The battle of Luzhou that lasted for four days is still difficult to tell at this time!

The Yuan army in Luzhou had only 50,000 people, all of which were cavalry. They were originally stationed in Xuzhou. After learning that the Tang army crossed the river, they went south. When they were in Luzhou, they were intercepted by Jiang Jun's troops heading north.

Although Jiang Jun's troops had 50,000 people, there were only 20,000 cavalrymen. They did not have an advantage in the face of the Yuan army's iron cavalry that was coming and going like the wind.

But the problem is that the commander of the 50,000 army, Chahanhaci was very arrogant and not as steady as the veteran Masume. He took the initiative to attack as soon as he started.

The Yuan army was willing to fight to the decisive battle, but instead made Jiang Jun win many things. He didn't have to take much effort to force the Yuan army to fight to the decisive battle like Li Luo.

Of course, Chahanhaci was not a mediocre person. He did not use cavalry to attack the Tang army formation and give Tang arms a chance, but instead divided 50,000 cavalry into ten teams, harassing the Tang army from all directions, giving full play to the advantages of cavalry and shooting, and peeling and flying kites with the tactics that Mongolian cavalry is best at.

In this way, Tang arms had no choice but to use the Yuan cavalry that adopted the evacuation and harassment tactics. Although the range of the musket was not shorter than that of the Yuan army's cavalry bow, it could be used to disperse cavalry with a dispersed formation of hundreds of steps, and it was really lethal.

Even the Tang army's artillery, a round of cavalry and shooting can only bring dozens of casualties to the Yuan army.

The Tang army could only use archers, bed crossbows, divine arm bows, and firearms to resist the siege of the Yuanqi Cavalry.

For a time, both sides fought equally. Every moment, the Yuan army cavalry were dropped, and Tang army soldiers were also caught in the arrow and fell into the formation.

After three days, the Tang army was forced to maintain its formation, and the Yuan army also took endless cruising and attacking like a pack of wolves. The Yuan army was very scattered, and the Tang army had to maintain a dense team, which made it very difficult for the Tang army to attack the Yuan army.

Both sides were very tired, but because the Tang army was mainly infantry, had no initiative in the battlefield, and needed to maintain a formation for a long time, it was more tiring than the Yuan army.

The Yuan army was all cavalry, with one man and two horses, and even three horses. They used the tactic of taking turns to take a break at any time. They could even lie down on the horse's back and take a nap, so they took a big advantage.

The Tang army could only take turns to retreat the outermost soldiers to the middle, take a nap, and continue fighting. In other words, the tenacious Tang army would have collapsed long ago if it were the Song army.

Jiang Jun once ordered 20,000 Tang cavalry to attack, attempting to fight in close combat with the Yuan cavalry. However, the Yuan cavalry knew that the Tang cavalry was good at horse fighting and did not give him any chance.

As soon as the Tang cavalry attacked, the Yuan cavalry retreated, always keeping a distance, and attacking the Tang cavalry with bows and arrows. The Tang cavalry not only gained nothing, but also could not fight back, and could only retreat to the formation and stay idle.

Seeing that the Tang army was becoming increasingly passive, the Yuan army was not proud. Because after three days of cavalry and shooting harassment, they consumed a large number of feather arrows, and at this time, each person had an average of less than twenty feather arrows.

After all, Jiang Jun was a wise general. He saw this and ordered the archers to stop shooting arrows, so as not to use the arrows that were shot by the Yuan army.

The Tang army no longer used arrows to fight back, resulting in a sharp drop in attack output, and could only rely on muskets, bed crossbows and divine arm bows. In order to make up for this, Jiang Jun ordered high sheds to be built on the periphery with military tents to block the Yuan army's arrow rain. As a result, casualties were greatly reduced.

But the Yuan army was in pain.

There is almost no arrow.

Xuzhou Cang and Yangzhou Cang were both burned down. Where did they replenish feather arrows? Tens of thousands of cavalrymen need at least millions of feather arrows to replenish the war. Where can we do so many arrows?

On average, each person only has a dozen arrows, how can we continue to fight this battle?

