The Sixth Cuirassier Regiment is the standard heavy armored cavalry unit in the Tang Army. Although its defensive power is not as good as the heavy cavalry wearing full body armor of the First Lancer Regiment, its enlarged version of the heavy cuirassier is enough to defeat the enemy.
They have impressive protective power.
The Tatars' riding ability is undoubtedly top-notch. After all, this is their specialty. Their accuracy is good and their power is not weak.
But even so, these Tatar arrows can only adopt a covering shooting mode. On horses running at high speed, it is impossible for them to accurately aim at the detailed part and achieve a hit. If they can do this, it is impossible
They are ordinary Tatar cavalry, but are classified as sharpshooters. There must be such people, but there will definitely not be too many. It is impossible for there to be thousands of people.
After these Tatar cavalry fired their arrows, the arrows flew into the array of the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment!
Then……
Then most of the arrows hit their armor!
These armors are all made of plate armor forged from fine steel. Even to control the weight, except for the chest, other parts are relatively thin, but this thinness is only relative to bullets. As for bows and arrows, even
The quality of the arrows used by these Tatars is pretty good, but their power is still not comparable to bullets.
Most of the arrows that hit the Tang cavalry hit the armor, and at least a very small number of them hit the parts not covered by armor, causing casualties to a few cuirassiers.
Most of the casualties were non-torso injuries, because important parts were protected by armor.
As for the war horses, except for the war horses in the front rows which were protected by war horse armor, the war horses ridden by the ordinary cuirassiers in the back did not have special armor for war horses, so the war horses suffered more injuries.
But generally speaking, this wave of arrows from the Tatars did not cause any actual damage to the 6th Cuirassiers. On the contrary, they themselves lost one to two hundred people.
But even though it didn't go well, these Tatar cavalry didn't like fighting. After approaching at high speed and shooting arrows, they immediately left at high speed!
The Sixth Cuirassiers did not care about them, but continued to approach at a trot!
As the distance between the two sides gradually shrinks, it is impossible for the other side to continue to use this cavalry and archery tactic. As for the other side's cavalry units not charging at high speed and stopping to shoot arrows, or shooting arrows while charging, then the Tang cavalry would be more willing.
Because no matter which one, it can bring great advantages to one's own charge later!
But the Tatars obviously also know that in the face of a big battle, there is no time and space for them to launch a volley. Once the Tang cavalry is allowed to charge and their own speed cannot be increased, then no matter how many people they have,
, also had to be hanged.
When you shoot an arrow after increasing the speed, when you shoot the arrow, the saber will hit you on the head.
What's more, this kind of cavalry battle involving tens of thousands of people is charging one wave after another, and there can't be too many gaps at all.
If you want to deal with such a cavalry charge, if you are infantry, you have to form a formation and fight with spears, rifle bows or muskets. If you are cavalry, there is nothing to say, just charge forward and everyone will fight head-on.
The Tatars also chose this method. Anda Khan did not hesitate at all. When the distance between the two sides was about the same, he blew the horn of charge!
Twenty-five thousand Tatar cavalry began to move from a trot to a trot, and then a sprint!
Correspondingly, Kang Changning on the opposite side also started a charge with his cavalry regiment!
The distance between the main forces of both sides quickly shortened from the previous four to five hundred meters to two hundred meters, one hundred meters, and fifty meters!
The next moment, the knights in the front row of both sides collided with each other. All this seemed to be a replay of the previous battle between the forward troops of both sides!
The knights of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment relied on their dense formation, good defense, and tall horses to forcefully collide with them. Suddenly, both the enemy and us were on their backs.
In just this moment, at least hundreds of knights from both sides were killed or injured, but this was just the beginning.
More cavalry continued to come from the rear, and then a battle broke out between the two sides.
This was an absolutely head-to-head battle without any tricks. Both sides unanimously chose to give up long-range firepower, put away their bows, arrows, and pistols, and only used the most primitive sabers to fight.
But soon, Anda Khan discovered that even though his side had invested more troops, twice as many as the Tang Dynasty cavalry on the opposite side, the actual battle did not show the strength advantage it should have.
Because the formation of the Tatar cavalry was too loose, while the cavalry formation of the Tang Dynasty was very tight, such a comparison resulted in a considerable number of Tatar cavalry actually just whizzing past both sides of the Tang cavalry, and There was no actual contact with the Tang Dynasty cavalry, not even contact, let alone any battle.
