Seventy-eight Victory in the first battle
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"One hundred and eighty steps, tight~~"
The rangefinder in the formation kept a close eye on the movements of the noble cavalry with a speculum, and every twenty paces, he roared.
Heavy wheezing sounded one after another, and in the three phalanxes, whether it was a shield-bearer, a spearman, or even a longbowman, his expression was solemn.
Even Wang He was bruised on his forehead, silently waiting for the moment of battle.
"One hundred and sixty steps~~"
"One hundred and forty steps~~"
"One hundred and twenty steps~~"
"Wind~~"
As the rangefinder roared hard, the sharp brass whistle echoed through the array.
"Flutter flutter—"
The longbowman decisively loosened the tight bowstring, and in an instant, thousands of sharp swords rose into the air, turning into a dark cloud and covering the galloping horses in front of him!
A noble widow cavalryman held his arc knife high, and his mouth couldn't help but let out an impassioned roar, seeing that the Han army was close at hand, he couldn't help but clamp the belly of the horse, wanting to speed up and rush over.
But the next moment, the cold arrows fell from mid-air, piercing through the leather armor on his body until they sank into his chest.
In an instant, his face turned pale, and he felt that the strength of his whole body faded like a tide with the arrows in his body.
Eventually, he opened his mouth and lowered his right arm, which was holding the arc knife high, and one fell sideways from his horse, trampled into a cloud of dust by countless pairs of iron hooves behind him.
Another cavalryman noticed that the arrows in the Han army's array were shot for a moment, and immediately raised a round shield he carried with him above his head.
With the two "tuk tuk" sounds, his reaction allowed him to escape the catastrophe smoothly.
However, his good fortune was limited to that.
A man can stop an arrow, but a horse cannot.
A sharp arrow pierced directly through the horse's head, and the horse let out a painful neigh, which directly knocked the cavalry on horseback to the ground, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The poor cavalryman was directly broken in the neck, and it was unbelievable to die.
A rain of arrows swept through, and about 100 cavalry in the noble widow's army were overthrown.
This is also something that can't be helped, the cavalry maneuvers at high speed, coupled with the longbow projectile, the hit is already casual, and it can only have such an effect.
But the soldiers of the Han army did not expect to be able to force back these cavalry with a rain of arrows, and this round of projectiles was just an experiment in the fighting spirit of the cavalry opposite.
Next, it's time for the real deciding victory.
Xia Yu, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, couldn't help but say to Bai Qi: "Bai Shuai, let the brothers of the artillery battalion support the firepower, relying on the military formation alone, facing the cavalry alone, I'm afraid it's ......."
"It's not time yet!" Bai Qi rejected his proposal, "The reason why this commander let the infantry phalanx face the cavalry head-on is to let the fighting spirit of the noble widow's army be worn out here, Wang He is my deputy general, and Wei Wushu is not an ordinary person, they can withstand it!" ”
Xia Yu stopped talking and continued to pay attention to the battle situation ahead with a speculum.
"Kill~Kill all this group of Han people~~"
"Whoa~~"
Less than twenty paces away, the noble widow cavalry howled collectively as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
On the other hand, in the Han army, it was quiet and terrible.
Wang He silently calculated the distance of the enemy in his heart, until the first cavalry rushed into the range of the spear, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.
"Here we go!"
Bang~~
Rumble~~
"Huh~~"
"呲~~"
The whole column of cavalry finally collided with the infantry phalanx, and for a time there was turmoil, and there were casualties on both sides.
A shield bearer only felt as if the shield had been hit by a heavy object, and the huge resistance made him spit out a mouthful of red blood, but he still gritted his teeth and used all his strength to push the crumbling shield back up.
The other shield bearer was not so lucky, and at the moment when the cavalry rushed into the formation, the whole person was directly thrown into the formation, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Fortunately, the second shield bearer behind him made up for it in time, so that the formation was not chaotic.
The first round of 5,000 cavalry rushed into battle, which can be described as the most violent, directly causing casualties to 300 soldiers.
However, the good thing is that the battle formation is still intact.
And the infantry battle formation is not chaotic, and the next thing is a stormy counterattack.
"Thorn~~"
"Drink~~"
The infantry at the forefront stabbed the spears in their hands in unison under the roar of the Shangguan.
They didn't even have to deliberately aim, because the noble cavalry in front of them was densely packed together, and each spear pierced would inevitably bring up a pool of bright red bloody arrows.
"Puff~"
A noble widow cavalryman was just about to turn his horse, but he was suddenly pierced through the chest by three spears at the same time, and before he could let out a groan, he fell to the ground with a bang.
"Ah no~~"
There was also a noble widow cavalryman, whose war horse under his crotch was stabbed with countless bloody holes, and just as he wanted to get off his horse and escape, a spear poked out of the formation like a poisonous snake and stabbed him directly in the lower abdomen.
With a twist of the spearman, he let out a painful roar and died in front of the Han army.
The other group of noble widow cavalry fell off their horses with a scream and fell into the Han army at the moment when the war horses rushed into the formation.
Before they could react, countless spears and military boots with palm nails pierced them alive.
The noble widow cavalry fell in front of the Han army one by one, the so-called advance is easy and difficult to retreat, in the face of the well-trained, disciplined Han army, they felt what it means to despair for the first time in their lives.
"Ah~~"
It is difficult to look at the changes in the situation on the battlefield, how could I not have expected that it would become like this, 5,000 cavalry against less than 10,000 Han troops, it stands to reason that there is enough advantage, but why......
"Leave me alone, don't~don't~"
A noble widow was thrown from his horse with a spear, causing him to roll on the ground in a vain attempt to find refuge in his companions.
But when he looked closely, he found that there were people turning on their backs all over the place, and there was no one of his own.
Fear spread like a plague, and all he could think about now was fleeing the forbidden land of death.
But the Han army behind him didn't give him this chance at all, and the moment he got up, a bloody spear pierced directly through his back, and he clearly heard the sound of the bones in his body being crushed, and finally spit out a mouthful of bloody foam, and died in extreme pain and fear.
"Withdraw, quickly withdraw~"
The noble widow cavalry, who had lost their mobility advantage, saw the heavy losses, decisively chose to retreat, and turned their horses to retreat to the position where it was difficult.
"The Han army will win!"
"The Han army is mighty!"
"The Han army will win!"
"The Han army is mighty!"
In the face of the noble widow cavalry retreating like a tide, the soldiers of the Han army cheered in unison, which made the noble widow army even more frightened.
In this battle, the Han army suffered 360 casualties, and the noble widow cavalry lost 1,200 cavalry, and most of the Han soldiers suffered the greatest losses in the first round of cavalry charges.
Defeated?
Defeated like that!?
Is it hard to believe that the infantry and cavalry faced each other head-on, and they were defeated?
Or in the absence of any intrigues!
"This Han army is really a strong enemy, and the herald orders the infantry army to assemble, and General Ben wants to annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
It was difficult to give an order, and it was decided to wipe out the Han army on the opposite side.
Because he knew that if he didn't suppress the arrogance of the Han army opposite, the morale of his army would inevitably be affected.
It's just that the cavalry he carried on this trip didn't dare to rush out again, saying that it was 100,000 cavalry, but in fact less than 30,000 really met the cavalry standard, and the rest were scattered cavalry composed of herdsmen, which was really unaffordable.