Murong Ke's real state of mind was that he wanted to die. Obviously, he was very hesitant and helpless, but he couldn't show a trace. The whole army was frightened. If even he collapsed on his face, he would really have to put down his butcher's knife and become a prisoner.
The so-called open land is a wilderness with only a few forests, but it is very lush with shrubs and weeds, and there are many pools.
After the Han army came, they arranged the battle array along the vast forest, about a mile away from the edge of the forest, arranged in a long line.
Only a few roads have been opened up in forest, and they don't look very broad. As Murong Yan's army did not retreat along the road, it actually poured out of the woods full of trees.
At the edge of the forest, the ground was already covered with the bodies of people and horses, dense as if the feather arrows in the grass were also inserted all over the ground. Too many people were bleeding, and the blood gathered into Yan red water, and then flowed into the low-lying pit into a fishy blood pool.
The number of Han troops entering the wall is not large. Looking at it, it is about 1000. They are arranged in three rows and act as forwards alternately at regular intervals. People and horses are cut wherever they pass.
In fact, Mo Dao is a kind of three pointed and two edged Dao with long handle. Similar weapons have been used as early as the Warring States period, which was once used by Wei Wuzu. This kind of weapon generally weighs 50 Jin. It is difficult for people who are not strong to dance. A weapon of 50 kg, plus an armor of at least 60 kg or more, is equivalent to a armor with a weight of 110 kg. Strong physique alone is not enough, and the necessary endurance is also necessary.
The super-high load is destined to make it difficult for unfamiliar soldiers to fight for a long time. The only advantage of being iron is that they can ignore the arrows. As long as the formation is close enough, even if they are collided by high-speed horses, they will not fall down, but it is inevitable to be hit by the impact force.
"Arrow array, block the diffusion!"
Wei junchi found that the unfamiliar sword soldiers were weak, and the armor and riding gear of Murong Yan army began to charge, and resolutely instructed the arrow array to stop the enemy.
Xie AI in the rear is more busy. He has ordered his own cavalry on both wings to move according to the aircraft, and the rest of the infantry behind the Modao array to cross the Modao array and re arrange the array.
The charging speed of the sable and leopard cavalry is not fast. If measured, it is about 20 miles, but the movement is incomparably large.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for a horse with heavy cavalry to charge at a speed of more than 50 miles.
The iron armor can also charge at a speed of more than 50 miles. Once the Parthian heavy cavalry can do it, but they ride an unusually majestic Arabian horse, but they can only fight for no more than ten minutes.
Later, when we waited around the middle ages, the European Roman Cavalry with iron cans generally carried more than 400 kg, and the more terrible thing was that the load reached about 500 kg. They walked about 200 meters, then gradually trotted, followed by a trot. Waiting 50 meters away from the enemy was a full speed sprint with a flat cavalry gun. They could be Superman for about three minutes.
Of course, heavy cavalry can only move by relying on horses because of the weight of their armor. Therefore, once they fall off their horses, they can't stand up without help.
The reason why the marten and leopard cavalry only have a speed of 20 miles is that they hang iron chains full of sharp blades. Because of the existence of iron chains, they will pull each other quickly, which can only maintain the most appropriate speed.
"Shit, it's a walk in the arrow rain!" Wei junchi was not the first time he saw the heavy cavalry charging against the arrow rain: "change the coverage position and shoot the light cavalry and footmen in the rear."
Unless the loaded heavy cavalry is unlucky enough to be shot through the face armor to the eyes by the arrows, otherwise more arrows are either bounced off by the armor or inserted into the body, but in fact, they only hurt the skin and flesh at most, and the arrowheads can't have more depth at all. So, if you see a heavy cavalry being shot like a hedgehog, but still jumping around, it's really not a corpse, but the anti arrow ability of a heavy cavalry is really too strong.
The Han Army on the first front was desperately organizing the shield wall. One shield after another buckled each other, and one spear after another stretched out from the gap of the shield wall. Behind the shield wall was full of heavy breathing, accompanied by the commands of the officers.
"The enemy..." Xie AI's eyes were attracted by the enemy swarming out of the forest: "the whole army attacked?"
