Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1065
However, with the strength of [-] cavalry from the Wolf Guards, the encirclement will not affect the strength of the attack on the Volunteer Army.

Twenty thousand cavalry galloped on the snow field, stepping on the residual snow and mud, heading towards the north and south sides of Shazhou City.After the [-] cavalry, the [-] cavalry in the back were exposed, and there was a clear distinction between the left and the right. The left side was all leather armor, and the right side was all iron armor of the same style. It is clearly no worse than the Liao Kingdom.

The strength is between 5000 and [-], of which about [-] are armored.This is Huang Dongqiu's final conclusion based on the information obtained by the Ministry of Security and careful observation with a telescope just now.

In any case, the Xizhou Uyghur army must not be allowed to set up camp near Shazhou City and establish a camp.

Huang Dongqiu never put down the telescope in his hand. From the other party's reaction just now, it can be seen that Batur is well-deserved. He is a general who is good at military formations, at least very good at cavalry formations.Compared with the generals at the level of the commanders of the nine major armies of the Xiangfu Kingdom, this is not far behind.

The charge didn't start right away. Baturmu first ordered hundreds of sheep to be driven out, and two cavalrymen ran twice on the snow field between Shazhou City and Shazhou City with bows and arrows.Huang Dongqiu smiled slightly, knowing that Baturmu was worried that there were landmines buried underground, and Huang Dongqiu didn't stop him, allowing the other party to try with sheep. Anyway, these sheep would become extra meals for the soldiers sooner or later.

Now the wolf guards in leather armor are in charge of the two wings, and the [-] wolf guards in iron armor are the central army facing the volunteer army, and they are already ready to charge first.

On the commanding platform, Huang Dongqiu also raised his hand, and the drummer, standard bearer, and trumpeter all looked at him intently.

However, without waiting for Huang Dongqiu's order, the cavalry of the wolf guards, who were dressed in iron armor and even had armor on their horses' heads, did not take the lead in charging as expected, but the [-] light cavalry who had moved to the two wings before. charged.And they did not rush to the location of the Volunteer Corps located in the south and north of Shazhou City, but to the location of the Central Army of the Volunteer Corps in the west.At the same time, the [-] wolf guards in iron armor were also slowly advancing towards the middle army of the Volunteer Army.

At this time, the 150 light cavalry and wolf guard cavalry on each side have rushed towards the middle army of the Volunteer Army, and the distance is constantly shortening. Four hundred steps.In a few breaths, the light cavalry on both sides had [-] steps left.

Huang Dongqiu and everyone else in the Volunteer Corps were focused on the [-] heavy armored wolf guards who were slowly advancing towards them and hadn't fully charged. As for the [-] light cavalry on each side, they didn't pay attention.

Qingqi wolf guards on both sides were like two tsunami torrents that could destroy everything, rushing straight towards the sides of the Dongqiu Zhongjun, and they were already a hundred steps away.

The wolf guards were rushing straight like a wave. At this time, it only took three or four breaths to reach, and they could rush to both sides of the volunteer army's central army.

However, at the next moment, the torrent seemed to have encountered a dam, and it was difficult to break through no matter how loud the collision was, and the waves were smashed to pieces.

The [-] wolf guard light cavalry with murderous faces and strange screams in their hands were about to carry out their best riding and shooting, when suddenly an invisible rope appeared in front of them, and the speed had just been increased. The soldiers in the front row of the fastest wolf guard light cavalry fell to the ground without warning, and the cavalry on top flew out due to the force of inertia, hitting the icy snowfield in front of them.The rows of cavalry in the back also knocked down a large area because they were too fast to dodge, and the [-] light cavalry on both sides were suddenly blocked.

The screams and wailing of horses and wounded soldiers became the main sound of the battlefield at this time. More than 1000 wolf guards and light cavalry on both sides fell down inexplicably.

Almost at the moment when the 45 Wolf Guards were blocked, the Volunteer Corps trebuchets started firing, and ten gunpowder packets on each side landed on the most densely populated Wolf Guards light cavalry. Amidst the sound of continuous explosions, all the people turned their backs on their backs, and the gunpowder After wrapping, twenty giant crossbows and guns facing both sides suddenly fired, screaming everywhere, and each crossbow, guns and horses were connected with more than four or five people. At the same time, all the infantry and cavalry of the Chinese army Everyone suddenly picked up the steel-string bow in their hands, wound the arrow at an extremely fast speed, turned their bodies suddenly, and started throwing at [-] degrees to the chaotic Wolf Guard Qingqi on both sides.A total of [-] arrows shot up into the sky at the same time, covering the sky and the sun, and the screams continued.

