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Chapter 379 Cavalry Assault (1)

Seeing more and more soldiers rushing to the top of the city, Herzzan finally showed a happy smile on his tense black face, but he didn't relax there. Instead, he raised his hand and was ready to issue a general attack The order was issued, but before the order came out, a cavalry sentry galloped desperately from the north. Herzzan couldn't help but frown, put down his hand hesitantly, and swallowed it forcefully. The command that will be exported.

"Report, General, about [-] cavalrymen from the Tang Army were found three miles to the north, and they are heading towards our troops at high speed. Please tell me, General!"

The sentry rushed very fast, and within a few breaths he had already rushed to the central army, but saw one of them roll off the saddle and fell off the horse's back, and panting out a word to report.

"What? Where did the soldiers come from? Who leads the army?"

Hearing that the cavalry of the Tang army came, Herzzan's expression darkened involuntarily, and he uttered a series of questions angrily.

"General, I see that the banner is Anxi's cavalry, and there is a word 'Li' on the banner in the army, but I don't know who is leading the army."

Seeing that Herzzan's expression was not right, the reporter did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly explained.

"Anxi? Lee?"

Hetzzan originally thought that the troops from Kuozhou should come, but when he heard that it was the Anxi Army, he couldn't help but was stunned. For a while, he really couldn't understand how the Anxi cavalry, who were thousands of miles away, came here Yes, but in any case, since the reinforcements of the Tang Army have been killed, Hetzzan is not free to act carelessly. Now, what is before him is a dilemma-how to take down the Tang Army while meeting the reinforcements of the Tang Army? The city of Fanghan!
"Decree: The infantry will continue to attack the city, don't stop, the cavalry will retreat, and follow the general to meet the enemy. Ning Gu Sidu, you immediately gather your troops and go out with the general!"

After all, Herzzan was still unwilling to give up the city of Fanghan, which was already at his fingertips, and thought to himself that there were as many as [-] cavalry on his side, plus the [-] troops of Ning Gusdu, which was more than three times the number of Tang troops who came to help. In such a situation where both sides were exhausted, Herzzan naturally did not believe that his side would lose, so he issued a series of orders to adjust the situation on the battlefield.

"Wow, woohoo..."

As soon as Herzan gave an order, the shrill horn sounded, and the Tubo cavalry brigade, which had been wandering around the city to provide fire support for its own infantry, immediately retreated. The Salar tribe troops who were scattered on the flanks of the battlefield to watch the excitement turned north in disorder, and the entire battlefield was in chaos for a while.

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements are here, brothers, drive the thieves out of the city, kill them!"

The adjustments made by the Tubo army were really not small. All the officers and soldiers of the Tang army who were struggling to support them all noticed the change in the situation, but they didn't understand what happened for a while, but Zhang Mingwu didn't care about it, and shouted loudly Then he declared the guessing words as facts. As soon as the words came out, the morale of the defenders, who were already powerless, was immediately boosted. After fighting desperately, they forcibly blocked the impact of the Tubo infantry. The killing on the top of the city was inextricable.

"Speed ​​up and keep up!"

On the prairie less than three miles north of Fanghan City, a fiery red battle flag fluttered in the wind, and a young general under its banner rode his horse like flying. He did not return to the Longguan system, but stayed in the Anxi Army, and was promoted to the post of Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang General by Li Xian. The commander actually only listened to Li Xian. Before Li Xian left Luoyang this time, he led his troops to sneak to the vicinity of Yumen Pass in the name of an exercise, and was on standby at any time. After receiving Li Xian's secret order three days ago, he led the whole army into the Guan, rushed nearly a thousand miles to help Hezhou. At this moment, he could already see the black smoke billowing from the city of Fanghan. Thirst for the excitement of a battle.

"Drive, drive..."

Li He's troops are not all Han Chinese. In fact, Han Chinese only account for more than half of them. As for the rest, they are a large gathering of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions. In the same way, that is bravery - this cavalry army is not a product of the government army system, but Li He recruited soldiers under the banner of the frontier army. In addition to the land that the government army system should have, it also has a salary But, although the regular monthly money is not too much, for the poor, it is enough to support a large family. Naturally, the brave men of all ethnic groups flocked to it. They originally planned to recruit a battalion of soldiers. However, the recruitment has been expanded to the third battalion. As for the training, it is strictly in accordance with the "Wei Gong Art of War". Although the number of troops is not large, the combat effectiveness is astonishingly high. Under the acceleration of this group, it really has a destructive spirit!

"Array, array!"

Seeing the smoke and dust in the north approaching from afar, Herzzan didn't dare to neglect, shouting non-stop at the top of his voice, directing a group of his subordinates to line up, and after a lot of work, he finally laid out Formed an attacking formation - two thousand cavalry on each side of the wings, Herzzan led two thousand elite cavalry as the central army, as for the three thousand tribal troops in Ning Gusdu, Hezzan didn't look down on them at all. After arriving in the formation, it was used as a reserve team.

"The whole army obeys the order: change horses!"

Li He's eyes were very good. From a long distance, he saw the Tuca coalition army who was forming a formation. He estimated the opponent's general strength with just one glance, but he was not afraid. He let out a loud roar and moved his body , the man had passed an empty horse running beside him, and the officers and soldiers following him saw this, and they did not dare to be negligent. technical action.

"Raise the knife!"

Li He didn't turn his head back, just listening to the sound, he knew that all his subordinates had completed the action of changing horses, and immediately drew out the horizontal knife at his waist, compared it with each other, and shouted orders.

"Shh!"

Li He had just finished speaking, but after hearing an incomparably orderly sound, three thousand cavalrymen showed their horizontal knives almost at the same time, and three thousand sharp blades stood up like a forest, flickering into a sea of ​​cold light in the sun.

"Today's battle, there will be no retreat, kill all the thieves, defend our Tang Dynasty, and sing to someone: If you don't see the end of the Han Dynasty, the weak crown will tie the captive and invite long tassels..."

When the forest of swords stood, Li He shouted loudly and took the lead in singing "March in the Army". All the soldiers followed suit and sang loudly. His morale rose to the peak in an instant.

"Attack! Attack! The whole army presses forward!"

When Tang Jun's singing started, Herzzan didn't take it seriously at first, and curled his lips in disdain. He planned to wait for Tang Jun to stop in a hurry to form a formation, and hit Tang Jun by surprise, but he never thought that Tang Jun would not form a formation. , just rushed over with billowing smoke and dust, his eyes widened immediately, and he roared angrily—the most important thing in cavalry warfare is speed, cavalry without speed are just meat targets, and are useless at all If they can't be dispatched, if the Tang army really rushes into the formation like this, no matter how many troops there are in the Tuca coalition army, they will have to finish playing immediately. Herzzan's refusal to take back the infantry before was a big foolish move. Being taken the lead by the cavalry of the Tang army is a flaw that cannot be ignored. Adding the two together, this battle will not be so easy to fight, and Hertz can't help but praise it.

"Wow, woohoo..."

Hearing Hertz's roar in such a panic, the trumpeter who followed him dared not neglect, and hurriedly grabbed the horn, but blew it vigorously. Three lines fired together, aggressively forming a half-encirclement circle, covering and killing the cavalry of the Tang army.

There are many factors that determine the outcome of cavalry hedging. Morale, tactical literacy and even the quality of weapons and equipment are one of the key points. However, in a real large-scale confrontation, the choice of formation is undoubtedly the most decisive part. , At this moment, the charges of both sides have been launched. Looking down from the sky, it can be clearly seen that Tang Jun is using the triangular formation with the strongest assault force. Opening the enemy's thick defense line is often used as a trap, but it has a fatal weakness, that is, the two wings are weak. Once attacked, the entire formation will collapse. At the same time as the formation, troops are often sent to cover the two wings of the cavalry formation. This is the basic common sense of cavalry generals. Li He will not understand it, but he has no other choice. If he wants to quickly penetrate the enemy's central army, Only in this battle, he gambled on the reaction speed of the Tubo cavalry. Obviously, he was right - the three-way attack tactic chosen by Herzzan was indeed a good strategy to defeat Li He's troops. It takes time for the army to turn from being extremely quiet to running at full speed. Although this time does not need to be very long, it is an extremely fatal flaw for the battlefield situation at this time-unless the Tubo Central Army can block the breakthrough of the Tang Army's cavalry army , otherwise, the cavalry on the two wings would not be able to get back in time at all. At this time, Herzzan also had only one choice left - assault against assault, and see whose spear is sharper and who has more courage. One chip!
"assault!"

"assault!"

The distance of more than 130 steps seems not short, but for the cavalry that is fully charged, it is only a blink of an eye. Standing up, in an instant, the two cavalry troops started their final acceleration almost at the same time. Tens of thousands of horseshoes kicked the ground, and the thunderous hoofbeats were deafening. The time has come!
(End of this chapter)