0967 Cavalry Hedge
At this moment, Chi Beta's heart was bleeding! Although he was not proficient in mathematics, he, who had been through the battle formation for a long time, could certainly see that his side had suffered heavy losses! But the team had already set off, and there was absolutely no way to shrink back at this time, so he could only rush up with his teeth!
However, at this moment, the barbarians in the blood of the Qing army had aroused their temperament! They quickly divided into two teams amid the roar of the officers. The two teams surrounded Liu Pei, one left and one right.
All the Qing soldiers were holding their breath! But they felt that it was time for them to vent their anger! He wanted the Ming soldiers they looked down upon to show their proud riding and shooting skills.
But just as the Qing army's team had just unfolded and had not yet approached the phalanx, the right-wing cavalry took the lead in fighting on the battlefield!
Because both sides are cavalry and are in a hedge state, the two sides approach very quickly. The Qing cavalry still arranged loose formations as usual, holding bows and arrows to attack first.
Yang Jingfa's side was different. Their more than 1,000 cavalry were lined up in five rows, each row of about 300 people. The distance between the platoons was about forty or fifty meters. Their formation was extremely dense, almost so dense that the cavalry could touch their feet!
Yang Jingfa is on the right side of the fourth row. This is the best command position, and the danger is not that great. After all, he is the commander of the cavalry and cannot be at the forefront of the battle.
The cavalry on both sides approached quickly. When Liu Pei's cavalry saw the approaching Qing army, they laid their cavalry lances flat, and at the same time leaned forward. They covered their faces and horse heads with the arm shield on their left arm, and rushed towards the other side with their heads!
The Qing army on the opposite side originally thought they would be attacked by the other party's arrow rain, but unexpectedly, they did not use long-range weapons! They held a long-out-of-the-range rifle! This made all the Qing army overjoyed! They all set their bows and arrows and shot out the feather arrows in their hands!
The Qing army's offense was very advanced. Because the war horses were fast, the soldiers had only the chance to shoot an arrow. Therefore, the Qing army in the front row would shoot the feather arrows in their hands as soon as possible after entering the range! Then they would put away their bows and arrows and pull them out.
Send weapons and prepare for head-on combat.
The Qing army followed them and shot feather arrows in rows of orders. So the feather arrows shot from the Qing army for a while seemed to have never broken! It seemed that there was a black bridge extending continuously in the sky, one end connected to the Qing army, and the other end was stretching towards Yang Jingfa and the others!
Yang Jingfa and the others were prepared for the enemy's rain of arrows. Even the civilians were seriously prepared to shoot arrows.
The arrow rain finally fell! At this time, Yang Jingfa discovered another advantage of the fence-mounting tactic. It was that it could effectively reduce the opponent's arrow rain's hit rate!
In the past, cavalry had loose formations and hedges and shot against each other. You should know that shooting archery on horseback was not accurate, unless you were an archer! Otherwise, a large group of soldiers could only shoot probabilistically in one direction. Relying on the density and luck of the arrow rain to kill the opponent!
But the tactics of the fence are different! His formation is just a thin line. No matter how many scattered rain of arrows fly through the air, it is difficult to hit a line! And even if it hits it, it doesn't matter! The steel armor on the cavalry is enough to withstand the attack of arrows.
As Yang Jingfa speculated, most of the Qing army's arrow rain fell to nothing. It fell to the front and back of the first front line of the fence! Only a small number of feather arrows shot on the cavalry, and the arrows collided with the steel armor, making a jingle sound!
Most of the feather arrows will be directly bounced away, and a small number of feather arrows will break through the armor, and the soldiers will not be seriously injured. The injured soldiers are shaking feather arrows inserted into the body and are still trying to maintain their formation. Several cavalrymen with bad luck are shot at the vital point and fall off their horses!
Suddenly the arrow rain stopped, and the cavalry in the first row immediately sat upright, clamped the incense of the cavalry under his armpit, and began to place the tip of the gun at the right angle to the opposite side, and choose an opponent among the enemies!
At this time, the Qing army opposite them was panicked! Because after a rain of arrows, although several cavalrymen fell from the horses and opened several gaps in the neat line, the casualties and injured people almost did not suffer much to the entire front line of the wall! They collided with the Qing cavalry like a wall!
And the most terrifying thing is,
The Qing cavalry in the front row found that they could not attack the opponent! Because after the opponent placed the cavalry lance flat, the cavalry lance more than ten feet long was not comparable to the short weapons in their hands! The biggest possibility was that they were picked up and dismounted by the cavalry lance before they even met their cavalry!
This person is prone to doing stupid things when he is panicked, especially on a battlefield with huge pressure! Even the Qing army, which has been through battle for a long time, is no exception! When the Qing soldiers find themselves in a weak position, mistakes will naturally occur!
Some of the Qing soldiers in the front row wanted to avoid the clan of the side, some of them stopped the horses and slowed down and wanted to turn around, and some of them wanted to hide in the stirrup to avoid the clan of the horses! The most outrageous thing was that a group of Qing soldiers actually threw the weapons in their hands to the other party because of despair!
Most of the weapons thrown by the opponent were easily blocked by the cavalry with their arms and shields. Only a few cavalry were hit by the weapons or fell to the ground by the war horse. All the remaining cavalry began to adjust their spears and prepare to stab their opponents.
Suddenly, the sound of a spear stabbing into the body and the screams of humans, the neighing of the war horses, and the sound of breaking wood suddenly erupted! The two cavalry collided head-on!
A cavalry spear pierced into the chests of panicked Qing soldiers! The cavalry spear pierced them and broke into two or three sections! There were also many cavalry spear pierced the shields of Qing soldiers. The huge impact force made it difficult for Qing soldiers to sit down and was directly pushed out by the cavalry spear! Some Qing soldiers resisted the huge impact force transmitted by the cavalry spear, but were shocked and unable to sit steadily. Liu Pei's cavalry had already let go of their hands, threw the broken gun handle, and pulled out their weapons to chop and kill! Especially those Qing soldiers who had not yet sat firmly, were chopped off the horse before they could react!
The lack of a strict formation is the biggest flaw of the Qing soldiers! In the initial contact between the two sides, they are equivalent to one person facing at least two or even more than three opponents!
Chapter completed!