In fact, the cavalry charge of 10,000 people is already very powerful, and the boundless power brought up by the neighing of war horses and high-speed charge will definitely be completely dispersed in a surprise if you have not experienced it, and cavalry fighting infantry has always been an asymmetrical battle.

However, for Wang Houchun, cavalry charging may not be an unsolvable solution, at least the third battalion trained by himself has an absolutely outstanding ability. That is the speed, the marching speed and battlefield reaction speed of the third battalion are much higher than those of other armies of the Tiance Army, in short, the soldiers of the third battalion on the battlefield are like loaches entering the swamp, you can't catch him at all, and this is why Wang Houchun dares to use his third battalion as a source of confidence to attract the opponent's firepower.

And as the cavalry advanced rapidly, the rumbling of horses' hooves became closer and closer, and the ballista troops in the rear almost swept over the heads of the infantry in the array, bringing down the cavalry that had leaped from their horses, and the neighing of horses and the screams of soldiers being hit by arrows rushed to the face.

With a move of his right hand, Wang Houchun retreated to the center of the big array, and with his figure appearing inside the big array, Xue Yang was also ready. I saw that the third battalion, which had been standing still before, ran quickly, whistling and whistling, the pace was fast, and the formation became strange and loose, at first glance there was no discipline at all, but all the soldiers seemed to know what they should do next, and the pikemen and sword and shield men quickly formed a small formation in the running, and appeared in front of the cavalry one after another.

This is not a formation, but a tactic that Wang Houchun figured out to deal with cavalry when he was training the third battalion, that is, to infinitely use the suspicious formation and the reaction speed of the third battalion to counteract the impact of the cavalry impact, and then use the advantage of the infantry in a short distance to be more flexible than the cavalry, break it into parts, and cut off the enemy. Since this method is actually a kind of straddle formation, it tests the understanding of the tactical intentions of the front-line generals and the resilience of the troops themselves, which can resist casualties and pressure, and gradually deplete the opponent's forces in the counterattack.

This is the first time that the third battalion has tested the straggler tactics in actual combat, so it has no confidence, but the whole army from Wang Houchun to the soldiers has no objections, the Tiance Army has been fighting continuously since its establishment, and it has been fought all the way, which has created an indomitable tenacity and the momentum of the Tiance Army, and it is precisely because of this that this young army will grow rapidly and become a division of a hundred battles.

As soon as the Tiance Army was arranged, the Tubo cavalry crashed in, and the brutal impact quickly knocked the soldiers in the front row who couldn't dodge with spears in the air, but in the next second, they were also put to the ground by the soldiers of the Tiance Army who followed up. These pikemen are typically trained to deal with cavalry, passing by the cavalrymen who have just stepped forward in a volatile shape, and the spears do not even stab the cavalry at all, but casually prick the horses and then retreat quickly, regardless of the outcome of the battle. After this team retreated, the next team stepped forward at the same pace.

In this way, they directly slowed down the speed of the cavalry in the front row, and the boundless power brought up by this cavalry charge was directly interrupted, so that this brutal fist hit the cotton regiment, and there was no strength at all. And with the loss of control of those wounded war horses, the formation of the Tubo people was chaotic, which gave the third battalion a chance to fish in troubled waters. Wang Houchun saw that Xue Yang had already led people to rush forward, shook his head slightly, took over the command of the army, and began to give specific orders, and the war drum team also began to follow the signal flag of the guards to transmit the latest instructions.

Under the command of Wang Houchun, the archers behind the third battalion began to break away from the attack formation of the front line, and formed two small positions on both sides of the rear of the position, and the archers of more than 1,000 people were divided into two bows and arrows, specifically looking for those cavalry who were not blocked and rushed all the way, and the result of this was that the third battalion quickly stabilized the situation, and when the ballista troops extended their fire to consume the opponent's vital forces, even these infantry had begun to fight a wave of counterattacks against the cavalry.

The third battalion successfully achieved results, but Wang Houchun shook his head slightly, even if the infantry won by himself against the cavalry, but there were still too many restrictions, and the slightest carelessness would be collapsed by the other party.

When Wang Houchun sighed, Santo, the front-line general of the Tubo people, had also seen his cavalry dealing with the blockade, and even gradually being beaten out of the opponent's position. However, at the same time, he also saw the drawbacks of Wang Houchun's formation, so he hurriedly returned to the Chinese army to report the situation to Sang Xiong.

"General, it seems that the enemy is determined to give us a counter-encirclement when our whole army presses up and annihilates the infantry they are putting in front of them." Santo was originally a general arranged by the royal court on the western border, and he himself has a lot of combat experience, so after reporting the situation to Sangxiong, he quickly said his own suggestion: "It's better to send my forward troops, and the general will sit in the Chinese army and wait for the opponent's reinforcements to appear, so that the opponent will not be able to counter-encircle us and fall into our countermeasures." ”

Santo's words can be said to be reasonable and very much in line with the current situation, so Sang Xiong agreed directly without thinking about it.

