Chapter 799 The Tang army is not good at horse fighting, so the warriors follow me!
Chapter 799 The Tang army is not used to horse fighting, warriors follow me to attack!
Author: Middle-aged paper tiger
Chapter 799 The Tang army is not used to horse fighting, warriors follow me to attack!
Chitian and the others were disguised as miscellaneous soldiers, but they still looked very presentable.
In other words, they were originally miscellaneous soldiers, and their scurrying appearance almost made Hu Guang unable to tell whether they were pretending or really retreating in defeat.
Such an embarrassing escape naturally made Hu Lunqian's cavalry very excited.
According to the excellent matching mechanism of the Hezhong Region, once the enemy makes such a mistake, they can immediately follow the cavalry and directly overwhelm the enemy's infantry formation.
Masoud rode his horse and rushed to the front row. He came from Basra (Basra) under the control of the Bouveshi dynasty.
This is a Cao Mengde-style dynasty that just occupied Baghdad four years ago and has Iraq and southwest Persia as its territory.
The Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who was controlled by them was the great ruler in black, the Caliph Muti of the Abbasid Dynasty.
At this time, the Bouveshi dynasty was on the rise under the rule of the three Ahmed brothers, so the mercenaries (mercenaries) from Baghdad and other places were very popular because most of them were very brave and good at fighting.
For the sake of visibility, Masoud simply took off the visor on his face, because he felt that the battle was about to end, and the cavalry could kill them at will as long as they rushed into the infantry formation.
"Boom! Woohoo!" A heart-stopping machine vibration and the sound of flying arrows came.
Although Masoud was a little panicked, he quickly calmed down. The source of this confidence was that he was wearing a sturdy Dashi-style armor.
This kind of iron armor composed of iron sheets connected in series is, in part of its structure, a variant of Chinese pierced armor, or it is also called fictional Chinese pierced armor.
The source is the craftsmanship brought by the Tang Dynasty craftsmen who were captured during the Battle of Talos, but I don't know whether it is intentional or because of lack of skills. This kind of armor looks a bit wrong.
In this era, the cannibals were at the center of exchanges between the East and the West. The chain armor that Europeans liked to use and the Chinese-style piercing armor of the Tang Dynasty had a huge impact on the cannibal armors.
Under the collision, this weird combination of chain mail and iron plate armor was born. In another hundred or two hundred years, it will evolve into Turkish plate armor and Persian mirror armor, which are unique techniques in West Asia.
But now, it is still very rough. It is basically covered with chain armor on all sides, and a piece of dense iron armor connected in series is used in the middle.
The protection is pretty good, but it's not as good as Chinese-style armor, and it certainly hasn't been 'tested' by crossbows.
Plop, plop, as the sound of crossbow arrows was fired, the knights in front of Masud fell off their horses one after another.
Massoud even saw several of his fallen companions, who were protected by the same sophisticated armor as him.
Massoud immediately became more cautious. He pretended to be blocked by a fallen horse nearby, and then carefully pulled the reins to the left. It was this small movement that saved their lives.
Because what they were facing was the Tabai camp in front of the palace. All of them were equipped with crossbows and swords. They were all tall and strong, and they were extremely difficult armored infantry to deal with.
After three arrows were fired, the enemy cavalry had already rushed to a place that was only about forty steps away. Du Yuhou, who was in charge of the command, did not panic at all. He waved his command flag, and dozens of infantrymen who had not participated in the crossbow shooting at the enemy came forward with pear-shaped spears.
Now Zhang Zhou's army, the pear flower gun has finally come into play. This kind of pear flower gun used by infantry is quite long. It adopts the mode of one person casting and one person igniting, which makes loading more convenient.
Moreover, the infantry did not rely on this pear-shaped gun to make enemies, so they gave up filling it with other items such as iron filings and arsenic, and instead added a large amount of gunpowder that could produce brilliant fireworks.
It is characterized by loud sound and bright sparks, which are designed to scare cavalry and horses.
Sure enough, when the violent explosions and brilliant flames spurted out and swept past like a fire dragon, these rustic river horses were frightened out of their wits. They all screamed and stopped, and even turned their heads.
Running.
Originally, they were shot down by crossbows during the charge, and the ground was covered with corpses of men and horses. At this time, they were frightened by the pear gun, and the scene became even more chaotic.
The ones in front were running around in fear, while those behind were still rushing forward at a faster speed, so that a wall formed in front of Tabai camp, causing them to bump into each other to form a human wall.
Du Yuhou took the opportunity to shout loudly. After firing the pear blossom spears, dozens of soldiers came out with big axes and slashed at the horse's legs. The remaining soldiers put down their crossbows, drew their bows, and fired accurately.
