Just when the Ming army cavalry was stunned by the scene in front of them, Cao Mingda had already reached out to wipe the enemy's blood splashed on his face, then continued to hold up the saber with traces of blood on it, turned the horse's head, and led
Drawing a semicircle with the cavalry phalanx still advancing at high speed!
Immediately afterwards, he once again shouted the slogan of charge, and led the remaining cavalry towards the Ming cavalry square that had just been penetrated by them.
Cao Mingda was obviously infected by the battle at this moment, shouting: "Go! The Tang Dynasty is invincible, long live the Tang Dynasty, long live your Majesty" and other random slogans!
Although the cavalry behind him were actually a little timid during the charge because almost more than ten percent of their comrades were killed or wounded, they looked at the Ming cavalry array in front of them that had been penetrated by their own side and the Ming cavalry lying all over the ground.
The casualties of the army cavalry are unknown. Although there are many Ming army cavalry, in a real fight, our own side has a huge advantage!
The obvious tactical advantage, coupled with the passionate atmosphere on the battlefield, especially the cavalry officers at all levels shouting various slogans and leading them in the charge by example.
Maybe they wanted to vent their fears, or maybe they were really stimulated by the blood on the battlefield, so they each shouted various slogans and rushed towards the Ming army's array with ferocious faces!
Ever since, the next moment, the cavalry led by Cao Mingda once again rushed into the Ming army's cavalry array.
But this time when they rushed into the Ming cavalry array, these Ming cavalry still had their backs turned to them!
It is not easy for the chaotic Ming army cavalry to organize and launch a hedging attack just now. If you ask the cavalry groups that do not belong to each other to change directions at the first time, and then turn around and start the hedging again, this is obviously beyond them.
organizational capabilities.
Ever since, a very, very embarrassing scene happened on the next battlefield!
More than 200 cavalrymen from the New Army in the Hall launched a charge towards the back of more than 500 Ming Army cavalrymen. Some of the Ming Army cavalrymen in front turned around and charged forward, but more cavalrymen still urged their horses.
run ahead!
Although it can't be said that they were escaping, they just wanted to distance themselves and then fight. Even as they distanced themselves, there were Ming cavalrymen with skillful riding skills on horseback, bending their bows and shooting arrows towards the rear.
But there are very few such people. This is not because they lack unified command, but because even the regular Ming army can bend their bows and shoot arrows on high-speed horseback, and still shoot arrows towards the rear. This is
The requirements for equestrian and archery skills are quite high.
Obviously, most of the Ming army cavalry in front of them lack such qualities, they are just infantry who can ride horses!
Well, the quality of the cavalry of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty was actually not that good!
However, the combat of the cavalry of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty does not rely too much on the individual qualities of the cavalry. They only need to maintain a good formation and then launch a collective charge. In this way, most of the scattered Ming army cavalry in front who dare to block them will
It was directly crushed into slag.
At this time, Cao Mingda was half-suspended on the horse's back. The weight of his entire body was supported by the stirrups his feet were on. He relied on the strength of his legs to clamp the horse's belly and maintain basic balance. His left hand controlled the reins, and his right hand controlled the reins.
Hold a knife!
He was at the center of the cavalry array while riding a horse and running, while turning his head slightly to look left and right at his subordinates.
I saw that although my own formation was no longer as neat and tight as the first charge, it could still be called a neat formation.
At this time, this cavalry had completely charged into the loose formation of the Ming army's cavalry. The situation that happened in the first charge happened again. They almost destroyed all the cavalry in the way of the charge with a crushing attitude.
Scattered cavalry of the Ming army.
If you look down from the sky, you will find that the cavalry of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty is like a spear, and then pierced the cavalry formation of the Ming Army from behind.
And what’s even more tragic is that after some of the Ming cavalry who dared to turn around and block were all killed or injured, the remaining hundreds of Ming cavalry continued to run wildly!
They didn't dare to stop and fight with only two hundred cavalry from the New Army of the Tang Dynasty behind them!
In fact, this is not because they are timid and dare not resist, but because they lack organization and cannot change directions uniformly. In this case, if someone turns without authorization, their comrades will not keep up with him, and the result will be that their comrades run away.
, and he himself died stupidly at the feet of the cavalry of the puppet Tang rebel army.
The escaping hundreds of Ming Army cavalry ran all the way, and then merged into the array of more than 600 Ming Army cavalry who escaped first. Then the remaining nearly 1,000 Ming Army cavalry continued to urge the horses to run wildly, as if there was something to eat behind them.
Humans are like little monsters.
Cao Mingda, who was behind them, continued to lead the remaining two hundred cavalry to pursue them unhurriedly!
He was not in a hurry to catch up, but focused on maintaining his formation. At the same time, his speed was not too slow, so that the Ming cavalry would not completely escape, but he would not catch up in a short time.
