A moment later, rumbling iron hooves thundered, and countless elite horsemen swept towards the Ming army's position.
The response of the army is extremely fast, you know, the night is not better than the day, many soldiers are sleeping, the weather is very cold, once people fall asleep, it is difficult to get up, but even so, a hundred thousand horsemen can quickly assemble in a moment, which has to be impressive.
When the brigade galloped out of the camp, Yu Yao also completed the layout of the outermost circle of the defensive position.
The whole position is a huge bowl-shaped upside down on the north side of Jianzhang Palace, the car array cloth is protected by two circles inside and outside, the outer circle car and workshop, facing the Shihu camp is equipped with bed crossbows and artillery, and the three-zhang iron gun is tightly leaned on by the strong sergeant.
The inner circle of the car formation gradually appeared in the rapid cheers, and there was a three-foot passage between each two cars, so that the cavalry of the square could gallop out, and there were sixteen crossbowmen behind each car, four of whom were shot, and the remaining twelve were wound.
With the expansion of the number of Ming troops, three-stage shooting has gradually been abandoned, and three to four people can assist a main attacker, who can shoot crossbow arrows continuously, which is somewhat similar to the main soldier with servants, but not completely, everyone can rotate the main attacker at any time.
In the open space surrounded by the chariot array, groups of archers were ready to shoot into the sky at any time, and about 500 bed crossbows were concentrating on the predetermined battle positions, and almost all 40,000 men except the cavalry were mobilized.
Feeling the more and more violent tremors of the ground under his feet, Yu Yao shouted: "Release" Huge strings rattled with the rumbling of cannons, and the neighing of horses and the screams of heavy objects as they fell to the ground were heard ahead.
But after only a few breaths, the dense sound of tuk tuk came one after another, and a short spear was deeply nailed into the wall of the car.
Yu Yao called again: "Crossbowman ziyou shoot" Although there were four crossbows fired at the same time behind each car, the long defense line of the car formation diluted the density of the crossbow arrows, and although the enemy cavalry on the opposite side continued to fall, it was tantamount to a drop in the bucket compared to the 100,000 or so cavalry that rushed in.
Shi Hu didn't care about human casualties at all, although the casualty numbers might surprise him.
Shi Hu called repeatedly: "Quick, quick, while the Ming army has not yet thrown firebombs, rush into Lone" The cavalry also knew that once the Ming army threw fire bombs, this time the impact would end in failure, after all, no matter how many men and horses could withstand the sea of fire, they urged their horses to the maximum speed and threw short spears in front of them.
As the cavalry approached quickly, among the crossbowmen and the soldiers who controlled the bed crossbows, there were screams one after another, and Yu Yao anxiously looked at the nearly 10,000 soldiers who were hurrying over.
Throwing fire bombs is not just pulling a person to throw, after all, this is not shouiudàn, shouiudàn bites his teeth, and throws again, and the fire bomb is made of heavy oil, itself has a certain viscosity, must wear leather gloves, and needs to be ignited, and there are special skills for pumping, so in the Ming army, throwing fire bombs by ordinary foot soldiers to be specially trained, gongnu hands because of the relationship between pulling the bow and archery, the sense of hand is very important, not allowed to wear gloves, let alone allowed to touch the fire bomb.
Yu Yao quickly turned around and shouted: "Archer, let's go."
The density of bows and arrows far exceeded that of crossbow arrows, and under the projection of the cold moonlight, large clouds rose into the air, and quickly pounced on the horses, and saw piles of horses rolling and sliding on their sides, and the knights fell to the ground like dumplings, and then were drowned by the rolling torrent behind them until there were no bones.
But there were too many cavalry, and they were not afraid of death, and the dense arrows could not stop the pace of the cavalry sprinting, and the crossbowmen were already in extreme danger, and in an instant, the gong sounded loudly The crossbowmen fled in response, but they were not as fast as the speed of the broken chariot formation, they supported their shields with one hand and threw the hook with the other, and several people worked together to put on the bed crossbow, and by the momentum of the horses, they pulled the bed crossbow out obliquely, and the technique was sophisticated, and the cavalry poured in from the passage, chasing and killing the crossbowmen who were running wildly.
The bright sword light, with flying heads, the black short spear, took one life after another, witnessing this hellish scene with his own eyes, Yu Yao's teeth cracked, but he knew that as a commander, he must remain calm.
He took a deep breath, looked back again, and then continued to look forward, the cavalry forward was only a few feet away from the second layer of the chariot formation, and the casualties in the archer formation began to appear due to the throwing of short spears, but the mechanical movements were still repeated, and no one retreated.
