The first thousand two hundred and twelve chapters give the South Barbarians a dismay
Faced with such a big trap, these Southern Tang barbarians still broke through, either because they were too blindly confident; or they were fools who couldn't see that it was a trap!
Xin Ai Huang Taiji naturally would not think that the Nanmanzi opposite were fools. He would never regard his enemies as fools, because he himself was not a fool and would not do such a stupid thing.
He believed that all these southern barbarians were overconfident and thought they could force their way through unscathed!
They don't take themselves seriously!
He didn't take these 5,000 elite soldiers of the Tumote tribe seriously!
Xin Ai Huang Taiji, who was thinking about it in his own mind, looked at the Datang Army transport troops coming slowly, took a deep breath and said: "It's really too much!"
The Nanman baggage team in front of him obviously didn't take them seriously, which made Xin Ai Huang Taiji quite unhappy. In his expectation, these Nanman would turn around and go around, and he would follow them.
Detouring and blocking the road again, the two sides battled wits and courage on the grassland.
As for victory or defeat, that is a matter for later.
But now, these southern barbarians have no intention of competing with him in a battle of wits and courage, but are preparing to force their way in!
Do these southern barbarians think that the trap set by him because he loves Huang Taiji, the eldest son of the grassland overlord Anta Khan, is so easy to escape!
There is a road to heaven but you don't take it, and there is no door to hell but you break in. Since you southern barbarians are seeking death on your own, don't blame me, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, for taking action on you.
Xin Ai Huang Taiji took a deep breath and said in a cold voice: "Let the sons and gentlemen act according to the plan and let these barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty know that this grassland is not a place for them to run wild!"
Naturally, Xin Ai Huang Taiji didn't know that Liu Mengyang was neither stupid nor arrogant. He just wanted to take this opportunity to severely damage the enemy, even if he killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses himself.
Liu Mengyang's idea was so extreme that not only Xin Ai and Huang Taiji could not imagine it, but even his subordinates could not imagine it.
The transport team continued to advance, but it also began to change its formation. It was difficult to maintain the huge vehicle formation, so Liu Mengyang began to spread the carriages to form small formations. At the same time, the infantry also dispersed into the vehicle formation.
The team began to gradually enter the rocky beach, and once they entered the rocky beach, it became difficult for these vehicles to move because there were many pits dug by Tatars on the ground, and there were also many rocks, even in small formations.
It is also difficult to pass through at the same time, so the only options are to spread out and take detours, or to directly fill the pit and remove the stones.
Liu Mengyang did not choose to disperse the formation, but chose to directly fill the pit and move away the rocks.
Although this speed is slower, it can at least ensure safety.
After all, he didn't come here to quickly pass through. He came in to fight the Tatars.
If he just wanted to pass quickly, he wouldn't have to force his way through. It would be more convenient to take a detour. He just wanted to fight a fight.
Since you are going to fight a battle, you must be prepared. Otherwise, if you fail to kill a few enemies, you will suffer heavy losses. In that case, it will not be a waste of effort, but a miserable defeat.
Liu Mengyang couldn't accept this kind of thing.
Liu Mengyang's transport troops slowly entered the canyon, moving rocks and stones to clear the way as they went. This situation was naturally seen by Xin Ai Huang Taiji in the distance.
These Southern Tang barbarians are simply arrogant. Do they think they can leave this place with such arrogance?
impossible!
His beloved Huang Taiji doesn’t allow it!
However, now is not the time to attack. The coverage area of this Chaos Formation is not small. It took their five thousand cavalry to work for several hours to build it. Even if they do nothing, let those southern barbarians pass by. They
It takes several hours to clear the roadblocks.
What's more, this rock pit can block vehicles, and it will also greatly hinder cavalry operations.
If you are careful, there is no problem riding on it, but if you want to run in formation on a large scale, it is absolutely impossible.
Therefore, Xin Ai Huang Taiji did not plan to rush into the Stonehenge and start a fight with those Nanmanzi. He planned to wait for work and wait directly behind!
After their vanguard troops broke through, they launched a charge and completely blocked them in the stone formation.
This time, he didn't even plan to launch a volley. In the previous battle, he had already seen that this volley tactic could not take advantage of the Southern Barbarians' guns at all. At most, it was
Both sides suffer.
This time, he plans to charge directly with his saber!
Just like the defeat of the Oara people at the beginning of the year, directly use the saber to destroy their will to resist!
The Tatars were at the front, waiting for work and in strict formation, waiting for the transport troops of the Tang Army to arrive. Liu Mengyang seemed to have not seen the danger and continued to command the troops to move forward.
These rocks and pits were easy for the Tatars to clean up before, and it is also not difficult to clean them up!
However, an hour later, their cleaning operation began to be blocked by the Tatars, because at this time, they had already penetrated deep into the stone formation, and some Tatars were hiding behind some stone piles in the stone formation.
Start shooting with a bow and arrow.
