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The sound of the square array stepping on the ground in an orderly way, and Li Xiao's five hundred standing, slowly crossed the piles of corpses in the center of the battlefield, pushing the front forward about a hundred meters.
Li Xiao is trying to force the other party to fight a decisive battle or escape without giving the other party sufficient preparation time.
"Stop!"
Seeing the changes in the other side's military array, Li Xiao raised his whip and ordered the army to stop moving forward.
Li Xiao looks at the array of Saito army. Saito family has adjusted the array. It seems that they are ready to use a horse riding team to attack the Western array of Takeda army.
Li Xiao is not sure whether the iron artillery team can cope with the impact of Saito cavalry. Just now, the iron artillery team under the command of Xiaofan Xiaoxian defeated the first attack of Saito army, and its level performance has greatly exceeded his previous expectations, which can be said to play beyond the level.
But if facing a fast horse riding team, Li Xiao doesn't have much confidence.
Li Xiao looked carefully. Although the Saito army horse riding team in front of the array had only more than 40 people, they were all elite warriors. If they attacked, it would be easy to open a gap in Li Xiao's western array.
So Li Xiao ordered the troops to stop moving and prepare to meet the other horse riding team.
Then the military order to reorganize the queue was passed on.
"Look right!"
After advancing a hundred distances and crossing the corpse pile, the queue will inevitably be a little scattered, because the iron cannons can give full play to the maximum salvo effect by firing on a parallel plane. Therefore, the Western array pays great attention to the regularity of the formation.
This is also the reason why the Western array attaches so much importance to queue training in addition to the formation transformation.
The strength of the Western phalanx lies not so much in the front, but in fear of attacks from the two wings. In fact, it is more afraid of the other party attacking the rectangular edges and corners of the Western phalanx from a 45 degree angle and from an oblique side.
Because geometrically speaking, from this point of view, the distribution of long and short range is the most uneven for the iron artillery team located on the side of the Western phalanx.
After a short period of rectification, Li Xiao's five hundred standing troops restored the rigorous queue in a short time and were ready for a new round of offensive to be launched by Saito army.
At this time, Saito's horse riding team began to move.
Li Xiaoyuan looked far away, the horses galloped by, the dust on the ground was slightly raised, and the other party's riding team was arranged in a standard triangular assault formation of cavalry assault, galloping towards the Takeda army.
For a moment, the dull sound of horse hoofs on the ground was like dull thunder, which made people feel that the ground trembled slightly.
The riding warriors of Saito's family are good at controlling horses. The horses come from a long distance, start to speed up slightly, and then continue to speed up and accelerate. Finally, when they are close to the 45th room of Takeda army, the speed of the horses reaches the maximum.
Xiaofan Xiaoxian, a big general of the iron gun, was obviously surprised at the speed of Saito's horse riding team. If he really waited for the other party to enter the actual killing distance of the iron gun, the iron gun team might not have time to shoot in several rows.
Xiaofan Xiaoxian immediately ordered the iron artillery team to take the first row and shoot forward.
This round of volley is at a distance of forty between the two sides.
Ten iron guns were light enough. The first round of iron gun volley. After the smoke of gunpowder retreated, Li Xiao observed the firing results of iron guns, and the other horse riding team was not damaged.
Just because of the sound of iron cannon, one or two war horses looked slightly frightened, but then the frightened war horse was immediately controlled by the Saito riding warrior with excellent riding skills.
In the blink of an eye, Saito's horse riding team approached 30 from the Takeda army square.
It can be seen in the first row of iron cannons hitting the air lightly, or it is awed by the instantaneous assault momentum of Saito army riding team.
The second row of iron gun foot light team began to appear in a hurry. Under the hurried shooting, the accuracy was undoubtedly greatly reduced. This round of iron gun volley, Saito's horse riding team still had no casualties.
After two defeats, Saito's riding team was even more powerful. At this time, Saito, the foot light team of Shenbao Lianhe army, had reorganized the team, followed behind the cavalry team and quickly pressed on.
Li Xiao's iron gun foot light team immediately became confused. The whole team was in a panic atmosphere, and suddenly appeared again. It was a panic scene of the original military drill.
When the other cavalry charged to the distance and the Western array was only 20, the third row of light iron guns on the two wings of the array fired a row of Volley again.
The result was disappointing, and this volley missed again.
Li Xiao shook his head when he saw this situation. His iron gun team was still lack of training. Before, he faced the gun foot light team of Saito family, so he played smoothly at the beginning, so he played more and more smoothly later, without mistakes.
Now in the face of the rapid assault of Saito cavalry, coupled with several previous failures, it is a setback in confidence, and now it is revealed.
And the panic of the iron gun team spread to each other, and the confidence of the iron gun team was lost.
At this time, Li Xiao's two auxiliary 60 bows and feet were light. Within this distance, he carried out the first round of bow and arrow volley.
