There were not pits everywhere, so the cavalry that had passed the navy behind them began to change direction, bypassing the pits and rushing towards the Beida camp.
The long-range troops on the archery tower let go of the dismounted cavalry, and turned their arrows to aim at the cavalry behind them, as well as the approaching navy troops.
As a result of the frontal attack on the troops at Peking University Camp, the number of casualties began to soar.
With the addition of the 111th, 112th, and 113rd Divisions, a large number of crossbowmen joined the camp defense sequence, and Qiao Meng relaxed the restrictions on long-range attacks and poured arrows at the enemy to his heart's content. The defenders of the Beida Camp took advantage of the long-range attack unit.
"Get up!" Shaodian Ben provoked a horse to resist and brought out mud, leaving the gate of the military camp undefended.
Several gun beams came and hit the door panel. Wooden slag and fragments flew around, but they failed to penetrate the door panel. The back door of Beidaying was made of multiple layers of wooden boards, with wooden stakes in the middle fixed into a frame, which could withstand huge impacts.
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The camp gate is different from the city gate, and its defense power is much lower. A brute force impact can break the door panel even if it cannot be opened.
"Everyone in front, get out of the way!" A group of cavalry jumped over the pit, reorganized their formation and charged forward.
Behind the gate of the military camp, "Put up the spear!" Xiang Ji raised his ax and ordered.
Bang, fifty long spears were placed neatly on the shield wall, with the tails of the spears touching the ground, and fifty strong men squatting half-crouched on the barrels of the spears.
There are also dozens of heavy armored infantrymen armed with long weapons who are ready to attack on the wings and rear. When the enemy cavalry rushes through the gate, they will step forward and kill them off their horses.
A little further back, two squadrons of crossbowmen formed an inverted square formation, aiming their flat-end crossbows at the gate, and pulling the trigger whenever someone rushed in.
Ping ping ping ping... Just after a series of rapid crashes, the gate of the rear camp burst open, and several cavalrymen rushed into the main camp.
"Hold on! Don't mess up the formation!" Xiang Ji lowered his long axe.
The heavy armored infantry around them had no chance to move at all. The cavalrymen instantly turned into "hedgehogs", and their out-of-control horses collided with the gun array, knocking over several strong men lying on their guns.
Shaodian Cang looked around and immediately retracted. The formation of the military camp was as he expected. The Eighth Army's military camp was not so easy to break into.
"Let the gate open and guard both sides! Wushang, quickly go and command the navy to build the bridge, and let the people behind us rush in!"
His spear rotated at high speed, forming a barrier in front of him, and all the bows and arrows, crossbows, sword and spear rays, and even a few magic beams that attacked him were deflected.
The naval shield formation advanced to the edge of the pit. Under the command of Shaodian Wushang, they jumped down and stepped on the dead horse. The large shield was spread flat on the bottom of the pit. As the number of soldiers jumping into the pit increased, the area directly opposite the camp gate unexpectedly
A "shield road" has been paved, and the "shield road" is constantly widening.
Several hundred large shields were enough to pave a road for the cavalry to charge through.
The cavalry behind stopped taking detours and rushed towards the camp gate despite the rain of arrows.
"The crossbows were pulled up to the general platform, and reinforcements from the South Camp were invited to form a circular formation behind the gate to block the road." Qiao Meng saw the cavalry rushing over in a steady stream and knew that the small number of troops in front of the gate could not be defended.
The siege camp is wider than a city wall. The troops of the 79th and 8th divisions are basically deployed on the front line of the camp wall. The 12th Army Corps, except for the crossbowmen, are serving as reserves behind the general platform. Qiao Meng does not know that there are still 10,000 soldiers and horses.
To come, we can only send 5,000 men first to delay the frontal impact of the cavalry.
Several meter-long spear beams shot into the gate and were pushed out by a volley of crossbowmen, followed by a whole group of galloping cavalry rushing into the gate.
