Chapter 592: Attack and Defense
Crossbow bolts and throwing spears flew in opposite directions with a terrible whistling sound, staggered in mid-air, and then fired at their respective targets.
The strength of the warriors of the Kuafu clan is indeed very amazing, the javelin they projected, even the double layer of thick armor can not be completely covered, the tip of the spear with strong force, drilled through the bronze armor, and penetrated the double layer of cowhide, directly pierced into the body of the knight or the war horse, suddenly blood splashed, people shouted horse neighing, the knight fell from the horse, and the war horse fell to the ground, the sound of gold and iron impact, the sound of corpses falling to the ground, the sound of stabbing into the body, cursing and shouting, screaming and screaming, at the same time erupted at this moment.
However, the warriors of the Kwafu clan are not much better, although the strength of the knights of the Acting Army is far inferior to that of the warriors of the Kwafu Clan, but the crossbow arrows shot with the Leap Crossbow must not be underestimated, and they can also easily shoot through the thick armor worn by the Warriors of the Quad Father Clan, and penetrate their strong bodies, and the one hundred and fifty knights of the Acting Army in the first row are each equipped with two crossbows, which are shot continuously, so the density of crossbow arrows shot is far greater than that of the warriors of the Qua Father Clan, and many of the Warriors of the Quad Father Clan even hit two or three arrows in a row. The giant men who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground one after another, making a roaring sound, and also stirred up the confused dust, blood flowed out, staining the earth red, and the atmosphere on the battlefield suddenly became fierce and bloody.
After shooting the crossbow arrows, the knight tightened his spear, raised his shield, and prepared to engage in melee combat after approaching the enemy. The knights in the back row urged their horses, jumped past the knights in the front row from the gap, braved the crossbow guns thrown from the enemy, ran to the front row of the queue, and then shot the crossbow arrows they were equipped with, continuing to maintain the long-range strike strength against the enemy.
Although at this time, the war horse had withdrawn its hooves and galloped forward, and people were constantly being hit and dropped by the Qin army's javelins, arrows, stones, etc., but the change of formation of the Dai army was still carried out very smoothly and smoothly, without causing a little confusion, which is enough to prove that although the heavy armored cavalry is the first time to participate in the battle, it has also undergone strict training.
The warriors of the Kuafu clan were also not weak, although they also suffered a lot of blows under the counterattack of the Dai army, but no one flinched, the soldiers of the first row retreated, and the soldiers of the second row immediately followed, running, twisting their waists, waving their arms, and throwing the javelins in their hands. Then the third and fourth platoons followed up in turn, round after round, and launched continuous strikes against the cavalry of the Dai Army.
Although the number of warriors of the Kuafu clan was small, at this time, the chariots of the Qin army, as well as the Qin soldiers who stayed in the formation, all opened fire and marched together to attack the Dai army, so the Qin army's attack was not weaker than that of the Dai army, and the casualties caused to the Dai army were not under the Qin army.
Originally, the distance between the two sides was less than 100 steps, and the war horse was already running fast, so the knights in the first five rows of the Dai army turned over and plugged in, and after the crossbow arrows were shot, the knights of the Dai Army who shot the arrows at the last time were less than thirty steps away from the array of the Qin army, and at this time, some soldiers didn't even have time to put the crossbow bow, and after shooting, they threw away the crossbow casually, and then grabbed the spear hanging behind the saddle, quickly adjusted their posture, clamped the gun tightly with their elbows, and pointed the tip of the gun at the enemy who was almost close in front of them.
The spears used by the heavy armored cavalry are specially made, up to one zhang and eight feet, thin in front and thick in the back, in the shape of a cone, the diameter of the tail end is nearly three inches, and there is also a blocking hand at the place of six feet, so there is no need to worry about the slipping of the hand when stabbing with all your strength. The tip of the spear is one foot eight inches long, it is cast of iron, and the blade of the spear is four inches wide, it is zigzag, and it is very conducive to piercing, and with the help of the powerful punching force brought by the full sprint of the war horse, it can often pierce the enemy.
At this time, the warriors of the Kwafu tribe also stopped throwing javelins and went on the defensive with all their might. Although most of the warriors of the Kuafu clan were arrogant and arrogant, they were not ambiguous at all, and the warriors with long shields in the back row had already stood in the front row, erected the bottom end of the shield on the ground, and held the spear tightly with one hand, and countless spears stretched out from behind the shield forest, and placed on the tall shield, and the black tip of the spear emitted a chilling cold light, as if it was about to pierce the sky. Calmly awaiting the onslaught of the enemy's cavalry in a dense formation.
The distance between the two sides is close at hand, so that you can even see the five views of the opposing soldiers, and the war horses of the army have also entered the stage of sprinting at full speed, and every time they raise their hooves, they roll up bursts of mud, just like the sluice dam bursting the embankment, and the torrent suddenly pours out, surging forward, but the knight on horseback also kicks the horse's belly with his war boots, urging the war horse to run faster, as if the horse's most potential is all stimulated. And the warriors of the Kuafu clan are like an embankment with an iron wall, just waiting for the tendons of the horses they collide with to break and fall into the dust.
After the first few rounds of long-range strikes against each other, both sides suffered a lot of losses, but neither of them reached the point of breaking their muscles and bones, so the final victory still depends on the close engagement between the two sides, and it depends on whether the armored cavalry can break through the strong defense line composed of giants, or whether the warriors of the Kuafu clan can block the fierce impact of the iron knights.
And at this moment, whether it was in the Linchong Lu bus to command Meng Wu, Meng Tian father and son, or Gao Yuan and others who were watching the battle from a distance, they were also hung up, and many people's palms were drenched with sweat, in fact, after the plateau sent the heavy armored cavalry to fight, the command ability of the main generals of both sides could not play any role in the control of the battlefield, strategy and tactics, and they could only be a spectator for the time being.
This kind of taste is a kind of torment for either side, but this torment has finally come to an end, because the moment to decide the victory or defeat is about to come.
"Boom!"
The galloping giant Lang finally collided violently with the standing reef, and immediately splashed the blood-colored Lang flowers in the sky, and the powerful sonic air currents generated violently spread out in the nearby space, shaking up the dust on the ground, almost obscuring the sight of both sides.
The huge spear, with the strong impact brought by the huge inertial speed, stabbed forward violently, and some of the Kwafu warriors did not even have time to scream, and were pierced by the spear through the big shield, and then chiseled through the thick armor, and then pierced through the chest and abdomen; Some of the Kwafu warriors were knocked out by their horses and spat blood, flying backwards, knocking down several of their companions behind them. But the tremendous force of inertia was a double-edged sword, and there were also countless heavily armored cavalrymen who crashed into the guns and shields, and the people flipped on their backs, blood splattered, and tripped over other comrades who rushed up behind them.
The casualties surged in a short moment, even if they were able to break through the opponent's defenses or block the enemy's assault, they were immediately blocked by the knights rushing up behind or the shield wall guns of the second layer of defense, so almost none of the soldiers in the first row of the two sides were spared. But the companions behind did not flinch, and continued to follow up without hesitation, continuing to rush forward or fight for defense.
Of course, at this time, no one can stop, because the side stops first, then the only thing waiting for them is defeat, so they can only fight desperately regardless of casualties and losses, and have any hope of victory, or the heavy armored cavalry of the Dai army penetrates the enemy's defense line; Either that, the Kwafu warriors block the opponent's onslaught with an impregnable line of defense until the opponent is exhausted, and there is no third outcome.
It was like a fierce and flipped flood frenzy, slapping the shore wave after wave, blood splashing, limbs flying, soldiers on both sides kept falling, stumps and broken bodies rose to the sky, brains and marrow internal organs scattered in all directions, blood flowed like a river, in countless powerful fierce collisions, countless people and war horses fell to the ground, turned into a lifeless dead body.
And every cavalry warrior on both sides has entered a frenzy of battle at this time, one by one, their faces are hideous, their eyes are blood-red, their spears are shining with dazzling cold light, their mouths are screaming madly, the blood mist is filled, their limbs are splashed, their spears are torn apart, their shields are pierced, their armor is torn apart, and the fallen men and horses are trampled into a mass of flesh before they turn an eye, and the living warriors are still fighting to the death, constantly making bigger and more deaths, or until they themselves become one of them.
In fact, only one or two minutes have passed since the two sides started to fight, but in the feeling of Meng Wu and Meng Tian's father and son, it seems that one or two hours have passed. The father and son of the Meng family are from a military family and have experienced a lot of battlefields, including tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people fighting in vicious battles, and they are also accustomed to seeing bloody scenes of killing, but in front of them is just a collision and battle between 3,000 cavalry and 1,500 infantry, but it gives people a feeling that even if tens of thousands of soldiers are fighting, it is difficult to compare.
The astonishing and terrifying fierce attack power of the heavy armored cavalry greatly shocked Meng Wu and Meng Tian's father, such an impact is far from being comparable to the ordinary light cavalry, far above his imagination, he can't imagine that Gao Yuan still has such a powerful army in his hands, so will this be the most hole card of the plateau? Or in the hands of Gao Yuan, will there be other trump cards.
Although the Qin army has fully used the new horse furniture, the Qin army still retains a large number of chariots, because the impact of the ordinary light cavalry is not enough, and the chariot still has its value, but the emergence of the heavy armored cavalry can also announce the complete end of the era of chariots.
And the stronger the heavy armored cavalry, the more it reflects the bravery of the Kuafu warriors, although Meng Tian secretly rejoiced, fortunately, he left the Kuafu warriors behind, otherwise it is impossible to resist the impact of the heavy armored cavalry with only ordinary soldiers, because this is not something that can be solved by the accumulation of numbers.
But the warriors of the Kuafu clan were able to block the powerful impact of the heavily armored cavalry with their flesh and blood, and Meng Tian was not only happy, but also couldn't help but be even more frightened, because in a strict sense, the warriors of the Kuafu clan were not the army of the Qin State, but Han Teng's private army, so would there be any other strength in Han Teng.
At this time, Meng Tian suddenly discovered that Gao Yuan and Han Teng were both full of mysteries, which made people unable to see through.