sweeping the world

Chapter 612 The Chaotic Battle
Murong Ke's real state of mind is that he wants to die. He is obviously very hesitant and helpless, but he can't show the slightest bit. The whole army is already frightened. The only option is to put down the butcher's knife and become a prisoner immediately.

The so-called open land is a wilderness with only a few forests, but the bushes and weeds are very lush, and there are also many water pools.

After the Han army came over, they arranged battle formations along the vast forest. The distance from the edge of the forest was about one mile, and they were arranged in a long line.

There are only a few roads opened in the forest, and they don't look very wide.Since Murong Yan's army did not all retreat along the road, they actually poured out of the forest full of trees after coming.

At the edge of the forest, the ground was already full of corpses of people and horses, and the ground was filled with feathered arrows as dense as bushes.Too many people were bleeding, and the blood pooled to become a bright red running water, and then flowed into the low-lying pits to become a pool of blood full of fishy smell.

The number of Mo Dao soldiers of the Han army who rushed in like a wall was not large, only about a thousand at a glance. They were arranged in three rows and alternated as the vanguard at regular intervals, killing all the people and horses they passed.

The Mo Dao is actually a long-handled, three-pointed, two-edged sword. Similar weapons existed as early as the Warring States Period, and were used by Wei soldiers in the past.This kind of weapon generally weighs more than fifty kilograms, and it is difficult for those who are not strong and strong to dance.Fifty kilograms of weapons, plus at least sixty kilograms of armor on the body, is equivalent to a soldier carrying a load of 110 kilograms. A strong body is not enough, he must also have the necessary endurance.

The super high load makes it difficult for Mo Dao soldiers to fight for a long time. The only advantage of a suit of iron is that it can ignore arrows. As long as the formation is tight enough, even if it is hit by a high-speed horse, it will not fall down, but it is impossible to be injured by the impact force. something to avoid.

"Arrow array, block the diffusion!"

Wei Junchi realized that Mo Dao's soldiers were exhausted, and it was also Murong Yan's armored cavalry that began to charge, decisively instructing the arrow array to stop the enemy.

Xie Ai in the rear was even more busy. He had ordered his own cavalry on the two wings to wait for the opportunity, and the rest of the infantry behind the Modao formation crossed the Modao formation to re-arrange.

The speed of the sable leopard cavalry's charge was not fast. If measured, it was about [-] miles, but the movement they made was extremely loud.

Under normal circumstances, a horse equipped with heavy cavalry can carry a load of [-] jin or more. In fact, it is difficult to charge at a speed of more than [-] mph.

A suit of iron armor can also charge at a speed of more than 10 miles. The former Parthian heavy cavalry can do it, but they are riding extremely majestic Arabian horses, but they can only fight no more than [-] miles. minute.

In the future, waiting until the middle ages, European and Roman cavalry with iron pots generally carried more than four hundred catties on their war horses, and the more terrifying thing was that they carried about five hundred catties.They strolled about 200 meters, then gradually walked quickly, and then trotted for a while. They waited until they were 50 meters away from the enemy before sprinting at full speed with their lances flat. They could probably do it for three minutes.

Of course, due to the weight of the armor, the heavy cavalry can only rely on the horse to move around, so once they fall off the horse, they will never be able to stand up without help.

The reason why the sable and leopard cavalry only had a speed of twenty miles was that they were suspended from each other by iron chains full of sharp-edged barbs.Because of the existence of iron chains, they will pull each other when they are fast, so they can only maintain the most suitable speed.

"Damn it, that's a walk in the rain of arrows!" Wei Junchi was not the first time to see armored heavy cavalry charge against the rain of arrows: "Change the coverage direction and shoot the light cavalry and infantry behind."

Unless a heavy cavalryman is unlucky enough to be shot in the eye by an arrow through the visor, otherwise, no matter how many arrows are shot, they will either be bounced off by the armor or stuck in the body, but in fact, at most, it will only hurt the flesh , the arrowhead simply cannot go deeper.So, if you see that the armored cavalry is shot like a hedgehog by the arrow, but it is still alive and kicking, it is really not a fake corpse, it is that the armored cavalry has too strong arrow defense ability.

The Han army on the first front line is desperately organizing a shield wall. Shields are clasped one after another, and spears stick out from the gaps in the shield wall. Behind the shield wall are heavy weapons. The sound of breathing was accompanied by the officer's constant shouting of commands.

"The enemy..." Xie Ai's eyes were attracted by the enemy troops swarming out of the forest: "The whole army attacked?"

There are only [-] Han troops on this front, and the defense line has been deployed to the maximum, but it is impossible to block the entire open area. Murong Yan's army has already rushed out of the undefended position of the Han army.

"It's strange." Yuan Qiao pointed to the Murong Yan army who swarmed out but did not make any roundabout maneuvers: "Why are they going directly to the north?"

Xie Ai also discovered the same problem. Those Murong Yan troops who were not in their defense area, whether they were cavalry or infantry, had no intention of participating in the battle at all, and went north regardless.

"..." Yuan Qiao showed a thoughtful expression, and after a short silence, he said: "The enemy army is like this, and it is difficult for us to intercept them all, so we can only focus on the enemy's armor and riding equipment. "

What Xie Ai was thinking about was why the battle situation was like this. After thinking about it, the only conclusion was that the king led the army and had already destroyed the morale of Murong Yan's army. It was a situation where even Murong Ke could no longer control it. As for Murong Yanjun completely out of control.

There is nothing wrong with saying that Murong Yan's army is out of control, even if Murong Ke didn't order the whole army to break through the encirclement, the Murong Yan's army who lost their fighting spirit would disperse and collapse.Just like this, Murong Ke can still control part of it, which is enough to show that the prestige accumulated over a long period of time is still somewhat useful.

Just as Xie Ai and Yuan Qiao were guessing what happened, the mink and leopard cavalry had rushed to the position of the shield wall.

The sable and leopard cavalry did not have standard ordnance, not only was everyone's armor not uniform, but their weapons were also varied.Most of the sable and leopard cavalry's guys are not spears, they are mainly heavy weapons such as maces, and even long-handled flails and meteor hammers are more than the number of spears.

"Hold on! Hold on! Hold on!"

On the side of the shield wall, the officers of the Han army kept making noises. They would even punch and kick the soldiers to hold the shield up, so that the shield could have more strength to withstand the collision.

The sable leopard cavalry, who were not fast, the knights on horseback were about thirty steps closer to the shield wall, and the horn sounded "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" in the formation, and the knights in the first row tried their best to let them go. The mount speeded up, slowly increasing from about 35 mph, to about [-] mph when approaching the shield wall.

The heavy hooves of the horses slammed into one piece, and the hooves of the war horse trampled on the ground, turning up the young weeds. The soil became soft due to repeated trampling, and dust and smoke appeared and filled the air.

The more dull sound came when the sable leopard cavalry hit the shield wall, that is, the horse directly hit the shield wall, and the knight on horseback swung a heavy weapon and slammed into the shield wall, so that the muffled sound continued.

When the sable and leopard cavalry hit the shield wall, only a few of the spears protruding from the gaps in the shield wall hit the target, and the entire shield wall formed by interlocking moved back about half a foot under a series of impacts. The shield wall at the position even collapsed directly.

The few mink and leopard cavalry carrying spears threw their spears directly, and the spears fell over the low shield wall and fell into the group of Han infantry, making a shrill and brief scream.

Murong Ke, who was in the distance, was not very excited to see the results of the charge. From his vision, he could see that the first row of mink leopard cavalry only disintegrated part of the shield wall, and then was trapped in place. The second row of cavalry were trapped in place. After the mink and leopard cavalry rushed forward, they could only hit him with their robes.Many of the mounts of the first row of mink and leopard cavalry were knocked down, and when the chains were pulled over, they even fell down in pieces.

Peng Yong was the leader of the group, and his time joining the Han army can be traced back to the time when Liu Yan was forced to withdraw to the Miaodao Islands.At this moment, he was on the first line, shouting at the spearmen to draw their weapons and attack the enemy troops on horseback.

"Cavalrymen who can't move, even armored cavalry, are targets, kill them!" The weapon in Peng Yong's hand is a battle sword, which can't reach the sable leopard cavalry: "Several stabbing a target at the same time, can't penetrate the armor. Get off the horse!"

The spearheads of the spears are naturally extremely sharp, but the armor on the sable leopard cavalry is too thick, the spears piercing through cannot go deep, and some spears cannot be pulled back immediately after being hugged.

There is a lot of noise on the battlefield, and you have to have a loud voice to pass through the noise. At that time, you can basically only command the few people around you.

