Chapter 341: Surprise from the Sky
The "ambush soldiers" of the Ming army obviously also discovered the men and horses of Puyongzhou, and the middle-aged military general in silver cotton armor raised his hand to signal the team to stop, and made people come forward to inquire whether they were friends or foes.
After receiving the order to stop advancing, his subordinates not only stopped, but also consciously formed a defensive formation, and their military qualities were quite extraordinary.
After a while, Tanma reported back, saying that there were Yunnan Tang guests' men and horses in front, and there was a large group of soldiers and horses fighting fiercely in the distance, which should be the headquarters of Lord Zhai.
The silver-armored military general didn't say much, and only let the flag officer wave the flag and give orders.
Then, the soldiers behind him moved quickly, and every twenty-five people formed a four-row triangular line, a total of thirty teams lined up.
Pu Yongzhou was still thinking about how to fight, when he saw that the enemy army on the opposite side had already set up a formation, and the speed of his movements surprised him.
But then he found that the enemy was basically a foot soldier, and his number was not much more than his own, so he was slightly determined. Generally speaking, cavalry has a significant advantage against a similar number of infantry.
He was about to give the order for a surprise attack, when he suddenly heard a dense drum beat from the opposite side, and the enemy's horizontal formation took the initiative to attack his side.
It's just hubris! Pu Yongzhou said angrily in his heart, a few foot soldiers want to resist my six hundred cavalry? I want to teach you how good you are! He pointed forward with his saber and shouted at his cavalry to charge.
The people on both sides were getting closer and closer, and Pu Yongzhou saw clearly that the foot soldiers on the opposite side were all holding white spears six or seven feet long, with the tip of the spear and this hook on the side, which looked like a large hook and sickle at first glance. The tail of the spear is a large iron ring, which seems to be used for counterweight.
When he was about thirty paces away from the spear-wielding infantry, the drumming on the opposite side suddenly stopped, and then all the soldiers straightened their spears in unison, pointing straight ahead. A wall of spear tips instantly appeared in front of the entire formation.
Naturally, Pu Yongzhou would not stupidly hit the spear that was more than three people high. The advantage of the cavalry was its agility, and he immediately shouted and ordered his men to divide into two groups and circle the enemy on both sides, intending to break through from the flanks.
As if he hadn't seen it, the silver-armored general didn't change his formation accordingly, only ordering the flag bearer to hold up a red flag with a bow and arrows.
Immediately, the only fifty crossbowmen behind the spearmen fired their bows and arrows at the same time. Because Puyongzhou was almost close to the spearmen battle formation, the distance was extremely close, and seven or eight people were immediately hit by arrows and fell off their horses.
Pu Yongzhou was not like Jianyu who could ride horses and shoot arrows, so he could only grit his teeth and run with his bow and crossbow all the way to the enemy's flank, and then circled again, regrouping and preparing to attack. It's just that after this trip, more than 40 horses have been lost.
When he saw that the enemy formation ignored him, and still advanced in the direction of the main battlefield, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, these people must have seen the chaos of the Chinese army, and they were eager to rush to the rescue, but they dared to despise me so much, so they left their lives here.
He gave orders with a trumpet, and the cavalry on both sides attacked the two flanks of the spearmen at the same time. Seeing that they were only fifty or sixty steps away from the enemy, the people of Puyongzhou waved their sabers one after another, calculating in their hearts how many heads they could capture.
But the next moment, three rapid drumbeats sounded in the spear array, and the soldiers on both flanks of the battle array immediately put away their spears, turned to face the enemy horsemen, and then laid their spears flat again.
Since they were all in a triangle formation, they only needed to turn around on the spot and complete the formation change in an instant.
What surprised Pu Yongzhou even more was that these enemy soldiers did not choose to defend in place like ordinary foot soldiers did when facing cavalry, but rushed straight towards him!
For the war horse, fifty or sixty steps were in the blink of an eye, and he wanted to avoid the battle but it was too late, so he had to face it with a sword.
The spearmen were also very experienced, and when they saw the enemy cavalry rushing in front of them, they stuck the tail of their spears diagonally into the ground and stepped on them with their feet. Immediately, the enemy's war horse was unable to regain momentum, and hit the tip of the spear headlong, and blood spurted out more than a kilometer away.
For a while, people shouted and neighed, and more than 200 cavalry on Puyongzhou's side were forced to stop by the four infantry triangle squads.
Then six more squads of twenty-five spearmen ran up, but instead of engaging them, they went around the flank of the cavalry and prepared to encircle.
Pu Yongzhou was shocked and wanted to fight hard, but his saber was far from reaching the other party, and those spear-wielding foot soldiers were extremely fierce, and they couldn't stop screaming and stabbing with their spears, like wild beasts.
The people of Puyongzhou were immediately frightened by this formation, and from time to time someone was stabbed by a spear and fell off their horses screaming.
Pu Yongzhou looked around, and saw that the foot soldiers who came after him were close to surround him, and his heart was tight, and he hurriedly beckoned his men to get out of the gap in the enemy army.
The spearmen, however, took advantage of his turn to rush up and stab their horses with the barbs of their spears, and the screams were incessant.
When Pu Yongzhou ran out of a mile or two, he saw that the enemy army was not chasing, and asked his men to count the number of people, but found that there were less than four horses left, and everyone was wounded.
He took a breath, but saw that the spearman continued to rush to the main battlefield without looking back.
He immediately frowned, if General Tang knew that a group of enemy reinforcements had been missed from his side, I am afraid it would not be something that could be understood by being whipped.
He hesitated for a moment, and then led his team to kill the spearmen from behind. But just like Fang Cai, the enemy soldiers only turned on the spot, and the strange triangular formation turned into a head-on formation.
This charge caused Pu Yongzhou to lose more than 100 horses, and he was also hit by an arrow in his own arm, so he didn't dare to make another move, but only watched from afar as the seven or eight hundred people poured into the chaotic army.
The silver-armored military general took the lead, stabbing and smashing with the big gun in his hand, setting off a bloody storm.
His spearmen remained in a triangular formation, and dozens of enemy soldiers were knocked to the ground with each of the thirty squads firing in order.
At the same time, these soldiers were still chanting, "The Qin family's white pole army is here to meet Lord Zhai!" ”
When Zhai Shiyun's subordinates heard the news, they all hurriedly gathered behind the white pole army, and the chaotic scene eased slightly.
Pan Shigui saw that his right flank had changed, so he had no choice but to leave Zhai Shiyun, who had been surrounded, and personally led people to rush to reinforcements.
When they got closer, they saw hundreds of spearmen lined up in a horizontal line, striking fiercely and neatly, stabbing their elite Hu Sa's knife hands to a mess.
He knew that he was shouldering the key to defeat, and shouted with red eyes at the moment: "Avoid the tip of the spear and kill the enemy closely!" Whoever retreats, slash! ”
Sha Dingzhou is ruthless, and he has always regarded the natives in his territory as his slaves, and he kills them all by his thoughts. As for the sergeants and soldiers of his army, it is even more so, they are slightly disobedient on weekdays, and it is common to cut off their noses and hands. If you dare to hesitate on the battlefield, not only will your life be difficult to protect, but your family will also be harmed.
It was Pan Shigui's order, and his machetes had to fight to the death.
The six-foot spear was not easy to control, and the enemy rushed forward with their lives, and many of them really got through the gap in the tip of the spear.