The Umayyad Dynasty of the Great Food Kingdom was a white-clothed food country.
Today, the great food country implements a tribal military organization system where all people are soldiers.
This is very similar to the Huns before.
Later, the black-clothed food country slowly began to implement it.
Professional military system.
The army of the Great Food Country is divided into the navy and the army.
The navy has just emerged and is far inferior to the navy of the Byzantine Empire.
The navy of the Byzantine Empire possesses the long-lost weapon "Hellfire", which makes the big army attacking it very difficult.
The Shiguo Navy was almost wiped out and its vitality was severely damaged.
The army of the Kingdom of Great Food is divided into cavalry and infantry, with cavalry as the main force.
Infantry only accounts for a minority.
The cavalry of the Kingdom of Great Food is divided into heavy cavalry and light cavalry.
Both men and horses of the heavy cavalry wear heavy armor.
The war horses are all tall, strong and powerful food horses, and the light cavalry is divided into war horse qingqi and camel qingqi.
The cavalry of the Dashi Kingdom are very skilled in riding skills.
The war horses sprint fast, have strong collision force, and are better in maneuverability and flexibility than the Tang Army cavalry.
The camel cavalry has strong endurance and is more suitable for desert marches than war horses.
It carries food and They drink a lot of water, and their logistical transportation capabilities are far stronger than those of war horses and cavalry, making them suitable for long-distance raids.
After Said returned to the main formation, he took the lead in issuing the order to attack.
Two thousand of the three thousand heavy armored cavalry were dispatched.
The two thousand heavy armored cavalry ran wildly and created a huge momentum.
The sound of horse hooves was like rolling thunder, and the ground in front was It's shaking.
When Zhao Ziliang saw Said taking action, he did not hesitate and ordered: "Deploy three thousand cavalry on each side of the left and right wings.
When they enter the shooting range, they will mount and shoot immediately.
They will not abandon their bows until close range to engage in the battle.
The remaining two thousand cavalry on each side are originally The ground does not move” Said dispatched the central army, and Zhao Ziliang dispatched the two wings, but it was not a point-to-point confrontation, but you hit my central force, and I hit your two wings.
Zhao Ziliang's move made Said a little confused, but he did not hesitate.
He had to fight, otherwise the two thousand heavy armored cavalry rushed out by the Chinese army would be caught in the middle and outflank him.
He immediately ordered two thousand cavalry on each wing.
The Qingqi attacked the Qingqi rushing from the left and right flanks of the Tang army.
The sound of horns, huge shouts of death, the screams of war horses and the screams before being hit by arrows swept and enveloped the entire battlefield.
The wings of both sides came into contact first, and arrows like locusts flew densely in the sky.
Flying away, they finally landed on the soldiers on both sides.
The cavalry fell down like wheat, and were trampled into pulp by their companions' horses.
Mud and grass clippings were flying in the air, and blood was splashing in the air.
After several rounds of arrows, the front rows of both sides finally came into contact and collided.
In an instant, people were turned upside down, and a large number of screams and the neighing of war horses resounded throughout the world at this moment. , soldiers from both sides fell off their horses one by one, and those who came behind continued to rush forward.
Both sides are light cavalry on both sides.
They are both light cavalry without armor or even leather armor.
They are faster and more mobile, but their protection ability is almost zero.
Even if the worst arrow hits them, they will not be able to survive.
It could easily kill them.
The barbarian cavalry of the ten surnamed tribes of Western Turks did not want to be equipped with armor.
They believed that armor would affect their ability to slash and shoot on horseback, and the animal skin clothing they wore was equivalent to leather armor, and the Dashi Kingdom's The cavalry did not have armor before, but they gradually improved during the attack on Constantinople.
Gradually they realized the importance of armor, so they formed heavy armored cavalry.
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However, the cost of forming heavy armored cavalry was too high, and only a small number could be formed.
Most of them still maintained the light cavalry system, but all light cavalry were equipped with In addition to leather armor and leather helmets, some generals had iron helmets or bronze helmets with pointed tops.
At this time, in the middle of the battlefield, the two thousand heavy armored cavalry of the Dashi Kingdom had already crossed half the distance, and were about to rush in front of the three thousand cavalry of the Tang Army's central army.
The cavalry in the front row of the Tang Army were all very nervous.
After all, this was Heavy armored cavalry, these man-eating heavy armored cavalry have their whole body and war horses tightly wrapped.
Even the helmets have vertical irons to protect the bridge of their noses.
Both the vests and the cavalry armor are gleaming, and the scimitars in their hands are Flashing cold light.
Zhao Ziliang stood on the top of the hill and saw that the opponent's armored cavalry had crossed half the distance, so he ordered: "Order the Chinese army to retreat backwards.
Wait for the enemy troops to rush within the range of the cavalry bow, and then retreat while shooting on horseback.
If the enemy If the heavy cavalry of the army stops, then the troops in our army will also stop, but they cannot be allowed to go beyond the range of the bow and arrow.
In short, the enemy's heavy cavalry will not be allowed to come into contact."
"Nuo" the messenger promised to carry out the order immediately.
The trumpeter blew the horn, and the flag bearer was responsible for signaling the order.
The order was quickly passed on.
The three thousand Tang troops sent by Suiye Dudufu had all undergone this kind of tactical training of shooting arrows while retreating, commonly known as Parthian tactics.
After all, this army was built by Zhao Ziliang.
Even now Things have changed and people have changed, just like the so-called iron-clad camp and the flowing water of the soldiers. , but the military spirit he forged for this army has been retained.
Many generals and officers in the army now were trained by him personally, and they all inherited his combat ideas and tactical thoughts.
They quickly understood Zhao Ziliang's intention and made the most effective command.
