At this moment, 28,000 troops formed a large square formation.
There are four sub-square arrays at the front, rear, left and right. Each sub-phalanx has five thousand infantry. In the middle is a reintegrated phalanx of eight thousand horse-mounted infantry.
On the outer circle of the four infantry square formations, there is a black pine tree as thick as an arm. There is no break in the whole tree, all the branches are there, and the crown area of the whole tree is large enough to block the cavalry.
Black pine trees are different from ordinary trees. Pine trees are tough and covered with sharp thorns and pine needles. It's a very good cover.
The outermost layer of the phalanx is pine trees, the inner layer is shield soldiers, and behind them are pikemen and halberdiers. The people inside are armed with various bows and arrows. They carried other weapons on their backs.
Everyone holds a bow and arrow. There are both large infantry bows and captured Mongolian cavalry bows.
Some of these people can shoot, some can't. Yan Yingyuan asked them to just launch the weapons in unison after hearing the order. Commands include direction, angle, and number of shots.
For them, as long as they find the right direction and shoot the arrow, the mission is completed.
Archery is not difficult, but it is rare to be accurate. If you just draw the bow and release the arrow, anyone can do it.
The infantry army advanced slowly, beating the drums and beating the drums. Heading towards Zhao Wangcheng twenty miles away.
The army had not gone five miles when smoke and dust billowed in front, and a large number of cavalry swarmed in.
Dasa personally led the team at this time, and almost all the Mongolian cavalry stationed by the river outside King Zhao's city were dispatched. Kill towards the reinforcements.
Daza knew that there were only more than 3,000 people in the city.
They have already found out clearly. These people are all infantry and they certainly dare not leave the city. Therefore, they confidently and boldly mobilized to attack the reinforcements led by Yan Yingyuan.
Daza was defeated again and again in the previous battle of Guihua City. Almost lost all prestige. He desperately needed a win to restore his reputation. Among the large numbers of Mongolian reinforcements arriving from all walks of life, he re-established his authority.
Among the 25,000 cavalry, there are 5,000 remnant soldiers who ran back two days ago. The morale of these people was low, far less high-spirited than before the expedition a few days ago.
Daza did not take the initiative to attack, but planned to destroy these infantrymen during their march. Once they left the favorable terrain of the mountains and came to the plains, they could play the role of cavalry assault.
At this time, Dasa Jinong started shaking again.
Now that they have strong troops and horses, it is not time for the Beijing camp to besiege Guihua City.
Qinghai's 30,000 reinforcements plus the remaining 20,000 Tumut troops. Already capable of counterattack. Thirty thousand troops from the Seven Kansai tribes have arrived at Linhe, and 120,000 troops from the Four Mongolian tribes in the Desert have crossed Juyanhai and are resting in Heishui City on the banks of the Blackwater River.
After the disastrous defeat of the Alxa people, although they have withdrawn from the offensive sequence, because they are close to the coat, they are using their entire clan's strength to provide logistical support for the army. Now that the 120,000 troops have arrived in Blackwater City. It was only ten days away from Linhe City.
Therefore, Dasa was eager to capture Zhao Wangcheng and threaten Jiuyuan from behind.
After all, there are only more than 3,000 people in Zhao Wangcheng, so he is relatively confident. He wanted to win a decent victory in front of the army and sweep away the previous decline of the Tumuts.
"Hey, what is that?" Daza's gray eyes rolled around. He couldn't see the soldiers in front of him, but there were many trees moving.
Pine trees have large crowns. The soldier held it with his hands, no lower limbs could be seen below, and no head could be seen above.
Daza was a little dumbfounded. He originally planned to let the cavalry charge at high speed and directly break up their formation. Then just let the horse chase and kill him. Now this situation makes him a little bit incapable of doing it.
"Jinong, although it is a bit weird, the arrow has to be fired. Let's attack. Although these trees look intimidating, they have no damage ability. It will be no big deal if the cavalry bumps into them." Uligi said.
