The marching columns turned into defensive arrays almost instantly, the phalanx formation and the hollow phalanx of pure bayonets did not need to have any worries about defense, the hoplites and armored pikemen were strong enough, they would always defend in front of the musketeers like a rock, if the phalanx was crossed, it was useless to have the musketeers alone, the fire output was to kill, but the core and foundation of the phalanx was still the heavy armored pikemen and sword players. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

With the hollow phalanx of bayonets, they could perform both defensive and offensive functions independently, and four companies in the team were made up of complete musketeers, and when they raised their flickering bayonets into the air, everyone looked sideways.

The assembly was quickly completed, and the Mongols soon approached about two miles.

"Soon they'll be coming around and shooting arrows." The lancers covered the flanks and in front of the formation, and if the Mongols advanced in large numbers, the lancers would retreat, they were heavy cavalry charging into formation, and it was not the duty of the lancers to run back and forth to cover, and the mounts could not bear it.

A small number of chasseurs supported them on both flanks, and they had already laid down their firearms, and their firearms were far beyond the weak cavalry of the Mongols, and they did not worry about cavalry harassment at all.

"What?" Ma Wu's face was shocked, and the expressions of Lin Nanxing, Nie Lei and the others around him were the same.

More than a thousand Mongol cavalry appeared in the cavalry formation of 10,000 men on the opposite side, and they did not scream in circles as usual, but galloped in front of the large formation, forming a sharp point.

"They're going to charge?" Ma Wu almost stared at him, and the rest of the people had almost the same expressions.

From the south of the desert to the north of the desert, and then to the riverside in the west of the steppe, the Mongols have never been seen rushing into battle.

It has always been the method of Rawa warfare, harassing the two wings, archery, running, trying to disturb the position of the merchant army, and then taking advantage of the chaos to win, and the cavalry battle is also the method of chaotic battle with a cavalry formation of several hundred people, which is also the old tactic of the Mongols, running back and forth, pulling the battle line, and using mobility and cavalry advantages to win.

Not once, never once, did the Mongols want to hedge.

The company of lancers in front came with a banner, confirming that they were going to hedge against the Mongols.

The distance between the opponent's main formation and the dragoon's main formation was the same, and there was a tacit understanding that they did not continue to move forward.

There are less than 200 lancers, and after the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side galloped closer, it was obvious that it was also a patchwork of heavy cavalry, a few war horses were wearing armor, and most of them were wearing multiple layers of chain mail and cotton armor, all wearing iron helmets, with a necklace, arm guards, iron mesh skirts, of course, the armor was not as much as the lancers, but it could barely be regarded as heavy cavalry.

The front row of lancers is composed of spears and broadswords, the back row is composed of sabers, and the heavy cavalry on the opposite side are mostly armed with iron spears, maces, bones and other heavy weapons.

The two sides are getting closer and closer, and this hedging battle is inevitable.

The Merchant Army would never retreat, and the Lancers decided to hedge without even asking for instructions, and the Mongols needed to defeat and drive away the iron cavalry of these Merchant Army, and then they could swallow the phalanx like minced meat, of course, they didn't understand that it was these phalanxes that were even more difficult to gnaw.

I have to say that the Chotu Khan Department has the blood courage and self-confidence that many large tribes in the south and north of the desert do not have, and of course they also have the real cavalry combat methods of their ancestors.

Genghis Khan's Mongol soldiers are not a group of light cavalry who can only shout and shoot arrows, yes, they will also rava, they will also cavalry fight, they will also cut into the enemy's flank and harass behind the enemy, but they have never been afraid to fight a hedge cavalry battle, a cavalry that is invincible across Europe and Asia must be a heavy cavalry that dares to fight and can break through the enemy position head-on!

The main formations on both sides tacitly did not approach forward, and some herdsmen from some tribes in the distance continued to follow, and they rode their horses to the high ground as much as possible to observe the hedging battle in front of them.

The heavy cavalry began to accelerate.

The earth shook and the mountains shook, and the sky trembled.

The heavy cavalry to the heavy cavalry, it is simply an indescribable scene, the kind of mountain like a wall, the front is full of iron horses and thick armor, the sword and gun in front of you are like a forest, the earth is shaking, the partners are shouting and roaring like themselves, the hooves of the war horses gradually accelerate to the fastest, the turf and dirt are flying, the rumbling sound is like thunder, and a hundred drums cannot play such a passionate movement.

The men were shouting and roaring, the horses were neighing, and they were trembling and running the hardest.

The knights straighten their spears or knives at the end, and stab at the opponent's horses or knights with the help of horsepower, as long as they are stabbed, they are all pierced and killed on the spot, even if it is a majestic war horse, it can only be pierced under the huge momentum.

When the horse is on the ground, take the knight on the mount and fly out, and the iron cavalry sliding through the air before falling to the ground, breaking bones or being trampled to death.

