"Hmph, there's an ambush!" Huang Chen sneered, and immediately took out his bow and arrows and shouted: "Run!" ”

The so-called galloping, it is an advanced level of mounted archery, that is, in the process of galloping a horse to shoot at the enemy who is fixed or moving on the side, it needs to master the archery technology is deeper than ordinary cavalry archery, if it is a moving enemy, not only need to rebel the enemy's position at the next moment, but also need to calculate the speed of their own horse galloping, that is to say, to estimate the amount of advance.

Ordinary cavalry archery is to collectively shoot a salvo at a large area of the enemy in front of the horse when sprinting, its disadvantage is that the accuracy is slightly poor, the advantage is that the strike area is wide, mobile and flexible, if you encounter a dense enemy formation, the protection ability is limited, it will inevitably be able to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, and at the same time you can play the advantage of hitting and running.

There is also the ultimate level of mounted archery, that is, flying shooting, flying shooting is a situation of free scattering, it does not require knights to collectively shoot a salvo, knights can shoot as many arrows as they can according to their ability, the faster and more accurate the better, it also needs to have a technology that uses the body to suddenly stand up and increase the acceleration of the arrow, this timing must be very accurate to allow the arrow to gain additional power to increase speed, its range is farther than when riding and shooting, Taking the lead in launching a flying tactic before you are within range of the enemy's bow and arrow, and being the first to inflict heavy damage on the enemy in front of you will deal a big blow to the enemy's morale. In the Western Qin Army, not all cavalry can run and fly the shooting technology, the standing army soldier cavalry basically only can ride the shooting technology and free horse archery skills, the general of the standing army will only command the cavalry shooting tactics and free horse shooting tactics, and the Guards, the Guards, the Dragon Guard cavalry, these forbidden troops have only learned the running technique, and the leading general has learned how to command the launch of the running tactics, and the flying shooting technology is the ability of the archers, which is exclusive to the cavalry archers, which can only be mastered after years of practice. Only the archers' generals learned the key to directing such tactics.

Because they had been told that there might be an ambush before entering this basin, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army were prepared, so when the ambush of the Great Food Army appeared, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army did not seem to be very flustered, they got Huang Chen's order and used their running techniques, the soldiers on the left released arrows to the Great Food Army that rushed down on the left, and the soldiers on the right released arrows to the Great Food Army that rushed down on the sand dunes on the right. At the same time, it can also pass through this basin at the fastest speed, and fully utilize the high-speed mobility of the light cavalry.

When the cavalry is engaged, the enemy and the enemy will not deliberately attack or shoot each other's horses, because all the cavalry generals and soldiers have feelings for the war horses as if they treat brothers and sisters, if there is no war horse, the cavalry is not a cavalry, the cavalry of any country and nation loves the war horse as if it were their own relatives, if it is not a last resort, it will generally not hurt the war horse, the war horse is not only wealth, but also an indispensable companion of the cavalry!

After the battle began, the arrows shot by both sides came and went, and people kept falling from their horses after being hit by arrows, and some horses were still unlucky, and they couldn't afford to be shot by arrows, and the knights on horseback were also thrown out.

Since the attack, Burke frowned while releasing arrows, he found that this Western Qin army did not have any panic after being ambushed, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, they not only used bows and arrows to shoot, but also accelerated the speed of galloping, wanting to rush through the valley mouth of another section of the basin, and what made Berke even more worried was that the cavalry and archery skills of these Western Qin cavalry were very strong, even when they were ambushed, running at high speed, and shooting arrows at side targets were very accurate, this kind of riding and archery technology made Berke couldn't help but start to chill, However, he didn't know that this cavalry was the guards of the Western Qin Forbidden Army.

The gap in equipment began to show, Polk's cavalry were all the Caliph's guards, with uniform equipment, all of them wore leather armor, much lighter than iron armor, but the defense was insufficient, and could defend against some short bow shots, but could not defend against strong bows and crossbows. The light cavalry of the Western Qin army is generally equipped with steel helmet and steel armor, the main steel plate of this steel helmet and steel armor is made by stamping, that is, plate armor, it is thinner and lighter than the plate armor equipped by the Western heavy cavalry, of course, it is not possible to equip heavy cavalry, but the equipment of light cavalry can greatly improve the defense power, the general bow and arrow can not shoot through it at all, and its weight is about the same as that of leather armor, more importantly, it is not afraid of being wet in the rain, nor afraid of being soaked in sweat, leather armor absorbs water and sweat, it will become heavier, and the plate armor of the Western Qin cavalry will not.

Although the defense ability of plate armor against bows and arrows is not necessarily stronger than that of scale armor and chain mail, in addition to the plate armor equipped by the cavalry of the Western Qin Army, everyone wore a densely woven silk cloth, which can effectively block the penetration of arrows, even if they are shot, the arrows will only stay in the muscle layer, and will not penetrate the chest and abdomen.

