The battlefield is crowded with people, and the sound of hooves is like thunder. Looking at the opponent's formations from a distance, they are all large and small, irregular square formations.
Thousands of people cannot all be crowded together, nor can they be too far apart. People do not need to be arranged too neatly, mainly for practicality. And even on the plains, there are crops, fields, and even houses that affect the ground.
It's flat, so it doesn't look very tidy.
The light infantry and paramilitary troops everywhere had already started fighting, and there were arrow feathers and all kinds of noises floating in the air.
On the side of the central army, the drums were beating "dong-dong-dong", as if to stimulate people's emotions, and also like some kind of urging signal.
The middle base general Yang Wei had already received the military order. He personally led three troops and more than 6,000 infantry and cavalry, taking the lead in advancing forward in a formation. More people and horses were behind to support.
Continuing the original establishment, each department has a total of more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry. However, many of them are miscellaneous soldiers who are responsible for taking care of baggage, doing chores, treating the wounded, and building roads and bridges. They will not go to the battle formation.
Come up and kill.
Even three years ago, Yang Wei did not dare to imagine that he could become a well-known general in the entire Wei army and even in Luoyang officialdom!
Given his background, he had only planned to practice martial arts and marching formation skills so that he could make a living by relying on his abilities. If he could not become a general of the Chinese and foreign armies, he could still be recruited by a wealthy family as a private military general.
But it’s completely different now. Yang Wei is not only a general, but also a member of the current ruling group. Because Guan Qiu Jian’s rebellion was to replace him, Yang Wei’s hatred for Guan Qiu Jian is no less than Qin Liang’s hatred for the thieves
military hostility.
In addition, he could also think that this huge battle was an excellent opportunity to enhance his reputation. In the future, countless generals and even military-loving noble officials will definitely discuss the process of this battle in detail and summarize the gains and losses. Yang Wei's Ministry
As the first person to launch an attack on the front, his name will definitely be mentioned constantly!
As an official becomes bigger, it is easier to think about more things. Yang Wei took a deep breath, tried his best to put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, and focused on the battle itself.
At this moment, the men and horses in the front were already fighting with the enemy, and they were still shooting at each other with bows and crossbows.
"Bang, bang, bang..." The sound of the strings is like fried beans, very dense, and the number of arrows here is doubled compared to the scene in other directions.
The enemy troops have already deployed their troops in formation to project. Such firepower is much more intense than those of guerrillas.
The mixed organization of the middle camp is the one that suffers when it comes to crossbow shooting. Because the army and the army have all kinds of arms in one department; the number of archers and crossbowmen alone is naturally not as good as the opponent's side army who is responsible for shooting.
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In the past, the Lujiang Army relied on torqued catapults to suppress the opponent's light troops over long distances, forcing the opponent to use regular troops to fight. However, this time the Chinese army marched hundreds of miles, and heavy weapons such as catapults were not transported in time.
But it's not a big problem. There are shield soldiers in front to resist the direct fire of some enemy soldiers. The soldiers in the formation are also wearing armor. Arrows generally cannot penetrate the armor. Only if you are unlucky and hit a weak spot, you will be injured.
When a partial army is facing off, the result cannot be achieved after a long time of shooting, because everyone has armor; the victory or defeat still depends on the main army, the elite who dare to rush forward and fight in close combat.
"Shoot!" the general in front shouted. The sword and shield soldiers in the front row immediately stopped advancing and squatted down together. The comprehensive crossbow soldiers in the back held powerful crossbows and fired them into the distance with "crackling".
The archers at the rear were also drawing their bows and firing. Arrows were flying everywhere in mid-air and in front, almost filling the entire space. The current middle camp, due to the recruitment of a large number of Chinese and foreign military personnel, already had no shortage of well-trained bowmen. soldiers.
Then there was another "Shoot again", and the crossbowmen in the second row stepped forward from the gap in the crowd and fired another round of volley. The soldiers who had just finished firing were all busy nervously, cocking the crossbows. .
Each team stopped and walked like this, while using bows and crossbows to counterattack, while letting the heavy infantry behind them advance in formation. The heavy infantry in the middle carried super long spears, and they did not move very fast after forming a horizontal line.
At this time Yang Wei ordered: "The front cavalry is ready to attack!"
The cowhide drum hung in front of the soldier sounded "dong dong dong", and the two flags beside Yang Wei began to shake rhythmically. The leather drum here was relatively small, and the sound did not travel far on the noisy battlefield, but it allowed It was easy for the generals at the front to hear the noise.
After a while, the cavalry on the two wings of the front were dispatched. The light cavalry who could gallop came first. Some shouted "kill", while others kicked the horses and cursed the other party's female relatives. The troops rushed forward. The enemy's light troops.
The cavalry galloping cannot shoot the infantry, but the maneuver speed is very fast. As long as the enemy's rangers are driven away first, and when they get close to the enemy's formation, they can change their swords and charge. The enemy's light infantry is also very smart, and there is no attempt to resist the light cavalry. See Retreat immediately!
