Chapter five hundred and seventy third cavalry into battle
There was also resistance among the peasant army. Some desperate people threw the weapons in their hands at the soldiers of the Runing Army. Although this also caused some casualties to the Runing Army, the spearmen in the front row of the Runing Army were all wearing armor, and those who lost their weapons were killed immediately, so this resistance could not shake the formation of the Runing Army.
Some veterans of the peasant army also used knives and axes to chop the gun rods of spears, but the Runing Army's spears are specially made. The spear is about six feet long, and the tip of the spear is half a foot long, and there is an iron holster nearly one foot long on the gun rod in front. Therefore, it is difficult to cut off by the peasant army. So at this time, the peasant army that rushed to the front had already suffered huge casualties.
But these peasant troops must have been going on one after another. They knew that if they didn't do anything to defeat the formation of the Runing Army, everything would be repeated, and the previous sacrifice would be in vain.
As a result, many spears had corpses hanging. These corpses were either stabbed to death by spears, or were directly pushed forward by people in the back row and hung on the spear. The weight of the corpse suddenly opened up some gaps in the gun forest.
A small leader of a peasant army was stretching forward with a big knife in his hand. He jumped into the gap, waved the big knife and slashed left and right, and suddenly cut off two spears, and he was about to come to the other party. But at this moment, his lower abdomen stinged, and the pain immediately made all his strength in his body be instantly drained. The spear in the back row stared at him and stabbed him in an instant...
Yang Chengzu, who was commanding, kept hitting his thighs with a horse whip. Anyone who was familiar with his habits knew that he was regretting it. In order to fight quickly and to guard against the Ru Ning Army's muskets, Yang Chengzu did not send archers to shoot arrows first this time. But now the two armies are entangled and it is impossible to shoot arrows anymore. So Yang Chengzu gave a few instructions to a general beside him, and the general immediately summoned the rear team and pressed forward.
The peasant army in the front team had been beaten to a scattered attack. Seeing that things were not done, the leader of the peasant army commanded him to ask the soldiers to retire and recuperate for a while. However, they did not dare to retreat too far, just to beware of the Runing Army standing in a complete formation.
When the soldiers of the Runing Army saw the peasant army retreat, they breathed a little relieved. Although there were not much casualties in the battle just now, the blood splashing face to face still made people feel particularly nervous.
But before the Runing army could take a few breaths, the peasant army in the front row rushed up again in the cracks between the peasant army.
When the Runing Army lined up the gun forest again, the peasant soldiers in the back row ran to nearly ten steps, but immediately stopped, picked up the javelin and hand axe and threw it over. Although they were protected by armor, they could not stop such heavy long-range weapons, so a large area of the front rows of the Runing Army's phalanx fell down.
"Kill!" Taking advantage of the chaos of the Ru Ning army, the peasant army who had thrown the javelin and hand axe rushed up again.
But these peasant soldiers didn't know. They were all veterans of the Runing Army. When they saw the front rows falling to the ground, the rear rows of axe gunmen immediately put down their axe guns, pointed the tip of the gun directly in front, and quickly formed a gun forest.
This time, when the peasant soldiers faced the gun forest, they also changed their tactics. Many people fell to the ground to avoid the gun forest and rolled forward to approach the front row of soldiers of the Runing Army.
However, the soldiers of the peasant army soon discovered that this approach was futile. Because in addition to musket shooting, the musketeers of the Runing Army also had another task, which was to be short-distance weapons and melee troops.
Seeing more and more enemies crawling forward under the spear, some musket soldiers handed over the musket to the back team, pulled out the swords on their bodies, and also entered the underside of the spear.
"Rise the spear! Don't bow your head! Below are your brothers protecting you, your enemies are right in front of you." During the battle, the officers in front of the Runing Army were still shouting loudly, just to prevent their subordinates from being distracted.
This is true. Although they are all veterans and have basically participated in the battle, they will be nervous when they see the enemy crawling over on the ground with a knife. They also know that the spear in their hands cannot be stabbed, and even the companions behind them cannot be stabbed. This is a person who will be nervous!
It is because the corps soldiers were well-trained and had long formed the habit of strictly observing discipline that the movements of these soldiers were not deformed. However, some soldiers no longer cared about their own bottom, and they just waited for the peasant soldiers to climb in front of them and raise their knives...
"Ah! Ah!..." Screams kept coming from the underworld, but most of them were issued by the peasant army.
They are all fighting with their waists and are not used to the movements, so they are more flexible. Therefore, the musketeers who have been trained in the waist fighting have the upper hand. In addition, those axe gunmen are not dead. When they see the peasant army crawling over, they often smash the axe downward, which is definitely correct.
But in this way, the peasant army gradually got back to its disadvantages. Because there were many peasant army, many people began to go around the sides of the square formation and attack the flanks of the Runing Army.
However, the peasant army that was fighting did not notice it. The two teams of cavalry behind the Runing Army formation had already boarded their horses and began to trot and prepare for charge.
"Cabinets come on!"
