Chapter 753: Chariot Attack
Early in the morning of the second day, the 20,000 main cavalry of the Zhang Oyster Legion of the Blue Valley Battalion and the 20,000 charioteers of the Yang An Legion were all ready.
After Yang An and Zhang Hao finished reorganizing the team, they strode into Xie Ai's Chinese army tent and reported to Xie Ai on the preparations of the army.
Seeing that the main army of 40,000 was ready, Xie Ai stood up and said with a straight face: "Pass the order, and the army will immediately set off and launch an attack on the army of Daiguo." ”
"Yes, General." Yang An and Zhang Hao hugged their fists to receive the order, and immediately turned around and left the Chinese army's tent.
Xie Ai took one last look at the map, then strode out of the tent of the Chinese army, stepped on the war horse, and under the protection of a team of personal soldiers, followed the main army to run in the direction of the camp of the Dai army.
As soon as Xie Ai and his main army of 40,000 left the camp, the scouts of the acting army discovered the situation and immediately reported it to their commander.
The acting army commander heard that Xie Ai personally led the main army to kill, and did not have the slightest fear, he reported the news to the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian, and on the other hand, he gathered the main cavalry of his department, retreated three miles and lined up, preparing for a decisive battle with the army under Xie Ai in the open area, so as to give full play to the group charge advantage of the desert iron cavalry.
Xie Ai and his main army of 40,000 soon arrived at the exit of the Blue Valley and found the main cavalry of the Daiguo that had been arrayed.
In order to confuse the Daiguo cavalry, Zhang Hao's 20,000 main cavalry was in front, and Yang An's 20,000 charioteers were behind, so that it was difficult for the Daiguo cavalry to find the heavy chariots of the Jin army and relax their vigilance.
"General. The main cavalry of Daiguo lined up in a sharp formation, and it seemed that they were going to attack our army! Seeing that the Daiguo cavalry lined up in a strong array, Yang An said loudly.
Xie Ai smiled, and said: "The Daiguo army is acting like this, isn't it right in the hands of our army, with the power of our army's four-horse heavy chariot, how can the Daiguo cavalry break through, today, is the time for General Yang to make meritorious contributions." ”
"General, since the army of the country has been sent to the door. Why didn't our army wrap it in dumplings. Eat it all in one bite. Yang An said loudly.
"Haha! General Yang has a big breath, and he is not afraid of breaking his belly. Xie Ai joked with a smile.
Yang An hugged his fists and said: "General, our army is enough to block the impact of the Daiguo cavalry with the strength of twelve battalions, and the remaining eight battalions of soldiers and horses." There were four battalions on the left and right. Encircle the cavalry on both sides. General Zhang's 20,000 cavalry can block the back road of the Daiguo cavalry, and so. It will be able to hit the 50,000 main forces of the country in one fell swoop. ”
Xie Ai nodded, and said with a straight face: "Okay, this general also has this intention, General Zhang, what do you think?" After speaking, he looked at Zhang Oyster.
Zhang Hao nodded, hugged his fists and said, "The last general also approves of General Yang's construction." ”
Seeing that Zhang Hao also nodded in agreement, Xie Ai Zhengse said: "Okay, it's decided, the whole army will unite as one and strive to annihilate the 50,000 main forces of the country in one fell swoop." ”
In fact, Xie Ai knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to annihilate the 50,000 main cavalry of the Daiguo in one fell swoop, but it was more than enough to use the huge advantage of the chariot to inflict heavy losses on it.
Seeing that the Xie Ai Legion had already rushed out of the Blue Valley and entered the open area, a strange smile appeared on the corner of the Acting Army's mouth, and immediately led the 50,000 elite desert iron cavalry under his command to form a sharp arrow formation and attack the Chinese army of the Xie Ai Legion.
The intention of the generals of the Dai army is obvious, that is, to take advantage of the elite cavalry under their command to break the middle army of the Jin army in one fell swoop, and then chase and kill the scattered Jin army, of course, they would never dream that they are about to impact not the cavalry of the Jin army, but the neatly arranged heavy chariot troops, with the cavalry single horse, it is absolutely impossible to scatter the four-horse heavy chariot.
Seeing that the main cavalry of Daiguo had begun to attack, Xie Ai immediately made a decision and ordered the army under his command to meet the enemy immediately.
First of all, Zhang Hao led the 20,000 main cavalry under his command to make a detour from the left flank, preparing to detour back to the back of the Dai army cavalry and surround the Dai Guo cavalry from the back of the Dai army.
Immediately, Yang An ordered the eight battalions of chariot soldiers under his command to spread out to the left and right flanks respectively, and together with the main force of the twelve battalions of the Chinese army, they formed an arc-shaped encirclement, and slowly marched forward, preparing to lock the main cavalry of the country in their pockets.
Seeing Zhang Hao leading 20,000 main cavalry and marching in the direction of his flank, the acting national general was very disapproving, he knew that the Jin army wanted to encircle him from both sides, but he believed that as long as he led the main cavalry under his command to disperse the Chinese soldiers and horses of the Jin army, the Jin army would definitely fall into the chaos of the dragons without a leader, and in this way, the Zhang Oyster corps that rushed to the rear of his army would be insignificant, and if the troops were divided to block the Zhang Oyster corps, it would inevitably destroy the attacking front arrow formation. Thus affecting the raid on the Jin army.
