Xue Wanche led his armored cavalry deep into the enemy's formation, inflicting effective casualties on the enemy, thereby preventing the enemy from successfully supporting Anshi City, and providing a strong shock, weakening their military morale.
Naturally, everyone knows the weakness of the armored cavalry, so Wang Wendu led a group of elite soldiers to cover up the enemy from behind and support Xue Wanche's troops so that they would not be trapped in the enemy formation and unable to escape.
This is a predetermined strategy.
However, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. Gao Huizhen saw through the intentions of the Tang army, so he personally led his elite soldiers to bypass the armored cavalry and fought fearlessly with Wang Wendu's troops, hoping to hold them back.
, leave enough time for your own infantry to install encirclement and suppression equipment and iron cavalry.
Of course, with the combat power of the Tang army, it was not possible for the Goguryeo people to reverse the situation by seeing through their intentions. After all, being able to see and being able to stop them were two different things.
Those who serve as the vanguard of the army are all the best of the best. The invasion is like fire and moves like wind. How can a ragtag group of peasants and slaves in Goguryeo be able to resist?
The infantry of the Tang Army knew their mission and did not panic when faced with the oncoming Goguryeo army. Several captains took their men to leave the group. The wide area in front of Daqiao Valley could fully open up the space. The brave Tang Army
It is completely possible to kill this group of Goguryeo soldiers, then rush into the formation, pick up the armored cavalry and calmly escape the encirclement.
However, Wang Wendu ordered to stop it.
He looked around and said in a deep voice: "The key point of this ambush is stability. The number of enemy troops is 70,000 to 80,000. Once our troops disperse, it will be like a glass of water pouring into the sea. It is just a way to stop the boiling water."
That's all, how can we defeat the enemy? Therefore, we should unite our troops and defeat the invading enemy with all our strength, and then calmly meet General Xue."
The confidants around him were a little puzzled and said worriedly: "General Xue is now trapped in a tight siege. We can rush in and kill the enemy troops. If we delay, something unexpected may happen."
The number of enemies was too great. The army that rushed toward me numbered in the tens of thousands. Although most of them were clothed in cloth and leather and held armor with a variety of weapons, they looked like a mob at first glance. However, even if they were a mob, they were still tens of thousands.
The rest of the regular army!
It is not difficult to defeat these enemy forces, but how long will it take?
Once the battle situation reaches a stalemate, not to mention the inability to coordinate the armored cavalry to retreat calmly, the soldiers will have to be held back at all costs.
The enemy's numerical advantage is simply too great!
Another person said: "General, our mission is to ambush the Goguryeo reinforcements, weaken their edge and kill their morale. This is not a desperate fight!"
Obviously, Wang Wendu's order is simply contrary to Cheng Yaojin's order, which will be punished by military law!
If you disobey orders in battle, is it because you think you will live longer?
Wang Wendu glared at this confidant and yelled: "Have I ever disobeyed military orders? It's just that the battle situation is changing rapidly. As a general, you naturally have to make timely adjustments according to the changes in the battle situation. How can you blindly obey the orders in front of the station and watch helplessly?
General Xue's troops were surrounded and suppressed by the enemy? No need to say more, just follow my orders!"
The generals around me were a little confused...
You keep saying when you want to meet Xue Wanche's troops, but this order is obviously a waste of time. However, these people are Wang Wendu's close confidants. Even if you have doubts in your heart, you don't dare to continue to question it. You quickly gather the soldiers in accordance with his order and line up.
In good position, move forward slowly to meet the enemy's attack.
"boom"
The front army collided with the swarming enemy troops fiercely. In an instant, the weapons in both sides' hands were sent into each other's bodies. Blood spattered and organs and limbs were thrown around. The scene was extremely tragic.
This is a collision without any fancy. There are hundreds of people on both sides fighting together in a narrow area. The room for maneuver is almost negligible. They can only rely on their personal bravery to kill the enemy in front of them. The army formation, personal quality
It was difficult to function, so the casualties on both sides were very heavy.
However, after the first wave of attacks, the sophisticated equipment and excellent quality of the Tang army became apparent. The soldiers at the forefront relied on each other and could cooperate more tacitly in attack, defense and evasion. Although the enemy troops were numerous, they surged up like a tide.
, but still as solid as a rock, unmoving.
This is a true reflection of the combat power of the two countries' armies.
The Tang army was indeed powerful. Facing the enemy with superior strength, not only did their formation remain stable, but they counterattacked step by step in response to the enemy's charge, forcing the enemy to retreat step by step.
