The road in the middle is relatively flat due to long-term traffic. There are Gobi deserts on both sides, which can be used for horseback riding, but it is full of rocks and bumpy.
Wang Yuan's main formation consisted of two thousand Han cavalry and two thousand Mongolian cavalry, with a thousand cavalry on each side to outflank.
Before the outflank was completed, the Turpan cavalry rushed up directly. Without any fancy moves or guarding the two wings, more than 4,000 cavalry rushed towards Wang Yuan's main formation, firing an arrow in the middle and charging with their sabers drawn.
The general in Turpan was named Ma Heima, and he was another general under Mansuer.
He was supposed to be stationed in Huozhou, but because there was some movement in Xiaolietu in the north, he was ordered to lead two thousand cavalry to garrison Chiting. As soon as he led his army to Bican (Shanshan), he heard that the area around Chiting was being robbed, so he
Then they gathered their cavalry along the way and pursued them.
Ma Heima was not afraid of the eight thousand miscellaneous soldiers. He believed that his four thousand cavalry were enough to defeat them.
The fact is, it’s not far from the truth.
Because Ma Heima's attack was too rapid, and there were prisoners and food behind Wang Yuan, Wang Erlang could only order the charge in advance. He could not retreat, nor could he change formations, nor did he have time to wait for the two wings to outflank him.
Both sides were dominated by Mongolian cavalry, but neither chose mounted shooting, and at the same time chose to charge forward.
Ma Heima was a long-distance pursuit, and the horses did not have the extra energy to ride and shoot in circles. Behind Wang Yuan were prisoners and property, and they were a makeshift and miscellaneous army. He was afraid that he would lose his organization as he continued to shoot.
In the process of charging each other, each fired an arrow, causing damage to each other.
About sixty steps away, the Turpan cavalry accelerated their charge, while the cavalry led by Wang Yuan subconsciously slowed down. This directly proved the morale gap between the two sides. Wang Yuan's side clearly had the advantage in terms of strength, but he was already a little timid in his heart.
The enemy collapsed in an instant.
Wang Yuan originally deliberately suppressed the speed of his horses to keep the formation neat. But when he ordered to speed up the charge, he found that his troops were slowing down instead. He immediately felt bad and immediately drew his sword and shouted: "Wang Erlang is here, follow me."
Kill the enemy!"
"Kill!" Zhu Dangqi's blood surged and he immediately urged his horse to run wildly.
Zhu Ying and Zhang Wei were very cowardly. They had never experienced such a scene of cavalry confrontation, and they unconsciously developed a timid mentality. As soon as they slowed down, the troops behind them also slowed down. At this time, they were inspired by Wang Yuan's actions, and they became a little more timid.
Speeded up a bit.
Wang Yuan ran faster and faster, Yuan Da and Zhu Dangzhen followed closely, and the three of them had already left the formation.
I feel so tired. To fight against the rebels in Gyeonggi Province, Wang Yuan needs to be in front with a gun. Now in the Western Regions, he has to take the lead, otherwise the group of coward soldiers behind him will definitely collapse.
Of course, there are exceptions. Ya Mulan led hundreds of cavalry and charged at full speed in dozens of steps. This guy can be promoted to a fireman just after turning twenty years old as a slave. It is impossible if he is not brave and good at fighting.
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When both sides only had about ten steps left, most of the cavalry led by Wang Yuan were forced to accelerate their charge. Now it was too late to fight cowardly.
But there are also some cavalry who are always slowing down and watching, gradually falling to the rear, and directly skimming to the flanks to save their lives before engaging the enemy. Among them, the majority are those belonging to the vassal vassal, such as the troops of Timu Ge and Tuba, who are connected with the Seven Guards of Guanxi
No, they were a small tribe under the control of the Seven Guards of Kansai, and they were forcefully dragged into the war.
Wang Yuan led 4,000 cavalry into the formation, but before they could engage the enemy, more than 800 cavalry escaped from the formation. If he had not taken the lead and showed no fear of death, he would probably have been defeated in a single encounter.
The miscellaneous troops recruited temporarily are so incompetent!
Wang Yuan went straight towards the enemy general Ma Heima. This guy was dressed differently, fully equipped and obviously protected by personal guards.
The cavalrymen on both sides lowered their bodies, dragging their weapons beside them, and just lifted them up when engaging the enemy.
