Chapter 988: Meat Grinder
If you look at it from a distance, the wedge-shaped battle formation of the Shu army is nothing special, at most it looks like an ordinary phalanx with some more waves, but when you rush to the front, you find that the tip of the wedge is still quite convex, and each tip is at least a zhang long distance from the bottom, each tip is triangular, the front is narrow and wide, at first glance, it looks like a sharp jagged. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Jin soldiers tried to break through the defense of the Shu army, they poked with guns, slashed with knives, and kicked with kicks, but the solid shield of the Shu army did not move at all, no matter how the Jin army tossed, but it could not destroy the defense of the Shu army.
At this time, from between the gaps in the shield, countless spears suddenly pierced out, and many Jin soldiers were caught off guard, pierced through the body by the spears, and died.
I once thought that the shield array of the Shu army was just the best defensive formation, but I didn't expect that behind it, there were such sharp killing methods hidden, those spears pierced from the gap between the shields, accurate and ruthless, extremely sharp, when piercing the body of the Jin soldiers, there was no sense of sluggishness, "plop puff", one shot at a time, piercing a heart.
At this time, the Jin army realized the horror of the Shu army's wedge-shaped battle array, and they tried to retreat, avoiding the death threat of the Shu army's battle array like avoiding the plague god.
But at this moment, it is not easy for the Jin soldiers who rushed to the front to retreat, the attack in front of the Jin army was blocked, but the people behind did not know, they still kept rushing forward, the flow of people was mighty, and it was difficult for the Jin army in front to turn back.
The Jin soldiers in front were helplessly squeezed into the wedge-shaped battle formation of the Shu army, and they could only desperately try their best to destroy the defense of the Shu army, but no matter how hard they attacked, they could not shake the Shu army's battle formation in the slightest.
In the eyes of the Jin army, the movement of the previous Shu army battle formation seemed to be turtle speed, but at this moment, it became their nightmare, slowly advancing forcefully, crushing everything that was blocked, whether it was a person or a war horse, in front of the wedge-shaped battle formation, there was only a part of being crushed.
Speaking of which, the cavalry of the Jin army is more miserable than the infantry, the cavalry and horses are larger, it is more difficult to turn around, thousands of horsemen are crowded together, there is no room to turn back, the cavalry of the Jin army has no other choice than to crash into the wedge-shaped battle formation, even if he doesn't want to, the cavalry behind will squeeze him forward.
If the cavalry could run completely and crash into those shields at the highest speed, no matter how strong the Shu army's battle formation was, it would only be built by people, and there was no way to compare it with the sturdy side vans, and it would not be able to withstand this kind of impact anyway.
But the tragedy of the Jin cavalry is here, in order to maintain the same offensive rhythm as the infantry, the cavalry deliberately suppressed the speed, and when they reached the front of the Shu army battle array, the advantage of the impact brought by the speed was gone, and the war horses without speed would not pose any threat to the wedge-shaped battle array, but those long bayonet spears could easily take the lives of the horses and riders.
The wedge-shaped battle array is still advancing at its inherent speed, those Jin soldiers who are stuck between the wedge-shaped sawtooth have no hope of survival at all, the spears stabbed from three directions can easily take their lives, and those Jin soldiers fall to the ground, whether dead or alive, they will all be swallowed up by the wedge-shaped battle array and trampled under the feet of the Shu soldiers.
The entire wedge-shaped battle array is like an efficient meat grinder, and the people and horses of the Jin army are the raw materials, which are constantly swallowed by the sawtooth mouth, and then trampled by tens of thousands of people, and when the Shu army battle array has all passed, there are only pools of bloody and blurred things left on the ground, which are completely trampled into meat sauce.
It was a one-sided massacre, with a wedge-shaped battle formation moving forward, devouring everything that could be devoured.
The Jin army was completely stunned, what about the hand-to-hand encounter? What about hand-to-hand combat? Neither cavalry nor infantry could break through the Shu army's battle array defenses, while the Jin army could not withstand this torrent of steel and was easily crushed by the Shu army.
Between the Shu army and the Jin army, has always been a clear red line and white line, the two sides have been fighting for a long time, between the red and white lines, but also never covered together, from above, it is the red money is advancing step by step, and the white line is retreating, heavy casualties.
Wen Yang, who was riding on a tall horse, also noticed the situation in front at this moment, the Jin army was surging up, almost investing all its strength, but it couldn't even break through the edge of the Shu army's battle array, and a big victory that was expected to be hearty ended up like this, Wen Yang couldn't help but be depressed.
"Order Mingjin to withdraw his troops!" Wen Yang gave the order in a deep voice. Although they were far away, the sharp-eyed Wen Yang quickly discovered the crux of the Jin army, the front could not break through the defenses of the Shu army, and the people behind kept rushing forward, so that the soldiers in front were frantically strangled.
If you want to change this unfavorable situation, the only way now is to stop the attack, retreat back, and disengage from the battle formation of the Shu army, so as to avoid greater casualties.
This first battle is doomed to failure, but fortunately, the loss is not too big, as long as you withdraw first, and then find a way to deal with this kind of battle formation of the Shu army, there will always be a way.
But with such a huge team, how can it be easy to stop, and it is difficult to retreat easily, although the sound of gold sounded, and the soldiers of the Jin army heard it clearly, but it was impossible to withdraw in the first time.
The wedge-shaped battle formation of the Shu army is still running unanxiously, continuing to push forward, crushing everything, eating away at everything, endlessly.
In the face of such a terrifying battle array, the first thought of the soldiers of the Jin army was to escape, but how easy was it to stand out a way of life from the tens of thousands of horses of the Jin army?
But fortunately, at this time, the sound of gold sounded, and the forward surge of the Jin army stopped, and the soldiers of the Jin army at the forefront finally had a chance to pick up a life and try to retreat with the army.
However, the wedge-shaped battle formation that detected the movement of the Jin army obviously accelerated the speed of its march, and because the Jin army was in chaos, the accelerated advance of the Shu army at this time was completely beneficial, and it could continue to strangle the Jin soldiers who had no time to retreat.
The Jin army trampled on each other, with countless dead and wounded, and once the trend of rout and retreat was formed, it became extremely difficult to recover this unfavorable situation.
What's even more deadly is that the Shu army, which has been watching the fire on the west bank of the Fen River, suddenly became difficult at this time.