Chapter 58 Headache and Bloodshed

"Crack!"

The other Turkic armored cavalrymen followed suit, ramming the deer horns recklessly and breaking them apart one by one.

Some of them fell down with both their horses and men, while others were still able to move even though their horses had fallen down.

All the Turkic cavalry were staring at a gap to break through.

The two layers of antlers were knocked open by the armored cavalry in an instant, creating a passage.

During this time, the Tang army's crossbow arrows penetrated their arms and killed some of the armored cavalry.

When Xi Jiejin saw that the Tang army had ambushed so many powerful crossbows, he ordered his cavalry to shoot arrows to suppress the crossbowmen in the Tang army's formation.

"Dangdang..."

Li Xuan's personal guards quickly put their shields on top of Li Xuan's head.

The soldiers also hid under their shields.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the few remaining armored cavalry and the Turkish armored cavalry rushed forward through the gap in the deer horns.

They will face chariots.

The rider cannot leave the chariot, and the chariot was the weapon used by the Tang army to fight against cavalry when conquering the grassland.

When marching, chariots can carry food, armor, tents, deer antlers and other supplies.

If you encounter cavalry, unload your belongings, push your chariot to the periphery, and resist the cavalry.

If the cavalry wants to break the battle formation, they must first remove the chariot obstacles.

Even if it is a weak point, it still requires the lives of cavalry to fill it.

In a war between cavalry and infantry, it depends on which side is more fearless of death and has a stronger will.

If the cavalry's sharp knives create a gap and the Tang army does not quickly fill it, the gap will gradually widen and affect the overall situation.

If the infantry can restrict the cavalry's charge and make it unable to move, the infantry can even take the initiative to attack.

Now both the Tang army and the Turkic cavalry were holding their breath, waiting to see who would suppress whom.

The Tang army used chariots as barriers and was as powerful as a mountain.

The Turkic cavalry were ready to die, with their weapons and weapons at their disposal.

"Crack!"

The few remaining armored cavalry equipment crashed into the chariot.

Several tanks were destroyed on the spot.

"Pfft!"

The Tang soldiers behind the chariots thrust their spears out, and the Turkic cavalry, even wearing iron armor, could hardly save their lives.

Although the armored cavalry had been destroyed, there were still many armored cavalry among the Turkic cavalry.

Some armored cavalry risked their lives to destroy the Tang army's chariots.

The Turkic cavalry vanguard held their ten-foot-long spears between their arms and used the tips of their spears to push against the Tang army's spear forests.

A part of the armored cavalry rushed to the gap between the Tang army and the team.

These are the Turkic cavalry warriors.

There was almost no chance of survival for them if they rushed in, but their purpose was to delay the Tang army and try to disrupt its formation.

The two sides collided more brutally, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

The Turkic cavalry would rather die than not whip their horses and crash into the Tang army's spears.

"Pfft! Pfft..."

"Crack... clang clang..."

The Tang army stood in staggered positions, trying to form a formation and accumulate more spears.

Those Tang soldiers who were holding large shields held the shields tightly with their backs.

One shot to collect, one shot to stab...

The screams of people and horses were endless.

The sound of metal, spears piercing flesh, and shouts shaking the sky.

On the soil, the blood quickly flowed into a small river.

Those Turkic armored cavalry who broke into the gaps in the Tang army's battle formation died even more miserably.

Every rider would face attacks from several guns on the left and right.

Both the man and the horse fell in a pool of blood.

The Tang soldiers at the front were wearing double-layer heavy armor, so it was difficult to hurt them even if the Turkic cavalry stabbed them with spears.

If the Tang army suffered casualties in the attack, other Tang troops would immediately make up for them.

After all, the spears used by the Turkic cavalry to charge into battle were not much shorter than the Tang army's spears.

Even if there would be bloodshed in the next moment, the Turkic cavalry would use the power of their horses to thrust out a fierce spear.

Some are thorns on shields, some are thorns on heavy armor...

When Tang soldiers died in battle, their bodies would be taken away immediately, and the Tang troops in the rear would follow in an orderly formation.

The crossbowmen continued to refill the crossbows with arrows and shoot them out through the gaps.

"Hold on. The Turkic cavalry has been stopped and is at the end of its strength."

Li Xuan raised his crossbow and shouted from behind.

In front of the phalanx, the corpses of the Turkic soldiers and horses piled up into a hill, and the wreckage of the chariots blocked them, causing their charge speed to almost stop.

The pungent fishy smell was nauseating. The moonlight was cold and clear, like hell on earth.

"hateful!"

Xi Jiejin was giving orders not far away, feeling extremely frustrated.

The Tang army's infantry phalanx was still as difficult to break through as before. This time he only had 3,000 soldiers.

The entire armored cavalry was wiped out, and the armored cavalry was almost completely destroyed.

The remaining cavalrymen who were only wearing leather armor or had no armor and were holding spears less than ten feet long could no longer break through the Tang army.

