At this moment, people have lost their normal behavior. Various weird shouts with off-tune sound rang out in the crowd, as if they were crazy. I am afraid that no one can maintain their composure in front of the galloping iron cavalry armed to the teeth.
Suddenly, a black shadow flew in the air. It was a charge of war horses, and a spear was thrown with great force.
Bang, bang, clang, the iron spears penetrated the camp one after another. A soldier of the Northern Han army standing at the back also saw an iron spear flying over. With a loud bang, the iron spear actually hit the square shield and broke the armor and body of the first row of soldiers. The bloody spear head emerged from the back. The people who saw this scene trembled in their hearts. The iron spear pierced the shield and the torso of the person.
The violent roar of "Kill, kill, kill" was deafening, as if it was ringing right next to my ears.
In a flash, there was a loud bang. Before the soldier behind could react, he saw a huge horseman with a heavy body rushing towards the dense infantry formation. Although the iron spears caused some damage to the formation, the Northern Han army formation was not shaken by the momentum, and the spear formation still maintained a defensive formation.
There were the neighing of war horses, the heavy collision sounds, the friction of metal, and even sparks in the dust. The Northern Han soldier's eyes widened, he was not mistaken, the Zhou cavalry had directly crashed into them, and at the last moment the charging war horses could not stop their hooves. A spear as long as a staff pierced the horse's harness, and the war horses seemed to be skewered by several spears, and the yellow earth rising in the air seemed to be stained red by the blood mist.
However, the spears still failed to stop the horses and men. The heavy cavalry, which was splashing blood and weighing more than a thousand pounds, finally rushed in for a distance against the spear formation, then fell to the ground and dragged the cavalry on the horse's back to the ground with a clang, rolling a long way. Screams rang out everywhere. It was not the cavalry that rushed in and shouted that the man might die, but the infantry that was hit and crushed by the armored horses.
The long spear phalanx of the Northern Han army was difficult to break through by cavalry, but they rarely saw heavy cavalry directly charging the phalanx.
In an instant, the generals reacted the fastest. Someone shouted: "The reinforcements behind, quickly raise your spears, or you will die!"
The soldiers of the Northern Han army here were all experienced elite soldiers who had experienced battles. Of course, they understood what would happen if the infantry was dispersed by the heavy cavalry. However, the soldier at the rear watched the long spear not far away. His eyes widened and he could not move. He could not take two steps forward. Who would not be afraid of suffocating and being unable to breathe? His chest was beating, his hands were shaking, the spear in his hand was shaking like a sieve, and even his teeth were chattering. He didn't want to be like this, but his body was really out of control.
There was a sudden shout of "Long live the emperor", and another heavy cavalry came from the front like a small mountain. The vanguard of the Zhou army did not slow down as a whole. The knights rushed to the front of the formation and either charged into the spear line or were hit by the heavy cavalry of the Zhou army behind who had no time to slow down.
Bang!
The gap in the front was too big to be repaired. A moment later, the follow-up cavalry rushed in. One cavalryman was the first to break in. He was riding a tall horse, with his cloak flying high. The plate armor under his battle robe shone brightly in the dusty air. The sharp diamond-shaped spear head in his hand shone with a cold light. The armored cavalryman who looked down from above seemed like ghosts and gods running out of the Yama Palace. The roar of their horses' hooves made people tremble in their hearts.
There was more than one horseman charging in, but a whole group of horses. It was just that the speed was too fast, and some people rushed too far. The first horseman turned sideways and stabbed a soldier in the shoulder and neck with a spear. The sharp weapon rubbed against the armor and the dull sound of it piercing the flesh was very scary. The cavalry came over and fought each other. No matter who died, they would pass by.
The roar of killing was accompanied by the blood splashing from the weapons.
The soldiers of the Northern Han army in front of them were now using their real flesh and blood to resist the approach of the cavalry. Those who tried to stop them would be killed, and those who tried to stop them would be trampled by the cavalry. The infantry soldiers cried out in fear and could not help but retreat. At this time, the hair on their bodies almost stood up. Who could still care about the ranks
Finally, a big man cleverly rushed to the front of a horse and stabbed it with a lance. The horse's sprinting speed killed the knight. He hit the lance head and the armor on his abdomen was pierced by the lance. He screamed and fell off the horse. Immediately, a horse from behind stepped over, too close for the horse to avoid, and stepped on the man with a horse's hoof, which made the scream even more terrifying.
