A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 93 Undefeated Myth
Turkic people come like arrows and go like strings.

When they stepped on their horses and no longer underestimated the enemy, but began to use their superb riding and shooting skills to perform roaming riding and shooting tactics against the Tang army, the hospital camp immediately felt tremendous pressure.

Arrows flying all over the sky, galloping men and horses, even throwing a short spear or a stone from time to time, it is hard to guard against.

Facing the tactics of the Turkic people, Huaiyu's countermeasure was to stand firmly, the soldiers and horses retreated behind the wall of the chariot, and then tied up the horses with spears, erected a shield wall, and then fought against the wall of chariots and horses. , Behind the shield wall, they used bows and crossbows to fight back, and stabbed with long spears at the Turkic cavalry who dared to gallop and approach.

Fortunately, the terrain of the river valley is not too wide. Huaiyu and the others are facing the river and relying on the mountains to form an formation, as long as they block the front. Dare to charge head-on again, but although the momentum is scary, it also lost the greatest impact of the cavalry.

The two sides just separated the car shield, shooting arrows back and forth.

The Tang army defended the position and seemed to be at a disadvantage, but the advantage was that they had more bows and crossbows. The Turkic people galloped and roamed, but they were not as flexible as the Tang army.

Both sides are consumed like this.

Smoke and dust rose everywhere, arrows shot all over the sky, and people on both sides kept getting hit by arrows.

On Tang Jun's side, ambulance soldiers kept running in the formation. Some people were seriously injured and were carried away immediately. For those who were slightly injured, ambulance soldiers helped to bandage with arrows to stop the bleeding.

Compared with the Turkic people, they are not as good as the Tang Jun. Those who hit the arrow at a gallop immediately are easy to fall off the horse, and even many people in the Tang Jun stare at their horses and shoot.

Shoot people first shoot horses.

Huaiyi's cavalry were hidden in the formation at this time. They sat on the ground to rest, waiting for orders at any time. Huaiyu asked them to sit there, and did not let them go up to use bows and arrows for reinforcements.

This is the most precious mobile power, and it must be reserved for critical times.

The war was intense and even reached a stalemate.

Ma Zhou said from the side: "This method of warfare is self-reinforcing, not the way to win."

"I know, but we are not the real main army, and we lack cavalry. We can't charge head-on with these Turkic cavalry. We can only do this. I don't want to win, I just want to be undefeated."

To be undefeated is also to win.

Huaiyu is very conservative and cautious, but he never underestimates the enemy.

A group of improvised hospital battalions, although equipped and manned, are definitely worse than the main force of the real government soldiers. At least there are too few cavalry. A normal main force of 800 people will have heavy crossbows and even heavy cavalry.

What Huaiyu can rely on now is the car formation, at least he must not be washed away first.

The army is in the formation, and the army is in the formation.

Without the army formation, they would be a mess and be ruthlessly harvested by the Turkic people.

"But it's not a problem if it goes on like this."

"I know, but we have no other choice but to consume it. We bet that Weizhou City and Longxi City have not yet fallen, and that these Turkic people can't consume us." Huaiyu said coldly. Send someone back to Fuqiang city to report.

Without absolute power, war can only be fought in this way.

Consumption is also the mainstream, and death is common.

He is not Yang Su. Back then, Yang Su abandoned the tradition of the Sui Army's chariot camp and used [-] cavalry to fight against the Turkic Datou [-] cavalry. Killed the shit, fled after being severely injured, and the group of captives cried away. From then on, the Turkic people were afraid of the Central Plains when they rode head-on.

Later, when the Sui and Tang Dynasties dealt with the Turks in the grassland, they also abandoned the method of chariot formation and used cavalry groups to deal with the cavalry. Lu, Xue Rengui's battles against Tianshan, etc., are mostly based on cavalry tactics.

But right now Huaiyu doesn't have that capital.

"Brother Ma is familiar with classics and history, so he must also know that Daxi was a Confucian scholar in the previous dynasty?" Huaiyu asked.

Ma Zhou nodded, it was a legend.

Daxi Changru, the general manager of the Sui Dynasty, led two thousand troops to encounter one hundred thousand Turkic cavalry. Although Daxi Changru and the others were afraid, they did not retreat. , Fourteen fierce battles, the arrows shot out, the knives and guns broke, and finally hit with fists, the bones were exposed, two thousand against one hundred thousand, and more than ten thousand enemies were killed. The Turks were stunned and finally retreated up.

This is another classic among the many classic battles in the Sui Dynasty. Compared with Yang Su's [-] riders and [-] riders, he did not give in at all.

The key to Daxi Changru's battle was to fight on all sides. They used their antlers to resist the carbine to block the attack of the Turkic cavalry. With the ability of the phalanx to restrain the cavalry, it forcibly suppressed the Turkic arrogance, and even caused the Turkic people to suffer heavy casualties, and finally had to withdraw voluntarily.

Of course, the withdrawal of the Turkic people was also related to the arrival of other reinforcements from the Sui army, but the 2000 men of Daxi Changru did fight fiercely with the [-] Turkic army for three days, fought [-] battles, and killed more than [-] people.

That alone is fabulous.

Huaiyu definitely doesn't have that ability, but it also shows that his thinking is correct, undefeated is victory.

He also doesn't have the ability of Li Shimin. Li Shimin's characteristic in war is to go deep into the enemy's line and send out surprise soldiers.Li Yuan guarded Taiyuan back then, learned the tactics of the Turkic people, and mastered a strategy to defeat the enemy.
He chose to be good at riding and shooting 2000 people, eat and drink, live with Turks, and completely imitate the Turks.

Li Shimin learned the essence of Turkic warfare and formed Xuanjiaqi, which can always send out surprise troops to penetrate into the enemy's position, and is better at chasing and chasing the enemy with light cavalry.

"That's all it takes?"

Ma Zhou looked at the soldiers who fell down from time to time with an ugly expression.

"Consumption, at least until dark!"

"What about after dark?"

"Call Huai Yi."

Huaiyu was called, "Is it time for our cavalry to attack?"

"It's not yet time, I want to ask you, if the Turkic people don't retreat after dark, if I let you lead the cavalry to launch a night raid in the middle of the night, would you dare?"

"Dare!" Huai Yi only replied with one word.

"Are you sure to rush into the enemy's formation and tear your mouth open?"

"can."

Wu Huaiyu was very satisfied with Huaiyi's answer. This encounter was just like what Ma Zhou said. Although the current style of play can be undefeated, it can't win, and their task is to arrive in Weizhou within two days. Trapped here now is not only delaying the military period, but also more likely to attract more Turkic troops. By then, I really can't run if I want to.

After thinking about it, it was just a risky night attack.

"Okay, gather all the five hundred cavalrymen, disarm and rest first, eat more horse meat later, recharge your energy, and wait for my orders after dark!"

Huaiyu looked at the fierce battle in front of the battle, people on both sides kept falling, the battlefield was like a huge millstone, grinding the lives of soldiers one after another into fine powder.

(End of this chapter)