"Round formation, round formation! Commander, why not hold on to the round formation? This will not only reduce casualties, but also allow the horses to rest. If the enemy dares to continue to harass mosquitoes, there will be arrow rain defense all around the round formation..." Duan Zhixuan proposed own opinions.
The other people's eyes lit up, yes, the round formation was guarding. Our crossbows are stronger than those of the other side. If they dare to continue to approach and shoot arrows, our circular formation will be rained with arrows from all directions.
But Old Li Jing shook his head and said: "No, if the horses stop, the enemy will not continue to harass like this. Instead, they will turn from defense to attack, directly drilling through with arrow formations. Our group of cavalry is not infantry, and we have no way of attacking with infantry." Equipment that defeats cavalry. It is a living target in front of the galloping cavalry."
"Hou Junji must have seen through this, otherwise he would not have chosen to trade his life for his life like this."
Cheng Yaojin said anxiously: "Then we are going to keep changing like this? Commander, if you lose 10% of your troops, your morale will be reduced by half... Even if Hou Junji's soldiers are all elite, if you lose at most 20%, your morale will be greatly reduced."
Old Li Jing sighed helplessly: "Now, we can only compete with morale and will. Each time hundreds of people are sacrificed, the Turks also lose 200 people. If they are not as tough as our army..."
can you?
Ordinary prairie wolf soldiers may plunder border areas all year round to harvest grass and valleys, without any rules or regulations, and just run away after taking advantage.
But this is the Turkic Royal Guards, the most elite of Jieli's men, and their fighting will is not comparable to that of ordinary prairie cavalry.
In fact, just as Li Jing expected, when the two sides fought to the point of losing 5,000 people, the atmosphere on the battlefield changed.
What surprised everyone was that it was Tang Jun who was the first to feel uneasy? On the contrary, it was the Turks who had lost so many Centuries in a row and were still using harassment tactics tirelessly.
On the top of the city, Li Chengqian, who was originally full of expectations, was stunned, his nervous fingertips turning white and his teeth clenching.
Jie Li chuckled and said: "Now, do you still dare to say that the Tang Dynasty will win? Even you can see that the Tang army is afraid. I wonder what the Tang general below will do? If we surrender directly, there will be fewer casualties."
Li Chengqian said angrily: "The same number of your people will die. We, the Tang Dynasty, will not surrender."
Jie Li laughed loudly, "Those are my Royal Guards, warriors who can die loyally for me. If I don't give the order, they would rather die in battle."
Hiss... Li Chengqian was frightened.
Hou Junji also noticed the restlessness of the soldiers and shouted loudly: "For the Tang Dynasty!"
"For Datang!"
…
This slogan only withstood two waves of arrows, and soon morale dropped again. Everyone knew that this war seemed not to be for the Tang Dynasty, but to save the prince who had caused trouble.
"General, we don't have enough arrows..."
"Yeah, there are only fifteen arrows left."
Hou Junji's heart tightened. He raised his head and took a closer look at the Turkic soldiers around him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were not many arrows around him.
"They are also at the end of their strength and are ready to fight in close combat!"
Melee combat? We have lost so many brothers, and now there are only 13,000 of the 20,000 people left. Are we still going to fight in close combat? When has such a battle ever been fought? In the past, when 30% of the troops were lost, everyone had already fled for their lives.
Yes, because it was a duel, Tang Jun was tougher than usual this time. But they never expected that the other party would be tougher than them. Are the previous rumors about Turkic cavalry all false rumors?
The Righteous King of Turks looked at his remaining 15,000 people and laughed heartily. Facts have proved that we have won.
The Tang army generals who were watching the battle on the gentle slope had ugly faces. Did they lose like this? Our elite cavalrymen in the Tang Dynasty have been training hard for a year, and they just lost like this? Forty thousand high-quality war horses were invested, and Youzhou spent a lot of effort to get them...
Old Li Jing sighed, "Prepare to withdraw your troops with money. We have lost this battle."
"Commander, why don't you wait and see? Looking at that posture, General Hou Junji seems to be continuing to fight." Duan Zhixuan reminded.