However, this greatly reduces the speed of advancement...
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In the enemy formation, Xue Wanche has felt increasing pressure.
He was born with supernatural power and was the bravest of the three armies. A sword in his hand flew up and down. The enemy soldiers in front of him were chopped and killed one by one. Countless corpses had been piled up under the hooves of the war horse under his crotch, and the blood had gathered into a
puddle.
However, the number of enemy troops is too great!
Probably seeing these armored cavalry, who were armed to the teeth, deeply trapped in the phalanx and unable to advance or retreat, the Goguryeo army, which was usually as scattered as sand, suddenly burst out with tyrannical willpower, even though their comrades were killed by the enemy like moths to a flame.
, but still charging forward desperately without fear of death!
In any country, the armored cavalry are the elite among the elite, and they can be regarded as the cornerstone of the country! But in front of them, these armored cavalry of the Tang Army have been trapped in their own battle formation, with no way to advance or retreat. No matter how fierce they are, they are still invincible.
How many people can be killed?
Ten?
A hundred? Or a thousand?
On the battlefield, Goguryeo had a total of 80,000 troops!
Even if they lined up to be killed by the Tang army, it would be enough to tire them to death, right?
As long as this Tang army's armored cavalry is annihilated, it will be a huge achievement! Let alone being granted the title of wife and son, it is not impossible to jump from a slave to a duke and prince!
Faced with unparalleled feats, the Goguryeo army burst out with powerful combat effectiveness, rushing towards the Tang army's cavalry in the battle formation.
No matter how powerful the armored cavalry is, it is impossible for them to be truly invulnerable. When surrounded by densely packed enemy troops rushing upwards without fear of death, the temporarily tyrannical armored cavalry gradually cannot withstand it and loses mobility.
It can only be iron coffins one by one. Once the hard protective gear outside is pried open, it can only be slaughtered.
One after another, the armored cavalry fell under the encirclement and suppression of the enemy. Xue Wanche was heartbroken, and he cheered up and shouted: "Follow me and fight out!"
He turned his horse's head, the sword in his hand flying like a sword, and headed towards the path he came from. The armored cavalry behind him also struggled to kill the enemy troops around him, slowly gathered together, and followed Xue Wanche to charge.
Xue Wanche lived up to his reputation as a "fierce general". When he arrived on the battlefield, he was like a radiant god of war. He took the lead and was invincible. All the Goguryeo soldiers who tried to block his advance were killed by him on the spot. He slowly moved closer to Wang Wendu's troops who were fighting in the distance.
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Only by joining together with the infantry and relying on the resistance of the soldiers, can the armored cavalry be able to break away from the enemy formation and escape.
As for how many infantrymen will die as a result, there is no need to care.
The cost of equipping iron cavalry is ridiculously high. Even at the height of the Tang Dynasty's armor, they could not be equipped on a large scale. Not to mention that the armor all over the body was fake and expensive, but the best quality war horses were selected from all the war horses in the Tang Dynasty.
Those who come out, let alone the soldiers who can serve as armored cavalry, which one is not one in a million?
The mission of Wang Wendu's unit is to support the retreat of the armored cavalry at any cost.
However, when Xue Wanche was panting from exhaustion and sweating profusely under his armor, he suddenly discovered that the tactics of the Tang army's infantry in the distance seemed to be very different from the original strategy...
They did not advance quickly to penetrate the enemy's formation to meet them. Instead, they gathered together and fought in melee with the enemy who tried to cut off their retreat. Their advance was extremely slow.
Of course, the speed is extremely slow. It is already very good if thousands of troops can suppress more than 10,000 enemies, but how can they quickly enter the enemy's position?
Xue Wanche was so angry that he almost broke his teeth!
No matter how stupid he is and how slow he reacts, how can he not see Wang Wendu's sinister intentions?
This is simply a deliberate delay of time, abandoning hundreds of armored cavalry in the enemy's formation and ignoring them...
The thief is so brave!
He then rushed forward with all his strength, not hesitated to break into the enemy's formation but also to severely weaken the enemy's morale, causing as much damage as possible to block the enemy's support for Anshi City. Wang Wendu, a dog thief, actually went against the plan and led his army to slowly advance from the rear to engage the enemy.
The troops fought together and watched as the armored cavalry fell into the enemy's formation and was surrounded and destroyed.
The blood in Xue Wanche's body was about to rush to the top of his head. He was furious. He clamped the horse's belly with his legs and yelled: "Follow me and fight out!"
He can't die here, he wants to break out of the siege and chop off Wang Wendu's head with one knife!