Throughout the millennium, the soldiers in the Central Plains were the most powerful, no more powerful than the two Han Dynasties. When the troops arrived in the Western Regions, there was a saying that one Han was the Five Hus. Even in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when there were many warlords, they were still able to defeat the Hu people.
However, after the Three Kingdoms, Yiguan traveled south, Wuhu chaos broke out in China, and the North and the South faced hundreds of years of confrontation. The Xianbei who took control of the Central Plains merged with the Han people, and gradually regarded themselves as Chinese. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, six towns were set up to resist the invasion of Rouran, but the power of the Hu people in the grasslands also gradually became stronger.
, became a shadow hanging over the Central Plains regime.
It was not until the Sui Dynasty unified the world that there was a slight change. When the Sui army faced the Turks, they often defended first and then attacked. They formed a phalanx with their convoys, resisting the outside on all sides, attracting surprise troops from within, and attacking externally... This so-called surprise army was actually
cavalry.
There is nothing that can be done about it. The Turks come like arrows and go like a dead string. They are best at gathering and dispersing. They do not gather enemies by standing firm. It is difficult for well-equipped but small cavalry to stand a chance against the Turks.
This kind of tactics was very popular during the heyday of the Sui Dynasty. For example, Li Gaoqian went to the fortress to defeat Yuan Junzhang last year. He used this tactics. He first used his fleet to defend, and then attacked with cavalry. In addition, Liu Shirang and Gao Manzheng came to help.
Successfully defeated Yuan Junzhang.
But in the last years of Daye, the situation has gradually changed, and the most critical figure in this change is none other than Li Yuan, the founding prince of Li Tang.
At that time, the Central Plains was already in chaos, and there were insufficient troops in the east of the river. The Turks invaded the border, and Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi, could not resist. Li Yuan selected two thousand cavalry, imitated the diet of the grassland tribes, hunted and galloped, and went to war, defeating the Turks.
This can be regarded as a new version of Hufu riding and shooting.
Using cavalry to defeat cavalry is not Li Yuan's original idea, but it is the general trend.
In fact, Li Yuan's trust in Li Shan also had this factor. Li Shan won several battles against the Turks, all of which were great victories, and all of them were fought with cavalry. In a certain way, he flattered Li Yuan.
Of course, this is just a coincidence. As a time traveler, although Li Shan has no research on the military in the cold weapon era, Li Shan also knows one thing. The only one who can defeat the cavalry is the cavalry.
Therefore, before Li Shan planned to build Xia City, he made up his mind that the most important thing was war horses, followed by food and grass.
Afterwards, the trade routes were rebuilt, and a steady stream of goods were sent to Yunzhou. Yuhuchun became famous in the grassland. At the same time, a steady stream of good horses were sent to Daizhou. Although a considerable part of them were sent to Longxi Racecourse and a new horse guide was built, but
There are still a considerable number of good horses left in Daizhou.
In addition to last year's great victory at Yanmen, two thousand war horses were captured at once. After that, Li Shan used Yugushe to blackmail him several times. Now south of the grassland, in all states in the world, in terms of the strength of the cavalry, Daizhou dare not
Although they pretend to be the first, in terms of quality and quantity of war horses, Daizhou is well deserved to be the first.
Facing the Tang cavalry who were approaching calmly and unhurriedly, the three thousand Turkic soldiers did not panic. Their excellent equestrian skills allowed them to jump left and right, with the intention of opening their big mouths and swallowing them in one gulp. After all, there were only a few hundred cavalry in the battle.
But at this moment, the Tang army suddenly accelerated. In this battle, Li Shan's personal guards were the vanguard. They were all equipped with first-class horses. Their ability to accelerate over short distances made it difficult for the Turkic cavalry to react quickly.
Holding the horse's belly tightly with his legs, he bent down as low as possible. There was a jingling sound in his ears. It was the sound of arrows hitting the armor. It was like returning to the battlefield more than ten years ago. Zhu Wei's heart was filled with the long-lost feeling.
of excitement.