Everyone looked at the battlefield, and sure enough, Hou Junji drew his waist saber, and all the Tang Army soldiers drew their melee sabers.
It's just that they were far apart and couldn't see the expressions of Tang Jun. Many soldiers had fear on their faces and seemed to not want to continue fighting. It was only because of military orders that he drew his sword.
Old Li Jing's eyes were cold and he scolded sternly: "You are confused! We have no morale, and we are outnumbered. If we continue to fight, we will be defeated. The emperor issued an order, immediately ordered the troops to retreat, and sent people to Dingxiang to tell Jie Li that we will admit defeat in this battle."
"The big banner sends the order, and the troops are withdrawn with gold!"
Dangdangdang...
The gong sounded, and everyone looked in the direction of the Tang Army's camp.
Hou Junji's face was gloomy and defeated, and his eyes were full of resentment. This was the result of a year of hard work in Luoyang. He originally wanted to become famous in one battle, but he didn't expect that he would get off to a bad start and lose the first battle.
Even though he didn't want to admit it, Hou Junji had to order to withdraw from the battlefield after the imperial decree. After all, the soldiers around him had long lost their fighting spirit.
At the foot of Dingxiang City, the messenger sent by Li Jing shouted loudly: "Jieli Khan, our Marshal Li has sent the last general to report that we will admit defeat in this battle! Let both sides stop."
Li Chengqian slumped on the ground helplessly, trying not to let his tears flow down.
Who would have thought of Jie Li but laughed wildly, "Go back and tell you Marshal Li, this battle will not end until every soldier is killed. The winner will not be determined until every soldier is killed. Accepting defeat does not count..."
What? ? ?
The messenger still wanted to defend himself, but changes had already begun on the battlefield.
The Turkic Right King gave an order, and all the Turkic soldiers drew their sabers and launched a frantic pursuit. The morale of the Tang Dynasty was completely lost, but the morale of the Turks rose sharply. With one going down and the other going up, if Hou Junji's team could not Exit quickly and you're going to be in big trouble.
"My sons, if the Tang army is trying to escape, come up and cover it for me. Don't let any of them escape!" King Youxian shouted.
Hou Junji and others had already sheathed their weapons and turned their horses' heads, but when they turned around, they saw that the other party was not following the rules, and even wanted to pursue and kill them after withdrawing their troops?
"Shameless! Send my military order and the Turks will be wiped out. We will fight with them!"
"General, we can run..."
"You bastard! The Turks' horses are fast. We can't outrun them. If we don't resist, we're waiting for death! We're going to die on both sides. It's better to fight!"
It is better to mobilize a general than to dispatch one. Hou Junji deserves to be a famous general. As soon as these words came out, a group of defeated soldiers were instantly stirred into mourning. They stopped running away. Damn it, turned around and fought with them. There are many of you and our armor is sharp. Who is afraid of whom?
So a close hand-to-hand combat began, and for a while the entire battlefield became a meat grinder for the cavalry.
When Old Li Jing heard Jie Li's reply, he was filled with hatred and shouted angrily: "Send the order, all armies prepare for war and prepare to attack the city to rescue General Hou!"
That's right, attack the city to rescue, besiege Wei and rescue Zhao.
Xiao Rui from Yunzhou, Shanxi Province also finished his speculation at this time. The governor Li Ji was full of astonishment and slumped on his chair. "So, this cavalry fight is just a trick by Jie Li? Regardless of victory, Negative, even Jieli won’t honor the contract?”
Xiao Rui nodded heavily and said: "Yes. Our Tang Dynasty has always been based on infantry. We finally have a pure cavalry, which was trained at a huge cost. It can be of great use in a war. Jieli Jue This cavalry team is not allowed to come out to disrupt the situation. So I guess that he will do the maximum damage, and the bet and so on are just a cover."
Li Ji was confused and said: "But if it is such a strategy, can't Marshal Li not see it?"
Xiao Rui sighed: "A gentleman can bully others. This must be Zhao Deyan's vicious plan to bully the marshal, a man of his word. No one would have thought that Xie Li would be so shameless as to be vicious."
