The sound of horse hooves shook the heaven and earth, and the dense cavalry formation covered the field of vision of the Youzhou Army officers and soldiers like a moving city wall.
All the sounds in the world disappeared, only one note remained.
At this time, in front of the Youzhou army formation, two rows of shield walls had been lined up. Spears, like hedgehogs, protruded from the shield walls. The tall sergeants leaned on their shields and held their spears diagonally. They were exuding
They smelled of fear, but they had no intention of timidly fighting against the enemy.
They are the most brave and capable infantry group in Hebei, and most of them are warriors who have been tested in the Liaodong Battle. It can be said that they are one of the best infantry in the world.
They showed the courage and firm confidence of Youzhou's powerful troops in the face of powerful enemies.
Unfortunately, those coming on horseback from the opposite side were also one of the most outstanding cavalry groups in the world. They were also experienced in hundreds of battles and did not leave much preparation time for the Youzhou Army.
The sad thing is that the two powerful Sui border armies that should have worked together to resist foreign aggression are now facing each other with swords and guns, and they want to shed countless hot blood in the civil war.
Countless forerunners have taught countless truths with their blood, but the descendants still fall into the same reincarnation involuntarily. This is undoubtedly the tragedy of the Central Plains Empire.
Of course, like those ancestors, people on the battlefield do not think about any big principles. They only know that defeating the enemy in front of them and winning the final victory is the goal of this battle.
Luo Yi stood under the general's flag and stared closely at the cavalry formation that was getting closer and closer in front of him.
At this time, he had already seen clearly that this was not a rebel army, nor was it a Turkic elite cavalry. This was the Sui army, and only the elite cavalry of the Sui army could have such a strict array and oppressive momentum.
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What made him relieved was that he didn't see any heavy armored cavalry from the front. This was undoubtedly good news for the Youzhou Army.
But then, Luo Yi's face turned pale.
The enemy on the opposite side showed no signs of slowing down, and had no intention of stopping.
The sound of the horses' hooves became more and more rapid. They accelerated without any buffer. As soon as they saw the Youzhou Army, they relaxed their horse's reins and let the horses run wildly in a short time.
This is a long-planned attack. There will be no scenes and no breathing space for the enemy. Their strategic purpose is to wipe out this Youzhou army from the Hebei Plain, and will not even give them any chance to breathe.
A little chance to escape.
The galloping horses made the earth seem to shake, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves seemed to hit people's hearts, making them breathless.
Those who have not witnessed this scene with their own eyes cannot imagine the terrifying momentum of such a cavalry army charging.
Looking down from the sky, the cavalry rushed forward like a flood that burst a dam.
Unlike the Turks, the charge was not accompanied by the wild howls of the knights. Apart from the sound of horse hooves, it was the hoarse shouts of the officers delivering orders.
"Zhang Gong, Zhang Gong."
Such sounds resounded among the two armies.
At the same time, it also unfolded the most visually impactful scene in this battle.
With the buzzing sound of bowstrings, black arrows almost rose into the sky from both armies at the same time, passing through the sky and falling into the formation of the two armies with a numbing whooshing sound.
For a moment, countless people screamed and fell to the ground. Countless people screamed and flew away from the war horses. The war horses whined and fell, throwing the knights on their backs away. The men and horses were trampled to a bloody pulp in an instant.
The blood began to flow in large amounts at this moment. It never stopped until the end of the war.
In such a charge, the long-range attack capability of the cavalry is inferior to that of the infantry.
After two rounds of arrow rain, the cavalry in the front row skillfully hung up their bows and arrows, took off their bucklers, and drew their steel swords, ready to engage in battle.
The arrows flying in the sky were like clouds in the sky, rising and falling, constantly causing casualties.
Indeed, as Li Po expected, the casualties caused to the cavalry by armies like the Youzhou Army were very terrible.
The cavalry in the front row became sparse in the rain of arrows. When the shield wall was less than a hundred steps away, they had to withstand intensive rounds of crossbows. When they got closer, some short axes, short spears, etc.
Throwing weapons also began to cause damage to cavalry.
There were a whole row of hundreds of cavalry, but only a few could rush to the shield wall.
This is the greeting gift for the cavalry from the tight infantry formation. It can be said that if the Youzhou Army is fully prepared and the same number of infantry troops stick to one place, if you want to impulsive such an army formation, you will have to pay a huge price.
The most elite infantry brigade will artificially turn the place where they are stationed into a city.
Of course, there are not many such opportunities. The infantry's slow movement and over-reliance on logistical equipment make it difficult for them to engage in a positional battle with the cavalry.
Just like now, the Youzhou Army who rushed to fight had a great advantage at first glance, but they could not stop the rushing cavalry from hitting the shield wall continuously, and even stopped the Heng'an Town Army's charge.
