Chapter 428: Chariot Formation Attacks

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The sky was just beginning to brighten.

The Wangfu Army soldiers had already buried their pots to cook and eaten their fill.

Immediately after, under the command of Chang Wei, they continued their march to the north.

After more than an hour, Chang Wei saw a vast expanse of white tents.

And on the perimeter of the tents, the iron cavalry of the Black Iron Royal Tent had already formed ranks, waiting for them like an impassable wall.

"Woo— woo— woo—"

When the two armies were five hundred meters apart, the sound of horns rang out among the Northern Di grand army.

Immediately, the Northern Di cavalry moved slowly; the cavalry on both sides moved east and west respectively to flank them from the wings, while the center army pressed toward them in a dark, dense mass.

"Form ranks!"

Seeing this, Chang Wei immediately gave the order. The chariot soldiers responsible for the War Chariots immediately led their horses to pull the War Chariots into a circle, hooked the iron chains on the War Chariots to the ones in front, and then unfastened the horses' harnesses to let the horses enter the center of the Circular Formation.

"Rumble— rumble—"

The Circular Formation gradually took shape, and the sound of the Northern Di cavalry horses trampling the earth grew louder and louder.

The Northern Di Light Cavalry on the wings did not charge at the Chariot Formation; upon entering within a hundred-meter distance, they continuously shot arrows at the Chariot Formation. This was their common tactic, and often in this kite-style fighting, the local Infantry would suffer heavy casualties.

It was just that their most proficient tactic was destined to fail before the War Chariots.

The Northern Di's arrows rained down, and the chariot soldiers immediately propped up the iron-covered lids of the War Chariots; the Northern Di's arrows were blocked.

At the same time, the Flintlock Infantry inside the Chariot Formation climbed onto the War Chariots and began to return fire using the holes in the lids.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

White smoke rose, and the galloping Northern Di cavalry kept falling from their horses.

"Hahaha... It really is just like during the drills. His Highness is truly formidable; this is equivalent to us having a mobile Lengbao on the Grassland," Lv Chang laughed loudly.

He and Chang Wei were in the Circular Formation in the middle.

At this moment, like the other generals, he was holding a Telescope to observe the battle situation.

The corners of Chang Wei's mouth carried a smile; to them, fighting on the Grassland in the past was simply suicide.

After all, no Infantry could win a victory on the Grassland.

But clearly, the appearance of the Chariot Formation had reversed this situation. Although the mobility of the Chariot Formation was very poor, they now had the power to fight back.

"Cunning Yan Wang, this must be his bad idea again." In the Northern Di center army, Enke saw everything before him and frowned deeply.

The War Chariots of the Yan Wang soldiers were like Caltrops; his cavalry naturally could not directly charge their Infantry.

And now, the lids on these War Chariots were lifted; the Yan Wang soldiers were actually able to resist their arrows while letting the soldiers use firearms to return fire.

"Bring up the Artillery!" Enke shouted.

This was what the Northern Di soldiers had risked their lives to snatch back when they were routed at Qingfeng Pass, but now only twelve remained.

Now, he had to use these twelve cannons to blast open the Yan Wang's Chariot Formation, otherwise, this battle could not be won.

The order was passed down, and twelve Artillery pieces were pushed over, aimed at the Chariot Formation in the middle of the first row.

Chang Wei immediately discovered this situation through the Telescope; at this time, the Northern Di center army was only about three hundred meters away from them.

At this distance, the Artillery was full of power.

He immediately shouted: "Mortar cover! Zhong Li, Chen Hu, destroy their Artillery!"

Upon receiving the order, Zhong Li and Chen Hu immediately organized the cavalry within the Chariot Formation to stand by; at the same time, the Mortars were loaded with Lime Bombs and fired toward the Northern Di center army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

One by one, the Mortars inside the Chariot Formation spewed Flame, and the Cannonballs drew an arc in the sky, exploding above the heads of the Northern Di center army.

Some Lime Bombs exploded above the heads of the Northern Di cavalry, and the white Lime scattered into a cloud-like mist amidst the shockwave formed by the Gunpowder explosion, covering the Northern Di cavalry.

The huge explosion sound further startled the Northern Di's Warhorses, and the center army immediately fell into chaos.

And as one Lime Bomb after another fell, the front of the Northern Di center army seemed to be covered by a thick fog; their eyes were burned by the Lime, and it quickly caused them to fall into even greater chaos.

"Attack!" The timing was right, and Chang Wei immediately gave the order.

At this time, the chariot soldiers immediately unfastened the chains, then changed the direction of the War Chariots, turning them from horizontal to vertical, and the cavalry flew out from the opened gaps.

This type of tactic had been performed many times during drills, and the coordination between the soldiers had already developed a tacit understanding.

"Kill!"

Zhong Li and Chen Hu charged out. At a distance of one hundred meters from the Northern Di center army, they picked up their Pulley Crossbows from their horses' backs and first fired a wave of Arrow rain.

Immediately after, they hung the Crossbows on the horses' backs; Zhong Li brandished his Silver Spear, and Chen Hu drew his Cavalry Saber, charging out of the chaotic center army.

They charged straight to the front of the Northern Di's Artillery. Facing the Northern Di's ten Artillery pieces, Zhong Li immediately shouted: "Nail the Artillery shut for me!"

Under his command, some cavalry immediately dismounted and rushed to the Artillery, took out iron nails and stuffed them into the touchholes of the Northern Di's Artillery, and used the hilts of their sabers to hammer the iron nails into the touchholes.

This was a project in their drills after learning that the Northern Di had Artillery, and it was also something Yan Wang had added to the drills.

Now it had come in handy, and the cavalry admired Yan Wang even more.

They hadn't expected that Yan Wang could consider any situation on the battlefield; with the touchholes of these Artillery pieces nailed shut, don't even think about using them in this battle.

The Yan Wang soldiers suddenly attacked, and the Northern Di cavalry on the wings realized what was happening and immediately charged toward Zhong Li and the others.

On the left and right wings, over twenty thousand cavalry were aggressive.

"Hahaha... You bunch of Northern Di dogs, rage in your incompetence!" Zhong Li laughed loudly. Having nailed the Northern Di's Artillery shut, he and Chen Hu did not linger in the fight, turned their horses' heads, and fled.

They knew very well that once they were entangled, they would not be able to leave.

For now, they still had to rely on the Chariot Formation to fight the Black Iron Royal Tent.

Returning to the front of the Chariot Formation, the chariot soldiers immediately opened the chains, and they hid back into the formation.

And the Northern Di cavalry that followed in pursuit only saw a sheet of white smoke rise, and then they fell from their horses one after another, collapsing in pools of blood.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

The Artillery in the Chariot Formation began to fire; the Artillerymen had already pushed the Field Artillery behind the chains of the War Chariots, bombarding the Beidi Cavalry through the gaps between the War Chariots.

Before the Battle Formation composed of War Chariots, the Beidi Cavalry had already lost their advantage, and they were continuously struck down by the Artillery and Flintlocks of the Prince's Personal Army.

In just a short time, the charging Beidi Cavalry suffered heavy casualties.

Facing the Battle Formation that they could find no way to bite into, they finally remembered their Artillery, but when they returned to the center army, they discovered that the touchholes of all their Artillery were unusable.

Enke soon learned of this news, and he was so angry he nearly went mad, "Damn Yan Wang, damn Yan Wang's soldiers, quickly go and drive all the slaves out, let them serve as meat shields."

The Servant Soldiers were all dead, but there were still many slaves in the royal tent available for them to drive.

He wanted to have these slaves charge in front, with the Beidi soldiers following behind to attack into the Chariot Formation.

However, just as his voice fell, they saw the Yan Wang's soldiers who had originally been hiding in the Battle Formation rushing out of the Chariot Formation one after another, blocking in front of the War Chariots.