Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 358 Turkic Wolf Riding
Throughout the history of ancient warfare, cavalry has always been the lingering nightmare of infantry. Since humans mastered the perfect iron-smelting ability, powerful cavalry began to gradually appear on various battlefields.

In field battles, cavalry has become the king on the battlefield with its powerful impact and superb maneuverability.Facing infantry, cavalry will usually win as long as they have good tactics, and even if they lose, they can usually retreat unscathed.The infantry has no such advantage. Once defeated, the entire army will be wiped out.Therefore, the infantry's tactics against the cavalry are generally static braking, forming a square formation or a corresponding formation to prevent the charge of the enemy cavalry, so as to contain the enemy cavalry.

Otherwise, there is only the fate of being slaughtered...

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry is definitely a nearly invincible unit, with strong adaptability, mobility and attack power that infantry cannot resist.

It was not until the appearance of hot weapons that cavalry had no advantage over infantry.

But even if muskets have been equipped for centuries, infantry still have to rely on phalanxes to resist cavalry attacks.It was not until the appearance of automatic weapons that the attack power of infantry became stronger and stronger, so that infantry in field battles could rely on a single unit to crush cavalry, and cavalry lost its characteristics of impact and attack ability. Withdrew from the arena of war.

In the face of the enemy's powerful cavalry, the infantry can only form a square formation to deal with the cavalry.

The main weapons against cavalry are spears and dense formations, which make the phalanx or circular formation as difficult as a hedgehog, making it impossible for the cavalry to attack.For a long time, especially in European wars, this formation was very popular.The cavalry had no choice but to use static braking to limit the mobility of the cavalry. The dense formation and the nearly three-meter spears limited the impact of the cavalry.

For the first time, infantry provided a sufficient deterrent to cavalry.

However, don't think that this is the ultimate way for infantry to end cavalry!
The emergence of cavalry and archery completely overturned this original phalanx. Since most of the European cavalry were heavy cavalry, and there were few eastern cavalry and archery troops, the European army suffered heavy losses in the face of the Mongolian cavalry and archery army. Completely restrained the infantry at one time.

The archers first galloped and shot a large number of enemy infantry, and then after the infantry phalanx collapsed, a large number of rangers quickly covered up and killed, accelerating the loss of enemy infantry, and often all infantry were lost after a battle.If you don't form a phalanx, it will be easier for the heavy cavalry to charge directly.

But fortunately, it is not the Song Dynasty where Mongolian cavalry raged all over the world. What Fang Jun has to face is only Turkic cavalry who are extremely short of bows and iron weapons.

This is a blessing in misfortune...

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The dull sound of horseshoes was like thunder rolling in the sky.

Fang Jun stood in the middle of the phalanx, raised his binoculars, and could clearly see the torrent rolling down the sand dunes in the distance!

Thousands of Turkic iron cavalry launched a violent charge, and the dark clouds swept over the earth as if covering the earth!

That unstoppable domineering aura made his heart beat faster and faster with the dull sound of hooves, as if he was about to break free from the shackles of his chest!
This is the king of war in the cold weapon era, possessing the power to destroy everything!

What shocked him even more was that he could see clearly through the binoculars. Under the hazy moonlight and the sky full of smoke and dust, the bodies of the Turkic cavalrymen on horseback seemed to be born on it. Even with such high-speed movements, their upper body But he was as immovable as a mountain, and Fang Jun was amazed by his superb riding skills.

No one is left behind, and no one is behind.

According to Jia Sidao's visual estimation, the distance between all the charging cavalrymen would never exceed [-] centimeters.Under such an astonishing high-speed movement, under the charge of so many cavalry, these real Mongolian cavalry can still maintain such a tight formation, which shows their elite level.

It is no wonder that under the leadership of the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic people can still control the grassland and desert through migration and transfer without confronting the Tang Dynasty head-on.

too strong!
Fang Jun felt his lips were dry, so he licked them subconsciously...

Fortunately, it was night at this time, and Tang Jun could only hear the thunderous sound of horseshoes, but could not clearly see the domineering momentum of the enemy's charge.If facing the charge of the Turkic cavalry in broad daylight, most of the Tang army would collapse instantly under this unrivaled momentum...

