The fifty-fourth chapter: Jingjiao disciples leave murderous blood 2
Zheng Yunming shouted: "Every army cleared the bodies immediately and replenished ammunition and arrows. The enemy is already preparing for the second wave of attack!" Before he finished speaking, a clear sound of trumpets had already been heard from afar. The Hu infantrymen who had already finished the array shouted together and began to advance in the direction of Zheng Yunming's central chariot formation. The soldiers in the chariot formation were busy pushing the bodies down from the side chariots. The firearms were busy tearing open the hemp paper wrapped in bullets, filling the muskets and general cannons with gunpowder and bullets again. They didn't even have time to cheer, but they repelled a fierce attack, and the next wave of attacks came soon.
The Uygur infantry advanced a little slower than the Han army, probably because the armor was more gorgeous. But in contrast, when they entered the range, the oncoming arrows of the Song people could cause less damage. This was the best-quality arrows shot from the horned bows and horned crossbows in the Song army. If you use wooden bows to fill the numbers, it would be almost impossible to cause any substantial damage to these infantry wearing fish scale armor. The real threat is firearms, and they must be large-caliber firearms. When the lethality of the gun bullets was reduced by the Western Region armor, only the stone bullets sprayed by General Zhu could still be smashed to pieces. When a stone bullet was shot into the array of the Uygur army, it would always cause a panic.
The cannon will be the tomb of armor. Zheng Yunming suddenly remembered a sentence he had heard in his previous life. At that time, it was just a plain record printed on paper. Zheng Yunming flipped it over and didn't feel shocked. Only when he saw the warriors with armored bodies full of arrows were covered with arrows and moved forward indifferently, and once they were bombarded by General Zhu's shells, he felt that this sentence was simply a vivid reality. Every time General Zhu hit, the morale of the Earth Dragon Army soldiers in the chariot formation was boosted, and people whispered, telling the huge power of these flame monsters.
"It's a pity that the number of these firearms is too small." Zhu Sheng said to Zheng Yunming: "If there is a thousand bronze generals in the gate, why not be afraid of the enemy's armored cavalry?"
Zheng Yunming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I can't make it even if the general of the 1,000 doors is exhausted. If the official family takes action, it would be almost the same." He knocked Zhu Sheng's head with a horse whip: "Don't think about these things that are not there. At least this time, the Hu people have to rely on the soldiers to fight back with one sword and one shot."
Zhu Sheng responded and shouted loudly: "The whole army is in full swing, ready to face the enemy!"
General Zhu's bombardment obviously reduced the morale of the Uygur infantry, but finally the Uighur general was much more rational than the retreating Han army. He loudly inspired and maintained the morale of the infantry formation. He advanced to the chariot formation before rushing into the chariot formation.
"Please keep the formation!" Zheng Yunming shouted: "Our army has been fighting for a while, be careful to deal with the new enemy forces!"
He was right. If the troops have the advantage, the best way to deal with the chariot formation is to attack in turn. The reason is very simple. People's physical strength will be limited. Under the repeated impact, all the physical strength of the defense side will be fast and exhausted quickly. The next step is one-sided massacre. Zheng Yunming's original formation has more soldiers than the other chariot formations, but only more than 2,000 people. In the same sentence, the limitations of the chariot formation make it separate the concentrated army, making the attack that originally had the advantage of stating that the Song army became a side with fewer people in a battle zone.
As long as the Mongolian army takes turns to attack the central chariot formation where Zheng Yunming is located, the physical strength of these 2,000 people will be exhausted soon. This is the tactic of the Mongolian Wanhuhuhuhu. When attacking the enemy's well-prepared chariot formation, this is undoubtedly the best tactic. At the same time, the rest of the Mongolian army's cavalry spread around the chariot formation, on guard against the troops in the other chariot formations coming to reinforce. They just waited to take turns to crush the central chariot formations together with their commander Zheng Yunming, and they had already won the victory.
But Huduhu's deployment still has one shortcoming. He did not send cavalry to the chariot formation and block Zheng Yunming's retreat. Once the chariot formation was broken, Zheng Yunming could easily escape into Xiangyang City under the protection of his personal escorts. After all, they were not far from Xiangyang. But so what? The honor of defeating Zheng Yunming on the front for the first time was won by Huduhu, which also made up for the failure of his cavalry being frightened by the cannons at the city gate in the first battle in Xiangyang.
As for why Zheng Yunming was not fully encircled, the cavalry were still worried about the threat from Xiangyang City behind him. If they were really sandwiched between Xiangyang and the chariot formation, these cavalry would be attacked on both sides.
Zheng Yunming would not consider escaping for the time being. As he saw with his own eyes, his troops could not collapse. As soon as the two armies fought on the inside of the cart, they immediately noticed that although these aggressive guys were well-equipped, their armor was also decorated with Islamic patterns, and even cat-eye stones were inlaid on the scimitar, their desperate momentum was actually worse than the first wave of the Northern Han army. They roared loudly and shook the flag, but their footsteps didn't move forward. They occasionally moved forward tentatively, and once they were strongly attacked by the Tulong Army, they immediately retreated.
Hu Duhu knew that this was a minor problem of Uighurs being good at calculating. Uighurs have been doing business for too long and have considered all successes and failures in the business position. They are determined not to do business that loses money. Therefore, they are particularly active in robbing villages and massacres of cities, and when they encounter difficulties, they seem to hesitate. It is not that they really cherish life and fear death. They are just calculating costs and benefits at all times. The same is true for today's mission. The Uighur army is not like other people after advancing to the station.
The army pushed the obstacles and rushed directly into the formation, strangling the Song army with all their might. Instead, they slowly sent some teams to test the Song army's strict defensive formation to examine the overall combat effectiveness of the Song army. Obviously, because the first wave of Han army was not effective in attacking, the combat effectiveness of the Song army, which was in a defensive state, was not consumed too much. If the Uighur army wanted to rush into the chariot formation toughly, it would only pay a heavy price. The appearance of food and treasures was not found in the chariot formation. Even if they successfully broke into the chariot formation, the credit might not be their own, so the fighting spirit of the Uighur infantry was not so high.
The two armies were rubbing against each other near the chariot formation. In fact, it was beneficial to Zheng Yunming. He only used very few people to maintain the front line. The others were waiting for the battle behind, which was actually just a disguised rest. If he could recover more physical strength, the Mongols would lose one chance of winning.
But Jiao Chongshan could no longer wait. The situation was not bad or sunny, and the Mongols suffered the loss. Seeing the sun moving towards the west little by little, there were fewer and fewer opportunities to defeat Zheng Yunming. Jiao Chongshan understood that if the battle could not be resolved until dark, the Song people would have sufficient opportunities to retreat to the city under the cover of night. Naturally, for the Mongolian army, this was at most an unbeaten peace for the Mongolian army. However, since the obstacles and fortifications outside the city were removed by the Song people and the trencher position had also fallen, he, as the marshal who commanded the siege, would definitely bear responsibility for this. If he wanted to relieve his guilt, he had to create some achievements at this precious opportunity when the Song army left the city, such as the head of Zheng Yunming, a famous general in Jinghu that King Quchu valued the most.
He was trying to make a decision to lose his merits. He couldn't help but urge him loudly: "Weiwuer is useless! Hu Duhu, let your subordinates go up!"
Hu Duhu narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the situation on the battlefield. Although he had a different position from the Marshal of Jiaotong, he might not be in a hurry to make merits. However, the credit was right in front of him, and it was definitely not his personality to give up.
He just needed to put some pressure on the Weiwuer infantry to fight hard. He immediately ordered a five hundred households to gather and dismount and line up to reinforce.
The Mongolian troops, called reinforcements, but the dismounted warriors of four or five hundred men, stepped forward to the formation, which was a pressure on the Uygur troops in front. Before the Mongolian army drove to the chariot formation, the Uygur troops had already begun to move. They shouted and advanced forward and began to fight the Tulong Army. Once they became serious, the advantage of equipment was revealed. With the collision of weapons and armor, the Tulong Army began to be oppressed and retreated, and only the front line that the Beiwei Army defended was firmly maintained, but in order to maintain the balance of the entire front, they had to retreat in an orderly manner. Zheng Yunming had already retreated to the east of the center of the chariot formation, and Lu Xunzhi was here to command. They must be prepared to not be able to hold on to the entire central chariot formation.
At this time, Mr. Lu was sitting in the chair in the rear in military uniform, his face calmer than Zheng Yunming. Zheng Yunming also understood the reason why he was so calm. About 3,000 Right Army of Zhenwu Army, the formation army and the infantry of the rear army were detouring the rear of the chariot formation, while driving the surrounding cavalry while coming to reinforce. The remaining earth dragon army formed a triassic formation, using firearms to block the approaching cavalry clusters and covering their companions to advance towards the central chariot formation. The cavalry scattered around the chariot formation were worried about the threat of projecting firepower on the city, and quickly attacked and harassed the Zhenwu Army, and then retreated, but did not dare to attack with all their strength.
Chapter completed!