The arrow feathers on both wings shot at the same time. Saito's cavalry team charged several cavalry in front. Riding warriors and horses were shot one after another. Riding warriors were OK. They had sufficient protection, while the horses were completely naked.
After the war horse was hit by an arrow, a man stood up with a long hiss, and then overturned its owner and dismounted. The head of the other war horse was directly penetrated by the arrow, and was trampled to death by the horse's hoof together with his owner.
The Saito cavalry team was slightly frustrated by the interference of the bow and arrow team, but this did not stop their assault speed.
"Drink!"
In an instant, Saito's horse riding team drew out Taidao almost at the same time. Under the slanting light of the sunset, it suddenly glittered.
Saito's horse riding team launched a final charge.
Li Xiao had to admit that the horse riding team of Saito army had excellent riding skills.
Compared with the previous battle, he deliberately provoked the Takeda army in front of the battle, but now when he rushed into the battle, each knight on horseback firmly attached to his horse and focused on the front. This silent bravery is more moving than the battle with loud cries.
As Saito's riding team was getting closer and closer, Li Xiao saw the other riding warrior's cold eyes, the war horse galloping to the maximum speed, and the flag finger stretched to the maximum against the wind. Looking at the past, this mountain like momentum was really shocking.
"Lord, please order the bow and the iron gun to step down immediately, or let the other horse riding team enter our iron gun team, and the casualties will be great." Shigang Yiyu said loudly.
Li Xiao just shook his head.
The Saito army's horse riding team has approached within ten rooms. Within this distance, the cavalry can cut the Taidao onto the iron gun feet in the front row in a short breath.
Although the Japanese horses are not tall in this era, seeing that the distance advantage is no longer available, and the other cavalry is close at hand, the foot light of the fourth row of iron guns of the Takeda army have softened their hands and almost completed a round of volley.
At such a close distance, this round of volley shot down three horseback warriors of the other party. It's not that the iron gun of the Takeda army calmed down his mood. It's just that he can shoot at such a close distance, even if his shooting skill is poor.
It's just that the next round of iron gun salvo is basically impossible.
It seems to realize that the other party can't do anything. The riding warriors of Saito army show a ferocious smile on their faces. As long as they rush over this distance again, they can cut and kill recklessly, and let the Taidao in their hands be stained with the blood of the iron gun of Takeda army.
"Rushed over."
Seeing that his own cavalry team was about to rush into the square of Takeda army, Saito's general, Saito liki, who was watching the war, was also excited. He almost danced with excitement, but considering his identity, he restrained himself.
Saito Shenbao army watched the battle, and several generals were also very happy. As long as the horse riding team could take the lead in entering the enemy's array, and then the gun foot light team followed the attack, in terms of their strength advantage, it was bound to expand the war results and win an overwhelming victory.
On the contrary, the senior general of Shenbao family showed a worried face. He suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction of the military array of the Takeda army and said, "no, our cavalry are so close. Why don't the two wings of the Takeda army retreat?"
Saito liki saw that if the Takeda army's bow and foot were light, it did not move. According to the truth, when the enemy approached this distance, the bow and foot were light, and the iron gun and foot were light. He should quickly retreat to the array, and let his own gun and foot light come out to intercept the opponent's army, but why did the Takeda army's array remain motionless and the bow and foot light did not move? Even the gun and foot light had no intention to move.
Looking at the enemy's horse riding team getting closer and closer, the senior general Dao shengmeng of the Western array showed a sneer of ridicule on his face.
Five!
The enemy's horseback pressed five miles.
At this time, Daosheng suddenly pulled out Taidao, waved his wrist down and shouted, "kill!"
At this time, the central gun of the Western array was light enough. The array was already ready. Forty flying spearthrowers stood in the first two rows of the array.
These flying mountain people, dressed in linen clothes on the left and half shirtless, frankly revealed their whole right arm. They didn't wear armor because they were worried that it would affect the strength and direction of their spear throwing.
The spears in their hands were also specially made, almost as thick as the mouth of a cup, and sharp blades were installed in front of them.
At present, the flying spearmen are already ready to go. When we hear Daosheng's fierce cry.
He took a step forward, twisted his body, and then rounded the whole right arm. The spearthrowers in the first two rows almost did their best to throw out the spears in their hands.
At this time, the Saito horseback warrior, who was rushing forward, saw dozens of spears shooting at them and shot them head-on.
Seeing this, Li Xiao seemed to mutter, "string roast horse meat is good."
As soon as Li Xiao's voice fell, a series of war horses neighed at almost the same time, and then a heavy object fell to the ground.
The murderous spirit on Daosheng Meng's face was strong. He waved the Taidao in his hand again and shouted, "the second round."
Just listen to the sound of the roaring air on the battlefield.
