Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 941 Cavalry Battle

At this time, Deng Chongxuan was wearing a fine steel armor that was qualified to be worn by generals above the regiment commander. He climbed up and stood on a chariot, with his mouth pursed, watching the situation on the opposite side intently.

Kou Zhun has heard people say that this kind of fine steel armor is not just a status symbol, it is handcrafted by two of the best master craftsmen in the equipment department, and each piece of fine steel armor requires two people to lead a dozen Craftsmen, it took half a month to build it, and ordinary people can only leave a mark on it with ordinary swords.And the most rare thing is that this kind of armor is lighter than ordinary chain mail.What Kou Zhun didn't know was that someone had already offered ten thousand taels of silver for this kind of armor on the black market in Xiajing City.

Deng Chongxuan watched the entire Tubo cavalry camp carefully with a telescope. He hoped to find a flaw in the large formation of Tubo cavalry, but Kou Zhun could tell from his expression that he hadn't succeeded.

"If that's the case, let's kill it!" Suddenly, Deng Chongxuan spit out these five words viciously, "The order is to attack the front of the Tubo dog! Tear up the straight lady thief!" Since the enemy did not show any weakness, That is naturally to hit the front.

As soon as his words fell, Kou Zhun saw several big flags pointing forward a few times, and the sound of war drums and horns suddenly sounded together, and a deafening "dong dong dong dong" resounded in his ears... "The sound of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." followed by a thunderous sound came from the ground under my feet, as if the ground was shaking.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" The former soldiers of the Suzaku Legion yelled three times in unison, and then rushed towards the Tubo army like giant pythons.For a moment, Kou Zhun held his breath.

He saw hundreds of Tubo cavalry coming up with shouts of chaotic killing. When they were a hundred steps away, they drew their bows and shot at the forward of the Suzaku Army, but their bows and arrows hit the heavy cavalry rushing in front, just like Like straws, they fell down one after another. The Tubo cavalry shot a few rounds of arrows unwillingly. Seeing that the heavy cavalry of the Suzaku Legion was approaching, they knew that they could not resist, so they fled towards both sides.

Behind them, another group of Tibetan cavalry wielding maces and hammers rushed up. Obviously this was their means to resist the heavy cavalry.However, they obviously underestimated the strength of the heavy cavalry armor of the Xiangfu Kingdom, the sharpness of the steel guns, and the speed at which the steel guns could be thrust out.Although these Tubo cavalry were very brave, before their weapons touched the heavy cavalry of the Suzaku Legion, the long steel spears held in the hands of the heavy cavalry had already pierced their chests, or brought them off their horses, or knocked them to the ground. , and then they were easily pierced through their bodies with spears by the light cavalry of the Suzaku Legion who followed behind, or they were simply trampled into flesh by galloping horses.

Deng Chongxuan's tactics seem to have achieved very good results so far.

The Suzaku Legion in charge, like a sharp axe, slashed in from the front of the Tubo army formation. The Tubo cavalry in front began to waver under this fierce attack, although it cannot be said that it was like a frightened herd, They fled to the back and both sides in a mess, but they were indeed retreating non-stop, more like the receding sea water, retreating to the rear and spreading on both wings, seeing that this ax could forcefully smash the large formation of the Tubo army. Split in half.

Kou Zhun couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Once the formation of the Tubo army was torn apart and chaos broke out within the Tubo army, the outcome of this battle would basically be determined. The cavalry charge with the heavy cavalry as the vanguard was really powerful.

Kou Zhun had time to turn around to look at Deng Chongxuan at this moment, but Deng Chongxuan's expression made him startled.He saw Deng Chongxuan frowning tightly, but his expression was much more serious than before.

At this time, about two miles behind the large formation of Tubo cavalry, there were about [-] Tubo cavalry standing quietly in a square formation.Behind the two thousand Tubo cavalry, under the protection of hundreds of elite cavalry, Gwangdorje and Cao Wei stood on a four-horse chariot, observing the situation two miles away intently. battle situation.But around them, there were no flags.

"My Great Song and Song Wei Mansions have already found out that the nine major armies of Xiangfu Kingdom have a heavy cavalry battalion in each of them." Cao Wei smiled and shook his head, "It's just that using heavy cavalry to disrupt the opponent's formation is too well-behaved. If I were Deng Chongxuan, I would use these heavy cavalry to attack from the two wings, as long as the opponent's two wings are smashed, I can form an oppressive siege to the Chinese army."

"A wonderful strategy!" Gewang Dorje glanced at Cao Wei, and couldn't help but praise sincerely: "What Mr. Cao said is probably something that no one has ever thought of before. It's no wonder that Deng Chongxuan."

