Chapter 224: China Will Win (4)
When the Scythian cavalry rushed over, they quickly pushed out several of them from the army formation, which were supposed to provide arrows for the longbowmen of the Northern Army, and were urgently dispatched by order. These high carts were pushed more than 30 meters away in front of the formation, and then scattered into several long lines. Immediately after that, thousands of pikemen rushed up with their spears in hand, and quickly inserted their spears into the slots on the edge of the car, the sharp tips of which pointed outward, and soon dressed the high carts of these lines into a forest of thorns.
While the pikemen were running back, the Beifu army continued to be busy. As the order was passed down layer by layer, except for the spearmen of the Tiger Spear Battalion and some of the sword players of the Sharp Battalion, the rest of the sergeants, regardless of whether they were sword players or straight knife players before, replaced their shields, put back their steel knives, and replaced them with longbows. Thousands of sergeants marched through the formation, placing barrels of arrows beside these converted longbowmen. For the Beifu military soldiers, the longbow is their most basic skill, so with an order, in addition to the original 30,000 longbowmen, the southern wing of the Beifu army formation suddenly added 20,000 longbowmen, and suddenly reached 50,000 people.
"Bow open, shoot!" The order was very simple, because the Scythian cavalry had already run within the range of the longbow, and it was only natural that the Beifu army would greet these guests from afar with a rain of arrows. Fifty thousand arrows whistled through the air and soon fell on the heads of the Scythians, who, though they were very experienced, stretched the ranks somewhat thin, but hundreds of them were shot and fell to the ground, drowned by the endless hooves of horses. Hundreds of other people were shot in their mounts, and although they did not knock their owners down, they continued to run. It was still the blood groove on the arrows in Beifu that made these war horses run all the way and bleed all the way, and the speed seemed to be getting slower and slower.
The companions kept falling, and it was not the brave Scythians who stopped. They let out a shrill cry, swung their sabers, shook their spears, and urged their mounts desperately to fly over the distance as fast as they could, rush to the people of Beifu, and then cut off the heads of these cowards with their sabers. Or use a lance to pierce them in half.
At the same time, many Scythians took up their hump-like recurve bows on horseback and poured out their anger on the Beifu army. Most of the arrows they shot landed on the pikemen of the Tiger Forest Battalion, as well as the ground knife players who covered the pikemen. The arrows of the Scythian cavalry were very vigorous. But the infantry armor on the Beifu pikemen was too thick, and not many people were shot and fell.
As the Scythian cavalry rushed closer and closer, the southern flank of the Beifu Army began to change formation again with a burst of horns. The pikemen began to move slowly forward, closing the distance between the left and right. And thousands of longbowmen followed the gap that the pikemen gave way out. Running forward, he soon ran to the front of the line, fighting alongside the pikemen.
The Scythian cavalry at the front encountered what was probably the most headache of their lives, several rows of tall wagons. These tall cars are in front of and behind a few rows. Six or seven meters apart, some are close together, and some have some gaps in between. But it's all sharp spears. The tip of the spear flashed with a cold light, and they were all waiting for themselves there.
Dozens of Scythian cavalry were unable to dodge. Or they have a fluke mentality, thinking that they can rush through. As a result, he was either impaled by a spear or his mount was stabbed by a spear, and for a moment the man turned on his back.
The Scythian cavalry that followed immediately stopped their footsteps, ready to see the situation clearly. But at this time, the longbowmen of Dibeifu, who were at the forefront of the military formation, began to attack. These are all good archers of each battalion and team, all of them have outstanding archery skills, and in this distance of more than 30 meters, the arrows shot are even more like long eyes, and they are shooting the Scythian cavalry that has stopped and circled there.
With the continuous sound of strings, the longbowmen in front began to shoot freely, and the arrows flying in the air quickly rushed to their respective targets, easily shooting through the light leather made of copper and iron pieces of the Scythian cavalry, the cold iron arrow tip made the hot blood of the Scythians also became cold, and the arrow shafts left outside the body shook slightly, and the Scythians' sturdy bodies just now suddenly became stiff, and they were planted on the ground after a while.
The longbowmen in the middle were still desperately firing arrows, which converged into rain in the air and continued to fall on the bodies of the following Scythian cavalry, who were still desperately running forward. They saw their companions in front of them stop, and faintly heard the screams, but they continued to rush forward despite their might, because they knew that if they stopped, they would die faster.
