At this time, the enemy's 30,000 cavalry spread out in a mighty manner and charged towards Ning Wushuang's army.
It was only a short time ago that the barbarians formed cavalry. Not everyone of them was good at riding and shooting, because it was too difficult to ride a horse without a saddle.
Therefore, they are still very good at charging and killing enemies on the ground with broadswords. This also leads to the fact that their cavalry tactics are not strong, and they even do not understand cavalry tactics at all.
They have not developed the habit of shooting arrows on horseback, but they are very good at slashing people with knives.
Some of them held iron knives in their hands, while others held spears, bone clubs, wooden sticks, and some even held stone knives.
The barbarians did not understand smelting methods and were not rich in iron tools. In addition, the Feng Kingdom had been strictly preventing iron tools from flowing into the grasslands over the years, so a large number of them did not even have iron knives.
Thirty thousand cavalrymen had no formation, and a mighty swarm rushed towards the enemy's battle formation.
When Ning Wushuang saw the enemy cavalry rushing over, he immediately shouted,
"Break the crossbow and release the arrow!"
Following his order, more than a hundred military crossbows fired their arrows in unison. The overwhelming huge arrows were shot diagonally upwards, pinning all the cavalry in front to the ground. For a moment, people fell on their backs and their horses fell. , the screams continued.
The cavalrymen behind were caught off guard, and many of them bumped into the fallen bodies in front of them, and some were knocked over.
Fortunately, their riding skills were pretty good, so they reacted immediately, concentrated on controlling their horses, and continued to charge forward.
"Broken army crossbows and archers, let's fire arrows together!"
Seeing that the enemy was approaching, Ning Wushuang ordered again. This time the broken crossbow and the archers fired arrows towards the enemy's battle formation.
The overwhelming rain of arrows fell like a downpour on the enemy's heads. For a moment, thousands of cavalrymen fell on their backs, and it was terrible to see.
Que Yang, who was at the end of the team, saw this and shouted,
"Don't stop, keep charging, keep rushing forward, the Feng people are all paper tigers, kill them all, just rush in, they will be vulnerable!"
Hearing Queding Quyang's shout, the drummer on the side immediately beat the drum quickly. Hearing the intensive drum beat, the barbarian cavalry immediately stepped up their charge.
On the noisy battlefield, everyone is roaring, and the general's shouts cannot travel very far. Orders can only be conveyed by drums, golden sounds and flags.
Even Ning Wushuang relied on the messenger to wave the flag.
Generals, commanders, captains, captains and veterans can all understand the flag language and then lead the soldiers below to fight.
These cavalrymen charged forward fearlessly, taking advantage of the opportunity for the archers to re-cock their arrows, and then directly bumped into the enemy's heavy shield.
"withstand!"
A heavy shield bearer roared angrily, but the strength of a man could not be compared with the charging horses. The soldiers were immediately knocked backwards and vomited blood. The lucky ones only had their arms broken, and the unlucky ones were hit. head and died on the spot.
They were miserable, but the cavalry were even worse.
The barbarian cavalry spread out and attacked in a swarm. Facing the dense forest of spears in front of them, only a few of them hit the shields. Most of them hit the spears directly and were pierced directly, including their bodies. The horses died together.
The spearman, on the other hand, holds the tail of his spear against the ground, using the ground to offset the impact.
The cavalry were at a disadvantage when faced with the heavy shields and spears of the infantry. The correct approach should be to charge at one point, which can not only reduce the enemy's bow and arrow shooting area, but also concentrate their strength to break through the enemy's formation.
The role of cavalry is not to kill many enemies, but to disrupt the enemy's formation.
Of course, this is the role of cavalry most of the time. If you are good at riding and shooting like the Mongolian cavalry, you can also learn their gangster style.
That means not engaging in close combat with you at all, relying on the speed of the cavalry to roam in front of your formation, firing arrows while walking, consuming the enemy's vitality.
They will run around you, shooting arrows as they run. If they can hit you, but if you cannot hit them, many people will be killed.
Relying on such gangster tactics, the Mongol Empire swept across the Eurasian continent, and was called the whip of God by Europeans.
When the barbarians first built cavalry, they did not understand cavalry tactics at all. They only knew how to rush forward in a swarm, trying to break up the enemy's formation through the impact of the cavalry.
But this style of play is really a waste of cavalry.
Ning Wushuang's Fengjun soldiers resisted tenaciously one by one. When the heavy shield soldier died, the spear soldier behind handed his weapon to the person behind him, then picked up the heavy shield and resisted the cavalry again.
Relying on their tenacious and unyielding spirit, their flesh and blood resisted the attacks of the enemy cavalry one after another.
The broken crossbows and archers behind them kept firing arrows to attack the barbarians. Even if the barbarian cavalry rushed to the front of the formation, the cavalry behind them would be shot to death, and their successors would be unable to break through the battle formation at all.
Seeing this, Ning Wushuang couldn't help but sigh, Nie Chen was the pioneer of cavalry after all. He knew the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry and was able to perfectly customize the battle formation to restrain the cavalry.
Now the enemy's casualties are greater than their infantry, even more than 10,000 casualties. If this continues, it will not be a dream for their 60,000 infantry to wipe out the enemy's 30,000 cavalry.
Of course, the enemy general is not stupid, and Ning Wushuang also knows that the enemy is not stupid.
Queding Quyang felt his heart bleed after seeing his cavalry army dying in large numbers. You must know that war horses are also very precious to Queding, and it takes more effort to train these cavalry.
The cavalry is a powerful weapon, the elite among the elite. Of course, maintaining loyalty is the most important, so they use people from their Queding headquarters instead of those from the affiliated tribes and the Qiyan tribe who surrendered.
But now, those who died were all his own clansmen, how could he not feel distressed.
If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful.
Queding Tangwu scanned the entire scene and finally found the enemy's weakness.
That's the enemy's rear!
They are cavalry and highly mobile troops. They can go around the enemy's rear and attack their weak chariots and archers!
But what if the enemy's heavy shield carrier also retreats?
Thinking of this, Queding Quyang gritted his teeth and said,
"Leave five thousand people and continue to harass the enemy's heavy shield soldiers. The remaining people, all follow me!"
After receiving the order, the leaders of each army went to find their own troops, and then led the army and ran towards the east with Queding Quyang.
Queding Quyang led the cavalry army and bypassed the Feng army's battle formation. After reaching the east, he ran towards the south.
At this time, the cavalry's speed advantage unfolded. They were like a gust of wind, bypassing the battle formation and avoiding the rain of arrows.
This time, his target is the enemy's rear army, as well as the enemy commander in the rear army, Ning Wushuang!