There are only 8000 Han troops on this front, which has expanded the defense line to the greatest extent, but it is impossible to block the whole open land. There are Murong Yan troops fleeing out where the Han Army has no defense.
"Strange." Yuan Qiao pointed to Murong Yanjun who swarmed out but didn't make a detour: "how is it directly north?"
Xie AI also found the same problem. The Murong Yan army, whether cavalry or infantry, who were not in their defense area, had no intention to participate in the battle and went north regardless.
"..." Yuan Qiao showed a thoughtful expression and said after a short silence: "the enemy is so difficult for us to intercept all, so we can only put the main target on the enemy's armor and riding gear."
Xie AI thought about why the war situation was like this. After thinking about it, the only conclusion was that the king and his army had destroyed the morale of Murong Yan army, which was beyond the control of Murong Ke, so that Murong Yan army was out of control.
There's nothing wrong with saying that Murong Yan's army is out of control. Even if Murong Ke doesn't order the whole army to break through, Murong Yan's army who has lost the heart of war will scatter and collapse. In this way, Murong Ke can still control some, which is enough to show that the prestige accumulated for a long time is still useful.
When Xie AI and Yuan Qiao guessed what was going on, the sable and leopard cavalry had rushed to the position of the shield wall.
Marten and leopard cavalry have no standard weapons. Everyone is not only inconsistent in armor, but also a variety of associated weapons. Most marten and leopard cavalry men don't have long guns, but mainly use maces, long soldiers and heavy weapons. Even long handle flail and meteor hammer are more than long guns.
"Steady! Steady! Steady!"
The Han army officers on the side of the shield wall kept making noises. They even punched and kicked the soldiers to resist the shield, so that the shield could have more wrestling to resist the collision.
The marten and leopard cavalry were not fast. When the knight on the horse approached the shield wall for about 30 steps, the horn of "Wuwuwuwu -" sounded in the array. The knight in the first row tried his best to speed up the mount, slowly increasing from about 20 steps to about 35 steps when approaching the shield wall.
The sound of heavy horses' hoofs was continuous. The horses' hoofs trampled on the ground, turning up green and tender weeds. The soil became soft and filled with dust and smoke due to repeated trampling.
The more dull sound appeared when the marten and leopard cavalry hit the shield wall. The war horse directly hit the shield wall. The knight on the horse waved heavy weapons and slammed the shield wall, so that the dull sound continued.
When the marten and leopard cavalry hit the shield wall, only a few spears protruding from the gap of the shield wall hit the target. The whole shield wall formed by interlocking each other moved back about half a foot under a series of impacts, and the shield wall at some positions even collapsed directly.
A few marten and leopard cavalry with long guns threw their long guns directly. The long guns crossed the low shield wall and fell into the group of soldiers of the Han Army, with a sad and short scream.
Murong Ke, who was located in the distance, was not very excited to see the results of the charge. From his vision, he could see that the marten and leopard cavalry in the first row only disintegrated part of the shield wall, and then they were trapped in place. After the marten and leopard cavalry in the second row rushed up, they could only hit paoze together. Many of the mounts of the first row of mink and leopard cavalry were knocked down, and they fell in pieces when the iron chain was pulled over.
Peng Yong is the chief of yitun. The time of joining the Han army can be traced back to the period when Liu Yan was forced to withdraw to the Miaodao islands. At this moment, he was on the first front, shouting to let the spearmen stab out weapons to attack the enemy on horseback.
"Immovable cavalry, even armor and riding gear, are also targets. Kill them!" The weapon in Peng Yong's hand is a war sword. He can't reach the sable and leopard cavalry: "several stab one target at the same time. If they can't penetrate the armor, they have to pick up the horse!"
The spear head of the spear is naturally extremely sharp, but the armor on the saber and leopard cavalry is really too thick. The spears stabbed in the past can't go deep. Some spears can't be pulled back directly after being held.
There was a lot of noise on the battlefield. It took a big voice to penetrate the noise and transmit the instructions. At that time, what roared was basically just a few people around.
The charging of mink and leopard cavalry did not stop. They collided repeatedly row by row. While they charged savagely, many friendly light cavalry completed a detour and began to attack the left and right wings of the Han army. More light cavalry were entangled with the Han Army cavalry.
