Wu Lingyu received a report from the front army. At the front of the Tang army was the sword and shield army, which was obviously used to deal with his own crossbowmen. Wu Lingyu sneered and ordered: "The cavalry is in front, the infantry is behind, attack and crush the Tang army!"
"Woo——"
The horn sounded, and 10,000 cavalry rushed out first.
The Yan army launched a fierce attack. They raised their swords and roared, rushing into the valley with an overwhelming momentum. Five thousand cavalry galloped in front of them, and the infantry behind them ran wildly, waving spears and swords.
, and attacked the Tang army's formation several miles away in an overwhelming manner.
The entire army was like a turbulent sea water rushing through the valley.
Compared with the Yan army's burst of passion, the Tang army was as calm as a mountain, motionless. Each soldier's eyes showed a cruel look, flashing with a cold light that was as devouring as a wild beast.
Li Ye's face was as resolute as if it were carved from granite, with no expression visible. When the Yan army's cavalry rushed a mile away, he gave the order coldly.
"Crossbowmen prepare!"
The Three Thousand Sword Shield Soldiers instantly turned into crossbow shooters. They put their swords into their sheaths and carried their shields behind their backs. They took off their crossbows and quivers and took twenty steps forward. The soldiers quickly formed three rows, one in each row.
Thousands of people, lined up two steps apart.
The crossbow shooters in the first row knelt down half-kneeling, used their knees and arms to pull the string and load the arrow, adjusted their gaze to the mountain, tilted it upward, clasped the hanging knife with their index fingers, slowly held their breath, and narrowed their eyes to a thin line, one hundred and fifty
Step, this is the distance of their first strike.
Whether it is Turks, Tubo, Khitans, Uighurs or even Tuqi Shiren and cannibals, when all the enemy armies fighting against the Tang Army talk about the Tang Army, what they are most afraid of is the Tang Army's crossbows, which have extremely powerful penetrating power.
, has always been their nightmare.
Therefore, the enemies of the Tang Army would do everything possible to avoid the Tang Army's crossbows. They would either use infantry to charge forward with shields held high, or use cavalry proficient in riding skills to launch the first round of attacks, or they would not even take the initiative to attack at all.
Li Ye also thought of this possibility, so the crossbowmen dressed up as sword and shield troops. This was the favorite military branch of the cavalry. The sword and shield troops did not have long weapons and could be trampled mercilessly by horseback.
He succeeded. When he saw the Yan army's 10,000 cavalry coming overwhelmingly, a proud smile finally appeared on his lips.
The monstrous murderous intent of the Yan army began to subside as it gradually approached the Tang army. The cold arrows of the Tang army's crossbow army were shrouded in an aura of death, which made the cavalry at the front feel terrified. Isn't it a sword and shield army? How did it become a sword and shield army?
The crossbow army.
They all realized that they had been fooled, and they cursed the coach's incompetence, which caused their morale to decline rapidly. They even wanted to turn around and escape, but the huge inertia prevented them from turning back. They were involuntarily surrounded by the army and headed towards that place.
Arrows of death rushed towards each other, getting closer and closer. The cavalry at the front closed their eyes in fear.
Two hundred steps later, a low and dense drumbeat sounded in the Tang army's camp, which was a reminder to the Tang army to make a final inspection.
One hundred and fifty steps later, the drum sound of the Tang army suddenly disappeared, and the sound of the impact of the bow strings was heard. A thousand crossbow arrows shot up into the air, forming a dense black spot in the air, and rushed towards the Yan army at an extremely fast speed.
The cavalry shot away.
The formation of the Yan army's cavalry was so dense that there was almost no need to aim. A thousand arrows instantly shot into the dense crowd, causing a shower of blood.
This Yan army was composed of the surrendered Tang army. They were not qualified to wear stronger armor, and they were all ordinary leather armor.
Their leather armor only had a single layer and they were not equipped with shields. They were unable to resist the powerful crossbow arrows of the Tang army. A crossbow arrow shot through their bodies. There were screams one after another in the team, and the horses screamed and fell.
On the ground, the horsemen and cavalry rolled to the ground. Before they could stand up, they were overturned by the people and horses behind them. They rolled and wailed on the ground, and were finally trampled mercilessly, turning into bloody corpses.
The two or three hundred men killed in battle were just like a wave of waves in the ocean of ten thousand cavalry. The waves broke and disappeared into the ocean.
