863 Fanaticism (II)
Forget it if there is no armor, this is not the most depressing thing for Chai Shao, what makes Chai Shao feel most depressed is that these Arabs actually use infantry to fight against cavalry, or some infantry with spears in tattered clothes to fight with cavalry with heavy armor, and cavalry with iron armor on their horses, it is not that there is no army that looks like a regular army, there are many infantry wearing iron armor gathered together to fight a cavalry, but this is a minority after all, most of them have no armor!
This is just depressed, not yet to the level of vomiting blood, what makes Chai Shao feel that he almost wants to vomit blood is the cavalry tactics of the Persians, the speed of the cavalry regarded as the first priority of the Tang army is not reflected here at all, those Persian heavy armored cavalry actually stopped, sat on the horse and fought with those Arab soldiers steadily, yes, fight, you stab me and I cut it, ride on the horse and spin in place, and the Arab infantry is also circling around the Persian cavalry.
The whole battlefield did not see the formed infantry army belonging to the Persian army, nor did they see the formed cavalry army belonging to the Arab side, feeling that this was a battle of infantry and cavalry, or was it such a battle that made Chai Shao feel dumbfounded, and the other little generals who watched it were also dumbfounded, they vaguely remembered the excitement when they fought with the Xue Yantuo people and the Turks, and the impulse when they fought with the Tubo people, but now that they saw the battle between the Persians and the Arabs, they felt that the three views had been reorganized!
However, Du He has been calmly observing the battlefield, and after getting off the battlefield, Du He said to Chai Shao: "Dashuai, leave the others aside." As for this Arab army, the last general thought that it could be compared with an army that once appeared in the history of China. ”
Chai Shao was very curious and asked, "What army?" ”
The rest of the people also came over and looked at Du He curiously, Du He paused for a moment, and said: "In the late Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Thief Army. ”
Everyone was stunned, the Yellow Turban Thief Army in the late Han Dynasty? The Yellow Turban Thief Army led by Zhang Jiao, the great sage and mentor in Suning's book?
Chai Shao asked, "How can you see it?" ”
Du He said: "Whether it is Su Hou's "Three Kingdoms" or Chen Shouzhi's "Three Kingdoms". The descriptions and accounts of the Yellow Turban Bandit Army are rabble. There are no formations, no standard training, no sophisticated weapons, no unified leadership and methods of combat. Basically, the landless peasants were bewitched by the Zhang Jiao Demon Dao. He then joined the Yellow Turban Bandits. Went into battle without systematic training or even weapons.
According to common sense, such an army is no matter how large the number is. It's just a rabble, there is no threat, but the fact is not the case, after the Han Guanghe six years, the Yellow Turban thieves rebelled, obviously just a rabble, but the officers and soldiers with a clear structure and standard weapons were defeated, the initial surprise is understandable, but what about a month later? What about two months later?
The official army is still constantly defeated, and almost all the entire Central Plains and Shandong are occupied by the Yellow Turban Bandit Army, where do they get their combat effectiveness? Where do the tactics come from? At first it can be blamed on a sneak attack, but what about after that? The county commanders and taishou of those counties defend themselves, and they all have weapons to defend the city, with knives, guns, bows and arrows, but what does the Yellow Turban Thief Army have? There is nothing, but you can still take down those cities and defeat hundreds or thousands of officers and soldiers in formation, because what?
Not to mention that the Yellow Turban Thief Army was later divided and eliminated, and then made a comeback, their combat effectiveness does not seem to be just a rabble as described in the book, the rabble is a civilian army with no fighting quality, no will to fight and unified leadership and command, but the Yellow Turban Thief Army is not a simple rabble, they have achieved a lot of victories, defeated a lot of officers and soldiers, and later the national thief Dong Zhuo, the elite Xiliang soldiers and horses have been defeated by the Yellow Turban Thief Army!
Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army is an army that has been fighting with foreign tribes on the border for many years, with rich combat experience and strong combat effectiveness, and later the alliance of the Kwantung princes couldn't get benefits, that's really not something that a rabble can do! The elite army is nothing more than that!
But we still regard them as a rabble, everyone as a rabble, ant thieves, a rabble, a mere ant thief, but the four hundred years of the Huanghuang Han Dynasty have been overthrown, everyone, the Yellow Turban Thieves are to the Han Dynasty, and the Arab Army is to Persia, how similar they are, how similar they are! Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”
It's okay if Du He doesn't say it, as soon as he says it, everyone thinks what he said is very reasonable, they have all read Suning's Su Three Kingdoms, indeed, Suning described the Yellow Turban Thief Army as a rabble, but those are all rabbles that historical figures said themselves, and they are also the rabble recorded in the Three Kingdoms, but are they really rabble? Weapons, structure, tactical tactics, leadership, they are indeed similar to the rabble army, but they are the initiators of the fall of the Han Dynasty......
Is this something that a rabble can do?
"Don't say it, it's true! Qinglian, why is that? Cheng Chumo patted his head and asked in surprise.
Du He licked his lips and said very firmly: "Those Arabs, they are not afraid of death!" ”
Chai Shao's eyes widened suddenly.
Fearless to death!