As for the Mo Dao, eh! That thing is only used when the enemy cavalry dares to approach one after another after being beaten to this extent. There is no need for it now.
Blood flowed like a stream, corpses of men and horses piled up like mountains, and screams shook the sky and earth.
As soon as they made contact, the battle turned into a one-sided battle. The charging cavalry was countercharged by the infantry, killing many people.
Suddenly Lun Jian saw him in the distance, and he was so anxious that white foam spewed out of the corner of his mouth. He quickly ordered someone to play the sharp river flute to summon the cavalry team to come back.
However, although he is one of Guo Guangyi's most talented generals, compared with a master general like Hu Guang, he is far behind.
Hu Guang, who was in the distance, saw that these bandit cavalry could not even break through the first line of defense, so he quickly ordered the Shen Shezhen on both sides to change their formations.
Because it looks like it is very lethal now, but since only one surface is in contact, the efficiency of killing the enemy is still too slow.
Therefore, under Hu Guang's order, the Shenshe Zhentabai Camp and Shennu Camp, which were in the upper hand, immediately changed their formations. They formed a small formation based on two fires, that is, a unit of twenty people.
This small formation has two rattan players, two big bow hands, four hook and sickle spear or swordsmen, six spearmen, and six crossbowmen.
Among them, the rattan hand protects against the stabbing or whipping of the opponent's carbine, and the long gunman protects against the enemy cavalry's direct charge.
The Hook Sickle Spear/Mo Dao Shou is responsible for hooking the knights who dare not charge straight away from their horses, or directly cutting off the legs of the war horses.
The Archer is responsible for executing knights who fall to the ground, and the Crossbowman provides long-range output.
Moreover, such small formations are not far apart from each other and can support each other. The ones with the strongest combat effectiveness can even adjust their positions.
This is what the Central Plains tooth soldiers have summarized over hundreds of years, and is specially used for nomadic light cavalry without armored cavalry.
As long as they are not overwhelmed at once, that is, if the ten or eight small formations in front have established their foothold, no matter how many prairie cavalry come, it will be in vain.
This formation could not even stand up to the Khitan cavalry during Abaoji's period. As long as they did not encounter abnormal armored cavalry such as the Hanshan Dubeiwei cavalry battalion that could compete with the iron pagodas of the heyday of the Jin Dynasty, they could often achieve a complete victory.
At the same time, this formation has another advantage, that is, it can hide strength and show weakness.
For example, now, the enemy cavalry who were attacking were stunned and stunned by a blow to the head, but the Tabai camp suddenly changed their formation, and they suddenly felt that their vision was wide open.
Hey! There seem to be fewer enemies. They are still scattered everywhere, waiting for us to trample on them.
In the little minds of many people, they can quickly imagine that we have defeated the enemy, and this illusion can make them fall into the abyss.
So, Hu Lunqiang, who was ordering people to blow the retreat flute, suddenly realized that his retreat order was useless. The cavalry in front howled like a male dog in heat and rushed forward.
Luo Yangui stood at the front of the team holding a Mo knife and wearing two layers of heavy armor.
This man was rather unlucky. He had already distinguished himself during the Qicheng War, and was a warrior of the younger generation. Later, he made great contributions to the uprising during the Zhou, Liao and Luoyang wars.
But it didn't take long for him to believe Murong Yanchao's lies, and ran to Taiyuan with Yan Kunlun to join Liu Zhiyuan. Later, he was defeated and captured in Jize County.
Originally, according to the law, he was to be married to San Qianli, but Luo Yangui's father, Luo Huan, spent all his family property to pay him the money to get him out of jail, and because he had meritorious service in Luoyang, he was spared.
What's outrageous is that Luo Yangui is now recruited by Li Jixun and comes to Talos again.
This is not just three thousand miles, five thousand miles is enough!
Therefore, Luo Yangui's heart bleeds when she thinks of the 500 yuan of free money that her father spent all his money on.
He only has one thought in his mind right now, and that is to kill more enemies and get more rewards and ranks, otherwise it will be a damn loss.
The chaotic sound of horse hooves sounded. Although Luo Yangui was also the fire chief, he was sent to the front holding a Mo knife because the other fire chief was Wu Yilang, whose status was slightly higher than him.
The surging thieves were not very fast. They had just recovered from the chaos and were only thirty or forty steps away, so they couldn't pick up the speed at all.
A mess of arrows rained down from the sky. Within a short while, Luo Yangui's body and the ground were covered with arrow shafts. He looked like a hedgehog.
The swordsman and shieldman will not protect the swordsman like him who is wearing two layers of armor, but will protect the crossbowman behind him.
The sound of 'Boom! Boom!' sounded, and the crossbowmen in the formation also began to fight back. The thieves' knights began to fall sporadically, at a slower speed.
Luo Yangui looked through the pores in his visor and saw that the enemy knight was about to hit him in ten steps at most. He could already smell the earthy smell of dust and the unpleasant odor of the war horse.
"Royal!" The team in charge shouted loudly, and the spearmen spread out in a semicircle. The shining spear heads clearly told the horses on the opposite side.
'Don't rush here, or you may be disemboweled.'
At the same time, the crossbowmen who had been shooting slowly and accurately immediately accelerated their shooting, and many even fired a flurry of arrows in a short period of time.
There is no need for any accuracy at about ten steps. At this time, one more arrow will have more lethality, and it will mainly be shot towards the war horse.
Sure enough, after seeing the shiny gun head and being hit by many arrows, the horse was in severe pain. It didn't care about any orders. It just wanted to stay away from these ferocious and terrifying upright apes.
The attacking cavalry were like river water being diverted by rocks. There were at least two to three hundred cavalry in front of them, but they invariably formed around a small formation of twenty people and divided into two groups.
Luo Yangui was overjoyed and immediately knew that these guys looked menacing, but they were just a mob.
Because the top armored cavalry, such as the Beiwei cavalry battalion, can take out their hard bows when they are twenty or thirty steps closer to the infantry, shoot two or three arrows in a row, shoot the spear array to pieces, and then crash directly in.
The Khitan armored cavalry were able to slow down their speed and use the protective power of both men and horses to urge their horses to force their way in.
He himself is holding a long and hard bow and strikes from a high position. As long as he crushes the one in front, he can easily cover up and kill him.
The first-rate ones, such as the half-armored cavalry of the Xiazhou Dingnan Army, can also calmly go around the formation, rain down a wave of arrows, and then form a team in the distance. Repeat this, pouring four or five waves of arrows, all the way to the spearmen.
If you can't hold on anymore, break the formation again.
The enemy knights in front of us were the lowest class. Although some knights were still wearing heavy armor, they did not dare to rush into the formation, and they could not maneuver and did not increase their speed. They were just thrown into formation.
The heavy armored infantry were diverted.
If you don't accept the military merits so easily, then you would be sorry for God's kindness.
Luo Yangui shouted loudly, and a white light flashed across the Mo Dao in his hand. The war horse that passed by him neighed in pain, and Luo Yangui chopped off its front leg directly.
The knights screamed in surprise at the same time as the horses, and the big gallbladder next to Luo Yangui roared. The cavalry landed, and the iron-wrapped and ribbed gallbladder suddenly hit the cavalryman's head.
Immediately blood spurted out from his skin, and he could no longer die.
With a bang, Luo Yangui shook, and it turned out that a cavalryman stabbed Luo Yangui with a spear in his hand.
However, Luo Yangui was wearing two layers of heavy armor, and even if he was stabbed by a spear, he was not injured at all.
This in turn aroused Luo Yangui's ferocity. He roared loudly and made the Mo Dao dance like a flying sword falling from the sky.
One after another, the horses were cut off or had their front and rear legs chopped off by him, and the cavalrymen on the horses fell down like dumplings. He was so happy that he was like whack-a-mole, and he blew countless heads in succession.
Seeing Luo Yangui's brutality, a group of cavalrymen began to run away from the giant man who was almost as tall as the horses they were riding on, and continued to run forward.
Then these idiots were immediately dumbfounded, because behind Luo Yangui, there were also countless terrifying giants standing six feet tall, wearing two layers of heavy armor, wearing iron helmets, and even their faces were protected by visors.
Chinese.
Suddenly, Jian Jian was almost in tears. He stood up high and could clearly see how much damage his cavalry suffered after passing through the small formations scattered like plum blossoms.
A cavalry force of 500 people walked around, and only about 200 people came out.
The retreating recorder played even more anxiously, and the enemy cavalry who had been killed as soon as they heard the sound were as if they had just heard the signal to retreat, and they hurriedly wanted to turn around and go back.
However, they had just been killed so miserably that many of them were already frightened. It was not easy to retreat from this large and small heavy armored infantry formation.
Countless enemy riders collided with their own, and some panicked and ran around like headless flies, resulting in even worse deaths.
They had completely given up the idea of fighting and only had the desire to escape. As a result, most of them were strangled in the formation very easily.
Yao Yuanfu looked at Hu Guang with admiration. This time the enemy's cavalry attacked the front of the palace with 6,000 cavalry on Baiying's side.
With 1,000 infantry resisting the charge of 6,000 cavalry, and at most more than 1,000 of his left tiger guards supporting him, it seemed very difficult to defeat, but Hu Guang dared to let go of the square formation and use the plum blossom formation to 'scrape the oil'.
This courage is already as high as the sky. Anyway, if he, Yao Yuanfu, commanded him, he would never dare to do it.
Hu Guang did not explain, but ordered all the troops to repair for half an hour, and then continued to advance in battle formation.
Li Jixun, Yao Yuanfu and others naturally knew about the combat effectiveness of Shenshe Town, but they did not yet know very well what the combat effectiveness of the people on this side of the river was.
They are just rubbish! Even if they go to the Central Plains, they can't defeat the tooth soldiers of the Gao family of Nanping Kingdom.
Hu Guang, who was born and raised in Anxi and only returned eastward with Zhang Yan at the age of seventeen, was very aware of the fighting power of these people.
In less than an hour, Hu Lunqiang lost 3,000 cavalry, including more than 200 heavily armored cavalry, but they couldn't even break through an infantry formation of several thousand people on the opposite side. What a shame!
Suddenly Lun Jian quickly called out to the thousands of cavalry who could still hear the order, and ran away.
While running, I was thankful that these Tang'er cavalry troops were too weak. Although they sent hundreds of cavalry to pursue them, their riding skills were really poor, otherwise they would not have been able to escape so easily.
However, after running only seven or eight miles, he turned around a mountain and suddenly met Guo Guangyi, who was personally leading the army.
Guo Guangyi's face was livid. If it had been in the past, he would have called Hu Lunjian over to ask about the situation carefully, and then decide what to do next after confirming the truth.
The reason why Guo Guangyi rose to the top was not because of his ability to fight and kill, but because of his brains.
But at this moment, his mind was already a little confused by the increasingly frightening future.
There are a total of 50,000 cavalry, including more than 3,000 heavy armored cavalry. This is an extremely powerful force in the entire river, even for Samampos.
Guo Guangyi knew very well that even though there were 20,000 Creek cavalry among them, he himself would become the son-in-law of the Creek tribe, but these people were not completely his subordinates. They actually came to follow him to gain benefits.
of.
Guo Guangyi must lead them to conquer Suiye and even Shiguocheng, so that they can make a lot of money, so that he can be qualified to dominate them.
However, after he sent out troops, he was unable to capture a small Hu Shui City after ten days of fighting. What if he was defeated by an army of only a few thousand, which he himself despised as cowardly Tang'er?
Then he, Guo Guangyi, would not be able to live anymore. These defeated soldiers would kill him.
Therefore, Guo Guangyi had no intention of meeting Hu Lunqian, and he could not even let him portray the Tang army as powerful in front of everyone, as that would severely damage morale.
Guo Guangyi, who was desperate, grabbed the collar of the bodyguard who came to report the news, and roared in a low voice: "I will give him another three thousand fine cavalry and tell him to trap the Tang'er army until I arrive!"
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There is a small river running between Sanshankou and Hushui City. The river is not wide or deep, but it is still a bit inconvenient to cross the river directly wearing heavy armor.
This is the reason why Guo Guangyi wanted to suddenly trap Hu Guang's Western Army with Jian, and he also wanted to attack halfway across the border.
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When Hu Guang saw the smoke and dust in the distance, and the cavalry that had fled in embarrassment ran back again, and seemed to have added some more men, he immediately knew something in his mind. Of course, he had already surveyed the terrain and knew this river.
"When they escape and come back, it must be the thief Guo Guangyi who personally brought the army. He probably wants to attack us halfway.
Now, you must mobilize the cavalry on the left and right, rush towards the more than 10,000 enemy cavalry, and be sure to completely defeat the Guo bandit army before they arrive!"
Hu Guang carefully ordered Chen Tingxiao. The command level of my general manager Hu was indeed extraordinary. Just by seeing the bandits coming back in front, I immediately guessed Guo Guangyi's intentions.
Chen Tingxiao had already been anxious when he saw the infantry troops performing meritorious service. When he heard Hu Guang told him not to stay, he howled and led a thousand fine cavalry out of the formation.
Li Jizai waited for a long time, but did not wait for Hu Guang to order him to fight, but he did not dare to go up and ask. He only scratched his head anxiously from behind, but Hu Guang pretended not to see him.
Suddenly Lun Jian fled over there and returned. Thinking of the combat effectiveness of the Tang army's heavily armored infantry, I kept beating my heart.
It turned out that the people coming from the opposite side were cavalry. Thinking of how good the Tang cavalry was, I felt happy.
