Chapter 1560 Killing the enemy is sometimes really easy
Therefore, even if the opponent's strength is nearly ten times that of our own, if Li Shentong had no other extraordinary means, the outcome of today's battle may have been doomed.
However, the development of things was not as simple as Wang Junlin and others had expected.
First, Wang Junlin discovered that someone on the opposite side was looking over with a monocular telescope.
Ever since Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu built a glass factory in Fanyang County in order to make money, the cost of telescopes has dropped a hundred times. Nowadays, the Far East Army's officers above 100 and every scout, as well as all spies from the Military Intelligence Agency, have been equipped with them.
It is not unusual for a telescope to be issued and one to leak out, or for a few to be lost on the battlefield.
Nowadays, it occasionally happens that the Li Yuan Group and even various forces in the south buy some telescopes at high prices through some channels.
It's not a big deal that Li Shentong has a telescope. It might have been sold by a businessman from the Far Eastern Army, or it might have been captured from the Far Eastern Army's reconnaissance cavalry during the battle between the two sides' scouts in the past few days.
However, now, Wang Junlin is not afraid of what the other party can see. He has already prepared what should be prepared, and has hidden things that Li Shentong should not see.
Li Shentong gave the order and also used trumpets to mobilize the troops. Amidst the trumpets that were obviously different from those of the Far East Army, the cavalry of the Li Family Army began to move.
However, it did not attack directly forward, but separated to the left and right, facing the Far Eastern Army with cavalry on both sides in an outflanking manner. At the same time, it also left troops to guard against the Far Eastern Army's troops in the center.
However, with the opponent's strength of 50,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry, dividing the troops into encirclement would not affect the intensity of the attack on the Far Eastern Army's formation.
The 30,000 cavalrymen were separated and galloped on the snowy field, stepping on the remaining snow and sludge, heading towards both sides.
After the 30,000 cavalry in iron armor moved to both sides, the 20,000 cavalry behind were exposed. They were all wearing uniform leather armor. Although it was incomparable with the iron armor, this equipment was already considered good.
Sure enough, except for the Far Eastern Army, which has been able to produce steel on an assembly line, even Li Yuan, who has a lot of money and food, can't make it happen.
All soldiers wear iron armor.
According to Wang Junlin's plan, no matter what, if possible, the Li family's army cannot be allowed to set up camp nearby.
Wang Junlin never put down the telescope in his hand. It can be seen from the other party's reaction just now that Li Shentong is well-deserved and is a general who is good at military formations, at least very good at cavalry military formations. Compared with the commanders of the battalions of the Far East Army, this is also
Not to mention giving in too much.
The charge did not start immediately. Li Shentong first had hundreds of sheep driven out and had two cavalrymen drive them with bows and arrows to run twice on the snowy field between the two armies.
"Li Shentong is very well prepared!"
Wang Junlin smiled slightly, knowing that Li Shentong was worried about the mines buried underground, so Wang Junlin did not stop him and allowed the other party to test the situation with the sheep. No matter what, these sheep would sooner or later become extra food for the soldiers.
Now the opponent's 30,000 cavalry in iron armor are responsible for the 5,000 cavalry on the two wings of the Far Eastern Army. The 20,000 cavalry in leather armor are facing the 10,000 infantry of the Far Eastern Army's center, and they are already ready to take the lead in charging.
On the command podium, Wang Junlin also raised his hand. The drummer, flag bearer, and trumpeter all looked at him intently.
However, before Wang Junlin gave the order, the 20,000 cavalrymen in leather armor from Li's army did not take the lead in charging as expected. Instead, the 30,000 armored cavalrymen who had moved to the two wings launched the charge first. At the same time, they were facing
Following the center of the Far Eastern Army, 20,000 Li family cavalrymen wearing leather armor also pushed forward.
But as the distance approached, the Li family army wearing leather armor in the middle rushed towards the center of the Far East Army. The distance continued to shorten. When there were still two hundred steps, the armored cavalry on both sides were not slow. At this time, only
Two hundred and fifty steps down.
Wang Junlin and even everyone in the Far East Army were paying attention to the light cavalry that was advancing towards them and had not launched a full-scale charge. As for the armored cavalry on both sides, they did not pay attention.
The Li family's cavalry on both sides were like two rolling torrents and tsunamis that could destroy everything. They rushed straight towards both sides of the Far Eastern Army's central army. They were already a hundred steps away.
The cavalry of the Li family army rushed towards them like waves. At this time,
It only takes three or four breaths to rush, and you can rush to the Far Eastern Army three hundred steps in front of you.
However, at the next moment, the torrent seemed to have met a dam. No matter how loud the collision was, it was difficult to break through, and the waves were smashed into pieces.
The 30,000 Far Eastern Army light cavalry, with murderous intentions on their faces and shouts of "kill" in their mouths, holding long bows in their hands, were about to perform their best horse shooting, when suddenly an invisible rope seemed to appear in front of them.
The soldiers in the front row of the Li family's light cavalry, who had been promoted to the fastest, fell to the ground without warning. The cavalry on top flew out due to the force of inertia and hit the cold snowfield in front. Several rows of cavalry behind them
Because they were too fast to dodge, they knocked down a large area. Thirty thousand armored cavalry on both sides were suddenly blocked.
The screams and whines of the war horses and wounded soldiers became the main theme of the battlefield at this time. A total of more than two thousand light cavalry on both sides fell down inexplicably. The horses' legs were broken, and the cavalry were seriously injured and disabled or even vomited blood and died on the spot.
Almost at the moment when the 30,000 Li Jiajun armored cavalry were blocked, the Far East Army trebuchets began to fire. Ten gunpowder packets on each side fell on the densest part of the Li Jiajun cavalry. Amidst the continuous explosions, people suddenly turned on their backs. After the gunpowder packets,
, twenty giant crossbows and guns facing both sides were suddenly fired, and screams were heard everywhere. Each crossbow, gun, and men and horses were strung up by more than seven or eight people. At the same time, all the infantry and cavalry of the Far Eastern Army were in the hands of everyone.
Suddenly he picked up the steel string bow, stringed the arrow at an extremely fast speed, and suddenly turned his body at a 45-degree angle to the Li family's light cavalry who were already in chaos on both sides and started firing. Fifteen thousand arrows went into the sky at the same time.
, covering the sky and the sun, and the screams continued.
From the time when the cavalry in the front row of the 30,000 Li family's armored cavalry had their legs broken and the cavalrymen suddenly fell out, it was less than ten breaths of time. The 30,000 Li family's armored cavalry had not even readjusted their formation, gunpowder packs, and crossbows.
Three consecutive terrorist attacks with guns and steel string bows were launched.
Because they were suddenly blocked and the formation was very dense, after the three rounds of attacks by the Far Eastern Army, less than half of the 30,000 Li family's armored cavalry fell off their horses. Only then did the rest of the troops react and shoot with their longbows.
Some fought back, while others shouted to retreat.