Chapter 20 Pocket Formation

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 20 Pocket Formation

"No, we are ambushed!" Some rebels from the Southern Huns began to realize that something was not right.

But even if a few people realize that this is an ambush, they can't stop the comrades around them from rushing into Xiang Yu's camp. On the dark desert grassland, many war horses roar, and the soldiers shout to kill and interweave.

The light of the torches, the flying blood and the screams all constitute the painting at this moment.

Many years later, Xiang Yu had someone actually paint this scene. Of course, there were many other important moments that had been painted at that time. The artist drew everything based on Xiang Yu's memories and descriptions. Are those paintings true?

It's no longer important that they resemble each other, what's important is that they represent some very important moments for Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu led his troops out from the flank. His primary goal was to concentrate his forces to attack the entrance of the camp, thereby temporarily cutting off the connection between the Southern Huns rebels inside the camp and outside the camp. Once he succeeded in doing this,

The enemy who enters the camp is surrounded on all sides. It is said that soldiers are impermanent and water is impermanent. Many times on the battlefield, soldiers must be able to gather and spread quickly like water to form an advantageous situation.

Battle formation.

Previously, when Xiang Yu trained his soldiers, he trained them as two units as a unit. Now is the perfect time to test this tactical arrangement. The two soldiers in each combat unit each hold a shield and a spear.

They fought back to back against the enemy forces on both sides. On the one hand, they tightly surrounded the Southern Huns rebels who had entered the camp, and on the other hand, they prevented other Southern Huns rebels outside the camp from supporting them.

This tactic is very risky, because in fact it also causes each combat unit to be under extremely huge pressure and needs to face pressure from both sides at the same time. Therefore, this tactic cannot be used from the beginning, but

Xiang Yu needs to first lead a unit of pointed cavalry to break out a wide enough opening from the enemy's array, and then allow a team of two combat units to enter the opening.

And once a certain place cannot withstand the pressure, other combat units around it need to continue to support it. The camp of Xiang Yu's troops is not small, but it is not big. It is already a bit crowded with hundreds of people standing inside at the same time.

There is even less room for the cavalry to perform.

Naturally, the Southern Huns rebels were best at fighting on horseback. Although the two hundred men led by Xiang Yu were also two hundred elites selected from the five hundred cavalry he had trained, they were still too young and had little combat experience.

Almost none. It is undoubtedly difficult to take advantage of the Huns in horseback combat in the deserts and grasslands where the Huns have lived for generations.

That's why Xiang Yu thought that if he could induce the cavalry of the Southern Huns rebels to enter an area with limited space, in that tight environment it would be difficult for the cavalry to take advantage of their mobility and impact and use shield-carrying spears.

The infantry surrounded the enemy's cavalry from all sides, and coupled with their bows and crossbows, they continued to kill and consume the enemy's effective strength at high altitudes.

These Southern Huns rebel cavalry became live targets on their horses. Regardless of whether the arrows hit the horses or the soldiers on the horses, it was equivalent to directly destroying a Southern Huns rebel cavalry. Those who fell from the horses fell on the ground.

The soldiers on the ground were trampled by other war horses around each other, and even their bodies would probably become less complete.

"Follow me and charge!" Xiang Yu roared, jumped up on the horse, raised his thunder gun and rushed out at the forefront. Behind him was a cavalry team of about twenty people. They were like

It was a sharp knife thrust straight into the enemy's flank from the side.

"What kind of ambush! Don't disturb the morale of the army, kill me!" The leader of the Southern Xiongnu rebels also shouted, and continued to rush towards the depths of Xiang Yu's camp with his cavalry. As a result, many cavalry were killed early.

The horses and ropes that had been prepared on their way forward were blocked and tripped up, and then the soldiers in Xiang Yu's camp rushed out of the camp armed with spears in hand.

Looking again, there were many sharp iron nails on the ground. The war horses stepped on them and screamed in pain, causing many cavalrymen on their backs to fall heavily. In this case, riding a horse was not an advantage, but an advantage.

a disadvantage.

Some Southern Huns rebel cavalry took out their crossbows and fired randomly at the surroundings, but it was almost impossible to aim in the darkness, and Xiang Yu's troops ambushing all around were equipped with large shields, spears, horse spears, and crossbows.

At the beginning, these Southern Huns rebel cavalry did not realize that they had rushed into an ambush. They relied on their bloody courage to take advantage of the darkness and tried to eliminate all Xiang Yu's troops in the camp in one fell swoop.

They didn't just randomly pick an opportunity to launch an attack. You must know that these Southern Huns rebels have been looking for opportunities during this period. The three previous feint attacks and the repeated reconnaissance by the scouts were all to ensure a battle.

Completely defeat the army led by Xiang Yu.

However, these plans of theirs are completely insignificant in the eyes of Xiang Yu, who has extremely rich combat experience. It is like being able to directly see the points when losing dice. Xiang Yu can completely guess what they will do next if they do anything.

A few steps or even all the steps. In this case, Xiang Yu simply came up with a plan.

The soldiers he led were all very young, but their weapons and equipment were quite good. The rebels of the Southern Huns naturally discovered this quickly after investigation. It was very important that they did not fight head-on with Xiang Yu's troops at the beginning.

The reason is that the weapons and equipment of these southern Huns rebels are not very good, and they do not have an advantage in terms of combat numbers.

Their main advantage is that the battlefield is the desert grassland that they are familiar with, and as Xiang Yu, as the attacker, and as the defender, they can try to take the initiative in the battle in the territory they are familiar with, and they did so.

Everything we do from beginning to end is to fully grasp the initiative in combat.

That night, Xiang Yu's troops, which totaled only ten cavalry, took advantage of the night to rush into one of the camps of the Southern Huns rebels. Although they were killed by surprise, the number of troops led by Xiang Yu was limited after all.

Actual damage is also very limited.

And this night attack just provided these Southern Huns rebels with an excellent reference answer. Their subsequent feint attacks were all in preparation for this final night attack. However, they certainly did not expect that all of this was what Xiang Yu had expected.

In the midst of this, the night attack that he carefully planned turned out to be a self-inflicted trap in a sense.

At this time, these Southern Huns rebel cavalry did not know that they had entered an ambush circle. Even if a few smarter ones discovered this, their words would be regarded as disturbing the morale of the army, and they would have to say a few more words.

There is a possibility that the back may be stabbed by a comrade next to him.

Some of the cavalrymen who were charging at the front were blocked. They found that they could not charge forward at all, but the cavalrymen behind them were still charging forward. As a result, some of the more unlucky guys were tricked by their teammates who came from behind.
Chapter completed!