How can a body of flesh and blood resist such a violent impact? !

What he didn't know was that even if the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion around him couldn't see the enemy's charging posture, just the roar of the overwhelming horseshoes almost broke their confidence completely!
If it wasn't for the super anticipation of the secret weapon "Tiantianlei", I'm afraid it would have been rushed away...

They believed that "Zhentianlei" could stop the charge of the Turkic cavalry, otherwise, if they let this iron flow unscrupulously attack their own phalanx, they would not be smashed into meatloaf?
The sound of hooves became louder and louder, and the ground under their feet trembled slightly.

As far as the eye can see, the Turkic iron cavalry scattered in the attack formation is like a dark cloud, sweeping over the sky and covering the earth.

Before even joining the battle, the huge and strong aura is already suffocating!

There was some commotion in the phalanx. Not everyone could calmly face such a domineering cavalry charge. These elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had the natural sense of fear that farming peoples had towards cavalry troops.

Fang Jun shouted: "Everyone get ready!"

His deep voice sounded out suddenly, which actually overshadowed the sound of roaring horseshoes rushing towards him, making the soldiers of Shenji Battalion relieved inexplicably.

Fang Jun stared at the Turkic cavalrymen who were getting closer and closer through the binoculars, and he could even gradually see the faces of these Turkic people clearly. The ferocious faces with gritted teeth made him extremely nervous!

Taking a deep breath, Fang Jun raised his left arm high: "Bowman, get ready!"

"Whoa..."

Following his order, the crossbowman behind the spearman and shieldman pulled back the strings and directed a crossbow arrow at a [-]-degree angle to the front in unison.

This is the effect of continuous high-intensity training. Even though every soldier is extremely apprehensive and full of fear, his movements are still precise and proficient!

A tragic admiration rose from the hearts of every peasant, and the peasants who were restless and faintly showing signs of collapse suddenly quieted down.

From the perspective of the peasants in the rear, they only saw that the Shenji Battalion was fearless and motionless like a rock in the face of the enemy's charge, and there was no trace of chaos in the entire phalanx, just like a precise and cold-blooded army. The war machine, swears to strangle all the incoming enemies ferociously!

There is no enemy that can wreak havoc in front of the great Tang army!

Especially the only figure in the phalanx who is sitting on a horse with a straight background, just like Dizhu Mountain standing in the rapids of the Yellow River, standing still!

Brings incredible confidence!

In the blink of an eye, the enemy cavalry has arrived outside the camp!
The pit dug urgently at the outermost edge of the camp served as a barrier to the impact of the enemy cavalry. Countless enemy cavalry were caught off guard, stepped on broken boards and other coverings, and fell into the pit.

But the invading cavalry was obviously the elite of the elite, with rich combat experience. The front row fell into the pit, and the rear row just lifted the reins lightly, and the galloping horse flew into the air, leaped over the pit in front, and charged into the sky. Unabated, break into the barracks!
The distance has entered the range of the crossbow.

Fang Jun swung his raised arm down violently, and shouted, "Let go!"

"boom"

Countless crossbows were hooked at the same time, and the moment the crossbow strings were released, there was a dull sound. The crossbow arrows flew up from the ground like a cloud of locusts, and rushed towards the Turkic cavalry on the opposite side...

The crossbow bolts shot obliquely from mid-air carried huge kinetic energy, and this force acted on the sharp triangular arrow clusters, enough to pierce everything in front of them!
In order to reduce weight, the Turkic cavalry only wore a small amount of leather armor, most of which were simple clothes. Only officers would wear a piece of armor that only covered important parts, with a helmet.And these simple protective gear are vulnerable to the powerful crossbow arrows of the Tang army!
"Puff puff"

The sharp crossbow arrows pierced into the bodies of the Turkic cavalrymen fiercely, no matter whether they were men or war horses, all those hit by the arrows screamed and fell down.After a round of arrow rain, the Turkic cavalry who stormed into the barracks fell like harvesting wheat.

Fang Jun raised his arms again: "Get ready!"

"put!"

"Prepare!"

"put!"

After three rounds of crossbow arrows, the Turkic cavalry left piles of corpses and finally rushed to the front of the formation!
(End of this chapter)