At tea time, Bohai's Tiaodang army was completely defeated, and the remaining hundreds of people fled back crying. This time they did not dare to flee back to their own military formation. Instead, they went around the sides of the military formation and hid in the rear of the military formation.
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Dozens of generals including Zhu Chengyu and others from the Bohai Kingdom were stunned and stared at everything in front of them. They had forgotten the military law that had been strictly ordered before - anyone who fled without authorization would be executed! The Sword Supervisor team at the front of the military formation did not receive the order and also
It was not easy to leave the formation to intercept these defeated troops. They allowed these deserters to rush into the rear formation and spread rumors about how powerful the Tang army was. Many officers even listened carefully to their crying remarks and silently waited for the limelight to be wrong.
The idea of "turning in" immediately.
In front of the two armies, the consequences of lax enforcement of military law were disastrous. Escapes were not punished. This behavior will inevitably lead to subsequent imitation. At the same time, because they did not immediately stop the spread of fearful remarks, the Bohai Navy has already lost its military morale.
Unstable!
Zhong Shao has been executing every step in an orderly manner according to the battle plan. Following his orders, the cavalry from the three cavalry battalions of the Yingzhou Army bypassed the formation under the command of Wang Yibo and charged towards the Bohai State.
The rebel formation circled up and reached the front of the formation in a blink of an eye. The Bohai Empire's rebel army hurriedly fired arrows in order to block it. The sergeants outside the array also set up spears and shields. Zhu Chengyu ordered the cavalry of the Shence Army to advance.
To respond to the enemy, two thousand cavalrymen guarding the flanks of the Bohai Navy formation urged their horses to come forward.
The cavalry battalion of the Yingzhou Army galloped forward, and suddenly made a large arc turn, almost sliding past the side of the Bohai Navy formation. The formation was neat and tidy, as if it were one body, and even the distance between each row did not change much. This kind of
The violent and abrupt overall turn created an unexplainable illusion. Many Bohai soldiers were involuntarily led forward by the illusion of sight. While turning, they avoided the messy rain of arrows fired by the Bohai Navy. These
Most of the arrows missed, and they also avoided the oncoming Bohai Navy cavalry brigade. The Bohai Navy cavalry was also thrown into confusion by the turning of the Yingzhou Army cavalry battalion, and the front row wanted to rein in their horses and turn around.
, but those in the back row continued to move forward according to the inertia, and they were huddled together in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, a barrage of arrows flew up from the cavalry camp of the Yingzhou Army and shot at the Bohai Cavalry who were in chaos, knocking down dozens of cavalry on the spot.
Qihuomai's eyes widened again. He screamed in surprise: "Riding and shooting!" He looked at Li Chengzhong in disbelief: "Captain, it turns out that the Yingzhou Army has so many horses!"
Being able to make difficult changes of direction while running in front of the enemy formation and shooting arrows while running is a skill that can be regarded as serious riding and archery. Warriors who master such skills are called "Tama" among the Khitan people.
The Wukui tribe that was bought alive originally had a lot of tar horses, and there were dozens of people in total, but the tactics of such a large-scale gathering of tar horses was unprecedented, for no other reason. It is too difficult to train a tar horse, and every one of them
Tart horses are extremely precious. And to keep so many tart horses in such a strict formation is something that none of the Khitan tribes are currently able to do, including the Tart horse attendants and pro-army troops whose sound shook the grassland of Abao!
Li Chengzhong smiled and did not answer. It is necessary to maintain a sense of mystery in the heart of the beggar. In fact, not all the cavalry battalions of the Yingzhou Army are capable of riding and shooting. It is a difficult task to shoot bows and arrows on high-speed running horses.
I am afraid that less than one out of ten of the entire Yingzhou Army Cavalry Battalion can do this. In fact, the Yingzhou Army Cavalry Battalion’s hard training focuses on riding, not shooting. They spend a lot of training time
In order to make sharp changes in direction during high-speed running, and to maintain a tight formation during running and changing direction. As for shooting, it is relatively simple, just a short crossbow!