However, in such a horrifying scene, very few people dared to go up to fight against the charging cavalry. The phalanx collapsed immediately. The chaotic infantry faced the cavalry, and even gods could not save them.
The Zhou army's central vanguard attacked this infantry square formation from the front. Moreover, Shi Yanchao's troops were not blocked even once. They directly broke through the chaotic infantry of the Northern Han army square formation and fled in all directions. There was no other way but to escape.
In the wilderness, the center was in chaos, with a large cloud of dust enveloping the chaotic crowd, as if a neat square formation was blown away by a tornado. A large number of Zhou cavalry rushed in, and wherever they went, the dry loess was trampled by a large number of horses' hooves and raised smoke and dust, as if a fire was spreading to the center and the dust was like thick smoke.
Shi Yanchao defeated the elite phalanx at the front, and the infantry phalanx in the depth was even more powerful. They rushed from the two wings of each phalanx, and the infantry who were hit collapsed as soon as they were hit. The front line quickly penetrated the center of the Northern Han army.
The defense of the central formation of the Northern Han army, which was very deep, was like paper. They had originally launched an attack formation in a crescent shape, which became a roughly U-shaped formation. However, the cavalry on both wings had to shrink to the center to save the central army from the threat.
At this time, Shi Yanchao broke through several layers of infantry lines, and his strength gradually weakened. His lone army could not penetrate the elite front camp of the central army. In addition, the Northern Han cavalry on both sides contracted to encircle him. Shi Yanchao immediately broke out to the west, because Zhang Guanghan's cavalry and a part of the Hu Ben army's cavalry infantry were in front of him to support the vanguard and attack the central route.
A cavalry unit of the Northern Han army on the left wing arrived first from the west and approached Shi Yanchao's charging front. The two units started fighting as soon as they met.
"I'd like to learn a few moves from you," shouted a burly man with a beard, holding a spear, and stared at Shi Yanchao, who was obviously a general of the Zhou army, and led his troops to charge towards him.
Shi Yanchao was covered in blood, not his own blood, but the blood of others, which had turned his armor dark red. He did not say anything, but went forward with a murderous look on his face. The soldiers on both wings were busy clamping down on the cavalry on the opposite side. This kind of situation often happened in the battle formation. When the opponent's general opened his mouth to speak, he would most likely want to challenge the general in a duel.
But the generals of the Northern Han army probably did not guess that this unusually tall and strong general was Shi Yanchao, who was known as the most powerful general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they stabbed him with a spear as soon as they met.
Shi Yanchao still had a gun in his hand, but it was shorter. He raised his gun and knocked down the spear that was stabbing at him. Although his gun was shorter, the gun shaft was a thick iron rod, very heavy, and he easily deflected the opponent's spear. His move was not limited to just one action. After a slight delay, the two riders approached, and he just took out his gun and chopped them in the face. It turned out that the gun also had this trick, but Shi Yanchao was very strong, so it was easy for him to use it however he wanted.
The spear head directly passed through the big man's face. Ah, the big man immediately covered his face with his hands, blood seeping out from his fingers. Shi Yanchao had passed by on horseback at a very fast speed, but there was another rider behind him who immediately rushed forward, raised his long-handled saber, raised his hand flat, and pointed the tip of the knife at the guy's neck. When the warhorse rushed close, he stabbed it in with a knife. The opponent didn't even resist. The cavalry pulled the blade inwards, and the big man groaned again, his head drooped, and blood spurted out of his veins, covering the knight's head and face with blood.
No one in the Northern Han army could stop Shi Yanchao's attack, which allowed the main force of the cavalry to remain mobile and not be trapped in one place. Shi Yanchao saw that the dismounted infantry of the Zhou army in the west were attacking, so he led everyone to counterattack from the center of the enemy camp.