However, the Tatar cavalry that fought against the Tang Dynasty cavalry only accounted for less than a quarter of the total strength. This quarter of the strength was still scattered.
Therefore, a strange situation occurred on the battlefield. Although the total strength of the Tang cavalry was small, during the actual battle, there were two or three cavalry besieging a Tatar cavalry.
And this is not an isolated case, but a common situation!
At this moment, Anda Khan understood why the forward troops suffered losses before.
Because the opponent's formation is too close, and the formation is neat and moves in the same way, it can be said that our cavalry has no way to exert its power when encountering such cavalry.
At the same time, the opponent's heavy cavalry of more than a thousand people were too fierce. Relying on their tall horses and thick armor, they often crushed them directly and killed them without using any tactics at all.
Their armor and formation are their greatest support.
However, what worried Anda Khan was that his cavalry could not withstand their charge!
How can this be!
You know, the 40,000 cavalry he brought with him were all the cavalry of the 30,000 households on the right wing. They had followed him in the north and south for decades, conquering countless tribes. Every cavalryman was a brave man. .
But in front of these Southern Tang barbarian cavalry, they couldn't even resist.
this!
How can it be!
He could hardly believe what he was seeing.
If Anda Khan had seen how the forwards suffered a disastrous defeat before, then he would not be shocked. But unfortunately, he was too far away at the time and could only see his own forward cavalry suffering a small loss, but how exactly did he suffer the loss? Yes, the low-level generals also had little knowledge, and only talked about fighting. The overall situation was obviously advantageous, but locally they were killed and defeated miserably. The whole process was inexplicable.
It’s not that the Tatars have never fought against the Tang Dynasty. When they went south, they fought a battle with the Tang Army in Shandong. As a result, more than 10,000 horsemen were killed and wounded in front of the Datang Army’s bayonet array.
Therefore, they also learned well. In the years to come, no matter it was a small-scale conflict or today's large-scale battle, they always kept one principle in mind, that is, they should never take the initiative to attack the well-prepared and prepared Datang Army.
Infantry square.
As for the battles between cavalry, the two sides have fought in the past few years, but they were small battles involving dozens or hundreds of people. It is difficult to reflect some specific information in such battles.
At the same time, they were unable to obtain any useful information from the early battles between the Tang cavalry and the Chahar tribe and the Duoyan guards, because the quality of the Tang cavalry back then was usable, and their cavalry was mostly used as mounted infantry.
They often maneuver on horseback, then dismount directly and fight on foot with a musket in hand.
To be honest, it was the first time for the Tang Dynasty cavalry to actually use more than ten thousand cavalry in a cavalry charge!
The Tang cavalry had never done this before, so the Tatars were naturally unable to judge the true strength of the Tang cavalry in charge combat.
But now, Anda Khan has seen the true strength of the Tang Dynasty cavalry in charge combat!
So weird!
Yes, it’s not that I was shocked, but I felt weird!
Because Anda Khan couldn't understand what he saw. He obviously had more troops, and his cavalry was obviously superior in riding skills and even swordsmanship, but why was he so weak in front of the cavalry formation composed of this group of farmers?
hit.
Our own cavalry formation seemed to be made of paper and could be broken by a single poke from the Tang Dynasty cavalry!
He doesn't understand!
If the Tang cavalry on the opposite side used muskets to engage in the same kite-flying tactics, although it looked disgusting, he could understand it. After all, the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty were famous for their sharp guns.
He knew this many years ago.
But he didn't expect that they would be so sharp in this horse-riding charge and hand-to-hand combat!
This is fucking unreasonable!
Anda Khan, seeing that the situation was not good, quickly made a change. This change was not to mobilize the Chinese army with 25,000 cavalry. In fact, the Chinese army had already charged and was unable to make any timely response.
If it changes, no matter whether it is victory or defeat, adjustments can only be made after the charge is completed.
What he wants to make changes is the cavalry on both wings!
He raised his head and glanced at the cavalry on the left and right wings who were still making a detour, especially the 10,000 cavalry on the left wing, and immediately ordered: "Let the left wing army attack the flanks of the Southern Tang Barbarians immediately!"
Although these 10,000 cavalry have not returned to their positions yet, he doesn't care, because he is worried that if this continues, the 25,000 cavalry in his own army may not be able to stop these 13,000 cavalry!
But at that time, it was not a matter of being able to block the more than 10,000 Southern Tang barbarian cavalry, but that our own army was going to be defeated miserably!