Chapter 500: The Miracle of War

Xue Rengui looked at the enemy army coldly, without the slightest flustery. He did not start firing arrows when the enemy advanced to a distance of 200 paces, as ordinary commanders do, as the average commander did, but calmly waited for the enemy to continue to advance.

The best way for infantry to fight cavalry is melee combat and melee, infantry and cavalry are glued together, cavalry loses its advantage of strong mobility, and infantry can play the greatest role. He did not want to inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy's cavalry before it entered the position of the Don army, so as to prevent the enemy from disengaging due to timidity.

Xue Rengui was waiting for the best time, he did not pursue to destroy more enemies on the way of the enemy's attack, but to wait until the enemy's cavalry was chaotic when it hit his formation, so as to minimize the impact of the cavalry.

When the enemy had reached a hundred paces, he shouted: "Shoot the arrows." ”

A thousand archers of the Tang army shot arrows at the enemy's forward together, and the cavalry of the enemy's forward suddenly fell, however, the enemy's offensive could not be stopped, and the cavalry behind still rushed over, although the formation was a little chaotic.

When the enemy rushed to the Tang army's front of the formation only 50 paces, Xue Rengui again ordered the arrows to be released, and the Tang army's archers happened to catch the second arrow, and four hundred crossbowmen shot the second row of arrows towards the enemy's front.

The enemy's forward army overturned a large number under the dense rain of arrows, and the cavalry behind was frightened, and many people instinctively pulled the reins of their horses, but they were pushed forward by the cavalry behind them, and the formation was extremely chaotic.

This kind of proportionality is extremely difficult to master, and Xue Rengui specially conducted many drills when he was training the troops, and it was only after he reached this level.

At the front of the Tang army's formation, some soldiers lined up a wall with square shields, and beside them were soldiers with spears, these soldiers put their two-zhang long spears on the ground at one end, and pointed forward at an angle of 30 degrees at the other end.

The enemy's cavalry rushed up, but because of the chaos in front, they lost their impact and were blocked by the spear array of the Tang army. The cavalry in front of the Baekje people could not advance, and the cavalry behind continued to rush forward, and thousands of cavalry rushed into each other, chaotic.

At this moment, Xue Rengui waved the command flag, and the Tang army launched an attack. The 1st and 2nd armies, guided by their respective Modao formations, launched a fierce attack on the enemy cavalry, and the infantry on both flanks outflanked the enemy.

The enemy general saw that his cavalry had not been able to rush into the enemy infantry and tear it apart, as expected. Instead, the enemy's Mo Dao formation was carved out of two bloody alleys in his own ranks, and the rest of the cavalry was also entangled by the enemy's infantry, and there was still a tendency to be surrounded.

The enemy general wanted to cry without tears, and hurriedly ordered a retreat.

However, it was not so easy to retreat, the cavalry of the Baekje people was already mixed with the infantry of the Tang army, and the infantry of the Tang army surrounded the cavalry of more than 2,000 Baekje people in the middle, and the cavalry that lost their mobility was constantly being knocked out of their horses.

The cavalry heard the order to retreat and rushed desperately towards the way they came, but there were less than a thousand people who could break out of the encirclement of the Tang army.

At this time, Xue Rengui led his 200 cavalry and launched a surprise attack. He has only one goal, and that is the main commander of the enemy army.

The enemy general was directing the troops to retreat, and suddenly found a Tang cavalry rushing towards him, although he already knew that the number of cavalry of the Tang army was small, but his men were retreating, and only a few dozen people around him could obey his command. He shouted to the fleeing cavalry to stop and fight with him, but the cavalrymen, who had been frightened, could not stop their tracks, and basically no one listened to him.

Xue Rengui had already seen the enemy's commander, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly, picked up his bow and arrows and shot at the enemy's commander.

The main general of the enemy army hurriedly dodged behind a soldier, but Xue Rengui shot a series of arrows. After the soldier in front of him fell, the other soldiers had no time to stop him, and the second and third arrows of the Lianzhu arrows were all shot at the enemy's commander, and he turned over and fell from his horse, killing him instantly.

The enemy cavalry completely lost their combat effectiveness, and they desperately fled, hoping to get as far away from the terrifying Don army as possible.

A battle between cavalry and infantry ended in this way, and nearly 3,000 Baekje cavalry were annihilated.

In the open field, under the terrain conditions that were originally conducive to cavalry combat, a comparable number of infantry was able to surround the cavalry and annihilate most of it, which has to be said to be a miracle of war.

Xue Rengui ordered Cheng Chuliang to gather the enemy horses on the battlefield, and together with his own cavalry, they formed a cavalry unit to rescue Zhang Mougui and others, and he himself led the infantry brigade to follow.

Just when Xue Rengui was fighting with the main force of the enemy, Zhou Qing gathered all the remaining horses of the Tang army, including Li You's mount, and organized a cavalry of 98 people composed of special combat members to rescue Zhang Guigui and others.

On the way, they met the herald sent by Xue Rengui, learned about the situation of Zhang Guigui and the others, and hurried straight to the nameless village.

When Xue Rengui's troops confronted the enemy, Zhou Qing led the special combat team to bypass the battlefield and continue on the road.

Soon, they rushed to the village defended by Zhang Guigui and others, and first saw a large group of war horses.

The siege of Zhang Guigui and others were also the cavalry of the Baekje people, and they left their war horses and the war horses captured by Zhang Guigui and others in a depression, guarded by more than a dozen soldiers, and then went into the village to besiege Zhang Guigui and others.

Zhou Qing and the others charged over, killed the Baekje soldiers guarding the war horses, captured the war horses, and then rushed towards the Baekje people in the village.

At this time, Zhang Baogui and others had already fallen into a bitter battle, and the 1,500 Baekje people who besieged Zhang Guigui and others were now less than 1,000 people left, but Zhang Guigui and others were only less than 100 people left.

The courtyard held by Qualcomm had fallen, and they retreated to the courtyard held by Zhang Guigui and others.

However, the walls on all sides of this courtyard have been opened, and the Baekje people frantically launched an attack on them, and Zhang Baogui and others formed a semi-circular battle formation in the courtyard, with their backs against the walls of the house, and cooperated with Hou Cheng and others on the roof to block the enemy's attack.

The Baekje people were already red-eyed, and although they were not as well equipped as the Tang army, they frantically charged the Tang army by relying on their outnumbered numbers.

Zhang Guigui and the others divided the remaining men and horses into two groups, taking turns to resist the enemy's attack in the outer circle to preserve their physical strength.

Each attack of the enemy left a large number of corpses, and the number of the Don army was constantly decreasing.

Zhang Guigui and the others knew that if they continued like this, it wouldn't be long before their people would be exhausted.

At this time, a soldier on the roof shouted: "Zhang Gongzi, Lord Hou is dying." Hou Cheng has been injured many times, and he was forcibly supported, not long ago he was hit in the head by an arrow, although he was protected by a helmet, but the strong impact still made him faint.

Zhang Guigui was very depressed, not knowing if he could hold out until the reinforcements arrived.