Chapter 418

The fact that the Jin army has cavalry shortcomings does not mean that all the Jin army is waste. Otherwise, even if there is the Yangtze River as a natural moat, the Hu people should have destroyed the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The truth is that once the Jin army is commanded by the right person, the combat effectiveness of the Jin army is actually worth looking forward to, especially in the battle between the infantry. In fact, this is a characteristic of Chinese civilization. Infantry Warfare takes the formation as the coordination hub. There will be defeats if it does not collapse on its own, but it is rare to lose even the pants.

Huan Wen was surprised to see that there were cavalry in the Jin army. There were 200000 regular troops in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, of which less than 20000 were cavalry, and the number of Jin troops regarded as sudden cavalry was even less. But what did he see? The cavalry of the Jin army who came out of the stronghold were dressed in armor, and the front body of the war horse also had fish scale armor. What is it if it is not a sudden cavalry.

The cavalry of the Jin army went out of the stronghold to fight, which was unexpected to the Han army. Even if Huan Wen mobilized his own cavalry to fight with it, there would be a delay. In that way, he could only watch the sudden cavalry of the Jin army rush to the marching array of the Han army.

About 1000 Jin army sudden cavalry have been shouting, mixed with the sound of horses' hoofs, rolling forward. After they stand out, they slowly turn into a front arrow array of traditional cavalry charging. The Jin army knights at the front hold high their small round shields to prepare for defense arrows, while some Jin army Knights at the back hold strong crossbows at a 45 degree angle to prepare for shooting.

The advancing Han Army stopped, and the Tower Shield soldiers and spearmen in front of them were busy building shields and organizing shield walls with each other. The spearmen stretched out the gap of the shield wall with their own weapons, and soon a shield wall and a forest of spikes appeared.

Behind the shield wall, the crossbow men quickly dispersed, and everyone was waiting for the order to shoot.

The crossbow in the Han Army's step array readjusted the firing direction. Almost they were ready to become on standby. The strong crossbow soldiers in the array had listened to the command of the officer and pulled the trigger, which was a strong recoil force in their hands. Then bursts of bow string banging and sharp breaking sound rang through the air, and then dense crossbows and arrows filled the sky.

The cavalry of the Jin army turned a corner and became a semi-circular shape. Most of them rushed out of the crossbow and arrow area launched by the Han army. Only a small part of the tail was "chewed off", and then they made a detour by taking advantage of speed. Their whole route of action was like the posture of a snake.

"Not a military general of the imperial court." Huan Wen knew the virtue of the regular army of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He said, "it's Xie's private army."

The family private soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River are different from the regular army of the imperial court, and there are some differences. For example, the regular army of the imperial court and some family private soldiers do not need to be stationed in the field in a state of war, but some family private soldiers do not work and only practice their killing skills. For example, the Yu family, Xie family, Huan family and Wang family all have similar private soldiers, but the number is certainly limited, And elite cavalry.

The snake posture of the cavalry of the Jin army swam very smoothly. They had been trying to get close to their own riding and shooting distance, but they never had a chance after repeated attempts. That was because the shooting frequency of the strong crossbow of the Han army was much faster than Xie Shi thought. They could not bear the huge cost of casualties, but only to ride and shoot after getting close.

"Mingjin asked the cavalry to withdraw!" Xie Shi finally had no smile on his face. Instead, he was full of awe. He was both confused and thrilled: "why can the strong crossbow of the Han Army shoot so fast?"

The Jin army's powerful crossbow takes about 40 breaths 1 (Elite) to load after firing. It is a powerful crossbow that completely depends on human hands or pedals.

The firing frequency of the strong crossbow of the Han army was about 15 breaths, mainly because the crossbow was equipped with a winch.

If there is a huge gap between the loading time of Jin army's strong crossbow and Han Army's strong crossbow, and the Han Army adopts an arrow array rule similar to "three-stage shooting", the shooting frequency will naturally exceed imagination. However, if you want to adopt similar arrow array technology, you should have enough advantages in the number of strong crossbow soldiers.

Xie Shi ordered his cavalry to withdraw in time, but they underestimated the use of cavalry by the Han Army and misjudged the shooting speed of strong crossbow by the Han army.

At the beginning, there were Han cavalry moving towards the cavalry of the Jin army. Although their terrain has restrictions on the speed of cavalry, they should not be so slow. They are completely observing the action direction of the cavalry of the Jin army and waiting for the signal of their own infantry.

