Chapter 20 The Earthen Wall Fights the Formation

Let's not talk about how He Ping faced the Khitan captain, because at this time, there were more than forty horsemen in each row, and a total of five rows of Khitan cavalry had already rushed into the horse trap formation with a length of more than 200 meters.

It was precisely because of the stupid decision of the Khitan lieutenant that the Tang soldiers had enough time to dig pits, so that this sandy land was densely covered with nearly 5,000 small pits, and most of the small pits, the entrance of the hole was covered with leaves or rags, and some loess was sprinkled on it, and it was impossible to see it at a distance of a few meters.

The first row of more than forty horsemen rode the galloping Khitan cavalry rushed in, and the front hooves of the fastest horse stepped into one of the small pits, in the case of such a high-speed run, although the hooves of the horse that stepped into the small pit were not injured, but when they pulled it out, it was a little late, and at the same time, the other front foot did not hold it up, and the whole horse fell forward unbalanced, and rolled forward, and the Khitan cavalry on horseback was lifted out more than ten meters at once, and fell to the ground only out of breath and no air intake.

In less than half a second, the second horse also stepped on a small pit.

This horse is even more miserable, the whole front leg is sunk in and not pulled out, the part below the knee of the horse's leg is broken, the whole horse's face is snapped on the ground, and it is bloody, after being wrapped in sand, the color becomes black and red, and it is miserable, and the cavalry on its back is also in a hurry, rolling all the way off the horse, just rolling to the feet of a horse passing by, and being trampled hard by the horse, the poor Khitan cavalryman's belly was trampled on the spot, and the blood-red intestines were wrapped around the horse's legs, It was dragged out more than ten meters long, which was shocking.

Plopping down, the horses that fell one after another raised a large cloud of dust, and all the Khitan cavalry were terrified, desperately praying in their hearts that their horses would not step on the trap.

The cavalry of the brigade fights, once it runs, it is not something you can stop if you want to.

"Kill! Come on! The cavalrymen who rushed to the first row shouted frantically.

"Kill!" The cavalry of the second row also began to shout, because some of the cavalry who rushed in the second row also began to fall.

"Ahh

The first platoon of nearly fifty Khitan cavalry, paying the price of losing nineteen cavalry, finally rushed through this damned trap area and rushed to the front of the Tang army. The surviving Khitan cavalry stared at the blood-red eyes, and while continuing to accelerate and gallop, they angrily searched for the Tang army foot soldiers from the flying dust.

However, they did not see the foot soldiers of the Tang Army.

Yes, He Daxian never believed that the infantry formation could hold off the cavalry. He Ping's theory of infantry warfare is very simple, either you find a way to stop the rushing cavalry and then besiege it, or you hide.

Therefore, all the Tang Army foot soldiers were close to the root of the earthen wall and lay down.

Anyway, it's just a cavalry, not a tank, so it's not enough to rush over and tear down the earthen wall.

Lying under the base of the wall, listening to the rumbling iron hooves of the cavalry getting closer and closer like a dense drum beat, it is also quite a test of the courage and courage of these Tang soldiers. After the gang commander and the chief had already done several mobilizations according to He Ping's requirements beforehand, there were still two Tang soldiers who couldn't stand the terrifying pressure, stood up and turned their heads and ran, and were seen by several sharp-eyed Khitan cavalrymen, caught up with a few sabers and stretched out together, and the two of them broke into five or six pieces in an instant.

There's no way around it, Hades' book of life and death has already written which people must die today, since you want to die so much, let's die quickly.

After the Khitan cavalry rushed over, they didn't see the Tang soldiers for a while, the low wall in front of them had already arrived, some people rushed through the gap around the low wall, and some jumped directly over the low wall.

Running to the other side of the low wall, the Khitan found that these cowardly Tang soldiers were lying behind the low wall!

There are still people lying down to fight!

Still shameless?

But there's no way, they can't stop.

The cavalry stopped during the charge to find their own death, not to mention that the cavalry in the second and third rows behind were also rushing over, don't you go forward and wait to be killed?

Of course, there were still a few Tang soldiers who were killed by the first wave of Khitan cavalry rushing over, and there was an unlucky guy who hid near the gap in the earthen wall, and a passing Khitan soldier was quick and fast, and with a long saber drag, he directly split his body and died on the spot. There are also three people who are probably lying a little farther away from the root of the wall, or it may be that there are too many people lying in the root of the wall, and they can't squeeze in, in short, they are trampled on by the hind legs of the horses who jumped over the low wall, and then the whole person is trampled on the flesh and blood, and it is impossible to look at it anymore.

In addition to the cavalry who rushed over in the first row, the rows of Khitan cavalry that rushed over one after another couldn't even see a single Tang soldier at all, and all of them turned into a wall jumping competition, and even two horses were out of order, jumping off the low wall without jumping over, and fell directly behind the low wall.

The Khitan cavalry in the first row lost nineteen horsemen in the small pit trap formation in front of the earthen wall, seven in the second row, twelve in the third row, nine in the fourth row, and six in the fifth row. Coupled with the two horsemen who failed to jump over the low wall just now, and the ten cavalry that were wiped out by He Ping's seven-man cavalry team before, after this round of charge, a cavalry team of 237 Khitans has inexplicably suffered sixty-five casualties.

But it wasn't over yet, at this time, the Khitan cavalry in the first row of the entire charging array had already rushed through the earthen wall and were speeding forward, preparing to turn around in front and come back for a second charge.

Then, they stepped into a bunch of small pit traps dug by the Huanzhou miscellaneous soldiers.

Inexplicably, several horses fell down one after another, and now the nest was blown up.

Originally, everyone lined up to charge just now, and as soon as the momentum got up, they rushed into the trap array in front of the earthen wall, suffered heavy losses, and their mood had begun to be depressed, and then after rushing into the earthen wall array, they found that Tang soldiers were lying behind the root of the earthen wall and hiding.

Okay, then keep running two hundred meters, and everyone will turn around and charge again. I don't know that there are a lot of traps dug here!

Damn, don't play like this.

The surviving cavalry in the first row had lost their spirits, and many of them began to involuntarily stop their horses, not daring to run any further, who knows if there are traps ahead.

This stop caused a traffic jam.

The Khitan cavalry who rushed over in the back also stopped urgently, everyone huddled together, and then some people's horses stepped into the pit, broke their feet, and lifted the cavalry down, some commanders shouted loudly there, and the noise was in a mess, some people wanted to continue to run forward, some people wanted to turn back and kill in the direction of the earthen wall, and some people wanted to run to the mountain, and some people saw a group of Tuyuhun people jumping into the lake and wanted to go over and kill them.

Anyway, it was just a gibberish, and the most important thing was that the cavalry all stopped and huddled together.

At this moment, the spearmen of the Tang Army, who were lying on the ground and pretending to be cowardly, jumped up, and with a shout, more than a hundred people rushed towards the Khitan cavalry with spears in hand.