Chapter 462: Reversal
Slowly drawing out his scimitar, An Xida, who was sitting on the war horse, pointed forward arrogantly, "Crush them!" โ
In the morning light, the Turkic cavalry began to charge, trot, accelerate, run, dash!
10,000 cavalry rushed over like this, and Anxida didn't even divide the attack sequence at all, nor did he arrange the flanks to outflank and reserves, etc., they rushed over like a swarm. For them, there really is no need to arrange any complicated tactics, 10,000 people directly rush up to crush them, simple and crude, but practical and effective.
The Han camp below the hill was awakened by the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, and they seemed to have completely unaware of the Turkic attack. Panicked and panicked, they rushed out of the tent with a shout, and without even having time to put on their clothes, they jumped on their horses and scattered.
"Rush, rush, rush, kill them all!" An Xida was fascinated by the scene in front of him, looking at the appearance of those Han wolf bรจi, he felt indescribable satisfaction and pride in his heart.
The Han people ran so fast that they didn't love fighting, so they fled in fright.
The Turkic cavalry easily occupied the Han camp, capturing hundreds of horses and piles of grain and grass. However, An Xida was not satisfied with such a result, he wanted a bloody Han head.
"Chase! Don't let any of them go! An Xida waved his knife and pointed forward, but did not stop, and led his troops to continue to chase.
The Han soldiers rode horses with nowhere to escape, were forced to the foot of the mountain, and finally burrowed into the woods.
An Xida laughed wildly, stupid southern barbarian, did he think that he could escape by burrowing into the woods and climbing to the mountains.
He chased after him and even rushed to the front. Seeing that the Han people had disappeared into the forest, he did not hesitate to rush towards the forest.
The dense forest is in front of you, and the trees have long hidden the fleeing Han people. However, he will catch up with them and cut off their heads one by one.
An Xida smiled smugly, and didn't even think about anything else, he didn't expect that this might just be a trap.
In the middle of the jungle. Dou Jiande is leading a large army to annihilate the same number of cavalry troops with an infantry army, which is a very difficult task. Of course, that's a conventional tactic, and it's not impossible if it's unconventional. After Dou Jiande and other generals of the Chengde Army discussed for a long time, they came up with a battle plan. That is to lure the enemy into an ambush. Lured them into the forest, Dou Jiande had already asked the sappers to dig several long and deep ditches at the edge of the forest.
And in the forest behind the ditch. It is also densely packed with crossbowmen and artillery regimental crossbows, bed crossbows, three-bow crossbows and other heavy crossbows.
Dou Jiande watched with a smile on his face as the Turks rushed over like a sea of water, this kind of sight should have been terrifying, but now, it only made him feel an incomparable refreshment. The Turks were triumphant, and they would never have imagined that they were actually charging towards hell at high speed.
"Military master, these Turkic cubs are so fucking deceitful, they don't even have any suspicions." Sun Anzu was also laughing from ear to ear, and he was still worried. After all, their plan was too hasty, and the sudden appearance of a thousand soldiers and horses here was always full of suspicions, maybe the Turks would have seen through their plan if they were careful, but who knew that it would be so smooth.
"They've been so smooth all the way south that they haven't fought a tough battle yet. Therefore, the enemy is careless and deserves it. Hao Xiaode was also full of smiles, originally he was still opposed to fighting this battle, feeling that it was too risky to fight 10,000 infantry against 10,000 cavalry. Although their infantry was mounted and vehicle-mounted, they were not real cavalry after all. If they win, it will be difficult for them to catch up with the Turkic cavalry, and it will be difficult to expand the results of the battle. And in case of defeat, they will not be able to outrun the Turkic cavalry, and they will most likely be completely annihilated. They followed Dou Jiande to be born and died, and now Dou Jiande has become the master of an army, holding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. They don't want to fold here all the time. However, Dou Jiande insisted on fighting, Sun Anzu and they also supported it, and Hao Xiaode had no choice but to agree. But things went much smoother than he imagined, such a simple trap, and suddenly people really rushed in. In this regard, he can only explain it by being destined by God.
"Ready!" Dou Jiande was very excited in his heart, and the hand holding the knife couldn't help trembling slightly. He could imagine that victory in this battle was already beckoning to him. And how important it is for him to achieve such a big victory, who has just become the commander of the Chengde army. With such a big victory, he will be able to become the master of the Chengde army.