"Hold on!" Xiang Ji roared angrily, sweeping his long ax forward and cutting off a cavalryman who jumped over the spear formation.
The gate of the rear camp was about ten meters wide, just enough for a small cavalry formation to pass through. Five rows of dense spear formations were stuck behind the gate. The cavalry had to jump over if they didn't want to string up the three-meter long spears.
Not all cavalry can jump over the spear formation. The war horse, which could not hold back the reins, raised its forelimbs high, and the body still maintained high inertia and collided with it. Poof, the spear penetrated into the belly. The cavalry rolled forward with all their strength, and the spear in their hands hit hard.
The ground smashed down.
Whoosh, the empty space in the last row thrust out the spear as fast as lightning, hitting the churning cavalry in the middle.
Just as one wave of cavalry charges ended, the next wave came again. More horses hit the spears. The spearmen in the first row were hit so hard that their blood surged. They had to press their shoulders against the rifle poles in the back row to stabilize their bodies.
Another wave, this time with gunfire, two shields broke open, and the heavy armored infantry in the rear knelt down to hold their guns.
Bang, bang, finally the spear could no longer hold up, and the gun shaft broke from it. Those with quick hands could take the spear and shield handed to them from the back row, while those with slow hands could only hug the cavalry that flew down and wrestle with them to the ground.
Some cavalry turned and rushed into the gap on both sides where only one horse could pass through. Unexpectedly, four or five long weapons were thrown at them, and both the man and the horse were knocked down.
"Throw the bodies of men and horses at the door!" Xiang Ji looked anxiously at the spearmen in the front row.
After a few more waves of impact, most of the first row of spearmen will fall, and some of the second row will not be able to hold on.
Compared with the casualties of the cavalry, the heavy armored infantry in front of the gate had the upper hand, and none of the five waves of cavalry survived.
It's not that the heavy armored infantry is better than the cavalry. For the time being, the only place that can directly charge into the camp is the gate. There are two hundred well-trained crossbowmen behind the heavy armored infantry. Not counting the support from nearby archery towers and watchtowers, the firepower concentrated in front of the gate is equal to
With three hundred elite troops, it's not that big of a deal to kill dozens of cavalry.
The 91st Division was not only attacking the gate, but also attacking the camp wall. The division commander Shao Diancang was leading his troops to attack the watchtowers on both sides of the gate.
The walls of the rear camp of Beida Camp are particularly strong, with an archery tower every fifty steps. On both sides of the gate are watchtowers covered with solid wooden boards, each guarded by a small team of crossbowmen.
The cavalry on the outside on both sides have dragged away their horses, and some of the navy are attacking the camp wall. There are more and more holes in the wall, and the number of sailors falling under the wall is also increasing.
The opening is too small for only one small team to attack. The responsibility of the 91st Division is to rush into the Peking University Camp. If this is not possible, they have to tear open the opening of the military camp to allow the troops behind to attack.
Shao Diantai transferred the 100th Division. The 91st and 95th Divisions lost more than half of their troops in the early battles, while the other divisions still maintained relatively complete formations.
Today, the 98th Division is placed on the right wing, the 99th Division is on the left, the 92nd, 93rd, and 94th Divisions form the central army, the 96th and 97th Divisions are the reserves, the 91st Division takes the lead, and the 95th Division serves as the rearguard.
As long as Shao Diancang opens a few holes, the three divisions of the Chinese army will take turns charging into the camp. If there is not enough, there are still 20,000 reserves. Shao Diantai is confident that he can overwhelm at least one of the besieging military camps.
The corpses in front of the door failed to stop the cavalry from charging. The crazy cavalry either opened the way with their spears or used their spears to fly away the corpses. They did not hesitate to use their bodies and horses to smash through the crumbling spear array.
The 91st Division was defeated miserably at Gongbo City. Shao Diancang could hardly hold his head up in front of Shao Diantai. Today he vowed to wash away his shame and lead the charge himself. Both veterans and newly recruited officers and soldiers were working hard
Use a victory to prove yourself.
