Chapter 424: The poisonous snake comes out of the hole
"Quick! Give me the fastest time to eat this Tang Army. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Ashnasimo shook his horsewhip and shouted: "They are only the front of the Tang Army, the main force of the Tang Army is not far from here, we must end this battle quickly, don't let our parents and brothers wait for a long time!" We don't have much time to waste. β
"Dada, dada!"
The magnificent scene of ten thousand horses galloping shook the earth and trembled.
Flag hunting, hooves bursting.
Under the clear blue sky, Su Dingfang ordered five thousand soldiers to split into three teams and line up, with a certain distance from each other.
Like Ashina Simo, Su Dingfang, who was waiting for the battle, also ordered preparations for battle. However, after seeing the approximate enemy clearly, Su Dingfang's eyes revealed a trace of pity.
In this meadow, facing the dusty scene, there was no way for more than thousands of soldiers to hide in this broad daylight. Su Dingfang's experience on the grassland is certainly not as good as Ashina Simo, and he can accurately and keenly distinguish the approximate number of enemies with the strange appearance of cavalry sweeping dust.
It's only 10,000 people, which is too little!
Before this terrain, the Turkic soldiers were certainly twice as many as themselves, but just like Ashina Simo, Su Dingfang showed the same sneer, and he had the same chance of victory.
The soldiers on both sides are getting closer and closer, and little by little they appear in each other's field of vision.
Su Dingfang did not hesitate to give the order to march: but the strange thing is that the five thousand Tang troops did not raise the speed, but marched in a state of trot, seemingly completely abandoning the speed of the cavalry.
Su Dingfang's strange appearance was naturally in Ashina Simo's eyes.
This also told Ashina Simo who was moving, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, more of vigilance.
The strength of the Tang Dynasty has been accepted by them, and Qin Feng's strength is also a well-known thing on the grassland.
Even if he had the confidence to win, he didn't dare to be careless in the face of Qin Feng or Qin Feng's generals.
"No matter! Anyway, this is an empty prairie, and no amount of conspiracy they can't pull out. β
The slightly undulating mountain is not a mountain at all in Ashina Simo's eyes, and he ignored the very deadly strong north wind when his blood was boiling, and he said in his heart: "Even if they have any ghost ideas, the main thing is that I don't get close." How can they endure me? But...... The opponent's lineup is a little loose, isn't it a guard against our clan's cavalry? Arrange a strange formation, just want to deal with our clan's cavalry. It's a bit naΓ―ve. β
Ashina Simo did not think of attacking and killing the Tang cavalry head-on at all, but intended to annihilate the Tang army with the tactics of kite flying, relying on the habits of the Turks, and relying on their innate characteristics of good shooting.
He didn't believe that the level of cavalry and archery of the Tang Army could be compared to the people on their horseback?
Ashina Simo had great confidence in their tribe's cavalry and archery, and he played the bone flute around his neck and used the flute sound to direct his people in battle.
With the sound of bone flutes one after another, the Turkic cavalry invariably took off their war bows, and held the arrow feathers in their mouths, preparing for the first wave of gallop shooting.
The Tang cavalry on the opposite side seemed to have given up the speed of the cavalry and were slowly advancing, but the Turkic cavalry was advancing rapidly, bringing each other closer and closer.
Three hundred steps!
Two hundred and fifty steps!
Two hundred steps!
One hundred and ninety steps!
One hundred and seventy steps!
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Soon!
Ashina Simo looked at Tang Bing, who was like a slow target, and a blazing light flashed in his eyes......
Soon, soon!
Generally speaking, the effective range of the Turks is one hundred and fifty paces, but the Turkic cavalry is mainly mounted archery, and they need to constantly shoot arrows to ensure their lethality, so all war bows are short bows that are conducive to horse shooting, and the range is closer than that of ordinary Turkic soldiers, between one hundred and thirty or forty paces, but the endurance has increased significantly.
Ashnasmo's eyes widened, waiting for the distance between the two sides to enter one hundred and thirty paces, the moment when the most favorable range would be.
At this moment, he suddenly found that Tang Jun had taken out something from behind his back......
"Not good," he blurted out, chilling! "Spread out, spread out!"
One by one, the Tang army, which was advancing slowly, took out the crossbow arrows that had been wound from behind......
Throughout the ages, crossbow arrows have been the greatest natural enemy of their steppe peoples.
Since the Qin Dynasty, the strong crossbow has been overwhelmed by ordinary bows and arrows, and with the development of science and technology, the strength of crossbow arrows has become more and more obvious. Li Ling of the Han Dynasty relied on the big yellow crossbow of the Han Dynasty to defeat 100,000 Xiongnu with 5,000 people, and even killed and injured tens of thousands. This developed to the Tang Dynasty, and the Fuyuan crossbow in the Mo Dao Array made them suffer enough.
Now the Tang army is still using crossbows......
As soon as he saw the crossbow arrows, Ashina Simo instinctively appeared in his mind the divine power of the Fuyuan crossbow......
A powerful weapon with a range of up to 300 paces, a single arrow can pierce through several people......
The sound of a bowstring faster than a horse's hooves sounded!
The crossbow arrows were more and more empty, and the arrows in the sky were like flying locusts, leaping into battle.
In this accelerated gallop, the impromptu order to "disperse" was not possible even for the skilled Turks.
