The cavalry establishment of the Tang Army, from the beginning of the unification war, has undergone many reforms, until the twelfth year of Xuanping, it can be regarded as the basic establishment of the cavalry, basically a standard cavalry regiment, whether it is a cavalry regiment under the division or a cavalry regiment under the cavalry division, or an independent cavalry regiment, the theoretical establishment is the same, the strength of a cavalry regiment is 800, there are four teams, each team is 200, and there is no cavalry battalion in the middle.

However, in the actual operation process, the establishment of the divisional cavalry regiment is often reduced, and the independent cavalry regiment will also be expanded, such as the 3rd Musketeer Regiment, which has 1,000 cavalry.

And the 6th Cuirassier Regiment had a full 2,000 cavalry.

The 1st Lancer Regiment also had more than two thousand men.

However, the cavalry establishment of the cavalry division is all standard establishment, and if it is said that it is 800, it will be 800, and it will not be discounted.

The 800 cavalry were divided into four waves and advanced slowly, the interval between the cavalry and the cavalry was very small, and each row was kept on the same horizontal line, this strict and dense formation was the basis for the Tang cavalry to implement the wall riding tactics.

In the Tang cavalry, you can do all kinds of complicated tricks on horseback, and even the tactical actions of chopping and chopping are average, but you must be able to maintain the formation, otherwise, you will not be able to cooperate with your comrades at all.

The Tang cavalry never paid attention to fighting alone, but rushed forward in a dense formation, striving for local superiority in a dense formation, creating a situation in which several of their own people fought the enemy.

Today, the various cavalry regiments to which the 1st Cavalry Division belongs are gradually advancing in this classic dense formation, and their speed is not fast, it is just the normal walking speed of horses!

A total of four cavalry regiments plus a cavalry battalion directly under the division headquarters, totaling about 3,500 combat cavalry, formed a huge arrow, and then slowly advanced towards the Tatars in front.

Although the total strength of the 1st Cavalry Division was more than 4,000 people, some of them were auxiliary forces and cavalry artillery units, and these forces obviously would not directly participate in the charge operation, and only 3,500 cavalry participated in the charge operation!

When the various units of the 1st Cavalry Division turned over and started to move, the Tatar forward cavalry in front also moved instantly, and they naturally discovered the movement of the 1st Cavalry Division on the opposite side as soon as possible.

Soon, they also gave up lining up to rest, but each rode their horses, and at the same time moved.

The stationary cavalry is not even as effective as the infantry, so whether it is a defensive operation or an offense, the cavalry has to move, and it is best to be able to charge, which can not only bring a huge impact, but also have excellent mobility.

These are the cavalry's housekeeping skills, and if they stay stupid, they will be tantamount to giving up their own advantages.

Standing still and fighting hand-to-hand on the ground, that's the infantryman's specialty!

The 1st Cavalry Division moved, the 5th Cavalry Division on the flank also moved, and the 5th Cavalry Division also had about 3,500 cavalry participating in the charge.

These two huge arrows, advancing in parallel, were about three hundred meters apart from each other.

But soon, the distance between these two huge arrows began to shorten, from 300 meters to 200 meters, or even 100 meters!

For a huge cavalry force, the distance of 100 meters is basically not much different from nothing, and these two cavalry divisions have already converged and are ready to charge together!

At this time, I saw a middle-aged man wearing a senior general's military uniform and the rank of major general at the front slowly pulled out the saber at his waist!

This person is the commander of the First Cavalry Division, Major General Liu Ziao, the commander of the cavalry of the Tang Army, Lieutenant General Lu Yu, the confidant of the Tang Army Lieutenant General during the Unification War, the right and left hand, at the end of the Xuanping Eight Years Unification War, he was already a brigadier general, and after the war, he stayed up for four years before being promoted to a major general in the twelfth year of Xuanping, and Xuanping has served as the commander of the First Cavalry Division for thirteen years.

From a young man in his twenties to a middle-aged man of thirty-eight years old, he has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, facing the Tatar cavalry forward of nearly 10,000 people in front of him, without the slightest fear.

Back then, when he followed Lu Yuzhi to fight, he dared to attack the Tatars with hundreds of horsemen!

Today, he has 3,500 soldiers under his command, and an equal number of friendly troops on his side, a total of 6,000 cavalry against 10,000 Tatar cavalry!

Enough is enough!

After slowly pulling out his gold-wire command knife, Major General Liu Ziao said to the adjutant beside him: "It's almost, you can speed up!" ”

Immediately, his adjutant nodded to the herald behind him, and immediately, the herald behind him blew the horn.

After the rhythmic horn sounded, the commanders of the cavalry regiments in the rear also responded to the order: "Ready, trot forward!" ”

"Strictly order all ministries to prohibit the use of pistols!"

