When both sides are full of confidence in themselves, the battle is often the most intense, because they both believe they can win and their morale is high.
But this kind of intensity usually doesn't last long, because there is always a winner or loser in a battle. When the losing party realizes that its tactical intentions cannot be realized and may even suffer a disastrous defeat, then it will completely change.
It's time.
When the huge arrows formed by the First Cavalry Division and the Fifth Cavalry Division of the Tang Army collided with the Tatar cavalry array, in the first few dozen seconds, the two sides fought due to the inertia of the battle.
The fight was so fierce that the knights in front fell one after another, while the knights in the rear also rushed up one after another.
But tens of seconds later, when some of the Tatar cavalry discovered that although they had more total troops, they were still facing a very strange local military disadvantage, they panicked.
The Tatar cavalry is a standard traditional cavalry. Their formation is more relaxed, and there is even a difference in speed. Some run fast and some run slowly. In the final battle, their loose formation faced
The Tang Dynasty cavalry charge formation was so dense that it was almost crowded.
This led to the fact that in the actual battle area between the two sides, a Tatar cavalry often had to face the siege of three or four Tang Dynasty cavalry at the same time. In this case, the Tatar cavalry's riding skills and even martial arts were even better.
But he still had to swallow his hatred on the spot, and was eventually beheaded by his horse.
The total strength of the Tatar cavalry was greater than that of the two cavalry divisions of the Tang Army. The strength comparison between the two sides was 10,000 vs. 7,000.
However, among the 10,000 Tatars, less than 3,000 actually fought with the Tang cavalry, and more of them circled around on both sides.
Because the cavalry formation of the Tang Army was more dense, the width of the frontal charge formed was smaller, and the front of the opposite Tatar cavalry was too wide. As a result, although the Tatars had more cavalry, in reality,
In the fighting area, they were actually at a military disadvantage.
This is also the biggest advantage of modern cavalry using wall-mounting tactics to fight against traditional classical cavalry!
The superiority of weapons such as muskets is not important. What is important is this local strength advantage.
This local strength advantage also made the Tatar cavalry formation look like paper when faced with the charge of the Tang Dynasty cavalry.
The arrows formed by the Tang cavalry directly tore through or even penetrated their defense line!
The roaring cavalry from both sides fought with each other, leaving dead and wounded everywhere!
When Kang Changning held a telescope from the rear and saw the cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Division penetrated the Tatar defense line, a smile appeared on his lips!
When he sent the 1st Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division to charge, he had already expected that if the Tatars fought against him, they would definitely lose.
This is a tactical gap that cannot be bridged.
If the Tatars were smart enough, they should avoid fighting instead of forcing a fight!
Unfortunately, after this charge, the remaining Tatars seemed to have woken up. After the confrontation between the two sides, the remaining Tatars began to turn around and began to avoid the battle.
There is no chance for a second hedging!
As for the pursuit...
Come on, I am also a cavalryman. Is it possible that if I can't fight, I can't run?
After the Tatars retreated slightly, the 1st Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division also made a large circle, and then returned to their own formation to rest and recuperate.
However, the cavalry that came back no longer numbered 7,000!
Although this battle defeated the Tatars' arrogance and caused considerable losses to the Tatars, the two armies fought and fought such a cruel hedging battle, so losses were inevitable.
Of our own cavalry who successfully returned, only about 6,500 remained!
One charge left five hundred soldiers in place, with unknown casualties!
The Tatars left even more, leaving a total of 1,500 dead and wounded on the battlefield!
In this battle, the ratio of losses between the two sides was about one to three, and this was under the premise that the number of cavalry sent by the Tang Dynasty was more than 3,000 less than that of the Tatars!
Kang Changning is quite satisfied with this result!
What's more important is that this battle has greatly improved morale, and all the soldiers in the army can maintain enough confidence to deal with the next battle!
Moreover, the two elite troops he has in hand, such as the 3rd Musketeers and the 6th Cuirassiers, have not yet launched their attack!
In this battle, although our own troops are far smaller than the opponent's, as long as we fight well, we may not have no chance of winning.
In the following time, the more than 8,000 remaining Tatars learned the lesson. They ran directly to a place one kilometer away and stopped approaching, waiting for the arrival of friendly forces from the rear.
The cavalry regiment of the Tang Army also took the time to rest and prepare!
This war has just begun and is far from over.
Because it was expected to take a long time, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty Army were also preparing for the battle. They sat directly on the ground to conserve their physical strength. They ate dry food and drank water, and fed the horses private chat to maintain the physical fitness of the horses.
It was so early in the morning and they didn’t even have breakfast!
When the cavalry of the Tang Army were resting or even having a meal, the Tatars on the opposite side were doing almost the same thing. They had been running around for a long time, and they had charged again just now. Whether they were soldiers or horses, they all needed to be in time.
