The sky is blue and the fields are vast.

The Yinshan Mountain is right in front of you. Jieli whips hard and just runs forward.

The evacuation from Dingxiang has turned into a rout.

Yuchi Gong followed closely behind,

"Quick, Baidaocheng is ahead,"

With Bai Daocheng looking at him, Jie Lizai turned around and shouted to the guards nearby, "Go tell Ashina Simo and let him lead his troops to garrison Baidaocheng and stop that damned Yuchi Gong here."

"drive!"

Jieli never stopped,

In Baidao City, Xue Wanshu was mounting his horse. He was wearing double armor, and even his face was covered by the mask, only two eyes were exposed.

Even his war horses are wearing vests.

armored cavalry,

Wu Huaiyu spent more than a year in Youzhou, requesting all parties to mobilize elite cavalry, good horses, and heavy armor to create a heavy armored cavalry: Youzhou Assault Cavalry, which finally came into use.

A full thousand heavy cavalry, with the help of other light cavalry, put on their armor and mounted their horses,

The majestic war horse is equipped with six pieces of horse armor, face curtain, chicken neck, breastplate, horse body armor, hindquarters, and parasitism.

Except for the legs and eyes, almost the whole body of the war horse is protected by armor.

Su Lie handed the black horse mug to Xue Wanshu,

Xue Wanshu, wearing Mingguang armor, sat astride a horse. The armor on the tail of the horse was raised high to protect his back.

"General Xue led the heavy cavalry to charge first, and General Li and I led the light cavalry to follow up."

Xue Wanshu said with a smile, "Don't worry, General Su. When our Youzhou cavalry comes out, who dares to fight? Jieli fled in panic all the way, how could he withstand the charge of our heavy cavalry?"

Xue Wanshu was very confident and had the capital. When they were young, the Xue brothers guarded Youzhou with their father Xue Shixiong and knew the Youzhou heavy cavalry very well. Later, when their father died in battle, they relied on Luo Yi, and the heavy cavalry under Luo Yi

The riding record is even more powerful.

The Xue brothers were all cavalry officers who once led Youzhou heavy cavalry.

The gate of Baidao Castle opens.

The heavy cavalry filed out and formed an array outside the city.

A thousand Youzhou cavalry,

Divided into two battalions, arranged in a wedge-shaped formation.

Each battalion, which is a wedge-shaped battle formation, has a total number of 504. The depth of the formation is twelve people, the first line is twenty people, and each subsequent line will increase by four people, and the twelfth line will be sixty-four people.

In this wedge-shaped battle formation, the main combat weapons of the heavy cavalry were horse bows, knight bucklers tied to their arms, and blunt weapons such as hammers and maces as secondary weapons, although most heavy cavalry also carried bows.

and horizontal sword, but they are not used in most charge situations.

When they come on the court, it means rushing.

However, these heavy rides cannot last long and need to be used with caution.

Now, it is a good time to ride again.

There was no heavy infantry coordination, and there was no follow-up by mounted infantry, but fortunately there were light cavalry to cover.

Two wedge-shaped heavy cavalry formations, one on the left and one on the right, were deployed outside the city.

In the distance, Jieli was running towards this side with the Turks.

In the cold wind, the crowds of people in the snow were all Turks and horses. Because Yu Chigong was pursuing them relentlessly and Jieli was only focused on running away, the Turks and horses were dispersed even though they were numerous.

Xue Wanshu raised the horse.

The sound of horns also sounded behind me.

attack.

The knights urged their horses and slowly accelerated.

Heavy cavalry does not run very fast,

But the impact of these seemingly clumsy heavy rides is actually very terrifying.

The earth is shaking.

Jieli also discovered something was wrong,

When he finally saw the cavalry running in front of him, holding high the flag of the sun, moon, stars and three stars, he was shocked and desperate.

Another flag fluttered in the wind.

Someone shouted,

"Youzhou..."