Daza thought for a while and finally made up his mind.
The arrival of these reinforcements is a good thing. It is equivalent to mobilizing the enemies in the strong city to eliminate them. This is a good opportunity to weaken Jiuyuan City.
"Attack the whole army! Surround and attack from the north, east and west." Daza said.
At this time, he was still thinking of surrounding three and missing one. It was hoped that a ferocious attack from three sides would cause the enemy to retreat backwards.
As the horn blew, the Mongolian cavalry rushed forward quickly.
On the periphery of the infantry phalanx, Mongolian cavalry were galloping vertically and horizontally.
But, they were running around not knowing how to break these canopies. This stuff is hard to figure out. Even cutting with a knife is a long process.
These trees are very thorny, soft or hard, with a large crown area and a length of more than ten meters, making it impossible to rely on them.
The captains had no choice but to let the cavalry rush forward and chop down the branches with scimitars.
Hopefully the branch can be cut down to expose the person behind it.
They can't see the people behind them now, and even if they want to shoot arrows, they have no target.
While these Mongolian cavalry were frantically cutting branches, a wooden pillar was erected on the carriage in the middle of the phalanx, with a small wooden house made of narrow wooden boards on top.
This is a simplified version of the nest car. Mainly used to observe the enemy situation outside.
After Yan Yingyuan came up with the idea of holding a big tree, he immediately realized that although the tree crown could block the enemy's sight, it also blocked our sight. It is also difficult to observe the enemy's situation.
So, he ordered that the accompanying carriages be changed into several nest carriages.
At this time, in the small wooden house on top of the nest car, a thin man was curled up and looking outside. The Mongols could not see inside, but the nest car inside could see outside. The battlefield has become one-way and transparent.
"To the southeast, at 11 o'clock, a large number of cavalry have gathered. The distance is fifty to one hundred and fifty meters."
The enemy situation was soon reported on the nest car. Yan Yingyuan used what he learned from Jingying to divide a plane into 12 angles according to the clock diagram. Although they do not know that this is the dial of a clock, it does not affect their ability to learn and use it.
Yan Yingyuan immediately ordered. "All archers, shoot ten rounds in the southeast direction. Release!"
With the order given. With each wave launched, more than 20,000 arrows flew up, like patches of dark clouds, flying toward the southeast corner.
Many of these archers are rookies and don't know how to shoot arrows at all. Just follow the same gourd and shoot the arrow out. As for where they flew to, don't ask them. Even if I ask them, they don’t know.
In fact, this kind of projectile has nothing to do with real technology. As long as the archer can draw the bow, as long as the direction and angle are correct, he doesn't need to worry about anything else.
If you ask them to shoot a single target, it's basically useless. Not many of them are really good at archery. But if you cover a large area and shoot a target, that's another story. This kind of coverage shooting requires no aiming at all.
Dark clouds covered the ground, and there seemed to be a layer of pasture growing on the ground.
The southeast corner immediately turned upside down. A dense barrage of arrows fell, knocking over a large area.
The Mongols were stunned. Didn't you say that these people are all civilians? How could they shoot so accurately?
Soon, their bad luck came one after another. As long as there are cavalry gathering in large numbers on the outside, a dense rain of arrows will immediately fall.
The Mongolian leather robes could not stop the rain of arrows. Even leather armor is useless. To prevent this, you need feather root armor and ring armor. Chain mail is not very effective.
Uligi immediately discovered the tall pole in the center of the military formation and the small wooden house on it. He immediately realized that someone might be watching over there.
"Jinong, look, in the center of the military formation, there is a wooden pillar with a small box on top. I guess there are people observing there, and they can see our position."
Daza was furious, these Han people were too cunning.
They first used tree crowns to block our cavalry and sight, and then secretly built this towering observation facility, so we could only be beaten passively.
"Shoot them for me. Bring me the tiger bows and eagle shooters. Shoot them with rockets. Shoot them to death. These bastards. Burn them to death, these despicable villains." Dasha roared.
