In an infantry battle, the most emphasis is on formation. Whoever's formation is disrupted first during the fight will basically lose. In recent years, Li Mi has paid great attention to gathering information about the Far Eastern Army, so the generals under the Wagang Army all know about the infantry of the Far Eastern Army.
The battle formation was so powerful that Wang Xuan wanted to take advantage of the steep slope and charge down from top to disrupt the Far Eastern Army's formation and defeat it.
However, Li Xuanba behaved quite well at this time. He just followed what he had learned as a training soldier on Snake Island, and led 10,000 people into an infantry battle formation, and pushed them over honestly.
Both sides had no intention of cleaning up their positions, and both wanted to defeat the other side first. The two armies, which were filled with smoke and dust, exchanged bows and crossbows as soon as they came into contact. This reflected the gap in the weapons and equipment between the two sides.
The Far Eastern Army fired nine rounds of fast crossbows, and its armor was light steel armor.
The Wagang army only had ordinary bows and arrows in their hands, and only a small number of them had iron armor on their bodies, most of them wearing leather armor.
Therefore, in this first round of crossbow shooting, only four members of the Far East Army were injured by arrows, while more than a hundred people of the Wagang Army were killed.
Such a large proportion of casualties undoubtedly poured a basin of ice water on the heads of everyone in the Wagang Army. All Wagang soldiers, including the extremely brave Wang Xuan, felt a chill in their hearts.
In particular, the Wagang soldiers discovered that during the exchange of fire just now, even if an arrow hit them, no one in the Far East Army frowned or subconsciously dodge, and the pace and orderliness of the entire battle formation were not affected in the slightest.
On the other hand, when the Far Eastern Army's crossbow arrows came like rain, not to mention how many people were hit by the arrows, they all habitually dodge, and the entire battle formation had already begun to fall into chaos before the battle started.
Wang Xuan suddenly realized that they seemed to not know enough about the Far Eastern Army. Looking at the tall and indifferent faces of the Far Eastern Army opposite him, he suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.
But now that the arrow was on the bowstring, they had no way out except to continue to fight hard.
Therefore, both sides continued to attack each other without any pause.
The Storm Bear Battalion is controlled by a special bugle. At this time, a bugle sounded, and the ten thousand Bear Battalion immediately had dense spears raised in their hands, almost blocking the background to the north. The drums and drums sounded rapidly, and then
Turning into a step point, ten thousand people lined up in ten square formations and moved forward at the same time, like a forest of moving spears.
On the right side of each phalanx is a captain and the captain's banner, and on the left is a deputy captain. They move back and forth, reminding the regimental leader and centurion leader in the queue to pay attention to a certain formation from time to time.
Because of the exchange of fire between the two sides, the Wagang Army's foot formation was very long at this time, with nearly thirty rows in front and back. The front line was much longer than the ten rows of the Far East Army, five in front and five in the back. The drum formation behind the Wagang Army
He approached firmly with a look of hatred in his voice.
The soldiers of the Far Eastern Army stood the spear upright on the right side, holding the bottom of the gun with their right hand and the gun body with the left hand. As the drum beat slowly moved, it was very difficult to lift the four-foot long spear horizontally, and it would only be leveled when fighting.
The Far Eastern Army's armor shone brightly, and all infantry were issued iron armor and low-brow helmets, while the Wagang Army had less than one-tenth of the armor.
The two sides quickly approached, and the Far Eastern Army's bugle sounded again. All the infantry formations shouted "Kill" in unison and stopped. Each captain gave an order, and every soldier of the Far Eastern Army touched the ground and leaned their spears on their shoulders.
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They only walked a few hundred steps, more of a confrontational attitude to improve the morale of the soldiers. The soldiers of the Wagang Army on the opposite side walked very fast because they did not have much time to waste time. In the process, the Far Eastern Army's fast crossbows
Always keep killing them.
Every volley fired by the Far East Army could create large and small gaps in the Wagang Army's front line, but they were quickly filled by the Wagang Army behind them, and the front line still moved forward resolutely.
"These Wagang thieves are all men who are not afraid of death." Li Xuanba muttered.
The Far Eastern Army's rapid-fire crossbows continued to fire in batches, and the speed gradually increased. Apparently, the Far Eastern Army also understood that the Wagang soldiers would be approaching rapidly, and there was not much time left for them to fire.
The closer the distance, the more people were killed by the rapid crossbow fire, but the gap was quickly filled up, and the corpses on the ground were quickly blocked by the human wall.
Faced with the Wagang Army's indomitable and fearless momentum, if it were replaced by other armies, it would be affected to some extent, but for the Far East Army, especially the Storm Bear Battalion, there would be no impact at all.
Compared to a cavalry charge, the infantry front is very open, the contact area is large, and there are no tricks, and the victory or defeat will be decided in a short time.
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The infantry of the Wagang Army entered the 150th step. They had already encountered five rounds of rapid crossbow strikes. Before the two sides came into contact, the Wagang Army had already lost four to five hundred people. This was because the Far East Army had not used gunpowder bags. Otherwise, the Wagang Army had not used gunpowder bags.
The losses of the Gang army were even greater.
Of course, during this process, the Wagang Army never stopped throwing light arrows. However, the soldiers of the Far Eastern Army, who were all in light steel armor, lowered their heads slightly and covered their faces with the brim of their helmets with low eyebrows. The light arrows thrown from a distance fell in the queue.
, making a tinkling sound. Occasionally, the sharp archers in the Wagang Army can shoot directly into the neck and other joints, causing a muffled sound. Otherwise, for the steel armor, the light arrows thrown and tickling
almost.
At this time, there were only about forty steps left between the two sides, but in order not to mess up the confrontation, both sides consciously slowed down. The first and second rows of fast crossbows on the side of the Storm Bear Camp had begun to take turns firing, but
They only had time to shoot one round each.
However, Li Xuanba suddenly dodged and retreated to the back of the battle formation. There were thousands of people there who had not dismounted. They were watching the horses and guarding the sides and rear of the infantry phalanx.
The messenger next to Li Xuanba blew the trumpet, turned to the drum and bugler and said: "Normal pace, blow the advance horn."
As soon as the marching bugle sounded, the soldiers in the battle formation in the center of the Bao Xiong Camp quickly hung their crossbows on their waists, lifted up their spears with both hands, and stood on the right side. After the drums sounded sharply, the soldiers stepped on the drums and began to advance. On the opposite side of the Wagang
The rumble of military footsteps could be heard clearly.
The Wagang Army was afraid of fast crossbows, but within thirty steps, the Far Eastern Army infantry was also worried about the Wagang Army's rifle bows shooting at close range, because at this distance the infantry bows were already able to cause damage to the Far Eastern Army wearing steel armor. This
Both sides within the distance hope to enter the critical close combat as soon as possible.
Such a huge disparity between casualties and casualties finally caused those Wagang soldiers to panic. However, they had already approached thirty steps, and began to use heavy arrows. They continued to advance fiercely, holding armor-piercing awls and bows in their hands, and rushed to twenty steps.
outside.
The Far Eastern Army's central battle formation has put away its fast crossbows and is holding on to its iron guns tightly, but the long phalanx line is rolling forward. No matter how close the distance is, there are always a thousand Far Eastern Army soldiers on each side with fast crossbows at Wagang.