Horse on the World

Chapter 307 Battle - 1
Xiong Dewu, Commander of the Hailing Battalion under the command of the Dingzhou Mountain Shifting Division, a member of the general, a salt worker, brave and ruthless, a direct descendant of General Guo Shanfeng of the Mountain Shifting Division, and all five thousand soldiers of the Hailing Camp under his command Most of the people in Hailing, Zhouzhou are salt workers. After Guo Shanfeng moved into Fuzhou and incorporated this salt workers team, this strong soldier selected from the rebellious salt workers team was vigorously cultivated by Guo Shanfeng. Now in the Mountain Yishan Division, the combat effectiveness is even worse than that of Jiang Heiniu's Jianrui Battalion.The reason is because they have an extremely brave battalion general.

When Xiong Dewu first joined the army, the most difficult thing was to take off his shirt, go into battle shirtless, and lead a group of desperadoes to the front, as the arrows of the whole army. Therefore, as Xiong Dewu's personal soldiers, the casualty rate was the highest. Yes, but he is also the most respected in the battalion, because it is impossible for someone who is not brave enough to stand beside Xiong Dewu and become the arrow of the whole army.

The more battles were fought, the guards around Xiong Dewu changed after another, and his own scars were layered upon layer, but his reputation among the mountain shifters was getting bigger and bigger, and he was also more and more popular. The reuse of wind, whenever there is a battle of fortifications, Guo Shanfeng is the first one who thinks of him.

Today the commander-in-chief and his wife came to the battlefield in person. Although Tie Nige didn't suffer any disadvantages before, he really didn't take advantage of it. Now it's his turn to move the mountain. Naturally, he wants to show his hand. If it weren't for Li Qing's strict It is forbidden for the general to fight in person until the last moment. He really wants to fight the forward with a mace, but with Xiong Dewu, he should be able to realize his combat intention smoothly.

The frontmost phalanx of the Hailing camp is headed by Xiong Dewu. The outer layer of the tight phalanx is chariot soldiers, spearmen and shield players, and the inner layer is knives and axemen and crossbowmen. Amidst the sound, he stepped forward with neat steps. As the commander of the battalion, Xiong Dewu held a big ax in one hand and a shield that was polished on all sides in the other, and moved forward firmly. Beside him, there was a signal soldier with several flags of different colors pinned to his waist. Xiong Dewu needed to coordinate and command the whole battalion through him.

In the battle between the barbarians and Li Qing's Dingzhou army, the most troublesome thing for the barbarians was how to use cavalry to break through the opponent's dense infantry battle formation, especially when the Dingzhou army equipped the infantry with chariots equipped with hundreds of crossbows. After entering the queue, the Dingzhou infantry became their nightmare.If you have heavy cavalry like the guards of the Great Chu Palace, you can break the opponent's formation, but even with the wealth of the Great Chu, you can only form a heavy cavalry with thousands of people in the district. This thing is a waste of money. How can the barbarians afford it.

"Yalisi!" Boyan recruited a general, pointing at the approaching Dingzhou army, "Have you seen the enemy's siege vehicles? I will give you five thousand cavalry, and you rush out to destroy them , remember, don't try to break their infantry phalanx, because he can't be chewed off in a short time, and once he is entangled by them, it will be difficult to get out. When the infantry rushed to our first line of defense, their attack vehicles and cloud vehicles were running out. In this way, in the subsequent offensive and defensive battles, we can use the parapets, fortresses, and trenches to inflict a lot of damage on the opponent, but if the opponent There are still enough cloud cars, if we are condescending to suppress us, our losses will be great, do you understand what I mean?"

Ya Lisi, who was about forty years old and had a beard for a year, nodded fiercely and said, "My lord, I understand. Destroy the cloud car."

Boyan nodded in satisfaction, "After destroying the cloud car, lead your troops back around the frontal battlefield from the left."

The long-range catapults hidden on the barbarian position began to fire stone bombs, and the eight-ox crossbow also pierced through the air with a scream, and more powerful crossbows and ballistas also roared.The Hailing camp shouted, and the shieldmen raised their shields high, and the iron shields formed a screen in the air. The chariot soldiers on the periphery tried their best to shrink their bodies behind the chariot and stick to the wall of the chariot, while the spearmen all stood together. He raised his spear and kept shaking it in the air.

When the stone bullet fell, the stone bullet weighing more than ten catties hit from a long distance, but its strength was not supported by manpower. If the bullet happened to fall in the crowd, it would immediately create a gap. Although the shield couldn't block the stone bullets, it greatly consumed his initial strength when it hit. However, the barbarians didn't polish these stone bullets due to time constraints, so the damage caused was still within a controllable range.

As soon as the opponent's catapult moved, the Dingzhou soldiers on the cloud cart immediately locked the opponent's position. The improved four-shot and eight-ox crossbow placed on the cloud cart quickly adjusted the angle, aimed, and rattled, one by one. The spear-like eight-ox crossbow arrows were shot out to suppress the opponent.At the same time, the crossbows and ballistas also began to shoot down at the opponent from the cloud car.

