Chapter 182: Kill in three steps

Eighty steps!

"Hold the shield"

"Raising the spear!"

"Stay on your feet!"

"Arrow ready!"

The orders sounded again, and the infantry in the front hurriedly placed the empty crossbow in their hands on the ground aside. They picked up a large shield and spear from the ground again. The archers behind also put down the crossbow arrows in their hands and began to slap the arrows. Sixty steps, this is the distance that the archers can shoot.

The range of the opponent's knight's bow is also the best. Although the crossbow is good, the loading of crossbow arrows is time-consuming, and the cost of crossbow arrows is much higher than that of bows and arrows. Therefore, when shooting three pre-loaded crossbow arrows, facing the Khitan cavalry who were already rushing closer and completely rushing into the range of bows and arrows, most of the soldiers of the Sui army turned into shield soldiers and spear soldiers to defend the outside world, leaving only the artificial archers with excellent shooting skills in the back formation and continued to shoot.

Thousands of faces of defense special shields were raised from the outer periphery of the array. The metal shield surface reflected the sun's light, emitting dazzling light, directly hitting the cavalry on the opposite side. Many cavalrymen were so surprised that they could not see anything for a short time.

Although the Khitan cavalry suffered heavy losses under the Sui army's crossbow arrows, they did not retreat. They continued one by one, and still maintained a strong charge speed. At this time, facing the Sui army that had reached its range, they all set their bows and arrows, and waves of arrow rain continued to shoot into the Sui army array. Although with the protection of the large shield, many soldiers were still caught in the arrow rain.

Blood flowers rose up in full swing, and the howling of pain was endless. On the battlefield, there was no kindness or mercy, either you died or I died.

The Khitan cavalry had good cavalry and shooting skills, but the infantry and archery skills in the Sui army were not bad. Under the escort of the shield soldiers in front, the archers calmly shot out a round of feather arrows, and dozens of cavalry fell down immediately.

The Sui army's bows and crossbows were powerful, and the shield and spear formation were defenses. The Khitan cavalry rushed to the front, but not half of the soldiers in the Sui army's formation retreated. Instead, the rain of arrows and spears handed over. The Khitan cavalry had horses that were not afraid of death to rush to the formation. In a short while, thirty or forty cavalry were poked to the ground by the forest-like spears. Even the horses and people were all covered with blood.

Seeing this situation, the two hundred and fifteen Khitan cavalry dared not rush up like this anymore. The cavalry behind them were all galloping past both sides of the array with their heads. Only these Khitans who lived on horseback could have such horse riding skills. If they were replaced by the recruits from the Northeast cavalry, they would have been overturned by such riding movements.

Under such a strong and dense defensive formation, the Khitan knights did not get a single point for a long time, but the Sui army was also ruthlessly hit by the Khitan throwing car. Faced with such a dense formation of the Sui army, the Khitan throwing car could easily throw stone bullets and fireballs into the forefront of the Sui army's array without measuring and aiming. The first stone bullet or fireball hit would make a blank in the dense array. Each time it hit, at least two or three soldiers would have to be taken away.

Even if there was a shield block, there were still heavy casualties. In this short first round of attack, nearly two thousand Khitans fell, most of whom died under crossbow arrows. Although the Sui army successfully stabilized its position and defended against the impact of the Khitans, the losses suffered by the catapult cart were also heavy.

It was a stone bullet, a fireball, a bow and arrow. The Sui army had more than 20,000 soldiers, and five or six hundred people were killed in a short period of time. This was the limit of the number of stone catapults of the Khitans, and the firing speed was relatively slow. However, even such casualties were killed and killed, Chen Kefu could not bear it. The first one here was a soldier who had experienced several wars. Even the new recruits had become almost qualified soldiers.

They did not die in Xincheng, and in Jinshan Canyon, but now they are going to die in the hands of these Khitans who suddenly came out halfway.

Chen Kefu's eyes were about to break. If he continued to fight like this, the loss would definitely be greater than that in the Battle of Kingsoft Canyon.

"Go and see if Li Shimin is ready? Does it take so long to prepare for war with armor? The brothers in front of them fought and killed their lives and suffered heavy casualties. As the elite aces in our Northeast Army, they were watching the show. Go and tell him, I hope that within half an hour, I will see him with his brothers from the heavy infantry brigade to break through the defenses in front of the dense forest of the Khitans. After half an hour, even if there is still a catapult on fire, then he, the brigade commander of the First Heavy Infantry Brigade of the Reserve, should not do it anymore. At that time, he will get out of the medical camp to serve the wounded."

