Chapter 918: Crowd Tactics
Wooden bones are bundled, the battlefield in the western suburbs.
Looking down at the entire battlefield from above, what you see will be a very shocking picture.
The Central Army of Great Xia was located in the west, with a total of 80,000 troops, two infantry divisions of the Somali Corps, a brigade directly under it and a musketeer brigade, and then three cavalry divisions of the Dragon's Blood War Cavalry.
The Chinese army was personally commanded by Di Qing and accompanied by Ma Chao.
The north and south flanks can be seen as the two flanks of the Chinese army, each with 20,000 men, including half of the Somali Corps infantry division and a cavalry division of the Dragonblood War Cavalry.
On both flanks, the commander of the south is Ma Teng, the commander of the Dragonblood War Cavalry Division, and the commander of the north is the division commander of an infantry division of the Somali Corps.
To the east was the navy under the command of Álvaro, with a total of more than 20,000 men.
The remaining infantry division of the Somali Corps, as well as one cavalry division, are not on the main battlefield. The infantry divisions were responsible for the defense of Friendship City, while the cavalry divisions were mainly responsible for securing the food routes and keeping prisoners of war.
In the entire battlefield, the largest number of cavalry was born, all of whom were from the Praetorian Guard; The second is the infantry, and the number of the navy is only a little worse than the infantry. This is also one of the reasons why Di Qing chose siege tactics, although the cavalry is not good at attacking cities, they are good at intercepting enemies in the wilderness.
The four-way army surrounded the wooden bones of the royal city and was impenetrable.
The most shocking is the western suburbs.
As a generation of famous generals, even if there is no war, Di Qing's arrangement is still meticulous.
The 80,000-strong army formed a long army formation across the western wilderness, forming an impregnable steel barrier, with cavalry in front and infantry in the rear.
On both sides of the military formation, there are elite cavalry escorts.
Six temporary checkpoints and their passages, divided into seven sections of the military array barrier. In the middle is the headquarters of the whole army, which is guarded by the brigade and the musketeer brigade.
Behind the barrier was an empty wasteland, where thousands of large iron pots were temporarily erected to cook porridge and distribute it to the people of the royal city who had "fled" here.
Before the commotion began, more than 70,000 people had gathered here.
In front of the barrier is also a wasteland, and for strategic reasons, no woods are allowed near the royal city, not even bushes, because it is bare.
There were more people gathered in the wasteland than in the rear, twelve or thirty thousand. Because the crowd was so dense, it was almost attached to the military formation.
The people at the front could already smell the pungent smell of the war horses.
Behind the crowd was the moat and the white city wall, and the only way to connect each other was the drawbridge and the west gate. Before the revolt began, there was still a steady stream of people pouring out of the city gates and gathering into the wilderness.
The city gates were crowded with people at the same time, and the streets, houses, and even rooftops were crowded with people. Farther afield, there is a large flow of people from all over the city.
The entire western suburbs are full of people, how can you not be shocked.
Because of hunger, the small West Gate became the only way for the 700,000 people in the royal city to escape. The sudden arrival of the Somali Janissaries, with the propaganda of sealing the city gates, naturally detonated the already commotionous crowd.
What kind of scene will it be when hundreds of thousands of people riot en masse?
The people of the royal city, who were blocked between the city walls and the military camps, were like frightened birds, desperately squeezing out of the city, so that the pressure began to pass from the city gate layer by layer, forming a monstrous wave that swept everything.
It's like throwing a pebble into a calm lake, waving in a circle of waves, from the inside out, from near to far, constantly passing out.
The surging crowd used the six levels as a breakthrough, divided into six arrows, and frantically poured towards the rear of the army.
People crowd people, people push people.
Checks at checkpoints are simply unsustainable, and if they are forced to do so, riots are just around the corner. Even a veteran sergeant would sweat his palms when he saw such a crazy crowd.
The situation is spiraling out of control.
Di Qing looked at the chaotic battlefield and said, "Order all departments to stay in place and form an external formation. ”
"No!"
Di Qing is now worried not only about the Somali king taking advantage of the chaos to escape, but also about the Somali coalition army in the royal city. It would be bad if the enemy attacked at this time.
It is precisely in this way that the army cannot afford to mess with itself.
As long as the army holds its ground, no wave of the people will be enough to change the course of the war.
At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the open space in front of and behind the separation zone.
"Ah~~~"
Even in the hustle and bustle of the scene, this scream was still piercing.
With the scream, I saw a middle-aged man in the crowd lying in a pool of blood, with a sharp knife stuck in his chest, gurgling blood spurting out, soaking through the yellow soil under him, and he was not alive.
"Oh no, I killed someone~~~~I killed someone~~~"
The sudden blood and death made the crowd more and more frantic and desperately squeezed forward.
In order to create more chaos in the crowd, Somali players do not hesitate to wave butcher knives at NPC civilians.
The first scream was like a signal of action, and then, one after another, screams continued to sound in the crowd, like death, mercilessly harvesting fresh lives.
