The earth-shattering sound of leather drums sounded, and 80,000 nomadic cavalry launched into action. Tens of thousands of horses galloped, and the earth was shaking. It stirred up dust all over the sky, and it was like a mountain collapsing and the earth was cracking. It was like a tsunami, and they were attacking the Western Army's formation with an unstoppable momentum.
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This is the most powerful advantage of the nomadic cavalry. It impacts the enemy with a force that can shake the sky, putting strong psychological pressure on the enemy. Once the enemy cannot withstand such a powerful impact, it will be completely defeated.
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If they encountered the decadent Northern Song army, they would most likely see the scene they were looking forward to, like the Battle of Fuping, where 200,000 Song troops collapsed, and they would scramble to escape and be completely defeated.
It's a pity that they encountered the Western Army who had experienced hundreds of battles. They were the most elite team among the 600,000 Western Army. They were also the most powerful Han army in the world. Their hearts felt as if they were made of iron. Mount Tai collapsed before their eyes without causing any chaos.
Ten thousand crossbowmen stepped forward together, raising the divine arm crossbow. Behind them were 60,000 spear infantry, and only 30,000 cavalry. Of course, Liu Qiong also led 30,000 cavalry to ambush behind the enemy, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
The overwhelming cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the sky was covered with dust. The army was only 300 steps away from the Western Army. Suddenly, the Western Army drummed loudly, and the first round of 10,000 crossbows flew away like a storm.
The cavalry in galloping.
Although the cavalry did not have shields, they were highly skilled in riding and hid under their horses. However, the crossbows of the Western Army were too dense. Countless horses and soldiers were still hit by the crossbows, rolled to the ground, and were trampled to pieces by the horses behind them.
mud.
Immediately after the Western Army's second row of crossbows and the third row of crossbows were fired, the second round began again. In just two hundred steps, the Western Army fired 60,000 crossbows, and the nomadic cavalry also paid a heavy price.
At the cost, eight thousand cavalrymen were shot by missing crossbows and died on the ground.
At this time, the enemy army had already reached 80 steps away, and the 30,000 Western Army crossbowmen quickly retreated and disappeared into the formation.
Behind the crossbowmen are nine thousand heavy armored infantry. They are wearing heavy armor and holding three-pointed two-edged knives made of fine steel, which can be used for slashing and stabbing. The three-pointed two-edged sword is one foot and eight inches long. They squat on
On the ground, the handle of the knife is pressed against the earth, and the tip of the knife is at a sixty-degree angle. Their task is to withstand the first wave of enemy attacks.
More than 70,000 troops were galloping towards them, getting closer and closer, reaching fifty steps away. They also saw the forest of swords in front of them. They fired arrows while running without thinking, and the arrows hit the heavy armored infantry like raindrops.
But he couldn't shoot through the armor, and the arrows missed and fell to the ground.
The armor of the heavy armored infantry came from the Jurchen iron pagoda cavalry. Chen Qing abandoned the heavy vests and changed the heavy armor of the cavalry to the heavy armor of the infantry. Ordinary bows and crossbows could not penetrate. Only the Western Army's heavy divine arm crossbows could shoot within a hundred paces.
Shooting through, this is also the main reason why the Jin soldiers and iron pagodas killed the Song army to pieces.
The nine thousand heavy-armored infantry remained motionless, and no one was shot down by an arrow. The nomadic cavalry had already rushed twenty steps away, and their faces were clearly visible distorted by fear. At this time, they were involuntarily unable to stop.
Once the war horse stops, it will be knocked over and trampled by the powerful impact force behind it.
Amidst the shrill screams, the nomadic cavalry rushed into the Western army's formation. The sharp three-pointed two blades pierced the bodies of the horses and cavalry. Thousands of people fell to the ground. Then the heavy armored infantry stood up and waved three weapons.
The pointed two-edged sword slashed at the charging enemy cavalry. Behind them appeared ten thousand throwers, which were the crossbowmen just now. In addition to retaining ten thousand of the thirty thousand crossbowmen, the remaining twenty thousand turned into spearmen and spearmen.
Throwing hand.
The thrower struggled to throw 10,000 fine steel spears into the enemy crowd, which was extremely lethal. Countless cavalry and war horses were pierced by the sharp short spears. Then the second round and the third round of fine steel short spears were thrown.
The more than 10,000 cavalrymen who rushed at the front encountered continuous attacks, and almost the entire army was destroyed. A large number of physical barriers were piled up in front of the Western Army's formation, and the powerful cavalry shock wave finally eased.
"Woo——" The horn sounded in the Western Army camp. This was an order to change formations. The soldiers changed formations while running. Thirty thousand cavalry rushed out to block the enemy troops coming from behind. The three Western Army formations quickly
It turned into a circular formation, with heavy armored infantry on the outermost ring, spear infantry on the second and third floors, and crossbowmen, throwers and chariots behind.
The heavy armored infantry are not always on the outside, and will rotate with the spearmen inside at any time to maintain the soldiers' physical strength.
This kind of iron barrel formation has three major benefits. The first is to slow down the sharp killing of the enemy and give the enemy room to gather and disperse, so that they will not retreat easily. When the enemy finally retreats in surprise, they often have suffered heavy casualties.
