Chapter 1095: Cavalry Battle (Medium)
Through more than a year of rigorous training, these three thousand cavalrymen have been able to approach and charge at a distance of up to three hundred paces.
Three thousand horses slowly advanced, twelve detachment leaders with flags on their backs crossed the array, to the right side of the queue five steps ahead, they used a cavalry spear with a pennant, set up above their heads so that the subordinates in the back row could clearly see the position, these detachment leaders from time to time turned their heads to observe the position of Yu Chi Jingde's main flag, and the other front row cavalry observed the position of their respective detachment leaders, controlling their horse speed, and the entire cavalry array advanced straight towards the Goguryeo cavalry.
Zhang Tiangang also sent forty scouts of the special combat team to follow up behind the dense cavalry formation, looking a little loose, they gathered together in three or five horses, twenty steps away from the last row of the cavalry formation, playing the role of hussars, and freely attacking the enemy cavalry that broke through the front formation.
Wang Junlin looked at the cavalry slowly advancing, and was a little excited in his heart, thinking that whether this cavalry combat method would work, it would be verified through this battle, and if it worked, all the cavalry would be trained according to this method in the future.
Affected by the atmosphere of the battlefield, the blood-maned horse roared irritably, and obviously the bloodthirsty and explosive side was stimulated, and wanted to rush up to join the fight, but was appeased by Wang Junlin.
At this time, the sound of the drums in the rear of the side sounded, and the infantry formation of Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong appeared at the top of the slope. Wang Junlin left the front with the special combat team, retreated from the gap in the military formation to the rear formation, Wang Junlin glanced at the south slope at the top of the slope, and the five thousand water divisions led by Luo Chunlai, who were in reserve, were also lined up, they were now equivalent to infantry, and there were hundreds of Goguryeo auxiliaries in the back, and then turned his eyes back to the cavalry battlefield.
The Goguryeo cavalry sounded the horn, and the array slowly ushered in, and they also found the Sui army infantry formation of Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong on the right rear flank, but the Sui cavalry took the initiative to meet the battle, and once they retreated, it would be out of control. Besides, they came with a rainbow of momentum, and if they fled at the sight of the enemy, their morale would plummet, and there were also infantry reinforcements behind them, and they just rushed over in advance.
There were a lot of casualties, and a part of the Goguryeo rangers who were bent on revenge were still fighting with the special combat team scouts, but the special forces scouts began to retreat to both sides, giving way to the middle position, and a part of the Goguryeo rangers in the middle rushed directly towards Wei Chi Jingde's cavalry array, and the Goguryeo army also deliberately divided some organized squads of cavalry to strengthen the stragglers. The squads spread out to the flanks, shuttling in front of the formation, shooting light arrows with their bows.
This is the most common tactic used by cavalry, with the aim of luring the enemy out of the formation or faltering, while the rear group finds the enemy's weak position and concentrates the assault, which in turn causes the entire enemy formation to collapse.
But it was obvious that the Goguryeo people in front of them were going to be disappointed, and their harassment was more like a kind of trouble, and the horses in the first row of the 3,000 cavalry led by Yu Chi Jingde were covered with leather armor on their heads, and there was a curtain on their chests to resist light arrows with small angles. In total, only five or six horses were wounded by the shots, and the second row of boring and palladium men quickly stepped forward to fill them.
The best efforts of the special combat team's reconnaissance cavalry also limited the opponent's play, and Wei Chi Jingde led the twelve platoons of cavalry to continue to advance against the harassing light arrows.
The gentle speed brought up the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, the two sides approached to three hundred paces, Yu Chi Jingde's main flag leaned forward again, the trumpeter blew out the second forward horn, Wei Chi Jingde gently clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse jumped lightly and began to jog.
Wei Chi Jingde ignored the light arrows flying from afar, and observed his array left and right while running, the three thousand cavalry began to jog, full of surging horse heads, and the detachment leaders in the front row of the queue effectively controlled the team, the array was not chaotic because of harassment, and the results of a year's hard training were reflected, and the array was still stable.
The horse's hooves on the gentle slope are no longer chaotic sounds, and the dense hooves slowly converge into a rumbling sound, which is like a fairy music in the ears of Yu Chi Jingde, Yu Chi Jingde is not a reckless man, he is invincible in personal courage at the same time, he is also a qualified general, and he knows the power of this cavalry combat method that Wang Junlin asked him to train, so he has been training strictly for a year, and now it is also the time for him to test the training effect.
The distance between the two sides was only two hundred paces, and because of the reason for the advance, Wei Chi Jingde would be regarded as only a hundred paces, and the flat array was like a moving horse wall, and the Goguryeo rangers who were responsible for harassing in front of them did not have much room to maneuver, and retreated as fast as possible in front of the dense cavalry.
The Goguryeo cavalry appeared in front of Yu Chi Jingde in its entirety, the iron armor of the soldiers was shining, most of their weapons were spears and broadswords, and they were also in strict array at the beginning of the jogging, but Yan Cheng was only compared to ordinary horse thieves and bandits, their cavalry was wider apart, and the strength was not evenly distributed, and there was a garrison behind the left, center, and right formations, and they were slightly scattered after starting to jog.
Wei Chi Jingde's blood surged, and he roared, like a flat thunder: "Three speeds!" ”
Another trumpet of advance, the main general's flag turned around and leaned forward, the twelve detachment captains gave a loud order, the pennant gun leaned forward again, and the cavalry of Wang Junlin's side heard the trumpet, and at the same time beat the horse to accelerate, and the rumbling sound of the horse's hooves was like a thunder running from far to near in the sky.
The harassing Goguryeo rangers did not dare to stop the front of the troops, so they fled to both sides and fired indiscriminately at the two wings with bows and arrows, and the Sui troops on both wings shot several people, but this loss had no effect on the large array.
Under the confrontation, the two sides only had the last hundred steps left in the blink of an eye, and it only took a few breaths.
"Stormtroopers!" Wei Chi Jingde shouted again against the wind, and the two trumpeters beside him sounded loud horns. Wei Chi Jingde and the twelve detachment leaders put their black flag guns flat.
"Kill!"
The Sui cavalry collectively shouted according to military practice, and the spears erected in the first row were laid flat in unison, followed by the boring palladium in the second row. The Goguryeo soldiers also sounded their horns, and they also flattened their spears and raised their broadswords, and both sides began to charge.
Wang Junlin at the top of the slope involuntarily stepped on the back of the blood-maned horse and stood up, looking at the battlefield intently, his eyes were full of galloping horse stocks, and the mud and grass clippings carried by thousands of horses' hooves were flying everywhere, and the vibration caused by the galloping could even be felt at the top of the slope.
Zhang Tiangang, who was next to Wang Junlin, also opened his mouth wide, his eyes were open for a moment, holding his breath and waiting for the moment of collision. The dense formation made both sides have no way to retreat, and there is no room to dodge, killing and being killed are only in the moment when the horse's body is staggered, at this time personal combat skills and riding skills are no longer important, strict discipline and personal courage are most reflected in cavalry battles.
The oncoming Goguryeo cavalry began to panic, and under the threat of the dense spears in front of them, some horses ran diagonally to the side despite the control of the riders.