Chapter 129: Repeating the Old Trick
The sudden whistling sound at the "downwind ear" frightened the soldiers of the Western Army who were close at hand, and the soldiers of the Eastern Army farther away were no better.
The moment the voice sounded, the soldiers on both sides of the battle froze for a few breaths, and a mile north of the battlefield, Wei Chi Youqi, who was leading the cavalry in a roundabout way under the cover of night and was about to launch an assault, was also stunned for a moment.
The enemy sentry cavalry wandering around the periphery has been quietly killed by the elite who opened the way, and Wei Chiyou Qi originally thought that his side could get closer before launching a charge, now that his whereabouts have been exposed, there is no need to continue to hide his head and tail.
The sound of the horn sounded like a tide, and Wei Chi Youqi led the cavalry to rush towards the enemy's battle formation in two groups, and the continuous charge of nearly 2,000 elite cavalry was enough to destroy the opponent's defense line.
This is Wei Chi Youqi's last chance, if he succeeds, not only can he turn the tide of the battle, but it is not a fantasy to defeat Yuwen Wen.
He thought very clearly, although the left flank collapsed, although the Chinese army suffered heavy casualties, he still had cavalry in his hands, and the cavalry was the dominant force on the battlefield, even if it was a battlefield of more than 100,000 people, hundreds of cavalry could also break the enemy if it was used properly.
As long as he broke through the enemy's left flank, he would be able to join his own right army, which was still strong, to attack the enemy's main position, while the enemy's right army was still chasing and killing the rout, and had already chased it several miles away, and it was difficult to turn back in his eagerness.
And Yuwenwen's Hulin Army is facing off in front of its own Chinese army, and there is no way to return to help, Wei Chi Youqi remembers that this situation is similar to what his father said about the first battle of Bishan in the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty.
In that battle, the two armies fought until dusk before they were separated, the right army of the Western Army (Western Wei Army) defeated the left army of the Eastern Army (Eastern Wei Army), and the middle army of the Western Army broke the middle army of the Eastern Army, and almost killed Gao Huan.
Seeing that a great victory was about to be won, the Western Army was attacked on the left flank by the retreating and gathered Eastern cavalry at night, so that the whole army was soon defeated.
Now, Wei Chi Youqi wants to imitate that battle and turn the tide of the battle with a "repetition of old skills", although it is more difficult to detour, charge, and fight at night, and the danger is much higher than that of the day, but he doesn't care.
Wei Chi Youqi concentrated the cavalry to make a big detour, regardless of the opposition of the generals, and personally led the troops to boost morale, so that the soldiers were fearless in order to fight for victory.
A mile away, not far in front of the galloping cavalry, the Eastern cavalry, with the determination to defeat the enemy in a battle, has already divided into two groups and lined up in a charging formation in the wilderness.
One of them, with nearly 1,000 horsemen, aimed at the flank (north) of the enemy's left army, was a straight charge.
The goal of the other thousand horsemen is to make a slight turn and go around the opponent's back (west) to make a flank attack, plus the infantry of their own right army who are fighting with them on the front (east), which can be described as a three-sided flank attack.
The distance of one mile was not too far, and the cavalry of the Eastern Army, which had attacked directly, quickly rushed to the front of the formation, and by the flickering fire in the enemy's formation, they could see very clearly: the front of the formation was empty, and there was nothing to hinder the horses.
Such an unobstructed situation was a good opportunity to charge into battle, and even if the opposing spearmen had begun to gather, the cavalry was not afraid and was willing to suffer heavy casualties to break through the enemy formation.
At this moment, the trumpets sounded in the formation of the western army, and the dust suddenly flew on the ground thirty or forty paces ahead, and many soldiers jumped out of the ground.
To be exact, it was the soldiers in black cloth lying on the ground, and when they saw the enemy cavalry attacking, they got up to meet the battle.
These soldiers, numbering in the hundreds, were all dressed in short armor, armed with regimental badges and short soldiers, and did not have a single spear, and just met the roaring enemy horsemen.
