At the beginning, the Western Qin army fought very well.
Although the defensive power of the armor was not as good as that of the Frankish heavy armored infantry, they relied on the mutual cooperation of various arms to fight the Frankish heavy infantry without sealing the victory.
There were casualties on both sides, but then As time passed slowly, the disadvantages of the West Qin Army's exhaustion due to long-distance marching in the past few days became apparent.
After more than half an hour, the West Qin infantry showed signs of being unable to hold on.
This situation was soon discovered by Charlie.
He was shocked and knew that he had made the right bet.
He immediately ordered the dispatch of 5,000 infantry reinforcements.
At this time, he did not dare to send out large-scale troops, not even cavalry, because he was worried about Zhao Ziliang's envoy.
He cheats, engages in intrigues, and thinks in his heart that it is better to be cautious.
The 5,000 Frankish heavy armored infantry from the rear came with reinforcements in neat steps.
Zhao Ziliang looked at it and raised his hand: "Long-range strike with bows and arrows."
"put" "Whoosh!"
A fluff of arrows flew up from the infantry of the Western Qin Army, and instantly landed in the advancing Frankish heavy armored infantry formation.
There was a clanging sound, but there were also many screams.
Frankish heavy armored infantry had differences and similarities with the Roman Empire's heavy infantry, especially in terms of equipment.
The Roman Empire's heavy infantry was equipped with large shields, upper body armor, short swords and spears, and sometimes Equipped with greaves, but the Frankish heavy armored infantry only had upper body steel armor and spears, not even greaves.
The heavy infantry of the Roman Empire could form a shield formation when attacking.
The soldiers at the front held their shields on their chests, leaving only their faces and below the knees exposed.
They walked sideways, and the soldiers behind them held their shields above their heads to protect those in front.
This can protect your companions and yourself from the long-range strikes of the arrow rain to the greatest extent.
No matter whether the arrows are shot from the front or fall from the top of your head, the probability of hitting the human body is very small.
Although the Frankish heavy armored infantry has very good defense, without the cover of a large shield, the chance of injury will be greatly increased whether it is resisting enemy attacks or arrow rain attacks during combat, and they are only equipped with long-range armor.
Once the enemy gets close to the spear, it is very dangerous.
The lower body has no protective equipment, so the chance of injury is much higher than the upper body.
The Western Qin Army's long-range bow and arrow strike technology originated from the Tang Empire, but many improvements were made, especially bows and arrows.
However, the Western Qin Army's emphasis on its role in the war has not weakened at all.
This bow and arrow strike has also made Charlie and others saw the long-range infantry of the Western Qin The bows and arrows struck so hard that many Frank infantrymen at close range even had their arrows penetrate their steel armor and penetrate into their chests, while many Frank infantrymen farther away were shot in the thighs or calves, losing their combat effectiveness and could only Crouching or sitting there and howling.
The arrows of the Western Qin Army continued to shoot at the advancing Frank infantry as if they were free of charge.
More and more people were killed and wounded.
Charlie in the distance couldn't help but clenched his fists when he saw it.
He kept shouting: "Quick, quick, rush up and kill them, crush them" In fact, wherever there are infantry charging indiscriminately regardless of the formation in the battle, the battles are fought in neat military formations.
It is nonsense to want to rush in and attack casually.
A team that loses its strict formation and is in a mess will definitely be possessed.
The army with strict formation, firm will to fight and strict military discipline was defeated.
After losing one-third of the troops, the reinforcements of the Frankish infantry finally arrived.
After another half hour or so, the infantry of the Western Qin Army in front finally could no longer hold up.
They marched for several days in a row and marched all night last night. , resulting in physical and mental exhaustion.
Seeing that he was about to lose, Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Let the infantry in the middle go up.
We must stabilize our position and retreat slowly to let these Frank infantry pass through the camouflaged trench."
"I understand."
Gao Chongwen agreed and immediately went to direct the arrangements in person.
After a large number of infantry in the middle came up, the exhausted Western Qin infantry in the front line finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Under the command of the officers, they fought with the Franks while slowly retreating.
In the view of Charlie from the rear, The Western Qin army was finally beaten and retreated.
He was extremely happy.
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As soon as the Western Qin infantry was beaten and began to collapse, he would order the entire army to attack.
After about ten minutes, Gao Chongwen clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said, "Your Majesty, it's time."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, let's get started, leave all these thousands of Franks alone and show Charlie how powerful he is."
"clear" An order flag waved a few times, followed by a loud trumpet sound.
After the trumpet sounded for a while, countless wooden boards were suddenly overturned in the open space behind the Frankish army fighting the Western Qin Army, and a long line appeared.
Numerous Western Qin infantry rushed out of the trench.
They climbed out of the trench and rushed behind thousands of Frank infantry with weapons.
"Kill!"
A large number of shouts of killing came from the rear.
The Frank infantry in the rear couldn't help but turn their heads and look, and they were shocked.
