Chapter 414: The Great War (Continued 2)

The 4,000 cavalry cut into the already chaotic battlefield like a blade, and the Tibetan army, which had just experienced the attack of the poisonous miasma, had to fight again before they had time to catch their breath.

In fact, the number of cavalry in the Tibetan army was quite large, and the total number should be 6,000. Most of them were light cavalry, known as Suvi cavalry. The rest were medium cavalry known as sheep cavalry. The standard armament of the light cavalry was leather armor with a scimitar and a bow and arrow, while the standard equipment of the medium cavalry was iron chain mail with a spear and a scimitar. From the equipment, it can be seen that the sheep and cavalry are actually suitable for close combat charging troops. Light cavalry, on the other hand, were obviously unsuitable for close combat, as their armor was leather and they did not have the spear, the most suitable weapon for cavalry charges. Therefore, the light cavalry was designed to rely on mobility to fire long-range bows and arrows, and had to be used in hand-to-hand combat with a scimitar only after being close to the ground.

Originally, the 4,000 cavalry of Jiannan did not rush into the enemy formation so easily, at least before rushing into the enemy formation, they had to be sniped by the Tubo infantry archers (Gui Dongdai archers) and light cavalry archers with a large range of dense arrows, and they would pay a considerable price to rush into the enemy formation. However, because the soldiers and horses of Fu Chongdao took the lead in the successful sneak attack, they disrupted the layout of the entire Tubo army, and had to lose more than 1,000 cavalry and thousands of infantry in the hands of Fu Chongdao. What's worse is that Tubo County failed to effectively organize a bow and arrow defense system to prevent the Jiannan army from charging because of the chaos after being attacked by the poisonous miasma, so it was easy for more than 4,000 Jiannan cavalry to rush into the camp unscathed, and the result was quite deadly.

Although the cavalry of the Jiannan Army is not a heavy cavalry, they are wearing chain mail and mountain armor, and the worst is also fine scale armor, these armors are all Tang Dynasty standard armor, and they are all iron armor, and the protective effect in hand-to-hand combat is many times better than that of leather armor. In terms of weapons, more than half of the Jiannan cavalry were equipped with spears, which was the most terrible weapon to charge into the enemy's army, so from the moment the four thousand Jiannan cavalry rushed into the Tubo camp, the Tubo light cavalry who hurriedly met the front was at an absolute disadvantage. Whether in armor or blades, the Tubo light cavalry was no match for the Jiannan Army.

The moment the battle engaged, the sound of spears piercing through leather armor and piercing flesh rang out in all directions. In the face of the spear that came to the roar and relied on the huge inertia to stab, the Tibetan soldiers and horses could not look at its edge, and could only accept this baptism with flesh and blood. At the time of the battle, he was killed by the 4,000 sword southern army. For a while, the horses galloped wildly, screaming and bleeding.

In a panic, 11,000 infantry led by Wang Yuan came from the north. The Tibetan army had to deal with the cavalry attack from the east, the Jiannan infantry attack from the north, and the desperate breakthrough attack of the remnants of the Nanzhao army in the south. Faced with enemies on three sides, taking care of one and losing the other, if it weren't for the large number of soldiers and horses, it would have collapsed almost instantly.

Iron Blade Sinoro's eyes are on fire, and his voice is almost hoarse, the original 6,000 soldiers and horses of the west battalion blocked the gap in the east, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the middle battalion could only collide with the Jiannan infantry without any fancy fancy. There are still more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in the remnants of the original Dongying and Nanyin, and they can block the onslaught of Nanzhao's soldiers and horses at this moment. Relying on the huge advantage of numbers, the situation can be stabilized.

The sound of killing on the Gobi Desert is deafening, the sound of swords clashing everywhere, the sand and dust are flying, the arrows are flying sideways and indiscriminately, fighting everywhere, everywhere is a dangerous place, even if you are not fighting against the enemy, you can't predict whether a bow and arrow will be killed from the inexplicable shot at your vital point. On the battlefield in a circle of miles south of the hill, there were dozens of people lying in pools of blood every moment. Because of the soak of too much blood on the ground, even the dry sand in the most fierce places of the battle turned into a slimy mud mixed with blood, bright red in color, which was extremely strange.

Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan rushed side by side on horseback, and there was almost no opponent's obstruction wherever the two of them went, and killing these Tubo infantry was like killing chickens with knives for the two of them. Encouraged by Wang Yuan's leading soldiers, Li Mi and the generals led the infantry to advance step by step, destroying the defensive line of the Tubo Central Battalion all the way. The fighting continued to the south. However, the Jiannan infantry, which was in full swing, suddenly encountered several rounds of arrow rain poured on their heads, killing and wounding hundreds of people in an instant, Wang Yuan had to order to stop the advance, retreat in formation, and get out of the range of the opponent's bow and arrow.

