After drinking some water and moistening his throat, Brother Richard explained the combat tactics of the Karakhanids: "In encounters, the Karakhanids usually send light cavalry first to outflank the enemy, and then cruise back and forth repeatedly.
and shooting arrows to consume the energy of the enemy. Then, a large number of suicide squads composed of Christian believer volunteers who looked forward to death launched a charge and counterattacked the enemy's attack head-on."
"The Eskar standing army followed closely behind, holding down the front. At the same time, the Yinkta and Gulam cavalry, which had already been lined up on both wings, quickly surrounded the enemy in a scissor-shaped formation. These cavalry were led by heavy cavalry,
Rush into the enemy's flank along the gap they opened. This set of tactics was used by the Kara Khanate to sweep across the Western Region, and Khorasan was invincible in the river. Later, the Seljuk Khanate basically followed this set of tactics and continued to fight westward.
Arrived in the Two Rivers area."
Qianhu Tusuli and Bruxon looked at each other and said with some confusion: "This tactic is not very powerful. First send the rangers to harass, then confront them head-on, then outflank and attack from the flanks. Our tactics are better than
These should be diverse and sharper.”
"Our four-pronged harassment, starting ten days before the battle, carried out large-scale harassment in a radius of hundreds of miles, making it impossible for the enemy to judge the main direction of the attack. During a head-on confrontation, we also have a variety of tactics. Heavy cavalry and heart-breaking tactics; cavalry
If the sheep disguise fails, retreat and lure the enemy out of the formation...or just push the artillery to the enemy's chest, create a big gap and then rush in."
"To outflank, we have more tactics, from outflanking thousands of miles away, to outflanking with a combination of virtual and real, to multi-faceted outflanking with chaos..."
Everyone laughed, including Brother Richard.
It's just that his smile had a hint of bitterness that he didn't even know he had, because he was once an experimenter of these tactics. At that time, these tactics of the Song Army, especially the cavalry tactics, were still in the initial stages of establishment and improvement.
But it already gives me a headache.
Now after more than ten years of continuous improvement and practical verification, I wonder if it will make people despair?
Clearing his throat, Brother Richard said: "You two Qianhu, don't compare our tactics with those of the Kara Khanate. It is undeniable that they are indeed worthy of praise for their riding, archery and bravery. And there are also some outstanding generals with great
Talented, or good at summarizing from experience, can display many tactics on the battlefield. But first of all, they do not have much theoretical foundation, and secondly, they do not have a complete strategy and tactics and other disciplines like us..."
Brother Richard heard these words when the White Tiger Banner and the Xuanwu Banner sent outstanding officers to change their vests and join the cavalry division to train and reorganize all the cavalry.
He was shocked at the time. After seeing him for several years, the Song Dynasty had actually developed war into a science, broken down into various disciplines such as strategy, tactics, intelligence, logistics, etc. for research and training, and was developing into a science.
To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds, yeguoyuedu. It can be used on both Android and Apple.]
"The area from the middle of the river to the Khorasan area has been a battle between various tribes since ancient times. The Yuezhi, Kushan, Wusun, Xiongnu, Turk, Uighur, Geluolu and other ethnic groups have taken turns here. Even if a certain
The Khanate is only unified in name. In fact, each region is still governed by each tribe, but the most powerful one is the common master."
"Since they don't have a truly unified political power, they don't think much about fighting. They rely on bravery and talent to fight. And they mostly copy the Persian military and political system not far to the west. At least Persia has been truly unified.
, established a complete military and political system and accumulated rich experience."
"So taking the Kara Khanate as an example, as long as one has personal talent, plus foresight, and learns the 'advanced ideas' from Persia and other places, it is easy to carve out a niche in this chaotic land. The Kara Khan I just mentioned
The tactics of the Khanate are not advanced compared to our Song Dynasty, but they are enough to kill everyone here. Coupled with the early looting to gain the upper hand, and obtain a large number of soldiers and equipment, with the cooperation of the two, the winner will naturally be king."
Guo Zhongxiao said with approval: "General Li summed it up very well! Operations are nothing more than two basic supporting points, one is strategy and tactics, and the other is the quality and equipment of officers and soldiers. If these two points are done well, invincibility is inevitable."
Everyone looked at each other with understanding smiles.
"The backer behind the Western Kara Khanate is Sanjar, the governor-general of the Seljuk Khanate in Khorasan. The main target of our western expedition is the Western Kara Khanate. Fighting against it will inevitably involve Sanjar.
General Er. Lee, tell us about the situation in Sanjar and the Seljuk Khanate."
Guo Zhongxiao continued.
"Chief of Staff Guo, we have never fought against the Seljuq Khanate army, nor have we dealt with Sanjar, so we don't have much information. My subordinate Li Mingzhang once went to Samadan, Puhualuo and other rivers in disguise.
The town has inquired about information and knows some information about Sanjar, let him tell everyone."
Li Mingzhang stood up and said, "Generals, I am Li Mingzhang of the Tuqi Shibu. I have been to the Hezhong area and heard about the situation of the Seljuk Khanate and Sanjar. I will tell you about it."
"The Seljuk Khanate was originally a Turkic tribe in the Oghuz Yehu Kingdom. Because of conflicts with Yehu, it moved south to the middle reaches of the Xihong River and the Syr Darya River. It thrived for decades. The late Emperor Renmiao
During the Tiansheng period, the Samanid dynasty of Persia declined, and the eastern region was invaded and divided by the Kara Khanate and the Ghaznavid Khanate."
“The Seljuk tribe took advantage of the chaos, raised troops in the Huashimuzi area, went south and occupied Mulu and Nesharb in Khorasan, and then defeated the powerful Ghaznavid Khanate at the time and occupied Khorasan.
After more than ten years of operation, around the time of Emperor Renzong's Qingli reign, Tughluq Khan of the Seljuk Khanate led his troops to march westward."
"At that time, the Samanid dynasty was destroyed and the Persian state was torn apart. The army of the Seljuk Khanate was like a god's help, and it was unstoppable. In less than ten years, it occupied most of the Persian area and moved its capital to Yinsfahan. After two years, the king should be eaten.
At the invitation of the Caliph, we sent troops to capture Baghdad in the Mesopotamia region and deposed the powerful emir."
"So Tughluq Khan was named 'King of the East and West' by the Caliph and granted the title of Sultan. In the following decades, the Seljuk Khanate was under the control of the second generation sultan, Tughluq Khan's nephew Ars
In the hands of Lan Khan and the third generation sultan, Malik Shah Khan, son of Arslan Khan, it reached its peak, with its territory stretching from Mesopotamia and Byzantium to Persia and Khorasan."
"After the death of Malik Shah, the princes competed for the throne. In addition to Malik Shah's sons, his uncles and cousins also separated themselves from each other, established themselves as Khans, and chased the throne of the Great Khan. Sanjar, whose full name is Aha
Mad Sanjar, the third son of Malik Shah Khan, has been guarding Khorasan."
"In 1096, the fourth year of Shaosheng, Sanjar accepted the canonization of his brother, Muhammad I, Khan of the Seljuk Khanate, and became the governor of Great Khorasan, with his capital at Nesharbu. In several years, he conquered east and west, and surrendered to Khura
Shan and the Hezhong area. In the second year of the Apocalypse, Sanjar defeated the army of the Western Kara Khanate in Manchu and killed its king Basil. The Western Kara Khanate once again surrendered to the Seljuk Khanate."
"In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Sanjar defeated the Ghaznavid Khanate's powerful vassal Gur Kingdom, forcing it to directly submit to Nesharb. In the ninth year of the Apocalypse, he set out to conquer the Khwarezm Kingdom in the lower reaches of the Jihun River.
His Khan killed the princes who wanted to break away from the control of the Seljuk Khanate and returned to Neshalb's command."
Li Mingzhang continued to introduce.
"Sanjar has been conquering east and west for more than ten years, and he is very powerful in Khorasan and the Hezhong area. I don't know how many soldiers and horses he has under his command, but rumors say that he can recruit more than 400,000 soldiers and horses from all over the country."
Four hundred thousand is indeed scary, but it cannot scare everyone present - who has never experienced a large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses? They are all real soldiers and horses, not just claims. This chapter has been completed!