Chapter seven hundred and seventy fourth heavy cavalry charge
Tang Ao had no intention of using the Mountain-shaking Guards, and was waiting for Emperor Qianying's reinforcements. Otherwise, if the Mountain-Shaking Guards were sent prematurely, the other party might not intervene on the battlefield.
Tang Ao needed to have a fight with Emperor Qian Ying's army. He needed a reason, a reason to question Emperor Qian Ying, and a sense of justice, so that he could take Suzhou under his control with peace of mind.
A person who only knows how to play war can be a general at most, and it is difficult to even become a marshal. As a king, naturally he cannot only understand military affairs. He must learn to make full use of war to serve politics. Only then can he be considered a qualified monarch.
On the battlefield, a large number of reinforcements appeared behind the coalition forces, which boosted their morale. On the other hand, the Jizhou Army's front seemed to be wavering.
At this time, the chariot battalion had been destroyed, and only less than 3,000 of the 5,000 men escaped, resulting in the loss of nearly half.
The firearms battalion was also attacked by the coalition cavalry several times, and its losses were also considerable.
The tiger soldiers also lost nearly a thousand men and horses under countless cavalry attacks, but fortunately the formation was still intact and they could barely hold on.
The morale of the 30,000 field troops is pretty good, but because most of them are new to the battlefield and only rely on their bravery, the actual damage they inflict on the enemy is not great. They can barely save the main force.
On the other hand, nearly 20,000 of the 50,000 Korean captive troops had already been killed, and now they were divided and surrounded by the coalition cavalry. Their will to resist was getting weaker and weaker. Especially when they learned that the enemy had reinforcements, some soldiers Finally unable to bear the pressure, he threw down his weapon and knelt down to beg for surrender.
Although the bait given by Tang Ao was huge, once they won, they would get more benefits. But when they saw no hope, they still made the decision to surrender again. They didn't know that there were still fifteen thousand Thousands of Shanshan Guards and 5,000 foreign cavalry were already standing by the battlefield. As surrendered troops of the foreign race, they did not have such a right to know.
Not knowing means knowing nothing. And after one Korean prisoner surrendered, there followed a second, a third, a tenth, a hundred, and even a thousand.
After more and more Goryeo prisoners of war chose to surrender for the second time, the battlefield situation became even more unfavorable to the Jizhou Army. The foreign cavalry also faintly approached and charged towards the Wang Banner where Tang Ao was located on both sides.
A stick of incense passed, and 20,000 Xuanjia guards, led by Tai Lei, finally rushed into the battlefield, and together with the Yiqi, they prepared to launch a massacre against the Jizhou Army infantry. But at this time, Suddenly there was a violent movement in the dense forest to the north of the battlefield. Countless cavalry rushed out from here and launched an attack on the left wing of the battlefield.
Thirty miles outside Jincheng, Tang Ao and his army have been stationed here for more than a month. How could he do nothing?
During this period of time, Tang Ao had already ordered people to dig out a vacuum zone in the dense forest to the north, which was enough for a large cavalry to be stationed there without attracting attention. After all, the trees next to the road were not It has not been cut off, so that when viewed from the outside, the vacuum zone cannot be seen at all, and one would not expect reinforcements to be hidden here.
Twenty thousand cavalrymen were arranged here after arriving at the rear camp of the Jizhou Army. Now it was finally the critical moment on the battlefield, and it was time for them to rush out and show off their power.
The first to rush out were the five thousand barbarian cavalry led by Lu Qinghe and General Shajie.
Don't underestimate these five thousand barbarian cavalry. All of them are strong men. They represent the entire barbarian tribe and come to the battlefield to perform meritorious service, and also to demonstrate their role as barbarians. Each cavalryman is carefully selected.
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In addition, they wore the black chainmail armor of the Mount-Shaking Guards Cavalry, and from a distance they looked the same as the Mount-Shaking Guards Cavalry.
Then the 3rd Snow Leopard Regiment and the 6th Feilong Regiment rushed out, totaling 10,000 cavalry.
Under the leadership of the two regimental commanders Tai Shijin and Leng Zixuan, the two cavalrymen swept towards the battlefield in two wings. The bright silver spears in their hands were raised high, and the sound of killing was loud.
But the most noteworthy one is the heavy cavalry of the Tiger Regiment led by Zhou Jinwen.
In comparison, the armor on their bodies is heavier, and their horses are also covered with armor, ensuring that even if a bow and arrow hits them, they can still be protected. But what's even more powerful is that they have one more weapon in their hands than the light cavalry.
The jet black feet are thicker and stronger than the thumbs.
These chains were pulled in their hands, like a giant net covering the battlefield.
"No, it's Shanshanwei!"
Some of the knowledgeable coalition generals recognized this army, and their expressions immediately changed.
The name of a person, the shadow of a tree. I heard that the 30,000 Shanshan Guards destroyed the Luolu tribe and the Khan tribe and conquered the barbarians. What a powerful existence they were. Now that they appeared on the battlefield, how could they
Will they still be there?
