Chapter 225: Cavalry Phalanx
There is no such thing as a phalanx in the battle of the Chinese cavalry, only scattered rushes and kills, and only the Mo Dao soldiers of the Tang Dynasty take the phalanx route. Now, Chen Gong's cavalry is facing Sambas in a phalanx mode, which makes Sambas confused all of a sudden, what does a cavalry formation like Datang want to do?
Sambas charged at the forefront, and he didn't have time to think about it at all, so he led his remaining army of 6,000 to kill Chen Gong's cavalry phalanx.
Bang!
As soon as the cavalry of the two sides clashed, it was a collision between the war horses. Sambas raised his sword and slashed a Tang cavalryman, and his horse also knocked a Tang cavalryman away, he was very excited and proud, but when he was about to continue to charge forward, he found that the gap between the two Tang cavalrymen who had just been hacked and knocked away had already been filled, he couldn't continue to ride forward, he needed to continue to kill the enemy in front of him, and he would waste a lot of time.
Sambas was just about to raise his knife to kill, when he saw the cavalryman's war knife cut out and slashed at Sambas, Sambas hurriedly returned his knife to block, only to hear the sound of "bell", his war knife broke into two, the tip of the knife fell to the ground, and it was fiercely inserted into the soil.
He shook his body and barely dodged the opponent's powerful knife.
This knife surprised Sambas, he hurriedly collected the war horse, did not make any more charges, looked around his companions, found that his subordinates also encountered such a problem, in the face of the cavalry phalanx of the Tang Dynasty, they did not take a step forward, but the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty took advantage of their war knives, and the enemy who rushed forward was killed by a knife and turned over on their backs.
"Enter—" Chen Gong shouted loudly, his sword raised high, and with a fierce slash, he chopped off the head of an enemy.
"Enter—" shouted the eight hundred guards, and they rode forward, raising their swords high, and then slashing them fiercely, and they harvested the heads of the enemy in front of them.
"Enter—" Chen Gong continued to shout, his sword raised high, and he once again harvested the enemy in front of him.
"Advance-" Eight hundred guards received the order, followed his figure, rode forward, raised their swords, and slew the enemy in front of them again.
In this way, the Tubo elite cavalry continued to charge, but it could never break through the formation of Chen Gong's guard phalanx, and Chen Gong's guard phalanx killed one person one step forward, killed one person one step forward, and when the Sambas they killed came back to their senses, they had already advanced ten steps, and the elite cavalry of Sambass who had just launched the charge did not retreat, but all the cavalry on the ten steps road were cut off by the phalanx of the Tang Dynasty.
Ten steps is not far, but it is continuous.
Because in these ten steps, Chen Gong's cavalry phalanx killed nearly 400 Tubo elite cavalry, and fiercely stopped the charge of the Tibetan elite cavalry, and at the same time suppressed their momentum of rushing and killing.
When Sambas saw this scene, he was not lightly frightened, the war knife was not as good as the enemy's long knife, and his own cavalry could not break through the formation of others, how could he rush forward to capture Li Hong alive? Look at Li Hong in the distance, riding on a horse, looking leisurely, which made Sambas grit his teeth fiercely.
"Kill-" At this moment, Sambas felt a murderous aura attack him, and he hurriedly met him with the half-cut sword in his hand.
"Bell!" With a bang, I saw that the war knife in his hand was broken into two again, and the severed one fell to the ground and plunged into the dirt fiercely, and he did not dodge the opponent's sharp war knife this time, "Poof!" With a smack, he took a hard bite in the chest, and a stream of blood rushed out, instantly penetrating his armor.
"Is that you?" Sambas raised his head and found that the enemy who slashed and killed him was Chen Gong, he was very surprised at this moment, Chen Gong's Li Hong's personal guard general, his strength is naturally strong, and now he appears here, how should he deal with it?
Just when Sambas was thinking this, Chen Gong's battle knife swung out again, just like just now, and slashed at Sambas.
Sambas didn't dare to take Chen Gong's long knife with his war knife anymore, so he could only ride on a horse to dodge, and when he was able to dodge Chen Gong's knife, he didn't dare to stay here anymore, but rode back quickly, away from the front of Chen Gong's cavalry phalanx.
Sambas didn't have a weapon in his hand, and in the face of a powerful general like Chen Gong, he should retreat.
But he forgot his identity, he was not only a general, but also the commander of the elite cavalry in front of him. Now that he retreated like this, the Tubo elite cavalry, who was already frightened by Chen Gong's phalanx, did not dare to fight again, and followed Sambas's pace and retreated backwards.
Although there is no big problem with retreating a few parts, but the money counting army retreats, and this scene looks very chaotic.
At this time, Chen Gong seized the opportunity and did not continue to let the cavalry maintain the phalanx formation, but shouted, "The Tubo people are defeated, brothers kill!" "And he struck at Sambas. The guards beside him received the order, and one by one they rode out and killed the Tibetan elite horsemen.
The Tubo elite cavalry was unprepared for a while, and was rushed and slashed by the guard cavalry, and the formation was chaotic.
Sambas just took a few steps back, and saw that his subordinates also began to retreat, he knew that he had done something wrong, he wanted to make up for his mistakes immediately, but it was too late at this time, how could Chen Gong let go of such a good opportunity, just when Sambas was about to shout loudly, Chen Gong's war knife had already slashed into his chest. Sambas didn't shout out when he came to his mouth, but immediately dodged his figure, trying to dodge Chen Gong's knife. didn't expect Chen Gong's knife to be fake, and when Sambas dodged this knife, Chen Gong's real knife slashed through his chest. Sambas only felt a pain in his throat, and he didn't feel anything. For by this time his head had left his body, and his body had rolled off his warhorse.
"Ahh
When the Tubo elite cavalry saw and heard Chen Gong's shout, and then saw Sambas's head, their already broken courage had now collapsed, and they no longer dared to fight with the Tang cavalry, but chose to rout and escape.
Nonsense, the main generals have all been cut off, what do you want to do if you don't run for your life?
Eight thousand people rushed up to Li Hong with great momentum, but in just a moment of incense, the lord was killed, and the remaining six thousand cavalry formations were in chaos, and the army's heart was defeated.
What kind of combat power is this?
How strong is this 800-strong guard?
But everyone who saw this scene thought so in their hearts. Lu Dongzan, who was watching the battle from a distance, shook his figure when he saw this scene and saw the head of Sambas that was picked up by Chen Gong on the tip of the knife.
Because he couldn't believe that eight thousand against eight hundred, Sambas not only did not win against Chen Gong, but also gave his life.
At this time, Lu Dongzan could only describe the great battle he saw with shock and incredulity.
On Li Duoqi's side, the three thousand elite cavalry faced Lu Dongzan's six thousand elite cavalry, although the number was less than half, but with the use of bows and arrows, as well as the sharpness of the war knife, they had steadily gained the upper hand. Moreover, Zhao Zhongyong and the, who had defeated the army of Delehei, did not continue to pursue Delehe's deserters, but moved their target to Lu Dongzan's 6,000 elite cavalry. Lu Dongzan's six thousand elite horsemen were flanked before and after, and within a moment of incense, they collapsed.
Sambas's 8,000 elite cavalry collapsed, and the 6,000 elite cavalry sent by Lu Dongzan collapsed.
At this moment, Lu Dongzan had a year of escaping in his heart, otherwise he would have given his life here.
It's just that as soon as he runs, his army will really collapse completely, and even if he escapes from Li Hong's pursuit at that time, what use can he have? Can you still return to Tibet, and still have the right to pour out Tibet? It is estimated that at that time, there will only be imprisoned by Mangsong Mangzan and hacked by Mangsong Mangsong, right?
Lu Dongzan hesitated, he was on a horse, and there were six thousand elite horsemen by his side, but he didn't dare to throw these six thousand elite horses into the battlefield again, but hesitated whether to run away.
Perhaps, if he throws these 6,000 troops into the battlefield again and takes the lead, maybe the person who collapses will be Li Hong's army, and maybe the person who wins today will be he Lu Dongzan. But Lu Dongzan didn't have Li Hong's courage, he had too many questions in his heart, and he cherished his life too much.
Just when Lu Dongzan hesitated, Chen Gong's eight hundred guards defeated Sambas's eight thousand elite horsemen. The combined forces of Li Duoqi, Zhao Zhongyong, and the crushed Lu Dongzan's 6,000 elite cavalry.
By this time, the winner of this battle had already been decided. Li Hong won today's battle with less and more.
"Great Minister, our army has been defeated, what should we do now?" At this moment, a military general shouted, pulling Lu Dongzan's thoughts back to reality.
Lu Dongzan looked at his subordinates who were being slaughtered in the distance, and in addition to anger, there seemed to be something more in his eyes, and this thing was the fear of death.
"Let's go, let's get on our backs and go find Mani." Lu Dongzan immediately made a decision, now Mani still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, only with Mani round, he still has a chance to turn over, even if he no longer fights Li Hong, he still has the strength to compete with Mangsong Mangzan when he returns to Tubo.
"Yes." His generals took the order, tightly guarded Lu Dongzan and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.
"Pass the order, continue to kill the elite cavalry of Tubo who fled, and ignore Lu Dongzan." Li Hong ordered to the guards beside him. The two guards received the order and rode to Li Duoqi and Chen Gong respectively. Seeing Lu Dongzan leave in a hurry, embarrassed, the corners of Li Hong's mouth rose with a victor's smile. How could he let Lu Dongzan go so easily? It's just because he knows where Lu Dongzan is going, and he has already set up an ambush there, so he let Lu Dongzan leave so calmly.
What he wants is to annihilate the Tubo army, not just to kill Lu Dongzan.
Therefore, if he wants to completely annihilate Mani's army, he needs Lu Dongzan's cooperation now, which is why he let Lu Dongzan go. Just seeing the Tibetan elite cavalry constantly fleeing on the battlefield in the distance, as well as the direction of Li Duoqi's pursuit, he knew that his first problem now was to solve a person, and this person was Delehei.