Chapter Seventy-Five: The Hedgehog Array Mighty
In front of the formation, a group of people turned on their backs, and one by one sturdy war horses smashed the Tang Army's formation one by one with their heavy bodies.
Although the follow-up impact has slowed down, after all, it has been continuously impacting, and the threat to the Tang Army's formation has always existed.
Fortunately, the advantages of the Tang Army were completely reflected at this moment, and the Rao is formation was smashed out of the gaps, except for those who were seriously injured and could not move, those who were lightly injured, and those who were not injured, and the gaps were blocked in an instant, forming a complete formation again.
And the Turkic cavalry who arrived in front of the battle earlier, after consuming a part of the Tang soldiers, their task was completed, whether they were completed or not, they had to lie on the ground at the moment, and then wait quietly for death, or directly lose consciousness.
Zhang Yu drew his horizontal knife and slashed at a Turkic cavalry in front of him, and the Turkic cavalry who fell to the ground fell to the ground before he could dodge, and fell in a pool of blood again.
Zhang Yu roared hard: "Resist! ”
In a battle, the defense of the first wave is the most difficult to fight, and once the first wave is carried through, the fighting Turkic cavalry in the back will hardly pose such a big threat to them.
The Turks were digging into the pockets they had laid out in advance, and Zhang Yu, as a veteran of decades of war, naturally knew very well what the most important thing to do was at the moment.
As long as the corpses and horses of the Turks fall in front of the battle, then the Turkic cavalry will completely lose their advantage, and in the case of corpses on the ground, even people will not be able to exert their maximum speed, let alone cavalry?
'Whoosh ......'
Bows and arrows, in patches, swept overhead, making a sharp hissing sound, and frantically flocked to the Turks on the opposite side.
The Turkic cavalry under the dense formation fell one by one, they did not have enough advanced protective equipment, and the armor on their bodies was at most made of animal skin, iron armor, which was only equipment that generals could wear.
"Together!" Wei Chi Jingde, who was in the rear, felt that the time was almost up, and immediately ordered to join forces.
In fact, the number of Turkic cavalry in the formation at this time was not very large, at best only about three hundred, and with such a military formation, if it was properly coordinated, it would be no problem to swallow five hundred enemy troops.
But the Tang Army is the first time to use this kind of battle formation, the soldiers are extremely unfamiliar with it, even the generals are very unfamiliar, before the battle is completely over, Wei Chi Jingde has always been staring at the battlefield, as long as there is a slight change, he will definitely raise the lance to battle.
Wave the flag! In each of the three formations, the commander of the army has a flag watcher who is responsible for observing the main formation, and after seeing the order flag, the flag watcher immediately conveys the order to the commander of the army.
Zhang Yu pulled out the horizontal knife, ignoring the blood still flowing on it, and stepped back with a sharp step, and in the blink of an eye, Zhang Yu retreated to a position almost in the middle of the formation.
"Together!" Standing in the command position, Zhang Yu swept the situation in the formation with big eyes, and immediately ordered.
The battle formation was uniform, the original front team did not make any movement, and their defensive area was still directly ahead.
The battle formation was originally a row of fifty people, a total of ten rows of positions, and then, starting from the fifth row, followed by the sixth and seventh rows behind, and the soldiers on the far left began to move towards the left side of the first row.
The shields constantly fended off the attacks of the Turks, and the spears pierced in an orderly manner, and some were responsible for attacking the enemy troops, and some were responsible for attacking the war horses.
The tight battle formation made the Turkic cavalry in the narrow space helpless in an instant, there were people in front and behind, and the space was quickly compressed by the Tang army, the war horse couldn't run at all, and the scimitar in his hand couldn't cut the Tang army, so he had no choice but to be stabbed off the war horse one after another.
In less than two minutes, the three military formations were combined into one, and the three rectangular battle formations were combined into a prototype battle formation, with Turkic cavalry on both sides inside and outside.
