There is no suspense in the cavalry battle. First, they will fire a hail of arrows at each other. How many can be shot down? This is the most cost-effective way.
However, after defending the city for a long time, the Tang army seemed to have run out of ammunition and food. Except for Zhang Shigui, who drew his bow and arrows, the others all shrunk as much as possible, lying on the horse's back, clamping their legs around the horse's belly, and accelerated forward. Pray in your heart.
There was a crackling sound, which was the sound of arrows hitting the armor. A high proportion of the eight hundred cavalry who went into battle this time were wearing Mingguang armor and other types of armor. After all, everyone was almost dead, even ordinary soldiers. Wearing leather armor that could barely protect against crude arrows.
"boom!"
Li Shan calculated in his mind that this was the fifth arrow that had been shot on his helmet. The spine of his back seemed a little cold, and the bandaged wound must have split.
It was rewarded by a Turk during the bloody battle at the city head the day before yesterday. If the guards hadn't tried their best to stop it, I'm afraid I would have been thrown into hell... Maybe it was the beginning of a new journey through time?
There was a protracted shouting in front of him, and Li Shan straightened up abruptly, speeding up to catch up, with the horse's spear in his hand stretched out.
After a brief moment of panic, Jieli Khan regained his composure and gave orders loudly. The surrounding guards blocked him. Two cavalry squads blocked the Tang army's frontal charge, and hurriedly ordered the cavalry from the rear to come to support.
As long as he can withstand the charge of hundreds of cavalry or even disperse them, Jieli Khan will be much more relaxed, whether he is leading his troops to the east or to the west to join most of them... In short, the Khan Banner is no longer a weakness .
In Guji Town, the person in charge of the overall situation must be Zhang Shigui. He was sharp in the battle, but Xue Wanche was the first choice.
At this moment, this famous general from Hebei showed the peak strength of humanoid weapons in the cold weapon era. Holding the spear in his right hand, he used his horse power to topple a Turkic soldier holding a shield. Then the horse spear swept across, and five or six Turkic soldiers were swept away by surprise. Holding a knife in his right hand, he slashed horizontally and vertically. The man and horse merged into one, and with blood splashing everywhere, they broke through the formation.
Zhang Shigui and Wang Junhao, who were following behind, roared past with their cavalry, taking over from Xue Wanche and rushing to the front. Their horses and swords flashed, slightly widening the gap.
Under normal circumstances, Tang cavalry's responsibilities when charging into the formation are clear. First, break the formation, and secondly, expand the gap. Only then can the main cavalry force pour in from the gap and penetrate the opponent's camp.
But today was different. Zhang Shigui and Wang Junhao only slightly widened the gap and turned north. Xue Wanche picked up his horse speed and rushed to the front again. The eight hundred cavalry rushed straight towards the Khan flag like an arrow from a string.
There was a small gap, and there were Turkic cavalry on both sides. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty just headed northward, unwilling to get entangled. However, they were stabbed off their horses from time to time by the enemy troops on both sides. Li Shan, who was wrapped in the middle, had cold eyes and stared at him intently. Holding that sweat flag.
"It's still a little bit... It's still a little bit..."
Li Shan muttered silently in his heart, stretched out his thumb to make a gesture, and shouted loudly: "Get ready!"
The chaotic and noisy battlefield was quiet for a moment. Except for Zhang Shigui, Xue Wanche, and Wang Junhao at the front, the rest of the Tang soldiers suddenly put down their long knives and horse bows, and took out a strung Tang crossbow from the side of their horses.
"put!"
Hundreds of crossbow arrows of different lengths and even modified bows and arrows soared into the sky and sprinkled in the direction of the Khan Banner!
With a roar, the battlefield became noisy again. Li Shan clearly saw a crossbow arrow piercing the Khan flag, but unfortunately he failed to shoot it down.
Eight hundred cavalry charged into the battle, facing death or death, but they could not rely solely on bravery and despair. Li Shan and Zhang Shigui ordered their soldiers to collect crossbow arrows from the battlefield, and if not enough, they would use the remaining arrows to make them.
Compared with bows and arrows, Tang's crossbows were not accurate enough, but they were far enough... Xue Wanche and Zhang Shigui's charge into the formation was to provide cover for this wave of crossbow arrows, so that Khan Banner would be within the range of the crossbow arrows.
