Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 857 First Battle ([-])

Li Shan on the chariot looked to the east, heard the scout's loud report, smiled and waved, "This is just an appetizer."

Indeed, the Turkic attack on the right army was nothing more than an attempt to re-expand the space after losing the opportunity, but Li Daoxuan commanded well, with the brave general Ma Sanbao under his command, and Su Dingfang led five thousand elite cavalry to face each other from a distance. It is really impossible to break the formation with thousands of troops.

But even though he had carefully planned back and forth before the battle, and discussed with Dou Gui and Su Dingfang, when things came to an end, it seemed as stable as Mount Tai. However, Li Shan was still a little nervous when fighting on the east side of the battlefield, after all, this was his first time. A command in the true sense.

After listening to the scout's report, Li Shan found that his palms were wet.

After settling his mind, Li Shan turned his attention to the frontal battlefield. The battle on the east side was indeed just an appetizer before the meal. The dark Turkic cavalry rushed in like a tide, and seemed to cover up any gap in the northern battlefield. can not see.

"Let's start." Li Shan ordered, and the personal guards quickly issued an order, and the Chinese army flag waved the order.

Li Shan also knew well that he had actually taken advantage of this battle, because Hu Yan and Qian Jiulong's relentless fight to the death caused the Turks to fail to break through the defense line and gain a large space for movement. Now they are blocked in the narrow and long In the zone, it is difficult to intersperse and detour, and frontal combat has always been the strength of the Tang army, but it is precisely the weakness of the Turks.

Picking up the binoculars and looking back to check again, Zhang Zhongjian, the commander of the former army, shouted sharply: "Wang Junhao is on the right, Hu Cishi is on the left, and the whole army is heading west."

"Xiangxiang?" Hu Yan's expression changed drastically, and he grabbed Zhang Zhongjian's mount, "The whole army is heading westward, and the Chinese army is isolated. If the Turks attack directly..."

"You want to fight against orders on the battlefield!" Zhang Zhongjian forcefully broke away Hu Yan's hand, his eyes fell on Qu Silang, and he said coldly: "Hu Yanshi has no heart to fight, you lead the cavalry on the left."

"Yes!" Qu Silang was overjoyed, turned his horse's head and was about to leave.

Hu Yan, whose face was livid, was furious, "I dare not fight?!"

Zhang Zhongjian didn't care about it anymore, he drove his horse to speed up, held his horse aloft, and led the front army to rush to the west with a vanguard attitude.

There was a commotion in the Turkic army on the opposite side, and Ashina Sheer was a little hesitant. There were not many troops on the west side of the battlefield, only more than 4000 cavalry, because there was a dense forest in the north, and the Rushui River was in the west. The space was narrow, unlike the east side. And the south side has room for maneuver after all.

The most important thing is that the thousands of cavalry in front of the Tang army all headed west, completely exposing the central army. Ashina Sheer's hesitation was mainly due to this place.

The main force of the Tang army lined up, the right army marched eastward, guarding the main road on the hill, and thousands of cavalry also marched eastward to support the right army, while the front army all marched westward, trying to drive the enemy away with the left army, leaving the central army alone. Against tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry.

When the prairie cavalry fought with the army of the Central Plains Dynasty, the most important thing was to use the cavalry to tear apart the opponent's line little by little, weakening the strength and morale of the opponent little by little, and it was not until the last moment that the cavalry raided the main general of the opponent's central army and defeated the enemy with one sentence.

But just after the war started, the opponent took the initiative to expose his weakness to himself. How could Ashina Sheer not be suspicious? The opponent was the King of Handan in the Tang Dynasty who had defeated the Turkic cavalry several times, so he wouldn't be so stupid.

"Khan, the west can't hold on anymore."

Ashina Sheer glanced at it, and randomly assigned a general to lead thousands of cavalry to support him. However, the Tang army over there had a considerable advantage, and at most he could only take the defeated army back to the formation. His attention was still focused on the middle.

