Chapter 116 The war is on! The entire phalanx immediately began to move, pressing against the Northern Barbarian army like an endless wave. During the action, the formation of the entire army was not disordered at all. The shield soldiers were still in front, and the spearmen were close. Then, the archers followed, 100 meters behind the archers came the cavalry, and behind the cavalry came the formation of shield soldiers, spearmen, archers, and sword and shield bearers.
Tie Ying stood under the Hou Banner, relying on the powerful vision of a Tongxuan realm warrior to look at Dayan's shield soldiers defended. After approaching, they first fired arrows, then used the cavalry to charge in a short distance, and then the infantry fought.
Tie Ying snorted coldly, it was just the Yan people's old routine.
Tieying raised his head and glanced at the city wall behind him, looking at the giant crossbows on the wall and the archers holding bows and arrows, silently calculating the distance between them and the city wall.
When Dayan's army was two hundred steps away from the city wall, Tie Ying's eyes suddenly shone brightly, he raised the sword in his hand and shouted: "Cavalry, charge!"
"kill!"
The five thousand cavalry in front of the Northern Barbarian army immediately began to charge, and a group of Northern Barbarian cavalry approached the Yan army formation at an extremely fast speed.
Immediately afterwards, Tieying waved his sword, and the remaining [-] infantrymen also moved, following the cavalry, and rushed towards the Yan soldiers.
With the support of the cavalry, the distance between the two sides quickly shortened, and in the blink of an eye, they were within the range of the archers.
"Stand up the shield! Shoot!" Wang Hu shouted violently.
The shield soldiers at the front of the army immediately smashed the large fine iron shields in their hands on the ground, forming an iron wall of shields in front of the army. The pike soldiers behind them placed their long spears on the iron shields, sharp and sharp. The tip of his gun pointed diagonally at the sky.
The archers behind them set up their bows and shot arrows one by one, aiming at the charging cavalry. There was a sound of bow strings vibrating, and nearly a thousand feather arrows rose into the sky, and dense arrows shot at the northern barbarian cavalry.
When a group of Northern Barbarian cavalry saw the arrow rain coming, they immediately leaned on their horses and pressed closely against the horses to avoid the arrow rain. After a round of arrow rain passed, more than a dozen of the charging cavalry fell down, and the rest The arrows shot down did not hurt them at all.
The expressions of the archers did not change. The Northern Barbarians lived on the grasslands and were born cavalry. Except for those whose families were poor and had no horses, the rest were all first-class cavalry who is selected as a cavalryman must have top-notch riding skills. The performance of the Northern Barbarian cavalry is no stranger to the Yan army, which has been dealing with the Northern Barbarians for a long time.
A group of archers once again set up their bows and shot arrows, and nearly a thousand arrows flew into the sky. But this time, as the cavalry approached, the number of people shot by bows and arrows increased sharply. A round of arrow rain passed, and dozens of them fell. people.
Then came the third round. The distance between the two sides was less than ten steps. Arrows fell and the cavalry in the front row fell to the ground. After just one round of arrows, more than 200 people fell to the ground.
After shooting the third arrow, a group of cavalry were approaching. The archers behind the shield soldiers immediately put down their long bows, drew out the long swords at their waists, and stared sharply at the cavalry who were about to charge.
The cavalry charging at the front looked at the Yan army's front defensive shield and the spear on it, with a look of determination in their eyes. They rushed forward and the horse leaped high. Regardless of the spear piercing their body, they directly knocked the shield away. A hole, but the price is that both the war horse and the cavalry are pierced by the spear!
One by one, the cavalry rushed forward regardless of their own safety, knocking a hole in the fine iron defense wall composed of shields. In the blink of an eye, the first line of defense had collapsed and was directly rushed away by the cavalry. A large number of cavalry charged past. "Cavalry, charge!" Wang Hu immediately shouted loudly as the Northern Barbarian cavalry broke through the shield.
"kill!"
The [-] cavalrymen behind the archers immediately charged out. The distance of [-] meters disappeared in an instant under the hooves of the cavalry. The cavalrymen from both sides rushed together and fell to the ground one by one. However, this time, the number of Dayan cavalrymen was larger than that of Beibei. There were twice as many barbarian cavalry, and the casualties of the northern barbarian cavalry were much higher than those of the Yan army.
The cavalry from both sides charged past without stopping. The Dayan cavalry charged at the nearby Northern Barbarians, while the Northern Barbarian cavalry charged at the Dayan infantry.
"Fire the arrow!" The same command came out of Wang Hu and Tie Ying's mouths almost at the same time.
A hail of arrows suddenly burst out from the infantry on both sides, shooting at the cavalry on the opposite rain of arrows fell, and the cavalry on both sides suffered casualties. The cavalry rushed towards the opposite military formation under the rain of arrows.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry faced the infantry formation in a forest of swords and spears. For a time, a large number of infantry were killed by the cavalry, and many cavalry were stabbed down by spears. The legs of the horses were cut off by the infantry. Both men and horses fell to the ground and were killed. Chop it into minced meat! Especially the Northern Barbarian cavalry suffered even more heavy casualties, because on Dayan's side, the infantry's formation was more orderly, and they had more weapons to deal with the cavalry. The large iron shields and erected spears that had been used to fight the cavalry before, The Northern Barbarian cavalry rushed over again. On the other hand, due to the scarcity of steel, the Northern Barbarians did not build such a large iron shield with amazing defensive power.
After charging all the way, when they completely broke out of the army camp, there were less than 5000 of the 3000 Northern Barbarian cavalry left. Two thousand cavalry were lost inside. In just one charge, less than half of the cavalry was lost, which shows that The terrifying lethality of an army of thirty thousand!
Dayan's cavalry is undoubtedly much better. It only needs to charge through 2 people, and there is no sharp weapon like an iron shield to resist the cavalry. After one attack, only about 800 people were lost.
Even though the number of casualties was about the same as that of the Northern Barbarians, the number of cavalry that Dayan rushed over was large, and the damage caused to the infantry was also large. In comparison, it was already a small victory.
The cavalry on both sides charged over, and what followed was a confrontation between the infantry. The formations of both sides had just been disrupted by the cavalry. At this time, they seemed a bit chaotic. There was no formation, and there were just infantry fighting together with real swords and guns! Nearly [-] soldiers from both sides rushed together to fight together. For a moment, the sound of fighting resounded through the sky, and the battle between the two sides officially began! Tie Ying slapped his legs, and the war horse immediately rushed towards Wang Hu, swinging the sword along the way. Wherever it passed, all the soldiers of Dayan were killed by it, and they all fell to the ground helplessly.
"Wang Hu, come and die!"
Tie Ying struck out with his sword, and the sharp true energy attached to the long sword, and the sword fell in the air!
I couldn't take you down during the cavalry charge before, but now I am determined to take your head. In the first battle, the vanguard general died in battle, which was a huge blow to the morale of Liangshan Pass, and even to the morale of the entire Liangshan Army. It was a huge blow.
If Wang Hu is killed, Liangshan Pass will no longer be guarded by the general of Tongxuan Realm. It is not impossible to take the entire Liangshan Pass. As one of the three passes in the northern border of Dayan, Liangshan Pass has a lot of supplies. After taking it, this The purpose of going south for the second time has been achieved.
(End of this chapter)