The war horse lost sight of it, shaking its head restlessly, and its tail swayed uneasily, as if it felt that something was attached to it. It swung it several times, but it didn't shake off.
Suddenly, a heartbreaking pain came from the tail. The war horse suddenly became manic, swung its tail and slapped its body. Unexpectedly, the fire was not extinguished, but the pain became more and more painful.
Diaz drew out an arrow and activated the longbow. Although the moon was not yet full, he aimed at the horse's butt at such a close distance. With a command, arrows pierced the horse's body one by one. The horse was burning and pricking. Under the pain, he could no longer care about the restraints of the reins and ran forward crazily!
Because they can't be seen, the war horses won't be frightened by the many mutilated corpses in front of them. Because they couldn't see it, some horses couldn't even avoid it and fell down halfway. Because the reins were connected, when one horse fell, the other horse was also implicated, and it spun around heavily. He fell to the ground.
Zhoubei, Ainuzhan, Pangbusheni and others had no horses, so they had to take over the horses sent by the follow-up army, continue the unfinished charge mission, chase after the fire horse formation, and march towards the Ming Dynasty.
Duan Yun, Wang Wan, Zhao Hua and others hurriedly retreated with the heavily armored Modao Army. Fortunately, the pursuit distance was not far, and Zhugetang's siege vehicles were dispatched in advance, which bought the Modao Army a certain amount of time.
However, this time is not enough! Heavy armored infantry can't run fast at all, let alone after spending a lot of energy!
Duan Yun looked back and saw a group of war horses running towards him like crazy. He trembled all over and shouted loudly: "Speed up!"
The impact of the war horse is too strong. Anyone who is hit will have a hard time standing up again. Moreover, there are a group of crazy war horses following closely behind, and there is no time to kill them.
Retreat, retreat quickly!
Seeing that the war horses were within thirty steps, Zhuge Tang quickly ordered the siege vehicle to stop. The sergeant installed protective stakes and support columns in an orderly manner, and arms-thick wood was supported on the back of the siege vehicle.
"Do it!"
Zhugetang sent the order. Along with the order, the crossbow sergeants on the siege vehicles began to shoot and snipe the fire horses. There were thirty siege vehicles. Although there were only one hundred and twenty sergeants in the vehicles, due to the improvement of the crossbows, , its shooting speed is significantly accelerated, and the main force of the siege vehicle is not the crossbowmen, but the spearmen and shield soldiers following the crossbow array. They are the real main force of the battle.
Duan Yun watched as some of the Mo Dao Army began to retreat behind the siege vehicles, but there were still many people who had no time to enter!
No, this won’t work!
Duan Yun stopped retreating, turned around, and faced the charging crazy fire horse!
As soon as Wang Wang retreated to the side of the siege vehicle, he saw that Duan Yun had not withdrawn. He couldn't help but become anxious and shouted: "Duan Yun, come back quickly!"
Duan Yun heard the voices of Wang Wan and others, but there was no way to retreat. There were still brothers who couldn't get in in time. Someone had to buy them some time. If they couldn't stop one or two, the consequences would be disastrous!
A rain of arrows was thrown from the rear army formation, but these arrows were directed towards the rear of the fire horse formation, and it was impossible to hit areas too close to the siege vehicle. The crossbow arrows of the siege vehicle continued to shoot, and they could not stop Bai Shang. Thousands of crazy war horses!
Duan Yun clenched Mo Dao tightly, like a dead soldier who would never return, and the black torrent behind him was like Xiaoxiao Yishui.
"Enter!"
A shout startled Duan Yun.
I saw Modao Shou appearing constantly from left and right, forming a long queue! Three rows of Mo Swordsmen, one from each, stood at the front, while the retreating brothers fought for time!
Duan Yun looked to the side, his eyes recognized the Mo Daodao he had trained himself - Chen Kun.
Chen Kun stepped forward, raised the Mo Dao, looked at the horse running over, and shouted sharply: "Behead!"
