Generally speaking, the light cavalry is the natural enemy of the infantry. When two armies are facing each other, the light cavalry only needs to use a volley of bows and crossbows in conjunction with its powerful maneuverability to eat up an infantry army that is several times larger than itself, with minimal casualties.
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This is determined by the characteristics of the arms. There is no need for general orders from both sides. There is a gap in strategy and combat power between the soldiers.
But this time Yuchi Gong led his army from Tongguan and rushed all the way to Chang'an. He was destined to have no time and patience to proceed step by step, and lacked heavy equipment. He could only use the light cavalry as armored cavalry. When the two armies faced each other, regardless of the
Rush and hit hard.
Although this caused unnecessary casualties to the troops under his command, after all, they were crushed by superior force in several consecutive battles, and the effect was obvious.
Yuchi Gong didn't care about casualties, he only cared about whether he could advance quickly to Chang'an City.
The light cavalry in leather armor launched a charge despite the rain of arrows, leaving behind countless corpses and quickly rushed into the Donggong Sixth Formation. At this time, the advantage of the cavalry over the infantry was fully revealed. Under the impact of the war horses, the Donggong Sixth Formation
It started to loosen, then became chaotic, and after being violently charged for a while, it quickly collapsed.
Qu Tuquan was not afraid at all. He drew his horizontal sword and ordered the soldiers in the rear formation to beat the drums to cheer him up. He led his own soldiers to rush forward and chopped down several fleeing soldiers to suppress the formation. He risked his own life to stand against the enemy troops who had penetrated the formation.
in one place.
The drums were rumbling, the rain was falling, and the soldiers under his command whose morale had been hit immediately cheered up. Seeing Qu Tuquan blocking the enemy's momentum, they surrounded them desperately and cut off the enemy troops that broke into their formation piece by piece, leaving their leader unable to do anything.
They look after each other and find it difficult to support each other, just like a boat stuck in the ocean.
The two sides were engaged in a melee, and the fighting was fierce, but the battle situation instantly became tense.
On the other side, Chai Zhewei saw that Qu Tuguan was already fighting with the enemy, so he quickly ordered his troops to move closer slowly. On the one hand, he tried to put pressure on the enemy, and on the other hand, he could get close to the rescue to prevent Qu Tuguan from being unable to support him.
Live to form a collapse.
As long as the enemy's charge can be blocked, any number of casualties is acceptable.
At present, the imperial army has the upper hand. If they consume each other, the rebels can only fight less and less, and their morale will become lower and lower. The most feared thing is that the rebels will rush into Chang'an City and launch an siege. This will make the remaining sixteen soldiers stand still.
The sudden change in the army's stance caused the entire war situation to reverse.
But he could understand this, how could Yuchi Gong not understand it?
The 20,000 soldiers under his command were originally divided into two. One side was entangled with Qu Tuquan, and the other side was slightly slower under his leadership. Before arriving at Qu Tuquan's formation, he made a posture to launch an attack on the battlefield in the chaos.
During the surprise attack, they suddenly turned around and rushed towards the Zuo Tun Guards, who were gradually approaching from the south.
Yuchi Gong put on his helmet and whipped his armor, leading the way, waving the horse in his hand and rushed straight into the Zuotun guard formation. The personal troops followed closely behind him, and more than a hundred people formed an arrow formation, and Yuchi, who served as the "tip of the arrow"
Gong Yi moved forward without hesitation, the horse spear in his hand flew up and down, sometimes like a poisonous dragon out of the sea, stabbing and stabbing, sometimes like the wind and the remaining clouds, sweeping and smashing, and he cut a bloody path in the strict array in front of him.
Among the Zhenguan ministers, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others were not inferior to Yu Chigong in terms of force, but in terms of bravery, Yuchi Gong was recognized as the first, and Qiu Xinggong, who was always known for his bravery, was also inferior.
Several times His Majesty Li Er sacrificed his life in the siege, but it was Yuchi Gong who fought with blood to save him...
Although it was not a moment of life and death, if he was blocked here and his march was slowed down and he could not reach Chang'an City as soon as possible, the situation on the King of Jin's side would be precarious, so Yuchi Gong was so worried that he bravely went into battle to fight in person.
Zuo Tunwei went through the great battle during the Guanlong Mutiny, and was killed by You Tunwei and lost his troops. After that, although he recruited new soldiers and reorganized them, Chai Zhewei had no ability to train troops and has not yet regained his original combat effectiveness. Now he is facing Rulang again.
How can you resist the tiger-like Youhou Wei?
The formation of more than 10,000 people was unexpectedly attacked by an arrow formation composed of soldiers led by Yu Chigong. Ma Chao swung his hand and cut a bloody path, killing people like rivers of blood and laying corpses on the ground. Youhou Weibu came from behind.
When the soldiers saw that their leader was so brave, their morale increased. They rushed along the gap dug by Yuchi Gong and attacked fiercely, killing Zuo Tunwei in a panic.
Chai Zhewei saw that he could not stop the enemy's charge. If he suffered another big defeat, his own family would wipe out the entire army. What would he be able to do to gain a foothold in the army in the future? You must know that during the Guanlong Mutiny, he
He conspired with Li Yuanjing to seek the throne. Although Li Chengqian did not pursue Li Yuanjing's death, this matter was not completely revealed...
Once you have no military power, why don't you just let Li Chengqian handle it?
He immediately had no time to think about it and quickly ordered the entire army to retreat to avoid the enemy's edge.
Originally, Zuo Tunwei's morale had been shaken by Yu Chigong's fierce attack, and their morale was low. The soldiers were just afraid of military law, so they reluctantly continued to fight. Now that the order to retreat was suddenly issued, it was like a flood bursting its embankments.
