Chapter 371: Impact
The kings of the two sides began to hedge against each other, which was a pain for the Houjin rangers who came to harass them, who were originally preparing to withdraw to their own camp and join the large army.
However, as their large army launched a counter-charge, they did not dare to run over there, "those who attack their own array in wartime will be killed" This has been the common norm of almost all regular armies in the world in the feudal era, and they dare not try to test whether the old men of the Eight Banners will open up to their Mongolian "relatives".
In desperation, the Mongolian cavalry, which was still on the edge of the impact range of the two sides, quickly beat their horses and fled towards the flank of the military formation, while the Mongolian cavalry in the middle of the military formation did not have time to escape from the combat range, so they could only obey the roaring orders from the Houjin army formation, turn the horse's head, act as the shock force of the first row, and become the cannon fodder of the Houjin cavalry.
The Mongol cavalry, who were lucky enough to flee to the flanks, did not dare to delay, although they escaped with their lives, but this was contrary to the orders of the Chinese army, in order to be able to be less punished after the battle, they took their bows and arrows and aimed at the enemy troops on both flanks and fired indiscriminately.
The Huaxia cavalry on both flanks were shot over several people, but this little loss, moreover, was still on both sides of the flank, and did not have much impact on the cavalry array with a total of more than 600 people.
Under the hedging of the two sides, the distance quickly narrowed, and in a blink of an eye, there were only the last 100 meters left, and this little distance only took a few seconds to complete.
At this time, Battalion Commander Hou finally silently counted the number of horses' hooves that had been set before the charge, and he shouted against the sore cheeks of the winter wind, "Charge!" ”
The two trumpeters beside him had been waiting for this order for a long time, and when they heard the roar of their own battalion commander, they immediately blew a loud horn.
Battalion Commander Hou, four company commanders, and twelve platoon commanders flattened the red military flag on the rifle bayonet in their hands, and shouted out the long-lost "Tiger!" The word shouted.
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion, in accordance with military regulations, followed the officers and collectively shouted "Tiger!" The first row of cavalrymen drew their cavalry knives fixed to the saddle in unison, and pointed straight ahead.
Immediately after that, the cavalry of the second row should respond to the shout of "Tiger!" ", and then made the same tactical move.
At the same time, the Houjin cavalry also sounded the sound of conch horns, and they also flattened their spears and raised their broadswords, and both sides began to charge.
On the top of the hillside, Zachdan involuntarily stood up on the stirrup, looking intently at the battlefield ahead.
At this moment, Zachdan's eyes were full of galloping war horses and beating red tassels, more than 600 tall and majestic half-breed dragon horses, the horse's hooves continued to smash on the winter ground, smashing the originally frozen ground out of bowl-sized pits, and then brought up the soil and withered grass to fly around, and the vibration caused by the galloping of war horses more than 600 meters away could be felt even at the top of the slope.
In the advancing infantry array, a group of infantry who were hurrying on the road also opened their mouths wide, their eyes were open for a moment, holding their breath and waiting for the moment of collision.
The dense formation leaves both the enemy and the enemy with no way out.
Of course, this is not to say that the queue of the Huaxia cavalry is so dense that it is impossible to let a single war horse pass.
War horses can be refined out of that kind of formation, but no matter how you train, the road can't always be a smooth road, there are always ups and downs, so dense formations, once you encounter a little obstacle, it's not to find trouble for yourself!
Therefore, the so-called dense formation is only in contrast to the loose and unconstrained formation of this era, in fact, the dense formation of the Chinese cavalry, there is still a distance of less than 1 meter between the two war horses.
However, it was this kind of change, this change that shortened the distance a little, that made the danger of the cavalry hedging an infinite number of times at once.
The distance of 1 meter is just the overall length of the Huaxia standard cavalry knife, and if you want to pass from such a small distance, you must fight with at least one cavalryman.
Therefore, it is said that there is no way to avoid it.
Killing and being killed, now, the cavalry of both sides of the enemy and the enemy, there are only these two choices, and only in the moment when the horse and body are staggered, at this time, the personal combat skills and riding skills have no effect, and the courage of men is most reflected in the cavalry battle.
The Huaxia cavalry did not shoot, on horseback, if it was in a state of canning and acceleration, it was possible to hit, but the efficiency was extremely low.
By the time it came to the sprint, the war horse's up and down bumps had reached an extreme, and shooting at this speed and bumps was basically the same as a blind man beating a fly.
After many times of training and actual combat summing up this rule, the Chinese cavalry only used firearms in the slow stages such as guerrilla and melee, and in the sprint stage, they no longer wasted valuable ammunition.
Later, on the Jin side, there were already many cavalry charges that had not faced the enemy directly, and even when they entered the Jinggi area of the Ming Dynasty last year, they did not encounter any strong cavalry teams, so now, in the face of the oncoming Chinese cavalry, they began to show panic.
Looking at the dense and flickering sabers in front of them, and when the threat to life was obvious, some of the war horses ran diagonally to the side despite the pull of the riders.
However, in the direction of the inclined plane, there was also a dense array of cavalry surging towards them, which made the formation of the Houjin army begin to become scattered, but at this distance, no one in the hedging cavalry could escape.
Under the rapid sprint, the cavalry array of the Huaxia Army began to show a curve, but the distance between the two sides was not far away, and such a short distance was no longer enough to affect the integrity of the formation.
At a distance of 70 meters, everyone's horse speed has risen to the maximum, and the two sides are close to each other at the limit speed of their respective horses.
Battalion Commander Hou's face was flushed, his eyes were wide open, and he clenched the battalion flag hanging on the rifle bayonet in his hand, and the bayonet was aimed straight at a Houjin cavalryman opposite.
This Houjin cavalryman had a fierce face, holding a big knife in his hand, like Commander Hou, leading the way in the front of the team.
However, at this time, he finally panicked, because today's charge was completely different from usual, in the past, he only needed to choose an opponent, but today, he had to face at least two "spears" and long knives.
"Kill!" In the Chinese cavalry array, the soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, the cavalry soldiers of the Lushun Dispatch Company of the Guard Banner Team, and the scouts of the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion of the Special Service Regiment, all the Chinese cavalry who joined this charge, almost simultaneously burst out into a scream of exhaustion.
"Boom", as if a muffled thunder exploded, and the two cavalry teams that were rushing head-on collided head-on like a flood.
The sound of countless collisions continued, and the screams and neighing of people and horses were endless.
The sound of the grinding between weapons and armor made the gums sore, and the horses that could not avoid it smashed each other to the bone, some of them were knocked into the air, and some of them fell to the ground with their riders, rolling desperately on the ground.
The battle entered the most tragic state in an instant.