Chapter 0550: The Great War (4)
Two thousand horsemen, but more than four thousand horses. One cavalryman, two horses as standard.
The rumble was like thunder, and the tremors of the ground stretched like waves to the feet of the enemy.
The pirates and ironbreeds, accustomed to fighting on the sea, were all terrified.
The whole ground trembled, and every soldier felt it.
The sound of horses' hooves rolled like thunder, striking at the heart of every soldier.
The cavalry rushed closer and closer, and when they were about to enter the range of the bow and arrows, the centurions of the archers shouted in unison: "Ready!"
Thousands of bows and arrows clicked straight, the bowstrings were taut, and the bows were bent like a full moon, just waiting for the centurion's shout: Release!
Ahead, in the dust, the cavalry suddenly split in two, galloping from the left and right sides, like two sharp knives, bypassing both sides of the stable array, without a frontal impact.
The young general, Maren Wommack, raised his sword in the air, watched as the enemy cavalry swept past him.
"General Mullen, enemy flank!" shouted a former mercenary centurion on the other side of the Narrow Sea.
"Side-attack?!" Mullen reacted, it was exactly the same tactic as the enemy's battleship in a naval battle went around the front and came in a small arc to hit the middle of the ship.
But many pirates and iron soldiers don't understand.
Land warfare and naval warfare have many forms of combat that are actually the same.
"The soldiers on the right wing turned to the right, and the soldiers on the left turned to the left, following the enemy. Mullen made a quick decision.
The enemy cavalry was at a distance, and there was time for the array to turn.
Behind the five thousand sword and shield men, the three thousand archers held their breath, but the enemy was speeding out of range, and the target did not seem to be them.
The archer's arrows were in the direction of the front, but the enemy soldiers split into two directions and suddenly walked to the left and right.
"Archers on the right flank, turn to the right. "The experienced pirate centurion on the right flank shouted. A considerable number of the pirates are mercenaries in the free trade city-states, who have joined mercenary legions and trained in various battle formations.
Swish!
The archers on the right flank turned to the right together, only to see the smoke and dust in the distance, and the enemy cavalry roaring forward, as if they did not see the formation of nearly 10,000 soldiers here.
"Left wing archers, turn to the left. "There is a general shouting.
Swish!
The archers on the left flank turned to the left together.
With a roar, two cavalry teams flew towards the back of the team in the distance. The soldiers saw the cavalry with empty horses, and the empty horses carried bundles of throwing spears.
"The order goes down, the enemy cavalry target is the rear army. Mullen shouted.
The heralds shouted one after another, and soon the crow-eyes of the Chinese army received the news from the front army that the enemy cavalry appeared, but instead of charging head-on, they came behind in a roundabout way.
In fact, there was no need for Mullen to give orders, and Crow's Eye stood on the carriage and saw clearly that the enemy cavalry was galloping forward from the left and right.
What are they going to do?
Raven's eyes narrowed into one-eyed.
Send infantry to outflank?
This is an endless plain, and the Klegane cavalry is galloping out of range, not close to attacking, what do they want to do?
"To Lannishaven?" Crow-Eye pondered, "impossible. The Magic Mountain will not let the cavalry start to gallop from here to Lannisport City, such a distance, the war horses are not able to run for a long time.
"Defense!" Croweye shouted from the carriage, "Defense!"
The 20,000 infantry of the Chinese army were not afraid, they were neatly arranged, and the dense swords and axes were raised, and it was a forest of steel.
Although the enemy cavalry is extremely powerful, there are only 2,000 people, and if they dare to rush the Chinese army, they will inevitably be surrounded by the front army and the rear army.
Count Dunstan Djogu was ordered by Raveneye to return to Lanniport, and he had just walked a short distance with three thousand infantry when he heard the deafening shouts of the former army and the enemy attacking.
Dunstan didn't care, he personally led a thousand infantry in the center, surrounded by the three generals "Terrible" Dale, "Marauder" Rory, and "Daddy" Germond.
The leader of the right flank of the team was Dennis Djogu, Dunstan's eldest son and heir, who was very brave and good at fighting, and personally led a thousand infantry. On the left flank was Donner Djogu, the second son of Earl Dunstan, who was also a very good warrior in the Iron Race, leading a thousand infantry.
Dunstan marched back to Lannisport with three thousand men, but the shouts behind him did not alarm them.
Turning back from his horse, Dennis Djogu saw a cloud of smoke flying on the right flank of the army, and the cavalry in front had swept past the position of the front army led by the leader of Mullen.
"What do the enemy's cavalry want to do? flanking them? The number is too small, and there is no infantry in front of them, are they not afraid of being outflanked?" Dunstan also looked back from the pony. Their march did not stop.
The enemy came to charge into battle, and the cavalry flanked the middle of the legion? The officers and men of the Chinese army and the rear army saw two clouds of smoke and dust speeding across the plain like a violent wind, and they shouted loudly, hoping that the enemy would come to fight. In the ranks, the centurions kept giving orders: turn, turn, turn with the enemy.