There was a strong smell of blood around. A war horse was pierced by three or four spears and nailed to the ground, but it still didn't die. It looked like trying to get up again.
A Saito cavalry warrior had blood in his mouth. Now he was lying on the ground with several spears and his horse.
The follow-up horse riding team of Saito army was in a panic when they saw this scene. Their impact array was in a mess due to the accumulation of spears by the commander of Takeda army.
The bow and foot of the two wings of the Takeda army were light, and the iron gun foot light team seized the opportunity to hit all the bows, arrows and iron guns in one breath.
The sound of iron guns rang out one after another, and the arrow feathers in the air shot arcs.
Saito cavalry warriors were hit again immediately.
Nevertheless, the Saito cavalry's attack is not over.
This was greatly beyond Li Xiao's expectation. Saito's riding Samurai team showed a shocking samurai spirit. Although most of the casualties, the remaining riding Samurai still insisted on attacking the position of Takeda army.
In an instant, two horseback warriors broke through the barrage of iron artillery foot light of Wutian army and entered the left-wing iron artillery foot light team of Li Xiaoxi National array.
Although one person was knocked down by the light volley of the iron gun feet behind him, the other person was red eyed and stained with blood. He rushed into Li Xiao's iron gun foot light team. At present, it was like chopping melons and vegetables and waving a Tai Dao to kill one after another.
The iron cannons on this wing could not dodge, and immediately three or four people were chopped to the ground by him on the spot.
It was too late for Daosheng to stop. Finally, the horseback warrior who broke through the front of Takeda army was stabbed on his horse with a light gun.
However, Li Xiao's left-wing iron artillery team, because of his own strength, killed five people and injured seven people on the spot. At present, the 40 member left-wing iron artillery team lost 12 people.
The same casualties still occurred. One of the other's horseback riding warriors was killed by the gun only after he cut five of his bow and foot light.
After paying such a price, all the more than 40 horseback warriors of Saito army were eliminated.
Here, Li Xiao secretly feared that if it weren't for the attack of the spearmen just now, if Saito's riding warrior team really rushed into the square, I'm afraid his two winged iron gun teams would be completely wiped out.
But even so, Li Xiao is still very distressed about the casualties of the left-wing iron artillery team.
Without the cooperation of horse fences and trenches, it is not easy for Li Xiao to defeat an elite cavalry team.
Just now, Li Xiao's iron gun was light enough to deal with the impact of cavalry for the first time, so he was very flustered, resulting in a sharp drop in the shooting level. Of course, this is because he didn't do enough training before.
In the Western phalanx trained by Gustav II, in order to deal with the attack of the other cavalry, he asked three rows of Musketeers to shoot the impact cavalry together to enhance the lethality.
Similarly, with Li Xiao's iron gun, he still can't do this with his current training.
In the Volkhov battle, Gustav II used regiment medium caliber guns and company small caliber guns to kill and destroy the impact queue of Polish cavalry, and then let the musketeers of the Western phalanx shoot with muskets.
After the double killing of cannon and musket, Gustav II finally defeated the Polish cavalry with the Swedish cavalry extended spear team.
At present, as for the quick version of Li Xiao's western national array, in addition to the important reason of insufficient training, there are no guns and cavalry, so the maximum power of the Western National array has not been brought into play. (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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The sound of the square array stepping on the ground in an orderly way, and Li Xiao's five hundred standing, slowly crossed the piles of corpses in the center of the battlefield, pushing the front forward about a hundred meters.
Li Xiao is trying to force the other party to fight a decisive battle or escape without giving the other party sufficient preparation time.
"Stop!"
Seeing the changes in the other side's military array, Li Xiao raised his whip and ordered the army to stop moving forward.
Li Xiao looks at the array of Saito army. Saito family has adjusted the array. It seems that they are ready to use a horse riding team to attack the Western array of Takeda army.
Li Xiao is not sure whether the iron artillery team can cope with the impact of Saito cavalry. Just now, the iron artillery team under the command of Xiaofan Xiaoxian defeated the first attack of Saito army, and its level performance has greatly exceeded his previous expectations, which can be said to play beyond the level.
But if facing a fast horse riding team, Li Xiao doesn't have much confidence.
Li Xiao looked carefully. Although the Saito army horse riding team in front of the array had only more than 40 people, they were all elite warriors. If they attacked, it would be easy to open a gap in Li Xiao's western array.
So Li Xiao ordered the troops to stop moving and prepare to meet the other horse riding team.
Then the military order to reorganize the queue was passed on.
"Look right!"
After advancing a hundred distances and crossing the corpse pile, the queue will inevitably be a little scattered, because the iron cannons can give full play to the maximum salvo effect by firing on a parallel plane. Therefore, the Western array pays great attention to the regularity of the formation.