Glancing up, Zhu Wei straightened his upper body suddenly, shouted loudly, and stabbed the front Turk soldier in the chest with the horse spear in his hand like a poisonous dragon, hung it on the tip of the spear, and slammed it backwards, and the good horse followed him.
The Turkic soldiers who were scurrying around and struggling to their death turned the array behind them into a pot of porridge.
Wang Junhao, Du Xiao and others who caught up later broke into the formation, wearing Mingguang armor, or holding horse spears to stab straight across, or pulling out long knives to slash and kill. The formation was in chaos.
Originally, the Turkic cavalry hated charging head-on with the Tang cavalry. They preferred to use the method of gathering and dispersing to exhaust the opponent's horse power and combat power, and finally gather and annihilate them with superior force. As a result, this time because they underestimated the speed of the Tang cavalry, they were unprepared.
Under such circumstances, the well-equipped Tang Cavalry rushed into the formation.
However, the Turkic cavalry also had an advantage. They quickly deployed their formations in an attempt to break away from the Tang army's vanguard, and the two wings were ready to move forward to cut off the Tang army's retreat.
But Xue Wanche is not stupid. Although he is not as good as Su Dingfang, he is also a veteran on the battlefield. His best skill is cavalry fighting. The Turks rarely invaded Youzhou, largely because of Xue Wanche and other generals under Luo Yi.
Xue Wanche first led 200 cavalrymen led by Zhu Wei and Wang Junhao to break the formation, and he personally led 500 fine cavalry to escort them back. Seeing that the formation was in chaos at first and then seemed to be unfolding, he kicked the horse's belly violently and led his troops diagonally into the formation.
Li Shan, who had already rushed to the city wall, was worried, but Zhang Shigui on the side nodded and said: "In terms of sharpness in charging, Xue Wanche is not as good as Wan Jun, but in terms of choosing the right opportunity, Xue Wanche is worse than his brother."
Li Shan was confused when he heard it, but he was embarrassed to ask. After looking carefully for a while, he realized the mystery.
Xue Wanche was very particular about the direction he chose to break the formation. He did not rush in along the opening created by Wang Junhao and Zhu Wei, but charged in diagonally, sandwiching some of the Turkic cavalry who were unfolding their formation.
When it comes to charging into the formation, today's Tang cavalry can equal ten, and with the presence of killers like Xue Wanche, the five hundred cavalry hit the flanks of the deployed Turkic cavalry like sledgehammers, completely disrupting the formation.
Obviously they had discussed it beforehand. After breaking the formation, Zhu Wei, Wang Junhao, and Du Xiao headed straight north, cutting through the Turkic array all the way. They reined in their horses and turned to attack Xue Wanche's flank. The two armies encircled and surrounded thousands of Turkic cavalry.
Go in.
At some point, Zhu Wei had lost the helmet on his head, and had seven or eight long arrows stuck in his body, but he still continued to attack. Wang Junhao and the Zhu clan members behind him were chasing after him desperately, but they could not catch up.
Li Shan watched nervously with a telescope, and saw the long spear in Zhu Wei's hand sweeping across, sweeping four or five Turkic soldiers off their horses. Then he leaned slightly, and pulled out his saber with his left hand. The horse was galloping at high speed, with the blade at one end.
A Turkic man wearing a white fur hat scratches his neck.
After a moment, Zhu Wei raised his horse's spear high in the air with a white leather hat on the tip. The soldiers around him shouted loudly... After a brief calm, there was an explosion in the formation.
Zhang Shigui hammered down the wall and shouted: "Open the city gate!"
Although he always looked a little confused, Li Shan, who had been on the battlefield several times, also knew that the leader of the army had been killed by Zhu Wei. The battle was already a great victory. The Turkic soldiers outside the city were fleeing in all directions. At this time, it was time to pursue the victory.
when.
"Uncle Qi is so majestic!" Zhu Shitou clicked his tongue.
"Thousands of troops were among them, and they killed the generals and captured the flag. Su Dingfang was not weak!" Li Shan was also surprised that such a figure did not have any name left in history.
If the guess is correct, Zhu Wei should be a member of the Erzhu clan back then, and we can vaguely see Er Zhurong's demeanor in traveling across the north.