Chapter 341: The Army's Mind Is in Turmoil
At the most critical moment on the Ganzhou side, after the convergence of the Flying Eagle Brigade and the Tiance Army that Zhao Si had communicated with the Tandem, the Uighurs in the city basically had no hope of victory. Although the terrain was more familiar than that of the Tiance army, and its number was almost twice that of the Tiance army, foot combat and street fighting had always been the strength of the Han people since ancient times, so once they arrived in the city, the Tiance army began to divide into countless squads to act separately, and each team was divided into blocks under the leadership of their respective officials to eliminate the Uighurs. Due to the long occupation of Ganzhou by the Uighurs, there were very few Han Chinese in the city, Zhao Si simply ordered a house-to-house search, and anyone who allowed the Uighur army to attack the Tiance army directly flew through the bullet, so this killing was accompanied by street fighting in the city of Ganzhou, and the red-eyed Tiance soldiers could not hold back their hands at all, and many innocent people of other tribes were knocked to the ground because the Uighurs passed in front of their doors, and these Tiance soldiers who did not have time to think at all were taken to the ground as enemies. The Uighurs, who accounted for the vast majority of Ganzhou's population, suffered even more, and the soldiers of the Tiance Army did not have time to look at their clothes during the fierce battle, and shot them directly. In fact, after this battle, the Uighurs in Ganzhou were dealt a major blow, so much so that when Yelu Yaqi was commissioned by Tuoba Si to come to Ganzhou to recover the Uighurs and submit to the Tang Dynasty, he did not encounter any obstacles at all, because the Uighurs who had a little power and power were basically killed in this battle.
However, this behavior of the Tiance army also made the battlefield extremely difficult, and many Uighurs who were forced to helpless directly began to confront the Tiance army, and the street fighting lasted for the next morning, that is, when Wan Yi's main army had finished fighting, they were able to sweep the entire city. By the time Wan Yi led people to the city, the entire ancient city of Ganzhou was already immersed in a monstrous murderous and bloody aura. At this time, it was too late to stop it, so Wan Yi didn't do anything about it, but focused on killing all the more than 30 soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to steal and rob property.
In fact, when Zhao Si led people into the city, Wan Yi's side also entered the most critical moment, the Uighur coalition army attacked, 200,000 troops, nearly a million horses' hooves trampled on the wasteland at the same time, and the momentum brought by the Gobi made almost everyone desperate, the reason why the cavalry could be called the Zhenguo weapon in the era of cold weapons was the desperate breath and unparalleled assault and lethality brought to the enemy when this large-scale cavalry charged. If this wave cannot be stopped, then no matter how reasonable the position of the Tiance Army is, it will be washed away, and there will not even be slag left. Moreover, it is clear that the morale of the Uighur coalition army, which had been sluggish after the defeat of the first wave, also quickly recovered with the whole army's attack, and the arrogance that could be created by comparing the scene of 200,000 men charging was enough to raise the morale of the freezing point to the extreme.
And the Uighurs almost as soon as they were dispatched, Wan Yi's side also began to move, especially Zhao Si's smoke rocket launch showed that the ancient city of Ganzhou had succeeded, Wan Yi, who had put down his thoughts, quickly summoned Tieliang's heavy cavalry battalion to charge, this heavy cavalry that had been hidden since the beginning of the war began to appear in the east of the Uighur coalition army with heavy steps, and the pitch-black iron armor slowly came with this heavy pace, and the movement of 20,000 people actually suppressed more than 30,000 troops of the Tatars in the east. Even let these people charge involuntarily away from the heavy cavalry battalion.
After avoiding the eastern battlefield, Wan Yi focused on the front, and unlike the two flanks, there were nearly 100,000 Uighur headquarters and 50,000 Datans, the strongest of the three Tatar tribes, which were concentrated, that is, the enemy strength that Wan Yi needed to face head-on was almost the sum of the number of his main army this time. Therefore, Wan Yi's rare complexion began to become solemn, and Liu Xuan's eyes stared ahead, as if he could see the blood, the command flag in his hand was almost rapidly waving forward, directing the artillery battalion to fire with all his might, and the whistling shells were shot out by these gunners at this moment, and there was almost no interval, because almost everyone knew that this was the most critical moment of the war, and one more shell in his own hand meant providing one more guarantee for the victory of the war.
