Gazing at the three thousand heavily armored cavalry of the Sui army entering the Tang army's large array, Li Jing slowly narrowed his eyes, and the water beads hanging on his eyelashes were connected, making his vision a little blurred.

But Li Jing didn't wipe away the droplets, but his thoughts flew to the south, can he take the power of this battle and the army all the way south and kill Jingxiang?

He knew that the number of Tang troops in Jingxiang was small, basically similar to him, and it was estimated that he was also temporarily transferred from Bashu, which was an opportunity.

Li Jing was very conceited in his bones, but in this Central Plains War, he admired Yang Yuanqing so much.

The strategic deployment of the whole battle was planned by Yang Yuanqing, he was like a chess master who planned and then moved, thinking about the overall situation, step by step, and gradually forcing the Tang army into a desperate situation with a clear strategy.

In particular, he took advantage of the contradiction between Dou Jiande and Song Jingang, skillfully used countermeasures, provoked the war between Dou and Song, relieved Hebei's worries, and made Qin Qiong's army enter the Central Plains Campaign, so that the Sui army surpassed the Tang army and laid the final victory.

In this battle of two fronts at the same time, Yang Yuanqing formulated a strategy of attacking in the east and defending in the west, fighting on the eastern front and confronting each other on the western front, concentrating the elite troops on the eastern front, while the western front was a slightly weaker army.

It was this strategic arrangement that made the 40,000 elite soldiers led by Li Jing all veterans who had followed Yang Yuanqing for many years, had rich combat experience, and were the elite of the entire Sui army.

In the spring campaign against Dou Jiande, they also participated in the battle, and it was they who fought into the camp of Dou Jiande's army from the flank and defeated Dou Jiande's army in one fell swoop.

Compared with Yang Yuanqing's atmospheric strategic layout, Li Jing was more proficient in tactical deployment, and although they had defeated the Tang army twice, he still did not despise the Tang army.

The Tang army was equally well-equipped, perhaps they were slightly inferior in combat experience, only stronger than Liu Wuzhou's army. Compared with the Sui army, it is still far behind.

But they train well. The lineup was neat, so that they had superior combat ability in the formation, so Li Jing used heavy cavalry to disrupt the Tang army's formation.

Li Jing watched the onslaught of the heavily armored cavalry. When the heavily armored cavalry smashed the chariot to pieces, he immediately shouted, "Cavalry prepare!" ”

Battle flags waved. 20,000 cavalrymen brushed the ground and lifted their spears, and their movements were uniform, showing superb military quality.

"Rush in formation!"

The 20,000 cavalry were divided into one hundred columns, each with two hundred men, one foot apart, in a neat line, as if they had been carefully measured, and each of them was armed with five short spears in addition to spears. Each short spear weighs about seven pounds, is made of fine iron, and can be thrown far by arm strength. Pierces enemies from twenty paces away.

This was when the Sui army could not use bows and arrows in the rain. Another weapon used to kill enemies from a distance.

The cavalry began to move, spear in both hands. The war horse galloped, shouting and killing shook the sky, and the sharp spear tip in his hand shone red in the rising glow.

This cavalry, which was tasked with attacking the Chinese army, was the most elite army of the Sui army, the earliest of which was the Fengzhou army, which had fought against the Turks for many years and had rich combat experience.

They were equipped with sophisticated riding bows, with an effective killing range of 100 paces, the only drawback was that they could not be used in the rain, in order to make up for this weakness, each Sui army was equipped with five short spears made of stainless steel, suitable for short-range projection, followed by knives, spears and shields, fully equipped.

Three thousand heavy armored cavalry entered the Tang army's large array, rampage through the Tang army's camp, constantly tearing apart the Tang army's defensive formation, killing the Tang army's corpses all over the field, wailing all over the ground.

Although Li Xiaogong was fighting the Sui army for the first time and the first time he fought with the heavy cavalry, his rich combat experience made him see the advantages and weaknesses of the heavy cavalry at a glance, and also saw Li Jing's combat intentions.