This is also the reason why the Western array attaches so much importance to queue training in addition to the formation transformation.
The strength of the Western phalanx lies not so much in the front, but in fear of attacks from the two wings. In fact, it is more afraid of the other party attacking the rectangular edges and corners of the Western phalanx from a 45 degree angle and from an oblique side.
Because geometrically speaking, from this point of view, the distribution of long and short range is the most uneven for the iron artillery team located on the side of the Western phalanx.
After a short period of rectification, Li Xiao's five hundred standing troops restored the rigorous queue in a short time and were ready for a new round of offensive to be launched by Saito army.
At this time, Saito's horse riding team began to move.
Li Xiaoyuan looked far away, the horses galloped by, the dust on the ground was slightly raised, and the other party's riding team was arranged in a standard triangular assault formation of cavalry assault, galloping towards the Takeda army.
For a moment, the dull sound of horse hoofs on the ground was like dull thunder, which made people feel that the ground trembled slightly.
The riding warriors of Saito's family are good at controlling horses. The horses come from a long distance, start to speed up slightly, and then continue to speed up and accelerate. Finally, when they are close to the 45th room of Takeda army, the speed of the horses reaches the maximum.
Xiaofan Xiaoxian, a big general of the iron gun, was obviously surprised at the speed of Saito's horse riding team. If he really waited for the other party to enter the actual killing distance of the iron gun, the iron gun team might not have time to shoot in several rows.
Xiaofan Xiaoxian immediately ordered the iron artillery team to take the first row and shoot forward.
This round of volley is at a distance of forty between the two sides.
Ten iron guns were light enough. The first round of iron gun volley. After the smoke of gunpowder retreated, Li Xiao observed the firing results of iron guns, and the other horse riding team was not damaged.
Just because of the sound of iron cannon, one or two war horses looked slightly frightened, but then the frightened war horse was immediately controlled by the Saito riding warrior with excellent riding skills.
In the blink of an eye, Saito's horse riding team approached 30 from the Takeda army square.
It can be seen in the first row of iron cannons hitting the air lightly, or it is awed by the instantaneous assault momentum of Saito army riding team.
The second row of iron gun foot light team began to appear in a hurry. Under the hurried shooting, the accuracy was undoubtedly greatly reduced. This round of iron gun volley, Saito's horse riding team still had no casualties.
After two defeats, Saito's riding team was even more powerful. At this time, Saito, the foot light team of Shenbao Lianhe army, had reorganized the team, followed behind the cavalry team and quickly pressed on.
Li Xiao's iron gun foot light team immediately became confused. The whole team was in a panic atmosphere, and suddenly appeared again. It was a panic scene of the original military drill.
When the other cavalry charged to the distance and the Western array was only 20, the third row of light iron guns on the two wings of the array fired a row of Volley again.
The result was disappointing, and this volley missed again.
Li Xiao shook his head when he saw this situation. His iron gun team was still lack of training. Before, he faced the gun foot light team of Saito family, so he played smoothly at the beginning, so he played more and more smoothly later, without mistakes.
Now in the face of the rapid assault of Saito cavalry, coupled with several previous failures, it is a setback in confidence, and now it is revealed.
And the panic of the iron gun team spread to each other, and the confidence of the iron gun team was lost.
At this time, Li Xiao's two auxiliary 60 bows and feet were light. Within this distance, he carried out the first round of bow and arrow volley.
The arrow feathers on both wings shot at the same time. Saito's cavalry team charged several cavalry in front. Riding warriors and horses were shot one after another. Riding warriors were OK. They had sufficient protection, while the horses were completely naked.
After the war horse was hit by an arrow, a man stood up with a long hiss, and then overturned its owner and dismounted. The head of the other war horse was directly penetrated by the arrow, and was trampled to death by the horse's hoof together with his owner.
The Saito cavalry team was slightly frustrated by the interference of the bow and arrow team, but this did not stop their assault speed.
"Drink!"
In an instant, Saito's horse riding team drew out Taidao almost at the same time. Under the slanting light of the sunset, it suddenly glittered.
Saito's horse riding team launched a final charge.
Li Xiao had to admit that the horse riding team of Saito army had excellent riding skills.
Compared with the previous battle, he deliberately provoked the Takeda army in front of the battle, but now when he rushed into the battle, each knight on horseback firmly attached to his horse and focused on the front. This silent bravery is more moving than the battle with loud cries.
As Saito's riding team was getting closer and closer, Li Xiao saw the other riding warrior's cold eyes, the war horse galloping to the maximum speed, and the flag finger stretched to the maximum against the wind. Looking at the past, this mountain like momentum was really shocking.
"Lord, please order the bow and the iron gun to step down immediately, or let the other horse riding team enter our iron gun team, and the casualties will be great." Shigang Yiyu said loudly.
Li Xiao just shook his head.
