On the blue sky, the white clouds are so white and distant.
The vast oasis grassland is silent.
Suddenly, the war drums beat.
It was like a thunderclap, or even more like a furious beast that roared with clear meaning.
Tens of thousands of horse hooves rushed at the same time.
Neighing sounds, shouts of killing, the sound of armor leaves clashing, and the sound of swords being unsheathed, the noisy waves spread across the boundless wilderness until far into the distance.
There was a continuous buzzing sound in the air, and arrows fell like raindrops, clanging against the iron armor. Listening carefully, it sounded like the sound of raindrops hitting porcelain bowls on misty and rainy days in the south of the Yangtze River.
But this is the battle of the golden cavalry in the northern part of the Great Wall, a battle of large-scale cavalry groups that is rarely seen in the Central Plains.
From another perspective, this is also a cavalry fight that is not very Central Plains.
North of the Great Wall is the country of Yi Gong.
There are often many hunting rituals on the grassland, many times a year, with many participants and a wide audience. Even low-status herdsmen often participate.
Therefore, a large number of herdsmen who were able to ride horses and shoot arrows were created, and the best among them were selected by the Great Khan to form an elite.
Ye Luohe silently led the three thousand people who were such elite cavalry, with superb skills and excellent riding and shooting skills.
Today, the Uighurs chose a typical steppe cavalry tactic, that is, breaking through in the center and outflanking the two wings. Three thousand elites formed the central army, with a thousand cavalry on each wing. They rushed out as soon as they came up, trying to defeat the more than 5,000 Tang army cavalry.
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Shao Shude stood on the completed high platform. Below the platform were six thousand infantry in armored formation, and one thousand cavalry were behind the platform, divided into two groups, ready to respond at any time. These were the Tianzhu Army.
Directly in front, the Iron Cavalry Army and the Leopard Cavalry had already begun to accelerate slowly.
Leopard Cavalry Du 451 rode the iron kite and rushed to the front.
Their equipment is "pathological", with heavy-duty long horses, both men and horses wearing heavy armor, and their power is astonishing.
This type of armored lancer is actually no longer popular. The biggest reason is that the horse's shaft is too long and too heavy for knights to use bows and arrows at the same time.
In the golden age of armored lancers, Tuoba Qian, Chenliu Gong of the Northern Wei Dynasty, "stood on the enemy with his spear and then lifted it up". However, when it was necessary to shoot the enemy from a long distance, he "stopped and stabbed the enemy with his spear."
"The ground", freeing up both hands to bend the bow and draw an arrow, is too limiting.
During the Battle of Mangshan in the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, General He Basheng of the Western Wei Dynasty "chased Shenwu (Gao Huan) with thirteen horses." In the end, He Basheng was the only one chasing him.
Gao Huan was killed in one stroke. At the critical moment, Duan Shao shot He Basheng's horse to death with an arrow, allowing Gao Huan to escape.
Afterwards, He Basheng regretted it very much and sighed: "What happened today, I don't hold the bow and arrow, it's God's fault."
Armor, long bows, and high lethality are naturally incapable of using bows and arrows. It all depends on how you choose. Anyway, since the middle Tang Dynasty, cavalry using light armor, horn bows, and short weapons have gradually become popular, that is, "waist bows and tails"
He danced alone and fell into battle with Tie Lao."
Of course, in today's battlefield, armored cavalry is of great use.
On the flat and wide grassland, the cavalry from both sides approached quickly, shouting loudly to Yang Hongwang, who was known for his bravery, tightly grasping the extra-long horse's shaft that was more than two feet long.
The iron kite behind him followed suit, roaring with a loud voice, matching the heavy armor and long spears. In the eyes of the Uighur cavalry on the opposite side, he was like a god, and he subconsciously wanted to avoid it.
Yang Hongwang laughed loudly, his expression becoming more ferocious.
Arrows kept falling on him, but almost no real damage was done.
The war horse continued to speed up, aiming its long spear at the oncoming enemy.
"Kill!" Yang Hongwang roared angrily, and the tip of Senhan's blade stabbed directly into the chest of the Uighur cavalry, and he raised it high.
"Kill!" Like a knife slicing through tofu, more than four hundred mounted kites rushed directly into the enemy's cavalry formation, killing all those who stood in their way.
Hundreds of the bravest falcon knights fell off their horses one after another when they encountered each other, and died unexpectedly before they could use their abilities.
Ye Luohe was stunned and turned his horse to one side, and hundreds of riders behind him also turned to avoid it.
Yang Hongwang rushed forward while waving his horse, sweeping down several people in succession like a beam.
The Uighur cavalry kept shooting arrows, and the bodies of the men and horses were covered with white arrow feathers.
He laughed heartily and was not afraid at all. With more than four hundred iron kites, he rushed wherever there were crowds of people.
The long spear stabbed and flicked, and a corpse flew out.
Changsha danced and beat, and the Uighur cavalry fled one after another.
The cavalry troops rushed forward. They first shot two rounds of arrows on their horses, then put away their horn bows, pulled out the short horse spears from the holster on the left side of the saddle, and rushed away along with the leopard knights.
The gap is constantly being charged and stirred, slowly widening the gap.
Blood flew and corpses fell like rain. The three thousand Uighur troops were caught off guard. They suffered heavy casualties and were completely thrown into chaos.
"Commander, how can the captives be so careless!" Chen Cheng, who was observing from the high platform, said excitedly.
"It's not that they were careless. In fact, they were quite good. They had excellent archery skills, superb riding skills, and they fought bravely. However, they were broken by the leopard cavalry and the formation was scattered. Later, they were killed by the sudden cavalry.
If you enter, the formation will no longer be in formation." Shao Shude also breathed a sigh of relief.