"Xiang Ji, don't hold on! Lead the troops to retreat to both sides!" The three captains set up a crane wing formation behind the gun formation and stood in the middle of the two crossbow formations. When Xiang Ji's heavy armored infantry squadron evacuated, they
Command the remaining soldiers to seal the gap in front of the crossbowmen.
"The second and third rows go to the left, the fourth and fifth rows to the right, and the remaining troops take turns to cover and withdraw!" After Xiang Ji said this, he suddenly jumped up and swung his long ax into a big windmill, once again suppressing the provoking cavalry.
This time, he used all his strength to resist a group of cavalry. He lowered his charge and immediately rolled back, allowing the crossbowmen to fire a volley. Finally, he led two-thirds of his men to retreat from the front line.
"From front to back, retreat in order after shooting." The crossbow formation must also retreat to make room for the Crane Wing Formation of the third brigade.
Chomont did not intend to use a heavy armored infantry squadron to block the enemy's impact. Instead, he used a step-by-step approach to block the enemy's attack, using layers of defense to weaken the cavalry's impact.
He wants to turn the entire Beida Camp into a war mill and polish the Tenth Army bit by bit.
The three captains placed three double gun arrays on the left and right sides. There were two double gun arrays facing the gate, each with fifty people.
The crossbowmen retreated to the camp tent and formed up. In addition to sealing the gate, they also repaired leaks. However, there were also senior officers wandering around the gate to prevent a few cavalry from leaking out of the Crane Wing Formation.
The cavalry suddenly found that there was much room behind the gate, so they rushed in even harder. The impact area was larger, and more people were attacked, which invisibly reduced the number of troops attacking the camp wall.
More than half of the naval casualties were caused by magic.
The knights have a certain ability to protect themselves against magicians, but the naval force, which is dominated by archers, is in dire straits. If a group attack magic is thrown down, a single magic-breaking arrow cannot stop it. Moreover, they have to deal with the attack from the archery tower.
A fire-type fighting spirit dragon flew down, Wu Huo immediately raised his spear: "The 92nd Division is ready!"
Ten thousand cavalrymen spread out horizontally, and the squadron commanders bit their bronze whistles and stared in the direction of the general's flag.
"Attack in order of the brigade!"
As soon as Wu Huo finished speaking, the soldiers sounded the charge horn, and the battle flag of the first team of the 92nd Division was lowered. The first team leader personally carried the flag and patted the horse and ran out, rushing towards Beida Camp.
This is the command method of cavalry. Unlike infantry, which can build a general platform, the general rides on horseback and needs to rely on flags to command large-scale troops.
Another magician flew over Qiao Meng's head and shouted: "The 92nd Division begins to charge."
"General Xi Xiu, you take command." Qiao Meng didn't give Xi Xiu a chance to speak. He jumped off the general platform, jumped onto the war horse brought by his own soldiers, patted the horse and ran to the front camp.
"Hey!" Xi Xiu shouted from behind, but Qiao Meng didn't look back.
A corps staff officer ran over quickly, handed over an order arrow and an order flag with both hands, and said: "Chief of Staff orders, General Xi Xiu is in charge of commanding the Beida Camp."
Jiang Zhi had expected this scene to happen, and also knew that there were two division commanders on the way.
A group of generals at the same level need to have a commanding order to determine the command authority, otherwise conflicts of authority and responsibility will easily arise.
The command flag is usually placed on the helmet, and some people also pin it on the waist, indicating the temporary power granted by the superior; the command arrow is for people to inspect, and it has the logo of the commander, so everyone can know who gave the order.
"General Han!" Qiao Meng, who was now wandering around the camp, said, "Please go sit on the west side of the camp wall while I go to the east side."
Han Ruren raised his sword and waved it, and replied: "Okay, leave the west side to me!"