What happens when a few tigers are mixed in a herd of sheep and the tigers show their fangs?
The already restless crowd exploded completely, and the surging crowd rushed to the level desperately, and the level, the passage, seemed to have become the dividing line between life and death, peace and war, which was particularly eye-catching.
But are the levels safe?
Not necessarily!
"Ah~~~"
At this moment, another scream came from the level passage.
At this moment, the scene was completely chaotic, and there was no safe place.
The crowd, who were almost in a frenzy, began to rush towards the military formation, and in the hearts of the people, at this time, they were afraid that only the Great Xia army, this group of "hateful" invaders, could protect them.
Irony, seriously.
"Stand back, hurry back!"
In the face of the surging crowd, the cavalry on the periphery raised their spears, and the cold light was cold.
These cavalrymen were all from the Praetorian Guard, strong-willed, calm-breathed, and unmoved. The body exudes an awe-inspiring murderous aura, which is prohibitive.
There is no doubt that if someone were to rush into the army, these ruthless knights would surely stab the spears in their hands.
The crowd was stagnant.
However, in the rear of the cavalry, the infantry from the Somali Corps was a little flustered, and most of the members of the corps were from Moroccan prisoners of war, and they did not have much combat experience, so they were inevitably a little uncomfortable in the face of such a large battle.
Fortunately, the backbone generals in the army were all from other field corps, and they quickly stabilized the formation.
What the army can do at the moment is to form phalanxes and not be dispersed by the crowd. Once they are scattered and caught in the vast sea of people, the consequences will be unimaginable.
No one knows how many "assassins" are hidden in the crowd.
The people were intimidated by the army, and they did not dare to storm the army formation, so they could only rush to the rear with their lives. In their minds, the rear is the last place of peace.
Unfortunately, they will be disappointed after all.
Not long after the assassination, tens of thousands of Somali combat professional players, who had been quietly assembled in the rear, took out their weapons one by one and bared their fangs towards the Great Xia army.
"Kill!"
"Kill the invaders!"
The player shouts slogans and desperately swings a butcher's knife at the Somali Corps.
The attack came so suddenly that the infantry of the corps was caught off guard, and suffered heavy losses at once.
"What a thief, it's so insidious."
The Great Xia army was extremely angry, and immediately turned around and fought with these players. In the process, the formation was inevitably impacted, but fortunately, the army was well-trained and could fight with the Inhumans while stopping the surging crowd.
The most innocent people are afraid of these people in the royal city, they are like a group of rabbits, panicked, six gods and no masters, but they continue to cause trouble.
As the fighting in the rear gradually started, the people who had been staying in the rear were like frightened birds, and they did not hesitate to flee to the outer wilderness.
Di Qing, the commander of the Great Xia Army, looked at all this with a grim face, and he couldn't think about whether the Somali king had escaped from the encirclement through chaos.
The most important thing now is how to control this chaotic situation.
The Chinese army, which was divided into seven pieces, was surrounded by crowds on all sides, and the scene was extremely chaotic. The best way to do this is to gather the army together.
But Di Qing didn't dare.
If the checkpoint is cut off at this time and the crowd is dispersed, the situation will only deteriorate further, and the crowd without the channel will rush towards the army desperately.
This passage has become a lifeline for the people to escape, and the only way to get through this difficult time is to guide the crowd into the depths of the wilderness.
Therefore, not only can this passage not be cut off at this time, but the sergeant must be arranged to maintain the security of the passage, and be responsible for eliminating the "assassins" hiding in the passage.
What a great irony!
…………
Di Qing thought that the current chaos was already the worst situation.
It's a pity that he still underestimated the viciousness of the enemy.
Just as the situation was further chaotic, the Praetorian Guard, which had previously been ordered to seal the city gates, was dispatched again.
This is a cavalry.
After issuing the warning to seal the city gate, the Praetorian Guard seemed to have received some signal, and when chaos outside the city arose, it immediately ignored the people near the city gate and launched a direct charge at the city gate.
One can imagine what kind of human tragedy a cavalry charge in a dense crowd will cause. In an instant, dozens of people could not dodge, were trampled to death by war horses, and their bodies were on the spot.
"Wow!"
Strange to say, in such an instant, the crowded crowd in front of them miraculously gave way to a passage. People would rather be thrown into a human pile and squeezed into meatloaf than be trampled on by this group of demons.
I have to say that the potential of people to burst out at a critical moment is really amazing.
The cavalry quickly rushed to the gates, and strangely enough, instead of closing the gates to complete their mission, they rushed out and into the crowd outside the city.
"How so?"
The people near the city gate couldn't believe their eyes, their army, ignoring their lives and wantonly trampling on their lives, was even more hateful than the Great Xia army.
"What a ruthless king we have chosen."
The people's faces turned pale, their bodies trembled incessantly, and their hearts were completely cold and desperate.
How do these people know what it is for the Somali king to sacrifice some civilians in order to save their lives and keep the throne.