choke element

Chapter 548 Blood Mist
Guo Ning, who had been watching the battle calmly, yelled: "Order the front team, and kill those who retreat!"

Since the second half of last year, the Dinghai Navy has opened up a commercial route in the direction of Liaodong, and thus obtained an input channel for war horses.Because the number of horses increased very fast, there was not enough land for grazing in Shandong, so Yila Chucai convened officials several times to discuss the countermeasures.

Guo Ning remembers that one of the plans was proposed by Liang Jushi. He said that in the depths of the sea to the east of Shandong, there was a large island called Tamra.If you take that big island and make it a vassal of the Ding Navy, it is very suitable for grazing.

Guo Ning really has an impression of this island.In that big dream, he even traveled.

But these discussions were all put on hold until the end of last year.

There are three reasons.For one thing, Genghis Khan went south this time, first arriving at Dading Mansion in Beijing via the eastern grassland.Facing the direct threat of the Mongolian army, Heshi Liehuanduan and other troops in Liaodong have recruited troops one after another to expand their strength, and the deal with Dinghai has been greatly reduced.Secondly, the cost of supporting the cavalry is very high. Although the Ding Navy has financial resources at sea, it needs money everywhere, and it is really impossible to continue to expand the cavalry.Thirdly, starting from the second half of last year, a certain manpower under the Ding Navy has slightly opened up the special relationship with the Song State in the Southern Dynasty, and was able to purchase a small amount of armor and military equipment. Naturally, only war horses were exchanged.

In this way, the number of naval cavalry is not so sufficient compared to the rapidly expanding total force.

This time, accompanied by Guo Ning, there were [-] light cavalry and more than [-] heavy cavalry.Except for a small number of sentry cavalry who had to go out to inquire constantly, the rest were kept in the formation, in case the final decision was made at a critical moment.

Relatively speaking, the Mongols are enviously affluent when they are on horses.

Horses are to the Mongolians what agricultural tools are to farmers, and boats are to fishermen. They are inseparable and loyal partners, and they are also part of the entire ecology.No one can count how many herdsmen there are on the grassland, and the number of horses is at least five times or even ten times the number of herdsmen.Not to mention that the Mongolian army broke through the herds of the Jin Kingdom the year before last and looted hundreds of thousands of horses.

A Mongolian knight sent out to fight, usually with three to five horses.These horses are companions in the fight, a source of food when they are hungry and thirsty, and at certain times, like now, they become weapons in their own right!

The number of horses charging into the formation is estimated to be around [-], and it is unknown how much effort it will take to gather them together.They densely formed a huge group, and for some reason, they all fell into a state of rage.All the war horses were running as hard as they could, neighing crazily, and the sound of hooves and neighing almost overwhelmed the roar of the soldiers of the two armies.

When the horses appeared, they were not far from Ding Haijun's formation.At that moment, it seemed that even the smoke and dust in the sky had been stepped down, and then turned up again.

Relying on a very small number of daredevils with excellent riding skills to swing their whips repeatedly and control the direction.Countless war horses collided with each other, separated and reunited, and slammed into the Dinghai army formation on the entire wide front!

Mongolian horses are not particularly tall and majestic horse breeds, but the weight of a horse can be as heavy as four or five ordinary people, and it is an extremely strong animal!When these animals gathered in thousands of large flocks and passed through the open ground in front of the army like a howling wind, the once calm soldiers turned pale.

The Mongolian Qingqi raised so much smoke and dust, it turned out to be to cover these animals!

They come so fast!
The horses galloped at full speed and approached the army formation in the blink of an eye.

The soldiers holding shields in the front row could already vaguely see the heavy white gas from the nostrils of the war horses, their abnormal red eyes, and their swollen muscles due to running wildly and sweating!
The Mongols are a bit special in raising horses. Did they use drugs or something, which angered thousands of horses and drove them crazy, arousing their animal nature!When this kind of furious war horses are running in groups, they don't care even if they have sharp spears and spears in front of them!

The method of driving horses to charge is not new.However, horses are property after all, not dung.When fighting the Mongols in the past, at most thirty or fifty horses were seen charging into the formation. The soldiers lined up tightly, and the guns were all thrown out in disorder, and they could always pass.

