Similarly, the archery skills of the barbarians were generally much stronger than those of the wild people.
Although the warriors of the Keyan Division were not as well-equipped as the regular army of the Snow Sea under Lord Zheng, against the Naman Tribe, their armor peration was also not high, so they were evenly matched.
The real reason for this was iron and armor. During the time of the wild people king, these war materials were actually plundered to quickly arm his own subordinates. It was impossible to leave them unused and transport them back to the snowy plains as treasures,
At the same time, the craftsmen captured from Jin land were naturally allocated first to the tribes supporting the wild people king.
However, because the main force of the wild people king was buried in Jin land, the armor and weapons were naturally left behind. Moreover, the tribes that received the craftsmen and had long-term vision were overpowered by other wild tribes due to losing too many warriors, causing these craftsmen to leak, which led to no significant improvements in the smelting and forging technology in the snowy plains.
Thus, the ambitious men on the snowy plains felt that, after losing the wild people king, the snowy plains had no more hope.
The impact of arrows focused on the flanks, and the flanks of the Naman Tribe consisted of auxiliary troops and slave troops. After being struck, these two forces, which numbered over ten thousand, quickly fell into chaos.
On the small hill, Lord Zheng continued to give "mental command."
"Flanks, perate."
The charge of both sides was still ongoing. Both were primarily cavalry, so everything was progressing rapidly.
When more than four thousand Keyan Division warriors adopted flanking tactics, the subsequent three thousand Keyan Division warriors, led by their young chieftain, Keyan Dongge, increased their horse speed to the maximum. However, they did not actively engage the main forces of the Naman Tribe head-on. Instead, they opened their central gate, executing a slight flanking maneuver, which redirected the arrowhead charge to the flank of the Naman Tribe, ruthlessly crashing into the area where the auxiliary troops were stationed!
This close combat, the most direct collision of cavalry, was often a method least favored by commanders, yet the fastest to show results on the battlefield.
The dislike comes from the high cost of cavalry, but the quick effect is the frightening mental and morale impact when herds of warhorses with thundering hooves charge at you.
In later times, even the Eighth Route Army knew to first combat the puppet army when fighting the Japanese. Now, the method used by the Keyan Division was essentially identical.
The auxiliary army was a group of slaves forcibly conscripted by the Naman Tribe through the annexation of other tribes. How much combat effectiveness could such a group have?
Moreover, the Naman Tribe had just drawn away five thousand elite warriors, directly causing a severe imbalance in the structure of this army.
Therefore, after Keyan Dongge led his tribesmen in a determined assault, encountering some resistance only at the beginning, their advancing momentum started to speed up continuously.
The right wing's auxiliary army was directly breached, triggering a collapse. This collapse, like a breached dam, quickly led to a chain reaction.
The collapsed and sizeable number of auxiliary troops on the right wing fled toward the Middle Army, directly disrupting the deployment of the Naman Tribe's Middle Army. This force, which was supposed to demonstrate the strongest fighting will and was the most combat-capable, was misled by its own side before it could truly exert itself.
In the distance,
Lord Zheng drew a circle with his hand,
saying:
"Rear peration."
The cavalry led by Jin Shuke, flanking both sides, bypassed the main force of the Naman Tribe and began to perate from the rear diagonally.
Upon seeing this,
Lord Zheng smacked his lips,
pulled out his Chinese cigarette tin,
drew out a cigarette,
and leisurely lit it for himself.
Beside him, A Ming said, "My lord is wise."
Honestly, A Ming was somewhat impressed.
Zheng Fan shrugged nonchalantly, flicking the ash, and said:
"I'm not the one commanding."
A Ming was about to speak, but Zheng Fan preemptively said:
"Don't tell me this is no different from my command."
A Ming closed his mouth.
Lord Zheng stretched lazily,
the battle was decided.
Sure enough, the Naman Tribe's army collapsed, losing formation first, then organizational structure, followed by a breakdown in the command system, leading to the full-scale collapse of the army.
In truth, the number of people who actually engaged in fierce fighting and died was very few, accounting for only a very small proportion.
But in many cases of warfare, especially field battles, it is rare to see rigid exchanges of headcounts. Even in siege battles, it is the same.
This mode of operation was identical to what Lord Jingnan, Tian Wujing, used when commanding the Zhenbei Army and Jingnan elite forces to decisively battle the main force of the wild people king.
It was about exploiting the mixed composition of your troops, exploiting your makeshift nature, exploiting the fact that you were not united, while we, on the other hand, held unified command and belief, slicing up and disintegrating you, and after you collapsed, proceeding with the slaughter.
When wolves hunt prey far exceeding their numbers in herds, they also often employ similar methods.
To say that the combat order and quality of the Keyan Division warriors were exceptionally high would also be inaccurate, but the key was, they were a tribe.
Having traveled thousands of miles to a foreign place and faced with a new environment, they would instinctively band together more.
Thus, they dared to disperse their already insignificant forces, and they dared to fully open up their middle path.
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