Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2021: Wang Jian breaks through the army and lures the snake out, breaking through the formation and cutting off the snake's head

"call!"

"Let the Broken Army Camp take action!"

Pojun Camp, this is another camp of the Imperial Guards.

Camps with their own names, such as the Hook and Sickle Camp or the Broken Army Camp, are definitely elite among ordinary soldiers, even if they are not elite camps like the Trap Camp.

The Hook and Sickle Camp was formed by Xu Ning, while the Broken Army Camp was formed by Hu Yanzhuo. This cavalry was the only heavy cavalry in the Imperial Guards, with a strength of 3,000 people. Moreover, they were not only the only heavy cavalry in the Imperial Guards, but also a chain heavy cavalry.

Although Hu Yanzhuo, as the commander of the Pojun Camp, was temporarily transferred to Guo Ziyi's command by Wang Yu, the one who did it was naturally Lu Junyi. However, even if Hu Yanzhuo was not there, the troops in the camp would naturally be commanded by Hu Yanzhuo's deputy.

However, Wang Jian's decision to use the Broken Army Camp at this time was not to break the Black Tortoise Formation. Wang Jian still wanted to be more conservative. He had to admit that even if he used the Broken Army Camp, it would be difficult to break the Black Tortoise Formation, which had strong defense and subtle changes.

Therefore, this army was only meant to open a gap outside the Xuanwu Formation and rescue those soldiers trapped in the Xuanwu Formation.

As for the Xuanwu Formation, Wang Jian could only take his time. It would be unrealistic to break the formation in a short time.

However, any military formation like this has a weakness. As long as you do not take the initiative to join the formation, it will have no way to deal with you.

This point is the same whether it is the Xuanwu Formation of Zhennan Ma's or the Longmen Formation of Xue Rengui. Although the Xuanwu Formation has the ability to move slowly, at that speed, if Wang Jian wants to retreat, he can easily retreat.

Moreover, this formation is not invincible, otherwise, everyone would just learn how to set up the formation. What's the point of learning military tactics?
Just because you can’t break the formation doesn’t mean you can’t defeat the enemy!
"call……"

The black iron banners of the broken army camp pierced through the smoke, and the sound of three thousand linked horses crushing the loess was like thunder. These heavy cavalrymen wearing cold-forged fish-scale armor, every five horses were connected by fine steel chains, and the joints of the horse armor were covered with barbs, and they were like a moving steel wall when they marched.

This is the only heavily armored cavalry among the Han Dynasty's imperial guards.

The cost of maintaining a cavalryman is enormous, and the cost of a heavy cavalryman is several times that of an ordinary cavalryman. The number of heavy cavalrymen in any force is limited.

Don’t think that the number of cavalry in the Zhenbei Army accounts for half, but, excluding the Flame Tiger Cavalry, the number of the remaining heavy cavalry is less than 10,000.

Among the four towns, the annual military expenditure of Zhendong and Zhenbei was the largest, at least 50% more than the remaining two towns. This is why the power of one path could not allow them to maintain the army for a long time.

As for the Da Cang Imperial Guards, out of the 800,000 imperial guards, excluding the Champion Battalion, the number of heavy cavalry is no more than 15,000.

There is no other way. The Black Cavalry, the Flame Tiger and Fierce Leopard Cavalry, the Champion Battalion, and the Light Chariot Tiger Guards all cost money to maintain, much more than ordinary heavy cavalry.

"Open the front!" Deputy General Suo Chao pointed his axe directly at the Xuanwu formation.

Wang Yu tried to arrange most of the people from Liangshan, especially the Five Tigers and Eight Braves, together. For example, the commander of the Broken Army Camp, Hu Yanzhuo, was assigned two deputies, Suo Chao and Zhu Tong from Liangshan.

The linked armored horses suddenly split into nine sections, with the first rider in each row holding up a 10-foot-long spear, the second rider holding a tower shield to protect the flank, and the last three riders drawing their bows and arrows. As the rain of arrows poured into the gaps in the shield formation, rattan shields suddenly stood up in the Zhennan Army formation - these hardwood shields soaked in tung oil would catch fire when hit by arrows, forming a wall of fire to block the line of sight.

"Charge again!" Suo Chao gave the order without hesitation and led by example.

No matter how powerful a type of military force is, it has its weaknesses. In fact, the stronger its strengths, the more obvious its weaknesses will be. Therefore, on large-scale battlefields, various types of military forces cooperate with each other to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

The strength of heavy cavalry undoubtedly lies in its charging power, especially the linked heavy cavalry, which brings this advantage to the extreme.

However, the biggest weakness of this type of cavalry is that it is difficult to turn and has poor endurance. When charging, it can only charge forward and it is difficult to turn flexibly like light cavalry. The chain heavy cavalry also magnifies this disadvantage several times.

Not to mention that there is only a layer of fire shield in front of him, even if it is a solid wall of steel, he has to crash into it until it collapses.