Immediately after the second round, the third round of arrows roared, and the Yan army's cavalry fell in pieces like weeds. Then it was a new beginning. In just a few dozen steps, the Tang army fired six thousand crossbow arrows.
, more than two thousand people were killed or injured.
The sharp increase in the death toll caused the Yan Army cavalry to finally slow down. The breath of death reached the end. Their forward attack began to hesitate. They no longer had the vigor and courage they had at the beginning, and the overwhelming momentum began to change.
into a turbid surge.
However, the nightmare had just begun. They had already entered the fifty-step range of close combat.
The crossbowmen quickly retreated, revealing the two thousand heavy armored infantry behind them.
The two thousand heavy armored infantry stood motionless, like a majestic mountain. From the beginning to the end, their formation did not change at all, like stone sculptures. The forest-like dense Mo Dao exhaled a cold breath in the sun.
The Yan army's cavalry was still thirty steps away from the Tang army's camp, but there were already more than 2,000 casualties.
Li Ye looked coldly at the Yan Army's cavalry, which was beginning to become chaotic. He knew that he had overestimated this army. This was not the Youzhou Cavalry, but the Tang Army that had surrendered to the Yan Army in Hebei and the Central Plains. Regardless of their morale, formation, or horse control ability, Li Ye
And the murderous aura cannot be compared with the Youzhou Iron Cavalry.
The difference between them and the Yan army cavalry is like a dog and a wolf. Although they look similar, their actual combat power is far different. This army is by no means a match for them.
"The Spear Throwers attack!"
Two thousand spear throwers launched together.
Two thousand short spears roared from the air and rushed towards the Yan Army cavalry at the front. The cavalry could not dodge and were shot by the dense short spears. They screamed and fell off their horses. Both generals and soldiers were in danger in front of the god of death.
They were all equal. The cavalry leader Duan Lihong was shot through the head by a throwing spear. He screamed and fell off his horse, and was nailed to the ground.
"Boom!" Thousands of cavalry and heavy armored infantry collided with each other, cold light flew up and down, blood spattered instantly, limbs flew everywhere, and the pungent smell of blood filled the ground.
Thousands of cavalrymen were chopped into pieces without even a scream, and the mutilated corpses were piled up on the ground. Two thousand Modao soldiers marched in line trampling on their flesh and blood, and the cavalrymen were killed one by one.
Wu Lingyu led a group of cavalry to charge out from behind. He had been instigating the attack and finally saw a horrifying scene. Corpses were piled up like mountains, the ground was stained red with blood, the soldiers were frightened and desperate, and signs of defeat began to appear.
At this moment, the soldiers behind were in chaos, and ten thousand Tang army cavalry came from behind.
Li Ye also focused on training Nan Jiyun. Although Nan Jiyun was highly skilled in martial arts, he had too little war experience and did not even have large-scale war experience. Li Ye asked him to follow Pei Xiu in order to help him grow up as quickly as possible and be able to stand alone as soon as possible.
Under the fierce attack of the Tang Army's cavalry, the Yan Army finally collapsed. They turned around and fled, just like the ebbing tide of a big wave. At this time, Li Ye saw the opportunity coming. He raised his sword and shouted: "Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who are defending their homes and country,
The opportunity for you to perform meritorious deeds has come, kill him!"
"Kill!"
The drums beat like thunder, the infantry galloped, the cavalry of the Tang army urged their horses, and more than 10,000 cavalry swept towards the defeated Yan army. They marched forward bravely and were invincible. The Yan army was wailing, and fear enveloped them. They scrambled for their lives and knelt down one after another.
surrender.
"Resist! Resist!"
Wu Lingyu shouted hoarsely, but no matter how much he shouted, it had no effect. His army's morale was depleted and they no longer had any will to resist. They were not the Youzhou army, they were just ordinary soldiers just trying to make ends meet. The Yan army fled in all directions.
, the army was defeated like a mountain.
The six thousand Yan army soldiers on the mountain were also defeated. The Yan army's defeated troops were scattered all over the mountains and plains. They fled in all directions, but they could not escape the Tang army's pursuit. They were either killed or knelt down and begged for mercy.
The Tang army chased them for more than 30 miles in one breath. The 30,000 Yan army suffered more than 7,000 casualties and 12,000 surrendered. The general Wu Lingyu fled to Yuzhou in panic with thousands of remnants.
This chapter has been completed!