And to achieve this, the Tang army only lost a dozen people, on the other hand, the Turks left at least dozens of corpses.
"Shrink the formation!" Wei Chi Jingde, who was watching the battle from the rear, gave the order again, and the worries in his heart gradually let go of a lot.
At least judging from the current situation on the battlefield, this tactic is still very suitable for dealing with the Turks, but the final effect will have to wait until the end of the battle to know.
Although he was very unfamiliar with this set of tactics, the simple technical work of shrinking the formation was not difficult for the Tang Army at all.
The Tang Army, which has almost strict requirements for the discipline of the battle formation, must be uniform whether it is advancing or retreating, not only as simple as the action, but even how far each step is taken, and the size of the steps to advance and retreat is different.
The Tang army, which gathered into a circle, was more like a hedgehog covered in thorns, and a large number of soldiers were still dealing with the enemies on the periphery, either slashing, stabbing, or using bows and arrows.
For the two rows of infantry in the formation, the first row holds a shield, and the second row uses spears to constantly stab at the enemy troops entering the encirclement.
The advance and retreat were orderly, the formation was getting smaller and smaller, and the number of Turkic cavalry in the circle was also falling more and more, and the remaining people had almost no room to survive, which made them think of a word, it was difficult to fly with wings.
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Outside the formation, Ashdewu, who had managed to dodge the first wave of attacks, quietly retreated to a position a little back.
As the former commander of the army, it is extremely insulting and unforgivable to let the soldiers fight in front while he himself withdraws.
But Ashdewu also knew very well that if he didn't take it down, it would only be time for him to lie in that pile of corpses.
And looking at the battle situation in front of him, Ashdewu didn't feel a sense of decadence in his heart.
Before, he was so majestic and confident, but in less than a quarter of an hour, Tang Jun beat his ambition at all.
Ashdewu was very frustrated, because he found that this tactic of the Tang army was almost incomprehensible, although his main force was still there, but if he continued to develop according to this situation, it was equivalent to just a face-to-face effort, and he lost nearly one-third of his troops, how could this battle be fought?
"General, we seem to have been fooled...... "Ashdewu's own soldiers trembled slightly, he had never seen such a battle formation, and he could still do this with less fighting, although as a Turkic warrior, there should be no fear, but these are not controllable by man.
"Nonsense, do you still need to say it?" Ashdewu didn't sip in a burst of anger for no reason, and yelled at his own soldiers.
The current battle situation is so obvious, is Lao Tzu blind? Need you to remind you?
The number is superior, the troops are superior, and all sides are superior, but the battle is like this bear, and Ashdewu feels that his face is dull without sipping.
Before this battle was over, the morale of his troops was lost to 108,000 miles away, and if it dragged on like this, there was no choice but to lose the battle.
This battle must be won, even if it is a little more lost.
Whenever he thought of Jieli Khan's narrow-minded appearance, Ashdewu felt a moment of fear without sipping, the Turkic interior was not stable at this time, once something went wrong on his side, would Jieli Khan easily bypass him? Although he is also a nobleman.
The more I think about it, the more I feel wronged, how can all the good things be done by others? Why are you so unlucky?
Looking at the battlefield in front with red eyes, the battle is still the same, there are only a few Turkic cavalry left in the circle, and although the Turkic soldiers outside are still attacking fiercely, the results are not ideal, although both sides have injuries, but the Turkic cavalry has to pay at least three people in exchange for the death and injury of a Tang soldier.
Moreover, the corpses all over the place blocked the charge of the Turkic cavalry, and when the cavalry had no speed, it was only stronger than the infantry in terms of height, but when the infantry had spears and shields, the cavalry was nothing.
"Kill! Rush forward, rescue the besieged brothers, kill all the Tang troops, and avenge the brothers who died in battle! Ashdewu didn't let out a roar, raised the scimitar high in his hand, slammed his legs, and the war horse under his crotch was in pain, subconsciously stepped up his limbs, and rushed towards the Tang army formation frantically.