Chapter 50: The Battle of Fengyang 4
At this time, Lin Dong was guarding the intersection with Black Bear. Cheng San's arrival gave him a dose of sedative. Now that the warehouse and armory have been obtained, what he has to do now is to stay here and prevent the intruders from moving forward.
Buy the most time for the troops in the rear to transfer materials.
What Lin Dong didn't expect was that the will of the Chuang army was actually very tenacious. In the next few hours, Anton's army faced three more attacks from the Chuang army. Each of these attacks was more violent than the last.
However, although this battle was cruel, the Anton Army completely grew up and became a truly combat-effective force.
Because only an army that has experienced blood and fire can become a real army.
These three attacks are simple to say, but the process really caused Lin Dong to suffer a lot.
It turned out that after Lin Dong repelled Liu Zongmin's initial attack, Liu Zongmin seemed to have noticed something. He knew that the army he encountered today was by no means an ordinary army. If he wanted to win, he had to pay some price, so he immediately organized a group of soldiers.
The elite soldiers, after a short rest, launched another attack on the Anton Army.
These attacks were extremely cunning. Lin Dong was worried from the beginning to the end of the battle. If he hadn't personally supervised the battle, the consequences would have been disastrous.
He originally thought that the Chuang Army was just a bunch of rabble, and their combat effectiveness was not worth mentioning at all. However, when the two armies clashed head-on, Lin Dong realized that he had made a big mistake. He discovered that the Chuang Army was actually very combat effective, and in terms of combat effectiveness alone, Lin Dong realized that he had made a big mistake.
Some of the soldiers' combat power is even slightly stronger than that of Anton's army.
In fact, we can't blame him. The Chuang army has been running around here and there over the years, constantly harassing the rebels along the way. Some border troops who surrendered gradually appeared in the army. These people have been soldiers all their lives. They not only have rich combat experience, but also have very good physical fitness.
Okay, and the reason why Chuangjun has such strength is precisely because of the joining of these people.
In this way, the first battle started again at the entrance of this narrow street.
At the beginning of this battle, the invasion force did not take the lead. After arranging the team, Liu Zongmin took the lead in choosing a high ground and climbed up. The view here was wide and he could have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.
The previous battle was so chaotic that before Liu Zongmin could figure out what was going on, his men were defeated by the enemy's spear phalanx.
"I want to see what magic this weird spear phalanx has, how powerful it is." Liu Zongmin muttered to himself, then waved his hand and said, "Attack."
Soon, the messenger passed down the order to attack, and the troops of the invaders also started to move.
Seeing the enemy coming to kill again, Anton's army suddenly became excited. The massacre just now was still vivid in their minds, and the blood on their spears was not even dry. They were going to fight again so soon. Are these people here to give away their heads?
Thinking like this, these recruits immediately became excited. The one-sided massacre made them feel that the war was not terrible at all, as long as they followed the orders of their commanders until the war was over.
This understanding led Anton's army to make a big mistake, which was being too excited on the battlefield.
Every battle, a major national event, a place of life and death, must be extremely careful in every battle, and the morale on the battlefield also has a great impact on the war. Excited soldiers are actually good for the war, at least they can maintain a high fighting spirit.
However, in a protracted war, this advantage turns into a disadvantage.
Because they are too excited, the soldiers' physical strength consumption rate will be greatly increased, and their persistence time will also be shortened.
In a situation like tonight, being too excited is obviously harmful. It has just reached midnight, and there is still a long time before dawn.
Serious physical exertion will definitely greatly reduce a soldier's endurance.
Over time, the strength of the soldiers will be drained away, and eventually they will not even be able to stand up.
The real danger appeared at this time. By the time of the last battle, Anton's army was already exhausted and could not even lift its hands.
They did not fall. Firstly, the coach Lin Dong stood at the front and gritted his teeth to boost morale. Secondly, the army retreated in time because they could not bear the huge casualties.
Lin Dong could even predict that as long as Chuang Jun persisted for another quarter of an hour, this battle might end in a mixed bag.
The first attack of the Chuang Army was still a regular battle. They once again lined up in neat lines and attacked Lin Dong's Anton Army.
The difference from before was that this time the invading army was much sparse, and each soldier had room to move around.
"Kill..." After Liu Zongmin's order came out, the Chu army launched an attack.
"Spear, stab..." Almost at the same time, the order to stab with a spear came out again from the Anton Army.
"Pfft..." The sound of spears piercing flesh came from the front of the two armies again.
Along with this sound came the screams and desperate cries of Chuangjun.
"Attack..." Seeing the first row of soldiers fall, Liu Zongmin looked gloomy and continued to direct the second row of soldiers to attack forward.
The spear was thrust out again, and the screams came as before. Seeing their comrades falling one by one, the soldiers of the invasion army began to retreat, and they even had no intention of joining the fight. They were afraid that they would also be beaten to death like rabbits. This was meaningless.
in the battle.
