Song Dynasty

Chapter 261 Mandarin Duck Formation ([-])
Beside Zhong Ziang, several generals who led the troops seemed to have been punched severely, and their faces were all different.Some people's faces were purple, while others' faces were pale as if they had been drained of blood in an instant.The same thing is that everyone's eyes have a deep look of fear.

In a decisive battle in the wilderness, infantry is dead against cavalry.What's more, the Beiwei army on the opposite side taught them a profound lesson in the Lizhou battle a while ago.

They were completely terrified by the enemy.

The enemy cavalry kept rushing forward. At the beginning, the advance was fairly stable, but in the end it became faster and faster, and gradually spread out, like a big net coming towards the head.

"His Royal Highness, run away on horseback!" An officer screamed in panic: "It will be too late, and quickly order the entire army to retreat, every one who goes is counted as one."

Yes, now they were attracted to this open land, and there was no wide river around them for boating.There is no way to hide in the water, and human legs cannot run a horse anyway.

The enemy cavalry kept rushing forward. At the beginning, the advance was fairly stable, but in the end it became faster and faster, and gradually spread out, like a big net coming towards the head.

Bright white armor, strong horses, and red eagle flags.

A god of death with murderous eyes.

This is a powerful army, most of which are old men from the Western Army.They fought with the party members since childhood, fought desperately with the Khitan people, and used knives with the Jurchens.Since Xilai last year, Kong Yanzhou, Li Hong, Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng were defeated.Now it has swept across the entire Lizhou. This is the essence of the main field army of the Song Dynasty for a century.

Zhong Ziang was suddenly furious, whipped the officer's face with a whip, and roared: "What about the cavalry, there are farmlands all around, the ground is soft, and the horse's hoof will break as soon as it is stepped on. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they There are only two or three hundred people, but we have a thousand. Form an array and go up to them, the Great Ming will protect us humble and pious servants!"

Before his order could be conveyed, the Beiwei army had already fully deployed, ruthlessly interspersed with the Manichean army who were also scattered on the ridges and various farmlands.

With a whistling sound, they jumped off their horses, formed a small team of 12, and swiftly charged towards their opponents.

"Shua Shua!" He stretched out the wolf shaft to block the rushing Manichaeists, and the spear behind him followed up, piercing the enemy's chest smoothly.

If the enemy who was shot was not dead for a while, the round shield hand in front suddenly took a step forward, and the big knife in his hand fell down, easily beheading the next level.

After defeating a team of enemies, under the command of the captain, the team moved forward two steps and started the next round of massacre.

The sound of "咻咻" continued, and the last archer in the team drew his hard bow and couldn't shoot.

In a blink of an eye, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the screams of fallen Manicheans were everywhere.

When a large group of Manichaeans gathered and wanted to go back to the back of this strange formation, the Beiwei army changed formation, the two wings of the triangle opened suddenly, and they stabbed with spears again.

After defeating this group of enemies, they shrank together again.

The two wings of more than 30 small formations shrink one by one, like more than 30 eagles soaring on the battlefield.

That's right, this is the mandarin duck formation that Wang Shengang asked the soldiers to practice proficiently.

This murderous military machine, which is most suitable for narrow terrain and suitable for small teams in later generations, appeared on the Hunan battlefield in the Southern Song Dynasty hundreds of years in advance, causing bloody rain.

In a blink of an eye, everywhere was stained red with human blood, and there were fallen bandits everywhere, and the sound of groans was overwhelming.

"How could this be?" Zhong Ziang stared wide-eyed at the world that had turned into a slaughterhouse.

Yes, the number of enemies is small, only about [-] people.However, what they did next was unbelievable.I thought that when the three hundred or so soldiers attacked on horseback, there would definitely be a cavalry charge.

He also thought of a way to deal with this, but relying on the soft farmland and complicated terrain to gradually resist until the enemy lost speed.Cavalry without speed is worse than infantry.

However, the enemy dismounted at the same time and fought on foot. More than 300 people immediately dispersed, but they completely surrounded more than 1000 of their own horses.

These damn strange formations are so evil, no matter how desperately the Manicheans fight back, they will be easily killed by them.

The enemy's efficiency in slaughtering their own soldiers is too high. If this continues, the morale of the troops will completely collapse, and a major defeat will be inevitable.

"No!" Zhong Ziang yelled: "Protective guards, rush up immediately and kill the Sizhou thief, kill, kill!"

As His Royal Highness the crown prince of the pseudo-"Great Chu" country, he naturally has an extremely elite guardian team by his side.There are about two hundred of them in total, well equipped, all of them are bandits and water bandits. They are highly skilled in martial arts, ruthless, and brainwashed by teachings to become fearless death squads. They are the essence of the Great Chu army.

However, the number of the guardian team is limited, and the entire Great Chu has no more than [-] people, and most of them are led by the father.

Also because it was not easy to get, he was reluctant to put it into battle even in the previous battle.

But at this moment, the situation was already in dire straits, and Zhong Ziang couldn't care less about that, and yelled hoarsely.

