The Rehai Turks and the Yangmo people have been fighting fiercely for three days, but the intensity has been greatly reduced.
The two sides no longer hedged head-on. Everyone was not good at this style of play, let alone the Central Plains cavalry. As a result, outflanking and counter-outflanking were repeated, the circle became wider and wider, and the penetration became deeper and deeper.
By the end of the fight, everyone was confused. They didn’t know where the friendly troops were or where the enemy troops were. Friendly troops and enemy troops were everywhere. When they saw each other, they would greet each other with arrows, then distance themselves and circle around.
Shoot an arrow. When the fire is almost done, draw your saber and go forward.
One moment the Turks were defeated, and the next they were defeated, the casualties increased sharply, and the consumption of war horses was also great.
To be honest, wars between grassland peoples should not be like this.
But Yanmoren was defending his homeland and his country, his morale was high and he would fight to the death without retreating.
The Turks felt that they had the support of the King of Great Xia and they were strong in numbers. They also refused to retreat without grabbing any property.
Both sides are like gamblers who are red-eyed. It is impossible to play the gambling table without losing the last piece of money. Comparatively speaking, the loss of Yanmoren is greater, because the Atami Turks crossed several times and rushed to the gambling table.
In their villages and towns, massacres were carried out, and the elderly, weak, women and children suffered heavy casualties.
But this only stimulated their fighting spirit, and they insisted on seeking revenge against the Turks, and the battle became more intense.
On May 13th, when six thousand soldiers and horses led by Yang Liang crossed the Sihun River, they encountered such a situation.
"General Yang, please don't hold back. These people are very stubborn and have killed many of our brothers." In just a few days, there were a few strands of white hair on Bassegan's temples. It was obvious that this period of time had a profound impact on him.
It was very painful for him. He couldn't imagine what Ben would do when he returned to Atami. When his tribe asked about the whereabouts of his relatives, how should he answer?
Yang Liang stared straight ahead and ignored him at all.
At the foot of the mountain, the Xia army soldiers were preparing to attack.
The military cavalrymen who were walking all the way got on their horses, rode their long steeds, and began to form a team.
These cavalry are completely "specialized" units attached to infantry operations. They have no ability to attack alone. Their range of activities is limited. To be honest, their mobility is worse than that of infantry.
But every military unit has its own main battlefield.
When the enemy infantry wavers, the cavalry will begin to charge, turning their wavering into a rout.
When the prairie cavalry archers come to harass, the military cavalry will take advantage of the horse's physique, charging speed and hand-to-hand combat to let the harassing prairie light cavalry know why the flowers are so red.
Their war horses are called the new generation of Qinghai Cong, and they have not been in large-scale military service for a long time, only two or three years.
But this kind of specialized horse can carry the knight and charge for half an hour. During this period of time, it is the king on the battlefield. It is extremely fast and has amazing impact. The prairie horse, which is known for its excellent endurance, runs again and again.
However, he was unable to charge forward again and again, so he could only be beaten passively.
After finishing the charge, Qinghai Cong was sweating profusely, his physical strength was at the bottom, and he refused to run away. But it didn't matter anymore. What was important was for it to explode, use its speed to catch the enemy, and then force the prairie cavalry archers to engage in close combat with the Central Plains cavalry.
Fight hand-to-hand and kill a large number of enemy troops.
If you practice it a few more times, the mounted and shooting harassment tactics that the prairie cavalry is famous for will become a loss-making business.
Shao Shude is also very satisfied with the new generation of Qinghai Cong.
He remembered that similar horses first appeared in Europe in the 16th century. As soon as this high-speed sprinting war horse appeared, it dwarfed the Arab cavalry in North Africa. No one could harass the marching infantry anymore, they could only watch.
They moved forward step by step, capturing one target after another.
Shao Shude imagined the war between the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland in the future. Accompanied by this kind of military cavalry, would it change the direction of history?
Of course, he is still not satisfied with the current Qinghai Cong. During this western expedition, he can collect horses of different breeds and bring them back to breed them to see if he can come up with something new.
"General Yang? General Yang?" Seeing that Yang Liang didn't speak, Basseigan was a little anxious and subconsciously reached out to pull him.
"Canglang!" The soldiers took out their knives and stood between the two of them.
"Noisy!" Yang Liang glared at Basseqian angrily, not paying attention to the bird governor at all, and continued to look forward.
The horse-mounted infantrymen of the Jindao and Heiji armies also put on armor and formed an array on the grass.
The warriors of the Central Plains have been practicing fighting on foot for 160 years and have rich experience.
Long spears, big shields, strong bows and powerful crossbows, plus warriors who are not afraid of death, are armed with mo knives, heavy swords, and long Ke axes to chop and chop, and keep the chop until the opponent falls on his back.
If you dare to play tricks, you can also learn from the German infantry to open a gap in the formation, put the charging enemy cavalry in, then close the gap, encircle and beat on all sides.
There are many methods, it depends on which one you like to play.
What they chose at this time was obviously a hard rush.
