choke element

Chapter 515 Confidence

Liu Ran and the others who stood watching from the heights of the walled city took a breath of air almost at the same time.

The originally frightening black wave turned into a chaotic colony of ants in an instant.Some of them subconsciously ran to the right, and some scattered to the left and some stopped their horses, shouting to gather the chaotic hands together again.There are also a small number of martial arts proficient and brave. While running, they used their bows to shoot at Dinghai's archers, and were quickly shot into hedgehogs by both men and horses.

In the eyes of a layman, this kind of situation will only feel that the name of the Black Army does not match the reality, and it is so embarrassing to fight cavalry against infantry.

But Liu Ran and others are veterans, who doesn't understand the key?
An officer tremblingly said: "Twenty steps!"

In order to pursue the lethality of bows and crossbows, the number of sword and shield handmen and spearmen deployed in the periphery of Dinghai Navy is not huge. There are only a horizontal row of sword and shield handmen in several directions, and the spearmen cannot be front and back. Stack.

When the two sides were closest, the black army cavalry rushed to a distance of [-] steps from the Dinghai army formation.This distance can be covered only by stepping the horse's hooves on the ground two or three times.If the cavalry of the black army charged fiercely, they would have a good chance of breaking through this slightly weak line of defense, which would definitely cause huge casualties to the given navy.

On the battlefield, every feint of the cavalry is a test of the fighting spirit of the defenders.And the cavalry team has approached this level, and the comparison is who can persevere on both sides.

Back then, the Mongolian Qingqi disrupted the Golden Army's formation by repeatedly running, feinting and interspersing. Sometimes the Qingqi feinted several times, and the defenders would collapse without a fight.This situation has happened many times, and many soldiers have also summed up the reason for it.This does not mean that the bravery of the Mongols is much stronger than that of the Jin army. The key is that in such competitions, the attacker has a natural advantage.

As long as half of the large group of cavalry on the attacking side bravely charge, they will definitely be trapped.Those who waver are nothing more than riding slower and running slower, which does not affect the overall situation.In the defender's army, as long as one or two retreat timidly, it is likely to cause a chain reaction, leading to the rout and disastrous defeat of the entire army.

As the number of feints accumulates, the defender's timidity and wavering emotions will also accumulate.It's like using a dam to hold back a higher and higher flood. There will always be holes in the dam, and the holes will always be washed away by the flood.

In this way, failure is inevitable.And after one failure, the seeds of failure were planted in the hearts of all soldiers.Those who fled last time will continue to flee next time; those who persisted last time will also flee next time because they saw their companions flee.

Fear, wavering, frustration, pessimism, all kinds of emotions are like viruses, spreading wantonly with failure, and eventually erode the body of the entire army and destroy everyone's confidence.

Back then, the tens of thousands of troops recruiting from Dajin Northeast Road and Linhuangfu Road were defeated again and again, and finally fell apart, losing their troops and losing their ground.

However, Ding Haijun who appeared outside Zhigu Village was completely different from ordinary troops.

The cavalry charge of the black cavalry just now was very violent. They pushed until they were 1000 steps away from Dinghai. Among the three horizontal formations and [-] people in Dinghai, there was not a single one who was timid or wavering.From the beginning to the end, the entire army formation is like a rock or a cliff, not at all chaotic.

Even the movement frequency of all of them did not change due to the approach of the enemy.

Liu Ran himself is an extremely good archer with excellent eyesight.So he saw that in the horizontal formation behind, there was a soldier who put down his spear and switched to a rifle bow. Every time he drew an arrow, he would lift the arrow cluster to wipe the armor on his chest before shooting it out.

The first three shots, he was like this.And the cavalry of the Black Army rushed closer, as if a huge wave was about to wash and engulf everyone, he still did the same, first drew out the arrow, then wiped the cluster of arrows, and then drew the bow together with his companions, throwing a shot.

In the eyes of experts like Liu Ran, his archery skills were not yet perfect, and the bow he used was weak.But the frightening thing is that the actions and emotions of everyone in Dinghai are so uniform, it's like...

