Eight hundred and seventieth chapters drooling spoils
When the cavalry clashed, the speed of both sides reached the extreme, and the impact that broke out was very huge!
The cavalry at the front of both sides passed each other at the moment of contact. With just a slight stroke of the saber held by the cavalry, it could seriously injure the enemy with almost no effort.
However, when they rushed forward, the Tatar cavalry found that there were fewer companions around them, and at the same time, the Tang Army cavalry on the opposite side was densely packed.
Are you kidding? Don't we have more cavalry?
Why do we have fewer cavalry in actual combat!
When a Tatar cavalry finally dodged the sabers of two Tang army cavalry, but was finally knocked off his horse by the third oncoming Tang army cavalry, his face was full of disbelief. He couldn't understand why.
I will encounter so many Tang Army cavalry!
In the fight, he almost had to face three Tang Army cavalry alone. Even if his riding skills were superb, it was impossible to win at such a disadvantage!
The experience of this person was not unique, but universal. At this moment, countless Tatar cavalry who rushed to fight with the Tang Army cavalry all discovered a very terrifying situation, that is, they were almost
You have to face two or even three Tang Army cavalry at the same time.
Where are your comrades?
Where are they?
Why did he have more people, but he was surrounded by a large number of Tang army cavalry?
They don't understand!
However, these Tatar cavalry who were deeply under siege did not know that most of their comrades were also confused at this time!
They rushed up, but the formation of the Tang Army's cavalry on the opposite side was very dense, almost shoulder to shoulder. However, the distance between their own cavalry was very large, and this also led to the Tatar cavalry.
When charging forward, the combat width was far greater than that of the Tang Army's cavalry!
And this also means that, in fact, at this time, a considerable part of the Tatar cavalry in the front row did not fight with the Tang Army cavalry, and could only pass by with nothing to do!
The Tang Army cavalry rushed into the scattered Tatar cavalry like a dense cavalry wall!
This creates a very weird situation!
The number of Tatar cavalry was greater, even more than three times that of the Tang army's cavalry, but the number of Tatar cavalry who actually fought against the Tang army's cavalry was less than one-fifth.
And this is also the core advantage of the Tang Dynasty cavalry's wall-mounted charge tactics!
In battles within a unit area, the Tang cavalry can always concentrate more cavalry than the enemy's traditional cavalry, thus creating a tactical advantage in strength!
Then through a denser formation, maintaining a consistent formation, and using the power of collective combat to supplement the cavalry's own quality disadvantages!
And this tactic was frequently used in many battles between the Tang Dynasty cavalry, especially in large-scale charge duels!
There is a saying among the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty that if it is a single cavalry versus a single cavalry, or a cavalry of the Tang Dynasty against a professional cavalry of the Ming Army, it will be a sure defeat!
It was dozens of cavalry versus dozens of cavalry. If the opponent was flexible enough, the Tang cavalry would lose more and win less.
But when the scale of the battle continues to expand to hundreds of cavalry, the Tang cavalry will often have an absolute advantage!
This is because in small-scale battles, more reliance is placed on the cavalry's own personal combat effectiveness, and the individual combat effectiveness of the Tang cavalry is, to be honest, not as elite as the Ming army's border cavalry.
If it is a large-scale battle, it will rely on collective combat, and the role of the individual will be quickly reduced.
This is also the reason why the Tang cavalry always likes to use cavalry together!
All units of the Third Army have cavalry units, but during major wars, in addition to maintaining necessary reconnaissance cavalry for each unit, the main cavalry battalions and teams are often gathered together and then a cavalry detachment is established.
This is because the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty themselves know that in a small-scale cavalry battle, they cannot take advantage at all, but if it is a large-scale cavalry battle, then they can have an absolute advantage.
The Ming Army has also realized this trend in recent years, so the Ming Army cavalry has not engaged in large-scale cavalry duels with the Tang Army in the past year or two. Instead, it prefers to use small-scale reconnaissance and harassment operations to minimize cavalry engagements.
scale to change this disadvantage.
However, the Tatar cavalry had never fought against the Tang Army's cavalry before. This was the first time they fought against the Tang Army's cavalry, and it was a large-scale cavalry showdown.
This also resulted in the embarrassing situation that even though the Tatar cavalry had the advantage in terms of total strength, in actual fighting, the Tatar cavalry in the battle was at a partial strength disadvantage.
And what will this lead to?
Naturally, this resulted in a large number of casualties among the Tatar cavalry!
In such a large-scale cavalry battle, no matter how good your riding skills are, you still can't stop the sabers coming from behind!
This kind of cruel cavalry hedge combat, like hand-to-hand combat in infantry, will produce a large number of casualties in a short period of time. If both sides have equal strength and equal tactics, then it will be a pure war of attrition, but if both sides
If the strength is not equal, the weaker party will collapse immediately.
