Turbulent Times Chapter 1375: Wang Junlin’s decision
"Get closer to the general! Get closer to the general!" As Luo Shixin shouted, the soldiers around Luo Shixin also shouted loudly, and other soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion also shouted loudly one after another, and then desperately moved closer to Luo Shixin.
Soon, more than 3,000 people gathered around Luo Shixin in the Whirlwind Camp.
Seeing this, Li Shimin also called out to his troops, trying to gather them together as much as possible.
Other generals of the Sui Army also followed suit and began to shout and gather their troops.
And Ashina sneered and said: "I was affected by those defeated soldiers just now, so I couldn't charge up. Since the Sui army gathered people and wanted to end this kind of melee, don't we Turkic warriors still be afraid of them? Number, gather people.”
As the Turkic people gathered and sounded the horn, a strange scene happened on the battlefield.
The troops on both sides no longer fought each other, but gathered around their leader at the fastest speed, and formed a battle formation at the fastest speed.
It didn't take long for the troops on both sides to separate, and they were keeping a distance as much as possible.
"Order, all the Whirlwind Battalion will dismount and meet the enemy with infantry formation. The others will put horses behind the Whirlwind Battalion to protect the two wings." This was the order from Wang Junlin, who stood behind and commanded the overall situation.
After Luo Shixin received the order, he immediately dismounted the soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion. Except for a thousand people who led the horses to the back, the remaining soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion formed a spear formation as quickly as possible.
And Li Shimin, Wang Rengong and other Sui troops also obeyed Wang Junlin's order. The cavalry guarded both sides of the infantry formation in the whirlwind battalion, and the infantry deployed the battle formation at the end.
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More than 17,000 Whirlwind Battalion officers and soldiers densely packed their heads and trembled like scales. With a team of thousands as a combat unit, they greeted the rushing Turkic cavalry.
The Turks thought they were good at cavalry charges, so they chose to end the melee without hesitation and regroup.
But as everyone knows, Wang Junlin sees it more clearly. He doesn't know about the other Sui troops, but their Far Eastern Army must not be scattered like the Turkic cavalry and enter a melee, otherwise the battle formation they trained would be difficult to exert any combat power. In other words, in individual battles, although the morale and mental state of the Turkic cavalry is not good,
But the addition of the reinforcements later and the number of routs that had been reorganized before was not less than them, and the ability of individual soldiers to fight was stronger than most of the Sui army on their own, so it was hard to say in the end, even if they won, they would definitely win lost heavily.
Luo Shixin's main general's flag tilted forward slightly, and all the thousands of infantry units sounded the drums at the same time.
All infantry in the front two rows hold iron guns in both hands, and in the back hold iron guns in one hand and quick crossbows in the other. Under the command of their respective captains, they walked towards the enemy with their heads held high, and stopped a hundred paces before the Turkic cavalry front.
At this time, the Turkic cavalry who rushed up had already started throwing bows and arrows. The soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion standing in the rain of arrows did not panic at all. They were as peaceful as standing in the sun enjoying the spring breeze.
At this time, a team of Turkic cavalry was already 400 paces away, and Ashina Tuosi did not send all the cavalry, but sent 20,000 cavalry first, and they kept the basic formation while galloping. After dismounting to fight on horseback at the Whirlwind Battalion here, although he was greatly surprised, he was vigilant.
Furthermore, these Turkic cavalry were very fierce and experienced, and charged towards the infantry formation of the Whirlwind Battalion roaring, deliberately keeping a distance from each other. Step back to the sides.
"Squat down in the first two rows! Refuse the horse!" Luo Shixin immediately gave the order loudly, and the messengers around him passed the order to the following teams as quickly as possible, and it was quickly carried out.
There are cavalry rolling in front of you. The other Sui troops on both sides and behind are a little nervous, but the soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion in the middle are indifferent and murderous. According to the usual training, they subconsciously obey the orders. The first two rows Aim the spear obliquely at the front, doing the standard horse refusal action, while the rows behind are first aiming at the fast crossbow socket, ready to shoot.
Facing the cavalry, the first two rows of infantry squat down first, and let the two rows behind them shoot with fast crossbows first. This in itself is the basic training in the infantry regulations of the Far Eastern Army.
At this time, there is no need for Luo Shixin to order an attack, and the captains of each thousand-man team will issue orders independently.
The Turkic cavalry was already about 120 paces away, and all the captains of the Thousand-man Squadron of the Whirlwind Battalion looked hideous almost at the same time, and shouted loudly: "The last two rows of crossbows are ready!"
Two rows of soldiers behind each thousand troops
At the same time, they turned sideways to look for the shooting point. The captain did not give them too much time to prepare, and immediately roared: "Aim!"
Each thousand-man team is guaranteed to use one hundred fast crossbows at the same time. The eighteen thousand-man team squares are nine thousand-man teams in the front and nine thousand-man teams in the back. The ones who can face the Turkic cavalry directly are the nine thousand-man squadrons, and the nine hundred fast crossbows aim at the oncoming Turkic cavalry. Amidst the thunderous hooves, all the captains wait coldly for the Turkic cavalry to enter about eighty steps , and then shouted loudly: "Let go!"
There was a buzzing sound, each fast crossbow was fired nine times in a row and all were shot empty, and in order to avoid all shooting at the enemy soldiers in the front row, they would take a breath between each crossbow. More than a thousand Turkic cavalry cavalry in the front row fell to the ground. While the cavalry was majestic, it also provided a bigger target. Most of them hit the horses. They rolled violently on the ground, causing the Turkic cavalry formation to be chaotic.
"Stand up in the front row! Aim!" The captains of the nine thousand-man teams in front were still very steady, but they gave orders a little faster.
Amidst the roar of the nine captains, the soldiers in the front row stood up and raised the crossbow, while the row behind began to load arrows into the crossbow.
"Launch!"
Another round of 900 fast crossbows fired nine bursts at intervals, and the Turkic cavalry cavalry in front of them fell down again, causing chaos again, but the other cavalry speeded up and rushed crazily. It was too late for the next round of shooting at this time.
"Reject horses in the front row!" All the captains gave an order, and the soldiers in the front row who had just finished shooting all squatted down, and the soldiers in the second row stood up and raised their guns. The army formation was like a hedgehog with spikes.
Turkic cavalry cavalry came roaring, but the soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion in front of them did not panic at all as they expected, but put out such a long spear formation.
The Turks don’t know that the Far East Army, whether it’s cavalry or infantry, infantry battle formations are all based on common subjects of training, and when training infantry battle formations, there will often be infantry confrontation training, soldiers’ psychological endurance Already worked out.
The dense array of iron spears stimulated the eyes of the horses under the Turkic cavalry. Cavalry final impact effect.