The army led by Lin Feng continued to advance.
On the way, there was no more harassment from Gaochang cavalry, and they approached the Gaochang army camp smoothly.
Zhao Feixiong's previous victory in the first battle was taken for granted by all Qin soldiers. Da Qin Bingfeng is so powerful. With the victory in the first battle, the closer the soldiers got to the Gaochang Army camp, the easier it became for the soldiers.
Only Meng Ao and Xun Peng were a little nervous.
Both men have their own struggles.
They all hope to make meritorious deeds.
On Meng Ao's face, in addition to nervousness, there was also a hint of more expectation. Previously, the Black Dragon Army went to battle to defeat the Gaochang cavalry. The next task was to storm the Gaochang camp and it was his garrison under Meng Ao who went to battle.
Even though the losses of a strong attack would be greater, Meng Ao didn't care. He wanted to prove that the border garrison he led was no weaker than the Black Dragon Army.
As the coach, Lin Feng saw all this in his eyes. There was competition between Xun Peng and Meng Ao, which was a good thing. Only in this way can we each go all out and not hold each other back.
The distance between the army and the Gaochang camp quickly shortened.
Five miles!
Three miles away!
Lin Feng continued to advance with the army and wanted to push the army outside the Gaochang army camp.
In the Gaochang camp, Ma Yan and Mo Lihe were in place, both of them looking serious.
When the sentinel reported that Lin Feng's army was less than a mile away from the camp, Mo Lihe solemnly said: "It's almost done, Prime Minister. Lin Feng's army is already very close to us. At this time, the Qin army is already making adjustments. The team began to slowly form an array."
"Wait for a while, and Lin Feng's army will be completely arrayed. Once all the Qin armies are arrayed and fortifications are formed, we will have no chance to defeat the enemy. While the opponent's army is still gathering, Come and line up, the general will invite you to fight."
"Go!"
Ma Yan nodded in reply.
His eyes were full of expectation.
"Attack!"
Mo Lihe got on his horse and gave orders loudly. He directly took a spear from the hands of the soldiers on the side and rode out first. The moment Mo Lihe charged out, eight thousand cavalrymen who had already been arrayed on the side came out in a mighty manner.
In fact, the previous loss of 286 cavalry was now less than 8,000 fine cavalry.
Mo Lihe now mobilized all the cavalry.
This is a desperate move.
The changes in Gaochang's army were discovered by Lin Feng, who was already arranging soldiers to form a formation. He was a little surprised that Ma Yan from Gaochang State was a little bold and dared to attack directly at this time.
"Meng'ao!"
Lin Feng gave an order.
"The general is here!"
Meng Ao stepped forward to answer.
Lin Feng's eyes were sharp and he said: "Ma Yan sent eight thousand cavalry to attack. You lead your three thousand elite cavalry to fight out from the right wing of the army to block the Gaochang cavalry."
"As you command!"
Meng Ao turned around and left.
"Xun Peng!"
Lin Feng looked at Xun Peng again.
"The end will be here."
Xun Peng also answered immediately.
Lin Feng ordered: "You lead the three thousand elite cavalry under your command to fight out from the right wing of the army to block the Gaochang cavalry."
"As you command!"
Xun Peng also mobilized his troops and left.
Both of them quickly dispatched troops, but Lin Feng's eyes fell on Zhao Feixiong and ordered: "Zhao Feixiong, you command six thousand infantry, and form a frontal defense to resist the frontal attack of Gaochang's cavalry."
"Here!"
Zhao Feixiong answered quickly.
He immediately mobilized six thousand soldiers under Meng'ao's command to take action. During this period, Zhao Feixiong was almost all in Meng'ao's army and was familiar with the lieutenants of Meng'ao's army, so he made arrangements directly. Six thousand border troops came forward and within a very short period of time, a line of defense had been formed.
The soldiers in the front row all raised their shields. Behind the shield soldiers were rows of spearmen. At the very back are rows of crossbowmen.
This is the arrangement of Da Qin’s army.
There is no chaotic arrangement, all formations are orderly.
Lin Feng is sitting in the army. His position has his banner and flag, which means that Lin Feng is here. He looked at the Gaochang cavalry approaching his army and sneered in his heart. Gaochang's intelligence came back from the Black Ice Platform when Lin Feng left Yumen Pass.
In this battle, Gaochang State Prime Minister Ma Yan personally led the troops, and Gaochang General Mo Lihe also led the troops.
This is Gaochang’s lineup.
Before Lin Feng's army formation was completed, Ma Yan suddenly sent cavalry to attack, intending to catch him off guard.
It's a pity that Lin Feng is not Sun Shiwan. In the history of the time and space where Lin Feng lived in later generations, at the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Shiwan led an army to attack Hefei. The army of 100,000 had just gathered outside Hefei City. The army had not yet completed its formation, and the various forces were in a chaotic gathering stage. , Zhang Liao attacked decisively and led eight hundred dead men into the battle.
Sun Shiwan has many troops, but the problem is that the team is too large and chaotic. A large army, before it is neatly arrayed, is loose and cannot carry out its orders. As a result, they were suddenly attacked by Zhang Liao and the team was completely thrown into chaos.
