A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 91
"These people rushed very slowly, they don't seem to be elite." Chen Xing said with a smile.

Wu Junwei is also the son of the county magistrate. He reminded Chen Xing of his hometown in Jiangnan, "The most important thing for a cavalry to charge is not how fast they charge, but to control the speed of the horse and keep the charge formation at all times to prevent the formation from collapsing and getting out of line. From jogging to trotting to running, and then to galloping, you must control the speed well.

Although these 500 Turkic cavalry are well equipped, in fact, there are only [-] of them who have real combat experience, and most of them have no experience. The [-] must control the rhythm,
The speed of the opposite team is well controlled, and the formation is not chaotic. This is definitely a strong enemy. We have encountered a hard stubble. "

In just two or three hundred steps, experienced Turkic cavalry can firmly grasp the rhythm and speed up in stages, so that all cavalry can keep up.

Huaiyu was expressionless.

"I think they still underestimate the enemy. Although the cavalry has a natural advantage over the infantry, our army is already closed and we are waiting for work. They charge directly is courting death. They should roam and mount and shoot, or even guard us from a distance. It is impossible to guard the army formation forever, we cannot catch up and escape in the wild, and we have to be harassed by them while marching, it will be very uncomfortable, and rushing like this now is exactly what we wish for."

Seeing the Turks charging like this, Huaiyu finally showed a smile on his face, and his advantage expanded again.

"Three hundred steps!"

"Two hundred steps!"

"Hundred steps!"

The light cavalry in front of the formation has been watching and observing, constantly reporting the estimated approach distance of the enemy.

When the enemy ran to [-] paces, the crossbowmen in front of the formation had all aimed their crossbows at the Turkic people who were galloping, and when the sound of [-] paces fell.

The flag bearers of the bow and crossbow team shouted, the team flag tilted forward, and suddenly the crossbow arrows were fired, and the three hundred crossbowmen made thunderbolt strings, and the crossbows were like flying locusts.

At this time, the Turkic cavalry galloped a hundred steps ahead of the formation, and their speed reached the fastest.

Three hundred crossbow volleys, using the method of projectile, the accuracy is very average, but the advantage is that the volleys are dense, the power of the crossbow arrows falling from the sky is no less than that of flat shots, and even stronger than flat shots. Among some unlucky Turkic cavalry Arrows, people turn their backs on their backs.

But there are not many unlucky guys.

The formation of the Turkic cavalry charging was still in disorder, and they continued to charge.

"Sixty steps!"

Another roar of observers sounded.

"Everyone, bows and arrows!"

Sixty steps, already within the effective killing range of bows and arrows in front of the formation. All soldiers of the Tang Army are equipped with bows and carry thirty arrows. With one order, everyone is surrounded by the sound of war drums, horns, and cavalry horseshoes beating the ground. , quickly drew the bow, and fired a volley at the sky in front of the formation.

Three salvos.

Soldiers don't aim at all, and don't look at the results,
After three rounds of upward shooting,

The crossbowmen in the front row quickly retreated to the rear wings of the Zhanfeng team, giving way to the Zhanfeng team, and went to the rear wings of the Zhanfeng team to continue long-range strikes with bows and arrows.

As for the Zhanfeng team in the first row, the leaders of the fourth team roared, the flag bearer leveled the battle flag, and all the Zhanfeng infantry abandoned their bows and arrows, picked up their spears from the ground,

Zhangba's spears are like a forest, like the sharp thorns of a hedgehog suddenly erected!
Several rounds of crossbow throwing did a lot of damage to the Turkic cavalry. Although the Turkic cavalry was also equipped with shields and armor, many people still failed to block the arrows at close range.

People turn their backs.

The distance is less than thirty paces.

The Turkic cavalry began to counterattack. While charging, they also raised their bows and arrows to counterattack against the Tang army's position.

Huaiyu heard the buzzing sound, like a swarm of bees flying.

A large rain of arrows fell, and the soldiers in the front row of the hospital battalion groaned. Some fell down after being shot by arrows, and some still stood there with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Compared with Tang Jun's several rounds of volleys, the Turks shot on horseback, causing much less damage and being blocked by shields and armor.

