The armored warrior shouted loudly, and then everyone stood up with their spears and faced the charge of the armored cavalry!
Xu Yin stuck his heavy sword on the ground, folded his arms and smiled.
Sure enough, a continuous buzzing sound came from the city wall, fast arrows and powerful crossbows flew down like locusts, and the cavalry rushing at the front fell one after another.
However, the enemy was determined and seemed determined to crush the more than 300 Han warriors in front of them. No one retreated in the face of the rain of arrows.
The Yuan army's cavalry did not rush in disorder, but attacked in different waves.
They have rich experience in fighting battles, and they definitely do not rely on armor and strong horses to quickly enter the infantry battle formation. This is no different from committing suicide.
In fact, when they are about to approach the battle formation, they will gradually slow down. It is not until they approach the infantry gun formation that the horsemen will point their carbines at the infantry in front of them and poke them out.
If they cannot be defeated by one wave, their horse speed will drop to a controllable level, enough to turn around and retreat in front of the formation before the infantry can launch a counterattack, while the second wave of cavalry will continue to attack, over and over again without end.
At that time, the heavy infantry formations of the Southern Song Dynasty were invulnerable. Faced with such repeated attacks, they could only collapse.
In an instant, the enemy cavalry closed the distance to within twenty steps. Even if the speed slowed down, the distance was reached in an instant. Everyone could see the ferocious smile on the cavalry's face.
At this time, Xu Yin hooked his feet with his hands, and the heavy sword flew out in a circle, drawing a perfect arc four feet in front of him.
Yuan Qi, who was about to charge into the battle according to the established tactics, suddenly saw a dark iron sword flying towards him. Their souls flew out of the sky. The five knights in front of them were hit by the heavy sword, and their bodies and heads were either separated or cut in half.
The enemy troops were horrified and shaken. Although their momentum remained strong, their morale dropped visibly.
The heavy sword circled around and fell into Xu Yin's hand again, but there was no cavalry in front of him.
Among the battle formations, Chang Yuchun had the most experience in combat. He saw through the opponent's tactical intentions from the speed of the enemy's cavalry and shouted, "Counterattack! Don't wait!"
As the speed of the cavalry slows down, the impact force is relatively reduced. The infantry holds the spear and has a farther attack range than the spear leaning on the ground, and can surpass the cavalry.
Therefore, counterattacking head-on is the best way to deal with the cavalry rushing into the formation. Chang Yuchun went up to the front and stabbed each other at the cavalry in front of him!
Chang Yuchun was like practicing a big spear in Xingyiquan. He held the tail of the spear forward with both hands, which increased the attack distance of the spear by one foot and hit the enemy cavalry first.
The lance in the enemy rider's hand was not far different from the length of the spear in Chang Yuchun's hand. At this time, he had two feet to spare before he was stabbed off the horse. Even though he was protected by iron armor, the armor was torn and his vitals were injured. He struggled for a while and died immediately.
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The rest of the heavy infantry formation still maintained the attitude of standing the spears at an angle in the front row and holding the spears in the back row with flat ends. As a result, this posture shortened the attack distance of the spears. Not only did they fail to hit the cavalry who were slowing down in front of the formation, but they were stabbed by the opponent first.
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Although the infantry were protected by iron armor, the opponent had the dual kinetic energy of man and horse. No matter how slow the speed was, being shot like this would cause chest tightness and shortness of breath. The person would stumble back and fall down, suffering internal injuries.
I saw the soldiers in the front row of our infantry formation fell backward at the same time, and the enemy cavalry in front of the formation was about to calmly turn around and leave. Apart from being afraid of Xu Yin's position, they all showed disdainful smiles towards everyone else.
The defenders on the city wall all felt their hearts sinking. They did not expect that Yuan Qi was so elite and could break through the spear array like this. If this wave is over, how can they resist the next wave?
At this moment, the woman in yellow and the others suddenly flew out, and within a short distance, they instantly killed the cavalry who were whirling away!
The Yuanqi, whose smug smiles hadn't disappeared, were suddenly attacked from behind. They were unprepared and most of them were killed immediately. Only a few of them fled in panic and were in a very embarrassed state.