The dense arrows no longer chased the marching cavalry, but covered the positions where some Jin cavalry might retreat, forcing Jin cavalry to choose those positions that were not covered, and then hit the oncoming Han cavalry.

Before the cavalry of both sides were about to collide, Xie Shi, who was located on the nest car of the camp, couldn't help clenching his fist. What he saw was that the cavalry of both sides fired arrows at almost the same time. When the arrows were still floating in the sky, the two cavalry sent out their own battle signals.

What the Jin army was shouting was, "I'm invincible!"

The Han Army roared, "the Han army is powerful!"

When the sound falls, the arrows in the sky also fall. The cavalry in the front uses shields to protect their bodies as much as possible. When the arrows rain, the "jingling" sound of arrowheads and shields can be heard all the time. More importantly, the empty arrows quiver on the ground. Naturally, there is no lack of the sound of people being shot and horses being shot.

Huan Wen, who was also in an absolutely safe position, heard the battle number of the cavalry of the Jin army and said with a smile, "it's really Xie's private soldier."

Private soldiers of various families in the south of the Yangtze River have their own battle numbers. The battle numbers of the Huan family are "brave and fearless", the Yu family is "there are enemies without me", and the Wang family is "our army is powerful". Each has its own characteristics, which is a little "feudal characteristics" in the spring and autumn and Warring States periods. For example, the battle numbers of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty were very targeted. They shouted "the king's division is invincible".

Shooting at each other only caused little damage to both sides. The two armies soon collided with each other in the sound of horse hoofs. The cavalry and cavalry fell on one end and turned their horses upside down, or the cavalry crossed each other and killed (injured) each other with weapons. The cavalry in white and red robes "eroded" each other, and knights became the ghosts of the battlefield all the time.

After the cavalry of the two armies fought, Huan Wen and Xie Shi made the same move, that is, mobilizing infantry. The difference is that Huan Wen needs his own infantry close enough to the defense line arranged by the Jin army. Xie Shi wants the infantry to meet his own cavalry and retreat.

"The flag is equal to the drum!" Yuan Qiao watched the cavalry confrontation with a single telescope and said, "basically one for one, we have a slight advantage."

The sudden cavalry of the Han Army (non system forces) no longer use armor, but use a lighter plate armor style. The Han cavalry with plate armor on the front chest and leather armor in other parts is lighter and more flexible than the armor style, which also reduces the negative gravity of the war horse. It has been repeatedly proved that plate armor is not weaker than armor in terms of protection, speed and endurance.

Huan Wen knew what yuan Qiao's words meant. It was nothing more than that the cavalry of the Han Army had the advantage of equipment, but the cavalry of the Jin army had the advantage of fighting skills.

"We can afford it." Huan Wen said in a realistic and cruel way, "even if the 1000 cavalry fighting against them are gone, we still have 2000, and the 1400 cavalry of the Jin army will be lost."

In view of the importance of solving the war between the cavalry of the Jin army, Huan Wen issued a frightening order, that is, to let the approaching Han Army bowmen cover the positions of the cavalry indiscriminately, and to let the long spearmen launch an assault.

There is a tactic in Europa. After the cavalry charge, the archers in the rear don't care about the coverage of the enemy and ourselves, use the bodies of the soldiers on both sides to create a barrier wall, and then the infantry pick up the aircraft to form a siege and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. (you can watch the sixth season of the power game, which seems to be the sixth episode? At the same time, this tactic has also been used in real life, and there are a lot of times)

Xie Shi clapped his hand on the guardrail of the nest car immediately after he found that the long-range troops of the Han Army had indiscriminate coverage. There was a loud "bang" and bursts of great pain from his palm. He roared: "shameless! Shameless! It's really both shameless and animal behavior!"

Only a small part of the cavalry soldiers of both sides who were covered indiscriminately found that they could not be covered. After all, the current enemy who paid more attention to the fierce fighting did not have time to pay attention to what was going on in the periphery. They just thought that the other side was strong enough to shoot arrows in the interval of charging each other. Even if they were shot dead, they would be dead.

When the infantry of the Jin army left the camp, they had to stop for a long distance. It was because the other two arrows in the Han Army's trident made a forced posture. If they didn't stop, they continued to move forward in a loose formation. Being impacted by the two cavalry of the Han Army, they would not only be killed and injured, but also collapse.

