Section 960 Into Pliska
Due to the ultra-long-distance march of the Don army, coupled with super-mobility, it was completely unexpected by anyone, and along the way, the Bulgars did not put up decent resistance at all, and the Don army was like no one.
The largest encounter was with 2,000 Bolgars, but they were not well armoured, so what could they do with knives and bows and arrows?
The Tang people are armed to the teeth, and their morale is super high!
Good morale, fast, accurate, and ruthless archery!
The 5,000 Tang Army discharged a few rounds of random shooting, and few of the 2,000 Bolgars were still sitting on their horses, and they were dumbfounded!
The Tang army came a few more arrows, and all the Bulgars lay down.
Anyway, all the Bolgars on the road were shot dead, no matter who they were, not a single one was left.
"The best enemy is the dead enemy!"
"Nights are long, take out the enemy as fast as you can, and go straight to Pliska!"
They arrived in Pliska early in the morning of the fourth day, and in the evening of the third day they stopped to rest, and although they were tired, they were in good spirits.
I have practiced a lot of long-distance training before, and I am very accustomed to this kind of long-distance running.
After dismounting, everyone first served the comrades who did not speak, untied the belly straps of the horses, and fed and drank water. The difference between cavalry and infantry is the horse, and the war horse is the half life of the cavalry, which is more important than the weapon in the hand. If the weapon is gone, as long as the horse is still there, at least it can escape, but if the horse is gone, what is the use of having more weapons?
"It's cool to fly a kite right away, well, the prince commented that this tactic is indeed level, they can't beat us, but we greet them all the time!" Tang Tingzhi commented.
"It's super cool to ride a horse and cut people, charge over, and bring up a person's head with a knife, cool!" Shi Wanchao said.
Their horses ran happily, as did the other cavalry, because with horses they had high mobility and could advance and retreat freely.
As cavalrymen, everyone knows this very well, so whenever it is time to fight, no matter how tired they are, the cavalrymen must first take care of their horses, and then it is their turn to feed their stomachs.
It was only a short time after departure, and the food was good, so I brought coal with my horse, chopped some dry branches, boiled water and soup, cooked and barbecued.
After everyone rested, in the middle of the night, they lit torches and hurried, day and night!
The closer you get to Pliska, the better the road, wide and smooth, and the guides are good enough for the Don army to arrive at dawn.
In the rear road of the Tang army, Sergeant Fulu used the tripping horse to make repeated gains, and those who complained to Pliska were endless, but they were all intercepted by the Tang army.
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The morning light is faint, but you can see that this city is surrounded by mountains, big rivers flowing, and vast plains, and it is indeed a good place.
The city wall is not high, only eight meters, with flags planted and the city gates open, and there are no people on the city or at the city gates, which seems a bit strange.
Empty city plan?
Tang Tian smiled when he saw it: "The other party is prepared!" ”
Although Don rides
"However, the preparation is definitely insufficient, sons, besiege the city for this king, and then break the city with this king!"
"Flag bearer, flag unfurling!"
A tall warrior in the cavalry unfurled the gold-edged Flying Tiger Banner rolled up on the thick flagpole at the mouth of the bowl, shook it in the wind, and held it high.
As the horses gallop, the flag waves rolled, reflecting the rising sun, the golden light flashed, and the flying tiger was like a living creature, wanting to choose people to eat.
The trumpets blow, everyone let go of the reins, and the newly changed horses run.
Although the Tang army was tired but refreshed, they stuffed their mouths with jerky, cheese, biscuits, biscuits, dried nuts for breakfast, and then spread out the formation and swept the entire Pliska City.
On the way, I met some Bolgars, who were dressed similarly to the Hu people of northern China, and some were Byzantine.
When the Tang cavalry rushed over, they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw so many cavalry.
This time, Tang Qi did not accept surrender too much, and those who did not surrender or surrendered more slowly died and died.
Some of them shot with arrows, and surprisingly, the arrows were quite powerful, but the arrows were a little soft, and it was difficult to penetrate the armor of the Don cavalry.
The iron hooves were like thunder, swift as the wind, and surrounded the city.
Twenty-four thunderbolts were thrust in front of the open city gate by panzergrenadiers, who nervously counted the shots.
Now the artillery shelling of grenadiers is based on dogma rather than experience, as long as they are trained, many people can become grenadiers, they have a formula to calculate where the grenadiers will fall, and the hit rate is still somewhat guaranteed.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ......" After the explosion sounded loudly, the thrown explosive bag fell on the head of the city wall and exploded violently, and a tragedy immediately occurred!
The Bolgars, who were originally lying on the top of the city wall, were blown up to the wall!
Pity when they have seen such a terrible blow, those who are next to the explosion point are directly blown off their heads and broken hands, those who are a little farther away are hit by splashing iron nails and steel balls, and the farther ones are buzzing in their ears, and they can't hear anything others shouting!
One round of volleys, and then a second round, this time the fire was extended, straight into the city!
The fight was really good, and the ambush in the city was in chaos!
It turned out that the city of Pliska had received a notification last night that a large number of foreign cavalry were rushing towards them, and that the advance of those cavalry was too fast to resist.
After hastily evacuating some of their men overnight, the Bulgars boldly opened the door in the morning and set up an ambush in an attempt to attack the foreign enemy.
I didn't expect to gnaw a little meat off the enemy.,A thunderbolt on a sunny day came head-on.。。。 Many people subconsciously look at the objects flying in the sky, and as a result, iron nails and steel balls make many people blind, even if they don't hit them in the eyes and in the face.
Their ghostly howls mingled with the ensuing thunder, leaving many Bolgars blank in their heads!
Then they saw the ironclad cavalry rushing into the city!
The horses were tall, wearing horse armor (leather armor, with alloy iron armor in front), and the knights were heavily armored from top to bottom, or holding spears and broadswords, or holding maces, or holding iron bones, and the natural coercion brought by the steel materials and huge bodies suddenly weighed heavily in front of the Bolgars!
But their will to defend the country was very strong, and they bravely rushed towards the Tang army!
Instant grenades and grenades!
The blast wave of the explosion flew with countless iron nails and steel balls, and it was impossible for spirit to defeat matter!
Taking advantage of their confusion, Tang Qi didn't take their lives, only to see a big man holding a huge mace in his hand, rushing straight into the crowd of Bolgar and spinning, like a meat grinder!
Humanoid murder weapon!
Riding alone, he plunged headlong into the enemy's group, and was immediately enveloped in a cloud of bloody afterglow.
Everywhere you go, the waves are chopping. Stumps and bloody corpses were everywhere.
There was no one to stop him, and he rushed from the front of the enemy line to the end of the formation, and came out of the formation. A high-ranking enemy officer commanding at the end of the formation thought that he was extremely safe wrapped in a thick formation, but in the blink of an eye, the enemy's blood-colored killing god, and the enemy whose men and horses were stained red with blood rushed in front of him.
The officer opened his mouth wide, and before he could say anything, a fierce wind rushed towards him—poof! The good head burst open like a watermelon, flying all over the sky
The Bolgars were in a rout, scrambling for their lives, but where could two legs outrun four legs in urban terrain? I saw the Tang army chasing and killing, swords and spears came out, hammers and sticks fell, and the road behind the iron hooves was all flesh and blood.