The heavy cavalry was mainly used to shock the formation and resist bows and arrows, but today there are no bows and arrows, so they do not play to their greatest advantages, but their weakness is that they cannot last, they cannot repeatedly impact in the army, and they must directly rush through the enemy formation.

It is clear that this heavily armored cavalry was just a decoy to attract the attention of the Don army, and the real threat was the cavalry behind.

The 20,000 or 20,000 cavalry behind him had already killed like a stormy wave, Li Xiaogong's face changed a little, and he could still maintain a neat queue in the fast run, not even the Guanlong cavalry of the Tang Army.

Obviously they are very good at working together, and from that alone, this is a fierce opponent that has never been seen before.

Secondly, they did not use bows and arrows, but each of them had several short spears, and in addition to the short spear there was a spear, from which it can be inferred that the short spear was their throwing weapon, although the short spear was inferior in range to the crossbow arrow, and could be thrown at close range, and the lethality was amazing.

And their horses are very strong, tall and strong, which is even more powerful than the Qinghai horses of Helong, which are carefully selected from the Turkic horses, and are obviously faster than the Helong horses of the Tang army.

From this elite cavalry, Li Xiaogong suddenly realized Yang Yuanqing's strategy, from the very beginning, Yang Yuanqing focused on the eastern front, and his own army on the western front was just a cover.

This is like using Tian Ji to race horses, getting off the horse against the horse, and using his most elite army against the slightly weaker Xiangyang Tang Army to ensure an absolute victory.

And he himself led the weak army to bluff on the Western Front, taking advantage of the mentality of King Qin to preserve his strength, and confronted but did not fight.

At this time, Li Xiaogong had a feeling of being toyed with by the other party, but he didn't have time to experience this kind of humiliation of being toyed with.

He must find the opponent's weakness and concentrate on the attack, otherwise he will not survive this battle for an hour.

Li Xiaogong couldn't see the weakness of the Sui cavalry, but he thought of the advantages of the Tang army, and he shouted: "Restore the formation!" ”

The Tang army's flag waved, the war drums rumbled, and they began to quickly adjust the formation, this was the greatest advantage of the Tang army, well-trained, they quickly assembled and regained the formation that was chaotic by the heavy cavalry.

This kind of formation is not a special structure, but lies in the fact that the soldiers must find the generals, the generals must find the soldiers, the lieutenants must command the brigade commanders, and the brigade commanders must lead the troops, so as to ensure the integrity of the army's combat system.

At this time, the Tang army no longer cared about the threat of the heavy armored cavalry, and turned its entire attention to the Sui cavalry that was about to be killed.

The 15,000 Guanlong cavalry of the Tang army also slowly advanced, holding a spear in one hand and a huge shield in the other, controlling the war horse with both legs, maintaining a tight formation, and the two armies were getting closer and closer. Screams and shouts mingled. The drums rumbled, boosting the morale of their respective soldiers.

Two hundred steps..... One hundred and fifty steps.... One hundred steps, the Sui army had already rushed into the killing range of the Tang army's crossbow arrows.

But in dense rain and fog. The Tang army did not have a bow and crossbow to shoot, and Li Xiaogong gave an order, and the Tang army brushed the ground and raised the spear. Prepare for the first wave of the Sui army.

Li Jing was not in a hurry to give the order to throw the spear, his eyes were sharp and staring at the shields of the Tang army, as if he had seen through these shields, which could not resist the steel spears of the Sui army.

Fifty steps, Li Jing still did not give an order, and the palms of many Sui generals were soaked in cold sweat, which they had never encountered in many years of fighting, and the attacking side actually launched a long-distance projection with a short spear, which was Li Jing's tactical invention.

Then. The Sui army accelerated abruptly, and the Tang cavalry also quickly retreated, and the distance between the Tang army's columns began to widen. This is also the cleverness of Lee Hyo-gong. At the last moment, the spacing was widened, so that the killing area of the Sui army's short spears was smaller.

