Chapter 856: Setting a Time Limit
Before going to the battlefield, the commander and deputy commander had already talked to him. The power of the Arrow Tip Formation has been taught by the Tatar Iron Cavalry yesterday, and no one will want to fall twice in the same place, and if they come today, they must have thought of some kind of countermeasure. Therefore, this battle is not easy to fight.
But on the battlefield, you can't just quit because you are worried, this is not what a fierce general should do, let alone the style of a mercenary. Therefore, the battle still has to be fought, and it is necessary to fight flexibly, and the heavy cavalry regiment and the light cavalry regiment will be sent up, which is why another light cavalry regiment has been added today.
Light cavalry is faster and more agile than other cavalry, and once the opponent's tactics change, they can enter the battlefield as the fastest and most mobile unit to control the battle.
With such a backhand, Xin Honghai was full of confidence in his heart, when he came to the battlefield, seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than three miles, and it had reached the time when the cavalry could charge, he shouted an order, "Blow the trumpet of the charge, and rush forward with the sharp formation of arrows." ”
Toot Too
The trumpet sounded, and the cavalry of 6,900 people moved at the moment, divided into nearly 300 teams and rushed towards the opposite Tatar cavalry from different directions.
"Bow and arrow fire, leaving 2,000 cavalry in the center, and 4,000 men on the left and right to detour to the sides to avoid the impact of the enemy's main cavalry." At the same time, General Hulin also gave the order, which was transmitted to the battlefield to the sound of war drums.
The ten phalanxes that were originally concentrated in the center, the 10,000 Tatar cavalry did not wait for the mercenaries to arrive, and they suddenly separated, leaving only two phalanxes of 2,000 cavalry in the middle, and then the bows and arrows on the left and right sides fell like raindrops, forming a blockade line, blocking the mercenaries' front road and their way to the army.
The enemy really changed his tactics and fell into the eyes of Xin Honghai, who was riding forward, seeing that the bow and arrow blocked the way, he secretly said that it was not good, and at the same time, he quickly thought of various countermeasures in his mind. Yang Chendong once said a sentence that flashed in his mind. "Remember, on the battlefield, sometimes hurting ten fingers is far worse than breaking one finger to make the enemy more painful."
The voice was still lingering in his ears, and Xin Honghai immediately made a decision, "The frontal charge is left to the direct regiment and the three recruit battalions, all the cavalry of the independent regiment will follow me to attack the enemy on the right, the heavy cavalry regiment will attack the enemy on the left, and the light cavalry will cooperate to assist the attack with bows and arrows from a distance." ”
The opponent of the hole cards already knows that the means before wanting to play obviously do not work, in order to maximize the strength of the general and win, at this moment, Xin Honghai took out all the power that he could grasp at one time.
In this way, Xin Honghai's generals have no troops available, and once the enemy has any follow-ups, he needs to get the support of the army commander. But he still didn't regret it, and he still made a decisive decision.
On the battlefield, because of the shouts and orders of Division Commander Xin, the trumpeters around him hurriedly blew out several horns, and on the battlefield, the situation changed instantly, and each regiment began to choose their opponents in an orderly manner according to the military order.
Hu Mang and Shebei also heard the meaning of the military horn clearly, and after the two glanced at each other, Hu Mang nodded slightly, and shouted loudly, "Recruit division and Tatar division get ready for battle." ”
Xin Honghai used up all the available troops when he came to the sea, as their subordinates, of course, they had to take precautions, otherwise, the Tatar iron cavalry was sending reinforcements, and they would really have to be passive.
On the battlefield, with Xin Honghai's tactical adjustments, the formation of nearly three hundred arrows suddenly changed direction and rushed straight towards the enemy cavalry on the left and front. Only the four thousand Tatar iron horsemen on the right were ignored, and this scene looked in the eyes of the enemy general Hu Lin, which made him unconsciously squint his eyes and bring a smile on his face.
With 4,000 troops by his side, he can support two battlefields at any time, which means that he has seized the initiative, and in this way, he is already invincible.
But this smile didn't last long, and then a sound of the earth shaking, and a group of heavily armored cavalrymen holding three-meter-long knives suddenly came into view.
Unlike other mercenaries dressed in army green clothing, this cavalry was wrapped in battle armor, each wearing a black battle robe, and a black feather stood on top of the iron helmet, which showed that the posture was heroic and extraordinary.
With a three-meter-long sword in front of them, the cavalry wearing heavy armor attracted the attention of the future like a star in the future, and they were the heavy cavalry regiment of the new army.
The heavy cavalry regiment, as the name suggests, belongs to the tank in the cavalry, not to mention the threat brought by the three-meter-long knife in the hand, just the heavy armor is not an ordinary weapon that can pierce and cut. And their appearance is like a torrent of steel, giving people a sense of invincibility and invincibility.