However, it is different to charge thousands of horses into battle.This is a forced exchange of the life of a war horse for the life of a human. Who in the average Mongolian has such a big hand?After being bumped by so many big guys, and being trampled by the following horses...you will definitely die, let alone survive, and don't even think about leaving a piece of meat!

The always stable Ding Naval queue began to waver.The legs of some soldiers couldn't help being weak, and some people trembled even though they held the shield forward with their hands, so that the shield was shaking slightly.

A little farther away, a soldier of the military law team held a big knife and shouted loudly: "The envoy has an order, and those who retreat will be cut!"

Zhang Xin, who was prosecuted by the marching army, also pulled out his waist knife, stood fiercely in the front row, looked left and right, and stared at some soldiers who were frightened and pale: "The envoy has an order, and those who retreat will be cut! I am standing here. If I Take a step back and cut too!"

As soon as he said a word, several archers lined up behind him had already shot their arrows, and the arrows swished out from above Zhang Xin's head and around him.

More than an hour before that, the Mongolian Qingqi circled around repeatedly, and the formation of the Dinghai Navy was as motionless as a mountain, and there was no reaction at all.That's because Ding Haijun, from the commander to the officers, is very familiar with the Mongolian routines, and knows that the best way to deal with this kind of light cavalry harassment is to ignore it.The whole army cheered up to deal with it, but it would lead to a rapid exhaustion of energy, which was in the hands of the Mongols.

But the group of horses rushing into the formation is different, these horses are crazy, if they rush into the formation, so many horses will trample, rush, and bite, how many lives will be paid for it? ?

After all, the soldiers of the Ding Navy are well-trained and have rich combat experience. Since the officers came forward to restrain them, the entire formation remained stable.Before the horses rushed in, the front row shieldman smashed the protrusion at the bottom of the shield into the ground.And all the generals raised their voices and shouted: "Fire the arrow! Let it go again! Let it go again!"

The arrows of the second round and the third round came out in response.

These horses that were driven to the battle were naturally not the war horses on which the knights rode when fighting, but the secondary horses and subordinate horses used to carry the luggage and military equipment, so there must be no armor.

Arrows rained all over the sky, and blood flowers and wailing burst out at the same time.Some horses were so badly injured that they staggered for a few more steps before buckling or falling on their sides.Because they were running so fast, they rolled and slid forward after falling to the ground, breaking their tendons almost instantly.

In a dense herd of horses, the fall of one horse often affects the surrounding horses.More horses were stumbled by the fallen horses, forming a chain reaction, and the fallen and whining horses were everywhere.When they were thrown behind, the horse herd seemed to thin out a lot in the blink of an eye.

But more war horses became more violent because of injuries, and they ran faster.Before the archers had time to release the fourth wave of arrows, the horses rushed to the front of the formation!
"The first team of swordsmen and shields stands up! The second team moves forward, and the third team moves forward! The first, second and third teams of spearmen move forward!" While the archers were shooting, the generals shouted wildly.

Before they issued the order, the sword and shield players in the first row had already knelt on one knee, put their shoulders against the shields, and connected the shields in a row.At this moment, those who dare to do so are extremely outstanding warriors.They relied on rigorous training and indoctrination time and time again in the army to muster up the courage to stand before the furious horse with their flesh and blood!

The first team of sword and shield players was in place, the second team of sword and shield players, and the third team of sword and shield players trotted forward, stacking the shields like fish scales.From the gaps between the fish scales, spears and spears more than ten feet long protrude.The spearman stood firm with one foot in front and one foot behind, pointing these long weapons forward, and stabbing the end of the spear into the ground for strength.

This series of scheduling is completed within the fastest speed.

The moment it was completed, groups of angry horses crashed into each other!

These horses are crazy, they really are not afraid of the threat of spears!

In the front row of the entire Ding naval array, the yells of soldiers, the muffled sound of shields breaking, and the crackling of spears and spears were all connected together.At least a dozen sword and shield fighters were thrown into the air by the huge momentum of the galloping horses, and fell to the ground screaming and stabbing their hands and feet.

(End of this chapter)