The cavalry covered the two flanks, and the infantry charged forward quickly, with the goal of capturing the enemy's town.
This is also a tactic commonly used by mounted infantry. That is to attack the old and weak women and children of the grassland tribes, destroy their jars and pots, and force the grassland cavalry to rush into their infantry formations, thus killing and wounding the enemy in large numbers. Wait until the enemy's morale is low, and the men and horses are exhausted.
At this moment, he threw in his own fresh cavalry and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.
A typical battle example is Su Dingfang's attack on the Turkic Shabolo Khan.
Five thousand infantrymen were arrayed in a ring with spears, and one hundred thousand Turkic cavalry charged repeatedly, suffering heavy casualties, but could not be defeated. At the critical moment, Su Dingfang put in reserve troops, and more than 10,000 Tibetan soldiers who had been resting for a long time launched a charge, crushing the Turks and beheading tens of thousands.
But Yang Liang's fight today was not so complicated. His goal was to take the enemy city directly, and the cavalry deployed on both wings were purely for cover.
"Dong dong dong..." After the war drums beat, the large formation of infantry and cavalry moved slowly.
The wind stopped just in time, and under the sun, the large formation of thousands of people on foot and cavalry shone with silver light, like a surging ocean tide, advancing step by step.
The Turks and Yanmo people were still fighting desperately, but Busseqian no longer had the heart to watch. His mind had been attracted by the Xia army. There were only a few thousand people, but they were well-equipped and well-organized, and they were moving forward indomitably.
Yang Mo Ren had already discovered the arrival of this new force.
They pulled out two to three thousand cavalry in an attempt to stop the advance of this mixed infantry and cavalry brigade.
The cavalry deployed on both wings detached themselves and moved forward quickly. One group rushed forward, and the other group circled behind and outflanked them.
"Boom!" In the sky full of yellow sand, nearly four thousand cavalry from both sides began to collide.
The Xia army's cavalry formed a tight formation. As soon as they met each other, they used their long horses to scatter the Yangmo cavalry. The cavalry coming from behind made another horizontal charge, and the enemy troops dispersed even further.
Ba Saigan was dumbfounded.
Under the confrontation, the Yanmo people were directly dispersed. Bussaigan could see that the enemy had casualties, but not necessarily many. Their formation was broken up. This was actually a "chronic disease" of the prairie cavalry, which usually did not like to gather together.
At the same time, his discipline is not very strong, and he subconsciously likes to spread out, keep a safe distance, and then use his superb riding and archery skills to kill the enemy.
On the other hand, the Central Plains cavalry may have followed the tactics of the infantry, and naturally like to charge in groups to make up for their lack of riding and archery skills, and to use close combat skills to kill people.
But it is undeniable that cavalry also requires tactics and formation. Cavalry charging in groups naturally have high morale and diverse coordination, which makes those who fight alone subconsciously feel timid and leave the battlefield.
After being defeated twice, there was no longer any cooperation, and they were all fighting alone.
"Woo--" The cavalry brigade on both sides of the Xia army's infantry released the second batch. The entire thousand cavalry were divided into two batches and charged forward again.
Arrows were fired at them intensively. During the charge, people kept falling off their horses. However, the people behind accelerated their horses and quickly rushed to the front of the people. The horses were all lowered.
The cavalry from both sides crossed each other on horseback.
Basseigan's eyes widened and he stared at it: after the wrong horse passed by, not many people fell off the horse on Xia Jun's side, but there were a large number of horses running away on the other side of Yang Mo Ren.
He sighed silently.
In face-to-face charge and hand-to-hand combat, another skill is tested. In this regard, professional warriors have incomparable advantages.
Moreover, the spear cavalry is really ruthless in killing people. Although it was obscured by the smoke and dust just now, he could vaguely see that when the two sides collided head-on, the cavalry armed with short weapons such as sabers and swords had almost no power to fight back, as if
Like fallen wheat, they all fell to the ground.
The Xia people seemed to have won this battle with their cavalry alone. Although they were suspected of picking peaches, their hard power was unquestionable.
The infantry formation sped up.
Perhaps out of contempt, they no longer cared much about the threat of the Yanmo cavalry. They relaxed their formation requirements a little, accelerated their speed, and rushed directly towards the tattered city wall.
It is indeed difficult for the enemy to respect this performance.
This kind of bird is really not as good as the Khitan cavalry. If Daxia did not attack and destroy the eight Khitan tribes, but allowed it to develop and unify the eastern half of the grassland, then if they advance westward in the future, none of these people in the Western Regions would be able to defeat the Khitan.
, what level are they!
On the vast land, thousands of infantrymen stepped across the grassland and crossed shallow streams, splashing large groups of water.
The Xianmo infantry who formed a formation in front of the stream to meet the enemy shouted nervously. Before the Xia soldiers could get close, their spears were thrust out, as if they were piercing the air.
After the water splash dispersed, what appeared in front of them was a ferocious face and a long spear that penetrated the chest and abdomen.
After Chang Ke's blow, the tall Chang Ke ax struck hard, and blood splashed all over the ground.