Such a loss is acceptable.

"Tickle me, Lang Riha's little boys, that's all I can do, come again!" A team leader raised his Mo Dao aloft, wearing iron armor, and roared loudly, that kind of indomitable momentum, really like a heavenly soldier descending.

Huaiyu was still sitting on the horse harness, watching the battle from a distance with a blank expression on his face. In just a few minutes, dozens of people were killed or injured on both sides.

War is so merciless.

"boom!"

The leader twisted his waist and waved his arms, swiped the Mo Dao, and behind him, the flag leader and the flag guard also stabbed with flag guns.

The forwards of the Turkic cavalry collided with the front row of the Datang Hospital army's front row. The wedge-shaped front team had several rows. They stabbed and hacked with knives.

The Modao team chopped down the head of the Turkic cavalry and fell off their horses.

The cavalry in the front row was stabbed, and the cavalry in the back row rushed over again. The front row of the front row was torn open, and the enemy cavalry poured in, but the second row of cavalry was also led by the leader's roar. step forward.

At this time, the crossbowmen also dropped their crossbows, raised their knives, big sticks, and long axes, and began to support the infantry in the middle with their wings, fighting hand-to-hand.

The sword and shield players of the jumping team also took action. They jumped forward, stopped the cavalry who came in, cut off their horse legs, hooked down the cavalry, and swarmed up to kill them.

Huaiyu stared at the fierce battle. The Turks were very fierce, but the hospital battalion also cooperated well. They fought in a small team of three, covering and cooperating with each other.

As the commander of the first battalion, Huaiyu did not play, and the soldiers would not allow him to play. It is the task of the team leader and team leader to take the lead in killing. Charge and slash, but command.

The Turkic cavalry did not expect the resistance of the Tang army to be so strong. When the forward could not break through the Tang army, but was killed many times, the order of the Turkic general sounded on the battlefield.

Those Turkic follow-up cavalry with excellent riding skills, when they rushed to the front of the formation, they pulled out their horses' heads, ran to both sides, and turned around.

The battle came suddenly and ended quickly.

Huaiyu thought that these Turkic people would fight to the end, or at least charge a few more times, but it only took a while, and seeing that the momentum was wrong, the Turkic people stopped charging and turned back.

"No pursuit!"

Huaiyu ordered decisively, the Turkic cavalry did not run away after turning around, but re-arranged a few hundred steps away, the first hundred or so cavalry who rushed in lost a lot, and wanted to escape at this time, but Huaiyi had already led the cavalry to intercept They retreat.

The Zhanfeng team, the jumping team, and the crossbow team also surrounded them.

According to the military law of the Tang army, if the two armies engage in battle, if the enemy retreats, the infantry should not exceed [-] steps in pursuit, and every [-] steps must stop and regroup. If it is really necessary to pursue, it is the job of the cavalry.

Thirty-step pursuit is limited, mainly to prevent the formation from being pulled apart and being killed by the enemy with a carbine.

In this round, it was obvious that the Turks underestimated the enemy and suffered a big loss, and suffered a bloody blow.

This also made Huaiyu see a characteristic of Turkic soldiers, they tend to pick soft sticks, and if they miss a hit, they immediately retreat, and they don't easily get entangled in a deadly battle.

They are just like wolves, worthy of the prairie tribe with wolves as their totems.

The vanguard of a hundred cavalry lay down most of them, and the remaining twenty or thirty cavalry were stopped by Huaiyi's cavalry and surrounded by infantry.

The Turkic cavalry brigade was watching from a distance, not only did not come to rescue, but also slowly retreated to adjust their formation, and just abandoned the twenty or thirty cavalry.

"Rescue soldiers, rush to treat the wounded soldiers, and carry the stretchers to the rear of the battle for first aid for the seriously wounded."

"Quickly get rid of the surrounding Turkic bastards, and regroup, it's not time to be happy yet." Huaiyu stared at the Turkic cavalry in the distance with an expressionless face, but her heart was beating violently.

(End of this chapter)