Slashing while riding on a horse is nonsense. It should only be used when chasing. Don't dare to do it in a head-on confrontation. Slashing will only consume more energy and increase the area you are attacked. If you are not careful, you will be attacked by that person.
The force counterattacked and he fell off his horse.
Horses are spiritual. When they are about to encounter an enemy, they are unwilling to move forward and must be forced to charge by the cavalry. An untrained war horse will most likely lose control at this time and will not even listen to the owner's words.
"Bang bang bang!"
From time to time there was a sound of collision, which was the sound of car accidents coming one after another as the cavalry on both sides dodged in a hurry.
However, most of the cavalry rushed in through the gaps between the formations of both sides, using their knives to tease the enemies or horses next to them.
Wang Yuan was the first to engage the enemy, facing two scimitars on the left and right at the same time. He had no room to dodge, so he could only give up the reins, use the scabbard to block one side of the attack, and then raised the Dragon Bird Sword to chop off the wrist of the other enemy.
break.
The Dragon Bird Sword is much longer than the enemy's scimitar!
One knife was lifted out, and then it was moved to draw a circle, and the second knife was used to slash diagonally downwards. Wang Yuan was so fast that he struck the opponent's armpit with one knife, and it was difficult for the armor to defend there. At the same time, Wang Yuan took advantage of the situation and tilted to the right.
, narrowly avoiding the scimitar on the other side, but the clothes were still cut, revealing the chainmail underneath.
Behind him, Zhu Dangqi and Yuan Da were stabbed at the same time. Fortunately, they were both wearing chainmail.
Wang Yuan slashed down with his second sword, and raised his sword again with the third sword, hitting the neck of the enemy's horse. The horse lost control in pain, and the Turpan cavalry was directly thrown away.
There are no extra tricks, just lift up, slash diagonally, lift up, chop diagonally again, repeating the cycle, just like drawing a circle with a knife.
In the blink of an eye, one of Ma Heima's bodyguards was cut off by Wang Yuan, one had his right arm cut off, another had his right armpit cut, and one was injured and his horse was overturned. The first two were almost incapable of fighting, and the last one fell to the ground and was trampled to pieces.
"when!"
The two generals finally met.
Ma Heima's scimitar was directly cut off by the dragon bird sword. But that was all. The two of them had already passed by the wrong horse and continued to fight forward.
At the end of the first confrontation, the two sides changed positions, leaving a field of corpses in the middle.
One of the four thousand-man troops in Wang Yuan's formation was routed by the Turpan cavalry on the spot, all due to cowardice.
In addition, the thousand-man team responsible for outflanking the two wings has already charged forward at this moment.
Ma Heima was frightened and angry. Based on his long-term combat experience, the cavalry in front of him would definitely be defeated in one fell swoop. As long as the enemy's main formation was defeated, the troops on both wings would also be defeated. He and Xiaoli Tu
This is often the case in cavalry battles.
But Wang Yuan was too brave and rode alone into his bodyguards, killing several of his bodyguards in succession and cutting off his scimitar.
This situation caused the cavalry behind Wang Yuan to kill Ma Heima's own cavalry to pieces as if they were on adrenaline.
At this time, the two thousand cavalrymen who were responsible for outflanking the left and right arrived, and Ma Heima was killed so much that he did not dare to stop and could only continue to advance at full speed. The hundreds of cavalrymen who were running slowly were directly eaten by the left and right flanks, and there was no way to fight back.
room.
During the charge, more than 800 vassal cavalry escaped, but when they saw the situation, they ran back to take advantage, chasing the horse's black buttocks and chasing them wildly.
Li Ying, who was responsible for leading two thousand cavalry to escort the prisoners, had already summoned his troops to turn back and raid the formation. Ma Heima was charging towards them with the remaining troops.
Li Sanlang was excited but also a little scared. His voice trembled and he shouted: "Let me kill the thief!"
There are interceptors in front and pursuers behind.
After Ma Heima broke away from the enemy forces on both sides, he immediately ran sideways. Such a sudden change of direction would inevitably slow down his speed, and he would be eaten by hundreds of tails in an instant.
Of the more than 4,000 horses that Ma Heima had brought with him, there were only about a thousand left, and they were fleeing on the Gobi Desert. Due to too many rocks and uneven potholes, people fell over from time to time, so they had to slow down their escape.
