Iron Dynasty

Niuben was waiting for Kuha to come.

When he learned that the barbarians were about to enter Yunzhou, he ordered the evacuation of all the people outside the city. The people either fled into the deep mountains, entered the city, or entered Wubao, without leaving any food at home.

After the order was issued, he fully realized the role of the militia and the production team in the civil society, and these two agencies gave full play to their responsibilities and cooperated with their work quickly and effectively.

After the people hid in Wubao, the militia also rallied and became another force against the barbarians.

Therefore, he chose to meet the enemy here, and he was 90% sure that Kuha would choose to take risks.

First came to Chagatai this time, only the forward brought a lot of food, and the long journey must consume seven, seven or eight. Second, Kuha wanted to kill him and then hurry up. Third, Kuha wanted to find one if he wanted to avoid the official road. People who are familiar with the roads of Yunzhou lead the way, but now he may not be easy to find.

As for the remaining 10%, even if Ku Hehengxin walked the trail, he wouldn't be afraid. After all, since it was a trail, the road was naturally not as smooth as the official trail, and there would be many mountains, forests, and swamps around, so he could ambush at the key points.

Captain, Kuha's cavalry has moved and is coming here.

A hussar's voice broke Niu Ben's contemplation.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and Niu Ben shouted: The whole army is ready.

As his voice fell, a rhythmic bugle sounded, and the Qingzhou Army soldiers immediately moved.

The chariots were the first to act. At this time, the chariots driving the Hussite chariots immediately began to change their formation from the column. The three hundred Hussian chariots were divided, and three square defensive formations were besieged.

Each Hussite chariot designed by Xiao Ming is five meters long, and a hundred Hussite chariots add up to five hundred meters long. With the gap between the chains, one side of a square defensive formation is nearly two hundred meters long.

The three Hussite chariot formations are staggered from each other, like a zigzag shape, and each box-shaped chariot is staggered from each other, like the edges and corners of European bastions, which can exert maximum firepower.

The charioteer driving the Hussite chariot stopped and immediately jumped off, pulling up the chains at the rear of the Hussite chariot, and each Hussian chariot was connected to each other with chains.

At the same time, the driver removed the bars and harnesses of the Hussian chariot, but the driver still tethered the horses to the inside of the chariot barriers, and came in handy again when needed.

The horses will be protected by riders and swordsmen.

The square chariot formation was completed. At this time, the musketeers immediately relied on the Hussite chariot and lined up along the edge of the square chariot, forming a strange hollow battle with the inner layer of the Hussite chariot and the outer layer of three rows of musketeers. Law.

In the internal artillery of the Hussite chariot, the muzzle of the artillery was extended from the gap, and a thousand cuirassiers also lined up neatly in the chariot, ready to attack at any time.

This kind of tactics was decided by Xiao Ming and Niu Ben after the same research. It was because of his trust in this battle formation that Xiao Ming dared to decide to rush to Jizhou with a small amount of troops.

In the Qingzhou Army, this battle formation with musketeers standing on the outside, soldiers hidden inside the chariot, and cavalry on standby inside was called the Sandwich Biscuit Battle Formation. Of course, only Xiao Ming could come up with this title.

After the battle formation was completed, Niu Ben and other generals were protected by a Hussian formation behind.

After completing the arrangement of the sandwich biscuit battle array, everyone waited for the arrival of Kuha.

If it was before, Niubi would never have fought 10,000 cavalry in such an open field, because even 30,000 infantry would not be a match for 10,000 barbarian cavalry.

But now, relying on this unprecedented battle formation, he believes that 10,000 musketeers, 3,000 cavalry, and 4,000 chariots are enough to defeat the barbarian cavalry in the wild.

And before that, he never dared to think about it. Without five times the strength, the army of the Great Yu Kingdom would not dare to fight against the barbarian cavalry in the wild.

While waiting, the dust raised by the cavalry gradually appeared not far away, and soon, the barbarian cavalry appeared in front of the Qingzhou Army.

Three hundred meters away, Kuha's cavalry stopped and began to adjust the formation, facing each other on the open land that stretched for six miles.

Are the Qingzhou Army crazy?

Kuha looked at Qingzhou, who was wearing a dark green military uniform and holding a strange spear weapon and said lightly.

The other centurions were also confused.

The Qingzhou Army in front of them not only did not gather together in a tight formation, but instead divided into three square formations. For them, this was simply courting death.

Crossing the three rows of soldiers in front, Kuha looked at the cavalry who were protected in the middle. These cavalry were only 3,000 people, and these cavalry were not enough for him.

He looked at the chariot behind the soldier and was slightly stunned. He really couldn't understand the arrangement of the Qingzhou Army now.

Commander, what kind of strange formation is this, why have we never seen it before? a commander asked.

I've never seen such a strange battle formation. Kuha stared at the last battle formation as he spoke.

In particular, the striking bull character made Kuha's eyes gradually redden.

In the past, the Qingzhou Army fought behind the city wall, but now it is a natural advantage for the barbarians to be in such a vast area.

The two sides stood still, staring at each other, and after a deadly silence, information from a barbarian scout broke the silence.

No ambush! said the scout.

Kill! At this moment, Kuha raised the machete in his hand, and Kuha's cavalry lined up in a three-hundred-meter-long queue on the six-mile-wide plain and rushed towards the Qingzhou Army.

Like the previous experience of barbarians fighting in the grasslands, the barbarian cavalry is also ready to flank from both wings and finally complete the encirclement, ready to use the circular array to shoot the bows and arrows in their hands.

Niu Ben smiled when he saw that the barbarian cavalry was still using such tactics in the car formation.

The distance of the barbarian cavalry shooting is 50 paces to start shooting, and the effective range of the musketeer is 80 to 90 paces, which can completely shoot before the barbarian cavalry shoots arrows.

Because it is very difficult to cultivate archers, the infantry of the Yu Kingdom in the past had nothing to do with the barbarian cavalry formation. They would only be disturbed by the barbarian bows and arrows. At this time, the barbarian heavy cavalry would appear, and the next step was a massacre.

Looking at the approaching barbarian cavalry, the first row of soldiers raised their flintlock guns.

At this time, the barbarian cavalry that was overwhelming the earth rushed towards the three chariot formations on the plain like a black torrent.

Just after the barbarian cavalry came into range, the Colonel on the Musketeer side gave the order to fire.

Boom... A row of white smoke emerged from the muzzles of the first row of musketeers.

In the dense formation, lead bullets fell on the barbarian cavalry like raindrops.

Within eighty paces, the barbarian cavalry's huge target became the target of bullets.

Immediately, the people turned on their backs, and the barbarian cavalry in the front row fell neatly like cutting straw, and the cavalry in the back couldn't dodge and were tripped over by the front horse and also fell to the ground.