Chapter 365: Severely Hit Xue Yantuo
The two armies faced each other, each forming a phalanx, Jia Yi's side had already been prepared, and seeing that Xue Yantuo's queue had indeed formed a four-one battle formation, the corners of Jia Yi's mouth couldn't help but rise a little arc.
Dadu, who had been hit hard by Jia Yi, was a good learner this time, although he had not yet found a way to effectively fight against the burst arrows, but he knew that as long as the soldiers were dispersed, they could play a certain role, and seeing that the opponent's army quickly became very scattered, and the distance between each small phalanx and the phalanx was a few meters.
Looking at the four people who had become live targets, Jia Yi waved his hand behind him, and immediately took out the crossbow hanging on his back and began to walk slowly towards Xue Yantuo's war.
It is said that Xue Yantuo's battle formation is the most effective against the cavalry, even if it is a heavy cavalry covered with heavy armor, there is not much way to take them, and the only advantage of the Tang soldiers is the burst arrow, plus the other party divides the people into a small simulation of five groups, as long as one or two burst arrows explode in the middle of this phalanx, except for the people who are riding on horses and leading the horses behind, the four in front will inevitably hate the spot.
In the past, Jia Yi asked his soldiers to attack with free scatter, but now he arranges for fixed-point shooting, saving burst arrows and getting the maximum damage.
When there were still 100 meters away, the two sides of the battle began to charge, and the soldiers of Xue Yantuo raised the horizontal knives in their hands high, aimed at the war horses under the seats of the Tang soldiers, and rushed over.
It's just that when the distance between the two sides was only fifty meters, one by one the bursting arrows pierced the middle of the small phalanx with very accurate accuracy, and with a bang, the four people were injured by the shrapnel of the bursting arrows, and at the same time fell to the ground and screamed loudly, losing their combat power at the first time.
Such a scene occurs frequently in various positions on the battlefield, the two sides have not yet contacted, the other party has already suffered heavy losses, seeing that even the hair of the Tang soldiers has not touched a single hair, but this side has lost hundreds of people, Dadu suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly issued an order to retreat.
Xue Yantuo quickly retreated when he heard the sound, but now the only ones who can retreat are those who are riding horses and leading horses, and they are frightened by the roar of the bursting arrows, and now they can still listen to the knight's words and start running around, which makes the knight anxious for a while, but he is helpless.
A clever man hurriedly took out a horizontal knife from his body, and slashed the reins of the other four war horses tied to his horse, and finally regained his freedom, and he hurriedly rode his horse and galloped back.
But at this moment, the Turkic soldiers finally waited for the opportunity, rushed out from the flank, and began to chase and kill the fleeing knights, and the scene became chaotic in an instant.
As soon as Jia saw this, he immediately ordered the soldiers of Datang to collect the war horses on the battlefield, and soon the loose war horses were caught and pacified by the Datang soldiers, and then brought into the rear of Datang.
After a battle, Xue Yantuo only killed dozens of Turks and Khitans, but they left hundreds of warriors and thousands of war horses.
Xue Yantuo, who has been fighting in the grassland for many years, uses this tactic to defeat many other tribes on the grassland, and the invincible tactics are now the solution of defeat, which makes Dadu set a little timid for a while, if he continues to fight like this, it must be them Xue Yantuo who will be defeated.
Coupled with the persuasion of other generals Xue Yantuo, Dadu set quickly strengthened his thoughts, made a sound of retreat, and prepared to return to Xue Yantuo's garrison with the army, and when the next opportunity came again, he would come to capture the Yinshan grassland.
Seeing that Xue Yantuo's army did not panic and began to retreat in an orderly manner, Jia Yi also did not have a good way, there were only 100,000 men and horses under his command, even after the battle just now, there was a great improvement in morale, but the qualitative gap was still an insurmountable gap, if he launched a general attack now, then after this battle, who could achieve the final victory, it is really unknown.
Just when Jia Yi was about to watch Xue Yantuo leave, there was a chaotic sound behind Xue Yantuo, Jia Yi picked up the telescope in his hand for the first time and looked at it, and found that it was a ** that came out of nowhere.
200,000 against Xue Yantuo's 300,000, or under the premise of a great morale boost, Jia Yi naturally would not have any more hesitation, and the order was issued as soon as possible, and the order of the general attack made everyone's blood gush quickly, and 100,000 people rushed towards Xue Yantuo's soldiers at the fastest speed.
