Chapter 157: Tested
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"Shield!"
With Li Hu's loud voice, the central infantry of the Cangtou Army pierced the wooden shield deep into the grass. The spears in the rear, all in one color, were erected forward in two rows. The archer slowly stepped forward, moved the vines on his chest, and then pulled out five arrows from Hulu and stuck them in the grass under his feet, staring at the cavalry in tattered sheepskin jackets in front of him.
Because these rangers belonged to different tribes, they were fluctuating from east to west when they attacked. But even so, the steppe cavalry, with its superb equestrian skills and swift movements, is far inferior to the Cangtou army. Li Hu immediately raised the knife in his hand towards the sky, and hundreds of archers pulled the bow in their hands like a full moon, pointing it to the sky.
"Shoot!"
Li Hu slashed the knife, and the bowstring in his ears collapsed in unison, and hundreds of arrows shot into the air, falling long. The Hu cavalry didn't get too close, and when they saw the arrow feathers coming, they immediately pulled out their horses and retreated, and made various evasive moves on their horses, so that most of the arrows were shot in the air. After Hu Qi retreated slightly, his backhand and backhand arrows were also a string of random arrows, which were also blocked by wooden shields.
Immediately afterwards, another cavalry followed suit, and Li Hu also guessed that the Hu people were advancing and attacking in turn, fighting without fighting, retreating and not retreating, as if they were deliberately trying to consume their own sharp spirit and empty their arrows. But isn't that what he wants?
Most of these sons and daughters under his command were recruits, and when they saw the Turkic cavalry killing, they almost couldn't pull the bow with their hands, and now the two sides were shooting at each other, as if they were killing time with each other, and actually let the men and horses under their command slowly adapt to the environment on the battlefield. Li Hu knows very well that no matter how well-trained a soldier is, as long as he has not seen blood and has not been on the battlefield, he is not considered an elite soldier.
At this moment, a burst of cheers erupted from the direction of the right flank, and I saw that the Hun cavalry was cut down and dismounted, and wolves were scurrying around. It turned out that the flank of the two armies had been divided, and the left flank of the Turkic army was routed by Li Chongjiu's armored cavalry. Eto ordered part of the cavalry to pursue, while he led the armored cavalry and the Xi cavalry from the right flank to kill in the middle. Li Hu and Su Su were overjoyed when they saw it, but they didn't expect that their own cavalry could really defeat the Turkic cavalry on the horse.
Li Hu immediately made a decision and ordered the cavalry of the Li Family Dart Bureau to mount their horses together, while he abandoned his position and killed the center with infantry spears, and attacked left and right with Eto. The drums of the march sounded, and the soldiers and dart divisions were emboldened, leaving their positions and killing the Turks.
As the commander of the Chinese army, Ying Hefu also saw this scene, and immediately ordered the cavalry of Wang Mahan's three regiments to mount their horses together and launch a surprise attack on Daxu, where Hun Bu Qianjin was located. At this time, there was also a commotion under the Hun Daxu, and the cavalry of the Sui army actually took the initiative to attack, which greatly surprised the Turks. Hun Bu didn't have time to retract for a while, and the more than 100 defeated troops who had attacked the camp of the Cangtou Army directly launched a cavalry duel, so they immediately fought.
The cavalry of both sides hedged against each other like the wind, first drawing arrows on their horses and firing at each other, and then rushing to one place, slashing each other. Every stroke of the knife was merciless, blood, cruelty, and violence filled the battlefield, and almost every moment someone was cut off the horse. The horses that had lost their masters wailed helplessly, and the cavalrymen were covered in blood, and they couldn't tell whether it was their own blood or someone else's.
For the first time, they found that the cavalry of the Han army was not inferior to their combat power, the same superb equestrian skills, and they also dared to kill with a knife on horseback. And Wang Mahan also rose, led three regiments of cavalry, launched three rounds of attacks on the Turkic cavalry in a row, scattered and regrouped, scattered and regrouped, and so on, although the Turks repelled the impact of the Cangtou army several times, but still could not withdraw from the battlefield to support the central situation.
The cavalry of the small tribe in the center, which had no fighting intentions, was finally defeated under the attack of the Cangtou army from both sides. They threw down their bows and arrows, swords and spears, and drove their horses to a desperate gallop. Seeing that the infantry of the Sui army won and came towards their side, the cavalry of the Hun Department had no interest in fighting any further. The Turks lost their will to fight and began to retreat. Wang Mahan took advantage of the situation and led 600 cavalry to cover the past, and the Turks were constantly chased from behind, and then cut down their horses one after another. The Cangtou army pursued the Turks on the steppe in an all-round way, and chased for more than ten miles before stopping.
"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, Huaihuang Town has been open for less than a year, and he can defeat the Turks who are rampant in the grassland, it is really the Hou Ye who has managed the army well." Lin Dangfeng took the lead in coming to Li Chongjiu to congratulate, this time he saw the power of Huaihuang Town, and he was very confident at the moment.
Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "When the elite of the Hun Department arrives, we are about to lose, and this battle is just a narrow victory." ”
And the businessmen on the side only thought that Li Chongjiu was modest, they were all in high spirits, and they flocked to his side to congratulate him, even if the power of the Great Sui declined in the future, as long as Li Chongjiu's Cangtou army was still in Huaihuang Town for a day, the Turks would not be able to cut off this trade route. Seeing that this group of people still looked suspicious and distrustful of themselves before, but with the victory of this battle, the outlook has completely changed, Li Chongjiu has been used to seeing people in his last life, but he is also used to it.
After that, the pursuing army had returned, and the horseback was the first to withdraw, and they threw all their captures on the ground, and then it was a long time before the infantry, who had almost broken their legs, returned, and the infantry had very few catches, and they could hardly pick up a few leaks.
Li Chongjiu sighed in his heart that this is the difference between cavalry and infantry, the infantry and the cavalry are fighting, the infantry is defeated, the whole army is annihilated, and the victory is only repulsion, the cavalry is different, you can choose the time of the decisive battle with the infantry at any desired time and any place you want. The so-called strategic advantage is also the same.
Either way, it was a great victory, and the Turkic cavalry suffered heavy losses, with hundreds of corpses left on the battlefield alone, not to mention the other wounded. Of course, the Cangtou Army also suffered more than 400 casualties, but in any case, this new army built by Li Chongjiu has withstood the bloody test on the battlefield.
The war horses were even more captured, and nearly 1,000 were intact, not to mention the wounded. Don't underestimate the value of war horses, the market price of a horse in the Great Sui is 25,000 yuan, and the wealth here is at least 30 million yuan, not to mention that these horses are all high-quality Turkic horses. As for the rest of the captured swords, bows and arrows, they are just weapons used by the Turks, and at the moment, neither the Cangtou Army nor the Xi people are too much to look up to.
The sky gradually darkened, and I saw that under the twilight, thousands of soldiers of the Cangtou Army sang triumphant songs together and marched to Huaihuang Town.