In an instant, hundreds of Turkic cavalry screamed and fell with arrows, and the chaotic fluctuations expanded, and the middle area of the dense cavalry and archery array of the Umer tribe collapsed in an instant!
Ashina Simo was distressed, but unexpectedly found that the casualties were far less tragic than he imagined, and the power of the crossbow arrows was not as terrible as he imagined, and suddenly it dawned: the Tang army was not the terrible Fuyuan crossbow, but the bow and crossbow with several degrees of power.
Thinking of this, Ashina Simo already had a plan, and shouted: "The Tang Army's crossbow loading is slow, let's continue to move forward and speed up!" Bite them and shoot. β
He gave an order, and then found that the speed of the Tang army on the opposite side had also increased, and they were no longer moving leisurely, but retreating at a faster speed......
That's right, retreat!
They were three in line, and the first column of cavalry shot after. One by one, they rushed to the left and right in a line for the first time, retreating in a roundabout way.
The crossbow arrows were fired one after another, taking away more than 500 of their combat strength.
The Tang army never stopped, and when they retreated, they skillfully installed crossbow arrows on horseback, and then turned around and pulled the bracket.
Ashina Simo was dumbfounded, and the whole person was not good: the Tang army actually used the same tactics as them: they were going to fly kites, but now they let the other party fly kites. The difference between them made him feel the urge to vomit blood.
As a cavalry expert, he can see it. The Tang Army has made a lot of efforts in this regard, but in terms of the speed of galloping and the flexibility of changing direction and turning, it is far inferior to them, but the range of the Tang Army is above them. It is fifty paces farther than them. The advantage of these fifty steps covers up all the shortcomings. They didn't touch the Tang army now, but the Tang army shot and wounded more than 500 of their soldiers with the power of their bows and crossbows.
The installation of crossbow arrows is somewhat complicated, not as direct as bow and arrows, but there are times when they are installed in complicated installations......
The bolt attack broke through the air again.
Su Dingfang commanded the Tang cavalry with great skill and skill, flying kites and dogs, as a talented military wizard. When Qin Feng proposed such a tactic, he mastered the essence of this tactic in the fastest and shortest time. Just like an experienced veteran, he commands in an orderly manner. Moreover, he has also seen the power of this tactic, so he admires it.
Compared to Ashina Simo, the victory is in hand!
Su Dingfang's victory lies in knowing himself and knowing his opponent.
Why did the Tang Dynasty fight so smoothly?
It is not that Qin Feng has the ability to penetrate the sky and the earth, turning the clouds and rain, but that the research lies in pondering.
Li Shimin used his intrigues and tricks at the court to weaken the power of the Turks. Of course, Qin Feng at the border is not just a simple military training......
Including Li Jing and Li Ji, they have already set their sights on the grassland.
As for the information and materials of the Turks, the information about them in Qin Feng's governor's palace can be piled up on the table, from the strength of the tribe, the character and conduct of the khan's leaders, to the situation of the generals under his command, all of which have been continuously transmitted to Qin Feng's hands during the year of military training......
The level of cavalry and archery of the Turks is known to the whole world. How could Qin Feng not be able to take any precautions?
Ballista cavalry appeared in the Qin Dynasty, but because the speed of the crossbow arrow winding was too slow and not flexible enough, it was not suitable for the real battlefield. However, against the Wu tribe, which is dominated by cavalry and archery and intends to fight cavalry, archery and kite flying tactics, the advantage of long range of crossbow cavalry has the upper hand. Moreover, the Tang army also occupied the advantage of time and place, and the power of the arrows shot was even more multiplied.
The current situation is in response to one sentence.
Victory is for those who are prepared.
In order to win the Turkic victory and achieve the final victory.
Whether it is Li Shimin in the court or Qin Feng on the front line, they have put in a lot of effort, and now is the time for them to recover the results.
"Shoot!"
Su Dingfang was also holding a horned bow and crossbow in his hand at this time, pulling the bow and winding it hard, installing the crossbow arrows, and doing his part.
Although he is good at using bows and arrows, he has to admit that he is in the shooting range. Compared to bows and arrows, crossbow arrows have an innate advantage.
The bows and crossbows that prevailed in the Tang Dynasty army were divided into four types: the familiar one is naturally the Fuyuan crossbow, in addition to the Fuyuan crossbow, there are also the Zhang crossbow, the horn bow crossbow, and the single bow crossbow.
Times are advancing, and so is technology. The strong crossbow of the Han Dynasty and the Qin State, the strong crossbow of the Tang Dynasty also inherited the technology of the predecessors, improved it, and became a sharp weapon to kill the enemy on the battlefield. Fuyuan crossbow and Zhang crossbow are strong crossbows used by crossbowmen, and Fuyuan crossbow is the most powerful, and it needs to be pulled with both hands to be able to wind, and the second arm strength can not be pulled. The crossbow does not require a foot pedal, but it also requires a strong pull of both hands to wind up and shoot hard.
These two crossbows are certainly powerful, but they cannot be used in horse warfare.
The horn bow crossbow is improved and the crossbow cavalry used in the Qin and Han dynasties, the range is far and powerful, and it is most suitable for horse warfare.
But if Qin Feng is like this. It was the first time that all the strong crossbows had been gathered together to form a crossbow cavalry. Qin Feng was specially trained according to the grassland people's reliance on their kite tactics, and the anti-kite fighting method. Ashina Simo, who was killed because of this, was caught off guard. There is no way to cope.