It is very difficult for cavalry to attack the formation of infantry, but it is not impossible. The key depends on the cavalry's horse control skills.
Facing an enemy formation lined with spears, the cavalry cannot rush forward with their heads covered, as this is likely to directly hit the spears. And those long spears are inserted directly into the soil with tail blades, and the barrels of the spears are very strong and have a very strong "stopping" ability. If the horse is pierced, it will naturally be unable to move. The knight riding on the horse may be injured. It was thrown out by huge inertia.
Therefore, a truly skilled heavy cavalry will adopt a "slow-fast-slow" impact speed to deal with the enemy's gun array. In the final stage of the impact, slow down the horse speed and maintain the formation, so that one horse will die and the other will survive.
As for the impact force... of course it's not a problem. Even a jogging horse cannot be stopped by a human body!
In addition, the infantry phalanxes of this era were not particularly dense, and rarely formed a shoulder-to-shoulder formation like the infantry of the later fusilier era. Because the range of movement for loading a flintlock gun is relatively small, while the range of movement for drawing a bow and unloading an arrow is relatively large.
If it is an all-round infantry that is "prepared for three battles" and has to change weapons in front of the formation, some space must be left for easy operation.
If the crossbowmen and melee soldiers are separated, then the crossbowmen, spearmen, and axemen sometimes need to be rotated, which requires a sparse formation.
The people formed a sparse formation, and the spears were naturally not so densely arranged. Therefore, the horses charging in a dense formation may not necessarily become a bunch of horses... Of course, whether they form a bunch or not is not what the horses need to consider. They are now blindfolded. You can't see anything, just accelerate and decelerate under the control of the knight, and rush towards the shining tip of the spear!
When the Jin people's iron pagoda attacks, they usually do not form a long horizontal line. Instead, dozens or more than a hundred riders form a team to form a square formation. The cavalry at the front of the phalanx were armed with lances, while the cavalry at the rear were armed with bows and arrows.
After the cavalry formation approaches the enemy's infantry formation, the iron pagoda located behind the phalanx will throw heavy arrows forward to disrupt the enemy's formation.
However, the thunderous explosion just now had blown up most of the Iron Buddha cavalry formation, and some of the Iron Buddha phalanx had fallen into chaos.
At the same time, the infantrymen holding bows and arrows in the back row of the Red Turban Song Army took the opportunity to shoot deadly heavy arrows... not a projectile with eyes closed, but a precise shot!
And he doesn’t shoot people, only horses!
After years of hard training, most of the soldiers of the Red Turban Song Army are now good at shooting arrows. Not only can they shoot accurately, but they can also shoot consecutive arrows!
The Jin soldiers, who had just been thrown into chaos due to the explosion of thunder, were now caught in a rain of arrows. No one was killed or injured, but the horses were badly unlucky, and each one of them was turned into a hedgehog. Some of the hedgehog horses fell to the ground seriously injured and had no strength to accompany their owners on this final journey.
But there were still many war horses that were very strong. Even though their bodies were covered with arrow feathers, they still mustered up the last bit of strength to rush to the front of the Song Army's formation. Some of the "Ma Qiang" directly collided with the spears. The sharp spear points instantly broke through the "Ma Qiang"'s flesh and penetrated deeply into the horses' bodies. The horses, which had already been injured by the arrows, could no longer hold on and fell suddenly. fall.
But the knight on horseback has long been ready to "vault". The moment the war horse fell to the ground, he first thrust the spear in his hand at an infantryman of the Song Army. This was a shot fired using the inertia of the war horse. It was so powerful that even a soldier wearing heavy armor would find it difficult to resist. Even if the armor on the body can block it, the person will be knocked over by the momentum of the spear.
After the Jin people's Tiefutu cavalry thrust out their spears, they released their grip, flew down from their horses, and knocked over another Song infantryman. The two immediately struggled with each other.
At the same time, some "Ma Jianqiang" were lucky enough to avoid the tip of the spear and crashed directly into the Song army's formation!
However, their luck usually does not last for a few moments, because the hollow formation of the Song Army is made up of many team-level square formations. It is very solid, the array is very thick, and all members are equipped with long guns. As long as the Song Army's formation does not disperse, no matter how lucky those "horse warriors" are, they will rush into the Song Army's infantry formation, knock over several infantrymen, and then be pierced by spears, ending their short horse life.
If the iron pagoda cavalry riding on them were not pierced by the spears of the infantry, and were not knocked dizzy from their horses, they would engage in hand-to-hand combat with side cards and maces...
As more and more Tiefutu entered the battle either on horseback or on foot (even if the horse died!), fierce hand-to-hand combat began to the west of the Song Army's large hollow formation.
And more Jin soldiers, including the Kaizi Ma without heavy armor protection, the hard-line infantry army with the yellow-headed Jurchens and Bohai people as the main force, as well as the Han'er and Khitan who acted as cannon fodder, also continued to pounce on the Song army. Array.
If the old version of the Song Army was attacked like this by more than a thousand heavily armored iron pagodas, it would definitely collapse - Li Shifu only had six infantry generals at hand, and they set up a rectangular hollow formation with east and west lines. There are two generals on each side, and there is only one general on the north and south lines.
