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Chapter 256 Horse leather shroud

In real war history, the battle in which Su Dingfang defeated Ashina Helu is quite legendary.

The Tang army faced off against the 1 Western Turks with less than infantry and cavalry. Except for Xiao Siye's troops who were camping on the mountain on the south side, the number of cavalry charging into the formation was less than .

These eight or nine thousand cavalry first broke through the 20,000 infantrymen guarding the Ashina Helu formation in Beishan. Then they rushed non-stop to attack the enemy troops in three directions under the Tang army's camp. In every battle, they were outnumbered and defeated. Shows the mobility advantage of cavalry attacks.

In the end, the Tang army's infantry and cavalry attacked from three sides, driving away the defeated Western Turks and defeating Ashinahelu's main formation, completely sealing the victory.

In the war history, Su Dingfang personally commanded Tang Qi, but there is no detailed record of how he used his troops.

This is where Chen Yiming can "play freely".

The foreshadowing is in place, and the scenes where the protagonist appears will naturally be intense.

In each of the three battlefields, Chen Yiming arranged different attack methods accordingly, and described them in detail at twice the length.

The first to enter the battlefield on the west side, the Tang Army cavalry faced an infantry array that looked like hedgehogs from the Western Turks.

Chen Yiming did not overwhelm the enemy, and the battlefield situation set at the beginning of the war had its own rationality.

The battlefield is divided into two parts on the west side. The main force of the Western Turks chose to deploy their troops because it was backed by a small river and there was no risk of a sudden surprise attack.

It is also reasonable for the Tang army to choose to attack as a whole team after fording the crossing.

On the one hand, the weather was fine that day, and the dust from the cavalry attack would expose itself early, so there would be no suddenness in the attack.

On the other hand, the Western Turk general is not a weakling. Although he can only invest troops one by one due to the terrain of the battlefield, the formation still reserves more than one-third of its troops to guard the retreat and is capable of holding on until reinforcements arrive.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for cavalry to rely on frontal assault to defeat a prepared infantry phalanx, and the latter's losses mainly occur in the process of being followed and pursued after the formation collapses.

Therefore, a real formation-breaking blow requires reasonable preparation, at least in the eyes of ordinary viewers, it is reasonable.

The first thing to shoot is an enlarged version of the "Mangu evil" tactic.

To put it bluntly, when the cavalry suddenly comes within the range of the cavalry bow, they turn their horses and shoot while walking along the side of the enemy's formation, disrupting the formation, creating chaos, and reducing morale.

After the enemy formation was forced to turn several times until the weaknesses of the formation were exposed, the cavalry launched a large-scale assault.

This is actually a competition between the training levels of both sides. The ancient cavalry has its own "elite" attribute, and its training time is not comparable to that of infantry cannon fodder. Therefore, unless it is an array composed of elite armored soldiers, the "mangujie" tactic will most likely come into play.

The highlight of this scene is Yu Nan and Nie Yuan.

After the filming started, the two took the lead and rushed to the front of the cavalry.

What is needed is authenticity.

As we all know, it is difficult to maintain the formation once the cavalry starts running. On the battlefield, people shout and horses neigh and the dust is flying. Whether it is a horn or a flag, it is difficult to effectively convey instructions.

Therefore, the command of the cavalry can only rely on the general's lead.

The direction of the lance is the direction of the cavalry.

Hundreds of professional troupes who have been with the group since Imperial City have only really shown their riding skills today.

Yu Nan and Nie Yuan each led a team of cavalry, charged head-on to the enemy's formation a hundred meters away, and separated into groups. Under the high-angle follow-up camera, they formed a beautiful parallel line with the enemy's formation.

Running at high speed, the performers skillfully manipulated their mounts. The cavalry on the outside speeded up early, and the cavalry on the inside slowed down tacitly. During the march, the horizontal formation turned into a column of two cavalry side by side.

Bend your body to draw the bow and load the arrow, stand up in stirrups and twist your waist to fire. The whole set of actions combines efficiency and beauty.

However, the ones that were shot out were all fake, and they fell to the ground unable to fly within twenty meters.

The requirements for the extras are very simple, as long as their movements look good.

As for the final effect of the arrow, it will naturally be supplemented by close-ups of the enemy's arrows.

Just the scene of a horizontal line rushing forward and then dividing into groups to circle around was shot fifteen times without counting close-ups.

It took three days of stopping and stopping.

Because except for unexpected NG, the needs are different every time.

For example, the first shot is a 45-degree diagonal shot from a high camera position, a 45-second long shot shot in one go.

More than 2000 extras and hundreds of horses were used.

The second shot is a low-position, medium-close shot, 5 seconds long, in which a camera truck "reviews" the advancing cavalry line at high speed.

The third is a detachment shot, showing the proficiency of the Tang Army’s cavalry. It gets even more complicated after that, because fighting is not a military parade. When Tang cavalry rides around the formation and shoots, they also have to face the enemy's arrows and counterattack, and they also have to suffer losses.

There will be no shortage of shots of people flipping over on their backs, and after the front rider loses control, the rear rider needs to respond appropriately, so that the audience can feel the immersive reality.

