Chapter 427 Charge

The death squad formed by the three generals launched a cavalry charge from a distance of 400 paces and rushed directly in front of the enemy, and the whole process only took more than half a minute (one moment is equal to fifteen minutes, and half a minute is about thirty seconds). The range of mounted archery was only about fifty paces, and the time that the cavalry was exposed to range when charging was only a few seconds, and in such a short period of time, the Turks who drew their bowstrings and prepared could only release one arrow at most. The most lethal way of attack for cavalry is close combat, and cavalry is of little use except for attacking, and "invincibility of cavalry and archery" may be boasted about due to the impact of range.

Between the lightning and flint, the death squad had rushed into the enemy formation, and the flat-raised horse lance directly pierced the chests of many Turks with its speed, and suddenly the shouts of people on their backs went straight into the sky.

Moments later, the crowd that had been attacked was in disarray, and countless people had been cut off their horses. The generals of the Turkic front army were stunned, and hurriedly called out to the surrounding cavalry to go up and besiege. Unexpectedly, this small group of Tang soldiers was fierce, and their sword skills were very skillful, and the Turkic soldiers who approached fell off their horses as soon as they saw them, and they had no power to parry at all.

The Tang Army's horse team broke into the sea of people and opened a killing ring, rushing more and more, and the banners of the Turkic front army were chaotic, almost disturbed by such a team of only a few dozen people.

At this time, the surrounding Turkic cavalry began to fire arrows at the group of men and horses in the middle, and only the sound of "clanging" was heard as if it was hail. The power of the arrow on the heavy armor is very limited, and the defense of the Tang Army's armor against **** is very good. Many generals are full of arrows and feathers and are still slashing indiscriminately. But the horses could not withstand such a rain of arrows, and the generals of the Tang Army fell off their horses one after another.

Since Gaozu Taiyuan raised his army, the heavy cavalry of the Sui army was very useful to use light cavalry (horses without armor), and tactics such as finding weak points with rapid maneuver and roundabout assault proved the importance of mobility ability, which had a great impact on the military of the Tang Dynasty. Later, the Tang army rarely had heavy cavalry, and the concept of heavy cavalry paying attention to protection before the Sui army was changed, and rapid strikes and flexible operations were the core ideas of the horse army.

Therefore, the speed of the charge of the death squad was extremely fast, and the Turks were caught off guard by the enemy in an instant. However, after being besieged, they continued to suffer from cavalry shooting, and the horses could not hold on, and the death squad cavalry became infantry, and their mobility was greatly reduced and they could not break through, and finally fell into a heavy encirclement.

At this time, the Turkic group of men and horses stabilized their positions, but seeing that the Tang army was small, they calmed down a little. A Turkic general was shouting with a whip, and the Turkic cavalry pounced on him from all sides.

Li Gui shouted: "Gather the formation, don't be divided!" ”

He shouted, picked up the big flag of the death squad, and planted it on the grass. The general, who had just fallen off his horse, struggled to get up from the ground, and many people picked up long weapons from the surroundings and closed them towards the place where the flag was flying. The group quickly formed a circle, and when the Turkic horsemen approached, they made it right to poke with their horses; If anyone comes near, he will cut off the horse's leg.

This Tang army was not afraid of death, only to see a person with a broken arm who lost his combat effectiveness actually hit the horse's head, completely desperate, the Turkic soldiers were very afraid, and they did not dare to step forward when they were scolded by the generals, so they only used to hold a bow and shoot arrows from a distance. The meadow on the side of the death squad was full of arrows, and I don't know how many, it was like a patch of grass growing out of plain white.

If you continue to shoot like this, sooner or later the death squad will die from injuries and bleeding. However, the Turks found that the main force of the Tang army in the distance had begun to move, and they had to do everything possible to eliminate the small Tang army here, and it was not a way to waste time.

Mo Si on a high ground was observing the situation in front of him, and his expression was a little solemn when he saw so many people swaying around a small area, and many people who had died but couldn't take it down for half a day.

The flag was still flying, and the small Tang army had not been wiped out. Mo Si pointed to the Chinese characters on the banner and asked Yang Wuzhi next to him, "What is written on it?" ”

Yang I said: "Datang General Colonel Death Squad." ”

"These people are all made up of generals?" Mo Si nodded comfortingly, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart If the more than 30,000 Tang troops on the opposite side are all such combat effectiveness, then don't fight as soon as possible, let alone 100,000 iron horses, it's useless to come to 1 million.

Yang I said: "Dozens of cavalry rushed forward alone, and the Tang army in the rear did not respond in time, even if they were brave, they would be sent to death...... Considering what happened in the Three Cities not long ago, I think these people may be Zhang Renyuan's generals, the Xue clan didn't kill them themselves after quelling the rebellion, and now they are pretending to be our army, and let us kill so many people......"

Mo Si nodded and said, "Your opinion is very reasonable. Ordered the former army generals to stop rubbing and quickly clean them up! Sue him, Mengma's eyes are impacted, and after the breakup and division, it is easy to solve. ”

…… The Turkic general of the former army received the order of the Mosi Khan, so he ordered the cavalry attacking the death squad to cover the eyes of their horses and charge with cloth.

After those war horses were temporarily blinded, they were whipped and rushed blindly, this method was indeed very effective, a group of blind horses rushed over and couldn't stop, and the Tang army's body could not stop the cavalry weighing more than 1,000 catties.