"cut!"
The cold light flashed and the horse's head fell!
"cut!"
Duan Yun swings his sword!
These are comrades, living and dying together!
This is the friendship that transcends everything, I will accompany you to death together!
A fierce horse died, and a group of fierce horses died. Suddenly, a powerful arrow shot into the head of the fierce horse, and the huge inertia prevented the horse from stopping and continued to move forward!
At the critical moment, Duan Yun crossed Mo Dao and blocked it suddenly.
boom!
Duan Yun flew directly backwards and hit the blade on the side of the siege vehicle about a foot away. The strong and thick armor broke three blades, and Duan Yun fell to the ground.
Without heavy armor protection, Duan Yun would have been cut into several pieces by now.
Wang Wan and others rushed Duan Yun and others to the back, but there were still more than thirty Mo Dao soldiers who had no time to retreat. They wielded Mo Dao to kill the flying fire horses. Some soldiers were knocked to the ground, and the crazy horses Trampling on...
Some of the sergeants had no time to kill them, so they were directly entangled in the reins, dragged along, and hung on the siege vehicle! Although the bayonet of the siege vehicle did not pierce his body, it pierced his feet and hands. Coupled with the huge pulling force, he was almost strangled to death...
One after another, the fierce horses collided with the siege vehicle. The sharp blades pierced the horses directly. The strong force also caused the siege vehicle to shake violently. The crossbow archer inside was also hit and lost its accuracy. Fortunately, there was wood behind it. Support, transmit huge force into the ground, otherwise it will be hit back and forth by the crazy war horses, and the so-called siege vehicle will also be knocked down.
The Mo Dao Shou stood behind the gap between the siege vehicles and the siege vehicles. Without any need for them to take action, the missing war horses were assassinated by the pikemen. The tragic battlefield made countless people tremble with fear. Horses were killed one after another, and from time to time they would crash into the Ming sergeants crazily.
Zhu Di, who was watching the formation from behind, had a serious expression on his face. He Fu, Tang Yun, Qiu Fu, Chen Wen and others also felt the pressure.
Timur's cavalry was able to dominate for decades and defeated one country after another. Its success was definitely not a fluke, but a real strength. They were afraid of using this fire horse formation more than once!
What frightened Zhu Di the most was that the enemy launched a new round of charge immediately following the fire horse formation. The connection was seamless. With this series of moves, few enemies could break it!
"Order Zhu Rong to bring three thousand divine machine battalions forward to support Zhuge Tang."
Zhu Di did not panic, but made arrangements calmly.
Although the battlefield in front of him was somewhat passive, Ming had many trump cards and some strength to use up with Harry. Xu Huizu was able to withstand the Qiangzhi Li, and Yang Rong also blocked Ba Qishan. Song Sheng was leading people to attack Harry's retreat. As long as Harry's central army was held back, victory would belong to the Ming Dynasty.
Play slow and slow.
The Ming Dynasty, which was passively defending, actually held the initiative on the battlefield, while Harry's army, which was actively charging, was the passive party.
It's a fueling tactic.
Zhu Di was very familiar with it. He first sent out the heavily armored Modao army, then sent out siege vehicles, and then added some musketry soldiers. Harry miscalculated the size of the Ming army. He faced not 40,000 to 50,000 Ming troops, but hundreds of thousands.
The serious distortion in intelligence, coupled with the smoothness of the Eastern Expedition, Karachi's report and helpless betrayal, all made Harry think that the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than this, and the battle would soon be won.
But they would not have thought that the Ming Dynasty's military formation was much longer than what they saw. In other words, they had never seen the end of the Ming Dynasty's military formation!
You guys keep coming, and I’ll keep adding more.
Zhu Di made up his mind to turn this place into a training ground for new recruits. It is difficult for a soldier to grow up if he does not see the blood of his enemies, and does not shoot and kill his enemies with his own hands.
