The Li Jiajun's first charge suffered heavy losses, but the small results achieved made the Li Jiajun feel chilled and their morale plummeted. However, Duan Zhixuan gritted his teeth and ordered the cavalry to launch a second charge against Wagang Camp.
After the first round of infantry and cavalry confrontation just now, Cheng Yaojin had great confidence in the infantry formation he had set up. At this time, with a heroic order, the 20,000 Wagang Camp infantry phalanx sounded neat drumbeats.
The first three rows of soldiers all hold iron guns in both hands, and the three rows in the back hold an iron gun in one hand and a quick crossbow in the other.
Under the command of their respective captains and centurions, they no longer stood firm and even walked towards the enemy with their heads held high, stopping a hundred paces in front of the enemy's front line.
At this time, the Li family's cavalry that rushed up had already begun to shoot bows and arrows, and they were slightly more nervous and uneasy than in the first round.
This time, the soldiers of Wagang Camp who stood in the rain of arrows did not panic at all. They were as peaceful as standing in the sunshine enjoying the spring breeze. Naturally, the victory they had just achieved made them more confident in their infantry phalanx.
Of course, this is mainly due to the awareness of orders and prohibitions formed by the unique queue training method of the Shedao Concentration Camp in the past six months, which has made them develop an instinct.
At this time, the leading cavalrymen of the second round of Li's army's charge were already 400 steps away. There were still 17,000 of them. They maintained their basic formation while accelerating. As the Li's army's knights roared and roared, they immediately roared toward the tiles.
The gang camp charged at full speed. Compared with the previous formation and direction, the formation and direction were clearly changed, and the changes were more conducive to them. This was the experience gained from the first round of bloody lessons.
"The first three rows squat down! Resist the horses!" Cheng Yaojin's eyes were like lightning. He could see at a glance that the enemy wanted to drag their infantry phalanx into a melee, and then used their numerical advantage to break his own infantry phalanx. So he
He immediately shouted the order, and the ordering soldiers around him conveyed the order as quickly as possible, and it was quickly implemented.
When facing the previous wave of cavalry, the soldiers of Wagang camp who dismounted and fought on foot were still a little nervous. After killing a lot, they faced the rolling enemy cavalry again, but they were left with only incomparable confidence and murderous intent.
Obeying the order, the soldiers in the first three rows aimed their spears diagonally in front and performed standard horse-repelling movements, while the following rows began to aim with the quick crossbow sockets and prepared to shoot.
When an infantry phalanx faces a cavalry charge, the first three rows squat down first, allowing the back three rows to step in and shoot with quick crossbows. This is itself a basic training subject in the Shedao infantry battle formation regulations.
At this time, it was no longer necessary for Cheng Yaojin to order an attack. The captains in charge of commanding in front of the formation would make their own decisions and issue orders.
When the Li Jiajun cavalry rushed to about 120 steps, all the captains looked ferocious almost at the same time and shouted loudly: "The last three rows of fast crossbows are ready!"
The three rows of soldiers behind each captain's battle formation stood sideways at the same time, looking for shooting points. The captain did not give them much preparation time, and immediately roared: "Aim!"
There are one thousand people per capital and one captain. Each capital has nearly half of the soldiers holding fast crossbows. The 20,000 people are subdivided into twenty thousand-man phalanxes, and the ones facing the enemy directly at the front are five thousand people.
Phalanx. More than two thousand fast crossbows were aimed at the oncoming enemy cavalry. Amidst the thunderous sound of hooves, all the captains waited coldly for the enemy cavalry to enter about eighty steps, and then shouted loudly: "
put!"
There was a buzzing sound, and each fast crossbow fired nine consecutive shots all at once. In order to avoid hitting all the enemy soldiers in the front row, they would space each crossbow arrow by one breath. There were more than 500 Li Family Army cavalry in the front row.
He fell to the ground in response.
Everything has two sides. While the cavalry charge is fierce and majestic, it actually provides a bigger target.
Therefore, most of the Wagang camp's fast crossbowmen hit horses. This was not because their arrow skills were inaccurate, but because they did it intentionally, because the cavalry on the war horses fell after being hit by arrows, and the war horses would continue to be wrapped by the cavalry around them.
The cavalry that initiates a charge and falls off its horse is small in size and has little impact on the cavalry's charge.
However, after a war horse falls to the ground after being hit by an arrow, it will roll violently on the ground. This will inevitably cause confusion among the cavalry charging at high speed, and even directly cause many cavalry to rear-end and directly hit or fall to death or injury.
"Stand up in the front row! Take aim!" The voices of each captain were still very steady, but the orders were issued a little faster.
Amidst the roars of the captains, the soldiers in the front row stood up and raised their quick crossbows, while the row behind them began to load arrows into the quick crossbows.
