Zhao Chongxuan and Jia Chongguan went out to make preparations.
Someone spoke in the big tent.
Liang Zai, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, raised his hands and asked Gao Xianzhi: "General, now the troops and horses of General Cao have been dispatched to attack the enemy's left camp.
Do you want to Order him to withdraw."
Gao Xianzhi thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "No need to withdraw, let him continue to lead the troops to attack the left wing camp of the Food Army" "promise" However, it was said that after Zhao Chongxuan received the mission to dispatch troops, he immediately returned to his camp, lined up his troops and horses, and slowly approached the enemy camp.
The camps of the two sides were ten miles apart.
It took some time to gather troops and horses and march, but Zhao Chongxuan led the troops out.
Within three miles, they hit the 5,000 cavalry, the main force of the Great Food Army, from the front.
Five thousand cavalry were used against the Tang army's 5,000 infantry.
The commander-in-chief of the Dashi army, who had never fought against the Tang army, did not know the combat effectiveness of the Tang army.
Before the two armies stopped and reorganized to prepare for a charge, the commander-in-chief of the Dashi army discovered the Tang army.
There were actually 2,000 infantry among the 5,000 people, which made him feel relaxed.
With 5,000 light cavalry attacking 5,000 infantry, he felt no pressure for half a year.
The Dashi Army took the lead in launching an attack, and it was an all-out attack from the left wing, the center army, and the right wing.
There were no reserves left at all.
However, both sides had 5,000 troops.
Even if they wanted to keep reserves, there was nothing they could do unless they thought their army was very powerful.
It is possible to defeat more with less, but when both sides do not understand the other's combat strength, their respective leading generals do not dare to take risks and can only commit all their troops.
"General, the food army is charging across the board.
How will our army respond?"
a general asked Zhao Chongxuan.
Zhao Chongxun quickly issued a military order: "The infantry of the Chinese army will stay put and prepare to meet the enemy.
The cavalry on the left and right wings will attack the food army."
"Get the order", Zhao Chongxuan has two thousand infantry in his hands.
With infantry fighting cavalry, he can only defend on the spot and cannot take the initiative to attack, unless it is the Mo Dao team, but Zhao Chongxun does not have the Mo Dao team, so this deployment is the most appropriate.
The left and right lieutenants received Zhao Chongxun's military orders from the left and right wings respectively, and immediately raised their spears and shouted: "Brothers, let the big food barbarian see the power of our Tang Dynasty warriors, kill him!"
"kill" Thousands of the main cavalry of the Tang Army were charging forward from the left and right wings, while the 5,000 cavalrymen of the Great Food Army were also rushing over.
During the charge, the formation could not remain absolutely neat no matter what.
Both sides dispatched 5,000 troops.
At this time They have all been dispatched, and it is too late to make tactical adjustments.
They can only bite the bullet and fight to the end.
When the two sides were still some distance away, the Tang Army's cavalry first fired two rounds of bows and arrows.
The cavalry in front of the Dashi Army was enveloped in the rain of arrows and suffered some losses.
However, this loss could not shake the will of the Dashi Army's cavalry at all.
They still waved their scimitars and rushed towards the Tang army with loud shouts.
There was no time to fire another round of arrows.
The Tang Army cavalry immediately changed into long weapons.
The two wings collided first.
The collision of weapons and armor and the shouts of killing were noisy.
The brutality and iron-bloodedness were fully revealed at this moment.
At the beginning, the cavalry was eating heavily.
They suffered a big loss in terms of weapons.
Many soldiers in the front row were stabbed off their horses by the Tang army's spears, while the scimitars equipped by the Dashi army Unable to cut down the soldiers of the Tang Army, it was not until the two sides fought in a staggered melee that the disadvantage in terms of weapon length improved.
However, after the melee between the two sides, the Tang Army cavalry either threw their long spears to kill the enemy, or simply discarded their long weapons and pulled them from their waists.
In the meantime, he pulled out his horizontal sword and attacked the Dashi army.