The cavalry of the Eastern Army, which was getting faster and faster, had no time to turn or avoid, and rushed to the Western Army soldiers who did not know whether they were alive or dead.
At the same time, there was a sudden bright light in the western army formation in front of him, as if there were more than a dozen bronze mirrors reflecting the firelight, the bright light could not be said to be dazzling, but it caused an obvious light difference between light and darkness in the dark night, which instantly made the western cavalry charging in front of the light unable to see clearly.
The soldiers of the Western Army armed with short knives met the galloping cavalry, nimbly dodged the stabbing horse lance, and stabbed the horse's leg, and in the wail, the war horse fell to the ground, and they met the next rushing war horse.
As soon as the battle began, these heroic Western soldiers cut down a large number of Western horses, but not all of them could avoid the oncoming horses, some were knocked to the ground and then trampled into flesh, and some cut down the first horse, but were pierced or knocked away by the cavalry that rushed later.
Even so, the soldiers still fought bloodily, and more and more horses were cut off their legs, and even if the horses were not cut off, most of the cavalry who rushed after them were tripped by their comrades who fell to the ground in front.
The cavalry of the Eastern Army, whose charge was blocked, rushed forward in waves, and these soldiers of the Western Army, who seemed to be in a scattered formation, went up against the current among the tide of enemy soldiers, fought bloodily, and fought without fear, directly and indirectly killing and wounding a large number of cavalry at the cost of more than half of the casualties.
They were brave and brave sent by Yang Su, the commander of the march, to ambush on the flanks of the army formation, to meet the enemy cavalry that might attack, to fight the cavalry with short soldiers, and to cut the legs of horses, which was much more convenient than using spears to meet the battle, and they could fight more continuously, and the only thing needed was courage.
Infantry against cavalry usually had to form a formation of spears supplemented by bows and crossbows, and even then, they could only be passively defended, confronted by cavalry, delaying time and waiting for reinforcements from their own cavalry.
The tactics of cutting off horses' legs are in the form of short soldiers and scattered formations, and they are confronted by enemy cavalry charging in groups in the wilderness, which ordinary soldiers are not capable of.
Only they dared to meet the enemy with this method of warfare, and deliberately did not set up a rejection horse on the flank of the army formation, so as to lure the enemy cavalry to charge, and then surprise and counterattack.
Although this move is very risky, it relies on the use of a glass condenser that can reflect the flames of gunpowder explosion, so that the opponent can not see the front clearly, and he can easily cut the horse's legs.
The 'dazzling' tactics used in the Battle of Shaoling a few months ago are now being used again, and the brave soldiers have cut down many enemy horses, and if it weren't for the thunder that has already run out, they can kill even more.
The cavalry of the Eastern Army, which was struggling to charge in order to directly attack the enemy formation, suffered heavy casualties in just a few moments, and the other cavalry of the Eastern Army, which made a slight turn to flank the enemy formation, appeared on the flank (west).
There were not many of them, about two or three hundred cavalry, but for Wei Chi Youqi, who led the charge, these Western cavalry were very threatening, because the opponent's attack timing was just right, and it was easy to cut off his team.
There was a commotion on the left, and Wei Chi Youqi turned his head to look, and barely saw his cavalry turning on their backs, and they didn't even have any impact on the enemy's formation, so it was conceivable that this cavalry was finished.
At this point, the hope of turning the tide of the battle became more and more slim, but Wei Chi Youqi refused to admit defeat, and immediately ordered the outer cavalry to turn around and meet the enemy cavalry attacking from the west, while he led the remaining cavalry to continue to attack the back of the enemy's left army.
Even if the opponent may be ready, even if the hope is getting slimmer, it is necessary to fight to break the left flank of the enemy army and turn the tide of the battle.
He is the son of the late Shu King Wei Chi Yuan, who will never admit defeat and will never retreat on the battlefield, so he has already made up his mind when he attacked: even if he dies, he will die on the battlefield!