Regarding this situation, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were not merciful and directly called the musketeers to cover the shooting. If they failed to hit, they directly bombarded with artillery!
Guns and artillery were their most effective weapons against the Tatars.
In this exchange of fire between the two sides, the Tatars actually had some advantages, because these Tatars had ambush here in advance and hid behind the stone piles and mounds of earth, bending their bows and shooting arrows. The soldiers of the Tang Army were able to
It's hard to hit them with a musket if you know how.
But Datang had cannons!
Facing such scattered enemies within a hundred meters, guns and solid artillery shells can't hit, but it doesn't matter, they have grenades and shotguns!
Even artillery officers thought that using howitzer shells was a waste and just use shotgun shells to cover the shots!
Therefore, in such sporadic battles, these Tatars fired a few arrows first, and then were retaliated by the Tang army's shotgun shelling. After one shot, if they were lucky, they would only be hit by a small amount of shrapnel. If they were not lucky, the entire
Everyone will be blown to pieces!
This seemingly small-scale battle with little impact was actually extremely brutal, with both sides suffering casualties.
However, the top generals on both sides were indifferent to this, thinking that each other knew that this was just a prelude!
Seeing that the vanguard of Nanmanzi's transport force could rush out of the division with only a hundred meters to go, Xin Aihuang Taiji said loudly: "Batu!"
Immediately, a strong man of his age quickly came out of the queue!
At this time, I heard Xin Ai Huang Taiji say: "Go and give those southern barbarians a show of strength!"
"I obey the order!" The young and strong man named Batu agreed with excitement. Then he got on his horse and rode up to the front of the cavalry and said: "My sons, follow me and kill the Southern Barbarians!"
Immediately, nearly a thousand of his cavalrymen marched out with him!
This Batu soon led a thousand cavalry forward, but they rushed forward immediately and continued to wait!
They were waiting for the Tang Army to come out of the stone formation. As soon as they rushed out, he would launch a charge and completely block the Datang Army in the stone formation, making it impossible for them to get out and leave.
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This tactic is somewhat similar to attacking halfway across the river, except that the river has turned into rocks!
But his cavalry were not arranged too densely, because in this case, they would be easily bombarded by the Tang army!
Having fought with the Tang Dynasty Army a lot, we naturally know how sharp the Datang Army's guns and artillery are. This dense formation stayed in place stupidly, looking for death. Those Datang artillerymen, in the hundreds of
You can directly fire artillery to bombard their dense phalanx from a few meters away.
But even if they dispersed their formation, when they got closer, the Datang Army's artillerymen in front were ready and ready to fire at any time.
The two sides have been fighting here for more than an hour. This time is enough time for Datang's artillery to get into position and prepare for the bombardment.
There had been no large-scale shelling before, because the Tatars had been several hundred meters away and had not stepped forward.
Now, they were about to enter the range of the artillery, and Datang's artillerymen were naturally ready!
When they were about to break out of the stone formation, Liu Mengyang also quickly sent an order for the troops to rush out as soon as possible and form a battle formation!
The Tatars on the opposite side have already set up their posture, and they can tell at a glance that they are waiting for their vanguard to attack them as soon as they break out of the stone formation. If they are completely blocked by then, it will be difficult to fight.
It went so well.
At least, a large number of vehicles cannot move quickly and be used as cover. They can only rely on infantry to fight. Moreover, the infantry in the stone formation has too many obstacles and it is difficult to form a complete formation.
However, without these weaknesses, how could these Tatars have the courage to fight?
Facing the complete phalanx of the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible for these Tatars to rush up foolishly.
What's more, the weakness faced by his side is only temporary. All he needs is to entangle the Tatars in front. When the two sides get entangled, the Tatars will invest more troops, and this is exactly
What he wanted to see.
When the time comes, he will quickly adjust his formation. Not only will the soldiers of the 13th Baggage Regiment and the 500 soldiers supported by South Limburg come forward to fight, but he will also prepare a thousand young men to fight based on the car formation.
Deliberately showing weakness, attracting the Tatars to come forward to fight, and then getting into a fight, gradually attracting all the Tatar cavalry, and then fighting to the death!
This is Liu Mengyang’s plan!
As for the outcome of the decisive battle, that is not within the scope of Liu Mengyang's consideration, because regardless of victory or defeat, he can expect that there will be a large number of casualties on both sides!
And as long as it can kill a large number of Tatars, that's enough!
Sure enough, when he saw the vanguard of the Nanmanzi rushing over quickly, while a large number of the main troops behind were still in the rock formation behind, Batu knew that the opportunity had come!
First kill the more than 300 Nanmanzi, and then completely block the main force of the Nanmanzi in the stone formation!
At that time, those southern barbarians will either adopt the tactic of adding fuel to the fire and send them to them one after another for them to kill, and this situation is probably unlikely to happen, because it will lead to defeat.
Then those southern barbarians have only one choice left, which is to spread out their formation, bypass a large number of earth pits, stone piles, mounds and other obstacles, and rush out in scattered formations!