Cavalry cruising on horseback, they can hold on for at least a few days without dismounting, eating, drinking, pulling, spreading, sleeping on horseback, encountering the enemy can find an opportunity to give a heavy blow, this is considered cavalry.
It is difficult to stay on horseback for a long time, and it is unbearable to eat, drink, pull, scatter, and sleep, and when it comes to the battlefield, it can only dismount and fight, which is actually counted as infantry on horseback.
In many cases, the Central Plains Dynasty did not have infantry in the real sense, and most of them relied on the foot strength of war horses to hurry, waiting to dismount on the battlefield to fight.
Or if you can't keep cruising for a long time on horseback, you can't kill the enemy by staying where you are and relying on the height of your horse, and you really can't be called a qualified cavalry.
Gathering the strength of the whole country of the Han State, Liu Yan only organized seven standing cavalry armies, which were also divided into elite and ordinary.
The Tiger Army, the Yulin Army, and the First Standing Cavalry Army can flexibly change formations in wartime, can withstand long periods of time on horseback, and have enough stamina to engage the enemy after several days of rushing without getting off horseback, which can be regarded as elite.
Most of the 2nd to 7th Standing Cavalry Corps can also stay on horseback for a long time, but they can't flexibly change formations in wartime, so they can only be regarded as ordinary standing armies.
This time, Xie Ai's lone army went deep into the grassland belt is the first standing cavalry army, the number is only about 10,000, that is because the cavalry army has been fighting in the north for a long time, and if there is an engagement, there will be losses, even if it is replenished quickly, it will not be able to maintain a full state at all times.
In fact, anyone who understands military affairs will understand that an army that has been in a state of war for a long time cannot be fully established at all times, and only some newly formed armies will be fully established.
Xie Ai didn't know the Praetorian Guards very well, and his preliminary understanding was that he knew that he was not afraid of death, and he still needed to explore the strength and replenishment speed of the Praetorian Guard's execution of military orders, and so on, because it was the first time to command.
There were already 2,000 Praetorian Guard cavalry engaged in the battle with the coalition forces, and the grass was trampled by horses' hooves and covered with billowing dust, and it was difficult to observe the battle from outside.
The two armies are about five miles apart, which means that only a narrow five-mile space is reserved in the middle to fight.
The two sides waited for the rest of the army, and invariably moved the long-range troops to the front, and as long as it was not our army, it would be a burst of diffuse.
In this way, the space for the activities of the two warring armies was compressed.
The wind is not blowing on either side of the two armies, so it has no effect on the two armies, they are only in the tentative stage now, waiting for one side to find out the combat strength of the other side, and the situation will definitely change.
"We have a lot of soldiers."
Murong Jun pointed to the direction where the wind was blowing: "You can completely occupy a favorable position in the wind first." ” "It's not far from Rouran Mountain."
Tuoba Shi Yijian said in a dull voice: "At least we must first entangle the Han army, and then seize the advantageous position." ” They are all cavalry, and the 100-mile road on flat terrain is a small half-day journey for cavalry, and the battlefield is indeed some close to Rouran Mountain, and the Han army will definitely be able to withdraw to the mountains if they break their tails to survive.
And what the multi-party coalition wanted was to engage the Han army in a flat and open area, and never to fight a mountain war with a cavalry advantage.
The tentative forces sent by both sides were already about to come to fruition, that is, more and more cavalry on the coalition side were scattered to withdraw to their positions, and only if one side lost in the billowing dust and smoke would a similar situation occur.
To put it simply, most of the teams that were killed by the detachment were killed, and the remaining few would be sent to death if they stayed, and it would be a fool for the cavalry to withdraw or not.
As the commander of the Han army, Xie Ai could not see the situation clearly because of the dust and smoke, and he only knew that the field of engagement was moving more and more in the direction of the enemy formation, and it was speculated that his own army had gained an advantage in the engagement.
In the billowing dust and smoke, the coalition army with the Di cavalry as the majority, the Zhang Liang army on the right flank was actually facing collapse in less than a moment of fighting, and it was the Tuoba Dai army that could not support them first.
Zhang's Liang army was relatively weak, they were originally going to cruise and plunder the formation, the Han army first rushed straight to the Chinese army's Di cavalry, but the Han army suddenly turned to the right halfway.
The commander of Zhang's Liang army was surprised that the Han army was able to make a detour on the way to gallop at high speed, and the formation of the Han army was not chaotic in the process of detour, and he wanted to avoid it but found that it would be cut off in the middle, so he could only meet it head-on.
