Eight hundred and seventieth chapters peak duel of cavalry
However, no matter how much he could come back alive, he was defeated in this battle, and in Bzhigude's view, the defeat in this battle was a bit inexplicable!
He had never seen an infantryman who could remain calm under so many cavalry charges and fight to the death.
This is not superstitious!
Looking at the defeated cavalry in front, Buzhigude's face was extremely gloomy. This time he suffered heavy casualties. How was he going to explain to Anda Khan!
Although not all of them have been evacuated, it seems that even if more people are evacuated, the casualties will definitely exceed 3,000 riders!
These are three thousand cavalry, not three thousand infantry, let alone three thousand ordinary young men, but three thousand cavalry who are skilled in bows and horses!
But what else can be done? The defeat is lost. All he can do now is to withdraw first and then look for opportunities. However, just when he was about to give the order to leave this place that made him sad, he heard something vaguely in his ears.
, this voice is somewhat familiar.
However, he suddenly thought of something, and then he raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a puff of smoke rolling up from the northwest!
They are cavalry, and there are a lot of them. Even if there are not two thousand cavalry, it is not much different.
Buzhigude made a judgment in his heart instantly, then squinted and continued to look, whose cavalry was that?
Are they reinforcements sent by my own Khan?
It's still the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, but isn't the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty on the east bank of the canal?
Or is that the cavalry of the Tang Army?
But didn't the Tang army say that they didn't have many cavalry? Moreover, they were always wandering around and never fought against their Tatar cavalry.
As time passed, the sound in the distance gradually became clearer. It was the sound of the hoofs of many war horses trampling the earth!
Then he also saw that those cavalry were not reinforcements sent by Anda Khan at all, nor were they Ming army cavalry, but Tang army cavalry, because those cavalry were wearing uniform dark blue military uniforms.
Throughout the land of China, only the Tang army wore such clothes
"Quick, prepare to meet the enemy!" The Tatar cavalry, who had just withdrawn from the Tang Army's infantry phalanx, had not had time to take a breath when they were urged by the Tatar generals to form a formation to meet the enemy.
Burgeud no longer looked gloomy at this time, but became extremely angry, Damn, the infantry of the Tang Army bullied us, and you, the cavalry of the Tang Army, actually want to take advantage of the fire and rob us!
Today he wants to show these Tang troops that your infantry phalanx is powerful and your guns and artillery are powerful, but when it comes to cavalry, we Tatars are the kings!
The Tang Army's cavalry, which numbered less than 2,000, actually wanted to charge against him. He was definitely impatient!
The withdrawing Tatar cavalry once again mobilized their horses. This time, they took the initiative to meet them. Although they had suffered many casualties before, there were still more than 6,000 cavalrymen, three times more than the Tang army.
cavalry force!
This time, Burgeud will use the most direct cavalry charge to tell these Tang Army cavalry that I am not someone to be trifled with!
At this time, Chen Keqiao was also watching with a telescope from behind. Since the Tatar cavalry chose to retreat actively, the 5th Infantry Division was actually idle, because the enemy's cavalry had six legs, and our own 5th Infantry Division had six legs.
Even if the infantry division wanted to pursue, it would not be able to catch up. And if the formation was no longer in pursuit, and someone could just kill them with a carbine, their fifth infantry division would be finished.
Besides, being able to kill three thousand Tatar cavalry is enough.
The next battle basically has nothing to do with the Fifth Infantry Division, whether Lu Yuzhi's cavalry is defeated or victorious!
However, necessary support is still needed. Chen Keqiao immediately ordered the multiple infantry regiments in front to advance quickly while maintaining their basic formations. This is not to say that in order to cooperate with the third cavalry detachment, the battle between the cavalry
, the infantry can't intervene.
What Chen Keqiao has to do is to support the Third Cavalry Detachment when the Third Cavalry Detachment is at a disadvantage, or to help clear up and capture the enemy's remaining soldiers when the Third Cavalry Detachment wins.
Anyway, let’s go and do it!
After giving the order, Chen Keqiao continued to watch the battle with a telescope from behind!
Through the telescope, he clearly saw the Tang Army cavalry coming from the north, which was the main force of the Third Cavalry Detachment. If nothing else happened, it should be led by Major General Lu Yuzhi himself, with a strength of about 1,800 cavalry.
There were only 1,800 cavalry. Facing the Tatar cavalry with 6,000 cavalry, they were at a huge disadvantage in terms of strength. Lu Yuzhi was brave enough to dare to take the initiative to attack.
Chen Keqiao had already contacted the 3rd Cavalry Detachment to support the operation, and the 3rd Cavalry Detachment also arrived quickly. However, Chen Keqiao's previous idea was just to let the 3rd Cavalry Detachment support him.
