Chapter 347: Blocking the Enemy
The wilderness is flat, there is no danger to defend, and those with more people have the advantage.
Qin Huaidao naturally understood that 30,000 against 100,000 was undoubtedly looking for death, but he still had a cold face, and said undoubtedly: "The key to this battle, if you can eat all the way, the remaining road will not be attacked, and in extraordinary times, there is no room for the slightest hesitation, this general orders you to quickly reorganize the army, and there must be no mistakes." ”
"Obey!" The person who should have reminded him has already reminded Li Suli not to talk nonsense, otherwise he will be beheaded according to military law.
The military order is like a mountain, and when the order is given, the war drums of the troops are roaring.
Countless soldiers rushed out of the city, lined up, and rushed to the outside of the city under the leadership of Li Suli, Qin Huaidao found someone to ask for a war horse to catch up, and walked side by side with Li Suli, pulling out two war knives from behind, staring at the north, one way has been disabled, but the other road is still there, and it must be blocked to expand the results.
Li Suli didn't know Qin Huaidao, but he had heard a lot of deeds, destroying Goguryeo, leveling Tibet, and any battle was earth-shattering and famous all over the world, but he didn't expect to be so young, and he didn't expect that it would fall from the sky today, and he would give the Turks a ruthless blow as soon as he came, but thinking of the Turks being good at fighting, especially good at cavalry warfare, he asked worriedly: "General, this battle can be assured, after all, there are as many as 200,000 in Tibet." ”
"Just block the road in the north, the remaining road has been destroyed by me The Chinese army camp, a large number of war horses are frightened, the camp is bombed, and it is a mess, and it will not take an hour."
"The Chinese army camp was destroyed, and it was ...... Bomb the camp? Li Suli was shocked, and immediately overjoyed, as the governor of one party and a person who knew the soldiers, how could he not know what it meant for the Chinese army camp to be destroyed and bombed?
Marching and fighting is not child's play, no one has just lied, and the commander of the first army is even more, Li Suli has no doubt about Qin Huaidao's words, he is overjoyed in his heart, and quickly spread the news, as soon as the soldiers heard that the camp was bombed, the camp of the Chinese army was destroyed, and the mood that was still a little sluggish was greatly boosted, and the morale exploded instantly.
After fighting with the Turks for so long, countless robes around him died in battle, they all held their breath, and tonight there was a chance to take revenge, and one by one the fighting spirit soared to the sky, and their eyes became fanatical and full of power.
Qin Huaidao told the truth like stimulating morale, and when he saw that the effect was good, he was relieved.
"Boom, boom—"
A dense sound of horses' hooves running rolled in, like bursts of muffled thunder, shaking the night sky, the grass was trembling, and the earth was shaking, with endless killing intent.
Qin Huaidao pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and asked, "Lord Li, the enemy army is coming, how much do you expect?" ”
"There are no less than 50,000 voices to listen to." Li Suli has been on the border for a long time and is too familiar with the Turks.
"Fifty thousand?" Qin Huaidao quickly calculated, the cavalry rushed to kill, 30,000 against 50,000 won very little, not to mention that the enemy still has 50,000 behind, he may be killed at any time, there is no danger to defend around, how to fight this battle?
With his thoughts flashing, Qin Huaidao asked, "Master Li, if you command, how can you fight?" ”
"When the two armies meet, they will only fight to the death!"
"No, our army's cavalry skills are not as good as the Turks, the frontal slashing and winning surface is very low, the speed of the Turkic cavalry must be blocked, the Turks lose their speed, and our army has a greater winning surface in foot battles, and the order is given, 20,000 soldiers dismount, drive the war horses in front, block the Turks, the archers are shooting, and the remaining 10,000 cavalry are on standby."
Li Suli was shocked, what kind of play is this? Without the war horses, everyone can't get up at speed, what's the difference between waiting for death on a living stake, it's just a random command, and after thinking about it, drive 20,000 war horses in front and form a barrier, you can block the speed of the Turkic cavalry, and the cavalry without speed is not as flexible as the infantry.
In an instant, Li Suli mastered the key to this battle, which seemed to be out of order, and even suspected of sending him to death, but it was also a strategy to survive in death, using 20,000 war horses to block the Turkic speed, suppressing the Turkic advantage of good cavalry warfare, and giving full play to the advantage of his own side of good foot warfare.
The next moment, Li Suli did not hesitate to convey the order, emphasizing the key points of the tactics, the generals are all long-term fierce generals, experienced, a little thorough, and quickly act.
