Chapter 319: Battle of Iron Mountain (13)
"Ahhh......h
"Bastard!" The Turkic general said angrily.
When the Turkic general saw this sky, which was like day, he immediately knew that he was probably going to be attacked this time. This is probably an advanced weapon made by Li Junxian, and it is not worth killing people! Originally, everyone was very confident in the sneak attack, but it turned out to be like this, and I am afraid that my more than 10,000 Turks will be unlucky.
But now the Turkic general wants to retreat, Manager Yi is too late, thinking that your Turks have charged less than two hundred meters away from Li Junxian and them, and they are already within the range of Li Junxian's crossbowmen. Li Junxian specially took advantage of the Turks to rush to a close range before shooting, so he was specially trapping people.
"Turkic warriors, we are not far from the Han Chinese, rush me! As long as they rushed in front of the Han Chinese, their bows and crossbows were useless. The Han Chinese are powerful with crossbows, but hand-to-hand combat is never the match for our Turkic cavalry! The Turkic general shouted.
The Turkic general now just wanted to give it a fight and see if he could rush in front of the Han Chinese. The Turkic general was right, Li Junxian's troops were indeed a weakness in hand-to-hand combat. If it weren't for the last resort, Li Junxian would not let his soldiers engage in hand-to-hand combat. Li Junxian's military thinking is that it can be solved from a distance, so don't fight hand-to-hand, because hand-to-hand combat is very cruel. The Han people and the grassland peoples fought hand-to-hand, and almost all of the people in the weak position were Han people, which can be seen from their food.
The Han people ate whole grains every time, and in this era, the Han people were rarely able to eat meat. The grassland peoples are mainly grazing, and they eat more meat than the Han people. Although I don't want to admit it, the Turkic people of this era were much stronger than the Han Chinese. Although the Han people also have brave generals, the brave generals do not represent the level of all soldiers, and they are generally inferior to the Turks at the soldier level. What's more, the Turks are mainly cavalry, and they are able to restrain the Han infantry. In this case, Li Junxian could only try his best to avoid hand-to-hand combat, and used bows and arrows to solve the target. Unless the Turks are already in a weak position. This is the time for your elite cavalry to solve the problem.
"Want to break through my defenses? It's not that simple! Li Junxian snorted coldly.
"Tiger squatting in the artillery battalion, fire the cannon for me!" Li Junxian shouted.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The Tiger Squat Artillery Battalion, which had already installed its cannons, immediately opened fire and continued to bombard the positions in front. And the Turks had the crossbowmen of crossbowmen in front of them, and there were countless cannons overhead, and they were immediately bombarded miserably.
And because it has been prepared for a long time, the firearms regiment is actually on standby at any time, so the flares and this tiger squat cannon have a chance to be launched in time. Now, there are flares in the sky, so the cannons of the Tiger Squat Cannon can accurately fall on the heads of the Turks. This kind of coordination of bows and arrows and artillery, Li Junxian and they have trained many times. Very familiar.
"Turkic warriors, keep rushing me! If you break through here, you can slaughter the Han Chinese! "The Turkic generals still want to continue to make a last-ditch effort, to break through this line of defense.
But no matter how the Turks rushed, it was in vain. The hesitant rain-like arrows continued to shoot, making the Turks constantly fall off their horses, while the cannons in the sky kept falling into the Turkic cavalry group, which made matters worse.
"General, we have lost more than half of our losses. If we continue like this, I'm afraid we're all going to die here! We can't afford it anymore. We still have to save our strength as soon as possible before we can start again! A Turkic officer said.
The Turkic general also knew that he could not continue to fight. Since this night battle sneak attack has failed, it is necessary to retreat as soon as possible. Now the Turkic population is insufficient. Long-term replenishment is not available. Therefore, it is necessary to preserve the strength now, so that he can continue to fight against Li Junxian. If the more than 14,000 Turkic cavalry were left here, then I am afraid that the strength of the Turks would be even less.
"Turkic warriors. Let's retreat quickly! The Turkic general shouted.
Hearing this, the Turks immediately retreated. They really didn't want to fight, because there was no hope of winning this battle. Now it's finally time to retreat. They certainly want to do it as soon as possible.
But the urine of the Turks came out again, and when they charged, they rushed up, and when they retreated, it was actually a chaos, and there was no formation at all. Even for the Han infantry with strict military discipline, retreat is a more technical job than attacking, and retreat will turn into a rout if you are not careful, so it is very dangerous. But the Turks were now miserable, and the retreat was about to turn into a rout.
"General Li, the formation of the Turks has been completely scattered, our cavalry regiment asks for orders to attack and annihilate these Turks!" Liu Yang, the commander of the cavalry regiment, said.
Li Junxian thought for a while and said, "Okay, this opportunity is left to your cavalry regiment, and your cavalry regiment will go and wipe out all these Turks." ”
"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! Liu Yang shouted.
"Cavalry regiment, give me a strike!"
"Rush!" The cavalry regiment was immediately assembled and ready to attack.
And Li Junxian watched these cavalry attack, sighed and said: "I'm afraid that after this war, it will be the beginning of the cavalry's withdrawal from the stage of history." ”
The cavalry has not played much of a role since the attack on the Turks, and is used to assist the infantry. Originally, cavalry was a class of troops alongside infantry, but now it can only become an auxiliary branch of infantry, and this change is already a sign of change. Therefore, I am afraid that the cavalry will gradually withdraw from the world stage. Now, perhaps, the last glorious period of cavalry. And as the initiator of all this, Li Junxian couldn't help but sigh a little.
"Rub Rub ......"
Liu Yang led the cavalry to continuously slash and kill the Turkic cavalry that had fled, and it was not a strange period to fight the more than 7,000 Turkic cavalry with less than 2,000 people. In ancient times, once an army fell into a state of rout, it could be pursued and killed by only one-tenth of the number of troops, and finally the entire army was destroyed. Some people may say that it is possible to turn back and attack, so as to avoid being wiped out. However, once it fell into a state of rout, the army's command system was out of order, so it was impossible to organize its counterattack, and could only be completely annihilated by an enemy far smaller than itself.
And now, the Turks are being pursued by the cavalry regiments that are thriving at the time, so that they have no way to turn back and resist.
"Soldiers, rush with me! Annihilate all the Turks! Liu Yang shouted. (To be continued......)