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Chapter 895 Two hundred and sixty-seven Hollow Square Formation

The galloping cavalry soon came to the front of the rebel army.

The two sides collided without fancy, and some officers and soldiers were skewered into skewers on the spot with their men and horses; The cavalry patted their horses and crossed the rejecting horses and barbed wire, swung their knives and chopped down the spears of the rebels, killing the rebels who blocked them face to face.

For a while, the two sides were in a mess, and people turned their backs.It is not clear how many rebels died on the spot, nor how many riders and horses died.

Resist it!The director of the right wing couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the soldiers in front of him retreat several steps after being attacked by the cavalry, and finally stabilized their steps.

He hastily shouted loudly: "Sword and axe, knife and axe, let me go up quickly!"

Influenced by movies and games, many people in later generations have always wondered why swordsmen can restrain cavalry.I also feel that the so-called "big ax and long knife" in the Song Dynasty to restrain cavalry is simply fabricated by unscrupulous literati who don't understand military affairs.

In fact, cavalry often have the following tactics against cavalry in arrays:
One is galloping and shooting harassment, which requires pawns to shoot back with bows and crossbows.

One is to charge directly, which requires infantry to line up with guns, like hedgehogs to resist the impact of cavalry.

And the third is hand-to-hand combat. Cavalry is not a tank, and it is impossible to defeat the infantry in front of them with a single charge.

Then the two sides will have a short melee stage after the cavalry charge.At this time, it is necessary for the knife and axe to rush forward, chop the cavalry upwards, and chop the horse's legs downward.

Especially the cavalry is condescending, and it is difficult for infantry to attack with their backs. On the contrary, it is more convenient to chop off the horses.

Bai Guangen's sword and axe on the right also played the same role. As soon as he saw the officers, soldiers and cavalry stop, he immediately rushed towards the cavalry with his sword and axe.

He said he wanted to cut off the horse's legs, but how could he think so much on the battlefield?

These people are carefully selected strong men, each of them is like a dragon and a tiger, and they can chop whatever they see.Some chopped the horse's head with a knife; some chopped the horse with an axe.

Anyway, as long as the horse is injured, the cavalry is a victory if the cavalry is left behind.

As long as the opponent's pawns dismount, no matter how superb your martial arts skills and strength are, as long as you kill them with knives and guns, you will immediately hate those who are on the spot.

The officers, soldiers and cavalry also knew that this place was not a place to stay for a long time, so they hurriedly dialed the weapons of the rebel army, turned their horses' heads, and fled to the side.

When the knife and axe saw that the officers, soldiers and cavalry were lost in front of them, how could they dare to wait for long?

They quickly fled back to the rebel formation without caring about picking up the loot.

Don't underestimate this simple tactical move, Zhang Shun beheaded seven or eight people in succession before, and told the whole army, barely stopped this evil spirit.

People who live in affluent modern life cannot imagine the price of human life in this era.

Ordinary soldiers who died in battle, if there are old mothers, wives and children, the compensation silver is only ten taels.If after the embezzlement by the officials, they might not be able to get so much money.

The war horse of the defeated officers and soldiers is worth more than ten taels, and the armor is worth three to five taels depending on the quality.The first rank of officers and soldiers is the standard for asking for merit. Not only can they be rewarded with silver and land, but they also have the opportunity to be promoted to a higher rank.

And each of these items is worth more than one's own wealth and life, not to mention that if one dies in battle, the family still has coffin silver and pension silver to take, which is even more cost-effective.

Aiming at the disadvantage of "counting merit with the head", Zhang Shun, in addition to strict military law, the most important measure is to reduce the role of the head, and count the merit with the final battle results.

Change the "calculation of merit for wounding the head" to "calculation of merit for ascending the city and breaking the formation, with the supplementary methods of head, flag and capture".

In this way, these horses, weapons, armor and heads are not very valuable, so they restrain the soldiers so as not to mess up the formation.