Wu Xing, who is responsible for dropping the horse, goes into battle under complete protection measures, and the rear rider is also a jockey with superb riding skills to avoid accidental injuries as much as possible.

For a shot like this, which includes a long shot, a close-up, and a close-up shot of the rider, at least three shots must be shot while running before it is finally completed.

The long shot of falling horses involves the overturning of dozens of galloping horses, so you have to be even more careful when shooting.

People and horses were injured every day, and unexpected things happened every day. The entire crew was exhausted mentally and physically.

The reason why we have to describe the part of riding around the formation with great color is to suppress first and then rise, and to make the cavalry stand high at the moment when they break the formation.

As the cavalry of Yu Nan and Nie Yuan met for the third time in the northwest of the battlefield, the Western Turkic infantry phalanx was in chaos and was rolled into a big ball, barely forming a formation side by side.

Of course, their all-out defense also bought enough time. Half of the Western Turkic infantry on the hillside had been separated and the team was preparing to return for reinforcements.

The adjacent battlefield on the north side was originally a feint attack, and the well-prepared reinforcements sent by Zhang Yi were also on the way, and they were already far away in sight.

This is also the driving force behind the Western Turks' main formation on the western battlefield.

Yu Nan grabbed the horse and made a move. Tang Qi slowly increased his speed again. She and Nie Yuan took the lead. The cavalry behind them gradually spread out and covered the western Turks' circular formation for the fourth time like a cattail leaf fan.

Just as the two groups of infantry in the Western Turkic Formation were preparing to face a new round of arrow rain, Tang Qi suddenly changed their formation.

Nie Yuan's cavalry continued to run around the formation, but Yu Nan's cavalry did not turn their horses, but headed straight east, with the front cavalry slowing down and the rear riding speeding up, forming a roughly four-row cavalry formation.

Yu Nanqi grabbed the diagonal finger, and the Tang Army cavalry made a big turn and turned north again, reaching the flank of the reinforcements on the north side of the Western Turks.

The rising dust in the sky gave Tang Qi maximum cover, and neither the main generals of the Western Turkic Formation nor the reinforcements were aware of Tang Qi's movements immediately.

On the high-speed camera truck, Cui Fang steadily controlled the camera and pointed it at the galloping cavalry behind him.

What was simulated at this time was the "hell scene" in the eyes of the Western Turkic reinforcements. Black cavalry from the Tang Army broke out of the formation like demons from the sky-high sandstorm. Their flat lances shone with an ominous cold light. In their frightened eyes, getting closer and closer.

The marching infantry was suddenly attacked by cavalry formations, and the result was self-evident.

Compared with the relatively long back-up scenes before, filming the Gao Chao drama was not that difficult.

Because it's either a close-up or a close-up.

In addition to Yu Nan and Nie Yuan, the actors who appeared on the scene were either professional extras or senior martial arts actors, and they were all scenes that they had been accustomed to filming in the past few months.

Chen Yiming did not over-exaggerate the scene of Tang Qi breaking the formation. Whether he goes to court or not depends on the mood of the audience, and the number of shots is not the decisive factor.

In a fifteen-second shot and more than twenty close-ups, Mulan led Tang Cavalry to defeat the Western Turkic reinforcements in one fell swoop, and drove the defeated troops to continue their attack on the Western Turkic main formation.

The Western Turkic formation, which was already crumbling under the fourth shooting attack of Nie Yuan's cavalry, completely collapsed the moment it saw the defeated friendly forces. Under attack from both directions, from the south to the north, Nie Yuan and Yu Nan fled to the east, the only way to survive.

So the returning troops from the Western Turkic Mountains who had just completed their entire team also suffered the same fate and were easily defeated by Tang Qi who joined forces together.

The relatively wide western battlefield is the main stage for demonstrating Mulan's cavalry combat skills, and is also the highlight of the cavalry combat in the entire film "Mulan".

This has the largest number of panoramic shots in the entire film, requires the largest number of extras and horses, and is also the most complex in camera movement and connection.

After shooting this scene, it was equivalent to climbing the highest mountain during the filming of the martial arts drama.

The next step is to show off Mulan’s tactical prowess. The battle scene itself is not the focus.

After defeating the enemy troops on the west side of the battlefield, Tang Qi handed over the battlefield to the Tang Army infantry on the hillside, and the whole team headed south to cross the previous small river again.

This river generally runs northwest-southeast, flowing to the southeast on the east side of the hill where the Tang Army's camp is located. It is precisely because of the obstruction of this small river that the Tang Army's camp does not need to face the enemy's siege from all sides.

After Mulan commanded Tang Qi to cross the river, they marched more than ten miles eastward, bypassed the mountain top, and crossed the river again to the north, all the way to the east side of the battlefield and behind the Western Turkic Formation.

Zhang Yi deployed the most elite Wang Zhang troops in this direction. They had already broken through the wall of the Tang army's camp and were engaged in a decisive battle with Xiao Siye's personal guards.

At this time, Mulan circled back and attacked the formation, and the result was naturally a sudden defeat.

This section can be regarded as a great joy followed by a small joy. The potential joy is that Mulan turned things around when the Tang army's camp was about to be breached, and did not let the ancient Yue hippo hide on the mountain top be shrouded in corpses.

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