"Retreat quickly!"
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The leaders around Yang Chengzu couldn't help but issue some contradictory orders. However, Yang Chengzu closed his eyes and it was too late to do anything. Although the cavalry of the peasant army was also protecting the battlefield, there were so many peasant soldiers in front of him, so his cavalry would definitely not be able to run at the speed.
The retort of the Runing cavalry was quite powerful, and it suddenly destroyed the fighting troops of the peasant army. Some peasant soldiers could no longer withstand this pressure. They began to turn around and flee towards their team, but Yang Chengzu immediately ordered the supervisory team: No one was allowed to retreat.
This is not Yang Chengzu's ruthless blood. Yang Chengzu and other leaders were also bleeding from the losses of these veterans, but he wanted to let the veterans stop the cavalry of the Runing Army and gain some time to prepare the cavalry of the peasant army.
Seeing that the battle situation ahead was unfavorable, Ma Shouying behind him, Luo Rucai and others had already arranged several teams of cavalry to come forward. In addition, Yang Chengzu was originally commanded, there were more than 3,000 cavalrymen in the peasant army at this time.
Seeing that the cavalry of the peasant army had already stepped forward, the cavalry of the Runing Army stopped chasing. They retreated to their own phalanx and began to rank the cavalry.
"Hurry up and complete the team!" Li Sanhe shouted at the commander of the infantry regiment, "Why did the muskets stop shooting just now?"
In fact, some of the musketeers of the Runing Army who had just retreated to the end of the square formation had loaded some muskets, but they had not received the order, so they did not dare to scatter.
The commander of the infantry regiment moved his lips a few times, trying to explain to Li Sanhe. But he thought that Li Sanhe was on the fire, so he saluted Li Sanhe and then hurriedly commanded the formation again.
"How is it? Can you defeat the bandit army?" Li Sanhe asked the leader of the cavalry regiment again.
The commander of the cavalry regiment was very familiar with Li Sanhe. He smiled heartlessly and said, "Here's awesome! Finally, there is a decent battle to fight."
In ancient wars, cavalry was able to deal with cavalry. There were two different battles between cavalry:
One is auxiliary. For example: reconnaissance, capturing, etc. This kind of battle considers the combat skills of the cavalry, so the nomads on the grassland have more advantages in this kind of battle. Of course, when the two armies are facing each other, the fighting between the cavalry on both sides is also this type of battle. Therefore, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the commanders of the two armies fight at night, and these battles are all auxiliary, but in fact they have no influence on the outcome of the battle.
But was it a battle between the main generals who promoted this kind of heroism during the Three Kingdoms period? Then I can only ask Luo Guanzhong.
Another type is a regular cavalry group battle, which means to examine the formation of the cavalry on both sides. In this kind of battle, personal martial arts are ignored, which depends on who is brave and whose formation is not scattered?
At the same time, the horns of the attack on both sides were sounded, the line formations were arranged, the same horses were driven, and the same accelerated charge. The cavalry of both sides began to hedge with their spears.
But although they were fighting, the cavalry of the peasant army was also getting furious, because the cavalry of the official army in front of them was too elite. They were the cavalry arrays in front of them holding spears, people wearing iron armor, and horses wearing vests. If that were just the case, it would be fine. The arrays of these cavalry of the Runing Army were extremely neat, almost like the infantry arrays just now.
This expert can tell if there is any one. This long-standing person can tell at a glance the difference between the strong and the weak soldiers and horses. The cavalry that appeared in front of him are definitely the elite among the elite.
Due to strict training, the cavalry formations of the Runing Army were arranged quite closely, leaving no gaps at all. The cavalry formations of the peasant army were much different. The gaps between their cavalry were very large, so there was always room for the horse to pull out and escape.
So when we met, the loud shouts and screams sounded almost at the same time. The peasant cavalry wearing cotton armor and chain mail could not resist the thorns on the front of the spear. What's even more sad is that the cavalry of the Runing army was specially made very long, and the weapons of the peasant cavalry could not even touch the other party. Therefore, the front row of the peasant cavalry was stabbed directly from the horse by the other party with the riding spear. In this way, the hedge would be defeated, and the cavalry in the back row would subconsciously stop the horses.
But I've already started running, so how can I stop the horse? But this subconscious action of slacking off the horse makes the already scattered formation even more unbearable.
Although the cavalry of the Runing Army was slightly hindered, they rushed in. So the cavalry of the Peasant Army wanted to escape. Although the cavalry of the Peasant Army was the most elite veteran, with the best equipment and combat skills, their escape was the strongest, and no one was willing to sacrifice his life for a hopeless battle, and even his own war horses were not willing to be damaged.
So when the cavalry of the Runing Army abandoned the enemy's cavalry spear, they pulled out the big axe and long sword hanging on the edge of the saddle, kicked the horse's belly, let the horse rush forward, and slashed vigorously with the horse's power. Suddenly, a piece of broken limbs and broken arms, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. So at this moment, the cavalry of the peasant army collapsed.
Chapter completed!