In the face of the Jedi situation of the puppet Tang thief army intercepting before and after, and the puppet Tang chasing soldiers, the Hengyang Ming army, which had been fleeing for many days, finally had nowhere to escape, including the Ming army officials in Cheng Hongan, who made a final struggle with despair!

More than 20,000 Ming troops did not continue to flee, but stopped to rest!

Because they knew very well that they had no way to escape, the road to the east was blocked, and there were still pseudo-Tang thieves behind them who were continuing to arrive, and at the same time, their escape for several days in a row also greatly consumed the physical strength of the soldiers.

Turning around and fleeing in another direction is just repeating the current situation, as for breaking through in several ways, it is even more undesirable, now that they have more than 20,000 people, they can still have a last chance to fight, if they take the initiative to break through in several ways, the pseudo-Tang thief army is not stupid, especially the eight hundred enemy cavalry who have been wandering around them!

I'm afraid that as soon as my side divides its troops, they will pounce on it!

For the 800 cavalry, it is impossible to start with Cheng Hongan's more than 20,000 people, but if Cheng Hongan takes the initiative to divide the troops, the troops with a size of less than 3 or 4,000 people will basically give away their lives in vain.

Besides, once the troops disperse and break through, they can basically announce the complete collapse of the Hengyang Ming Army!

After all, the good thing about the scattered breakout is to break out, but the bad thing is that everyone runs for their lives, and the one who can escape is one, in this case, even if some people escape, but don't expect to be able to reorganize them.

If this is the case, it is better to make a final desperate fight!

After a simple rest, the Ming army moved, and this time, instead of marching quickly, they listed the standard columns of the Tang Army!

And this kind of standard column is also the standard column used by the Tang Army to enter the battlefield and carry out large-scale phalanx maneuvers on the battlefield.

Everything likes to plagiarize the new army of the Tang Army, and naturally it will not forget to learn this kind of column!

And when the more than 20,000 Ming troops marched silently in columns, only about a kilometer in front of them, one after another Tang Army infantry phalanxes wearing blue clothes and red pants also came towards the Ming army in this standard battle column!

The infantry phalanxes on both sides did not make much noise, only heavy and dense footsteps and the sound of marching drums!

And about a few kilometers behind the rear of these two armies, there is also a Datang Army that is also coming, which is the forward force of the First Army that is pursuing all the way.

On a small plateau in the north of the battlefield, there are eight hundred Tang cavalry!

However, in the west, a few hundred meters away from them, the five hundred cavalry of the Ming army were also silently stationed here, and they stared at the eight hundred Tang cavalry as long as they did not move!

And unlike the usual head-to-head confrontation between the Ming army and the Tang army in the field, this time both sides did not carry heavy field artillery!

In addition to infantry and cavalry, there are only some shotguns on both sides, and these shotguns are also mixed in the infantry phalanx!

This will be a contest without the participation of heavy artillery.

Time passed bit by bit, and the generals on both sides didn't seem to feel the passage of time, the speed of the troops was very slow, both sides were the same, the speed of movement was even slower than the speed of normal people walking, and if you walked one or two hundred meters casually, you would stop and sort out the formation!

The sun gradually changed from red in the morning to incandescent at noon, bringing more warmth to the land in this cold winter!

At noon, when the sun was at its highest point of the day, the distance between the two sides was already close to only 300 meters!

This is a distance that even an infantry charge can reach!

But at this time, the soldiers in the front row of both sides invariably stopped advancing, and then the soldiers in the back row continued to keep up and spread out, and finally the column became a horizontal line!

Half an hour later, the two sides were in formation!

At this time, if you look down from the sky, then you will find that the formation of both sides is almost the same, and the standard inverted glyphs are listed.

In the front row were two large phalanxes of four or five hundred people, and behind these two large phalanxes were a slightly smaller phalanx!

And this is also the combat formation often adopted by the Datang Army when division-level troops launch large-scale field battles.

The formation is relatively modest, taking into account the play of firepower and the thickness of depth, which can be attacked and defended!

After the two sides finished arranging, Hao Bonian, who was riding on a horse, looked at it, and the Ming army on the opposite side still didn't seem to have any intention of taking the initiative to attack, but Hao Bonian was also unmoved!

Immediately, he said a few words to the herald behind him, and then the flag soldier behind him waved the flag, and at the same time, a herald horse also galloped towards the location of the first cavalry detachment.

After receiving the flag, Lu Yuzhi did not move, but continued to wait for the arrival of the herald!

Soon, the herald brought Hao Bonian's order: "Your Excellency has an order, the cavalry tries to storm the enemy's left flank and look for fighters!" ”

Lu Yuzhi immediately nodded and said, "Return, our department will start acting immediately!" ”

Attacking the left flank of the enemy in search of fighters? He knew very well that what Hao Bonian wanted was not the fighter of his cavalry, but the fighter of the main force attacking!