Ashina She'er, whose shoulder was already injured, was hit by another arrow. He gritted his teeth and stared at the figure that occasionally flashed in the crowd... You are cruel, cruel!
When the cavalry charged into battle before, they would rather let their subordinates endure the cruel rain of arrows than watch the subordinates around them fall one by one, and unleash their trump card at the most critical moment.
The effect of this trump card cannot be said to be good or bad.
Ashina She'er was hit by an arrow, and four of the Ashina tribesmen around him fell. The most unlucky one was shot in the eye by a crossbow arrow, piercing his brain and killed. But the two most important targets, Jie Li Khan was unscathed, and the Khan flag was also intact.
Although this wave of crossbow arrows failed to shoot down Khan Qi, it shot down the guard holding Khan Qi. Seeing the crossbow arrows coming towards him, the second guard holding Khan Qi involuntarily stepped back.
If the Khan Banner retreats, the cavalry in front of them who resisted the Tang Army's charge would probably collapse... If the Tang Army shouted loudly, it might be a big rout.
Ashina She'er became fierce and killed three guards in a row. He dismounted and supported the Khan flag himself.
But even so, after scattering the crossbows, the Tang army charged into the battle again. The momentum was even more fierce than before, and they were more desperate for life and death. They broke through three lines of defense in a row. At some point, Li Shan, whose hair was disheveled, could clearly see the Khan flag holding his hand. Ashina Sheer.
Seeing so many of his disciples being stabbed and chopped down one by one, and the heavily armed but bloody Tang sergeants rushing towards them like ferocious tigers, Jieli Khan couldn't help but tighten his reins slightly and take a few steps back.
Jieli Khan was really panicked. Although the people in front of him were all warriors on the grassland and his closest royal guards, the Tang army's charge was so sharp that the Tang army general Li Shan's plan made him restless. .
Ashina Sheer stared at the young man fiercely, turned his head and looked around, with a look of worry and joy on his face. There was already trace of Tang Cavalry in the east, but he was entangled by a few cavalry in a hurry, and Tuli Khan He led his troops to withdraw north, but after all, the 40,000 to 50,000 troops would not be able to withdraw in a short while, so the Tang army hesitated.
The cavalry from the rear had already rushed to help. Although there were not many in number, only a thousand or so, they were enough to stop... Ashina Sheer spat. When they first met, he was gentle and elegant, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a madman!
Eight hundred cavalry actually tried to seize the center of the army!
Xue Wanche didn't know when he had thrown away his horse. He was slashing around with knives in both hands. The Mingguang armor on his body was damaged. Zhang Shigui kept setting up his bow and firing arrows. Although the arrows were not missed, more and more Turkic soldiers came to make up for it.
Li Shan knew that although his plan was completed, he was not lucky enough to achieve perfect results, and he should die here today.
The Turkic cavalry came galloping from behind, raining arrows on both sides, and from time to time the familiar screams or sounds of falling horses could be heard in Li Shan's ears.
Die here!
Li Shan clamped his legs together, and the strong horse accelerated violently, passing Xue Wanche and Zhang Shigui, who had slowed down and could not even move an inch forward. The long horse's shaft stabbed straight into the chest of the Turkic man on the opposite side.
Li Shan actually doesn't know how to use it, but he has his own method.
At this close distance, Li Shan did not rein in the reins, but kicked the horse's belly hard. The good horse neighed and slammed into the formation.
The formation is broken and the horse falls.
There was a loud roar from the front and rear at the same time. Wang Junhao roared and threw his long spear violently, piercing the heart of a Turkic man who was holding a knife and slashing. Zhu Wei rushed to catch up, brandishing a knife with his right hand and holding a shield with his left hand to protect Li. good.
Under normal circumstances, when the cavalry rushes into battle, once they fall off their horses, they will die.
However, the momentum of the Tang army's charge had been stopped, and the two sides were in a stalemate. Li Shan fell from his horse and was not hit by the horse. He huddled up and withstood several swords, but was lucky not to be stepped on by the horse's hoof.
Picking up a knife from the ground, Li Shan, who was wearing Mingguang armor, climbed up with difficulty, silently and firmly crossed Zhu Wei's shield, raised up one hand to block the possible cold arrows, and rushed into the horses with the knife in the other hand, slashing with all his strength.
Not far away, Ashina Sheer broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. He repeated in his mind, what a madman!