In other words, the western front of the formation, which is currently being attacked by more than 10,000 golden soldiers, only has 4,000 soldiers!
If according to the previous configuration of crossbowmen (god-armed bows), archers, spearmen, and sword and axemen each with their own professions, these 4,000 soldiers would not be able to withstand the attacks of so many golden soldiers.
But now the infantry of the Red Turban Song Army are all-rounders. They can shoot arrows, use spears, and can also fight in close combat. They don't need to give out rewards before the battle. They all have "full morale" - how much territory they have won in this battle!
These meritorious officials should be promoted to a higher rank and receive a 100-acre farm, right?
The value of this 100-acre farm is more than 1,000 yuan, right? This is not ordinary land, but tax-free land and occupation land, and it is directly linked to social status!
Even if businessmen from Luoyang, Nanyang, Xiangyang and Hanyang spend 10,000 yuan, they can't buy these 100 acres!
Moreover, after being promoted to an honorary rank, you will have more opportunities to serve as an official. Even if you are a local petty official, you will still be an "honored minister" who rides on the heads of the working people and lords it over.
So in the eyes of these soldiers of the Song Army, how could the more than 10,000 golden soldiers brought by Wanyanqi be "golden soldiers"? Those are "gold bars" that can breathe!
"Kill the gold thief and divide the land!"
Following waves of inspiring slogans, the 4,000 Song soldiers on the battlefield suddenly became excited. They either waved their spears, or waved their battle axes or hammers, formed a battle formation, and pushed forward shoulder to shoulder. .
A bloody battle to the death begins like this!
At this moment, beside Wanyanqi who was standing on horseback to watch the battle, a drummer who was beating the drum suddenly stopped, pointed to the north of the battlefield, and shouted loudly, his tone completely changed: "Your Majesty, look, look at that Beside! There are red-turbaned cavalry from the South!"
Red scarf cavalry?
Wan Yanqi turned his head blankly and was shocked all over.
To his left, three to five miles away, to the south of a large forest, groups of groups had already launched their assault formations! Judging from the color of their armor and the red scarves wrapped around their helmets, they are the red scarf cavalry of the Song Dynasty!
This group of red scarf cavalry has begun to accelerate, and only groups of armored knights are seen, forming a more rigorous formation than the "Golden Bar Soldiers" Iron Buddha, sweeping in from the north of the battlefield! With a melodious sound of bugles, the armored cavalry at the front of the square flattened their slender line guns and faced the Jin soldiers who were fighting with the Song army infantry from a distance!
Wanyanqi, on the other hand, deployed a small number of kidnapping horses on his left side to protect him. They did not dare to touch these knights, who were all wearing armor. The whole team of charging knights were desperately fighting to escape.
Everything on the surrounding battlefield seemed to be completely frozen at this moment. Wanyanqi felt as if he had fallen into a hole in the ice, his whole body was "frozen", leaving only bursts of cold sweat.
He was fooled!
No wonder the southerners kept the east gate of Yuguan small, and reserved enough space for him to form his entire team!
This is to coax him out of the city to "fight hard." And he, Wanyanqi, fell for the trick without even thinking... This is too ridiculous. He, Wanyanqi, has read military books since he was a child, is proficient in battle formations, and also knows Jurchen, Khitan, Goryeo, Chinese, and Mongolian. What a genius who can speak five languages!
How come you were fooled? Moreover, the trap set by the southerners for him was very obvious... all he had to do was put up a sign saying "There is a trap ahead, be careful not to be fooled"!
Wanyanqi, Wanyanqi, why were you fooled?
Just when Wanyanqi was asking himself, regretting endlessly, and wishing he could grab a handful of regret medicine and drink it, Song Jun's red scarf cavalry began to accelerate their attack.
Between heaven and earth, it seems that only the rumble of horse hooves is left! Pieces of icy Luoyang cold-forged armor reflect the autumn afternoon sunshine, which is dazzling and makes people shudder.
The galloping cavalry had begun to turn. They did not rush directly towards Wanyanqi, but after rushing to the left side of the Jin soldiers, they began to turn behind them. They did not swarm up, but scattered and attacked in groups. It was the same as Tiefutu's previous play style, which was to slow down and attack as a whole team - these red scarf cavalry had "copied" Tiefutu's "work", so the playstyle was of course almost the same.
Jin Bing, who discovered that the Song Army's armored cavalry appeared behind him, was completely panicked!
The large formation of the Song Army in the front could not be broken through, and countless Song Army cavalry came from behind - this was obviously a trap!
It's over now!
The panicked Jin Bing immediately thought of escaping and ran south!
Thousands of people ran wildly at the same time, throwing off their helmets and armor, only hating their parents for missing two legs... But they never expected that Yue Fei's trap had not yet been fully revealed!
Li Shifu still has 2,000 cavalry on hand, and Yue Fei still has 3,000 light cavalry!
These cavalry have now been dispatched and have circled to the south of the battlefield. They have formed a formation and are waiting for the golden soldiers to come and kill them!
