Seeing more and more soldiers rushing to the top of the city, a happy smile finally appeared on Herzan's tense black face, but he did not relax. Instead, he raised his hand and prepared to issue the order of general attack. However, before the order was released, a cavalry whistle rushed from the north. Herzan's eyes couldn't help but storm, hesitantly put down his hand, and forced himself to swallow the order that was about to be issued.
"Report to the general, there were about 3,000 Tang cavalry three miles north of the north. They were coming to our headquarters at a high speed. Please tell us clearly!"[]
The cavalry rushed very quickly and rushed to the Central Military Office in a few breaths. However, when one of his rolling saddles fell off the horse's back, he said breathlessly.
"What? Where did the troops come from? Who led the army?"
When Hearing the Tang cavalry coming, Herzan's face became gloomy and he blew out a series of questions in anger.
"Report to the general, the cavalry in Anxi is the name of "Li" in the army, but I don't know who is leading the army."
Seeing that Herzan looked wrong, the man reported that Ma Zi did not dare to neglect and quickly explained.
"Anxi? Lee?"
Hezzan originally thought that the troops from Guzhou should be from the army, but when he heard that it was the Anxi army, he couldn't help but be stunned. For a moment, he really couldn't understand how the Anxi cavalry, who were nearly a thousand miles away, came here. But no matter what, since the Tang army reinforcements had arrived, he could not act freely. Now, the dilemma before him was a dilemma - how to capture the already crumbling city of Kuohan while facing the Tang army reinforcements!
"The order: the infantry will continue to attack the city, and the cavalry will retreat, and follow the general to meet the enemy. Ninggushu, you will immediately gather your troops and fight with me!"
After all, Hutzzan was unwilling to give up the city of Shihan, which was within reach. He also thought that there were as many as 6,000 cavalrymen on his side, and the 3,000 troops in Ninggushu were more than three times that of the Tang army. When both sides were tired, Hutzan naturally did not believe that his side would lose, so he gave a series of orders and adjusted the situation on the battlefield.
"Woo, woo..."
As soon as Herzan's order was made, the shrill trumpet sounded. The Tubo cavalry brigade, which was originally swaying to provide firepower support to his infantry, immediately retreated. At the same time, the Salar tribe army, who were originally lazily watching the fun on the flank of the battlefield, turned north in chaos, and the entire battlefield was immediately in chaos.
"Reinforcements! The reinforcements have arrived. Brothers, drive the thief down the city and kill him!"
The adjustment of the Tubo army was really not small. The Tang army officers and soldiers who were struggling to support themselves all noticed the change in the situation, but they didn't understand what happened for a while. However, Zhang Mingwu ignored it and shouted loudly and declared the guesswork as facts. As soon as this statement came out, the defenders, who were already unable to support, immediately boosted their morale. After fighting to the death, they forcibly blocked the impact of the Tubo infantry, and both sides fought hard on the top of the city.
“Start up and keep up!”
On the prairie less than three miles north of Kuanghan City, a fiery red battle flag stormed in the wind, and a young general under his command rode his horse like flying. This person was Li He, the general of the Zuo Xiaogu. Since the Battle of Tuyuhun the previous year, Li He did not return to the Longguan system, but stayed in the Anxi army. Li Xian came forward to protect the report and was promoted to the position of General of the Zuo Xiaogu. He led his troops to station in Shazhou. In name, he was the commander of the Anxi Protector Ashinadao, but in fact he only listened to it.
Li Xian was ordered to be the only one. Before Li Xian left Luoyang, he led his troops to the vicinity of Yumen Pass in the name of the exercise and was on standby at any time. After receiving the secret order from Li Xian three days ago, he led his entire army into the pass and ran nearly a thousand miles to help Hezhou. At this moment, he could see the rolling black smoke on the city of Kuanghan. Li He was naturally anxious and wanted to kill to the city immediately. The roaring order was full of excitement of desire for a battle.
"Go, go..."
Li He's troops were not all Han people. In fact, Han people only accounted for more than half of them. As for the rest, they were a gathering of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and almost any of them had soldiers, but one of them was the same, that was bravery. This cavalry was not a product of the military system, but the soldiers recruited by Li He under the banner of the border army. In addition to the land that the military system should have, there was also a salary to get. Although the monthly money was not much, for the poor, it was enough to support a large family. The brave men of all races naturally flocked to them. They originally planned to recruit a battalion of soldiers, but they expanded to the third battalion. As for training, they were trained strictly in accordance with the "Weapon Arts". Although the military strength was not large, the combat power was astonishing. With this collective acceleration, they really had the spirit of destroying the enemy!
"Array, array!"
