When the Western Qin army appeared under the leadership of Zhao Ziliang, the Frank army was already ready for battle.
Their camp was located in a triangle that protruded toward the river.
Therefore, behind and on both sides of the camp was the fast-flowing Danube River.
The entire camp was It is also a triangle, but this one The base of the triangle is concave inward, and the 20,000 Frank infantry deployed outside the camp are arrayed in this concave part, with the camp walls on both sides.
In this way, the Frank army only needs to face the front. , there are stronghold wall defenses on both sides as cover, so there is no need to be attacked.
Zhao Ziliang sat on horseback and looked at the Frankish army's camps and military formations and couldn't help but express surprise: "Hey, the Franks built camps and deployed military formations that took advantage of the terrain and water conservancy.
If our army attacks the opponent's formation, , the resistance in the middle of the front is the greatest, while the resistance on both sides is much smaller, but the opponent's wings are supported by the stronghold walls, so this battle is not easy to fight."
Next to him, Gao Chongwen clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said, "Your Majesty, since a forceful attack may cause too many casualties, it's better to confront and monitor them.
They only have two or three days of food.
If we don't fight, they will also run out of food.
By then, the morale of the army will definitely be shattered and the defeat will be certain." " Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and shook his head: "Charlie is definitely not a person who just waits to die.
I am worried that he will cross the river and run away from the barbarian territory."
Gao Chongwen was puzzled and asked: "I heard that the barbarians across the river have a big enmity with the Franks.
How could they let the Franks pass through their territory?"
"No matter how great the hatred is, it will slowly fade over time, and no matter how great the hatred is, it will be abandoned in the face of sufficient interests.
As long as the Franks can afford the price, it is not difficult to bribe those barbarian leaders who have no ambition or structure. " Having said this, Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, waved to Li Muchen, and ordered: "Send people across the river to meet the barbarian leaders and express their wishes to them.
They had better not collude with the Franks and let the Franks escape from their territory.
Pass it, otherwise I will settle the score with them."
Li Muchen raised his hands and agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Regarding this strange and easy-to-defend military stronghold built by the Franks, Zhao Ziliang's first reaction was to immediately build siege weapons for long-range strikes and destroy some of the stronghold walls.
After all, these stronghold walls were not city walls, but just made of wood.
It cannot withstand the powerful blow of long-range siege weapons, but time is short.
How can we build heavy-duty long-range siege equipment in a short time?
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and waved his hand, signaling for the army to press forward, and then said to Gao Chongwen: "Send the order to the rear and distribute a pot of rockets to each soldier in the infantry."
"Follow the decree" After observing for a while, Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and waved forward, and ordered: "First use bows and arrows to aim at the enemy's formation and shoot a few rounds to see the defensive effect of their infantry armor against arrows.
The cavalry on both wings will provide cover."
"yes" Gao Chongwen went to the front to take command and shouted on his horse: "The infantry front camp will advance a hundred steps, and the cavalry will advance a hundred steps to cover it."
With the sound of a drum, more than 10,000 people in the front infantry camp of the Western Qin Army moved forward slowly in orderly steps.
The cavalry on both wings also moved forward slowly and orderly, and the orderly steps stepped on the ground, making waves of rumbles.
The sound was like an earthquake.
As the Western Qin army made some moves, Charlie and others standing on the wall couldn't help but raise their concerns.
Are the Western Qin people finally going to attack?
The infantry and cavalry of the front camp of the Western Qin Army stopped after moving two hundred steps.
The cavalry were ready to intercept the cavalry rushing out of the enemy camp, and the infantry one by one began to sit on the ground and hold their long bows.
The arched back is propped up with both feet, and an arrow is stringed with both arms.
As the body lies back, both legs and arms are exerted at the same time to fully draw the bow string, and the arrow is pointed at the sky.
This method of archery can use all the strength of the whole body, is suitable for use on strong bows and crossbows, and can shoot to the maximum range.
It is much easier than using both arms to draw the bow and shoot arrows alone, and the arrows shot are also much further. , but its disadvantage is that it lacks flexibility.
You have to sit on the ground first and then lie on your back.
If the enemy has already rushed over, you can't avoid it.
General Frank on the wall saw this situation and couldn't help but sneered: "What are they doing?
I understand, hahaha.
The Western Qin infantry has to fire arrows when they are so far away.