, which is a tactic of boiling a frog in warm water.
The second biggest benefit is that it can greatly reduce the number of casualties of the Western Army. The iron barrel protects the crossbowmen and throwers, as well as the chariots inside. This is also a method that the Western Army gradually figured out after countless actual battles.
An effective tactic against cavalry.
The third biggest advantage is that infantry can use collective strength to deal with cavalry. This is a summary of infantry's actual combat thousands of years later. Infantry has only one way to deal with cavalry, which is to form a square formation and use collective strength to deal with cavalry. The iron barrel formation also follows this principle.
This principle.
But the Western Army's Iron Barrel Formation has many features, especially the use of tanks, which is a huge innovation. Forty-five tanks are hidden in the formation, and they have opened their car covers, revealing the heavy trebuchets inside.
, can throw eight kilograms of wooden barrels of fire thunder a hundred steps away.
"Woo--" The horn sounded again, and the Western cavalry retreated like a tide, revealing three giant iron barrel formations. The pressure on the nomadic cavalry who suffered heavy casualties suddenly decreased, and they breathed a long sigh of relief. They were reduced to pieces.
Decompose them into their own small tribal armies, regardless of the divisions between the central army and the left and right armies, and decompose them into thirteen armies to attack the Western Army's formation.
This is also inevitable. The Iron Bucket Formation is a defensive formation and is very easy for the attacker. But just as the most powerful defense is offense, sometimes the sharpest offense is also defense.
Thirteen cavalry groups surrounded the three iron barrel formations and launched continuous offensives in an attempt to tear apart the Western Army's defense line. However, they were met with iron fist-like counterattacks.
'Peng! Peng! Peng!'
The trebuchet made a huge noise and threw wooden barrels of fire mines into the enemy group. The fire mines exploded in the enemy group. Although the impact was not powerful, thousands of poison-quenched iron nails were scattered everywhere, covering a radius of more than ten feet.
No one on the cavalry was spared, especially the war horse. The iron nail was shot into the body of the war horse. This move was very vicious. There would be no symptoms for the time being when the poisonous nail penetrated the body. However, after at most half an hour, the poison would take effect and the war horse would fall down.
On the ground, they could no longer run, and the cavalry who lost their horses could only be slaughtered with their hands tied.
The sound of barrel fire thunder is loud, but its lethality is not great. The real threat to the enemy cavalry is the crossbow arrows. The crossbow arrows are fired from the large formation and are very accurate, making it difficult for the enemy cavalry to guard against them. Some cavalrymen are constantly hit by arrows and knocked off their horses.
At the same time, there was also a short steel spear thrown by the throwing hand. Hundreds of people were killed in one round of throwing the short spear, making the nomadic cavalry terrified.
The two sides fought fiercely for an hour, and the nomadic cavalry had suffered more than half casualties. Erhan finally realized that something was wrong, and he unknowingly suffered more than half of his casualties. This was simply terrible. Normally, they would have to retreat if they suffered 30% casualties, but now they had more than half of their casualties and were still unconscious.
Erhan found Hushahu and shouted: "Your Majesty, we have suffered more than half of our casualties. We can no longer fight and must retreat!"
At this time, Guishan also rushed over and said: "The casualties of the Mengwu tribe have exceeded 60%. I beg the prince to order a retreat!"
Hu Shahu also saw the hidden secrets of the Western Army. If this continues, they will suffer all casualties. He immediately ordered: "Send the order for the entire army to retreat!"
"Woo--Woo--"
The horn of withdrawal finally sounded, and the exhausted nomadic cavalry retreated like a tide. They all used three-axe tactics. The front was overwhelming and unstoppable. But once they withstood their attack and entered a stalemate, the fighting spirit of the nomadic cavalry would be reduced.
It quickly faded and morale began to slump.
At this time, their fighting spirit was completely gone. When they heard the horn sound of retreat, everyone turned their horses and fled. Chen Qing was waiting for this moment. He immediately ordered: "Cavalry attack!"
"Winter! Winter! Winter!"
The drums of the attack sounded, and the 30,000 cavalry who had been recuperating behind rushed out. The nomadic cavalry had no intention of fighting and fled in defeat. Less than three miles away, Liu Qiong's 30,000 cavalry came out in front.
Two cavalrymen attacked front and back.
Tens of thousands of nomadic cavalry completely collapsed and fled in all directions. They were killed and cried for their fathers and mothers. Corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed into rivers. Many cavalry horses were hit by poisonous nails, and the consequences were obvious. The horses fell down, twitched, and could not move.
The cavalrymen were beheaded by the galloping Western troops.
In this battle, there were 80,000 cavalrymen, but in the end less than 10,000 people escaped, and 70,000 nomadic cavalrymen died tragically on the Fengzhou battlefield.
Chen Qing immediately ordered Liu Qiong's 30,000 cavalry to march into Fengzhou and wipe out the logistics tribes in Fengzhou.
After receiving the news, 10,000 Jurchen cavalry fled in a hurry, leaving tens of thousands of herdsmen and tens of millions of sheep without protection, becoming the prey of the Western army.