There was no temptation from the beginning of the battle between the two wings. A layer of flesh and blood was laid on the ground, and Feather Arrow laid another layer of flesh and blood on top of the flesh.
The soldiers rushed forward stepping on the dead soldiers, and there was no turning back.
The soldiers in front may be afraid or want to retreat, but the soldiers behind push forward, how can they turn back? When this kind of dense group charges, the most important thing is not the will to win, but try not to fall, once you fall, you will die, an ugly death.
Archers are the fastest moving of all infantry arms, so at the beginning of the battle, what I saw was that the archers on both sides ran forward desperately. When they reached the range, the feather arrows began to move towards The opponent's head poured. And at this time, it is a critical moment to test whether an archer is qualified.
The best archers can shoot at most three arrows in such a short period of time, and being able to shoot two arrows is actually considered qualified. The two sides hedged, and the distance of more than a hundred steps was really not very long. And behind the archer is the spearman whose movement speed is second only to the archer among the infantry units.
Spearmen are also the cheapest of all arms.
Ash shaft, iron tip.
Compared with the long spears commonly used by the Sui army, the cost of the spear is so low that it can be ignored. Even making a hardwood long lance is much more expensive than making a spear, let alone a composite long lance.
After the archers on both sides quickly shot a few arrows, the array began to change. The spearman following behind the archer began to rush forward like crazy, and at this time, the difference between the Sui army and the victorious army became particularly obvious.
Although Yang Jian's troops seem to be a little smaller, they are all regular soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. And Sheng Tu's original left avant-garde elite was arranged by him at the back, and now all the soldiers under Jin Shiduo's men are rushing forward. These soldiers have not received any decent training at all, and they are much worse than the Sui Army in terms of quality.
The archers of the victorious army ran in a messy formation, while the archers of the Sui army could keep the most basic organizational structure intact even when they were running. After stopping, the Sui army's archers quickly found their own position, and then re-formed the square formation.
The archers of the victorious army were too far behind. When they stopped, they were already scattered.
After the feather arrow was shot, the Sui army's archers immediately changed their formation. The original phalanx was quickly tightened, and the two stood close together, thus creating a gap, and the long spear and saber hands behind also rushed forward along this gap, so that the formation could still be maintained. complete.
In terms of dealing with Yujian, Sui Jun's quality is far better than Sheng Jun's.
When the Sui army attacked, after rushing past the archers, the spearmen regrouped into a dense formation, then raised the spears in their hands high, and led by the slogans of the generals in front, they moved regularly from left to right swing. The spear array swinging back and forth can effectively reduce the lethality of feather arrows.
Liuzhou City Wall
Shengtu looked at the scene of the battle with his clairvoyant eyes, his face changed slightly: "Jin Shiduo gathered hundreds of thousands of horses in an instant, and he thought that these hundreds of thousands of horses could be equal to me... His soldiers are basically The mob. In front of the Sui army, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold out for an hour."
Liu You, his general, was startled: "Your Majesty... if Jin Shiduo's troops are routed and attack the main formation, once the enemy sticks behind and chases them down, wouldn't that cause an upside-down bead curtain?"
"How could I allow this to happen?"
Shengtu said: "Everyone who leads the army knows that once the situation of rolling up the bead curtain is formed, then they have already lost. I arranged Jin Shiduo's troops in front, not simply to preserve strength. You see clearly, wait Tell me when Jin Shiduo's men start to retreat."
Liu You quickly agreed, and stared at the battlefield with clairvoyance.
Sui Jun
On the high platform
Yang Jian put down his clairvoyance and smiled coldly: "I heard that Luo Yao used his troops very well, and he was a rare famous general at that time. Luo Yao did fight a few beautiful battles when the Great Sui eradicated the merchants. Shengtu followed Luo Yao After so many years, how did Yao have such a low vision of using soldiers? He thought that keeping Jin Shiduo's mob at the front was to preserve his strength as an elite left forward, but in fact it was a disadvantage."
"Pass down my military order!"
Yang Jian said loudly: "Move two more troops to press up. Now Jin Shiduo's troops are about to collapse, and one more straw is enough... Once Jin Shiduo's troops retreat, stick behind and kill!"
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General Ye Sheng of the Sui Army led a team of elite troops, and stabbed fiercely into Jin Shiduo's troops like a wedge. Seeing that the flag of the left wing of the victorious army was not far in front, Ye Sheng threw the horizontal knife at that Pointing in the direction, the elite of all battles behind him rushed over there.
Even though the Sui Dynasty had collapsed, the combat effectiveness of the Sui army should not be underestimated. Compared with those bandits, the overall quality of the Sui army is much higher. In the early days of the Sui Dynasty, a few hundred Sui soldiers were often able to wipe out a bandit team known as ten thousand people. As for Jin Shiduo's troops, they were either people who were taken into captivity, or they were bastards who wanted to make a living. When it came to killing techniques, they didn't know anything at all.
After the two sides got mixed up, although it looked like a mess, if you look carefully, the formation of the Sui army is still very complete. Five people form a small plum blossom formation, which seems to be scattered, but as long as you find the rules of their formation, you will clearly see the Sui army's one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one by battalion.