Zhang Liao was originally a tiger general, and he was better at fighting in the field. He led his men back and forth to kill, killing Chen Wu and other Wu army generals, which made the Wu army frightened.
Zhang Liao finally evacuated safely.
Lin Feng's situation is different. The Great Qin army he led had long been prepared for war. Even if it is suddenly attacked, it can change its formation at any time to meet the enemy.
Lin Feng looked ahead, with expectation in his eyes.
He wanted to see what the Gaochang cavalry sent by Ma Yan could do?
"Crossbowman, release!"
The general in charge of the crossbowmen at the front gave the order.
The order was conveyed, and there were cavalrymen running and shouting. At the same time, there are flags waving to convey orders.
Tens of thousands of people are fighting on the battlefield, or even hundreds of thousands of people are fighting. Once the killing begins, there will be a sea of people, heads of people, and noisy voices. It is difficult to convey orders by shouting alone. Therefore, the way of conveying orders almost always relies on the waving of flags to implement the orders.
There are special cavalry shouting, which is just a supplement.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"
Dense crossbow arrows flew through the air with a whistling sound, and fell in the approaching Gaochang cavalry formation in a blink of an eye.
Phew! Phew!
Crossbow arrows pierced the armor.
One by one, the Gaochang cavalrymen were hit by arrows and fell from their horses.
Although the firing of crossbows disrupted the Gaochang cavalry offensive, large numbers of cavalry were already rushing forward. After the distance is shortened, it is no longer possible to kill the enemy with bows and crossbows, and can only rely on the fighting of the army.
The clatter of horse hooves was deafening.
The Gaochang cavalry also shouted and charged, and the distance was getting closer and closer.
One hundred steps!
Eighty steps!
When the distance shrunk to twenty steps, the general in charge of the shield soldiers at the front started shouting.
"Block, block with all your strength."
The soldiers huddled in the shield one by one, holding on to the shield with both hands. They gritted their teeth, held in their breath, and resisted with one shoulder. All soldiers are like this. Only in this way can they stop the collision of war horses.
In a blink of an eye, the cavalry came.
boom! !
A war horse collided with the shield.
The soldier holding the shield was shaken by the force of the impact and spit out a mouthful of blood. This Qin soldier had a smile on his rough face.
blocked!
The most dangerous moment for a shield soldier is when facing the first collision, where the force is the strongest. Once blocked, even if there are cavalry coming later, there will still be spears to quickly block the enemy.
The pikemen behind the shield soldiers quickly thrust out their spears. The tip of the spear, shining with a cold light, could easily penetrate into the body of a war horse or Gaochang cavalry, immediately drawing out a cloud of blood.
Immediately afterwards, the spear thrust out again.
The speed of the pikemen is almost the same, stabbing, withdrawing, and stabbing again, almost uniformly.
Only in this way can it be lethal.
This is the function of the military formation.
Even if some Gaochang cavalry broke through a small area, the spearmen stabbed hard and the shield soldiers filled the gap, and the gap was quickly filled again. As a result, the spear array of three thousand Great Qin warriors was actually indestructible and had never been breached.
Mo Lihe led his troops into the formation, intending to rush in. Even though he managed to penetrate a corner, he fell into it and was unable to continue sprinting.
He looked around and saw that all his cavalry were blocked.
Mo Lihe's heart sank. Da Qin's defense was too strong.
It was him who led the troops to fight against Wusun, Loulan and others. He led the cavalry to charge into battle. One sprint was enough to easily defeat the enemy's defenses, and then he began to quickly cover up and attack, defeating the enemy's defenses.
Here in Da Qin, his attack was like a knife cutting into thick wood. The knife is stuck deep in it and is difficult to pull out.
Lin Feng sat at the back, watching the fighting scene with a smile on his lips.
If Gao Changguo takes the initiative, he is seeking death.
What is so powerful about cavalry is that when the enemy advances, we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we advance, constantly attacking and wandering. This is the strength of cavalry. The problem is that Gaochang gave up the greatest advantage of cavalry and instead used cavalry to charge into the formation, intending to break down his defense line. Not only did he fail, but he was trapped in it.
Cavalry attack depends on the situation.
The best time to attack is when the two armies are fighting and the stalemate cannot be reached, then use cavalry to attack the enemy forcibly. At this stage, a thrust from the cavalry was enough to tear open the crack.
This is the best time.
Ma Yan asked the cavalry to attack the spear formation, which was the same as asking the cavalry to attack the city. It was seeking death.
Lin Feng glanced around and found that on the left and right wings, the cavalry led by Xun Peng and Meng Ao had already intervened on the battlefield and started a large-scale attack.
The Qin cavalry had already charged in.
Mo Lihe led the cavalry to continuously attack, but they were blocked, and even the two wings were blocked. The cavalry under his command were completely unable to resist. In a confrontation between the two sides, the Gaochang cavalry was torn apart in a short period of time and was constantly being killed by the Qin cavalry.
It’s over!
Mo Lihe's heart sank.
When things got to this point, the eight thousand cavalry he led were completely trapped in the battlefield. If Mo Lihe could directly penetrate Da Qin's spear array, he could still kill them directly and still have a chance to fight.
Now, he is trapped in a situation of being double-teamed.
Da Qin's spearmen did not even defend with all their strength, but instead started attacking.
The situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable.
