Chapter 458 Devouring
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When attacking the infantry formation, they seemed to be a little rusty, and they could not quickly achieve a satisfactory result, that is, in the process of fighting, the ability to grasp the fighters was lacking.
For example, at the beginning, the Tang army soldiers were in a panic, and the cavalry rushed forward at this time, which would definitely cause very great damage to the Tang army, but the cavalry still used bows and arrows to carry out long-range attacks according to the strategy discussed before.
And when the Tang army's military formation gradually stabilized, the fighters disappeared.
Of course, even for the cavalry of the same generation, this is a relatively harsh requirement, and the change of formation at the opportunity not only considers the courage and courage of the leading generals and their ability to grasp the fighters, but also tests whether the cooperation of the generals of each department is tacit.
If one is not good, it may lead to a fratricidal situation.
Therefore, how much freedom to give to the generals who lead the troops before the army has always been a crucial issue that plagues the commanders, and this measure is not easy to grasp, especially depending on the ability of the generals in front of the army to lead the troops.
Anyway, at this time, when engaging the Tang army, a good fighter finally appeared in front of Xue Wanche and others, and the Tang cavalry came out of the Tang army's infantry formation.
It can be said that they have never encountered this kind of situation, but they are also prepared, and the coordinated operation of infantry and cavalry is also the focus of their drill last winter.
On the flip side, the tactics to break this mode of operation are also very simple.
If the army is strong, it is best to defeat the enemy cavalry head-on, and that is one of the indispensable scenes in the decisive battle between the two armies.
If the troops are insufficient, it is the most appropriate tactic to temporarily avoid the edge, lead the enemy cavalry away from the infantry formation, and then attack according to the situation.
Therefore, Shi Da did not hesitate at all, and vaguely saw the enemy cavalry appear in the smoke and dust, and immediately shouted again and again, leading his subordinate cavalry to turn.
The horn of the army then sounded a short syllable, which was a signal for the enemy to retreat.
At this time, the flank of the rear army of the Tang army was already full of smoke and dust, the horse's hooves were like thunder, resounding through the four fields, the arrows were staggered in the air, the shields of the Tang army were like walls, and the spears stretched out from behind the shield wall like hedgehogs.
A large group of cavalry circled back and forth outside the formation, constantly looking for weak points, and in addition to inflicting casualties on the Tang army, they were also suffering casualties.
A raid and harassment battle was as magnificent as a decisive battle, and thousands of cavalry made more than 100,000 Tang troops have to stop and deal with it carefully.
This is the sharpness of cavalry, and it is also the last way that the infantry wants to see when encountering cavalry in the field.
But the incompetence of the commander of the Tang Army made this helpless stalemate for the cavalry change its appearance at once.
As the cavalry of the Tang Army rushed out of battle, the low horns around them sounded one after another, which was the wolf pack transmitting information, and it was also the beginning of hunting prey.
In such a local battlefield, the role of generals has been further highlighted.
For Pei Lian, the commander of the first army, he easily gave an order and let the cavalry attack without going to the front of the army, which can undoubtedly be said to be a miscommand, and he came up with an idea with a slap of his head.
And for Liu Xuanying, who led the troops, he simply didn't know what to do.
Three thousand cavalry attacked under his leadership, and because of the smoke and dust, and the mixed sounds, fortunately and unfortunately, he caught one of the tails of Shi Dasuo's department.
At this time, Liu Xuanying showed the courage that a general in the army should have, drew the long knife at his waist, roared like thunder, and led his troops to kill at the end of the rank, pointing at the flag, and three thousand cavalry swarmed forward.
It was as if an extremely thick arm suddenly stretched out from the Tang army's military formation, and the tail of Shi Dasuo's department chased after him closely.
The whole tail seems to be thrown into a fist at once.
In an instant, there was a muffled sound on the battlefield, and countless cavalrymen turned on their backs, crashing into the smoke and dust, and then they were trampled under the horse's hooves by their comrades or enemies, and in an instant the men and horses were trampled to pieces.
In the midst of the neighing of the horses, the warriors on the horses cried out for their lives, raised their weapons and waved their swords at each other, and then countless figures screamed and were cut off from their horses.
At this moment, the Tang army was attacked by a rain of arrows, and the Tang army cavalry who was wielding a long knife and covering their heads in the smoke and dust did not have time to raise their shields to cover them in the rain of arrows, and they fell off their horses one after another.
In the blink of an eye, the sudden and fierce collision ended, leaving only a mass of flesh and blood in place, which was quickly covered by the swarming Tang army.
Liu Xuanying's courage is commendable, and he really caused the biggest damage to the enemy after the self-attack, and he is indeed the first soldier to set an example for all the troops.
Of course, he is also extremely lucky, in such a battlefield, it is not a good thing to take the lead, after a group of extremely dangerous battles, he can be called lucky.
If he was a sergeant, or a junior officer, then he was qualified, but unfortunately, he was the commander of the three thousand cavalry.
When he didn't care about the situation at all, and strangled with the enemy regardless of it, he had already pushed these 3,000 cavalry, which were extremely valuable to the Tang army, into the fire pit.
Once thousands of cavalry advance, let alone a person like him who has little experience in leading a large group of cavalry to fight, even if he changes the general of the cavalry, it is estimated that it will take a lot of effort to make the army stop at this time.
As a result, Liu Xuanying really became a pawn of the army, and under the inertia of thousands of cavalry troops, he rushed straight forward and killed.
Such a fatal mistake is rare in the battle of the army, but it is not unique, the military government system and the military and political system of civil and military melee, so that the probability of such a story is at a very balanced point.
There will be no more happenings than when the literati led the troops later, but there are not a few.
Especially in a truly large army, there are always people of one kind or another who make stupid and reckless decisions and then disappear into the ranks of the army.
Their damage to the army is cumulative, and it is generally not too fatal, in contrast, Pei Lin can be regarded as the more than 100,000 weakness of the Tang army's rear army, which is the so-called incompetence of one general to exhaust the three armies......
At this time, in the face of this sudden gift, Xue Wanche and the others were simply overjoyed.
The results of the attack were not obvious, and their thousands of horsemen were still a little less, which could only be said to have delayed the Tang army's marching speed, far from causing any serious damage to the Tang army.
Moreover, they also have to consider their own casualties, and they will not want to use these thousands of cavalry to impulse the Tang army's military formation under the strict position of the Tang army, which is almost a delusion.
Led the army back and forth a few times, Xue Wanche was already thinking about the battle tomorrow, he was not much discouraged, the Tang army would leave him some extra time if he went on like this.
At this time, it was gradually clear to him that the infantry was aimed at the stubborn and vulnerable places, if this was an endless grassland, and the Tang army had gone far enough, with only these thousands of cavalry, he was sure to drag the Tang army to death on the march.
In fact, his thinking is no different from that of the Hu people in the north.
And the surprise came at this time, and a long horn sounded in Xue Wanche's army, which was the sound of the various departments gathering, and the hunt began.
It was only seven or eight miles away, and this distance was a snap of a finger for a cavalryman.
Shi Da led the troops to change direction again, and the arrows in the sky suddenly became dense, and between the neighing of people and horses, accompanied by the sound of rolling horses' hooves, the battle and battle of the cavalry almost took place under the noses of more than 100,000 Tang troops.
From time to time, the men and horses who were hit by the arrows rolled to the ground, and the screams of the horses were mixed with the wails of the horses, but they were muffled by other loud noises.
Life at this time is fragile like fragile dead grass, fleeting in a blink of an eye, and the blood that keeps spraying is so light in the smoke and dust that it is not eye-catching at all.
The cavalry surrounded them like wolves, followed the flank of the Tang army, and constantly inflicted serious casualties on the Tang army.
The three thousand cavalry of the Tang Army, bulky like a giant python, chased in vain behind the enemy, changed direction with difficulty, were stripped off layer by layer by the fierce enemy, and the corpses of the Tang soldiers and horses were everywhere along the way of chasing and fighting.
This was not a contest of equal strength, it was simply a naked massacre, and the cunning and ferocious enemy, with their flexible tactics and rich combat cavalry combat experience, taught a bloody lesson to more than 100,000 Tang troops.
While the generals of the Tang Army were still arguing about whether to go out to rescue those poor cavalry, the three thousand Tang Army cavalry had already collapsed.
Unable to endure the constant bleeding any longer, they scattered in an instant.
Some of the Tang troops desperately turned their horses and rushed back towards the Tang army's infantry formation, while some were still chasing forward according to inertia, while the Tang troops on the other side fled in a direction away from the main army.
And this unprepared sudden change of direction is a difficult action for the galloping horses and knights.
Like many defeated armies, a series of accidents occurred, and under the collision and trampling of each other, the Tang cavalry suddenly fell apart.
And the contest of cavalry is always so short and fierce.
And on behalf of the cavalry, he put away his bow and arrows, pulled out his steel sword, and rushed forward with joy, cutting down the horses of the Tang soldiers who had been frightened one by one, and reaping the fruits of victory to the fullest.
In this battle, there were less than 300 Tang soldiers who fled back to the army, and in full view of everyone, 3,000 cavalry were swallowed up by the ferocious enemy almost in the blink of an eye......
(Monthly pass, monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass at the end of the month, plus there are four days left today, Beixiong's results this month are good, mainly because there is a seal push, hehe, A Cao's book has been tepid, can enter the boutique, but never too amazing results, maybe this has something to do with A Cao's update and the advancement of the plot.) (To be continued.) )