Ye Sheng split half of the swordsmen of the victorious soldier in front of him with one knife, and kicked the corpse aside with one kick. The knives in his hand took advantage of the trend and removed half of the shoulder of the second victorious soldier.
"Change the knife!"
He threw away the horizontal knife that had broken several gaps in his hand, stretched his hand back, and his personal soldiers immediately stuffed a horizontal knife into his hand. Even a Sui-style horizontal knife would quickly collapse in such a strong collision. After hacking to death more than a dozen people, Ye Sheng shouted to change the knife again, and his personal soldiers handed over another one.
Using Ye Sheng as an arrow, soon the Shengjun's resistance was torn a bloody hole. The advancing Sui army formed a triangle, and Ye Sheng was the sharpest corner of the triangle. As he got deeper, the Sui army could tear apart the winning army's formation more and more.
Seeing that the general flag was not far away, Ye Sheng gave a loud cry and charged forward with all his might. When Jin Shiduo's general He Wei saw the generals of the Sui army rushing over, he was already frightened. He kept waving his arms to make the soldiers push forward, but he still didn't dare to fight, where did the soldiers have the determination to die
Ye Sheng swept away the neck of a lieutenant of Shengjun in front of him with a knife, and rushed forward in the spurted blood. These elite soldiers of the Sui army are like a harvester, and those victorious soldiers are like wheat, falling down piece by piece.
"Cut the general flag!"
Ye Sheng yelled, and then led a hundred or so soldiers forward. The soldiers of the victorious army were forced to back up again and again, and some of them accidentally fell while walking backwards, holding their heads and howling, thinking that they would die, but found that the soldiers of the Sui army didn't bother to pay attention to him, but rushed straight towards the general flag.
Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, He Wei had no choice but to take off the horse spear from the victory hook, and stab Ye Sheng in the heart with a spear. With a push on the pole, He Wei's four fingers on one hand were all cut off.
Ye Sheng's personal soldier Xiaowei slashed He Wei's horse on the front leg, and the horse fell forward with a howl. He Weiwei turned pale with shock, he didn't care about the injury on his hand, when he was struggling to stand up, he saw the light of a horizontal knife swaying in front of his eyes.
Then he definitely felt his world spinning, and his eyes shifted extremely fast.
In the next second, he saw the thick blood spurting from his broken neck.
With a snap, his head fell to the ground.
Ye Sheng kicked He Wei's head away, then strode up to snatch the general flag from the frightened Shengjun soldier, and snapped it into two pieces on his knee.
"The flag on the left wing of the victorious army fell!"
The Sui army burst into cheers, and the soldiers advanced more fiercely.
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"I can't go on like this!"
Jin Shiduo's capable men saw that the left wing had toppled the flag, and immediately turned to look at Jin Shiduo: "General, hurry up and ask for help! If you don't ask for help, all of us will be involved!"
Jin Shiduo's face turned blue and white, and subconsciously looked back at the Liuzhou city wall and smiled coldly: "Ask for help? If Shengtu sends a reinforcement, I, Jin Shiduo, have misjudged the person! He just let me do it on purpose." People are at the front, so that he can preserve his strength."
"Then what to do?"
his men asked eagerly.
"Let the people in front stand against me!"
Jin Shiduo gave an order, and then lowered his voice and said, "If the Sui army attacks too fiercely in a while, let the rear team prepare to retreat to the east, make an opening, and let the Sui army rush towards Shengtu's men and horses through the opening. You want me to be a shield, but you haven't asked me if I agree or not!"
Sui Jun
Yang Jian saw that the left wing had completely suppressed the victorious army, and finally smiled: "Add another army and go immediately, the enemy's left wing is already showing signs of defeat, just add more strength."
"Is this about to win?"
Da Zizai, who was standing beside Yang Jian, asked.
Yang Jian shook his head: "Perhaps this was just intentional by Shengtu. He still has at least hundreds of thousands of elites that he has not used. What he has broken through now is just Jin Shiduo's defense line. Jin Shiduo and Shengtu are at odds. If there is no accident, It won't be long before Jin Shiduo will make a way out."
"Discord?"
Da Zizai couldn't help laughing: "It's always a special pleasure to have discord between the enemy and himself."
"You haven't led the army before, so you don't know... Sometimes the seemingly victorious results are not real victories, but holes dug by the enemy on purpose. Therefore, never underestimate any opponent."
Yang Jian put down his clairvoyance and ordered loudly: "Let Su Li, who is attacking the right wing, be more aggressive. Both wings will be involved, and he will be able to attack the enemy's central army after a while."
"Mosa."
Yang Jian turned his head and glanced at his general Mosa: "Take your armored army and prepare to press forward. Once Jin Shiduo's men and horses open a hole, immediately lead people to squeeze in!"
Liuzhou City
Shengtu saw that Jin Shiduo's left wing had collapsed, instead of being angry, his face was a little relaxed: "Let the firearms battalion go up, and when the Iron Armored Army comes up, use muskets to force Jin Shiduo's men to mix with the Iron Armored Army. Those Iron Armored Army Their movement speed is already slow, which is their shortcoming, and it will be even slower after being mixed together... "
"A lion is fierce, but if he can't run..."
A smugness flashed in Shengtu's eyes: "I have a hundred ways to kill it."