At the edge of the woods, the archers and crossbowmen were already holding their bows, and even the rest of the pikemen, sword and shield bearers were holding their bows. The Huaihuang army was equipped with bows and arrows at a rate of 200 percent, and every soldier was equipped with a bow. Not only were the longbowmen armed with powerful longbows, the crossbowmen were equipped with crossbows, but the rest of the soldiers were also equipped with rifles. A longbowman with two bows and five bowstrings. Even the crossbowmen are equipped with double crossbows and double bows. Although ordinary infantry is only equipped with a bow, but at critical times, everyone holds a bow, which will also be quite lethal.
At this time, the infantry of the Chengde Army arranged in the woods mounted arrows one after another, aiming at the Turkic cavalry that was rushing straight ahead.
An Xida rushed very fiercely, and was excited, when he suddenly stepped off the war horse and lost his front hooves, and the horse lost his balance.
With a bang, An Xida didn't have time to take off the saddle, he had already fallen into the first trench dug yesterday with his war horse under the guidance of the Chengde army engineers. The seven-foot-wide trench was covered with a layer of branches and floating soil, and An Xida in the charge did not expect it at all, nor did he see it, so he stepped on it straight with his horse, and then fell into the trench with a bang, he didn't even have a chance to pick up the saddle and jump his horse, and even the man and the horse fell into the trench, and then only came and let out a scream, and was squeezed in the trench by the war horse, and was crushed to death.
Anshida fell into a trench and died tragically, but did not help the other Turkic soldiers. Those Turkic soldiers who rushed to the front like him, even if they saw An Xida fall into the pit, they didn't have time to react. The high-speed charging war horses, with those Turkic soldiers, also fell into the same result as Anxida.
All of a sudden, you flip on your back, and the fastest ones fall into the pit.
Looking at this spectacular scene, Dou Jiande couldn't help but shout a good word.
"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing that the effect of the trench was so good, Dou Jiande hurriedly ordered the arrows to be released.
At the sound of an order, the arrows flew out like locusts, and countless feathered arrows flew out of the dense forest in an instant, covering the sky and the sun, and the heavens and the earth were discolored.
In the face of countless bows and arrows, the Turks did not retreat, they were still rushing.
Anshida in front had been killed, but the Turks in the back continued to rush forward, although they could already see that something was happening in front. But no one stopped the charge.
Anshida was dead, and the rest of the leaders didn't realize how powerful the enemy on the other side would be, they were just frightened, followed by anger, and then they were overwhelmed by anger, or they didn't realize that the thousand people in the woods were not the same people they had known before, they didn't realize that it was a trap. Or rather, someone realized. But in this cluster charge, the Supreme Commander died again, and the Turkic charge got out of control for a while.
The first trench was quickly filled, then the second, then the third.
The Turks rushed forward as if they were not afraid of death, perhaps they thought that the rats in the opposite forest had only this ability, and when they rushed over, they would be able to kill them. Crush them.
The cavalry rushed forward one after the other, like a wave crashing against a reef.
However, the position of the German army was not so easy to break through, although there were only three trenches outside the woods, this was actually just to lure the enemy deeper.
When the Turks finally broke through the three trenches after paying a lot of casualties, there were still countless bows and arrows aimed at them in front of them. Arrows rained down, and the dense arrows gave them great lethality.
With arrows on his head. The Turks were still charging, and they didn't seem to want to retreat, perhaps thinking that if they rushed again, they would be able to slash their sabers at the Sui people's necks. With this thought in mind, they did rush through the rain of arrows again, and finally rushed into the woods. But when they finally paid huge casualties and rushed to the front of the Sui army, they could finally see the Sui army, and saw the black hair and white neck of the Sui army, but they did not see the frightened expression of the Sui army, what they saw was the smile on the face of the Sui army, and the smile was very bright. There is also a contempt for ridicule.
Those Turks finally found out why the other party had such a smile, and between them and the Sui army, there was a shining "Great Wall!" โ
It is hard to believe that the Great Wall is composed of a chain of chariots, the tall chariots are equipped with armor plates, and an armor plate is added to the side of them to support them, and suddenly the Great Wall in front of them is more than a zhang high, and the Sui army is hiding behind this Great Wall, behind the armor plate with archery holes, standing in the carriage, holding bows and arrows to shoot arrows at them unscrupulously, while shooting, and laughing mockingly.
