Chapter 968 Victory in the first battle

Chapter 968 Victory in the first battle

The battlefield was filled with people shouting and horses neighing, and the flames of war continued to spread.

Although the Turkic side occupies the home field advantage and has far more troops than the invading enemy, it ultimately responds to the battle in a hurry and is unable to enter the battle in the best possible condition.

The camp where the Wei army took the lead in attacking was located in a valley between two mountains. The foot of the mountain opened out like a pocket. Although the terrain in front of the camp was open, it was conducive for the cavalry to engage in vertical and horizontal operations.

However, because the camp was the first to be attacked, especially the livestock herds in the camp were dispersed, the soldiers in the camp were unable to organize a timely and effective counterattack. The reinforcements from the rear failed to grasp the key to the battlefield in this chaotic situation. Instead, relying on the strength of their own troops, they plunged into the chaotic camp, hoping to control the chaos as quickly as possible. Calm down.

However, after these people swarmed into the camp, they were immediately restricted by the mountainous terrain on both sides of the camp, making it difficult to fully spread out. In particular, the elite troops led by the Turkic Khan, who was the main force, rushed in the fastest and were entangled and strangled by several Wei troops as soon as they arrived on the battlefield. It was difficult for them to escape and dispatch their troops. .

"Be quick to receive the enemy's attack, and don't let the captives control their bows and arrows!"

Li Tai noticed the characteristics of the Turks' fighting methods at the first moment of the battle. Although the Turks were born as slaves in Rouran, their fighting methods were still the mainstream prairie mounted archery, relying on the mobility of the cavalry to attack with bows and arrows. The enemy, once these two aspects are restricted, the combat effectiveness will inevitably be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the first key to fighting the Turks is not to run around and fight in fear of force, but to desperately close the distance between them at the first time.

Turkic cavalry bows are soft, and their effective lethality is usually between ten feet and thirty or forty meters. Although the power is slightly less powerful, the frequency of firing is greatly increased. If such a distance is maintained between each other, then they will always be covered. Under the attack of the arrows of the Turkic cavalry, no matter how sophisticated the armor is, there is no guarantee that one of the arrows will be injured.

Therefore, the most appropriate strategy is to ignore the opponent's stray arrows and rush to the front of the Turkic cavalry as quickly as possible. Even if the mount is shot and killed during the charge, as long as it rushes in front of the Turkic cavalry, the lethality of the Turkic cavalry will be greatly reduced.

In the Western Wei army, the cavalry field battles were already equipped with long spears and horses, which were very rare in the Turkic army. Usually, only the guards around the leader could be armed. As for other ordinary soldiers, in addition to bows and arrows, the most armed ones are sabers. These sabers are also very lethal when nomads are fighting each other, but when fighting against the Central Plains dynasty armored soldiers, the weapons are only as lethal as There is an obvious distance gap.

Therefore, as long as there is no distance between them and they are really attacked by the enemy, the lethality of the Turkic soldiers will be far inferior to that of the Wei army.

The Turks who were the first to enter the battle did not seize the more favorable open terrain immediately. Instead, they rushed into the camp because they were busy quelling the chaos. Although tens of thousands of soldiers were invested at one time, they could not defeat them. The battle formation was completely spread out, and the main force led by Li Tai was immediately surrounded in this mountain col.

When the Turkic Khan saw that the situation was not good, he quickly shouted and tried to break through the fighting and strangulation of several Wei troops. As one of the most noble people in the Turks today, the guards around him were also well-equipped elites. The crowd fought hard under his orders, and soon the situation was reversed. They gradually broke out of the siege, and their vision became wider again.

However, before the Khan who controlled the territory had time to be happy, he found that only a few hundred soldiers around him rushed out with him, and the troops under his command were still repeatedly attacked and killed by the Wei army, and were trapped in the camp in chaos. .

"Fight back and break through the enemy siege!"

Upon seeing this, the Khan who controlled the land quickly reined in his horse, preparing to penetrate the Wei army's encirclement from the rear and draw more men and horses out.

However, before he could charge forward, there was a sudden gust of wind in front of him. It turned out that He Ruoden and his party, who had escaped from the battle circle before, were preparing to choose an angle to join the battle again, but they discovered this small enemy team that had broken out of the encirclement. Naturally, There was no reason to let him go, so he immediately led his followers to kill him.

This time, He Ruoden did not choose the loose formation he used when harassing the enemy. Instead, his troops formed a formation that was as sharp as arrows and thorns as chisels, and they just pierced through the enemy formation in a straight line.

He Ruoden took the lead, holding the horse in front of him. As the distance between him and the enemy soldiers on the opposite side became closer, he let out a loud shout, like a tongue bursting with spring thunder. The horse that was originally held flat in front of him lunged forward like a snake spitting out a message, until it stabbed forward. Gouge the chest of the enemy soldier.