When the heavy cavalry of the Great Food Army entered the range of the Tang Army's cavalry bows, the Tang Army's three thousand light cavalry also completed the process of changing from the front to the rear, and from the rear to the front.
The leading general Wei Meng was also a close aide who followed Zhao Ziliang.
One of his subordinates, he faithfully carried out Zhao Ziliang's order.
Following his order, three thousand Tang Army light cavalry began to gallop towards the rear.
Rows of Tang Army cavalry rode their horses while turning to face the heavy cavalry of the Dashi Kingdom chasing after them.
Shoot the arrow.
"Swish swish" "Swish swish" Rows of Tang Army cavalry kept firing arrows, but the heavy cavalry of the Dashi Kingdom were not equipped with cavalry bows, and although the light cavalry of the Dashi Kingdom were also equipped with recurve bows, their range and lethality were None of them could compare with the Tang Army's cavalry.
The heavy cavalry of the Dashi Kingdom could only pursue while braving the rain of arrows.
The heavy cavalry of the Dashi Kingdom is learned from the heavy cavalry of the Byzantine Empire.
The armor and vests are also very thick, which means that it has strong protective power, but at the same time it sacrifices flexibility and strong mobility.
These tall cavalry The war horse of the Great Food Kingdom has the ability to sprint at high speeds, but it cannot last long in terms of endurance.
This is its strength and weakness.
The arrows made a clanking sound when they hit the thick armor of the heavy cavalry legion of the Great Food Kingdom, but could not penetrate the armor.
Only a few unlucky heavy cavalry or horses of the Great Food Country were shot in the joints or weakly protected parts and fell. fell, thus tripping the companion behind.
Wei Meng, the cavalry leader of the Tang Army, was riding at the rear on a tall horse.
He saw the arrows of his soldiers shooting out in waves but with little effect, unable to break through the opponent's thick armor.
He immediately issued a message A loud roar: "Replace all armor-piercing arrows" The captains of each battalion, the regiment captain, the brigade commander and other officers as well as the officers of each platoon immediately conveyed Wei Meng's order verbally.
After hearing the order, the cavalry of the Tang Army took out armor-piercing arrows.
This kind of armor-piercing arrows were made.
The craftsmanship is much more difficult than ordinary arrows, mainly in the arrow part.
Generally, arrows only have two sharp edges and no armor-piercing edges, while armor-piercing arrows have two sharp edges in addition to Two armor-piercing ribs.
This kind of armor-piercing ribs can easily break through ordinary iron armor.
Each of the Tang Army cavalry under Wei Meng is usually equipped with only five armor-piercing arrows, simply because making them is more difficult than making ordinary arrows.
There are many, but the armor-piercing arrows used by Zhao Ziliang are different.
It has four armor-piercing edges.
Even the protective breast mirror is penetrated by the armor-piercing arrows shot by his Baodiao Bow.
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Rows of cavalrymen of the Tang Army fired armor-piercing arrows one after another.
After the armor-piercing arrows were fired, the effect was immediately apparent.
Most of the heavy cavalrymen hit by the arrows fell off their horses.
Almost all the equipment of the empire in this era was not industrially mass-produced. , but made purely by hand.
Even the plate armor of the Byzantine Empire was stamped with water pressure, but there were differences in thickness.
There was no unified scale standard, and the measurement accuracy of this era varied.
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Some fallen heavy cavalrymen tripped up the heavy cavalrymen behind them, creating a chain reaction.
It was not easy for the high-speed heavy cavalrymen to stop suddenly.
The powerful collision force kept knocking away their companions in front. , even he couldn't control his body and flew out, and was trampled into a pulp by his companions who rushed up from behind.
At this time, the heavy cavalry of Dashi, which was rushing up to speed, could not stop at all, and could not stop.
The generals and officers had no time to care about the casualties.
They just waved their scimitars and shouted loudly to direct the heavy cavalry to chase the light cavalry of the Tang army, but they were The pursuing Tang Army cavalry kept turning around and shooting arrows, which caused them great casualties.
They found that they could never catch up with the enemy in front, but the enemy in front could keep firing arrows to kill them.
This feeling was really frustrating and angry, but there was nothing they could do about it.
The greater the casualties, the greater the remaining number.
The Shizhong cavalry became more and more unwilling.
In anger, they vowed to catch up with the Tang army cavalry in front and chop them into pieces.
Zhao Ziliang saw clearly on the top of the hill that two thousand heavy cavalrymen of the Great Food Army were chasing three thousand light cavalrymen of the Tang Army.
However, they were shot to death and fell down in the pursuit.
They could not catch up and were unwilling to stop.
At this time, they had already rushed through the cavalry left on the left and right wings of the Tang army.
There were also two thousand cavalry from the ten tribes of the Western Turks on the left and right wings of the Tang army's formation.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Chen Qing, send an order to the two thousand cavalry left on each side of the left and right wings, and order them to fire arrows at the heavy cavalry chasing our army."
Although this move may not necessarily have much effect on the heavy cavalry of Dashi with strong protection.
Maybe the arrows cannot break the defense at all, but at least it can play a role in harassment.
The protection is extremely powerful.
There are no armor-piercing arrows.
There is nothing that can be done about these heavy cavalry.
Some harassment from the left and right wings can at least distract the attention and energy of these heavy cavalry.
At this time, Said, who was on the high ground behind the Dashi Army formation, discovered something unusual on the battlefield.
The tactics adopted by the Tang Army made him feel bad.
His heavy cavalry could not catch up with the Tang Army's light cavalry, but they were constantly hit by a large number of arrows.
Attacking with arrows, but still unable to defeat the opponent, he immediately shouted: "Quickly order the heavy cavalry to withdraw":