Chapter 449: Blocking the Enemy
Seeing this breathtaking scene, not only Xue Ne and Wang Haibin, but even Li Tao was obviously relieved, his solemn expression just now was swept away, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again.
Xue Ne exclaimed: "King Lantian, the cavalry can still fight like this, how did they do it?" ”
Li Tao said with a smile: "If you really talk about kung fu immediately, the Khitans are indeed very strong, and using cavalry to deal with nomadic cavalry like the Khitan Turks must find another way." This style of play, they have to practice every day, and they have been training without interruption for three years, otherwise it would be impossible to shoot two repeating crossbows in such a short period of time, and they can also throw three throwing guns. ”
Wang Haibin said with emotion: "The Luzhou regimental training cavalry suddenly turned around at high speed, which I am afraid even the Turkic Khitan cavalry could not do. ”
Li Tao nodded and said, "If you don't go through special training, of course you can't do it." In order to do this, more than 4,000 good horses were scrapped in three years. ”
Xue Ne and Wang Haibin were silent, they knew that although what Li Tao said was simple, they would definitely not know the hardships if they didn't experience it personally.
Although Li Tao was talking to King Xue, his eyes were not idle, and he found that the Khitan frontal cavalry began to act, so he said to Wang Haibin Zhengse: "It's not good, the Khitan cavalry has come to help." Captain Wang, it's time for you to play. ”
"Lantian King, I'm leaving, wait for my good news!" Wang Haibin saluted Li Tao.
"Wang Duwei!"
"What's the matter!"
"Please!" Li Tao exhaled deeply and said sincerely: "Come back alive!" ”
Wang Haibin nodded emphatically.
A moment's work. Wang Haibin and Li Sijing rushed out of the chariot formation with more than 1,000 Tang cavalry, and headed towards the Khitan cavalry who came to help.
When Wang Haibin set out, the Luzhou cavalry was already behind the Khitan cavalry on the left flank. The Khitan cavalry finally stopped, and they turned to face the Luzhou cavalry who had made them suffer a big loss, and they didn't dare to despise it anymore in their hearts. At this time, the Luzhou cavalry and the Khitan cavalry happened to switch positions, the difference was that the Luzhou cavalry was unharmed, while the Khitan cavalry lost more than 1,000 people. Although the Khitans were still several times larger than the Luzhou cavalry, they no longer had the confidence to win. On the contrary, the Luzhou cavalry did not change anything. As solid as a mountain.
The Khitans had not yet recovered from their inexplicable defeat, and there was a sudden commotion in their rear, and it turned out that the ballista in the car formation had begun to fire giant arrows again. Before. The two armies charged each other, and the Luzhou cavalry was in the middle of the chariot array and the Khitans, so it was impossible to fire crossbow arrows in the chariot array. Now, the cavalry on both sides has been transferred. The Khitans gathered in the middle. They only thought about how to deal with the Luzhou cavalry, but they ignored the power of the ballista in the car formation. At this moment, the ballista suddenly fired arrows, which naturally surprised the Khitans.
Just when the Khitans were in turmoil, the Luzhou cavalry took the lead in charging. The strange tactics of the Luzhou cavalry made the Khitans jealous, and they did not dare to charge quickly this time, so they could only move forward slowly to meet the battle, so that the advantage of their cavalry's rapid impact was gone.
The Luzhou cavalry did not have a repeater this time. There was also no throwing of guns, but the same as the previous offensive of the Khitans. Wielding a saber in their hands, they rushed faster and faster, like an arrow off the string, shooting at the Khitans.
At the same time, the Tang army led by Wang Haibin and the Khitan who came to aid also began to clash. The number of Khitan cavalry rescued was not large, about more than 3,000 people, but they were the most elite cavalry of the Khitan, they were warriors selected from the entire Khitan people, and they were also the attendants of the Khitan king Li Sheng. This cavalry had not participated in the attack on the chariot formation for two days, and the good steel had to be used on the blade, and if it were not for the urgency of the situation, Li would not have sent them into battle. What's more, it was none other than the Khitan King Li who led the team to the rescue.
Maintaining a shock on the Tang army's vehicle formation and concentrating on the left flank to attack the vehicle formation in waves was a tactic formulated by Li Yanhuo. In the past two days, although he lost a lot of troops, he also discovered the weakness of the Tang army's small number of troops and the long interval between the launch of giant arrows by the ballista.
The first two attacks of the Khitan army on the left flank put the Tang army's chariot formation in jeopardy, and made Li Weihuo even more convinced that the third wave of attacks would definitely completely capture the Tang army's chariot formation. What Li did not expect was that when the Khitan army launched the third wave of attacks, the few cavalry of the Tang army dared to take the initiative to meet the battle. This Tang army was different from all the Tang armies I had seen before, not only was it well-equipped, but the speed and endurance of the war horses were even stronger than those of the Turks and Khitans. More importantly, although the number of this Tang army is small, there is an indomitable domineering, as if they are not facing strong Khitan soldiers, but a group of rabble. It was this kind of domineering spirit that made Li Yanhuo feel a faint uneasiness in his heart.
Sure enough, this unique Tang Army cavalry amazed the audience as soon as it appeared. In a short period of time, in a fast run, they continuously completed the crossbow, throwing the gun, and turning, and the whole process was like a cloud of peers, and the handling was just right. If it weren't for the fact that these people were enemies, Li couldn't help but cheer loudly. Only one confrontation not only broke up the third wave of attacks of the Khitans, but also caused a lot of losses on the left flank.
Li Shenhuo came with his most elite attendant army, just to flank the left Khitan army and completely eliminate this unsettling Tang army.
Li Shihuo led the attendant army to rush towards the Tang army, which was fighting with the Khitans on the left flank, but he did not expect that another Tang army would kill from the oblique stab in the car formation and block in front of the attendant army.
Li Shihuo could see at a glance that this Tang army was obviously different from the previous Tang army, not only was the equipment of war horses not of the same grade, but even the temperament was completely different. There is no doubt that this is the rout of the Tang army contained in the Battle of Nantai Valley. Li Shihuo didn't take this cavalry in his eyes at all, in his opinion, it only took a moment for the attendant army to destroy this remnant of the army.
Soon, Li Shihuo's attendant army collided with Tang Junsheng who came to stop him, Li Shihuo didn't pay too much attention to the battle in front of him, he set his eyes on the battlefield farther away. In his opinion, the different cavalry of the Tang Army was his biggest confidant.
When Li Yanhuo saw the Tang army brandishing sabers and rushing towards the Khitan cavalry on the left flank, his heart couldn't help but tighten, what would he do if he didn't have these people. To Li Fuhuo's surprise, the Tang cavalry did not play any tricks this time, but rushed directly into the Khitan army on the left flank. Seeing this scene, Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although there were less than 3,000 Khitan cavalry left on the left flank, if he didn't engage in conspiracy and trickery, he believed that 3,000 Khitan cavalry could completely annihilate these 500 people. (To be continued......)