Yu Yao immediately called: "Gongnu hands retreat, cavalry up, stop the cavalry" The sound of hooves in the rear formation suddenly sounded, and the cavalry rushed forward quickly, including the Qiang cavalry and the Di cavalry, these two clans were completely tied to Yang Yan's chariot, and they could only do their best, and the short spear flew out of their hands.
Short spears flew in mid-air, people on both sides fell from horses, followed by a short handover, the battle was in a ball, shouting and killing resounded in the sky, because it was too dense, the speed of the horses was stifled, and they could only fight with real swords and guns, with the cooperation of the battle array and personal martial arts.
Overall, the Ming army had the advantage, after all, the existence of the chariot array made the chariot army only infiltrate in the slightest wisp, and the countless chariot cavalry could not rush in.
Shi Hu and the others anxiously looked ahead, not only the extremely chaotic scene in the car formation, but also from the ruins of Jianzhang Palace, several lines of fire advancing from west to east, every point of advance of the line of fire means that the position of the side has shrunk by one point, and the line of fire is bright and dark, which means that the battle is fierce.
From the very beginning, the Ming army opened the way with fire bombs, supplemented by artillery bed crossbows, although the Ming army prepared a large amount of sediment to extinguish the fire, but the weather was cold, it was difficult to take soil, and the mud and sand bags were used up and gone, and the fire bombs were almost endless, so that the line of fire was always stable forward, according to this, I am afraid that at dawn at the latest, the entire territory of Jianzhang Palace will be owned by the Ming army.
"Damn the car" Shi Hu couldn't help but scold angrily.
It turned out that the cart was empty when it was towed, so it was faster, and the cavalry piled up the pre-prepared bags of mud and sand on the cart, and then smashed the wheels with a hammer This led to the fact that the people could easily pull out the bed crossbow by hooking the rope, but it was difficult to pull out the cart, and it often took more than ten riders to work together to slowly drag the cart out of its original position, and at this moment, whether it was for medicine or Shi Hu, the most precious thing was time.
"King Zhongshan, not good" Murong Hao's color changed suddenly, and he pointed ahead and shouted loudly.
Shi Hu's face was extremely ugly in an instant, and in the Ming army's position, dense fireballs drew a bright arc, illuminating the night sky, passing over the cavalry of the two sides that were fighting, and throwing towards the chariot formation "Rewind, Rewind" Not long ago, it burst out of Yu Yao's mouth, but this time it was Shi Hu's turn to shout loudly.
"Woo woo" The desolate horn sounded, and the troops outside the chariot formation turned their horses' heads and retreated, but they were too close when they sprinted, and the horses squeezed the horses.
On the contrary, the cavalry army in the car formation saw that the retreat route had been broken, but it stimulated the ferocity, although the number was not superior, but did not flinch and fought with the Ming army, and the battle situation was even more tragic.
Shi Hu rolled up and down with a lot of anger, and in just a short moment, the cavalry who was shot to death, burned to death, and blocked in the car formation and couldn't get out exceeded 10,000 cavalry, and he didn't take human life seriously, but such a big loss was still unbearable.
"There's nothing to be done" Shi Hu's eyes swept sharply, and he asked the generals on the left and right coldly.
The generals were silent, no one dared to take over the conversation, fighting to this point, would they be sent to death in the sea of fire "Hmph" Shi Hu snorted heavily, and his evil qi was almost condensed into substance, and he was on the verge of going berserk.
The generals turned even pale, and some people even wanted to simply withdraw their troops, but no one dared to export.
Yuwen begged the turtle to suddenly speak: "King Zhongshan, there is a strategy, the Ming army is pouring out of the nest, the camp will be empty, my Yuwen Department is willing to work with the Tuoba Department, the Murong Department to rob him of the camp outside the Jianzhang Palace, although it can not be reversed, but it can be held according to the village, forming an encirclement of the Ming army, if it goes well, it is not impossible to break into the Jianzhang Palace from the rear."
Murong Hao and Tuoba Yan instantly had the urge to shoot Yuwen to death, you damn, don't drag Lao Tzu to death by yourself Considering that the Yuwen Department was loyal to Qian Zhao and had been enemies of the two tribes for a long time, they had to suspect that Yuwen begging the turtle was deliberately falling into the well and making a good covenant But in front of Shi Hu, can you say that you won't go?
"Good" Shi Hu was suddenly overjoyed: "You wait for the three of you, you are the lone striker, and the lone will come later."
The three of them bowed their hands heavily, and left separately, after a burst of shouting, Murong Hao led 20,000 horses, Yuwen begged the turtle rate to ride 10,000, Tuoba Yana also led 20,000 horses, a total of 50,000 Xianbei elite horses rushed to the Ming army camp. 。
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