The 20,000 cavalry quickly attacked, and even in order to quickly expand the results of the battle, Santo's 20,000 cavalry directly detoured to the two flanks and surrounded Wang Houchun's third battalion, which was determined to encircle and annihilate the third battalion before Wang Houchun's followers appeared, forcing him to give up this "bait".

Almost at the same time as Santo increased his troops, Wang Houchun also discovered Santo's moves, but this did not surprise Wang Houchun at all, he set off from Fengxiang with great fanfare and hundreds of thousands of troops, but there were only 10,000 people on the battlefield, and anyone with a little brain would know that the main force was ambushed. But what Wang Houchun has to do is to play refueling tactics with the other side, exchanging the previous two groups of infantry for the opponent's main army to enter the battlefield, and making it possible for the Modao battalion to annihilate the enemy, and at the same time ambush the mobile corps, which can cover and support the operation at any time. Wang Houchun's idea was that the First World War completely wiped out the Tubo people.

After the forward Santo threw the remaining 20,000 men into the battlefield, Wang Houchun did not make the slightest move, but continued to command the third battalion to besiege and kill the enemy in front of him, turning a deaf ear to the Tubo support troops who had begun to charge towards him, but the ballista brigade began to adjust the firing range and snipe the opponent's vanguard.

"The third battalion began to alternately cover and retreat, ending at the gate of the big battalion." Wang Houchun asked the guards to find Xue Yang and then commanded the third battalion to fight and retreat, and gradually retreated with the first wave of cavalry that was entangled with him.

"Look, General, the Han people have withdrawn, and it is estimated that their ambush will come out soon. Be careful whether to inform General Santo or not. The lieutenant general beside Sang Xiong reminded.

"No, tell Santo to charge fiercely, and pretend not to know that there is an ambush. At the same time, the Chinese army is ready to press the whole army at any time. By the way, let the rear army cheer me up, the other side also has cavalry. Sang Xiong shook his head and ordered the lieutenant general next to him to convey the general's order.

Sure enough, when Santo led his army to cross the middle line of the two armies, a group of men and horses appeared due south, rushed over at a very fast speed, and almost collided head-on with Santo.

"Look at it, the Han people have come out of ambush, but the number of people doesn't seem to be right." Mulberry Bear's lieutenant had a good look in his eyes, but he could see that the number of people was wrong after a few glances.

"It's very simple, our main force has not moved, and the Han people have definitely not moved, the vanguard is fighting back and forth on both sides, and the main forces are watching from the sidelines, waiting for each other's flaws." Mulberry Bear also sighed.

Li Tianyi and Xu Ying's 20,000 horses quickly collided with Santo, but this time it was different from the elegant style of the third battalion, Li Tianyi's men and horses all stepped forward with shields, the pikemen stabbed, and the archers followed behind to open the way with the rain of arrows for the former, forcibly blocking the way of the Tubo people.

Li Tianyi's arrival gave the third battalion more time to react, and after the brother troops stopped the opponent's follow-up manpower, Wang Houchun also began to command the third battalion to reflexively kill again, and he had to kill the Tubo cavalry he was entangled as much as possible before the other party reacted. Therefore, the 30,000 infantry on both sides fought more fiercely and more fiercely than before. Although the troops are inferior in the battle situation, the Tiance Army has always followed the formation of peacetime training, broken into parts, and the squads cooperate with each other and support each other, not giving each other a chance to rush up, and the cavalry has no speed support, and the gap with the infantry is suddenly narrowed.

Just when the two sides were fighting vigorously, in the opposite direction of Li Tianyi's appearance, the land in the north suddenly trembled slightly, and everyone didn't notice this very slight move at first, although Sang Xiong also sent a scout team when he was facing the enemy, but the battle has been going on for two hours now, and no one has returned.

But as time passed, this slow and continuous vibration was felt by the Tibetans, and unlike the cavalry vibration, it was a continuous and heavy but terrifying sound.

Sang Xiong's arrangement in his left flank of the general saw a gray-brown crowd in the distance towards the battlefield, suddenly his face changed greatly, and he hurried to Sang Xiong, pointing to the black line that had spread to the edge of the battlefield from the north and said: "General, the Han people are here." ”

Sang Xiong's face changed rapidly for a long time, and he sighed: "Modao Battalion, this is a sharp sword hanging above the heads of my Tubo people." ”

"General, what are we going to do? General Santo will definitely not be able to resist, so let's hurry up and increase our troops. The adjutant general saw that the Modao battalion had already entered the field, and hurriedly reminded: "Look at the number of people in this posture is no less than thirty or forty thousand, general, the front-line troops in Tubo have occupied an absolute disadvantage, if we do not increase the number of troops to rescue, General Santo will definitely be wiped out, and when the other party's army reflexively presses on our Chinese army, it will also be forced to retreat step by step." ”

Sang Xiong nodded and was about to give an order, but he was suddenly stunned, he only had 70,000 people in his hands, and the rear army had to guard against the other party's sneak attack, and he could only mobilize less than 40,000 people in terms of timing, could it be difficult for the whole Chinese army to press? But this is the last force drawn by the royal court, if it fails, then the Tubo people of Longyou will face the danger of extinction of the country and the species.

Time is passing little by little, Shi Jian has also led the army into the battlefield, the descendant of the general of Anxi Shiba, like his ancestors, wearing heavy armor, holding a Mo knife, brought a burst of bloody rain, the cavalry in front of him and the horse split in two, the long knife was raised, and the roar resounded through the world: "Anxi hates, blood debt and blood repayment." Almost at the same time, these soldiers of the Modao Battalion, who were equipped with the same equipment as Shi Jian, shouted and raised their knives, and the tide of mountains and tsunamis drowned out all the noise on the battlefield, leaving only the shouts of the soldiers and the killing sound brought by the wielding of the Modao.

"Tianyi, you immediately lead all the horses on the second road to occupy the left flank of the Modao battalion, follow the advance, if the mulberry bear army presses you, leave the battlefield and detour to the rear of the enemy army to attack Yuanzhou City, if the other party retreats, follow the Modao battalion to kill. Ballista brigades follow your movements. Wang Houchun saw Li Tianyi from a distance, hurriedly rode his horse to his side, and gave the latest order.

"Xue Yang, immediately let the third battalion assemble, follow me, and let's go to meet Sang Xiong. The pro-guard team is in front, Xue Yang leads the army as the flank, let's go up. After Wang Houchun arranged these things, he personally stepped forward with his personal guards, bypassing the front of the Modao camp and starting to detour back to Sangxiong's Chinese army from the north.

The devastating movements of the Modao Battalion made Santo stunned, and his troops had no room to play when they encountered a slaughtering monster like the Modao Battalion. Santo glanced back at the Chinese army of Mulberry Bear, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and he roared angrily and took the lead in rushing towards the Modao Battalion, and as soon as he moved, the guards around him also began to ride away frantically.

In fact, the Modao Battalion belongs to the hoplites, although it is powerful, but it also has many defects, but it can't stand the great reputation of the predecessor of the Modao Battalion, the Anxi Army, and these Tubo people are obviously about to forget how to deal with the Modao Battalion, or they can't remember it for a while. Moreover, the training of Mo Dao Hands is extremely difficult, and the Mo Dao team of only 5,000 people a year ago made Sang Xiong feel that no matter how powerful the Tiance Army is, it is impossible to expand so many Mo Dao Hands in a year. You must know that the forging of the Mo knife alone is extremely difficult, and the Tang generation is not even allowed to accompany the Mo knife to the burial.

However, his own family knows his own affairs, and Wang Houchun understands the defects of the Modao Battalion very well, so he will arrange for Li Tianyi to follow the Modao Battalion to take over the battle when necessary.

However, Sang Xiong clinged to the opponent's cavalry and did not dare to use the rear army, which eventually led to his own tragedy.

But these are all later words, at this time Sang Xiong clearly saw his forward general's actions and knew that he was buying time for himself, but this order was really difficult for him to decide, after being silent for a long time, Sang Xiong suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Go and inform the rear army to prepare for an attack, the Chinese army will be pressed with my whole army, no matter what, we must defeat this Han people, otherwise I will have no room for survival in Longyou Tubo." After saying that, he rushed out first.

The Tibetan cavalry began the largest charge since the beginning of the war, and the 40,000 Chinese troops roared out, bringing boundless wind.

"It's a good time, the Modao battalion came with me and cut the miscellaneous pieces of the mulberry bear." Mulberry Bear's actions made Shi Jian sneer, Mo Dao suddenly made a loud noise on the ground, the long knife was raised forward, and the Mo Dao Battalion turned around, handed over Santo's men and horses, who were no longer in formation, to Li Tianyi, and turned around to deal with Sang Xiong himself.

"The ballista brigade gave me the speed to shoot ahead of the curve, and went to carry the explosives bag out for me." Li Tianyi knew what Shi Jian meant, and asked Xu Ying to lead the team and his own soldiers to completely surround and strangle the remaining Santo Department of less than 10,000 people, and at the same time ordered the ballista brigade that followed to support the Modao battalion.

It was only at this time that the war really reached its climax. But the third battalion disappeared from the north under the leadership of Wang Houchun, and no one knew where they would take a detour.