boom! boom! boom!
The two cavalrymen collided hard!
But what Gebatu didn't expect was that the knights from the Hegel tribe fell behind as soon as they came into contact with them in a head-on confrontation!
All those who collided with each other were without exception thrown backwards and killed on the spot!
Then the entire cavalry formation was torn apart by the opponent, who fiercely inserted into the middle of their formation like a dark arrow and continued to penetrate deeper!
No one on the road could stop them for a moment!
In the charge just now, because Gebatu was at the front, he was almost knocked away by the opponent. Fortunately, the guards who had been following him stepped forward in time to block the opponent. In the end, he was able to save his life under the escort of the entire guard. life.
And the most elite personal guard in his hand had actually lost most of it due to the confrontation just now. Only less than a hundred of the five hundred personal guards were left around him to protect him.
Only by facing death can we understand the true meaning of life.
Although most of his personal guards were lost, in that short moment, Gebatu finally understood why his side could not stop the other side.
The cavalryman on the opposite side was completely different from before.
Although they had been raided twice by them before, everyone's equipment was similar. The other party just had better weapons. Gebatu was still confident that he could confront the opponent head-on.
But what did he just see?
A piece of metal armor!
Even the man and the horse, the opponent's whole body was actually covered in iron armor!
The armor was very thick. He saw with his own eyes that one of his own warriors slashed at the opponent's armor. Not only did it not break the defense, it only caused a slight white mark!
This Immortal One is heavily armored!
The opponent turned into a heavy armored cavalry!
This is not the first time he has seen heavy armored cavalry. There is a heavy armored cavalry team of nearly a thousand people in the royal court of the Huns. They are the most elite trump card in the hands of the Xiongnu Chanyu. They have always been invincible when deployed. !
From its establishment to the present, it has only lost once against the Jingsai Cavalry of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty!
Just that one time!
But what does he see now!
The opponent was actually all heavily armored, and it looked like at least five thousand people!
How much iron does it cost to have such heavy armor?
Are southerners that rich now?
Gebatu was at a loss, wondering whether the Great Khan had made a clear decision to target the southerners this time.
But what Gebatu didn't know was that only Yunzhou County could do such a thing. Since blast furnace ironmaking blossomed everywhere in Yunzhou County, the iron production of the entire Yunzhou County has increased exponentially. If it weren't for the cavalry training, It's too expensive, too difficult, and unnecessary.
Zhao Jun wanted to put armor on all his troops and turn them into heavy cavalry.
But even so, ordinary soldiers still have infantry armor, which can be called the pinnacle of infantry heavy armor, as a defensive weapon.
But this time, all the guards apparently took out their wealth!
Seven thousand heavy cavalry plunged into Hegel's army and charged like a torrent, crushing the entire army's formation, and then marched away, leaving a mess on the ground.
The Hegels, who had just encountered a heavy cavalry charge, had not had time to rejoice that the opponent did not turn around and charge again. The next moment, the infantry of the escort army arrived, following closely behind!
The guards, all covered in infantry armor, struck them from a distance before the fight began. Hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows swarmed in and instantly hit the Hegel cavalry who had just relaxed. He looked confused.
Immediately afterwards, the escort did not just stand there and use the repeating crossbows to fire at them in rotation. Instead, they drew the long ax from their waists and rushed forward!
That’s right, it’s a long axe!
The Great Song Dynasty had been confronting these border nomads for such a long time. Naturally, they would not use only cavalry to confront each other. The Central Plains lacked war horses. How could they compete with the nomadic tribes with cavalry? The real backbone had to be infantry.
Naturally, a weapon for infantry to deal with cavalry emerged, the long-handled axe!
The long handle extends the attack distance of the axe. Coupled with the armor-breaking function of the ax itself, it is simply a good weapon for infantry against cavalry.
With a long-handled ax in hand, as long as the infantry formation can withstand the impact of the first cavalry army, then the long-handled ax in the hand can be used to chop cavalry and cut horse legs. It also has an armor-breaking effect, which is very useful. !
Knowing that they were going up against a cavalry unit this time, the guards would naturally equip everyone with this weapon.
At this moment, after the impact of the heavy cavalry, and then another round of crossbow volleys, the speed of Hegel's cavalry had already slowed down.
And this is the opportunity.
A group of escort soldiers waved their long-handled axes and took the initiative to attack the oncoming Hegel cavalry!
Sonorous! Poof! Click!
The battlefield immediately entered a state of anxiety.
The first time they faced the enemy head-on, the soldiers of the escort were still very unfamiliar and made many mistakes.
But it doesn't matter, the infantry armor on their bodies gave them a second chance to make corrections.
Composed of 1825 armor leaves and weighing 58 kilograms (1.2 city kilograms) in total, the defensive power of the Buren armor can be called a zenith star. The weapons of the Tatars of the Hegel tribe can knock the most out of Buren armor. The minds of the escort soldiers inside were buzzing, but they actually did not receive much damage.
It can't break through the defense at all, hehe!
And if the long-handled steel axes in the hands of the escort soldiers were struck down with an axe, even if you were a Hegel cavalry officer wearing armor, you would be cut in half with the axe, and the war horse would lose its legs with just a casual cut!
After the initial chaos and panic, the soldiers of the escort army who were on the battlefield for the first time felt the full sense of security (iron armor) given to them by His Royal Highness King Yun, and their confidence suddenly increased. They no longer hesitated to pick up their weapons and fight the opponent desperately. ! (The opponent can’t break through the defense anyway!)
During this fight, one side tried their best to chop melons and vegetables, but no matter how hard the other side fought, they couldn't break through the defense. The huge gap in equipment was instantly revealed.
The warriors of the Hegel tribe who were originally cavalry were at a disadvantage when they lost their momentum. Now their weapons could not break through their defenses. Once they collided with the opponent's weapons, they would be injured or dead.
The weapon is simple, it breaks on the spot with a click and is retired on the spot!
The more we fight, the more we lose, and the more we fight, the lower our morale becomes!
In the end, the morale of the entire Hegel tribe's cavalry collapsed and they began to flee!
There is no way to fight this, okay!
As a Khan, Gebatu was not having an easy time at this time.
After the escort infantry from the rear rushed up, he and the soldiers of the escort battalion who were at the front of the formation were immediately taken care of.
A battalion of five hundred people immediately surrounded them.
Obviously they saw that he was a big fat sheep, and they didn't do anything ruthless with the intention of capturing him alive. Otherwise, the escort team of less than a hundred people around him would have been captured by the opponent long ago.
But even so, he is now in a precarious situation and may be captured by the opponent at any time.
The situation on the battlefield has now become clear...
(End of chapter)