Of course, the Zhang Liang army that Zhang Chonghua brought to the grassland thought it was the elite, and the elite of the Zhang Liang army were actually troops transferred back from the Western Regions, and they were basically troops that fought hard battles with the countries and clans of the Western Regions, and no matter what the equipment or combat power was, it was necessary to have a heart to fight.
The two thousand Zhang's Liang troops shouted "ho" before the battle, and the spearmen in the front row smoothly put down the cavalry spears with a length of about five meters, and the cavalry in the rear were ready to dodge the arrows and kept their bodies as close to the horse's back as possible, and the ones who were ready to fire arrows had drawn their bows and were ready to shoot.
The Han army that targeted Zhang's Liang army was all assault cavalry, to put it bluntly, they were wearing cavalry armor with armor groups, holding brittle wooden spears and small round shields, reserve weapons and straight knives similar to ring-headed knives, and did not carry long-range attack weapons, and the war horses were equipped with vests.
They were the first to carry a wave of arrows, and in silence they collided with the pikemen of Zhang's Liang army, and in an instant, of course, there was a burst of people turning on their backs and screaming and muffled snorts.
The two armies quickly cut through each other, with 1,500 Han cavalry losing about 70 or 80 cavalry, and 2,000 Zhang's Liang army losing more than 500 cavalry.
The battle loss ratio was more than five to one, which made the generals of Zhang's Liang army, who quickly noticed the gap, feel cool and cool.
It's just a mutual rush, a loss of a quarter of the troops, and everyone in the Zhang Liang army who found this was hesitant or afraid.
After all, this is already more than one-tenth of the casualties, and even the most elite army casualties of more than thirty percent will lose confidence in the battle.
On the other side, the Tuoba Dynasty army, they approached the Han army's archers as they wished, but the problem was that they were only close, and every time the distance between them was not more than 100 steps, they would be "instigated" by the Han army's archers to come to a wave of arrow rain.
The range of the horn bow carried by the Tuoba army could not reach 100 paces, and even if a few people could shoot 100 paces, the arrows shot out were soft and fluttering, and they could not kill people at all.
Again and again, they tried to get closer to the Han archers, and in the process of attempting, some people were constantly hit by arrows and fell from their horses.
Whether the 3,000 people were in a group or surrounded by detachments, they were shot endlessly from a distance anyway, and they lost confidence in chasing and chasing, so they didn't plan to chase, but in turn they were caught by the tail of the Han archers and kept shooting.
The country established by the Hu people, except for some ace troops, otherwise there is no such thing as iron armor at all, some thick sheepskin jackets or regular leather armor are too poor to defend against arrows, first in the process of chasing, and then they were constantly shot by the tail, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they folded into six or seven hundred, forcing them to simply break into pieces.
The friendly forces on the left and right flanks were abolished one after another, and the Diren cavalry, as the main force, did not do nothing during the period, they repeatedly tried to intercept the Han army in battle, and in the end they really got their wish, but it was the Zhang Liang army and the Tuoba Dai army that lost the confidence to dare to fight and became spectators.
Di people are the old opponents of the Han army, the number of times they were slaughtered by the Janissaries is only slightly less than that of the Qiang people, to let them face the standing army of the Han army actually still have some courage, against the Janissaries who are not afraid of death and can really fight, they really haven't started to fight before they start to fight from their hearts.
After a series of battles, the 2,000 Praetorian Guards who went out to fight were waiting to launch a charge against the Di cavalry, and there were less than 1,000 Turquoise cavalry left, but the 500 archers had not lost a single one.
With more than a quarter of the loss, no matter how elite the army is, it should be unwilling to fight at this moment, the problem is that the Praetorian Guard will not be in this situation, and the physical strength may be very consumed, but it is impossible to be afraid of death.
One side is weak in heart, the other side is not afraid of death, what kind of mentality the warring army has, what kind of momentum will be displayed.
And a large part of the momentum of the army before the fight actually determines the final victory or defeat. 1,000 cavalry directly charged head-on, 500 cavalry archers divided into two teams to shoot arrows on the left and right flanks, and the battle with the Di cavalry was only a round of chiseling to really divide the victory and defeat, with the remaining majority of the Di cavalry scattered to the main formation, ending the prelude to this battle.
The first tentative battle had a result, the 2,000 Praetorian Guards only went back less than 800, and the coalition army fought 10,000 and about 6,000 returned, whether it was calculated in the order of retreat or the battle loss ratio, it was undoubtedly the victory of the Han army.