When Berke saw that the cavalry of the Western Qin Army at the front was about to rush out of the basin, he immediately blew a loud whistle, and the cavalry of the Great Food Army, which had fled from the valley mouth of the basin, suddenly returned and blocked the valley mouth.

Although he had already expected this situation, Huang Chen's face still changed, now the back road was cut off, the valley mouth in front was blocked again, and there were cavalry of the Great Food Army on both sides.

It was surrounded on all sides, and the valley mouth had been tightly blocked, and it was basically impossible to rush out, and the sprinting power of the war horse was not strong to this extent.

Huang Chen stopped his horse, turned his head to look left and right, dropped his bow and crossbow, pulled out his waist knife, and said sharply: "Abandon the bow, draw the sword, and fight to the death!" ”

"Fight to the death!" The Western Qin cavalry discarded their bows and crossbows, pulled out their waist knives and rushed towards the cavalry of the Great Food Army, which was much more lethal than a gun in a cavalry melee.

The cavalry of the Great Food Army had already rushed to the front, and at this time the bows and arrows were no longer useful, and he also discarded the bows and arrows one after another, and pulled out his scimitars to kill the cavalry of the Western Qin Army.

Erzhu Xianzhong led a large group of soldiers and horses to chase quickly, and when he got close, he heard a large number of shouts and killings, the sound of weapons and the neighing of war horses in the basin in front of him, he knew that Huang Chen had encountered an ambush by the Great Food Army in the basin, and he must go to the rescue immediately, but at the same time, he must ensure that these ambushed Great Food Army cannot escape.

Erzhu Xianzhong immediately ordered to divide the soldiers and horses into four parts, the first part bypassed the basin and quickly went to block the exit of the basin, the second part went around to the left side and climbed the sand dunes and attacked downward, the third part went around the right side and climbed the sand dunes to attack downward, and the fourth part killed from the entrance of the basin to break up the big food army blocked at the mouth of the valley.

After the task was issued, the various departments quickly took action, Erzhu Xianzhong personally led the fourth part of the cavalry to rush to the entrance of the basin, and the cavalry of the Great Food Army at the entrance heard the movement behind them, and looked back one after another, and immediately panicked at this look.

"Oh no, there are a large number of cavalry of the Western Qin Army coming over, go and report to the general!" A centurion gave orders to the soldiers beside him.

"Yes!"

At this time, Berke was personally leading his troops to besiege and kill the trapped cavalry of the Western Qin Army, he was on the front line, and he couldn't get the news in time, and when he felt the commotion in the rear, when he looked back, Erzhu Xianzhong had already led his troops to disperse the cavalry of the Great Food Army blocking the entrance of the rear, and was killing this side.

"General, our rear has been attacked, a large number of Western Qin cavalry rushed in from the entrance, and the brothers can't resist it!" A centurion said anxiously to Berk.

Berke's face changed, and he found that there were nearly five hundred Western Qin cavalry rushing in, which was a large force, and he was now less than four hundred, so he couldn't help but scold: "The Tang people are too cunning!" ”

The centurion quickly asked, "General, what should I do?" ”

Berke was hesitating to give the order to resist the attack of the Western Qin army behind him, and first annihilate Huang Chen, the besieged Western Qin army, but at this time, a large number of shouts and killings came from the sand dunes on the left and right, and countless figures of the Western Qin army cavalry rushed down from the top of the sand dunes.

Berke had no choice, the ambush failed but was surrounded, the only thing he could do at this time was to break out before the Western Qin army had completed the encirclement, he immediately said sharply: "Break through, everyone break through with me!" ”

The basin is full of people and horses, where is it so easy to break through, the cavalry of the Great Food Army no longer have the intention of fighting at this time, and can only do everything possible to escape from this terrible place, the friendly troops at the exit did not hear the order to break through, so they are still blocked at the exit, and the Great Food Army in the basin has rushed to the exit, but a large number of Great Food Army are entangled by Huang Chen and his subordinates, and it is not so easy to get out, in this process, many soldiers of the Great Food Army were killed by the Western Qin Army who fought back.

Escorted by his cronies, Berke cut down many soldiers who were in front of him, and finally squeezed to the exit, only to find that there were already many cavalry formations of the Western Qin army outside the exit, blocking their way to break through.

"I'm Berke, everyone obeys my orders, turn around and rush outside, if we can't get out, we will all die here, only desperate to rush over can there be hope of survival! For Allah's sake, follow me! Berke shouted and took the lead in raising his knife and rushed towards the Western Qin army in front, and the big food army behind could only rush forward when he saw this, of course he had to seize the hope of life, even if he died on the way, it was better than being wiped out here by the Western Qin army.

"Shoot the arrows!" A captain of the Western Qin Army shouted, and the knights behind him shot arrows at the cavalry of the Great Food Army who rushed over to break through, and the continuous arrows made the cavalry of the Great Food Army who were rushing at high speed fall one after another.