Chapter 790: Shame and Courage
This cavalry had not participated in the attack on the chariot formation for two days, and the good steel had to be used on the blade, and if it were not for the urgency of the situation, Li would not have sent them into battle. What's more, it was none other than the Khitan King Li who led the team to the rescue.
Maintaining a shock and deterrence against the Tang army's vehicle formation and concentrating a wave of attacks on the vehicle formation from the left flank was a tactic specially formulated by Li Yanhuo for this attack.
In the past two days, although he lost a lot of troops, he also found that the Tang army's chariot array was small and the ballista fired huge arrows at a long interval.
The first two attacks of the Khitan army on the left flank put the Tang army's chariot formation in jeopardy, and made Li Weihuo even more convinced that the third wave of attacks would definitely completely capture the Tang army's chariot formation. But Li Shihuo did not expect that when the Khitan army launched the third wave of attacks, the few cavalry of the Tang army dared to take the initiative to meet the battle. This Tang army was different from all the Tang armies I had seen before, not only was it well-equipped, but the speed and endurance of the war horses were even stronger than those of the Turks and Khitans. More importantly, although the number of this Tang army is small, there is an indomitable domineering, as if they are not facing strong Khitan soldiers, but a group of rabble. It was this kind of domineering spirit that made Li Yanhuo feel a faint uneasiness in his heart.
Sure enough, this unique Tang Army cavalry amazed the audience as soon as it appeared. In a short period of time, in a fast run, they continuously completed the crossbow, throwing the gun, and turning, and the whole process was like a cloud of peers, and the handling was just right. If it weren't for the fact that these people were enemies, Li couldn't help but applaud loudly.
Only one confrontation not only broke up the third wave of attacks of the Khitans, but also caused a lot of losses on the left flank.
Li Shenhuo came with his most elite attendant army, just to flank the left Khitan army and completely eliminate this unsettling Tang army.
Li Shihuo led the attendant army to rush towards the Tang army, which was fighting with the Khitans on the left flank, but he did not expect that another Tang army would kill from the oblique stab in the car formation and block in front of the attendant army.
Li Shihuo could see at a glance that this Tang army was obviously different from the previous Tang army, not only was the equipment of war horses not of the same grade, but even the temperament was completely different. There is no doubt that this is the rout of the Tang army contained in the Battle of Nantai Valley. Li Shihuo didn't take this cavalry in his eyes at all, in his opinion, it only took a moment for the attendant army to destroy this remnant of the army.
Soon, Li Shihuo's attendant army collided with Tang Junsheng who came to stop him, Li Shihuo didn't pay too much attention to the battle in front of him, he set his eyes on the battlefield farther away. In his opinion, the different cavalry of the Tang Army was his biggest confidant.
When Li Yanhuo saw the Tang army brandishing sabers and rushing towards the Khitan cavalry on the left flank, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he was worried that these people would do something amazing.
To Li Yanhuo's surprise, this time he did not play any tricks, but rushed directly into the Khitan army on the left flank.
Seeing this scene, Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although there were less than 3,000 Khitan cavalry left on the left flank, if he didn't engage in conspiracy and trickery, he believed that 3,000 Khitan cavalry could completely annihilate these 500 people.
But the result surprised Li Yanhuo, it seems that the people who were cut down and fell to the ground were basically Khitan cavalry, what is going on?
Li Yanhuo stared at it for a while, and then discovered the doorway.
The Luzhou cavalry was relatively thin, but their strength was not weaker than that of the Khitan, and their killing skills were even better. The Luzhou cavalry is not like the Khitan cavalry, relying on bravery to fight alone, they are all three or five people working together, and the efficiency is significantly higher than that of the Khitans
If that's all it takes, the Khitans can barely support themselves by relying on the large number of people. The damnable thing is that their excellent equipment played a huge role at this time. The sabers of the Luzhou regiment are different from those of the Khitans, the sabers of the Khitan people are all straight knives, with a blade length of about two feet and three inches, but the sabers of the Luzhou regiment are scimitars, and the blade is about two feet eight inches long, which is the extra five inches, which gives them an advantage in chopping. Everyone in the Luzhou regimental training is wearing Mingguang armor, even if they are slashed once or twice, as long as they are not injured in the vital places, it will not affect the combat effectiveness at all. But the Khitans are different, they do not have the habit of wearing armor, and they suffer great losses in the battle, so the casualties are great.
When Li Yanhuo saw this, his heart couldn't help but sink, and his previous ambition suddenly came to naught, with the combat effectiveness shown by this Tang army, even if it was against his own attendant army, it would be more than lucky. However, he has already come, of course, he can't watch thousands of people being slaughtered by the Tang army, even if he can't eliminate the other party, then he has to rescue the remaining Khitans on the left flank.
Li was in a hurry, and it seemed that his attendant army had to hurry up.
Thinking of this, Li Shihuo turned his gaze back to his own formation.
If you don't look at it, at a glance, Li was taken aback again, his 3,000 elite attendant army was so entangled by the blocking Tang army that he couldn't get out at all.
The Tang Dynasty rout, which was wantonly slashed and slaughtered by the Khitans in the Nantai Valley, seemed to be a devil on his body and burst out with amazing combat effectiveness.
They don't have any rules, they all fight with their lives and end up together, and although the attendant army does not show weakness, they have already lost to each other in momentum.
Seeing this, Li Yanhuo knew that the purpose of these Tang troops was to drag himself down. He rode into the middle of the battle and slashed down several people one after another. Just as Li was losing life and slashing the next Tang army, a horse lance in the oblique stab stabbed at him with the sound of the wind. Li hurriedly swung his knife away and narrowly dodged it.
Although he escaped a catastrophe, the opponent's strength was quite large, which made Li's inactive arm numb for a while, and he knew that he had met an opponent.
It was none other than Li Sijing who attacked Li Sheng.
Li Sijing's eyes were red, and he stared at Li Shenghuo deadly, he had already seen that this person was the Khitan king who had defeated him.
The battle of Nantai Valley not only caused Li Sijing to experience defeat, but also humiliated him.
Li Sijing is a battle-hardened general, he knows that even if he escapes the punishment of the Tang Dynasty military law, he will not be able to raise his head in this life, rather than that, he is more willing to die in battle.
Li Sijing desperately rushed to kill with a mortal heart, and he was already a strong crossbow.
But at this moment, the Khitan King Li appeared in his sight. Before dying, he was able to kill his enemy, which made Li Sijing feel like he had been beaten with chicken blood, and he was full of strength.
Unlike Li Sijing, Li Shihuo didn't know that he was facing the defeated generals of his men the day before yesterday. Like a bloody general, the military general had a raging fire burning in his eyes, which could destroy everything, and Li Fu's heart inexplicably gave birth to a trace of fear.