Chapter 1420 The Battle of Talas (Part 2)
"Poor command ability, chaotic dispatch, and slow response."
Wang Xiao, who was sitting cross-legged on the flying sword, observed the battlefield and commented on the Khurasan Legion.
When he saw the archers of the Khurasan Legion coming out, the cavalry was arranged on the two wings, and there was a thick infantry array in the middle, he complained again, "It's been so many years, but this is still the tactic. Don't you know that my Tang Dynasty is mainly cavalry."
Unlike most people in later generations, the powerful army in the Han and Tang dynasties was their cavalry.
The infantry is only large in number, most of which are used for defense purposes.
The powerful cavalry was the source of power for the Han and Tang dynasties to sweep the grasslands of the Western Regions.
Dashuang threw away the last horse farming land and then raised the Confucian sect. The Central Plains dynasty was no longer able to show the power of the Han and Tang dynasties. All that was left was to rely on a large number of infantry to fight a defensive battle with a relatively high winning rate.
You should know that during the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains Legion, with a small number of people, beat up opponents with a large number of people around.
The formation of the Khurasan Legion is not only visible to Wang Xiao, but also Gao Xianzhi, who has fought for a lifetime, can see it.
He immediately ordered the servants, mainly the Geluo Army and the Bahanna Army, to attack and entangle the Khorasan cavalry on both wings.
Geluo is a branch of the Turks, and the name Bahan may be a bit strange, but it is familiar to him when he was in the Han Dynasty.
During the Han Dynasty, the name here was Dayuan.
Unlike the capricious Turks, Dayuan was very loyal to the Tang Dynasty and served the Tang Dynasty until it completely lost the Western Regions.
The large number of servants were basically herdsmen on horseback. Although their combat effectiveness was not good, it was still okay to entangle the Khurasan cavalry.
After dragging down the cavalry that could bring harassment to him, the main force of the Tang army under Gao Xianzhi was finally able to launch an attack with confidence.
Gao Xianzhi was extremely brave. The Tang army, with less than 20,000 people under his command, dared to attack the central infantry formation that was several times higher than his Khurasan Legion.
The Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty rushed towards their archer formation with the dense rain of arrows like locusts in the Huluoshan Legion.
It is really right to say that they are iron cavalry. Not only are they wearing strong armor, but even the carefully selected war horses are wearing horse armor with amazing defense.
The soft bows and arrows of the Khurasan people do not have much lethality.
Without any surprise, the archers of the Khorasans quickly dispersed when they faced the charge of the Iron Cavalry.
The Tang cavalry drove the fleeing Khurashan archers to attack their own infantry formation.
Governor Khurasan, who saw this scene on the observation stage, hurriedly ordered the infantry in front to kill the defeated soldiers.
After killing thousands of archers, he stabilized his formation.
The Tang cavalry saw that the strategy of driving the defeated soldiers was cracked, and there was nothing to be disappointed.
They adjusted and accumulated a little horse power. Then more than 8,000 horse spears gathered together, covered in armor and looked like a metal city under the sun.
After a while of rest, the Tang cavalry attacked again.
Eight thousand horse lances are arranged into a forest of spears, which is a real spear like a forest.
The target of this attack is no longer the archers who lack protection capabilities, but the infantry phalanx that is waiting for the array.
Facing the dense crowds of Khorasan infantry in front of us, which seemed to be unable to see the end at first sight, the light and heavy cavalry of the Tang army were not afraid at all.
They rushed over with their horse lances in a mighty manner.
Cavalry is called the king of the Cold Weapon Age because its impact is indeed very terrifying.
The scene where the Tang cavalry clusters stormed the Khorasan infantry cluster, you can refer to the assault of the Rohanate cavalry during the Palano Plain Battle.
The horse's hooves were trampled, the spear was broken, the man was leaning on the horse, and the corpses were everywhere.
Where the Tang cavalry group rushed past, what was left was corpses all over the ground.
The powerful impact of the cavalry group that is fearless is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
But there are too many enemies.
The infantry cluster of the Khorasan Legion crowded here also started at least 100,000.
When they formed an array and raised a spear array, they also brought huge losses to the Tang army.
After breaking through and defeating the square formation of tens of thousands of people, the impact of the Tang cavalry has been exhausted.
Gao Xianzhi, in the rear, keenly realized that the Tang cavalry was powerless to continue to make breakthroughs. Although there was huge chaos in Khurashan, it was not as good as the entire army collapsed.
It has to be said that now is the period when the Abbasid Dynasty was first established and the national strength and military combat effectiveness were at its peak.
Although they are not as good as the Tang army, their combat effectiveness is still quite good.
As a decisive commander, Gao Xianzhi turned his head and looked at a strong man not far away without hesitation.
"Li Siye, go and fight. Chisel through their array and cut the big flag for me!"
Li Siye, a god of war in the Tang Dynasty, was a famous general who was loyal to the Tang Dynasty and died on the battlefield.
Compared to Guo Ziyi, who is more like the commander, Li Siye is a truly powerful general, the kind of person who kills generals and seizes the flag.
He is good at using Modao. Every time he goes to battle, he always leads and is invincible. He is called the "general of supernatural powers!"
Modao is a steel knife with double-sided blades supplemented with wooden handles, and is truly powerful weapon created by the steel filling method.
Its weight is as high as twenty kilograms, and the standard for the Tang army to recruit Mo Dao Hands is to hold a 20 kilogram of Mo Dao Hands, and make fifty chops without pausing. After the chop, you can continue to fight with the sword, so you can be considered a qualified Mo Dao Hands.
According to this standard, ordinary people in the modern world can only do ten. If you want to achieve it completely, you can only be professional athletes.
This shows how elite the Modao team of the Tang Dynasty is.
Even the Tang Dynasty, which has a strong national strength, cannot be fully popularized.
According to the Tang army's organization, only real field corps will be organized with the Modao Team.
The Tang Dynasty's periphery army had 12,000 men and 500 men, and each army was under the command of a Modao team of 2,200 men.
In fact, the only ones who can truly meet this standard are the Anxi Protectorate who opened westward and the Longyou Jiedushi who fought against the front line of Tubo.
Li Siye was seven feet tall, and according to the weights and measures of the Tang Dynasty, he was a giant of two meters and one meters.
Li Siye, who received the order, turned around and went to the Modao Team after saluting.
Two thousand strong men from the Modao team were sitting quietly on the ground at this time.
With Li Siye's order, the auxiliary soldiers hurried forward to take the armor of the Modao team who had stood up.
Some information says that the Modao team is a light infantry, and some even say that they don’t even wear armor. This is a bit unreasonable.
You should know that the Modao team is an elite charge force facing the heavy army. If the Modao holds the Modao without piercing the armor with bare arms, there will be no one standing there when a rain of arrows comes.
No matter how strong a man is, you can't stand the shooting of the crossbow.
According to their selection criteria, they must be wearing heavy armor.
After dressing neatly, the Modao team took over their respective Modao and arranged their formations. Everyone's eyes fell on the majestic body of Li Siye, who was at the forefront.
“Quick~~~”
Li Siye, holding the Mo Dao in both hands, roared angrily and walked towards the battlefield first.
Behind him were two thousand strong men holding Mo Dao with cold eyes.
The sound of gold sounds came from the Tang army's rear formation. The Tang army, which was surrounded by the Khurashan infantry, quickly adjusted its state and began to break through.
The Tang cavalry, who were still alive and still had horses and cavalry, retreated. Before the infantry of the Khurasan Legion took a breath, the Tang infantry came over there.
The Khorasan infantry in the forefront saw thousands of strong steel men gathering together like an airtight wall, walking heavy steps, holding a long sword shining dazzlingly in the sun, leaning over step by step.
This kind of scene is called entering like a wall.
Behind the Modao Team were the light infantrymen of the Tang Dynasty, who were used to expand the results of the Modao Team.
Behind the light infantry are crossbowmen holding crossbows to shoot upwards.
The continuous rain of arrows fell, forcing the Khorasan infantry to raise their shields to gather together for defense.
Then the rain of arrows suddenly stopped.
The experienced veterans immediately looked forward through the gap between the shields, and what they saw was the dazzling cold light!
The Mo Dao is extremely powerful and extremely sharp, and the blade body is strong and will not be broken easily.
Under the wielding of specially selected strong men, even the cavalry that faces the impact head-on can directly shatter all the people!
As one of the only two most powerful infantry soldiers in the Chinese cold weapon era, the Khurasan infantry team wielded the three-meter-long Mo sword and slashed down. The Khurasan infantry in front of them fell down a row.
At this time, in this era, the smelting technology in places except China was not very good. Only a few people in the Khorasan infantry formation were holding iron shields, while most of them had wooden shields covered with several layers of cowhide.
Such equipment naturally cannot withstand the killing of Mo Dao.
Moreover, the Modao team is well-trained and cooperates with tacit understanding.
The front row had just finished killing, and the back row had already stepped forward from his side, and followed again with another round of chopping.
The infantrymen of Khorasan were cut down to the ground in rows.
As for their counterattack, the ice was disintegrated under the close cooperation of the Modao team and the protection of the light infantry behind them.
The Modao team, with Li Siye as the arrow, was like a chisel, breaking through layers of infantry phalanxes.
Governor Aibu of Khorasan was frightened and hurriedly sent his own guard to fight back.
He knew very clearly that if he could not stop the attack of this Tang army, he would be finished today.
At the same time, Governor Abu also looked at the Gloro tribe, his eyes full of anxiety, "These bastards! Why don't you turn against the water and attack the Tang army's retreat!"
Governor Abu's personal guards are naturally elite.
He rode a tall horse wearing armor and rushed towards the Modao team with a roar.
Seeing this scene, Li Siye roared angrily, "Good come!"
Then the cold light shining Mo Dao slashed directly at the cavalry.
Chapter completed!