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Chapter 20 Picking Peaches(1/2)

The Rehai Turks and the Yangmo people have been fighting fiercely for three days, but the intensity has been greatly reduced.

The two sides no longer competed directly. Everyone was not good at this style of play, let alone the Central Plains cavalry. As a result, outflanking and counter-outflanking were repeated, the circle became wider and wider, and the penetration became deeper and deeper.

By the end of the fight, everyone was in confusion. They didn’t know where the friendly troops were, and they didn’t know where the enemy troops were. There were friendly troops everywhere, and there were enemy troops everywhere. When they saw each other, they would greet each other with arrows, then distance themselves and circle around.

Shoot an arrow. When the fire is almost done, draw your saber and go forward.

One moment the Turks were defeated, and the next they were defeated, the casualties increased sharply, and the consumption of war horses was also great.

To be honest, wars between grassland peoples should not be like this.

But Yanmoren was defending his homeland and his country, his morale was high and he would fight to the death without retreating.

The Turks felt that they had the support of the King of Great Xia and they were powerful in numbers. They also refused to retreat without grabbing any property.

Both sides are like gamblers who are red-eyed. It is impossible to play the gambling table without losing all the last money. Comparatively speaking, the loss of Yanmoren is greater, because the Atami Turks crossed several times and rushed to the gambling table.

In their villages and towns, massacres were carried out, and the elderly, weak, women and children suffered heavy casualties.

But this only stimulated their fighting spirit, and they insisted on seeking revenge against the Turks, and the battle became more intense.

On May 13th, when six thousand soldiers and horses led by Yang Liang crossed the Sihun River, they encountered such a situation.

"General Yang, please don't hold back. These people are very stubborn and have killed many of our brothers." In just a few days, there were a few strands of white hair on Bassegan's temples. It was obvious that this period of time had a profound impact on him.

It was very painful for him. He couldn't imagine what Ben would do when he returned to Atami. When his tribe asked about the whereabouts of his relatives, how should he answer?

Yang Liang stared straight ahead and ignored him at all.

At the foot of the mountain, the Xia army soldiers were preparing to attack.

The military cavalrymen who were walking all the way got on their horses, rode their long steeds, and began to form a team.

These cavalry are completely "specialized" units attached to infantry operations. They have no ability to attack alone. Their range of activities is limited. To be honest, their mobility is worse than that of infantry.

But every military unit has its own main battlefield.

When the enemy infantry wavers, the cavalry will begin to charge, turning their wavering into a rout.

When the prairie cavalry archers come to harass, the military cavalry will take advantage of the horse's physique, charging speed and hand-to-hand combat to let the harassing prairie light cavalry know why the flowers are so red.

Their war horses are called the new generation of Qinghai Cong, and they have not been in large-scale military service for a long time, only two or three years.

But this kind of specialized horse can carry the knight and charge for half an hour. During this period of time, it is the king on the battlefield. It is extremely fast and has amazing impact. The prairie horse, which is known for its excellent endurance, runs again and again.

However, he was unable to charge forward again and again, so he could only be beaten passively.

After finishing the charge, Qinghai Cong was sweating profusely, his physical strength was at the bottom, and he refused to run no matter what. But it didn't matter anymore. What was important was for it to explode, use its speed to catch the enemy, and then force the prairie cavalry archers to engage in close combat with the Central Plains cavalry.

Fight hand-to-hand and kill a large number of enemy troops.

If you practice it a few more times, the mounted and shooting harassment tactics that the prairie cavalry is famous for will become a loss-making business.

Shao Shude is also very satisfied with the new generation of Qinghai Cong.

He remembered that similar horses first appeared in Europe in the 16th century. As soon as this high-speed sprinting war horse appeared, it dwarfed the Arab cavalry in North Africa. No one could harass the marching infantry anymore, they could only watch.

They moved forward step by step, capturing one target after another.

Shao Shude imagined the war between the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland in the future. Accompanied by this kind of military cavalry, would it change the direction of history?

Of course, he is still not satisfied with the current Qinghai Cong. During this western expedition, he can collect horses of different breeds and bring them back to breed them to see if he can come up with something new.

"General Yang? General Yang?" Seeing that Yang Liang didn't speak, Basseigan was a little anxious and subconsciously reached out to pull him.

"Canglang!" The soldiers took out their knives and stood between the two of them.

"Noisy!" Yang Liang glared at Basseqian angrily, not paying attention to the bird governor at all, and continued to look forward.

The horse-mounted infantrymen of the Jindao and Heiji armies also put on armor and formed an array on the grass.

The warriors of the Central Plains have been practicing fighting on foot for 160 years and have rich experience.

Long spears, big shields, strong bows and powerful crossbows, plus warriors who are not afraid of death, are armed with mo knives, heavy swords, and long Ke axes to chop and chop, and keep the chop until the opponent falls on his back.

If you dare to play tricks, you can also learn from the German infantry to open a gap in the formation, put the charging enemy cavalry in, then close the gap, encircle and beat on all sides.

There are many methods, it depends on which one you like to play.

At this time, they obviously chose to charge hard.

The cavalry covered the two wings, and the infantry charged forward quickly, with the goal of capturing the enemy's town.

This is also a tactic commonly used by mounted infantry. That is to attack the old and weak women and children of the grassland tribes, destroy their jars and pots, and force the grassland cavalry to rush into their infantry formations, thus killing and wounding the enemy in large numbers. Wait until the enemy's morale is low, and the men and horses are exhausted.

At this moment, he threw in his own fresh cavalry and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.

A typical battle example is Su Dingfang's attack on the Turkic Shabolo Khan.

Five thousand infantrymen were arrayed in a ring with spears, and one hundred thousand Turkic cavalry charged repeatedly, suffering heavy casualties, but could not be defeated. At the critical moment, Su Dingfang put in reserve troops, and more than 10,000 Tibetan soldiers who had been resting for a long time launched a charge, crushing the Turks and beheading tens of thousands.

But Yang Liang's fight today was not so complicated. His goal was actually to take the enemy city directly, and the cavalry deployed on both wings were purely for cover.

"Dong dong dong..." After the war drums beat, the large formation of infantry and cavalry moved slowly.

The wind stopped just in time, and under the sun, the large formation of thousands of people on foot and cavalry shone with silver light, like a surging ocean tide, advancing step by step.

The Turks and Yanmo people were still fighting desperately, but Busseqian no longer had the heart to watch. His mind had been attracted by the Xia army. There were only a few thousand people, but they were well-equipped and well-organized, and they were moving forward indomitably.

Yangmoren had already discovered the arrival of this new force.

They pulled out two to three thousand cavalry in an attempt to stop the advance of this mixed infantry and cavalry brigade.

The cavalry deployed on both wings detached themselves and moved forward quickly. One group rushed forward, and the other group circled behind and outflanked them.

"Boom!" In the sky full of yellow sand, nearly four thousand cavalry from both sides began to collide.

The Xia army's cavalry formed a tight formation. As soon as they met each other, they used their long horses to scatter the Yangmo cavalry. The cavalry coming from behind made another horizontal charge, and the enemy troops dispersed even further.

Ba Saigan was dumbfounded.

Under the confrontation, the Yanmo people were directly dispersed. Bussaigan could see that the enemy had casualties, but not necessarily many. Their formation was broken up. This was actually a "chronic disease" of the prairie cavalry, which usually did not like to gather together.

At the same time, their discipline is not very strong. They subconsciously like to spread out, keep a safe distance, and then use their superb riding and archery skills to kill the enemy.

On the other hand, the Central Plains cavalry may have followed the tactics of the infantry, and naturally like to charge in groups to make up for their lack of riding and archery skills, and to use close combat skills to kill people.

But it is undeniable that cavalry also requires tactics and formation. The cavalry charging in groups naturally have high morale and diverse coordination, which makes those who fight alone subconsciously feel timid and then leave the battlefield.

After being defeated twice, there was no longer any cooperation, and they were all fighting alone.

"Woo——" The cavalry brigades on both sides of the Xia army's infantry released the second batch. The entire thousand cavalry were divided into two groups and charged forward again.

Arrows were fired at them intensively. During the charge, people kept falling off their horses. However, the people behind accelerated their horses and quickly rushed to the front of the people. The horses were all lowered.

The cavalry from both sides crossed each other on horseback.

Basseigan's eyes widened and he stared at it: After the wrong horse passed by, not many people fell off the horse on Xia Jun's side, but there were a large number of horses running in vain on the other side of Yang Mo Ren.

He sighed silently.

In face-to-face charge and hand-to-hand combat, another skill is tested. In this regard, professional warriors have incomparable advantages.

Moreover, the spear cavalry is really ruthless in killing people. Although it was obscured by the smoke and dust just now, he could vaguely see that when the two sides collided head-on, the cavalry armed with short weapons such as sabers and swords had almost no power to fight back, as if

Like fallen wheat, they all fell to the ground.

The Xia people seemed to have won this battle with their cavalry alone. Although they were suspected of picking peaches, their hard power was unquestionable.

The infantry formation sped up.

Perhaps out of contempt, they no longer cared much about the threat of the Yanmo cavalry. They slightly relaxed their formation requirements, accelerated their speed, and rushed directly towards the tattered city wall.

It is indeed difficult for the enemy to respect this performance.

This kind of bird is really not as good as the Khitan cavalry. If Daxia did not attack and destroy the eight Khitan tribes, but allowed it to develop and unify the eastern half of the grassland, then if they advance westward in the future, none of these people in the Western Regions would be able to defeat the Khitan.

, what level are they!

On the vast land, thousands of infantrymen stepped across the grass and shallow streams, splashing large groups of water.

The Xianmo infantry who formed a formation in front of the stream to meet the enemy shouted nervously. Before the Xia soldiers could get close, their spears were thrust out, as if they were piercing the air.

After the water splash dispersed, what appeared in front of them was a ferocious face and a long spear that penetrated the chest and abdomen.

After Chang Ke's blow, the tall Chang Ke ax struck hard and blood splashed all over the ground.

Ying Moren gritted his teeth and charged forward, hoping to repel the Xia soldiers with his bloody courage.

The Xia soldiers have been fighting for many years, what kind of people have they not seen? Relying on the fine armor on their bodies, they move steadily and accurately. Every time they stab, there will be screams from the opposite side.

The warriors holding Changke axes did not rush forward with enthusiasm like the enemies. After fighting for so many years, they were no longer so easily excited. Instead, they calmly observed the enemy's formation and found that one or two were stabbed by their own infantry.

After opening the gap, they immediately rushed up and swept through the army with long-handled blunt weapons, making the gap larger and creating more chaos.

This is a group of professional killers who are well-equipped, skilled in martial arts, firm and calm, and have a tacit understanding of cooperation.

The enemy is encouraging himself, shouting, hypnotizing himself, "I want to protect my family," and then rushes towards him with red eyes.

They were silently observing the enemy's weaknesses and cooperating with each other to kill people with the highest efficiency.

The enemy is brave and courageous, but their martial arts skills are sparse, their tactics are lacking, and their coordination is not adequate.

They have been killing people for half their lives, and they have long been numb. They will not be easily excited or afraid. As soon as the enemy moves, the method of killing him flashes in the experienced mind, before the brain can give the order.
To be continued...
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