Are the Tatar cavalry weak? Not weak!
Are there few Tatar cavalry? Quite a few!
However, the Tatar cavalry, which was not much weaker, was overwhelmed by the Tang cavalry, which only had 1,800 cavalry.
In this scene, not to mention the ordinary Tatar cavalry who felt something was wrong, even Buzhgud in the rear felt something was wrong!
This situation is really too weird. The battle was exactly the same as the previous charge against the Tang Army's infantry phalanx, both were very weird!
If this continues, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties again. After this thought came to Burgeud's mind, he once again decisively ordered a retreat!
Now that the situation is so strange, if we continue to fight, there will probably be heavy casualties. Brzgud feels that it is necessary to retreat for a while and then consider how to fight later.
However, although Buzhigude ordered to retreat, the battle between cavalry was not a simple cavalry attack on infantry.
When the cavalry attacks the infantry, as long as the situation is not right, they will naturally leave as they please!
However, in the duel between cavalry and cavalry, especially when the two sides are clashing at high speed, it is not considered that they can leave if they want to. Except for the cavalry on the left and right sides who have not participated in the battle, they can retreat calmly, and the Tatar cavalry in the middle who fights with the Tang Army cavalry,
Even if you want to retreat, you have to rush over first.
Under the high-speed charge, they could not stop at all except to continue charging. They could not even turn. There were Tang Army cavalry on the left and right. Where do you think he could turn?
In an instant, the charging Tatar cavalry broke into three parts. The left and right Tatar cavalry made a slight turn and separated from the battle between the two sides. However, the middle part of the Tatar cavalry continued to fight with the Tang Army cavalry.
Fight!
The two sides were like two spearheads, directly confronting each other. On the road between the two sides, they left behind cavalry corpses and mournful horses on the ground!
Not long after, the cavalry led by Lu Yuzhi penetrated through the array of Tatar cavalry like sharp arrows, and the remaining Tatar cavalry finally rushed out.
But at this time, Buzhigude from behind was glaring angrily!
In this hedging, at least more than a thousand cavalry failed to rush out. If we include the nearly 3,000 cavalry who were lost in the Tang Army's infantry square, today, no, it should be said that he was not able to rush out in just a quarter of an hour in the past.
By the time he arrived, he had already lost four thousand horses!
Although his heart was full of anger, he also knew that he could not continue the fight today. Who knew what other methods the Tang Army on the opposite side had not come up with!
"Let's go!" Buzhigude took a deep breath and directly issued the final retreat order!
Seeing the remaining 5,000 Tatar cavalry disappear, Lu Yuzhi also breathed a sigh of relief!
After the hedging just now, his third cavalry detachment was also under great pressure!
Although he killed and wounded more than a thousand Tatar cavalry, his own casualties also exceeded 400!
Of the 1,800 riders, there were only less than 1,400 left!
If the Tatar cavalry on the opposite side does not give up and continues to hedge a few more times, it will certainly be able to inflict many more casualties on the Tatar cavalry, but its own third cavalry detachment will probably be completely disabled.
Now that the Tatar cavalry has retreated on its own initiative, he has not led the cavalry to continue the pursuit. If he continues to pursue, he may encounter unnecessary trouble.
At this time, Chen Keqiao also rode over with the officers of the Fifth Infantry Division to join them!
"Brother Lu, the cavalry duel just now can be regarded as an example of defeating more with less. Today, your third cavalry detachment has greatly increased the prestige of our Tang Dynasty King Division!" When Chen Keqiao arrived in front of Lu Yuzhi, he said
I gave him a big hat without any hesitation!
Lu Yuzhi laughed loudly: "What does this mean? Brother Chen, you fought with ten thousand infantry, but you were able to kill and injure thousands of enemy cavalry. Such military exploits, even if you are flattering, Lu cannot catch up!"
Chen Keqiao said: "Okay, you and I should stop flattering each other. Let's go to the ship and have a good chat. Lin Duoyi from the Navy is waiting for us!"
The Lin Duoyi mentioned by Chen Keqiao is the commander of the Navy's Canal Fleet, with the rank of rear admiral. He is the main person in charge of the navy's cooperation with the army in this battle to the north.
This time, he was personally in charge of the First Squadron of the Canal Fleet, cooperating with the Fifth Infantry Division.
The two generals went to the ship anchored on the canal to meet Lin Duoyi of the Navy, but the other soldiers of the 5th Infantry Division and the 3rd Cavalry Detachment were not idle.
On the one hand, they have to treat their own wounded, and on the other hand, they have to capture the remaining Tatar prisoners on the battlefield, and then they have to deal with a batch of trophies that are so important that all the cavalry generals of the Tang Dynasty will drool, that is, war horses.
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The Tang army achieved great results in this battle, and captured many war horses.