The Tang army deceived them and caused them to suffer heavy losses.

"withdraw!"

The speed of the war horses slowed down and there was no hope of breaking the formation, so Xi Jiejin could only order his men to retreat.

"Woo...Woo...Woo..."

The horn sounded intermittently, low and sad, which was the order to retreat.

Those Turkic cavalry who were still charging became the unlucky ones. They were unable to stop and were huddled together.

Li Xuan ordered the front-line infantry to attack, and they rushed forward on a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

The Turkic cavalry who had no time to retreat were besieged by the infantry and became victims of the Tang army's guns.

"Left front troops, please clear the way."

The cavalry could no longer pass through the southern section, so Li Xuan led the cavalry to a camp that had not been attacked.

The soldiers received orders to clear the road, push the chariots away, and move the antlers away.

Li Xuan led a thousand light cavalry and rushed out of the army.

The five hundred cavalrymen and three hundred crossbowmen of Tiaodangqi dropped their crossbows, found their own horses, and rode out to follow Li Xuan.

When charging, Xi Jiejin's men suffered heavy casualties, and their morale was completely lost when they retreated.

Those scattered cavalrymen who had no time to escape were caught up by the Tang army and killed.

Li Xuan rode a BMW and followed in the front with his personal guards.

"what……"

A Turkic cavalryman was caught up by Li Xuan. He felt a weight on his shoulder and when he turned back, his face turned pale.

It turned out that Li Xuan put the blade of the lance on his shoulder.

Seeing that he did not stop his horse, Li Xuan drew his spear and stabbed him in the back.

He brandished his lance, and many Turkic cavalrymen watched helplessly as Li Xuan caught up with and stabbed them to death.

Dozens of frightened Turkic cavalrymen, who had no hope of escape, quickly dismounted and knelt in surrender.

Fortunately, the Turks left behind a thousand reserve cavalrymen to support Xi Jiejin, thus preventing Xi Jiejin's troops from collapsing.

On the other side, Po Li had already known that he had fallen into a trap, and also knew that Xi Jie Jin had charged headfirst into the battle formation, with his head broken and bleeding.

Under the circumstances at that time, if we did not charge the formation and instead forced a retreat, it would cause chaos and result in at least direct losses of hundreds of cavalry.

But the Turkic wolf cavalry were brave and did not retreat.

So Boli didn't want to blame Xi Jiejin.

He ordered the Turkic cavalry heading north and south to quickly withdraw from the range of the Tang army's bows and crossbows.

At the same time, he ordered most of his troops to join the Xijiejin tribe.

Seeing the corpses of Turkic soldiers lying all over the ground in front of the Tang army, Poli felt heartbroken.

He knew in his heart that his men had no chance of stopping the Tang army from crossing the Yellow River.

After all the Tang troops have crossed the river, they will definitely change their formation and switch from defense to offense.

To be fair, the Turkic cavalry had a greater chance of breaking through the Tang army's attack formation during the march.

"Commander, I deserve to die!"

When Xi Jiejin saw Poli, he burst into tears.

"Jie Delishi Khan was also defeated before, don't lose heart!"

Poli pacified Xi Jiejin.

He believed that Xi Jiejin was still brave, but the Tang army was too cunning.

Xi Jiejin was very moved and even more ashamed. He wished he had rushed into the Tang army's spear array and died there.

At this time, Bo Li learned that the Tang army had more than a thousand cavalrymen out to chase the rear, and he was immediately furious: "We still have more than 7,000 cavalrymen, how dare you do this!"

"Dulu and Kara, the cavalry from your two tribes, go and disperse the Tang cavalry."

Poli gave the order immediately.

While Li Xuan was still killing people in all directions, he saw several thousand cavalrymen coming to encircle him.

He ordered the trumpeters to blow their trumpets, and more than a thousand riders moved toward the battle formation.

If the Turkic cavalry dared to come over again, as long as they were entangled by the Tang cavalry, the Tang army infantry could form a formation and surround them in a roundabout way.

"Retreat!"

When Poli learned of the Tang cavalry's actions, he gritted his teeth, but could do nothing about it.

This charge dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Turkic cavalry.

The morale of the Tang army was high, and there were many examples of their infantry encircling and annihilating cavalry.

The Turkic cavalry retreated, and Li Xuan led the cavalry out again.

But Boli had organized the Turkic cavalry into teams of 100 men, and they were barely able to maintain their formation.

Li Xuan couldn't take advantage of the chaos to try to keep his tail like he did just now.

By the time the Tang cavalry crosses the river, the detachment will have nearly 20,000 cavalry.

At that time, the Tang army could confront the cavalry of Apodagan, Dulu and other tribes head-on with only cavalry.

Li Xuan decided to stop when he saw that things were going well, and stationed more than a thousand cavalrymen on the flank of the army formation, waiting for daybreak...

(End of this chapter)