Chapter 960 Cavalry Don't Charge, What's the Difference with Salted Fish
On October 15th of the fourth year of Gaia, Swordsman City.
The sun rose in the east, and the golden sunlight swept away the white mist that filled the southern outskirts of the basin, completely driving away the darkness and silence of the night. With the morning light, the barracks, which had been silent all night, gradually became noisy.
The firehead troops of each battalion were the first to start, and before dawn, they began to light fires and cook meals for the entire battalion.
Today's battle is extraordinary. In order to reward the three armies in advance and boost the morale of the whole army, Feng Qingyang, the lord of Swordsman City, is extraordinarily bold, and specially ordered people to send fat pigs, fat sheep, chickens, ducks, fish and other poultry to each battalion Not to mention, there are even mountain delicacies, fish, shrimp and crab claws.
It is reported that Swordsman City is already preparing a celebration banquet in advance, with higher specifications and richer ingredients.
Also busy are hundreds of horsemen, who are busy feeding the horses with the best feed, washing their hair, and trying to make the horses enter the battle in the best condition.
Experienced veterans have also gotten up one after another. After washing up, they either went to the school grounds to warm up to get their bodies into the best condition; or they wiped their armors and checked their weapons at the end.
Veterans know very well that the more careful they are before the battle, the more hope of surviving on the battlefield. I don't know how many good men will die on the battlefield in this century war.
By 7 o'clock in the morning, the entire barracks had fully awakened.
After breakfast, the soldiers rushed to their respective camps to gather in battalion units, and then, under the leadership of the leader, they drove out of the barracks one by one and lined up at designated locations in the wilderness.
Troops arrived at the battlefield one after another in an orderly manner, forming square formations. The 360,000 troops formed hundreds of square formations, arranged in sequence along the east-west direction, stretching for hundreds of miles, lined with swords and guns, and banners waving. The length of the entire army formation even exceeds the length of the city walls of Swordsman City, which is truly spectacular.
On the left wing, the 150,000 Shu Han Imperial Guards seem to have a fortified army, but they are the weakest army.
After Gein enters the imperial city, the equipment of the imperial guards will be automatically replaced with the equipment of the emperor's dynasty. Therefore, the Imperial Guards of the Shu Han Dynasty mainly used cloth armor, and only officers could wear two armors.
And even if it is two grades of armor, it is far from the Tang Dynasty Mingguang armor, Song Dynasty stepman armor and other armors. Therefore, when Gaia opened up the armor manufacturing technology today, the armor of the Shuhan Imperial Guard seems a bit backward.
No wonder Zhao Yun looked at the equipment of the rest of the coalition forces with envy in his eyes.
In the middle army, Wei Yan commanded an army of 60,000 swordsmen and waited intently. If you take a closer look, you will find that this is the most tense force in the coalition. Gein, 50,000 of the 60,000 Swordsman City army were withdrawn from the front line. They have seen the ferocity of the Great Xia Army, and now they have to follow How can we not be nervous when the Great Xia army is fighting.
The right wing is naturally 150,000 reinforcements, led by Lian Po himself.
This batch of reinforcements was dispatched from the main city by Di Chen and others, all of them were from the imperial guards, and their elite level was comparable to that of the Great Xia Dragon Army, and they were by no means ordinary people.
And this is where Lian Po's greatest confidence in winning this battle lies.
The weather is beautiful, it was rare that there was no rain last night, which cheered up Lian Po's heart, this is really a good sign.
When the army was assembled, Lian Po ordered the army to go south and slowly approach the Great Xia Dragon Army at the foot of the mountain. Wherever the army passed by, it was like locusts passing through the territory, and not a single blade of grass grew.
Every five miles, Lian Po would order the army to suspend and clean up the army formation, making sure to intimidate the enemy with the most rigorous army formation and not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of it.
After walking for a full two hours, I saw the Great Xia Dragon Army in the distance.
Lian Po stood on the specially built mobile command tower, observing the enemy's formation from a distance.
The first thing that catches the eye is the ordinary hilltops. On the hilltops that were empty yesterday, troops have already been stationed in shadows.
What surprised Lian Po even more was that, overnight, the Longxiang Army deployed a series of P2 cannons on the top of the mountain, forming a circle with no dead ends, guarded by heavy soldiers, and condescending.
Lian Po knew very well that these hilltops were like battle bunkers. If these bunkers were not removed, it would be impossible to find the main force of the enemy's army to fight.
The formation of the Longxiang army is also quite strange.
Facing the left wing of the coalition army is the right wing of the Longxiang Army, which is basically a cavalry unit.
The Longxiang Army's central army and left wing were dominated by infantry phalanxes, and only 10,000 cavalry were deployed on the outermost periphery of the left wing for support. In front of the army formation are two rows of P2 artillery, and behind the artillery are crossbowmen.
"It's a defensive formation."
Lian Po frowned, this formation is really not like the fighting style of the Great Xia Army.
Even so, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. At a distance of 1,500 meters from the enemy, Lian Po stopped the army for the last rest.
In an instant, the noisy marching sounds gradually quieted down, and the whole wilderness became silent, only the breathing of people and horses remained.
All the soldiers of the coalition army were extremely nervous, and just like that, the atmosphere of the battle was overwhelmed in an instant, making people's blood boil.