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In terms of weapons, the Tang army's equipment always maintained an advantage.
In the middle, Zhao Chongxun rode steadily and stood in the middle to take command.
When he saw that the cavalry of the Great Food Army in the middle had entered the range of the infantry bow, he immediately shouted: "Bows are ready to release arrows."
"Ready to shoot" Zhao Chongxun kept giving orders to fire arrows, and the Tang army infantry kept shooting out arrows.
The Dashi cavalry that was charging over had never seen arrows that could be fired so far, so fast, and so densely.
The large food cavalry in the middle of the charge trampled on the corpses of a large number of their companions.
The arrows of the Tang army caused too many casualties to them.
The high-speed large food cavalry fell down in pieces and were trampled into flesh by the horses behind them. mud.
The heavy casualties caused by the long-range bow and arrow strikes made the cavalry in the center of the Great Food Army timid.
The sporadic troops in the front row were still beating their horses and charging wildly, while the middle and rear were worried about being hit by arrows and slowed down the charge.
Zhao Chongxuan sat on horseback and looked at the battle ahead, and immediately ordered: "The five rows in the front will defend the enemy with spears, and the bows and arrows in the rear will continue to fire."
After the order was issued, the first five rows of infantrymen of the Tang Army immediately put away their bows and arrows, thrust their long spears on the ground diagonally, with the spear heads forward, and at the same time protected themselves with large shields.
The shields were tightly connected without any gaps in the middle.
A few rows of sporadic cavalry in front of the cavalry in the middle of Dashi rushed to the shield formation.
Many of them were directly pierced by spears because they did not slow down.
Some of them reined in their horses and stopped in time.
After losing speed, they were also stabbed by the long spears from the top of the shield by the Tang army.
Stabbed to death.
The injured soldiers let out a lot of screams, and more soldiers slashed the enemy with weapons, shouting to kill.
The infantry of the Tang Army were still firing arrows from the rear, and people from the middle of the Dashi Army rushed over from behind.
They were still under attack from bows and arrows, suffering heavy casualties.
Such heavy casualties are enough to prove that the defensive equipment of the Dashi Light Cavalry is too crude.
If their opponent is an army with less lethal bows and arrows, their combat effectiveness can be maximized, but they encountered an army with super strong bow and arrow strike capabilities.
For the Tang Army infantry, the results can be imagined.
Less than half an hour into the battle, the charge of the cavalry in Dashi's middle road came to a complete halt.
Their front row of cavalry was blocked by the Tang army's infantry's spear formation and could not move forward an inch.
However, the Tang army in the shield formation kept stabbing Dashi with their spears. cavalry.
Zhao Chongxuan saw that the front of the army in the middle of the Dashi army was blocked and completely lost its speed.
The front of the cavalry on both wings was already intertwined with the cavalry on the two wings of the Dashi army.
So he immediately ordered: "Order the rear of the left and right wings to move toward the center."
Get closer and let me surround and annihilate the Chinese cavalry of Dashi."
"Follow orders"
The commander of the Great Food Army, who was stuck out in the melee, had too little vision.
He was fighting fiercely with the soldiers of the Tang Army at this time.
He couldn't see the specific situation of the entire battlefield.
He also didn't know that the rear of the cavalry on the left and right wings of the Tang Army was moving towards the center. , preparing to surround and annihilate the Chinese army where he is with the infantry.
However, Ziad, who was on the watchtower of the camp, saw that the Tang army had made tactical adjustments.
He knew that if the Chinese cavalry were surrounded by the Tang army, they would probably be annihilated.
At this time, all the troops dispatched had already been put into battle and could no longer adjust their tactics.
If the rear of the cavalry on both wings is mobilized to reinforce the central army, the two wings will not be able to block the attack of the Tang army's cavalry.
To save this army, we can only send out another army from the camp to reinforce it.
Ziad was about to send his general to lead reinforcements when a light cavalryman ran over from the left wing and hurriedly climbed up the watchtower to report to him: "General, the Tang army has sent out a right-wing army to attack the Sogdian camp on the left-wing of our army.