And this is also the meaning of the existence of his cavalry unit on the battlefield!

Compared with the infantry in the phalanx, it is difficult to maneuver, but his cavalry can quickly carry out a wide range of roundabout maneuvers, and even go directly around the weak point of the enemy!

This is a huge battlefield where tens of thousands of people are fighting, and the frontal width of the battlefield alone has reached nearly 600 meters, and the depth of the two sides combined has reached more than 1,000 meters.

While this distance and size may seem small, it's unrealistic to have the heavily armored infantry walk hundreds of meters in a row.

At this time, the role of cavalry is embodied, and even amplified!

Lu Yuzhi knew very well that Hao Bonian hoped that he would force the Ming army to change the formation through a wide range of tactical maneuvers, and once the Ming army moved, then the infantry of the main force would have a chance!

If it were normal as usual, this should be the time when the artillerymen on both sides were in a state of majesty, but now both sides are not carrying artillery, so this time it was not artillery that opened the curtain of the battle first, but cavalry!

After receiving the order, Lu Yuzhi pondered for a moment, then turned over and got on his horse, and at the same time ordered: "Get on the horse!" ”

The word "get on the horse" cannot be said indiscriminately in the cavalry, but it is one of the most important combat orders, and in ordinary times, there will never be a cavalry officer who will say these two words, because once these two words are spoken, then it means that the battle is about to break out!

For the cavalrymen who always want to preserve the physical fitness of their horses as much as possible, they even lead their horses into the battlefield when they enter the battlefield, and when they get on the horse, it is time for them to attack!

The heralds repeated Lu Yuzhi's order: "Get on the horse!" ”

Suddenly, the cavalrymen began to turn over and get on their horses one by one!

In the Ming army array in the distance, after seeing the cavalry of the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side began to turn over and get on their horses, there was obviously a trace of panic, and soon, their cavalry also got on their horses one after another, and then began to rank out!

The cavalry of the puppet Tang thief army got on the horse, no matter what they were going to do, the cavalry of the Ming army superintendent needed to also get on the horse to prepare for battle, and then stop it!

After all, the best thing that can fight against cavalry is cavalry!

Regarding the actions of the Ming army, Lu Yuzhi was unmoved, but waited for his cavalry to get on his horse and lined up neatly, and then slightly raised his right hand with black leather gloves and pressed forward slightly: "Come with this official!" ”

As he spoke, he rode his horse and began to move slowly, and the cavalry in the rear were also divided into about five small phalanxes to follow the advance, and in the middle of each small phalanx were the cavalry officers and heralds of each small phalanx!

Those who wore heralds usually walked on the side of the cavalry phalanx, and wore a different uniform, with an additional white vest on their bodies.

And the officer's orders are delivered through these heralds, and then these heralds are passed to the rhythm of a trumpet!

Lu Yuzhi's cavalry moved, although the speed was very slow, but they couldn't be ignored on this battlefield!

And it is even more impossible for the Ming army to ignore them!

When Lu Yuzhi's cavalry came towards his left flank, several infantry phalanxes on the left flank of the Ming army began to change formations!

At the same time, the cavalry of the Ming army also moved!

But at this time, Lu Yuzhi's cavalry had already begun to speed up!

The gallgling cavalry phalanx emitted a dense sound of horses' hooves, which spread throughout the battlefield!

The cavalry on the Ming army's side was waiting in some tight formations, and they also began to speed up and hedge over!

If you want to make trouble for the enemy's infantry, you must first kill these Ming cavalry in front of you, so Lu Yuzhi did not hesitate at all, and ordered the cavalry to start the final accelerated charge!

Seeing that the speed of the two sides was getting faster and faster, and at the same time getting closer and closer, and then, the cavalry of the Ming army moved first, and some of the elite cavalry among them bent their bows and arrows directly on the horses!

The arrows flew out, and Lu Yuzhi's cavalry troops inevitably suffered casualties, and one after another cavalry was shot and fell, but this did not affect the charge of Lu Yuzhi's cavalry in the slightest!

They trampled on the corpses of their comrades-in-arms, and crashed headlong into the Ming cavalry array on the opposite side with overwhelming momentum!

The war horses were galloping, the sabers were constantly waving and falling, and any Ming cavalry that was blocking in front of the Tang cavalry array fell to the ground one after another!

And with the fall of the Ming cavalry, there is naturally also the Tang cavalry!

The cavalry of both sides rushed past, and wherever they passed, the neighing of horses and the screams of knights kept coming!

Like a comb, they passed through each other's arrays, and then left behind a land of dead and wounded and horses that had lost their knights!

At the same time, Hao Bonian on the top of the mountain waved his hand and ordered: "Order, attack!" ”