"Come forward and disperse them!" Ashina Xiong saw the reinforcements coming from the Jizhou Army. He was shocked and rushed forward with the elite cavalry of the Luolu Division.
He knew the huge difference between a well-organized cavalry and a scattered cavalry.
The former will be a slaughterer that is difficult to defeat and extremely lethal.
The latter are just stragglers and will not cause any trouble.
Just like the current Yiqi, after rushing into the battlefield and fighting a stalemate with the Jizhou Army, the original team and organization had long been gone. Otherwise, the outcome on the battlefield would have been decided long ago.
With the idea of breaking up the Shanshan Guard cavalry and weakening their lethality, Ashina Xiong led his brother Ashina Shan and others to meet them.
"Ignore them and continue charging."
Seeing the Yiqi counterattack, and the number of people gathering more and more, neither Tai Shijin nor Leng Zixuan had any intention of fighting with them. Instead, they led the Qingqi around them and continued towards the battlefield.
Kill.
Ashina Xiong had no intention of blocking the light cavalry rushing past him. He just focused his attention on the five thousand heavy cavalry. Speaking of which, this was the main force of the Jizhou Army. As long as they could be eliminated,
, even if they are blocked, it will create more favorable conditions for Origi to destroy the Jizhou Army.
The number of cavalry gathered around Ashina Xiong was increasing. Many Luolu cavalry on other battlefields gave up fighting with the Jizhou Army infantry after seeing the king's summons, and rushed over.
In a short period of time, eight thousand Luolu cavalry gathered behind Ashina Xiong. This also made him proud, and he said to his brother Ashina Shan: "You lead five thousand cavalry as the vanguard and charge forward.
, entangle them.”
"No." After Ashina Shan agreed, he jumped on his horse and ran wildly. While charging, he also ordered the cavalry to release their bows and arrows. He wanted to consume the heavy cavalry before they arrived.
The Luolu tribe is also a nation that grew up on horseback. Compared with Gan people who have to learn farming and read and write after they are born, they start to learn bow and arrow skills when they can run in the fields. It is said that everyone is the same. The marksman is a bit exaggerated, but not too much.
Now there are five thousand sharpshooters waiting with their bows drawn. One can imagine what kind of attacking power it will be.
When the bows and arrows quickly came in groups and landed on the heavy riders of the Tiger Regiment, there was a crackling sound and the bows and arrows fell all over the ground.
A wave of bows and arrows came from a distance, but they were like scratching an itch and did not cause any harm to the heavy cavalry. During the march, in order to prevent their mouths, eyes and noses from being shot by enemy cavalry, the heavy cavalry lowered their heads when the bows and arrows came. Head, this will protect your own safety very well.
In addition, the Luolu cavalry used bone arrows, and when they hit the steel chainmail, they were not enough to penetrate the armor, so how could they hurt anyone.
After the release of the bow and arrow was ineffective, Ashina Shan was not panicked. He had already received news that the Jizhou Army's armor was unusually strong, and now it just confirmed this view.
Without panic in his heart, Ashina Shan made another decision that seemed right but was actually extremely wrong, which was to let the cavalry take out their lasso. They wanted to use this thing to trap the heavy cavalry. Pull them off their horses.
This is the Luolu Department's method of dealing with wild horses and enemy scouts. Ordinarily, on such a large-scale battlefield, lassoing should not be used. After all, such a lasso is not a method for targeting large numbers of enemy cavalry.
But Ashina Shan misled him when he saw the heavy riders of the Shaking Mountain Guard holding black iron chains. He thought that the heavy riders were using horse ropes to deal with them, but he didn't know at all that the iron chains were not Used for this.
One party was holding a heavy black iron chain, and the other was holding a light horse rope. The two parties were approaching quickly, and the distance was getting closer and closer. When there were less than twenty steps, the horse ropes were pulled one by one. Throwed away.
"Dodge, accelerate with all your strength!" Zhou Jinlong charged into the team. When he saw that the enemy cavalry was trying to use a horse rope to deal with him, he showed an idiotic look. Then when the heavy cavalry began to accelerate with all its strength, each of the warriors also Lean your body to the side.
If the body is tilted and the horse is not kept in a straight line, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult to catch someone with the horse rope. And when the hit fails, the heavy cavalry has already rushed in front of the Luolu cavalry. Then they waved the dark iron chains in the mid-air, rotating rapidly like the propellers of a helicopter. Anyone around them, as long as they were within the impact range of the iron chains, would After one hit, human bones will be broken and horse bones will be broken.
There is always a distance of seven steps between the war horses, and the space occupied by the five thousand Shanshan Guard heavy cavalry is getting larger and larger. When all the iron chains start to rotate at high speed, any enemy cavalry that rushes to them will , one by one, all of them were knocked to the ground. What's more, the war horse was hit in the head, directly shattered, and fell to the ground. The cavalry riding on the back How can there be any good fruit to eat?