From the time when the front row cavalry of the [-] Wolf Guards cavalry broke their horses, and the cavalry suddenly fell out, it was less than ten breaths away, and the [-] Wolf Guards light cavalry hadn't even re-adjusted their formation. Then came the three consecutive terrorist attacks with guns and steel string bows.Because they were suddenly blocked and stopped, the formation was very dense, so after the three rounds of attacks by the Volunteer Army, nearly half of the [-] light cavalry wolf guards fell off their horses, and the remaining half only reacted at this time and rode with long bows in their hands. Some shot back, and some yelled and retreated.

After another ten breaths, [-] Qingqi wolf guards fled back to nearly [-] people in a panic, and the other [-] Qing cavalry wolf guards turned into corpses.All the soldiers of the Wolf Guards, including Baturmu, were stunned. They never thought that this war would lose more than [-] people in such a short period of time. You must know that they have a total of more than [-] people. The son lost a quarter of his troops.

What Baturmu didn't know was that the Volunteer Corps had practiced countless times during the process of counting breaths just now, so they were able to connect so closely and cooperate so tightly, even in order not to miss the best opportunity. There is no command from any commander, and everything can be implemented according to the previously designed combat plan for such situations.Otherwise, as long as their reactions are a little slow, and the [-] light cavalry wolf guards react and start to roam and shoot, keeping the distance between each other, the damage will definitely be reduced by more than four or five times.

The hundreds of Light Mounted Wolf Guards who were still howling, rolling, or crawling on the snow were all turned into hedgehogs after another round of small-scale steel string bow throws, and then there was no one on the battlefield who could moving living things.The Volunteer Army didn't cheer for the first victory, and the Wolf Guards on the opposite side didn't curse or scream, and the audience fell into a strange silence for a while.Only the corpses all over the ground and the fear in the eyes of most of the Wolf Guards told people what happened just now.Of course, Baturmu's red eyes, extremely gloomy face, and Huang Dongqiu's relaxed smile also reflected the state of the two armies at this time.

"They didn't plant landmines, but they dug a lot of horse traps under the snow." Baturmu immediately figured out the key reason why they interrupted the charge of [-] light cavalry and caused heavy losses later.

"It's true that the flock of sheep can detect whether there are landmines, but they can't detect any traps." Huang Dongqiu seemed to be understatement on his face, but the joy in his expression was hard to hide.

Experienced cavalry actually dislike galloping at high speed on snowy roads or in the dark on unfamiliar terrain.Because neither the cavalry nor the horses can see what is on the road, such as whether there are pits under the snow or raised hard rocks are enough to break the legs of a galloping horse.

According to Huang Dongqiu's design of the Volunteer Corps' staff department, apart from a few passages deliberately left in front of the four-sided camp, during these four or five days, soldiers of the Volunteer Corps have dug tens of thousands of people within a hundred steps of other places. A very standard, uniform style, just a little bit bigger than a horseshoe, densely packed like a honeycomb.

What makes Huang Dongqiu feel a little pity is that the elite of the 1 armored elites of the wolf guards did not charge first, otherwise it would be better if the [-] people were killed.

It has to be said that Baturmu and his wolf guards have a very strong will to fight. Even after the disastrous defeat just now, Baturmu didn't know what to say to the whole army. After the remaining [-] wolf guards cheered in unison, their morale recovered a lot.

And, soon the [-] armored cavalry in the front slowly stepped forward, and the horses took small steps, carefully probing, and slowly pressed towards the camp of the Volunteer Army.

In Baturmu's view, tens of thousands of people were lost in the battle just now, but that was because of the opponent's tricks, not to mention that as long as it wasn't his [-] armored cavalry, he still had confidence.In other words, without a close fight, Baturmu would never be willing to retreat.

Huang Dongqiu has already determined where Baturmu is, locked on the latter with a telescope, and watched how it will react, so as to make the most correct response at the first time.

Baturmu first ordered the light cavalry to attack the camps of the Volunteer Army on the north and south sides outside Shazhou City. After the trial, they quickly found the road that was not sunken into a horse pit and was only about two feet wide.And tried to charge along this road, but under the attack of the powder packs and giant crossbow guns from the trebuchet, more than 300 corpses were left on each side, and they retreated in embarrassment.You can only charge on a passage that is only two feet wide, and you don't even need to aim too much with trebuchets and giant crossbows.

The 350 armored cavalry of the Wolf Guards, which was facing the Chinese Army on the west side of Shazhou City, did not continue to advance, and stopped about [-] steps away from the front of the Volunteer Army.

Huang Dongqiu snorted coldly, and secretly scolded Batum for his cunning. About 350 steps is just the best distance for armored cavalry to charge.

If the distance exceeds this range, with the weight of the armored cavalry, rushing over will inevitably cause a severe drop in horsepower, so that the speed cannot be increased in the final charge stage.But it was too close, not to mention that it was not enough to increase the speed of the cavalry to the maximum, and there was not enough time to adjust the charging battle formation.The most important thing is that no matter how close it is, it is already within the effective range of the Volunteer Legion's giant trebuchet and giant gun. Crossbow.

(End of this chapter)