Chapter 1441: Siege of Nanjing City (9)
There were traps in not all places, and the cavalry that crossed the navy behind began to change direction, bypassing the traps and rushing towards the northern camp.
The ranged troops on the arrow tower let go of the dismounted cavalry, turned the arrows to point at the cavalry behind, and the approaching naval troops.
Attacking the troops of the North Battalion head-on, the casualty figures began to soar.
Supplemented by the 111th, 112th, and 113th divisions, a large number of crossbowmen joined the garrison sequence, and Qiao Meng released the restrictions on long-range attacks and poured arrows at the enemy as much as he could, and the defenders of the Northern Battalion gave full play to the advantages of long-range attack units.
"Get up!" Shaodianben picked up a horse and brought out mud blocks, and the barracks gate was no longer defended.
Several bolts of gunfire hit the door panel, and wood slag and debris flew around, but failed to penetrate the door panel. The back door of the Beidaying camp is made of multiple layers of wooden planks, and there are wooden stakes in the middle to fix the frame, which can block the impact of huge forces.
The camp gate is different from the city gate, and the defense is much lower, and the brute force can break the door panel even if it can't be opened.
"Get out of the way of the front!" a group of cavalry jumped over the pit and regrouped into a cavalry formation to rush at an accelerated pace.
Behind the barracks gate, "Spear!" Xiang Ji raised his axe and ordered.
Fifty spears were neatly erected on the shield wall, the tail of the spear was on the ground, and fifty strong men were half-crouching on the barrel of the gun.
Dozens of other heavily armoured infantry armed with long weapons prepared to attack on both flanks and in the rear, and when the enemy cavalry stormed the gates, they stepped forward and cut them off their horses.
A little further back, the two squadrons of crossbowmen formed an inverted figure-of-eight phalanx, with their flat-ended crossbows aimed at the gate, pulling the trigger whenever someone rushed in.
Table tennis table tennis ...... As soon as a series of rapid crashes passed, the gate of the rear camp burst open, and several cavalry rushed into the main camp.
"Hold on! The formation can't be messed up!" Xiang Ji put down his long axe.
The surrounding heavy infantry had no chance to move at all, and the cavalry instantly turned into "hedgehogs", and the uncontrollable war horses collided with the gun array, but overturned a few strong men with spears.
Shaodiancang looked at it and immediately retracted, the formation of the military camp was as he expected, how could the military camp of the Eighth Army be so easy to break through.
"Get out of the way, hold both sides! No injuries, go and command the navy to build a bridge, let the back speed rush in!"
His spear spun at high speed, forming a barrier in front of him, and his bow, crossbow, sword, spear, and even a few magic bolts flicked off his arrows.
The shield array of the navy army advanced to the edge of the pit, jumped down under the command of Shaodian without injury, stepped on the dead horse and stepped on the foot, and the big shield was laid flat at the bottom of the pit. As the number of soldiers jumping into the pit increased, a "shield road" was paved in front of the camp gate, and the "shield road" was constantly widening.
A few hundred large shields were enough to pave a path for the cavalry to rush through.
The cavalry behind no longer detoured, and rushed to the camp gate in the rain of arrows.
"The ballista was pulled to the platform, and the reinforcements of the southern battalion were invited to the circle behind the gate to block the road. Seeing the cavalry rushing continuously, Qiao Meng knew that the little force in front of the gate could not hold it.
The besieging camp was wider than a city wall, and the troops of the 79th and 80th divisions were basically put into the front line of the camp wall, and the 12th Army Corps, except for the crossbowmen, served as a reserve behind the general. Qiao Meng didn't know that there were still 10,000 soldiers and horses coming, so he could only send 5,000 men to delay the frontal assault of the cavalry.
Several spears several meters long were fired into the gate, and were pushed back by a volley of crossbowmen, followed by a whole group of galloping cavalry rushing into the gate.
"Hold on!" roared to Ji, and the long axe swept forward, slashing a cavalryman who had jumped over the gun.
The gate of the rear camp was about ten meters wide, just enough for a small cavalry formation to pass through, and five rows of dense gun arrays were stuck behind the gate, and the cavalry did not want to jump over the long spears of more than three meters.
Not all cavalry can jump over the gun array, the war horse that can't hold the reins raises its forelimbs high, and its body still maintains a high-speed inertia to collide with it, poof, the spear penetrates into the abdomen, and the cavalry rolls forward hard, and the spear in his hand smashes down fiercely.
Whoosh, the empty spears of the last row stabbed out as fast as lightning, and the churning cavalry was in the middle.
As soon as the charge of one wave of cavalry ended, the next wave came, and more horses collided with the spears, and the spearmen in the first row were beaten to the ground, and their shoulders pressed against the guns in the back row to stabilize their bodies.
Another wave, this time with gunfire from the gun, two shields were broken, and the hoplites in the rear knelt on one knee holding their guns.
Slap, slap, finally a spear couldn't hold it, and the barrel of the gun broke from it. Those who are fast can take the spears and shields handed by the back row, and those who are slow can only hold the cavalry that flies down and scuffle to the ground.
Some cavalry turned and rushed into the gap on both sides where only one horse passed, but four or five long weapons smashed over, and even the men and horses were overturned.
"The corpses of people and horses are thrown at the door!" Xiang Ji looked at the gunmen in the front row, anxious.
After a few more waves, most of the gunmen in the first row will fall, and there will be no support in the second row.
Compared with the casualties of the cavalry, the hoplites in front of the gate had the upper hand, and none of the five waves of cavalry survived.
It's not that the heavy infantry is more powerful than the cavalry, the only one that can directly charge the camp is the gate for the time being, there are two hundred well-trained crossbowmen behind the heavy infantry, not counting the support of the nearby arrow towers and watchtowers, the firepower concentrated in front of the gate is equal to three hundred elite troops, and it is not a big deal to kill dozens of cavalry.
The 91st Division was not only attacking the gate, but also attacking the camp wall, and the division commander Shao Diancang was leading the team to attack the watchtowers on both sides of the gate.
The rear camp wall of the Beida camp is particularly strong, there are arrow towers every fifty steps, and on both sides of the gate are watchtowers covered with solid wooden planks, and each has a small team of crossbowmen on duty.
The cavalry on both sides had dragged away the horses, and some of the sailors were attacking the camp wall, and there were more and more holes in the wall, and the number of sailors falling under the wall was also increasing.
The responsibility of the 91st Division is to rush into the North Battalion, and if it is really not possible, it has to tear open the opening of the barracks and let the troops behind attack.
Shaodiantai transferred 100 divisions, and the 91st and 95th divisions lost more than half of their soldiers and horses in the early battle, and the other divisions and regiments still maintained a relatively complete establishment.
Today on the right flank is the 98th Division, on the left flank is the 99th Division, the 92nd, 93rd, and 94th Divisions form the Central Army, the 96th and 97th Divisions are the reserves, the 91st Division takes the lead, and the 95th Division acts as the rearguard.
As long as Shaodiancang tore a few holes, the three divisions of the Chinese army will take turns to rush the camp, and there are still 20,000 reserves if it is not enough, Shaodiantai is confident that he can break through at least one besieging barracks.
The corpse in front of the door failed to stop the cavalry from charging, and the frenzied cavalry either opened the way with their guns or picked up the corpses with their guns, not hesitating to use their bodies and horses to smash away the crumbling array of guns.
The 91st Division was defeated very badly under Gongbo City, Shaodian Cang could barely raise his head in front of Shao Diantai, today he vowed to wash away his shame and personally lead the charge, whether it was a veteran or a newly added officer and soldier, they were all full of strength to prove themselves with a victory.
"Xiang Ji, don't die! Lead the team to retreat to both sides!" The three captains set up a crane wing formation behind the gun array, and stood in the middle of the two crossbowmen phalanx, waiting for Xiang Ji's heavy infantry squadron to withdraw, and then ordered the remaining soldiers to seal the gap in front of the crossbowmen.
"The second and third platoons are to the left, the fourth and fifth platoons are to the right, and the rest are alternately covered, and retreat!" Xiang Ji suddenly jumped up after speaking, and the long axe was turned into a big windmill, and once again suppressed the provoking cavalry.
This time, he used all his strength to resist a group of cavalry, reducing the speed of the charge and immediately rolling backwards, allowing the crossbowmen to fire a volley. In the end, he led two-thirds of his men to evacuate the front line
"From front to back, shoot back in turn. "The crossbowmen phalanx will also retreat to make room for the crane wing array of the three major teams.
Jomon did not intend to use a squadron of hoplite infantry to block the enemy's onslaught, but instead used a step-by-step block, using layers of defense to weaken the impact of the cavalry.
He wants to build the entire Beida Battalion into a war millstone, polishing the Tenth Army little by little.
The three captains placed three double gun arrays on each side of the left and right sides, and two double gun arrays facing the gate, each weighing fifty people.
The crossbowmen retreated to the camp and lined up, in addition to being responsible for sealing the gate, but there were also high-ranking officers who roamed around the gate to prevent a few cavalrymen from leaking out of the crane wing formation.
The cavalry suddenly found that the rear of the gate was much more spacious, so they rushed in harder, the impact area was larger, and the number of people who attacked was also larger, which invisibly reduced the number of troops attacking the camp wall.
More than half of the casualties of the trolls have been killed, mainly from the use of magic.
The knight has a certain ability to protect himself in the face of the magician, and the naval army troops dominated by archers are miserable, a group attack magic is thrown down, and a single demon-breaking arrow cannot be stopped, and they have to deal with the attack of the arrow tower.
A fire-based fighting dragon flew down, and Wu Yu immediately raised his spear: "The 92nd Division is ready!"
10,000 cavalry spread out horizontally, and the squadron leaders were biting the copper whistle and staring in the direction of the flag.
"Attack in the order of the brigade!"
As soon as Wu Yu's words fell, his own soldiers blew the trumpet of the charge, and a large group of battle flags of the 92nd Division was put down, and a large team of captains personally carried the flag and ran out and rushed to the Beida camp.
This is the command method of cavalry, they are not like the infantry can build a general, the main general rides on horseback, and needs to rely on the banner to command a large number of troops.
Another magician flew above Jomon's head and shouted, "The 92nd Division begins to charge. ”
"General Xi Xiu, you come to command. Qiao Meng didn't give Xi Xiu a chance to speak, he jumped off the platform directly, turned over and jumped on the war horse brought by his own soldiers, and ran to the front camp.
"Hey!" Xi Xiu shouted from behind, but Qiao Meng didn't look back.
A corps staff officer ran quickly, handed over an arrow and a flag with both hands, and said, "Chief of Staff order, General Xi Xiu is in charge of the command of the Beida battalion." ”
Jiang Zhi expected this to happen, and he also knew that there were two division commanders on the way to come.
A group of generals at the same level need to have a commander's order to determine the command authority, otherwise it is easy to have a conflict of power and responsibility.
The command flag is usually attached to the helmet, and some people are pinned to the waist, which has been given temporary authority by the superior, and the arrow is for inspection, and there is the identification of the person who gave the order, so that everyone can know who gave the order.
"General Han!" Qiao Meng found Han like a blade wandering in the camp, "Please go to the west side of the camp wall to sit in the town, and I will go to the east side." ”
Han Rujian raised his long sword and waved it, replying, "Okay, give it to me on the west side!"