As mentioned earlier, the "Sky Thunder" today is not a mine from later generations. It has weak explosion power and a small killing radius. It is only suitable for attacking the morale of the Xianbei people, disrupting the enemy formation, and truly completing the final blow, infantry and cavalry also need to be used.

Seeing the Xianbei people still in chaos in the distance, Zhao Xing issued an order to his soldiers: "Ring the drums as a clamor, and the army from all directions will leave the tunnel to fight the Xianbei people!"

"Dongdong-Dongdongdong!" As a result of a drum sound, the originally empty "Qingnito" was opened around the "Qingnito" that was disguised as dead grass and weeds, and groups of soldiers emerged from the hiding tunnel.

"The large shield soldiers line up, the spear soldiers support the spears, and the archers prepare!" A series of orders were issued by battalion commanders who participated in the military analysis meeting to each company, and the company commander of each company will then issue orders to each soldier.

Zhao Hutou, a hunter from Zhaojiazhuang, followed Guan Yu to join the Zhenbei Pioneer Army. In less than a year, he was promoted to a battalion commander under the Heavy Infantry Division of the Pioneer Army because of his military merits. At this moment, he was nervous and orderly commanding his brothers to support the fences covered by the Tibetan soldiers tunnels, forming a tripping fence outside the tunnel. Behind the fence is a large shield wall tightly clasped together by chains. From the gap specially left by the shield wall, dense spears stretched out to forty-five degrees. From a distance, he looked like a huge "iron hedgehog".

The tactic of using shield walls and spears to resist cavalry attacks came from Zhao Xing. When he first formed heavy infantry, he repeatedly thought about how to use infantry to fight cavalry. In the eyes of others, the conclusion that cavalry had almost no solution to infantry against infantry was completely overturned by Zhao Xing. After repeated exercises and actual combat tests, as long as the infantry's protection can withstand the cavalry's bows and arrows, the shield wall protection is solid enough, and the cavalry that rely on momentum and speed can actually be used to win this "iron hedgehog" composed of companies.

The spear stretched out from behind the shield wall, the exposed spear tip can stab the cavalry in the opposite direction, and the tail of the spear hidden behind the shield wall can provide sufficient support for the shield wall. The longbow soldiers hiding behind the shield wall only need to shoot arrows desperately, while others provide protection for the longbow soldiers. This tactic was tested in actual combat on New Year's Eve last year and the effect was obvious. Xianbei people were also flesh and blood. Although riding a horse can increase speed, the faster they ran, the more damage they would suffer from hitting the shield wall.

To put it bluntly, the "Iron Hedgehog" formation is a kind of rogue fighting style. I squat here and wait for you to hit the head up. The more you hit the ground, the more severe you will be injured. Of course, the disadvantages of this formation are also obvious: it is only suitable for position defense, blocking roads and blocking roads, but the offensive ability is obviously insufficient, and the training level of front-line soldiers is very high. Once someone is scared by the cavalry's voice and becomes afraid and retreating, cracks will occur in the shield wall and may collapse instantly.

Zhao Xing asked Gao Shun to train 1,000 warriors to the army, with the intention of allocating these people to the "companies" of the basic combat unit, as the core backbone force, stand up in times of crisis to maintain and boost the courage of the soldiers.

This time, the Xianbei people were deeply trapped in "Qingniwa". Zhao Xing planned to use less than 20,000 infantry in his hands, and the 6,000 light cavalrymen on the periphery to completely stay with the He Company to solve the border problems for Bingzhou. This idea sounds crazy and even a bit bold, but Zhao Xing really did it. If he put 50,000 cavalry against 20,000 infantry on the plain, he naturally has little chance of winning. But if factors such as terrain and morale are taken into account, Zhao Xing's bet is still very sure.

Gradually, the Xianbei people came to their senses from panic and fright, gradually rushed out of the "Qingniwa" and had arrived at the edge of the depression. They were surprised to find that a fence was surrounded on the open land that was empty and empty, and behind the fence, clusters of clusters of Han troops that fell from the sky were waiting for him. It was obvious that this was the trap of the Han army, and the Xianbei people were surrounded!

Helian, who was not sent directly to the sky by **, fled to the edge of Qingniwa in a dusty state. Seeing the formation in front of him, his heart twitched violently, and suddenly felt helpless as if he was trapped in the Jedi.

"Order the tribes to break through the siege separately, and then rush out and return to the northern grasslands directly. We were ambushed by the Han people, and it was impossible to go south!" He Lian ordered his personal soldiers bitterly.

As the saying goes, "Rabbits can bite people if they are anxious." The Xianbei people trapped in "Qingniwa" have reached the end of their journey. If they do not break through, they will be trapped to death. If they break through, they will have to face the terrifying spear jungle ahead. The Xianbei people have chosen the latter one after another. Even if they die, they will die on the road to charge. This is the pride and persistence deep in the character of the Xianbei people.

An extremely tragic positional battle finally began. The Xianbei people launched a desperate charge from different directions according to the tribe. Looking at the tip of the spear with cold light, they still looked at it as if they were dead.

"Shoot the arrow!" The company commander behind each iron hedgehog issued an order. "Swish-Swish", a rain of arrows crossed the shield wall and shot towards the Xianbei people coming towards them in a parabola. Then a large number of Xianbei people were caught, but most of them still crossed the arrow rain and approached the shield wall.

"Exit the spear!" Another order came from behind the shield wall. Then the spear stretched out from the gap in the shield wall, making a "puff, puff" sound, puff, puff, puff, puff, and puddle into the chests of the Xianbei war horses and the chests of the Xianbei people.

"Collection of the spear!" The spear was instantly taken back, leaving behind a corpse of Xianbei people and horses before the shield wall.

Lu Bu, who was cruising outside the shield wall, stared at a section of the area he defended. Whenever he saw the powerful charge of Xianbei people, he immediately rushed over with his cavalry to reinforce and splashed arrows on the Xianbei people who were charging forward.

The war had lasted for more than an hour, and the more than ten decisive charges initiated by the Xianbei people were all pushed back by the "steel hedgehog" of the Han army. During this period, several shield walls were once broken by the Xianbei people, but then they were driven back by the cavalry led by Lu Bu, Hu Cheer, Qu Yi and Hu Chuquan who were fighting outside.

Although the two thousand heavily armored cavalry removed their armor, the spears in their hands were still there. Zhao Xing made a cruel decision to let the elites who had spent money dismounted and joined the war. Once he found that there was a crisis in the defense, he immediately went to reinforce. Although the cavalry that had dismounted could no longer be called cavalry, his ability to kill was not lost. The two-meter-long spear stabbed the Xianbei people, it was also very quick.

The eight hundred elite soldiers of Crouching Tiger who broke out from Manber City also joined the battle without hesitation. Although the number of people was small, with the place where they joined, the brothers of Crouching Tiger New Army and the Pioneer Army could feel the strong fighting spirit, and instantly stimulated their determination to fight to the death.

Gradually, the Xianbei people's offensive became weaker. The Xianbei people who died before the "Iron Hedgehog" had filled the tunnel before the tripping horse fence, and the temporary barriers had been destroyed. The Han army and the Xianbei people were already fighting in close combat, and they were all ruthless.

The Xianbei people still insisted because they were dominated by instinctive survival; the soldiers of Zhenbei Legion still insisted because they were dominated by a strong sense of honor and mission. No one of the officers of each army, division, regiment, battalion, and company officials retreated. Many battalion commanders and company commanders had died in battle, and some were even behind the shield walls with the third-ranked deputy company commanders commanding the battle.
Chapter completed!