The Saito army's horse riding team has approached within ten rooms. Within this distance, the cavalry can cut the Taidao onto the iron gun feet in the front row in a short breath.
Although the Japanese horses are not tall in this era, seeing that the distance advantage is no longer available, and the other cavalry is close at hand, the foot light of the fourth row of iron guns of the Takeda army have softened their hands and almost completed a round of volley.
At such a close distance, this round of volley shot down three horseback warriors of the other party. It's not that the iron gun of the Takeda army calmed down his mood. It's just that he can shoot at such a close distance, even if his shooting skill is poor.
It's just that the next round of iron gun salvo is basically impossible.
It seems to realize that the other party can't do anything. The riding warriors of Saito army show a ferocious smile on their faces. As long as they rush over this distance again, they can cut and kill recklessly, and let the Taidao in their hands be stained with the blood of the iron gun of Takeda army.
"Rushed over."
Seeing that his own cavalry team was about to rush into the square of Takeda army, Saito's general, Saito liki, who was watching the war, was also excited. He almost danced with excitement, but considering his identity, he restrained himself.
Saito Shenbao army watched the battle, and several generals were also very happy. As long as the horse riding team could take the lead in entering the enemy's array, and then the gun foot light team followed the attack, in terms of their strength advantage, it was bound to expand the war results and win an overwhelming victory.
On the contrary, the senior general of Shenbao family showed a worried face. He suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction of the military array of the Takeda army and said, "no, our cavalry are so close. Why don't the two wings of the Takeda army retreat?"
Saito liki saw that if the Takeda army's bow and foot were light, it did not move. According to the truth, when the enemy approached this distance, the bow and foot were light, and the iron gun and foot were light. He should quickly retreat to the array, and let his own gun and foot light come out to intercept the opponent's army, but why did the Takeda army's array remain motionless and the bow and foot light did not move? Even the gun and foot light had no intention to move.
Looking at the enemy's horse riding team getting closer and closer, the senior general Dao shengmeng of the Western array showed a sneer of ridicule on his face.
Five!
The enemy's horseback pressed five miles.
At this time, Daosheng suddenly pulled out Taidao, waved his wrist down and shouted, "kill!"
At this time, the central gun of the Western array was light enough. The array was already ready. Forty flying spearthrowers stood in the first two rows of the array.
These flying mountain people, dressed in linen clothes on the left and half shirtless, frankly revealed their whole right arm. They didn't wear armor because they were worried that it would affect the strength and direction of their spear throwing.
The spears in their hands were also specially made, almost as thick as the mouth of a cup, and sharp blades were installed in front of them.
At present, the flying spearmen are already ready to go. When we hear Daosheng's fierce cry.
He took a step forward, twisted his body, and then rounded the whole right arm. The spearthrowers in the first two rows almost did their best to throw out the spears in their hands.
At this time, the Saito horseback warrior, who was rushing forward, saw dozens of spears shooting at them and shot them head-on.
Seeing this, Li Xiao seemed to mutter, "string roast horse meat is good."
As soon as Li Xiao's voice fell, a series of war horses neighed at almost the same time, and then a heavy object fell to the ground.
The murderous spirit on Daosheng Meng's face was strong. He waved the Taidao in his hand again and shouted, "the second round."
Just listen to the sound of the roaring air on the battlefield.
There was a strong smell of blood around. A war horse was pierced by three or four spears and nailed to the ground, but it still didn't die. It looked like trying to get up again.
A Saito cavalry warrior had blood in his mouth. Now he was lying on the ground with several spears and his horse.
The follow-up horse riding team of Saito army was in a panic when they saw this scene. Their impact array was in a mess due to the accumulation of spears by the commander of Takeda army.
The bow and foot of the two wings of the Takeda army were light, and the iron gun foot light team seized the opportunity to hit all the bows, arrows and iron guns in one breath.
The sound of iron guns rang out one after another, and the arrow feathers in the air shot arcs.
Saito cavalry warriors were hit again immediately.
Nevertheless, the Saito cavalry's attack is not over.
This was greatly beyond Li Xiao's expectation. Saito's riding Samurai team showed a shocking samurai spirit. Although most of the casualties, the remaining riding Samurai still insisted on attacking the position of Takeda army.
In an instant, two horseback warriors broke through the barrage of iron artillery foot light of Wutian army and entered the left-wing iron artillery foot light team of Li Xiaoxi National array.
Although one person was knocked down by the light volley of the iron gun feet behind him, the other person was red eyed and stained with blood. He rushed into Li Xiao's iron gun foot light team. At present, it was like chopping melons and vegetables and waving a Tai Dao to kill one after another.
The iron cannons on this wing could not dodge, and immediately three or four people were chopped to the ground by him on the spot.
It was too late for Daosheng to stop. Finally, the horseback warrior who broke through the front of Takeda army was stabbed on his horse with a light gun.
However, Li Xiao's left-wing iron artillery team, because of his own strength, killed five people and injured seven people on the spot. At present, the 40 member left-wing iron artillery team lost 12 people.
The same casualties still occurred. One of the other's horseback riding warriors was killed by the gun only after he cut five of his bow and foot light.
After paying such a price, all the more than 40 horseback warriors of Saito army were eliminated.
Here, Li Xiao secretly feared that if it weren't for the attack of the spearmen just now, if Saito's riding warrior team really rushed into the square, I'm afraid his two winged iron gun teams would be completely wiped out.
But even so, Li Xiao is still very distressed about the casualties of the left-wing iron artillery team.
Without the cooperation of horse fences and trenches, it is not easy for Li Xiao to defeat an elite cavalry team.
Just now, Li Xiao's iron gun was light enough to deal with the impact of cavalry for the first time, so he was very flustered, resulting in a sharp drop in the shooting level. Of course, this is because he didn't do enough training before.
In the Western phalanx trained by Gustav II, in order to deal with the attack of the other cavalry, he asked three rows of Musketeers to shoot the impact cavalry together to enhance the lethality.
Similarly, with Li Xiao's iron gun, he still can't do this with his current training.
In the Volkhov battle, Gustav II used regiment medium caliber guns and company small caliber guns to kill and destroy the impact queue of Polish cavalry, and then let the musketeers of the Western phalanx shoot with muskets.
After the double killing of cannon and musket, Gustav II finally defeated the Polish cavalry with the Swedish cavalry extended spear team.
At present, as for the quick version of Li Xiao's western national array, in addition to the important reason of insufficient training, there are no guns and cavalry, so the maximum power of the Western National array has not been brought into play. (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
The sound of the square array stepping on the ground in an orderly way, and Li Xiao's five hundred standing, slowly crossed the piles of corpses in the center of the battlefield, pushing the front forward about a hundred meters.Li Xiao is trying to force the other party to fight a decisive battle or escape without giving the other party sufficient preparation time."Stop!"Seeing the changes in the other side's military array, Li Xiao raised his whip and ordered the army to stop moving forward.Li Xiao looks at the array of Saito army. Saito family has adjusted the array. It seems that they are ready to use a horse riding team to attack the Western array of Takeda army.Li Xiao is not sure whether the iron artillery team can cope with the impact of Saito cavalry. Just now, the iron artillery team under the command of Xiaofan Xiaoxian defeated the first attack of Saito army, and its level performance has greatly exceeded his previous expectations, which can be said to play beyond the level.But if facing a fast horse riding team, Li Xiao doesn't have much confidence.Li Xiao looked carefully. Although the Saito army horse riding team in front of the array had only more than 40 people, they were all elite warriors. If they attacked, it would be easy to open a gap in Li Xiao's western array.So Li Xiao ordered the troops to stop moving and prepare to meet the other horse riding team.Then the military order to reorganize the queue was passed on."Look right!"After advancing a hundred distances and crossing the corpse pile, the queue will inevitably be a little scattered, because the iron cannons can give full play to the maximum salvo effect by firing on a parallel plane. Therefore, the Western array pays great attention to the regularity of the formation.This is also the reason why the Western array attaches so much importance to queue training in addition to the formation transformation.The strength of the Western phalanx lies not so much in the front, but in fear of attacks from the two wings. In fact, it is more afraid of the other party attacking the rectangular edges and corners of the Western phalanx from a 45 degree angle and from an oblique side.Because geometrically speaking, from this point of view, the distribution of long and short range is the most uneven for the iron artillery team located on the side of the Western phalanx.After a short period of rectification, Li Xiao's five hundred standing troops restored the rigorous queue in a short time and were ready for a new round of offensive to be launched by Saito army.At this time, Saito's horse riding team began to move.Li Xiaoyuan looked far away, the horses galloped by, the dust on the ground was slightly raised, and the other party's riding team was arranged in a standard triangular assault formation of cavalry assault, galloping towards the Takeda army.For a moment, the dull sound of horse hoofs on the ground was like dull thunder, which made people feel that the ground trembled slightly.The riding warriors of Saito's family are good at controlling horses. The horses come from a long distance, start to speed up slightly, and then continue to speed up and accelerate. Finally, when they are close to the 45th room of Takeda army, the speed of the horses reaches the maximum.Xiaofan Xiaoxian, a big general of the iron gun, was obviously surprised at the speed of Saito's horse riding team. If he really waited for the other party to enter the actual killing distance of the iron gun, the iron gun team might not have time to shoot in several rows.Xiaofan Xiaoxian immediately ordered the iron artillery team to take the first row and shoot forward.This round of volley is at a distance of forty between the two sides.Ten iron guns were light enough. The first round of iron gun volley. After the smoke of gunpowder