The charge of the sable and leopard cavalry did not stop, and they charged repeatedly row after row. While they were charging brutally, many friendly light cavalry completed their detour and began to attack the left and right wings of the Han army formation. It was entanglement with the cavalry of the Han army.

"Heng Gong, the Han army in the rear is chasing too hard, and they will soon catch up." Liu Xiang actually wanted to escape if he had a choice, but as long as he wanted to stay in Murong Yan country, he couldn't do that: "There is not much time. gone."

Murong Ke is bleeding in his heart at this moment. He knows that the mink and leopard cavalry is not used at all. It should be the other arms that have created excellent fighters, so they invest in the mink and leopard cavalry as the end of the battle. .

To be honest, the equipped heavy cavalry is indeed a unit that is extremely dependent on friendly forces. It should be used as a needle for the sea. Using the equipped heavy cavalry to charge the battle cannot last long, and the equipped heavy cavalry cannot even escape after losing their physical strength. It can only be used at the moment of decisive victory.

"The formation is broken." Murong Ke's voice was without any emotion, and he started the horses to move slowly: "The front line of the Han army is already in chaos. The trumpets are ordered to evacuate the mink and leopard cavalry, and Qingqi will try to penetrate."

The mink and leopard cavalry charged to the eighth row before breaking through the shield formation of the Han army. After the shield wall collapsed, the Han army tried to stabilize for a while, but faced with the armored heavy cavalry blessed by a thousand catties of external acceleration, the infantry on foot could no longer Bravery is of no use, it can only be trampled on.

"Back, back!" Peng Yong roared with a look of rage, "Let the armored heavy infantry stand on top, and the rest back!"

The shield wall collapsed, and the armored heavy cavalry could not block it even if they tried to block it. Anyone who wanted to block it must be mentally prepared to die under the horse's hooves.

The sable leopard cavalry is a little different from other armored heavy cavalry. They are connected by iron chains, and the iron chains are full of sharp blade hooks. When advancing in a row, not only the horses are bumping, but the knights are waving. Weapons, the iron chains dragging on the ground pulled the corpses and squeezed them. If they didn't pull anything, the iron chains would sweep down the crowd, and the sharp blades and barbs on the iron chains could also harvest life.

Xie Ai, who was still standing on the nest cart, found that the battle situation here was developing in an unfavorable direction for his own side. Not only was the organized shield formation broken, but the infantry in the front formation was oppressed by the enemy's heavy cavalry. Also retreating inch by inch, the cavalry on both sides of the enemy and us were entangled in a group, and more positions were where the enemy continued to withdraw to the north.

"The troops we brought are too few, and the time does not allow us to build a camp." Yuan Qiao believed that this was a non-war crime: "For this purpose... we can only hold back the enemy's armored cavalry equipment at any cost."

Xie Ai was silent, their responsibility was to intercept the enemy.However, the strategic intention was not achieved from the very beginning. Too many Murong Yan troops simply fled north regardless.

What is more surprising is that the sable and leopard cavalry stopped charging amidst bursts of horns, and the interconnected iron chains were also released, and light cavalry continued to pass through them to take over the charge.

The new actions of Murong Yan's army made Xie Ai look at the direction of the forest frequently, the sound of explosions there was still coming, and the Murong Yan's army pouring out of the forest continued again and again.

Yuan Qiao raised the binoculars and looked at it for a while, then said in surprise, "They actually disarmed in place?"

Yes, the mink and leopard cavalry were disarmed with the help of auxiliary personnel. The disarmed armor was placed on the pack horses. To complete one, they would pat the horse and walk away.

Xie Ai wanted to intercept, but when he looked up, his own army was completely entangled, and Murong Yan's army was everywhere, and it was impossible to intercept.

"Huh!?" Yuan Qiao made a new discovery, and raised his finger: "General Hussars?"

Xie Ai picked up the telescope and took a look. His own cavalry kept rushing out of the forest. Ran Min was galloping at the forefront.

Since Murong Ke ordered the military flag to be put away, Xie Ai's side didn't know that Murong Ke was there long ago, but just used semaphore to inform Ran Min to attack the disarmed Diaobao cavalry.

Ran Min didn't notice the semaphore sent by Xie Ai's people at the first time. From his field of vision, there were Murong Yanjun everywhere around him. Whoever caught him was killed, and Murong Yanjun was caught all the way with a crushing attitude. Crazy killing on the back.After his subordinates discovered Xie Ai's side's flag, he led his cavalry to change direction.

(End of this chapter)