Chapter 158 The Victory of Weapons
The number and mass of the Dagan cavalry were not as good as that of the Turks, so they developed a set of tactics for infantry against cavalry, which can be said to be the nemesis of cavalry assault.
But this tactic is not omnipotent, because infantry is ultimately a shortcoming in speed. When fighting in the wild, Turkic cavalry can gain an advantage with faster speed, attacking and retreating and defending.
The Youzhou cavalry who learned the Turkic tactics was almost certain to pinch the snails with three fingers against Fang Yun.
If you want to deal with such a tactic, you can only have a strong bow and a hard crossbow. Unfortunately, Fang Yunjun did not carry these weapons.
Seeing the opponent wandering around and then another wave of arrows, Fang Yun knew that he could not be beaten passively. The cavalry was good at field battles, but not good at defense. He had to take the initiative to attack and force the cavalry to a disadvantage.
"Range the array forward and take Dingzhou."
The deputy general said in surprise: "General Fang, if this cavalry detours, we will be in a state of being attacked from both front and back."
"As long as you quickly capture Dingzhou and have defense, the Youzhou cavalry will not do anything to us."
Dingzhou City is small, and the city wall is only about three meters high. You only need to climb the city ladder to climb up.
"The spear team stayed behind to defend against the Youzhou cavalry, the archers moved forward, preparing for ten rounds of volleys..."
Fang Yun calmly issued a combat order. This change made Zhang Shoulin secretly amazed. He finally saw the quality of an excellent general, and was calm in the face of danger and properly placed. He still had a long way to learn.
Du Biao looked at Fang Jun's archer who replaced him and suggested: "Dingzhou City is small. If they attack like this, the city wall will not last long. It would be better to let the second team go out through the side gate and attack on both sides."
"Okay, you can take the second team out through the side door and cooperate with Chen Da."
Du Biao took the order and took away the remaining 1,000 cavalrymen. The only remaining in Dingzhou City was infantry and more than a dozen chariots and crossbows for defense.
As Fang Yunjun approached, Zhang Shoulin asked his men to push up the remaining crossbows and aimed at the bow and arrow team.
Fang Yun saw another crossbow of carriages and crossbows appearing on the city wall, and his face turned green. It would be a miracle that there were such a big killer weapon in Youzhou. They actually had more than a dozen? Fang Yun had a desire to retreat, but it was too late to retreat now.
As Zhang Shoulin issued the order to launch, more than ten crossbows made a harsh sound of breaking through the air. The huge crossbow arrows were wrapped in huge energy that pierced everything and instantly flew to the front of the bow and arrow team.
The crossbow arrow easily passed through the first person, and its strength did not diminish. It passed through the second person and the third person, and then stabbed him hard on the fourth person, nailing him to the ground.
Fang Yun, who was commanding behind the team, looked numb. This was a crossbow arrow used to attack the city, and the deterrent effect caused by shooting people was so amazing.
Fortunately, Fang Yun knew that the loading speed of the crossbow was a bit slow, so while they were loading, the bow and arrow team could completely enter the range of the bow and arrow.
But soon, the fact hit Fang Yun with a loud mouth, and the crossbow chariot shot out huge arrows again.
Moreover, this time the crossbow reduced the shooting angle and more people were penetrated.
Fang Yun almost collapsed. Why can their crossbows be launched one after another? How is this possible? The answer to Fang Yun is a new round of shooting.
As the commander, Fang Yun couldn't accept it, and the soldiers below collapsed directly, attacking the crossbows at the city gate, and fired at their bodies. Hundreds of people died before they got close. This was not coming to fight, but to die.
Once morale collapses, it will be difficult to recover. The archers in front are in a mess and run back like lifeless.
The front team and the back team collided and a stampede occurred.
Fang Yun shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, they have no arrows. Go in and I will reward him with the most beautiful concubine."
Fang Yun's mobilization really stabilized some of the people, and the messy lineup was reorganized.
This method made Zhang Shoulin on the city wall admire him: "This person must be captured alive, and I want to learn from him as a general."
Seeing that the situation was stable, Fang Yun was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he saw another cavalry appearing on the left, exactly the same as the previous cavalry team.
Fang Yun lamented, the situation was hopeless, Dingzhou City ahead could not be captured, and cavalry harassed him on both sides. He had already lost this battle.
"The front team becomes the back team, the back team becomes the front team, and withdraw."
Fang Yun made a quick decision and retreated decisively. With the order to retreat, the team quickly deformed, and the bow and arrow team stayed behind to protect the team in front of them to retreat.
But the Archer Team had lost morale in the previous attacks of crossbows. He heard the orders for retreat, regardless of formation, and quickly ran away from all directions.
The team completely disbanded, and only the spear team was still confronting Chen Da.
Zhang Shoulin saw Fang Yun retreating, opened the city gate and led his troops to pursue him.
Chen Da and Du Biao responded quickly that the cavalry were much faster than the infantry, and they did not kill them all, so they shot arrows on both sides of the deserter and shouted: "Surrender and don't kill them."
Fang Yun's team was getting smaller and smaller, and ten thousand people went to nine stops. When he came to his senses, there were only a few hundred people left by his side, all of whom were following his brothers, and Chen Da and Du Biao were still chasing him.
Fang Yun sighed: "I didn't expect to experience such a failure, where is the deputy general?"
"He was shot by a stray arrow and was caught without knowing his life or death."
Fang Yun sighed again, and suddenly several arrows shot at him one after another, shooting the people around Fang Yun to death.
Fang Yun was shocked and hurriedly urged him to sit down and run quickly, but the war horses in Dongdu were not as good as the Mongolian horses of the Yulin Guard, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.
Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, Fang Yun stopped and said, "Fight with them."
The elite personal soldiers were still around Fang Yun. They didn't say anything, and they all turned around, clasped their spears and looked at the pursuers behind them coldly.
The pursuit of Chen Da and Du Biao had already joined forces. They arranged people to accommodate prisoners of war along the way, otherwise they would have chased Fang Yun long ago.
The two were discussing what the prince could reward them after the victory. Suddenly, they saw Fang Yun and the others stop, and they also stopped.
"They want to fight to the death?"
Du Biao nodded: "You still need to be careful when fighting trapped beasts."
Chen Da nodded, and Zhang Shoulin behind him finally arrived: "You run so fast, don't kill that person, leave a living mouth."
"What are you going to do?"
"The prince must need such an excellent general."
Chen Da and Du Biao did not object, and asked their subordinates to keep Fang Yun alive, and the others could be killed.
Both sides did not speak, and on one side were the soldiers who were mourning, they would win, and on the other side were the great victory.
As both sides accumulated enough horsepower, both sides charged at the same time.
Elite soldiers against elite soldiers, horses against horses, and the sound of horse hooves mixed with the sound of spears piercing into the human body. Some people kept falling off the horse and blood kept splashing out.
After a round of confrontation, Chen Da spat out a mouthful of blood, his hand holding the gun trembled constantly, and blood flowed from his shoulders through his arms, through the spear, and fell to the ground.
"Damn, this kid is awesome."
After saying that, Chen Da's eyes turned dark and fell off his horse.
Chapter completed!