"However, this strategy of frontal charge can be defeated in the battle examples used by the ancients hundreds of years ago." Cao Wei said with a smile: "No matter how Deng Chongxuan charges with heavy cavalry and light cavalry, we just need to avoid it. Sharpness, no matter how well-trained the Suzaku Legion is, as long as they are cavalry, the horses will be fast or slow. After charging, the formation will inevitably be scattered. If we go to the front, the slow horses will fall to the rear. We only need to lure the enemy deep, wait for them to be out of touch, and strike back. Surround and wipe out the front with superior forces, and then destroy the rear troops one by one. The more than ten thousand Suzaku army It will collapse soon."

Gewang Dorje looked delighted, and said: "Master Cao is indeed the No. 1 of the younger generation in the Great Song Army. With Mr. Cao's tactics, the Suzaku Army will undoubtedly be defeated."

"It's too early to say." Cao Wei shook his head, looked at the terrain on both sides, smiled slightly, and said, "This battlefield is still too narrow. There may be some accidents when it is deployed, and the result will not be completely satisfactory."

At this time, Gewang Dorje had already beckoned for several messengers, and assigned Cao Wei's tactics one by one.

At this time, under the charge of the Suzaku Legion's heavy cavalry first and then the light cavalry, the frontal formation of the Tubo cavalry retreated steadily. two paragraphs.

Of course, this is also the situation that Cao Wei had long anticipated and what He Gewang Dorje wanted to see now.

Although the Song Wei Mansion is far from being able to compare with the security department of the Xiangfu Kingdom, some ordinary secrets of the Xiangfu Kingdom can still be inquired about.

Cao Wei’s trip is responsible for the important tasks that Zhao Pu and Cao Bin have given him. Whether it is Song Wei’s mansion or military spies, they must spare no effort to cooperate with Cao Wei in terms of intelligence. Can't hide it from Cao Wei.

When the Suzaku Legion came to Jingtai County on the north bank of the Yellow River, Cao Wei already knew that Gwang Dorje would face a battalion of elite cavalry from Xiangfu Kingdom.Song also had its own heavy cavalry.So Cao Wei is no stranger to this arm, and he also has his own views. In his opinion, this arm is useless from an overall point of view. Facing the light cavalry of Liao and Tubo, it is ridiculously clumsy.It will never be able to catch up to the cavalry of Liao and Tubo, and all you have to do is to keep luring them to chase, anyway, it is absolutely impossible to catch up with you, and then shoot them one by one with bows and arrows die.Although not everyone in the Tubo cavalry has a crossbow that can shoot through all armor like the infantry of the Song Dynasty, it is not difficult to gather such a group of shooters in advance.And the appearance of the heavy cavalry just happened to be known in advance.

However, Cao Wei has to admit that if the heavy cavalry is used properly, it may achieve miraculous results.For example, on a battlefield where space is oppressive, the power of this battalion of heavy cavalry charging into the formation is sometimes enough to change the entire battle situation.

So he persuaded Gwang Dorje to choose this place as the battlefield, and laid a trap according to his careful planning, waiting for the arrival of the Suzaku Army.

Everything was exactly as he had expected. When the Xiangfu army began to charge, even the Xiangfu army, which is famous for its neat formation, could not keep the formation very neat all the time.This is mainly because although the horses ridden by the heavy cavalry of Xiangfu Kingdom's army are all carefully selected good horses, once the horses start to gallop, the quality of the horses and the riding skills of the cavalry will be distinguished immediately. rushed to the front, and the other part fell behind. At the beginning, the light cavalry behind them tried to maintain their formation, but soon, they found that this was impossible. Moreover, when the heavy cavalry cut deeply into Tubo After the frontal formation of the cavalry disrupted the formation of the Tubo cavalry, this restraint seemed meaningless.Urged by the rhythmic sound of war drums behind them, the light cavalry easily threw the heavy cavalry behind them, leaving only a loose formation, chasing the Tubo cavalry who were about to panic.

However, after easily "defeating" the frontal formation of the Tubo cavalry, the former army of the Suzaku Legion discovered that about two miles behind the frontal formation of the Tubo cavalry, there was actually an army formation waiting in full force. The cavalry fled to the rear of the army formation.The cavalry of the Xiangfu Kingdom, whose formation has become chaotic, could no longer reorganize their formation, and the light cavalry who could kill had no time to wait for the heavy cavalry left behind by them. Under the command of the commander, he took up his spear and charged at the Tubo cavalry, which numbered about [-] cavalry.

But this time, the charge of the Xiangfu army seemed to hit a soft wall.

All the Tubo cavalry rode fast horses and carried strong bows and sharp arrows. They fought and retreated, and separated the Xiangfu cavalry who rushed to the front again, surrounded them, and shot them with bows and arrows.

Although the light cavalry of the Suzaku Legion are well-trained horse fighters, most of the time, they cannot touch the Tubo cavalry who attack them. Facing the Tubo cavalry at such a close range, they had already suffered heavy losses after a few rounds of arrow rain.

(End of this chapter)