However, Lu Yuzhi obviously had his own ideas. When the Tatars first chose to retreat, he took the initiative to kill them. He even ran a long distance and galloped on horseback several kilometers away.
However, after the Tatar cavalry fought against the 5th Infantry Division before, the physical energy consumption of the horses and cavalry was also extremely high. In such a comparison, the radius is actually only eight liang, and no one is better than the other.
In the telescope, the formation of the 3rd Cavalry Detachment was the same as what Chen Keqiao had seen in the past. It was still a rigid and tight formation. The cavalry's actions were almost uniform. There were 1,800 cavalry, forming four waves before and after.
And every wave is basically a huge cavalry phalanx!
Chen Keqiao heard that Lu Yuzhi had very strict requirements when training cavalry. He strictly prohibited the cavalry from speeding up when riding on horseback and required the cavalry to maintain a unified rhythm.
Even the speed of the charge must be uniformly ordered. Those who rely on their horses to run fast, cross the horses and run to the front during the charge, or those who deliberately neglect and fall behind will be severely punished.
For the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, the actual training method is similar to that of the infantry. They strictly follow various disciplines. Simply put, you can only do what you are asked to do, and you must not make independent claims.
When the officers ask you to trot, you must not stop running, let alone run fast. When the officers ask you to draw a sword and fight, if you take a musket and shoot, the officers will go crazy.
At this time, Lu Yuzhi, just as Chen Keqiao expected, personally led his team to charge!
Without any temptation, he didn't even let the cavalry fight with muskets, but directly launched a charge with sabers!
As one of the most famous cavalry generals in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yuzhi was very fond of weapons like the saber!
I believe that cavalry must use sabers to fight. Rows of cavalrymen waved their sabers to kill them. No matter who was on the opposite side, they would just cut them with one sword!
Lu Yuzhi's idea is actually related to the disadvantages of the Tang cavalry. The Tang cavalry had few horses and poor quality horses. It could not afford heavy armored cavalry or lancers. Therefore, the cavalry in the Tang army was
Currently, it is only equipped with two weapons, the cavalry-specific matchlock gun and the saber!
There used to be matchlock pistols, but they were quickly abandoned by the Tang cavalry because they were difficult to use.
The Privy Council is currently planning to equip the cavalry with cavalry flintlock muskets with slightly shorter barrels. However, they have not yet been mass-produced, and it is estimated that it will take several months before they can be equipped in batches.
At the same time, the Privy Council also wants to pick up the cavalry pistol again and use it as a pistol. However, this type of pistol is still being designed and tested at the Royal Institute of Technology, and it will not be available for a while.
But whether the flintlock gun is equipped or not actually does not matter much in Lu Yuzhi's opinion. In his opinion: a saber is enough!
Now, Lu Yuzhi was too lazy to use other messy tactics and just led the cavalry in a saber charge!
After the Tatar cavalry on the opposite side failed to attack the Fifth Infantry Division, their morale was already very low, and the physical fitness of their horses and cavalry was also reduced a lot. This was very beneficial to the Tang cavalry.
So even if the Tatars have more cavalry, they have nothing to fear!
In addition to the artillery of the Tang Dynasty, which likes to use numbers to suppress people, the infantry and cavalry have always fought with fewer people. Since the Huang Zhushan era, the superiority in military strength for the infantry and cavalry of the Tang Army only existed in legends.
the words in it.
When the Army of the Tang Dynasty formulated various combat plans, they basically did not use the word superiority in military strength because they had never had superiority in military strength.
In the past, when the Tang Dynasty cavalry fought against the Ming army cavalry, they always used less to defeat more and were able to win.
So, this time he is equally fearless!
A mere 1,800 cavalry dared to charge towards him, which made Burgeud almost extremely angry. This time, he must make these Tang Army cavalry look good and vent their anger!
His previous defeat at the hands of the Tang Army's infantry made him depressed and helpless, and he felt sulky in his heart!
The Tatar cavalry also rushed forward. The cavalry on both sides galloped quickly across the field, constantly approaching, eight hundred meters, three hundred meters!
At this time, Lu Yuzhi had already raised his command knife and gave the last order before the battle between the two sides with a calm expression: "Kill!"
The adjutant next to him shouted: "Kill!"
The messenger blew a rapid horn sound!
The cavalry charge uses this kind of horn sound to convey orders. Different frequencies represent different orders!
And now the rapid sound of the horn represents the order to charge with all strength!
The messengers between multiple waves kept blowing the horns and passed Lu Yuzhi's orders to the entire third cavalry detachment. Then, the entire third cavalry detachment, like a whole, quickly made the final acceleration.
The last three hundred meters were covered almost in the blink of an eye by the high-speed sprints of the cavalry from both sides.
Then, the cavalry from both sides collided fiercely!