To restore and replenish physical fitness.
Ever since, the two sides were staring at each other from a distance of more than a kilometer.
As time passed, the cavalry under Kang Changning's command gradually rested. Some of the cavalry units that had not had time to prepare due to the rush of time were now fully prepared.
The Tatars from the opposite side also arrived one after another.
From the initial vanguard force of 10,000 people, to 20,000, then three people, and finally to almost 40,000 cavalry.
This number of cavalry is already quite large. Ananda Khan only has a total of more than 60,000 cavalry on hand that can be used for combat, but it is impossible to bring all of these 60,000 people with him.
In order to confuse the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he left more than 10,000 cavalry in the east, and then left more than 3,000 people at Nanlinbao, and sent out several thousand more to intercept the reconnaissance cavalry of the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
In addition, the remaining troops were brought here for him.
Forty thousand cavalry, against an enemy with only about 15,000 cavalry, in Ada Khan's view, even if they have sharp firearms, this is enough.
But he didn't expect that when he arrived, a battle between the forward troops made him frown.
A vanguard force of ten thousand cavalry faced off against the seven thousand barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the opposite side. It turned out that our own side suffered more losses than the other side. There were only eight thousand five hundred thousand cavalry left, while the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the opposite side had only 8,500 cavalry left.
Only five hundred were lost.
Although the forward troops have just arrived and have traveled a long distance, this should not be the result.
Anda Khan was very unhappy about this, but it did not shock him too much. Although the forward battle suffered a small loss, it was only a small loss and could not affect the overall situation.
After all the hard work, I finally got the opportunity to block these Southern Tang barbarians with nearly 15,000 riders here. Naturally, I hope to have a decisive battle!
He would not foolishly engage in a decisive battle with their main infantry force as the Southern Tang barbarians imagined. In his opinion, these Southern Tang barbarians dared to go deep into the grassland only because of the fifteen thousand cavalry.
In fact, these fifteen thousand cavalry did play a huge role. Without this cavalry roaming for cover, containing a large number of Tatar cavalry, and at the same time supporting the transportation troops in a timely manner, it would be impossible to rely on infantry troops alone.
To maintain this supply line.
As long as this cavalry is killed, he will be able to take huge strategic initiative and completely cut off the blockade of the Southern Tang Barbarians. Then he will have to see how long Dongsheng City can maintain it.
Deng Xide has his own plan, and Ada Khan also has his own plan!
When both sides promoted the war according to their own plans, today's situation emerged!
The cavalry regiment was blocked by 40,000 Tatar cavalry!
In this regard, Kang Changning naturally will not sit still and wait for death, he will fight his way out!
The previous forward battle gave him hope. There were many enemies and many troops, but they might not have no chance!
This opportunity does not mean defeating them, but breaking out of the encirclement and leaving!
After seeing that his troops were well prepared, Kang Changning was not prepared to delay for too long, which could easily lead to changes. He also wanted to rush out by force while the main Tatar cavalry had just arrived and were exhausted.
But this time, he was not ready to let the 1st Cavalry Division and other ordinary cavalry take the lead. He personally led the 6th Cuirassier Regiment forward, preparing to be the spearhead of the entire army's charge.
But before that, he sent out the Third Musketeer Regiment first!
This is to prepare to use the kite-flying tactics of the cavalry regiment to harass and attack the enemy, create chaos, and thus create better opportunities for the main force to charge!
Soon, the Tatars saw the shamelessness of the Third Musketeers!
When Ada Khan first saw nearly a thousand Tang cavalry coming forward, he didn't take it seriously. He even didn't bother to send troops to intercept, because now his main force had just arrived and needed to rest. It was impossible for just a thousand people to attack.
The arrival of human enemy troops will ruin the entire rest and reorganization plan.
Anyway, we have an army of 40,000. Even if these 1,000 cavalry charge forward, they can still be swallowed up.
But he soon discovered that these Tang Dynasty cavalry had no intention of rushing over, but were slowly advancing nearly a hundred meters away from a team of cavalry...
Then I saw them taking out their muskets!
After seeing them riding forward slowly on horseback, when they finally reached a distance of about 70 or 80 meters, they shot directly on the horseback!
Although the hit rate was average, several dozen Tatar cavalrymen were still hit. Immediately, a Tatar cavalry general led about two thousand of his own cavalry to attack, preparing to return the favor with a riding bow after approaching.
However, as soon as they moved, the Tang cavalry on the opposite side turned around and left!
Now that they were all gone, the Tatar generals who led the attack also knew that they had the overall situation in mind, so they did not intend to pursue them. They just stopped and were about to turn around and return. What they didn't expect was that the Tang cavalry in front also stopped and were right there.
Another shot was fired from 70 to 80 meters away. After even seeing the Tatar cavalry retreat, they turned their horses and followed them again!