Chapter 456: Wrestling
For a time, the Northern Jackal rode on his back and flipped over.
The rout of the heavy cavalry made the light cavalry lose shelter, and they rushed to the front of the battle to eat arrows without knowing it.
Even so, the generals of Beihu did not give the order to stop the attack, but constantly demanded to storm the enemy formation.
Due to the long battle line and the darkness of the night, the losses of the heavy cavalry were unknown for a while.
The Beihu cavalry generals, who were in charge of the front command of the formation, could not make accurate judgments at all, but they all had a consensus.
The cavalry's charge must not be stopped, otherwise it will be in vain and casualties in vain!
Now is the most anxious tug-of-war between the two armies, once their own retreat, the defeat is like a mountain, it is to connive at the wanton slaughter of the Great Zhou cavalry!
The charge of the Beihu heavy cavalry brought the heart of the decisive battle of 100,000 Beihu cavalry, and everyone rushed to kill the Liang family army in order to make meritorious contributions.
"As long as you can kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, you can get more women and property in the Central Plains!!"
The Beihu cavalry, which was already tired in the rear, also held the mentality of a battle at this moment, roared and rushed towards the Great Zhou army formation, invisibly carrying the cavalry in front of them to continue to attack, and it was difficult to retreat.
Hu Yanche approached the front army for a mile and looked around the battlefield, anxious.
If it was daytime, maybe it would have been better.
"It stands to reason that the night is not suitable for infantry to form a defensive formation, and the heavy cavalry only needs to charge forward, why lose?"
Hu Yanche was puzzled.
The cavalry is certainly tired, but in the face of such a 100,000 urgent situation, it is no problem to charge with a decisive battle.
The horses of the heavy cavalry were also fed enough fodder, and the impact was as strong as usual.
I just couldn't break through the enemy line!
"Yuan Tian, should there be a truce?"
Hu Yanche rarely asked the opinion of the Great Army Division Yuan Tian before the battle, and he was really a little panicked.
Yuan Tian said in a trembling voice: "Marshal! Once you retreat, the consequences are absolutely unbearable!! β
Hu Yanche's breath stagnated.
Just like he thought.
The Great Zhou army array in front of it is like a sharp knife against the heart, constantly pushing and stabbing at the heart, if you don't deal with it, you can't do it!
The night was chaotic, once the order was given to withdraw the troops and regroup, it would inevitably plunge the already tired Beihu cavalry into unprecedented chaos, and it would be difficult to have the strength to fight again.
Even if there are 100,000 cavalry, the people are sleepy and the morale is fluctuating, and in the face of 20,000 or 30,000 Great Zhou cavalry, they will still be defeated!
But not retreating means that you can't just rely on heavy cavalry to charge......
"100,000 cavalry, all pressed, this battle can only be won and not defeated, and their cavalry must not be allowed to kill out of the riverbank!!"
Huyanche finally became hysterical and had to give this heart-wrenching order.
"This commander doesn't believe it, 100,000 cavalry can't take a mere 10,000 or 20,000 troops!!"
The rage almost made Hu Yanche lose his mind.
Even if this battle is won, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the follow-up can only rely on infantry to attack the city.
Hu Yanche could only strive to annihilate the entire Liang family's army, and Liang Xiao was forced to abandon Yanzhou.
Otherwise, let the Liang Jiajun advance for one more mile, and the Yanyun Iron Cavalry in the rear will have enough space to pour out of the nest and harvest wildly!
After understanding the situation, the Beihu cavalry generals who had begun to retreat also fell into madness.
"Annihilate the enemy army, slaughter Yanzhou, and enter the Central Plains!!"
At the same time, Liang Xiao led the cavalry to line up in the rear of the Liang army.
25,000 Yanyun iron cavalry, 10,000 cavalry with the cavalry of the Liang family army as the vanguard were on the left side of the Qiyue array, and the other 15,000 people were on the right side of the Yueyue array, just waiting for the whole army to charge at the critical moment.
The earth-shattering killing sound in front did not make the Liang family retreat.
More and more Beihu cavalry came in like a tide.
"Marshal! The Beihu cavalry poured out of the nest, and the more they fought, the more they fought!! β
Hearing the Pegasus emergency, Liang Xiao's eyes lit up, and he said, "Resist!" Reinforcements are coming soon! β
Hu Yanche was already desperate, not only did he not dare to retreat, but also ordered the whole army to charge, and even the main force of the Northern Jackal Cavalry, who was only wearing leather armor in the forwards, was crazy, and rushed straight to the moon formation.
