Retreating in front of enemy lines is the most difficult thing to do, and it is an extreme headache for any veteran who has experienced the battlefield.
A retreat can easily turn into a rout, and once it turns into a rout, even if you have an army of millions, you will be crushed by 18,000 men, like wolves rushing into a flock of sheep.
A smooth and orderly retreat, no enemy can take advantage of the retreat, which requires extremely clever command skills, and also requires the commander to have a very high prestige in the army, so that the soldiers will absolutely trust your command when retreating, otherwise the retreat will easily cause panic among the soldiers, even if you are originally a fraud, it may turn into a real rout.
Fortunately, she was chased by the enemy when she retreated to the two saline swamps, and the enemy did not dare to attack from the left and right flanks after seeing the indefensible hollow sand, and the soldiers and horses on both sides were crowded on one avenue, and the enemy's superiority in strength could not be brought into play.
On the other hand, although Xu Yisheng is a reckless man, he fights with personal bravery, and is not an outstanding general, but he has a very high prestige in the army, and these big-headed soldiers just obey an officer like him.
Although Xu Yisheng is not familiar with any clever martial arts, he still has the ability to train soldiers, and he has also put in a lot of effort, so the combat quality and military discipline of the defenders of Flying Fox Pass are very good.
In this way, Tianai slaves were able to perform the alternate retreat method, and boldly retreated in front of thousands of tiger and wolf riders.
Retreat a hundred paces and stop the formation, and pick up the comrades who stayed behind to resist the enemy, although it made the march of the army extremely slow, but it could only be done, they were foot soldiers, if they were too far away from the comrades who stayed behind, then they could not talk about responding, and they had to be killed by the enemy before the comrades who stayed behind.
A hundred paces away is also a distance where their crossbows can exert their power, where they can use their crossbows to suppress enemy troops and meet their comrades in retreat.
In this way, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield, on the white snowfield, the armies of the enemy and us formed a long line, standing in a regular manner along a road, not daring to take a step beyond the thunder pool on both sides.
On this road, the Don army alternately covered the retreat.
Every 100 paces of the front team, they set up shields and bows, and waited for battle.
The comrades-in-arms who remained behind to defend against the enemy slowly retreated when they heard the sound, retreated behind the comrades who had rearranged their positions in the rear, and then reformed a formation a hundred paces away, and the comrades-in-arms who were originally responsible for receiving them had now become soldiers on the front line, and they continued to retreat.
The two teams were staggered, always within the effective killing range of the crossbows in the rear, and under the suppression of the dense rain of arrows, by the time the enemy rushed in front of the covering team, the retreating soldiers had already set up their positions again a hundred paces away.
Along the way, every rotation and attack, will leave some corpses of soldiers on both sides on the road, blood stained the snow-white ground, from a high place, it seems that the white silk carpet is embroidered with plum blossoms, the old trunk and horizontal branches are still extending to the boundless distance, "plum blossoms" are also continuing to dot it.
The two sides retreated slowly, one approaching slowly, like an alert hunter facing a pack of ferocious wolves, retreating step by step in the confrontation, the situation was extremely dangerous, but before one of them launched a final attack at all costs, it relatively maintained the calm before the decisive battle.
In the distance, there was a sentry galloping forward, this group of men and horses came from behind the Turks who were chasing the Tang army like wolves, they were the second Turkic cavalry corps, with a total strength of more than 3,000 people, and the commander of the army was a big man under Moon, after hearing the battle situation in front clearly, this big man was furious and almost cut off his vanguard with a knife.
The battle turned out to be like this, if he just watched the Tang army safely withdraw to Ming Weishu, wouldn't he become a big joke in the entire grassland.
This great man ordered the cavalry to attack with all their might at any cost, even if it was filled with human lives, a way to be filled.
At the same time, he forced dozens of cavalry to gallop to the left and right of the snowfield, which he did not believe was full of potholes that could collapse at any time.
In the same way, he intends to use his human life to make a way.
At this time, the Ming army had retreated more than ten miles, out of the saline-alkali pit area, the Turkic soldiers who were afraid to step on the snow field first cautiously tested, and then galloped back and forth, and found that there was still no abnormality, their courage finally increased, rode their horses to whizz back and forth on the snow field, turned around a few times, and then ran back to report to Da Qi Jin excitedly.
The great man had already seen them in the snow, and without waiting for them to return, he ordered the pioneer with the iron-tired bow to make meritorious service and lead his headquarters to attack the Tang army from the left and right flanks, in order to tear a gap in the Tang army's defensive line.
When the Turks were tempting the ground on the left and right flanks, they had already launched an attack on the Tang army after the broken without sacrificing, and Tian Ainu couldn't help but sigh secretly when she heard the news that her own soldiers kept sending over, she knew that it was impossible to retreat calmly.
"Stop marching, stand still, and prepare for hand-to-hand combat" At the command, the officers and men of the whole army knew that they had reached the most dangerous time, and immediately hurriedly prepared, and the disabled soldiers were carried to the middle of the ranks, and a tight defensive line was laid out on the entire perimeter.