"Would you like to have a try?" Tuli Khan, who drove his horse, was eager to try, "At most, there are more than ten thousand troops, and most of them are infantry."

Ashina Sheer stretched out his hand and swiped left and right, "Although the Tang Army was divided into three parts... Li Huairen actually took the initiative to divide them, and the distance between them is not too far."

"If it is a small group of cavalry, it will be difficult to break the formation. If the main force advances, the Tang army from the left and right will attack..."

"That's true, but you can't just look at it like this?" Tuli Khan frowned, "Send over a thousand cavalry to try it out?"

"Yeah." Ashina Sheer smacked his lips, "Li Huairen won't be that stupid, I'm afraid there will be someone behind him, you forgot that after Guji Town was breached that day..."

Tuli Khan fought a cold war. He also witnessed the fort being breached that day. He thought that the Handan King must be dead without a whole body, but in just a quarter of an hour, the tribesmen who invaded the fort were driven away like rabbits. After being expelled, thousands of clansmen died in the city, and the association rate of the younger brother was the same as that of the Dubu Khan in front of him.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, in those few battles, Li Shan left an unforgettable memory for the Turkic people.

But sitting on tens of thousands of cavalry, the two Khans hesitated to give it a try. Tuli Khan sent [-] cavalry to attack the central army, and Ashina Sheer dispatched troops, with more than [-] cavalry on the east side. The cavalry faced each other faintly, staring at the two armies of Su Dingfang and Li Daoxuan, and thousands of cavalry were dispatched to the west to check and balance.

"It's a bit slow to come, and there are only one or two thousand horses. It seems that brother She'er and Gu that sworn brother have doubts." Li Shan smiled, "The Chinese army is appointed by the county magistrate of Changxing."

Qian Jiulong beside him nodded silently. He originally led the rear army to garrison the rear, but last night Dou Gui and Wen Yanbo urged Li Shan to temporarily transfer him to the central army... Both of them found that the King of Handan was in He is not very good at specific military affairs. If the Turks really attack the Chinese army, I am afraid that Li Shan will not be able to handle it.

Li Shan's original plan was to let Kan Leng take over the specific command, but Kan Leng was from Jianghuai, and he didn't have much experience in commanding infantry against cavalry, so he transferred Qian Jiulong from Shan Ruliu.

"It's a little risky." Zhu Wei said in a low voice, "If the entire Turkic army presses down..."

"That can only be a bad battle." Li Shan grinned, "But Sheer hesitated for a long time, and the whole army should not be crushed."

If Ashina Sheer really used the main cavalry to attack the central army, Li Shan had no choice but to defend the central army firmly and make the two cavalry of Zhang Zhongjian and Su Dingfang attack from left to right.

The Turkic troops may not have an advantage, but even on a narrow battlefield, the mobility of the cavalry can play a key role. The Turkic cavalry on the left and right will not stare blankly, but will definitely follow and kill.

Of course, the impact of Tang cavalry is difficult for Turkic cavalry to compete with. In addition, after all, the Chinese army has more than [-] troops, and the Turkic main force will not be able to gnaw it down in a short time... Li Shan can be sure that if that happens, it can only be It's a mess.

Defeat is hard to defeat. As long as the Chinese army is not broken, a large group of Turkic cavalry cannot get through the small gaps, let alone go south without defeating the main force of the Tang army.

Otherwise, the Tang army's cavalry followed and pursued, and the Turks would definitely suffer heavy casualties. What's more, the Tang army went north to defend the border, and the Turks had nowhere to run unless they could fly over the Rushui River, Yangjinchuan, and Jinghe Rivers and attack Longzhou.

Two thousand Turkic cavalry were approaching. Li Shan squinted his eyes and looked carefully, thinking that it should be Ashina Sheer's temptation, while Ashina Sheer and Tuli Khan in the distance were also watching intently. Guess what kind of response Li Shan will have, and whether the association rate can try out the backhand of the Handan king.

(End of this chapter)