As a powerful supplement to early strike weapons, catapults and repeating crossbows, which were originally used to siege cities and suppress the opponent's long-range strike weapons, were also used in positional warfare. A large number of giant slings gathered at the rear of the spearmen, and repeating crossbows The car directly increases the elevation angle and position so that it can more effectively deal a direct blow to the opponent's heavy cavalry.
The light cavalry were deployed on both sides to deliver the final blow in the middle of the fight. However, the few heavy cavalry in Western Xinjiang did not show up. No one knew that this group of armored cavalry and unicorn armored beasts was composed of When will the powerful force appear? But in the eyes of the Puer people, the heavy cavalry in Western Xinjiang is still amateur compared to their armored cavalry. If you want to break through, they are not much weaker than the heavy infantry of Gaoyue. The phalanx is purely a fantasy.
There was no expression on Kamapov's dark face. As the commander of the war on the Eastern Front, he was able to successfully drag the 200,000 troops of the Puer people into a trap and reach this point. It was perfect. Although the people of Poole have now realized that the general situation is not good, they are like an iron cow lying in the mud. If they want to escape from this encirclement, it is not based on their will. The fighting for several days has driven the people of Poole into more and more despair. The encirclement has become tighter and thicker, like a noose around the neck. The people of Poole feel like they can't breathe.
Kamapov did not want to confront the opponent head-on, especially after learning that Liang Chongxin's northern army had successfully held back the Kaman Guards west of Fanlin, his thoughts became more obvious. In addition to continuously strengthening fortifications, only a few ranger regiments can be deployed on the battlefield. They constantly harass the guerrillas and use their strong mobility advantages to avoid a decisive battle with the Puer people, which is enough to wear out the patience of the Puer people.
For Kunbo, these are not the most critical problems. He sees that food is getting less and less day by day. Due to the Kaman people's breach of trust, there is no news about the Kaman army that came to meet them and bring supplies. Kunbo has realized that The Kaman people may be in bad luck, and if he doesn't make a decision, he may follow in the footsteps of the Kaman people. The only hope lies in the tens of thousands of armored cavalry in his hands. Only by relying on them to completely defeat the Western Xinjiang Army's camp from the front and completely defeat the confidence of the Western Xinjiang people. Only by achieving such a complete victory can our side have a real chance to escape. Otherwise, according to the current insignificant little In a large-scale battle, I am afraid that within a few days, my soldiers will have to go into battle hungry.
Head-on confrontation seemed to be the only option for the people of Poole, and the opponent unusually chose this method to settle the grievances between the two parties. This surprised Kunbo, but with the arrow on the string, Kunbo had no other choice at this time, even if there was a He had no choice but to brave the cliff and rush forward.
Kamapov also has unspeakable difficulties. The information coming from the war zone is that the Sislo people are about to intervene in negotiations, and the Pu people are also conducting large-scale mobilization for their 200,000-strong army that is trapped in the siege. These two The news forced Kamapov to change his strategy and conduct a decisive battle in advance. However, Kamapov is already very satisfied. The morale of the Puer people has been reduced to a dangerous level by his own side, and the arrival of heavy cavalry and unicorn armored beasts has also given Kamapov a little more confidence. , according to the opinion of the secret letter sent by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, Western Xinjiang cannot tolerate the departure of this main force of Poole. The meaning of this sentence made Kamapov formally determined to fight.
The battle that pinned the hopes of the coaches of both sides finally started in the early morning. Both sides unanimously chose heavy cavalry as a killer move to break through the other side's defense line and undermine the other side's confidence. However, the Poole people, who had 60,000 heavy cavalry, chose to attack from the front. Breaking through directly, hoping to directly defeat the Western Xinjiang Army's camp with the help of the fierce and ferocious offensive of the armored cavalry, while Kamapov placed the Unicorn Armored Beast and the Third Division of the Third Army on the right flank and swept towards the northwest. Although the assault cavalry led by five thousand unicorn armored beasts is slightly slower in starting speed, attacking from the right flank can force the Puer people to change their formation quickly, and can more fully utilize the explosive power of the unicorn armored beasts. The decisive battle between both sides depends on the breakthrough capabilities of their respective heavy cavalry and the defensive capabilities of their heavy infantry. Whoever can defeat the opponent faster and more fiercely, and whoever can resist the opponent's impact more tenaciously will be able to dominate this battle. of victory or defeat.
