116 Hit more with less
The front battalion of the Ming army camp acts as the vanguard of the first echelon, the left and right battalions guard the flanks, and the central army acts as the follow-up main force of the central government. When the vanguard opens the gap, the heavy forces of the central army will pour in and tear the enemy's formation!
The rear camp was spread out as a reserve force and guarded the rear of the army.
Of course, in this battle, the rear and flanks of the Ming army camp were almost impossible to be attacked. The reason is very simple. Richard's 3,500 elite cavalry of the border army was on the verge of the battle, and there were only a few hundred soldiers on the other side with horses. If he dared to encircle the border, the elite cavalry of the border army told the opponent in minutes what it means to bully the few with more...
Although the war horses of the elite cavalry of the border army are dragging heavy objects wearing light vests, the system produces must be a high-quality product. As a level 4 soldier, their positioning is light impact cavalry, so they will naturally not lag behind in terms of speed. The war horses produced in the system are all good horses that take into account both short-distance sprints and endurance.
If the armourless archers of the nomadic peoples may not be able to catch up with the elite cavalry of the border army and they will be flying kites, but if those tooth soldiers who are also wearing vests dare to come over, they will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the elite cavalry of the border army.
When Zhaowu Dizhe saw the enemy's military formation, he recognized at a glance that the other soldiers were all local garrison troops in the Tang Dynasty with skillful battle formations.
In terms of military literacy, it is no different from the 3,000 prefectures and county soldiers on our side.
However, the number of enemies is a thousand more than our own!
You know, at this time, our side had been defeated for a while, the vanguard's cannon fodder had collapsed, and the defeated troops were still gathering behind him!
This may have no effect on the military formation on the second line, but morale inevitably declined slightly.
The battlefield is a mysterious place. If the enemy is strong, the morale of one side will naturally decline. The advantages on the battlefield will continue to expand due to the mutual increase and decrease of morale. The disadvantaged party must find a way to turn the situation around to save it. Otherwise, the disadvantaged party will sooner or later collapse!
This battle is even more difficult than Zhaowu Dizhe imagined. The very spicy method of the opponent in the first round opened Zhaowu Dizhe's eyes...
The desperate combat power of the Red Turban servants' army broke out, but the number of its own people exceeded that of the enemy was defeated!
Under the strict defense of the Ming army camp array, the Han soldiers on the second front of the Zhaowu family quickly gave up their crossbows, replaced them with long pole weapons, and slowly pressed them up with almost the same military formation.
Both sides are trained troops under the Tang army system, and their tactics and tactics are exactly the same. Of course, the Tang army's tactics also represent the pinnacle of the cold weapons era.
The crossbow shot first to weaken the enemy, and then the dense spear formation attacked, and the two wings of cavalry were surrounded and attacked. In this way, few enemies of the Tang army could withstand, including the green skin with an overwhelming fighting will!
In this way, two identical military formations collided fiercely!
In terms of armor-wearing rate, Richard, who had confiscated all the guards of the gentry class in Gaoxiang County, had an absolute advantage. Although many of the first row of soldiers from the Zhaowu family were able to wear light iron armor, the armor-wearing rate was simply not comparable to that of the Ming military camp!
Although these Han soldiers were loyal to the Zhaowu family, they were not trusted servants of the Zhaowu family. Naturally, the Zhaowu family could not match all their staff with expensive iron armor.
The Zhaowu family is not worthy of it...
There are more than 3,000 people!
Iron armor is not done just by creating it. There are more places to spend money on maintenance on weekdays, damage repairs after battles, etc., especially on the battlefield, the damage rate of iron armor is very high. Light iron armor defense arrows are OK, but it is difficult to defend against cold weapons in melee, and at most it has an auxiliary role to relieve strength.
Swords can take some effort to slash, but the spear is definitely a hole in one hole!
If you want to effectively defend against melee cold weapons, you must at least reach the level of defense of medium-sized iron armor. If you can have the thickness and hardness of heavy iron armor, you can basically ignore all cold weapons. Only by smashing them with a hammer and other blunt objects can you hurt the fragile human body inside.
Of course, both sides have not reached such a high-end level, but the armor on the high-ranking officers in the Ming army camp was of good quality. Long Liguo was wearing heavy Mingguang armor, and formed an arrow with his front battalion. He broke through a small square formation of a hundred people in just a few minutes after receiving the enemy!
Two torrents crowded together, spears stabbed each other, swords and swords all came up, fighting happily, the muffled sound of sharp blades piercing into flesh and blood and the clanging sound of iron objects colliding.
In less than half an hour of fighting, the front of the Zhaowu family began to decline, because the left and right battalions of the Ming army camp successively entered the battle and formed a military advantage on the front line!
The most important thing is that the advantage of high armor-wrapped rate in the Ming army camp was fully reflected. When the few Han soldiers in the Zhaowu family were killed in front of the armor-wrapped soldiers, the leather-armored soldiers behind had to face a group of enemies with iron sheets, and it was naturally very difficult to fight...
After Han Li saw that his side gradually gained the upper hand, he immediately threw the central army into it. The second front of the Zhaowu family seemed to be unable to withstand it!
At this moment, the Seminister, whose wings were several thousand larger than the two wings, ran forward and killed him!
A large number of friendly troops charged forward, which made the morale of the Han officers and soldiers on the second front a little. No matter how weak the combat power of the Semu people's servants' army was, the number of them was there!
Richard naturally had arrangements for this. The infantry of the fifth barracks who had been escorting the formation immediately divided into two parts to meet the Semuren Servant Army who were charging on both wings. First, a rain of arrows covered the charge, stagnating the charge of the Semuren Servant Army. Then he formed a tight spear formation and thrust the iron spear!
Zhaowu Dizha narrowed his eyes slightly, and quietly watched the army of only 500 people on the opposite side charge towards thousands of semen servants. Unbelievable colors flashed deep in his eyes.
Although the infantry on the other side have good equipment, this kind of enemy with a frontal face of 5 or 6 times that of their own. Are you too confident?
How did those soldiers raise their courage?
In Zhaowu Di's eyes, the courage of the 500 soldiers on the opposite side was the most valuable!
If an ordinary Han local garrison army saw 5 or 6 times of its own army rushing overwhelmingly, it would be soft before it could be beaten...
Unless it is the regular field force of the Tang Dynasty!
However, according to the news from Zhaowu Dizhe, the regular Tang army of Anguo Mansion was under the command of the Jiedushi Tao Anbang, so it was impossible for him to appear here!
The regular army of the Tang Dynasty is not an ordinary county and government soldier who can train in large numbers as long as they have time. There will be no more than two thousand people in the Anguo Mansion. How did the mysterious Richard on the other side do it?
Just when Zhaowu Dizhe was confused, the infantrymen in the fifth barracks, divided into two teams to fight against the large number of Seminary Army servants, collided with a bang!
Chapter completed!