Chapter 540: The Wind and the Clouds (1)
Since ancient times, the Central Plains Dynasty has had to line up a solemn military formation when fighting. The so-called formation is that a large number of sergeants rely closely together, forming a scale advantage. Advance and retreat together, attack and defend together, and maximize your advantages. This is also the biggest difference between elite troops and rabble.
The larger the scale of the battle, the more important the role of the military formation. Because in the era of cold weapons, it was inconvenient to transmit information, whether it was a flag or a drum or a sounding of gold, or simply sending someone to convey an order.
For ordinary sergeants, the most important thing in a large-scale battle is to maintain a formation and form a formation closely with the robes beside them. Hold your ground no matter what the situation, this is the principle to be observed.
No matter how high an individual's martial arts are, they will not play a role in large-scale battles at all. What about ten enemies and a hundred enemies? Once the lone is surrounded, countless swords, guns, swords, and halberds from all directions come straight to poke, and they are all * mortals, who can resist it?
In large-scale operations, once the formation is lost, it is not far from collapse.
When everyone approaches each other and forms a formation to rely on each other, what they are most afraid of is not face-to-face with the enemy. It's a massive dense build-up! The reason why the Mongolian cavalry was able to fight invincible opponents all over the world a hundred years later was not because of their ability to ride and archery?
Now, at this moment, on this battlefield! The steel array, which was composed of more than 20,000 Jurchen native armor soldiers, gritted their teeth and glared, and when they were about to fight with the Changsheng army on the opposite side, the most terrifying thing happened to them.
A large wave of dark clouds suddenly emerged from behind the main formation of the Changsheng Army, piercing the sky with a piercing sound of "whooshing~~~", and crashed into the main formation of the Jin Army!
"Puff puff~~~" The extremely sharp shovel-shaped arrow slipped from mid-air, with a huge kinetic energy, fiercely piercing through the battle armor that was as fragile as white paper for them, piercing the Jurchen's body!
In the twinkling of an eye. The Chang Shengjun in the front row were stunned and watched as the heavily armed Jin Army not far in front of them lay down in a large area!
After the entire Jurchen armor phalanx was baptized by the sharp and dense rain of arrows, it was as if it had been gnawed off by a Pixiu giant beast with its big mouth open, and suddenly a big gap was revealed.
The Jurchen armor in the back row suddenly appeared, and his eyes suddenly brightened. The original scene of steel bodies on all sides is gone. When the front suddenly opens up, you can directly see the victorious army on the opposite side!
Of course, there are also the Jurchen armor soldiers on the ground who were nailed to the ground by countless sharp arrows. Sharp weapons. Pierce the body of armor and clothing. The internal organs are torn apart, the bones are shot through, and the blood is pouring out along the blood tank!
Mourning is everywhere.
The elite warriors are far stronger than the average human lifeforce, and as long as it is not a fatal wound that dies instantly, then they can continue to struggle for a while. Of course, this is an extremely painful struggle.
In an instant, the crimson blood stained the ground beneath them. Blending with the water stains that have not yet been fully steamed, the area is completely transformed into a sea of red.
Howling, screaming, wailing, deep fear of death from the depths of the soul. A cry for the infinite attachment to life!
The Jurchen armor soldiers who were shot did not want to die. But being shot by such a horrific weapon, it is too difficult to not die. Now the only thing they can do is to frantically burn their last life force!
The area seemed to freeze suddenly, and there was a very brief pause. There was no sound on either side, only the terrible howls of the wounded as if they were crying from the abyss.
The flanks on both sides of the army formation had already begun to engage, and the sound of fierce fighting was endless. Weapons are fired, arrows are fired, and people shout and neigh. But the main array froze strangely for a moment here.
After all, this is a battlefield, and the experienced veterans quickly forcibly suppressed the fear in their hearts and recovered.
"Rush forward! Rush up!! Mix with them!! An experienced Jurchen general immediately roared angrily.
This is the best thing to do at the moment, and they can't retreat. You can't just stand here stupidly and wait for the next wave of arrow rain. The only way to do this is to rush up and mingle with the victorious army, so that you can greatly avoid the attack of the crossbow arrows.
Almost all the adult men of the Jurchens are veterans who have been on the battlefield for many years, and I don't know how many tragic battlefields they have seen. Although the tragic situation of their own people in front of them at this moment made them fearful. But years of combat experience allowed them to recover quickly.
Wielding the weapon in his hand, he roared meaninglessly, and he didn't care about the tightly formed and oppressive formation. Everyone instantly burst out with tremendous strength and frantically rushed to the Changsheng army on the opposite side!
"Vertical shield! Raise your troops!! The generals of the victorious army waved their swords in their hands and roared loudly with all their might, making a final effort for the impending steel collision.
There are too many recruits in the victorious army!
These recruits had never experienced a bloody battle in the real sense before, and the training time was very short, and the morale of the army was not high when facing the cruel combat environment. It is far from the standard required by the victorious army.