Momentum can't do it.
On the battlefield, there was a bang; a loud noise even drowned out the sound of horse hooves.
The infantry formation and the cavalry finally had a large-scale collision, and countless lives were lost in this collision.
Countless figures flew up and fell into the Youzhou Army formation. There were Heng'an Town Army cavalry and Youzhou Army soldiers. They all started moving according to the inherent physical rules at the moment of the collision.
Blood was thrown out like cheap dye.
The sounds of screams and broken bones were continuous, but they were covered up by the loud noise.
The knight was pierced by the spear and knocked off his horse. Countless horses were impaled by the spear and fell to the ground. Under the inertia, the spear broke and hit the shield wall. The collision broke the bones and tendons of the Youzhou soldiers behind him.
In this cruel and bloody scene, the terrifying impact of the cavalry was fully revealed at this moment.
The neat shield wall was shattered into pieces at the moment of contact, creating countless gaps.
The cavalry that followed did not waste the victory gained by the comrades in front at the cost of their lives.
They almost stepped on the corpses of their enemies and comrades, swarmed in from every gap, and crashed into the second shield wall without stopping.
People always ask the same question, who will win when the sharpest spear meets the strongest shield?
Put this metaphor on the Heng'an Town Army and the Youzhou Army, and you will get the most perfect and true answer, the spear will win.
Because it is sharper and its power is more concentrated. Of course, the most important point is that the spear has the initiative to attack. No matter how good the defense is, it cannot be as good as a sharp attack. In military terms, this is a truth.
The two shield walls, under the crazy attack of the Heng'an Town Army, did not last even for a moment before being overwhelmed by the cavalry behind them.
After the cavalry charge, it was a place like a slaughterhouse of flesh and blood. All the corpses of men and horses were trampled to pieces, and they were no longer human.
Luo Yi's general flag also disappeared, and I don't know whose hands the credit for killing the general and capturing the flag fell into.
Of course, it was just to capture the flag. Luo Yi saw the opportunity quickly. Even if he didn't escape quickly, he still had guards around him. When a large group of cavalry rushed over, Luo Yi was protected and retreated behind.
And this time he retreated, he never stopped.
The two shield walls were broken, the flag was cut down, and the Youzhou army finally became confused.
The tide of cavalry passed by, completely submerging the Youzhou army's formation. The cavalry's steel swords swung down, cutting down rows of Youzhou soldiers to the ground.
The most valuable archers in the army have now become helpless lambs, ready to be slaughtered.
Eight thousand cavalry, facing fifteen thousand Youzhou troops, caused a horrifying massacre. Countless Youzhou troops were making their last efforts, gathering around the general, frantically resisting the collision that seemed to never stop.
and the severed steel knife.
On the left side of the main army, more than two thousand Heng'an Town troops broke away from the main army and headed directly north to meet the challenge of the Youzhou Army cavalry.
If the infantry of the Youzhou Army can still cause a lot of damage to the Heng'an Town Army, then the performance of the cavalry of the Youzhou Army in front of the Heng'an Town Army can only be said to be unsatisfactory.
The Heng'an Town Army, which fought with the Turks every year, showed an overwhelming advantage in the cavalry battle.
They skillfully controlled the horses and used the most tricky angles to cut off the horses of the Youzhou Army cavalry one by one. Four thousand cavalrymen staggered past, leaving behind mostly the corpses of the Youzhou Army cavalry.
Only a few hundred people were left, and they launched a hopeless attack on the swarming cavalry army, and they were soon drowned in this behemoth.
Yuchi Gong and others arrived a little late, and the battlefield was already in a mess. The main army had swept through, leaving behind a dense pile of corpses of Youzhou soldiers.
This shocked and disappointed them.
However, they had to follow the army and start to encircle and suppress the remaining enemies. In fact, it was almost the same as cleaning the battlefield. There were only a few surviving Youzhou soldiers.
Most of them were on both sides, avoiding the impact of the main cavalry force. Facing the large group of cavalry that followed, they had no choice, not even a chance to escape. They had no choice but to lay down their weapons and surrender on the spot.
What was unexpected was that not long after, some soldiers burst into violent cheers. Who said that cleaning the battlefield would be fruitless?
Yuchi Gong won the jackpot, and his soldiers escorted a big man with disheveled hair in front of his horse, and Luo Yi was captured by him.
This was a pie-in-the-sky thing. Not to mention Yu Chigong's pride, Xiaojiazi immediately gathered his subordinates angrily, as if he was afraid that others would come to snatch it from him.
It almost made Luo Shixin and several other leading captains' noses crooked with anger.
After this battle, Li Po and his Heng'an Zhenjun were powerful in Hebei and their reputation spread throughout the world.
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