A huge difference between recruits and veterans is their psychological quality. Veterans can face the flesh and blood on their faces calmly, and can watch the enemy bleed with his intestines on the ground, but still remain cold and calm, even if he is given a colorful meal He won't be unable to swallow the food. But the recruits can't do it. They will vomit, be afraid, panic, and even be so frightened that they forget to fight. They can't eat meat for several days and have nightmares for several days.
The best way to turn new recruits into veterans is to go to the battlefield in person and fight a few times. Once they get used to it and their hearts become cold, they will grow and transform.
A new soldier is like the tip of an unsharpened sword, and the battlefield is a great whetstone.
Ainuzhan and Zhoubei led the cavalry to the siege vehicle and rushed towards the gap. The cavalry passed by the siege vehicle one by one, and were stabbed off their horses by spears. Some powerful cavalry were agile and avoided harm. , got off his horse and fought with Ming's spearmen!
Duan Yun took a deep breath and came to life. He stood up and looked at the melee battlefield in front of him. He ordered the Modao Army to step forward to help the siege vehicles and infantry fight!
The addition of Modao Army stabilized the precarious siege vehicle formation, and the spearmen gradually stabilized their formation. Two spearmen, two shield bearers, and two short sword bearers formed a terrifying killing formation.
The pikemen stabbed the horses and cavalry, the shield bearers were responsible for resisting the cavalry's attacks, and the sword bearers protected the cavalry from dismounting and attacking the pikemen in close combat. But even so, infantry still has many disadvantages against cavalry, and injuries may occur from time to time.
Zhuge Tang had no other choice but to pick up bows and arrows to support the battle. As expected of a master of archery in the Beijing army, his arrows were all fired, and the cavalry fell to the ground one by one. But even so, the bravery of a few people such as Zhugetang cannot change the overall situation.
At this moment, Zhu Rong rushed over with three thousand gunmen, with bayonets already mounted. He first stabbed fiercely to help the siege troops shift from defense to counterattack. With the cooperation of Modao Army, Push the battle line straight out of the siege vehicles.
The Modao Army once again burst out with strength and fought out. At the same time, the Fire Gun Soldiers had taken off their bayonets, filled them with lead, stood behind the Modao Army and fired, and the crossbows in the siege vehicle were not interrupted.
The cavalry army led by Ainuzhan suffered heavy losses for a while. Zhoubei, Pangbusheni and others were also sweating profusely. This group of Ming soldiers were too arrogant. They actually defeated the cavalry with their infantry and choked them. The momentum of the cavalry!
"Kill for the Sultan!"
Zhoubei heard the urging of the rear army and knew that there was no way to retreat, so he could only bite the bullet and fight through. But when faced with crossbows and fire blunderbuss, and faced with the obstruction of spearmen and Modao soldiers, how difficult is it to kill them again?
Every breath was accompanied by the casualties of the cavalry, and the heart of Zhoubei was bleeding. After paying such a heavy price, the seemingly weak military formation of the Ming Dynasty was not reopened!
Although the opponent is infantry, he is a cavalry, but the cavalry cannot ride fast, but the infantry can fight calmly.
There is no way out, so we have to fight our way out!
Zhou Bei organized his own sergeants and rushed towards the Ming Dynasty's spearmen with determination. This time, Zhou Bei made the right choice. Although the spearmen were powerful and covered by firecrackers, they still could not stop the powerful cavalry from attacking. .
After paying the price of more than eighty horses, Zhou Bei jumped out, his horses trampled two Ming infantry to death, and his saber was condescending, hacking to death two more fire gun soldiers!
The gap is open...
Zhou Bei succeeded. The cavalry rushed into the formation one by one, and the spearmen and gunmen kept falling. Seeing that a breakthrough had been opened, the cavalry in other places immediately changed their direction and mobilized to support Zhou Bei.
Zhugetang, Duan Yun and others wanted to support, but it was too late. The infantry could not keep up with the cavalry, so they could only watch the enemy break through...