Many people shouted: "Oh no, we are surrounded, they are coming from behind."
A large number of Western Qin soldiers" The news quickly spread throughout the army.
Thousands of Frankish infantrymen were panicked.
Even the leading generals were panicked.
They were surrounded by enemies in the southeast, northwest, front and rear, and were besieged from all sides.
In this case, even the heavenly soldiers and the heavenly soldiers were in a panic.
It was impossible for the general to remain calm, and the Frankish army was in chaos.
The Western Qin army took advantage of the chaos to launch a massive attack.
The casualties of the Frank army increased sharply.
People's hearts were in chaos, and the will to fight disappeared on the spot.
Everyone only focused on escaping for their own lives, not caring about others.
Charlie's face changed greatly when he saw it, and he immediately ordered: "Montban, send another three thousand people to respond."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Tobin quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty, we can't.
We are sending troops to respond at this time.
This battle can only be a refueling tactic.
We have several times more troops in the Western Qin Army.
If we continue to use them up, we simply cannot afford it."
Of course Charlie was not willing to give in.
He said angrily: "Are you just going to watch these thousands of people being eaten by the Western Qin people?
Monteban, execute the order?"
"yes"
Another three thousand people came out of the Frankish formation and quickly rushed to the scene of the battle as reinforcements.
At this time, the surrounded thousands of Franks were already running around, but they were always surrounded and could not break through the dense Western Qin army formation around them. , poor defense due to lack of shield It has reached a level, from offense to defense.
It can almost only be passively beaten, but how long can the Frank infantry with only upper body armor be able to block it?
The neck, arms, thighs, knees, and calves are all exposed, which are the key points of the Western Qin Army.
The target of the attack.
When the reinforcements of 3,000 people rushed over, many dark heads suddenly emerged from the trenches.
These Western Qin soldiers carried repeating crossbows or bows and arrows and fired bows and arrows at the Frank infantry.
Without stopping, the Frankish infantry fell on the way forward one by one.
After paying a heavy price, less than two thousand people rushed to the edge of the trench.
However, at this time, all the Western Qin troops in the trench had retreated to the other side.
They continued to shoot with repeating crossbows and bows and arrows.
The Franks endured casualties.
They jumped down from the trench one after another and wanted to climb over the trench to attack.
At this time, rows of Xiqin hook and sickle spearmen rushed up and stabbed the Franks in the trench.
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The Franks who jumped down could not climb up again.
All were stabbed to death in the trench.
Charlie closed his eyes in pain.
He was already convinced that the people of Xi Qin were indeed exhausted, but he did not expect that Zhao Ziliang would make such arrangements for the war and use such a method to block his attack.
"Send the order, let them withdraw."
Charlie gave up and gave the order to retreat.
There were less than 1,500 Frank soldiers who could escape back.
Half of the reinforcements were lost before they could reach their goal.
At this time, the besieged Frank soldiers continued to resist, but they would be annihilated sooner or later.
Charlie I have no illusions anymore.
He found a soldier who was retreating and asked: "Did you see that trench?
How wide and deep it is?"
The soldier replied: "It is at least as deep as two men tall and as wide as three spears."
Charlie finally gave up.
Although the cavalry had not moved yet, Charlie could not see the hope of victory.
Even the infantry attack was strongly blocked.
What else could the cavalry do?
Although he had always regarded his heavy cavalry as decisive strength, but this time he is facing the main force of the Western Qin Army.
Among these hundreds of thousands of horses, there are not only a large number of light cavalry, but also a lot of heavy armored cavalry.
The number of heavy cavalry in his hands must be greater than that of Zhao Ziliang.
There were far fewer heavy cavalry.
He looked up at the sky and saw that it was already approaching dusk.
There was no gain in fighting anymore.
After dark, the troops still had to withdraw.
Charlie gave the order for the entire army to retreat slowly, leaving some cavalry behind.
Zhao Ziliang finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
He was really worried that Charlie would send an army to rush over regardless of casualties.
If the trench was filled with corpses, then there would be no obstacle to stop the Frank army from attacking.
The soldiers of the Western Qin Army were already exhausted.
It was unbearable that as long as the fight continued, morale would inevitably collapse.
Charlie's carefulness took advantage of this excellent opportunity.
Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Continue to encircle and suppress these besieged Franks, annihilate them all.
Send a light cavalry of 3,000 people to stare at Charlie's army.
We must not relax at this time.
We must make Charlie realize that we have enough fighting power to fight them to death."
Fight to the end, otherwise, if we do nothing and let them leave, Charlie will soon react and bring his army to fight us again."
Gao Chongwen was so impressed that he said: "Your Majesty is a wise man."
The thousands of Franks who were surrounded were finally annihilated.
Their corpses fell to the ground in a circle, and blood flowed into a river.
Weapons and flags were planted everywhere on the corpses and on the ground.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered the whole army to rest and sleep, and the cooks made fires to cook
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