Chapter 30: Bloodthirsty Expectations
The little general is in a very happy mood now.
The Tang army's position was more than 200 meters ahead, and in less than 10 seconds, he and hundreds of Khitan iron horsemen behind him would rush in, beating these emaciated Han people into bloody froths.
This is not an imagination, but a real experience of more than a dozen major battles in the life of the little general.
Whether it is the Wugu people, or the Dangxiang people, or the Bohai people, the Goryeo people, the Yan people, etc., all of them are wiped out in front of the Khitan iron horse. Although Taizu did not participate in the passage of Yandi, Naigua Sathorn did not participate, so he never really fought against the Han army. However, seeing that these Han people are thin and short, they are far from the nomads of those grasslands, and they must be much less difficult.
Years of experience in battlefield fighting, so that Nagua Sa's bloodthirsty and killing perverted psychology has been infinitely magnified, he can't wait to rush into the enemy position, wield the heavy horse lance in his hand, and kill in the bloody wind and rain.
The Tang army in front placed more than a dozen sampan-like things on the sand, and hundreds of Tang soldiers hid behind the sampans and waited.
These people are probably the archers that the Tang army used to defend.
In fact, the Khitan iron cavalry is the last thing to fear is the archers, and all the enemies who try to use the archers to block the Khitan iron cavalry will not escape the fate of the final destruction.
Why? Does this need to be asked?
Did you see Naguasa Thorn and the hundreds of cavalry running at high speed behind him? Under the impact of such a large group of cavalry, the average archer is probably so frightened that he can't even lift his bow.
Well, you said that you Tang soldiers are really awesome, and the officials are very morale-boosting, so that these archers can smoothly raise their bows and shoot arrows, the question is how many can they shoot? I guess I can only shoot one arrow at most. After shooting this arrow, the Khitan cavalry brigade had already rushed in front of them, and by that time, the longbow in the hands of these archers was no better than a burning stick.
What the? Still unconvinced? I am still arguing that I have 300 archers, and even if each person shoots only one arrow, 300 arrows will fly through.
So what?
Do you see the thick armor on the little general? That's the standard Khitan heavy armored cavalry equipment! The whole body is tightly wrapped, there are only holes in the helmet, and the two eyes and mouths are exposed, and even the horse's body is wrapped in thick ten-layer cowhide armor, where can the bows and arrows shot by the Tang soldiers with thin arms and legs be able to shoot through!
Do you see the rows of cavalry behind the little general? Do you know why the Khitan cavalry lined up and rushed in rows? Because the first three rows are all heavily armored cavalry wrapped tightly like the little general Naguasa, and they are not afraid of bows and arrows at all, or even spearmen! When they got to the fourth row, they were hussars!
So, it doesn't matter if you are an archer or a spearman hiding behind a sampan, as long as the three rows of heavy cavalry in front of you knock through the garbage, the hundreds of light cavalry behind can rush in through the gap, chasing the backs of those infantry like chickens, killing them one by one!
This is the secret of the Khitan iron cavalry rampaging all over the world, and it is the battlefield truth that has been proven by countless battles, and it is unbreakable!
Pretending to be forced is not something you want to pretend, you can pretend if you want to, that is all summed up by the Khitan people from countless killing experiences.
Rushing into the distance of two hundred meters, the buttocks of the little general Naguasa stabbed slightly off the saddle, and the whole person arched his waist, ready to sprint, and at the same time did not forget to turn around and shout.
"Wow!"
The hundreds of Khitan cavalry behind him also responded in a chaotic manner, probably because it was not very neat, and all they heard was a noisy human voice.
But it doesn't matter, it's just the point of being there anyway.
Naguasa turned around excitedly, raised the lance in his hand, and was about to roar again to clear his throat.
However, the slot
Hey? What's going on?
He suddenly noticed that the footsteps of the war horse under his crotch were a little floating, as if his feet were weak.
Could it be that the sprint distance is too long? Can't stand the horsepower?
Immediately afterward, he heard the sound of a fallen horse and the wailing and neighing of a wounded horse behind him.
Glancing back, the cavalry, which followed neatly behind, began to sway from side to side, as if dancing some strange dance.
Three heavy cavalry horses lost their balance and tumbled and fell to the ground. A Khitan heavy cavalry wrapped in thick iron cans at the edge of the formation, relatively close to the water's edge, was thrown into the river a few meters away by the fallen war horse, and sank with a bang, and only a series of bubbles appeared on the surface of the water before it stopped moving. The other two heavy cavalry were even worse, one broke his neck directly on the ground, and the whole person was twisted into a ball, and the other was pressed under his own war horse and couldn't move, and then was trampled into a pulp by the cavalry of the brigade behind, and even tripped over two light cavalry behind.
No, it's the ground.
Naguasa, who was experienced in the battlefield, immediately noticed that the sand under his feet was too soft.
The sand channel under their feet is a typical undercurrent terrain, and countless currents pass under the sand channel, and we can probably think of it as a large area of sand floating on the water.
Riding a horse on this terrain is not too much of a problem to walk slowly, but if you run, the horse's hooves can easily slip or sink suddenly, causing the horse's leg to be sprained and become battle damage.
This is also the reason why in the early hours of the morning, He Daxian did not defend on the spot at the mouth of the mud river, but fought the risk of being raided halfway, and also pulled the team to the mouth of the West River on this side.
As soon as the little general noticed the problem, he immediately raised his left hand, which was not holding a weapon, and shouted loudly from his mouth at the same time:
"Soft soil, soft soil, pay attention to soft soil."
The cavalry of the Khitan people fought in the north and south, killing people everywhere and setting fires, and their knowledge was actually very extensive, and similar soft soil formations had been encountered several times. As soon as they heard the commander shouting about the soft soil, all the cavalry invariably slowed down their horses slightly, controlled their horses in unison, and soon changed from a big stride to a small stride.
It's really awesome, even He Daxian couldn't help but praise it secretly in his heart when he saw it from afar.
The Khitan cavalry's horse-control technology and rapid reaction ability are really unmatched in this world at this time.
However, praise is praise, and those who should be killed must still be killed.
Setting the battlefield in soft ground is only the first step. He Ping is a person who cultivates immortals, and immortal cultivators follow the path of rebellion. How could the dignified He Daxian simply rely on these soft soil for fortification, expecting such a stretch of soft soil and sand to block thousands of Khitan cavalry?
Too young, too simple.
The three Khitan heavy cavalry that fell just now were actually not expected by He Daxian at all, he had long known that the Khitan people had good riding skills, so the soft ground shape that the little general of the Nagua Sa Thorn noticed was not even an appetizer.
The real trap began at a distance of about 170 meters from the front of the Tang army's sampan formation, where there was a wading strip about 50 meters long, and a layer of river several centimeters deep floated on the sandy channel.
The river water is crystal clear, and both cavalry and war horses can clearly see the bottom of the water.
For the cavalry, this is just a very shallow section of the water without difficulty.