The large-scale imitation of short crossbows by the Weapons and Equipment Section of the Logistics Department of the Yuhousi Division of the Yingzhou Army Headquarters has been going on for several months. This kind of sophisticated weapon is very difficult to handle. Until the departure, the cavalry battalion had not been fully equipped. At this moment, the cavalry
The short crossbows held by the battalion's 300 cavalry constituted the vast majority of the equipment of the cavalry battalion. The two remaining in Liucheng were not yet equipped with such weapons.
The cavalry battalion of the Yingzhou Army ran to a distance and slowed down. The cavalry took the opportunity to load new crossbow arrows, and then turned. This time the attack direction was still the Bohai National Cavalry Army. Another crossbow arrow flew away.
The Bohai Cavalry Army finally broke up. They fled the battlefield far away, and did not even dare to go back to their own formation. Many cavalrymen watched from a distance, and more of them fled directly back to the camp outside Xijing City.
The cavalry battalion of the Yingzhou Army turned back for the third time. This time, the cavalry battalion passed in front of the Bohai Kingdom's recruiting army formation, and the crossbow arrows flew into the formation.
If there were another traveler present, he would not hesitate to tell the origin of this mounted shooting tactic. The famous Mongolian cavalry relied on this tactic to dominate the entire Eurasian continent. Of course, this is different from the Mongolian cavalry that can mount and shoot.
The number of warriors is inseparable.
Not long after, the Bohai Army formation was in chaos. The common sense that light cavalry could not break into the infantry formation in the past was broken. Faced with such tactics, the infantry formation was inevitably about to disintegrate - it could only be beaten and could not fight back. This
The impact of this phenomenon on the hearts of soldiers is greater than its effective damage.
In the Yingzhou military formation, Zhong Shao couldn't help but sigh: "I have long heard that the Bohai Navy is weak, but I don't want to be so weak. Well, although I know that this tactic will be very effective, we still exposed a lot in actual combat.
The shortcomings are that the timing of shooting crossbows is not good, and the cavalry's impact distance is also a bit short. If the Yingzhou Army suffers such an attack, our arrow array will cause heavy losses to the enemy. But the Bohai Navy does not even have the courage to fight back. It is really
…Tsk, tsk.”
Li Chengzhong said: "Isn't this just in line with our requirements? Practice more with them and test our playing style in actual combat. Now it seems that our training has achieved certain results. Unfortunately, the intensity of this actual combat is too low.
I wonder what will happen when we encounter a strong army in the future?"
Zhong Shao asked: "Did the governor think of Abaoji and the others from the Khitan Diela tribe?" After the signing of the Huaiyuan Treaty, the relationship between the top leaders of the Yingzhou Army and the Diela tribe suddenly became much closer. The observation and interrogation room in Fuyu City has been established, and the first
The observation judge was none other than the original fat merchant Wang Quan, and his general judge was a certain escort from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. The observation judge room launched a large-scale collection of internal information in the Khitan, and investigated the Taima bodyguards of Abaoji and others.
We also have a better understanding of the elites such as the Hema Infantry Army and the Shulu Family Soldiers. Therefore, Zhong Shao believes that Governor Li may be considering these elite Khitan troops.
Li Chengzhong shook his head. What he was thinking about at the moment was not Abaoji and others. Although those Khitan elites were very strong, when their mysterious veil was unveiled, Li Chengzhong had already relieved himself of the burdens carried by those who traveled through time. Abaoji's
Fame is extremely intimidating to any time traveler, but when Li Chengzhong truly understood part of the inside story, he discovered that based on the current combat power of the Yingzhou Army, the future founding emperor of Daliao was not invincible.
The myth of Abaoji is far from being formed, and the legendary Daliao cavalry has not been seen. Through various intelligence collection and war analysis, it is found that the Khitan at this moment is just a collection of simple tribal warriors, and they do not have the formality of later generations.
