Chapter seven hundred and thirty eight disparity duel
A sharp roar from the frontline soldiers and horses caused the Turkic cavalry behind them, who were stunned by the shells, to react quickly.
The Turkic cavalry present, who were not elite soldiers who had survived several national wars, or were veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles, quickly opened the distance between each other and dispersed the charge formation.
Once the charge formation of the mainland cavalry was dispersed, the power of the artillery was shown to be insufficient.
The number of enemy troops injured by one cannonball is slightly less than the 30% effectiveness of attacking the Jin Kingdom's defending troops.
However, the momentum created by the explosion of the artillery shell was enough to cause the Turkic cavalry to be negligent when controlling their horses.
No matter how powerful the crossbow was, the Turkic cavalry would not dare to be so reckless when charging.
With the interval between the first wave of artillery and crossbow attacks, the Turkic cavalry's superb riding and shooting skills were fully demonstrated.
A feathered arrow shot through the air, heading towards the dragon's infantry phalanx to cover it.
Facing the bows and arrows fired by the Turkic cavalry, the shield hands of the dragon soldiers and horses only blocked half of the arrow clusters, and the clanging sound was mixed with the screams of the robes behind them.
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Ashinamo waved a scimitar in one hand and held an exquisite hand crossbow in the other: "My sons, spread out your formation and shoot in a roundabout way."
After the order was passed several times, the Turkic cavalry immediately moved toward the outer perimeter of the dragon's soldiers and horses, and began to use their speed advantage to launch a kite-flying strategy against the dragon's soldiers and horses.
Wan Mingliang and Yun Chong each commanded a group of troops and horses. Watching the formation changes of the Turkic cavalry, their expressions did not change and the flags in their hands were waved frequently.
“Archer, let go!”
The dragon archers, who had already bent their bows and unloaded their arrows, quickly stood up behind the shield bearers and shot at the Turkic cavalry that were outflanking on both sides.
A wave of arrows, denser than the Turkic arrow rain, shot at the rushing Turkic cavalry.
Screams came one after another, and from time to time a Turkic cavalryman fell under his horse, and finally died tragically under the hooves of his own horse.
However, the number of Turkic cavalry troops lost in the rain of arrows aroused the idea of Wan Mingliang and the others, who hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked at the fast Turkic cavalry.
Seeing the fine armor and protective equipment on the Turkic soldiers and horses, the two frowned slightly.
No wonder that in the past, a wave of arrows that could damage dozens or even hundreds of troops had such little effect today. It turned out that the Turkic cavalry had already given up their leather armor and replaced it with sophisticated and strong armor.
The two of them knew without thinking about the origin of these armors that they must have come from the remnants of the Jin Kingdom.
Given the character of the Jin Kingdom who did not even leave a hair behind before retreating, they were able to obtain enough armor to replace 80% of the Turkic cavalry with excellent equipment.
Today's Turkic cavalry is also the same as our own soldiers. The entire army is armored, and the gap in military equipment has been almost completely made up.
In this way, this battle is really evenly matched.
The second wave of artillery bombardment caused the Turkic cavalry to halt again for a moment. Dalong's archers immediately seized the opportunity and covered it with arrows.
The casualties caused to the Turkic cavalry this time were obviously heavier.
“Report, the enemy troops are attacking from the left towards the center of our army’s formation, obviously intending to break up our army’s formation.”
The words of the lookout made Wan Mingliang look away immediately. He saw that a group of cavalry with about two to three thousand men had completed a large detour and was already charging towards the position of the central army. He hurriedly waved the command flag in his hand.
“The shield-bearers cover, the archers assist, hooks, sickles and spears, and the sword-men come forward.”
Following Wan Mingliang's command flag, the defensive formation of the Chinese army in Dalong Square began to change immediately.
The archers' rain of arrows blocked the impact speed of the enemy cavalry. The hooks, sickles, and spears at the rear were quickly supplemented by the swordsmen.
The Turkic cavalry who shot a wave of arrows put the bows and arrows on their backs, waved the scimitars in their hands and began to attack the army formation on the left.
Now that he was wearing sophisticated armor, the enemy's arrow rain only caused a small number of casualties to our own troops. Compared with previous charges, the losses were negligible. This suddenly gave the Turkic cavalry a great encouragement and showed their best performance.
Twelve points of strength rushed towards the enemy dragon.
Seeing the enemy army in front of them, the Turkic cavalry who thought they would ride on their horses suddenly saw the shield bearers of the dragon soldiers and horses quickly retreating from both sides, leaving a huge gap.
However, the speed of the war horses could no longer be controlled, and the Turkic cavalry in the van could only grit their teeth and continue to attack.
As long as Dalong's infantry is cleared of a hole, our troops can be divided into groups to outflank each of their formations. If they stand together, the enemy's artillery and crossbows will not dare to shoot for fear of accidentally injuring the soldiers.
At this time, the advantage of the cavalry was reflected in the charge.
As soon as about 1,500 Turkic cavalry rushed into the gap left by the dragon's shield-bearers, the shield-bearers immediately rushed forward again, holding up their shields to desperately resist the subsequent impact of more than a thousand cavalry.
As soon as the Turkic cavalry reacted, the halberdiers and archers wielding weapons on both sides slashed at the enemy with their swords.
The scene where spears and halberds penetrated flesh and knives saw blood was instantly staged. More than a thousand cavalrymen were crushed and strangled by a group of hungry wolf-like dragon infantry.
The more than a thousand cavalrymen who were blocked by the shields barely managed to break through a gap. The scimitars in their hands had just killed some enemies. What greeted them was the impact of the swordsmen and the attack of the hooks and sickles.
The superiority of the cavalry was suppressed in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the following cavalry immediately put away their scimitars and turned around on both sides of their horses' heads. They fired back again with the bows and arrows in their hands, hoping to help Pao Ze, who was trapped in the enemy's formation, reduce some pressure.
However, what made them helpless was that even with their own help, more than 1,500 brothers who were trapped in the enemy's formation were all killed before they could hold on for even a quarter of an hour.
Surrounded by groups, they were unable to attack at all, so they were treated as living targets for meritorious service by the spearmen.
Ashnamo was commanding his troops while paying attention to the tribal warriors under his command who were attacking the army's formation.
Seeing the scene of the enemy killing thousands of men effortlessly, I realized that although the advantage of the cavalry was powerful, the disparity in strength between the two sides made it impossible for them to attack and had been forged into iron.
An infantry phalanx with one barrel.
Although the enemy troops are infantry, their coordination is too perfect. The coordination of various arms is far beyond what our single cavalry can break.
Coupled with the huge disparity in strength, thousands of troops simply cannot shake the enemy's formation.
Looking at the cavalry fighting around him, Ashinamo wanted to order a team of soldiers and horses to come to the rescue, but after searching for a long time, he discovered that the cavalry on both sides had fallen into a chaotic melee, and there was no gap at all.
Soldiers and horses.
“Send the order, outflank and fight back on both sides, use bows and arrows against the enemy, and stop attacking the enemy’s formation.”
“Get the order!”
Ashinamo's mind was agitated, Wan Mingliang's and Yun Chong's minds were equally unable to calm down.
Although our infantry made great achievements in killing the enemy, the situation of our cavalry is not optimistic.
In their observation, in the past, relying on the superiority of troops in battles with Turkic cavalry, they could often defeat one against two without losing.
Nowadays, when an enemy is killed, one's own soldiers and horses have to pay a certain price, and nearly 60% of the soldiers and horses suffer casualties on a one-for-one basis.
Compared to the duel between infantry and cavalry, the charge between cavalry and cavalry is truly evenly matched.