The defenders on the city wall immediately cheered loudly, as if they had won a victory, and felt a breath of bad breath exhaled, which was extremely satisfying.
As for King Ruyang, he just snorted coldly and reprimanded his generals loudly.
The general shrank his neck, and when he turned around, he could only let people continue to wave flags and drums. Don't worry about the rain of arrows on the city wall, and fight with all your strength. As long as they can come into contact with the defenders' infantry formation, the archers on the city wall can only throw their weapons at them.
The second wave of cavalry continued to rush in with fierce and angry expressions, but their speed gradually increased without slowing down!
Xu Yin glanced at Chang Yuchun, who was two steps ahead of the infantry formation.
Xu Yin immediately knew that Chang Yuchun still insisted on attacking, so he shouted to the friendly troops in the rear: "Attack! Don't be afraid!"
The situation on the battlefield changes extremely quickly, and all communications cannot tolerate long speeches. In a short sentence, the decision is handed over to the friendly generals.
He gasped, roared, stood up from the ground, and took two steps forward with a spear in his hand.
The rest of the soldiers knew his intention, roared and marched shoulder to shoulder, abandoning the passive defensive formation. Even if the formation became uneven when moving forward, they must display the aura of daring to die with the enemy!
A Han man must have this kind of momentum when trying to defend himself against others!
No matter how powerful the enemy is, no matter what adversity, there is only one life to deal with it!
When the second wave of cavalry saw this, everyone's faces showed disbelief. This weak sheep, who had been besieged for a month and watched as their relatives and friends were slaughtered by their own side and did not dare to leave the city to fight, actually dared to attack and start the charge.
Heavy riding?!
Okay! Just charge with this wave and see if you have silver-like pewter spear heads!
Under the command of the centurion, these cavalrymen flashed with a ferocious light like wolves in their eyes, raised their lances, and increased their speed. Apparently they gave up their initial fighting style and resorted to desperate tactics!
This time, Xu Yin, who was the most skilled in martial arts, felt his blood boiling. He raised his sword high, the sword's glow surged, and it fell head-on, causing the cavalry and the horse to break apart!
In the surrounding area, spears and armor were shattered, warriors had broken tendons and fractures, and cavalrymen reared up and neighed, roaring and hissing together.
The violent charge of the Hulu cavalry has stopped, but the men of the Han family will continue to fight even if they die!
Swords, halberds, and spears danced wildly in blood. These elite warriors had never seen an opponent with such an iron will. The blood that burst into the sky during the confrontation awakened their sanity.
When the Tartars saw the scene in front of them that was like a hellish Shura, they howled in terror. However, it was too late to escape!
The woman in yellow shirt and others acted as mobile troops and took this opportunity to rush out to harvest, which was extremely efficient.
This time, because the enemy cavalry was too crazy, no one could escape.
Although the infantry battle formation looks messy and disorderly at this time, in fact everyone is full of energy, morale is high, and they are shouting for a fierce battle!
On the contrary, the enemy cavalry in the third row who were about to charge were frightened. Even though they knew that now was the best opportunity to break the formation, no one dared to charge into the formation. They all looked at the centurion with hesitation in their eyes.
At this time, the defenders on the city wall were inspired, set up their heavy crossbows, opened their strong bows and launched a volley of fire, causing the demoralized cavalry to disperse and retreat.
Although the King of Ruyang was angry, he knew that the morale of the army was lost and morale was greatly reduced. There would be no chance to capture these elite defenders, so he immediately ordered the gold to retreat.
However, the siege was not over yet. The siege equipment prepared in the rear were activated one after another, and the army formed a large formation with a murderous intent.
At this time, the city gate opened, and the general inside shouted for everyone to enter the city quickly.
More than three hundred warriors lifted up their robes and retreated into the city in an orderly manner. Although they were retreating, they were in high spirits and refused to give way to the powerful enemy.
Xu Yin, as the queen, waited for everyone to enter the city, then looked back at the seemingly endless Yuan army behind him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and coldly snorted: "Defending the city, the priority is to hurt the enemy!"