The organization and establishment of the "Land of Iron and Steel" were not inferior to those of the Song Dynasty. They still relied on personal bravery and the military leader's sense of battle.
It is said that the butt determines the head. When Li Chengzhong's status became higher and higher, as a superior, he unconsciously began to think about the general trend of the world, something that seemed mysterious and mysterious in the past. According to the historical knowledge that he only graduated from high school in later generations, combined with many
With the relevant information, he has become more and more able to understand problems from a high-level perspective. As for the rise of Daliao, Li Chengzhong believes that this is the result of the Khitan people's keenness to seize historical opportunities - nothing more.
If it weren't for the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, and if it weren't for the Central Plains region's undivided attention to the Northeast in the following decades, the Khitan people's desire to establish the so-called Liao Dynasty would be nothing more than a foolish dream. Even further, for now, if
If it weren't for Xuanwu, Hedong and other towns coveting the Hebei area, and if it weren't for Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong's continuous conquests against the Lulong Army, the power of Lulong Town alone would be enough to overwhelm all ethnic groups in the Northeast! Although
The Lu Long Army gradually gave up on places such as Liaodong and Yingzhou outside the Pass, but that was the result of them focusing their attention on the south, whether it was the Gao family's Shanhou descendants, the Wang family's Yin'anzhi, or the Li family's Yanchi soldiers, or even the
The Badu Cavalry of the Zhao family is a behemoth that cannot be looked upon directly by all the tribes outside the pass.
When Liu Rengong took over Youzhou, in order to declare his rule to the grassland, 20,000 Lulong troops came out from Yuguan and showed off their force along Bailangshui and Raoleshui. They immediately made all ethnic groups bow their heads and obediently offered cattle, sheep and women.
To show their surrender, even the Khitan, who was ready to move, evacuated their tribes to the north of the Rao Le River. Countless Khitan nobles looked at the army from a distance, trembling with fear, "looking at each other and sighing"...
So what Li Chengzhong is worried about at the moment is not Khitan, he is worried about Xuanwu, but Hedong! In the past two months, the battle reports of the Lulong Army's Hebei camp have been reported to Pingzhou and spread to Yingzhou. Liu Rengong and the officers and soldiers of the Lulong Army tried their best to maintain the defense line, but
He was still beaten miserably by the Xuanwu generals. How powerful it was to beat Lulong, a powerful vassal that had stood in the Northeast of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, into a sieve! Li Chengzhong was an out-and-out Lulong general, and Liu Rengong treated him
Zhou Zhiyu regarded him as his nephew and nephew. There were elders Zhang Zaiji and Guo Bingcheng who looked after him kindly, and his good friends Gao Xingzhou, Li Chengyue, Zhao Zaili, and his trusted subordinates all grew up here.
He did not dare to imagine what would happen if Lulong fell into the hands of others. He just wanted to protect this land and ensure that his elders, friends, and subordinates could have a harmonious and beautiful home. For this reason, he
Don’t hesitate to fight hard!
Don't say that Li Chengzhong doesn't have a big picture view, let alone accuse him of Shantouism thinking that ignores the unification of the world. Well, Li Chengzhong knows that "the general trend of the world must be unified after a long period of separation", but even if the world is to be unified, it should be completed by him, Li Chengzhong! At this moment, he suddenly
A sense of responsibility arose, and he felt a heavy force pressing on his shoulders.
Li Chengzhong didn't want to transfer the heavy burden on his shoulders to his subordinates, so he shook his head and didn't answer, but suddenly felt that everything in front of him was boring, so he said lightly: "Give the order."
Zhong Shao signaled the flag officer to issue an order. As the triangular flag flew up and down, the Huaiyue Allied Forces temporarily formed the first cavalry battalion. The second battalion, under the command of Jie Li and Xue Jisheng, launched an unhesitating attack on the Bohai Recruitment Army.