Chapter 1008: Ignition
Everyone saw that they couldn't break through the shield protection, but instead caused themselves heavy casualties, and no one took the initiative to attack the rectangular formation, everyone whined, rushed along the open space and rushed inside, Ula Ula's shouts kept surging, they were extremely excited, as if they had seen victory. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info tens of thousands of cannon fodder troops, there are too many people, they did not concentrate in the same open space, but rushed along the three aisles, and at this time the peripheral Bafang rectangular array still ignored it, just moved slowly clockwise according to the predetermined steps, as long as those Slavs did not take the initiative to attack, they would not rush out.
The cannon fodder army was overjoyed, they had already rushed for a distance, but they were not hindered at all, and if they rushed forward a hundred feet, they would be able to rush into the middle, but at this time, the mutation was prominent. I saw the blue flag waving in the middle of the long snake formation, and four drums sounded, accompanied by blue arrows. The rectangular array that was originally moving slowly clockwise suddenly increased its speed, and they were all facing their right side, and their heavy and steady steps slowly stepped away, and with a loud shout, the shield showed a gap, and countless spears pierced out, like iron thorns inlaid on a huge steel plate, "Huh.... Ooh... Huh", the invisible coercion was overwhelming, and finally, many Slavs were directly crushed by a rectangular array like hedgehogs. At this time, the Slavs who rushed in finally felt the danger, and the more they rushed in, the smaller the space, and at this time, the rectangular array increased its rotation speed, and in an instant, they were strangled together. Spears were lined up, shields were protected, and pops rang out incessantly, and the Slavs lay on the ground wailing, and in an instant they were drowned out by the rectangular array that followed.
The ferocity of the Slavs was stimulated, and they tried everything to break through the shield protection, even to the innermost part, but with little effect. As the commander of the cannon fodder army, Varechel always has some eyesight, and after paying a heavy price, he found that the rectangular formation was only running in one direction, all the attacks came from the left direction, and the rectangular formation in the right direction did not pay attention to it at all, after discovering this, Varechel shouted loudly, "Attack the rectangular formation on the right, hurry up, rush into the formation of the Orientals." ”
The soldiers of the cannon fodder army were quite obedient, and some burly and sturdy Slavic men obeyed the order, and led the people to attack the rectangular array on the right side with a roar, but before they could rush over, the shield of the rectangular array on the right suddenly dispersed, and a neighing sound came, and the silver cavalry rushed out of the formation, and those Slavs were slashed by the galloping silver cavalry before they could rush in front of them. This is not the end, this cavalry came out of the wind array, slashing all the way, and pounced towards the thunder array, at this time, the thunder array crushed by the rectangular spear array also changed. The spear was retracted, the shield was separated, and a silver-armored cavalry was killed, and in an instant the Slavs fell into the impact of the cavalry on both sides, and suddenly cried and shouted for their mother, and the killed had no power to fight back, and the two cavalry pounced in a hedging posture, but they hit quickly, but they did not love to fight, and in the blink of an eye, the wind cavalry entered the thunder array, and the thunder cavalry entered the wind array, and in the blink of an eye, the shield array closed again, and the spear stabbed out, and resumed the original crushing momentum again. At this moment, the Slavs collapsed, and each rectangular array moved clockwise, and if you look at it from a high altitude, these rectangular arrays are like a huge wooden stick, and the people in the open space are like ants, and they are directly crushed to death. This is the case between the wind array and the thunder array, and the same is true between the sky array and the wind array, until this time, the Bagua array really shows its majesty, and tens of thousands of cannon fodder troops have no power to resist under this ruthless array.
