouble to Huang Zhang, and next, it is time for Huang Zhang to make a move.
I don't know if he can withstand this trick, these Qiang and Hu people.
I saw Huang Zhangling flag wave, and the counterattack of the Su army began!