The second wave of officers and soldiers rushed in very fast. Just as the swordsmen hid in the formation, the cavalry collided with the spearmen again.

The powerful impact immediately crushed the rebel front and sank inward.

Then, the knife and axe rushed up again, and the two sides fought again.

After going through this four or five times, Bai Guangen's right-wing formation became more and more disfigured.He couldn't help frowning, and hastily ordered the soldiers to wave the flag, telling them to withdraw from the battlefield for the time being.

"Change the formation!" The right-wing director saw the banner of the middle division, couldn't help being overjoyed, and hastily shouted loudly.

At the same time, the director of the right rear wing of the rebel army also saw this order, and hurriedly adjusted the formation and slowly approached the formation.

At this time, Zuo Guangxian, the general soldier of Shaanxi, also saw this signal.How to do?
Of course, taking advantage of the moment when the rebel army changed positions, "the victory is not military"!

The cavalry of the officers and soldiers came roaring again, and when the troops on the right rear flank approached the troops on the right flank, they were about to crash into the troops who were planning to retreat.

"Boom boom boom" at the moment when the officers, soldiers and cavalry approached, the cannons of the rebel army rang.

Fired a large number of shotguns at a very close position, directly sweeping across the rider in front of him.Many cavalrymen and horses were immediately beaten with blood holes, and blood mist and gunpowder smoke filled the entire battlefield at once.

It turned out that the artillery of the Rebel Army had finished loading again, and before leaving, they left a "big gift bag" for the officers and soldiers.

Zuo Guang, the general soldier of Shaanxi, looked from a distance first, and saw the battlefield was gray and red, and he didn't know how the battle was going.

At this time, he was not the only one who was nervous.That Zhang Shun and Bai Guangen also stared at the battlefield, quietly waiting for the final result.

Sun Tzu said: Those who were good fighters in the past were invincible first, and waited for the enemy to be victorious.You can't win by yourself, but you can win by the enemy!
Now the three of them deeply understand the meaning of this sentence. As a commander, although they have each made their own maximum judgment.

But how the battlefield situation is, I can't get involved, I can only see the final result of a series of accumulated advantages such as training, rewards and punishments, systems, and establishments in the past.

Not long after, a gust of wind blew over and the gunpowder smoke dispersed. On the battlefield, the formation of the rebel army was still complete and orderly, while the cavalry of the officers and soldiers fled in the direction of Zuo Guangxian's main formation in a hurry.

Failed again!Zuo Guang clenched his hands tightly, his nails pierced his palms, blood flowed out without knowing it.

It turned out that there was a relatively large space in the middle of the hollow phalanx of the rebel army. After the support of the rear commander came up, the former commander did not take the opportunity to retreat, so that it caused an uncontrollable situation of trampling on each other.

After that, the officers and soldiers of the division entered the hollow square from between the soldiers, filling the hollow of the former division.

This hollow phalanx is only slightly different from the solid phalanx, but it has made a remarkable achievement at a critical moment.

So much so that although the officers and soldiers dispersed the spearmen in front of the former division this time, they were still unable to defeat the team that had just been filled with fresh troops.Then after a fierce hand-to-hand fight between the two sides, the officers and soldiers had to retreat again.

However, this exit was different from the others.

The rebels used their strict military discipline to prove their invulnerability.

Even at the fragile timing of the formation rotation, the officers and soldiers cannot take advantage of it, so in the subsequent battles, the officers and soldiers can only continue to pay for their lives.

And since the rebel army can complete the first rotation in front of the cavalry, then it can complete the second rotation, the third rotation, and even as long as the new force of the army is still there, its new type of hollow phalanx can be used indefinitely. Rotate down.

To exchange life for life, and still not see where the chance of victory is, this is the most fatal blow to the morale of officers and soldiers!
For a while, Zuo Guangxian, the commander in chief of Shaanxi, began to waver himself!

The officers and soldiers were defeated again and again, even if Zuo Guang was hard-hearted first, he still had the idea that "the officers and soldiers are all gone".

(End of this chapter)