"Jingsai Army!"

Jie Li was startled and quickly reined in his horse. When he heard the word Youzhou, his scalp went numb.

Youzhou, Wu Huaiyu, and Yehuling were defeated.

The Jingsai Army is that man's army.

Is Wu Huaiyu here?

The heavily armored cavalry charged, splashing countless snow powder.

The attached wolf guards shouted loudly and ordered the Turkic soldiers to form defensive formations.

The Tang army's heavy cavalry approached quickly.

"Raise your riding shield, raise your horse's shaft!"

Xue Wanshu shouted,

To defeat the enemy with heavy cavalry, there are only two moves: savage collision, and then heroic breakthrough.

The wedge-shaped battle formation is designed to enhance this collision and breakthrough capability.

It can be said that the tactics of heavy cavalry are completely different from those of light cavalry. They rely not on maneuverability, but on instantaneous explosive impact. They rely on toughness.

Their mission is to charge forward, charge head-on, and tear apart the enemy's formation. They rely on the expensive equipment that includes both men and horses.

The cost of one heavy cavalry can be more than the cost of raising twenty infantrymen. On the battlefield, twenty infantrymen may not be able to block the fatal charge of one heavy cavalry.

The annual expenditure of a heavy rider exceeds the output of 300 acres of land.

"Spears, hurry up, form a spear formation!"

The attached wolf guards were still shouting. They had already recognized the heavy cavalry coming from the opposite side. Facing the heavy cavalry charging straight at them, except for giant shields, spears or carts, they could not think of anything that could stop them.

If it was a frontal battle and the array depth was strengthened, it might be possible to block them, but now they are running all the way and the team is scattered, how can they block it.

The only hope is to rely on the numerical advantage, light cavalry, fighting, cavalry and shooting to tire them out, and then hunt them down.

But these elite Turkic guards also know very well that heavy cavalry never appear alone on the battlefield. When they appear, they must be followed by large troops.

Thousands of heavy cavalry means that there are at least tens of thousands or even more infantry cavalry.

Turkic soldiers and horses formed hastily,

Jieli is quietly retreating,

The Turks also have heavy cavalry, but they are different from the heavy cavalry in the Central Plains where both men and horses are wearing heavy armor. The equipment of the Turkic heavy cavalry is worse, and even some heavy cavalry are not all wearing heavy armor.

There are also many heavy cavalry that are actually heavily armored archers. Their heavy cavalry often has charging spear cavalry in the front row, and archers in the middle. The archers can account for about one-third.

The Turkic heavy cavalry usually attacked together with the light cavalry. Jieli knew very well the power of these heavy cavalry of the Tang army, but he had no fighting spirit.

The heavy cavalry charges forward.

On the vast snowy ground, the Turks hastily formed a line of defense, holding their spears diagonally like hedgehogs encountering the enemy's thorns.

This kind of defense can be dealt with by ordinary light cavalry.

But what they faced was heavy cavalry, or Youzhou's sudden cavalry, both men and horses wearing heavy armor. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, these were also ace elites.

Usually, a heavy cavalry is equipped with two war horses, three pack horses, and two auxiliary soldiers. The knights and horses are well fed and well-fed. Generally, when marching, the armor is also pulled by a cart or a horse. As long as there is no charge, those war horses

It neither carries equipment nor knights.

Eat fine food every day to recharge your batteries, just for that brief charge on the battlefield.

The two wedge-shaped heavy-armed cavalry battalions, with no fear in their eyes, faced the spears and the rows of soldiers, and they just rushed forward.

Destroyed and destroyed,

The Youzhou Cavalry, both men and horses in heavy armor, rolled over directly, stabbed with spears, chopped with knives, and greeted them with maces and iron bones. They didn't pay attention at all.

Just rush up.

Almost instantly, the thin line of defense was shattered.

Just like a window made of paper, it will break when you poke it.
To be continued...