Chapter 734: Defeat in the first battle
At the head of Yunzhou City, Niu Jinda smiled at Wei Chi Gong and said: "General, it seems that these barbarians have a long memory, and after so long, they are still so afraid of you." ”
Wei Chigong didn't have much excitement, but frowned, looking at the 400,000 army in front of him, his heart was full of solemnity.
As the number one warrior of the Tang Dynasty, it is second only to the existence of the god of war Qin Qiong (Li Yuanba is not counted), even when the three thousand Xuanjia broke 100,000 back then, Wei Chigong was not so worried.
"Lao Niu, today's events are obviously wrong, and I have a bad premonition in my heart."
Niu Jinda didn't think so, and said in his heart that this black general has always been bold, why did he change sex today?
He didn't dare to say this, after all, he was at the same level as Yu Chigong, and Yu Chigong was not like Cheng Yanjin, and Cheng Yanjin was a buddy relationship when he was in the grass.
"Hey, the general is too worried, even if the enemy army is 400,000? As soon as there was a thunderbolt in our hands, it was 400,000 lambs to the slaughter. "Niu Jinda has very high expectations for the thunder.
After thinking about it for a long time, Wei Chigong still couldn't figure it out, but he remembered his mission clearly, and commanded: "Old Niu, Yunzhou is the first gateway to the north, and there must be no mistakes, we need to intercept them outside the Great Wall in the north."
Otherwise, once they bypass us and enter the Great Wall and enter the Central Plains, then this will be 400,000 tigers and wolves.
Wait for you to garrison the city defense as a backup, and I will take 50,000 elites to meet them for a while. ”
Niu Jinda nodded heavily, although he really wanted to lead the team to try the thunder in person, but the general said it solemnly, and he didn't dare to despise it.
At the foot of the Great Wall in the north, 400,000 troops were stationed far away to look south, and they saw the gate of Yunzhou slowly open, and then a black cavalry swarmed out, waving the banner of the right Hou Wei general Wei Chi.
"Great Khan, the enemy has taken the initiative to fight, it seems that he wants to fight with us, so that the brothers can prepare and beware of their thunder." Yuangai Suwen admonished.
With a wave of his hand, the heralds retreated willingly, and immediately sent a message to the 200,000 cavalry of the Western Turks and the Hui Dynasty.
At this time, Wei Chigong raised the horse lance in his hand and shouted: "Sons, the barbarians have offended my Tang Dynasty, and the rear is my family, and we must not let them step into half a step to protect the family and defend the country, and rush over with the general to destroy them." ”
"Defend the homeland and defend the country, protect the homeland and defend the country......"
shouted one after another, wave after wave, which made Mo Helu marvel that the basic quality of the Tang Dynasty soldiers was indeed stronger than that of other countries.
Seeing that Yu Chi Gong led people to rush first, only five miles away, Mo Helu also waved his scimitar, and the army behind him quickly rushed out under the leadership of the Xian King on the left and right.
For a while, thousands of horses galloped, and in just five miles, hundreds of thousands of eyes gathered, and this place is still an empty grassland, and I am afraid that it will become a bloody Shura field in the next second.
When Wei Chigong's army was at its maximum, Wei Chigong shouted: "Change the formation, prepare for the thunder." ”
Then I saw that the 50,000 horses of the Tang Dynasty changed from a sharp arrow formation to a double-headed sharp arrow formation, one team was divided into two teams, one was led by Wei Chi Gong, and the other was led by the general Su Dingfang, this Su Dingfang is Wei Chi Gong's subordinate general, young and promising, and he was taught by Li Jing, so Wei Chi Gong is quite important to him.
The 400,000 enemy troops on the opposite side were quite puzzled, what was going on? 50,000 troops together can't fight our 200,000 iron cavalry in one place, and dare to divide two troops? Is this an old birthday boy eating arsenic? Is it too long?
But after the division of troops, the Tang cavalry looked even more flexible and changeable than just now.
"Bow and crossbow ready, cavalry fire." The Western Turks saw that the two sides were already less than a mile, and the lightning and flint were close to each other, and they had the advantage of troops, so naturally they had the advantage of two waves of overwhelming arrows.
