Chapter 1287: The situation has changed dramatically
The dust is all over the sky, the banner is hunting, and the war horses are shaking like the ground.
The cavalry of the Shenwu Army has roughly two components, one part is the Han people who are good at riding and shooting, and the other part is the Hu people who are in service, especially Tiele and Luobu.
However, it was the cavalry of the new army formed by the Han people who arrived in time this time.
Zheng Xianli lay on the horse's back and urged the war horse under his crotch to the limit, fortunately, everything was in time, the trick of the big man-eating cat and mouse was not over, and those steppe barbarians who acted without authorization could save one by one.
"Change horses and prepare to meet the enemy!"
These cavalrymen are all one man and three horses, and the rapid transfer of war horses will greatly consume horsepower, so it is necessary to replace them with those with superior physical strength before engaging in battle.
The cavalry moved skillfully and completed the change of horses almost without slowing down.
Immediately afterwards, all the cavalry were ready to ride crossbows according to the order, and aimed diagonally upwards at the enemy formation.
The so-called enemy formation is actually a chaotic army mixed with the big cannibals and the grassland barbarians, Zheng Xianli doesn't care about hurting friendly soldiers, and the top priority now is to kill and injure as many big eaters as possible, as well as to hit the morale of the other party.
As for the barbarian soldiers who may be injured by mistake, blame them for their own bad luck.
The cavalry of the Shenwu Army are all light cavalry, and the tactics of training in peacetime are also cruising on the battlefield, and then waiting for the opportunity to kill the enemy with crossbows.
It's just that at the moment, Zheng Xianli had to choose to take a risk and use light cavalry to attack the layers of the big food army, in order to open a gap and let the grassland soldiers trapped in the formation escape.
Obviously, this intention was understood by Mahdi, who was also a battle-hardened man, but he was not worried, but instead curled the corners of his mouth with some contempt and disdain.
I saw that as soon as he waved his hand, there were attendants beside him waving the order flag, and then the howl sounded, and a part of the big food soldiers, who were still in chaos, immediately rushed out, and the whole army formed a formation, just blocking the path of the cavalry of the Shenwu Army.
These great cannibals were all armed with spears, and the formation of a military formation was a spear formation that restrained the cavalry, not to mention the light cavalry of the Shenwu Army, and even the heavy cavalry of the Roman Empire in full iron armor was difficult to penetrate.
On the hillside, Mahdi stared intently at the battlefield in the distance, waiting for the expected scene to appear.
Suddenly, he was a little strange, because Said, who had been whispering in his ears about how powerful Tang Bing was, actually stopped moving at this time, and when he turned his head, he saw that he also stretched his neck, staring at the battlefield without blinking.
"Said, tell me, who will win and who will lose this time?"
Saeed replied without thinking:
"Needless to say, naturally His Highness has no last resort, and my big * soldier will beat those guys who can't measure themselves to the fart in an instant!"
These words are used to saying them, almost subconsciously by Saeed, but they are very useful to Mahdi's ears.
After all, the Great Cannibal came out of the wild desert for more than a hundred years, and neither words nor rhetorical devices were far from being the opponents of the Han people in the Tang Dynasty.
And Said's translation of the Chinese language he learned in the Tang Dynasty into Da Shihua is naturally refreshing.
Mahdi burst out laughing, and after laughing for a while, he turned back to stare at the battlefield.
Because the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, if you want to intervene on the battlefield in time, you must observe carefully in order to make a correct judgment in the fastest time, and then convey it to the commander and centurion who lead the troops by blowing the horn.
"Do you know, the Roman heavy cavalry was stabbed to the skin in front of my spear array, not to mention these Tang Dynasty light cavalry wearing only leather armor?
As he spoke, Mahdi sighed in a feigned regret.
"How powerful is this gun array? After listening to what His Highness said, the villain is eager to take a look!"
Mahdi laughed again.
"It's also ironic, this spear array was used by the Romans to deal with my Great Food cavalry, but unexpectedly, it was learned by my Great Food, and instead it became a powerful military formation against them, don't you say ridiculous?"
Said high-fived and said:
"In the words of the Tang people, this is called using the enemy's spear and piercing the enemy's shield!"
"Oh? This metaphor is also vivid, but is it a powerful gun or a shield......
Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations around him, but he saw a rain of arrows rising from the Tang cavalry array, and smashed straight to the spear array.
Mahdi didn't expect this change, and when he turned his head and saw this scene, he couldn't help but clench his fists.
It seems that the Tang cavalry is not a stupid donkey, they use a salvo to deal with the gun formation, it is a little tricky, so far, he is still very easy. The purpose of the Tang people was to save the grassland barbarians who were besieged by the army.
If he didn't dare to fight hard, he could only sit and watch the grassland barbarians in the military formation be killed one by one.
But if the Tang cavalry wanted to forcibly rush into battle to save people, they would not be able to avoid a head-to-head encounter with the spear array.
Mahdi's approach is tantamount to giving Zheng Xianli an extremely difficult question to choose, and no matter which one he chooses as the answer, he will face unacceptable consequences.
In addition, Mahdi also arranged for cavalry to wait for the opportunity, as long as the opportunity is right, let these Tang Dynasty cavalry come and go.
The cavalry of the Shenwu Army rushed forward at the extreme speed, and after a round of crossbow arrows was fired, they actually opened their bows and pulled arrows again on their horses, and fired three consecutive volleys in just a split second.
This stunned Mahdi, who knew the difference between riding a bow and riding a crossbow, riding a bow could fire a bow and arrows continuously on a warhorse, while riding a crossbow required great effort, even needing to kick the crossbow with his feet, and then pull the bow away with his waist.
Therefore, although the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty cavalry had great power and long range, it intelligently fired a salvo, and after firing once, the riding crossbow was not as good as a burning stick.
However, the cavalry of the Shenwu Army in front of him actually fired three volleys in a row, and at such a distance, the archers in the spear formation had nothing to do with them, even if they could shoot that far, it would be difficult to cause substantial damage.
The cavalry was extremely fast, and after three volleys, it was already within the effective range of the Great Eater archers. Sure enough, a rain of arrows rose in the military array, and immediately a war horse cavalry fell to the ground.
But this is nothing compared to the casualties caused by the cavalry of the Shenwu Army to the pikeman.
Zheng Xianli took a breath and suddenly shouted:
"Go, go, turn!"
The cavalrymen were selected from those who had worked with horses since childhood, and although their volley skills were much worse than those of the Hu, their riding skills were not bad after all, and with more than two years of intensive training, they accomplished an action that was impossible in the eyes of the Mahdi.
After enduring a rain of arrows, the cavalry of the Shenwu Army actually made a big turn in front of the spear formation, and swept through in an unbelievable formation.
Immediately, the cavalry of the Shenwu Army threw off a rain of crossbow arrows and went straight to the flank of the Great Food Army......