Xin Ai Huang Taiji never expected that Liu Mengyang on the opposite side had never thought about rushing through the stone formation. What he wanted was a battle, a continuous war of attrition.
But when he noticed something was wrong with the Southern Tang Barbarian on the opposite side, it was already too late!
Because that was already a full hour later!
In the past hour, he sent out three groups of cavalry reinforcements. The first two groups rushed directly up, trying to widen the gap and completely defeat the Tang Army's defensive forces. However, after finding it difficult to break through, he took the risk and let The cavalry dispersedly entered from both wings of the stone formation, but in this way, the numerous piles of stones they had laid out before became an obstacle to their attack from both wings.
Three batches of reinforcements, plus a thousand cavalry led by the first Bobatu.
In the past hour, he has invested a total of more than 3,500 cavalry!
They had defeated many of their phalanxes in succession and killed many of the Tang Dynasty infantry. The remnants of the Tang Dynasty infantry were forced to rely on the many chariot formations to support themselves, as if they could completely break through the Southern Tang Barbarians' chariots in the next moment. Arranged.
However, even in this situation, where it seemed that the Southern Tang Barbarians could break through the car formation in the next moment, it still did not make Xin Ai and Huang Taiji feel relieved.
Because, he has seen similar situations three times before!
The previous three times, he saw that the Southern Tang barbarians in front were about to collapse, and tried to completely defeat them by increasing troops. However, every time, the Southern Tang barbarians on the opposite side would choose the same increase of troops to resist, and at the same time they would gradually give up their defense lines, all the time. Now I have completely hidden behind many vehicles, relying on the vehicles to defend.
This situation made him feel uneasy!
Not because of the uneasiness of being unable to attack for a long time, but because of the huge casualties on our side!
It is undeniable that their hour-long attack caused a large number of casualties to the Southern Tang Barbarians on the opposite side. Even if it was impossible to accurately count on the fierce battlefield, he could tell through visual inspection that the Southern Tang Barbarians on the opposite side At least 1,500 people have been killed or injured!
However, even though their Tatar cavalry achieved such huge results, their own losses were also considerable. At least a thousand cavalry fell on the way to attack.
The casualties were so heavy. If it were normal times, these Tatar cavalry would have been unable to hold on. The reason why they can still maintain the attack is because Xin Ai Huang Taiji continued to increase troops. At the same time, this battle has reached this point. Both sides were already furious, especially the soldiers on both sides fighting on the front line. They still had the same fear of death and injury as at the beginning of the battle. Everyone seemed to have lost their minds and just relied on instinct to fight.
Even the Tatar cavalry in front had already given up their horses and dismounted to fight on foot!
This kind of hand-to-hand combat will make people forget everything, forget fear, and forget tactics, leaving only the most instinctive fighting.
You cut me with a knife, and one life is exchanged for another. This is the most realistic portrayal of this battle!
At first, Xin Ai Huang Taiji was excited because of the bravery of his soldiers, but now, he no longer had any excitement. On the contrary, he still had a kind of fear.
He couldn't help but have an idea, that is, if he continued to fight like this, he would certainly be able to annihilate all the barbarians from the Southern Tang Dynasty on the opposite side. Well, he was very confident about this.
However, I am afraid that our own losses will not be small. I am afraid that more than half of the losses will be light!
Two to three thousand of the most elite warriors from the Tumut tribe were exchanged for more than 4,000 Southern Tang barbarians, as well as hundreds of carriages on the opposite side and countless baggage on them.
At first glance, this seems like a huge profit.
But is it really profitable?
He began to doubt!
No, he soon began to regret it!
This is definitely not a good deal!
Because at this moment, he thought of a lot of things. He suddenly thought that the transportation force of the Southern Tang Barbarians on the opposite side was just an inconspicuous branch of the many armies of the Southern Tang Barbarians. Such a transportation force, the Southern Barbarians
You can send out a second or third branch at any time.
Even the numerous supplies transported on it were naturally extremely valuable in the eyes of Huang Taiji, who loved him dearly. They were enough grain, grass and a large amount of ordnance for tens of thousands of troops.
However, these supplies were nothing to the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
He knew very well that within the defense line of the Great Wall in the south, those southern barbarians had hoarded almost a massive amount of food, grass, ordnance and ammunition!
These supplies were nothing to the Tang Empire.
But in turn, his five thousand cavalry were the most elite cavalry force in the Tumut tribe. They were the core force that he and his father Ada Khan controlled on the right flank, 30,000 households, and even the entire Tatars.
If most of it is lost here today, the chain reaction will definitely be huge.
When Xin Ai Huang Taiji was thinking this, someone else said: "General, we are just one step away from being able to break through those Nanman car formations!"