War horses galloping. The cavalry of the Sui army shouted and slaughtered the Tang army, thirty steps, Li Jing pointed at his sword, and roared: "Projection!" ”

The drums sounded like thunder, and the thousands of short spears of the Sui cavalry in front of them were projected out one after another, and the thousands of short spears projected thousands of parabolas, and the short spears were like strong rain, roaring and stabbing towards the Tang cavalry group.

Although Li Xiaogong had already thought of the power of the short spear, the final result still made him close his eyes in pain.

The powerful steel spear intertwined into a dense rain, flying in the air, the sound was terrifying, piercing the shield of the Tang cavalry, shooting through the armor, penetrating the body, the war horse fell to the ground, the cavalry screamed and fell from the horse, and in an instant, people turned on their backs, and nearly 400 people were shot over.

The ferocious stabbing demoralized the Tang army, followed by a thousand short spears projected out, intensively piercing into the Tang cavalry.

In just two rounds of short spear projection, the Tang army lost nearly 800 people, and after the two rounds of short spear projection, the fierce Sui cavalry instantly rushed into the Tang army's large array, which was already in chaos.

The Sui army obviously did not intend to fight with the Tang army en masse, they took a team of 100 people, each of them fought flexibly, and tried to disrupt the Tang army's position with the power of the short spear.

Sometimes they cooperate with each other, dissolve into one, sometimes scattered, fighting separately, although they seem to be scattered, but as if there is a rope that holds them together, this rope is the command flag of the Sui army, the banner constantly changes into various combinations, directing the offensive rhythm of the Sui army.

The Tang army's excellent training made their formations constantly dispersed by the Sui army, and they continued to converge to stubbornly resist the Sui army's attack.

The Sui army's flexible combat style and dense and consistent spear rain, first killing and wounding a large number of enemies, and then disintegrating the surprise kill, was obviously a tactic designed for the large group combat mode.

In the operations of weakly trained group armies such as Liu Wuzhou or Dou Jiande, the Sui army's flexible operations were very sharp and could achieve extremely effective results.

However, the well-defended and well-trained Tang army was able to resist this combat method of the Sui army, and the respective advantages of the two were vividly reflected in this cavalry battle.

At this time, the 5,000 cavalry of Qin Qiong on the right flank and the 10,000 spearmen of Luo Shixin on the left flank also covered up, and they also attacked the two flanks of the Tang army.

The two armies fought fiercely in the vast rain and fog, and the muddy ground and countless waterholes made the battle particularly tiring.

At this moment, the 50,000 troops of the Tang army have all been pressed, and the Sui army still has 20,000 people waiting for orders.

Although the Sui army did not press on all fronts, the defeat of the Tang army had gradually appeared, and the first problem was the Tang army's 10,000 sword and shield army, which was against the 5,000 cavalry led by Qin Qiong.

The disadvantage of the arms and the Sui army's flexible small-scale multi-point attack made the Tang army's position begin to be chaotic, and they gradually became as small-scale as the Sui army.

At this time, Li Jing saw that the time had come, and he immediately ordered: "Shoot the rocket!" ”

A rocket soared into the air, dragging a long black smoke through the air, and three thousand heavy armored cavalry of the Sui army suddenly killed in the black pine forest behind the Tang army, they lined up neatly, lined up in a complete phalanx, and the war horses were fast, murderous, and swept behind the 10,000 sword and shield army on the left flank.

As the sharpest new force of the Sui army came out, the Sui army flanked back and forth, and the Tang saber and shield soldiers finally couldn't support it, their morale collapsed, and they began to retreat.

The three armed forces pay the most attention to coordination in their operations, and they must not be cut off a leg, as long as one of the important armies is defeated, this rout is like the most ferocious virus, which instantly infects the whole army.

With the first rout of the Tang Army's left flank Sword and Shield Army, Li Xiaogong's army was immediately completely defeated, and the climax of the Central Plains War finally came