Seeing the smoke and dust in the north from afar, Hetzsan did not dare to neglect it. He shouted at the top of his voice and commanded his subordinates to arrange troops. After a lot of work, he finally formed a confrontation formation - two thousand cavalry on each wing, Hetzsan led two thousand elite cavalry to the central army. As for the three thousand tribal troops in Ninggustu, Hetzsan looked down on it at all, and sent it to the formation to be used as a reserve team.
"The whole army obeys the order: change horses!"
Li He's eyes were very good. He saw the Tusa coalition forces who were placing troops from a distance. He had estimated the general strength of the other party at a glance, but he was not afraid. He shouted, and his body was circulating. The people had already passed the empty horse running beside him. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers who followed him did not dare to neglect them. They jumped one after another. Without counting breaths, they had completed the most difficult technical movements in the cavalry subject.
"Rise the knife!"
Before Li He turned around, just listening to the sound, he knew that his subordinates had completed the horse-changing action. He immediately pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, competed forward, and shouted loudly.
"Swish!"
As soon as Li He finished speaking, after hearing an extremely neat sound, the three thousand cavalrymen showed their swords almost at the same time, and the three thousand sharp blades stood up like a forest, flashing into a sea of cold light in the sun.
"In today's battle, there will be advances but not retreats. Kill all the thieves. Defend our Tang Dynasty and sing to someone: Don't you see the Han army? Please give me a long tassel..."
The sword forest Fangli and Li He immediately shouted and led the sing of "Jobs and Armies". The soldiers also sang loudly, and the mighty and majestic singing stormed back and forth over the battlefield. The already high morale of the Tang cavalry instantly rose to its peak.
"Strike! Attack! The whole army is pressing!"
When the singing of the Tang army was about to start, Herzan didn't think so at first, and curled her lips disdainfully, intending to wait for the Tang army to stop and attack with all their might. The Tang army was caught off guard, but he never expected that the Tang army would not set up the formation and rushed over with the rolling smoke and dust. His eyes immediately widened and roared in anger. The most important thing in cavalry battles is speed. Cavalry without speed is just a target of flesh, and they can't be sent at all. If the Tang army rushed into the formation like this, no matter how many troops the Tussa coalition had, they would have to finish it immediately. Herzan's previous refusal to take back the infantry was a big move. Now the Tang cavalry took the lead again, which is a flaw that cannot be ignored. With the addition of the two, this battle is not so easy to fight, and Hezan is unwilling to be anxious.
"Woo, woo..."
When Hezzan heard the roar of such panic, the trumpeter who followed him did not dare to neglect it. He hurriedly grabbed the trumpet, but blew it up vigorously. In an instant, the Tubo army, which was originally standing, launched three groups of troops, formed a semi-encirclement with great momentum and blocked the Tang cavalry.
There are many factors for the hedge between the cavalry. Morale, tactical literacy and even the quality of weapons and equipment are all one of the key points. However, in a large-scale head-on battle, the choice of formation is undoubtedly the most decisive link among them. At this time, the charge of both sides has been launched. Looking down from the sky, it can be clearly seen that the Tang army used the triangle formation with the strongest assault force. The key point of this formation is that it has extremely strong penetration and can easily tear open the enemy's thick defense line. It is often used as a trap, but it has a fatal weakness, that is, the two wings are weak. Once attacked, the entire formation will inevitably fall into a state of collapse. Therefore, when the generals of the commander of the army sacrifice this formation, they often send troops to cover the two wings of the cavalry formation. This is the basic common sense of the cavalry generals.
Li He himself would not understand, but he had no choice. If he wanted to quickly penetrate the enemy's central army, the only way he bet was the reaction speed of the Tubo cavalry. Obviously, he bet right - the three-way combined attack tactics chosen by Hezzan was indeed a good strategy to defeat Li He's troops, but the Tang army took the lead, and the Tubo cavalry took time from Jijing to run wildly. Although this time did not take a long time, it was an extremely fatal flaw for the battlefield situation at this time. Unless the Tubo central army could block the breakthrough of the Tang cavalry, the cavalry on both wings could not be detoured in time. At this time, Hezzan also had only one choice left - to use assault to assault, see whose spear is sharper and whose courage is better!
"assault!"
"assault!"
The distance of more than 130 steps seemed not short, but for the cavalry that was rushing toward all their might, it was just a blink of an eye. When the two armies were less than thirty steps apart, the two main generals almost started to drink at the same time. In an instant, the two cavalry began to accelerate at the same time. Tens of thousands of horses kicked the ground, and the sound of thunder-like hooves was deafening, and the murderous aura condensed in the rolling smoke and dust as much as the essence. The time for death was here!