It's just that the situation is forcing it. I had to force my way into battle.
It's pretty good here. These heavily armored sergeants are carefully selected and relatively good sergeants. It seems that at this moment, in the battle lines on both wings, there are already many recruits who can't hold back and want to escape and are killed on the spot!
looked at the hideous faces that were getting closer and closer in front of him. The sergeants of the victorious army subconsciously swallowed their saliva. Huge shields were erected side by side, forming a wall of metal shields. A long-handed soldier stretched out diagonally forward. The back row was placed on the shoulders of the front row robes, and the front row was placed on the shields to form a forest of spears.
The sharp weapons reflected a dazzling metallic luster in the dazzling sunlight, and the sharp blades all pointed at the Jurchen army that was frantically surging towards this side!
Countless pairs of big feet trampled on the ground, and in the muddy water flying, the two steel phalanxes were heavily intertwined in the blink of an eye.
The roaring sound of metal clashing shocks people's ears! The Jurchen soldiers who rushed to the forefront screamed and roared and soared into the air, completely ignoring the rows of sharp long soldiers in front of them that made people dizzy to look at, and crashed into the main formation of the Changsheng army!
The body of more than 100 catties with heavy armor and weapons was loaded into the military formation with huge kinetic energy. Under the loud bang, many of the long soldiers in the hands of the sergeants of the victorious army were broken, and the strong shield wall was also knocked open one by one. Many of the victorious armourers were knocked to the ground. Because the armor was too heavy, many people couldn't get up at all, and they were quickly submerged under a pair of big feet.
The Jurchens' losses were even worse! The first wave of brave Jurchen armor soldiers were almost all killed! The consequence of directly using your body to hit the forest-like long army array and shield wall is that you will definitely die!
But they succeeded in disrupting the front row of the victorious army. The two or three rows of the Great Wall of Steel at the front of the Changsheng army were stirred and scattered, and the Jurchen armor soldiers behind bravely pounced up, one after another like a surging tide impacting the battle formation of the Changsheng army!
The savage courage of the Jurchens was waved to the extreme at this moment!
This is completely attacking the formation with his life, and the losses are extremely serious. But they successfully stirred the position of the Changsheng army with their lives, and at this moment, the front row of the Changsheng army was in a panic. Those who died in battle, those who lost their positions, those who fell to the ground and couldn't get up, and those who rushed forward to fill the vacancy were all mixed together.
The victorious army of the first few rows was overwhelmed by the raging steel frenzy in a very short time. The military formation behind also began to panic. Most of them are pink recruits after all! Where have you ever seen such a desperate assault to the death? It's not a death at all!
Someone is starting to back down. This is human nature, and in the face of such a terrifying scene, no newcomer can still maintain his composure. Life and death are at stake, and deep down I subconsciously want to retreat.
This led to chaos in the entire military formation. Even the generals at all levels, wielding swords and slashing frantically at recruits, could not completely stop it.
There are heavy troops in front of them, and there are cowards in the back. The main formation of the victorious army seemed to be suddenly in crisis.
This is Wanyan Zongwang's vision. The Jurchens of this era were too brave and did not skimp on their lives at all. The life-for-life style of play made the winning army, which was dominated by recruits, almost overwhelmed. This trick is the most important treasure of the Jurchens in the world.
"What a TMD maniac." Gao Yang Tie blushed and roared in a low voice.
This Jurchen native soldier really has two brushes. Although now it seems that they are advancing step by step, wave after wave of continuous washing the home formation of the victorious army. But it's all in exchange for life! Gao Yang made a rough estimate, in such a short period of time, at least more than a thousand Jurchen soldiers had fallen on the way forward!
And although the victorious army seemed to be retreating, its losses were not more than those of the Jurchens. It's just that it's all temporary. Now the position of the victorious army has begun to show some signs of loosening. Once this continues, it is not impossible for the whole array to collapse.
And once the formation collapses, then the battle is lost!
"Is the crossbow array ready?!" Gao Yang turned his head violently to look at the guards on the side, and a fierce gaze shot out from the two black holes on the metal armor, which made the guards tremble in fright.
The guard hurriedly raised the readiness of the crossbow array. After receiving an affirmative answer, he hurriedly reported to Gao Yang.
Gao Yang took a deep breath and looked at the chaotic scene in front of his formation through the origin. His eyes were full of deep coldness. "Twenty steps ahead of this formation, salvo!" Gao Yang's words made the guard next to him who was in charge of distributing orders slightly stunned, and hurriedly raised the walkie-talkie to give an order after Gao Yang's indifferent gaze swept over.
"I'm going to get hurt by mistake." The origin said a little anxiously.
"I can't take care of it!" Gao Yang said indifferently. He didn't want to. But at the moment, the form is difficult, and if you don't stop it, it will really be dangerous. On the battlefield, it is normal to sacrifice local things for the sake of the overall situation. (To be continued)