The forward department of the Tang Army was swept away, and almost no time was given to the main forces of the Tang Army behind to prepare.

What's worse is that Li Yuanji fled first, and the soldiers were kept in the valley, but the generals who led the troops already knew about it, and the five hundred cavalry of the forward department escorted Dou Jing back to the Chinese army in embarrassment, which also fell in the eyes of some soldiers.

As soon as Li Yuanji left, the army's morale was already unstable.

Although Dou Jing strictly ordered everyone not to leak the news, and wore the extremely conspicuous armor, riding a horse and standing straight under the banner of the Chinese army, the chaos of the Tang army still quietly began to spread.

Moreover, Dou Jing, the governor of the state, has no prestige in the army.

He ordered the front army to be closed, and Shi Chenglu and his two troops guarded the front of the army, but after the two armies, he circled mules and horses to form another line of defense, and also wanted to surround the army in a circle and hold it.

These measures are all decent, and they can play a great role in the face of cavalry impact.

But Shi Chenglu saw that there was already a lot of smoke and dust ahead, and this Jindi bandit who was taken in by Li Yuan was immediately afraid, and led his troops to retreat on the left flank of the front army of the army, and the left flank of the Tang army was in chaos.

In the run-up to war, such chaos is simply an act of seeking death.

The soldiers pushed and trampled on each other, the chariots and horses rolled to the ground, the soldiers screamed and screamed, and many non-commissioned officers and low-ranking officers of the Tang Army fell into panic and panic without knowing why.

No matter what kind of army, in wartime, this kind of situation is actually no different from a rout, and the next thing is to order that everyone will retreat.

The panic of wanton contagion can turn an elite into a fleeing sheep in an instant.

But the Tang army was attacked by the Daizhou cavalry on the unobstructed galloping road, and in fact, from the very beginning, they had completely lost the opportunity to escape.

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Li Po was galloping on his horse, still trying to adjust the tactics of the army.

As a matter of fact. There's not much he can do at this point.

Defeated the forward part of the Tang army, so that the formation of the army has changed, the two wings have been extending forward, and soon the front bulges out, forming the two forearms of the army.

Luo Shixin, Liu Jingsheng and other generals on both wings have the heart to fight for merit. Glance.

Simply, Li Po immediately gave an order to let the heavy cavalry in front of the Chinese army move slowly, and the light cavalry rushed forward, and moved closer to the two wings to form the backing of the two wings.

In fact, at this time, the Daizhou cavalry was also a little chaotic.

After all, such a large cavalry combat cluster. It is not so easy to command, that is, the speed of travel is not fast at this time, and the distance of more than ten miles can still make a certain degree of adjustment to the army.

Otherwise, when the army really charges, any change of direction needs the guidance of the general's battle flag, military orders and the like, and the effect will be minimal.

Li Po, who has led the army to fight for several years. The use of cavalry tactics has been deeply studied. I even took some notes.

He believed that a cavalry force of about 1,000 men was the most advantageous cavalry combat unit with both flexibility and combat effectiveness.

Once this number rises to five thousand, the army can change direction two or three times during the charge, and any more, the cavalry itself will not be able to withstand the continuous change of direction. Cause irreparable chaos.

And when the number of cavalry reaches the level of 10,000 and moves forward quickly, any change of direction may lead to tragedy.

So, when fighting with a large cavalry. A certain buffer time is also required.

Just like the battle with the Youzhou Army last year, this buffer time was compressed to the shortest by him, so the casualties of the army were much heavier.

If the two armies are fighting normally, he will stop at this time, listen carefully to the report, and then arrange tactics.

But this time, it is very similar to the battle of the raid on the Youzhou Army, the strategic advantage leaves too much room for tactics, and he, as the commander of the army, will only choose the most advantageous one.

That is, to rush over quickly and defeat the panicked enemy at the first time, rather than waiting for the opponent to form a formation, tearing around the infantry formation, or cutting off the grain route, patiently waiting for the opponent to run out of food and grass, or taking the initiative to withdraw the army and then take advantage of the situation to cover up.

Therefore, during the march of the army, the generals of the Daizhou Army heard the military order and reacted, and this process produced some confusion, and by the time they saw the chaotic Tang Army, the army had actually been divided into three parts.

The light cavalry was divided into two wings and formed an encirclement of the Tang army.

The heavy cavalry lagged behind, becoming the middle army of the large army, and slowly moved forward around Li Po's general banner.

And this is not a whim of Li Po, but in view of the fact that there are a lot of chariots and horses in the Tang army, once the chariot formation is formed and the heavy cavalry rushes in, it will cause very serious damage to the heavy cavalry.

Therefore, there are many ways to deal with heavy cavalry, and it is also the main reason why heavy cavalry has gradually become a supporting role in the Sui army.

In the smoke and dust, the cavalry rode up.

The sound of horses' hooves has been connected, so that no other sound is revealed in the heavens and the earth.

Luo Shixin is on the right flank of the army, and as the right leader of the Daizhou Marching Governor's Office, he already has the right to lead other leading captains to fight, which is the result of the expansion of the Daizhou army.

Some of the generals have stood out from the crowd and are above the crowd.

Looking at the Tang army formation in front of him on the left, Luo Shixin's eyes slowly became bloodshot, and the green tendons on his forehead were exposed, looking hideous and vicious.

In this battle, he must be the first to defeat the enemy, even if he has a good relationship with Liu Jingsheng on the left wing, but when it comes to fighting, he is still the one who will not give in.

He stared at the most conspicuous banner in the Tang Army, and it was the most dazzling military feat in the army's conquest, and there was no one.

He wanted to cut off the Tang Army Marshal Banner in this battle, and even cut off Li Yuanji's head, at this time, he only had such one thought.

And he also saw the chaos on the left flank of the Tang Army, how could he let go of such an opportunity?

He drew his steel knife, held it high above his head, clamped the horse's belly hard, and at the same time completely released the reins of the horse, and suddenly the horse rushed forward to the front of the army.

Luo Shixin shouted loudly, "Kill, kill." ”

Although he was born with a loud voice, his voice was too weak in the galloping of thousands of horses, but his actions still caused his subordinates to burst into a roar, and the sound was transmitted from front to back like a wave.

"Kill, kill......"

The shouting of killing went straight to the sky, and even at this moment, it overshadowed the sound of horses' hooves, and one by one the fierce northland horsemen were galloping on the horses, and they all drew out their bright steel knives, raised them above their heads, and shouted to kill the enemy, and the steel knives like a forest faced the sunset, flashing a blood-colored light.

The cavalry on the right flank of Daizhou made an obvious turn, Luo Shixin's flag was shifting, and it suddenly inserted itself into the Tang army formation on the side, and the follow-up army rolled up.

With a loud bang, the right-wing cavalry had broken through to the left flank of the Tang army like a tide.

Prior to this, the left flank of the Tang army had long been in disarray, and the Daizhou army was in a hurry to break through, and the two armies had lost the usual process of war in which bows and arrows were fired at each other.

In a series of collisions, rows of Tang troops were knocked out by the cavalry, trampled under the hooves of the horses, and the raised ring-headed knives fell like waves.

Blood splattered like rain, skulls rolled, and broken arms were thrown everywhere.

The screams of the Tang soldiers were one after another, but they were drowned in the many noises on the battlefield, and they only became one of the notes.

A massacre......

On the right flank of the Tang army, it was a different scene, Liu Jingsheng commanded the left flank of the army, he was different from Luo Shixin, this person has always led the troops calmly, and the right flank of the Tang army is still complete.

Therefore, Liu Jingsheng and Luo Shixin's choices are completely different.

But this does not mean that he is less aggressive than Luo Shixin in leading a large army, and he is also one of the best cavalry generals under Li Po.

He took the bow and arrows first, and held them high above his head as well.

"Zhang Gong, Zhang Gong."

The sound of the order immediately spread, and in the same way, Liu Jingsheng rode his horse away and led the army to make the first turn.

This turn was easy, because the cavalry army behind him had already avoided the front of the Tang army and galloped through the field next to the gallop road.

Such a change of direction made the Tang Army's first arrow rain, and most of it fell in the air.

"Shoot, shoot, shoot......"

After adjusting the direction a little, the cavalry on the left flank had already spread out on the side of the Tang army, and in the midst of the gallop, the humming of the bowstring sounded in pieces.

The arrows rose from the cavalry formation like locusts and fell towards the Tang army's formation, black and oppressive, and the sunlight was dark.

The rain of arrows of the two armies together is endless.

Completely different from the other side, the arrows staggered through the air.

Some cavalrymen screamed and were shot off their horses by arrows, and the horses passed through the rain of arrows, neighing and falling to the ground from time to time, and the Daizhou army began to suffer casualties.

But in comparison, the Tang army was even more miserable, although the Tang army's foot soldiers were all wearing round shields, but they could meet the enemy in a hurry, and the array was uneven.

Under such a classic long-range attack of cavalry, it is needless to say how heavy the casualties of the infantry will be.

The arrows continued to fall with a terrifying roar, and the dense formation of the infantry army made them unable to dodge, and they could only continue to suffer casualties.

The crisp sound of the arrows hitting the shield and the popping sound when entering the flesh were so dense that they were also testing the soldiers' psychological endurance and strain reactions.

A large number of recruits were even terrified by the might of the cavalry, and when the rain of arrows fell, many of them had not yet raised their shields, and their blood immediately pierced the eyes of others.

Patches of Tang soldiers fell to the ground like wheat, and pieces of blank space appeared in the Tang army's array, blood was flowing wantonly, and a large number of human lives were lost in an instant.

Thousands of cavalry galloped like a raging wind on the flank of the Tang army, inflicting terrifying casualties on the right flank of the Tang army.

In the gallop, the cavalry of the Tang army finally appeared in front of the army, and there were almost more than 1,000 people, who actually exerted their strength in the rear of the Tang army and faced Liu Jingsheng's department.

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )