"The New Book of Mengde" says: "The fighting cavalry is in the front, the trapping cavalry is in the middle, and the wandering cavalry is in the back."
In cavalry combat, even if it is a charge, it is not to rush forward in a swarm without thinking, but to be divided into groups, in order, and in formation, even if it is a loose formation. When necessary, the roles of combat cavalry, trap cavalry, and rangers must be
Transformation is a very popular Zhengqi change in the art of war in the Tang Dynasty.
The Tiande army originally had more than 500 cavalrymen. Later, they recruited 500 Turkic and Uighur auxiliary troops who were capable of riding and archery, and were brave and brave to join the army temporarily. However, their horses and equipment were not as good as those of the regular army.
The cavalry and the rangers were not bad either. The battle had only lasted for a stick of incense, and the spearmen in front of both sides were still testing each other. The cavalry of the Tiande Army came up from the rear, but they did not attack, but stayed in the center.
right side.
Shao Shude took a glance and saw that that should be the starting position of the cavalry. The situation on the battlefield is far from clear at present, and they still need to wait. On the battlefield, the role of the cavalry is crucial, and in many cases it is even the final word. They are needed to break up the harassment.
They are needed for formation, firefighting, and pursuit. Without cavalry, with Shao Shude's current military academic level, he could not figure out how to win.
When chatting with Song Le before the war, I heard him tell the story of the battle between the Tang army and Song Laosheng in the late Sui Dynasty. In the Battle of Huoyi in the thirteenth year of Daye, the main infantry force led by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng faced Song Laosheng with 30,000 horses.
During the battle, the Tang army was unfavorable, the front army was defeated, and Li Jiancheng fell from his horse. Fortunately, he was rescued by his subordinates. Song Laosheng took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce attack. Li Shimin later recalled that "the righteous teacher failed", "Gao Zu (Li Yuan) changed his color", and "several major defeats".
The critical moment was when he personally led the elite cavalry to gallop down from the Nanyuan and continuously attacked Song Laosheng's weak rear formation. In addition, Song Laosheng himself made a mistake and was too impatient. He wanted to defeat the Tang army in one go and did not invest energy in the rear. This was why he was defeated.
Li Shimin succeeded and the Sui army was defeated.
I have been in the army for many years since time travel, but I have never seen such a big scene. Before the two sides fought, the remaining 800 cavalry of Tiande Army once formed an organized attack on Shuozhou Army's main formation, but it was not a real attack, but
They mainly used intimidation and harassment, leaving them no time to rest and suffering some physical losses. After the harassment, they had a small confrontation with the Shuozhou Army cavalry, and then each returned to their own formation to wait for the next attack.
The battle in front finally gradually became more intense. The spearmen on both sides realized that the other side was a veteran, so they gave up the test and began to attack. According to the system, a row of 6,000 people guarded the ground for 9,600 feet, which was almost a crowd.
The gap in the middle is very small, and it is impossible to move or turn around. The only way is to stab forward with all your strength. The end is quite cruel, and it also tests the psychological quality of the warriors.
There are a total of more than 3,300 people in the Tiande army's main formation. The three front formations have about a thousand people. At this time, they are crowded into a small square formation. There are three teams of people in one row, seven rows in total. The first row is the shield bearer, and the three rows behind are
Spearmen, and behind them there are three rows of soldiers holding long-handled axes, hooks and sickles. This is the difference between pure troops and flower troops. Pure troops were popular in the Song Dynasty, that is, the archers team is the archers team, and the spearmen team is the spearmen.
Each team has a single weapon, and the skills of the soldiers are also very single. However, in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it was popular to have flower teams, that is, a team with various weapons. In addition to spears and bows, each soldier must master the weapons.
In addition, other weapons can be selectively learned based on personal characteristics. They may not be as specialized as soldiers in pure units, but they have better ability to deal with complex emergencies on the battlefield. There is no distinction between pure units and fancy units. It all depends on the commander of the troops.
Arrange tactics and use them rationally.
If you release a drone at this time, you can clearly see that the Shuozhou Army is mainly attacking and the Tiande Army is defending. A large gun more than four meters long is poking back and forth between the two armies.
He used his big shield to resist the thrusting spear, while using his knife to chop the opponent's stretched out spear shaft. However, the effect seemed to be limited. A qualified sword and shield wielder would need three strikes on average to cut off a spear shaft. On the battlefield
With the world in such chaos, it is difficult to create such opportunities for them.
So you can see that the spearmen on both sides are desperately trying to assassinate each other. From time to time, someone screams and falls down, and then the people in the back row come up. The jumping soldiers on both sides also start a cruel "rat war" in front of the two armies.
"They were equipped with small bucklers and short knives, and they fought against each other at the waist. It was extremely bloody. Some of the jumping soldiers who successfully killed their opponents were killed by spears from the second row of the opposite formation when they advanced further.
They were nailed to the ground, and blood flowed all over the floor. A few who managed to break through occasionally created some small chaos, but they soon died tragically under the attack of the opponent's superior number of sword, shield, spear, and axemen. In short,
, the battle line was in a stalemate, and the Tiande army had high morale and successfully withstood the most ferocious blow from the Shuozhou army.
The stalemate is definitely not a good thing for the Shuozhou Army. The right wing of the Tiande Army is flanking their rear formation. If the Chinese army cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, this battle will be in danger! Xue Zhiqin is also a decisive person, and after observing for a while
, after discovering that the German formation could not reach the sky, he ordered the flag to be waved, and at the same time, he sent someone to send an order for the front formation to retreat.
But the two armies were at war, how easy was it to retreat? Naturally, the retreat at the forefront of the Shuozhou Army turned into a rout. Fortunately, they had many veterans and knew how to walk to the gap between the rear formations, with twenty steps between formations.
, it was originally a specially reserved passage. However, there were some who could not carry it clearly and turned around and ran away like headless flies. As expected, they were all killed by the arrows fired from the rear array.
These things sound like a lot, but in fact the time passed was very short. After the Shuozhou Army's front line with hundreds of people retreated, the rear line came up. This time, Xue Zhiqin personally led the army, with about a thousand people, divided into two small square formations.
Among them, Yunzhou veterans accounted for more than 30%, and the rest were from the five northern tribes with braided hair. At this time, their morale was somewhat affected, but Xue Zhiqin relied on his bravery and did not care, and still led this group
People come up to kill.
The pressure of Shuozhou's fresh troops put the Tiande Army under great pressure. Xue Zhiqin led a small square formation that was more capable of fighting and focused on attacking the city where the Tiande Army had suffered greater casualties before, so he pushed them back at once. Both sides shouted
The sound of killing was loud, and people kept falling down, but they were replaced by others.
When the professional soldiers of the late Tang Dynasty were willing to work hard, their combat effectiveness was quite good. As long as the grassroots officers were still there, they could always maintain a crisis. In the Fifth Dynasty, cavalry generals often led troops to break away from large formations, resulting in the enemy
Instead of collapsing, the infantry fought in small groups under the command of grassroots officers, surrounding the cavalry who broke in and killing them one by one. Typical examples were Zhaoyi's elite soldiers, who were known to be the best in the infantry, and Wei Bo's silver soldiers.
Gun efficiency saves the army.
However, the infantry of the Tiande Army were not so brave. After fighting for a while, the three front lines had lost a lot of troops, and their physical strength was also very high, and they were a little unable to hold on. Hao Zhenwei looked at it for a while, and then turned directly to the supervisor.
Qiu Wei, the envoy, said: "Li Weigong's troops have always been in harmony with the right and the strange. The regular soldiers can be strange soldiers, and the strange soldiers can also be regular soldiers. But now the matter is urgent. I should lead the strange troops personally. Do you want to go with me?"
""Sun Tzu" said: 'The morning energy is sharp, the day energy is lazy, and the evening energy returns. Xue Zhiqin relied on his courage to advance lightly, and did not even retreat from the battle. He used troops at this time to get the essence of 'attacking his lazy return'. This envoy was deeply favored by the imperial court.
, How can I stand by and watch when we have this opportunity to kill the thief?" After that, Qiu Weidao pushed away the big shield in front of him. Although his face was pale, he still stepped forward firmly: "Shao, Guan, you two.
At the head of the team, the troops will be under the command of General Hao, so you don’t have to worry about me.”
"Okay! Qiu Shijun is a man!" Hao Zhenwei laughed, regardless of whether what he said was a bit wrong, he waved his hand and said: "Follow me, general!"
Well, when fighting on the battlefield, of course it is impossible for one person to raise his arms and others to rush forward in a swarm. That is not bravery and blood, but a disdain for one's own life. Hao Zhenwei's 300 personal troops, plus Qiu Weidao's 100 protective troops,
A total of four hundred people quickly formed a column formation.
This is an obvious impact column. The soldiers no longer carry long rifles or long guns. Instead, they mainly use long guns, bows and arrows, and horizontal knives more than two meters long. They quickly maneuver to the flanks of the Shuozhou Army's front formation, and then
The leader will be the base point, and some people will face the front in column formation to prevent the enemy's rear formation from rushing up. Some people will spread out in horizontal formation to attack Xue Zhiqin's flanks.
Hao Zhenwei's pro-army force is still very elite, and Shao Shude also pays great attention to the formation training of the soldiers on weekdays, so the impact column marches very fast and the formation is relatively intact. However, the soldiers of the Guankai Run team have poor discipline and training
It's not enough, and he and Qiu Weidao fell behind, but it doesn't matter, they are not far behind.
The distance of seventy or eighty steps, when the column charged and marched quickly, was covered in less than three minutes. After arriving at the predetermined location, one group moved forward, and the soldiers knelt on the ground with their guns in hand, facing Xue's rear. The other group quickly unfolded into
The horizontal team, with their bows and arrows ready, launched a volley at the fighting Xue troops, while the other troops maintained column formation and were ready to charge at any time.
Xue Zhiqin had already discovered the movements of Tiande's army, but his troops were fighting fiercely and could not adjust at all, so he could only endure this wave of attacks.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Shao Shude fired continuously without even taking aim. He shot down two Xue Zhiqin's soldiers just by feeling. Yes, he was a bit of a thief and would directly find the most valuable target to attack, but Xue Zhiqin, as
Of course, the general is protected by his own soldiers who fight to the death. They usually enjoy a good life and often receive rewards. If something happens, the general will also help them. With such extra treatment, they will naturally pay for it with their lives on the battlefield.
Seeing that Xue Zhiqin was not shot down, Shao Shude was not in a hurry and continued to look for people to call his name. He had good arm strength and superb archery skills. He specialized in shooting at Xue's army-level officers who had recognition flags on their backs. He could often find the target in the crowd.
Killed with one blow. After shooting down two more team leaders in succession, Hao Zhenwei also noticed this young officer who drew a bow and shot arrows very quickly. He shouted while riding on the horse: "A true god! After the war, I came to find Hao and immediately
Promoted to Lieutenant General!"
"Blow the drum! March!" After shooting this wave of arrows, Hao Zhenwei saw that the Shuozhou Army's rear formation had begun to move forward, and at the same time his cavalry began to slowly accelerate. He immediately ordered the drum to be beaten, and first defeated the enemy's strongest enemy in front of him.
Let’s talk about the main force of the team.
As soon as the drums sounded, the two teams that were shooting arrows in front immediately turned around and slipped from both sides to the rear to form a team. Hao Zhenwei personally led four teams of infantry in a column formation and rushed towards the left wing of Xue Zhiqin's department. Xue's department had already fought hard, and just now
Being hit by several waves of arrows flying from the flanks, the formation was thrown into chaos. When they were attacked again, they suddenly lost their strength. No matter how much the officers yelled and cursed, they still retreated uncontrollably.
The morale of the Tiande Army's front line, which was fighting head-on, was greatly boosted, and their confidence, which had been shaken before, was rekindled. Under the command of the officers, the sergeants did not rush forward blindly to grab credit, but maintained the basic formation.
, quickly squeezing the fleeing Shuozhou Army and harvesting the results of the battle easily.
The Shatuo cavalry that had just been dispatched were blocked by the defeated troops, and their speed suddenly slowed down. They were so angry that they directly stabbed them with their horseshoes, but how could they open the passage for a while. Furthermore, even if the defeated troops dispersed, they
Without speed, a cavalryman without speed is no different from a target.
He had no choice but to withdraw. The cavalry of the Tiande Army were not vegetarians. They had already taken action, and they actually wanted to destroy them and the troops. So, after rushing in to pick them up, they were held hostage by the rebels.
Xue Zhiqin, who was incompetent and furious, quickly abandoned his rear troops and ran away. Shatuo cavalry are good at judging the situation. When things cannot be done, they will never show any regrets. In everything they do, they focus on preserving their strength.
The front army retreated, the cavalry ran away, and the flanks were attacked. The Shuozhou army's rear formation of more than 2,000 men was honestly in a state of confusion. They walked two hundred miles to the battlefield in a daze, and then fought in a daze.
Before the results came out, the bad news of the collapse of the former army suddenly came. Suddenly, the soldiers and soldiers lost their will to fight and ran away one after another.
The battle of Zhonglingshui has quietly come to an end. Counting from the beginning of the battle, the whole battle lasted less than half an hour.