The reckless ancient formation formed by the Zhao army was like a longbow full of strength, slowly retreating.

In the retreat, the Zhao army's formation remained intact. It has to be said that this is the result of the long-term training of the Muroxi cavalry.

In fact, this kind of reckless ancient tactics was practiced by the Xi cavalry when the Song Dynasty was broken, and with the more battles in recent years, the Xi cavalry of this formation has become more and more proficient. The cavalry on the left flank and right flank of the Murod Xi Department were the first to encounter the assault of the Turkic Tuogye cavalry.

The Tuoba cavalry is all brave and good at fighting, and they come from all over the world, but the only deficiency is that the Tuolo cavalry is a mixture of soldiers of various ethnic groups, and when fighting, the organization and discipline are poor.

The Tutuo cavalry, which assaulted on the two flanks of the Zhao cavalry, found that the Zhao cavalry was slowly retreating during the impact. In the era of cold weapons, retreat often meant defeat, because the soldiers were poorly trained and their morale was not high, and they all relied on formations to restrain the soldiers to advance and retreat.

Therefore, in the Great Battle of the Cold Weapon Era, there was no skirmish line battle, but a formation battle. The ancients often said that to shoot at the foot is to use the crossbowman's bow and arrow to shoot back the enemy army to keep one's own formation intact. Otherwise, the formation will be chaotic, and the soldiers who are not determined on their own side will often have to flee from the team.

Therefore, under the condition that the morale is not high, the two armies will fight each other in a decisive battle, and there is only a reason to move forward, and there is no reason to go backward, which is also the reason that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road.

At the moment, many Tutuo cavalry thought that the Zhao army was cowardly and left, and they all broke away from the formation and bravely chased after it.

At this time, the cavalry of the Murde Xi Department was still unhurriedly pressing the reins backwards, a cavalryman behind the palace. Keep shooting arrows at the rear to test if the enemy is within range of your own.

Land of Five Arrows! Three Arrows Land!

The soldiers reported the numbers one after another. Eventually, the enemy was within range of their bows and arrows.

The chamber had to taunt the cavalry and fired arrows to the rear. Then drive the war horse to gallop!

The cavalry shot arrows backwards, or on the left side, and the cavalry retreated in echelons, and arrows continued to shoot into the enemy cavalry like a storm. The Tutuo cavalry, which pursued from behind, seemed to be ramming the arrows of men and horses at each other.

However, the Tujie cavalry was not to be outdone, and it was also a bow and arrow counterattack. Some of the cavalry of the Murde Xi tribe were shot off their horses.

The two armies advance and I retreat, and they keep shooting each other with bows and arrows!

The central cavalry phalanx of the Zhao army was centered on Li Chongjiu's Daxu, and the Chinese army's Daxu retreated unhurriedly, and had not yet exchanged fire with the Turkic cavalry in the middle. But the two wings were already engaged in a fierce battle.

The Tuogye cavalry attacked the left and right flanks of the Zhao army several times, but they were all shot back by the Murod Xi cavalry. The mobility of the Tutuojie cavalry was originally inferior to the Murod Xi cavalry, and the various ethnic groups were mixed, and the plain zhì of the war horses was even more uneven. At first, it was maintained. About the same speed. Some cavalry horses are fast and quickly approaching, but some cavalry, the more they are in pursuit. Gradually, it falls.

Even if they were killed several times in front of the cavalry, they were all repulsed. In front of the powerful archers, the Tujie cavalry suffered heavy casualties.

Li Chongjiu, who commanded the battle situation in the center. At the moment, he shouted: "Pass the order, and the left and right wings will be lined up." Withdraw to the Chinese army and replace it with a response team! ”

Horns are used on the battlefield to deliver messages. The cavalry heard it, and after Li Chongjiu's generals, the cavalry behind the palace gave up archery and galloped forward. The cavalry of the response team, changed to the position of the rear of the palace, and shot arrows at the enemy.

In fact, the soldiers of the rear team of the palace were exhausted after shooting several arrows in a row, and at this time, they replaced the strategic team of the new army and began to continue to attack backwards. The columns in the array retreated, and the attack distance of the Tutuo cavalry lengthened one by one, although in the cavalry shooting, the Murod Xi cavalry also suffered casualties, but it was far less than the Tutuo cavalry.

The flanks retreated rapidly, while the Chinese continued to maintain an unhurried pace, unlike the decisive retreat of the flanks, when the central Turkic cavalry had approached. The original bow-shaped formation has long been flattened.

"Your Majesty, the Turks have joined the cavalry to kill them, should we speed up?" Eto anxiously looked at Li Chongjiu.

And General Li Chongjiu stopped him and said: "No, if our Chinese army accelerates its retreat, it will be disconnected from the cavalry on the left and right flanks, and Jieli is likely to seize the opportunity to storm any wing of our army." Now that we have the upper hand on the left and right flanks, we will win the battle by crushing the tributary cavalry in the center of the Turks. ”

When Eto built a yì against Li Chongjiu, the cavalry bow and arrow battle of the Chinese army had also broken out, and the cavalry and archery skills of the Turkic cavalry were better than those of the Tujie cavalry, and their formation was also quite intact, and they did not attach the cavalry to rush forward lightly.

Zhao Jun maintained an even speed according to Li Chongjiu's order, but still retreated at a constant speed, and kept shooting arrows.

The two armies shot each other with bows and arrows, and soldiers constantly rolled off their horses, Rao was a Turkic cavalry, and he was also very afraid of the Zhao army's retreat and archery tactics, and did not dare to advance lightly.

But at this time, in the midst of the Turkic detachment of the cavalry, the sound of trumpets was heard. Thousands of cavalry in the center broke out of the formation and came straight to Li Chongjiu's place.

The charge of the detachment cavalry was very sudden, but it was also evident that they had been preparing for a long time and were a new force. They just wanted to seize this opportunity to kill, and Jieli obviously planned to directly seal his throat with a sword and kill Li Chongjiu.

"Your Majesty, danger, please get out of here quickly!" Eto hurriedly spoke.

Li Chongjiu shook his head and said, "No, you must not retreat, organize cavalry, and make a counter-charge against Jieli!" ”

"Majesty!" Eto didn't expect Li Chongjiu to make this decision.

The military order was like a mountain, and Eto did not dare to disobey the moment and hugged his fists and said: "If your majesty is the last general to die in battle, please take care of my four sons." ”

Li Chongjiu said: "I don't agree to your request!" Because you will come back alive, and your son will be taken care of by himself! ”

At that moment, Eto led hundreds of cavalry of his henchmen, and turned their horses to the three thousand cavalry that were killing the Turks, and were preparing to counterattack head-on!

When he pulled down his mask and faced the oncoming Turkic cavalry, and was about to charge as if he were dead, the rear of the Turkic army was in chaos.

Eto was surprised and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The cavalry on the side pointed forward: "It's the men and horses of the Yinghefu army, they appear on the rear side of the Turks!" ”

Eto was overjoyed when he heard this, and the men and horses of Inhefer were finally drawn from the assault on the Turkic camp, and now they had regrouped their troops and horses to attach the cavalry to the Turks, and launched a fatal blow.

Li Chongjiu, who was in the Chinese army, saw that the Yinghefu cavalry had finally completed the outflanking, and immediately ordered: "Order the left and right flanks, the forward cavalry counterattack, and a comprehensive counterattack!" (To be continued......)