The reason why Luo Shixin regrouped his cavalry so quickly was because while cutting through the rogue bandits, he asked the messenger behind him to blow the latest copper horn produced by the Yancheng equipment production base.
The sound of this new type of copper horn is very special. No matter how noisy the environment is, it allows each cavalry to quickly find the place where the sound is coming from and gather them as quickly as possible.
Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that the Tornado Battalion usually attaches great importance to the training of 'dispersion' and 'gathering'. The Cyclone Battalion's 10,000 cavalrymen, each with one hundred people in each row, have now formed a long formation of one hundred rows.
The spears and sabers raised on it shone silvery in the sunlight.
The cavalry combat regulations finalized by the Far Eastern Army Shedao clearly stipulate that the cavalry is based on centurions as combat units. Each centurion is divided into three columns. The first two rows wear scale armor and use 1-foot-4-foot spears, and the third row uses thickened
A widened one-handed waist sword, everyone wore medium-defense, light-weight chainmail. The cavalry in the same row were only three feet apart from each other, the centurions were two steps apart, and the front and rear rows were seven steps apart.
The Whirlwind Camp had just been fooled by Wei Dao'er and his men, and was almost entangled by the ragtag bandits. At this moment, they saw Wei Dao'er trying to lead thousands of elite cavalry to attack them head-on. From Luo Shixin down, everyone was charging silently and sneered.
But his fighting spirit is overwhelming.
The cavalry of the Far Eastern Army are all excellent war horses. Even though they had just fought with the bandits, at this time, compared with the war horses of the Whirlwind Camp, the latter was obviously inferior. Most of the war horses of the Far Eastern Army came from the Northeast.
All the Khitans are excellent.
Luo Shixin was always followed by a trumpeter and three flag bearers. At this time, the main flag bearer was holding Luo Shixin's flag, and another communication flag bearer pointed the red pennant diagonally forward. The trumpeter played five short tones followed by one long tones.
At the sound of accelerating charge, the Cyclone Battalion cavalry spurred their horses to accelerate.
Luo Shixin needs to accurately judge the distance to ensure that he engages the enemy at the highest speed of the charge. Currently, they are about 500 steps away from the enemy. They need to maintain a medium speed to about 200 steps away. A charge at a distance of 200 steps is their best.
A proficient subject, the difficulty lies only in how to maintain a dense formation when the speed gradually increases.
Under strict training in the past, the cavalry of the Tornado Battalion has been able to launch approaches and charges at a distance of up to 300 steps.
The nearly 10,000 horses of the Tornado Battalion advanced at a medium speed. Ten captains of a thousand cavalry with flags on their backs stepped out of the formation and came five steps in front of the right side of the formation. They used lances with triangular flags and set them above their heads to give way.
The subordinates in the back row can also clearly see the position. These captains turn their heads from time to time to observe the position of the commander Luo Shixin. The other front row cavalry observe the positions of their respective captains and control their horse speed. The entire cavalry array moves straight towards the rebels.
The elite army advanced.
Luo Shixin's next strategy was very simple. In a frontal charge, Wei Dao'er would know what a real elite soldier was and let him understand the power of the Far Eastern Army's cavalry. This was also one of Wang Junlin's initial strategic goals.
Among the rebels nearly five hundred steps away, Wei Daoer also asked his trumpeter to blow the trumpet. Although he found that the Tornado Battalion had resumed its formation in a short period of time, which made him extremely depressed, he was unable to get off the tiger at this time.
Charge head-on, don't dare to show any timidity, let alone turn the horse's head.
Therefore, it is even more important to maintain the morale of Wei Daoer and his group of nearly 10,000 cavalry. The opponent has cut through tens of thousands of rogue bandits and is coming with a rainbow of momentum. If they are defeated in the first charge, their morale will plummet. This is not true for this situation.
The tens of thousands of rogue bandits were unimaginable and they were likely to be defeated immediately.
However, although he knew that the Far Eastern Army was very powerful, Wei Daoer still had a certain degree of confidence in the men he had personally trained under his command when it came to a head-on battle with the cavalry. At least he believed that even if he lost, he would still be able to make the opponent pay a heavy price.
Because they were far apart and the main formation had not yet caught up, both sides sent out rangers with superb archery skills to jump out and start fighting.
After fighting for a while, the rangers sent by Luo Shixin began to retreat to both sides and make way for the middle position. Some of the rebel rangers in the middle rushed directly towards the Cyclone Camp army formation, preparing to harass the Cyclone Camp main formation. These small teams
Scattered to the two wings, shuttled in front of the formation and shot light arrows with their riding bows.
This is the "Rawa tactic" most commonly used by the Turks. It is one of the special skills of the Turkic cavalry. When they use it, they usually use a team of a thousand people to form a wide arc-shaped skirmish line to harass the enemy's position and lure the enemy away.
The formation may waver, and the cluster in the rear formation will look for the opponent's weak position and conduct a concentrated charge, thus causing the entire enemy formation to collapse.
Wei Dao'er was a general at the border of Bingzhou and fought many battles with the Turks, so he learned this fighting method.
But for Wei Daoer, the harassment that had been effective against other officers and soldiers in the past was more like making trouble. The horses in the first row of the Whirlwind Battalion had leather armors as masks on their heads, and arrow curtains on their chests.
It can withstand light arrows shot at a small angle. Only five or six horses were injured in total, and the second row of cavalry with long spears quickly stepped forward to fill them up.
The efforts of the Cyclone Battalion's rangers also limited the opponent's performance. Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen continued to advance in the face of the harassing light arrows.
The gentle speed brought about the chaotic sound of horse hooves. The two sides approached 300 steps. Luo Shixin's flag tilted forward again. The bugler blew the second advance trumpet. Luo Shixin gently pinched the horse's belly, and the horse accelerated again. The cavalry commanded different infantry, and they could
Standing at the rear and commanding, the cavalry general has to charge forward, leading the charge while commanding at the same time.
Luo Shixin ignored the light arrows flying from a distance, and while running, he observed his side's formation from left to right. Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen began to accelerate with him, and there were surging horse heads everywhere.
All the captains effectively controlled the team, and the formation was not disrupted by harassment. The results of the usual hard training were reflected, and the formation remained stable.
Unknowingly, the sound of horse hooves ceased to be a chaotic sound. The dense sound of hoofbeats slowly merged into a rumbling sound, which was like fairy music to Luo Shixin's ears.
The two sides were soon only two hundred steps apart. Because of the advance, Luo Shixin thought it was only more than a hundred steps. The flat array was like a moving wall of horses. The rebel skirmishers and rangers in front of them no longer had much room to maneuver. In the dense crowd,
Retreat before the cavalry.
Nearly 10,000 cavalrymen led by Wei Daoer appeared in front of Luo Shixin, their armor shining. Although Wei Daoer tried his best to collect weapons and equipment for these 10,000 cavalrymen, it was still difficult to unify the weapons of all the people, resulting in the 10,000 rebels.
Most of the weapons of the cavalry are spears and broadswords, and a few even use maces and sword clubs.