He was not afraid of infantry fighting infantry at all. But he didn't know what the outcome would be like when cavalry faced off against cavalry, or the Uighur cavalry, which was famous for its good fighting skills.
Now it seems that the foundation of these thousands of falcon cavalry is good, but they are not protected against the impact of armored cavalry, and they suffered a big loss for a while and were broken up.
If you are prepared next time, you can take advantage of your side's high mobility and use flanking fire tactics. It will be difficult for armored cavalry to defeat them.
The limitations of heavy cavalry are still too great. You can't have too many of them. A thousand cavalry is enough!
While the two were talking, the Leopard Cavalry had already penetrated the Uighur Army's main formation. Yang Hongwang roared, turned his horse's head, and charged back with the Iron Kites.
The Uighur cavalry did not give up yet. Under the shouts of the officers, hundreds of them divided into two groups and tried to outflank the Leopard Cavalry on both sides. They used their mobility to gallop and shoot to kill the armored cavalry.
However, they miscalculated. The cavalry troops had a tacit understanding to protect the left and right wings of the leopard cavalry, and protected them as they continued to advance.
"Kill!" Yang Hongwang took the lead.
The war horse with high shoulders and long legs panted heavily, carrying the armored "monster" on its back, and rushed into the Uighur cavalry formation again.
Ye Luohe Mochuo had just killed a cavalry soldier with his iron bone flower. Before he could be happy, he saw leopard cavalry rushing over from the corner of his eye. He sighed secretly and ran towards the west side of the battlefield with his followers.
More than two thousand horsemen from Beiweidu surrounded them from the right wing. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Uighur cavalry, they used their riding bows to fire several rounds. The other side screamed and screamed, and no one knew how many of them fell off their horses.
"Boom!" More than a thousand riders from the Leopard Cavalry and the Assault Cavalry rushed in again. Those who stood in their way were invincible and fell off their horses one after another.
The Uighur cavalry that had just gathered were scattered again.
Ye Luohe sighed silently and led his men to retreat to the outside of the battlefield. We couldn't fight today.
The general's retreat caused the Uighur cavalry who were still on the battlefield to lose their fighting spirit and fled for their lives.
Hundreds of horsemen from Weidu's army wandered past the periphery and caught up with the retreating Uyghur cavalry. They shot bows and javelins, killing dozens of people in the blink of an eye, which once again aggravated their confusion.
At this time, looking down from the air, it can be clearly seen that thousands of Tang Army cavalry are still maintaining their formation and in a chasing and killing posture. However, the Uighur cavalry has been cut into several pieces, with no intention of fighting, and is running away.
In this battle, the overall situation was decided. Even the reserve team was not dispatched, and the Uighur cavalry scattered in all directions.
In fact, not many of them died, only six to seven hundred riders at most, but they were so frightened that they had to be contained and reorganized before they could resume fighting.
The power of the Leopard Riders charging into the formation is so great!
"Send the order, all the officers and men of the cavalry army change their horses and pursue them all the way. Don't worry about the property, cattle and sheep, and focus on killing and wounding the enemy troops. In addition, all the tribes in the Tumo army have been watching the show for so long. It's time to go out!" Shao Shude still stood there!
On the high platform, looking at the fleeing Uighur cavalry, he ordered.
"As commanded."
This battle was won by surprise.
A unit that was already on the verge of being eliminated suddenly appeared on the battlefield and achieved a decisive effect.
In fact, Shao Shude knew that his iron kite was still inferior to the more sickly armored cavalry of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Including the so-called iron pagoda in the later Jin Dynasty, compared with the heavy armors of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was so heavy that it was buried in the ground.
The extra-long, super-heavy horse trunk that cannot be removed by oneself is completely dwarfed by the weight of the horse. The horse trunk used by Nanliang Yangkan is 5.88 meters long and more than 0.1 meters in diameter. It is almost like a thin tree trunk.
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People would dare to charge directly into a complete heavy armored infantry phalanx, but would you? This is the difference.
Of course, as long as the Uighurs come to their senses, they can come up with a way to deal with the iron kites. The heavy cavalry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties fell in front of the light armored cavalry archers many times. But this time they have no chance. If they lose, they will lose.
He had no intention of fighting and ran away. He didn't know how many people would be captured and killed on the way.
"Deputy Envoy Chen, do you know why this group of Uighur cavalry went north to stop our army?" Shao Shude asked after getting off the high platform.
"It's just to move the treasures and goods. It's hard to let go of good wealth." Chen Cheng replied with a smile.
"He wanted to escape, but his momentum was already at a disadvantage. Now the cavalry engaged in battle and came back with a huge defeat, and they are completely discouraged." Shao Shude got on his horse and said, "I want to use the whole army to press forward and go south to pursue the enemy.
Li Renmei's thought is quite beautiful, and today she is going to let him know what it feels like to spit out all the food she has eaten."
"The captives are greedy and don't know how to advance or retreat. They will definitely learn a lesson today."
"Here in Liangzhou City, Deputy Ambassador Chen still needs to be in charge to stabilize the situation." Six hundred soldiers had gradually gathered around him. Shao Shude flicked his horsewhip and said: "Don't stop the work of establishing households and easing the people."
"With today's great defeat of the power of the Uighurs, in the five counties of Liangzhou, if you don't believe it, there are still people who dare not obey."
"I will definitely live up to the commander-in-chief's trust." Chen Cheng saluted.
Six hundred riders rushed south like a gust of wind.
The Tianzhu Army's 7,000 cavalry troops near the high platform also quickly changed their formations and headed south under the command of Li Tangbin and others.
On this trip, we should pursue and kill them one after another to promote the prestige of our Shuofang army!
