The troops of Yan were numerous and powerful, but the Yuanli tribe of Li Fei was outnumbered.
"Ming Jin!"
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Guo Ziyi immediately raised money and retreated his troops. However, Li Fei Yuanli's cavalry was entangled and could not escape. The 2,500 cavalry were instantly swallowed up by the torrent of Yan army's cavalry.
Before annihilating the Tang Army's cavalry in the center of the battlefield, the Yan Army's iron cavalry split up into groups, leaving behind to fight with Li Fei's Yuan Li tribe along the way. The cavalry on both wings bypassed the center of the battlefield and continued to charge, heading straight for the Tang Army's front line.
"Fire the arrow!"
Duan Xiushi immediately gave the order.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"...
Thousands of arrows were fired in unison, like locusts. The Yan army's cavalrymen fell on their backs, and many cavalrymen fell off their horses. However, more cavalrymen relied on their shields to break through the arrow rain and rushed to the Tang army's position fifty steps away.
"The crossbowmen retreat, and the spear array is ready!"
The archers at the forefront of the Tang army's front immediately retreated.
Under the command of Bai Xiaode, 3,750 spearmen wearing bright light armor raised their cowhide shields and crowded together to form a fish scale shield wall.
At the same time, place the back end of the spear on the ground, hold it against the ground, and tilt the tip of the spear upward to form a horse-breaking formation.
The Yan army relied on the strength of their numbers and the speed of their horses to directly attack the Tang army's shield wall and gun array. The shield wall relied on the flesh and blood of the Tang army's soldiers to challenge the horse power. After withstanding the first wave of charges, it could not withstand the second wave of impact.
, quickly collapsed.
There are many spears in the spear array, like a handful of ice thorns stabbing into the sky, they are sharp and sharp.
The horse that hit the spear array was pierced through the horse's belly by the spear. The spear remained unabated, penetrated the horse's neck, and then inserted into Hu Qi's chest. The man and horse were nailed together tightly, like meat skewers in a gourd.
The spear array is extremely powerful and is a sharp weapon to break the cavalry charge. If it were an ordinary cavalry, it would definitely suffer heavy casualties and turn back and be defeated.
However, An Shouzhong's Turkic cavalry is an elite division of the prairie, famous for its mobility and attack power. In its tactics, there are almost everywhere the shadow of the prairie wolf, and it is deeply rooted in the cunning and capable wolf tactics. Samadhi: Move back to guerrillas
, surrounded on three sides and luring the enemy into harassment.
The Turkic cavalry, composed of light cavalry, came and went like the wind, commanding the grassland: they either waited for the opportunity to gradually separate the enemy's troops, and surrounded and annihilated them with the overwhelming numbers; or they sent out sporadic cavalry to disturb the enemy so that he could not rest; or he took advantage of the enemy's fatigue
When they are in dire straits, they will suddenly launch a fierce attack, make a high-speed surprise attack, and hit the enemy with one blow; even worse, they will attack thousands of miles and move back to the enemy's rear, cut off their food and grass, and win without a fight.
The highly motivated Turkic cavalry were not deterred at all by the Tang army's gun formations, and quickly divided their forces into several waves. The first wave of cavalry failed to succeed, so they spread out to both sides, trying to break through the gun formations on the left and right sides of the front army to catch their breath.
In addition, it has the effect of disturbing the enemy, waiting for opportunities to outflank and hunt at any time.
At the same time, the second wave of iron cavalry followed closely, attacking ferociously until they broke through the gun array. This is the wheel battle that wolves are best at, and the targeted prey cannot escape. Even if it is as ferocious as a liger,
Afraid of the frantic biting waves of wolves.
Sure enough, although the spear formation killed the first row of charging Turkic cavalry, the second row of Turkic cavalry followed one after another. Before the Tang soldiers could use their spears and spears to form a formation again, the formation was quickly dispersed.
The cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Tang Army's front army were almost slaughtered in the center of the battlefield. The bow and crossbow array of the front army retreated, the spear array was broken through, and the infantry line was violently attacked by the Turkic cavalry. It fell into a hard hand-to-hand battle and was imminent in defeat.
Seeing that the Yan army's cavalry was about to break through the front army's line and attack Guo Ziyi's middle army and Wang Sili's rear army's baggage troops.
The rear army led by Wang Sili was in chaos. Before they could engage the enemy, they were already retreating.
