Chapter 1151: Cavalry Tactics

Wei Chi Jingde suddenly found that the Goguryeo cavalry had a cavalry on each flank and attacked them from both wings, and the Goguryeo cavalry that had fled to the two wings of the frontal army formation that had been "defeated" before also gathered again and directly charged back to the cavalry formation to which Yu Chi Jingde belonged. And soon Wei Chi Jingde's connection with the army behind Wang Junlin's side was severed, and they wanted to annihilate Wei Chi Jingde's subordinate as soon as possible with superior forces, and then join the battle with the other cavalry on Wang Junlin's side.

And in a melee, such a move was not easy to be noticed by the generals of Wang Junlin's side.

However, just when all the Goguryeo cavalry generals thought that everything was under control, the muscles on Yuan Taezuo's face suddenly tightened.

He knew that this moment was the most important moment.

Sure enough, the moment he saw that he ordered the mobilization of part of the cavalry on both wings with the intention of besieging and killing Wei Chi Jingdeok, Wang Junlin also ordered to wave the command flag, so that 30,000 cavalry from each of the Silla and Baekje kingdoms on both wings launched an attack on the Goguryeo army at the same time!

Because he wanted to besiege and kill Yu Chi Kyung-deok as quickly as possible, the two wings of the Goguryeo army at this time only had about 10,000 cavalry, although they were stronger than Silla and Baekje, but because of the three-fold difference in strength, they fell into a difficult melee in an instant.

Yuan Taizuo knew that this battle would not be able to be won so easily in the end.

Today, in some parts of the battlefield, both sides have advantages and disadvantages. The Goguryeo army, under the guidance of Yuan Taizuo, divided and surrounded the 3,000 cavalry of Yu Chi Jingdeok. But Wang Junlin has a fierce eye and seizes the opportunity at the most appropriate time. He supported the Chinese army on both flanks of the Goguryeo army, and at the weakest moment, he decisively ordered all 60,000 troops of Baekje and Silla to launch a fierce attack.

The key at the moment is the question of how long the cavalry under his command can hold out, if it is quickly defeated, and then the vacated Goguryeo cavalry quickly supports the two flanks of the army, then Goguryeo will win the final victory in this field battle.

On the contrary, if Yu Chi Jingde's subordinates showed great tenacity and were not defeated until the two wings of Goguryeo were defeated, then Goguryeo would have been defeated.

In fact, in Wang Junlin's original plan, the Goguryeo army was in the middle of the Goguryeo army after being charged by the cavalry led by Yu Chi Jingde and causing chaos, and then attacked with all their might, but they faced the two flanks of the Goguryeo army, which was weak but still waiting for them due to the transfer of troops.

At this time, the two wings of the two sides are separated from each other by about a mile, and both sides of the flanks are light cavalry, and their routines in the charge are similar, for example, the main formation has not officially begun to charge, and both sides have coincidentally sent rangers to start fighting, and sent a group of cavalry with a more advantageous level of cavalry and archery to continue to throw.

This is one of the most commonly used tactics of cavalry, and it can be said to be fatal to troops with weak will to fight and poor sense of discipline, and even invincible to use. In particular, the Goguryeo people were quite proficient in the use of this tactic, and when using it, they generally used a team of 500 people to form a wide arc-shaped straggler front to harass the enemy formation, luring the enemy army to leave the formation or waver, and the group in the rear formation looked for the opponent's weak position to concentrate the charge, and then caused the entire enemy formation to collapse.

Fortunately, Silla and Baekje have often fought with Goguryeo in recent years, and they are no strangers to this tactic, and they also sent a lot of rangers to try their best to contain and limit the opponent's play, and the two wings of both sides combined with 80,000 cavalry continued to advance against the harassing light arrows.

The gentle speed brought the sound of chaotic horses' hooves, and the two sides approached three hundred paces, and the generals unanimously commanded their subordinates to gently clamp the horse's belly, and the war horse jumped lightly and began to jog. The cavalry commands different infantry, and can stand in the rear to command, but the cavalry has to charge in front, and it is necessary to lead while charging and commanding.

At this time, Wang Junlin's eyes were full of surging horses' heads, and the dense sound of hooves slowly merged into a rumbling sound, echoing in Wang Junlin's ears.

The distance between the two sides was only two hundred paces very quickly, because of the reason for the advance, in fact, there were only more than a hundred steps, and the array of the two sides was like a moving horse wall, and the stragglers on both sides had little room to maneuver, and retreated in front of the dense cavalry.

At a certain moment, both sides accelerated at the same time, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was like thunder from far to near in the sky.

The harassing Goguryeo rangers did not dare to stop the troops, so they fled to both sides and fired indiscriminately at the two wings with bows and arrows, and the army on both wings was shot down by several people, but this loss had no effect on the overall cavalry formation.

The armies of both sides finally approached the range of long-range bows and arrows, and in short, they shot arrows at each other on their running horses, and before they could rush together, thousands of cavalry on both sides died.

As the two sides finally increased their speed, the difference in horsepower and the difference in horsemanship immediately became apparent, and compared to the neat charging formation before Wei Chi Jingde, the cavalry on both sides of the two wings had just now been neatly charged in formation and became longer and longer.

At this time, under the confrontation, the two sides were only one hundred steps away from the blink of an eye, and it only took a few breaths.

"Kill!"

The mud and grass clippings carried by the horse's hooves flew everywhere, and the vibration caused by the galloping of 80,000 cavalry on both sides combined could even be felt by Wang Junlin and Shen Guo'er on the rear command frame of the army. But on the rear command platform, Wang Junlin's eyes were still on Wei Chi Jingde, who was surrounded in the middle, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

Shen Guo'er stood next to Wang Junlin and witnessed the mutual rush of 80,000 cavalry on both wings, which made her feel even more shocked, she even opened her mouth involuntarily, her eyes were open for a moment, holding her 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 have no effect, and the courage of the warrior is reflected to the greatest extent in the cavalry battle.

Fifty paces apart, the speed of the horses rose to the fastest, the two sides approached at a speed of about twenty meters per second, and the cavalrymen in the front row were all dissatisfied, their faces were red, their eyes were wide open, and the iron guns in their hands were clenched, and the spears were aimed at the enemy on the opposite side.

There were still people in the front rows of the cavalry on both sides trying to shoot arrows, and the light arrows fired by a wave of cavalry bows whizzed in, and each time someone fell off their horses, and the short distance was gone in a blink of an eye.

"Kill!" The cavalry formations of both sides erupted at the same time with a hissing last roar.

Rumble!

The torrent of two horses collided head-on, countless broken gun shafts and fragments of blades flying, the sound of breaking and the collision of men and horses was endless, the sound of the blades of guns and armor rubbing against the roots of people's teeth was sore, and the horses that could not avoid it collided with each other and shattered their bones, some horses were knocked into the air, and some fell to the ground with their riders, rolling desperately on the ground.