Suo Chao's black helmet with a lion head reflected the firelight, and his golden axe split the thick smoke. The linked horse formation was like a raging wave hitting the shore, and the steel torrent of five horses connected together rolled over the burning rattan shield, and sparks splashed three feet on the horse armor.

The spear tips of the first row of heavy cavalry pierced through three layers of hardwood shields, but a gap appeared when they touched the fourth layer of iron shields. It turned out that there was an interlayer made of fine iron hidden deep in the Xuanwu formation.

"Change from Gen to Kan! Change again!" Wang Jian kept making moves, and Ma Qianli was also constantly changing the formation.

On both sides of the gap that was broken by the broken army camp, earthen ramparts of several feet in height suddenly rose up, and three thousand spearmen came out from behind the ramparts. These specially made spears were five feet longer than the ordinary ones, with barbs on the spear heads, and were specially used to target the joints of the linked horse chains. As soon as Suo Chao's personal guards broke through the earthen ramparts, the front hooves of the five war horses were entangled by the iron chains and fell into the horse traps that had been dug in advance.

Since the Xuanwu formation was perfected, of course, it would not ignore the factor of heavy cavalry, and naturally retained the means to deal with it. Moreover, any kind of formation is constantly being improved by later generations, and it is not as unchanging as when the predecessors created it.

"The Xuanwu Formation is truly invincible! But it's not that easy!"

While thousands of thoughts flashed through Wang Jian's mind, his hands were moving quickly. Under the command of his flag, the linked horse formation suddenly split into three parts. The cavalry on the left and right wings separated the chains and charged forward alone to the flanks of the earthen rampart.

The speed of these heavy cavalrymen who had been unloaded increased dramatically, and the fine steel winged knives that popped out from both sides of the saddles cut off the spear shafts. Xu Ning heard the movement outside the formation and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "The remnants of the hook and sickle camp, break through!"

"Now that we're trapped, it's not that easy to break out!"

Ma Qianli changed the formation to prevent Xu Ning and his men from breaking out, and to lure the enemy deeper into the camp so that Po Junying could continue to break through the formation. He also called out Qiong Qi and asked him to lead the light cavalry to surround Po Junying from the flank.

Although Zhenxi and Zhennan are mainly composed of infantry, it does not mean that they have no cavalry at all. It's just that the number is far less than that of Zhendong and Zhenbei, and they are not as elite as Zhendong and Zhenbei.

The heavy cavalry's impact force is indeed strong, but their weakness in turning means that once they are entangled in the process of charging, they are bound to be in great danger if they are outflanked from behind or on the flank.

Therefore, Ma Qianli asked Qiong Qi to encircle the enemy with light cavalry in order to take the opportunity to destroy this heavy cavalry.

The cost of maintaining heavy cavalry is quite huge, and the annihilation of an entire unit of heavy cavalry would definitely be a significant blow to the Han Dynasty.

Ma Qianli ordered Qiong Qi to lead light cavalry to encircle the enemy, but he underestimated the unruly nature of this genius of the Wei Dynasty's magic path.

Qiongqi's black flame horse stepped over the burning rattan shield, and the hard bows and feather arrows hanging on both sides of the saddle glowed blood in the firelight. This Wei Dynasty magic genius, wearing a tiger skin battle robe over fish scale armor, when the light cavalry passed the west side of the battlefield, he actually rode away from the main formation alone, holding up the Heavenly Demon Halberd and piercing the rear wing of the military camp. "I am Qiongqi!"

The roar made the eardrums of the imperial guards within three feet hurt. The Heavenly Demon Halberd pierced into the gap of the heavy cavalry formation like a poisonous dragon, and the halberd tip accurately picked the chain latch between two war horses. The five horses connected in a chain suddenly lost their balance, and the three horses in the middle collided into a ball under the action of inertia, and the barbs on the joints of the horse armor actually pierced into the bodies of their companions.

Suo Chao's golden axe swept across, but the crescent blade of the Heavenly Demon Halberd locked the axe handle. Qiong Qi Black Flame Horse stood up, using the momentum of falling to press the halberd into a crescent, and then loosened it again. Under the effect of this elastic force, the halberd hit Suo Chao's chest.

With one blow from the halberd, Suo Chao was knocked unconscious. The soldiers around him immediately protected Suo Chao behind them and rushed towards Qiong Qi one after another.

However, Qiong Qiya didn't even look at the unconscious Suo Chao, a general who had not yet reached the heavenly level and could not even withstand one of his attacks. It didn't matter to him whether to kill him or not.

"Surround and kill!"

General Ma Tian, ​​the commander of Zhennan, thrust his White Tiger Halberd from the flank, and three thousand light cavalrymen surrounded them like a swarm of locusts.

The cavalry of Zhennan was a very traditional light cavalry, borrowing the cavalry style of the northern Di people. In fact, every few years, Zhennan would spend money to get a large number of grassland captives from Zhendong or Zhenbei to fill its own cavalry.

Therefore, Zhennan's cavalry style is very different from Dacang's traditional cavalry style.

