Chapter 50: Stepping into the Formation
If it weren't for the continuous gunsmoke, Shao Bianjiao could clearly see the knights who were coming from the north.
If it weren't for the continuous ringing, Shao Bianjiao could also hear the warning shouts from the three centurians in the north.
But he didn't see anything, he didn't hear anything, and by the time he found out, it was too late.
It all happened so quickly that the left flank of the bannermen, who were preoccupied with the Spanish phalanx, found that the cavalry was rushing and had no time to make any effective defenses.
A few people instinctively spread out in an attempt to dodge the cavalry charge.
But before he could run two steps, the knight on horseback only turned the horse's head slightly, and the elbow holding the heavy spear was slightly forced, and he was better than others, and he looked stronger than others, and spent half his life learning and training how to kill one or some people quickly, and the war machine could accurately insert the trembling spearhead into the face, neck, buttocks, and inner thighs that were not protected by armor.
In fact, no matter where the stab goes, even if it is close to a minute thick, it will not be able to withstand the spearhead of the Western European knights like a large awl, and the iron spearhead of the ridge will not leave a slender penetrating wound when it hits any position, but will dig out a large blood pit, and the person will be stabbed over directly, and the well-made heavy spear will continue to impact the next enemy.
Some people put spikes on the bird guns as quickly as possible, and they are people with excellent psychological quality and excellent learning ability - the Beiyang Infantry Drill Code says that as long as a few people are lined up with long guns with spurs installed, and stand with a big grin, the war horses that have not been trained for a long time are afraid, and they dare not hit the spurs.
But they forgot a premise or didn't know how to tell the difference: horses that had not been trained for a long time.
One by one, the banner army flew backwards after being violently slammed into the mounted warhorses, and thirteen half-blooded new noble knights rampaged from the left flank of the battle line, some wielding heavy spears, others dropping their spears and using their swords after rushing into the line, and they were invincible in a rampage.
Hundreds of paces behind them were the more than fifty Spanish light cavalry who came back, and they used mounted guns, the kind of light cavalry guns with sharp edges and moderate lengths, and slightly thinner and more resilient guns, this weapon was not used to charge, which was why they were a lot behind.
They began to slow down five hundred paces away from the banner army, so that the horses could gallop along the gap that the knights had rushed out at a slightly faster speed than human jogging, and they held their spears or bayonet sabers to stab and slash people, more like a kind of borrowing, sharp weapons did not need to exert too much force in this speed to cause considerable damage, and after stabbing people to the ground, they used the strength of the horses to gallop forward to raise the tail end of the cavalry upwards, and when the mount galloped past the person who was shot, they pulled up the cavalry spear, and then stabbed the next enemy.
Some people also use double-headed spears, which are stabbed in the front and then stabbed in the hand, but the light cavalry guns they use will break like special spears used in jousting if they are not good, and they are much more dangerous than special spears, which are likely to be aimed at their chest or face.
The heavy knightly charge, which had dominated the European battlefield for hundreds of years, brought disaster to the cavalry of the Shao Bianjiao Division, which had been a hundred years ahead of the world's mainstream infantry.
The Spanish Legion was the proudest warrior of the continent, they ruled the New World, they were invincible, and this is the temperament shared by the Spanish warriors who fought in all corners of the world, and they were vigorous and upward.
When the valiant knight trampled on the left flank of the banner army and crushed a hundred-man formation, the light cavalry that followed after him shuttled outside the broken line, assassinated the lone banner army, and further squeezed the formation.
Dozens of paces away, the remnants of Herrera, who had been shot by the Ming army in three rounds and overturned nearly 300 people, approached at the same time, and the signs of their rout just now were true, and now their morale was greatly boosted and they were ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Spain was a deformed and powerful country, and its strength was based on only two things: the silver of the Americas, and the legions that defended it.
Europe's attitude towards Spain can be seen from the French, and two hundred years later, when the French mention the Spaniards, they will show ridicule and even speak ill of them, and 'Spaniard' will become synonymous with coarseness and stupidity.
But now, on the contrary, only the Spaniards scold the French, while the French learn everything from Spain, both militarily and culturally, without reservation.
When the formation was slightly squeezed, Herrera's Franc cannon, which had not been fired, finally exerted its due power, and a pound of stone bullets flew across the grass and bombarded the Ming line on the flanks in confusion.
These cavalrymen were creating opportunities for Herrera's artillery.
On the left is the elite cavalry on the surging attack, and on the front is the whistling cannonballs and the Spanish phalanx marching in formation.
The Ming army should have been routed a long time ago, the moment the Spanish knights rushed into the line.
But they didn't.
A platoon of birds fired from behind the chaotic left flank at the cavalry galloping on horseback, and the three centurians in the north, who were supposed to be used for cavalry, adjusted their formation and fired at the Spanish cavalry from the flank.
And after facing the enemy's three hundred households, the three hundred households in reserve launched a volley at the cavalry and equipped the bird guns with spikes, regardless of the rampaging heavy knights, launched a white-knuckle charge against the light cavalry behind them.
These peasant children were not proud, even though they came from the most vast empire in the world, even if the loyal emperor ruled over thousands of miles, even if their ancestors led mighty fleets to conquer the seas.
No one can be proud of their innate heritage.
They charged, just because the hundred households were fluttering with the triangular satin-inlaid dragon flag.
They went to die just because they were worthy of wearing dark blue dark striped Beiyang military uniforms.
In their hometowns, many people would never see a person with metal buttons on their robes for the rest of their lives, which were the only clothes of officials and wives.
Buttons like that, there are six inside and outside their uniforms, bronze!
"Stabb the horse's chest, cut off the horse's legs!"
There is only one chance in a person's life to stand diagonally in front of the bird with the spike inserted into the mouth of the gun, and step on the butt of the gun, and the end of the gun is aimed at the galloping armored horseman.
It's not that everyone will die, but after the collision, regardless of whether the horse is still alive or not, the person who is hit will not be able to stand up, and may not be able to stand up again in this life.
But when Shao Bianjiao gave such an order in the chaotic military formation, the Beiyang Banner Army, which had been trained for more than a year and had engraved obedience into the habit, did so.
Knights trained in hundreds of collisions were not afraid of these gadgets, and slammed straight into the human wall, and the knight on the horse swept his heavy riding spear through the crowd and swung away the human wall, but there were still thorns pierced into the horse's chest.
The shovel swung at the horse's legs, which were not protected by iron armor, and the heavily armed knight fell from his horse.
Although it may seem that the knight who is fully armed in the plate armor seems to have difficulty moving, the plate armor has a thick plate armor to absorb shock, and the knight who has been trained since childhood can not only wear these things to fight on foot, but if he can, he can also perform a lion dance behind the fall from his horse.
If he would.
Of course, there must be a chance, at least this knight has no chance.
More than half of the subordinates on the left flank were trampled by these knights, killed and wounded, and smashed the flagpole on the knight who was about to get up, and the people in the tin can only shook their heads, and didn't seem to feel much of the shock, let alone be injured.
Even the shoulders shrugged and seemed to smile.
The next moment he couldn't laugh, and when he looked up, the flagpole of the hundred households was already upside down on the ground, and the handcuff was on top of the helmet.
Bang!