The sudden front and back attack made Xue Yantuo's soldiers have no time to react at all, and when they found out that they had been attacked on their backs, they quickly fell into a panic, coupled with the defeat just now, Xue Yantuo's soldiers had already lost the idea of fighting.
Soon after the battle began, he was completely defeated, and he looked at the soldiers who were running around and it was difficult to form an effective resistance, and his teeth were almost crushed, knowing that the defeat was irretrievable, he immediately organized his manpower and chose to start charging the battle.
Two thousand men and horses guarded Dadushe and other generals of Xue Yantuo, and tore out a passage under the obstruction of the ** behind them, and escaped to the grassland.
No one thought that the army of 300,000 Xue Yantuo was completely defeated in a situation where they were attacked from both sides, looking at the Dadu set of escapes, Jia Yi did not give the order to pursue, Xue Yantuo had been defeated, and this combat mission had been successfully completed, but Jia Yi didn't know who came to help.
"Uncle Li is good."
When Jia saw Li Ji, he understood that he must have received an order from the emperor, after all, the only one who was closer to this place was Li Ji's army, which had been stationed in the clouds all year round.
"Okay, good boy, you can win this battle with minimal losses, it seems that you are not far from becoming a qualified general."
It is not a simple matter to become a general, first of all, you must have the ability to intuitively judge the current situation, and secondly, you must act decisively and without delay.
Sometimes on the battlefield, just a moment of hesitation may miss the fighter, this battle, Jia Yi whether it is judgment or decisiveness in issuing battle orders, has basically reached the level of an ordinary general, which is why Li Ji will say so.
"The kid is still far away."
As a military general, if he has a chance to shine once in his life, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes, it is enough for him to enjoy glory for a lifetime.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the battle damage and battle results will also come out, this battle killed 20,000 enemy troops, 10,000 prisoners, and less than 20,000 war horses, it can be said that this battle has achieved an unprecedented victory, in a short time, Xue Yantuo will be immersed for a long time before he can recover.
As for the soldiers of Xue Yantuo who fled on the battlefield, I believe that as long as they still have brains, they will not return to Xue Yantuo, after all, they will not have a good attitude towards deserters, no matter which country it is.
Three battles in a year, Datang won all three battles, which is definitely the best record since the founding of Datang, for a time Li Er's self-confidence has been greatly inflated, and there is a smile on his face all day long, which shows that he is also very happy to be able to achieve such results.
Jia Yi has received a lot of rewards, but these things are really similar to him, but no matter whether the reward is good or bad, he must show great gratitude to Li Er, which is the most important thing to do as an ordinary courtier.
After the victory, the Jia family gave Jia Yi a very warm welcome, so that Jia Yi was a little embarrassed, but according to Li Yundi's words: "The husband deserves this treatment." ”
Since it was the daughter-in-law who said it, there was nothing to be embarrassed about, after accepting the kneeling ceremony of the family, he accepted the thanks of the three daughters-in-law, as for the three children, although they also expressed great admiration for their father's victory, but when they stretched out their hands and planned to ask Jia Yi for a gift, Jia Yi's face was full of wry smiles, unlucky children, so they began to ask for things, and they got it when they grew up.
Jia Yi, who was finally idle, began to teach the three children, since the children were born, when they were in Shanghai, Jia Yi taught them a few years of words, and there was no teaching after that, he was too busy to distinguish his origins at all, now it's okay, there is no enemy country in the northwest that can threaten the Tang Dynasty, even if Li Er wants to expand the territory in the future, he has to wait until Goguryeo is solved.
Compared with the battlefield where life is constantly melting, Jia Yi is more accustomed to the peaceful life at home, and the days when he takes his children to play in the mountains and rivers every day are the most comfortable, which makes Jia Yi a little happy for a while.
Although Datang's treasury was close to the cordon again, Jia Yi's family wealth had reached a very high level under the accumulation of this time, so that when Jia Yi saw so much money, his face was not only not too excited for the first time, but his face was full of sadness.
This kind of thing is rich and rivals the country, Jia Yi may have thought about it when he first came to the Tang Dynasty, but after going through so much, this word is too scary for him, the Tang Dynasty, the only person who can be rich and rival the country is Li Er, as long as someone has more money than Li Er, then what awaits this person must not be Li Er's worship, but a butcher's knife.