After the war has been fought for so long, the heavy infantry brigade he has been looking forward to has not yet appeared, which makes him very angry. In the case of a big situation, the heavy infantry brigade is a good time to attack. As long as they attack the enemy's formation and destroy the group of catapults, they can continue to use a tight formation to counter-encircle, squeeze the Khitan cavalry step by step, and finally defeat the Khitans who ambushed them.

Zhang Jin shouted loudly, "Master, I will personally convey the words of the Master to Brigade Commander Li." After that, he rode on the war horse and rushed backwards.

When they arrived at the back formation, Li Shimin's six thousand infantry were just wearing armor and gathering in a formation.

Zhang Jin did not be polite to the Grand Marshal's brother-in-law, and shouted directly, "The Grand Marshal has an order. The heavy infantry brigade must take down the array of formations in the opposite dense forest within half an hour and destroy all the catapults."

After saying that, he whispered in Li Shimin's ear, "General Li, the general is angry. I hope you can hurry up. Those Liao people's catapults have caused us to suffer heavy casualties, and the general is angry. If you can't take down those catapults within half an hour, the general said that even if only one is left, you will be driven to the medical camp to serve the wounded soldiers. You have to hurry up, and I have the heavy responsibility of guarding the general, so I will go back first." After saying that, he went straight to Chen Kefu's banner without looking back.

When Li Shimin heard that his brother-in-law was so dissatisfied with him, he became angry. The last time he fought against the Liaodong City ambush, he had made a contribution, but in the end, he lost the title of major general who was about to be obtained because of a fight, and turned it into a reserve force. Even the battle flag was cut off halfway. This was a great humiliation for him.

In this Kingsoft ambush, the heavy infantry brigade performed well. He already felt that as long as he returned to Liaodong City this time, he might not only restore the battle flag to them, but perhaps their reserves would also be restored to the first-line combat force sequence.

If all this is changed because of the current situation. He even made him a son of a dignified prince and a brother-in-law of the general. In the end, not only did the major general fail, but he also had to go to the wounded barracks to take care of the wounded soldiers. Then he would never have the face to stay in the Northeast Army. What's more important is that the heavy infantry brigade, which was also demoted to reserves last time, performed very well in the last Battle of Kingsoft Canyon.

Unlike the heavy infantry brigade, it is a newly established unit, with new recruits inside. The heavy cavalry brigade is all veterans of the military camp, and Guo Xiaoke was even the one who was the chief of the commander. Now he and Guo Xiaoke have already solved their problems because of the last incident. Although they were both involved in the matter, they no longer interacted. Both of them were holding back their energy and planned to surpass each other.

If Guo Xiaoke finally brought the troops back to the front line due to what happened today, he would finally bring the troops back to the battle sequence, restore the military flag, and even raise the rank of brigade general. But he would still have to be downgraded, then he would be even more unbearable.

Li Shimin walked to the front of the array with great strides and shouted at the people of thousands of heavy infantry brigades, "You have used it for so long for equipping armor? Do you think you are amazing? Don't eat me, you get a higher salary than others, and even your armor and weapons are better than others. You just piled up with countless gold and silver, but! Look at you, look at our current battle flag! There is only half left there, that is a shame, but you still have the face to smile."

"Those who eat worse than us, take less than us, and even have less equipment than us, are fighting hard in front of us, but you can still smile at the half flag. Shameless! Now the commander has an order to take down the opposite forest within half an hour and destroy all the Khitan dogs' catapults. I don't have that much time for you, I can only give you two scale clocks. If within two scale clocks, we can't take down the dense forest and destroy all the catapults, then there will be no heavy cavalry brigade in the future, and even the reserves will no longer be. Don't think about eating the best ones, get the highest ones and the most well-equipped ones!"

"Today, we will show our abilities to let everyone understand that we eat the best, the highest, the most well-equipped, and the best. Everyone obeys the orders, pick up your Modao, form the Modao square formation, and rush straight to the dense forest opposite the chariot. Remember, this is not a surprise attack, and there will be no cavalry covering the flank. This is a frontal charge, and we want everyone to see that our heavy infantry brigade is the strongest!"

"Go forward! Charge!"

Li Shimin roared, and waved the Mo Dao, a meter-long Mo Dao, and the six thousand infantrymen, wearing infantry armor and holding Mo Dao, lined up a huge square formation and rushed straight towards the opposite side. In the past, the Mo Dao Army had never rushed before, and they were all lined up in a square formation waiting for others to come into contact. But today, they took the initiative to attack, not only took the initiative to attack, but also led by the half flag in the hands of the flag-master in front, they began to move faster and faster, and even trot slowly.

"kill!"

Every time three steps forward quickly, the thousands of people from the heavy cavalry brigade would roar and "kill" together!

This is the exclusive logo of the heavy infantry brigades. They use three steps to kill each time to adjust the entire formation to maintain the uniformity of the array.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"
Chapter completed!