Wang Bianyi couldn't understand why this battle was defeated, and why it was defeated so miserably!
Even though he had seen that just under his own cavalry charge, the puppet Tang rebel army suffered a lot of losses, at least hundreds of people died tragically under the iron hoof.
But if the puppet Tang rebels use an infantryman to repay one of their own cavalry, they will make a lot of money!
The cost of training a cavalry is several times that of an infantryman. However, any cavalry general with some sense will not compete with the enemy's infantry.
But in the battle just now, the Ming army actually didn't intend to fight hard. They just wanted to take advantage of the pseudo-Tang traitor army's "escape" to kill a wave. However, they did not expect that although these pseudo-Tang traitor army
They started running, but they didn't flee. Instead, they immediately began to form a formation to fight before facing the cavalry charge.
Even though the formation of the infantry was not close enough at first, and even appeared to be in a panic, Wang Bianyi's cavalry still suffered heavy losses in the face of the infantry phalanx that had already begun to form.
When the hundreds of cavalrymen who were surrounded by infantry in front gradually disappeared, and the infantry of the puppet Tang rebel army began to reorganize, someone asked Wang Bianyi: "Sir, what should we do now?"
Wang Bianyi really wanted to say: "Ask me, who should I ask?"
But he could only think about this and said that he would definitely not say it out loud. Looking at the infantry of the Puppet Tang rebel army re-arranged in front, he sighed and then said: "Let's continue to follow them!"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud voice from beside him: "No, the rebel cavalry is coming!"
The thief cavalry? Does the thief army in front of me have cavalry?
There must be some. Wang Bianyi also knows that the Puppet Tang Thief Army in front of him has a cavalry of about a hundred people. Before, this cavalry was completely ignored by him. The Puppet Tang Thief Army Cavalry opposite him
Knowing that he had few troops, he never dared to act rashly from beginning to end. Even in the battle just now, this cavalry was only deployed in the rear and did not engage in direct combat with the Ming army cavalry.
But now, the cavalry of this pseudo-Tang bandit army is rushing towards them!
"How dare they? How could they?" Wang Bianyi roared in his heart!
Facing the large-scale infantry phalanx of the rebels, Wang Bianyi was still afraid, but facing this mere hundred-man rebel cavalry, his confidence resurfaced!
It’s okay if the infantry of the thief army dares to bully me. Why do you, the cavalry of a mere hundred people of the thief army, dare to bully me? You really think that I, Wang Bianyi, am a soft persimmon!
Immediately he said loudly: "Since the traitor cavalry has come to die, then we will help them and kill the enemy with our officers to avenge our dead brothers!"
When watching the Ming army's cavalry change direction and begin to charge towards their own side, Captain Xicheng, the captain of the Fourth Mixed Cavalry Corps, calmed down the excitement in his heart and continued to steadily lead his cavalry phalanx at a trot on horseback.
go ahead!
If the Ming Army cavalry in front of him still had a thousand cavalry, he would never lead the cavalry to attack from the flanks. But now, the Ming Army cavalry in front of him has lost more than half, with only 500 cavalry left.
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Even if the enemy's strength is more than twice his own, he still has a certain degree of confidence!
At the same time, he can also understand the decision of Brigadier General Gu Shizhong, the regiment leader who gave him the charge order!
If this Ming army cavalry is not completely broken through and forced away, even if they have lost more than half, they will still be a huge threat to the fourth mixed regiment. As long as they hang behind, the fourth mixed regiment will be unable to move!
So from the perspective of Brigadier General Gu Shizhong, the leader of the Fourth Mixed Regiment, even if the Fourth Mixed Regiment suffers a certain amount of losses, even if all the regiment's cavalry teams are wiped out, this Ming Army cavalry will still be defeated!
As a glorious Tang Army cavalry officer, Captain Xicheng took the lead and led his cavalry to launch a charge without hesitation!
At the same time, a large infantry force several hundred meters away was also rushing towards this direction, trying to get close enough to provide support to the cavalry force!
The war horses were trotting, and when they saw that the distance was about the same, Captain Xicheng gave the final charge order, pointed the saber forward diagonally in his hand, and shouted: "Kill!"
So at the same time, several messengers in the cavalry also blew their horns. Under the rapid sound of the horns, the cavalrymen began to urge their horses to gallop at the fastest speed.
The cavalry team of a hundred people formed three waves of small cavalry phalanxes, and the horses in each phalanx almost kept charging at the same pace. This also means that the cavalry team of one hundred people actually formed
Three complete groups conduct unified operations.
This is in complete contrast to the scattered charge of the five hundred Ming Army cavalry on the opposite side!
The cavalry on both sides had already increased their speed, and then they collided hard!
Then, a surprising scene appeared!