The scene was simply miserable, screaming everywhere, the grass was full of blood, and some people's intestines were trampled out. The Tang army's formation was scattered, and after the melee was a huge disparity in numbers, one person had to face attacks from several directions, and the Turkic soldiers were condescending to slaughter.

The result of the death of the whole army is a matter of time sooner or later...... In fact, as soon as they started to charge, they were doomed to such a result.

At this moment, only a loud shout was heard, and Li Gui suddenly rushed forward with the flag on his back and a saber in both hands, only rushing at the person who was giving orders with a horsewhip not far ahead. This scene was too sudden, and the Turkic cavalry had a certain distance in the middle to prevent the horses from colliding, and the cavalry was not easy to rush at this distance, but they could pass on foot. The Turkic soldiers were caught off guard, and saw a figure running over like a rabbit.

When the two horsemen hurriedly rode their horses in front of the general, they immediately saw a flash of the sword, the war horse "......neighed" and screamed, and the Turkic on the horse fell down empty.

"Yikes!" Li Gui shouted again, staring ahead with a knife and running wildly. His face was distorted, covered in blood, and he was terrible like a devil.

The Turkic general already knew that his target was himself, his face turned white for a moment, and he hurriedly threw away the whip in his hand, reached out and grabbed the hilt of the knife at his waist, but he didn't hold it twice, and his hands trembled.

At this moment, there was a sudden muffled sound, Li Gui received a mace on his helmet, took two more steps and finally fell down on one knee, the long knife "Z" thud deep into the ground to support his body, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

The Turkic soldiers around "Wow Wow......" suddenly surrounded him, only to hear the chilling sound of clanging, and the flesh and blood were thrown flying by the swinging knife, and Li Gui didn't know what he was cut into.

The death squad was killed, and the grass was a mess, as if it had experienced a great battle, and there were probably no less than hundreds of corpses everywhere.

The Turks could no longer shout, and the atmosphere was very dull. This style of play is hell, and there is no benefit to it.

At this time, a large number of people and horses of the Tang army on the opposite side had pressed over, the flags were fluttering like a tide of people and horses, and a large group of troops that came up were all cavalry, and the roar of horses' hooves was like thunder in the flat ground.

According to the common tactics of the Tang army, the front was generally dismounted infantry troops, and the cavalry often attacked the flanks or detoured to the rear; However, Xue Chongxun led the troops on the complete opposite, he often ordered the horse team to attack from the front, and this time the scene seemed to be like that again.

The cavalry of the Tang Army who came up did not talk nonsense, and at a distance of four hundred paces, they could hear the sound of drums behind them, and columns of lancers galloped up. Four columns and one regiment were in a wave, and more than a dozen waves of offensive sequences were unfolded.

"Kill!" A short shout rang out from the flying horses, and after a few seconds they met the enemy, and as if they were pouring into the enemy's camp with their long weapons, they saw the sabers shining and slashed indiscriminately.

The Turks had just withstood the first charge, when the murderous galloping horses from behind rushed in again. Arrows flew in the air, knives and guns danced on the ground, and the sea of people seemed to explode.

The cavalry of the Tang Army, with the sharp edge of each regiment as the thrust, constantly carried out large-scale charging strikes, causing the Turkic camp to retreat step by step. When the assault of the regiments of the front army was completed, and all the men and horses were fighting where the two armies met, the battle was a little while, and the sound of gold was heard. The front army retreated, and the men and horses behind rotated.

Drums and golden gongs are played rhythmically, heralds waving flags and shouting in the camp, and it is as if it is not a war, but a song and dance festival and an artistic performance.

Xue Chongxun watched the grand scene with great interest in the Chinese army, and looked back at the generals on the left and right: "In the war of killing the enemy by swords, cavalry is more powerful. ”

The generals of the Guanzhong Army did not comment, perhaps in their hearts, it was a bit tyrannical to use cavalry like this, but Xue Chongxun was a person who had won battles, and they were not easy to say anything. It's just that everyone feels a little painful when they see the cavalry soldiers on the battlefield who are fighting hard regardless of the dead and wounded, that thing is very expensive, and raising a cavalry and two horses can at least raise a fire infantry army...... But the money is allocated by the two of them, and it doesn't matter to him.

At this time, Wang Changling, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, said something honest: "Most of the horses of our Han army have to be fed with grain, and those grains are planted by the people in China all year round with a hoe and sickle." ”

Xue Chongxun glanced at him and said in his heart: Wang Shaobo is a poet after all.

The battle lasted all morning, and the two armies did not use any tricks against the enemy, so they were exhausted in front of them. The Turks were also war-resistant, and many of them could afford to suffer casualties for half a day. At this time, the two armies were temporarily separated and repaired separately, and as soon as the men and horses withdrew, they saw that the grassland was full of corpses, broken guns, and broken flags.

After a while, one of the generals was heard shouting: "The Turks are retreating!" ”

Xue Chongxun looked at it when he heard this, and saw that the main force in the rear of the Turkic army was moving northward, and it should be running. Zhang Wulang hurriedly said: "The enemy is outnumbered, beware of ambushes, Xue Lang should pursue cautiously." ”

Indeed, one of the common tricks used by nomads is to choose a favorable time to attack when people are attacking lightly, Xue Chongxun accepted Zhang Wulang's words and said: "Order the horsemen to chase and expand the results, and after the advance crosses the west city, they will stop advancing north, and those who violate the order will be killed." ”Q