Their infantry all use Are you shooting arrows in this way?
This posture is really ugly and ridiculous.
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They can’t even touch a hair on our head from such a long distance.
Oh God, hide quickly.”
Before this guy finished speaking, countless arrows in the sky shot down like locusts.
Most of them landed on the heads of the Frank army in front of the stronghold wall, and a few fell on the stronghold wall and the camp.
There was a burst of A clanging sound, arrows hitting the target They were all blocked by the armor of the Frank infantry.
A small number of them penetrated the armor and caused casualties to the Frank soldiers.
Some arrows that landed on the walls and camps also caused certain casualties, causing the Franks to suffer.
There was a certain amount of confusion.
"Impossible, how is this possible?"
Charlie and the generals and officials around him all looked in disbelief.
"Each set of armor of our Frank soldiers is carefully crafted by craftsmen.
It is very thick, and its defensive power is far inferior to other armors.
Comparably, how could the bows and arrows of the Western Qin people shoot through our armor at such a distance?"
Tobin looked at it and said: "Only a very small number of soldiers were injured by arrows, which shows that most of our armors can still withstand the arrows of the Western Qin Army."
A general asked: "Then why are there still so many people injured by arrows?
Moreover, the bows and arrows of the Western Qin people have a much farther range than the infantry bows and arrows of other countries, and their lethality is so great.
Why is this?"
Tobin said: "I don't know the condition of the bows and arrows of the Western Qin people, but I know the condition of our armor.
Our armors were not made by the same people at the same time, so their quality and defense are different. , the armor on these soldiers injured by arrows may not be thick enough, or the iron used to make the armor may not be strong enough.”
General Frank, who was originally commanding the army, did not think that the arrows of the Western Qin Army could shoot so far, so he did not even issue a defense order.
He was about to watch the Western Qin Army's joke, but he didn't know that the Western Qin Army's arrows could actually shoot.
It was really possible to shoot so far and cause so many casualties to his subordinates.
He immediately ordered: "Move the injured into the camp, and the others will close the distance and prepare for defense."
The Frankish infantry were also relatively well-trained.
Some injured soldiers were carried away and moved to the camp, and the others quickly moved closer.
Originally, one person could pass between the two soldiers, but after everyone moved closer, there was a gap between the ranks.
No more gaps, concentrate on preparing for defense The second wave of arrows from the Western Qin Army came over quickly, and a loud roar came out from the Frankish army formation: "Arrow Defense" As this order was issued, all the officers and soldiers in the square Frankish formation raised their spears at an angle and waved them neatly.
Many of the arrows that were being shot were knocked away or knocked away by the spear array.
A wave of arrows caused far fewer casualties to the Frankish soldiers.
Until half of the arrows fired by the Western Qin infantry were fired, and the casualties caused to the Franks were not too great, Zhao Ziliang decisively issued an order: "Stop firing arrows, the Chinese infantry has three thousand, move forward."
The herald shouted: "Three thousand infantrymen of the Chinese army advance!"
The flag bearer quickly waved the small flag, and after a drum sounded, the three thousand infantrymen of the Chinese army marched neatly through the ranks of the front camp to the front, shortened the distance between the ranks as quickly as possible, and formed the densest formation. formation and pressed up against the Frank army.
A Frank general on the wall came forward and suggested to Charlie: "Your Majesty the Emperor, order the army to come forward.
The drawbacks of passive defense are too great.
The Western Qin army on the opposite side is charging forward with great momentum.
I'm worried that the brothers outside will not be able to stabilize their position.
Once our formation is overwhelmed, the 20,000 people outside will be doomed."
Charlie raised his hand and said: "No, the opponent's troops dispatched this time are about three thousand.
You must believe the brothers outside.
They relied on the camp to form an array, and the brothers on the wall provided them with bow and arrow cover.
Three thousand Xi Qin The soldiers can't defeat them yet."
The general said worriedly: "We have less than two days of military rations.
Although we have blocked the news from the brothers below, it is difficult to completely block the news.
Last night when I was inspecting the camp, I heard several camps The soldiers were discussing" When Charlie heard this, he was shocked and began to worry.
If the news that the army rations were only less than two days old had spread, the blow to the morale of the army would definitely be fatal.
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At this time, the Western Qin Army rushed up.