The Scythian cavalry had been entangled for a while in front of the high chariot and spear, brandishing their sabers and waving their spears, eager to smash and puncture all the obstacles in front of them, but after being busy for a while, they still could not move an inch; The rain of arrows still whistled and flew over their heads, striking at their companions behind them; From time to time, an arrow with long eyes flew from a distance, and shot a cavalryman with a pop.
The horses were screaming in front of the carts, the hooves of the horses were trampled around, the ground was covered with corpses and blood, and after a burst of trampling it almost turned into mud, and the Scythian cavalry was still trying. Half an hour later, the Scythian cavalry had finally broken through several gaps with piles of corpses and blackened blood, and it looked like they were about to break through the flesh and blood line. However, these Scythian cavalry who rushed out of the dead were saddened to find that there were hundreds of more tall carts in front, and they were still placed in several indiscriminate gun defense lines.
"Rush!" Without much hesitation, the Scythian cavalry continued to rush forward with their sabers and spears, continuing the arduous scene just now. Flying arrows, sharp spears, lying carts, panicked horses, angry screams, desperate screams, splashing blood, the lives of fallen horses shook in front of the high cart array, more stirred like blood and mud on the ground.
Finally, the Scythian cavalry was about to break through the defense line of these high chariots, leaving only a row of high chariots that had been cut to tatters. Just as the Scythian cavalry was preparing to march forward, countless spears swarmed over. It turned out that the pikemen of the Beifu Army had slowly lined up and were waiting for the Scythian cavalry with Rulin's spears.
"Thrust!" More than a dozen spears stabbed out neatly and powerfully, and the sharp three-edged spear tips stabbed into the horses and cavalry with a pop, and several streaks of blood spurted out of the men and horses with a seemingly visible heat. The neighing of the horses and the neighing was so desperate that it echoed over the battlefield for a long time.
At this time, there was a tooth-squeaking sound behind the Beifu military formation, and then there was a "bang" sound, and dozens of sharp wind whistles pierced the sky, came suddenly, flew over the heads of everyone in front of the high car formation, and crackled on the ground. I saw dozens of Scythian cavalry companies with horses nailed to the ground with long iron arrows, and their lives that were still galloping at a rapid pace just now suddenly stopped.
The body of the long iron arrow buzzed there, and it galloped to the left and right, telling everything just now.
Dozens of fireballs followed, flying over the high-tech defenses. Fly towards the Scythian cavalry cluster. As soon as the fireball hit the ground, whether it touched a person or a horse, it would split into a huge fireball, and countless sparks flew in all directions. Soon a large fire circle was ignited, and the two or three nearby cavalrymen and horses were turned into burning men and horses.
Because the front was blocked, and the Scythian cavalry behind them was constantly rushing forward, so their formation became denser and denser. The long iron arrows are pierced and accurate, and the oil bombs are a dozen and a large piece. Soon, a blood and fire zone was formed more than 100 meters behind the high-speed car defense line.
Look at the fires that are rising everywhere, and watch as thousands of speeding Scythian cavalry suddenly fall in the midst of iron and fire. Whether it is the Tocharian coalition army or the Beifu army. I know it all in my heart. The Scythian cavalry should be finished. Don't say 20,000 people, even 50,000 people can't withstand such a toss.
The war has come to this point. Much to the distress of Byrs. The elite of the Persian army and the elite of the Beifu army fought hard for two hours, and they did not take advantage of it at all, but let the Beifu army approach step by step. The left flank was broken through by the sergeants of the Beifu army who were like fierce tigers, and the pikemen in the front had been killed by these murderous Beifu sergeants who did not blink, and they were about to be killed in the middle of the battle. At this rate, it would take another two hours to kill in front of you. There is also the center wing, his own pikemen were killed by the pikemen of the Beifu army, if he hadn't tied them to his ankles with iron chains, maybe he would have been defeated.
"Odoria, we have one last stand." Bitter gritted his teeth and said to Odoria, hoping to find some confidence in the teacher and his most trusted cronies.
"Your Highness, this is your war, and it's up to you to decide. Regardless of the consequences, the most important thing is to be decisive and not hesitate. Odoria said humbly.
Bischi hesitated for a moment, and finally ordered: "Xue Tixis, you lead the ironclad cavalry to drive out the people who broke into the northern province on the left flank, and then follow the pursuit and counterattack their position. ”
"Yes, Your Highness!" Xue Tixison replied, turned around and ran straight into the eager ironclad cavalry army.