At this time, the Uighur leader Pang Teqin and the leader of the Datans could no longer care about the front being bombarded by the Tiance army, and the only thing they could do now was to urge the troops to pass through this dead area as quickly as possible, as long as they rushed to the opposite position, relying on the lethality of cavalry and cavalry to take down the infantry on the opposite side. It can be said that the two of them reacted so quickly and can be regarded as veterans of the battlefield.
"The whole army is ready, open fire." Xue Wanli's voice spread throughout the entire infantry position with the horn, and the gunfire of the infantry position arranged in a zigzag pattern was loud, and Xue Wanli had already ordered to fire almost at the limit of the rifle range. Accompanied by the sound of horns, the mechanical crossbow and ballista units also began to attack with all their might, forming a second layer of firepower against the Uighur coalition forces, building a second line of bombardment defense behind the range of the artillery battalion to cover the infantry brigade to shoot calmly.
And on the west side of the defense line that neither side paid attention to, Shi Jian and the Tartars who had just charged were ready to fight almost at the same time, unlike the complete fortifications on the side of the central position, Shi Jian simply drove all the war horses to the front after he didn't have time to arrange the shooting position, all the soldiers relied on the war horses to shoot, and in order to impact the opponent's line, he directly forced some of the war horses to rush towards the other party, it can be said that Shi Jian's method is too timely, While avoiding the impact of the opponent, it provided a reliable defensive position for infantry shooting as much as possible, although after the battle, almost all the horses of the Modao battalion were lost, but they successfully stabilized the defensive line and beat the cavalry charge back of the Tatars.
Shi Jian's arrival made up for the loopholes in Wan Yi's western defensive line, and after the Tartar charge on the western side was blocked, Wan Yi also understood what was going on for the first time, and with this guarantee, the counterattack on the central position began to become more intense, and many Uighur coalition troops were once again knocked to the ground by infantry bullets after breaking through the two firepower nets of the Tiance army. Since the start of the war, the main force of the Tiance Army has basically been fighting all morning, and the faces of many soldiers have been blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, leaving only a pair of eyes still staring at the front, constantly shooting and aiming. Moreover, many soldiers began to swap positions with the soldiers in the back row to make up for the consumption of physical strength, so in this case, the combat power of the Tiance Army basically did not have much consumption, but always remained at the peak moment because of the exchange of shots.
However, as long as the cavalry charge, especially this large-scale cavalry charge, does not appear with the ultimate machine gun, then there is no way to stop it with rifles alone, so after more and more cavalry broke through the defensive line, the reserves of the three battalions organized by Xue Wanli appeared on the three main positions, these people were armed with spears, their eyes were staring at those cavalry troops, ready to kill the cavalry who broke into the position on the spot at any time.
And those infantry in front of them were unaware of the approaching cavalry, and still calmly opened fire, firing the dense bullets as fast as possible, so that this fire network would not appear porous, which was the most effective way to prevent the defeat of the opponent.
And after more and more cavalry broke through, some of the mechanical crossbows that had been involved in the rear shooting adjusted the firing distance at the fastest speed, and then passed directly in a wave, relying on the speed comparable to the rockets of later generations in a short period of time, and most of these people were directly killed on the spot after a few waves of shooting, and the diffuse explosion also quickly blew up almost all the cavalry, and after solving this wave of hidden dangers, the firing range was adjusted again to participate in the front strike.
The action of the mechanical crossbow also allowed Wan Yi to see another tactic, this kind of weapon that can be set on fire in a short period of time seems to need to be improved by the equipment department in the future, as far as the current battle situation is concerned, only this weapon can act as a firefighter and solve big problems in a short time. Because compared to other artillery guns that need to adjust the firing range, this method of adjusting the firing distance and angle by simply turning the lower bearing and changing the length of the steel cable with pulleys is too easy.
This action almost made Pang Teqin, who saw hope in the rear, spurt out a mouthful of blood, and his own people were so dead in this battle that they almost blocked their sight, and finally rushed out and were blown up by the other party. Up to now, Pang Teqin has become numb to the endless new weapons on the side of the Tiance Army.
Just when he hesitated to send his personal guards out, a team of men and horses hurried over from the direction of Ganzhou. Before the person arrived, the voice had already come, "Ganzhou has been taken by the Tiance Army." This news made Pang Teqin's eyes darken, and his body shook a few times.
"Great Khan, what are we going to do?" The people around Pang Teqin heard what he said just now, and at this moment the military was in turmoil, because Ganzhou was the root of this Uighur group, and all the family members and wealth were in Ganzhou, and Ganzhou was taken down, that is to say, the group of people in front of him had become rootless duckweed, how could this scene sit still?