The smoke and dust were billowing and the killing intent was surging, and after an hour, peace was restored between heaven and earth, and the gossip array also stopped again. The dust cleared, the vision under the scorching sun was still blurred, and the vast ground was littered with corpses. In less than an hour, the 10,000 cannon fodder troops responsible for the first wave of tentative attacks were almost completely wiped out, and less than 700 people escaped. Vyache stared blankly at the scene in front of him, he didn't expect this seemingly unremarkable rectangular array to be so powerful. It's not that Viache doesn't know formations, it's just that he rarely comes into contact with this kind of weird formation, in the Western world, and even in the Roman era that crisscrossed the continent. In corps combat, most of the military formations are mainly frontal duels, and it is rare to see this kind of strange formation, and from a distance, it feels like a circle is turning, as if it is very bulky, ridiculous, and full of lethality. Speaking carefully, this formation is really cumbersome and full of defense, but the ability to take the initiative to attack is not strong, because once it takes the initiative to attack, it will inevitably destroy the stability of the eight-way formation. However, Vyache couldn't stop attacking, fortunately, he sent a cannon fodder army to do a tentative attack, if the army pressed on as soon as he came up, then there would be no place to cry now, "Tell Vasilev, the eastern army will cooperate with the attack, but the troops should not be scattered, and they should not rush inward, and concentrate their forces to attack from the periphery a little bit." ”
Vyache thought of the battle of Kachig, and the Orientals also used a similar circular formation, so the method of breaking the formation was similar. The order was given, and only half an hour later, the Slavs began the first wave of attack, and Zhao Yougong understood that this attack really began at this time. The elite Slavs cooperated with the cannon fodder army, and many people in the formation carried the crashing wood, and Vyache's intention was obvious, that is, to repeat the old trick, use the collision wood to break the formation, and the idea was to break the rectangular formation, and at the same time, Vasilev also attacked from the east according to Viache's orders. To the west, the Viache side aimed at the wind formation in the front, while Vasilev's soldiers and horses aimed at the Ze formation, and the soldiers and horses on both sides did not spread too wide, but concentrated their forces to attack a rectangular formation. In the wind gust, the commander made Yu Xiaochen already see everything in the distance, and at this time, the Bagua Array began to rotate again, and Yu Xiaochen responded calmly, "Longbowman, prepare the rocket, thirty degrees high, twenty degrees north, shoot." ”
The rain of arrows fell suddenly, like a little spark, enveloping the crowd, the arrows were extremely sharp, the Slavs who were still charging were not well prepared, and many people were crucified, the worst was those who carried the crashing wood, moving slowly, it was simply a living target, the rocket was nailed to the crashing wood, and it was lit in an instant, and the surrounding Slavs were afraid of bad luck, so they quickly dispersed. A commander rushed up and looked at the bumper wood shrouded in flames, his head as big as a bucket. Covered with rockets, the Slavs were in disarray, but the offensive did not stop, and they were given the order to pounce on the wind and concentrate their forces to break the rectangular formation. After paying a heavy price, they finally rushed over, and dozens of Slavs carried the city bomber to hit the rectangular array, but the Bagua Array was different from the usual circular array, each rectangular array was mobile, and the wind array shield would not be stupid and wait for the city crashing wood to hit it. As a result, there was a strange scene on the battlefield, several crashing trees chased the wind shield and the Slavic soldiers behind them also followed closely. The others didn't feel it, and the Slavic soldiers who were carrying the crashing wood were miserable, and after a while, they were all tired and snorting, "Centurion, this is not right, if you continue to fight like this, you will not be able to break the opponent's shield array for the rest of your life." ”
In fact, there is no need to be reminded, many Slavic centurions and centurions have already discovered the problem, this is not an ordinary circular formation at all, and people in the East will not be stupid waiting for you to collide. Before, I was chasing and trying to break the formation, but now I calmed down a little, and after a careful observation, a heart sank to the bottom, in order to break this rectangular formation, I actually chased from the west to the south, and the whole attack formation became chaotic, just kidding, in this case, the attack is really in the posture of a long snake, isn't this self-defeating? Sure enough, before these commanders could make arrangements, an arrow came, and the wind array that had been being pursued did not change, but the heavenly array and the ground array suddenly dispersed, and two silver-armored cavalry rushed out, rushing towards the belly of the long snake. Although the lethality was not terrifying, this attack divided the attacking snake into several parts, and it was completely thrown into chaos. At this time, some of the Slavic soldiers wanted to continue the pursuit, some wanted to retreat, and some simply panicked and fell into the space between the two rectangular formations. The Slavs who were caught in the middle of the battle were all over the place in an instant. The Bagua Array did not stop running, continued to move, and at this time, the commanders would not be stupid enough to continue to carry the city tree, the so-called general was not subject to the life of the foreign monarch, and the city tree was abandoned, and under the order of several thousand commanders, the Slavs finally slowly settled down, and in this way, the Slavs who were originally chasing the wind array actually went around from the ground to the east after paying a heavy price, and merged with Vasilev's soldiers and horses. Vyache didn't get any favors, and Vasilev was no better, but he reacted relatively quickly, and after the effect was not significant, he decisively gave up the pursuit, otherwise, Kong would have to suffer.
