Chapter 216: Reason

More and more Uighur cavalry rushed to the front, forcing the front row of the ranger battalion soldiers to raise their spears and swords to fight with them, and the Uighur cavalry who rushed to the battle easily got the opportunity of hand-to-hand combat, and wanted to make persistent efforts to break the Han army's formation in one fell swoop, and the leaders of the tribes shouted loudly for their warriors, slashing and slashing the Lanzhou light cavalry that blocked them from rushing to the inside of the car formation. The Lanzhou light cavalry fought and retreated into the car formation. The gap between the chariot formations of the Lanzhou army was not very wide, and now the cavalry on both sides were crowded in the middle with knives and arrows, both of which lost the advantage of the speed of the cavalry, but gave the archers of the Condor battalion who retreated to the central circular chariot formation a great opportunity to shoot cold arrows to kill the enemy cavalry.

The Uighur cavalry with thin armor had no way to get down, and once they approached, they would be attacked by the foot soldiers, and the Uighur cavalry who broke into the chariot formation had to avoid these heavy infantry clusters, and only went forward to kill the inner chariot formation with the banner of the commander of the Lanzhou Army, and under the command of the lieutenant and centurion, the more than ten horizontal camps and the Modao battalion circle gradually moved to the gap between the largest few of the outer chariot formations, and filled the main passage for the Uighur cavalry to pour into the chariot formationThe more than 2,000 Uighur cavalry that rushed into the chariot formation suddenly became alone. At this time, there were 6,000 cavalry in the Lanzhou chariot array, of which 1,500 cavalry were hussars specializing in hand-to-hand combat, and 500 heavy cavalry of Heiyundu who were heavily armoured.

The moment the Uighur Governor Shi Xiutu rushed into the chariot formation, he saw the heavy armored cavalry gathered next to the inner chariot array, waiting for work, and the idea of "being tricked" immediately came to mind, and he saw the opportunity very quickly, and immediately turned his horse around, while desperately beating his horse in the direction away from the group of heavy cavalry, while shouting: "Kill me with me!" More than 100 elite horsemen around him were always paying attention to the orders of the governor, and immediately surrounded Shi Xiutu and killed together. As is customary, more Uighur cavalry had already entered the stage of fighting on their own by the time they rushed to the front of the Han army's chariot formation, and most of the Uighur warriors completely lost their organization and formation, and were still immersed in the pleasure of breaking through the Han chariot formation, and the retreat of the Lanzhou ranger camp confirmed that they "these cowards can only shoot arrows from a distance, and do not dare to fight in close quarters" Although he saw that there was a large group of Han cavalry in front of him, he rushed forward without hesitation, and some people desperately stabbed their horses, trying to break through the inner layer of the Han chariot formation in one fell swoop and cut down the flag that was erected high.

A powerful arrow grazed Wu Yingying's helmet and flew over, "My lord, you better stay away for the time being." Cai Bailian, the centurion of the tooth camp in front of him, said worriedly, many Uighur cavalry noticed that the main general standing high in the conspicuous place of the Lanzhou car formation, while struggling to kill, while pumping cold and constantly releasing cold arrows here, Wu Yingying stood around five or six tooth soldiers, all of them were heavily armored, and arrows were inserted between the gaps in the armor on their shoulders and chest, but they still straightened their bodies to block Wu Yingxing's figure, if it weren't for the weak riding bow, these tooth soldiers were afraid that they would have been shot to death. Rao is like this, and three tooth soldiers were shot in the throat and fell, and others immediately filled the vacancy.

"No! If you move the commander position at this time, it will not be good for the army!" Wu Yingying said in a deep voice, looking at the royal banner of the Uighur Great Khan of Ganzhou in the distance, and secretly wondered, whether the Uighur Khan was also watching his side, as long as his handsome flag moved, I am afraid that the enemy army would immediately shout the rumor that the Han commander was seriously injured and died. His worries were not unfounded, and the establishment of the commander's banner in a prominent position was firstly to control and dispatch in a timely manner the various units of his own army that were isolated by the two fronts of the enemy and our army, and secondly, to boost morale. The poor battlefield communication conditions in the era of cold weapons have made the commander of the army and all departments fall into a prisoner's dilemma, regardless of the life and death of the soldiers, discarding the commander of the army and the subordinates who retreat without authorization and causing the rout of the whole army are not uncommon for thousands of years, so the commander shows his position, which is a necessary means to strengthen the sergeants to fight to the death. "Even if it costs a few lives. Looking with some pity at the guards beside him, the cronies of the tooth soldiers who were injured or even killed in order to cover themselves, Wu Yingying said secretly, he was oblivious to the brutal battle that was close at hand, and only frowned and stared at the flag of the Uighur king shining in the sun in the distance.

Shi Xiutu led the cavalry of his cronies to attack the hundred-man army formation of two Han heavy infantry in a row, but they only paid for casualties in vain. "These damn Han Chinese!" As a good horse archer, Shi Xiutu did not look down on foot soldiers from the bottom of his heart, thinking that they were all materials for filling the ravines with hay on their backs, and compared to the Uighur eagles, they were like ants. Even among the Guiyi army, which was known for its fierceness and warfare in Hexi, Shi Xiutu only admired the Han cavalry who rode fierce horses like the Uighurs. However, the hedgehogs gathered together with the Han Chinese heavy infantry thus blocked the vitality of the large group of Uighur cavalry in the chariot formation. Without the extremely high speed of the horses, the Uighur cavalry would not have been able to see through the heavy armor of these Han foot soldiers with their scimitars alone, not to mention that there were many Mo swordsmen in the Han infantry formation. However, the chariot array was crowded with Han and Uighur cavalry, and as the Uighurs were increasingly separated by the Han cavalry, it was extremely difficult for Shi Xiutu's cavalry to move their positions, let alone gallop on horseback.

The Uighur cavalry outside the chariot formation was blocked, and they also attacked these Han army formations blocking the road with all their might, which was also ineffective. The soldiers of the Modao Battalion were surrounded by marching carts that were difficult for their horses to jump over, and they were backed by thousands of cavalry from their own side, and the archers and Condor Battalion sergeants who had not directly engaged the Uighur cavalry in the chariot formation were still firing arrows to kill the charging Uighur cavalry. What's more, the marching carts were mixed with the families of nobles who were clearly dressed in Uighur garb. The Uighur army of Ganzhou occupied Ganzhou and marched very quickly, but the news that the Uighur army of Ganzhou did not contain the information that the Lanzhou army was coerced by the families of various dignitaries and nobles, but the Uighur cavalry who rushed to the front saw it clearly, and even many commanders saw their families on the battlefield huddled in thick wooden cages in great fear, and the women were so frightened that some young children were so frightened that they could not cry.

"Abba, Abba!" Shi Xiutu, who was covered in sweat, suddenly heard the call of his beloved son, at this moment, he thought that he had hallucinated, large beads of sweat flowed down his jaw from the gap in the iron helmet, Shi Xiutu struggled to concentrate, and was waiting to lead his warriors to attack the Han army again, and the current situation was already clear, the strength of the Han cavalry in this chariot formation was by no means inferior to that of the Uighurs, and the reason for retreating was nothing more than to lure them into the formation, and then outnumbered them and win the victory with the smallest casualties.