The 3,000 elite Western Qin cavalry led by Li Su caused Nicephorus a lot of trouble.
These 100-man Western Qin cavalry formed a combat unit and kept harassing his army.
He sent cavalry to fight against it. , the Western Qin cavalry fired several arrows from a distance After that, they immediately withdrew.
Both sides were light cavalry.
However, the Western Qin cavalry was more mobile and had a stronger ability to survive in the desert.
The Eastern Roman Empire cavalry could not catch up at all.
Waiting for them to return to their own team, the Western Qin cavalry returned.
He came back and harassed him repeatedly.
This situation once made Nicephorus feel that the strategic purpose of this trip could not be achieved, and he would probably not be able to return until he suffered huge losses and led 15,000 cavalry to the Holy Mountain Castle and saw this majestic pass.
After reaching the dangerous pass, he really fell into despair.
Even with infantry, he was afraid that he would not be able to capture this place in a short time.
He built a castle and captured Zhao Ziliang alive.
However, when he wanted to lead his army to retreat, this wish had become a luxury, because a group of Western Qin cavalry that was no less numerous than his cavalry came out of the castle to meet them, and this group The elite level of the cavalry is undoubtedly not comparable to that of his immature cavalry team.
"Impossible, this is impossible.
We didn't make any stops along the way.
Even when we were constantly harassed by the Western Qin cavalry, we didn't slow down.
How could there be so many cavalry here?"
Nicephorus's face changed drastically and he grabbed a minister from the side.
He stared at the man with a ferocious face and asked, "Marnod, didn't you say that there are only three thousand defenders in the Holy Mountain Castle, and there are less than 20,000 in the whole of Syria?"
Are most of them infantry scattered everywhere?
Tell me why there are so many cavalry here.
I just took a look and saw that there were more than 10,000 people rushing out of the castle."
Intelligence Minister Marnod's face was pale, his body was trembling, and he begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I don't know why there are so many cavalry here.
The spy we sent to investigate made it very clear that there are only three cavalry here."
Thousands of people” "You go to hell!"
Nicephorus roared, drew out his giant sword and chopped it off.
Marnod's head was chopped off on the spot, and a large amount of blood spurted out from the severed head of the body and splashed all over Nicephorus. , but he didn't care at all.
Nicephorus held his giant sword and looked at the approaching and gathering Xiqin cavalry in front of him and shouted: "Leo" Leo galloped forward with a solemn expression and agreed: "Your Majesty" Nicephorus asked: "Do you think we can still withdraw?"
Leo shook his head and said: "If we had retreated one day ago, as long as the Second Route Army could capture Sunset Pass, we would still have hope of escape, but now" Leo didn't finish his words, but the generals and officers around him all understood that they couldn't retreat even if they wanted to.
The Western Qin cavalry couldn't let them leave casually, and this was obviously not the style of the Western Qin army.
Nicephorus turned his head and looked at the faces of the generals around him and shouted sternly: "Yes, we have no way out now.
The Western Qin cavalry will not allow us to retreat safely.
As long as we have the slightest cowardice, we will die."
It's very miserable.
The only way to survive is to defeat this group of Western Qin cavalry in front of you, and then capture this castle and capture the Holy King of Western Qin alive.
Now, you must lead your officers and soldiers to follow me and go forward, killing everyone in front of you.
Do all enemies understand?"
Although these cavalry are all newly trained and not many are veterans, these generals and officers are almost all people who have fought with the Western Qin army.
They know that at this time, they can only fight to the death and fight to the death.
If there is a chance, if you don't fight, you will die.
Seeing that his generals had not recovered, Nicephorus continued to shout: "My generals, tell your soldiers that you are not fighting for me, nor for the nobles, nor for Eastern Rome.
The empire fights for your own sake.
Only if you win can you survive.
If you lose, everyone will die.
Send the order, line up, and prepare for battle."
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
The deployment, formation and formation of tens of thousands of troops is not a matter of a few words.
Orders and dispatches are very cumbersome and take time.
It has been five years since the formation of this cavalry team in the Eastern Roman Empire, but it has officially become an organizational unit.
In less than two years, the first soldiers to join the army have to train the soldiers who will be recruited later.
Isn't it nonsense that they have to take apprentices before they even leave the army?
You can imagine how unqualified this cavalry's maneuverability and combat effectiveness are. .
The Eastern Roman Empire inherited the legacy of the Roman Empire, especially in terms of military affairs.
However, the military system of the Eastern Roman Empire often changed.
This was to prevent the enemy from figuring out their establishment, number of troops, and combat effectiveness.
However, this also brought There are many disadvantages.
The most obvious disadvantages are the lack of tacit understanding among soldiers, the poor communication of military orders, and the inability of commanders to direct the troops.
The Eastern Roman Army had not even completed the deployment of its basic military formations.
Before the Eastern Roman generals had time to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers, the Western Qin Army had already launched an attack.
Erzhu ordered: "Wang Gan, you will lead two thousand men and let me directly attack the center of the Eastern Roman Army.
General Wang will decide what tactics to use."
"Yes" Wang Daang agreed, clasping his fists and riding his horse to select two thousand elite cavalry.
He knew what Erzhu meant, and did not give him a specific tactical purpose.
He just asked him to attack the enemy's central army.
