The war horses galloped, roaring like sharp arrows from the string. The rapid rise and fall of the horses' hooves echoed with the rain-like drumbeats. The knights lay on their horses, covering their faces, chest and abdomen with shields, and raised their swords in their right hands.
, whipping the war horse wildly with the back of the sword, forcing the war horse to use its last strength.
Almost everyone knows that going out into battle means dying in battle. The cavalry does have an advantage when attacking the infantry's defensive position, but the advantage does not mean there are no casualties. Judging from the effect of the first wave of conflicts just now, the Shu army's position is tight
, until those baggage trucks are dispersed, it is difficult to have any hope of breaking the formation.
There will always be victory in the end, but before that, all the knights who go out in battle will die in front of the battle, using their blood and flesh and blood to collide with the enemy's position until a gap opens in the position.
This is especially true for those knights who rush at the front. They can only use themselves and the bodies of their mounts to block the crossbows of the Shu army, buying some time for their companions behind them to charge. The distance is more than a hundred steps.
At least twenty or thirty horses will fall under the crossbows of the Shu army. People can use shields to protect them, but the horses are not armored. They can only rely on their huge bodies to receive a few more arrows and last for a longer period of time.
Their significance lies in this short period of time, and the accumulation of these short periods of time is enough to change the direction of the war.
Cavalry versus infantry, a small formation of one versus three, that is to say, in a defensive formation where cavalry charges infantry, one cavalry can face three infantry, and the casualty ratio is also very similar. Now there are two thousand elite cavalry here, and the Shu Han army
There are only more than 2,000 remaining soldiers, and everyone knows that if no reinforcements arrive, Deng Zhi and the two thousand remaining soldiers will undoubtedly be defeated, and victory will eventually belong to Sima Division.
But for those knights who use their flesh and blood to consume the fighting power of the Shu army before victory, their significance lies in how much time they can buy before death and how many enemies they can kill.
Survival is basically impossible. No matter how strong their desire to survive is, they know that they are on the road of no return.
With no way out, the Wei army knights were left with only murderous intent. They galloped and carefully controlled the horses, hoping to escape in time when the horses fell, so as not to be suppressed by the horses or knocked down by their companions behind them.
, get as close to the enemy as possible. If you can kill one or two enemies, you can at least provide some support.
The same is true for the infantry of the Shu Han Army. They are more desperate than the knights of the Wei Army. Facing the charge of the cavalry, they are under tremendous pressure. The enemy's sword, the enemy's crossbow, and the collision of the enemy's horse, no matter what, can be ignored.
They died. But they had no way out, not only because they couldn't outrun the horses, but also because Deng Zhi was asking the people to dig a hole behind them. This hole would be a trench to block the Wei cavalry in the future, but now it is a trench to block the Wei cavalry.
They escape from the line of death.
There is no way to retreat, no matter whether they are brave or cowardly, everyone can only pick up weapons and fight with their lives.
"Shoot!" Deng Zhi shouted sharply, and the ballista started roaring again.
"Spearmen prepare—"
The spearman hiding behind the baggage truck held his breath and inserted the tail of the spear in his hand into the soil. His companions in the back row stepped on it tightly. He held the spear handle tightly and adjusted the direction of the spear head.
.The spear array is the best weapon to deal with cavalry. The war horse was stabbed in the chest and abdomen by the spear, and there was almost no hope of survival. However, the impact force when the spear penetrated the body of the war horse was also amazing, and it could not be held with just two hands.
, the spear tail must be inserted into the soil. However, a broken spear can still hurt people and is very dangerous.
Dense rain of arrows hit the charging sagittal formation of the Wei army. Every ten steps forward, one layer of the sagittal formation would be eliminated, and the two or three knights at the front would be unable to hold on and fall to the ground together with their horses.
The density of the Shu-Han army's crossbows far exceeded the expectations of the Wei army's knights. On a ten-step wide position, the arrows fired were as large as those of three hundred crossbowmen. The damage caused also frightened the Wei army's knights.
But they had no way out. They could only hold their breath, pump their horses wildly, try their best to make the horses charge as fast as possible, and use their bodies to buy some time for their companions behind them.
More than a hundred steps, for the galloping war horses, it was just a blink of an eye. Although the arrow formation of the Shu Han army was fierce, it was too late to kill all the knights in front of the formation. At least sixty knights rushed in.
The position of the Shu army.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The impact was heard one after another, and the baggage cart began to shake, tremble, break, and move. The soldiers of the Shu army behind the cart were unsteady and retreated continuously. Not to be outdone, the soldiers of the Shu army pushed back.
They rushed out from behind the scattered baggage trains, holding up their spears and swords, and faced the Wei knights who rushed into the formation.
Use knives to chop, stab with spears, kill people from above, and behead horses from below. Five or six Shu soldiers gathered around a war horse and lowered their swords and spears. The knights on horseback waved their swords, condescendingly, slashing left and right. A Shu soldier
The saber-shielder put the shield on his shoulder, resisted the knight's chop, and stabbed the ring knife fiercely into the knight's abdomen with his right hand. The knight screamed, kicked wildly, and slashed the Shu saber-shielder's chest with his sword.
The top of his head was smashed so hard that sparks flew out of his iron helmet. Dao Dun was dizzy and took a step back, then was stabbed to death by a spear.