The main cavalry of the Daiguo launched an attack on the Chinese army of the Jin army regardless of qiē, and when they saw that the Chinese army of the Jin army was a row of neatly arranged chariots, they were really shocked.
They had never seen such a large-scale chariot force, and their hearts were full of inexplicable fear, but at this time, the distance between the two sides was not very far, and it was inevitable that they were running towards each other and fighting together.
Soon, the main cavalry of Daiguo entered the land of one arrow, and Yang An immediately made a decision and ordered loudly: "Soldiers, release the arrows." ”
The soldiers on the heavy chariot of "Whoosh ......" immediately bent their bows and arrows and shot at the main cavalry of the Daiguo that was rushing towards them.
Since there was no need to manipulate the horses, these crossbowmen could shoot with peace of mind, and the accuracy and frequency of shooting were greatly improved, causing great damage to the cavalry of the Dai Army.
Seeing the crossbowmen of the Jin army, from the arc direction to his own army, constantly shooting dense arrows, and let the cavalry under his command suffer a lot of losses, the general of the acting army was a little afraid, however, at this time, the distance from the Jin army is not far away, and how much combat power the charioteers have, he has not understood it at all, so with a fluke in his heart, he led the soldiers under his command to accelerate to the Jin army to kill.
The 20,000 charioteers of the Jin army are still slowly advancing, the crossbowmen are still shooting the Daiguo cavalry, and the melee soldiers with combat weapons are also fully prepared, ready to fight the Daijun cavalry who rushed up at any time.
The main cavalry of the "Kill ......" Dai army finally rushed in front of the Jin army's middle army and collided with the Jin army's heavy chariots.
The cavalry rammed the four-horse heavy chariot, and the result was predictable, the heavy chariot only moved, and the cavalry, even the men and horses, were knocked back and fell heavily to the ground.
The cavalry of the Dai Army, which rushed through the gap between the two adjacent chariots, were within the attack range of the Jin charioteers, and were killed by the well-prepared Jin charioteers.
The five thousand heavy chariots of the Jin army were like five thousand meat grinders, devouring the cavalry of the Dai Army who entered it, and none of the Dai Jun cavalry who rushed into the chariot formation were spared.
Seeing that the power of the charioteers of the Jin army was really terrifying, the chief general of the acting army was finally completely scared, he did not expect that in just a few days, there were so many chariot troops in the Jin army, and they were still so well-trained, and the main cavalry under his command was beaten to the ground.
"General, the charioteers of the Jin army are too powerful, and our army is not an opponent at all."
"General, our army has been surrounded by the Jin army, and we must break through immediately, otherwise the whole army will be annihilated."
Several generals of the acting army said anxiously.
The acting army commander looked at the soldiers under his command, who were killed one by one, and felt extremely sad in his heart, but the soldiers and horses under his command were not the opponents of the Jin army's charioteers at all, and there was no better way than to break through.
However, the charioteers of the Jin army have formed a three-sided encirclement of them, and behind them are the 20,000 main cavalry under Zhang Hao, no matter which direction they break through, the losses will not be small, which makes the chief general of the Dai army have a headache.
The most fatal thing is that the charioteers of the Jin army have been shrinking the encirclement, and there is a great attempt to annihilate the main cavalry of the Dai army in one fell swoop, which is what the main general of the Dai army is most afraid of.
"Soldiers, attack from the right flank and kill ......" the acting army commander shouted loudly and launched an attack on the right flank of the Jin army.
Here are the chariot teams of four battalions under Yang An's command, each battalion is arranged in five rows and connected to each other, forming five thick walls.
However, after all, the right flank only has 4,000 troops and 1,000 heavy chariots, and with the strength of the main cavalry of the Dai army, it is completely possible to make a comprehensive breakthrough, but the losses are relatively large.
Seeing that all the main cavalry of the Dai army launched a breakthrough in the direction of the right flank, Xie Ai immediately ordered the charioteers of the Chinese army to reinforce in the direction of the right flank to increase the defensive strength of the right flank.
Because the twenty battalions of charioteers can not form a complete cooperation, therefore, when attacking forward, some chariot battalions directly into the middle of the main cavalry of the Dai army, and surrounded by the cavalry of the Dai army, however, the charioteers are very powerful, each heavy chariot, in addition to the driver is responsible for driving the chariot, the remaining three soldiers can fight unrestrained, and the charioteers are completely standing on the chariot, forming a condescending advantage for the cavalry, and can swing the weapon from a high place, This, in turn, increases the power of the charioteer.
Under the blow of the 20,000 charioteers of the Jin army, the 50,000 cavalry of the Dai army completely became lambs without backhand, and they were slaughtered by the charioteers of the Jin army.
The main general of the Dai army led the most elite army under his command with all his might, and launched an attack on the weak right flank of the Jin army, after paying huge casualties, part of the Dai army cavalry finally broke out of the encirclement, however, they did not have time to take a breath, the main cavalry under the command of Zhang Oy, and killed the soldiers of the Dai army ruthlessly. (To be continued......)