Indeed, indeed, indeed! If the general army encounters the opponent's cavalry on the plains, it is either a military formation to fight or a dead end, they all understand that the infantry against the cavalry is a dead end, and the mortality rate is very high, this is the consensus, almost no infantry dares to single out the cavalry, but those Arabs are not, they don't even have regular weapons, they don't even have armor, and their equipment is not even as good as that of the recruits of Datang, but the will to fight is extremely tough!
Moreover, Duhe is right, yes! Fearless to death! Those Arabs are indeed not afraid of death, a ragged Arab infantryman, with only a spear, dares to rush forward and fight the Persian cavalry alone, regardless of whether the Persian cavalry will kill him or not, it is a desperate attack on the Persian cavalry, many times these Arab soldiers will be killed, but more often than not, several Arab soldiers rushed up and stabbed the Persian iron horse, and then killed the cavalry lying on the ground!
Fearless to death!
They are not afraid at all. They don't know how to retreat at all, they only know how to attack non-stop, their tactics and tactics are indeed old-fashioned and even not existing, but their fighting will and fighting spirit are first-class and strong, and when they encounter the Persian army whose will is destroyed by extravagant life, they are like tigers, and Persia is just sheep, sheep without fighting spirit, no matter how well-equipped, they will not be the opponent of the tiger who is not afraid of death!
This is similar to the rebellion of the Yellow Turban thieves in the late Han Dynasty. How similar! It's a remake!
When I was watching the battle just now. I was just shocked by their tactics and felt extremely bored, but unconsciously, I actually ignored such an important piece of information that could affect the situation of the battle - the Arabs' will to fight was extremely tenacious. Almost not draining the last drop of blood. will never give in!
What kind of will to fight is this? What kind of army will have such a will? Why is that? And also. Why was the original Yellow Turban Thief Army so fierce and not afraid of death? Why do you have to fight like that? What gave them the strength to turn their tables in the face of such adversity and defeat the Persians, who were far superior to them materially? What gave them the courage for an infantry to dare to single-handedly take on a heavy cavalryman?
Such an army. Once you get the richness of Persia, it will develop rapidly, and the development will be extremely terrifying! How correct is Li Erma's decision, if they are not eliminated before they have developed, and this terrible enemy is nip in the bud, they will develop into behemoths, and even the Tang Dynasty can't help but be a behemoth!
Fortunately, fortunately, the monarch of the Tang Dynasty is very wise, and the army of the Tang Dynasty is very capable of fighting, so as not to give this terrible enemy a chance to breathe and develop.
If you just think that they are a rabble, when the time comes for the two armies to fight, Datang will underestimate the enemy, and the enemy is the most important, once the Datang cavalry sees how the Arabs who are not afraid of death vomit blood and drag the cavalry off their horses to death, the soldiers of Datang will doubt the scene they see in front of them, and lose part of their fighting spirit, if even they are like this, then Datang's defeat will be inevitable!
Dong Zhuo's army is also able to fight like that, and he won't still lose to the Yellow Turban Thief Army?
You really can't underestimate them, you really can't underestimate any opponent, Chai Shao is really grateful to Du He, thanks to him for discovering this, otherwise, he would really become a sinner of the country......
"Qinglian, you are right, the Arabs do have a spirit that we can't understand, this fighting spirit will be very troublesome, they will fight until the last moment without stopping, if you don't kill them, they will be entangled with you even if they still have a breath, this will to fight is terrible, after you go back, you must inform all the soldiers of this information, tell them, we will face a group of extremely difficult opponents, the way to deal with them is one, kill them all!"
Chai Shao's vicious words let everyone know that Chai Shao's fighting spirit was aroused, he thought that he had met an opponent of a similar level, and felt that it was just a chess opponent, and he could fight with all his might, to see who was the hero and who was the bear, that's right, the young generals gradually felt that the blood began to heat up, and it seemed that there was a tendency to boil, such an enemy who dared to fight had not been seen for a long time, such an enemy was definitely an opponent suitable for the Tang army to do their best!
The combat mission was soon issued, Chai Shao also informed the Persians, this time let the Tang army deal with the Arabs, the Tang army to clean up the Arabs, without Chai Shao's clear requirements, the Persian army can not enter the battlefield where the two armies are fighting, so as not to cause accidental injuries, this battle, by the Tang army independently, the basic goal - to recapture the first two lines of defense, the upgraded goal - to recapture Cadisia.
The Persians thought it was incredible, they thought that the heroic Chinese general was crazy, they all thought it was impossible, the Persian army of 300,000 did not defeat the Arabs, the Chinese general only had 70,000 troops, where did he get the courage and confidence to make such a guarantee and demand? Did he think that an army of only 70,000 would allow him to defeat the brutal infidels? Knock them back to the starting point, is this Chinese general still planning to lead the Chinese army to retake Mesopotamia?
He's telling jokes! No, he's crazy!
Those who had great hopes for the Tang army were disappointed, and those who had been waiting on the sidelines were planning to re-engage with the Arabs in an attempt to get some better treatment - after the defeat of Ctesiphon.
No Persian thinks that the Tang army can do this, and even the little emperor and Issam, who have the greatest hopes for them, think this is an incredible thing, Issam persuaded Chai Shao many times, and even the little emperor personally went out to persuade Chai Shao, so that those advisers behind him also stood up to persuade Chai Shao to stop his unrealistic ideas, and Chai Shao did not listen to these questions and persuasions.
I don't need to listen to your orders, I just need to defeat the Arabs, I don't care about the rest. (To be continued......)