The speaker was a strong man with a beard. Although he was short, he was extremely strong. If it was wrestling, he would definitely be a good hand. On the battlefield, such a person would also be the bravest warrior.
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At this time, he continued: "The general will lead his troops to charge forward!
Xin Ai Huang Taiji glanced at him and thought to himself!
He was blinded by the illusion in front of him, just like his previous self
Not only were the soldiers fighting at the front red-eyed, but also the soldiers supporting the rear were also infected by the heroic fighting in front of them, so much so that they lost their minds.
Xin Ai Huang Taiji raised his hand slightly and said: "No!"
After a slight pause, he said again: "Send the order, withdraw the troops!"
"What, withdraw the troops?" Everyone seemed to be unable to believe what they heard, and thought they had heard wrongly. Someone immediately asked: "Do you really want to withdraw the troops?"
Another person said: "How can we withdraw our troops? It was not easy for us to push them into a desperate situation, and we have already killed and wounded nearly two thousand of them. There are at most two thousand people in the remaining formation of the Southern Barbarians, and
More than half of them are still young and strong, as long as we work harder, we will definitely be able to break through their car formation!"
The words of these few people immediately received a response from a group of people, each of whom said:
Yes, as long as we fight again, we will definitely be able to defeat it.
We have been fighting for so long and have killed so many warriors. Now that victory is in sight, how can we give up so easily?
If we persist, we will be able to wipe out all these southern barbarians.
Many people look at each other and say the same thing. Although the words they say are different, the meaning is the same, and they all need to continue fighting.
However, Xin Ai Huang Taiji looked around at the generals, and then said: "I have made up my mind to withdraw my troops!"
After saying that, he continued to stare at everyone, and then said: "Haven't you seen that the Nanmanzi on the opposite side have never thought about charging over? If they want to charge over, then from the beginning, they will try their best to rush over.
Rush forward, instead of gradually increasing the number of troops as before.
Although they have suffered heavy casualties now, and it seems they can only rely on the car formation to survive, and they can collapse at any time, but how many times have they experienced similar situations in the past half hour?"
At this time, he raised three fingers: "Three times, three times!"
"Every time they look like they are about to collapse, but every time we increase our troops, they shrink back and hold on until now!"
"How many soldiers have we lost or injured in the past half hour?"
"They don't want to rush out at all, they just want to use up all our troops!"
"Let me ask, if those southern barbarians lose this transport team, how much loss will it cause to them? But if we suffer heavy losses, how much loss will it cause to us?"
"What are we? We are the most elite warriors of the Tumut tribe. We are cavalry. Why should we fight hand-to-hand combat with them here and fight them to the death? Why can't we use the advantages of my cavalry to attack them?"
Xin Ai Huang Taiji's words, although somewhat scattered, immediately made many Tatar generals wake up.
Yes, why do they want to fight such a bloody hand-to-hand battle with the Nanmanzi here? They are cavalry. Why do they give up the advantage of cavalry and go head-to-head with infantry!
At first, it was just because they saw the opportunity to completely defeat the Nanmanzi, and also because they were red-eyed, thinking that they could take down the Nanmanzi in front of them as long as they worked harder.
But now it seems that things did not develop as they expected!
Maybe, it's time to retreat!
Although there are still many Tatar generals who want to say something, or even explicitly oppose the withdrawal of troops, but as Xin Ai Huang Taiji said, I have made up my mind!
Therefore, the order for the Tatars to withdraw their troops was quickly passed on!
After the order to retreat was given, the Tatars fighting in front also gradually retreated.
When Liu Mengyang saw this scene, he sighed softly and said: "What a pity!"
But Cao Guangtao and other Tang army officers who didn't know Liu Mengyang looked happy after seeing the Tatars retreating, and some even cheered!
Because the Tatars retreated, it meant that they blocked the Tatar attack and successfully defended this batch of luggage!
Although Liu Mengyang was a little disappointed, it was just a small disappointment!
Although the Tatars woke up and retreated in time during this battle, at least a thousand Tatar cavalry lay down on this land in the past hour!
Plus the two hundred Tatar cavalry killed half a day ago!
On this day, his troops had killed and wounded at least 1,200 Tatar cavalry!
This number is quite rare for an army that has been carrying heavy supplies!
As for the loss of dozens of carriages and nearly two thousand soldiers in order to kill and injure these Tatar cavalry, in his opinion, that was completely acceptable.
All this is worth it!
But just because he could accept it did not mean that others could also accept it. After the Tatars completely retreated, Cao Guangtao began to lead his people to treat the wounded and build a battlefield.
When he saw the corpses on the ground and the wailing wounded, he sighed deeply!