The morale of the army dropped to the lowest level, and it was not even possible for the rear formation to change into the front formation, causing chaos in an instant.
Countless soldiers spread their legs and ran back. Some soldiers felt that the weapons in their hands were slowing down their escape and threw them away. Some even simply took off their armor to run faster...
As soon as Chai Zhewei gave the order to retreat, he found that the whole army was showing signs of collapse. He was so frightened that he quickly changed his tune. First, he repeatedly ordered not to retreat to withstand the enemy's charge, and then ordered the supervising team to withdraw to the final kill and rout.
of soldiers.
Yu Chigong, who was charging in the distance, keenly noticed that the Zuotun guards were demoralized and their formation was in chaos. During the charge, he wiped a handful of rainwater and blood mixed with his face, took a breath to regain his strength, lamented that age is not forgiving, and raised his eyes.
Then he saw the phalanx in front of him standing still among the rebels, with scouts and soldiers constantly coming in and out, passing orders everywhere. He immediately knew that the commander of Zuo Tunwei, Chai Zhewei, must be there, and he suddenly became energetic and clenched his hands.
Ma Shan roared: "My sons, follow me and kill the enemy!"
He grabbed the horse's belly and charged towards Chai Zhewei.
The guards on the right behind him were all his long-standing generals. As soon as they saw their commander change direction, they knew they had found an important target, so they quickly protected his wings, carved a bloody path among thousands of troops, and fought bravely.
Chai Zhewei hurriedly canceled the retreat order and finally stabilized the chaotic morale of the army. Just as he was thinking about arranging a formation to block the enemy's charge, he suddenly found that the enemy army in the distance who had rushed into his formation turned a corner and headed towards
He came straight towards me and killed me.
How could he not know that he had been discovered by the enemy and planned to "capture the thief first, capture the king"?
Quickly command the left and right armies to step forward and block the charging enemy army. The large army of the Right Houwei is coming from the periphery. At this time, you only need to block the charging momentum of this army and make it trapped in a heavy siege. It will inevitably fall.
Crush it and kill it.
However, contrary to his expectations, although there were troops constantly coming to intercept them, they could not stop the charging pace of this army at all, especially the fierce general in the front who was protected by armor and holding a horse.
There is no chance of a perfect match between the swings of the sword, and it is already approaching the point where a shot can be taken.
Chai Zhewei's heart trembled when he saw how brave and unparalleled he was. Although his face was covered by a mask, he knew that this must be Yu Chigong, who was the most brave among the three armies!
In the crowd of thousands of soldiers, the opponent seemed to sense Chai Zhewei's gaze. After piercing a soldier in front of him, he slightly raised his head and looked at each other, making eye contact.
Then he hung the horse's spear on the victory hook, took off the long bow from his back with his backhand, pulled out a wolf tooth arrow from the arrow pot under his ribs with one hand, drew the bow and set the arrow, aimed and fired, all in one go.
Chai Zhewei seemed to be able to hear the bowstring making a soft "collapse" sound, and then the wolf-fang arrow flew out from the string. Like thunderbolts and lightning, it penetrated the continuous rain curtain between the two people, and suddenly passed through the space of twenty or thirty feet.
Suddenly he came to the front.
Chai Zhewei tried his best to twist his body to avoid the arrow, but the arrow was too fast. As soon as he turned around, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder blade. He was so frightened that he screamed and fell on the horse. The white feather at the arrow tail on his shoulder blade
Shivering in the rain.
"Commander!"
"Duke!"
"Master!"
When the soldiers, troops, generals and colonels around him saw that Chai Zhewei had been hit by an arrow, they were shocked. They shouted one after another and stepped forward to surround him.
Chai Zhewei endured the severe pain and allowed his soldiers to cut off the arrow shaft with a sword. The pain made him wet his face with cold sweat mixed with rain. He gritted his teeth and ordered decisively: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
Facing a strong enemy with low morale, and being charged forward by a fierce general like Yu Chigong, how could Chai Zhewei still have any desire to fight? In panic, he quickly turned his horse around and ran away, while ordering the entire army to retreat.
He naturally understood that if he ran away like this, Qu Tuquan, who had fewer troops, would be isolated and helpless, surrounded by enemy troops and in a desperate situation. But at this time, how could he care about so much? As long as he could save his own life, he would be able to bring everyone back.
Some soldiers may still be able to preserve the foundation of the Chai family.
Otherwise, not only will the entire army be destroyed, but he himself will also be buried in the rebel army...
The Zuotun Guards were already demoralized. They relied on the supervising team to watch behind them and kill deserters one after another to barely maintain their formation. At this time, the order to retreat was issued again, and the commander Chai Zhewei took the lead and ran very fast. The soldiers and generals continued
Without any morale, the whole army collapsed in an instant and fled towards the rear in a panic.
The defeated army collapsed like a tide.
Yuchi Gong had already set his sights on Chai Zhewei. How could he escape so easily? He immediately slapped his horse and danced, and led the troops behind him to chase after the defeated soldiers. During the pursuit, he fired several arrows in succession, only to
However, Chai Zhewei ran too fast, and there were so many soldiers around him that his archery skills, which he had always used to pierce the Yangtze River at a hundred steps, all failed, and he never hit a single arrow.
On the other side, Qu Tuquan was leading the army to stop the enemy's charge. The fierce battle was in full swing. Suddenly, he found that all friendly troops were retreating. The battle line collapsed instantly, and as the enemy troops quickly moved forward in pursuit, before he could react,
, has formed a tendency to surround him...
Qu Tuquan's whole body was numb and he finally took a breath. He wished he could fly to Chai Zhewei's head with his wings and chop the thief into two pieces with a knife.