At the moment when the front army's 10,000 cavalry and the 1,000 dead heavy cavalry rushed too deep and were separated from the central army and surrounded by the other side, Wang Junlin smiled and said: "Li Shentong may not know, he is deliberately planning
What you swallow in one gulp is an iron lump, and with their Li Jiajun's stomach, they cannot digest this iron lump at all."
Wang Junlin smiled and ordered the flag to be waved, causing the two wings of the Tornado Battalion to attack the infantry phalanx and cavalry on both sides of the Li Family Army at the same time!
The two wings of the Li Jiajun's army instantly fell into a hard-fought melee.
Li Shentong didn't know that the 10,000 former whirlwind camp cavalry and 1,000 dead heavy cavalry he surrounded were iron lumps sent intentionally by Wang Junlin. He just had a vague feeling that this battle would not be defeated so easily in the end.
The Far Eastern Army achieved final victory.
Now, in Li Shentong's view, both sides have advantages and disadvantages in certain areas of the battlefield.
Our own side divided the front army of the Chinese army that surrounded the Whirlwind Camp. But who is Wang Junlin? He is the most difficult person in the world. He has a vicious vision and can seize the opportunity at the most opportune moment.
Wang Junlin ordered the two wings of the Tornado Battalion to launch a fierce attack when some of the troops on both wings of the Li Jiajun were at their weakest to support the Chinese army.
And until the last moment, the outcome between the frontal formation of the Li family army and the central formation of the Tornado Battalion was uncertain.
But until now, no matter what, Li Shentong had believed that they would at least not be defeated. The question now was whether they could maintain the advantage gained by the Chinese army and annihilate the former Cyclone Battalion that had become a trapped beast as quickly as possible, and then
Support his other military formations to win the final victory in this field battle.
In Wang Junlin's original plan, if the center of the Li family's army was charged by a thousand dead heavy cavalry and caused chaos, the light cavalry on both wings of the Whirlwind Battalion would take advantage of the situation and kill the Li family's cavalry in large numbers with fast crossbows. However, what they faced was because
Although the troop mobilization has become weaker, the two wings of the Li family's army are still well prepared.
The Cyclone Battalion has 50,000 cavalry, with a general on each wing leading 10,000 cavalry. The center formation is composed of 1,000 dead heavy cavalry and 10,000 Cyclone Battalion cavalry as the front formation. The rear 10,000 cavalry are the main formation, and there is another
Thousands of cavalry were prepared, led by Luo Shixin, who was waiting aside. Wang Junlin didn't tell Luo Shixin what to do and asked him to wait anyway.
At this time, the flag bearers on both wings came to the two generals on both sides holding the general's flag, and the communication flag bearer pointed the red pennant diagonally forward. Amidst the sound of five short tones followed by one long tone of the marching bugle, the cavalry on both wings simultaneously
To spur the horses forward, Lang will need to accurately judge the distance to ensure that he meets the enemy at the highest speed of the charge.
At this time, the two sides were about a mile and a half away from the enemy. They had to maintain a slow pace to about 200 paces. The charge at a distance of 200 paces was the most proficient subject of the Whirlwind Battalion cavalry. The difficulty was just how to maintain the pace as the speed gradually increased.
Close formation.
Under strict training, any cavalry unit of the Tornado Battalion has been able to launch an approach and charge at a distance of up to 300 steps.
The war horses advanced slowly. Four cavalry captains with flags on their backs crossed the formation and came five steps in front of the right side of the formation. They used lances with triangular flags and set them up above their heads so that the men in the back row could see clearly.
Seeing the position, these captains turned their heads from time to time to observe the position of the general. The other front row cavalry observed the position of their respective captains and controlled their horse speed. The entire cavalry array was level.
Advance straight towards the Li family's cavalry.
Bugles sounded from the two wings of the Li Family Army a few miles away. Although some of the forces on the two wings of the Li Family Army were transferred in order to cut off the Far East Army's front troops, they were weaker than the central army. However, this was only compared to the weakness of the Li Family Army's own central formation. Their two wings
The number of troops is still nearly twice that of the two-wing cavalry of the Whirlwind Battalion.
Both wings are light cavalry first, and their tactics in charging are very similar. For example, before the main formation has officially started charging, both sides will send out rangers to start the fight.
However, upon closer inspection, there are still differences - at this time, the rangers sent by the Cyclone Battalion began to retreat to both sides to make way for the middle position, while the Li Family Army's cavalry rangers rushed directly towards the Cyclone Battalion's cavalry formation.
Come, try to harass these cyclone battalions that are moving forward in formation and have not yet picked up speed.
These small teams scattered to the two wings, shuttled in front of the formation and shot light arrows with their riding bows.
This tactic is somewhat similar to the "Rawa tactic" most commonly used by the Turks. In fact, all nomadic cavalry seem to use similar tactics, including the Huns in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Turks in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Jurchens and the Mongols later.
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This tactic can be said to be fatal for troops with weak fighting will and poor sense of discipline, and it can even be used to no avail - when they use it, they usually use a team of 500 people to form a wide arc-shaped skirmisher front.
Harassing the enemy formation, luring the enemy troops to leave the formation or waver, and the clusters in the rear formation will look for the opponent's weak positions and conduct a concentrated charge, thus causing the entire enemy formation to collapse.
