Turbulent Times Chapter 1151: Cavalry Tactics

Yuchi Jingde suddenly discovered that the two wings of the Goguryeo cavalry separated a cavalry to attack them from the two wings, and the Goguryeo cavalry who fled to the two wings of the frontal formation that had been "destroyed" before also gathered again Get up, and directly charge back towards Yuchi Jingde's cavalry formation. And soon Yuchi Jingde's subordinates were cut off from the army behind Wang Junlin's side. They wanted to wipe out Yuchi Jingde's subordinates as soon as possible with superior forces, and then joined the battle with the other cavalry on Wang Junlin's side.

In the midst of a melee, such a transfer would not be easily noticed by Wang Junlin's generals.

However, just when all the Goguryeo cavalry generals thought that everything was under control, the muscles on Yuan Taejo's face suddenly tightened.

He knew that this moment was the most critical moment.

Sure enough, the moment he saw him order to mobilize some of the cavalry on the two wings with the intention of besieging and killing Yuchi Jingde, Wang Junlin also ordered to wave the command flag, and let the two wings of Silla and Baekje each have 30,000 cavalry to attack Goguryeo at the same time. The army has launched an attack!

Because they wanted to encircle and kill Yuchi Jingde's subordinates as quickly as possible, at this time the Goguryeo army had only about 10,000 cavalry on each side. times, so fell into a hard melee in an instant.

Yuan Taizuo knew that it was impossible to win this battle so easily in the end.

Nowadays, in some areas of the battlefield, both sides have advantages and disadvantages. Under the guidance of Yuan Taizuo, the Goguryeo army divided and surrounded Yuchi Jingde's three thousand cavalry. But Wang Junlin has a vicious vision and seizes the opportunity at the most appropriate time. Some of his people on the two wings of the Goguryeo army supported the Chinese army when it was at its weakest, and he decisively ordered all 60,000 troops from Baekje and Silla to launch a fierce attack.

The key now is how long Yuchi Jingde and his cavalry can last. If they are quickly defeated and the vacated Goguryeo cavalry quickly support the two-winged army formation, then Goguryeo will win the field battle. final victory.

On the contrary, if Yuchi Jingde's subordinates showed great tenacity and were not defeated until the two wings of Goguryeo were defeated, then Goguryeo would definitely be defeated.

In fact, in Wang Junlin's original plan, the Goguryeo army was attacked with all its strength after Yuchi Jingde led the cavalry charge in the middle of the Goguryeo army, and then attacked with all their strength. The two wings of the Goguryeo army that are still waiting.

At this time, the two wings of the two sides are about a mile apart from each other. Both sides are light cavalry. A group of cavalry with relatively strong cavalry and archery levels continued to projectile.

This is the most commonly used tactic of the cavalry. It can be said to be fatal to troops with weak combat will and poor discipline awareness, and it is even useless. In particular, the Goguryeo people are quite proficient in using this method of warfare. When using it, they usually use a team of 500 soldiers to form a wide arc-shaped skirmish line to harass the enemy, luring the enemy to leave or waver, while the groups in the rear look for the opponent Concentrated charge at a weak position, causing the entire enemy line to collapse.

Fortunately, Silla and Baekje have often fought against Goguryeo in recent years, and they are no strangers to this tactic. They also sent a lot of rangers to try their best to restrain the other party, and the two wings of the two sides added up to eight Thousands of cavalry continued to advance against the harassing light arrows.

The gentle speed brought up the chaotic sound of horseshoes. The two sides approached three hundred steps. The command of cavalry is different from that of cavalry, which can stand in the rear and command, but cavalry has to charge forward, and it has to lead while charging and command at the same time.

At this moment, Wang Junlin was surrounded by surging horse heads, and the dense hoofbeats slowly merged into a rumbling sound, which echoed in Wang Junlin's ears.

The distance between the two sides was only 200 steps. Because of the reason of facing each other, it was actually only more than 100 steps. The formation of the two sides was like a moving wall of horses. retreated in front of the cavalry.

At a certain moment, both sides accelerated their horses at the same time, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes was like thunder rushing from far to near in the sky.

The harassed Goguryeo rangers, no one dared to block the front, fled to the sides one after another, aimed at the two wings with bows and arrows, and the army on the two wings was shot down, but this is a loss

The loss has no effect on the overall cavalry formation.

The two armies finally approached the range of long-range bows and arrows. Simply put, they shot arrows at each other on horseback. Before they could charge together, thousands of cavalrymen from both sides died.

As the speed of the two sides increased in the end, the gap caused by the different horsepower and riding skills immediately became apparent. Compared with Yuchi Jingde's neat charge formation before, the neat charge formation of the cavalry on the two wings just now became more and more stretched. long.

At this time, under the advance, the distance between the two sides is only the last hundred steps, and it only takes a few breaths of time.

"Kill!"

The dirt and grass clippings brought up by the horseshoes flew everywhere, and the two sides added up to the shock of the 80,000 cavalry galloping on the two wings. Even Wang Junlin and Shen Guoer, who were on the command frame behind the army, could feel it. But Wang Junlin on the podium behind was still looking at Yuchi Jingde who was surrounded in the middle, and his brows were tightly frowned.

Standing next to Wang Junlin, Shen Guoer witnessed the collision of 80,000 cavalrymen on both wings, which made her feel even more shocked. She even opened her mouth involuntarily, opened her eyes for a moment, and held her breath waiting for the collision. moment. The dense formation left no way for both sides to retreat, and there was no room for dodging. Killing and being killed only happened at the moment when the horses intersected. At this time, personal combat skills and riding skills were useless. It is best reflected in cavalry warfare.

Fifty steps apart, the speed of the horse increased to the fastest, and the two sides approached at a speed of about 20 meters per second. Enemy on the opposite side.

There were still people in the front row of the cavalry on both sides trying to shoot arrows, and a wave of light arrows from the cavalry bow flew towards them. Every time someone fell off the horse, the short distance was fleeting.

"Kill!" The cavalry formations on both sides burst out the last roar of exhaustion at the same time.

Boom!

Two torrents of horses collided head-on, countless broken gun shafts and fragments of blades flew, the sound of breaking and the collision of men and horses continued, the sound of gun blades rubbing against armor made people's teeth sore, horses that couldn't avoid it collided with each other Bones shattered, some horses were knocked flying, and some fell to the ground with their riders, rolling desperately on the ground.