Chapter 1313: cavalry duel
Chapter 1313: Infantry and Cavalry Showdown
Chapter 1311: Infantry and Cavalry Showdown
The Yuanmeng cavalry attacked one after another, trying to break through the firepower network constructed by the Han army's crossbows and javelins. However, the firepower of the Han army was too fierce. In addition, the accumulation of corpses of dead soldiers in front greatly limited the supply of reinforcements from behind. The soldiers on board were so fast that Yuan Meng's cavalry could not rush forward.
At first, Temujin wanted to rely on the number of people to consume Qin Hao's ordnance, but gradually he also felt that something was wrong. The number of javelins thrown in the formation was conservatively estimated to be more than 150,000, but he did not control it at all. mean.
Temujin didn’t know how many javelins Qin Hao had left, but he knew he couldn’t continue to waste them like this.
The Yuanmeng Iron Cavalry had already paid a price of nearly ten thousand people, but they could not even get close to the Longmen Formation. If they continued to use their lives to consume the material reserves in the hands of Qin Hao, who was rich and powerful, he might even lose all his soldiers. We can definitely get to the bottom of Qin Hao.
“What a mistake. I didn’t expect Qin Hao to prepare so many javelins in advance and build such a dense killing array.”
Temujin showed a solemn look on his face, and then he ordered in a deep voice: "Give me the order, give up the frontal attack, divide the troops into two groups, and attack from the left and right."
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Temujin had already seen that it was impossible to rush through with a strong frontal attack. Since this way was impassable, he had no choice but to find another way. He divided his troops into two groups to attack the Longmen Formation from the left and right, so that the Han troops in the Longmen Formation could be dispersed. With the firepower, it can also avoid the corpses of its own people on the front road and speed up. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
Yuanmeng cavalry had already lost nearly 10,000 troops before they even approached the Longmen Formation. The frontal battlefield was littered with corpses of Yuanmeng soldiers, which was very unfavorable for the cavalry to advance.
After Temujin's order to outflank the left and right sides was conveyed, the Yuan army no longer mindlessly hit the Han army's guns, but split into two. One was led by Zhebei, and the other was led by Ogedai, and they outflanked the left and right sides of the Longmen Formation respectively. In the past, without the obstruction of those corpses and horse corpses, the army's advance speed increased by five points.
“Hurry, throw the javelin quickly, and speed up the throwing speed.”
Xue Rengui, who was in charge of the Outer Longmen Formation, changed his strategy upon seeing this and shouted to the soldiers: "The javelin is only useful if it is still out. If it is left in the hand, it is scrap metal.
I don't ask you to be accurate, just cast it out and finish it before Yuan Meng hits you. "
When the Han soldiers heard this, they threw their javelins even harder. However, the number of millions of javelins was too many, and the number of soldiers who threw them was less than 20,000. No matter how tired they were, they would be exhausted. After only thirty or forty rounds of throwing, there was no strength left. In addition, Yuan Meng had already killed him, and the javelin used for throwing had lost its effect.
The Yuan and Mongolian cavalry were unable to sustain enough casualties, and the firepower dispersed the Han army's firepower network. Finally, the Yuan and Mongolian cavalry broke through.
“The spearmen retreated, the spearmen stepped forward, and the shield hand held the shield, using the gun and shield combined tactic.” Xue Rengui shouted.
A large number of long spearmen stepped forward quickly, either placing their spears on their shields, or putting their spears through the holes of the shield.
Under the arms of countless spears, in an instant, the shield array outside the Longmen Formation turned into a hedgehog shell, and anyone who came close would be bruised and bloody.
Zhebie, who was charging at the front, saw this. Instead of slowing down, he looked happy. He held up his treasured bow and shot five arrows directly. These five arrows shot through five shields respectively, and then killed the five shields behind the shield. hand.
With the death of five sword and shield bearers, a small gap suddenly appeared in the Han army's shield array, but in an instant someone raised a shield to fill the gap.
Seeing this, Zhebie stopped firing useless arrows. Instead, he raised his bow and shouted: "It's just a dream to block our Yuan Meng cavalry with just a shield formation and a spear formation. Soldiers, charge."
"kill…"
When he discovered that the enemy was right in front of him, Yuan Meng's cavalry seemed to go crazy. He knew that there was a forest of strong shields and guns in front of him, but he still ran into it without hesitation.
Boom...Boom...Boom... Although the spear forest was able to pierce Yuan Qi's men and horses, under Yuan Qi's constant impact, the shields of the shield array were broken, the spears of the spear forest were broken, and the soldiers holding the shields were It was even knocked away.
The shields equipped by the Han army have been modified to imitate the special shields of the trapped camp. The shields can be connected into a whole, which can disperse the impact of the cavalry to the greatest extent.
But even so, a large number of shields were still smashed into pieces, and under this unstoppable impact, some soldiers were even knocked away more than ten meters. During the fall, they happened to land in the gun forest area, and were killed. He was stabbed to death with his own people's spears.
“Withstand, withstand all...”
Xue Rengui roared, but the shield array and the spear array were already in place. How could it be possible to stop the cavalry's iron hooves with only the physical body.
Xue Rengui seemed to have expected this, so he simply resisted for a while and then decisively decided to retreat to the second shield wall. However, the second shield wall was soon broken, and Xue Rengui then retreated to the third shield wall.
Yuanmeng cavalry defeated two Han army shield formations with great force. When they encountered the third one, the impact of the cavalry was not much left. Xue Rengui took advantage of the victory to pursue and used the shield formation to forcefully block the cavalry.
"kill…"
The most primitive fighting started between infantry and cavalry.
“Mo Daoshou attacks.”
Xue Rengui personally led the Mo Swordsman to fight out, facing the cavalry head-on. The extremely sharp Mo Sword and the wall-pushing tactics killed Yuan Qi, crying for his father and mother, leaving countless corpses along the way.
At the same time, Yang Erlang, Qin Lie, Hua Rong and Yang Zhi, who were guarding the other four gates, also took advantage of Yuan Qi to be relieved of the impact and launched a fierce counterattack.
In an instant, all five formations of the Outer Dragon Gate were in extremely fierce fighting. Due to the small contact angle between Yuan Qi and the Han army, a large number of cavalry began to rush into the formation gate.
Temujin wanted to forcibly defeat the Longmen Formation, but with the war going on, who cares where the entry gate is? If there are any gaps, just drill right in.
The gaps between the five formations of the outer dragon gate, that is, the formation gates, are so wide open, there are so many Yuanqi, and there are only so many Han troops that can face them, so it is difficult not to squeeze into the formation gates.
This is also the most brilliant thing about Qin Hao. He made Yuan Meng consciously break into the Longmen Formation. He couldn't control it even if he wanted to. And after entering, he naturally couldn't get out.
Wang Meng, who was guarding one of the five inner gates, when he saw a large number of cavalry rushing in front of him, immediately shouted: "Javelin."
Thousands of guns flew at once, and countless cavalrymen were nailed to death on the way.
Wen Tianxiang, Jiang Juan, Shi Long, and Mu Feng all used shield squeezing tactics, gun and shield tactics, or direct crossbow fire to eliminate the enemy cavalry that broke into the formation.
For a time, the number of Yuanmeng cavalry began to decrease rapidly.
(End of this chapter)