The battlefield was filled with people shouting and horses neighing, and the flames of war continued to spread.
Although the Turkic side occupies the advantage of the home field, and its military strength far exceeds that of the invading enemy, it ultimately responds to the battle in a hurry and is unable to enter the battle in the best condition.
The camp where the Wei army took the lead in attacking was located in a valley between two mountains. The foot of the mountain opened out like a pocket. Although the terrain in front of the camp was open, it was conducive for the cavalry to engage in vertical and horizontal operations.
However, because the camp was the first to be attacked, especially the livestock herds in the camp were dispersed, the soldiers in the camp were unable to organize a timely and effective counterattack. And the reinforcements from the rear were not able to fight back in this chaotic situation.
Having grasped the key to the battlefield, he relied on the strength of his own troops to plunge into the chaotic camp, hoping to control the chaos as quickly as possible.
However, after these troops swarmed into the camp, they were immediately restricted by the mountainous terrain on both sides of the camp, making it difficult to fully spread out. Especially the elite troops led by the Turkic Khan who controlled the territory as the main force, due to
He was the fastest to rush in. As soon as he arrived at the battlefield, he was entangled and strangled by several Wei troops, and could not escape to coordinate his troops.
"Be quick to receive the enemy's attack, and don't let the captives control the bows and arrows!"
Li Tai noticed the characteristics of the Turks' fighting methods at the first moment of the battle. Although the Turks were born as slaves in Rouran, their fighting methods were still the mainstream prairie mounted archery, relying on the mobility of the cavalry to attack with bows and arrows.
Once the enemy is restricted in both aspects, its combat effectiveness will inevitably be greatly reduced.
Therefore, the first key to fighting the Turks is not to run around and fight in fear of force, but to desperately close the distance between them at the first time.
The Turkic cavalry bow is soft, and its effective lethality is usually about ten feet, thirty or forty meters. Although it is slightly less powerful, the frequency of firing is greatly increased. If such a distance is maintained between each other, then they will always be covered.
Under the attack of the arrows of the Turkic cavalry, no matter how sophisticated the armor is, there is no guarantee that one of the arrows will be injured.
Therefore, the most appropriate strategy is to ignore the opponent's stray arrows and rush to the Turkic cavalry as quickly as possible. Even if the mount is shot and killed during the charge, as long as it rushes in front of the Turkic cavalry, the lethality of the Turkic cavalry will be
It's a big discount.
In the Western Wei army, cavalry field battles have been equipped with long spears and horses, which are very rare in the Turkic army. Usually only the guards around the leader can be armed. Other ordinary soldiers, except for bows and arrows, are the most armed.
It was a saber. These sabers were quite lethal when nomads were fighting each other, but when they were fighting against the armored soldiers of the Central Plains Dynasty, there was a clear gap in the lethality of the weapons.
Therefore, as long as there is no distance between them and they are really attacked by the enemy, the lethality of the Turkic soldiers will be far inferior to that of the Wei army.
The Turkic troops who were the first to enter the battle did not seize the more favorable open terrain immediately. Instead, they rushed into the camp because they were busy quelling the chaos. Even though they invested tens of thousands of soldiers at one time, they could not defeat them.
The battle formation was completely spread out, and the main force led by Li Tai was immediately surrounded in this mountain col.
When the Turkic Khan saw that the situation was not good, he quickly shouted and tried to break through the fighting and strangulation of several Wei troops. As one of the most noble people in the Turks today, the guards around him were also well-equipped elites.
The crowd fought hard under his orders, and soon the situation was reversed. They gradually broke out of the siege, and their field of vision became wider again.
However, before the Khan who controlled the territory had time to be happy, he found that only a few hundred soldiers rushed out with him, and the troops under his command were still repeatedly attacked and killed by the Wei army, and were trapped in the camp in chaos.
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"Fight back and break through the enemy siege!"
Upon seeing this, the Khan who controlled the land quickly reined in his horse, preparing to penetrate the Wei army's encirclement from the rear and draw more men and horses out.
However, before he could charge here, there was a sudden gust of wind in front of him. It turned out that He Ruoden and his party, who had escaped from the battle circle before, were preparing to choose an angle to join the battle again, but they discovered this small enemy team that had broken out of the encirclement. Naturally,
There was no reason to let him go, so he immediately led his followers to kill him.
This time, He Ruoden did not choose the loose formation he had used when harassing the enemy before. Instead, his troops formed a formation that was as sharp as an arrow and as sharp as a chisel, and they just pierced through the enemy's formation in a straight line.
He Ruoden took the lead, holding the horse in front of him. As the distance between him and the enemy soldiers on the opposite side became closer, he let out a loud shout, like a tongue bursting with spring thunder. The horse that was originally held flat in front of him was like a snake spitting out a message and stabbing forward.
Gouge the enemy soldier in the chest.
The enemy soldier was protected by fine armor, but as the sharp edge struck his chest, the huge force contained in the sharp edge hit the armor. The enemy soldier suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body was thrown off his horse.