Soon, the army dismounted one after another, drove the war horse to rush forward, the war horse gradually gathered into a group, the soldiers continued to drive in a semi-encircled form, shouting, seeing that the effect was not obvious, simply ignited the horse's tail, and then gave a knife, the war horse suffered pain, began to go crazy, and rushed forward.
The archers gathered in formation and strode away after their horses.
The remaining 10,000 cavalry walked slowly.
Qin Huaidao walked with 10,000 cavalrymen, watching the crazy war horse speed up, his heart was a little settled, Li Suli also looked ahead, faintly looking forward to it, but said with some distress: "General, the war horse is the treasure of the brothers, and the loss tonight will be great." ”
"If you win, it's all yours." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
Li Suli was waiting for this sentence, and the surrounding soldiers also showed expressions of surprise, Qin Huaidao continued: "After the other soldiers who dismounted followed the archers, once they got close, they rushed up to kill, and the archers scattered and shot on the periphery, covering their robes, and they were not allowed to rush up to fight in close quarters. ”
"Understood." Li Suli quickly conveyed the military order.
The soldiers around him left one after another, rushed to their respective units, shouted loudly to gather troops, and rushed forward in a phalanx, chasing the archers.
At this time, the Turkic army rushed over, black pressure pressed a piece, like the waves of the rising tide rushing to the beach, the momentum was violent, the speed was extremely fast, and when it was clear to see that it was not the cavalry that rushed over, but the war horses, they were a little confused, but the speed of the two sides was too fast, and it was too late to change the formation.
"Boom!"
The two huge herds of war horses slammed into each other, the sound was dull, but it was moving, the neighing, screaming, wailing, and cries for help came and went.
It's too dense, it's too fast, and there's no other choice but to rush forward.
The Tang army was an empty horse, no one lost, but the Turks were different, countless people were knocked into the air, fell to the ground, and were soon trampled into pulp by the war horses, with countless casualties.
The war horse continued to charge relatively, gradually fused together, the Turkic cavalry was rammed by the chaotic horse, blocked, and the speed slowed down, at this time, the Tang army archers followed the war horse and arrived just in time, and saw it really, they opened their bows and arrows, and they didn't need the generals to give orders at all, they started directly, and integrated the grievances and anger in their hearts into the feather arrows, and shot them out.
There are not many archers, more than 2,000 people, and they don't use crossbows, but the border army fights all year round, and their archery skills are excellent, and they kill hundreds of people in one round of attacks.
At this time, the Tang army behind the archers rushed up, crossed the archers, rushed up like a wolf and a tiger, and cut at the chaotic Turkic army, all of them were old soldiers who fought with the Turks, and they were experienced.
The Turkic cavalry has stopped being charged by the chaotic horses, and it is messy, and it is on the horse again, and the flexibility is greatly reduced, where is the opponent of the Tang army? In the blink of an eye, a large area fell, and the Tang army continued to cover up.
The archers took the opportunity to keep up, kept a certain distance and continued to calm down, the dismounted Turkic soldiers and the Tang army were mixed together, it was not easy to move, but the Turkic soldiers on horseback were fixed targets, which were very easy to recognize and easy to fight.
The battle was crushed forward in an incredible way, Qin Huaidao didn't expect it, he thought it would be a big melee, but now it seems that he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the border army, and he was overjoyed in his heart.
Li Suli also saw that the Tang army was almost one-sided in the slaughter, and he was overjoyed, and said sincerely: "My lord's tactics are simply unheard of, and the lower officials are also familiar with the art of war, but they can't see the truth, and they admire it to the extreme. ”
"This official does not hesitate to flatter, Lord Li is a Confucian general at a glance, a person with righteousness in his heart, why follow the example of that villain, why not you and I each lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and kill them from both sides, how about it?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
"My lord is laughing, the words of sincere admiration of the lower officials are not flattery, the status of the adults is noble, and there is no room for mistakes, and the matter of rushing into battle to kill the enemy is handed over to the lower officials." Li Suli hurriedly said, don't you dare to let Qin Huaidao lead the troops to rush and kill, in case there is a good one, his nine lives are not enough.
Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "The general was not afraid of killing the enemy in the polemic array, so it was decided, divide the troops." ”
Where did Li Suli dare, he still wanted to persuade again, but seeing that Qin Huaidao was a little displeased, he had to shout hard: "Shi Yeshan, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to follow the general, and you must ensure the safety of the general." ”
"Obey." The other party understood and solemnly agreed.