Fortunately, the power of this arrow was already very weak. Although it hit his right eye, it did not penetrate much deep!
The armor of the Tang Army, regardless of whether it is full body armor, half body armor or breastplate, will all be equipped with a helmet, but the helmets attached will be different depending on the arms.
The best thing is naturally the helmet that matches the full body armor. It almost covers the entire head and is directly connected to the breastplate to protect the neck.
The face is protected by a mask. The masks are not made of iron wire, but are directly stamped from a single piece of iron plate. There are only small holes left in the mouth and nostrils for breathing, and there are relatively large holes in the eye sockets.
to gain sight.
This is said to be a mask, but in fact it is more like a mask, a steel mask.
The helmet that matches the breastplate is an ordinary helmet, usually without a mask.
However, even if it is a full-body armor or a half-body armor mask, its protective capabilities are only average compared to other parts. If the enemy does not dodge in time with a slash, it will often be damaged due to the force, resulting in death or injury.
At the same time, in order to obtain sight, the cavalrymen use masks in the front of their helmets, leaving holes for the eyes. In addition, the connection parts of some joints are also relatively weak.
These flaws are also the part that the enemy likes to hit most when the two sides are fighting in close combat. Many elite soldiers, facing these enemies wearing full body armor, either use heavy weapons to directly hit people, or use short swords and daggers.
Put it directly against your body and insert it through these small gaps.
But with arrows, there is usually no way to target these weak points!
But Liao Qiangbin was very unlucky. An arrow shot by a Tatar, without any bias, actually passed through the gap in the eye socket of the mask and penetrated directly into his right eye!
Even though Liao Qiangbin is an old soldier, having been in the army for seven or eight years, he has suffered some injuries before, but this is the first time he has been shot in the eye. Under the severe pain, he can no longer maintain his body shape, and soon his body will be damaged.
He tilted, and when he was about to fall over, the soldier next to him rode his horse close in time and supported him to prevent him from falling to the ground.
If you fall to the ground, it will be worse than an arrow in the eye. If you are not careful, you will be trampled to death by the horse's hooves.
But even so, he could not continue to command the battle. He lay prone on the war horse and continued to scream. An adjutant beside him looked at his commander and showed a trace of lamentation, but soon
But he raised his head and looked around, and soon saw the deputy commander not far away.
He immediately ordered the flag bearers beside him to continue leading the army flag along the designated charge route, while he himself galloped on horseback and soon found the deputy commander.
He also informed the regiment commander that he could no longer shoulder the heavy responsibility of command. The deputy commander of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Ying Pingdong, was also a veteran cavalry general.
After seeing the situation ahead, he knew that it was time for him to stand up and take responsibility.
He immediately rode his horse forward, then formally took over the command of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment and led the cavalry to continue the charge.
Colonel Liao Qiangbin, the commander of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment, was still lying on his horse at this time, his face covered with blood. Although he did not scream like before, he still continued to moan.
Although he was injured at this time, he could not stop for treatment, because at this moment the two sides were engaged in the most intense charge battle, and if he stopped, he would be waiting to die.
But there was little time and space for them to heal their injuries slowly.
The charge of the 6th Cuirassiers Regiment was not affected at all because their commander was injured. In fact, many people on the battlefield, even the cavalry of the 6th Cuirassiers Regiment, did not know their commander.
Already injured.
The battlefield was too chaotic. The soldiers were focused on the fighting in front of them. They had no time to pay attention to their commanders. As long as the command flag did not fall, they would act according to the command flag.
The Sixth Cuirassier Regiment continued to take advantage of its heavy armor and rushed towards a group of Tatar cavalry in front. The result was naturally without any surprises. Wearing heavy armor, they successfully fought their way out and led the rest of the group.
The 1st Cavalry Division, the 5th Cavalry Division and other troops continued to rush northwestward.
The Sixth Cuirassier Regiment is positioned as the spearhead, responsible only for tearing apart one point of the Tatar formation. Its troops are very concentrated, and its battlefield is not large, so the actual number of enemy cavalry killed is not very large.
, and the 1st Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division in the rear, these two troops on the left and right sides are responsible for expanding the gap front. Relatively speaking, they encounter more enemies. At the same time, because of these
The enemy has already been charged by the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment. After the enemy's formation is disrupted, they can kill the enemy more easily.
Therefore, these two cavalry divisions killed more enemies.
As for the multiple independent cavalry regiments following behind, they are mainly responsible for covering the two wings and the rear, and at the same time killing the enemy's fish that slip through the net.
The huge formation thus formed roared past the Tatar cavalry array!
The flags of each army fluttered in the wind on the battlefield, leaving a trail of corpses and wails wherever they passed!
If you look closely at these military flags, you will find that although these military flags are all standard blue background red dragon holding sword flags, the words on each flag are also different.
Just to distinguish each unit, the military flag of each unit will be printed with its unit number, such as the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment.
At the same time, division-level infantry units and independently organized cavalry regiments, artillery brigades, and artillery regiments have black letters embroidered with gold edges, while ordinary troops use black letters.
