Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 312
In the blue sky, the white clouds are so white and distant.

The vast oasis grassland is silent.

Suddenly, the drums of war sounded.

Like a thunderclap, more like a raging prehistoric beast, it roared with a clear meaning.

Tens of thousands of horseshoes rushed up at the same time.

Hissing, shouting, clashing of armor leaves, and the sound of unsheathing weapons, the noisy sound waves spread across the boundless wilderness to the distance.

There was a continuous buzzing sound in the air, and the arrows fell like raindrops, jingling on the iron armor.Listening carefully, there is quite a sound of raindrops hitting porcelain bowls on a misty and rainy day in the south of the Yangtze River.

But this is the golden and iron horse in the northern part of the country, and it is a battle of a large-scale cavalry group that is rarely seen in the Central Plains.

From another point of view, this is also a cavalry fight that is not quite in the Central Plains.

To the north of the Great Wall, the country that draws the bow.

On the grassland, there are often many hunting rituals, many times a year, with many participants and a wide audience, even low-status shepherds often participate.

As a result, a large number of shepherds who can ride horses and archery were created, and the best of them were selected by the Great Khan to form an elite.

The 3000 people led by Yeluohe Mochuo are such elite riders, with superb skills and excellent riding and shooting skills.

Today the Uighurs choose the typical steppe cavalry tactics, that is, to break through the center and outflank the two wings.Three thousand elites formed the central army, and the left and right wings each had a thousand cavalry. As soon as they came up, they rushed out, trying to defeat the more than [-] Tang cavalry who were facing the battle.

Shao Shude stood on the completed high platform.Below the stage are [-] infantry in armor, and [-] cavalry are behind the stage, divided into two groups, ready to respond at any time. These are the Tianzhu Army.

In front of them, the Iron Cavalry Army and Leopard Cavalry had already begun to accelerate slowly.

Leopard Qidu 451 rode an iron kite and rushed to the front.

Their equipment is "morbid", with heavy long horses and horses, and both men and horses wear heavy armor, which is amazing.

Such armored lancers are actually no longer popular. The biggest reason is that the horses are too long and too heavy for knights to use both bows and arrows.

In the golden age of armored cavalry, Tuobaqian, the Duke of Chenliu in the Northern Wei Dynasty, "said his lance greatly differently", "before the battle, he stabbed people with a lance, and then he pierced it and held it high".However, when it is necessary to kill the enemy with a long-range shot, it is too restrictive to "stop the spear on the ground" and free up both hands to bend the bow and set the arrow.

In the battle of Mang Mountain between the Eastern and Western Weis, He Basheng, a general of the Western Wei Dynasty, "chased martial arts with thirteen riders (Gao Huan)".At the end of the chase, He Basheng was the only one chasing him, "chasing after Qi Shenwu for several miles with a spear, and the blade was close to him", almost killing Gao Huan.At the critical moment, Duan Shao killed He Basheng's horse with an arrow, allowing Gao Huan to escape.

Afterwards, He Basheng was very regretful, and sighed: "I don't hold the bow and arrow for what happened today, it's God."

Armor and long lance are powerful, but at the same time, they are inherently unable to use bows and arrows. It all depends on how you choose.Anyway, since the mid-Tang Dynasty, cavalry using light armor, horned bows, and short weapons have gradually become popular, that is, "waisted bows and lances, dancing alone to fall into the battle".

Of course, on today's battlefield, armored cavalry is very useful.

On the flat and wide grassland, the cavalry from both sides quickly approached, and shouted at Yang Hongwang, who was known for his bravery, as he held on to his super-long horse lance, which was more than two feet long.

The iron kite behind him followed suit, roaring with a loud voice, combined with heavy armor and long lance, in the eyes of the Uighur cavalry on the opposite side, it was like a god, and subconsciously wanted to avoid it.

Yang Hongwang laughed out loud, his face became more ferocious.

Arrows kept falling on him, but almost none of them caused substantial damage.

The horse continued to speed up, and the long spear aimed at the oncoming enemy.

"Kill!" Yang Hongwang roared, and Senhan's blade tip directly pierced the Uighur cavalryman's chest, and he raised it high.

"Kill!" Like cutting tofu with a knife, more than [-] iron kites rushed directly into the enemy's cavalry formation, and all those who stood in front of them fell.

Hundreds of the bravest Uighur cavalry fell off their horses as soon as they met each other, and died before they could use their abilities.

Ye Luohe turned pale with fright, turned his horse to one side, and even the hundreds of horsemen behind him also turned to avoid it.

Yang Hongwang rushed forward while waving his horse, like a beam, sweeping down the last few people in succession.

The Uighur cavalry kept shooting arrows, and the arrow feathers on the men and horses were covered with white flowers.

He laughed without fear.With more than 400 iron kites, rush wherever there are many people.

With a stab and a swing from the long lance, a corpse flew out.

With a dance and a clap of the long lance, the Uighur cavalry dodged one after another.

The cavalry cavalry rushed forward closely.They first shot two rounds of arrows on the horse, then put away their horn bows, pulled out the short horse lance from the lance on the left side of the saddle, and followed the gap made by the leopard riders, constantly charging and stirring, slowly closing the gap. expand.

Blood flew flying, corpses fell like rain, and the Uighur [-] Chinese Army caught off guard, suffered heavy casualties for a while, and fell into complete chaos.

"Marshal, the cavalry is so careless!" Chen Cheng, who was observing from the high platform, said excitedly.

"It's not that they are careless. In fact, they are still very good. They are excellent in archery, superb in riding, and brave in battle. It's just that the leopard cavalry broke through the front line, the formation was scattered, and then they were killed by the sudden cavalry If you enter, the formation will be over." Shao Shude also heaved a sigh of relief.

