Da Wei Chun

Chapter 480 Torrential Rain Pear Flower Arrow

Cavalry tactics can be described as varied and innumerable.And the most used one is the swarm-like dispersal formation used by the Rouran people at this time: can attack, defend, gather, disperse, separate, join, advance, retreat...

The best use of this formation is nomads who grew up on horseback since childhood.

Before the Song Dynasty, it was called Shuzhen, but Li Chengzhi changed it to another name: Crow Soldiers Scattering Stars.From Lang Peng Daya’s description of the Mongolian cavalry in the Southern Song Dynasty:
When encountering the enemy's formation, they will be three, three, five, five, four, five, never clustered, and surrounded by the enemy.Large-scale infantry should be organized, while cavalry should be divided.

The enemy is also divided, the enemy is united and the enemy is united, and their cavalry is also far or near, more or less, or gathered or scattered.Coming like falling from the sky, going like thunder and passing away, it is called the raven soldiers scattered stars.

The Mongolian iron cavalry used this formation to cross Europe and Asia, invincible.

Just like this, the five hundred horsemen scattered flowers like a goddess, and like a flock of birds coming out of the forest.The stars are scattered within two or three miles.If you attack, he will retreat, if you retreat, he will advance, if you outflank, he will run away.

Hu Qi relies on his equestrian skills and his armor is light, and you can't catch up even if you want to. He can be called a rascal.

But Li Liang was not prepared to chase him either.He always remembered Li Chengzhi's explanation before leaving: Remember not to use too much force, and don't let the enemy spy on our army's reality.

This sentence was confessed to him by Li Chengzhi alone, and Li Liang understood at that time that his duty was to defend.

As for the attack, it is naturally handed over to the right-wing Yuan Zhi.

Therefore, as soon as Hu Qi used the Crow Soldiers Formation, Li Liang immediately ordered the five hundred tigers to form only five rows on the left and right, and the front and rear were two miles long.It was like a wall that kept Hu Qi away from the army two miles away.

You loose yours, I block mine, come if you have the ability.

Li Chengzhi's central army has already stopped, and there is no smoke and dust rising.Therefore, it is undoubtedly a foolish dream to see how many soldiers and horses there are 1000 meters away with the naked eye...

Hu Qi brigade commander was a little itchy: Han generals are not fooled?

He originally planned: If the Han cavalry spread out to chase, most of them would have to deal with it.Another team was sent to disperse, pass through the gap of the Han cavalry, and approach the Han camp to investigate.

It doesn't need to be too close, as close as about a hundred feet, you can basically find out the reality.Even if the Han army sends out a cavalry team to outflank them again, with their skillful horses and fast horses, it is impossible for a hundred subordinates to be strangled and killed by the Han cavalry.

But the Han army put up a wall, blocking it tightly?
For today's plan, you can only go around, or forcefully rush, there is no third way!

But Hu Qi seldom used cavalry head-to-head. Out of instinct, the brigade commander naturally thought of going around.

With a few shouts, the Hu Qi scattered at the east and west ends gathered quickly.In just a dozen or so breaths, about fifty or sixty Hu cavalry gathered in a group at the front and back, and circled towards Li Liang's front and rear of the formation.

"call out……"

Like an eagle crowing and a crane chirping, a whistle resounded through the sky.The well-arranged cavalry formation was divided into two, and three rows entered east and west, while the other two rows turned their horses' heads and ran eastward.

Seen from a height, it looks like a five-layer mille-feuille cake was suddenly peeled in half, and put back together again.Suddenly, the wall that was originally only two miles long was divided into two, extending to four miles, and the scattered Hu Qimen were taken out of the formation.

Li Chengzhi's Chinese army has only [-] people and horses. In order to confuse the enemy, the formation is a rectangular formation with extremely wide left and right, wide and narrow at the back. How deep can it grow?

Four miles is more than enough.

And it is impossible for the two Hu Qi to go around for four miles, otherwise they will be too far away from the main formation, and [-]% of them will be dumped by the wall-like Han Qi.

But Hu Qi brigade commander was not surprised but delighted: The Han general is confused, or has he never read military books at all, let alone led the army?

The depth of the fifth floor, I may still be afraid of it for a while.But you are divided in two?

It's only two floors, and it will be broken in one rush.And the front line is too long, once one breaks through one of them, the Han army will definitely not be able to care about it.

He shouted sharply: "Decree: each building is divided into two, the front team will charge, and the rear team will attack!"

With the sound of a few horns, Hu Qi, who had been scattered like a sparse flock of sheep, suddenly formed five teams, like five fingers spread apart, and inserted towards Li Liang's cavalry formation.

Li Liang turned a blind eye, just staring at Hu Qi who was getting closer and closer, without even giving half a word of instructions.

Yuan Qiao, who was standing beside Li Liang, raised his throat and scratched his ears anxiously: "Li joins the army?"

"Don't panic, just watch!" Li Liang waved his hand lightly.

