Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 586

First battle

Throughout the millennium, the soldiers in the Central Plains were the most powerful, no more than the Han Dynasty, and when the troops arrived in the Western Regions, there was a saying that one Han was the Five Hu.

However, after the Three Kingdoms period, people traveled to the south with their clothes crowned and chaotic, and the north and south faced each other for hundreds of years. The Xianbei who entered the Central Plains merged with the Han people, and gradually regarded themselves as China. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, six towns were set up to resist the invasion of Rouran. , has become a shadow hanging over the head of the Central Plains regime.

It was not until the Sui Dynasty ruled the world that there was a slight change. The Sui army often defended first and then attacked against the Turks. They formed a phalanx with convoys, resisted from all sides, attracted strange soldiers from inside, and went out to fight... This so-called strange soldiers are actually cavalry.

This is also impossible. The Turks come like a sharp arrow and go like a string. They are best at gathering and dispersing.

This method of warfare was very popular during the heyday of the Sui Dynasty. For example, Li Gaoqian went out to defeat Yuan Junzhang last year. Successfully defeated Yuan Junzhang.

But in the last years of the great cause, the situation has gradually changed, and one of the most critical figures in this change is Li Yuan, the founding king of Li Tang.

At that time, the Central Plains was in great chaos, the troops in the east of the river were insufficient, and the Turks invaded the frontier. Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi, could not resist. Li Yuan chose [-] cavalry to imitate the diet of the grassland tribes. They shot and hunted and galloped.

This is a new version of Hufu riding and shooting.

Defeating cavalry with cavalry is not Li Yuan's original creation, but it is the trend of the times.

In fact, Li Yuan's trust in Li Shan is also due to this factor. Li Shan's battles against the Turks were all great victories, and they all fought with cavalry, which flattered Li Yuan from a certain point of view.

Of course, this is just a coincidence. As a time traveler, although he has no research on the military in the era of cold weapons, Li Shan also knows one thing. The cavalry can only be defeated by the cavalry.

Therefore, before Li Shan planned to build Xia City, he made up his mind that the most important thing was war horses, followed by food.

Afterwards, the commercial roads were rebuilt, and a steady stream of goods were sent to Yunzhou. Yuhuchun was even more famous on the grasslands. At the same time, a steady stream of good horses were sent to Daizhou. There are still a considerable number of good horses left in Daizhou.

In addition to last year's great victory in Yanmen, two thousand war horses were plundered at one time. After that, Li Shan used the wish valley to set up bamboo bars several times in a row. Today, in the south of the grassland, in all the states in the world, in terms of the strength of the cavalry, Daizhou dare not Claiming to be the first, but in terms of the quality and quantity of war horses, Daizhou is a well-deserved number one.

Facing the approaching Tang cavalry, the three thousand Turkic soldiers did not panic. Their excellent horsemanship allowed them to jump left and right, with the intention of opening their mouths to swallow them in one gulp. After all, only a few hundred cavalry were fighting.

But at this moment, the Tang army suddenly accelerated. In this battle, Li Shan's personal guards were the vanguard. They were all first-class horses. The ability to accelerate in a short distance made it difficult for the Turkic cavalry to react quickly.

With his legs tightly clamped on the horse's belly, he lowered his body as much as possible. There was a clanging sound in his ears. It was the sound of arrows hitting the armor. It seemed that he had returned to the battlefield more than ten years ago. Zhu Wei was full of long-lost excitement.

Looking up, Zhu Wei suddenly straightened his upper body, shouted violently, stabbed the front Turkic soldier in the chest like a poisonous dragon, hung it on the tip of the spear, and slammed back abruptly, the good horse under his crotch followed. Fleeing, the dying Turkic soldiers stirred up the rear array into a pot of porridge.

Afterwards, Wang Junhao, Du Xiao and others who caught up broke into the formation, wearing bright light armor, stabbing and sweeping with a horse in their hands, or pulling out their long knives to slash and kill, the formation was in chaos.

Originally, the Turkic cavalry hated to charge Tang cavalry head-on. They preferred to use up the opponent's horsepower and combat power by gathering and dispersing, and finally gathered and annihilated with superior forces. As a result, this time, because they underestimated the speed of Tang cavalry, they were unprepared. Under the circumstances, the well-equipped Tang cavalry rushed into the battle.

However, the Turkic cavalry also had an advantage. They quickly expanded their array in an attempt to break away from the entanglement of the Tang army's vanguard, and their two wings were ready to move forward to cut off the Tang army's rear.

But Xue Wanche is not stupid. Although he is not as good as Su Dingfang, he is also a veteran in the battlefield. He is best at riding and fighting. The Turks rarely invade Youzhou, which is largely due to Xue Wanche and other generals under Luo Yi's command.

Xue Wanche led [-] cavalry led by Zhu Wei and Wang Junhao to break through the formation, and then led [-] fine cavalry to retreat. Seeing that the formation was in chaos and then unfolded, he kicked the horse's belly fiercely and led the troops into the formation diagonally.

Li Shan who had already rushed to the city wall was worried, but Zhang Shigui who was beside him nodded and said: "In terms of sharpness in the battle, Xue Wanche is not as good as Wanjun, but in terms of timing, Xue Wanche is worse than his brother."

Li Shan was ignorant of what he heard, but he was too embarrassed to ask the question. After watching it carefully for a while, he realized the mystery.

Xue Wanche was very particular about the direction he chose to break through the formation. Instead of rushing in along the opening made by Wang Junhao and Zhu Wei, he rushed in obliquely, sandwiching some of the Turkic cavalry who were expanding the formation.

In terms of charging into the formation, the current Tang cavalry is enough to stand up to ten, and with the presence of Xue Wanche, the five hundred cavalry hit the flanks of the Turkic cavalry like a sledgehammer, completely disrupting the formation.

Apparently it was discussed beforehand. Zhu Wei, Wang Junhao, and Du Xiao headed straight north after breaking through the formation. They reined in their horses and attacked Xue Wanche's side. The two armies encircled thousands of Turkic cavalry. go in.

At some point, the helmet on Zhu Wei's head had been left behind, and there were seven or eight long arrows stuck in his body, but he still attacked with a spear, and Wang Junhao and the Zhu clan behind him couldn't catch up with their desperate pursuit.

Li Shan watched nervously with a binoculars, and saw the long lance in Zhu Wei's hand sweeping across, sweeping four or five Turkic soldiers off the horse, then leaned slightly, and pulled out the saber with his left hand. The Turkic man in the white fur cap flicked his neck.

A moment later, Zhu Wei held up the horse's lance in his hand, with a white leather cap on the tip of the lance, and the surrounding soldiers shouted loudly... After a short period of calm, there was an explosion in the formation.

Zhang Shigui hammered down the wall and shouted: "Open the city gate!"

Although I have been a little ignorant, but after all, Li Shan, who has been on the battlefield several times, also knows that the leader of the army has been killed by Zhu Wei, the battle has been won, and the Turkic soldiers outside the city are fleeing in all directions. when.

"Seventh Uncle is so majestic!" Zhu Shitou tsk-tsk at the side.

"Among them all, beheading the generals and capturing the flag, Su Dingfang is not weak!" Li Shan was also amazed that such a character has no name left in history.

If the guess is correct, Zhu Wei should be a member of the Erzhu family back then, and Er Zhurong's demeanor in the north can be vaguely seen.

(End of this chapter)