He is not afraid of fighting infantry with infantry.But the cavalry against the cavalry is still the Uyghur cavalry, which is famous for its good combat, and he doesn't know what it will look like.

Now it seems that these thousands of Uighur cavalry have a good foundation, but they have no defense against the impact of armored cavalry, and they suffered a big loss for a while and were broken up.

If you are prepared next time, you can take advantage of your own mobility and use pinching tactics. It is difficult for armored cavalry to beat them.

The limitations of the heavy cavalry are still too great, there can't be many of them, a thousand cavalry is enough!

While the two were talking, the Leopard Riders had already broken through the Uighur Central Army's main formation.Yang Hongwang roared, turned his horse's head, and rushed back with the iron kite.

The Uyghur cavalry hadn't given up yet. Hundreds of them, under the shout of the officer, divided into two groups, trying to outflank the leopard cavalry on both sides, using their mobility to gallop and shoot, exhausting the armored cavalry.

But they miscalculated, and the iron cavalry shielded the left and right wings of the Leopard Cavalry tacitly, guarding them and continuing to charge forward.

"Kill!" Yang Hongwang took the lead.

The horse with shoulders high and legs long panted heavily, carrying the armored "monster" on its back, and rushed into the Uighur cavalry formation again.

Ye Luohe Mo Chuo had just killed an iron cavalry soldier with iron bones, and before he could be happy, he caught sight of the leopard cavalry rushing over from the corner of his eye, sighed secretly, and rushed directly to the west side of the battlefield with his followers.

More than [-] cavalry from Beiweidu outflanked the Uighur cavalry from the right flank. Taking advantage of the confusion of the Uyghur cavalry, they used their bows to shoot several rounds.

"Boom!" More than a thousand riders from the Leopard Cavalry Capital and the Tu Cavalry Capital rushed in again.

The Uighur cavalry who had just gathered were dispersed again.

Ye Luohe sighed silently, and withdrew his people to the periphery of the battlefield. Today, the fight cannot continue.

The retreat of the general made the Uighur cavalry who were still on the battlefield lose their will to fight, and they all left desperately.

A group of hundreds of Beiweidu cavalry wandered past the periphery, caught up with the retreating Uyghur cavalry in the rear formation, rode bows and javelins, and killed dozens of people in the blink of an eye, exacerbating their chaos again.

Looking down from the air at this time, it can be clearly seen that thousands of cavalry of the Tang Army are still maintaining their formation, in a chasing and killing posture.The Uyghur cavalry had been split into several pieces, and they had no intention of fighting and fled desperately.

In this battle, the overall situation has been decided, and the Uighur cavalry scattered and fled before even the reserve team was dispatched.

In fact, not many of them died, at most six or seven hundred riders, but they were so frightened that they had to be contained and rectified before they could resume fighting.

The prestige of the leopard cavalry rushing to the battle is so great!

"The order is for the soldiers of the iron cavalry to change their horses and pursue them all the way. Don't care about the wealth, cattle and sheep, the most important thing is to kill and wound the enemy. In addition, the ministries of the Yanmo have watched the show for so long, so it's time to go out!" Shao Shude still stood. On the high platform, looking at the fleeing figures of the Uighur cavalry, he ordered.

"As ordered."

This battle was won by surprise.

A unit that was about to be eliminated suddenly appeared on the battlefield, achieving the final result.

In fact, Shao Shude knew that his iron harrier was not as good as the more sickly armored cavalry of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.Including the so-called Iron Buddha in later Jin Kingdom, compared with the super-long and super-heavy horses in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which were equipped with heavy armor and were so heavy that they could not be taken out by themselves, they are completely insignificant. ——Nanliang Yangkan The horse lance used is 5.88 meters in length and more than 0.1 meters in diameter, which is almost a thinner tree trunk!
People would dare to charge directly into the complete formation of heavy armored infantry phalanx, do you dare?That's the difference.

Of course, as long as the Uighurs come to their senses, they can definitely come up with a way to deal with the iron kite. The heavy cavalry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties fell in front of the light armored archers many times.But they had no chance at this moment. If they lost, they lost. They had no intention of fighting and ran all the way. They didn't know how many people would be captured and killed on the way.

"Chen Fushi, do you know why this group of Uyghur cavalry went north to stop our army?" After getting off the high platform, Shao Shude asked.

"Naturally, it's for transporting goods and goods, and it's hard to give up good fortune." Chen Cheng replied with a smile.

"He wanted to escape, but his momentum was already low. Now that the cavalry fought and returned in a big defeat, they were all heartbroken." Shao Shude got on his horse and said, "I want the whole army to press down and go south to chase the enemy. Li Renmei thinks beautifully, and today I want to let him know how it feels to spit out everything I eat."

"The cavaliers are greedy and don't know how to advance or retreat. We must learn a lesson today."

"Here in Liangzhou City, Deputy Envoy Chen is still needed to sit in the town to stabilize the situation." Six hundred soldiers have gathered around him one after another. Shao Shude flicked his horsewhip and said: "Don't stop the matter of organizing households and Qimin. .With the power to defeat the Uyghurs today, there are still people who don’t believe in this land of five counties in Liangzhou, and dare not obey.”

"I will live up to the commander's entrustment." Chen Cheng saluted.

Six hundred riders rushed south like a gust of wind.

The [-]-step Tianzhu Army near the high platform, also under the command of Li Tangbin and others, quickly changed their formation and marched south.

In this trip, you should be the one to chase and kill, to raise the prestige of our Shuofang army!
(End of this chapter)