The Mongolian army destroyed countless countries and fought many battles, most of which were victories. When dealing with the enemy's infantry formation, each person fired dozens of feather arrows, and most of them could not hold on. Then he used heavy cavalry to rush forward, and finally the light cavalry covered the kill and expanded the results of the battle.

However, each person uses an average of 60 arrows, and the Tang army is still as stable as Mount Tai, and it continues to cause casualties to its own side. The precious national warriors either die from firearms or from bed crossbows and divine arm bows. The casualties are not much smaller than those of the Tang army.

The Tang army's perseverance and fighting skills made Chahanhaci at a loss.

What to do? Seeing that my side has the upper hand, the harassment tactics have also been effective, but they are almost gone.

If you don’t retreat, you will fall into danger anytime and you will fall into danger. If you retreat, you will be so unwilling to accept it.

His expression was clearly seen by Jiang Jun, the commander of the Tang army.

On the high chariot in the middle of the Tang army formation, Jiang Jun lowered his eyes and smiled at the cavalry general Li Yi, "The Yuan army is almost gone, and Chahanhaci may retreat."

"Taiwei, you must not let them retreat. They have many horses and are very skilled in riding. Once they take the initiative to retreat north, we will not be able to keep them." Li Yi said anxiously.

Jiang Jun nodded, "Then find a way to keep them."

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jun gave two orders.

Not long after the order was given, the Tang army formation became looser and looser, and many soldiers were completely exhausted, and even the battle flag was crooked.

The Tang army's counterattack became increasingly weak.

Chahanhaci, who had originally wanted to withstand the pain of withdrawing the troops, immediately gave up the idea of ​​withdrawing the troops.

Tang Jun seems to be unable to do it!

This is not surprising at all.

In Chahanhaci's view, any army dominated by infantry should collapse after being harassed by tens of thousands of cavalry for several days.

Facing infantry, cavalry is definitely not just an advantage of mobility. In order to resist cavalry, infantry must form formations. Once formations are formed, it will not only be more difficult to move, but also cannot relax.

Once relaxed, the cavalry with speed could completely defeat the infantry before the infantry had sorted out the formation.

Especially in rainy and snowy weather or the scorching sun, the situation of infantry is even more difficult. When the scorching sun is exposed, wearing armor and maintaining the formation, it is difficult for any kind of strong army to last.

Because the cavalry has the initiative and does not need to form a formation, it will be much easier. They can even eat, sleep and find a place to rest. If the enemy infantry attacks, the cavalry will have no time to get on the horse.

It is already very powerful that the Tang army can persist for three days and maintain an impeccable formation.

This shows that the Tang army is indeed a strong soldier.

But so what? Are they facing the Dayuan Iron Cavalry or on a cavalry battlefield like Central Plains!

In order to verify his guess, Chahanhaci tentatively sent 5,000 cavalry to attack the Tang army within 30 feet. Although the Tang army's counterattack was relatively fierce, it was obvious that their physical strength was declining very quickly, and the counterattack was not as sensitive as before.

This is a typical battlefield fatigue reaction.

"Na Yan." The general who led the team to test came back and reported with a happy expression, "When the general rushed forward, he saw with his own eyes that some Tang troops were not shot by arrows, so he fell down so tired. He saw that they were no longer able to do it."

Another general also said: "I guess I can't make a mistake! Today is the fourth day. They have always maintained their formation and can't sleep at night. How can they not be tired? Yes, this is an opportunity!"

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of muskets from the Tang army formation, and then I shouted loudly.

With the shouts of scolding, the Tang army's battle flag suddenly became straighter, and the soldiers on the periphery stood even more straighter, and the momentum of the entire military formation seemed to have recovered.

However, Chahanhaci laughed instead.

Tang Jun's actions dispelled his main suspicion.

"The Tang army should be an arrow that could no longer shoot the master after shooting through the tent, and it has no strength." Chahanhaci looked up at the sky, "Although it is not hot now, the sun's formation will not be able to bear it."

He pointed to the Tang army, "The Tang army used the fish scale formation commonly used by the Han people. It is most suitable for use when there are more infantry and fewer cavalry. The effect of defending cavalry is pretty good, but it is very energy-consuming."

The general pressed the scimitar and said, "Please give an order, what should I do next? Should I take the opportunity to rush to the formation and destroy them in one fell swoop?"