In the face of the surging enemy army, the hook and sickle gunner and the infantry armored soldiers behind the big shield had their eyes lit up, and they replaced them with long lances and Mo knives.
The chariot of the Liang family army was impacted, and some of the war horses were killed on the spot, but it did not hinder the advance, and the soldiers cut off the horse ropes of the dead horses, replaced them with spare war horses next to them, and continued to push forward.
"Boom!"
The light cavalry was far less powerful than the heavy cavalry, and these light cavalry fought in front of the battle with sharp arrows, collected their horses, and attacked the chariots and infantry soldiers with swords and spears with little success.
The eyes of the infantry soldiers were almost about to breathe fire, and the raised Mo knives fell with a roar.
Click!!
A knife!
The Northern Jackal Rider wearing leather armor was cut into two pieces with his armor, shocking the Northern Hu cavalry in the rear!
"What kind of weapon is this?"
The northern jackal rider at the front was terrified.
Even if it is a spear and a lance, it is not so easy to kill them by stabbing them with a sharp edge, and the opponent's weapon is actually directly cut in two!
These infantry soldiers are the most powerful and courageous members of the army, and they are treated the best on weekdays, and Liang Xiao promotes an excellent pension policy, so that they have no worries.
A round of Mo knives, beheading more than five hundred, shocked thousands of troops!
The Beihu cavalry gathered more and more from the rear, and it seemed that they did not want to give up their battlefield bottom line, and after approaching, they tried to shoot.
"Dingβ"
Beihu's arrows fell into the battle formation of the Liang family's army, striking at the heavy infantry wearing infantry armor, with little effect, but was harvested by the Liang family's army longbowmen who were already ready to attack.
The longbowmen carried plenty of arrows, and tried to shoot until they were completely out of strength, and the more they shot, the happier they became.
The corpses of the Beihu people and horses on the battlefield were piled up.
The Liang Jiajun remained motionless, occasionally killed in battle, and the body was brought back to the rear, and then quickly taken over by his comrades.
Hu Yanche did not receive the battle report of defeating the enemy army for a long time, and his heart was in turmoil, but he had no choice but to calm down and continue to command and order.
Once the grain, grass and equipment are burned, the consequences are ten times worse than the heavy casualties of 100,000 cavalry!
That means that the 200,000 Beihu troops can only wait for death slowly, unless they can climb into Yanzhou City within three days!
It's simply impossible!
Yanzhou's fine work has been almost cleaned up by Liang Xiao, and the Dugu family has also made it clear that they can't open the city gate for them, so they can only rely on equipment to attack.
But the confrontation of the moon array is comparable to a giant meat grinder.
The 100,000 Beihu cavalry continued to attack, but they were never able to penetrate this unprecedented strange formation.
This is after Liang Xiao carefully studied the Moon Formation of Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Dynasty, combined with the actual situation in Yanzhou, relying on the terrain and the time of day.
With the advantage of bows and arrows, as well as the top elite soldiers with a scale of 10,000 people, and a large number of Mo knives, it is not a problem to resist 100,000 cavalry!
The most difficult part of this battle is to resist the enemy's heavy cavalry, once the heavy cavalry is solved, all problems can be solved!
"Such a battle formation, riding with foot, is simply wonderful......"
The Great Zhou cavalry generals who were waiting for the battle were amazed.
Long Wushuang and the other newly surrendered soldiers of the Northern Hebei Army only felt extremely fortunate at this moment.
Thankfully, I joined early!
The two sides of the battlefield are still wrestling.
Although Liang Xiao's arrangement of the Moon Formation is as stable as Mount Tai, the enemy army is really gathering more and more, and there is a tendency of ants gnawing on elephants, and it is urgent to not be able to defeat the Beihu cavalry, and the pressure is still doubled.
Once the front army of the Liang family army is out of strength and swept by the enemy cavalry, the longbowmen in the rear will inevitably face the craziest butcher's knife of the Beihu cavalry.
When the two sides were at a stalemate, the two tributaries on the other side of the Tianjiang River resounded with bursts of shouts and killings, alarming and shouting Yanche.
"Oops!"
Hu Yanche suddenly remembered something, and faintly felt that everything was lost.
Yanzhou also has a Yellow River water army, which seemed to be transporting troops just now, and now it can also use the absolute advantage of warships to release arrows in the river, which is equivalent to joining the battlefield!!
Sure enough, with the deafening shouts of killing from the two branches, thousands of arrows shot in a burst and fell into the flanks of the Beihu cavalry at close range!