"emission!"
Another round of more than two thousand
Ju Kuai's crossbow fired nine rounds at intervals, and the Li family's cavalry in front of them fell down again, causing chaos again, but the other Li's army cavalry accelerated and rushed towards them crazily.
At this time, it was too late for the Wagang Camp phalanx to conduct the next round of shooting.
"Reject the horses in the front row!" Each captain gave an order. The soldiers in the front row who had just finished shooting squatted down. The soldiers in the second and third rows stood up and raised their long steel guns. The entire military formation suddenly seemed like a long
Like a spiky hedgehog.
Just like in the first round of charge, the dense formation of iron spears stimulated the eyes of the Li family's cavalry and horses. These sensitive animals immediately became instinctively violent. Regardless of their master's control, they couldn't help but turn their heads at the last moment, or wanted to stop in front of the formation.
, thus greatly affecting the final collision effect of the cavalry.
But even so, with the experience of the first round, the results of the Li Jiajun's cavalry charge this time were much better than before. The first row of infantry in the Wagang camp infantry battle formation was knocked away much more than before.
More than two hundred people were killed or injured on the spot. However, they still blocked the enemy cavalry charge.
The cavalry lost its charge advantage, and the weapons were too long to hit the infantrymen holding spears. The same scene as before happened again. Even though the general commanding the cavalry shouted at the top of his lungs and led his elite soldiers to kill the enemy desperately, he still could not get rid of Wagang.
The fate of the battalion's crossbowmen and spearmen as targets.
In desperation, some Li Jiajun cavalrymen threw all kinds of weapons in their hands at the Wagang Camp soldiers in front of them before they died, not to mention knocking down more than 200 people. But this still changed the situation of the cavalry.
The final result of the confrontation.
After the Li family's army once again suffered losses of more than 3,000 cavalry, Duan Zhixuan gave the order and returned in defeat with a look of unwillingness.
At this point, after two waves of charges, the Li family's army of 20,000 cavalry had lost nearly 8,000 people.
In Wagang Camp, less than 600 people died.
The two waves of cavalry were defeated and retreated one after another. Duan Zhixuan saw this scene. He was shocked and his face was so gloomy that he could drop ink. Such a result was something he had never thought of before. He had never thought of surrendering to the Far East before.
The cavalry of the Wagang camp, which had been in the army for less than a year, could be so powerful in dismounted infantry combat.
"No, this infantry phalanx of the Far Eastern Army may only be used to restrain cavalry."
Thinking of this, Duan Zhixuan turned his head and suddenly shouted to the soldiers on the left and right: "Send the order, let the 30,000 infantry troops come up. The enemy's infantry formation is less than 20,000 people, and we are a fresh force. They have been chasing Zhu Can's army all night.
, we have just fought two more battles, as long as we defeat them, we will win this battle."
The messengers split up to deliver the order. Among the 50,000 troops brought by Duan Zhixuan, the general who commanded the 30,000 infantry was also an experienced man in the battle formation. He soon felt that at this time, pitting the infantry against the infantry would be the best choice.
The Li Jiajun cavalry withdrew to the rear to rest, and the 30,000 Li Jiajun infantry were ready. There were many swords and guns on the military formation. Duan Zhixuan waved his hand, a trumpet sounded, and the big drum sounded, and the 30,000 Li Jiajun infantry began to advance calmly.
On the top of the mountain in the distance, Li Shimin witnessed this scene and nodded secretly, feeling pleased that Duan Zhixuan had found a breakthrough so quickly.
But he used his telescope to glance at Zhu Jiajun's more than 60,000 troops, and he was secretly worried.
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I have to admit that the 30,000 infantry phalanx of the Li Army was also very orderly, but what they encountered was the Wagang Camp of the Far Eastern Army that was even more orderly.
Compared with the cavalry, the infantry square formation must be much slower in order to keep the formation orderly. Cheng Yaojin ordered all grenade throwers on his side to seize the opportunity to throw grenades, causing considerable casualties to the opponent's infantry before they could fight in close combat.
, it will also cause a big blow to their morale.
However, after all, these were elite soldiers trained by Duan Zhixuan under the watchful eye of Li Shimin. They may not be able to compare with the Far East Army in terms of orders and prohibitions, but their discipline was also very strict. Although the explosion of grenades caused many casualties to the Li family's infantry
, but failed to cause them much confusion.
There are now only more than 19,000 infantrymen left in Wagang Camp. In addition to the grenades and crossbowmen of the rear master, the soldiers in the first few rows are densely packed with their long guns raised, almost blocking the view behind the battle formation.
The sound of the step drum suddenly sounded, and then it turned into a step point. Twenty thousand-man phalanxes moved forward at the same time, like a forest of moving spears.