In the face of a cavalry charge, it is necessary to face the enemy head-on, and cannot give the flanks to the enemy.
The soldiers of the Chinese army followed the advance of the enemy cavalry and turned one after another, and the ranks were disorganized. This confusion began with the front army, then spread to the middle army, and finally spread to the rear army.
Everyone lined up neatly, and now suddenly they had to turn, and the tens of thousands of troops could not be coordinated. Navy fighters fought on land, and most people were not adapted.
General Jako Lodge led a thousand cavalry that he had personally trained to gallop forward, and when the centurion came out in pursuit of them, Jako Lodge ran outside, always keeping a detour from an absolutely safe distance.
If the infantry wanted to pursue the cavalry on the plains, they had no real use except for pretending to be useless.
Joyce Fouca and other chieftains led another thousand cavalry to the left.
Crow-eyed Euren looked at the little giant-like Uke Emeek: "General Uke, do you dare to lead your troops to intercept the cavalry on the left flank." As long as they can be stopped and plunged into a melee, the front army of the Malen leader will be able to surround them and annihilate them by dividing up his 2,000 men and turning around. ”
Uke Emek snorted coldly: "King, I have been waiting for your order for a long time. ”
Uk Emmek is a large and muscular man, wielding a terrifyingly large warhammer.
The descendants of the Emek family are tall and strong, as if they have the blood of giants, and Uke is the best of the descendants, more than two meters tall and powerful.
Uke lifted the hammer from the back of the pony and jumped off the pony: "Warriors of Emeek, follow me to intercept the enemy's cavalry. ”
"Ho!" the infantry roared in unison.
Uke strode out.
His pony had no problem walking, but it was not possible to charge and kill the enemy with his massive body and hammer, and the pony had limited load-bearing capacity.
Uke stared at the cavalry whizzing in front of him, striding like a fly with a huge war hammer. Behind him, a dense crowd of iron infantry warriors shouted to outflank Joyce Foca.
Raven's Eye said, "Leader Tomor Emeek, Leader Dagon Emerk, each of you bring two thousand infantry to help Uke, and the three of you work together to stop the enemy's left flank cavalry." ”
Tomor Emek and Dagon Emeck were both tall and strong men, and the descendants of the Emeck family were tall and burly, and were born with great strength. Uk, Tomol, and Dagon were like three little giants.
Uk wields a huge warhammer, and Tomor and Dagon wield a double-edged heavy axe with a huge axe with blades on both sides and sharp spikes at the tip.
All three of them are absolute fierce generals!
Six thousand infantry followed the three fierce generals and charged laterally, trying to stop the enemy's left flank cavalry galloping from the front.
Joyce Foca saw the infantry rushing out of the array in front of him to stop him, and his spear was raised high, shouting, "Throw your spear and get ready!"
Swamp leader Solo Curtis immediately shouted, "Throw guns and prepare!"
The leader of the Takayama tribe, Moriji Lei, shouted, "Throw your guns and prepare!"
They spoke the native language of the Crab Claw Peninsula, and the words and syllables they shouted were intelligible to no one but themselves.
This is a veteran cavalry warrior who has won many battles with the Magic Mountain, and everyone rides the purebred horses of the Crab Claw Peninsula, which are taller, more ferocious, and faster than the war horses of the Seven Kingdoms.
Magic Mountain was deployed before the battle, the cavalry detoured back to the rear of the enemy army, and followed the enemy's movements and moved - the enemy army was encamped, and the cavalry was also camped; the enemy army marched in a hurry, and the cavalry also marched in a hurry; the enemy stopped to cook, and the cavalry also stopped to cook, in short, this cavalry bit the rear of the Crow's Eye Legion, and followed suit, and the Magic Mountain strictly ordered that it should not be fought with it halfway.
However, this is the enemy's initiative to fight, and the young Joyce Fuca believes that he has not violated the military orders of Lord Magic Mountain, and that they are passively facing the battle, not actively.
If General Jako Lodge is intercepted by infantry, Jacko will pull a distance to the outside and detour behind the enemy, and the pre-battle deployment of the Magic Mountain will not engage the enemy in the middle of the detour.
Joyce Foca decided not to change course, he was going to rush over.
When they were in Lanniport, all the soldiers were very aggrieved, they were strictly ordered to be defeated, and fled from Lanniport City, and all fled back to Cregan to rest, which made the soldiers who had always won the battle very 'breathless', and the young Joyce Foca only wanted to fight, and he really didn't want to listen to any deployment and tactics.
In the distance, an infantry rushed out of the corps array and laterally intercepted the cavalry on the left flank. And the cavalry on the left flank did not slow down and did not pull a distance outside, but continued to gallop along the established route.
"Herald, order the right flank of the front army to pursue the enemy in a roundabout way. Raven ordered.
As a result, the order was passed to Maren Wommack in the form of a herald's relay. Mullen immediately understood the tactics of Crow's Eyes, intercepted in front, outflanked in the back, and wrapped up this cavalry on the left flank and ate it.
The infantry would not be able to catch up with such a fast cavalry, but if the infantry formed a formation in front to intercept the melee, they could catch up and complete the outflanking.
The Klegane cavalry was really arrogant, with only 2,000 men, daring to show off their might in front of tens of thousands of troops.
The former army Mullen gave an order: both infantry and archers on the left flank, to pursue the enemy in a roundabout way.
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Joyce Fouca took out his throwing gun and held it in his hand: "Brothers, rush over!"
Thousands of cavalry burst out at the same time with a shout "Kill!"
The Crab Claw Peninsula cavalry fought against the enemy, never deliberately trying to defeat the tactic, never avoiding the limelight of any tough enemy, killing the enemy, or being killed by the enemy, this is their combat style: fight to the death!
Magic Mountain's 'retreat' tactics made these soldiers hold back the power to kill.
Now it's time to unleash!
Although there were only a thousand horsemen, the warriors of the Crab Claw Peninsula never knew what fear was. Instead of thinking about what tactics are being done by the mother-in-law, it is better to pick up the guy and do it.
Joyce Foqua rushed to the front. He is the tip of this sharp knife. Behind him is the Fouca tribe's most elite pikemen. Everybody makes spears.
Uke Emek rushed to the front with a sledgehammer in his hand: "Klegon bastard, who dares to fight me!" Uke's voice was like a magic mountain, and the sound roared like a thunderbolt rolling in the low clouds.
He managed to attract Joyce.
Joyce saw the strong man, and saw the terrifyingly huge war hammer in Uk's hand, but he also saw that the armor on Uk's body was leather, light leather, and vulnerable.
Nine times out of ten, naval soldiers do not wear armor, because once they fall into the water, those who wear armor will definitely die. Uke was accustomed to not wearing steel armor, he wore light leather. In combat, the more complete the armor you wear, the more your movements and flexibility are affected.
Joyce's horse was too fast, and Uke had already run out with all his strength to intercept it, but it was still slow, seeing that the leader of the other party was about to roar by, and he couldn't intercept it, who knew that the general's horse head was deflected, and he rushed straight towards Uke.
Uke was overjoyed, and lifted the huge war hammer with both hands, he knew that if his giant hammer was struck slightly, the horse's head would explode like a water bag. With all his strength, even people and horses will be knocked away by him.
Uk screamed and rushed towards Joyce, who looked fierce and rushed towards Uk without saying a word.
Uk was within range of the shot, but Joyce didn't, he had to get closer. Seeing that the two sides were getting closer and closer, the soldiers on both sides shouted in unison, and the roar was earth-shattering, as if hundreds of thousands of people were fighting.
Uk raised the hammer, and Joyce's spear was thrown.
Call!
Throwing a spear like a meteor, it went straight to Uk's head.
Throwing guns and bows and arrows, Joyce was extremely skilled.
Uk's hammer sounded, and with a loud bang, the spear was hit by his sledgehammer, and it flew into the air with a thud. Joyce's steed rushed in front of Uke, who roared like a thunderclap and slammed the hammer into the horse.
Joyce's left leg slammed, the war horse was extremely spiritual, and the master's heart was connected, the war horse suddenly turned left, the uk war hammer missed, and the spear in joyce's hand stabbed out, hitting uk's shoulder.
Uke held the hammer in one hand, grabbed the barrel of the gun with his left hand, the gun retracted, the war hammer swept, stirred up the wind, and slammed the war horse again, the war horse was extremely dexterous, turned right, and avoided the bombardment of the war hammer again, Joyce's spear stabbed out again, the black shadow flashed, and the spear pierced through Uk's right arm.
Uke's war hammer hit the ground, grabbed the barrel of the gun with his left hand, and dragged it hard, an unrivaled force made Joyce almost fall from his horse, he quickly let go, Uke violently snatched the spear, staggered, and almost fell. Joyce slapped the horse's neck, the horse quickly circled, the skin turned to Uk, and the hooves kicked back violently, and with a bang, the iron hooves hit Uk's chest, and the bones in Uk's chest were broken, and he fell backwards.
In the slash, Uk's two brothers arrived, brandished their great axes, and lunged at Joyce...... Joyce was not in love with war, and as soon as he kicked the horse's belly, the horse flew out like a fly, pulling up a yellow shadow. At the same time, the second spear was taken in his hand.
Tomor and Dagon were so vengeful that they pulled their legs out to chase after them, and in the air, the whirring sound suddenly became loud, and countless spears rained down, shooting Tomor, Dagon, and Uk on the ground into hedgehogs......
Thousands of horsemen rushed and threw guns like rain!