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When Xie Ai returned from the victorious Praetorian Guards, he raised his arms and shouted "Wan Sheng", and what was more embarrassing was that only a few people such as Li Hong responded, and the Praetorian Guards were as quiet as a sculpture.
Back in the Janissaries, they walked to their original positions in silence, and if you look at them, you can see that many of them are injured.
"Medical craftsman" Xie Ai felt that the embarrassment at that moment was nothing, it was a Praetorian Guard who loved him very much and could fight without complaining: "Hurry up and go to treatment" There is no doubt that the Praetorian Guard is an army that will make normal people uncomfortable no matter how they get along, they will talk simply, they have no friends or the concept of robes, they will not have any entertainment at all, no one will say where they are from, and ideals or anything is an absolute luxury.
The enemy will have all kinds of negative emotions against the Praetorian Guard, and the friendly troops will not be used to getting along with them, but they will have a full sense of security.
The existence of the Praetorian Guard in the Han State was a force that fought in front and retreated.
Any friendly soldier who has cooperated with the Praetorian Guard will not have any negative opinion of those comrades who are used to being silent and do not make friends.
"General" Li Hong's face was full of excitement: "General attack, launch a total attack, 30,000 against 120,000, it's not impossible to win."
Xie Ai was looking at the enemy army opposite, and the multi-ethnic coalition army was constantly moving, so he immediately gave an order: "Seize the limelight" Knowing what it means to be like an arm is to get instructions, the next moment will react immediately, the quickly moving Praetorian Guard made Xie Ai stunned, and then his heart was full of satisfaction.
The smile on Xie Ai's face was bright when he commanded such a unit: it was really too comfortable The mobilization of the multi-ethnic coalition army was that Bati wanted to retreat, Murong Jun took the lead in opposing and asking to occupy the limelight, and then Tuoba Shi Yijian, Zhang Chonghua, and Fu Hong echoed Murong Jun's opinion.
Bati was somewhat frightened by the combat power displayed by the Han army in front of him, he had just received a report that the previous Han army that was cruising and fighting had killed more than 13,000 people, but the corpses of the Han army killed in battle were only more than 500 corpses that Rouran's side could get.
Your mother has to be afraid: the Han army is so fierce The Han army had the habit of trying to take away the robes that had died in battle, and the person who reported to Bati did not make it clear, making him think that the Han army had killed more than 13,000 of his own people after only losing about 500.
It seems that something is wrong, Bati ignored the kings who were still trying to make suggestions, and thought a little stunned: Just now, the Han army should have dispatched 2,000, and only about 1,000 Xianbei and other tribes went back, and more than 6,000 returned When calculating casualty data, there will basically be a gap between the two sides, that is, they can count themselves, and they can only rely on guessing for the other side.
Bati was really a little confused, he began to wonder if Rouran was as strong as he understood, why Rouran could only kill 500 Han troops if she lost 13,000, and the rest of the ethnic groups could kill about 1,000 Han troops if they lost about 4,000 "Hurry up and make a decision" Murong Jun was very annoyed when he saw that Bati had been in a state of being stunned: "You can do it as an idiot in a daze on the battlefield."
Murong Yanguo is in the stage of rapid rise, in the early days, he could fight whoever he wanted, and the victorious wars again and again gave them a kind of "we are very strong" self-confidence, that is, the recent battle with the Han army only had a stalemate and defeat, but on the whole they still felt that they were very strong.
When people have the confidence to speak loudly and hard, especially in the face of people they look down on, they will subconsciously feel the subconscious of "what's wrong with insulting you", and even have unscrupulous "disagree with that standing and stabbing".
"If you want to fight, you will fight."
Bati didn't care about Murong Jun's attitude: "That's your war, Lao Tzu won't play anymore" After Bati finished speaking, regardless of the stunned kings, he beckoned left and right to issue a series of orders, the general meaning is: The Han army is a little too violent, we can't afford to play with the Han army, and the wind is tight "This, this, this" Zhang Chonghua was completely dumbfounded, and pointed to Bati who rode away in disbelief: "They are like this" "Rouran people, it's really Rouran people" Murong Jun was also stunned, and after reacting, he yelled: "Don't be stunned, lead the troops to run" Tuoba Shi Yijian and Fu Hong's reactions were not slow at all, and they had already galloped on their horses before Murong Jun finished speaking.
On the other side, Xie Ai, who was in a state of movement, was already mentally prepared to fight to seize the limelight, but when he looked at it, he found that something was wrong.
"Hu people want to escape" Xie Ai couldn't understand it at all, but he didn't delay at all: "The establishment of immortality is at this moment when the whole army is chasing and killing":