Behind the flag of the 6th Cuirassier Regiment, there are the 1st Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division, with flags printed in black letters embroidered with gold edges. At the same time, the cavalry stations under these two cavalry divisions will also have cavalrymen.
The flag of a regiment, such as the 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, etc.
Although there is a difference between the two now, a few years ago, the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment was actually called the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, which conflicted with the Sixth Cavalry Regiment under the Second Cavalry Division.
Therefore, if you only looked at the numerical code at that time without looking at other words, it would be difficult to tell which cavalry unit it was.
This is because in the early years of the Tang Army, especially during the Unification War, it was directly divided into independent units such as divisions, without careful division of regiments and battalion-level units, which resulted in a lot of confusion.
For example, take the Sixth Regiment, who knows who the Sixth Regiment is, because there are too many troops that can be called the Sixth Regiment. There is the Sixth Regiment under the Second Infantry Division, and there is the Sixth Infantry Division under the Sixth Infantry Division.
Sixth Cavalry Regiment, Sixth Artillery Regiment, Sixth Baggage Regiment, etc. At the same time, the Second Guards Division of the Guards also has a Sixth Regiment, and then the Second Cavalry Division also has a Sixth Cavalry Regiment, and an independent cavalry
6th Cuirassiers.
Not to mention other arms, there are three cavalry regiments that can be called the Sixth Cavalry Regiment.
In order to distinguish, the names of the names were changed later, mainly by adding prefixes to show distinction. For example, the infantry regiments under each infantry division were all officially designated as Regiment X, while the infantry regiments of the Guards were
, it is called the xth Guards Regiment, and those in the reserve division are called the xth reserve regiment.
As for cavalry, the cavalry of each infantry division is directly called the Xth Division Cavalry Regiment, the reserve division is called the Xth Division Cavalry Battalion, the cavalry division and the cavalry brigade are called the Xth Cavalry Regiment, and
The independent cavalry unit is called the Xth Cuirassier Regiment, the Xth Musketeer Regiment, or the Xth Light Cavalry Regiment, etc.
As for the artillery, baggage, engineering and other units, it is more straightforward, without all kinds of messy prefixes, they are all the x artillery regiment, but the first 500 numbers are reserved for the division artillery, and the numbers above 300
It is used as the designation of independent artillery.
In this way, many troops will not be confused.
But no matter what, some misunderstandings will still occur when calling an army by its abbreviation. However, this kind of thing is not a big problem, so it has been delayed. The Datang Army is planning to have a number.
Thoroughly rectify and completely solve the problems left over from history.
The Sixth Cuirassier Regiment was the spearhead, leading the remaining more than 10,000 cavalry to fight. Wherever they passed, the Tatar cavalry were almost unable to resist.
Even though Ada Khan mobilized 10,000 cavalrymen on the left wing to rush forward and try to cut off the Tang Dynasty cavalry regiment, Kang Changning made a decisive decision and quickly changed his direction and rushed towards the northwest, avoiding the enemy.
Thousands of Tatar cavalry rushed from the northeast.
Seeing this scene, Ada Khan frowned a little!
But he had no solution at all, because the main problem was that the 10,000 cavalry on the left wing had not yet maneuvered into place. If the attack was launched from the east, there would be no such embarrassment. Even if the opponent was
If you change direction, you can just chase after them and kill them.
It was as useful there as it is now. They couldn't intercept them from the waist. At the same time, it was very troublesome to pursue them from the rear, because they were in front of some of the Chinese cavalry. They collided and got mixed up.
They couldn't just kill some of the friendly forces of the Chinese army and carve out a bloody path to pursue the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty!
Watching the cavalry regiment of Nan Tang Manzi once again broke through the interception of a cavalry phalanx on his side, and this cavalry phalanx was the previous five thousand cavalry on the right wing. This was the last one he had on hand that could be used to intercept Nan Tang.
Tang Manzi's cavalry troops were attacked, but it was still useless and they were rushed out!
At this time, An Dahan sighed deeply. In this battle, we did not get any benefits, but suffered a big loss.
Although the battle has not yet completely ended, the vanguard troops of the Southern Tang Barbarians, especially the heavy armored troops, have completely broken out of the encirclement. More Southern Tang Barbarian cavalry behind them also rushed out of the encirclement and began to turn around and head towards
Run wildly toward the southwest!
It is almost impossible to continue the pursuit!
It's not that our own side's mobility is not good. If the two sides engage in a pursuit that lasts for hundreds of miles, then the one who wins in the end will definitely be us, because our troops all have two horses together.
But the other party was heading southwest. What was there?
The main force of the enemy’s barbarian army in the Southern Tang Dynasty!
Chasing a piece of shit!
Ada Khan sighed deeply again, and then said to the generals behind him: "Let's go!"
A bystander asked: "Then where should we go and continue chasing?"
Anda Khan turned his head and looked north: "No more pursuit, we will retreat directly!"