(32) A fight against the enemy

With a heavy gaze, he was watching the changes in the entire battlefield. Now Ning Yuan was most concerned about his right side, where he had the most trusted Zhang Chu cavalry. The heavy infantry platoon in the middle was also slowly approaching the coalition camp, where there were 60,000 cavalry from the coalition. Ning Yuan had reason to believe that his 100,000 heavy infantry and 30,000 strong crossbows could completely withstand the impact of the opponent's cavalry. Now everything depends on the changes on the right side. As long as the heavy cavalry on the right side can disrupt the coalition's team, the victory of this decisive battle will be basically achieved.

It was only a hundred steps away from the coalition's chariot formation. Behind the chariot formation was a neat 10,000 people slashing heavily, pointing long spears at the other side. Everyone knew that after the first attack, the chances of those infantry standing in front of them were very low. There was no way out of retreat, and if you want to go back alive, you had to fight to the death.

The torrent of 50,000 heavy cavalry finally began to accelerate, and the distance was getting closer and closer, ninety steps, eighty steps, fifty steps, twenty steps, ten steps, the cavalry's impact speed became faster and faster. Just when it almost reached the peak of its speed, the coalition forces took action.

"The crossbow arrows on the right side shot volley." Bai Yunqi gave the first order without expression. The flag shook quickly.

"Boom!" "Che" The cavalry wearing heavy armor hit the chariot formation violently. For a moment, the sound of spears piercing their limbs, and the sound of cavalry hitting the chariot formation sounded at the same time.

Just as Zhang Chuzhong's cavalry reached its highest speed, at the same time as the first collision occurred, 20,000 powerful crossbows lined up in four rows began the first round of shooting.

The net of death composed of five thousand crossbow arrows rushed towards the heavy cavalry, as if to kill all life in this net of death.

The terrible thing about heavy cavalry is that except for giant crossbows, any other long-range weapon is difficult to damage it. Even the powerful crossbows unique to the Later Wei Dynasty are difficult to penetrate the thick armor of the heavy cavalry. The only thing that can be used is the close-range strong slave shooting. Within twenty steps, the powerful crossbows of the Later Wei Dynasty can penetrate the armor. In the past, in order to cover strong crossbows, the Later Wei army often could only use heavy infantry to form a human wall, and use human walls as a barrier for strong crossbow attacks to win time for the devastating attack of strong crossbows. The direct consequence of such tactics is the heavy losses of heavy infantry.

The first confrontation between the Later Wei army and Zhang Chu army was because they failed to effectively kill Zhang Chu's heavy cavalry, which led to a crushing defeat. Now Bai Yunqi uses a special chariot array as the first barrier. The advantage is that the pressure of heavy infantry is greatly alleviated, and it also wins more time for the powerful crossbow to have an effective killing range.

The strong impact sound was like thunder. Some of the heavy cavalry rushing in front were thundered by the spears stretched out from the chariot formation, and some of the war horses were stabbed to death, but the forward movement continued until they hit the chariot formation. Then they came to an abrupt end. The huge inertia threw the knights on the horse's back forward. What was waiting for them in front were countless raised spears. The only possible outcome was to be ripped into strings by the spears.

After the terrifying volley of powerful crossbows, five thousand roaring crossbow arrows fell down nearly a thousand cavalry. After the crossbowmen in the first echelon were fired, they quickly retreated. Almost at the same time as the first echelon was fired, the second echelon began to advance, and another round of shooting, followed by the third echelon and the fourth echelon, which was like this.

Seeing the heavy cavalry falling down, Ning Yuan could imagine how distressed the war was, but this was the case with no hesitation. The effect of the chariot formation was beyond Ning Yuan's expectations. Due to the role of the chariot formation, in the past, as long as one round of strong crossbows was to be able to withstand heavy cavalry, today they had to withstand two rounds. After two rounds of 20,000 strong crossbows, at least five thousand heavy cavalry fell down. Before they could even shout, they were trampled into meat paste by their companions rolling behind.

Fortunately, after an attack, even the formation of chariots was destroyed. The heavy infantry of the Later Wei Dynasty had to face the heavy cavalry directly. According to the experience of the previous battle, as long as the heavy cavalry of its own side rushed continuously, the formation of the infantry of the Later Wei Dynasty would be destroyed. The soldiers of the Later Wei Dynasty did not have the courage to ignore death.

On the left wing, both sides were arranged in infantry on this side, and the coalition forces on this side were mainly composed of the Chinese army. Inspired by the war drum, 40,000 infantry launched an active attack on the Zhang Chu army. The Zhang Chu army, which had the advantage in numbers, was not in a hurry to attack at this time. They waited patiently for the Chinese army to approach, so that they could first use a powerful crossbow to kill the opponent, and then the opponent's morale fell and they immediately launched a counterattack.

Just when Ning Yuan thought the heavy cavalry had survived the first level of long-range strike and began to charge interest on the opponent, and Ning Yuan had turned his attention to the left wing, there was an amazing change in the right wing battlefield.

When a large number of heavy cavalry were blocked by the company's chariot formation and the heavy infantry yard of the Later Wei Dynasty, the distance between them became denser. Bai Yunqi was waiting for the first opportunity.

