Chapter 1334: Into the Urn
Seen from a high altitude, the cavalry troops of the Tang Dynasty, after rushing out of the enemy's formation, drew a huge arc and rushed back directly. Those cavalry who had not yet rushed out of the enemy's formation did not turn around directly on the spot, but first rushed out of the enemy's formation, followed the cavalry force around an arc and then back.
The enemy's formation also sounded the sound of horns, and some of the enemy's cavalry that had reacted were ready to kill, but seeing that Datang's cavalry rushed back again, the opponent's front-line commander quickly began to gather troops far away from Datang's formation.
He Li didn't rush in, he knew that the enemy was just caught off guard, so when he rushed back to the place he had just touched, as the horn of the trumpeter beside him sounded, the Tang cavalry that followed quickly cleaned up the remaining enemies around, and at the same time, the idle cavalry quickly threw waves of arrows at the enemy.
Others quickly took their brothers either on their horses or dragged the corpses directly onto them, and then quickly retreated.
The speed of the whole battle situation was extremely fast, and when he retreated, the enemy did not organize an effective formation, mainly because the enemy's formation was too long.
By the time the cavalry from behind rushed over, Qi Bi He Li and their side had already succeeded.
However, the Goguryeo cavalry pursued anyway, but as the bows and arrows arranged by Khima Holi were covered, the enemy cavalry left hundreds of corpses behind and had to retreat.
The damage of Datang's arrows is too high, at a certain distance, neither the armor on their bodies nor the armor on the horses can resist the shot of Datang's arrows, although they can't cause much damage after penetrating the armor, but the back of the armor is meat, and neither people nor horses can stand it.
"Count the casualties." After breaking away from the enemy, he gave the latest order.
"General Qiyu, we have a total of five hundred and seven casualties, and one hundred and twenty-nine brothers have been confirmed to have died, but we have brought back the remains."
"I know, send a team to send the remains of the brothers and the wounded to the back, and bring them back to China after cremation." Qi Bi He Li said.
"Yes!"
In the end, the casualties of a charge of tens of thousands of cavalry were only more than 500 people, which is very small, and the sacrifices were only more than 100.
Neither Khodar nor the cavalry general of Goguryeo thought that the Tang Dynasty, with only 20,000 cavalry, not only dared to divide the troops, but also dared to take the initiative to attack.
It directly hit the nail on the head.
When Qibi He Li counted the casualties, Hudar also counted the casualties.
"How many casualties do you say?" Hudar's eyes widened.
"General Qiyu, the cavalry suffered three thousand two hundred and four casualties, and one thousand and thirty-seven killed. The infantry suffered 4,087 casualties and 2,977 killed. "Khudar's adjutant gave a heavy figure that Khudar could not bear.
A total of 7,291 casualties were lost, of which 4,014 were killed.
There were so many casualties in one raid. Can Hudar not be angry? But it was useless to be angry, because there was no defense against being attacked by 20,000 heavy cavalry, and this result was still the result of the enemy knowing that they were few in number and did not dare to go deeper.
If the 20,000 cavalry of the Tang Dynasty really rushed to the death, it is estimated that they would not be able to fight without 20,000 or 30,000 casualties, of course, then the enemy would probably have to suffer more than half of the casualties.
But now the enemy's casualties are estimated to be more than 1,000 at most, and the number of dead is very small, and the protective area of the heavy armor on their bodies is too large, as long as the wounded are well healed, there is no big problem.
"Pass my order, scouts in a team of fifty people, keep a distance of five miles from the main army, keep a distance of five miles between the cavalry and the infantry, and the whole army will form a defensive formation and advance steadily!" Hudar took a deep breath and decisively gave a brand new order.
In any case, since the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty dared to take the fire like this, this means that the front line of Liaodong City may have entered a critical period, and they must rush to Liaodong City as quickly as possible.
In the next few days, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty continued to appear near them, trying to stop them from advancing.
But because Hudar gave the death order, and after suffering a loss, these soldiers and grassroots generals were also alert, and the Tang army did not have a good chance.
Until, "General, there is a small city ten miles ahead, which is Tongyang Fort, but our scouts found that the entire Tongyang Fort has no people, and it is currently abandoned, and there are traces of the army passing by, it should be that the Tang army is afraid that we will be repaired in this city, so they will destroy this place first." ”
With the latest scout returns, Khdar finally heard the good news, although the small city is not big, even if it is an abandoned city, it means that the area they can defend is greatly reduced.
"Are there any enemy tracks around?"
"The enemy's cavalry has been hovering in front of us all the time."
"Leave them alone, hurry up today, order the troops, rest around the city today, rest for half a day tomorrow, and add food!" Hudar looked at the sky, although the sun had almost set, and they were still ten miles away from this small city, but it was not a big problem.
The terrain here has gradually opened up, and on the open terrain, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty did not dare to attack them. It's hard to find a reasonable place to rest.
"Yes!"
With Hudar's order, there were faint cheers from the army, they had been on the road for five days in a row, every day was a high-intensity march, the cavalry was fine, but the infantry and the baggage troops were really a little unbearable.
Now that I'm halfway through the journey, I can finally take a short break for half a day.
By the time Hudar saw the Bronze Sheep Fort, piles of fires had been lit around the ruined city, and a large number of troops could begin to assemble on this small plain.
Seeing this scene, Hudar also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had a safe resting place to gather.
The baggage troops had already placed some of the wagons and other things around to prevent the enemy's cavalry from stealing the camp again.
After entering the city and staying in an abandoned house, Hudar fell asleep quickly after dinner, he was tired enough these days, and today he was finally able to sleep well.
Hudar felt that he had a nightmare, he dreamed that the army he led was once again raided by the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, especially the charging horn of the Tang cavalry, which was simply a nightmare.
"Tut, toot, toot......" The piercing sound of the horn sounded in Hudar's mind, and he felt that he hadn't woken up from a nightmare, but suddenly, Hudar, who had his eyes closed, opened his eyes suddenly, not hallucinations!
"General! It's the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Army! As soon as Hudar sat up, the guards outside rushed in with horror on their faces.
That's probably the case with hundreds of thousands of troops