Chapter 149: Let the boys make a difference
The inferiority of the four-wheeled carriage was shown, and it was well suited for pulling heavy loads. Eight soldiers, plus their equipment and heavy armor, weighed thousands of pounds. Despite the four-horse carriage, the carriage still looks bulky when turned.
The carriage was very long, and the turning radius was so large that I couldn't count how many four-wheeled carriages had collided with each other. Wei Fang did a lot of calculations but missed a move, he didn't train these riders how to deal with them in such a situation. Everywhere there were staggered soldiers rolling out of the carriage. Embarrassed by their crooked armor, they rolled out of the car and ran back in a hurry.
But what awaits them is a ruthless rain of arrows, standing on a high place to give full play to the advantages of heavy arrows. The hoplites were better, but the archers were out of luck. They usually hide in their cars, and they don't have to worry about the attack of arrows. Therefore, they were wearing light leather armor, and heavy arrows slammed into their bodies with a fierce wind.
One by one, the soldiers fell into a pool of blood, but fortunately, the junior officers were still dutiful. They organized their heavy infantry and kept the archers at bay with locust-like arrows. The four-wheeled carriage, which was not attacked behind, also laid down the infantry under the command of the lieutenant and carried the wounded soldiers into the carriage and evacuated.
The rigorous training finally showed his value at this time, and the Qin army suffered such a swift blow. In fact, the establishment is not dispersed, and the order is not chaotic. The battalion and company platoon commanders at the grassroots level are able to stick to their posts, and when the main post is casual, the deputy can be well replaced.
After several rounds of blows and heavy casualties, the Yun family's foot soldiers began to form a formation. Covered by heavy infantry, they slowly retreated back.
Heavy infantry can withstand a dense barrage of arrows. It can't withstand the repeated bombardment of dozens of trebuchets. Whenever a stone fell from the sky, there was a terrible howl on the ground. The hoplites, who were still bravely resisting the rain of arrows just now, could become a bloody corpse in the next second.
Wei Fang's eyes were cracked as he watched. He never thought that the enemy army would have this hand. He also had a trebuchet in his hand, but the enemy trebuchet was on the top of the mountain. His trebuchet was at the foot of the mountain, and the range was out of reach of Ben. glanced at the embarrassed subordinates who were retreating. A rough calculation estimates that the infantry casualties have exceeded 1,000. As for the cavalry, they suffered heavy casualties, and by virtue of their superiority in maneuverability, they had withdrawn from the range of the enemy. It was only a short tea time, and the troops were still under fire from trebuchets. Height of advantage. They have a much more range, and the rocks they fall are more deadly. At this time, except for retreat. There's no better way to do it. But will the enemy let them retreat safely?
The Macedonians cheered when they saw the trebuchets and the archers achieve such great results. Judging from their previous experience, the opponent will quickly collapse under such a blow. Now it was time for the cavalry to go into pursuit, and this was how the million-strong army led by the Persian Emperor Darius was wiped out.
There was no smile on Alexander's face. According to his vision. At this point, the enemy is on the verge of collapse. But these soldiers had no intention of fleeing at all. They must be dealt with in a battle here today, otherwise there will be no way to fight the subsequent battle. They had already found the weakness of the Macedonian phalanx, but he had not yet found the weakness of the enemy.
Cavalry! Sending out a cavalry charge might be able to make these people retreat. It is necessary to kill as many of them as possible in this battle, the opponent is too stubborn, and one more person will be left alive and there will be more resistance in the future.
"Let the lads do their work! Attack, my friends! Hit the gap once and the enemy will disappear like a flood of sandbank. Alexander's hand pointed to the middle of the line that had been heavily bombarded by trebuchets. There were bodies staggered, dead and wounded. The casualties were the heaviest. Alexander decided that there was a soft persimmon.
The seven thousand elite cavalrymen who had been in ambush behind the mountain for a long time rushed out with a howl. They all hold swords with snowflake textures in their hands. The difference is that they are also equipped with stirrups like the Yun family cavalry. It was too late to equip iron stirrups on a large scale, but Alexander had a plan. He had the knights knot a rope noose out of rope, although it didn't look as good as the Yun family's stirrups. But there is not much difference in functionality!
With stirrups, the "King's friends" feel like a tiger with wings, and now they can finally let go of their hands and slash to their heart's content. The fierce Arabian horses came and went like the wind, and the knights on their backs quickly rushed towards the retreating Qin army.
Behind them, a large number of camel cavalry. These camel cavalry rushed up with the smell of stench, and the smoke and dust swept over the sky.
And behind the camel cavalry is a relatively slow but even more lethal class of troops - elephant soldiers! After Alexander's conquest of India, this branch appeared in his army. Because, the elephant soldiers brought him too many casualties back then.
Although the Arabian horse is fast, it takes a while to turn it out from behind the mountain. At this time, the infantry of the Yun family had retreated to a mile away, gradually breaking away from the blows of the trebuchet. There was a rumbling sound from the top of the hill, and the Greek soldiers pushed their heavy trebuchets slowly.
The Macedonian phalanxes at the foot of the mountain also seemed to come to life, and they were armed with long spears. Under the command of drums and trumpets, they approached the Qin army with neat steps. Behind him, there were 20,000 archers.
Wei Fang and the Qin army finally withdrew from the range of the enemy's arrows and gravel strikes, and the Qin army, which had suffered heavy casualties, began to form a group. Formations slowly formed, ready to meet the enemy's attack.
Arabian horses were good horses of speed and endurance, and quickly overtook the infantry phalanx when they came out from behind. Rushing towards the Qin army, which had not gained a firm foothold, the seven thousand men charged with great power. The earth trembled slightly, and the gravel on the ground danced.
The Qin army's foot soldiers, who had suffered heavy casualties, raised their spears and huge shields, and looked at the galloping cavalry with nervous expressions.
It's close! It's closer! The spearmen clenched their sweat-soaked spears tightly. The archers behind him began to shoot!
The "king's friends" now also have stirrups, so they are naturally able to free up their hands to pick up shields. It's just that the time is rudimentary, and the styles of shields are varied. Some were taken from the infantry, and some were obtained from the archers. What's even more is a wooden board, casually wrapped in a piece of iron.
Someone fell from his horse, but there were not many of them. The shields gave good protection to the "king's friends", and the hearts of the spear infantry beat to the extreme.
"Boom!" The cavalry rushed into the military formation with the wind, and Xue Liang's blade ruthlessly slashed at the Qin army, and immediately blood flew up. (To be continued.) )