As soon as the heavy cavalry appeared, it roared straight towards the 4,000 Tatar army on the right, and also made the Tatar general Hu Lin, who was in charge of commanding the war, cry out, "It's not good, what they want to deal with is our 4,000 fresh army." Quick, ask the general for help. ”
It's no wonder that Hu Lin was so surprised, as soon as the heavy cavalry regiment appeared, it broke the balance on the battlefield, and then not to mention the heavy damage to the mercenaries, it was already thankful that it could guarantee undefeat. Now he has to put his hope on General Ku Bao'er and on the reinforcements.
On the upper floor of Alu City, Ku Xiao'er naturally found the heavy cavalry group that suddenly appeared. At this moment, his brows were furrowed, his fists were clenched, and he was about to open his mouth to send cavalry again, but when he noticed that in the middle of the battlefield, not only the heavy cavalry regiment was dispatched, but at some point, more than 2,000 musketeers also appeared on the battlefield, and his words that he was about to send troops were forcibly suppressed in his heart.
He knew that if he dared to send reinforcements, these musketeers would enter the battlefield, and even the artillery that had disappeared for two days might appear, if so, the situation would only get worse.
"General." Muren and Goyle on the side didn't notice this, and after seeing the mercenaries send out a heavy cavalry regiment, they turned their heads and looked like they were about to make a decision.
In the face of such an inquiry, she did not move, as if she had not heard it. He had seen the situation on the battlefield, and even with the addition of a heavy cavalry regiment, they still had an advantage in terms of troops.
"Look, there's another light cavalry regiment of mercenaries." When Muren turned his head, he saw the light cavalry group coming out again, and there was a shout at the moment. Hearing it in Ku Xiao'er's ears, there was only one sentence that answered him, "Even if you add these two thousand people, they are only a thousand more cavalry than us, and it will not hinder the overall situation." ”
In yesterday's battle, the Tatar army had nearly 4,000 more people than the mercenaries, and today they have only sent less than 1,000 more, which can be regarded as a courtesy exchange. If he wants to send reinforcements because of this, it will be tantamount to forcing the mercenaries to Armageddon, and he is not ready for this now, mainly because he has not thought of a good way to deal with firearms.
If she said this, she would not be sending reinforcements. Unless the mercenaries send more cavalry, which is obviously almost impossible. can come with nearly a thousand more people, which is probably already the bottom line of mercenaries.
And what happened next confirmed this idea. But with only these 1,000 more, the advantage of mercenaries is already quite obvious.
On the battlefield of the Chinese army, the directly subordinate regiment and the three recruit battalions relied on the superiority in strength to steadily suppress them; On the left side of the battlefield, although the strength of the independent division does not have the advantage of fighting, they are fully organized, and with the help of the arrow point formation, they have cut through the defenses of the Tatar army, and are implementing the cutting tactics, and with the bow and arrow attack of the light cavalry regiment in the distance, they have occupied an absolute advantage; On the battlefield on the right, the appearance of the heavy cavalry regiment was like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and the four thousand Tatar cavalry were beaten with blood, and they were unstoppable.
The three-meter-long broadsword, once stretched out, will be stained with blood, and relying on the strong defense of heavy cavalry, under the mutual fighting, you have nothing to do with a knife, but I can take your life with a knife, and over time, the number of four thousand is constantly decreasing.
As soon as the heavy cavalry regiment that cost Yang Chendong huge financial resources to build came to the battlefield, he determined his advantages, appeared in an extremely amazing way, came to the world in an invincible state, and constantly devoured the opponent with an invincible and invincible momentum, and the pressure was getting bigger and bigger.
There were crises on the three battlefields, and there were no reinforcements in the city behind him, and after Hu Lin's face changed again and again, he finally had to order the withdrawal of the army. If you continue to fight like this, you will only lose more, and the defeat will be irretrievable.
Seriously speaking, it is not so much that the Tatar iron cavalry and the mercenaries are at war, it is better to say that they are training the mercenaries well, and in the two battles and two defeats, the unwilling sound of gold, the Tatar iron cavalry retreats.
Hu Lin retreated in time, and the losses were much stronger than yesterday's, but more than 1,000 cavalry were killed and 2,000 cavalry were wounded. It's just that the loss is not large, and the blow to the morale of the army is indeed not small, which can be clearly shown in the eyes of the cavalry returning to the city. In the past, they were all bright-eyed, and the heavens and the earth were not afraid, but now, one by one, they were depressed, and the army's heart was shaken.
The first battle was defeated by the mercenaries' sudden tactics; In the second battle, some preparations had been made, but they were still defeated by the opponent's reinforcements and the opponent's firearms intimidation. At this point, until they thought of a way to deal with firearms, it was clear that the Tatar cavalry would not easily go to war with the mercenaries again.
Hu Mang and Shebei had enough understanding of this point of view when they returned to the barracks after the war, and the atmosphere became silent for a while. Yang Chendong's telegram arrived two days ago, half a month to twenty days, the battle with Mobei Mongolia will soon begin, if they can't solve the Tatar iron cavalry here, I'm afraid they will not be able to miss that battle, which is undoubtedly unbearable for the two generals.