"Beat the drum!" Lian Po ordered.
This is the head start. Since Lian Po has the upper hand in terms of military strength, Lian Po will naturally overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sound of war drums broke the silence of the wilderness, further stimulating the blood in the bodies of the coalition soldiers, mobilizing their emotions, making their bodies warm up, ready to tear apart the enemy on the opposite side at any time.
Strangely, the Longxiang army on the opposite side remained silent.
There was no shouting, no drums, and the army of more than 200,000 people stood silently in the wilderness like stagnant water. When this silence condenses into an aura, it is enough to chill people's hearts.
The entire Longxiang army is as immovable as a mountain, like a great wall of steel.
The faces of the soldiers of the Swordsman City army trembled slightly, as if remembering something terrifying. Bad memories immediately flooded into my mind, creating a trace of fear.
The dragon army on the opposite side is a group of cannibalistic devils.
Seeing Wei Yan, his brows were furrowed, but there was no solution. Saying anything at such a time would only be counterproductive, so it was better not to say anything.
The sound of war drums became more and more urgent, pushing the soldiers' emotions to a peak step by step. The long knife is out of its sheath, the bow and arrow are in hand, the spear is in hand, and the eyes are fixed on the front, ready to rush out at any time.
Armageddon is at hand.
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At this time, the position of the Longxiang Army was surprisingly calm.
The arrangements that should be made have been arranged yesterday. What the soldiers have to do is to recharge their batteries and accumulate strength silently, waiting for the enemy to come and give them a fatal blow.
Chen Gong stood on a high ground, holding a talisman in his hand, staring at the battlefield.
This talisman is naturally [Stop Ge Talisman], and its function is to prohibit the imperial guards of any royal city from participating in the lord's war for a week.
Ouyang Shuo couldn't go to the front line in person, and couldn't grasp the timing of using it, so he handed this talisman to Chen Gong, and authorized Chen Gong to use it flexibly according to the battlefield situation.
This is the key to the success or failure of this battle.
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With a "swipe", Lian Po pulled out the sword from his waist and said in a deep voice, "Attack!" After receiving the order, the messenger waved the flag in his hand and gave the order for the whole army to attack.
"kill!!!!"
The coalition forces that had already been ready to go were like wild horses running wild, like a flood that burst a bank, carrying a murderous aura soaring to the sky, they rushed out with a bang, unstoppable.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
On the top of the frontier hills, a series of cannons fired loudly, opening the prelude to the war.
In an instant, the hills were surrounded by the coalition forces, and a large number of soldiers tried to rush to the top of the hills, destroying the artillery, and making the first contribution in this battle.
"Raise the shield!"
Every mountain is guarded by a brigade of soldiers from the Longchamp Army, with swords and shields in front and crossbowmen in the back.
Although the coalition forces were powerful, they couldn't take down such a mountain for a while.
The morale that had just been gathered did not feel stagnant.
When the general of the coalition army saw it, his face was ugly, he gritted his teeth, and sent wave after wave of soldiers up, making sure to capture the hills one by one in the shortest possible time.
For a time, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the artillery fire rang out.
Under the tenacious defense of the Longxiang Army, piles of coalition corpses were piled up at the foot of each mountain. The latecomers had to step on the corpse of their companions and attack the mountain.
At the same time, the large troops continued to rush towards the Longxiang Army's position under artillery fire.
One thousand meters, nine hundred meters, eight hundred meters...
Soon, the soldiers of the coalition army rushing to the front could already see the face of the Longxiang Army on the opposite side clearly. Before they could understand, another deadly shell came oncoming.
Two rows of cannons are fired from this, and cooperate with crossbowmen to form the first wave of long-range strikes.
The coalition forces rushing to the front were immediately blown up and defeated. Because it was a rapid charge, the following troops could not dodge at all, and could only wade across it abruptly.
Countless dead and wounded were immediately trampled on, making them inhuman. Among them were injured soldiers who fell to the ground. They didn't wait for help, but what they waited for was the ruthless trampling of their companions.
This is war, without mercy.
Six hundred meters, five hundred meters, four hundred meters...
The two sides are getting closer and closer, and a close fight is just around the corner.
The coalition soldiers suddenly became excited again. They withstood the baptism of the enemy's artillery, and after paying a heavy price, they finally rushed to the front of the enemy's formation.
Then it's time for their revenge.
Thinking of this, some blood-eating soldiers unconsciously licked their chapped lips, and their dark eyes began to glow with blood red, which was really weird.
Zhao Yun was also very excited. He personally led the cavalry to charge to the front, just to teach the Great Xia army a lesson and let them see how powerful the Shu Han army is.
Although the armor is not dominant, Zhao Yun is still full of confidence.
Just as he moved forward, a hint of doubt flashed unconsciously in Zhao Yun's eyes. If it is said that the infantry of Daxia is ready to fight, it is reasonable to say that it is the past to replace the attack with defense, but the cavalry troops deployed by Daxia on the side of the Shu army are all cavalry.
Cavalry not charging? That's no different than trash.
Facing the cavalry troops of the Shu army charging at high speed, the motionless Daxia cavalry is a living target, let them be slaughtered. Zhao Yun really didn't believe that the other party would make such a low-level mistake.
Seeing that the Shu army was about to rush forward.