Chapter 920: Crowd Tactics

All the bones are tied, the battlefield in the western suburbs.

Overlooking the entire battlefield from a high altitude, what you will see will be a very shocking picture.

The Great Xia Central Army is located in the west, with a total of about 80,000 infantry divisions, the two infantry divisions of the Somali Corps, the brigade and the musketeer brigade directly under it, and the three cavalry divisions of the Dragon Blood Cavalry.

The Chinese army was led by Di Qing himself, accompanied by Ma Chao.

The north and south sides can be regarded as the two wings of the Chinese army, each with 20,000 people, including half of the infantry division of the Somali Corps and a cavalry division of the Dragon Blood Cavalry.

On the two wings, Ma Teng, the commander of the dragon blood battle cavalry, served as the commander in the south, and Ma Teng, the commander of the north, was the division commander of an infantry division of the Somali Corps.

To the east is the navy commanded by Álvaro, with a total of more than 20,000 people.

The remaining infantry division and cavalry division of the Somali Corps are not on the main battlefield. The infantry division is responsible for guarding Friendship City, while the cavalry division is mainly responsible for the safety of food roads and custody of prisoners of war.

In the entire battlefield, the cavalry has the largest number, all of whom are from the Imperial Guard; the second is the infantry, and the number of the navy is only slightly worse than the infantry. This is also one of the reasons why Di Qing chose the siege tactics. Although the cavalry is not good at attacking the city, they are good at intercepting the enemy in the wilderness.

The four armies surrounded the whole city of Wangcheng impenetrably.

The most shocking thing is the western suburbs.

As a generation of famous generals, even if there is no battle, Di Qing's formation is still meticulous.

The 80,000 army formed a long army formation, stretching across the wilderness in the western suburbs, forming an indestructible steel isolation belt, with cavalry in front and infantry behind.

Both sides of the army formation are guarded by elite cavalry.

Six temporary checkpoints and their passages, and the isolation zone of the general formation are divided into seven sections. The most central position is the army headquarters guarded by the directly subordinate brigade and the musketeer brigade.

Behind the isolation zone is an empty wasteland. Thousands of large iron pots were temporarily set up to cook porridge uninterruptedly and distribute it to the people of Wangcheng who "fleeing" here.

Before the commotion began, more than 70,000 people had gathered here.

In front of the isolation zone is also a piece of wasteland. For strategic considerations, no forests, not even bushes, are allowed near Wangcheng, because it is bare.

There were more people gathered on the wasteland than in the rear, a total of 120,000 to 30,000 people. Because the crowd was too dense, it was almost stuck together with the military formation.

The people at the front could already smell the pungent breath of war horses.

Behind the crowd is the moat and the white city wall, and the only connection between them is the suspension bridge and the west city gate. Before the riots started, people still poured out of the city gates and gathered in the sea of ​​wilderness.

At the same time, there are dense crowds of people inside the city gate. The streets, houses, and even the roofs are full of people. Farther away, there are still a large number of people coming from all over the city.

The entire vicinity of the western suburbs is full of people, how can we not be shocked.

Because of hunger, the small west city gate became the only way for 700,000 people in Wangcheng to escape. The sudden arrival of the Somali Guards announced that they were going to block the city gate, which naturally detonated the already riotous crowd.

What kind of scene would it be like if hundreds of thousands of people rioted collectively?

The people of the royal city who were blocked between the city wall and the barracks were like frightened birds, desperately squeezing out of the city. In this way, the pressure was transmitted from the city gate layer by layer, forming a monstrous wave that swept everything.

It's like throwing a stone into a calm lake without waves, causing waves to flow from the inside to the outside, from near to far, and continue to spread outward.

The turbulent crowd took the six checkpoints as a breakthrough, divided into six arrows, and frantically rushed towards the rear of the army.

People push people, people push people.

Checkpoint inspections are simply unsustainable, and if inspections are forced at this time, riots are imminent. Even a sergeant who has experienced many battles, his palms are sweating when he sees such a crazy crowd.

The situation has gradually spiraled out of control.

Looking at the chaotic battlefield, Di Qing said, "Order the ministries to stay in place and form an external formation."

"promise!"

Di Qing is now worried not only about the Somali king fleeing in the chaos, but also about the Somali coalition forces in the royal city. If the enemy attacked at this time, it would be bad.

It is precisely in this way that the army cannot mess up its own position.

As long as the army holds its ground, no tide raised by the people will be enough to change the course of the war.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the open space before and after the isolation zone.

"Ah~~~"

Even in the noisy scene, this scream is still piercing.

Accompanied by the screams, a middle-aged man in the crowd was seen lying in a pool of blood, with a sharp knife stuck in his chest, gurgling blood spurting out, soaking the yellow soil under his body, he seemed dead.

"It's not good, I killed someone~~~ I killed someone~~~"

The sudden blood and death made the crowd even crazier, pushing forward desperately.

In order to create more confusion among the crowd, Somali players did not hesitate to wave butcher knives at the NPC people.