Yingmoren gritted his teeth and charged forward, hoping to repel the Xia soldiers with his bloody courage.
Xia soldiers have been fighting for many years, what kind of people have they not seen? They rely on the fine armor on their bodies and their steps are steady and accurate. Every time they stab, there will be screams from the opposite side.
The warriors holding Changke axes did not rush forward with enthusiasm like the enemies. After fighting for so many years, they were no longer so easily excited. Instead, they calmly observed the enemy's formation and found that one or two of them were stabbed by their own infantry.
After the gap was opened, they immediately rushed up and swept through the army with long-handled blunt weapons, making the gap larger and creating more chaos.
This is a group of professional killers who are well-equipped, skilled in martial arts, firm and calm, and have a tacit understanding of cooperation.
The enemy is encouraging himself, shouting, hypnotizing himself, "I want to protect my family," and then rushes to kill him with red eyes.
They were silently observing the enemy's weaknesses and cooperating with each other to kill people with the highest efficiency.
The enemy is brave and courageous, but their martial arts skills are sparse, their tactics are lacking, and their coordination is not adequate.
They have been killing people for half their lives, and they have long been numb. They will not be easily excited or afraid. As soon as the enemy moves, the method of killing him flashes in the experienced mind, before the brain can give the order.
, the muscle memory has already been activated, and the fatal shot is automatically fired.
Sometimes it doesn't matter if he misses, there is no need to inform him, his comrades will take the initiative to step forward and resolve the crisis for him.
On the battlefield, there is no need to thank anyone. Everyone is fighting instinctively. Cooperation is a conditioned reflex deep in the bone marrow.
It is a blessing to be able to command such an army and its generals, because it can make up for your poor formation. It seems that you can win the battle with any formation. It is not until you encounter a well-matched opponent that your flaws will really be revealed - some people may not even do so in their entire lives.
Encountering such an opponent, he can still earn a title of famous general in the history books with his mediocre talents.
After the initial stalemate for a moment, the battle soon became one-sided.
The spirit of blood and courage is important, but human beings are made of flesh and blood after all.
If the heart is stabbed, the whole body will lose strength.
Once the head is cut off, the body will collapse to the ground.
This is not subject to anyone's will.
The people were quickly squeezed together like herding sheep, and then some of them turned around and ran away as fear surged into their hearts.
The enemy formation collapsed uncontrollably. Xia Bing took a few steps quickly, and his heavy rifles began to sweep across, creating more chaos.
The cavalry that had repulsed the enemy also turned around, inserted into the enemy formation from the flank, and completely scattered it.
Baseqian stood on a high slope and witnessed this grueling defeat.
The south wind blew the sand over, but his mouth was still wide open, without any reaction. It wasn't until he swallowed a mouthful of saliva that he woke up from a dream and started vomiting.
The Xia army's infantry and cavalry have already rushed into the enemy's villages and towns, chasing them north.
The tattered city walls couldn't stop them at all, so they cried loudly and fled in all directions.
There is no mercy.
The Xia soldiers gradually dispersed, forming a team of fifty people. They killed and beheaded everyone they met. Whether they were octogenarians or children with yellow mouths, they would die if they encountered them.
"Slaughter..." Bassegan said with difficulty: "In fact, you can capture people, and they are not bad as slaves."
Yang Liang had already withdrew his gaze from the front line, sneered and said, "If you capture the prisoners, will you feed them?"
This was said so coldly that I was completely speechless.
The Turkic light cavalry at the foot of the mountain also rushed up and joined in the burning, killing and looting.
They fought with the Yanmo people for three days and suffered heavy casualties. At this time, they were full of old anger and needed to vent their anger, so they attacked very ruthlessly.
Some people directly grabbed their belongings, and when they met a beautiful woman, they even tore off their clothes and laughed. They didn't let go until they were slapped twice by Xia Bing, and watched helplessly as the woman was carried away by Xia Bing.
Bassagan watched from a distance, wanting to complain, but he didn't dare to say it.
Legend has it that the Tang soldiers in the Western Regions were so domineering and arrogant at the time, humiliating and bullying these grassland servants at every turn.
There were consequences. Gao Xianzhi led 20,000 Tang soldiers and 50,000 Tibetan soldiers to attack Talas. When faced with the Dashi, the resentful Geluolu people turned against the Dashi and joined forces with the Dashi to attack the Tang soldiers.
Gao Xianzhi was caught off guard and fled in embarrassment with thousands of his disabled soldiers.
On the way back, when they encountered Tibetan soldiers blocking the road, the Tang people directly used wooden rafts to shoot them down the valley. They didn't treat them as human beings at all, which made them angry just thinking about it.
Of course, I don’t dare to fight back just yet.
Sartuk's strength is not comparable to that of Dashi. Even if he switches sides in battle, he will probably be killed in the end. It's not worth it. It's better to get some benefits by following the Xia people first, even if his status is lower.
Yang Liang has already gone down the hillside.
Ba Saiqian hurriedly followed and headed towards Bahuan City (Gumo Prefecture) which had been captured.