The enemy soldier was originally protected by fine armor, but as the sharp edge struck his chest, the huge force contained in the sharp edge hit the armor. The enemy soldier suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body was thrown off his horse. After it was lifted up, the person was still in the air, and the armor on his chest had burst open. He flew backwards for more than ten feet and hit the ground heavily.

The rest of the sergeants may not be as brave as He Ruodun, but if they are selected as the vanguard, they must be all warriors in the army. They charge forward against the enemy's arrows, each looking for a target with their guns and spears. As soon as they are attacked, there are dozens of them. The enemy soldiers were assassinated and dismounted, and the formation was immediately scattered into chaos.

"The one wearing the brocade must be a noble scholar from Hu. Don't let him get away!"

Although He Ruo Dun did not know the Khan of Kongditou, he could guess from his obviously gorgeous and unusual attire that he was of good status. After the horses crossed and rushed past, he hurriedly reined in his horses and rushed back, pointing his lance at the Khan of Kongditou from a distance and shouting loudly.

"Hurry up and protect the Khan and retreat temporarily!"

Kongditou Khan's guards were frightened for a while when they saw that these soldiers were so fierce. They did not dare to try to charge head-on again. Instead, they followed Kongditou Khan to retreat to the east to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, intending to bypass the battlefield from the side.

He Ruo Dun was naturally unwilling to let go of this battle merit that was delivered to him. Looking back at the battlefield, although the battle was still fierce, his side also had a clear advantage, so he waved his hand again and led a team of armored soldiers to chase in the direction where Kongditou Khan fled.

As one of the few nobles in the Turkic empire, the war horses ridden by the Khan and his trusted followers were also very majestic. When he rode his horse and ran away, his speed was quite amazing. Although He Ruodun and others were desperately chasing him, the distance between them was getting farther and farther.

Wu Mingche went with the army this time, but because he was not good at archery and horsemanship, he was not arranged in the front-line combat sequence, but was placed in the logistics position. While the soldiers were fighting on the battlefield in front, he led a team of soldiers to feed the war horses in the river bend downstream.

At this time, the fierce fighting on the battlefield also reached here. Just when Wu Mingche was still imagining the grandeur of the battlefield with regret, a series of rapid and noisy horse hoof sounds broke away from the chaotic fighting on the battlefield and gradually became clear.

Wu Mingche hurriedly rode up the hill and looked westward. He saw dozens of knights who were obviously not from the Western Wei Dynasty riding towards him. Among them, there was a knight wearing colorful clothes and flying braided hair in the sunlight. He was obviously guarded by the people around him.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, quickly meet the enemy army!"

After seeing this, Wu Mingche immediately gathered hundreds of soldiers from the logistics department without thinking, and then took advantage of the enemy cavalry approaching and led them to rush out from the reed marsh near the river beach.

The Khan of the Kongditou and his entourage were being chased by He Ruodun all the way and were running away. They were getting farther and farther away from the battlefield. They finally opened up a certain distance and were planning to take a detour from another direction to return to the battlefield. Unexpectedly, another enemy army appeared on the road ahead. For a while, they all roared in despair and anger.

However, Wu Mingche ignored the mood of these Turkish knights and directly ordered his troops to go forward and surround these people and horses. While fighting and killing them, they ordered them to surrender.

When He Ruo Dun and his party caught up again, they saw that the Khan of Kongditou and his party had been tied up tightly by Wu Mingche's men. They were in a very bad mood and shouted unwillingly: "What is the identity of this bandit chief?"

Wu Mingche and others who got the advantage shook their heads and said they didn't know. It was not that they deliberately concealed it. In fact, they didn't understand Turkish and couldn't interrogate the other party's identity.

"It's so easy to capture, I think it must be not a good thing! When I return to the battlefield, I will capture and kill a Turkish Khan!"

He Ruo Dun said angrily first, and then ordered Wu Mingche and others to quickly arrange replacement horses. He and his soldiers took a short rest here, and when the saddles and horses were ready, they led the troops back to the battlefield.

At this time, on the battlefield, the Turkic troops trapped in the camp had suffered heavy casualties, especially the soldiers inside. Because they could not fight the enemy for a long time, they were repeatedly penetrated and attacked. Many Turkic soldiers had given up resistance. After getting off their horses, they gathered their horses outside in a circle, and they huddled behind the horses. Of course, more Turkic soldiers chose to surrender directly, but Li Tai, who was already covered in blood, waved his hand and said, "No prisoners, keep charging! Go straight to the Turkic Khan's tent!" With this order, the soldiers raised their swords and spears again and continued to charge at the Turkic soldiers, but only released a corner of the encirclement, allowing the Turkic soldiers to escape from the gap. The Turkic soldiers finally escaped from the battlefield, and they dared not stay and fight, so they all rushed to the Khan's tent along the way they came. At this time, reinforcements came from the rear, but before they reached the actual battlefield, they saw a large number of defeated troops rushing towards them. For a moment, the formation was greatly impacted, and they turned around and retreated to the rear before they even saw the enemy's face.