"The cavalry on both wings attack, the crossbowmen step forward to hold down the position!"
It takes time to arrange troops. Even if the Dashi Army is considered a veteran of hundreds of battles, it cannot arrange a defensive formation in a short time. However, the sudden acceleration of the Tang Army made it clear that they wanted to rush into the formation in one fell swoop.
He planned to play a trick with the Dashi Army, and it was obvious that the Dashi Army would not be able to organize a complete defensive formation before the Tang Army came. When he saw this, Modo Xinake became anxious.
Since he did not dare to use a chaotic formation to block the onslaught of the Tang Dynasty cavalry, he had no choice but to shout loudly and order the cavalry on both wings to come forward to meet the enemy, in order to fight for the formation of his own 10,000 infantry troops.
to precious time.
"The whole army attacks and kills through the enemy formation!"
Although he had seen the attack of the cavalry on both wings of Dashi, Lin Chengbin did not intend to change his original intention. He stretched out his hand and took the long horse spear hanging on the victory hook in his hand. He pointed forward and shouted:
make.
"The Tang Dynasty is mighty, the Tang Dynasty is mighty!"
As soon as the general gave the order, the horns of the Central Military Department sounded loudly and shrilly. The three Tang troops shouted their war trumpets in unison while skillfully arranging three neat assault formations while flying, as if they were three guns.
Like a sharp sword, he killed the Dashi cavalry who rushed forward hastily.
"boom……"
The two iron streams collided together without any fancy, and there was a loud bang. People were thrown off their horses, and their heads rolled to the ground. They collided for just a moment. Nearly a hundred soldiers from both sides fell off their horses, and the battle started.
, it immediately became intense, and the two armies who refused to give in to each other instantly became strangled into a ball.
When the forces are equal, a head-on group confrontation tests the comprehensive strength of both sides. At this point, the Tang Cavalry undoubtedly has the absolute upper hand, whether it is equipment, individual soldier quality, or formation.
The adjustment ability is the same. On the other hand, except for the slight advantage in horsepower, the Dashi Cavalry is inferior to the boss of the Tang Army in all aspects. The only one who can compete with the Tang Army may be the Dashi officers and soldiers' religious attitude.
It was precisely with the support of this kind of fanaticism that although the cavalry on both wings were killed and their bodies were scattered all over the field, they still desperately entangled Li He and Wang Yu on both wings of the Tang army, and they were able to kill them all at once.
Despite the difficulty, the Central Army of the Tang Dynasty, which seemed to have the smallest number of troops, was the first to achieve a breakthrough.
The central army led by Lin Chengbin only had more than 5,000 elite cavalry, which was obviously much smaller than the 10,000 troops on each wing. This was not due to Lin Chengbin's mistake, nor was it overconfidence in his own prowess.
, but based on the special arrangement of the Dashi Army's formation - the Dashi Army lined up all the cavalry on both wings. Once a hasty attack was made, it would be difficult to mobilize many troops to meet the Tang Dynasty's central army, not the large ones on both wings.
The food officers could not see this loophole, but they were too far apart from each other and it was difficult to coordinate. That is to say, when they saw that the situation was not good, they each allocated some troops and horses and rushed towards the center. The two troops and horses
They are not under the control of each other, and fighting on their own, how can they withstand the fierce impact of the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty? It is inevitable that they will collapse at the first touch.
"Assault forward and kill through the enemy's formation!"
After killing the large food cavalry that hurriedly attacked, Lin Chengbin didn't pay attention to the fierce fighting on both sides, nor did he pay attention to the scattered soldiers who fled in all directions. He waved the long horse in his hand and led his troops towards the three hundred paces.
The infantry formation of the Dashi Army rushed over when they couldn't reach it.
"Archers prepare!"
Modo Xina is a person who has been fighting for a long time. He also knows that his cavalry may not be a match for the Tang Dynasty cavalry. He does not dare to expect that his hastily attacking cavalry can really defeat the powerful opponent. The only hope is
It was just that our cavalry could delay it for a little longer, but they didn't expect that this wish could not be fully realized. Seeing Lin Chengbin leading his troops to kill at high speed, his face immediately turned ugly, so he walked away.
The military formation is still being adjusted. If the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty were to rush directly into the formation, the entire army would collapse immediately. However, there are no cavalry in hand to call upon, so we can only place our hope on getting ready in advance.
On the bodies of the two thousand archers who formed a formation.
"Draw out the crossbow!"
Seeing the big food archer and crossbowman, Lin Chengbin was already on tenterhooks. Lin Chengbin didn't want to suffer such a barrage of arrows for nothing. He raised his hand and the master let out a loud drink. In an instant, the five thousand soldiers who were galloping on horseback gathered together.
He quickly took out the serial crossbow hanging from his waist, and the formation changed from the original dense assault formation to a scattered and loose formation.
"Fire the arrow!"
The distance of two hundred steps seemed far, but to the galloping cavalry, it only happened in the blink of an eye. Soon, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty had rushed to a distance of less than 70 steps from the Dashi army formation.
Just when Modo Xina was about to give the order to fire the arrow, Lin Chengbin heard a violent roar.
"Whizzing……"
After the general gave the order, the cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty, who had been waiting for a long time, did not dare to delay for a moment. They pulled the triggers in unison, shooting straight from the front row and ejection from the rear row. In an instant, more than 50,000 steel arrows shot out from the formation.
