Chapter 434: A Real Powerhouse
In this backward era of small-scale peasant economy and nomadic herding, countless people showed the highest degree of organization in this era in the battle formation, and also concentrated a large amount of resources that the productive forces could gather.
Wang Bo rode on the hillside, observing every part of the mist without saying a word. It can be seen that the rhythm of the Youjun attack is very calm. They deployed a group of cavalry on the front and rear flanks of the Tang army, monitored Shao Hongxuan's troops, and concentrated their forces on biting the more than 40,000 Tang army infantry of the front army between this ravine, and it seemed that the situation was indeed good.
Wang Bo paid attention to the situation on the battlefield, about a mile away from the front line of the Tang army, the Youjun army concentrated more than 50,000 infantry and lined up there. There are hundreds of phalanxes alone, forming a large array with a wide horizontal plane and a great depth.
And the main force of the cavalry of the Youjun Army is still farther behind, and the cavalry armor on the two wings of the infantry army is simple and fast, and it is by no means an armored cavalry of the Youjun Army, but more like a Youjun ranger.
In a few moments, the forward infantry of the Youjun army continued to advance up the hillside without stopping, with a strength of about four thousand, or maybe five thousand. Below the hillside, drums beat loudly.
"Whew! —」
The vigorous horns sounded in unison, swept through the noisy crowd in the wind, and leaped between countless valleys.
On the hillside, a row of heralds waved the two-color flag in unison with their left and right hands, with a red heart on the left hand and a black heart on the right hand. The red flag is backward and the black flag is forward, repeatedly staggered and danced.
The loud shouts of the generals immediately came from all the frontal formations of the Tang army. The Tang army was suddenly staggered, and the four rows of infantry with spears in front turned around and passed between the gaps in the rows of crossbowmen in the back; Then the heavy infantry in the rear, wearing heavy armor and armed with heavy weapons such as long shackles, long hammers, and long axes, moved to the front.
The infantry of the Phantom Army, armed with all kinds of weapons, had already come up along the gentle slopes, and countless people trampled the snow into dust, and the strange cry of "Wow Wow La...... was like a large group of wild beasts rushing out of the mountains.
The officers and men of the Tang Army all widened their eyes, staring at the crowd of people who were getting closer and closer, red-eyed like savages, wearing armor and holding swords, guns, sticks, and shields.
A general in the crowd above shouted, "Datang will win!"
"Wan Sheng! —」
The shouts of the armies suppressed the noise on the battlefield.
"Drink!"
The first neatly arranged hoplite lifted the finely crafted iron-clad wooden shield and placed it on the shield with a ring-headed knife in hand.
A group of enemy soldiers in the middle rushed forward with a shout within a hundred paces, and the chirping sound did not know what it meant, but the people's voices were filled with nervousness, fear, and angry roars.
"Ready!"
"Ready! —」
The hoplite generals drew their swords and shouted.
"Bang!"
With the sound of a gong, the crossbowmen of the middle battalion raised their crossbows and crossbows, and there was no need to aim, and the strings of "crackling ......" sounded, and a rain of black arrows flew up in the air, filling the sky.
"Put!"
"Put! —」
In an instant, enemy soldiers from all over the horizontal area rushed up and killed, and arrows flew up and down in the air. The falling arrows hit the iron armor of the Tang Army, and there was a "clanging" sound, and a miserable scream was heard from time to time.
In the middle place, there were first short-handed soldiers, and between the crowds, there were many people and very dense people, so they only saw swords waving. In fact, people swing their weapons very slowly, and they just slash hard until they reach it! The strength was too small to be in vain, both sides were holding shields, and the Tang army was also heavily armoured.
"Bang!"
A ghost army armor soldier shouted and hit the Tang army's shield with a wooden shield, and with the momentum, the Tang army's heavy armored infantry fell back half a step, and it took a horse to stabilize his body.
The armored soldier of the Youjun Army immediately picked up the mace and swung it down, and with the first "clang", it smashed on the shoulder armor of the Tang Army's heavy infantry, causing the other party to scream and the shield to fall.
But the Tang Army heavy armored infantry immediately picked up the ring head knife and stabbed it into the gap of the wooden shield of the ghost army armorer, and immediately blood splashed his face.
A Tang army heavy infantry next to him was stabbed into the cuirass with a knife, screaming loudly in pain.
In front of the Tang army, the queue was turbulent, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the iron weapons collided
The sparks shone like Venus in the smoke and dust. The area of contact for the fight was very limited, but the crossbowmen on the hillside fired at the approaching infantry of the Shadow Army, killing and wounding a lot. The most terrifying thing is the place where the battle is ahead, but the most casualties are the deep shooting of the bow and crossbow.
The heavy infantry in front fought bloodily, with crazy enemy soldiers in front and dense ranks of their own families behind, and there was no way forward and backward, so they could only fight desperately!
The military general shouted not far away, "Whoever takes a step back, slash!"
The military bands in the Tang army played a rousing tune with horizontal drums and trumpets, and all departments of the Tang army had deputy civilian generals such as Sima and Yu Hou, who were also loudly encouraging morale, the generals were shouting and scolding, and the literary generals were praising the soldiers with all kinds of noble words. But none of this can eliminate the bloodshed, pain, and fear of the soldiers.
The people of the entire hillside are *** one after another, screaming and shouting to kill, which is louder than the sound of drum music.
People gasped for breath in their mouths, sweated in the cold air, and spat white vapor. Elite soldiers are first and foremost strong men, because fighting is very physically demanding! Wearing dozens of pounds of armor, the power of the foot bow is often a stone, and it will be exhausted after pulling it a few times.
When an archer heard the shout of "ready", he drew his bow and arrow, took a deep breath, and gritted his teeth. At this moment, he saw a hoplite brother in front of him slashing at an enemy soldier next to him, and another enemy soldier in front of him picked up his spear and rushed towards him with all his might. In an instant, the archer didn't think much about it, immediately turned his bow and arrow, and shot it with a "snap".
The Tang Army heavy infantry found that an arrow was suddenly inserted in the forehead of the enemy soldier in front of him, and he was afraid for a while, and looked back, but at this time, the strings of "pop ......and pop" in the queue of crossbowmen sounded, and a large group of people were shooting arrows.
The square flag of the Chinese army has the word "Tang" written on it, hunting and flying in the wind. Wang Bo and his subordinates stood motionless, watching the smoke and dust in front of them, and the bloody wind and rain. The soldiers stood there without going into battle, but their bodies were tense and staring.
Not far away, the drummer kicked his figure-eight feet, holding the drum tightly, looking like he was ready to kill. The shouts on the hillside rang out, creating a "buzzing ......" cacophony. From time to time, loud shouts could be heard not far away, and the voice of "Deling" was short and powerful, and the tension was unusually high.
At this time, one of the generals turned his head, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally did not say anything.
Wang Bo had already seen with his own eyes that the second batch of infantry of the Youjun Army was moving forward in formation, and this time there were more people, maybe tens of thousands! And the fight ahead!
In this situation, the enemy soldiers will invest new troops and replace the first batch of men! .
Wheel Tactics!
On the battlefield, the Youjun army is well-equipped, and it has long had its own set of tactics to fight against the barbarians between the white mountains and black waters all year round, which cannot be underestimated.
Youguo Liaodong and Liaoxi have been fighting for thousands of years, and there are a large number of elite soldiers and fierce generals in the two Liaoyou armies, all of whom are not good at stubble, in this area of the northeast, Youguo is a real power, and its influence once exceeded that of the Central Plains, and many distant countries in the north regard Youguo as "China".