Chapter 66: The Great Camel Cavalry
Zhang Xiaosong watched the tall camel cavalry block Wu Gang's car from the formation, and calmly gave new orders.
Wugang car formation many years ago, when the Han people did not have a large number of cavalry, the general Wei Qing once used the Wugang car formation to break the Huns.
Later, Ma Long, a famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, combined Wugangche with Zhuge Liang's wooden oxen and flowing horses, so that Wugangche could take into account mobility and defeat the invasion of the nomadic Qiang people.
It's just that the Tang Dynasty has no shortage of cavalry, and it has never been intimidating to duel with foreign races in the wild.
Therefore, the Wugang car was not valued by the imperial court of this era, and there was not much evolution, but there were still production drawings of the Wugang car in the skills inherited from the court.
Because of the special properties of the camel cavalry, Pei Min discussed this issue with his advisers Xu Yuan and Gao Shi before the war began, and studied the method of restraint.
In the end, it was found that the camel cavalry had the common problem of cavalry, that is, the lack of ability to attack fortifications.
In the face of the city camps, the camel cavalry had no effective destructive power, and the camels were far less stable than the war horses, and could not carry out long-range attacks.
According to these characteristics, Xu Yuan proposed the retro choice of Wugang car.
Pei Min was greatly inspired, and also remembered a codex from Li Jing's early years.
There was no shortage of war horses in the Tang Dynasty, but the war horses of the Tang Dynasty did not come out of thin air.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many military horses in the Tang Dynasty.
When Li Jing was the governor of Lingzhou, he made special research on the lack of horses in the Tang army. The Mo Dao Formation was the killer weapon he had researched at this time to specifically restrain the grassland cavalry. In addition to the Mo Dao Array, he also studied the Moon Formation of Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty.
Liu Yu, who swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, used both land and water armies, based on chariots, to defeat the 30,000 elite cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty with no more than 2,000 foot soldiers. Such a classic battle formation is worth studying.
Although the Mo Dao Array created by Li Jing did not use chariots, his codex was still extremely valuable.
According to Li Jing's codex, Pei Min combined with the current technology of the Tang Dynasty and his own military strategy, plus the characteristics of the camel cavalry, to create a set of chariot formations, which were specially used to deal with the camel cavalry.
Mosley Massa has always hidden the camel cavalry as if they were treasures, so that the chariot formation is useless.
Until today, the Wugang car formation has not been put into battle.
Keteras's expression turned blue and white, and in addition to the horror in his heart, he also had a hint of rejoicing, and said: "Fortunately, the sand and soil dissipate quickly, otherwise I would have to suffer a great loss." ”
The size of the camel is huge, although its speed is not as fast as that of a war horse, but the impact of the sprint is only better than that of the heavy cavalry: if it hits this hedgehog-like martial chariot, the end can be imagined.
"Allah is protecting us, and the soldiers are rounding around!" Keteras saw that the Tang army's Wugang chariot was only arranged in front of the formation, and the left and right wings could break into it, and the Wugang chariot moved slowly, and could not catch up with the speed of the camel cavalry at all.
Seeing that the Arab camel cavalry was fan-shaped in front of the Wugang car formation, Zhang Xiaosong waved his hand violently and said, "Attack!" ”
With his order, Wu Gang's car moved forward slowly, but due to the terrain restrictions, the speed was not fast.
The soldiers in the car stuck the thick steel pipe out of the arrow hole in the car.
Looking at the unknown steel pipe, Keteras had an ominous premonition in his heart.
The next scene made him stunned.
Thundered!
Thundered!
One by one, the steel pipes rushed out of the cyan flames, which swept through the camels, instantly rolling the tall battle camels into the sea of fire.
Kethras had never seen Greek fire, but he had heard the name of Greek fire, and a terrible rumor appeared in his mind, and his heart instantly cooled in half.
As long as it is a beast, there is no one who is not afraid of fire, and camels are no exception.
Faced with the heat of the Greek fire, camels lost control at the moment when the flames burst out.
The flames of the Greek fire were so powerful that the camel that hit the first shot was directly surrounded by flames, and the smell of charcoal came from its body, and there was no room for resistance, and it fell to the ground with a mournful scream.
The remnants of the flames were swept away, and because of the fear of the creatures, they began to flee in all directions.
But the camel cavalry was not to say crowded in one place, and there was not much space between them. What's more, camels are far less dexterous than military horses, and it is impossible for bulky camels to turn around and translate in a short time.
The result can only be that they are crowded with each other and collide with each other.
This is unintentionally planted in the willows.
Camel hair is heavy and high in sulfur, making it more flammable than ordinary hair.
As long as you let the flame touch it, it will spread all over your body immediately.
They crowded each other, and the flames connected to each other, spreading at terrible speeds.
The knights on the back of the camel either fell off the camel or jumped off the camel themselves to avoid the fire, but there was only one result waiting for them...... Die!
The panicked camels ruthlessly trampled them into pulp.
In addition to the jet of flames, there were dense arrow feathers flying out behind Wu Gangche.
Where did the Arab soldiers have the energy to deal with the arrows?
There were flames and arrows, and the Arab soldiers were neighing and the battle was in disarray.
Kethras was overwhelmed and tried to take control of the situation, but the army of camels, completely frightened, did not accept his command at all.
Camels are highly intelligent creatures, and the more intelligent they are, the greater their fear.
The camel cavalry was completely caught in chaos and did not form a formation.
"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"
Kethras was terrified and roared with a bit of misery.
"I, Chemtras, swear to the true God that I will avenge this!"
Keteras vented his indignation, and suddenly there was a shout of killing behind him, and he turned his head and couldn't help but crack!
Just as they were in a rout, the infantry cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Don army began to attack them in a roundabout way, bypassing the area of the Greek fire spray.
Obviously, the Tang Army had no intention of letting them leave calmly......
In particular, Xia Shan's light cavalry, which was extremely fast, directly caught up with them in a roundabout way, blocking their way of retreat.
The fierce battle suddenly turned into a one-sided slaughter.
The most special class of troops in Arabia, which is invincible, was actually defeated in the Gobi, where they are best at it.
Zhang Xiaosong looked at the battlefield, looked at Wu Gangche, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and Pei Min's sentence came to mind: In the face of the superiority of science and technology, tactical tactics are insignificant.
In order to break the camel cavalry, Pei Min spent a lot of effort studying the battle formation in his early years.
And because of the appearance of Greek fire, he directly overturned his research results, and directly sent such a killing weapon to place the Greek fire on the Wugang car.
Really!
Fight Success!
Wu Gang turned into a fire-breathing behemoth, and with terrifying power, it was decided to win.
The only pity is that Keteras still escaped, and he led the remnants of his army to the direction of the Black Gobi and fled.
The closer to the Black Gobi and the harsher the terrain environment, the more significant the advantage of the camel cavalry.
Even if Xia Shan was unwilling, she didn't dare to go deeper.
"It's okay!" Knowing that he had run away from the enemy general, Zhang Xiaosong was also quite regretful, but he still said calmly: "We have been away from the battlefield for too long, there is no need to delay major events for the sake of defeat." ”