They came out and flew through the air as densely as a field of locusts, covering the Great Food Army formation like a downpour.
"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow quickly!"
The Tang army's serial crossbows had already fired their power. Modo Xina had just shouted the order. It was obviously a little late. Most of the Dashi archers had already been frightened by the rain of arrows rising from the Tang army's formation.
, with sore hands and feet, there was no accuracy at all. Although they all shot arrows that had been stuck for a long time, they were neither uniform nor had any momentum. Many arrows even just flew out.
Thirty or forty steps away, it fell to the ground in a mess. For the Tang Dynasty cavalry, which was rushing towards them, it posed little threat, not to mention none!
Collapse, complete collapse! Fifty thousand steel arrows is not a small number. If it were replaced by a large food army, it would have to have 50,000 crossbowmen shooting at the same time to achieve such a scale, let alone the Tang Army's crossbows.
The power of steel arrows is far greater than that of ordinary crossbowmen. If only one such steel arrow covers it, the food army will be in bad luck. Most of the archers in the front row will be shot into sieves immediately, and the shield knives behind them will be shot into pieces.
Although the hands had tried their best to piece together a shield array, the formation was originally incomplete, and the protective ability of the improvised shield array was really pitiful. Many people also wailed and rolled to the ground, and the horses and men trampled on each other.
The casualties were even worse. Before the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty arrived, the already shapeless formation had already disintegrated.
"Don't be chaotic, prepare to engage the enemy, prepare to engage the enemy!"
Modo Xina had heard before the war that the weapons and equipment of the Tang army were extremely sophisticated. Not only were the firearms extremely sharp, but the bows and crossbows were also terrifyingly powerful, but he didn't care much about it. He always thought it was the defeated generals on the eastern front who were just talking nonsense.
After witnessing the power of the Tang Army's arrow array with my own eyes, my heart had already become cold. However, with the heavy responsibility on my shoulders, I was really unwilling to be defeated like this, so I could only roar with all my strength, trying to suppress the subordinates.
The army was in chaos, but it was a pity that it had little effect. In such a situation, all the officers and soldiers were frightened, and no one had the heart to listen to the general's orders.
"Assault, assault!"
Seeing that the enemy's formation was in chaos, how could Lin Chengbin miss such a good opportunity to defeat the enemy? He roared and led his troops in a mad rush, and in an instant he broke into the chaotic Dashi army formation, holding the long sword in his hand.
Ma Shan swept around and killed all the Dashi soldiers blocking the front. When the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty followed him, everyone rushed to the front bravely. With only one conflict, the Dashi army was overrun.
The array was completely torn into pieces.
It didn't matter that the Dashi infantry was defeated like this. The two-winged cavalry of Dashi, who were gritting their teeth and fighting to the death with the Tang army, immediately lost their fighting spirit. There was no fighting spirit left at all. When the two cavalry troops of the Tang army rushed towards them, they were thrown into chaos.
They fled in all directions, discarding their helmets and armor, and were completely defeated.
"Command: All units should control their speed and drive the defeated army towards the enemy's main force!"
Although just one attack had defeated the large food army that came to intercept, and the results were brilliant, Lin Chengbin did not get carried away, and calmly gave the order, and the messengers who followed him conveyed the order with horns
When they arrived at the various Tang cavalry units that were valiantly pursuing and killing them, they soon saw that each Tang cavalry unit deliberately slowed down the pace of the pursuit and even released several small units to drive the scattered troops together.
Like herding sheep, they drove the defeated soldiers toward the main enemy force.
"Report, General Xina's troops have been defeated. The Tang bandits are attacking our army at high speed. They are less than three miles away!"
Three miles in front of Tianhuang Mountain, the main force of the Food Army was busy setting up their formation, and the bad news had already reached the Chinese Army.
"Damn waste!"
Hearing that Modo Sina's troops were defeated so quickly, Yezid Ibn Abu was almost so angry that he vomited blood. You must know that the attacking Tang army only had 27,000 troops at full strength. Don't
Compared with the main force of the Dashi Army, it is Modo? Xina's troops are slightly more powerful than the Tang Army, but how long has it been before they were defeated like this? What is even more troublesome is Modo
?It didn't matter that Senna's troops themselves were defeated, but the main force of the food army, which had not yet had time to form their formation, was in an extremely dangerous situation and had no freedom. Yazid? Ibn? Abu would not have been extremely angry.
"Order: The archers and crossbowmen of each unit will immediately step forward to hold down the formation. All units attacking the mountain will set up defenses on the spot. They are not allowed to return to their own formation without permission!"
Angry and angry, at this critical moment, Yezid Ibn Abu did not dare to be careless in the slightest. After scolding, he issued two orders in a row, clearly intending to attack the mountain.
Those tens of thousands of troops were treated as abandoned soldiers in order to attract the Tang army to devour them, thereby buying some time for the adjustment of the main force. This idea is undoubtedly a good one, but it is difficult to say whether it can be realized. Yezid Ibn
?Abu himself doesn’t have much confidence, that is, he is treating a dead horse as a living horse.
The main force of the Great Food Army was composed of experienced troops transferred from the Western Front. Although they were in panic at this time, they were very resolute in executing the general's orders. The trumpet sounded and all the ministries started to act in strict accordance with the orders.
, for a while the orders came one after another and became a noisy mess...