Commander Coconut Lintu led the remnants of the army to retreat to the headquarters of Vasilev, after the previous battle, Coconut Lintu's whole mental state was a little bad, he swallowed saliva, his lips were dry, "Your Excellency the Commander, the Grand Duke's method is not good, our people have been chasing and killing from the west, not to mention the effect, and as a result, he suffered heavy casualties." If you don't react fast enough, I'm afraid you'll all have to fall into it. ”
"Yes, the formation of the Oriental people is really mysterious, if you really want to talk about it, the threat is not big, as long as we don't take the initiative to attack, the other party has nothing to do with us. However, in this situation, if you don't fight, you can't do it" Vasilev is also a famous master of Kipros's art of war, and he also saw that the defense of the large array in front of him was excellent, but there was no way. This is an out-and-out Yangmou, putting up an iron bucket array for you to fight, knowing that there is an iron king in front of you, you have to bite the bullet.
On the other hand, Viache's face turned the color of pig liver, his head was about to crack, and the two waves of offensives, including the cannon fodder army, actually lost more than 16,000 people, and it was just the beginning, and the losses were so serious. Now that tens of thousands of troops have been scraped together by smashing pots and selling iron, if they continue to be damaged like this, let alone 60,000 or 70,000 people, even 600,000 people will not be enough to lose. Before finding an effective way to deal with it, Viache decisively chose to retreat, knowing that the Oriental formation was infinitely powerful, and continued to bite the bullet, which was not brave but stupid. At the end of the day's fighting, the atmosphere in the Slavic barracks became depressing, and the Slavs' scalps were numb during the day's fighting, and in just one day, more than 10,000 people were lost, and corpses were everywhere, almost filling the Kiev plain. Don't say it's a human being, even tens of thousands of pigs, so many corpses, it can form a terrible purgatory. The smoke of gunpowder is permeated, dissipating in the night, and the smoke of gunpowder in my heart cannot dissipate after all.
Viache sat in the big tent, more than a dozen commanders were silent, the military meeting had been going on for half an hour, everyone had discussed for a long time, and still couldn't come up with an effective way to deal with it, at this time, a commander of a thousand was not confident, "Your Excellency the Grand Duke, why don't we attack the camp of the Orientals at night?" After a day of fierce fighting, the Orientals are expected to be defenseless. ”
As soon as the commander finished speaking, Viache sneered, "Stupid, although the Orientals fought fiercely for a day, their strength was not damaged, and they won a big victory, and their morale was strong. The generals of the East are also cunning, will they be unprepared and let us attack at night? Hmph, don't have the idea of a night attack, with the current situation, go and die as much as you want. Moreover, the night attack will not solve the fundamental problem, and the key to winning this victory lies in how to defeat the Orientals from the front. ”
Viache saw it very thoroughly, he couldn't bear the pressure head-on, and all the intrigues and tricks were petty fights. Moreover, just after a big defeat, morale is low, and people are panicking, at this time they still want to risk a night attack, aren't they looking for death? In short, Viache would not do such a stupid thing. After being reprimanded, the commanders looked at each other, looking embarrassed and ashamed.
There was some silence in the tent, and after a moment, another commander stood up and said, "What the Grand Duke said is very true, in this situation, all our goals should be to defeat the enemy head-on. Today, I have observed for a long time, the reason why the great array of the Oriental people is powerful is because it is constantly moving, it is impossible to fix the attack, and the eight-sided rectangular array covers each other, and it is varied, which makes people unguardable. I think that if we want to break the formation, the first task is not to break the opponent, but to limit the changes in it, such as making it impossible for people to move without scruples, as long as we limit the opponent's movement, and then concentrate on attacking and breaking them one by one. ”
The commander's words were refreshing, Viache frowned, and finally showed a little smile, "Yes, looking at the overall situation, the real strength of the other party is the changes in it, the bow and arrow cooperate with the cavalry, and the spear and shield can be crushed by the frontal defense, if you can really limit the change in the formation, maybe you can break the formation." Viache is a very smart man, he thought for a while, raised his eyebrows and ordered, "Immediately let people go to the forest to cut more wood, and prepare more flammable and fire-causing things, tomorrow we will make a flaming mountain, see what else the Orientals can do, tomorrow's battle, we will have to compete with the Orientals." (To be continued.) )