At night, the battlefield was so close to chaos that anyone could see it within a few feet of him. Chen Shiqian's army did not hold back the Huainan cavalry for long, and the infantry that was moving and did not have a solid line had no power to parry when they encountered the cavalry charging at high speed.

"Indentation, formation!"

The formation was filled with the throat-piercing howls of the commanders, which were muffled by the sound of the hoofs of the approaching horses. At this time, the enemy soldiers who had not yet been impacted instinctively shrank inward, and the distance between the soldiers was not even a punch.

Although the scene was extremely chaotic, it was also one of the effective means for the infantry to resist the cavalry charge, through this dense formation to counteract the onslaught of the cavalry, once the rout was pursued by the Ourus, it was sure to lose.

After the Huainan army broke through the front formation, the team quickly split up and ran towards the two wings, as if two sharp blades cut along the enemy line, and the enemy formation that was still adjusting and shrinking at this time was suddenly weakened by one layer.

And the enemy army in a hurry to set up the rejection of horses, guns, also caused a lot of trouble to the Huainan army, rushed to the front of the dozen cavalry could not catch the momentum, some of the horse body directly crashed into the rejection of the horse, the horse body was instantly rejected by the spikes of the rejection of the horse pierced, the huge inertia of those who did not have time to firmly hit the rejection of the horse directly into the enemy formation, in this line there are several enemy soldiers did not have time to retreat and were crushed and ambushed.

At the same time, several knights were directly picked up by those tenacious bamboo spears that were more than long, which caused a lot of trouble to the Huainan army, and they failed to completely tear apart the enemy's flank formation in the first round of charge.

With the sound of a sharp whistle, the knights of the Huainan Army swept past the periphery of the battle line and galloped back to Tucheng to assemble again. To test the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, the equipment is still secondary, and the most important thing is to maintain an efficient clutch in rapid movement, which has extremely high requirements for horsepower and horsemanship, as well as tacit understanding.

The Huainan Army officially formed cavalry on a large scale and used the cavalry team as an independent combat unit after the Battle of Huaishang.

Although there was also a large scale of cavalry before, one did not have the environment and demand for large-scale cavalry into combat, and the so-called cavalry private soldiers of the Huainan Army were of a strong nature, and the quality of soldiers and horses, including tactical training, was much worse, and the vast majority of them were still used as small groups of strange soldiers and scouts.

A few years earlier, the Huainan army attacked the Qiancheng Shi Cong successfully, and obtained a lot of war horses, and then recruited a large number of southbound refugees in Runan and other places, which provided the foundation for the Huainan army to form cavalry.

With the recovery of several counties in southern Henan, the Huainan army controlled a wider area, and the profits brought by mutual trade, within a few years, the Huainan army formed a huge cavalry force of up to 10,000 people.

It is true that the Nanren are not good at horse warfare, but when the Huainan army successfully gained a foothold in the Central Plains, it had a vast source of soldiers. Moreover, there was no invasion of powerful foreign invaders for several years, which also provided precious time for the Huainan cavalry to grow and form.

"Keep attacking!"

The first charge cut through the enemy's front in less than half an hour, and when the whole formation was complete, the team divided into three lines, taking the two wings and centering the position.

Although the enemy army was initially formed, but the front formation that was broken was excluded, more than 100 people were killed and wounded in the previous round of charge, but the casualties were still secondary, the most important thing was that the formation had been completely chaotic, when the Huainan army charged for the second time, those panicked soldiers were no longer restrained by the commander, and they all turned around and fled to the rear.

When he heard the sound of the hooves of the Huainan army's charge sounding again, Chen Shi in the military formation was already shocked, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Huainan cavalry, under such a high-frequency impact, he didn't dare to imagine how many times the military formation could withstand it. He personally dismounted and carried his sword to lead his soldiers forward, shouting in his mouth: "Forward, forward, those who retreat die!" ”

The front-line routs rushed into the formation, and soon transmitted the chaos to the military formation, and Chen Shi personally slashed several soldiers who fled with his sword, so that he could stabilize the line. The outer array of guns blocked the enemy, and the soldiers of the inner formation began to draw bows to counterattack, but the current formation was still chaotic, and the sparse arrows did not play much to stop the enemy.

Huainan military captain Fan Li clasped the saddle with his legs and hips, and the three hundred soldiers behind him followed closely, and the Huainan sergeant armor had a live buckle to buckle the saddle, which greatly increased the stability of the person on the horse. More than 300 knights fired twice, tearing a crack in the outer gun array, and then plunged into it.

Because of his guilt, Fan Li was even more fearless of death when he was in battle, and rushed straight to the center of the enemy's battle formation first. The horse lance in his hand stabbed and killed more than a dozen soldiers in the front road, and the oncoming enemy troops retreated one after another, but due to the knots in the inner formation, the retreat was completely blocked, and he could only roar in despair and swing his sword and stab forward.

The enemy troops in front of them were already shoulders and backs, even if they were stabbed to death by the horse lance, they still kept upright, Fan Li's charge was quickly blocked, and the war horse collided with several people one after another, seeing that they were about to fall into the enemy formation, and their people were about to be stabbed by the spear and fell off the war horse.

"Die!"

The cavalry of the Huainan Army leaned over and swung his sword angrily, directly splitting a bloody gap in the enemy's wall, and then two iron hooks hung Fan Li, who was about to fall off his horse. When there was no room for it, Fan Li cut the leather cord between his crotch with his backhand, and then was hung by an iron hook.