"Henggong, the Han Army in the rear chased too hard and will soon catch up." Liu Xiang actually wants to escape if he can choose, but he can't do that as long as he still wants to stay in murongyan country: "there's not much time."
Murong Ke was bleeding in his heart at the moment. He knew that the sable and leopard cavalry was not used like this at all. It should be that other arms created excellent fighters that put the armor and riding equipment of the sable and leopard cavalry as the end of the battle.
In fact, the armed heavy cavalry is indeed a branch of the army that relies heavily on the friendly army. It should be used as a sea god needle. The armed heavy cavalry can't last long. The armed heavy cavalry can't even escape after losing their physical strength. Therefore, they can only be used at the moment of a showdown.
"It's broken." Murong Ke's voice, without any emotion, instigated the war horse to move slowly: "the front array of the Han Army has been chaotic. Blow the horn to order the sable and leopard cavalry to evacuate the battlefield and try to chisel through by the Qingqi."
The sable and leopard cavalry broke through the Han Army's shield array only after charging to the eighth row array. After the shield wall collapsed, the Han army once tried to stabilize, but in the face of the loaded heavy cavalry with acceleration of more than a thousand kilograms, the soldiers on foot were no longer brave, but could only be trampled.
"Back, back!" Peng Yong, with an expression of a desire to crack, roared: "let the heavy infantry top, and the rest step back!"
When the shield wall collapses and heavy cavalry collide, they can't stop it at all. Anyone who wants to stop must be prepared to die under the hoof of a horse.
The marten leopard cavalry is a little different from other heavy cavalry. They are connected by iron chains. The iron chains are full of sharp blade barbs. They push forward in a whole row. Not only the horses are hitting and the Knights are waving weapons, but the iron chains dragged on the ground pull the bodies and squeeze them down. If they don't pull anything, the iron chains sweep the crowd down, The sharp blade and barb on the iron chain can also harvest life.
Xie AI, still standing on the nest car, found that the war situation here was developing in a disadvantageous direction. Not only the organized shield array was broken, but also the infantry in the front array were retreating inch by inch under the oppression of the enemy's heavy cavalry. The cavalry on both sides of the enemy and ours were entangled, and the enemy was evacuating to the north.
"We have brought too few troops and time is not allowed to build camps." Yuan Qiao believes that this is a crime of non War: "for today's sake... Only the armor and riding gear that can drag the enemy at any cost."
Xie AI was silent. Their responsibility was to intercept the enemy. The strategic intention was not reached from the beginning. Too many murongyan troops simply ran North regardless. The enemy didn't want to fight. Their troops were seriously insufficient, and they really could only focus on a certain part of the enemy.
What is more surprising is that in the sound of horns, the sable and leopard cavalry stopped charging, the interconnected iron chain was also lifted, and light cavalry continued to pass through them to take over the charge.
The new move of Murong Yanjun made Xie AI pay frequent attention to the direction of the forest, where the explosion still came, and the Murong Yanjun gushing out of the forest continued again and again.
Yuan Qiao raised his telescope and looked at it for a little while. He said in disbelief: "are they disarming in situ?"
Yes, the marten and leopard cavalry disarm with the help of auxiliary personnel. The disarmed armor is placed on the pack horse. One is to clap the horse and walk away.
Xie AI intended to intercept, but when he looked up, his army was completely entangled. Murong Yan army was everywhere. He couldn't intercept at all.
"Eh!?" Yuan Qiao made a new discovery and raised his finger: "Hussars general?"
Xie aishun picked up his telescope and saw that his cavalry kept rushing out of the forest. Ran min ran his horse at the top.
As Murong Ke ordered to put away the military flag, Xie AI didn't know that Murong Ke had been there long ago. He just informed ran min with a flag to attack the marten and leopard cavalry in the disarmed state.
Ran min didn't notice the flag issued by Xie AI's order for the first time. From his field of vision, Murong Yan army was everywhere around. Whoever he caught was killed. All the way, he was rolling and killing Murong Yan army's back. Waiting for his subordinates to find Xie AI's flag, he can lead his cavalry to change direction.