Chapter Fifty-Four: The Rising Star vs. the Older General

The combined strength of the Tang Dynasty and the Arabs was nearly 100,000.

The fight of these 100,000 troops is not a swarm of swarms crowded together, you cut me, I cut you.

The entire army array was lined up, stretching for more than ten miles, and the end and end could not be cared for at all.

Therefore, the decisive battle with the Arabs was divided into several battlefields, and the front army, the right vanguard army, the left vanguard army, the left front ambush, and the right front ambush were all relatively independent battlefields.

But there is no doubt that the victory or defeat of these relatively independent battlefields directly affects the overall victory or loss of the army.

An Chongzhang stood on a higher hill in the west and looked down at the battlefield, let out a sigh of relief, watching Li Siye win Yahan, the boulder in his heart finally fell, wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked at the battle situation in front of him intently, and sent an order to his father An Zhongjing, so that he could put pressure on the enemy army in front of him.

The battle for the left striker had been going on for almost two moments, but things were not good until then.

The problem was not with their left flank, but with Wang Hu's left front.

The left forward and left forward are called differently, and the meaning of the role is naturally different.

The left forward is the knife of the left army, which is aimed at the enemy's right flank.

The left forward ambush has two tasks, one is to support the attack of the left forward, and the other is to protect the safety of the left forward and the Chinese army, so that the left forward will not cut off the enemy and become a lone army.

Therefore, before, An Chongzhang saw the rout of the left front, and he was anxious.

But the left vanguard has the task of the left vanguard, and without an order, he cannot go to support the left front.

However, once the left front is defeated, he, the left vanguard, may be cut off from the Arab army, completely lose contact with the Chinese army, and become a lone army outside the main array.

In a war of this scale, once the Left Vanguard Army became a lone army, it was easy for the enemy to eat, which led to the collapse of the entire Left Route Army and affected the victory or defeat of the entire army of the Tang Dynasty.

An Chongzhang is also a well-known figure in history, but his name is not An Chongzhang, but Li Baoyu.

During the Anshi Rebellion, An Chongzhang was given the surname Li and changed his name to Baoyu.

Li Baoyu is the first general under Li Guangbi, sticking to Heyang, recovering Huaizhou, ranking first in merit, tired of the official Zelu Jiedu envoy, Situ, Feng Liang Guogong, is a wise and brave general.

But now An Chongzhang is still called An Chongzhang, but his own strategy is still extraordinary.

His gaze was not limited to his own left vanguard army, but also took into account the entire left wing army, including Wang Hu's left front army.

He doesn't care about the big picture, but he cares about the whole left.

Faced with the disadvantage of the left front, An Chongzhang had no choice but to storm the enemy's right flank, hoping to crush the enemy's right flank to contain Ahan's attacking footmen.

However, the opponents they encountered were very solid, and they did not rush to attack at all, but instead put the defense first, step by step.

In the face of such a solid opponent, An Chongzhang could not find any opportunity to attack.

An Zhongjing attacked many times, but it was also fruitless.

Now that Li Siye's attack has stabilized the situation of the left front, An Chongzhang, as the left forward, has greatly reduced the pressure on his heart, and he can finally calm down to deal with the enemy's right wing army.

At this time, An Chongzhang found that the enemy troops on the Arab right flank had taken the bait, and they were not blindly steady, but launched an offensive.

With his mind racing, An Chongzhang also figured out the reason.

The main general of the other side is a battle-hardened general, and it was because Yahan had an advantage before, he didn't need to attack, as long as he stabilized the situation on the right flank, he could calmly defeat the left flank of the Tang army.

Now that Yahan was unexpectedly killed, the left front of the Don army had stabilized, and the right wing of the Arabs had lost its advantage.

The opponent can only choose to attack, after all, blindly defending will not be able to defend the victory.

After thinking through the thoughts of the other general, An Chongzhang's eyes flashed with a trace of excitement, not afraid of the opponent's attack, but afraid that they would shrink like turtles, and it would be difficult to swallow.

As An Chongzhang expected, his opponent was a veteran named Napman, who is now 60 years old.

The average life expectancy of the ancients was very low, but in fact, a large part of it was due to the extremely high infant mortality rate in ancient times, the low level of public health and medical care, coupled with natural and man-made disasters such as war, famine, and plague.

However, this was limited to China, and the medical culture of Arabia was far from being comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty.

Their sixty is really a long life.

Napman looked at Tang Jun not far away, biting the horsewhip deeply, this is a bad habit for him, when thinking about things, he always likes to bite things, otherwise his brain will not turn, and the horsewhip is one of the objects he bites most often.

"The order went down, with the axe and shield men in front, the axe-throwers behind, and the spearmen behind the axe-throwers, and attacked in a phalanx. The cavalry should not mount their horses, but follow last, pretending to be foot soldiers, in order to make a surprise attack. ”

Napman calmly gave one order after another, he joined the army for eighteen years, fought for more than forty years, and had rich combat experience, and he could be regarded as the oldest qualified general in Arabia.

The older I get, the more stable my mind becomes, and I know very well what I can do and what I should do.

Don't be in the limelight unnecessarily, and don't compete for unnecessary merits.

Yahan played the advantage of the right flank, and he fought steadily and steadily, not fighting for this first, so that the Tang army had nothing to do.

Now that the advantage is gone, Napman naturally strikes when he should be attacking.

The Tang army had launched several attacks before, and Napman had already seen that the Tang cavalry was a light cavalry that was good at riding and shooting, not a storm cavalry that was good at attacking.

Napman was experienced and had a certain understanding of the use of cavalry.

Cavalry archers and offensive cavalry, although they are both cavalry, there is a big difference.

Mounted archers need to be stable, so horses are mostly short ponies known for their stamina. This type of war horse is not very explosive, so its ability to charge into battle is limited.

Defend against bows with shield axes, and when the cavalry comes into range, attack from a distance with axemen, and then spearmen stab in close combat, lurking at the end of the cavalry to prevent the enemy from escaping.

Tactics are all over the place.

Napman is still very confident in his own judgment.

Knowledge can be learned by anyone, but experience can only be accumulated over time.

Watching the cavalry in the distance sweeping again, Napman secretly marveled in his heart, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty.

With his eyesight, he could naturally see that the mounts of the light cavalry of the Tang Army were all first-class horses, and it would be impossible to raise such a cavalry team without a certain economy.

I have to say that Napman's gaze is indeed spicy.

Pei Min supported Hui to become king in the north, and Hui and the Tang Dynasty entered the honeymoon period, which can be said to be responsive to the demand for war horses of the Tang Dynasty.

These light horses led by An Zhongjing were equipped with standard war horses abundant in the Northland Plateau, that is, Mongolian horses in the future.

The Tang army swept in front of the formation like a wild goose, and the arrows came more and more into the air......