These Zhennan men did not use the traditional lances of the Dacang cavalry, but sabers like those used by the Beidi people.

The sharp sabers were used to cut the knees of the heavy cavalry, and some even threw out lassoes to wrap around the horses' necks. Since they were outflanking from the flank, they bullied the broken army camp and made it unable to turn around in time, especially showing off their power.

The Qiongqi Tianyao Halberd danced like a silver wheel, and actually cleared a space of several feet in the melee. The tip of the halberd picked up the burning rattan shield and threw it at the chain of horse eye holes. The war horses were frightened and manic, and the torrent of armor began to collide with each other.

"Took the bait!" The broken army camp was full of dangers, but the commander-in-chief of the front army, Wang Jian, showed a weird smile.

As the saying goes, if you can't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf.

How could he lure the other side out if he didn't let the Pojunying take the bait?
The Xuanwu Formation constantly changes with the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, but just as its name suggests, during the operation, it is really like the mythical beast Xuanwu, a giant turtle and a giant snake that depend on and cooperate with each other.

However, only when combined with the giant turtle and the giant snake can this be the world's top formation. If the two are separated from each other, it will not be as troublesome to deal with as the Xuanwu Formation.

This light cavalry is the snake head of the giant snake. Although the giant turtle and the giant snake have not been completely separated, most of its body has been stretched out, exposing its snake head.

Next, Wang Jian had to cut off the head. He couldn't break the formation, but he had to dampen the opponent's spirit.

"General Ju, it's your turn!" Wang Jian muttered to himself as the command flag in his hand waved.

As the command flag kept changing, a group of several hundred heavily armored infantrymen rushed out from Wang Jian's army. They were Ju Yi's vanguard soldiers.

Eight hundred people were the first to climb the mountain. The number may not be large, but the quality was definitely first-class at that time.

Ju Yi's black iron face armor glowed coldly in the firelight, and the eight hundred first-line soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades to form a battle array. These heavy infantrymen, wearing double-layer cold-forged armor, each carried a five-foot-long shield, with a three-edged armor-piercing cone inserted diagonally at their waists, and a battle axe on their backs. Some soldiers held a heavy iron spear in their hands, and the mechanism of the divine arm crossbow in their hands glowed with tung oil - this was a killing weapon specially made for slaughtering cavalry.

With the introduction of the Divine Arm Crossbow, the first batch of death warriors also became the beneficiaries. Of the 800 men, 300 were equipped with the Divine Arm Crossbow.

"Stand on the wall!"

Ju Yi's sword slammed into the ground, and hundreds of giant shields merged together, forming an iron wall on the battlefield.

The rain of arrows from the Zhennan Xuanwu Formation poured down, creating sparks on the shield scales. The outer layer of these special shields was actually movable fish scale iron sheets, and the arrows would slide to the sides as soon as they touched them.

The bows and crossbows of the first batch of soldiers have been replaced, and with the help of Master Ban, their shields have also been updated.

Having such a master of machinery is indeed like having a scientific and technological talent from the ancient times. However, compared with ordinary shields, this special shield is not only expensive, but also takes a lot of time to make, so only these elite battalions can use it.

If it is equipped to ordinary troops, it will not be cost-effective.

Qiongqi's Heavenly Demon Halberd picked up the burning broken spear, and the black flame horse turned into red lightning and rushed straight towards the shield wall.

"The courage of a common man is not worth mentioning!"

During the charge, Qiong Qi stirred up a tremendous murderous aura, and the boiling blood on the Tianyao Ji showed his strength. However, Ju Yi did not take it to heart.

He was confident that his vanguard soldiers would not be afraid of a divine general.

The strength of one person is definitely no match for the strength of his entire army!
Of course, thinking of the figure he saw at Tianlang Pass, Ju Yi silently excluded this person from the scope.

And Qiong Qi seemed to have treated this army as an ordinary troop and did not realize the difference between the vanguard death squad.

Just as the tip of the halberd touched the shield, a crisp sound of a mechanism suddenly rang out from the front. Hundreds of various bows and crossbows roared at the same time. At this moment, Qiong Qi was even forced to use the blood evil armor directly, and only then did he barely escape with his life.

However, his warhorse was not so lucky and was pierced through the body by several crossbow arrows.

The light cavalry who followed Qiong Qi in the charge, especially those in the front row, were nailed to the ground with their horses.

"Raise the cones! Divide into formations! Advance!" Ju Yi's voice came through his visor like thunder.

The first batch of death soldiers suddenly withdrew their shields and exposed their formation, dividing into a hundred small formations consisting of several people. One spearman was responsible for long-range attack, two shield soldiers were responsible for defense, and there were two more first batch of soldiers, each with a three-foot iron spike in their hands, who were responsible for close combat. The last two archers were responsible for fire support.

This small formation arranged by the vanguard is enough for them to cope with various changes.

With the rapid advance of the vanguard soldiers, a large number of light cavalry were gradually killed.