"Go back, go back to me, or you will die!" This is the supervising team of the Chuang Army. The supervising team leader is served by Liu Zongmin's confidant. Anyone who dares to retreat privately will be killed!
Everyone looked at the gleaming sword with a hint of fear in their eyes, and they immediately turned around and rushed towards Anton's army again.
However, the result of the charge was no different from before. The same spears were thrust out, the same screams were made, and the same people were slaughtered without any resistance.
Liu Zongmin's eyelids jumped at the sight of such a result. Although he had been running around all these years and had lost more battles than won, he had never encountered such a battle before.
After several more rounds of attacks, the Chuang army could no longer bear the psychological pressure and turned around to prepare to escape.
"Go back, go back!" The supervising team shook their swords and roared, ordering the rebels who wanted to escape to go back and continue fighting.
"Liu, if you can, kill me!" An intruder roared at the supervising team under tremendous pressure.
"Kill us if you dare!" One person shouted and everyone responded. Everyone roared and raised their weapons, preparing to fight to the death.
"Retreat!" Liu Zongmin saw the seriousness of the matter. Such a situation may cause a mutiny if he is not careful. Fortunately, his attack was originally a test. As a battlefield general, he was confident that he could find the opponent's clues in the battle.
flaw and defeat it in one fell swoop.
After this attack, although the Chuang army still made no achievements, Liu Zongmin also saw some clues. After the Chuang army retreated, he began to readjust the battle plan.
To be honest, Liu Zongmin is really not that simple. Although he is not as good at boosting morale as Lin Dong, he is extremely experienced in marching and fighting.
This can be seen from the next two attacks.
It didn't take long for Liu Zongmin to organize his manpower again. However, after suffering two heavy losses from the spear phalanx, Liu Zongmin did not use conventional tactics in this attack.
Instead, they first recruited a large number of archers to launch a long-range attack on Lin Dong's Anton Army.
After the battle just now, Liu Zongmin saw the opponent's advantage, that is, the opponent's spears were particularly long, his soldiers all had short weapons, and the opponent's equipment was very sophisticated. Facing such an army with sophisticated equipment,
A frontal attack would be tantamount to death, so he thought of a long-range attack.
Soon, hundreds of archers gathered at the crossroads. Under Liu Zongmin's order, these archers stood in a square formation at the crossroads.
"Archers, prepare! Shoot!"
Upon hearing the order, all the archers shot the arrows in their hands.
In ancient times, archers were a technical branch. First of all, you must have greater arm strength than ordinary people, because bows and arrows require a huge pulling force to pull the bow apart.
In addition, archers need stronger endurance than ordinary people.
In addition, archers need to undergo long-term training, otherwise if they shoot an arrow, they will not know where it will go.
Under Liu Zongmin's order, all the archers raised their bows 45 degrees before shooting the arrows.
For a time, countless flying arrows rained down on Anton's army.
Lin Dong was well prepared for bows and arrows. When he saw the opponent's archers dispatching, he immediately ordered the spearmen to raise their shields. For a moment, the arrows hit the shields and made a loud noise. Or occasionally, unlucky soldiers were shot into the gaps between the shields.
It penetrated into the gap in the armor and shot into the flesh, and he grimaced in pain.
It's just that although they were hit by arrows, no one shouted. The training of the Anton Army is very strict. Anyone who screams without an order from the commander will be punished and locked up in a small black room.
After several rounds of arrow rain, although the opponent's bows and arrows seemed to be very dense, they did not hurt many people, and no one let out any screams. It was as if this arrow rain disappeared into the Anton Army out of thin air.
"What kind of army is this? Isn't it even afraid of bows and arrows? Damn it." Liu Zongmin muttered in his heart. At this time, his confidence was somewhat shaken. He was not sure whether his tactics would be effective against the Anton Army.
Of course, this is not the case, because the bows and arrows did not play any role. At least this round of bow and arrow attacks caused great interference to the spear phalanx.
It's just that Liu Zongmin didn't notice its effect. Fortunately, he didn't expect this round of arrows to harm Anton's army.
He was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to attack, and now this opportunity has arrived.
Seeing the spearmen raising their shields one after another, they would not miss this opportunity, and immediately ordered the army to attack the Anton army while the arrow rain continued to harass them.
Seeing the enemy taking advantage of the momentum to attack, Black Bear roared loudly: "The Anton army listens to the order, raises the spear, kills!"
However, the barrage of arrows from the Chuang army did not stop, and they continued to greet the Anton army. As a result, the Anton army could not take care of both, and the spearmen in front had to put down their shields and pick up their spears again to respond to the enemy.
Without the protection of the shield, the spearman was exposed to the opponent's arrow rain.
Chapter completed!