He has to chase these Ming Army cavalry like this, because these Ming Army cavalry lack unified command, and chaos will occur while running. Not everyone will keep the same direction when running away, they will always move towards themselves.
Thinking that they were running in a safer direction, for example, hundreds of idiot cavalry broke away from the large group, and then tried to head towards the main Ming army infantry phalanx in the east.
As soon as they broke away from the large cavalry force, Cao Mingda, who was behind them, ordered his cavalry to speed up, and then rushed towards them. After a quick and easy charge, these more than a hundred Ming army cavalry dropped dozens of corpses.
The remaining people turned around and fled towards the north.
Today, Cao Mingda is like a mangy dog chasing the Ming army cavalry. He does not take the initiative to attack the main force of the Ming army, which has thousands of people, but he will not let them escape, and he does not even give the Ming army cavalry in front of him any help.
Time to stop and form your formation.
Once the Ming cavalry dispersed, he would lead his troops to pounce on them without hesitation and take a bite.
Cao Mingda's tactics created a rather embarrassing situation. Thousands of Ming Army cavalry were chased by two hundred cavalrymen from the New Tang Army behind them, and they could only run all the way to the north.
Such a situation not only frustrated the Ming cavalry themselves, but also surprised the senior generals on both sides who were paying attention to the cavalry battle!
Seeing his 300 cavalry smashing through the Ming cavalry formation twice, and now chasing the Ming cavalry to kill them, Li Xuan's mouth was half open. If he was asked to speak now, he would definitely say something.
Two words: Holy shit!
What's happening here?
He never expected that his three hundred cavalry would gain such a huge tactical advantage, being able to overwhelm the Ming cavalry twice and kill a large number of Ming cavalry.
At first, he just wanted to let the three hundred cavalry delay or even block the retreat of the Ming cavalry, and then use artillery to inflict more long-range damage.
Or to take a step back, if these three hundred cavalry can launch a suicidal charge, even if all of them are killed, there will only be hundreds of Ming cavalry casualties, plus more than two hundred Ming soldiers who died at the hands of artillery and infantry.
Cavalry, then it is basically equivalent to abolishing the five to six hundred Ming Army cavalry.
And this can also abolish the second charge combat capability of this Ming army cavalry.
Not many troops can launch a charge even when more than half of them are lost!
The pieced together Ming army cavalry in front of me is even more impossible.
Before Cao Mingda and the others launched the charge, they also went with the decision to die!
In fact, neither Li Xuan nor Cao Mingda himself, nor even the ordinary cavalry, could have imagined that they would be able to overwhelm the Ming cavalry phalanx twice and kill or injure nearly two hundred Ming cavalry!
Even though this Ming Army cavalry phalanx was only half of the cavalry scattered out, they still never dared to imagine such a result before!
Li Xuan himself couldn't believe it, and Lord Long and other senior generals on the other side of the Ming army array were all dumbfounded!
The rat-bearded old man Qianhu next to Master Long murmured: "How is this possible...how is this possible..."
That's 1,500 cavalry. Even if they are just pieced together from various ministries, more than half of them are not even professional cavalry, just infantry with horses. However, no matter what, this is more than 1,500 cavalry!
It doesn’t matter if they were blocked by the infantry phalanx of the Puppet Tang thief army before. After all, they are all light armor or even unarmored cavalry, and they are not cavalry who are skilled in bow and horse. It is difficult to attack the infantry phalanx, and the Puppet Tang thief army
The rebels also had extremely sharp artillery to assist them. During the charge, many people were killed and injured by the artillery of the puppet Tang rebels.
However, this time, both sides had no external force and were simply fighting with cavalry. Our cavalry was actually defeated so miserably!
This is almost unacceptable!
This is absolutely intolerable!
This is absolutely...
Just when the rat-bearded old man Qianhu murmured absolutes, he found that Master Long beside him was shaking, and then he was about to fall. He quickly stretched out his hand to support Master Long, and this Master Long's mouth
He seemed to be muttering something. He got closer and listened carefully, and then he heard Master Long murmuring: "Song Zhiwen misunderstood me..."
After supporting Mr. Long, the rat-bearded old man Qianhu said quickly: "Sir, are you okay?"
At this moment, Master Long seemed to have lost all his confidence. His face was stiff, his eyes were empty and lifeless, and his expression was like that of his dead parents.
He didn't seem to hear the words of Shuxu Laoqianhu. He was just held up blankly, and then he didn't answer. He didn't even look ahead. He just occasionally murmured: "Song Zhiwen mistaken me..."
If Song Zhiwen, who was far in the north and was about to arrive in the capital, heard this sentence, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood: Damn you, I am thousands of miles away from Liping Mansion, can you blame me for this?