Below The Frankish army of 20,000 people will definitely collapse at a moment's notice.
"Boom, boom, boom" the rumbling and orderly footsteps were like stepping on the hearts of Charlie and all the Frank soldiers, generals and officials on the wall.
The Frank soldiers in the Frank army formation in front of the wall were also nervous.
Many people held their spears for a long time, watching the Western Qin army press forward step by step.
They were so nervous that their palms became sweaty and their spears were slippery.
Seeing that the attacking three thousand Western Qin troops were less than a hundred steps away from the front row of the Frankish army, Zhao Ziliang suddenly raised his hand and spread his fingers.
The messenger immediately waved a small flag to convey the order, and another drum sounded.
The general leading the army heard the flag officer behind him reporting the commander's military order, and immediately shouted: "The whole army spreads out, two steps apart between the ranks, the spearmen step forward, The shield soldiers stand back and form a fish scale formation."
In a few breaths, the attacking three thousand Western Qin infantry completed the formation change.
Before this, both the Frank army and the attacking three thousand Western Qin infantry were in square formations, but now the three thousand Western Qin infantry suddenly The transformation into a fish scale formation caught the Frankish generals and soldiers a little off guard.
The phalanx formation is the most conventional and common military formation, with average overall attack and defense power.
However, the phalanx formation is the most flexible military formation and can be easily converted into any other formation.
The Western army used military formations much later than the East.
The Frankish army was a rising star and was no exception.
The research on infantry military formations was still in its infancy, but it did not mean that they did not even know the fish scale formation.
However, Knowledge is knowledge, but it is not easy to use it flexibly.
People always think that ancient Western armies only used square formations when fighting.
In fact, this view is wrong.
Ancient Western armies also used a variety of military formations, but their use of these military formations was limited in time.
Much later than the East.
In the ancient Greek era, the Greek army used the Greek phalanx, as well as the Macedonian phalanx, which greatly played the offensive role of the phalanx, and later the Roman heavy infantry phalanx in the Roman era, but no matter which country's square it was.
Both formations have requirements for combat terrain.
In flat terrain, the Macedonian Phalanx and the Roman Heavy Infantry Phalanx are invincible, but the Macedonian Phalanx is sharper in attack, so the Petna on the northern coast of Greece will During the battle, the Roman heavy infantry phalanx was beaten to a pulp at the beginning, but after entering the rugged mountainous terrain, the weaknesses of the phalanx were highlighted.
Cracks appeared in the dense formation of the Macedonian army.
The speeds of the left, center, right and front units were different.
Originally, The collapsed Roman heavy infantry, under the command of the commander, rushed forward and inserted themselves into the cracks in the formations to fight closely with the Macedonian army.
The Macedonian army holding spears was suddenly unable to use it and fled after being counterattacked.
The Roman army in the Roman era not only used phalanx formations, they also used fish scale formations and other formations.
General Frank, who was leading the army under the stronghold wall, saw the Western Qin army changing its formation.
He became a little worried at the moment.
It was impossible for him to change the formation.
The army was located in a triangle with stronghold walls on both sides, so the military formation he arranged It is an inverted triangle military formation, which can maximize the protective effect of the walls on both sides.
The characteristic of the Fish Scale Formation is to concentrate its superior forces in the center, launch attacks on the enemy's center, and strive to break through the enemy's center.
However, its disadvantage is that the defense on the tail side is weak.
If the tail side is attacked, there is a risk of being surrounded and surrounded. , especially when there are not many troops.
Charlie, who was standing on the wall of the stronghold, saw the Western Qin army approaching with great momentum, and suddenly ordered: "When the Western Qin army rushes up, order the middle part to give up resistance, let the Western Qin army rush in, and transfer the withdrawn troops to the two wings." " "clear" The Western Qin Army finally hit the Frankish Army.
The soldiers in the front row of the Western Qin Army did not stab the French soldiers tentatively.
Instead, they thrust forward without fear of life and death and fired the only shot.
Some stabbed the Frankish soldiers and survived, and some survived. stabbed Farak soldiers but were stabbed to death by the other side, some He was stabbed to death before he could stab the opponent.
However, this indomitable momentum and courage to live or die really frightened many Frank soldiers.
The Frank soldiers in the middle who had originally received the order retreated and retreated to both sides.
Let the Western Qin army rush directly into the military formation
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