Every
The right wing of the phalanx is followed by the captain and the captain, and the left wing is by the deputy captain. They move back and forth, reminding the centurions and captains in the queue from time to time to pay attention to certain places to maintain good formation.
Due to terrain constraints, the nearly 20,000-strong infantry square formation of Wagang camp still consisted of ten square formations in front and ten square formations in the rear. Each square formation had six rows, making a total of twelve rows.
The 30,000 infantrymen of the Li Family Army are divided into more than 20 rows in front and behind. Since the number of troops is more than 10,000 more than that of the Wagang Camp, the line is much thicker. They are approaching resolutely amidst the sound of big drums.
It was different from the previous fight against the cavalry. At this time, the soldiers of the Wagang camp stood their spears on the right side, holding the bottom of the gun with their right hand and the gun body with their left hand. As the drum beat slowly moved, the soldiers of the Wagang camp raised the long spears of ten feet and four feet flat.
It's hard work, and it won't be leveled until later in the battle.
"This is an infantry-on-infantry battle. The enemy's spears on the opposite side are only two inches shorter than ours. When approaching the enemy, keep a slow pace. Don't think about rushing to kill. Those who want to survive must listen clearly. The spears are almost the same. Don't think about rushing forward.
Just kill people, otherwise you will most likely hit the head of their gun. When engaging the enemy, you must listen to the command clearly and take a step only after the drum beats. Remember to turn sideways and level the gun, keeping the gun heads in line."
Amidst the neat sounds of drums and footsteps, the captains and centurions of each phalanx ran back and forth, roaring to remind their soldiers that after they learned this infantry battle formation, this was the first actual infantry-on-infantry battle. If it was the Far East,
The other battalion heads of the army don't need to be reminded.
On the hilltop in the distance, Li Shimin noticed that the steel plate armor of the Wagang Camp infantry formation shone coldly. All the soldiers were issued steel plate armor and low-brow helmets. On the other hand, although the Li family's army also had iron armor, they were all half-armour.
Li Shimin knew that this was actually very good. You must know that the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty only allowed each soldier to have a set of half-length iron armor. He was able to make his direct troops equipped according to the standard equipment of the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. Thanks to the support of the Li family
They are the most powerful families in the world.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin remembered the intelligence information sent from Guanzhong last night, and his face showed deep worry.
As Hedong was occupied by the Far Eastern Army, the two powerful families in Hedong, the Wenxi Pei family and the Taiyuan Wang family, completely surrendered to Wang Junlin. Although most of their family's land was forced to donate, these two families were indeed reused. The head of the Wang family, Wang Xushen,
He was the governor of Taiyuan County, and Pei Yuanqing of the Pei family was in charge of a battalion of 50,000 troops.
After the news reached Chang'an, many aristocratic families who had been supporting the Li family had other ideas. Li Shimin's spies and secret agents had discovered that many aristocratic families secretly sent people to Hedong to contact Wang Junlin.
"In the final analysis, the defeat in Hedong made these powerful families think that our Li family cannot defeat the Far Eastern Army."
"So, this war is not only about the ownership of the land of Sichuan and Shu, but also about dispelling the undue second thoughts of some powerful families."
Thoughts flashed in his mind, Li Shimin let out a long sigh. He felt a lot of pressure on him. No matter who he met, Li Shimin could deal with it calmly, even with ease, and could always win the final victory for himself. But only with Wang
In the battle for King's Landing, he never gained the upper hand.
These days, Li Shimin carefully thought about his struggles with Wang Junlin over the years, and suddenly found that Wang Junlin seemed to be able to predict things, and his knowledge of him was extremely exaggerated. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to understand some of Wang Junlin's actions and actions.
means.
You know, he is actually very low-key in many cases. Although the abilities he currently displays are not bad, they are not amazing. Logically speaking, they are not enough for people like Wang Junlin to take him seriously. But in fact, it is just the opposite. He can
He felt that Wang Junlin attached great importance to him, and he even felt that he valued him more than his father.
In the world, anyone who is valued so much by Wang Junlin will feel as if they are overwhelmed by mountains, even Li Shimin cannot be excluded.
In Hedong, Li Shimin knew that he could no longer defeat the Far Eastern Army, so he played an empty city strategy and decisively led the main force of the army to the land of Sichuan and Shu, deliberately opening up the second battlefield of Sichuan and Shu.
There was certainly a plan to occupy the land of abundance in Sichuan and Shu, but he did expect that the Far Eastern Army would definitely take corresponding actions. Moreover, he expected that the Far Eastern Army would definitely transfer troops from the Central Plains, and the Far Eastern Army would guard the fields of the Central Plains counties.
There are two battalions, one is the Wagang Battalion that has recently joined the Far Eastern Army for less than a year, and the other is the Baoxiong Battalion of his younger brother Li Xuanba.