"Pili Car Launch." Bai Yunqi issued the second order, and the flag was shaken again.

One hundred and fifty thunder chariots began to shoot, and the dark bombs were thrown forward and fell into the dense cavalry team. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Each explosion can overturn several war horses. This is not counting. The war horses that have never encountered such explosions seemed a little scared, and some shocked horses appeared. The originally neat stormtroopers of heavy cavalry appeared a little loose.

The lethality of the Thunder Cart is obviously greater than that of crossbow arrows. Unfortunately, Bai Yunqi doesn’t have too many things in his hand, with only 300 vehicles in total, and only 150 vehicles arranged on the right.

This change on the battlefield made Ning Yuan open his mouth slightly widen. This sudden change made Ning Yuan feel a little uneasy for the first time. Every battle in Bai Yunqi made Ning Yuan feel a new change. This is the foundation of Ning Yuan's uneasiness. Ning Yuan knew that Bai Yunqi had the ace of the Pili Chariot in his hand, but when he did not see the power of the Pili Chariot with his own eyes, Ning Yuan did not care too much about the Pili Chariot. He just regarded it as a weapon to take advantage of the situation. Unexpectedly, when he really saw the Pili Chariot, he realized that its power was so great. He just used the moment when his cavalry team was dense, and he exploded the center of the cavalry team to overturn the horse.

After being blocked by powerful crossbows and thunderbolt chariots, the morale of Zhang Chu's heavy cavalry fell. After losing more than 7,000 cavalry, Zhang Chu's heavy cavalry finally plunged into the infantry team of the Later Wei Dynasty. As long as the defense line formed by the infantry team was blocked, the strong crossbows and thunderbolt chariots could only be the flesh under the heavy cavalry's sword.

Another strange phenomenon occurred. The soldiers of the Later Wei who seemed vulnerable to Ningyuan in the past have performed very differently today. The 50,000 heavy infantry were assembled, and no one retreated by the heavy cavalry's attack. The cry that could be heard in the past was gone. All the soldiers silently endured the huge impact of the heavy cavalry, and no one retreated.

When the spear is broken, he draws out his knife to cut the horse's hooves. When the sword is broken, he uses his body to cover his companions. If there is no weapon, he uses fists and teeth. All the soldiers of the Later Wei Dynasty are like dying wolves, ready to give their opponent a final blow.

The defense line composed of 50,000 infantry remained unmoved, and no matter how Zhang Chu's cavalry attacked, it was always firmly nailed to the front line. Although the number of people continued to decrease under the impact of the cavalry, the Zhang Chu's cavalry could not break through the seemingly stormy line of defense no matter what.

Behind the heavy infantry, the powerful crossbow soldiers and thunder chariots fired like crazy, making full use of the favorable strike positions that the comrades exchanged for their lives. In a large number of Zhang Chu's subsequent troops were shot and killed. With less than an hour of intersecting between the two armies, the 50,000 heavy cavalry had already shown fatigue and the impact force began to appear.

Ning Yuan knew that he could not hesitate anymore. To be precise, this first wave of cavalry attacks failed, and the heavy cavalry that he had high hopes for failed.

"The front army retreats, and the second echelon is brought to me, but I don't believe it can't rush through." The first echelon began to turn with the sound of gongs and banners. The Zhang Chu cavalry is worthy of being a well-trained strong brigade. The squadron of the chaos army is still uneven. It took a turn from the right wing of the battlefield and began to retreat. At this time, the second echelon in the team had already begun to be dispatched, and the Later Wei army faced the most severe test.

The invincible cavalry of Zhang Chu retreated, which was the greatest encouragement for the entire Later Wei army. After the impact just now, the Later Wei army also suffered 20,000 casualties, but the opponent was heavy cavalry, and such a result was enough to make the soldiers of the Later Wei army proud. Now a new test is coming, all the soldiers re-arranged while the opponent retreats. Bai Yunqi also promptly pulled out 10,000 people from the reserve team to replenish the Later Wei army. There was no movement on both sides in the middle. Bai Yunqi was waiting, and Ning Yuan was waiting.

On the left battlefield, the Chinese army stopped advancing two hundred steps away from Zhang Chu's army and arranged it as a defensive counter-type. Before Zhang Chu's army could react, what the Chinese army was going to do, thunder bombs flew out of the Chinese army and landed accurately on the Zhang Chu's army's yards.

"Disaster!" can only be used as "Disaster" to describe Zhang Chujun on the left. The neatly arranged formations were constantly blown up during the explosion. Soldiers fell down in the splattering shrapnel. Zhang Chujun's strict formation was actually blown out by these 150 thunderbolt chariots.

The disaster continued. Without orders, all the soldiers dared not leave their positions. They could only stand there and be bombed. Fortunately, Ning Yuan soon discovered this situation and immediately ordered the entire army on the left to attack, and the fool who stood still to be bombed.

Finally, he successfully forced the troops on both sides of Ningyuan to move. Now Bai Yunqi finally waited for the opportunity he thought was suitable. Zhang Chu's army still had 80,000 cavalry on the right side, and he had to rush across the front of Zhang Chu before Zhang Chu's cavalry recovered.
Chapter completed!