There are less than 10,000 Sogdians, while the Tang army has nearly 20,000, and we have no solid defenses.
Now the left wing camp is in danger."
Ziad's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately ordered: "Quickly, order the 20,000 cavalry to quickly reinforce the left wing camp, and then transfer 2,000 people from the 5,000 men left behind by the 10,000 cavalry to reinforce the central army.
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We must not let the Chinese army be overwhelmed.
Encirclement" "Yes, Your Majesty General" A large number of cavalry rushed out from the central camp of the Dashi Army and rushed towards the left wing.
This scene was immediately observed by the Tang Army scouts, and the news quickly spread to the Tang Army's central army.
After Gao Xianzhi got the news, he ordered: "Judging from the battle between Zhao Chongxuan and the opponent just now, the main force of the Food Army is not weak in combat.
They dispatched 10,000 troops to rescue the left wing.
If Cao Lingzhong's troops are attacked on the flank, they may not be able to withstand it.
Order Cao Lingzhong to withdraw."
"promise" The messengers galloped as fast as they could to deliver military orders to Cao Lingzhong.
The reinforcements from the Great Food Army were 10,000 men.
Although they were cavalry, they could not march faster.
The messengers from the Tang Army were still stronger than the reinforcements from the Great Food Army.
The men and horses arrived first.
Cao Lingzhong learned that a large army of 10,000 people was coming for reinforcements.
He also received Gao Xianzhi's order to retreat, and immediately ordered the entire army to withdraw to the camp. , waiting for the 20,000 men and horses of the Great Food Army to arrive, the left wing camp was already in a mess, with dense arrows stuck everywhere.
Many Sogdian servants were nailed to the ground by the dense arrows, and many camps were also destroyed.
Arrows were shot down, and fires shot up everywhere in the camp.
Many tents were hit by Tang army's rockets and caught fire.
Many wounded soldiers lay on the ground wailing and rolling around in the camp.
On the battlefield in the middle, although Ziad had sent two thousand cavalry to reinforce the middle, the Food Army was still unable to withstand the attack of the Tang Army and was beaten back steadily.
However, the Food Army was still not defeated and was still resisting tenaciously. reflect The difference between the regular army of Dashi and the rabble of barbarians would have been obvious.
If the barbarian troops were not well organized and disciplined, they would have been broken up by now.
However, the regular army of Dashi was different.
Although they were killed and retreated, their morale was not the same.
Dip.
In order to stabilize the situation, Ziad had to send 3,000 troops for reinforcements again.
At this time, the Tang army was a little overwhelmed.
Gao Xianzhi discovered the situation in time and ordered Li Feiyuanli to bring 2,000 Kucha troops for reinforcements.
On this battlefield in the middle, both sides continued to add troops and reinforcements.
You came and I went, and no one wanted to suffer.
This battle lasted from morning to dusk.
The total force invested by both sides reached 30,000, of which the main force of the Food Army was 20,000.
The Tang army sent 10,000 people, and lost 5,000 people.
The losses reached more than 2,000 people, and countless people were injured on both sides.
On June 15, the third day of the war, the two armies once again sent out troops to fight on the three battlefields of the left, center and right.
The Tang army was not as good as the Dashi army in terms of the number of cavalry, and the quality of the horses was not as good as the Dashi war horses, so its combat effectiveness was naturally lower.
A little worse, in order to stabilize the situation and gain an advantage, Gao Xianzhi gave full play to the strengths of the Tang army and used a large number of weapons before each battle.
The long-range bows and arrows of the Dashi Army attacked the Dashi Army.
The light cavalry of the Dashi Army suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Tang Army's long-range bows and arrows.
However, this was unavoidable.
Although the Dashi Army was equipped with some bows and arrows, their number and range were limited.
They are all different from the Tang army's bows and arrows by more than one level.
If you want to fight with the Tang army in close combat, you must brave the overwhelming rain of arrows and rush in front of the Tang army
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