Casualties kept appearing in the Hailing Camp, but they didn't stop at all.

"Attack!" Yalisi drew out his scimitar, and hit the horse's stock with a whip with his backhand. Five thousand cavalry rushed out from the position. At this time, they were still five hundred steps away from the Hailing camp. , just so that they can raise the speed of the horse to the highest over this distance.Using powerful horsepower to impact the opponent's chariot, killing a bloody way by killing people, this is the most helpless way for the barbarians to deal with this kind of tortoise-like infantry formation.

If the opponent is not the Dingzhou Army, or if the opponent's armor is poor, then the barbarian cavalry can still use the skill of running and shooting, and keep killing the enemy with bows and arrows on the periphery, but now the opponent's soldiers are generally equipped with iron armor. , the bows and arrows of the cavalry shot at them, causing extremely limited damage, but in the long-distance shooting, the crossbows of the Dingzhou army caused more damage to the barbarians. Arrows, the second is of course that the barbarians cannot equip soldiers with iron armor on a large scale like Dingzhou. The opponent's excellent equipment suddenly became a joke.Like making the barbarians frightened by firing crossbows, there is no accuracy at all. It is purely a large-scale covering blow. Using his super high rate of fire and terrifying strength, he will wipe out the living things in front of him. Clean and tidy, you have practiced archery for more than ten years, and you have no chance to perform in front of him, because he shoots hundreds of shots in one shot, and the best archer of the barbarians can shoot three shots in a flash, which is already a rare master up.

Under the cover of the firepower on the position, Yalisi's five thousand cavalry came galloping in several long dragons. This formation is of course to guard against the terrifying Hundred-Fat Crossbow in Dingzhou. It minimizes the attack surface and makes the opponent's The strike area is reduced, minimizing the threat of the Hundred-Fat Crossbow.

Within a hundred steps, there was a buzzing sound, and the on-board Baifa crossbow began to fire, and short crossbows like dark clouds shot out flatly. He had seen the power of the Hundred-Fat Crossbow in the battle of time, but every time he saw it, he was still terrified. Although he had longed for this weapon, Dingzhou did not equip him with it.

The vanguard of Yalisi lowered their bodies as much as possible, raised their shields, and tried their best to protect themselves and their horses. Although they knew that this was just doing their best, they had to obey the destiny. Under such a dense shooting, except for the blessing of God, The chances of not being shot are not high.Whether it is a middle man or a middle horse, they are enough to kill them in such a fast charge.Fortunately, it was troublesome to load the Baifa crossbow. Under the rapid impact of the cavalry, there was basically only one chance to fire it, and then it became a simple wall for the opponent's infantry.

The strikers fell to the dust one after another, but they used their bodies to consume the opponent's most severe round of blows. After this round of shooting, Yalisi's cavalry quickly turned into a skirmish formation, and the front team brandished heavy weapons. , hammer, mallet, and iron bones, while the cavalry behind bent their bows and set arrows, and shot upwards.

Behind the Hailing camp, under the banner of Li Zi, Li Qing frowned slightly. Sure enough, the barbarians had many generals who were proficient in the art of war, and they handled them well, minimizing the losses.

It's approaching!
The phalanx of the Hailing Battalion quickly closed, and the chariots moved closer together. The spearmen behind the chariots set up their long spears, and the chariot soldiers drew out their short knives, ready to cover the spearmen. Behind them, The crossbowmen began to shoot at their opponents.

With a loud bang, the barbarians rushing to the front of the chariot swung their heavy weapons, either hitting the chariot, or flying into the formation of spears, knocking down the soldiers of the Hailing Battalion, while themselves He also kept falling under the crossbow shot from behind the chariot.These barbarians with heavy weapons in their hands did not ride their horses around to both sides as before, but raised their horses and jumped high amidst the roar. Under compulsion, he still had no choice but to jump high and rush forward with his horse and man to the hell of death ahead.When they were in the air, the knights pulled out the scimitars in their waists, and fell down with red eyes. As long as they didn't get stabbed to death in the air and fell down, they still had a chance to swing their swords.

The desperate way of fighting made the battle enter the cruelest moment at the very beginning, blood poured down from the air, and most of the barbarians who flew into the air were caught in the air by long sharp spears before they could fall down. The spear stabbed to death in the air, and was thrown out of the formation. Those who fell by chance only had a chance to swing the knife, and were hacked to death by the sword and shield soldiers who had been waiting for a long time. However, the horses that fell heavily made Hailing Camp appear. Not a few casualties.The chariot went up and down, and the former soldiers were filled with a thick layer of corpses in a short time.A gap appeared in the dense formation.

Xiong Dewu was furious, seeing that the speed of the opponent's galloping horse had slowed down, he immediately ordered that the closed Hailing Camp split into dozens of small square formations, and rushed into the opponent's formation, Xiong Dewu screamed strangely Wu shield lifts the axe and kills.

On the siege platform, the soldiers firmly suppressed the cavalry rear that was still galloping forward.

(End of this chapter)