Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 856 First Battle ([-])

A dozen soldiers were accidentally caught by the horse rope and dragged out of the formation by the Turkic cavalry. The noisy battlefield could not cover up the screams, but no one paid attention to them. More than a thousand Turkic cavalry galloped towards them. Holding a saber and spear, he charged towards the gap.

After experiencing the Shandong war, especially after the Xiabo battle, Li Daoxuan lost a bit of sharpness and became more stable. He ran down the hill with a sneer and kept giving orders.

Hundreds of spearmen and shield soldiers filled the gap and fought desperately. The horses weighing hundreds of catties easily rushed into the formation. The spears of the dozens of Tang soldiers who bore the brunt broke in their hands, their shields fell to the ground, and they vomited blood and fell to the ground.

Even the charge of the light cavalry was not something that the infantry could resist head-on. Although the soldiers were brave, the Turkic forwards still embedded themselves in the formation, forcing the infantry who made up for it to retreat.

The Turkic people were very excited. A general wearing a golden helmet shouted loudly, and drove the horse to speed up. The horse's hoof trampled on the surviving soldiers. It's about to break the formation.

The Turkic cavalry in other areas either accelerated or rushed straight to the formation, trying to disrupt the Tang army's formation.

"Get out of the way and let Ma Sanbao get ready." Li Daoxuan shouted loudly, grabbed the big bow from the guard's hand, and the long arrow flashed in the air, appearing on the neck of the Turkic general wearing a golden helmet.

As if this was a signal, the soldiers of the Tang army on both sides had their own division of labor. The well-strung crossbows made a buzzing sound, and a large number of crossbow arrows rose like dark clouds, rushing towards the Turkic rear formation.

The densely charged Turkic cavalry was like surging waves, part of which was suddenly wiped away by God's hand, a large number of war horses were still galloping, and the saddles were empty.

Several chariots on the flanks of the station suddenly gave way, and the armored Tang army elite cavalry galloped out. Ma Sanbao in bright armor was in front of him, holding his horse aloft, and the few Turkic cavalry outside the formation pulled their horses away one after another. Cavalry is difficult for infantry to contend with, but heavy cavalry is not easy for light cavalry to contend with.

Ma Sanbao didn't care about those stragglers, but slanted towards the rear of the Turkic army who were fighting.

There has just been a surprise attack by a large number of crossbow arrows, and even now the soldiers of the Tang army in the chariot formation are still firing arrows non-stop, and the thousands of Turkic cavalry who came to support them are trying to overcome the wave of arrows and enter the chariot formation.

At this time, the thousand-five heavy cavalry rushed into the formation diagonally. Ma Sanbao kicked the horse's belly fiercely, shouting loudly, and strung the two Turkic cavalry into a gourd with a long spear in his hand, and then dropped the long spear, relying on the light armor, drew out his long knife and went forward desperately, all the cavalry behind him were brave.

Like a sledgehammer, the thousand-five cavalry smashed the Turkic cavalry who came to support, but after all, there were thousands of Turkic cavalry, and they were also skilled in equestrianism. Three treasures are trapped in the formation.

Duan Zhixuan snorted enviously in the distance, and looked back at Su Dingfang deliberately, thinking that he was fighting with the King of Qin in the north and south, and he was the second one to pierce through the enemy's formation and raise the banner in the battle at Hulaoguan. !

Why envy and envy?
Because Feng Li had already led more than a thousand cavalry to approach the battlefield from the flanks, he first warned him with a rain of arrows, and then went around and entered the battle to declare his participation in the battle.

Now the Turkic army is a bit chaotic. Although there are not many reinforcements coming, the crux of the problem is that the Tang cavalry stationed not far away joined the battle.

There were only a thousand Tang cavalry in the formation, and the large number of Tang cavalry were still eyeing them. The three or four thousand Turkic cavalry had different ideas. Some tried to wait for the reinforcements to arrive to strangle these two Tang cavalry, while others were being chased away by Ma Sanbao and Feng Li.

Not far away, a Turkic general frowned and looked at the chaotic battlefield, then looked at the chariot formation, grinned his teeth and thought for a while, and ordered the horn to be blown, and temporarily retreated.

The crux of the problem is not the cavalry confrontation outside the chariot formation. The Turks can rely on the speed of their horses to wrap up the Tang cavalry a little away from the battlefield, but the battlefield is only so big, and there is only so much room for maneuvering. The impact of the elite Tang cavalry is the Turkic The cavalry were irresistible.

Although more troops were added to the rear, more than [-] cavalry came again, but the large Tang cavalry on the south side were also ready to move, and slowly moved north to press the formation and continue to fight. They will not be defeated, but it will be difficult to win.

The more important thing is that within the chariot formation, although nearly a thousand Turkic cavalry who entered the formation broke through the formation, they did not widen the gap, nor could they dig into the depths of the chariot formation, causing the Tang army to be in chaos. Instead, they were trapped in the formation. The soldiers of the Tang army have already dragged the chariot and are blocking the gap.

When Ma Sanbao led the cavalry to attack the enemy, Li Daoxuan ordered a large number of crossbows to temporarily block the Turkic support troops, and Ma Sanbao and Feng Li successively went out to fight, entangled thousands of Turkic cavalry.

In the chariot formation, although they were under great pressure, the shield soldiers and spearmen did not collapse. On both sides, densely packed large shields nearly one person high were erected. Hundreds of elite soldiers in heavy armor and holding sharp blades The armored soldiers rushed towards the Turkic people like a tiger.

Although the formation was broken, it was blocked by the shield soldiers, and the opponent did not collapse. This directly caused the horse speed of the Turkic cavalry to slow down. At this time, hundreds of soldiers rushed into the formation, slashed and killed, and disturbed the formation of the Turkic cavalry. Into a mess.

Li Daoxuan did not go into battle in person, but carefully observed the battle situation, seized the right time, took the personal guards as the vanguard, threw hundreds of spearmen into the battlefield, and cut off the Turkic formation from the middle.

Without backup, the most important speed was lost, and the queue was disturbed. The Turkic people could no longer bear the counterattack of the Tang army. A soldier of the Tang army stabbed the horse's belly with a long knife and tore the Turkic man off. A long knife was drawn out, and a long spear was stabbed hard, nailing the Turkic man to the ground.

The soldiers of the Tang army on the periphery have already filled the gap, and the firmly trapped Turkic people roared in despair. Double-heavy armored infantry, and some knelt down to beg for mercy, but were chased and killed by the angry soldiers of the Tang army.

Smelling the fresh smell of blood, Li Daoxuan was a little excited. This was the first time he had been to the battlefield in person after the First World War in Shandong. Although he had sent troops to Hedong to garrison Yanmen Pass before, the war did not start.

Li Daoxuan also felt a little itchy, but unfortunately he couldn't do it himself. Last night Li Shan specially told him to lead the right army, and he should be in command, not to show the courage of one person.

Re-climbing the hill, Li Daoxuan saw the Turkic cavalry retreating northward, Ma Sanbao had led the cavalry back to the formation, and Feng Li was still relentlessly chasing the remnants fleeing southeast.

Duan Zhixuan, who also saw this scene, clamped his legs on the mount under his crotch, licked his lips and continued to envy and jealousy, it was really cheap for Feng Li!

(End of this chapter)