Chapter 591 Decisive Battle (2)

Sweat mixed with blood slid down from Wang Xu's cheeks, and there was a wound more than an inch long in the right temple. The result of this Huainan Army Knight. Just half a quarter of an hour ago, Wang Xu, a right-wing general, saw the situation critical and went to the front line to supervise the battle. He was discovered by the enemy knights. The magnificent ceremonial guard behind Wang Xu revealed his identity. Several brave and bold enemy knights rushed to a place that was only forty steps away from Wang Xu, and bent their bows to injure Wang Xu and his war horses. Fortunately, the armor he wore was very exquisite. Despite this, the scene of the fall of the main general caused the shaking of the Zhenhai Army Front and almost caused a disaster.

"General, bandage it!" The military doctor carefully wrapped Wang Xu's wound. There was no way. Several large blood vessels gathered in the temple and were close to the brain. If the helmet was wiped, they would probably die. At this time, several whistles passed through the air and made a sharp sound. The military doctor couldn't help but tremble subconsciously. This place was too close to the front line, and he should find a way to leave here as soon as possible.

Wang Xu nodded, with no expression on his face, his eyes stared at the battlefield not far away. After two hours of fierce fighting, the front line of Zhenhai Army had become much sparse. The open space in front of the formation was full of corpses of people and horses, and arrows were densely inserted into the ground, as if there were more weeds on the ground. The auxiliary soldiers and civilians were busy transporting the wounded backwards - less than three miles away, there was a camp. At this time, another rapid drum sound came from the enemy. Wang Xu raised his head and looked at the Huainan Army. It was obvious that another round of attack was about to begin.

The front was the crossbowmen, behind them were the spearmen of the brigade, and on the right wing of the infantry were the cavalry. He sighed silently: The same as last time, but he had no way to deal with it. Without strong cavalry cover, the side and rear wings of the infantry phalanx were very fragile. He could only bite the bullet and attack and shoot against the enemy's light cavalry. The infantry of the Huainan Army on the front was also very strong, making it impossible for him to withdraw enough troops to repel the column, but this did not make him too worried. Obviously, the main attack direction of the Huainan Army was on his own side, which was also the military conspiracy before the war

What was expected - the left side of the battlefield was next to the canal, which was not conducive to cavalry mobility. The most favorable main attack direction of the Huainan Army, which has the advantage of cavalry, is its right wing. As long as he can persist until the central army breaks through the enemy's defense line, victory is the thing in his pocket. Thinking of this, Wang Xu turned his head and looked towards the central army. The hills blocked his sight. He turned around and suddenly he felt something was wrong, but he could not determine what was wrong for a moment. Wang Xu stood up, jumped onto the war horse on the side, whipped the horse's thighs, and rushed forward.

The personal soldiers followed quickly. When Wang Xu advanced about ten feet, he finally understood why he felt something was wrong just now. The cavalry of the Huainan Army shone with metallic luster. At this distance, he could clearly see that behind the cavalry with leather armor at the front, there were some cavalry wearing metal armor. The horses of these cavalry were taller, many of them were also wearing vests, some of them were wearing metal masks on their faces, and the horse spear about twelve feet or even longer pointed diagonally into the air, just like a moving forest.

"Armored Cavalry!" A cold sweat immediately slid down Wang Xu's forehead. Wang Xu, who had been fighting in the north for almost ten years, immediately recognized what the enemy was. He never expected that he would encounter such a king of cavalry in Jiangnan, and it seemed that there were quite a lot of them. He immediately turned his head and shouted: "Hurry, order the infantry to be transformed into a chessboard formation, and hurry up to the Central Army to report that the Huainan Army has armored cavalry!"

The personal soldiers were shocked by Wang Xu's loss of composure. This man, who was speechless all day long and almost like wood, was flushed with excitement and blue veins were exposed. The wound that had been bandaged for a while was broken and blood flowed down. However, he suddenly didn't realize it and whipped a fierce whip on the shoulder of a personal soldiers. The personal soldiers then reacted and turned to execute the order. When Wang Xu saw his subordinates scattering to execute the order, he shouted sternly: "How many cavalry are there? How many reserve troops are there?"

The deputy general on the side whispered: "There are still one thousand cavalry and twelve infantry."

"Let them all be prepared and I'll push it up later!" Wang Xu tightened the helmet belt under his chin, picked up the long spear in his hand, weighed the weight, and looked like he was ready to rush to the formation immediately.

Shi Yan was riding on the horse. On both sides of his side, the armoured cavalry of the brigade were moving forward slowly. He looked at the Zhenhai army's banner in the distance, quietly estimated the distance between him and was ready to issue an order to attack. As a cavalry general who had been fighting in the Shatuo army for many years, his tactical system was very different from the Han warlords in the Central Plains. For him, war was an enlarged hunt. He first used the repeated attacks of lightning cavalry and infantry to consume the exhausted enemy, find out the enemy's key points, and then launched a fatal blow with lightning speed to achieve the final victory. He first used the cavalry to repeatedly attack the opponent's flank, making a roundabout way, forcing the right-wing Zhenhai army to extend the front, and then first used the light cavalry to stay in front and cover up.