The protection of the lancers is better, and they have undergone the strictest and even cruel training, their armor is thicker, the knives and guns made of fine iron are stronger and sharper, their arrays are the most rigorous, compared to the Mongolian heavy cavalry, they have no advantage in horsemanship, but everyone is connected with the flesh and blood of the partners around them, the nearest place can touch the knees, their spears and sabers like a forest seem to be used by one person, when the Mongolian heavy cavalry rushes into the wall of the knife with a man and a horse, and is pierced by a spear in an instant, and the horse is smashed, Rao is so, These Mongolian heavy cavalry still won the respect of the lancers, after the hedge, they suffered heavy losses but did not collapse, the dead men and horses all over the ground did not affect too much, the two sides hedged again after the two sides, still as fierce as the first time, when the two sides fought five or six times after the hedge, the ground almost bumped and bumped did not continue to rush, after the last rush, the Mongols finally collapsed, they did not continue to assemble, but scattered to the two wings retreated, faintly crying, they were not afraid of death and injury, But each time, it was a dozen people to one or two exchanges, which made these fierce Mongols fight more and more desperately, and when they saw that their partners could not penetrate the enemy formation at all, and could only die in vain in front of the enemy's dense array, the deep despair that those who did not survive on this battlefield could not understand at all.

A lancer officer took off his iron helmet, which was a violation, but no one said anything, many people did the same thing, and sweat flowed down the edge of the iron helmet as they took off their helmets.

Everyone was drenched in sweat, and the heat was clearly rushing up their heads.

Many of the Lancers had shaved their hair, and the bun did not affect the helmet, but it definitely affected the healing and heat dissipation, and it also made it easier to bathe.

Many bare heads were dripping with sweat, and people seemed to be in steam.

"Command," the officer shouted to the company commander, "do you want to pursue them?" ”

"No need." The commander of the Lancer Company said: "Let them go, they are warriors, and they deserve to be treated like warriors." In addition, our war horses are also weak. You see, the chasers are out. ”

A chassar riding a red horse rushed out of the military formation first, I don't know if it was an officer or a sergeant, he rode a red horse, wearing a crimson military robe, the lining was red, and the outside was covered with cotton armor painted red, the chassars were at most wearing leather armor or cotton armor, they didn't need thicker protection, this cavalry just rushed out, like a fire, against the sun, bright and dazzling, eye-catching.

After running forward for a while, the chassars returned to their horses, and then one could see more chasers galloping out of the phalanx, they were like a fire, and the scorching people did not dare to look closely, this was a fire, if the heavily armored lancers were as solid as a rock and desperate, the chasers were like a ball of fire, and any enemy could feel its fierceness in front of them.

Seeing the chassars come out, they also received clear instructions from the flag, the lancers began to return to the formation, and on their flanks were scattered Mongolian heavy cavalry running back, they rode back in twos and threes, the queue was chaotic, and there was a cry, everyone knew that the spirit of this group of northern captives was completely crossed.

Behind the heavy cavalry were at least three hundred corpses and a considerable number of wounded, of which twenty were of the lancers, and there were no wounded, and after the Mongols had fled, the lancers picked up their wounded companions, and there was no way to collect the corpses for a while, but as long as they won the victory, they could retrieve the corpses of their companions and give them the best treatment, and in this respect, the merchant army never disappointed their companions.

Never abandon any of your companions, this maxim has been seared into the minds of the merchant soldiers.

The lancers ran slowly, they were very tired, they were sweating all over, their arms were sore, they just kept stabbing their spears at their opponents, many spearmen broke their spear shafts in the first round of hedging, and then they had to line up in a knife formation formed by sabers, but they were still invincible, the exchange ratio between the two sides was not at all on a level, this is the gap between the cavalry and the nomadic cavalry after strict training, as Napoleon said, three French cavalry could not beat two Mamuliuk cavalry, But a hundred French cavalry against a hundred Mamuliuks, the French cavalry would have won a crushing victory.

Training, equipment, discipline, this is the magic weapon of victory for modern cavalry, and the lancers have already obtained this magic weapon, and they have won a hearty and unreserved victory.

The commander of the spear company felt very satisfied, he fought a battle heartily, lost not many brothers, won a complete victory, and at the same time the opponent was no longer those rookie herdsmen with soft bows, it was not a one-sided slaughter, but a group of good men wearing heavy armor and slashed each other fiercely, the lancers won, but it was not easy, they fought against each other six times, how to say that those northern captives are considered good men.

This war is enough to boast for several years, and it can make those commanders and even superiors of the same level envious to death.

As a lancer, how rare it is to want to hedge against the enemy with such a hard bridge.

The dispatch of the horse warriors, the lancers also feel very right, they have been very tired of fighting, although there is still some bravery, but it is best to take the same tired war horses to the back of the battle to rest, so that if they have to be forced to go into battle after two quarters of an hour, whether it is a man or a war horse still have the strength to rush forward to kill.