The green trees are listening to the pelicans. They are more nervous, the partridges are still singing, and the cuckoos are singing. When the spring comes back, there is no place to find it, and the bitter and resentful flowers are resting. It is not yet arrived, and the world is gone. Immediately, the Pipa Pass is blocked, and the gate is longer and green.
He left the golden palace in his chariot. He looked at Yan Yan and sent him back to his concubine.
The general's reputation is ruined after hundreds of battles. He heads towards the river and looks back thousands of miles, but his old friends are gone forever. The water is rustling and the west wind is cold. The clothes in the house are like snow. A strong man, but his tragic song is not complete. The singing bird knows how much hate it is, but it doesn't cry clear tears.
Crying blood. Who can share it with me? The bright moon will be drunk.
——"Congratulations to the Bridegroom·Farewell to Maojia's Twelfth Brother" Xin Qiji
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"Order the cavalry on the left and right of the front army to pursue!" Guo Ziyi ordered immediately when he saw the cavalry of the Yan army retreating.
The flag bearer was ordered to set up the Green Dragon Flag and the White Tiger Flag, and raise the flag to signal the cavalry on the left and right wings of the front army to move out in pursuit.
When the former army flag bearer saw the Chinese army displaying its own flag, he immediately informed Li Siye and hoisted his own flag in response to the Chinese army's order.
"charge!"
After the cavalry commander Li Fei Yuanli received the order, he led his troops to attack.
The Anxi cavalry descended from the mountain like fierce tigers and charged directly at Li Guiren's fleeing remnants of tens of thousands of soldiers.
The cavalry of the Tang army galloped behind the Yan army and killed them. While using their regiment cards to block the sporadic arrows shot back by the Yan soldiers, they opened their bows and nocked arrows, shooting the Yan army's cavalry off their horses one by one.
The fallen Yan soldiers did not wait to stand up, but were knocked down again by the Tang army's horses that rushed up, and were trampled to pieces by the iron hooves of the horses.
Some Tang soldiers were so fast that they rushed behind General Yan, who was running for his life, and raised their horse poles high. With the help of their horse power, General Yan's heart was chilled by the force of the horse pole.
The battlefield was instantly filled with blood and flesh, and corpses were strewn across the field.
"Attack the whole army!" Seeing the Tang army approaching the formation, An Shouzhong raised his saber high and roared angrily.
"Bang the drum!"
Eighty thousand Yan army cavalry swept in, like the Yellow River bursting its banks, surging forward and rolling towards the Tang army.
The cavalry of the two armies collided like two tides, and the waves crashed on the shore, setting off huge waves.
During the high-speed charge of the war horses, the cavalry on both sides held spears and horse spears and thrust their spears straight. The Tang army's horse spears stabbed the Yan soldiers' armor, directly piercing the enemy general and flying off the horse's back.
The two horses were in the wrong stirrups. Hu Qi turned sideways and raised his spear to stab. The spear in his hand penetrated directly through the horse's neck and into the Tang soldier's chest. General Hu smiled ferociously, took out his saber and chopped off the Tang soldier's neck. With one blow, the Tang soldier was decapitated.
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A Tang Army cavalryman was pierced through the head by a Hu cavalry spear, and his brains and blood splashed all over the Hu man's face. The Hu man's eyes were covered and he couldn't see clearly, so he hurriedly wiped his face with his hands in an attempt to wipe away the blood.
When Li Fei Yuanli arrived, he swung his long axe, split it into two pieces with one blow. Hu Jiang was cut off from the waist, his legs and feet were still in the stirrups, and his upper body had fallen a few feet behind the horse.
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The Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses, King Li Chu of Guangping, saw clearly what he saw from the hanging bucket and was very angry. The Tang army's front cavalry was wiped out, the infantry line was about to be broken through, and Guo Ziyi's central army was about to be exposed to the iron hoof of the Yan army.
Once the central army was breached and the rear army was defeated, the front of the barracks was flat and there was no danger to defend it. Li Chu was frightened and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to close the gate of the barracks.
Fan Chuan, the deputy military envoy of Shuofang Army, said urgently: "Commander, you must not do this. Once the camp gate is closed, General Guo will not have time to retreat to the camp, and our Shuofang Army will be completely wiped out!"
Li Chu said angrily: "You little soldier, how dare you disobey my general's orders?! If you say more, I will drag you down to the military law!"