retreated, Li Xiao observed the firing results of iron guns, and the other horse riding team was not damaged.Just because of the sound of iron cannon, one or two war horses looked slightly frightened, but then the frightened war horse was immediately controlled by the Saito riding warrior with excellent riding skills.In the blink of an eye, Saito's horse riding team approached 30 from the Takeda army square.It can be seen in the first row of iron cannons hitting the air lightly, or it is awed by the instantaneous assault momentum of Saito army riding team.The second row of iron gun foot light team began to appear in a hurry. Under the hurried shooting, the accuracy was undoubtedly greatly reduced. This round of iron gun volley, Saito's horse riding team still had no casualties.After two defeats, Saito's riding team was even more powerful. At this time, Saito, the foot light team of Shenbao Lianhe army, had reorganized the team, followed behind the cavalry team and quickly pressed on.Li Xiao's iron gun foot light team immediately became confused. The whole team was in a panic atmosphere, and suddenly appeared again. It was a panic scene of the original military drill.When the other cavalry charged to the distance and the Western array was only 20, the third row of light iron guns on the two wings of the array fired a row of Volley again.The result was disappointing, and this volley missed again.Li Xiao shook his head when he saw this situation. His iron gun team was still lack of training. Before, he faced the gun foot light team of Saito family, so he played smoothly at the beginning, so he played more and more smoothly later, without mistakes.Now in the face of the rapid assault of Saito cavalry, coupled with several previous failures, it is a setback in confidence, and now it is revealed.And the panic of the iron gun team spread to each other, and the confidence of the iron gun team was lost.At this time, Li Xiao's two auxiliary 60 bows and feet were light. Within this distance, he carried out the first round of bow and arrow volley.The arrow feathers on both wings shot at the same time. Saito's cavalry team charged several cavalry in front. Riding warriors and horses were shot one after another. Riding warriors were OK. They had sufficient protection, while the horses were completely naked.After the war horse was hit by an arrow, a man stood up with a long hiss, and then overturned its owner and dismounted. The head of the other war horse was directly penetrated by the arrow, and was trampled to death by the horse's hoof together with his owner.The Saito cavalry team was slightly frustrated by the interference of the bow and arrow team, but this did not stop their assault speed."Drink!"In an instant, Saito's horse riding team drew out Taidao almost at the same time. Under the slanting light of the sunset, it suddenly glittered.Saito's horse riding team launched a final charge.Li Xiao had to admit that the horse riding team of Saito army had excellent riding skills.Compared with the previous battle, he deliberately provoked the Takeda army in front of the battle, but now when he rushed into the battle, each knight on horseback firmly attached to his horse and focused on the front. This silent bravery is more moving than the battle with loud cries.As Saito's riding team was getting closer and closer, Li Xiao saw the other riding warrior's cold eyes, the war horse galloping to the maximum speed, and the flag finger stretched to the maximum against the wind. Looking at the past, this mountain like momentum was really shocking."Lord, please order the bow and the iron gun to step down immediately, or let the other horse riding team enter our iron gun team, and the casualties will be great." Shigang Yiyu said loudly.Li Xiao just shook his head.The Saito army's horse riding team has approached within ten rooms. Within this distance, the cavalry can cut the Taidao onto the iron gun feet in the front row in a short breath.Although the Japanese horses are not tall in this era, seeing that the distance advantage is no longer available, and the other cavalry is close at hand, the foot light of the fourth row of iron guns of the Takeda army have softened their hands and almost completed a round of volley.At such a close distance, this round of volley shot down three horseback warriors of the other party. It's not that the iron gun of the Takeda army calmed down his mood. It's just that he can shoot at such a close distance, even if his shooting skill is poor.It's just that the next round of iron gun salvo is basically impossible.It seems to realize that the other party can't do anything. The riding warriors of Saito army show a ferocious smile on their faces. As long as they rush over this distance again, they can cut and kill recklessly, and let the Taidao in their hands be stained with the blood of the iron gun of Takeda army."Rushed over."Seeing that his own cavalry team was about to rush into the square of Takeda army, Saito's general, Saito liki, who was watching the war, was also excited. He almost danced with excitement, but considering his identity, he restrained himself.Saito Shenbao army watched the battle, and several generals were also very happy. As long as the horse riding team could take the lead in entering the enemy's array, and then the gun foot light team followed the attack, in terms of their strength advantage, it was bound to expand the war results and win an overwhelming victory.On the contrary, the senior general of Shenbao family showed a worried face. He suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the direction of the military array of the Takeda army and said, "no, our cavalry are so close. Why don't the two wings of the Takeda army retreat?"Saito liki saw that if the Takeda army's bow and foot were light, it did not move. According to the truth, when the enemy approached this distance, the bow