A Turkic cavalryman crossed the trench, dodged a rain of arrows, and finally rushed all the way into the woods, in front of the silver-shiny and reflective Great Wall of Chariots, and in front of the moving fortress. Wielding his scimitar and howling loudly, he lunged at the shiny armor plate and slashed at it.
There was a clang, sparks flew everywhere, and the knife was missing a large gap, but the armor plate was only left with a white mark. He raised his knife again, but before his second knife could fall, in the gap between the two carts, a Sui army infantryman covered in heavy armor had already stabbed him with a spear, which suddenly penetrated the neck of his war horse. The warhorse neighed and fell, and he was thrown to the ground, and he struggled to get up, but the Sui archers behind the shooting holes in the chariot had already released an arrow, and the feathered arrow went straight through his eye socket. The Turkic knight screamed, collapsed on the ground, and died instantly.
More and more Turkic soldiers rushed to the front of the Sui army's chariot formation, they fired arrows, slashed with knives, and hit them with horses, but in the end they could only stop in front of the chariot formation. This array is like a moving castle, and it is no different from climbing to the sky if you want to break through it simply.
At this time, they found out that they couldn't rush away from the Sui army's car formation, but they sent themselves to the Sui army's bow and arrow, and to the Sui army's spears.
The crossbowmen standing in the carriages behind the armor plate were divided into three rows and took turns to fire their arrows. One stands in front of the shooting hole and releases the arrow, one is ready to take over, the other retreats to the back to reload, and the three rows of people take turns to shoot the arrow, maintaining the uninterrupted attack of the arrow while recovering the body. The chariots were all connected by thick iron chains, and in the space between them, there were also pikemen and sword and shield men, spears and barrels, and the swords were shining.
This is simply a mobile fortress that cannot be broken through!
At this time, the Turks finally realized their situation and went on, just desperately rushing to the damn mobile castle to die.
"Withdraw!" I don't know who shouted the first voice, but the rest of the Turkic soldiers finally woke up from the anger and blood, and turned their horses to retreat and flee one after another.
Although I didn't want to believe that this was the truth, the 10,000 Turkic cavalry were indeed repelled by a group of Nanban infantry, and although it was humiliating to escape, it was better than rushing forward and sending my life uselessly.
"Lord, the Turks are going to run." Sun Anzu smiled happily, as if he had nothing to do with him.
"The Turks must think that they can run away, after all, they are cavalry, and it seems that there is very little chance of annihilating the cavalry." Hao Xiaode also seemed to be discussing something inconsequential.
Dou Jiande laughed and said, "Who said that infantry can't defeat cavalry? Haven't we done it now? And who said that the infantry is better than the cavalry, but it is difficult to achieve all the results? Since our Chengde army can defeat the Turkic cavalry, we can also annihilate them. As he spoke, he waved his hand and summoned his heralds, "Order, attack on both wings and surround the defeated Turkic troops, we are going to have a victory in step this time, and we will annihilate them all!" โ
"Obey!" Several heralds departed.
At the foot of Feilai Peak, Dou Jiande set up an ambush in the forest, but not all of the Chengde army.
On both sides of the frontal battlefield, Dou Jiande had already ambushed two troops and horses, and they had been hidden and hidden. He seemed to have anticipated the direction of this battle and the eventual victory.
The heralds arrived quickly and loudly resounded the latest orders.
"Attack on both flanks, surround the Turkic routs, and annihilate them all!"
"Attack!" The troops who had been waiting for a long time were already boiling with enthusiasm, and when they saw the lively fighting of the friendly brothers, they were all hungry and thirsty, and they couldn't hold it back. At this time, when the military order was obtained, the crowd was immediately excited, shouting and cheering, like a tiger descending the mountain.
The smoke and dust were everywhere, and the Chengde army fought out from both wings, although they were infantry troops, but at this time they were all riding horses, roaring and rushing to the battlefield, outflanking the back of the Turkic defeated army, and then quickly dismounted, lined up, and met the enemy!
The chariot is in front, the spear is behind, and the crossbowmen are already in place!
The defeated Turkic soldiers who had just escaped from the woods were still rejoicing that they had finally escaped, but they didn't expect that they would get out of the tiger's den and enter the wolf's den, and the Han army had already intercepted their retreat!
They were surrounded, and the Turks were desperately aware of one fact! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )