Chapter 769: Capturing the Flag and Killing Generals(1/2)
"Woooooooo..." The desolate horn sound sounded on the grassland, and 30,000 Tibetan coalition forces launched an attack at the same time. The coalition forces that could not be seen beyond the horizon were like a torrent that burst an embankment and rushed toward the Sui army in a mighty manner.
Langri Zampu will not make any of the previous mistakes at this time. His biggest advantage is the large number of people. He will not fight one-on-one with the Sui army again, and will not let the Sui army defeat them one by one like a general.
Only by overwhelming all 30,000 troops can we exert our greatest advantage.
There is no difference between Tubo soldiers and northern nomads. They pay attention to momentum and don't care much about personal life and death. It is lucky for soldiers to die in battle. This is also directly related to their short life span. Tubo lives in a harsh environment. Not only do they have to
Fighting for life against heaven and earth, fighting against wolves, and with extremely poor medical conditions, most people do not live to be fifty. For men, dying on the battlefield in their prime is the best destination.
First, it can bring tangible benefits and honor to themselves and their descendants.
But the Tubo people, like other northern nomads, have a morale that is easily inspired but also easily depleted. Once the morale fades, the sense of honor that comes with facing death will be gone. The soldiers begin to fear death and worry that their tribes and families will be annexed by others.
Worried that your wife and children will become someone else's property, you will not be willing to fight to the end. Once this fear forms a consensus, the army will easily be defeated. This is a very contradictory psychological concept. You regard death as an honor, and you will not fight if you are afraid of death.
It often reverses in one thought.
Although today's Tubo soldiers have high morale and regard death as home, they are not without some offensive strategies. When attacking, they often adopt a wild goose formation, with the strongest troops serving as the front row of wild geese. They first suppress the opponent with bows and arrows, and then use their majestic momentum to
The opponent's defense line is torn open and the opponent is defeated in one fell swoop.
Langri Zampu's 30,000-strong army was an elite force that was invincible in the tall grass. Its combat power, morale, and will were definitely not comparable to those of Tuyuhun. But even if it was a turbulent sea, the Sui army was an indestructible rock.
The Xiaoguo Army rushed half the distance and formed a Mo Dao formation according to the established tactics. They watched the thousands of cavalry charging towards them. The enemy was already two hundred steps away. They impatiently shot the arrows in their hands.
Rain filled the sky, but the Sui army, which was well prepared, did not move at all... When they reached more than eighty steps, the Sui army's strong crossbows finally showed their power.
Three thousand iron arrows shot out from the string at the same time. The powerful crossbow arrows were like a dense forest of arrows, and they instantly shot into the galloping group of Tubo cavalry. Suddenly, there were screams, and the Tubo cavalry running at the front rolled over.
After dismounting, the horse was shot until blood spurted out, and it fell out with a scream.
In the first round of crossbow arrows, more than six or seven hundred people were shot down, but the crossbowmen did not even look at the result. The moment the crossbow arrows were shot, they immediately stepped on the bow and pulled the string. One person lifted the crossbow, and the other put two arrows into the crossbow slot.
, done in one go.
The death of hundreds of people seemed to have no impact on the 10,000 cavalry. The Tubo army accelerated and rushed to a distance of 130 steps. Without unified command, the second round of powerful crossbow iron arrows was fired like a storm.
To the Tibetan cavalry.
The dense Tibetan cavalry was overwhelmed again. This time, the attack was wider, and nearly a thousand people were shot over. Although in terms of time, the Sui crossbowmen still had time to attack again, the tactics did not allow it.
This is because the enemy's cavalry bow has a range of eighty steps. It takes time for the crossbow troops to retreat. They must withdraw within a hundred steps, otherwise they will cause heavy casualties and will also have a negative impact on the archers behind them.
"withdraw!"
Following the order, three thousand heavy crossbowmen picked up their spears from the ground, mounted their horses, retreated to both sides like a tide, and then went to the back to form formation, thus revealing the neatly lined up Sui archers behind them.
This is the traditional crossbow warfare method of the Central Plains Dynasty. The crossbow bows first and then uses the length of the shooting range to kill and injure enemy cavalry. However, compared with previous dynasties, although the Sui army's cavalry archers also had bows, they mainly used two.
The ten-shot repeating crossbow controlled by a single person is extremely luxurious.
At this time, the Tibetan cavalry had rushed within a hundred steps. They skillfully controlled the horses with their feet and used their waist and arm strength to shoot arrows while running at high speed.
Many Sui soldiers could do this with the help of double pedals, but the Tubo cavalry who grew up on horseback could easily complete a series of difficult actions without the use of tools or special training.
At the same time as more than 8,000 Tibetan cavalry fired arrows together, 2,000 Sui cavalry archers also fired the first round of 20,000 crossbow arrows. The arrows were densely intertwined in the air, forming a dense arrow net.
The dense arrows of the two armies intertwined in the air, acting as arrows. The Tibetan army of ten thousand people flipped on their backs and rolled to the ground. They were trampled into mud by the cavalry following behind. Then the second round of twenty thousand arrows was fired, making this ten thousand people formation
Empty it.
At this time, the Sui army's cavalry archers were also hit by arrows. Fortunately, all the Sui army soldiers were wearing armor and long-brimmed helmets. The short bows of the Tibetan cavalry were not powerful enough and did not kill the soldiers. Despite this, the bows could not kill the soldiers.
However, the cavalry's horses suffered a disaster. The horses were in pain and moved wildly, which also affected the cavalry's lineup.
However, the mission of the cavalry archers has been completed. Just like the heavy crossbowmen before, they quickly retreated to both sides and protected the two wings of Mo Daoshou. They hung up their crossbows and the weapons in their hands became spears and shields.
They were arranged in a neat square formation, with dense guards on both sides of Mo Daoshou.
This also means that the sharpest weapon of the Sui army finally appeared in front of the Tubo cavalry. Five thousand Mo Dao soldiers with bright helmets and neat formations stood in front of the Tubo cavalry like a copper wall. The sharp Mo Dao suddenly swung out.
It came out, and the end of the handle was inserted into the ground, forming a terrifying array of knives. The tips of the knives were gathered together, aiming at the roaring Tubo cavalry.
The Tubo cavalry had already rushed over. Looking at the dense forest of swords in front of them, the cavalry in front screamed in despair, and even the war horses neighed and screamed, but they could no longer change the tragic fate that was about to come.
Like a strong sea tide, the Tubo cavalry finally hit the hard sea reef, but the final result was that the sea wave was smashed into pieces by the reef. When they hit the dense modo, their flesh and blood flew everywhere in an instant, and the blood mist filled the air.
The earthy smell in the air also turned into the smell of blood. It was disgusting. As the blood mist dissipated, a wall of flesh about three feet wide and two miles long appeared in front of the Mo Dao formation. There were horse corpses and human corpses.
They were mixed together, making it difficult to identify them. Some of these Tubo cavalry were stabbed to death by Mo Dao, and more of them stopped their horses and were hit and trampled to death by their companions behind them. But for the Mo Dao army, it was the cavalry formation that attacked Mo Dao.
The inevitable result of the array.
After this blow, the Tubo army of ten thousand, which was used as an arrow, was almost collapsed. The remaining less than three thousand Tubo cavalry stopped in horror, causing the three armies' wild goose formation to become a long snake formation, and the fierce offensive was
One slow down.
For the soldiers of the Sui Army, the strengths of the Tubo Army were nothing more than their excellent mounted archery and fierce fighting spirit. Their equipment was mostly leather armor, daggers, and cavalry bows. Not to mention compared with the Sui Army, even Li Tang,
Goguryeo and Dong/Tujue are not as good, and this kind of army is also the best to fight. Under the command of five generals Ying Yang and ten generals, the Mo Dao army stood up and stepped forward step by step on the enemy's corpses.
Kill...
The Mo Dao Army has a tall and mighty body, the power to move mountains, indestructible heavy armor, and the indestructible Mo Dao!
With such individual soldier quality and weapons and equipment reaching the pinnacle of the times, there is no need for tactics at all when fighting the enemy.
Just repeat simple actions such as horizontal chop, vertical chop, and diagonal chop.
Entering like a wall, both men and horses will be shattered!
These five thousand swordsmen stood in front of the position. As they moved forward, the Tubo cavalry charged forward one after another. However, they hit the mainstay like a rushing river, causing their stumps to fly everywhere and blood to spurt out.
However, the Mo Dao Formation stood firm and motionless!
Every time they took a step forward, at least a thousand enemy soldiers were strangled to death by their swords. The horse archers on both sides also began to show off their power, stabbing the Tibetan soldiers with their spears.
Langri Zamp watched the Tibetan soldiers rushing towards the Tang army's Mo Dao formation one after another, and then turned into a pile of broken meat. His heart became colder and colder, and his heart ached as if it was being twisted with a knife.
But the matter has come to this, and the Sui army still has thousands of fine cavalry watching Dandan. If the order to withdraw is given, the defeated Tibetan soldiers will be crushed and killed by the Sui army soldiers.
Faced with the gap in equipment, what can he do?
There is no solution at all.
We can only constantly urge the brave soldiers to launch a desperate charge with a desperate heart...
He didn't believe that the Sui soldiers with heavy armor and sharp blades wouldn't get tired, or that the Tibetan cavalry couldn't hit them to death?
One person is not enough, just two...
Thinking of this, Langri Zamp shouted loudly: "Generals, gather your soldiers and charge with all your might to break through the Sui army's formation!"
"The general will obey his orders."
The Tubo generals also knew that they would be defeated if they retreated. They responded to Langri Zanpu's call and quickly gathered the soldiers who had been killed and dispersed. They gradually gathered more than 10,000 people and formed a formation to attack the Sui Modao Army with flesh and blood.
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Yang Tong, who had retreated to the front of the two thousand Xuanjia Army, was watching the enemy's situation. He saw that the chaotic enemy's central army gradually became more orderly, and more and more generals gathered. This was also the last strength of Tubo. He knew in his heart that
When the time was ripe, he said to Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda and other generals beside him: "The Tubo people are preparing to launch a final charge. A desperate charge will inevitably cause huge casualties to Mo Daoshou, follow me into the battle!"
Every Mo Dao hand is an elite among the elite. The basic quality of superhuman individual soldier alone makes many soldiers flinch. In addition, they must also have the ability to face overwhelming and surging enemies.
Without these two hard conditions, he is not qualified to serve as a Mo Swordsman. Therefore, every Mo Swordsman carefully selected by the Mo Swordsman is a real treasure. No general can
He was willing to let them die under the enemy's desperate charge.
Moreover, Mo Dao Formation has never been a single unit of arms. It is simply unrealistic to rely solely on Mo Dao Shou to kill all the enemies, so every battle requires appropriate tactics to coordinate!
"As you command!"
The Xuanjia Army, which had already had high morale and full of blood, suddenly responded. As the first powerful force of the Sui Dynasty led by Yang Tong, they were never afraid of fighting. If they were not afraid of fighting, they were afraid that they would have nothing to fight and would be replaced by other brother armies.
The first team position.
But over the years, due to the changes in Yang Tong's mission, the emperor's first guard had few battles to fight, and everyone was holding back their breath.
Now that they saw the emperor wearing armor and leading them to fight again, the hot-blooded sleepiness in their chests was ignited. Many soldiers who had been looking forward to this day for a long time were so excited that they shed tears. The generous and heroic spirit of being willing to die for the country stirred in their hearts.
Yang Tong raised the horse in his hand and shouted: "Charge!"
"Charge!"
"Charge!"
Yang Tong was the emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the commander of the army, but at this time, like the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army, the bloody passion that had been suppressed for a long time broke out.
He took the lead, clamped the horse's belly hard, and the Lixian Arrow let out a long, excited hiss and rushed out!
"Boom."
Two thousand Xuanjia troops rushed out behind them. The horns of the rear formation sounded. When the soldiers in the front heard the order, they opened a gap and allowed Yang Tong to lead the Xuanjia army to pass through from the northeast, charging headlong with the sun behind their backs.
Entering the Tubo formation, he struck like a sharp arrow towards the central Tibetan army that was urgently gathering!
The Tubo cavalry were originally an army with high morale, but they were first hit by the brutal battlefield outside the mountains, and then because of the failure of the generals. Now, they were killed by the Mo Dao Formation, and their morale was so low that they were left with corpses everywhere.
Extremely, coupled with the fact that they were hastily assembled at this time and there were no strong generals to hold down the formation, the Xuanjia Army, which was waiting to work and recuperating its energy, rushed forward and was instantly defeated.
Yang Tong, who was dressed in armor and horse, reflected dazzling light. He seemed to be coming from the northeast like a god of war, leading the army to keep rolling forward.
To be continued...