Covering your sight makes the opponent habitually think that this is just a replay of the last attack. In fact, once the war begins, the Huainan Army will first use light cavalry to restrain the flanks, and use heavy cavalry to break through the weak front, hit the flag of the right wing general, destroy the command system of the right wing Zhenhai Army in one fell swoop, and then use the cover of the hills to climb up the hills, and condescend to the top, attack directly behind the Zhenhai Army Central Army, attack forward and backward, and achieve a complete victory. Shi Yan already knows that Zhenhai Army will concentrate the main force in the center and plan to break through the central government. The more powerful the Zhenhai Army Central Army breaks forward, the more naturally the more exposed his back in front of him. Although the bull is fierce, it will not be the enemy of a good hunter. The heavy cavalry in Shi Yan's hand is the blade in the hunter's hand.

"Two hundred steps, one hundred and ninety steps, one hundred and eighty steps." Shi Yan murmured to himself. The light cavalry in front had already begun to accelerate and rushed to the right wing of Zhenhai Army. Shi Yan was satisfied and saw some Zhenhai infantry had to point the spear tips to the side and backward direction, and the crossbowman also began to fire arrows. He raised the long spear in his hand and was about to wave it down to send a signal to launch an impact, but was surprised to find that the enemy formation in front of him began to change.

"Is it because the enemy general discovered my intention? Trouble guy!" Shi Yan frowned, then stretched out his brows: "It doesn't matter, an unlucky idiot!" His face showed a gloating smile. Changing formations before the battle was a taboo in the army. The cavalry attack came in a flash, and maybe it would be easier. Shi Yan waved the spear in his hand downwards. Almost at the same time, the Huainan army made a desolate horn sound.

Before the horn sounded, the heavy cavalry of the Huainan Army made a barbaric cheer. The war horse seemed to feel the bloodthirsty of the master on its back and also accelerated its pace. Countless horse hooves kicked the ground and lifted countless soil from the ground. At this time, the light cavalry of the Huainan Army had turned to the side and made a clear pass. Such a terrifying scene appeared in front of the soldiers of the Zhenhai Army - countless cavalry were about to rush over, just like a moving wall, and any obstacles on their way forward would be crushed.

"The first row squats down, the spear tips upwards, the second row of spears on their shoulders, and the crossbowman comes forward and prepares to shoot arrows!" With a series of commands, dozens of square formations of Zhenhai Army quickly changed their formation. If it weren't for seeing with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe that the infantry formations had still been changed in the face of the cavalry's impact. This was simply an art.

"Shoot!" With a whistling sound, the crossbowmen shot arrows at the armored cavalry forty steps away. This distance was almost the farthest effective killing distance of the bow. The crossbowmen who had put the arrow immediately turned around and retreated into the square formation and replaced them with short soldiers such as swords, bones and bones. Almost at the same time, some gaps appeared in the Huainan Army's armored cavalry. Whether it was dead or injured, as long as the cavalry fell to the ground, even if they did not fall to death, they would be crushed to pieces by the subsequent cavalry. The knights lowered their bodies, lowered their horse spears, and aimed at targets not far away, preparing to make the most fierce impact.

"Bang!" With a series of dull sounds, the two armies finally collided together, and the Zhenhai Army, which formed a hollow square formation, had greatly improved its ability to resist the impact. However, even so, under the impact of the armored cavalry, the soldiers in the first and second rows were almost completely injured and killed, and the long spear almost tore their bodies into pieces. Under such a huge impact, even a sharp wooden stick was enough to stab the armored soldiers to death. The cruel bloody battle began immediately.

The neck of a cavalryman was pierced by two spears. He used an astonishing agility to remove the stirrups and fell to the ground from the horse's back. He was not suppressed by the mount that fell to the ground. He was wearing heavy armor before he could stand up. A man rushed out of the Zhenhai Army formation, reached out and pressed the opponent's iron mask, pulled out the dagger with his right hand and slammed it into the enemy's armorless throat. The hot blood sprayed out, splashing four or five feet away.

Shi Yan stared at the battle situation in front of him, and his two thick eyebrows were almost twisted into a lump. The battle situation in front of him made him a little puzzled. The Huainan army had already broken through the enemy's front line, but it could not be said to have broken through. The Zhenhai infantry on the right wing formed dozens of square formations. On the outside were heavy infantry holding spears, and inside were crossbowmen. The square formation only maintained a corresponding distance. The armored cavalry that broke through the defense line did not rush to the enemy's general flag as he had imagined in advance - killing the general flag, but instead rushed and slashed between these square formations. There were indeed several soldiers from the square formations trampled by them and only a dozen were left, but the general flag on the right wing of the Zhenhai army was still floating in the wind - intact.
Chapter completed!