Immediately, the cavalry turned to the left, rushing out of the enemy line from the weak point, and at the same time cutting nearly a hundred enemy troops out of the battle line. Once these enemy troops broke away from the line, they were quickly wiped out by the knights of the Huainan Army, and few escaped from the route.

The second round of the charge lasted more than twice as long as the first, and although the Huainan army successfully tore several gaps in the battle line and killed hundreds of enemies, it still did not completely crush the enemy formation. In addition to the fact that the enemy army was indeed stubborn along this road, it was also because the field of vision was really not broad, and the Huainan army's charge did not exert the greatest deterrent effect.

"Lord, let's rush again!"

The Huainan cavalry gathered under the earth city again, and Fan Lice, who had already changed to another war horse, rode in front of Xiao Yuandong, and in the previous charge, his forehead was slashed, and at this time he was bleeding all over his face, looking extremely hideous.

Xiao Yuandong looked at the enemy battle formation in front of him, there was no lack of solemnity in his eyes, and he shook his head after a little groaning. In the previous two rounds of charges, although the Huainan army had the upper hand, it had the natural advantage of waiting for work and cavalry. The enemy was able to withstand two rounds of charges without being defeated, which shows that they are also tenacious enough.

In the two rounds of charges, although the Huainan army killed hundreds of enemy troops, as long as they failed to break through the enemy formation, it was of little significance to kill the enemy. Although he chose to meet the battle in Tucheng, the current battlefield is too close to the sour jujube city, and even if he crushes the enemy formation, there is not much room for pursuit, and it is impossible to achieve absolute control of the field in such a short distance.

Xiao Yuandong naturally wouldn't say this worry, it would damage his image of Zhizhu in his hand, and after hearing this, he just said with a smile: "Battalion A disturbs the enemy, and the other two battalions dismount and rest." It is to trap these thieves outside the city, so that they can see but cannot enter, and they will not be able to see them! ”

Xiao Yuandong dared to strike at this moment, also because after the enemy army suffered two rounds of impact, although the formation had not yet collapsed, it was also precarious, and if he dared to move at this moment, he would inevitably collapse. And in the direction of the camp, there are still many displaced people fleeing, the enemy general has used a trick before, he is also worried that there may be arrangements among those displaced people, he is fighting with the enemy army here, but a group of rabble has copied the way back, then there is really nowhere to complain.

With Xiao Yuandong's order, the cavalry of the Huainan Army was divided into two roads, and more than 300 people carried the few remaining arrows to attack the enemy formation, not giving the enemy a chance to relax and breathe. The other way was to withdraw to the vicinity of Tucheng, drive the villagers who had fled from the camp before, and gather in the open space in front of the camp to divide the guards.

Chen Shi in the military formation was also heartbroken at the moment, he had previously chosen to retreat without a fight because he cherished his troops, and this time he was forced to attack the sour jujube again, and after the Huainan army had two rounds of killing, his men and horses had suffered heavy casualties. At present, although the Huainan Army has slowed down its offensive, it does not mean that the danger has been lifted.

failed to rush into the city to defend at the first time, but was forced to stop in the field by the Huainan army's sharp blows, although it survived two rounds of charges, but the morale has been completely lost. The reason why they can still gather at the moment is also because the soldiers know that it will be more dangerous if they break and flee in the night. After dawn, if the Huainan army attacks again, it may not be able to hold on.

In the field battle, if there is no huge gap between the two sides participating in the battle, then the cavalry will have the absolute initiative, or attack, or besiege, or divide, or pursue. At this moment, the soldiers had already become frightened birds, and Chen Shi didn't even dare to make a big move to gather the elites of the lineage who had been scattered in various departments in order to control the military formation.

The cavalry intrusion of the Huainan army on the periphery was always going on, and Chen Shi took the opportunity to boost morale to wander between the battle formations, collecting some of the bows and arrows and sending them to the cavalry battalion quietly assembled in the northeast corner of the camp as a means of counterattack later.

Time passed quietly, gradually reaching dawn, and as the field of vision widened, the tragic picture of the bloody pillow corpse outside the battle array was gradually exposed to the field of vision. The Huainan cavalry also gathered in front of Tucheng at this time, ready to charge again at any time. Although the slave army is still gathering battle formations and occupying the advantage in numbers, it is extremely sad and helpless to be trapped in this unhindered plain.

"I don't want to die, spare my life, spare my life......"

Suddenly, there was a mournful cry in the line, and then a slave soldier suddenly rushed out of the line and fled to the north.

"Death to the deserters!"

Several feathered arrows flew out of the battle formation, piercing directly into the man's back, and the man swooped down two steps before falling to the ground. The spectators were all awe-inspiring, and the heavens and the earth suddenly fell silent. However, this dead silence did not last long, and even greater commotion suddenly broke out, and the camp roared!

"Rush!"

The originally silent Huainan Knight Army Formation moved again, directly killing the enemy army formation that had collapsed: "Those who resist die, and they don't kill on the ground!" ”

Chen Shi also rushed out of the northeast corner of the enemy formation, and nearly 300 knights broke away from the battle formation and rushed south from the left flank, and the arrows generally pierced the flank of the Huainan army. And Huainan also divided a group of people in the formation, turned around and rushed head-on: "Capture and kill the thief Chen Shi!" ”

"I will take revenge on this one day!"

The cavalry of the two sides hedged against each other, and the distance was rapidly closer, and Chen Shi could even clearly see the excited and fierce faces of those Huainan knights, and he cursed with hatred in his mouth, and then stiffened and bypassed an arc, turned into the rout, and fled to the north.