But this kind of very effective harassment was more like a kind of trouble for the Far Eastern Army at this time. The horses of the Whirlwind Battalion cavalry had leather armors on their heads as masks, and there were arrow curtains on their chests to withstand incoming shots.
A light arrow with a small angle.
In total, only five or six horses were shot and wounded, and the second row of cavalry with lances quickly stepped forward to fill them up.
The efforts of the Cyclone Battalion's rangers also limited the opponent's performance. Ten thousand cavalry on each wing 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 three hundred paces. The flags of the two cavalry generals were tilted forward again. The trumpeter blew the second advance trumpet. The two generals gently pinched the horse's belly, and the war horse gently
Jump and start jogging.
The cavalry command is different from that of the infantry. You can stand at the rear and command, but the cavalry must charge in front. You must charge while commanding.
The two men ignored the light arrows flying from far away, and while running, they observed their own array from left to right. At this time, each of their 10,000 cavalrymen began to jog, and there were surging horse heads everywhere.
, the captains at the front of the queue effectively controlled the team, and the formation was not disrupted by harassment.
The sound of horse hooves on the gentle slope was no longer a chaotic sound. The dense sound of hoofbeats slowly merged into a rumbling sound, which was like fairy music in the ears of all the cavalry in the Whirlwind Battalion.
The distance between the two sides was soon only two hundred steps. Due to the reason of facing each other, the two generals regarded it as only more than a hundred steps. The flat array was like a moving wall of horses. The skirmishers and rangers of the Li family's cavalry in front of them no longer had much room to maneuver.
, retreated in front of the dense cavalry.
Most of the weapons of the Li family's cavalry were spears and swords. At this time, the array looked quite neat from a distance, and they also began to jog.
The blood of the two men on both sides surged up, and they shouted: "Three speeds!"
Another advance signal sounded, and the flag-bearer, the general, turned the flag in a circle and leaned it forward. All four
The lieutenant gave the order loudly, and the pennant gun tilted forward again.
A total of 20,000 cavalrymen on both sides of the Whirlwind Battalion heard the sound of the trumpet, and at the same time their horses accelerated. The rumble of horse hooves was like thunder running from far to near in the sky.
No one of the harassing Li Jiajun's rangers dared to block the front, so they fled to both sides, aiming their bows and arrows at the two wings and shooting at random. Several people of the Far Eastern Army on both wings were shot over, but this loss had no impact on the overall cavalry formation.
The armies of both sides finally came within the range of long-range bows and arrows. To put it simply, they were shooting arrows at each other from running horses. However, compared to the messy bows and arrows of the Li family army, the fast crossbows of the Whirlwind Battalion light cavalry fired in volleys every time, and
It was nine rounds, and the steel plate armor of the Tornado Battalion was not a little stronger than that of the Li family's cavalry.
Combining all these factors, the ratio of casualties before the two sides met can be imagined - before the two sides rushed together, nearly two thousand Li family cavalrymen died on both wings, while only two or three hundred people died in the Whirlwind Battalion.
The Li family's cavalry felt this gap, so they wanted to rush closer to fight earlier, so each cavalry unconsciously speeded up, but in this way, the gap caused by different horse power and riding skills was immediately apparent.
The seemingly neat charge formation became longer and longer. The Li family generals who commanded the cavalry on both wings did not fail to notice this, but the huge casualties caused by long-range attacks also forced the generals to close the distance as soon as possible, and became
Close combat.
And as long as the close combat is over, their infantry hidden behind the cavalry can play a major role, causing the opponent's cavalry to get into a fight.
Compared with the already messy formation on the two wings of the Li Family's cavalry, the formation of the cavalry on both wings of the Whirlwind Battalion has only become slightly more messy than before.
At this time, facing each other, the distance between the two sides was only the last hundred steps in the blink of an eye, and it only took a few breaths of time.
"Charge!" the two generals shouted in the biting cold wind, and four trumpeters around them blew the loud trumpets.
When the four captains heard the sound of the trumpet, they immediately leveled their black flag guns.
"kill!"
The cavalrymen of the Tornado Battalion collectively shouted in accordance with military regulations, and the long spears in the first row were leveled, followed closely by the long spears in the second row.
The Li family's cavalry also sounded their horns. They also leveled their spears and raised their swords, and both sides began the final charge.
The soil and grass clippings brought up by the horses' hooves flew everywhere, and the vibrations caused by the galloping of tens of thousands of cavalry from both sides could even be felt by Wang Junlin on the high command platform at the rear of the army.
But Wang Junlin from the rear command platform never looked at the battlefields on both wings, but kept staring at the battlefield of the Chinese army.
To be precise, I used binoculars to keep an eye on the 10,000 whirlwind battalion cavalry and 1,000 dead heavy cavalry in front of the Chinese army.
The reason why we need to use telescopes is because these 11,000 people are too deep and have been surrounded by the Li family's army.
Seeing that 10,000 cavalry had dismounted and formed an infantry formation, a thousand black-armored soldiers killed the horses without hesitation, and piled up the corpses of the heavily armored horses to form a thick defensive line on the outside. And they immediately
After taking off his heavy armor and transforming into a thousand infantrymen with the strength of the foundation-building stage, he was completely relieved.
Especially after Wang Junlin saw that Li Shentong had mobilized a total of 30,000 troops to swallow the "iron lump" that he had given to the other party, Wang Junlin was already convinced.