A slow-running rebel archer was stabbed directly in the back when the cavalry passed by in a roundabout way. With a scream of "Ah", the man fell to the ground. He was still alive and was lying in the mud. Struggling to crawl forward.
"Kill! Kill..." There was a shout from the military formation on the opposite side, the sound of horse hooves "rumbling", groups of horse soldiers waving their weapons, and the killer was coming.
The officers and soldiers formed a column of light cavalry. They circled in a circle, galloping and evading at the same time. The groups of spear cavalry behind them had already picked up their weighted spears and killed the general from the front!
The cavalry columns on both sides charged back and forth. At first, the rebel cavalry was overwhelmed by the dense spears and was at a disadvantage. The official cavalry soldiers who lost their spears replaced their spears with hand-guns and fought with the opponent.
After the cavalry battle occupied the place, the army infantry stopped stopping and continued to advance. As the space in front became smaller and smaller, the cavalry troops became denser and denser, and the cavalry soldiers who were unable to charge fell into a melee. Neither side was willing After fighting like this, they gradually began to separate, and when the trumpet sounded, the troops retreated.
The regular infantry of the rebels on the opposite side also came up. In front of them were pure troops holding halberds, covered in black helmets and armor. They looked like elite infantry!
The menacing rebels with halberds slowed down in front of the front of the official army. Because there were dense spears in front, not only the formation was dense, but the second row of spears also extended to the front, making it look dense. thorns.
People are not stupid. If they run up like this, they won't be stabbed by the dense spears and bleed all over their bodies?
The rebel infantry could only slow down and formed a dense array, holding halberds and trying to knock off the opponent's spears. The scene became very strange. Countless people on both sides were wielding long weapons and using their weight to attack from top to bottom. Hit the opponent's wooden pole.
"Crack, crackle..." The muffled sound of wood hitting each other was dense and dense. From a distance, it seemed like two groups of farmers were fighting over and digging for some treasure in the middle.
Even the officers and soldiers could hear the rebel general's yelling, "Charge forward and crush the rebel army!"
But no matter how the generals shouted, no one was willing to rush forward like this, because the first batch of people would definitely die! People are alive, who would be willing to commit suicide? The instinct of survival will also prevent everyone from doing that. What people can do,
I just didn't dare to retreat.
As the front of the formation advanced, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. Everyone stared at each other with wide eyes. With a cry of pain, a rebel soldier's hand was first hit by the tip of a spear and was injured, and blood flowed.
, the halberd was also discarded by him.
The spears of the officers and soldiers were so long that the rebels' halberds could not reach them! At this time, the spears of the officers and soldiers could not pierce the opponent, but they could start to continuously injure the opponent by swinging them up and down.
The situation of the soldiers in the front row of the rebels was really terrible! They were blocked by their own people behind them, and there was no place to retreat. There were people on the left and right, and there were dense spears in front of them. There was no way to go to the sky, but there was a way to the earth!
The angry and panicked rebel soldiers even began to verbally abuse at this time, and some people were spitting here! "Fuck your mother!" "You fucking mother-in-law..." The obscene words in the noise were unbearable.
Into the ear.
Finally, someone was cornered. A rebel soldier threw away his halberd, pulled out his sword from his waist, and crawled forward from the ground! But he was soon discovered by the officers and soldiers, and he was hit by a spear.
He was hit on the ground, and then stabbed diagonally on his back. He screamed "Ahhhh", which was very scary.
However, the rebel soldier gave an example, and soon several soldiers followed suit and crawled forward from below.
The spears of the army are very long and not flexible. There are two rows of spears in front of them. As long as a person crawling on the ground can avoid those two rows of spears, he can completely avoid the spear attacks.
Finally, a rebel soldier crawled to the opposite side and slashed the person's leg with a sword. "Fuck!" The person who was hit by the knife screamed and was still cursing. Soon some officers and soldiers threw their spears.
He pulled out his sword and slashed at the enemies on the ground, causing blood mist to fly in the crowd.
People on both sides threw away their long weapons from time to time and crawled in the middle to fight. The rebels were forced to have no way out, and the officers and soldiers were here to prevent those people from coming to chop off their legs!
However, no matter how hard they struggled, when the spearheads of the spears got closer, the officers and soldiers began to thrust forward, which was more lethal, and the armor could not stop the constant thrusts. The halberdiers in the front row of the rebels suffered heavy casualties.
Keep moving back.
The originally damp mud ground no longer affected traffic much, but now patches of mud appeared on the ground, which was blood and soil!
At this time, the rebel generals probably realized that the spear formation of the official army could not be contained in the front, so they mobilized more heavy infantry from other phalanxes in the distance and charged towards the front of the official army.
However, the official army was composed of three units in the shape of a pin, attacking at the same time. At this time, the friendly troops at the rear began to shoot with bows and crossbows to cover the flanks of the front. Several groups of cavalry behind also mounted their horses, waiting for the general's order.
The sound of killing on the ground was loud, and in the crowd of infantrymen who were charging from a distance, the swords, spears and halberds were shaking like boiling water.
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(Thanks to the book friend "Remembering Past Love" for being another ally.)