These 10,000 ironclad cavalry are the "glorious tradition" of the Parthians of the Persian Sassanid Dynasty inherited the Sabbatarian Empire, these ironclad cavalry are fully armored, of which the helmet and cuirass are made of whole steel, and the rest of the parts are scales, and the face of the cavalry wears a ferocious metal mask, and their mount armor is mostly bronze scale armor, covering the whole body and reaching the horse's knee. He is armed with a cavalry spear more than three meters long, and a long sword or hammer hangs from his waist and saddle.
With a wave of his hand, the ironclad cavalry began to ride their horses, in a row of twenty people, slowly advancing, and as the line grew longer, their pace became faster and faster. , rumbling like a high-speed carriage, roaring with the sound of heavy horses' hooves, rushed towards the middle of the formation.
After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the battlefield was already in chaos, and the two armies were all killed together. I saw more than 500,000 people fighting each other in an area of nearly 100 square kilometers. The whole battlefield looked at the past, only to see the deafening shouts of killing with the tragedy of life and death, the despair of dying, the courage to move forward, and the desire for victory rushed to the sky, and the impact of the Beifu army was like a tide, and the impact on the Persian army was one after another, continuous, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
Valeryan, who was standing next to Zeng Hua on horseback, couldn't help but see his blood boiling. The war of more than half a million men was unheard of in Rome, and only the mighty empires of the Far East could have such capabilities. In the past, he had always thought that this was because the Eastern Empire did not distinguish between soldiers and civilians, so it had such a powerful and fearful mobilization ability, and such a source of troops was vulnerable in the eyes of the Roman Empire, which implemented the policy of elite soldiers.
But Valerian looked carefully, the soldiers of the Beifu people were all genuine professional soldiers, and their individual quality, their tactical coordination, and their strict military discipline were no worse than the most elite Roman legions he had ever seen. Although the Persian army opposite them is much worse, judging from the current battle situation, it is quite tenacious, at least let the Roman legions fight, it is still difficult to say whether they will win or lose, don't be like this now.
"Honorable General, as far as I know, most of your men are cavalry, why don't you use the mobility of cavalry to defeat the Persian army? There weren't many of these Persian cavalry in front of us. Seeing that the fighting was getting more and more intense, Valeryan couldn't help but ask in Persian.
After listening to the translation's words, Zeng Hua couldn't help but smile, this Greek is not only proficient in philosophy, architecture and other studies, but also has a certain degree of research on military affairs and humanities.
"There are several ways to say that we are fighting, one is to be trapped!" Zeng Hua pondered and replied, "Trapped, into the midst of thousands of troops and horses without fear, bravely kill the enemy, destroy the enemy." ”
The translator easily translated Zeng Hua's meaning, so that Valer understood it well, stood there and pondered for a while, and then looked at the forward battalion of the Beifu army in the distance, only to see that they broke into the Persian army formation, surrounded by enemies, but they were invincible.
"Trapped?! It's really vivid. Valerian finally nodded.
Seeing that Valerian understood the first meaning, Zeng Hua continued: "There is another one is to break the army, break!" After speaking, Zeng Hua pulled out the steel knife and slashed down into the void, as if he had broken a piece of wood.
"Broken?" Valeryan listened to the translation, pondered it again, and finally understood a little.
"Why are we called breaking the army, we must not only break its military formation, but also break its military momentum, and even more importantly, break its courage." Zeng Hua pointed in the direction of the Persian army and said, "I want to break the courage of the Persian army in this decisive battle, and we will use the courage of the strong trap to break the army, so that they will tremble when they see us in the future." ”
Speaking of this, Zeng Hua said meaningfully: "We still have a long time to fight with the Persian army in the future, and we must take advantage of the momentum first." ”
Just as Valeryan was reminiscing, an officer ran over and said, "General, the ironclad cavalry of the Persian army has been dispatched. ”
When Zeng Hua heard this, he couldn't help but perk: "Okay! It's my turn! After finishing speaking, he yelled: "Where is the reconnaissance army? ”
Deng Yao, Zhang and the heavily armored cavalry around him shouted: "Here! The sound almost deafened Valerian's ears and startled Valeryan, who was contemplating. Sortie! Zeng Hua yelled.