Ma Heima regretted it so much now. If he had known that the other party was so difficult to deal with, he would have pursued him for such a long distance.
But the Seven Guards of Kansai are very easy to deal with. They have been killed by Turpan for a long time and have no courage. How often are they defeated in a single charge? Even if they are led by a strong general, such a big change will not happen.
It's very simple. Wang Yuan has three thousand Han cavalry under his command, and they have been training continuously since last autumn. There are also two thousand Ordos Mongolian cavalry. Although they are lost dogs, they are experienced warriors who have fought with the little Mongolian prince in Hetao for several years.
.There are also hundreds of Turpan cavalry commanded by Ya Mulan, who are also very powerful.
These more than 5,000 cavalrymen were Wang Yuan's real support, and the cavalrymen of the Seven Guards of Guanxi were just a make-up.
Ma Heima had to run for his life, but they pursued them for a long distance, and gradually their horses' physical strength could not keep up. Wang Yuan's side was much better off, because they had to escort prisoners and property, so the march was very slow.
The war horse has enough physical strength to pursue.
Finally, Ma Heima became furious and shouted: "Reiner your horse, slow down, and fight back!"
All the guards reined up their horses and fought back. The cavalry gathered along the way did not obey the command at all and even began to flee in all directions.
And the moment they slowed down and turned around, Wang Yuan had already led his troops to kill them. While he had just turned around, he was in pursuit mode, almost drowning Ma Heima like a wind and the remaining clouds.
Wang Yuan galloped his horse and slashed out with his sword, causing Ma Heima's head to fly up, and then shouted in the broken Mongolian he had just learned: "The thief is dead, surrender quickly!"
To Wang Yuan's surprise, something happened. Ma Heima's remaining guards were still resisting, and few of them surrendered until they were all killed.
Of course, the rest of the Turpan cavalry were not so brave. They either surrendered or fled. In the end, more than 200 cavalry surrendered, and another five or six hundred cavalry were scattered across the vast Gobi Desert.
Wang Yuan was happy and worried at the same time.
I am happy because Turpan has a total of more than 20,000 cavalry, and today he has eaten nearly 4,000 of them. It is simply a gift from God. Taking into account the young men killed near Chiting City, Turpan can still mobilize 10,000 even if it dies.
With five thousand cavalry, it will be much easier to fight in the future.
The worry comes from Ma Heima's personal guards. These are ancient cavalry. Can their morale not be so high?
Clean the battlefield and count casualties.
Wang Yuan gained many war horses and armor, and also suffered more than 2,000 casualties, including more than 1,000 soldiers killed in battle!
Wang Yuan's heart was bleeding. He only had more than 8,000 cavalry in total.
"Who were those who ran away just now? Stand up for me!" Wang Yuan wanted to vent his anger and establish his authority.
Those who did not retreat in the face of the battle were all angry at each other, and the more than 800 horsemen could only come out to accept punishment. They had no choice but to deny it, because they all avoided the battle as a tribe, and only a few escaped without authorization.
Wang Yuan glanced around and found that they were all vassal cavalry, that is, the servant army of the Seven Guards of Guanxi.
"Very good," Wang Yuan sneered. "In this expedition, your rewards are gone, and you don't have a share in the spoils! If you dare to run away next time, don't blame me for being ruthless! Also, you leaders, all of you,
Get back to the tribe and hand over the soldiers to the command of their respective guards!"
Wang Yuan's troops were too small and he did not dare to kill people indiscriminately, because one kill would destroy everything.
Depriving the deserters of their spoils of war and depriving the deserter leaders of their command rights is a more appropriate punishment.
It was getting late, so Wang Yuan camped and rested on the spot. At the same time, he sent hundreds of cavalry to shoot the battle report into Chiting City. Four thousand Turpan cavalry were annihilated.
And this news will most likely reach Xiaolietu, who will also come out to burn, kill and loot.
We take turns plundering and not allowing Turpan to rest. It depends on how Mansu'er copes with it.
Of course Mansuer was furious, and so were the Turpan nobles.
This kind of war machine with internal chaos is powerful and powerful when things go smoothly. Once setbacks occur, the first thing to be exposed is the internal contradictions.