Those soldiers with arrows in their shoulders and bleeding wounds did not give up the battle, the Tang army were all archers, they could no longer step forward to fight hand-to-hand, so they copied their war bows, and the battle went on to this point, the blood in the hearts of every man was stimulated, and no one showed even a trace of timidity.
Tian Ainu gently lifted the sedan curtain and quietly looked at Yang Fan's back, full of nostalgia.
Her mission is over, and the next battle depends on the bravery and hard work of all the soldiers of the army, and she can no longer compete with wisdom, she does not know what the outcome of this battle will be, and she does not know whether she and he will be able to leave alive under the bite of this wolf pack.
The only regret she felt was that she finally liked a man, and finally realized the happiness and taste of drinking wine when she liked a man as a woman, but the time was so short, she didn't enjoy even a moment of ups and downs, and she didn't even hear him say "I love you" to herself Yang Fan listened to the faint sound of fighting in his ears, his hand holding the reins was almost sweating, the big war was imminent, whether he could get out of danger safely was unknown, he knew that Tian Ainu was involved because of him, otherwise, she would not be in danger again and again, he knew better why Tian Ainu wanted to participate for him.
This love is too deep and heavy, he is afraid that he will not be able to pay it back in his lifetime, and he will not even have the opportunity to pay it back, which is really unbearable for Yang Fan, who has not forgotten to repay the kindness of others.
And at this moment, no matter what he thought, he couldn't change the situation in front of him.
Yang Fan let out a long breath, exhaling a cloud of white mist, he slowly turned his head, the sedan curtain was shaking slightly, and it was quiet inside, Yang Fan secretly swore in his heart: "No matter what, I will do my best to protect you."
I'm here, and you'll be all right."
Hand-to-hand combat began, the Tang army formed a long circle on the road, when the Turkic cavalry rushed to the front, the archers and crossbowmen drew their swords, copied their spears, and formed the first line of defense together with other soldiers of the front team, the wind at this time was not strong, but the enemy and I forgot to sumo, desperate fighting, but it was like stirring up a cold wind on the snowfield, and the battle spirit accumulated step by step in the process of shooting and stalemate suddenly broke out, whether it was a general or a soldier, all were crazy.
Armed with spears and swords, they roared, roared, and shouted, like tigers with their heads out, and frantically pounced on their frontal enemy, and a fierce melee began.
Due to the relatively close battle formation adopted by the Tang Army, the first-line combat space was limited, and the soldiers of the second echelon could only hold their blades tightly, staring at the front without turning their eyes, and being ready to enter the battle at any time.
Such hand-to-hand combat was far less convenient on a horse than fighting on the ground, and the Turks also dismounted, holding swords, guns, forks and axes of various weapons, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Tang army.
The two sides fought desperately, and the ground had been trampled into mud by them, blood was constantly sprayed up, and trampled by countless feet, and it was too late to freeze into ice.
"General Lang, the front team has suffered heavy casualties, and it is almost unbearable" Vice General Xiao staggered to the front of the car with a broken arrow shaft in his shoulder and a bloody long knife in his hand.
There was silence in the carriage for a while, and Xu Yisheng's voice came out: "The battle team is withdrawn to rest, and the team is up" Xiao Ningfeng said loudly: "General Lang, do you want to press our cavalry up." ” Xu Yisheng's deep voice came from the carriage: "The time has not come" "Lang General" There was no more silence in the carriage, Xiao Ningfeng stomped his feet, turned around and strode over, and shouted to the banner soldiers: "The battle front team is withdrawn to rest, and the team is up."
At this time, Xiao Ningfeng was already suspicious of Xu Yisheng's refusal to show up, but he was only doubting Xu Yisheng's situation at the moment, and he still did not suspect that the person who gave the order in the car was not their general at all, and at this time, the war was tight, even if he had doubts in his heart, he had no time to inquire about it.
The team composed of jumping soldiers and strange soldiers has long been ready to wait, "Xu Lang General" ordered, they immediately rushed up, took over the position of their comrades, and the exhausted soldiers of the front team supported and dragged the injured comrades to quickly retreat, carry out a simple stop bleeding, wrap the wounds, and rest their physical strength.
The rotation of the battle team made the stalemate between the enemy and us like the situation when the tide collided with the rocks, and the Turkic soldiers were like the rising tide of the sea, taking advantage of the Tang army's withdrawal troops to rush forward one step closer, but then they were counterattacked back by the Tang Dynasty new force that had gained a firm foothold.
Seeing that his men and horses were wearing heavy leather robes, pedaling heavy leather boots, and wielding swords and spears were becoming more and more sluggish, he knew that their physical strength was almost at the limit, and immediately ordered a replacement to fight again.
Both sides have replaced themselves with new forces, consolidating their positions with blood and lives At this time, it is impossible to take a step back, and to take a step back is to collapse completely, and collapse means the annihilation of the whole army Every soldier who rushed to the front line was using their lives to fight for life, time, and opportunity for themselves and their comrades And this opportunity, will come?
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