Then, Hu Lunqian saw the rain of arrows in the sky. Although the cavalry under Chen Tingxiao did not belong to the pro-army and the forbidden army, and the combat was inferior to them, but this inferior aspect was mainly due to military discipline and military formation.
As for these two things, the more powerful the dialogue, the more important they are, but if you are a novice, it is not so important.
Three consecutive shots at sixty paces, the attack is a powerful one, and there are many people on the opposite side, and they are all gathered together before they start running, so the damage is not low.
After thirty steps, suddenly the front row of cavalry under Jian's command was ready to charge. Chen Tingxiao kicked his foot and fired another crossbow arrow.
However, this time the crossbow arrows did not fall from the sky, but were shot from the height of the horse's knees.
This thing is called a small step crossbow. It is loaded on the side of the cavalry horse and can be fired by stepping on it during battle.
Suddenly, the cavalrymen under Qian's command had never seen this thing before. Just as they were about to charge in, they were caught off guard and were shot down in large numbers.
And the most dangerous thing about the small crossbow is that its shooting position is very low, and it generally cannot hit people, but it can accurately hit the enemy's war horses.
At the moment when we are charging, if one of the horses in front falls down, many horses behind will be injured and must be detoured, so they can't charge forward.
But at this moment, Da Zhou's cavalry had arrived. Chen Tingxiao waved his horse and smashed the neck of the guy in front of him who was still turning his horse.
Like a hammer hitting the mud, the Great Zhou cavalry not only penetrated the enemy cavalry with one blow, but also killed them until their flesh and blood flew away.
Suddenly Lun Jian was at the rear. He saw with his own eyes that the two or three thousand cavalry in front of him were easily defeated and then chased and killed. He remembered Guo Guangyi's order in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and ordered the entire army to attack.
Press on.
But suddenly, his hair stood on end, because only half of the cavalry was sent to pursue him, and the rest came straight towards him.
Suddenly Lun Jian felt anxious in his heart, but he had to put on a fake heroic smile on his face.
"King Khan's warriors, those Tang'er came to the door themselves, charge, let them know how powerful we are."
The cavalry around them were all infected by Hu Lun Jian, and with a roar of ghosts and wolves, they actually started to charge.
But at this moment, the galloping Zhou Jun cavalry took out a hand crossbow. This is a small horn crossbow that can be fired with one hand and can be cocked in advance. It is also Zhou Jun's ultimate killing move.
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Six hundred hand crossbows with more than one stone's kinetic energy were fired at the same time, causing huge damage. Moreover, each of them was equipped with two, which was equivalent to firing 1,200 crossbow arrows in an instant.
This terrifying lethality was shot in one direction. Not to mention the garbage cavalry in the river, even the Khitan's Pishi Army cavalry couldn't stop it.
In an instant, a huge gap appeared in front of Jianlun Jian.
Chen Tingxiao held the gun in both hands, and there was no one or anything in his eyes, including life and death. There was no life and death in his eyes, only Hulunqian in a gorgeous war robe.
"Zidian, join me in the same robe!" Chen Tingxiao shouted the name of his beloved partner.
‘Herod!’ Zidian shouted in response to Chen Tingxiao. This third-generation horse suddenly raised its speed to its highest speed. The two horses merged into one and they sprinted towards the target.
Suddenly Lun Jian looked ahead in horror. The Tang general rode a purple war horse and flew in front of him in an instant as if it had wings.
Then suddenly there was a sharp pain in the head of the bull, his vision went dark, and he fell off the horse.
Chen Tingxiao hit his head with this blow, and the iron edge at the bottom of the long blade dented Hu Lunqian's skull.
Following Chen Tingxiao was a knight from the Murong family in Guazhou. He shouted loudly, and before Hu Lunqian's body hit the ground, he stabbed him through with his spear, and then let go.
, and let the spear plunge the body into the ground.
More cavalry swarmed over, and countless pairs of horse hooves ran back and forth on Hulun Jian's body until the gorgeous brocade robe completely blended into the earth.
Originally, these more than 10,000 cavalrymen had suffered huge losses just now, and they only dared to turn back because of the alliance between Hulun and Jianjie. Now, after only one encounter, the commander was hacked to death, and most of the people immediately dispersed.
Chen Tingxiao made a circle and then came back. After killing the wailing and howling guards of Hulun Jian who had surrounded them, Chen Tingxiao personally cut down Hulunqian's banner.
This was a signal. Upon seeing this, Huguang released the last five hundred Jingqi, Chitian and others.
For a time, the battlefield was full of enemy cavalry, and more than a thousand cavalrymen of the Zhou army were chasing and killing them wantonly across the vast land.