East Factory Governor

Chapter 612 Urdu finally understands
Three groups of cavalry rushed towards them like a thunderbolt, and the Mongolian Duoyan cavalry shouted excitedly. When they were about 150 meters away from the coalition forces, they began to ride and shoot.

Riding and archery is a characteristic of the Mongolian cavalry, which was learned by the Tartar cavalry later.As the originator of cavalry and archery, these cavalry soldiers had fairly good bow and arrow accuracy, shooting a shower of arrows straight at the coalition forces.

The vanguard of the coalition forces was equipped with a large number of shields, which came into use at this time.

Some people may ask, is it such a coincidence?The shield is equipped on the vanguard?

Sorry, in addition to shields, at least half of the spearmen are also equipped on the vanguard, or troops called "vanguard battalions".And where are the other half of the shield soldiers and spearmen equipped?The answer is at the end of the line.

This is not a coincidence, but the common sense of the march.

why?
Because on the battlefield, when most horsemen sneak attack, they will never attack the middle position of the enemy. The reason is very simple. If you attack the middle position of the enemy, the opponent's army can immediately deploy from the front and back, and it is easy to surround you.

It's different for a sneak attack on the vanguard. Generally, a large army stretches for several kilometers. It will take half an hour to wait for all the troops behind to rush up—it depends on whether the terrain is large enough to allow them to rush unimpeded. come up.Taking a step back, even if the first third or quarter of the troops wanted to rush up, it would take at least a quarter of an hour.

And this quarter of an hour is enough for the cavalry to wreak havoc!

Therefore, if the cavalry wants to sneak attack, they will only sneak attack the vanguard of the army, or the rear troops, that is, the beginning and the end.

Now that it is known that the head and tail are the focus of the cavalry's sneak attack, will the army not focus on these two parts when marching?Not only Qin Shuhuai's coalition forces did this, any army would do this, including the guards of the Ming army and the Eight Banners army of the Tartars!

And as mentioned earlier, the Jianghe Gang built a large number of shields, and now at least half of them are equipped on the vanguard.

The shield soldiers on the periphery immediately raised their large shields at a 45-degree angle to defend against the rain of arrows, which could protect the sword soldiers and spear soldiers behind them more.

Clinking, a large number of bows and arrows fell on the shield, as if playing a cold tune.Of course, there are also a lot of arrows falling in the open space. To put it bluntly, riding and shooting is shooting arrows on a bumpy horseback. No matter how well-trained the archer is, as long as he is not in a stupid TV series, his hit rate After all, it is not as good as the normal shooting of archers.

The purpose of cavalry shooting is not to kill a lot, but to disrupt the enemy's formation first, which is especially useful when the horsemen of the two sides are about to confront each other.

After a shower of arrows, the Ming army suffered about 300 casualties - most were just wounded.

After each of the soldiers fired an arrow, the bow was put away, because there was no time for them to take the arrow, set the bow, and shoot again.

But they drew out their sharp sabers and rushed over with strange yells.

At this time, more flares rose up, illuminating the battlefield brightly.

It was only then that the Duo soldiers saw clearly, it seemed that these soldiers were somewhat different from the Ming army they had imagined.

Their formation was not chaotic at all, and their shields were far larger than the standard shields of the Ming army.And those soldiers were all staring at each other, their eyes were as bright and cold as the vicious wolves on the grassland!
But he has rushed to less than a few meters away, and this is no longer the time to hesitate!
"Hey! Ur!"

The cavalry roared in weird tones, raised their sabers, and charged forward without hesitation!
The lead is the heavy cavalry, not only the cavalry are wearing heavy armor, even the horses are armored!
Countless tall and strong horses jumped up, and then stomped heavily towards the shield soldiers of the coalition army to form a shield wall.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The sound of horses and shields colliding one after another, dull and loud!
All the shield soldiers of the coalition army were full of energy, and they rushed forward against the horse's hooves!Most of these shield-holding soldiers are composed of experts around the seventh rank of the Xuantong Realm!What is the concept of the seventh grade of Xuantong Realm?Anyway, if a player of the third rank or so in the Mystical Tongjing Realm is one-on-one with the horse, he can knock the galloping horse down with one punch—of course, he himself may also be injured.

Although the seventh class of Xuantong Realm can't do this, it is possible to block the step of the horse with a shield!

The shield and the horse collide. If the shield does not fall, then the horse is likely to fall!
For a moment, countless war horses fell to the ground as if they had hit an iron wall.As soon as the horses fell, these cavalry were ruined, either they were chopped into meat, or they were turned into sieves by the spearmen.

However, because Duo had many soldiers, they took turns to charge.The shield soldiers of the coalition army blocked once, but they may not be able to block the second time!If you can stop the second blow, you may not be able to stop the third blow!

Moreover, the shield soldiers of the coalition forces are always limited and cannot protect all infantry.Some Duo soldiers still rushed into the infantry who lacked the protection of the shield soldiers.

In short, after several rounds of attacks by the Duo soldiers, the shield wall of the coalition forces was still washed down.However, the Duo cavalry also paid a heavy price. In order to break down the shield wall of the coalition army, they lost at least seven or eight hundred cavalry!

The ordinary coalition infantry formation without the protection of the shield soldiers was inevitably disrupted by the Dorothy soldiers and suffered certain casualties.However, the coalition infantry were more or less light-hearted, and their cooperation with each other was already tacit, so they dispersed quickly, so there was no large-scale squeezing, shoving and stampede.

In this way, the effect of Duo's soldiers' attack will be greatly reduced!

Duoyan's five thousand fine cavalry's first round of charges launched a total of five echelons from three directions, but only caused the coalition forces to lose about [-] casualties, which was only slightly more than the cavalry they lost.

They're starting to realize something's wrong.

Urdu's face began to change slightly.

Just when they turned back to prepare for the second round of charging according to the plan, they saw a large number of spearmen from the other side killing them under the cover of shield soldiers!
At the same time, there was the sound of countless sharp arrows piercing through the air, and they knew very well that this was the sound of crossbow arrows!
Their hearts sank even more, and they counterattacked so quickly!
After the shield soldiers and spearmen were attacked by the horse soldiers, they were not in a mess at all, and they didn't panic. Instead, they were as excited as they found their prey?

Could it be that these crossbowmen were ambushing beside them at all costs, so why did they rush up to support the battlefield so quickly?
Nonsense! Most of these crossbowmen are members of the Jianghe gang. The average cultivation level of the soldiers of the Jianghe gang can reach the ninth rank of the Xuantong realm, okay?If you compare the speed of an ordinary soldier with a ninth-rank Xuantong Realm warrior who has learned lightness kung fu, is it comparable?

As the coalition forces have a deeper understanding of war, their personal cultivation, which is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, has become more and more prominent!

Whoosh, whoosh! At least two hundred crossbowmen rushed to the battlefield first, firing their crossbows at one of the soldiers!For a moment, crossbow arrows flew across the battlefield, and many Duoyan horse soldiers fell off their horses after being hit by arrows.

Ur didn't care about these, and hurriedly organized a second charge.

(End of this chapter)