Liu Ran didn't know how to describe it for a moment.

In his impression, such an army is bound to be accompanied by harsh military laws, and it must be because the law enforcement team has chopped off several heads to threaten them.But the Navy is clearly not the case.

Of course Liu Ran would not think that Dinghai was not bound by military law.This only shows that the pressure of the black army cavalry on Dinghai is too weak. This kind of battle is just a small scene, and Dinghai easily gains the upper hand, so that their generals don't even need to use military law!

He looked at the companions around him, and many of the defeated soldiers swallowed their saliva, then subconsciously held the weapons in their hands with both hands, or pulled the robes on their bodies, all of them showed dull expressions on their faces.

The more self-confessed that the skill is outstanding on weekdays, the more sluggish it will be.Because what they saw was not a group of warriors with outstanding martial arts skills, but a real army, an army whose will was condensed into one, unified into a steel-like whole!

"It's really different."

Zhang Pingliang murmured to the side: "Brother Ran, you are right, they are different from us. They fought this kind of battle not just by taking advantage of fewer people!"

When the spectators were shocked, Yang Jiezhi, who was riding in the rear and was planning to wait for an opportunity to expand the results of the battle, looked solemn.

His family is from the army of Dajin, and he has fought against the Jurchens several times during the attack on Zhongdu, and he knows that they are big and useless, and they have nothing to do with their appearance.Only a small number of elite troops can rely on the bravery of their generals to achieve a decent record.

But at this moment, he felt that he was hit by a head-on big mouth, and his face was swollen.

At this moment, the more than 100 corpses and seriously wounded people left in front of the battle, as well as the moment when the enemy and the enemy wavered, clearly told Brother Yang that the determination of the navy is not based on the bravery of ordinary people, and they are definitely not the bravery of the Jin army. It is not an army, but a brand new, real army!

"You can't fight recklessly! There's no need to fight recklessly!"

Brother Yang Jiezhi immediately made a decision, and he loudly said to Jue Cong: "Let the cavalry go north and go around from Lugoushui to the enemy's rear! I'm here...to watch them!"

Jue followed the order and rode away.

Only a few cronies noticed that Brother Yang Jie wanted to say "tangle them" at first, but changed the words abruptly when he was about to leave his mouth.

Why?Because experienced generals judge strengths and weaknesses, there is no need to fight for a long time.With just one touch, Brother Yang Jie knows how elite this thousand-man army is. If they want to advance, they will advance, and if they want to retreat, they will retreat. With the power that the black army is mobilizing right now, don't even try to entangle them!

This group of infantry had to defend, relying on the strong Zhigu stronghold located on a high place; to attack, more than a thousand people could advance and retreat freely, and their own elite cavalry could not hold back their momentum.

That being the case, what's the point of cavalry detours?
If the leader here is an ordinary general, maybe he will find a way to fight again.But right now, on the one hand, Brother Yang Jiezhi has enough experience in the battlefield; on the other hand, all the soldiers under his command are his own wealth that he painstakingly accumulated.A meaningless fight should not continue, Brother Yang Jiezhi did not hesitate about it.

Sure enough, Na Jue hadn't gone far before he was called back by the general: "Go to the rear and tell Shi Tianying what's going on here."

Jue never dared to be negligent, so he rushed to the mouth of Sancha River in the west of Zhigu Village, and reported to Shi Tianying.

Shi Tianying pondered for a moment, and then asked the other two guards: "Is that true? Then the Ding Navy can do such a thing?"

"That's the way it is."

Shi Tianying was silent for a long time.

A general next to him is still full of confidence: "We have 2 people. If we press up, we will crush them to death no matter what!"

Shi Tianying ignored it, and instead said: "It's good to come and experience it. Everyone, send an order to withdraw the troops."

"What? Withdrawing troops? This..." Some of the generals were surprised and some were annoyed.

"Go and call Lao Yang." Shi Tianying pointed to Brother Yang Jiezhi's servant, and then said to the two guards under his command: "After General Yang comes, you two will follow, we Go see Khan."

(End of this chapter)