Especially now that the cavalry has lost its charge advantage, and its weapons are too long to hit the opponent's infantry holding long spears, it has become a target for the infantry holding repeating crossbows behind Wang Junlin.
Even though these Goguryeo cavalry were palace guards from Pyongyang, with superb riding skills, Li Guangsheng, who led the team, was also a decisive person who responded quickly. He immediately ordered the horses to turn around and go back from the side to prepare for the second charge.
.But in the process, they had already killed more than 500 people with crossbows and spears.
Li Guangsheng's face was so gloomy that he could shed tears, especially when he saw the battle between infantry and infantry in the middle of the battlefield. The battle line had become a mess, and more and more soldiers rushed to the middle area, struggling in front of their respective formations, cold and cold.
The pain caused by the weapons was so intense that the hoarse screams of the wounded soldiers resounded throughout the battle line. The first rows of both sides quickly lost most of their lives, and the rear rows of soldiers continued to move forward to fill them.
However, during this process, the Goguryeo soldiers suffered even more heavy casualties when faced with the strange spear battle formation, and even reached the point of collapse.
Li Guangsheng's uneasiness became more and more intense.
However, the real nightmare has just begun.
On the short mountain command platform, Wang Junlin gave an order, and a unique horn sound sounded. Hidden in the mountains on both sides, three thousand cavalrymen under Yuchi Jingde rushed out from the mountain road. If someone looked at it from a high altitude, it would feel like two
Soaring black dragons, yellow clouds, and yellow mist emerged from the mountains and rushed straight towards the two wings of the Goguryeo army in the Blackwater Grand Canyon.
Wang Junlin chose to have three thousand cavalry charge out from both sides at this moment, which certainly had profound meaning.
The following facts also proved that the effect of three thousand cavalry at this time was the best.
In the middle of the battlefield, on the infantry and infantry fronts, the Goguryeo soldiers who were still gritting their teeth heard and felt the ambushed cavalry on both sides. The last string of desperate persistence broke instantly, and their morale suddenly dropped. Some Goguryeo soldiers
The infantry began to retreat, and they screamed in terror as they fled, fearing that their voices were not loud enough. This caused other Goguryeo infantry who were still desperately resisting to retreat hastily along with the rout.
Retreating means leaving your back to the enemy, and you have basically lost any ability to resist and dodge. Without Wang Junlin's order, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong had already ordered the pursuit, and the soldiers in the front row kept thrusting out spears.
, each time it was stabbed, it took away the life of a Goguryeo soldier.
Moreover, the fast crossbows and longbows in the hands of Wang Junlin's soldiers behind were fired continuously. The Goguryeo infantry were cut like wheat, and they began to die in large numbers at an extremely fast speed.
This situation was not stopped until Li Guangsheng, with red eyes, ordered his own soldiers to act as military judges and mercilessly shot the dozens of infantrymen who were the first to retreat. This situation was stopped and he began to fight back and regroup.
However, because at this time, some infantrymen on Wang Junlin's side were chasing them all the way, the spear battle formation was no longer so neat, and the flaws were exposed. In a few breaths, more than two hundred people were killed by the Goguryeo soldiers who turned back and fought desperately.
But then, amidst the roars of Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong and other generals and the sound of war drums, they reorganized into an impeccable and neat spear battle formation. The desperate spirit that the Goguryeo soldiers had just gathered collapsed after another group of people died.
The second retreat started again, and this time Li Guangsheng's soldiers could not stop it. Fortunately, the cavalry on both sides finally circled back and turned around the horses' heads. Li Guangsheng quickly ordered the cavalry to attack Wang Junlin's infantry in the middle diagonally.
Charged, stopped the infantry formation, and took the opportunity to shout at the generals at all levels to gather the infantry again and arrange their troops.
At this time, three thousand cavalrymen under Yuchi Jingde's command had already rushed out of the mountain road and fought with the three thousand cavalrymen Li Guangshun had sent to both sides to guard against them.
The three thousand Goguryeo cavalry were inevitably affected by the previous battle situation at this time, and their morale dropped. Compared with the three thousand cavalry under Yuchi Jingde who charged all the way, although they also took the initiative to charge forward, their attack was delayed and the distance was too long.
It was not the best time for the cavalry to attack, so even though both sides had equal numbers, they were at a disadvantage from the beginning.
However, it would be difficult for Yuchi Jingde's three thousand cavalry to defeat the three thousand cavalry on both sides of Goguryeo in a short period of time.
With the help of the cavalry, the Goguryeo infantry on the middle front finally stabilized their position and restored some morale. The battle started again with the cavalry and infantry interspersed.
Due to geographical restrictions, the cavalry on both sides fought with each other. After charging once, they fought together. It was difficult to start a second charge. People kept falling off their horses, and there was a lot of screams and shouts.
Since Yuchi Jingde was subdued by Wang Junlin and his mother was cured by Nie Xiaoyu, he has been obsessed with making great achievements. Since the expedition to Goguryeo, he has been holding back his energy and thinking of leading people to kill the enemy and make great achievements.
Great achievement. However, this journey was mainly about siege and field battle. His achievements were not as good as those of Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong. It was not until this time when he ambushed the Goguryeo reinforcements that he saw the opportunity to make great achievements.
He had just personally led 1,500 people to rush out from the right wing. Except for the initial charge, he was caught in a melee that was running from left to right.
However, Yuchi Jingde had led three thousand horse thieves to gallop in the Hedong area for many years. His horse fighting experience was among the best among all the officers and soldiers under Wang Junlin. Under his leadership, he had 500 people among the 1,500 people on his side.
It has not been broken up. This is actually quite good on the current battlefield, but Yuchi Jingde is obviously not satisfied with the current situation.
At this time, he led his men to kill the group of Goguryeo cavalry in front of him, and scanned the entire battlefield. He thought: "If you want to make a great contribution, you can only take advantage of the chaos to kill the Goguryeo cavalry and rush into them."
Among the infantry, he affected the entire battle and even killed Goguryeo's general."
"When have I ever been afraid and fought hard!" Yuchi Jingde roared, raised the iron whip, lifted the horse's belly, and took the lead in moving forward. Only about 500 of his cavalry were left to follow. Yuchi Jingde
He had a very vicious vision, and the place he aimed at was an area where the Goguryeo army was not densely populated.
Yuchi Jingde shouted: "Kill!"
He used his horse speed as much as possible in just over 20 steps and spurred his horse forward. Like a torrent, more than 500 cavalry charged obliquely at an area of the Goguryeo army where the cavalry was relatively weak.
At this time, the three thousand cavalry on both wings of Goguryeo were equivalent to the skin and muscles of the entire Goguryeo army. What Yuchi Jingde had to do was to use himself as the tip of the knife and lead his more than 500 cavalrymen to turn into a sharp knife to find the opponent's target.
The soft ribs pierced the "skin and muscles" at once, penetrated into the body, disrupted the Goguryeo infantry, and achieved great success.