Chapter 379 Cavalry Assault

Seeing more and more soldiers rushing to the head of the city, Herzzan's tight black face finally showed a happy smile, but he did not relax. Instead, he raised his hand and was ready to issue the general attack order. However, without waiting for the order to come out, he saw a whistle running from the north. Herzzan's His eyes couldn't help but be awe of awe. Hesitantly put down his hand and forced himself to swallow the order that was about to go out.

"Report, general, more than 3,000 Tang cavalrymen were found three miles to the north, and they were killing at high speed to our troops. Please make it clear!"

The whistle rushed very fast, and he rushed to the Chinese army in a few breaths, but when he saw a rolling saddle turn off the horse's back, he breathlessly reported.

"What? Where did the soldiers and horses come from? Who is the leader?"

As soon as he heard the killing of the Tang army's cavalry, Herzzan's face couldn't help but be gloomy, and he drank a series of questions angrily.

"General, the flag is Anxi's cavalry. There is a word 'Li' in the army, but I don't know who is the leader."

Seeing that Hertz's look was wrong, the newspaper did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly explained.

"Anxi? Li?"

Hetzzan originally thought that it should have come to the soldiers and horses of Guzhou. At this time, it turned out to be Anxi Army, and he couldn't help but be stunned. For a moment, he really couldn't figure out how the Anxi cavalry, who was nearly a thousand miles away, came here. But anyway, since the Tang army's reinforcements had been killed, he was not free to act carelessly. Now, In front of him is a dilemma - how to take the shaky Han City while facing the reinforcements of the Tang army!

"Order: The marching army continues to attack the city, and it is not allowed to stop. The cavalry retreats and goes with the general to meet the enemy. Ning Gu Sidu, you immediately gathers your troops and fight with the general!"

In the final analysis, Herzzan was still unwilling to give up the already readily available city of Fanghan, and thought that his own cavalry was as many as 6,000. In addition, the 3,000 troops in Ninggu Sidu had come to help the Tang army more than three times. Under the condition that both sides were exhausted, Herzzan did not believe that his side would lose, so there was a series of The order made some adjustments to the situation of the battlefield.

"Woo, woo..."

With Herzzan's order, the sad horn sounded. The Tubo cavalry brigade, which was fidiously providing fire support for its own marching army in the lower reaches of the city, immediately retreated. At the same time, the Sala tribe, which was watching the hustle and bustle on the flank of the battlefield, turned north in chaos. The battlefield was chaotic for a long time.

"Reinforcement! The reinforcements have arrived, brothers, drive the thief down the city and kill him!"

The adjustment of the Tubo army was not small. The Tang officers and soldiers who were struggling to support all noticed the change of the situation, but they didn't understand what had happened for a while, but Zhang Mingwu ignored it. He shouted loudly and announced the words of speculation as a fact. As soon as this statement came out, it had been It was the defenses who could not support their morale. Under the hard battle, they forcibly blocked the impact of the Tubo infantry, and the two sides killed inexplicably in the city.

"Speed up and keep up!"

On the prairie less than three miles north of Yuhan City, a fiery red war flag was swung in the wind, and a young general under his command was Li He, the general of Zuo Xiaowei. Since the battle of Tuyuhun the year before last, Li He did not return to the establishment of Longguan, but stayed in the Anxi army. Li Xian came forward to protect him and was promoted to Zuo Xiaowei. As a general, he led his troops to be stationed in Shazhou. In nominal terms, he was under the command of Anxi to protect Ashina Daozhen. In fact, he only obeyed the order of Li Xian. Before Li Xian left Luoyang, he led his troops to sneak near Yumen Pass in the name of exercises and was on standby at any time. Three days ago, after receiving Li Xian's secret order, he led the whole army into the customs and ran for nearly a thousand. At this moment, he could see the rolling black smoke on the city of Fanghan. Li He was so anxious that he couldn't wait to kill him immediately. The roaring order was full of excitement for a war.

"Drive, drive..."

Li He's people are not all Han people. In fact, the Han people only account for more than half of them. As for the rest, it is a great collection of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions. Almost every clan has soldiers, but one of them is the same, which is bravery - this cavalry is not the product of the government's military system, but Li He. In addition to the land that should be available in the government's military system, the recruited soldiers are also paid. Although the monthly money is not much, it is enough for the poor to support a large family. Naturally, the self-proclaimed brave men of all ethnic groups are flocking to it. They were originally scheduled to recruit a battalion, but the result was expanded. The third battalion was recruited, and as for the training, it was drilled in strict accordance with the "Wei Gong's Art of War". Although the strength is not much, the combat effectiveness is surprisingly high. Under this collective acceleration, it really has a destructive spirit!

"array, array!"