As the commander of the unicorn armored beast, it was also the first time for Bekere to participate in such a battle. To be honest, it was also the first time for him to participate in a real battle. Although the thousands of men under his command were very good at controlling unicorns. , but now this is not training or acting, but real actual combat, a decisive battle that takes human lives. To say that he wasn't nervous would be to lie to himself, but when he saw the firm and fearless eyes of his subordinates looking at him, the passion and pride that surged in Bekele's chest suddenly diluted that nervousness a lot.
As the spikes pierced into the unicorn's thick skin, the painful unicorn finally started to activate. The heavy cavalry on both wings that had been serving as concealment had made way for the armored beast. Unexpectedly, the first encounter was with the Poole people instead of the Carmanian hoplites as he had imagined. This made Beckley a little disappointed. However, he heard that the Poole heavy infantry was no worse than the Carmanians. Beckley wanted to Let's see if the so-called indestructible hoplite phalanx can withstand the roaring beast of the **.
On the Yunan Plain in the middle of winter, the soil was frozen as solid as iron, and the footprints left by each galloping jump of the unicorn armored beast were still two inches deep. The hard mud immediately changed in front of the almost violent footsteps of these monsters. It was so dilapidated that when five thousand armored beasts surged across the land, you simply couldn't believe what kind of destructive force it was that would turn such a land into such a miserable state.
When the attack wave composed of countless unicorn armored beasts slowly appeared at the edge of the sight of the already prepared Puer infantry, no one expected that the heavy cavalry from Western Xinjiang came so slowly that the Puer infantry even I doubt whether the heavy cavalry of the Western Xinjiang Army is even worthy of its reputation.
But when waves of strange roars came from the group of cavalry that were getting faster and faster, some people seemed to realize that the cavalry swarming in front of them was not what they imagined.
"Oh my God! What is that?!"
"Hoho, mom. What's that over there? A herd of bison? What's going on?"
"What's going on? Where did the herd of bison come from?"
"Fuck you! What kind of buffalo herd?! That's the Bein people's unicorn herd! Report it to the Captain!"
"Stabilize your position! Hold on, hold on! Don't panic! Deal with it the same way you deal with heavy cavalry, it's no big deal!"
"Don't mess up your position! Maintain your formation, be ready to resist the cavalry! Be ready to throw the lance!"
Poole's heavy infantry, which had formed a neat defensive formation, erupted slightly, causing even the earth to tremble. Like the appearance of an alien monster, the black unicorn armored beast rolled over like a tidal wave. The thick unicorn was exposed outside the thick armor. The warrior sitting astride the unicorn was also fully armored. The face was completely covered by the ferocious helmet. Only a pair of eyes flashed with a faint dark light in the morning light.
The two black lines finally merged together at that moment. The sharp horse-repelling gun looked so fragile in front of the unicorn armored beast. It either broke suddenly or flew to the side. The originally thick-skinned unicorn was wrapped in thick iron leaf armor, like a moving steel monster. The poor Poole heavy infantry had never seen such a violent armored beast. The unicorn armor weighed a thousand kilograms. The beast relied on its huge inertia and invulnerable body to hit the anvil of Poole's infantry like a huge and heavy hammer crazily. The once strong heavy infantry phalanx looked so fragile in the face of this unstoppable charge formation. It changed from one place to two, from many places to one, from one to one line, and gradually spread to the entire infantry. phalanx.
He saw his spear and halberd stabbing the armored beast helplessly, but the opponent was not damaged at all, and the armored warrior holding the double-edged giant ax high always brought countless blood with every swing. Although this is not enough to make the heroic and capable Poole soldiers retreat, when faced with the collision and trampling of thousands of kilograms of bodies, no one can maintain their position, just like a pot of water that is gradually boiling, slowly but inexorably. The reversal boiled and eventually turned into noisy boiling water.
The formation of the Poole people gradually began to waver and collapse, despite the futile scolding and threats of the officers, but in the face of the charging, trampling and collision of behemoths, the innate wave of fear finally broke the embankment of military discipline. When a phalanx began to collapse, this phenomenon immediately spread to the surrounding phalanxes. Countless infantry phalanxes were pushed and pushed by their own defeated soldiers, one after another, one after another, and the defeated soldiers rushed to wherever they were. They began to collapse in chaos, and the army of 100,000 people just watched helplessly shaken.
The armored cavalry who followed the armored beasts completed the pincer attack just right. For the already collapsed infantry formation, the armored cavalry's charge was like buying people's lives. Swords and axes were slashed, spears were picked and hoofs were stepped on, like a huge tide, the soldiers in a swarm swarmed backwards and fled. Countless soldiers fell at the feet of their comrades before they could even see the faces of the enemies in front of them clearly. Like a giant millstone that starts slowly but gets faster and faster, eventually turning into a spectacular collapse