The front is about to be broken through, how can we not panic?
Seeing that there was more than one mile left, and that Hu Qi could charge across the formation wall with only twenty or thirty breaths, Li Liang shouted softly: "Wave the flag!"

It should have been explained earlier, Li Liang did not issue specific orders, but the order flags in the hands of Li's servants beside him were waving very briskly, and Yuan Qiao was dazzled.

"This is dividing... This is joining... Well, this is leaving a gap?"

Empty?

Yuan Qiao was startled, and turned his head suddenly: as if he had been slashed, the formation wall facing the direction where the five teams of Hu cavalry rushed suddenly cracked, leaving five openings about three to four feet wide.

The extra tigers quickly made up their positions, and they were lined up on the left and right sides of the gap in ten breaths, as if they were in formation to welcome the enemy.

Yuan Qiao's startled eyeballs popped out: "What kind of tricks are you playing?"

Li Liang didn't respond, but just stared at the tiger within sight.

This is the brigade that the late emperor selected from all the battalions of Huben and gave him training when Lang Jun moved to be the general of Huben.

After several months, Li Chengzhi was devoting himself to it, but he did not hide any secrets from those who could teach.A group of dudes can be regarded as competitive, and they have practiced various formations proficiently.After several battles, it seems that they are not too much compared with Huben?

But when it comes to battle, even the simplest division of troops is sparsely arranged?

It's just because they are all dandies, from the brigade commander Yuan Qiao down, all are newcomers without exception, so it's so messy.

If it was replaced by soldiers from Hexi, they could change formations in a short time when the order was given, so why would they need to give orders when the enemy cavalry were still a mile away?Wait until it reaches within a hundred steps and then change formation, the enemy cavalry will not even have time to turn.

This is what Mr. Lang said: It's a mule or a horse, you'll know when you pull it out...

Turning his thoughts, Li Liang responded softly: "Don't panic!"

……

Looking at the five gaps that were opened quickly, the Rouran brigade commander suddenly couldn't command.

Cavalry has always been best at mobile warfare, especially nomadic cavalry.

It's not that there's nothing you can do to stop enemy cavalry or infantry, on the contrary, there are ways: you can scratch them with small groups, shoot them in front of the formation, and wait to disrupt their positions, or divide them and wipe them out, or encircle them together.

But that takes time and patience.What's more, this place is still the heart of the Han army. This brigade of Huqi can be said to be a lonely army, so you can let him try to disturb him?
If it weren't for Li Chengzhi's reluctance to reveal his strength prematurely, he would have made dumplings for this brigade of Hu Qi in minutes.

No matter how stupid Hu Qi Lushuai is, he can still tell: these five gaps are clearly the entrances to five pockets.Once they get in, the Han riders will plunge into their pockets and annihilate them together.

Just now he was worried about how to break in, but now he was worried about how to get out after breaking in and out.

His heart was itchy like a cat scratching, he wanted to order his subordinates to stop the assault, but he was afraid of missing this golden opportunity.

After a moment's hesitation, the commander of the brigade suddenly remembered the death order of the army leader Yuchi before he left: even if the two brigades were killed and wounded, we must find out the truth of the Han army!

I can't manage that much anymore...

He gritted his teeth fiercely: "The front team advances, and the rear team disturbs the enemy outside the formation, disrupting the Han army's formation wall..."

With an order, the rear team of Wuzhu Huqi slammed their horses and slowed down.The former team spread out their formation a little bit.What used to be like a stick is now like a wedge.Huo Ran is the most commonly used cone formation when cavalry assaults, and he wants to tear the gap as wide as possible.

Since the way was left open, no Hu Bing was stupid enough to hit the wall again, but rushed towards the gap at the same time.Just like when eating chicken, if you see a frying pan with a circle on the back of someone, everyone will take a few shots...

Yuan Qiao put on a vibrato: "Li... Li Canjun, this is... why?"

Li Liang looked at Yuan Qiao with complicated eyes.

It is really as what Mr. Lang said: No matter how good a teacher is, no matter how strong a soldier is, no matter how good the wine and meat is, or even if you practice until death, it is impossible to train a so-called strong army.

Of course it was typed...

Just like Yuan Qiao, in the past few months, I have been in front of my husband's seat every day, and I have always given orders from his ears.But when he was about to fight, he was so horrified that he didn't even have the most basic judgment ability?
But after thinking about it, it's normal: It's not uncommon for rookies who are on the battlefield for the first time to pee their pants.Yuan Qiao can sit upright on a horse, which is already good

Li Liang replied in a low voice: "Naturally, the enemy retreats in the face of difficulty... Have you forgotten that the Armor battalion is equipped with double crossbows?"

"Squeeze... yes, double crossbows..."

Yuan Qiao's eyes lit up, "But there will definitely be fish that slip through the net, and the Jia Brigade is all relatives, so even if they pursue them suddenly, I'm afraid it will be unruly, so what should we do?"

So you also know that they are all newcomers?

In order to let you dandies grow up as soon as possible, Mr. Lang really has his heart broken!