Xie Ping, who organized troops to step into formation to prevent the two cavalry units of the Han army from succeeding, was ordered not to stop and tried his best to rescue his own cavalry.

[little master, can't you see the situation clearly?] Xie Ping just hesitated a little. The next moment he shouted, "keep moving!"

The cavalry of the Jin army is Xie's private soldier, while the infantry is the imperial army. Even if Xie Ping can't bear to sacrifice the imperial army to rescue the private soldiers of the family, he doesn't have to think about how to choose.

"Oh!" Huan wenman was full of schadenfreude: "look, if there is a chance to save it, that boy will really decide to sacrifice the imperial court's army."

There's nothing to laugh about. The doorman or aristocratic family of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is a virtue. Not only Xie Shi will do this, but any aristocratic family, including Huan Wen or yuan Qiao, will choose that way.

"The enemy's main general has been in disorder." Yuan Qiao constantly observed the overall situation of the battlefield and suggested: "our cavalry should be allowed to separate troops to threaten the left and right wings of the enemy's defense line. Both steps and rides are pushed by the whole army to break the enemy's defense chain in one fell swoop."

Huan Wen accepted yuan Qiao's suggestion without any hesitation.

The war drums began to sound from the Han Army, which was the signal of the total attack. The troops in front received instructions to attack more fiercely, and the troops behind began to move forward.

The two cavalry soldiers who had not been killed in the previous battle unknowingly found that their activity space was getting smaller and smaller. There were piles of corpses stacked by people and horses everywhere. The dead cavalry people or horses were full of arrows, and the ground seemed to suddenly grow a dense arrow jungle.

The heads of the surviving cavalry were basically blank. The cavalry of the Han army suddenly found that there were their own long spearmen in the battlefield, which appeared from the gap between piles of corpses, and then harvested.

The long spearmen of the Han army who entered the battlefield put up their guns shoulder to shoulder and trotted forward. They encountered the surviving cavalry of the Jin army. In an instant, more than one long gun was poked out. They had it in all directions, killing the stunned enemy and sending the injured soldiers to the ground for the last journey.

When the Han Army pushed in, the two wings of the Jin army's defense chain were threatened. First, the first Han army broke through the Jin army's defense line, followed by the second and third... Until the first line of defense arranged by Xie Shi was completely lost, and the isolated Jin army lost its direct connection with the rear.

Xie Ping came to Xie Shi, who had retreated to the rear. He didn't have any more nonsense. He immediately shouted: "our army in front has been attacked and will soon be unable to support. The second line of defense won't last long. I'll try my best to hold the Han Army, and the little master will quickly lead people to break through!"

Since the development of the situation became unfavorable to the Jin army, Xie Shi was in a state of tinnitus and confusion. In fact, he didn't remember how he stepped back and knew nothing about the extent of the war. He stared at Xie Ping in a daze. There were bursts of long chirps in his ears. He couldn't hear Xie Ping's voice. He could only see his mouth moving.

It was not until Xie Ping asked Xie's private soldiers to hold Xie Shi that Xie Shi woke up a little from a completely confused state.

"We lost?" Xie Shi's face was unusually pale: "no! We occupy the absolute advantage of geographical advantage, and our troops are more than the Han army. We shouldn't fail!"

Xie Ping ignored Xie Shi, who seemed to be talking to himself, and shouted at the private soldiers of the family: "what are you doing? Take the little master away. After leaving the battlefield, find a chance to return the little master to Jiankang!"

"No, no. No!" Xie Shi began to struggle and roared: "it's impossible. How can I fail? If I don't go, I won't go. I can fight with the Han army for another 300 rounds!"

As the private soldiers of Xie family who directly protect Xie Shi, they must be strong and powerful. If they were not worried about hurting Xie Shi, Xie Shi would not be able to twist his body at all. They took a look at Xie Ping. A guard simply chopped Xie Shi with a hand knife and directly let Xie Shi hum softly.

It is not a simple thing to want to leave the battlefield, especially when the two armies have been completely mixed together. If you want to leave the battlefield without being caught, it depends on the timing. The best way is to find a place to hide first, rather than rush out.

Xie Shi woke up again and found that he couldn't see anything. When he was about to yell, his mouth was covered. The next moment, he immediately knew what his situation was. He should be hiding in the cellar without light. His next move was to touch his waist. He was ashamed and determined to commit suicide. As a result, he didn't touch anything