The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was small in strength, but it seemed like a sharp arrow, directly penetrating the opposite Ming army's cavalry phalanx, which had a strength advantage of five times.
If you look at it from a distance, you simply can't understand why this happened.
But if you look closer and really observe the cavalry battle between the two sides, you will find that although the Ming army's cavalry is numerous, most of them are on the periphery, and the Ming army cavalry that actually fights with the Tang cavalry often
Only a few people.
In a unit area, there is often a scene of three or four Tang cavalry fighting against one Ming cavalry!
In front of a cavalry team of about thirty people, there are often only less than ten Ming army cavalry!
And this is also the special tactical advantage that the Tang Dynasty cavalry gained when they adopted wall-style charges, that is, they could concentrate more cavalry in a limited unit area.
And those classical cavalry that use scattered formations simply don't have so many troops to fight against in a unit area!
Therefore, although the Ming army had more cavalry, many Ming army cavalry did not get a chance to fight at all. However, those Ming army cavalry who were fighting against the Tang cavalry were faced with the situation of fighting more with less.
To the surprise of a group of people, the cavalry team of the Fourth Mixed Regiment, with only one-fifth of its strength, completely penetrated the Ming Army's cavalry charge array!
After the cavalry from both sides broke away from contact, many dead, wounded and horses were left on the battlefield, and surprisingly, most of them were Ming army cavalry!
Captain Xicheng wiped the blood from his face, then looked back and found that the cavalry under his command had been reduced by one-third. In other words, in the charge just now, more than thirty Tang soldiers fell.
Under a pool of blood.
But looking at the Ming cavalry phalanx on the opposite side, they only had less than 400 people left. In other words, in the confrontation just now, at least hundreds of Ming cavalry were killed or injured!
Looking at this scene, Captain Xicheng shouted again: "Keep the speed and turn, let's do it again!"
Following Captain Xicheng's order, the cavalry team with less than seventy people left began to turn in a wide range at high speed, while the Ming cavalry behind them had already slowed down.
But when he saw those damn Pseudo-Tang rebel cavalry turning around and charging toward him again, Wang Bianyi shouted and turned to fight. However, after experiencing two inexplicable defeats in a row, the remaining
The Ming cavalrymen who were descending finally came to their senses.
Today's battle cannot be fought any longer. If we continue to fight, it is very likely that I will be the next one to die.
So despite Wang Bianyi shouting, not many of his cavalry turned to face the enemy, but instead sped up and fled the battlefield!
Seeing that the enemy cavalry finally retreated, Gu Shizhong, who was watching the battle from a distance, breathed a sigh of relief.
In this battle, the situation was more dangerous than I expected, but after taking such a big risk, I gained huge rewards!
The significance of this battle did not even lie in how many Ming cavalry were killed or wounded. The most important significance was that they successfully forced the Ming cavalry away, and the remaining Ming cavalry probably did not have the courage to come back.
For all this, the Fourth Mixed Group paid a heavy price!
The 4th Infantry Battalion was almost completely disabled, with more than half of the casualties, and the Grenadier Corps also suffered more than half of the casualties. The supply battalion drawn from the 5th Infantry Division also suffered heavy losses due to the impact of the Ming Army cavalry!
In this battle, the Fourth Mixed Regiment suffered more than a thousand casualties in the infantry, baggage and other foot soldiers alone. This was a lose-lose battle!
After the battle, almost the entire battlefield was filled with the corpses of soldiers from both sides. Many wounded people mixed among the corpses were still screaming, and the blood almost stained the entire land red!
"Each infantry battalion remains on alert, and the artillery and baggage troops begin to recover artillery and baggage, and additional personnel are sent to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded!" Gu Shizhong looked at the extremely bloody battlefield and couldn't help but sigh!
This battle was definitely the one with the heaviest losses since the formation of his fourth mixed regiment, even including the early temporary formation of the fourth regiment.
Even this loss was not small for the entire Datang Army.
Gu Shizhong didn't even know that after this battle, his superiors would evaluate him like this!
The only good news is that when cleaning the battlefield, they captured about two hundred intact Ming army horses. These horses are all top-quality Mongolian horses!
After capturing these horses, due to the shortage of cavalry, Gu Shizhong immediately sent a letter on Pegasus, requesting the Fourth Supplementary Brigade to immediately send cavalry recruits to receive the horses.
Of course, it is also inevitable to ask the 4th Replenishment Brigade to provide his troops with new recruits from other arms.
However, even though thousands of people were killed and injured, Gu Shizhong still did not give up the idea of continuing to march to Nanchang. After sending someone to send relevant battle reports to Li Chunjing, he continued to rush to Nanchang with the fourth mixed regiment!
Gu Shizhong still has not forgotten his mission: capture Nanchang!