The strange thing is that the Datang side is obviously more well-equipped, why didn't it use a bow and crossbow?
With the sound of King Zuo Xian's arrow, the rain of arrows shrouded the Tang cavalry, but unfortunately, the Tang army did not rush into the rain of arrows according to their calculations, but there were new changes.
Wei Chigong and Su Dingfang shouted in unison, around!
The two teams, which were originally running side by side, actually detoured to both sides, and the angle of the turn was very tricky, like two arcs, and the intersection in the middle was like a tangent line.
The cavalry army galloping on the opposite side was puzzled, how? Is this an attempt to circumvent the bag? It's ridiculous, 50,000 people wrap up with us 200,000? Isn't this a snake swallowing an elephant?
Dodging the rain of arrows was supposed to be a fighter, but why didn't you shoot arrows to counterattack?
The Great Prince of Baekje, who was watching the battle from a distance, sneered: "Isn't this Tang Dynasty guard a mediocre man, who can't even use a cavalry bow and crossbow?" ”
The Western Turk Mo He said disdainfully: "It is estimated that only your arrogant Baekje people in the world dare to say that the Black Evil Divine Captain Chi Gong is a mediocre person.
If I'm not mistaken, they don't use bows and crossbows, they want to use thunderstorms, but I didn't expect that Datang can equip the whole army with such a killing weapon as thunderbolts, this battle, hey! ”
With a long sigh, he hit Yuan Gai Suwen's heart heavily, this is the reality, this is the situation.
Knowing that it can't be done, but having to do it, it is not easy for a weak country to survive, and the only way to do it is to do it desperately.
After two rounds of arrow rain, less than 100 horses in Datang were shot off the horse, or they were shot on the war horse and fell, the soldiers all had high-grade armor, this kind of arrow rain, the distance was too far, and nine out of ten were blocked by armor.
Seeing that there is still ten breaths of time for the two sides to collide, the Western Turkic army is 200,000 cavalry, and the Tang side only has 50,000 horizontal two rows of soldiers.
At this moment, Niu Jinda, who was watching the battle from afar at the head of Yunzhou City, saw that the time had come, beating the drum!
Above the city, ten cowhide drums were beating in unison.
"It's now, boom, release!" Wei Chigong and Su Dingfang took the lead in pulling the string and threw out the thunder in their hands.
This is a signal that Wei Chigong and Niu Jinda have discussed, it takes time for the thunder to detonate, and it is obviously not possible to throw it after colliding with each other in close combat.
But when the cavalry rushed into battle, the voice of a vanguard general ordering was already drowned out in the sound of thousands of horses galloping, so he asked Niu to enter the city to estimate the timing, with the drum as the trumpet, as soon as the drum sounded, at this time, the two rows of Tang cavalry in front of the Turkic cavalry threw out the thunder in their hands.
After Niu Jinda's calculations, after the thunder was thrown, it would be blown up as soon as the Western Turkic cavalry arrived, which was the best time to disrupt the enemy formation.
Sure enough, a roar sounded on the battlefield, just like a row of sky-bombing defense lines, and the cavalry in the front row suddenly turned on their backs, and the end was miserable.
And the Tang side did not take advantage, although not short-handed, but in the two breaths before throwing the thunder, the enemy seized the opportunity, and shot a rain of arrows head-on again, at this time the power was extraordinary, a round down, because it was the Tang cavalry lined up in a row, so there were a lot of arrows, and many people were holding on to throw the thunder before falling off the horse.
Wei Chigong, who quickly led the team to leave in a circle, looked back and was extremely distressed, and after a round, at least three thousand riders folded in.
The cavalry on the Turkic side was bombed by the thunder, and sure enough, the formation was in chaos, the rear team did not slow down, the front team was knocked down, and for a while, the rear team was tripped by the front team and fell off their horses.
But what puzzled the cattle on the head of the city was that it didn't mean that as soon as the thunder sounded, the enemy's horses were frightened, and all of them would be scattered in chaos, and they would have no combat effectiveness? How does it seem to work? Rear or cavalry charge?
"It's not good, quickly Mingjin retreats, this is a trap."