"Array up!"
Looking at Jinghua, Yu Qian is still standing on the wall, taking his time.
Now, he is in charge of the overall situation.
With Liu Zheng sitting in charge and supporting him, no matter how others criticize him, it is useless.
What he wants to do this time is once and for all!
Where is Jinghua?
This is the glory of Longyan!
He doesn't allow anyone to come to Jinghua to flirt.
He wants to eat these 100,000 soldiers!
Long Yan must be so arrogant!
When Youzhou cavalry rushed over in large numbers, Zhao Yan ordered the formation to form.
The artillerymen lit the fuses of the artillery, and immediately, dozens of artillery shells flew towards the Youzhou Army's cavalry formation.
These shells were all explosive shells. After they landed on the ground, they immediately made a thunderous explosion, and everything around them was overturned by the waves.
Wherever the cannonballs hit, there was a burst of mourning.
Although the Youzhou Army has good actual combat experience, the people they usually fight with are prairie cavalry. They are used to fighting with people on horseback, and this is the first time they have been bombarded by cannons.
They didn't know how to face the powerful artillery attack. As a result, the cavalry formation was quickly blown to pieces. The people were frightened and the horses were frightened. After just a few rounds of shelling, Youzhou's 20,000 light cavalry were already at the point of collapse. edge.
When the enemy cavalry rushed within the range of the cannon, Zhao Yan immediately ordered all the infantry to switch to muskets and crossbows to shoot at the enemy cavalry.
The improved musket fired very quickly, and the projectiles almost continuously covered the cavalry heading towards Youzhou.
After several rounds of shooting, nearly two thousand Youzhou cavalrymen fell.
Then, the cavalry behind the infantry of the Jinghua garrison will also take action.
After a burst of drumbeats, the cavalry flew out from the infantry formation, and three thousand light cavalry roared towards the Youzhou Army.
However, their target was not the enemy's cavalry, but the enemy's infantry.
No matter how disparate the combat effectiveness of the two sides is, three thousand cavalry will still be at a disadvantage against Youzhou's ten thousand cavalry.
Therefore, before the war started, Liu Zheng discussed a solution with Yu Qian.
With the help of Tian Ji's theory of horse racing, one can overcome riding by foot and foot by riding.
That is to say, use Jinghua's cavalry to deal with Youzhou's infantry, and use Jinghua's infantry to deal with Youzhou's cavalry.
Twenty thousand people versus one hundred thousand people. Under normal circumstances, the Beijing Army would not win under any circumstances.
However, the infantry in Jinghua City has a policy of fighting against the cavalry, and the number of infantry and cavalry is the same. As long as the formation is defended properly, there will be no rout;
The Youzhou infantry is completely different. They are all in a charging state. What they are waiting for is for the Youzhou cavalry to break through the Jinghua army formation and then attack and kill them. They are not prepared to deal with the cavalry at all.
Although their infantry numbered 80,000, in front of the 3,000 powerful Jinghua cavalry, they were no different than a group of little sheep.
The Jinghua cavalry was as powerful as a rainbow, and with the cover of muskets and artillery, it was invincible and unstoppable. Three thousand people attacked the enemy's cavalry formation, and then quickly broke out and attacked the infantry at the rear.
The Youzhou cavalry was completely unable to stop them, and the infantry at the rear did not expect that the other party's cavalry would actually be shot out of their own cavalry formation!
They had no means to deal with the cavalry at all, and after Long Yan's cavalry rushed into the Youzhou infantry formation, they slaughtered the Youzhou infantry like chopping melons and vegetables.
This time, all the senior commanders in Youzhou were fooled, and Meng Zan was the same.
He didn't even know what kind of fighting method this was. How could he rush out of the opponent's people from his cavalry formation?
The most terrible thing is that the infantry behind him were not prepared to deal with the cavalry at all. These three thousand cavalry were like tigers and sheep. In a few breaths, thousands of his infantry lost their heads.
"Commander, what should we do? We can't let these cavalry do whatever they want!" Meng Zan's general asked anxiously.
Meng Zan was also thinking about this problem. The only ones who could deal with the cavalry were the cavalry. However, if the charging cavalry were to turn back and deal with these three thousand cavalry, then the price paid for the charge would have been in vain.
And he could also see that his cavalry's will to fight was already very weak. If they couldn't take advantage of this time to break up the infantry formation of the Beijing defenders, there was no guarantee that they would be defeated when they charged again.
Therefore, the cavalry must not be allowed to withdraw. The only way now is to continue to advance.
The Jinghua city defenders numbered approximately 17,000 soldiers, and after his cavalry charged into battle, the number was almost the same.
Cavalry versus infantry, if the numbers are equal, the cavalry can completely win.
There are also 80,000 infantry on their side, while Jinghua's cavalry is only 3,000.
With a huge headcount difference of nearly thirty times, no matter how weak the infantry is, they can't defeat them and can hold them back without any problem.
As long as the cavalry quickly eliminates Jinghua's infantry in the front, they can quickly return to destroy the three thousand cavalry.
"Instruct the infantry to withstand the pressure. Anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed without mercy!"
Meng Zan was right to want to wipe out Long Yan's Jinghua city defense forces outside the city. However, he underestimated the capabilities of Jinghua's infantry.
For this battle, Liu Zheng specially trained these infantry to fight against the cavalry.
Each of the front row infantrymen will have a thick shield, and then behind them, there will be a ten-foot-long spear.
The roots of these long hairs are firmly fixed on the ground, and there are four soldiers to ensure its stability. As long as the enemy's horses charge forward, they will be stabbed to death by these sharp long hairs.
In the infantry formation, the outermost row is the shield soldiers. Behind the shield soldiers are the hairy soldiers. Behind the spear soldiers, there are shield soldiers. Behind this row of shield soldiers are the sword and axemen.
The shield soldiers in the center of the military formation are to protect the swordsmen, and the swordsmen have only one task, to chop off the horse's legs.
This is true at all levels. As long as the soldiers in Beijing are not afraid of death and are not afraid of danger, the military formation will not be broken, and the cavalry will be locked in a bitter battle with these infantry.
And this is indeed the case. When the Youzhou cavalry with low fighting spirit rushed into the Jinghua infantry formation, the first batch of cavalry were directly pierced by spears. The cavalry following them also had no time to react and fell on their backs. The cavalry behind them Then he jumped up high and stepped through the first layer of shield array. But soon, the shield array was replenished, and the horses that rushed in were quickly cut off by the axemen. Then the cavalry fell and were repaired. Death by knife.
Youzhou cavalry rushed towards the military formation in batches, but they were still unable to break it.
Moreover, what troubles them most is that the casualties are too great.
Not a single cavalryman left the battlefield, but the Jinghua infantry suffered very few casualties due to their orderly organization.
At this time, Meng Zan couldn’t sit still.
While the cavalry was being killed by the opponent's infantry, his infantry was also being killed by the opponent's cavalry. In just two quarters of an hour, the number of infantry casualties was tens of thousands! But the number of casualties of the opposing cavalry was less than a hundred!