Li Chengzhi sighed leisurely: "Don't worry, the commander has already made arrangements!"

He pointed forward again, "Look carefully!"

……

Hu Qi, who rushed faster, was less than a hundred feet away from the cavalry formation.But the five hundred tigers remained motionless, as if waiting for the enemy to rush over.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer by another twenty feet...

Li Cong lazily took out the fire pocket, lifted the copper cap and blew lightly, a blue flame burst out.

Li Rui hooked the bowstring, felt that the distance was almost there, and pulled the bowstring steadily, pulling a bow like a full moon.

Li Cong lit the fuse with quick eyes and hands, and when Li Rui let go, a big arrow with sparks and white smoke shot into the air.

"What is this!"

"Rainburst Pear Blossom Arrow!"

What arrow?

Li Liang answered clearly, but Yuan Qiao was confused.

In amazement, more than a dozen rockets tied with fireworks were shot in mid-air and fell obliquely.

It is true that Hu Qi's formation is too sparse, without exception, they are all nailed into the creeping cavalry formation.

what?
Hu Qizheng was curious, with a sound of "咻", a little spark shot out from the arrow tube, rose about ten feet, and exploded with a "bang".

This is the real Goddess Scattering Flowers. Countless sparks exploded and landed on Hu Qi's head, on his head, and on the horse's face and body.

The sound is second to none. War horses are used to hearing gongs, drums and horns, and most of them have a very high tolerance to startling sounds.

But there is no animal that is not afraid of fire, let alone a horse that is not very courageous.

A ball of fire suddenly exploded in front of his eyes, and it was painful and hot when it splashed on his face. Even Hu Bing was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse, not to mention the mount under his crotch.

Five or six of the ten horses were startled immediately, and they either stood up, or they were not controlled by the knight, and they deflected their horses hooves on their own, and rushed into the slanting spur.

It was just a round of firework arrows, and [-]% to [-]% of Hu Qi's horses were shocked on the spot.

Yuan Qiao felt his scalp go numb, and little stars appeared in his eyes.

Isn't this... the fireworks that Li Canjun was talking about?
That day when Woye was captured, the general's hundreds of retainers used this thing to terrify the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the town as if they were seeing ghosts and gods.

Afterwards, he couldn't bear his curiosity, and asked too much, almost being whipped by Li Chengzhi.

Hmm... no?
Don't touch it, let alone use it, even if you ask more questions, you will be beaten. What did the commander let me see and learn?
Also, Li Liang just mentioned the double crossbow...

"Don't blink, look carefully!"

Li Liang reminded softly, and then pointed forward, "If the commander-in-chief is here, and if we lead the retainers to meet the enemy, he will definitely not let this god go to waste... The commander-in-chief will still sit on the wall, but the whole city Sitting on a wall, but moving..."

They have already become a wall, so how can they move?

Yuan Qiao blinked, and just about to open his mouth, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: "Three-stage strike?"

"Correct!"

Li Liang nodded his head, and looked at the chaotic Hu cavalry in a leisurely manner, "Even with a crossbow, these hundreds of cavalry can be defeated."

Yuan Qiao was not stupid enough to ask such stupid questions as why he didn't use bows and arrows.

Just because the crossbow is more accurate than the bow, the lethality is greater, and it saves effort.

Riding a bow is mostly six fights, if you shoot directly, the effective shooting is only [-] steps more.This is why most of the cavalry will approach within thirty steps before opening their bows.

But the crossbow is different, if it is a riding crossbow, it can be as heavy as two to three stones, and its effective damage can reach fifty steps away.

Just because the former uses both arms to open the bow, while the latter uses both arms, waist, and even legs.

The only shortcoming of the crossbow is that it is too slow to load arrows, but Li Chengzhi perfectly made up for this shortcoming by improving the three-stage shooting tactics of the matchlock gun.

Just like this:

Soldiers with better eyesight and better shooting skills stand in the front row and specialize in firing crossbows.The stronger pawns stand half a horse behind or a horse and stand in two rows.The soldier hung the crossbow string on the iron hook in front of the saddle, pulled the trigger with both arms, leaned back at the waist, hung the back of the crossbow behind the saddle again, and then filled it with arrows.

Its speed is not at all slower than the speed at which crossbowmen step on the crossbow under their feet. It is almost as soon as the previous crossbow has been shot, and the loaded crossbows are handed over to the last two rows...

Yuan Qiao was dumbfounded, watching Hu Qi who was in a mess.

There was a sound of "tied", like a squib exploding, which woke him up.

"Why is it called... Stormy Pear Blossom Arrow?"

Li Liang shook his head: "The name was given by Mr. Lang, I don't know why it's called that way..."

After a short pause, he warned again: "Don't ask any more questions, I won't tell you if you ask!"

Seeing the stern look in Li Liang's eyes, Yuan Qiao's heart tightened, and he nodded obediently.

Rainstorm Pear Blossom Arrow?
It really lives up to its name...

(End of this chapter)