Although it is said that they are all equipped with self-fire pistols, in specific battles, especially when this kind of charge combat, not every cavalry will use it, often only the cavalry in the front row will use it, and the cavalry in the rear will use the knife directly.

Because the formation was too dense, it was actually difficult for the cavalry in the rear to have the opportunity to shoot at the beginning of the engagement.

At the same time, because the speed of the cavalry's final charge is very fast, from the range of the pistol to the direct engagement, there is often only a short time of one or two seconds, and the cavalry whose riding skills and psychological quality are not up to par are often difficult to change to the saber in time after shooting.

Therefore, in this kind of direct charge combat, only some of the most elite cavalry in the front row can smoothly switch to saber combat after using pistols.

As a result, on certain occasions, especially when they intended to charge directly into hand-to-hand combat, many cavalry officers forbade cavalrymen to use self-firing pistols.

They prefer to use a saber from start to finish!

The cavalry generals of the Tang Army have absolute trust in the sabre!

They even gave up even spears, hollow rifles, and the like, and only used sabers when it came to cold weapons.

The pistols and spears, although equipped, are generally only used in specific tactics, such as repeated charges, and when implementing tactics similar to those of mounted cavalry!

However, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, the officers of most units usually strictly prohibit the cavalry from using hand-fired pistols!

The officers ran at a high speed to see if there were any cavalrymen using pistols in their ranks, and at the same time shouted various slogans!

However, when the speed of the horses began to trot, the sound of horses' hooves was too noisy, and it was difficult for the cavalrymen to hear what orders were being shouted by their superiors.

At this time, the horn in the herald's hand is reflected.

The actions of the cavalry, even the speed of it, followed the rhythm of the horn.

As the officers gave the order, the cavalrymen each held the hilt of the saber with one hand, the back of the sword directly against the shoulder, and the other hand grasped the reins, urging the horses to trot forward.

As they trotted forward, the officers rode back and forth, shouting, "Keep in formation, keep in formation!" ”

Formation is the foundation of the Tang Army, whether it is infantry or cavalry, its operations are heavily dependent on various formations.

If there is no strict formation, which leads to the situation of fighting alone, in terms of the personal quality of the Tang cavalry, it is impossible to play those Tatar cavalry.

The Tang cavalry was speeding up, and the Tatar cavalry on the opposite side was also speeding up, they did not choose to turn around and avoid and wait for the main force to arrive, but chose to meet the battle and rushed up directly.

If the opposite side is the Tang infantry phalanx, they may not be able to charge, but the opposite side is the Tang cavalry, and their own troops, and they are also cavalry ready to hedge against them, they will not let it!

If you avoid this, you may be chased after your ass and beaten, and the situation will not be easy to clean up.

In this case, they naturally will not choose to avoid it!

They are the wartime who are born to belong on horseback!

As for those Southern Tang barbarians, they were just a group of farmers, and they thought that if they rode on horses, they were cavalry!

Today, they are going to teach these Southern Tang barbarians what a real cavalry is!

The Tatar cavalry picked up speed and roared towards the cavalry of the Tang Army on the opposite side!

If you look down from the sky at this time, you will see that two huge arrows on the ground are approaching rapidly, and their speed is getting faster and faster.

When the commander of the First Cavalry Division of the Tang Army, Major General Liu Ziao, who was wearing light half-body armor, pulled down the mask of his helmet, waved his saber forward, and shouted: "Kill!" ".

The entire 1st Cavalry Division was raised to the highest speed, and the cavalry shouted in unison: "Kill!"

And pointed the saber in his hand diagonally forward!

The war horse galloped quickly with the knight!

The distance between the two sides soon approached from 100 meters to 20 meters, and at this time, whether it was the cavalry of the Tang Army or the Tatars, they all gave up the use of pistols or bows and arrows!

Because when the cavalry of the two sides were hedged, the speed was too fast, the bow and arrow could not be used, and the pistol could not be used, and the most useful thing was to fight directly with a sabre.

The cavalry at the front of both sides soon collided with each other, and then sparks flew everywhere!

It's a real spark!

Because their sabers collided with each other, or maybe the sabers saw the armor and burst out with a little spark!

Just the moment when the cavalry of the two sides looked at each other, at least hundreds of cavalry of the enemy and us fell, and the scene of the hedging battle between the cavalry was far more fierce than the battle between the infantry and the infantry, and between the infantry and the cavalry.

But when the cavalrymen in the front row turned on their backs, the cavalry in the back row rushed in, and row after row of cavalry launched an attack on the enemy in front!

Between the Tang Dynasty and the Tatars, the largest cavalry battle so far has officially begun!