And the knights also fell down one by one. They broke through the first blocking formation of the Shu army, but they also lost speed. They were surrounded by Shu army soldiers and were hacked to death. They were dragged off their horses and hacked to death with random swords.
The knights gathered together and kicked and beat the horses desperately, even slashing the horses' buttocks with their swords, forcing the horses to charge forward, causing the Shu army's formation to become even more chaotic.
The two sides engaged in a bloody fight on this narrow river beach. Swords and spears were thrown one after another, arrows were flying, the neighing of war horses, the soldiers' shouts of killing, and the screams were mixed together, filling everyone's ears.
The soldiers in the rear were supporting their comrades with crossbows and shouting loudly to boost their morale. The civilians in the rear were huddled together, and the parents used their sleeves to block their children's eyes and ears, and the children
Then he tried his best to hide in the arms of his parents and stay as far away from this cruel world as possible.
Some strong civilians, under the command of several soldiers, vigorously wielded the farm tools in their hands and dug deep ditches to introduce the river water. These deep ditches would be temporary moats and played an important role in blocking the Wei army.
Deng Zhi watched the battlefield indifferently. This time, the Sima Division sent a hundred cavalry. Before rushing to the position, more than 30 cavalry were shot down by crossbows, and more than 60 cavalry rushed into the position. These more than 60 cavalry
The cavalry have broken through the first defensive formation. To kill them all in front of the formation, at least a hundred soldiers are normally needed. Adding the soldiers who were injured and killed by the horses, the total will be more than 150. It is estimated that the second
The Dao Front will lose its combat effectiveness.
After so many days of fighting, Deng Zhi personally experienced the power of a cavalry charge for the first time. Although he had selected favorable terrain and had powerful crossbow vehicles to assist him, the casualties still far exceeded the casualties of the cavalry. If this ratio continues
, if Sima Division charges at most two more times, his position will collapse.
However, the rear formation is not yet fully prepared. By then, the Wei cavalry will penetrate his position, slash and kill, and crush his resistance.
It was still a defeat after all.
Deng Zhi's face was gloomy and his heart was heavy. This was his first time leading troops in combat. Although he had a good record in Wuguan, he finally withdrew from Wuguan and now he might be completely wiped out by Sima Division. Even if he had
What's the use of a little fame? Only by surviving, only by winning this battle and achieving the final victory can his record be meaningful and not just a passing smoke.
But, can I survive, can I win? Deng Zhi looked at the Wei army knights in formation in the distance and had no answer in his heart.
However, Sima Shi was very calm. Two charges of 150 men had already allowed him to figure out Deng Zhi's strength. Deng Zhi had a powerful serial crossbow car, and the rain of arrows he shot exceeded expectations, and it also brought more enemies than expected.
casualties. However, these are not enough to offset the gap in strength between the two sides. Of the three lines of defense, the first line of defense has completely collapsed, and the second line of defense has also suffered a considerable impact. Although the Shu army officers and soldiers tried their best to make up for it, what about Sima Division?
Maybe give them time.
"Charge!" Master Sima waved his riding whip gently: "The third group, prepare in formation!"
"Here!" the knights responded loudly. Encouraged by the sound of war drums, two hundred knights began to accelerate, and another two hundred knights lined up behind them, waiting for the charge to begin.
Two hundred Wei army knights rolled up in a mad rush and rushed towards the incomplete Shu army position.
"The crossbowmen are ready -" Deng Zhi raised his arms and shouted loudly: "Shoot!"
"Buzz!" The crossbowmen fired their crossbows and fired long arrows like locusts into the sky. They galloped fifty steps, then turned back down and charged towards the galloping Wei army knights.
"Raise your shields -" Wei Junhou Qu Junhou roared, and the knights raised their shields in unison, blocking their vital parts. They leaned forward, almost lying on the horse's neck, and the shields in their hands simultaneously covered the war horse.
With his own eyes, the war horse couldn't see everything in front of it. It only relied on its master's control and the courage contained in its blood to run with all its strength.
"Archers, spearmen, prepare -" Deng Zhi stared at the Wei army's knight formation that was getting closer and closer, and shouted again, but his raised arms did not fall down.
One hundred and fifty horses and more than 400 corpses had fallen in front of the formation. In order to hinder the charge of the Wei knights as much as possible, Deng Zhi not only threw the corpses of the Wei knights in front of the formation, but also did not clean up the corpses of his soldiers.
The corpses were about ten paces wide and no more than a hundred paces long. There were more than 400 corpses piled up on the river beach, as well as the huge bodies of one hundred and fifty war horses. The closer we got to the Shu army's position, the more corpses there were. In the end, they were almost piled on top of each other.
The stack is enough to form an effective obstacle to the charge of the Wei army's knights.
This is a flesh-and-blood defense line.
Sure enough, at the cost of the lives of countless comrades, the horse hoofs of the Wei knights who finally rushed to the front stepped on the corpse. The horse slipped and fell to the ground with a long hiss. Immediately afterwards, more horses fell.
The knight didn't know what was going on, so he continued to run wildly, knocking his companions in front of him and staggering.
The smooth charge formation was suddenly in chaos. More and more people crowded on the narrow river beach. Some people simply turned their horses and rushed into Danshui.
Deng Zhi was overjoyed and waved his arm vigorously: "Shoot!"
The crossbowmen who had been preparing for a long time fired together, and dense arrows poured out like a heavy rain on the heads of the Wei army knights.
The knights of the Wei army fell off their horses one after another.
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