The sky was full of arrows, accompanied by shrill screams, and the crowds in the formation continued to rise and fall with the shooting.
The strong archers in the front formation had just fired a wave of arrows, but before they could fire the second wave, countless howling Karakhan light cavalry rushed to the front of the formation.
They waved the spears and hammers in their hands and kept hitting the resisting horses in front of the formation, completely ignoring the thrusts of the spearmen in the formation. It seemed that their mission was to destroy the resisting horses in the front formation.
Another wave of arrows hit, and this was when the ordinary archers in the center started shooting. Although they used weaker bows of about seven dozen, the damage was still considerable when facing almost unarmored targets.
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With the continuous shooting of bows and arrows and the stabbing with spears, this part of Karakhan's light cavalry soon couldn't bear it any longer. They loudly greeted their companions around them and retreated amidst the screams.
But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, another group of armored cavalry rushed over. Although the armor of these armored cavalry was not very good, it was still iron armor and had better protection than the light cavalry just now.
A lot.
These armored riders are all holding long-handled hammers. They are not here to charge into the formation. Their target is still the enemy horses in front of the stacked formation. The long-handled hammers in their hands are easier to use than the spears and hammers of the Qingqi just now.
many.
"Save your energy and let the horn crossbowmen in the rear formation come forward. The front archers are not allowed to fire arrows. This is an armored cavalry. The lethality of six or seven fighting foot bows is limited!"
Zhang Zhao shot a knight off his horse with an arrow and shouted wildly. He didn't know how far his order could be spread, but he had to shout.
Fortunately, this kind of action, which was almost sacrificing lives to destroy the resisting horses, only appeared in front of the formation. The left and right wings were still mainly harassed by light cavalry. Several tribal light cavalry with obvious characteristics of the Geluolu people continued to break into the Qiluolu people.
Come within ten steps and shoot with the large array of crossbowmen.
Although due to the equipment gap between the two sides, a tribe of five or six hundred light cavalry would often retreat within a quarter of an hour due to heavy casualties.
But not long after, another group of cavalry will replace them. The Fengtian Army's arrows are decreasing like an avalanche, and the physical strength of many archers is approaching a small limit.
The rebel horses in front of the formation were already in disarray, so Zhang Zhao simply put down his bow and arrows, and jumped over alone with a long spear in hand.
He aimed at an armored knight who was swinging a long-handled hammer and stabbed him directly. Although the armored knight saw a man in golden armor rushing towards him, his habit still made him swing the long-handled hammer forward instead of hitting him.
The man in golden armor.
Just by relying on such a small gap, the long spear in Zhang Zhao's hand pierced Jia Qi's chest like a poisonous dragon. Under the action of the blood tank, a huge blood hole appeared in Jia Qi's chest, and the blood was like a bursting embankment.
Usually gushes out.
The second armored knight also saw Zhang Zhao, and the long-handled hammer in his hand happened to be in the retracted state, so he only needed to adjust the direction slightly, and the long-handled hammer came towards Zhang Zhao.
But to be honest, this thing was originally used by these Iqta heavy cavalry to break the infantry phalanx, and it was not easy to use against a flexible individual like Zhang Zhao.
Sure enough, the slow and heavy long-handled hammer hit the target empty-handed as expected. Taking advantage of this missed hit, Zhang Zhao accurately stabbed the armored knight's left chest with the long spear in his hand.
With a 'pop' sound, the chainmail armor on the armored knight could not block the spear head made of later tool steel, and the tip of the spear pierced into the armored knight's chest with the iron buckle of the chainmail armor.
The third knight was very smart. He wisely threw away the long-handled hammer in his hand and took out a pecking hammer from the side of his horse.
This is a tool similar to a miner's hoe. One end is pointed and the other is a hammer. Especially the pointed end. No matter what armor you have, if you get pecked, it will definitely be fatal.
At the critical moment, Zhang Zhao directly let go of the long stick in his hand. It was definitely too late to pull out the long stick and fight the enemy again. He shouted and hit the horse on the opposite side with all his strength.
Amidst the angry shouts, this heavy blow, which was somewhat similar to the Tieshan rely on, exerted great power. The already weak war horse was directly knocked to the side by Zhang Zhao.
The weight of the soldier's armor, plus the violent impact, made the horse unable to bear it any longer. It neighed miserably and knelt down on its left front leg, and then the whole horse fell to the ground.
Zhang Zhao drew out his horizontal sword and stabbed it into the throat of the soldier whose legs were pinned down by the horse.
The hot blood spurted onto Zhang Zhao's body. He didn't stop at all. Then he glared at the belly of the war horse. With the help of this force, he lightly jumped up and thrust the horizontal knife in his hand directly into the other war horse, which was not covered by the armor leaves.
Arrived at the place.
Horse blood, far more fishy than human blood, surged into the sky. The injured horse screamed in fear and turned around to run away. The originally neat team of armored cavalry was suddenly thrown into chaos.
"Erlangjun! Squat down!" Boarer screamed wildly. It turned out that the horned crossbowman was coming. Zhang Zhao quickly squatted on the ground.
The sound of flying crossbow arrows resounded densely above the head. The armored cavalry that had been so aggressive just fell down in large pieces. The other besieging cavalry saw that the situation was not right and hurriedly retreated. This wave of offensive was finally over.
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"Let the civilians on the mountain come down and carry the wounded up. Boil the slaughtered donkey meat now, add more salt, cook the meat till it becomes tender, and feed it to the soldiers one by one.
All the two hundred men in reserve were added to the phalanx of spearmen in front. The Karakhanites will definitely try their best in the next wave.
If we get through it, Little Miss Jinyin has everything. If we can't get through it, they won't let us go, so I will die here with you."
Zhang Zhao shouted as he walked, and soon he reached the center of the formation. He put the flag in his hand into Yin Yaozi's hand.
"Cousin, I have to stabilize the spear phalanx in front. I leave the command to you. Remember, you must arrange reasonable rotations and save water. I guess the army of the Great Sage and Emperor will not be able to use it.
It will come too soon, so we must be prepared to hold on."
"Here!" Yin Yaozi gave a cross-hand salute, then took the command flag and walked quickly to the rear formation.
Fighting on the battlefield has never been what Yin Yaozi is good at, but commanding and dispatching from the center is pretty good.
But what he is best at is actually logistics dispatch. Although Zhang Zhao's supplies are controlled by Lao Zhang Zhong, Yin Yaozi is responsible for the dispatch plan.
"Yan Jin, can you still hold it?" Taking advantage of this gap, Zhang Zhao ran to the left wing of the formation.
Yan Jin was leaning on something like a folding chair, which was also invented by Zhang Zhao and could help soldiers save energy as much as possible without removing their armor.
The original form of this thing would only appear in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty. It was basically a support frame that could be leaned on. After Zhang Zhao's improvement, it was more suitable for use on the battlefield.
Yan Jin threw an arrow to Zhang Zhao and then wanted to stand up, but Zhang Zhao quickly motioned for him not to move.
Yan Jin nodded and pointed to the tail feather of the arrow shaft. Zhang Zhao looked carefully and saw that the tail feather of this somewhat curved arrow was engraved with the words "Orgeqak Khan" in Uighur language.
"This is an arrow from the Olguchak period. The quality is very poor, and it was shot by an enemy cavalryman.
Lord, the secret behind why Saktu is so careful that nearly 20,000 cavalry dare not attack two or three thousand people is probably here.
The equipment of the knights under his command are all dug out from the spare storage, and the quality varies. As long as he continues to attack, he will be dead!"
"What Lieutenant Yan said is right. Saktu looks strong, but is actually at the end of his strength. They crossed the Snowy Mountains and the Nalen River in April and have already exhausted the team's vitality. Time is also on our side.
, If he can't attack us today, he will die tomorrow!"
Bai Congxin smiled and his eyes were shining. This was the first time that he felt that Zhang Zhao would definitely be able to do something great!
The surrounding soldiers of Hanshandu all greeted Zhang Zhao with a smile, and their morale was very high.
Zhang Zhao also smiled and nodded. He did not expect that he was feeling heavy, but the soldiers in Shandu could see it much more clearly than he could. He raised his hand and bowed solemnly to the soldiers around him.
"We will be prosperous in the future! Never forget each other, you and I will defeat powerful enemies together!"