Chapter 23 Mo Dao Shaking the Heavy Cavalry (1)
Guo Zhiyun looked at the strict military appearance of the Tubo army in the distance and looked at Pei Min with some concern and said, "Tubo heavy cavalry should not be underestimated! The central army is all infantry, can it really stand the assault of heavy cavalry?"
The Tubo heavy cavalry was famous far and wide. Except for the large-scale heavy cavalry period in the early Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty rarely equipped this luxurious cavalry team.
However, the heavy cavalry was developed in the hands of Tubo. Tubo has excellent war horse resources and extremely rich iron ore resources on the plateau, which has the prerequisites for manufacturing heavy cavalry.
Their heavy cavalry gathered the characteristics of Eastern armored cavalry and Western heavy armored cavalry, forming the unique heavy cavalry of Tubo, covered with iron armor. Both soldiers and war horses were armed to the head and feet, leaving only eyes to see things. They were particularly fierce and famous for their distance.
Pei Min said cautiously: "Even if there is, it will be only 3,000 at most. I have two thousand Modao soldiers, so why should I be afraid of their heavy cavalry? Mr. Guo is worried that this time, Tubo will not be able to confront him."
Guo Zhiyun nodded, but said nothing, and his worries remained undiminished.
The Modao Army is indeed a powerful weapon in the Tang Dynasty, but apart from Li Jing in the early Tang Dynasty, few people can really exert the power of the Modao. Modao may be acceptable to deal with ordinary cavalrymen. If they really want to deal with the heavy cavalry of Tubo, they may not be able to withstand it.
But at this point, he had no good way. With Pei Min's strength in the central army, even if he could not stop the heavy cavalry, it would be enough to consume it completely. He could persevere until he and Li Yide broke the deadlock, but he would only lose more troops.
As a long-time general in the army, Guo Zhiyun has long been indifferent to life and death.
Pei Min narrowed his eyes and put on a hay to block the wind and snow from the side. He looked forward and within his sight, the heavy cavalry of the Tubo Front Army had already started to prepare for the sprint with Teng Shield.
He also issued an order: "Tell him that the order was sent to Li Siye, and he said that today's battle will depend on them!" After a pause, he said: "Tell him that he will use it for a thousand days to raise troops, and let him perform well and cooperate with Jiang Yue's powerful crossbowmen to attack!"
Dongdongdongdongdongdong!
As the dull and dense sound of war drums rang out rapidly, hundreds of flags on the front of the formation began to shake.
The powerful crossbowman led by Jiang Yue and the Mo Dao Bing led by Li Siye were out at the same time.
The powerful crossbowman presents a square formation, and the Modao soldiers are divided into two teams on the left and right sides of the powerful crossbowman.
The Tubo heavy cavalry, whose speed has gradually increased, have already tested the range of the powerful crossbow, and the advantageous power of the Tang army's powerful crossbow is fully demonstrated at this distance.
"Shoot the horse, don't shoot people, shoot arrows!"
Facing the Tubo heavy cavalry, Jiang Yue was very rational and calm.
Tubo heavy rider has a hard coat with a lock armor inside, and a Teng shield in his hand protects the key points. No matter how powerful the crossbow arrow is, it will be limited to hurting people. It is different to shoot horses. Just shoot one horse down, it will cause a chain reaction and seriously affect the speed of the cavalry behind. As for the rider on the horse, he cannot escape the trampling of the war horse and will trample it into meat paste for his own people.
The first wave of crossbow arrows poured out, and dense crossbow arrows broke through the air. The first row of heavy cavalry, who were the first to be blasted, fell to the ground one after another, and threw the riders on the horse's back for more than a foot away.
The riders with excellent skills behind overtaken the horse as soon as possible to avoid it. Some of them did not respond in time and directly hit them and fell to the ground.
Regardless of whether the heavy cavalry avoided or not, they will affect their own speed and cannot exert 10% of their power.
Jiang Yue used a three-stage continuous shooting tactic, which had a strong suppression force. It caused more than 500 casualties to Tubo before the two armies had contacted each other, and the lineup was scattered and almost collapsed!
Simolang was bleeding in his heart. The cost of heavy cavalry was extremely high. He was promoted to marshal and was able to be equipped with 2,500 heavy cavalry. This is the first time he called them to rush forward, but he did not want to kill one of them and lost five hundred.
They felt distressed but could not help. The Tang army's strength advantages were beyond their reach.
Even if they spent countless efforts, they could not obtain the design drawings of Fuyuan Crossbow and Zhang Crossbow from the Tang people.
Now only by quickly approaching the Tang army can we have a chance to win back! Once the powerful crossbow fights in close combat, there will be no use of the power!
Without his orders, the former army's ten thousand men's chief had already issued an order to continue charging.
The heavy cavalry was obviously well-trained, and gradually recovered its system during the raid and continued to sprint.
At this time, the Mo Daojun had already formed a switch with the powerful crossbowmen, and two thousand Mo Daojun formed a human wall to block the heavy cavalry.
"Design the formation!"
Li Siye shouted!
Mo Dao's hand was unmoved when facing the power of the Tubo heavy cavalry. He pushed the Mo Dao in his hand long, forming a line of defense like a hedgehog, and his body was covered with thorns, making people have nowhere to vent.
Cavalry is known as the ancient armored tank and has the reputation of a field king, but this does not mean that cavalry is invincible.
There are many examples of fighting in history with the Buqi.
Just because cavalry also has fatal flaws, as long as the terrible impact of cavalry can be eliminated, cavalry may not be more practical than infantry.
There is also a prerequisite involved here.
An infantryman needs to reach the tide and tsunami-like impact of the cavalry. This matter is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to do. But if this cannot be done, everything is nothing.
Faced with the impact of the cavalry, the infantry lined up should not be timid at all.
You must have the will to remain as strong as a mountain, you must have the determination to die and not move your footsteps, you must regard yourself as a flesh-and-blood Great Wall, and dare to defend the defense line with your life. Only in this way can you with your flesh-and-blood body, with your flesh-and-blood body, resist the power of the cavalry like a tsunami.
Otherwise, if infantry fights against the cavalry, the formation will only end up tearing apart.
The Shencemo Knife Camp was just a new army that was established for a year. It is difficult to have such courage and will, by reason.
But everything is inconsistent, and the commander of Modao Camp is Li Siye.
Will be the courage in the army!
The general's every move directly affects the performance of the soldiers.
The two thousand Modao camps formed a hedgehog-like square formation, and Li Siye was alone in front of the two thousand people, standing there like a mountain and a ridge, treating the cavalry in front as a native chicken and a tile dog.
For the general, what should soldiers be afraid of?
The most critical moment is coming!
The moment of a short and bloody battle has finally arrived.
Pei Min, who was in the central army, looked at the battlefield motionlessly, and felt that his heart was about to "thump, thump!" and jumped out of his mouth!
Although the speed and impact of the Tubo heavy cavalry made the powerful crossbow soldiers interfere, although he believed in Li Siye, the brave and powerful general in history. He believed in the unparalleled general of the unparalleled sword in the poem Du Fu, "The strange soldiers are not there, thousands of horses save the Central Plains... The lonely clouds follow the murderous aura, and the flying birds avoid the gate"!
Chapter completed!