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Chapter 792 Counterattack
The reckless formation formed by Zhao Jun retreated slowly like a longbow fully charged.

During the retreat, Zhao Jun's formation remained intact.It has to be said that this is the result of Shi Dexi's long-term well-trained cavalry.

As a matter of fact, Shide Xi cavalry had practiced this kind of reckless ancient and evil warfare when they defeated King Kong of the Song Dynasty. With more and more battles in recent years, Shi De Xi cavalry has become more and more proficient in practicing this formation.The cavalry on the left and right of Shi Dexi's troops were the first to encounter the assault of the Turkic Tuojie cavalry.

The Tuojie cavalry are all brave and skilled fighters, and they usually come from all over the world, but the only shortcoming is that the Tuojie cavalry is a mixed formation of soldiers from various ethnic groups. When fighting, they have poor organization and discipline.

The Tuojie cavalry, who charged towards the two wings of the Zhao army's cavalry, found that the Zhao army's cavalry was slowly retreating during the impact.In the era of cold weapons, retreat often means defeat, because the soldiers are insufficiently trained and their morale is not high, and they rely on formation to restrain the soldiers from advancing and retreating.

Therefore, in the great battles of the cold weapon era, there was no skirmish line combat, but formation combat.The ancients often said that shooting the position is to use crossbowmen's bows and arrows to shoot back the enemy's army to keep the integrity of one's own formation.Otherwise, if the formation is in chaos, the soldiers who are not firm in their own will will often leave the team and flee.

Therefore, when the morale is not high, there is no reason for the two armies to face each other in a decisive battle. There is no reason to go backward. This is the reason why the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road.

At present, many Tuojie cavalry thought that Zhao Jun was walking timidly, but they all broke away from the formation and pursued bravely.

At this time, the cavalry of Shi Dexi's department still reined back leisurely, and a cavalry in the rear kept shooting arrows to the rear to test whether the enemy had reached its own range.

Land of Five Arrows!Land of Three Arrows!
The soldiers counted one after another, and finally the enemy approached within the range of their own bows and arrows.

Shi Dexi's cavalry soldiers shot arrows to the rear, and then drove the horses to gallop!

The cavalry shot arrows backwards or from the left side, Shi Dexi's cavalry retreated step by step, and arrows continued to shoot into the enemy cavalry like a gust of wind and rain.The Tuojie cavalry, who were chasing from behind, seemed to shoot arrows at each other with men and horses.

However, the Tuojie cavalry was not to be outdone, and also counterattacked with bows and arrows, and some cavalrymen of Shi Dexi's soldiers were also shot off their horses.

The two armies advance and retreat, and shoot each other with bows and arrows all the time!

The Zhao army's central cavalry phalanx is centered on Li Chongjiu's big banner, and the central army's big banner retreats unhurriedly, and has not exchanged fire with the Turkic detachment cavalry in the middle.But the two wings are already fighting fiercely.

Tuojie cavalry assaulted Zhao Jun's left and right flanks several times, but were shot back by Shi Dexi's cavalry.The mobility of the Tuojie cavalry was not as good as that of the Shidexi cavalry, and the quality of the horses was even more uneven due to the mixed formation of various races.At the beginning, it was still maintained, almost at the same speed.Some cavalry horses were fast and approached quickly, but some cavalry gradually fell behind the more they were chasing.

Even if he got close to the Shidexi cavalry several times, they were all repelled.In front of the powerful bow cavalry, the Tuojie cavalry suffered heavy casualties.

Li Chongjiu, who was in charge of the battle at the center, immediately shouted an order: "Pass down the order, the left and right wings of the rear, withdraw to the central army, and replace it with the support team!"

On the battlefield, horns were used to convey news. Shi Dexi's cavalry heard it. Li Chongjiu's generals and the cavalry in the rear all gave up archery and galloped forward.The cavalry of the supporting team changed to the rear position and shot arrows at the enemy.

As a matter of fact, the soldiers of the rear team had run out of strength after shooting several arrows in a row. At this time, they were replaced by the support team of the new force and continued to strike backwards.As the array retreated one after another, the attack distance of the Tuojie cavalry lengthened one after another. Although the Shidexi cavalry also suffered casualties in the cavalry's crossfire, they were far less than the Tuojie cavalry.

The two wings quickly retreated, while the central army still maintained an unhurried pace, which was different from the decisive retreat of the two wings, when the Turkic cavalry in the center had approached.The originally bow-shaped formation had already been flattened.

"Your Majesty, the Turkic cavalry is coming, should we speed up?" Er Tuo anxiously suggested to Li Chongjiu.

But Li Chongjiu blocked his hand and said: "No, if our central army retreats faster, we will be out of touch with the cavalry on the left and right wings. Xieli may seize the opportunity to storm any wing of our army. Now our left and right wings have gained an advantage , Now as long as we defeat the attached cavalry in the center of the Turks, we will win this battle."
When Er Tuo suggested to Li Chongjiu, the cavalry bow and arrow battle of the Chinese army had already broken out. The cavalry and archery skills of the Turkic attached cavalry were better than that of the Tuojie cavalry, and their formation was quite complete. It was not as easy as the attached cavalry. The earth is rushing forward.

Zhao Jun followed Li Chongjiu's order to maintain a uniform speed, still retreating at a uniform speed, and kept shooting arrows.

The two armies shot at each other with bows and arrows, and soldiers kept rolling off their horses. Even the Turkic cavalry attached to them were very afraid of Zhao Jun's tactics of retreating and shooting arrows, so they did not dare to rush forward easily.

But at this moment, the horns sounded from the Turkic cavalry formation.Thousands of cavalry attached to the center, broke out of the formation, and came straight to Li Chongjiu's banner.

The charge of the attached cavalry was very sudden, but it can also be seen that they have been preparing for a long time and are a new force.They just wanted to seize this opportunity to fight out, and Xieli obviously planned to kill Li Chongjiu with a single blow.

"Your Majesty, it's dangerous, please evacuate here quickly!" Er Tuo said hastily.

Li Chongjiu shook his head and said: "No, we must not retreat, organize cavalry, and countercharge Xieli!"

"Your Majesty!" Er Tuo didn't expect Li Chongjiu to make such a decision.

The military order was like a mountain, and Er Tuo didn't dare to disobey it immediately and clasped his fists: "If your majesty dies in battle, please take care of my four sons."

Li Chongjiu said: "I don't agree to your request! Because you want to come back alive, your son will be taken care of by yourself!"

At present, Er Tuo led hundreds of confidant cavalry, and turned their horses' heads towards the [-] cavalry who were killed by the Turks, and were preparing to countercharge head-on!
Ertuo pulled down his mask, facing the oncoming Turkic cavalry, and was about to launch a charge as if he were dying, when the Turkic army was in chaos at the rear.

Eto asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

The cavalry on the side pointed forward: "It's the men and horses of the Yinghefu army. They appeared behind the Turks!"
Er Tuo was overjoyed when he heard the words, Yinghefu's men and horses were finally withdrawn from the assault Turkic camp, and now they had reorganized their troops and launched a fatal blow to the Turkic cavalry.

Li Chongjiu, who was in the Chinese army, saw that Yinghefu's cavalry had finally completed the outflank, and immediately ordered: "Order the left and right wings, the vanguard cavalry to counterattack, a full-scale counterattack!"

(End of this chapter)