After all, Chahan Haci was not confused. He shook his head without hesitation, "It's not appropriate. Tang's arms are powerful, so you must not rush into the formation easily. You must disperse and keep a distance. This is the first."

"Second, another day of the Tang army! Tomorrow, no matter whether we can defeat the Tang army, our army must go to Luoyang. At present, only Luoyang can be used to replenish feather arrows now."

It can be said that Chahanhaci's decision was still very wise. He did not rashly order the battle just because he saw that the Tang army became a tired soldier.

However, this safe and wise decision is still a deadly decision.

"Continue to harass them and let the warriors cherish every arrow! Each person must leave ten arrows today!" Chahanhaci ordered.

Tens of thousands of troops were lined up in a scattered formation in a team of thousands of people, and circled the Tang army like jackals. With the speed of horses, they accurately shot feather arrows into the dense Tang army, causing casualties to the Tang army from time to time.

If the counterattack in any direction is slightly slower, the Yuan army cavalry will boldly force it up, and after shooting the arrow, it will rush back like a wind.

As soon as the Tang cavalry came out, they retreated and turned to shoot arrows.

At least on the surface, the Tang army had no choice but to use the Yuan cavalry.

"Boom-"

The Tang army's artillery that could not bear it finally fired again, but the shells hit the dispersed Yuan army, killing dozens of Yuan army.

Hundreds of artillery, including ten kilograms of heavy artillery, and a round of volleys consumed so many gunpowder shells, but only this little result was really not cost-effective.

"Bang bang bang bang bang-" Tens of thousands of muskets were fired, and the results were very few. Lead bullets were a hundred steps away and could no longer penetrate the iron armor of the Yuan army. Not to mention hitting the target, it was already difficult.

A tall Yuan army knight suddenly jumped off his horse, changed to a larger bow, took out a slamming arrow weighing 6 taels, yelled in anger, and pulled out a large bow with amazing strength.

"KaKaKa..." A sound of bowstrings that made people sore teeth sounded, and the air around them was filled with creepy tension.

The Tartar Swordsman leaned forward slightly, his hips slightly raised, his arms as if he was holding the moon. His face was in a ferocious look, and his big bow gradually opened, and he pulled it to the four-foot-long arrow arrow.

The Tartar Swordsman closed his mouth, held his breath, and narrowed his eyes at the Tang army, who was like a general a hundred steps away.

At the moment when the heavy arrow left the string, the Tartar Swordsman remained motionless like a stone sculpture.

"Ching-" The arrow left the string, and the sound was very different from the "whoosh" of the wolf-tooth arrow.

The power of the three-stone strong bow blasted out the arrow weighing six taels, tearing through the air, destroying the space, and instantly came to the Tang general.

Before the Tang army could react, the general felt his body trembled violently. The arrow hit his chest, penetrated the black armor and penetrated deep into the internal organs.

The Tang general immediately fell to the sky.

"Governor General!" Tang troops on both sides rushed forward together, but they saw that the Governor General was no longer alive.

It turned out to be killed with one arrow!

At the same time, dozens of officers outside the Tang army were actually shot and more than a dozen people were shot to death on the spot. The highest military rank was a brigade deputy!

These Tartar sharpshooters are the famous "Starring Masters" in the Mongolian army. The Sagitting Masters were a special forces formed by Temujin for a long time. They were commanded by the archer Takabe and were one of the guards.

Mongolian soldiers are good at archery. Children learn to shoot at the age of five, and women can also ride horses and hold bows. Therefore, the proportion of archers is very high. The Yuan army cavalry of 50,000 people has only more than 15,000 Mongolian cavalry, but more than 100 archers are the same as the existence of ancient snipers.

However, although the Legend of the Condor Heroes can pull three stones to a strong bow, they cannot last long, so they will not take action until the critical moment. After shooting the arrows, these Legend of the Condor Heroes immediately set off and retreated.

Tang Jun suffered a big loss.

"Good archery! Good archery! I'm sorry for not owning it for my Tang Dynasty." Jiang Jun put down Qianli's eyes and was quite amazed, not depressed at all.

"Taiwei, will the Yuan army rush into the battlefield?" Li Yi asked.
To be continued...