"Khan, the Han people are out!" One shouted from the back of a Turkic centaur.

Jieli was also a little surprised, he didn't expect the Han people to come out so easily. Originally, Jieli thought that the army of the Tang Dynasty would be a shrink-headed turtle, after all, most of the Han people faced the grassland nomads as shrink-headed turtles, hiding in the city and holding on. However, Jieli is worthy of being a person with the thinking of a super politician, and he immediately realized the current predicament of the Tang Dynasty and could only rely on himself. Therefore, holding on is not a long-term solution, only by hurting the Turks, so that the Turks can withdraw their troops.

"Want to hurt us? It's not that easy! As long as we take care this time and don't fall for the conspiracy of your cavalry again, we'll be fine!" As for your infantry, all I can say is hehe. Jieli thought to himself.

On the other end, Li Junxian was coming out with those soldiers and began to set up a battle formation.

"Infantry, prepare for a three-fold formation!" Li Junxian shouted.

The infantry began to line up according to the previous drill. The cavalry, on the other hand, was watching the Turks very carefully, so as to prevent the Turks from coming and attacking. Moreover, before the infantry set up the formation, they all set up the horses to prevent the Turks from being able to kill them quickly.

"Khan, do you want to attack them while they are still on a firm foothold?" A Turkic nobleman asked.

Jieli shook his head and said, "Didn't you see it?" They have rejection in front of them, and it is not so easy to break through. Also, they are less than half a mile away from the Chang'an City Wall, if we sneak attack at this time, I'm afraid they will run back to Chang'an City directly, not to mention that their cavalry is not vegetarian. We might as well wait for them to set up and then get them in formation so we can break through head-on. Once the infantry breaks through the formation by the cavalry, there is no place to die! ”

"Khan is wise!"

On Li Junxian's side, the infantry also began to form formations. And the first row of this formation is a row of squatting pikemen, and some of the pikemen in front of them are a row of horizontal knifemen, also squatting down. Behind the pikemen, there were three rows of crossbowmen, holding a strong crossbow in their hands, aimed at the front. And this formation is not special, that is, it is divided into several rows.

However, if a general of the Song Dynasty saw this situation, he would definitely recognize this formation as a variant of the three-fold formation of Wu Jue and Wu Xuan's brothers. Although the Song Dynasty was known as the weak Song Dynasty, one of the reasons why they were bullied by the northern nomads was that they lost the Hetao area, which could be used for horse breeding, at the beginning of the country. In the Song Dynasty, there was hardly a formed cavalry, so it suffered a lot in terms of cavalry. There is a way to find a way to make up for what is missing, so they have a deep study of infantry restraint cavalry.

The Wu Jie and Wu Xuan brothers studied a tactic for infantry to resist cavalry, that is, a three-fold formation. The three-fold array was divided into a sitting formation and a standing formation, and the front was sitting, holding a spear as a repelling horse, blocking the enemy cavalry in front of the phalanx. And there are the swordsmen, which are to kill those cavalry even further, and give your fallen cavalry a sword.

And behind it were five rows of crossbows, two rows of crossbowmen, and three rows of archers. When the enemy cavalry attacked, the crossbowmen and archers took turns firing arrows to keep the arrows continuous. And this method is similar to the three-row platoon shooting in later generations, all in order to maintain the continuous firepower.

However, Li Junxian changed Wu Jue's method and directly used three rows of crossbowmen, without increasing the number of archers. The reason why he did this was because Li Junxian had made some changes to the strong crossbow in the soldier's hand, which will be discussed later. And Li Junxian is confident that the firepower density of his three-row crossbowmen is stronger than the combined firepower of the five-row crossbowmen of Wu Jue and Wu Xuan's brothers. Therefore, Li Junxian changed the formation slightly, and did not dogmatically use the tactics of the Wu Jue and Wu Xuan brothers.

And this formation has a very fatal shortcoming, and that is the flanks. Because all bow and crossbow fire was facing the front, as soon as the enemy's cavalry detoured to the side, it was time for the formation to end. And Wu Yu and Wu Lu also know this, so when they use this formation, they rely on the terrain to win, and the limitations are very large.

But Li Junxian is different, Li Junxian lived in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no shortage of cavalry in the Tang Dynasty. Li Junxian asked the cavalry to protect the flanks of this formation, so that when the enemy wanted to make a detour, the cavalry would go to meet the battle. In this way, the cavalry could give the infantry time to change formations, and the enemy's roundabout tactics would be ineffective. With cavalry and a triad formation, it was almost very difficult to break through in ancient times. Unless the enemy has heavy cavalry, it will not be able to break the formation. But where did the Turks get the heavy cavalry, I'm afraid there are not even a few people with iron armor!

To put it bluntly, Li Junxian is using the scientific and technological level of the Tang Han people, as well as the tactics of later generations, to bully the Turkic people who are backward in the times, backward in resources, and backward in science and technology. Li Junxian used his strengths to bully the shortcomings of the Turks, in short, he was sure of the Turks, and the Turks had no choice.

"Khan, why is the formation of the Han people so strange?" A Turkic nobleman asked.

Jieli Khan also stood on horseback, looking at the formation of the soldiers under Li Junxian from a distance, and also thinking about what this formation meant. Jieli hadn't seen this formation, so he didn't know what this formation was for. Jieli also knew some infantry tactics to restrain cavalry, but it was obviously not this. Before the Tang Dynasty, the tactics of infantry to restrain cavalry were Liu Yu's moonless array. However, the Missing Moon Array requires a strong naval army, and the terrain requirements are also very high, so not everyone can use it. After Liu Yu, no one was able to use the Missing Moon Array.

"Timur, you take 10,000 people to try him!" Jieli said to a Turkic nobleman.

"Yes! Khan! A Turkic nobleman shouted.

It didn't take long for this Turkic noble commander to come out with a team of 10,000 people, and they arrived two kilometers in front of Li Junxian's formation, looking at this formation seriously, as if they were going to rush over at any time.

And the cavalry under Li Junxian has already begun to set up a formation, ready to meet the attack of the Turks. This was their first time practicing new tactics, so they were also very nervous.

The two armies confronted each other like this, and the atmosphere on the battlefield was very tense. And Li Shimin, who was watching the battlefield from the city tower, wiped the beads of sweat from his brain. Li Shimin can't afford to lose this time, if Li Junxian succeeds in resisting the Turks, then the balance of victory will be tilted in favor of the Tang Dynasty. If Li Junxian fails, then Datang's future will be a little troublesome, at least it will have to go through a lot of hardships.

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