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Chapter 158 Passed the Test
"Vertical shield!"

Following Li Hu's loud cry, the central infantry of the Cangtou Army drove the wooden shield deeply into the grass.The uniform spears at the rear were erected forward in two rows.The archer stepped forward slowly, moved the vines on his chest, then pulled out five arrowheads from the hulu and stuck them in the grass under his feet, staring at the cavalry in front of him wearing torn sheepskin jackets and charged forward.

Since these rangers belonged to different tribes, when they attacked, they were erratic in the east and west.But even so, the prairie cavalry, with their superb horsemanship and quick movements, are far inferior to the Cangtou Army.Li Hu immediately raised the knife in his hand to the sky, and hundreds of archers pulled the bows in their hands like a full moon, pointing to the sky.

"shoot!"

Li Hu slashed the knife, and the bowstrings in his ears slammed into the ground. Hundreds of arrows shot into the air and fell in a long way.The barbarian cavalry didn't get too close. When they saw the arrow feathers coming, they immediately pulled out their horses and retreated, and made various evasive actions on the horse, so that most of the arrows were shot in the air.After Hu Qi in front of him retreated a little, his backhand and backhanded arrows were also a bunch of random arrows, which were also blocked by the wooden shield.

Immediately afterwards, another group of cavalry came up to meet them. Li Hu also guessed that the Hu people took turns to advance and attack.But so, isn't it exactly what he wants?
Most of my subordinates are new recruits. When they saw the Turkic cavalry coming, they almost couldn't draw their bows. Now the two sides are shooting at each other, and they seem to be pretending to pass the time. In fact, the men and horses under their command have gradually adapted to the battlefield. environment.Li Hu knows that no matter how well-trained a soldier is, as long as he has not seen blood or been on the battlefield, he is not considered an elite soldier.

But just at this moment, cheers erupted from the right wing, and all the cavalry were chopped off their horses and ran around in embarrassment.It turned out that the two armies had already decided the victory and defeat on this flank, and the left wing of the Turkic army was defeated by Li Chongjiu's armored cavalry.Er Tuo ordered some of the cavalry to pursue, while he led the armored cavalry and Xi's cavalry to detour from the right wing and charge towards the middle.Li Hu and Su Su were overjoyed to see them, but unexpectedly their own cavalry could actually defeat the Turkic cavalry on horseback.

Li Hu made a decisive decision and ordered the cavalry of the Li Family Escort to mount their horses together, while he himself abandoned his position and charged towards the center with infantry spears, attacking with his forehead from left to right.The marching drums sounded loudly, and the county soldiers and bodyguards all boldly left their positions to attack the Turkic people.

Ying Hofer, who was the commander of the Chinese army, also saw this scene, and immediately ordered the cavalry of Wang Mahan's third regiment to mount their horses together and launch an assault on the big banner where Hunbu Tengjin was located.At this time, there was a commotion under the big banner of the Hunbu, and the cavalry of the Sui Army actually took the initiative to attack, which was beyond the Turkic people's expectation.It was too late for the Hunbu to close in. The hundreds of defeated troops who attacked the Cangtou army camp before directly launched a cavalry duel, so they immediately fought.

The cavalry on both sides confronted each other like the wind. First they drew their arrows and shot at each other, and then they rushed to one place and swung their knives to kill each other.Every swing of the knife was merciless, blood, cruelty, and violence filled the battlefield, and people were chopped off almost every moment.The war horse that lost its owner wailed helplessly, and the cavalry was soaked in blood, and it was impossible to tell whether it was their own blood or someone else's.

The brutal battle made all the cavalry galloping on horseback shudder. It was the first time they discovered that the cavalry of the Han army was not inferior to their combat power. They were equally superb in horsemanship and dared to see red on horseback. Sizzle.And Wang Mahan also rose up, leading three regiments of cavalry, launched three consecutive rounds of attacks on the Turkic cavalry, broke up and regrouped, broke up and regrouped, and repeated this, although the Turks repelled the Cang cavalry several times Despite the impact of the leading army, they were still unable to withdraw from the battlefield to support the central battle situation.

The cavalry of the small tribe in the center, which had no fighting spirit, was finally defeated under the attack from both sides of the Cangtou army.They threw down their bows, arrows, knives and guns, and drove their horses wildly.Seeing that the infantry of the Sui Army had won and came to hide and kill them, the cavalry of the entire army had no interest in fighting anymore.The Turks lost their will to fight one after another and began to retreat.However, Wang Mahan took advantage of the situation and led [-] cavalrymen to cover up and kill them. Turks were constantly being chased from behind, and then fell off their horses one after another.The Cangtou army pursued the Turkic people on the grassland, and they chased for more than ten miles before giving up.

"Congratulations to the Lord, congratulations to the Lord, Huaihuang Town has been able to defeat the Turkic people who are rampant in the grassland within less than a year. It is really the Lord who manages the army well." Lin Dangfeng first came to Li Chongjiu to congratulate him. Once I saw the power of Huaihuang Town, I am very confident now.

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "All the elite are here, we are about to lose, this battle can only be won by a narrow margin."

On the other hand, the merchants on the other side only thought that Li Chongjiu was humble, and they were all excited, and they flocked to his side to congratulate him. Even if the power of the Sui Dynasty declined in the future, as long as Li Chongjiu's Cangtou Army was still in Huaihuang Town for a day, the Turks would not be able to cut off the attack. This trade route.Looking at this group of people, they were still suspicious of me before, but after I won this battle, it completely changed. Li Chongjiu was used to seeing the warmth and coldness of people in his previous life, but he was used to it.

Afterwards, the chasing army had already returned, and the horsemen were the first to withdraw. They threw all the captured items on the ground. After a long time, the infantry who almost broke their legs came back. In comparison, the infantry captured very little , they can almost only pick up some loopholes.

Li Chongjiu sighed in his heart that this is the difference between cavalry and infantry. Infantry and cavalry fight, the infantry will be defeated if the infantry loses, and the victory is just repelled. The location, and the timing of the decisive battle with the infantry.The so-called strategic advantage is exactly the same.

But no matter how you say it, it was a great victory. The Turkic cavalry suffered heavy losses. There were as many as eight or nine hundred corpses left on the battlefield alone, not to mention other injured people.Of course, the Cangtou Army also suffered more than 400 casualties, but in any case, this new army built by Li Chongjiu has withstood the bloody test on the battlefield.

As for the war horses, 3000 to [-] horses were seized, not to mention the injured ones, and there were nearly a thousand intact ones.Don't underestimate the value of war horses. In the Sui Dynasty, the market price of a horse was [-] yuan, and here it is at least [-] million yuan of wealth, not to mention that these horses are all high-quality Turkic horses.As for the rest of the captured swords, bows and arrows, there are countless more, they are only weapons used by the Turkic people, neither the Cangtou Army nor the Xi people value them too much.

The sky was getting dark, and under the twilight, thousands of soldiers of the Cangtou Army marched towards Huaihuang Town singing triumphantly.

(End of this chapter)