Seeing from afar that the smoke and dust in the north were approaching, Herzzan did not dare to neglect it. He kept roaring at his voice and commanded a group of his men to arrange troops. After a good job, he finally put on a counterattack formation - 2,000 cavalry were placed on each wing, and Herzzan led 2,000 elite iron riders as the central army. As for Ninggu The 3,000 tribal army of Sidu? Herzzan didn't look down on it at all. He was sent to the reserve team after the battle.

"The whole army listens to the order: change the horse!"

Li He's eyes were very good. He saw the vomiting coalition troops in the distance. At a glance, he had estimated the general strength of the other party, but he was not afraid. He roared and his body was vertical. He had crossed an empty horse running on the side. When the officers and soldiers who followed him saw the situation, they did not dare to neglect. Jumping and countless breaths, he completed the most difficult technical action in the cavalry subject.

"Hear up the knife!"

Li He did not look back. Just listening to the sound, he knew that all his men had completed the action of changing horses. He immediately pulled out the horizontal knife around his waist, compared forward, and shouted loudly.

"Wh!"

Li He's voice just finished, but after listening to a neat sound, three thousand cavalry lights up the horizontal knives almost at the same time, and three thousand snow-bright blades stood up like a forest, shining into a sea of cold light in the sun.

"Today's World War, there is progress but no retreat, kill all the thieves, defend me in the Tang Dynasty, and sing with someone: You don't see the end of the Han army, weak crown capteries, please Chang Ting..."

When the knife was standing, Li He immediately shouted and took the lead to sing "Journey to the Army". A group of soldiers also sang loudly. The majestic songs swirled back and forth over the battlefield, and the already high morale of the Tang cavalry rose to the peak in an instant.

"Attack! Attack! The whole army is on top!"

When the song in the Tang army's array started, Herzzan originally didn't think so. He curled his mouth disdainfully and planned to attack with all his strength when the Tang army hurriedly stopped to set the array. He was caught off guard against the Tang army, but he never expected that the Tang army would not set up the array. He rushed over with the rolling smoke and dust, and his eyes were stunned. Round, roared angrily - the most important thing in the cavalry battle is speed. The cavalry without speed is just meat targets, and they can't be used at all. If they are really rushed into the battle like this by the Tang army, no matter how many people there are in the Tusha coalition, they have to finish it immediately. Herzzan refused to take back the infantry before. It's not a small stupid move. At this time, it was taken the first opportunity by the Tang cavalry, which is also a flaw that cannot be ignored. With the combination of the two, this battle is not so easy to fight, and it can't help but praise Hertz.

"Wo-woo, woo..."

Hearing Hear that Herzzan roared so anxiously, the trumpet who followed him did not dare to neglect him. He hurriedly grabbed the horn, but blew it vigorously. In an eye, the originally standing Tubo army three times at once, formed a semi-encirclement and killed the Tang army.

There are many factors for the formation of the cavalry, victory or defeat. The morale, tactical literacy and even the quality of weapons and equipment are one of the key points. However, in the large-scale head-on confrontation, the choice of formation is undoubtedly the most decisive part of it. At this time, the charge of both sides has been launched. Looking down from the sky, it can be clear. It can be seen that the Tang army uses the most powerful triangular array. The main point of this array is that it has strong penetration, which can easily tear open the enemy's thick defense line. It is often used as a trap, but there is a fatal weakness, that is, the two wings are weak. Once attacked, the whole formation will fall into a state of collapse. Therefore, the unified army is large. While sacrificing this battle, he will often send troops to cover the two wings of the cavalry. This is the basic common sense of the cavalry generals. Li He will not understand it, but he has no other choice. If he wants to quickly break through the enemy's middle army, only in this battle, he will bet on the reaction speed of the Tubo cavalry. Obviously, he bet right - Hertz The three-way joint attack tactic chosen by Zan is indeed a good strategy to defeat Li He's department. However, the Tang army took the lead, and it took time for the Tubo cavalry to turn from extremely quiet to run with all his strength. Although this time does not take long, it is a terrible flaw for the situation of the battlefield at this time - unless the Tubo army can stop the Tang army. Breakthrough, otherwise, the two-winged cavalry will not be able to make a detour in time. At this time, Herzzan also has only one choice left - to attack the assault, to see whose spear is sharper and whose courage is better!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

The distance of more than 130 steps seems not short, but for the cavalry, it is just a blink of an eye. When the two armies are less than 30 steps apart, the two generals almost drank at the same time. In an instant, the two cavalry began the final acceleration almost at the same time, tens of thousands of The horse's hoof kicked on the earth, and the thunderous hoofs were deafening. The murderous spirit condensed like substance in this smoke and dust. It was time to die!