At this time, Pang Teqin was already in turmoil, thousands of thoughts turned in his mind in an instant, and his mouth kept roaring, he naturally saw the sinister intentions of the Tiance Army, which was not only to defeat them, but also to end the foundation of the Uighurs in one fell swoop. Pang Teqin endured the hatred in his heart and began to think of a way out. It's just that there is no movement on his side, and the Da Tan people around him also stopped instantly, this is not that the Da Tan people know the news, but the battle has been fought so far, basically their own troops can not break through the fire blockade line set up by the other party, the only time they broke into the front of the battle, and before they could kill how many days, the infantry of the Tiance army was wiped out by the other party, but they were killed on the spot by the spear team that rushed out of the opponent's position.
Speaking of which, it is only because the continuous explosions have made the cavalry formation on the front line chaotic, and after breaking through several blockade lines, there is no formation at all, the cavalry has no discipline, and the war horses are naturally unable to impact the defense line of the Tiance Army after experiencing such a violent stimulus, and even running around with these cavalry. In later generations, the horses of the cavalry were specially trained, otherwise they would not have been able to withstand such a huge stimulus.
"Go, order all the troops to retreat westward, and at the same time inform the Datans to let them retreat north. Let's split our ways and retreat. Pang Teqin looked at the front line, gritted his teeth, and gave the order to retreat, if he did not withdraw today, he was afraid that the Uighurs would be wiped out. As for notifying the Da Tan people to retreat, his purpose was to use the method of retreating by separate routes, so that the Tiance army could not concentrate its forces to pursue him.
The Uighurs retreated on all fronts, so that the Da Tan people had no way not to retreat with them, but compared to the Uighurs at the moment, they could retreat directly to the west at the moment, but the Da Tan people were facing unprecedented trouble at the moment, Tie Liang's heavy cavalry battalion almost at the beginning of the war, a few charges directly took away the 30,000 left wing troops of the Datar tribe, and the momentum and strength of the heavy cavalry battalion crushed the steppe light cavalry without any hesitation, especially these light cavalry did not have the consciousness to deal with the heavy cavalry battalion, and the result of the direct hard encounter was that after a charge, it was almost all over the field. Taking advantage of this morale, Tie Liang immediately drove straight to the rear of the Uighur coalition army after defeating the 30,000 cavalry in front of him, although the speed of the heavy cavalry battalion was useless, but it successfully blocked the way of the Datan when they retreated, and attacked these steppe cavalry who were preparing to retreat head-on.
After only a burst of charge, the cavalry of the Da Tan people was rushed to pieces, and the original formation was really a mess this time, and even Wan Yi's side had already ordered the infantry in the front position to start a counter-charge, chasing these coalition cavalry who were trying to escape. However, it was clear that Wan Yi's main force did not go towards the Da Tan, but towards the Uighurs in a swarm, and the 30,000 reserves in the rear had even mounted their horses to chase after them.
At this time, Shi Jian was fighting with the other party, but once the overall retreat of the Uighur coalition army began, it also affected these Tatar cavalry who were fighting against him, and the Tatars were still one man, and the Tatars were still one man, in the battle just now, Shi Jian's war horse was almost lost, and after losing the war horse, the Modao battalion got up and pursued for a period of time, and then had to give up helplessly, leaving the opportunity to the main force of the Central Corps that had already rushed up with the reserves.
It can be said that the battle was fought here, because the news of the capture of Ganzhou caused the Uighurs to retreat, and the victory was basically laid, and Liu Xuan had already commanded those soldiers who did not catch up with the pursuit to start cleaning the battlefield. Because the battle was so fierce, the entire battlefield was almost covered with corpses, and the blood had become a stream in many places after it had infected the sand. Liu Xuan, who had not been to the scene to see such a scene, turned pale, covered his mouth, shook his head, and turned to leave. There is no way, as a staff officer, he has basically never seen such a bloody and cruel scene, and naturally he can't stand this kind of bloody atmosphere.
"Qiyu Marshal, the Anxi camp outside the Yumen Pass is in a hurry, the Guiyi Army has left the front line of the sandbank and entered the boundary of Suzhou, and there is a possibility of merging with the forces of the Long family." Wan Yi was originally watching the artillery battalion pack up the artillery, because of this battle, many gun barrels had been deformed due to long-term firing after the end and needed to be replaced, but he saw a pair of cavalry arriving quickly and sending the Xuanying Guard Urgent Express.
"The rebel army is still here after all." Wan Yi looked up to the sky and sighed, turned around and walked in the direction of the handsome tent.