Chapter 219: Pursuit Battle

More than 200 horsemen were better than more than 10,000 horsemen, and although Tuli had set off almost a quarter of an hour earlier than Sun Xiangfu, after running for an hour, they could already see the tail of the Tuli cavalry brigade.

"Ma Yi is close at hand, we have to launch an attack to attract the attention of the soldiers defending the city and take precautions in advance."

After thinking about it calmly, Sun Xiangfu made such a decision.

"But our little people will attack more than 10,000 cavalry, and if they bite and surround us, then there will be no place to die." Zhang Ke said worriedly.

"What are you afraid of, with the halberd in the palm of my son, it's no problem to kill him seven in and seven out." Wang Xu danced the halberd in his hand, and burst out with the same momentum as when Xi Junmai was about to fight.

It seems that martial artists have a problem, they have not died, they are not afraid of death, the whole country in the early Tang Dynasty was prevalent in martial arts, and everyone was still martial, especially Wang Xu, who had lived in the northern border for a long time, he had to be taught by wise martial artists, and he was also infected with some such tempers, because he was too young, this temper sometimes broke out uncontrollably.

"Well, with the prince here, what are we afraid of, but we can't do it brutally, we have to make a plan, the first thing to avoid is to break into the enemy formation, because the proportion of our numbers is too different."

Wang Xu was slapped on a horse, which was very useful, and he didn't get complacent yet, and when he heard Sun Xiangfu say this, he asked puzzledly, "If you don't kill it, how can you fight?" ”

After Sun Xiangfu's brain started, some ideas came out and said, "Of course, it's to take advantage of our advantages." ”

"Advantages? What are our advantages? ”

"For example, the war horses of the Turks are all short horses suitable for expeditions and strong endurance, but our war horses are all tall and famous horses collected from all over the world, our war horses are much stronger than them, short runs, fast speed, even if they run for a quarter of an hour first, we can catch up with them This is the reason, then, on the other hand, if we run away, they will not be able to catch up with us in a short time, this is one of our advantages."

Sun Xiangfu said this, Wang Xu naturally understood that the equipment of the two guards was luxurious, and the war horses were naturally the best, and in terms of running, within a hundred miles, the Turkic cavalry really couldn't outrun them.

"For another example, Wang Gongzi, you are very good at archery, such a big target, one or two hundred steps away, it is not difficult to snipe a few! We just need to get their attention and let them chase us. "Since the strategic goal is to alert the defenders of Mayi City, then things will be simpler, with the advantage of horse speed, it is good to use the method of attack and harassment.

Seeing that the end of the Li Turkic cavalry was getting closer and closer, Sun Xiangfu said again, "In the first wave, the crossbowmen are in front, close to the rapid accumulation of fire, the archers are behind, and the crossbowmen in front of them will make way for the crossbowmen in front to retreat after one round." ”

Since he calmly used his brain on the battlefield, Sun Xiangfu is no longer a battlefield idiot, and his growth is still very fast, of course, wisdom does not give him the ability to fight fear, so he just plans to move his mouth, and he didn't think that he would rush up and shoot a round.

"Click??????"

The sound of a burst of magical crossbows rang out, and a large number of the Turkic soldiers hanging behind the large group suddenly fell from their horses.

The screams made more of the Turkic cavalry hurrying forward react, and some of the people in the rear turned their horses' heads, and of course, they were greeted by a round of fast arrows and many long-feathered arrows thrown from the sky.

"Crossbowmen, get out of the way."

Sun Xiangfu shouted at the back of the group, and when everyone heard this, they turned their horses' heads and ran towards the way for the archers to get out of the way.

In this short round of crossbow fire just now, at least one or two hundred of the Turkic cavalry fell off their horses, and those ownerless war horses would temporarily block the Turkic cavalry that turned around, just in time for them to withdraw.

"Hmph, just shoot a few arrows, just run, you're too scared to death." Wang Xu saw that the Turkic cavalry who turned the horse's head was still far away from his group, and said with a very unhappy look.

"Does Wang Gongzi think we're going to run away? But no, next, it's up to you archers, if they divide their forces to chase, you fight horses and follow the crossbowmen to escape, and at the same time turn back to shoot arrows, this escape tactic of this official will definitely make the Turkic soldiers suffer a big loss. ”

In the cavalry chasing competition, often the chasing person will be passively beaten, this is the famous kite flying tactics in later generations, the same is the riding archery, the chasing person shoots forward arrow disease, the person who flees in front of him runs forward because of the war horse, dodges, and the person who flees in front, shoots the arrow disease backwards, and the person who pursues in the rear is head-on, and the loss is not heavy.

Sure enough, after actually applying the tactics proposed by Sun Xiangfu, Wang Xu actually admired Sun Xiangfu a little, where the hell was he being chased and fleeing! This is like shooting a moving target at a shooting range, with more than a dozen arrows in a row, Wang Xu easily killed more than a dozen Turkic cavalry, and the arrows shot by the Turkic cavalry can only be shot on their horseshoe prints at most, because Wang Xu's horses are originally faster than those of the Turks.

"It's not right, the people we chased out were killed and injured."

After chasing for less than a quarter of an hour, the number of people who fell from the Turkic cavalry again reached several hundred, but none of the people who escaped died.

"I'm about to arrive at Mayi City, don't worry about these people, go all out to attack the city and take Mayi." Abs suddenly gave the order with a tangled face.

Just more than 200 horsemen dared to provoke their army of more than 10,000 horsemen, the Tang people's fighting will and fighting level have far surpassed the Turks, and now, he actually does not have much hope for the victory of the Turks, just more than 200 horsemen made him feel powerless, not to mention the cavalry of the entire Tang Dynasty.

However, his order was given less than a cup of tea, and the rear team panicked again, and those Tang cavalry leaned over again, and in a burst of fire, killing a large number of people, and after shooting people, they immediately made a posture of escape, just waiting for them to chase.

"All the archers go to the back team, use their tactics, and counterattack them."

Since Abu Tusi was able to sit in the position of a catty, he was naturally not a fool, and he quickly understood the subtlety of Sun Xiangfu's attack tactics, and with his mobilization, the professional archers in the Turkic team who carried longbows on their shoulders slowed down their horses and gradually fell behind.

"Poof, poof, poof??????"

The sound of several armor piercing clearly reached Sun Xiangfu's ears, making him realize that the situation had changed.

"Retreat, retreat??????"

If the two horse teams run in different directions, the distance will soon be widened, fortunately, the arrows are all guards wearing cotton armor, this kind of long-distance throwing, the arrow disease can not have a major damage to their body at all, but Sun Xiangfu is relieved a lot, however, this method of pursuit will not work.

"You have to find a way to inform the defenders of the city, find a way, find a way to ??????"

Seeing that Mayi City was in sight, Sun Xiangfu became more and more anxious, but the more anxious he was, the more he had to calm down and think of a way.

"By the way, light, the speed of light is faster than the speed of sound, in this dark night, the news can be transmitted faster, the soldiers on the city wall stand high, and it is no problem to see the fire more than ten miles away."

Soon, Sun Xiangfu asked everyone to start looking for flammable things to start a fire, and no matter whose wheat field was about to ripen, it was scattered and ignited.