When it was lifted up, the person was still in the air, and the armor on his chest had burst open. He flew backwards for more than ten feet and hit the ground heavily.
The rest of the sergeants may not be as brave as He Ruodun, but if they are selected as the vanguard, they must be all warriors in the army. They charge forward against the enemy's arrows, each looking for a target with their guns and spears. As soon as they are attacked, there are dozens of them.
The enemy soldiers were assassinated and dismounted, and the formation was immediately dispersed.
"The one wearing the brocade must be a noble scholar from Hu Zhong, don't let him get away!"
Although He Ruoden didn't know the Khan who controlled the land, he could guess from his obviously gorgeous and unusual attire that he had a good identity. After rushing past, he hurriedly reined in his horse and rushed back. Ma Shuyao accused
Ditou Khan shouted loudly.
"Quickly protect the Khan and retreat temporarily!"
Seeing how ferocious these soldiers were, the guards of the Khan who controlled the land were frightened for a while. They did not dare to try a tit-for-tat charge again, but instead evacuated from the Khan who controlled the land to the east to temporarily avoid the sharp attack.
, intending to bypass the battlefield from the side.
He Ruoden was naturally not willing to let go of the military exploits presented to him. He turned around and looked around the battlefield. Although the fighting was still fierce, his own side also had an obvious advantage, so he waved his hand again and led a group of armored soldiers to pursue the Khan in the direction of his escape.
Go down.
As one of the few nobles of the Turks, the Khan who controls the land, and the war horses that his close followers ride on are also very good. When his horse galloped to escape, the speed was quite astonishing, even though He Ruoden and others were also desperately trying.
They chased each other on horseback, but the distance between them was still getting further and further away.
Wu Mingche went out with the army this time, but because he was not good at bow and horse skills, he was not placed in the front-line combat sequence, but was placed in a logistics position. When the soldiers were fighting to kill the enemy on the battlefield ahead,
He led a group of soldiers to herd war horses in the river bend downstream.
At this time, the fierce sound of fighting on the battlefield also reached here. Just when Wu Mingche was still imagining the majesty of the golden horses on the battlefield with regret, a series of rapid and noisy horse hooves broke away from the chaotic sound of fighting on the battlefield, and gradually became...
Gotta get clear.
Wu Mingche hurriedly rode up to the high hill and looked to the west. Soon he saw dozens of knights, who were obviously not from the Western Wei Dynasty, galloping towards him. Among them was a man whose clothes were colorful in the sunlight and whose braided hair was flying.
, obviously protected by everyone around him.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack, quickly meet the enemy!"
After seeing this, Wu Mingche immediately summoned the hundreds of soldiers who were behind him without thinking, and then took advantage of the enemy cavalry to rush closer and directly lead them to rush out from the reeds near the river beach.
The local Khan and his entourage were being chased by He Ruoden and running for their lives. They were getting further and further away from the battlefield. They finally managed to get a certain distance away. They were planning to take a detour from another direction to return to the battlefield, but they didn't expect another person to appear on the way.
As the enemy troops marched forward, each and every one of them could not help but let out a roar of despair, grief and indignation.
However, Wu Mingche ignored the mood of these Turkic knights and directly ordered his troops to come forward to surround these people. While fighting and killing them, he ordered them to surrender.
When He Ruodun and his entourage caught up again, they saw that Khan and his entourage had been tightly tied up by Wu Mingche's envoys. They were in a very bad mood and shouted unwillingly: "Who is this thief chief?"
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Wu Mingche and others who had taken advantage of the situation shook their heads and said they didn't know, but it wasn't that they were deliberately hiding it. In fact, none of them knew the Turkic language, and they really couldn't find out the identity of the other party during interrogation.
"Captured so easily, I guess it's not a good thing! When I return to the battlefield, capture and kill a Turkic Khan!"
He Ruodun first said something angrily, and then ordered Wu Mingche and others to quickly arrange replacement horses. He and his fellow sergeants took a short rest here, and when the pommel horses were ready, they led their troops back to the battlefield.
On the battlefield at this time, the Turkic troops trapped in the camp had suffered heavy casualties, especially the soldiers inside. Due to the delay in being able to withstand the enemy's engagement, they were repeatedly punched and killed. Many Turkic soldiers
They had all given up resistance. After dismounting, they gathered their horses outside in a circle, while they all huddled behind the horses.
Of course, more Turkic armored soldiers chose to abandon their weapons and surrender directly. However, Li Tai, who was already in a bloody battle, directly waved his hand and said: "If you don't accept the surrender, continue to charge! Go straight to the Turkic Khan's tent!"
As this order was issued, the soldiers raised their sabers again and continued to charge towards the Turkic soldiers. They only let go of a corner of the encirclement, allowing the Turkic soldiers to escape through the gap.
The Turkic soldiers finally escaped from the battlefield, and they became more and more afraid to stay and fight, so they all rushed towards the Khan's tent along the way.
At this time, there were also reinforcements from the rear, but before they reached the real battlefield, they saw many defeated people rushing towards them. For a while, the formation was greatly shocked. They didn't even see the enemy's face, so they