Hearing his order, about [-] soldiers of the escort team who had gathered around Zhong Ziang uttered a cry at the same time, and rushed fiercely at a group of soldiers who were approaching them.

These church members were all wearing leather armor, and all held high-quality weapons such as spears and steel knives in their hands, which was in stark contrast to the other companions who were dressed in rags and only held a simple farm tool.

On the opposite side, there were only 13 soldiers of the Beiwei Army, and suddenly faced with the impact of more than 300 enemies, the formation seemed extremely weak.

However, the thirteen Beiwei soldiers showed no fear on their faces, instead of retreating, they pushed forward slowly.

"咻" A long arrow shot out from the back of the mandarin duck formation, and sank deep into the chest of a guard soldier. Before he could cover his chest, his body was pushed to the ground by his companions rushing from behind.

Niu Gao put another arrow on the bow, shot forward without hesitation, and reaped another life.

That's right, he traveled all day yesterday and finally joined Yue Yun at night, where the army gathered to ambush Zhong Ziang.

After the Beiwei army entered Hunan, they changed their tactics, using small teams against small teams.Not to mention Niu Gao, even Yue Yun went down to the grassroots to be a team leader.Originally, Yue Yun also asked him to lead a small team.It's a pity that Lao Niu felt that he had only been in the Sizhou Army for two days, and he knew nothing about the tactics of the Yuanyang Formation. Wouldn't it be a bad thing if he let himself command?Therefore, he handed over the command to the original captain, and he took a bow and stood at the end.

Niu Gao is a rare sharpshooter in the Sizhou army, he immediately shot three arrows in one go, and the arrows hit the target.

Unfortunately, such a rate of fire did not stop the enemy at all.

In a blink of an eye, the red-eyed guard team had already rushed to Xiaozhen.The few monsters in the front shouted and waved the big knives in their hands, and slashed at the front sign hand.

"Stand up!" Amidst the roar of the officer, the two card players in front of the formation raised their shields at the same time.

"Wolf hand, block!" The officer shouted in his usual training tone, his voice was unusually stable.This kind of training army has been repeated thousands of times before, and it has become the subconscious mind of the soldiers.

The two wolf rods stabbed forward fiercely, and the weapons opened exaggeratedly like umbrellas rushed forward, standing in front of the two armies.

The two front guard soldiers were about to start the most accurate blocking and slashing, but at this moment, they felt that there were all shining blades in front of them, and their way was completely blocked.Even if you want to attack, you don't know how to start.He had no choice but to chop the weapon in his hand forward indiscriminately.

"Spear - stab!"

Following the officer's order, the spearman next to Langji let out a loud roar, and the spear in his hand stabbed out like lightning.

The weapons in the hands of the two guard soldiers who rushed to the front were held up by wolf rods, and their companions kept coming behind them. There was no room to move or dodge, so they had to watch helplessly as the two spears pierced swiftly into the ground. own chest.

The screams of pain were thrilling, and the two spearmen skillfully turned the barrels of the guns in their hands, crushing the enemy's internal organs, and slammed the guns back.

Two streams of hot human blood shot out and hit the shield, splashing all over the sky and all over the ground.

With their eyes wide open, the two sign hands took a sudden step forward. The man holding the round shield roared, and swung the huge ax in his hand with a whoosh, slashing at an enemy's face, and white brains spewed out.

"Come in!" The officer's voice sounded.

The other ten soldiers in the mandarin duck formation took a step forward at the same time, and joined closely with the sign player who came forward.

There were too many enemies, and in a blink of an eye, their forces had rushed to the flanks of the mandarin duck formation.Unfortunately, waiting for them on both sides are two boring palladium.

After the two boring palladiums withstood the enemy's impact, the spears stabbed out again, and two more lives were harvested.

At this moment, probably seeing Zhong Ziang's handsome flag, four other mandarin duck formations approached, joined Niu Gao and the others, forming a triangular conical formation, moving forward little by little.

Niu Gao continued to shoot continuously, his fingers were already hot and hot from the high-speed shooting.Ever since he saw how powerful the Yuanyang Formation was on the field yesterday and was embarrassed, he was very much looking forward to the performance of the Yuanyang Formation on the battlefield.

I also know that this time is very evil, but I don't want to be so evil at this moment.

I saw that the five small formations were changing their formation according to the battlefield situation while moving.

Sometimes it becomes five triangles running side by side, and sometimes the sides form five parallel squares.Sometimes separated, sometimes united.

Sometimes, a small formation is protruding forward, and the other small formation that cooperates with it moves flatly to the side.

It is really changing and changing, and it is dazzling to see.

Such a formation can only be described as magic, and I don't know how Wang Daosi practiced it.

So far, the enemy has been stabbed to death by spearmen at least 40 people, but the Beiwei army... There is no casualty... The battle can still be fought like this... Niu Gao was shocked, and the bow in his hand did not feel stopped.It was only at this time that he fully realized the power of this mandarin duck formation.

(End of this chapter)