Chapter 633 This is a cavalry beyond Liu Heida's cognition
Chapter 633
Liu Heitao had been standing on the city wall, and soon he noticed something strange about the Suppression Army cavalry. That is, from several miles away, all the way to the land of Lixu, this cavalry team maintained a close posture.
Consistent trot speed.
This is not scientific or practical. You must know that the biggest advantage of the cavalry is their powerful mobility and assault ability. After each cavalry launches an assault, increase the speed to the highest level, which can cause the greatest damage to the enemy.
Destructive combat strategy.
"General, there is something wrong with the Suppression Army cavalry. You see, they did not use long weapons, and they did not use spears..." It was the wily General Gu from before. His words also made Liu
Heita also reacted.
Liu Heitai narrowed his eyes tightly and stared at the Suppression Army cavalry who could clearly see their armor and riding equipment. In their hands, they did not have the amazingly long guns or spears specially designed for cavalry assault.
But the bows that had already begun to be strung up one after another... Liu Heitai rubbed his eyes subconsciously, his face full of disbelief. Among the more than a thousand riders that could be clearly identified with his eyes, all of them had one bow.
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Could it be that Tang Wang Yang Qian had already surrendered to the Turkic Shibi Khan, and Shibi Khan gave him the elite Turkic cavalry? No, even Shibi Khan's personal cavalry was definitely not like the cavalry in front of him.
Turks, or nomads, like light cavalry the most. Even the most elite armored cavalry will never equip their mounts. After all, in the consciousness of the prairie people, mobility is what they need most.
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"In the past few months, the Zhenfu Army has been training troops in Qi County. Could it be that this cavalry is a good cavalry trained by imitating the Turks." General Gu narrowed his eyes and speculated.
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Li Shimin shouted loudly, raised the bow and arrow in his hand, and made a gesture. The cavalry under his command moved with him. When they were still some distance away from Xia Jun's camp, they suddenly changed and marched in parallel from dozens of columns.
The cavalry formation suddenly turned into a formation with only three cavalry abreast.
Accurately began to rush along the edge of Xia Jun's military camp, and then began to launch into the military camp...
The height of the village wall is not high. Because it is built with wooden fences, people inside and outside the village can even see each other clearly.
And because of this, the archers of the Zhenfu Army were able to clearly understand the distance between themselves and the enemy, and adopted a projectile method to avoid the barrier of the village wall to the greatest extent. One by one, the feather arrows were directed towards the military camp.
It fell in and was accurately thrown near the village wall.
The moment those arrows fell, I heard the screams and wails of the soldiers of the Great Xia Army. After all, not many of the soldiers of Great Xia were able to wear armor. Even the elites under Liu Heitai's command only had at least
Only those with the rank of corps commander can wear it.
Ordinary soldiers can be considered quite good if they can wear military uniforms of the same color and similar hem. There are even many soldiers who don't even have military uniforms.
Such a result would inevitably lead to a high casualty rate for the Xia army's soldiers who lacked helmets and armor. Many soldiers simply retreated towards the back of the village wall, intending to avoid the range of the Suppression Army's archers.
Of course, it's not that there aren't people who bravely stand up and fight back, but compared to the elite archers and cavalrymen of the Suppression Army who only have a few days off a month and train hard every day.
The vast majority of Xia's army only conducts exercises every five days. Even Liu Heita's personal troops only conduct exercises every three days. Under such circumstances, if you want to compete with the archers of the Zhenfu Army,
Archery is simply a dream.
Daxia's army also had people with excellent archery skills and a specialized archery team. They also launched a counterattack bravely, but soon they figured out one thing, they were really no match for the other side.
The archers of Daxia are all unarmored, and only a handful of them are allowed to wear leather armor, but all their opponents seem to be wearing thick armor.
It is really difficult for Xia's archers to hit a moving target. Even if they hit the target, they can't penetrate the opponent's armor at all. They watch as the opponent still relies on his legs to control the mount and continues to use the hard bow in his hand to move towards the camp.
The act of throwing arrows recklessly really hurt the morale of Xia's soldiers.
Liu Heitai, as one of the most famous generals in the Great Xia Kingdom, naturally discovered this problem, and he was very upset in his heart. He had never seen or heard of a cavalry that completely used bows and arrows to attack the enemy in his life.
Even the Turkic cavalry usually fired a round of arrows when charging, and then directly drew their swords and charged upwards, or when fleeing for their lives, they turned around and shot one or two arrows from time to time.
It can be said that the combat method of the Suppression Army cavalry in front of him was beyond the scope of Liu Heitai's cognition.
The Xia State generals on the top of the city were all bewildered as they watched the Suppression Army cavalry quickly and accurately circle around the camp, and throw waves of arrows near the wall.
The brave Daxia soldiers had to retreat into the camp again and again. There was no way, the bows and arrows could not repel the opponent, but instead they were injured in large numbers by the opponent's arrow rain.
If it continues like this endlessly, it will completely ignore the lives of the soldiers.
"Send the order for the black cavalry in the city to line up in front of the west gate. Go quickly! General Gu, please continue to guard the formation here. I want to go and meet this weird cavalry in person."
General Gu was very anxious after hearing this, and quickly stepped forward to persuade him. "General, please don't be impatient. In my opinion, the cavalry of the Suppressing and Fu Army have not yet tired. If we attack at this moment, it is very likely that the Suppressing and Fu Army will be defeated."
The cavalry escaped easily."
"It would be better for the general to lead his black cavalry out of the city and then lurk temporarily until the enemy is tired or slack, and then surprise and win."
Liu Heita thought for a while and nodded with deep understanding. "Then I will ask Old General Gu to pass on the signal when the time is up. I will personally command the elite black cavalry to attack and suppress the Fu army."
Array later."
"promise!"
Ten thousand elite cavalry, led by Li Shimin, Li Daozong and other generals, were besieging the camp outside the city, while Li Xiuning led five thousand cavalry from his headquarters to stay behind.
Two quarters of an hour later, when the more than 10,000 cavalrymen had already circled to the side and rear of the camp, General Gu sent out a signal. At this moment, they had already left the west gate and moved to the intersection of the west gate and the north gate to wait for the fighters.
Five Thousand Xia Kingdom's elite black cavalry finally attack.
Five thousand Xia Kingdom cavalry left the west gate. Almost immediately, Li Xiuning received the news, but to her, it seemed that it was not five thousand deadly cavalry, but more like five thousand coveted merit points.
Hearing the shouts coming from the west, and the sudden sound of hooves that was as dense as raindrops, Li Xiuning and the five thousand elite archers under his command calmly began to form formation...
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