After more than a year of rigorous training, these three thousand cavalry have been able to approach and charge at a distance of up to three hundred steps.
Three thousand war horses advanced slowly. Twelve squad leaders with flags on their backs crossed the formation and came five steps in front of the right side of the formation. They used lances with triangular flags and set them above their heads to let the men in the back row also follow.
The position can be clearly seen. From time to time, these squadron leaders turned their heads to observe the position of Yuchi Jingde's flag. The other front row cavalrymen observed the positions of their respective squadron leaders and controlled their horse speed. The entire cavalry array headed straight towards the Goguryeo cavalry.
The team advances.
Zhang Tiangang also sent forty reconnaissance cavalry from the special force to follow up behind the dense cavalry formation. It looked a little loose. Three or five of them gathered together, twenty steps away from the last row of the cavalry formation, and acted as hussars.
The enemy cavalry that breaks through the front line attacks freely.
Wang Junlin looked at the cavalry advancing slowly and felt a little excited. He thought that whether this cavalry tactics worked would be tested through this battle. If it worked, all cavalry would be trained according to this method in the future.
The blood-maned horse was affected by the atmosphere of the battlefield and roared violently. Apparently its bloodthirsty and violent side was aroused, and it wanted to rush forward to join the fight, but was calmed down by Wang Junlin.
At this time, the sound of drums sounded from the side and rear, and the infantry formation of Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong appeared on the top of the slope. Wang Junlin led the special forces to leave the front and retreated from the gap in the formation to the rear. Wang Junlin looked at the south slope from the top of the slope.
After taking a quick look, the five thousand navy divisions led by Luo Chunlai, who was the reserve force, had also formed up. They were now equivalent to infantry, and behind them were hundreds of Goguryeo auxiliaries. Then they turned their attention back to the cavalry battlefield.
The Goguryeo cavalry sounded the horn, and the formation slowly came in. They also discovered the Sui army's infantry formation of Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong on the right rear side. However, the Sui army's cavalry took the initiative to fight, and once they retreated, they would be uncontrollable. Besides, they were so powerful that they
Come, if you flee when you see the enemy, your morale will plummet. Moreover, there are also infantry reinforcements behind them, they just came here in advance.
There were a lot of casualties. Some of the Goguryeo Rangers who wanted revenge were still fighting with the Special Forces Scout Cavalry, but the Special Forces Scout Cavalry began to retreat to both sides to get out of the way. Some of the Goguryeo Rangers in the middle went directly to Yuchi.
Jingde's cavalry formation rushed in, and the Goguryeo formation specially divided some organized small cavalry groups to strengthen the skirmishers. These small groups dispersed to the two wings, shuttled in front of the formation and shot light arrows with their cavalry bows.
This is the most common tactic used by cavalry. The purpose is to lure the enemy to leave the formation or waver, and the cluster in the rear formation will look for the opponent's weak position to conduct a concentrated assault, thereby causing the entire enemy formation to collapse.
But obviously the Goguryeo people in front of them were disappointed. Their harassment was more like making trouble. The horses in the first row of the three thousand cavalry led by Yuchi Jingde wore leather armors as masks on their heads and arrow curtains on their chests.
, can withstand light arrows shot at a small angle. Only five or six horses were injured in total, and the boring palladium hands in the second row quickly stepped forward to fill them up.
The efforts of the special force's reconnaissance cavalry also limited the opponent's performance. Yuchi Jingde led 12 rows of cavalry and continued to advance in the face of the harassing light arrows.
The gentle speed brought about the chaotic sound of horse hooves, and the two sides approached to 300 paces. Commander Yuchi Jingde tilted the flag forward again, and the bugler blew the second advance trumpet. Yuchi Jingde gently pinched the horse's belly, and the war horse jumped lightly.
Start jogging.
Yuchi Jingde paid no attention to the light arrows flying from far away, and while running, he observed his formation from left to right. All three thousand cavalrymen began to jog, and there were surging horse heads everywhere.
They all effectively controlled the team, and the array was not disrupted by harassment. The results of a year of hard training were reflected, and the array remained stable.
The horses' hooves on the gentle slope were no longer a messy sound. The dense hoofbeats slowly merged into a rumbling sound, which was like fairy music in Yuchi Jingde's ears. Yuchi Jingde was not a reckless man. While he was personally brave and invincible, he was also a warrior.
A qualified general, he knew the power of the cavalry tactics that Wang Junlin asked him to train, so he trained rigorously for a year. Now it was also time for him to test the effectiveness of the training.
The distance between the two sides was soon only two hundred steps. Because of the opposition, Yuchi Jingde would think it was only more than a hundred steps. The flat array was like a moving wall of horses. The Goguryeo rangers in front of them who were in charge of harassment did not have much room to maneuver.
Retreat as quickly as possible in front of the dense cavalry.
The Goguryeo cavalry appeared in front of Yuchi Jingde in full form. Their armor was shining brightly. Most of their weapons were spears and broadswords. They also started to jog in a neat formation, but the strictness was only compared to ordinary horse thieves and bandits. Their cavalry were more spaced apart.
The troops were not evenly distributed. There was a garrison on the left, center and behind the right formation. After they started jogging, they became slightly scattered.
Yuchi Jingde's blood surged, and he roared loudly, like thunder exploding on the ground: "Three speeds!"
Another advance signal sounded, the general's flag circled and then leaned forward, the twelve squad leaders shouted orders, and the pennant gun leaned forward again. Wang Junlin's cavalry heard the sound of the trumpet, and at the same time they accelerated their horses, and the rumble of horse hooves sounded like the distant horizon.
The thunder is close.
No one dared to block the harassing Goguryeo cavalry, so they fled to both sides, aiming their bows and arrows at the two wings and shooting at random. The Sui troops on both wings shot down several people, but this loss had no impact on the formation.
As they faced each other, there was only the last hundred steps left between the two sides in an instant, and it only took a few breaths.
"Charge!" Yuchi Jingde shouted again against the blowing wind, and the two buglers beside him blew a loud trumpet sound. Yuchi Jingde and the twelve squadron leaders leveled their black flag guns
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"kill!"
The Sui cavalry shouted collectively in accordance with military regulations, and the first row of erect spears were leveled, followed by the second row of boring palladium. The Goguryeo soldiers also sounded the trumpet, and they also leveled their spears and raised their swords. Both sides
The charge began.
Wang Junlin on the top of the slope couldn't help but stand up on the back of the blood-maned horse, looking at the battlefield intently. His eyes were full of galloping horses, and the dirt and grass clippings brought up by thousands of horse hooves were flying everywhere, and the vibrations caused by the galloping were continuous.
You can feel it from the top of the slope.
Zhang Tiangang, who was next to Wang Junlin, also had his mouth wide open, his eyes open for a moment, and he held his breath waiting for the moment of collision. The dense formation left both sides with no way to retreat, and no room for escape. Killing and being killed were just the opposite.
At the moment when the horses are intertwined, personal combat skills and riding skills are no longer important. Strict discipline and personal courage are best reflected in cavalry battles.
The oncoming Goguryeo cavalry began to panic. Under the threat of dense spears in front of them, some horses ran diagonally to the side regardless of the control of their riders.