This was to let him test the opponent's strength.
If he could defeat the enemy's central army, there would be no need to fight this battle. , directly order an all-out attack to defeat the Eastern Roman Army in one fell swoop.
Once the enemy's central army resists tenaciously and he cannot break the formation, then he must find a way to bring back as many of these two thousand men as possible.
Of course, Nicephorus could not let him lead troops and horses to attack his central army, because it was very dangerous for the enemy's cavalry to attack his own formation.
Nicephorus would definitely send troops and horses to attack, and this battle would be It will unfold between the military formations of both sides.
In a battle involving more than ten thousand people, the leading generals of both sides generally rarely directly launch a full-scale attack.
After all, the battlefield is too wide and too large.
As long as there is a fight, there will inevitably be times when one side loses sight of the other.
Only when one of the sides has already suffered an obvious defeat.
Only if there are signs, the other side will launch a full-scale attack.
Moreover, launching an all-out attack means that it is difficult to make tactical adjustments.
Once the enemy pretends to be defeated, but suddenly launches a violent counterattack midway, and the side launching the all-out attack does not leave enough reserves, the battle situation will reverse instantly.
Wang Gan is the grandson of the famous Tang Dynasty general Wang Rao.
His father is Wang Ziyan.
Wang Gan has the martial prowess of his grandfather and is also proficient in military strategy like his father.
The Wang family has been a general for generations.
He can be said to be the most outstanding person of this generation.
Among the princes, After Yan died of illness, he became the backbone of the Wang family and is currently the person with the highest official position in the Wang family.
The king dared to take off the steel spear passed down by his grandfather from the victory hook, raised it and shouted at the two thousand elite cavalry: "Soldiers, it is our shame to let the Eastern Roman army sneak into Syria and hit the Holy Mountain Castle.
Your Majesty the Holy King In the castle behind us, you are watching us.
Use all your skills to follow me and kill all these thieves to wash away our shame.
Charge with me."
Wang Gan pointed the steel spear in his hand forward, and he took the lead in striking his horse and rushing forward.
The generals and officers behind him followed suit, shouting: "Kill!"
"Kill!"
The soldiers also started to move.
They started to encourage the horses to trot.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
This was a trot as a whole, rather than running in rows.
This can save acceleration time and always maintain the formation during the sprint.
There will be no confusion in form.
In the Eastern Roman military formation, the soldiers were still lining up and deploying under the command of the officers.
At this time, Leo shouted: "Your Majesty, look, the Western Qin cavalry has begun to attack."
Nicephorus's face changed.
He had heard that the Western Qin army assembled very quickly and deployed military formations very quickly, but he never believed it.
He was also the one who led the troops in the war.
Why?
Do you know that an army must complete the assembly, formation and formation of the army?
How much time does it take, how can so many people move in unison?
This is completely impossible, but today the Western Qin Army taught him a lesson.
While his army was still in formation, the Western Qin Army The military formation deployment had been completed long ago and the attack had been launched.
"We must not let them rush over now."
Nicephorus said.
He turned around and looked around.
He immediately pointed at a general and shouted: "Michael, my son-in-law, you lead two thousand people to fight.
You must stop Xi Qin."
The cavalry are attacking our military formation at this time.
As long as we hold them back for a quarter of an hour, our military formation will be completely stable."
Michael was the son-in-law of Nicephorus and a young general who was good at maneuvering into camps.
He still had the ability to lead troops and fight in battles, but compared to his political acumen, his military talents were somewhat insignificant.
"Warriors of the Eastern Roman Empire, charge with me."
Michael waved his sword and led two thousand Eastern Roman cavalry towards the Western Qin cavalry that was charging over.
"Swish, swish, swish" far away, the Western Qin cavalry began to fire arrows.
They lined up in a long horizontal line, and waves of arrows hit Michael's soldiers.
The Eastern Roman cavalry kept firing.
The horse fell off the horse, and the painful screams of the war horses, the screams of the soldiers who fell to the ground, and the shouts of killing were mixed together.
Michael led the Eastern Roman cavalry and finally rushed in front of the Western Qin cavalry despite more and more arrows and casualties.
However, the horizontal formation of the Western Qin cavalry suddenly broke in the middle, and the broken part slowed down, and However, the speed at both ends accelerated.
This change only occurred in a short period of time, causing the Western Qin cavalry to divide Michael's Eastern Roman cavalry into two positions and shoot arrows non-stop, causing the Eastern Roman cavalry to suffer increasing losses. .
After the distance between the two sides was too close to use bows and arrows, the Western Qin Army cavalry quickly put away their bows and arrows, took out their sabers and began to attack from the left and right sides.
The pincer attack caused the under-trained Eastern Roman cavalry to lose their morale in an instant.
They only wanted to escape and had no intention of fighting.
However, they were surrounded in the middle, and the encirclement was too small.
Leo shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty, send reinforcements, otherwise Michael and the others will be wiped out."
Nicephorus was not indifferent.
He immediately ordered a general to lead a thousand cavalry to relieve Michael.
After a quarter of an hour, the Eastern Roman Army's military formation was finally deployed, and Nicephorus finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At least he didn't have to worry about his army being defeated in one fell swoop by the Western Qin Army launching an all-out attack
.
: