Chapter 147: The Battle of the Highlands (Part II)
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Both sides are elite divisions that have been trained for a long time on the steppe, and the difference in combat effectiveness is very small, except that the soldiers of the Murowei people are inferior to the Turkic soldiers in physical strength because they did not eat lunch and have been exposed to the sun for more than two hours.
In the beginning, they can still fight the enemy with a momentum. But as time passed, his physical strength gradually weakened, and he gradually lost the upper hand in battle.
He looked at it in his eyes, and his heart was anxious. Originally, he wanted to wait for the Turkic soldiers to become tired before putting his cavalry into battle, so that it would be easier to defeat the enemy. However, now that our infantry is at a disadvantage, if it is delayed for a while, I am afraid that we will be defeated, and at that time, the enemy army without the threat of our own infantry can calmly deal with its own cavalry, and even if it wins, it will suffer heavy casualties.
"Pass the order! The Winged Horde is ready to act! Inform the informant Letai, he can lead the troops of the right flank to outflank the past and attack the left side of the enemy! Celebe ordered.
A moment later, the 8,000 iron horsemen on the right flank of the Murwei people, led by Zheletai, rushed out like a dark cloud, and after making a large semicircle, aimed their horses' heads at the left side of the Turks, ready to launch a surprise attack.
At this time, Zheletai raised the shiny cavalry spear in his hand and shouted, "Men of Murowei, rush! With our iron hooves, trample these Turks who don't know how to live or die into pulp! Now I order! Let's attack with all our troops! ”
Say it! He raised his spear, whipped his horse's buttocks a few times, and then led eight thousand cavalry to charge into a charge, and rushed towards the left of the Turks.
The cavalry of the 8,000 Murowei people lined up in forty rows, one for each two, and began to charge from five zhang away, and the earth trembled with it, forming a thick cloud of yellow smoke and dust.
The 8,000 war horses seemed to be stepping on a unified drumbeat, the frequency changed from slow to fast, and the speed also soared rapidly, and no other sound could be heard on the entire battlefield, only the sound of the iron hooves and thunder of the war horses.
Sizhang! The cavalrymen all moved in unison to remove their spears from their waists and aim them straight ahead.
Gentleman! The speed of the cavalry has reached the highest speed, and at this time, even if they want to stop, they can't stop, and they will only be trampled into pulp by their comrades behind them.
At this time, Yu Ming looked at the Murowei cavalry that was attacking to his left, smiled, and said to Tuli: "Brother Tuli, order the Chuluo on the left to start attacking according to the policy formulated before the battle, and let these Murowei people know that we are not soft-footed shrimp to be pinched by them. ”
Erzhang! At this time, the situation changed again, and I saw that about five miles behind the Murwei cavalry, a large number of cavalry appeared, numbering about a thousand, and they also began to set up a position, preparing to launch a surprise attack behind the cavalry of the Murwei people.
And these cavalry were very well armoured, and the men and horses were all dressed in iron armor and glittered in the sun. It gives a feeling of horror.
Sure enough, the cavalry of the Sui army actually endured until now to appear. It seems that they have already calculated, and they will not go out until our cavalry is dispatched. Seeing the thousand ironclad cavalry at this time, Zhele Farewell sneered: "Fortunately, I have already calculated that you will come to this move, otherwise, my eight thousand cavalry will be wiped out under the front and rear attacks." ”
At this time, he said to the herald: "Give the order quickly, and his five thousand cavalry should also be dispatched!" I want him to immediately go to the right to block the ironclad cavalry of the Sui army, and not let them attack behind our cavalry on the left flank!" ”
As soon as the herald received the order, he ran to the left flank where the tow was located.
At this time, the situation on the left flank changed again.
It's a big deal! Just when the Murowei cavalry was a little surprised that they had not been attacked by bows and arrows, a shower of stones fell from the sky.
I saw more than a large rock the size of a pumpkin falling from the sky, and more than one of the unprepared Murwei cavalry were shot off their horses on the spot, which caused a lot of panic in the entire cavalry charging formation.
Some of the comrades-in-arms who followed behind did not have time to adjust their direction, and collided with the horses of their companions who fell to the ground.
Tuli couldn't help but secretly admire that these simple trebuchets designed by the craftsmen of the Sui army were really useful. It seems that the Sui army is much ahead of the Turks in terms of weapons and equipment.
It's just that the nightmare of the Murowei cavalry is not over, after narrowly dodging the stone attack of the two rounds of trebuchets, the fast cavalry has rushed to a place less than fifty zhang away from blocking the enemy, and with a cup of tea, these damned enemies will be able to taste the spears of the Murowei cavalry.
Just when all the Murowei cavalry fantasized like this, with a dense "whoosh" sound, overpowering the sound of galloping horses' hooves, a dark cloud surged from the enemy's rear, and the Murowei cavalry rushed forward with the speed of an arrow from the string.
"It's a gun!" Many of the Murwei cavalry only had time to think of this thought before they were stabbed by the oncoming spear and spur. At that moment, the screams of the Murowei cavalry could not be heard at all, only the many people were seen repeating the same action, people on their backs, horses overturned, fell to the ground, and then splashed a burst of red blood.
The gun is a weapon that is used more in the West and less in the East. However, the Sui army fought many times with the Western Turks, and the Western Turkic army also used a wide range of guns because of the large number of soldiers of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions.
After suffering several losses in throwing guns, the Sui army also brought this weapon over. This time, the envoys of the Sui Dynasty visited the Eastern Turks, and they also carried some throwing guns. I didn't expect it to come in handy. And sure enough, he killed the Murwei people by surprise.
After the baptism of wheel throwing guns, the 8,000 Murowei cavalry had suffered heavy casualties, and Yu Ming concentrated all the spear throwers here, so that at the beginning of the head-to-head battle, the Turkic cavalry suffered a small loss under the attack of the enemy archers.
Still, when the Murwei cavalry rushed in front of the well-prepared Turks, they inflicted heavy casualties on them. And the many spearmen behind the cavalry, in the case of their own companions and the other side in a melee, did not dare to throw the spears casually, but drew their sabers and prepared.
At this time, the ironclad cavalry of the Sui army behind the Murwei cavalry also launched a charge, and they held spears and let out bursts of cheers, attacking the Murwei cavalry at a very fast speed. It seemed to them that victory was at hand.
"Damn! Why haven't the dragged cavalry intercepted the enemy's cavalry? Didn't you tell him to go to the right wing to intercept? How did he command his cavalry to run all the way to the left flank? Still sprinting in a posture? I fainted to death, I told him to attack the cavalry of the Sui army on our right flank, not to ask him to attack the enemy's right flank! He shouted angrily.
At this time, he had already seen that the ironclad cavalry of the Sui army had already rushed behind his cavalry in a neat phalanx, and was attacking and killing them from behind. And the cavalry on this side originally suffered heavy casualties, and in addition, they were fighting with the Turkic cavalry in front of them, so they could not take care of the Sui army attacking behind them at the same time.
Moreover, the cavalry of the Sui army were all dressed in iron armor, and ordinary sabers and spears could not pierce their armor at all, and they could cut the Murwei cavalry into two with a slight swing of their swords. Therefore, as soon as the two sides fought, the Murwei cavalry was cut off one by one by the ironclad cavalry of the Sui army, suffered heavy losses, and was not far from defeat.
"! If these people don't listen to my orders, it's no wonder that they will be defeated at the hands of the Turks! This procrastination actually acted on its own...... Does he think that we are defeated, and that we can defeat more than 10,000 enemies with his 5,000 cavalry? ”
At this time, he was furious. He knew that after his 8,000 cavalry was finished, the enemy's cavalry would immediately attack his right flank, or outflank his own back, and his Chinese army would also suffer heavy losses.
At this moment, the five thousand cavalry under his command led by Tuo Yi and Dejin finally launched a charge, and he rushed to the front of the line with his long cavalry spear, and the cavalry behind him followed him, in a row of twenty or fifty men, divided into twenty rows, and launched a fierce charge...... It's just that the Zhelebel gradually realized that something was wrong, how could the target of their charge be the left flank of their own army?
Just when he was surprised, something happened that made him even more angry, in the cavalry of Xue Yantuo, who was about to rush into the left flank of the Murwei army, suddenly a tall cavalryman in the lead waved a golden wolf's head banner.
"Oops! Fooled, they are not Xuyantuo people at all, but Eastern Turks, and that golden wolf flag is the royal flag of the Eastern Turks! It is estimated that the person who dragged the kiln and Dejin was a Turk! "Don't yell at it.
However, he found out too late, and Tuo Yi and Dejin had already led the cavalry to charge into the flank of the Chinese army of the Murowei people. And these two people were actually Liu Wuzhou, the generals of the Sui army, and Chi Jingde, who had said that they had given the lives of the Murwei people was just saying their real names upside down.
Yu Ming lent the Qingfeng sword given to him by Xue Qiluo to Liu Wuzhou and Wei Chi Jingde, and asked them to lead 5,000 Turkic cavalry, pretending to be the Xue Yantuo Division, and blending into the ranks of the Murwei people.
And the reason why Yuming chose the two of them is also because among the generals of the Sui army, only they can speak fluent Turkic dialect, and they are witty and changeable, and they can hide from the world.
Crushed by the iron hooves of the hoplites, the flanks of the Murowei collapsed in one fell swoop.
Most of the soldiers on the flanks were light cavalry, and they were not very combat-ready. Exhausted, they were simply unable to withstand the heavy cavalry assault of the Turkic royal family.
After only a little resistance, he was crushed by the Turkic cavalry and could only flee backwards crying, and rushed the central barrel array to pieces.
The central Murwei army was already at a disadvantage in the face of the Turkic frontal cavalry, and then it was attacked by the rout on its flank, and it was also routed at once, first a small part of the cavalry turned their horses and fled to the rear, and it didn't take long for more and more people to flee, and finally caused a big rout.
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