Chapter six hundred and twentieth chapter bull's knife test
The old wife draws paper to make a chess game, while the young boy knocks needles to make fishing hooks.
But if you have an old friend to offer you Lumi, what else can you ask for in addition to your tiny body?
——Excerpt from "Jiangcun" by Du Fu
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Ten days later, the two sides squared off on Yanwuping and fought again.
There were 500 Sichuan disciples plus 100 elite rural warriors, totaling 600 soldiers. The Anbeiting Army dispatched 1,800 cavalry.
In terms of the number of people and horses, this is a duel with a huge disparity in power.
Regardless of whether they are on foot or on horseback, all soldiers during the exercise will replace their spear tips, spearheads and arrow clusters. For example, the Spear Army only wraps the head of the stick with a linen ball and dips it in ink to replace the sharp knife to prevent the sword and gun from being blind and causing harm to people.
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The war drums rumbled, and the exercise officially began.
Yuchi's cavalry roared, and one thousand and eight cavalrymen divided into three groups and rushed toward the Bagua formation.
Tang Kui stood on a high platform in the formation and could see clearly. With an order, the ordering soldiers waved their flags and launched the formation.
Long before charging into the formation, Yuchi Qiaoqi had carefully studied the improved Bagua formation. The area where he rushed into the formation was exactly the battlefield guarded by Shaanzhou Xiangyong.
Yuchi Qiaoqi waved his long spear and galloped, thinking: "After I overwhelm the Xiangyong position, the Sichuan gang will definitely give me small shoes and tell me to pick out the soft fruits."
A scholar’s view!
I don’t care about such frivolous things as face. There is no sense of propriety, justice or shame on the battlefield. You will either be decapitated or decapitated!”
Before Yuchi Hussar could finish his thoughts, three lines of cavalry had already charged into the formation.
Boosted by the speed of the horse, the force of the long spear exceeds a thousand points. Even if there is no spear, even if the warrior is wearing armor, if he is stabbed in the body by the cavalry's long spear, it can still cause considerable trauma.
Immediately after Changsha's thrust, there was an even more violent impact from the war horse.
The cavalrymen of Anbeiting are not only extremely brave, but also have superb equestrian skills. They accurately control the rhythm of the horses. At the moment when the horse speed reaches its peak, the horses roar towards them and slam into the battle formation.
The powerful impact produced by the horses sprinting at full speed is no less than the huge boulders thrown by the trebuchet. Especially when thousands of horses rush into the formation at the same time, the momentum is overwhelming and overwhelming.
In a usual battle formation, several rows of two-foot-long sharp spears would be set up in front of the shield and fish scale formation, which could penetrate the belly of the charging horses.
During the exercise, in order to avoid causing damage to the war horses, the defense layer of the spear formation was removed.
The high-ranking generals watching the battle from the high platform couldn't help but sweat for the country warriors.
At the moment when the war horses and the defenders were about to collide, three gates suddenly appeared in the phalanx, like the wide square mouth of a giant beast, swallowing three lines of cavalry into the formation.
Like a crystal-eyed beast coming across the waves, the warriors quickly moved out of three passages, allowing the cavalry to cross the formation.
The horses charging at full strength are all charging in a straight line. If one of the horses changes direction, it will disrupt the entire horse formation.
The cavalry could only pass through the formation. It was like an iron fist hitting cotton, and the accumulated strength of thousands of cavalry was easily dissolved.
Yuchi's cavalry gathered up the troops in time and ordered the three cavalry groups to form one line, spread out in a row, divide into three rows, turn around and charge into the formation.
Yuchi Qiaoqi thought to himself: "Now, let me see how you change your formation!"
Yuchi Qiao took the lead and led his cavalry into the formation.
Hundreds of cavalry roared in again, like the tide of the Qiantang River, one wave after another, surging.
However, because the sprint route was shortened by the large formation, the power of the sprint this time was not as strong as before.
The local warriors did not dare to be careless. They used their shields to form a fish scale formation and stuck them tightly together to withstand the thunderous impact of the cavalry.
The elite rural warriors who entered the battle this time were all people with strong internal strength. They showed no fear in the face of the thundering horses.
Their feet were on the ground, shoulder to shoulder, shouting defensive chants in unison!
"Hey! Hey!"
General Bai told them that the first round of the cavalry's attack was the most critical. As long as they withstood the first round of attack, they would be able to turn around.
The fish scale formation formed by the elite local warriors is like a copper wall and an iron wall, not giving an inch.
The first wave of attacks failed, and the cavalry trapped in front of the fish scale formation was unable to advance or retreat, and was restless.
Under the organization of Yuchi's Hussars, the cavalry tried to turn around and launch a second wave of charge.
Just when half of the cavalry turned around and retreated, Tang Kui changed formation again. The Bagua formation was like a snake on the Changshan Mountain, curling up from head to tail, drawing half of the cavalry into the formation.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yuchi's cavalry quickly turned around again and led the remaining cavalry to charge into the formation again.
This time, the formation did not encounter much resistance. The formation suddenly collapsed and countless gaps appeared.
The cavalry did not wait for the general's orders, and rushed into the formation from the gap like a flood breaking a dam.
Before Yuchi's cavalry had time to react, he was surrounded by a large group of people and washed down.
After a few ups and downs, Yuchi Hussar found that most of the soldiers around him had been scattered, and several messengers had disappeared.
Yuchi's cavalry thought that his cavalry had broken through the formation, but he did not expect to be drawn into several small formations from one large formation.
The disciples of the Sichuan Clan in the large formation focused on defense, while the disciples of the Sichuan Clan in the small formation turned from defense to offense, using spears and crossbows to attack the cavalry trapped in the formation.
The cavalry team was instantly dispersed, and there was no longer any tacit understanding between them. The attack did not have enough cover, the defense lost contact, and the offensive and defensive advance and retreat were no longer organized.
Huyan Tieyi, as the attacker's backup, could be clearly seen from the hillside outside the formation.
One thousand eight hundred cavalrymen were divided into seven or eight circular formations by the Bagua formation.
Yuchi Hussar, as the cavalry general, was trapped in the formation. It seemed that the soldiers could not find the general and would not be able to find the soldiers. In fact, there was only a wall between each team of cavalry. Once it was cleared, they could immediately regroup and reorganize their troops and horses.
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However, the authorities were confused, and thousands of cavalrymen were trapped in a large formation, leaderless, in a chaotic mess, ready to be slaughtered.
Huyan Tieyi couldn't hold himself any longer and personally led five hundred cavalry to rush down the hillside.
He didn't have the nerve to rush into the formation directly. He just wanted to skim the formation outside the Bagua formation, trying to alert Yuchi Hussar and other cavalry generals to pay attention by shouting loudly outside the formation.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Huyan Tieyi reached the edge of the Bagua array, the array was like a living creature, swallowing up five hundred cavalry in one mouthful.
Seeing Huyan Tieyi falling in the formation, Tang Kui waved his flag, and the Bagua formation transformed. Sichuan disciples and Xiangyong elites exchanged positions and interspersed their movements.
Huyan Tieyi felt his eyes blurred, and his thoughts about breaking the formation that he had just managed to sort out were instantly confused.
Only when you go deep into the formation can you realize how powerful this formation is.
The Bagua Array is like a maze, making it impossible to tell the difference between east, west and north. What is even more frightening is that the light in the array is dim, sand and rocks are flying around, and a human figure can be seen ten steps away.
Huyan Tieyi suddenly felt something bad.
At this moment, a group of cavalry "broke out of the wall" from the formation, cut off the five hundred cavalry in half, and drowned them.
When the enemy comes, he cuts them down with his sword and joins his own cavalry in a massacre.
"The soldiers defending the Bagua Formation are all infantry, how can there be cavalry?" Huyan Tieyi knew that the opponent could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, so he shouted loudly.
However, the shouts of killing were so loud that Hu Yan Tieyi's voice could not be heard at all.
With great difficulty, both sides restrained their troops and stopped fighting. At this moment, two more hundred-man cavalrymen came in like a tornado and once again strangled the troops who had stopped fighting together.
The undercurrent of the whirlpool has formed, and no one can stop the two sides from stopping.
Caught in a battle, no one can stay aloof and watch.
All cavalrymen wield their weapons instinctively, just to better protect themselves, even if they are killing their own comrades.
If you don’t kill others, you will be killed by others!
This is the instinct to survive!
"Rumble"
Under the commander's banner, three cannons were fired, and the Bagua array sounded gold and retreated.
The disciples of the Sichuan Clan and the elite local warriors faded away like the tide.
Hundreds of cavalry were seriously injured and fell off their horses, falling to the ground and screaming...
"Strangulated four times the enemy, but still has enough energy left!"
The high-ranking generals watching the battle are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Their combat prowess is astonishing.
The generals looked at each other and saw the deep fear in each other's eyes!