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Chapter 207 Light Cavalry VS Heavy Cavalry
To Pang Yawei's surprise, on the last day of the battle, the old general Cao Lingzhong did not choose to delay tactics, but rode his horse and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy's heavy cavalry phalanx.

It was pouring rain, and the grass was very muddy. Cao Lingzhong asked someone to raise his general flag. Anyway, the battle had reached this point, so there was no need to hide his identity.

On the rainy battlefield, the red general flag behind Cao Lingzhong was very eye-catching, and it became a flag closely followed by the Tang army.

Pang Yawei manipulated the horse under his crotch, and chased after Cao Lingzhong. After training for this period of time, his riding skills have changed from "proficient" to "proficient".

But even for a proficient level of riding, it is very difficult to follow Cao Lingzhong's general flag closely in the rainy day.

He had to carefully steer the horse. While manipulating his body to keep his balance, he also had to maintain the speed of the horse. Just after riding for a while, Pang Yawei was sweating profusely.

Tang Jun's abnormal charge not only surprised Pang Yawei, but also confused the Uighurs on the opposite side.

Of course the Uighurs knew how powerful the Tang army was. In the previous few days of battle, everyone in the Uighurs knew that it was Cao Lingzhong who personally led the Tang cavalry out of the fortress.

After staying in the Beiting Protectorate, his reputation on the grassland was no less than that of Gele Khan.

You must know that before Datang dispatched 200,000 troops from Longyou to enter the customs, Datang was the undisputed ruler of Longyou.

Young people like Mang Gucha may not know the fighting power of the Tang army, but some older soldiers in the barracks all have the fear of being dominated by the Tang army.

And Cao Lingzhong's leading charge also greatly boosted the morale of the Tang army. This light cavalry, like a bow and arrow off the string, plunged straight into the Uighur heavy cavalry phalanx.

Gele Khan, who was commanding the battle in the rear, changed his face, and he immediately said to the guards around him: "Send the order! The heavy cavalry of the Chinese army charge immediately to fight!"

The personal guards came to the front battalion with Gele Khan's order, and Captain Wan, who was in charge of the entire heavy cavalry phalanx, immediately began to organize a charge.

This Wanfu commander named Wokuo Suni is Gele Khan's nephew and an experienced cavalry general.

Suni means general in charge of the army, which is equivalent to the general of the Han people.

Wo Kuo Suni was in charge of the elite heavy cavalry, so he was naturally not incompetent. After receiving Gele Khan's order, he naturally had to execute it immediately, but he soon discovered that Tang Jun rushed too fast.

Heavy cavalry are only powerful when they are fast.

Slow heavy cavalry is just a target for light cavalry archers, and heavy cavalry without speed is a heavy iron can.

But Tang Jun's speed was too fast, so that Wo Kuo Suni's heavy cavalry phalanx could not increase enough speed.

Wo Kuo Suni hesitated, should he let the troops retreat and then charge in reverse, or charge now?

This hesitation is very fatal on the battlefield, but Wokuo Suni is only the commander of the army, and Gele Khan is in command of the battle.

Khan's personal guards urged Suni again, but at this time, Wokuo Suni had no choice but to bite the bullet and give an order, and the whole army charged!
This moment of hesitation made the Uyghur heavy armored cavalry lose some charging distance, and not only Wokuo Suni hesitated, but also the commander under his command.

Fighting at such a distance can't reach the speed required by the heavy cavalry at all. Without the advantage in speed, it is an act of death against the nimble Datang Qingqi.

But Wo Kuo Suni had no time to hesitate, he mounted his horse and ordered the heavy cavalry to charge immediately!

After hesitating, Gele Khan's order was also passed on to the light cavalry on the flank.

Manggucha received an order from his superiors to let the flank light cavalry "stand by and move."

This order also made the officers on the flank very confused. What is waiting to move?

Mang Gucha was worthy of being someone who had been with Khan Gele before. After thinking for a long time, he finally understood Khan's order.

To move on standby is to move according to the result of the hedging of the heavy cavalry of the Chinese army.

If the Uighur cavalry of the Chinese army dispersed the Tang cavalry, then the Uighur light cavalry would circle around and outflank and eat the entire Datang army.

If the heavy cavalry is defeated, the light cavalry on the flanks will return to the center to rescue the precious heavy cavalry.

But is such an order really good?Tang Jun has already shown the attitude of fighting to the death, while the Uighurs are still waiting for the opportunity to move, and the light cavalry on the flanks are also in a state of confusion.

As Cao Lingzhong said, Gele Khan lost his courage when he was old.

If it was ten years ago, Gele Khan would have put on his armor and mounted his horse, charged forward and had a confrontation with Cao Lingzhong.

But now he can only sit in the camp of the Chinese army and command the frontline operations through his own soldiers.

It takes time for the orders to be conveyed and the generals on the front lines to prepare for battle.

And Cao Lingzhong obviously did not give the Uighurs this time.

The speed of the Tang cavalry is getting faster and faster, so even in the muddy rainy day, some riders will fall to the ground.

But Cao Lingzhong completely ignored these losses, and just kept accelerating and accelerating.

And Tang Jun behind him gradually had only one idea left, to catch up with the bright red general flag in front!

Faster than Wo Kuo Suni expected, the light cavalry led by Cao Lingzhong was like a sharp arrow, piercing into the heavy cavalry phalanx that hadn't picked up speed yet.

Oops!

Wo Kuo Suni immediately felt that something was wrong. When heavy cavalry without speed met light cavalry, it would be a disaster!
In order to increase the power of the charge, the heavy cavalry in the front row are connected together with iron chains.

If they could charge up, then Cao Lingzhong's Tang cavalry would definitely retreat. The heavy cavalry charging at high speed is like a heavy hammer, capable of smashing anything that stands in its way.

But heavy cavalry without speed became the target of light cavalry.

The forward cavalry did not rush into the heavy cavalry phalanx, but stuck to the phalanx and started shooting arrows.

The arrows shot at close range were specially selected to shoot at the weak points of the armor joints. Several arrows were shot into the armor of the Uighur heavy cavalry. The soldier who fell to the ground was chained to the left and right, pulling down the nearby rider.

Some other knights of the Tang army held a tripping rope in their hands and specifically picked up the horse's hoof to strike. After throwing a tripping rope, the tall Dawan horse immediately stalled and fell to the ground, and the iron can on the horse's back was thrown out.

Wo Kuo Boni's face was pale, and he quickly called his guards and said: "Report to Khan quickly, the heavy cavalry of the Chinese army has been entangled by the Tang army! Please quickly support the flanking light cavalry! Hurry up!"

At this time, Wokoboni finally came up with the decision of the frontline commander, and he ordered again: "Give me the general order, retreat, and the heavy cavalry in the back row and middle row immediately retreat! Withdraw and charge!"

"Bernie, where's the front row?"

Wo Kuo Boni gritted his teeth and said: "Continue to charge in the front row, hold Tang Jun for me!"

The face of the personal soldiers was gloomy, which was tantamount to giving up the heavy cavalry in the front row.

(End of this chapter)