and foot were light, and the iron gun and foot were light. He should quickly retreat to the array, and let his own gun and foot light come out to intercept the opponent's army, but why did the Takeda army's array remain motionless and the bow and foot light did not move? Even the gun and foot light had no intention to move.Looking at the enemy's horse riding team getting closer and closer, the senior general Dao shengmeng of the Western array showed a sneer of ridicule on his face.Five!The enemy's horseback pressed five miles.At this time, Daosheng suddenly pulled out Taidao, waved his wrist down and shouted, "kill!"At this time, the central gun of the Western array was light enough. The array was already ready. Forty flying spearthrowers stood in the first two rows of the array.These flying mountain people, dressed in linen clothes on the left and half shirtless, frankly revealed their whole right arm. They didn't wear armor because they were worried that it would affect the strength and direction of their spear throwing.The spears in their hands were also specially made, almost as thick as the mouth of a cup, and sharp blades were installed in front of them.At present, the flying spearmen are already ready to go. When we hear Daosheng's fierce cry.He took a step forward, twisted his body, and then rounded the whole right arm. The spearthrowers in the first two rows almost did their best to throw out the spears in their hands.At this time, the Saito horseback warrior, who was rushing forward, saw dozens of spears shooting at them and shot them head-on.Seeing this, Li Xiao seemed to mutter, "string roast horse meat is good."As soon as Li Xiao's voice fell, a series of war horses neighed at almost the same time, and then a heavy object fell to the ground.The murderous spirit on Daosheng Meng's face was strong. He waved the Taidao in his hand again and shouted, "the second round."Just listen to the sound of the roaring air on the battlefield.There was a strong smell of blood around. A war horse was pierced by three or four spears and nailed to the ground, but it still didn't die. It looked like trying to get up again.A Saito cavalry warrior had blood in his mouth. Now he was lying on the ground with several spears and his horse.The follow-up horse riding team of Saito army was in a panic when they saw this scene. Their impact array was in a mess due to the accumulation of spears by the commander of Takeda army.The bow and foot of the two wings of the Takeda army were light, and the iron gun foot light team seized the opportunity to hit all the bows, arrows and iron guns in one breath.The sound of iron guns rang out one after another, and the arrow feathers in the air shot arcs.Saito cavalry warriors were hit again immediately.Nevertheless, the Saito cavalry's attack is not over.This was greatly beyond Li Xiao's expectation. Saito's riding Samurai team showed a shocking samurai spirit. Although most of the casualties, the remaining riding Samurai still insisted on attacking the position of Takeda army.In an instant, two horseback warriors broke through the barrage of iron artillery foot light of Wutian army and entered the left-wing iron artillery foot light team of Li Xiaoxi National array.Although one person was knocked down by the light volley of the iron gun feet behind him, the other person was red eyed and stained with blood. He rushed into Li Xiao's iron gun foot light team. At present, it was like chopping melons and vegetables and waving a Tai Dao to kill one after another.The iron cannons on this wing could not dodge, and immediately three or four people were chopped to the ground by him on the spot.It was too late for Daosheng to stop. Finally, the horseback warrior who broke through the front of Takeda army was stabbed on his horse with a light gun.However, Li Xiao's left-wing iron artillery team, because of his own strength, killed five people and injured seven people on the spot. At present, the 40 member left-wing iron artillery team lost 12 people.The same casualties still occurred. One of the other's horseback riding warriors was killed by the gun only after he cut five of his bow and foot light.After paying such a price, all the more than 40 horseback warriors of Saito army were eliminated.Here, Li Xiao secretly feared that if it weren't for the attack of the spearmen just now, if Saito's riding warrior team really rushed into the square, I'm afraid his two winged iron gun teams would be completely wiped out.But even so, Li Xiao is still very distressed about the casualties of the left-wing iron artillery team.Without the cooperation of horse fences and trenches, it is not easy for Li Xiao to defeat an elite cavalry team.Just now, Li Xiao's iron gun was light enough to deal with the impact of cavalry for the first time, so he was very flustered, resulting in a sharp drop in the shooting level. Of course, this is because he didn't do enough training before.In the Western phalanx trained by Gustav II, in order to deal with the attack of the other cavalry, he asked three rows of Musketeers to shoot the impact cavalry together to enhance the lethality.Similarly, with Li Xiao's iron gun, he still can't do this with his current training.In the Volkhov battle, Gustav II used regiment medium caliber guns and company small caliber guns to kill and destroy the impact queue of Polish cavalry, and then let the musketeers of the Western phalanx shoot with muskets.After the double killing of cannon and musket, Gustav II finally defeated the Polish cavalry with the Swedish cavalry extended spear team.At present, as for the quick version of Li Xiao's western national array, in addition to the important reason of insufficient training, there are no guns and cavalry, so the maximum power of the Western National array has not been brought into play. to be continued. 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