The first scream was like a signal for action, and after that, the screams continued to ring out in the crowd, like the god of death, mercilessly harvesting fresh lives one by one.

What happens when a few tigers are mixed into a flock of sheep and the tigers show their fangs?

The already restless crowd exploded completely, and the turbulent crowd rushed to the checkpoint recklessly. The checkpoint, the passage, seemed to become the dividing line between life and death, peace and war, which was particularly eye-catching.

But is the checkpoint safe?

not necessarily!

"Ah~~~"

At this moment, another scream came from the checkpoint passage.

This time, the scene was completely chaotic, and there was no safe place anymore.

The crowd, who was almost in a frenzy, began to rush towards the army formation. In the hearts of the people, at this time, only the Great Xia army, this group of "hateful" invaders, could protect them.

Really ironic.

"Back, back quickly!"

Facing the turbulent crowd, the outer cavalry raised their spears with a cold light.

These cavalrymen were all from the imperial guards, they were determined, their breath was calm, and they were unmoved in the slightest. The body exudes awe-inspiring murderous aura, which makes people daunting.

There is no doubt that if someone really wants to rush into the army, these ruthless knights will definitely stab their spears.

The crowd froze.

On the other hand, behind the cavalry, the infantry from the Somali Corps were a little flustered. Most of the Corps members were Moroccan prisoners of war, and their combat experience was not very rich. Facing such a large battle, it was inevitable that they were a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the backbone generals in the army are all from other field armies, and they quickly stabilized their formation.

What the army can do right now is to form a square formation one by one, so as not to be dispersed by the crowd. Once it is washed away and trapped in the vast crowd, the consequences will be unimaginable.

No one knows how many "assassins" are hidden in the crowd.

The people were intimidated by the army, so they didn't dare to attack the army formation, so they could only risk their lives and rush to the rear. In their hearts, the rear is already the last place of peace.

Unfortunately, they will be disappointed after all.

Not long after the assassination took place, tens of thousands of professional Somali combat players, who had quietly assembled in the rear, took out their weapons one by one and bared their fangs at the Great Xia army.

"kill!"

"Kill the invaders!"

Players chanted slogans and waved butcher knives at the Somali Corps desperately.

The attack came so suddenly that the infantrymen of the Corps were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

"Good thief, to be so insidious."

The Great Xia Army was so angry that he immediately turned around and fought with these players. In the process, the formation will inevitably be impacted. Fortunately, the army is well-trained, and it can stop the raging crowd while fighting against aliens.

The most innocent people are probably the people of the royal city. They are like a group of rabbits, panicked and helpless, but they keep causing trouble.

As the fighting in the rear gradually started, the people who had stayed in the rear were like frightened birds, fleeing to the wilderness further outside without hesitation.

The commander of the Great Xia army, Di Qing, looked at all this with a livid face. He no longer cared about whether the King of Somalia had escaped from the encirclement through the chaos.

The most important thing right now is how to control this chaotic situation.

The Chinese army, which was divided into seven pieces, was surrounded by crowds in all directions, and the scene was extremely chaotic. The best way is to gather the army together.

But Di Qing didn't dare.

If the checkpoint channel is cut off at this time to disperse the crowd, the situation will only worsen, and the crowd without the escape channel will rush towards the army recklessly.

This channel has become the lifeline for the people to escape, and only by guiding the people to the depths of the wilderness can they overcome this difficulty.

Therefore, not only can this channel not be cut off at the moment, but also the sergeant must be arranged to maintain the safety of the channel and be responsible for clearing the "assassins" hidden in the channel.

What a great irony!

…………

Di Qing thought that the current chaos was the worst possible situation.

Unfortunately, he still underestimated the viciousness of the enemy.

Just as the situation became more chaotic, the imperial guards who had been ordered to block the gates of the city were dispatched again.

This is a cavalry.

After issuing a warning to block the city gate, the imperial guards seemed to have received some signal. When there was chaos outside the city, they immediately ignored the people near the city gate and charged directly at the city gate.

One can imagine what kind of human tragedy a cavalry charge would cause in a dense crowd. In an instant, dozens of people couldn't escape and were trampled to death by the horses, leaving their corpses on the spot.

"Wow!"

Strange to say, in such an instant, the crowd in front of them miraculously gave up a passage. People would rather be thrown into the crowd and squeezed into meatloaf than face the trampling of these demons.

It has to be said that the potential of people bursting out at a critical moment is really amazing.

The cavalry quickly rushed to the gate of the city. The strange thing was that they didn't take the opportunity to close the gate to complete the task, but rushed out like that, into the crowd outside the city.

"how so?"

The people near the city gate couldn't believe their eyes. Their army ignored their lives and trampled on their lives recklessly. It was even more hateful than the Great Xia army.

"What a ruthless king we have chosen."

The faces of the people were pale, their bodies were shaking uncontrollably, and their hearts were completely cold and desperate.

How did these people know that sacrificing some civilians was nothing to the King of Somalia in order to save their lives and the throne.