Standing on a small dirt slope, Wang Yuan saw the situation ahead, and this sudden round of bow and arrow attacks came from the core area of the Tubo camp. Yesterday, when I entered the Tibetan camp, I found that hundreds of huge throwing buildings had been bulldozed to the ground, and they were connected end to end, forming a huge trench defense line. Bows and arrows were fired from behind these towers.

Iron Blade Sinoro is worthy of being an experienced general with leading troops to fight, and when he was in the front of the melee, he saw the decline of his side, so he asked the guards and horses to immediately build a simple defense line in the rear, and placed the last 3,000 guards archers here, when the infantry fled, they began to fire crossbow arrows at the Jiannan infantry formation, forcing the other party not to dare to pursue, and successfully stabilized the formation.

And on the battlefield in the south, Chongdao also encountered big trouble. They are facing more than 4,000 Tibetan soldiers and horses who are much larger than themselves, and the trump card of the poisonous miasma has also been used, and there is no other opportunistic way to take advantage of it except to fight hard. Although Chongdao had always wanted to quickly fight his way out of the battlefield, his more than 3,000 remnants of the army had no advantage at all in this kind of face-to-face fighting. Although the short brutes were agile, they were not protected by armor, and many of them were half-exposed. Even if he jumped around with great dexterity, as long as he was brought to flesh by the sharp scimitars of the Tibetan soldiers, he basically had no power to fight again.

So soon after, he found that his people were getting fewer and fewer, and he soon lost thousands of people. Chongdao had to retreat to the north. With such a defeat, the barbarians were forced to enter the hand-to-hand combat battlefield between the Jiannan infantry and the Tibetan infantry. Although this was even more dangerous, there was still one last hope in his heart, so he desperately ran towards the chaotic battlefield in the northeast.

However, when Fu Chongdao retreated to the battlefield east of the hill, he suddenly found that the battle here was suddenly suspended, and there was no figure of the Jiannan Army behind the Tubo soldiers and horses who had withdrawn from the black pressure in the north. Just in doubt, a rain of arrows was shot from the barrier formed by a row of enemy buildings, and the poor barbarian had no ability to defend himself, and was shot by several rounds of arrow rain.

With tears in his eyes and scolding, he fled east with hundreds of people, and it was the only direction he could flee to. Although he knew that it was the place where the cavalry was fighting, it was actually more dangerous, but if he wanted to find the Jiannan Army and Wang Yuan now, it might be the last straw.

The advance was frustrated, the battle was stalemate, and Wang Yuan also knew that he could not force the attack. The opponent's formation is formed, and forcing the attack will be hit hard, and what is needed at this moment is the means to tear through the opponent's defensive formation. So Wang Yuan ordered Li Mi to hold down the position, and he and Gongsun Lan rode to the east, while rushing to kill the enemy soldiers who were sporadically blocking the way, and galloping towards the cavalry battlefield in the east.

After the tea, Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan came to the edge of the battlefield in the east, and a large group of Tibetan soldiers and horses were chasing a large group of unrecognizable people from the west. Wang Yuan recognized at a glance who was running in front of him with two long legs that did not leave the ground and his hair was flying. It was the two big ghosts who were in charge of Chongdao, and there were dozens of people behind him, and they were being slashed and killed all the way by dozens of Tubo cavalry chasing from behind. But the big ghost lord didn't have time to look back at his brother's life and death.

He Chongdao ran to the east desperately, and the skills he had exercised in the jungle on weekdays finally came in handy, and the two long legs were as fast as galloping horses, and even the camel cavalry of Tubo could not catch up. Suddenly looking up and seeing the shadows of two horses in the dust in front of him, Yu Chongdao's first reaction was to turn around and avoid it, but he suddenly recognized these two people.

"Wang Yuan, you damn the dog, come and save me." He scolded loudly.

Wang Yuan stood still, looked at the master of the plan, and said, "It turned out to be the master of the big ghost, what?" What about running? ”

"Save me, damn it, I was so miserable, and I dared to say cool things." He scolded loudly.

"Save what? No one is chasing you. There is not a single ghost shadow. Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Jiao Chongdao looked back, there was a vast wind and sand behind him, the camel cavalry that was chasing behind was gone, and the dozen or so remnants who followed behind were also gone, everything was gone.

He sat on the gravel, gasped for breath, pointed at Wang Yuan and scolded: "You have violated our blood alliance, you shameless villain. My 7,000 soldiers and horses have all been buried at the hands of you, a villain, and you have caused me so miserable. I'm telling you, all my losses you have to double up"

Wang Yuan spread his hands and smiled: "Great ghost master, thank you for being cannon fodder for my army, I did lie to you, and it was indeed me who harmed you, but so what?" That's what you brought on yourself. ”

Fu Chongdao gritted his teeth and sneered: "Wang Yuan, you dare to talk to me like this? You will not live if I die, and you will listen to me from now on, and it is better to pray that I will live a long life. ”