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Chapter 2030 Mounted Battle (Part 1)

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    I have to admit that the Sui Army and the Tang Army have been fighting for so long, and it was not until this moment that both sides truly showed their full strength, especially the Tang Army.

    The same is true in Weinan, and the same is true in Weibei.

    In fact, the Weibei battlefield was fought earlier than the Weinan battlefield.

    The Sui army had scouts all over Gaoling City, so as soon as Li Yuan went out, the Sui army's scouts discovered his traces.

    The sixth hour of the ugly hour is the time when people are most sleepy in the night.

    Zhang Wenyuan was not surprised when he received the news.  The Sui army's attack was originally planned.  It seems that Li Xiaoji's letter for help arrived in Gaoling City. If Li Yuan chose to rescue Dongweiqiao, it would be a good opportunity to surround his army.

    Zhang Wenyuan ordered people to keep a close eye on Li Yuan's troops while he ordered his troops to attack.

    But before Zhang Wenyuan left the camp, another news came, which shocked Zhang Wenyuan.

    After the Tang army left the city, they headed straight to the southeast.

    Zhang Wenyuan immediately judged that Li Yuan, an old boy, was not going to support Li Xiaoji, but wanted to take the opportunity to cross the river.

    In just five days, the Tang army had already tried to cross the river twice, one of which was at night. Therefore, crossing the river again was something that everyone had expected, but it should not be chosen at this time.

    When he was on the other side, Li Yuan had no chance, but now Huang Mingliao's troops on the other side are concentrated at Dongwei Bridge.  As for Li Yuan, an old boy, he attacked in the southeast direction, fearing that he would just avoid Huang Ming and Liao troops.

    Zhang Wenyuan did not dare to wait any longer. Instead, he led his army straight south and ordered someone to send a letter to Huang Mingliao, informing Li Yuan of Li Yuan's movements.

    This battle is a bit out of control.

    Going south from Zhang Wenyuan¡¯s camp, it¡¯s not far from Gaoling City.

    Zhang Wenyuan was initially stationed in Wannian County.  Later, he was worried that Wannian City was too far away from Gaoling City, so he moved the camp ten miles west and set up camp with his back to Zhongbai Canal.

    The Huwei Guards Division led by Gao Yuanzhen is located on the west side of Gaoling City, at the intersection of Zhongbai Canal and Nanbai Canal, more than ten miles away from Gaoling City.

    Two troops, one on the left and one on the right, clamped down on the Tang army in Gaoling City.

    Zhang Wenyuan led his army and met the Tang army who had already formed their formation at the foot of Gaoling City.

    Li Yuan left Li Shuliang and Jiang Baoyi with a total of 20,000 troops. In this battle, Jiang Baoyi led 4,000 men to defend the city, while Li Shuliang commanded 16,000 men to form formations in Gaoling City.

    Li Shuliang set up a total of seven square formations, each with about 2,000 soldiers. The peripheral troops were deployed layer by layer, with spears and bows outside, light infantry and a small number of cavalry inside, forming a complete ring defense.

    And these seven small formations were arranged into three in front and four in back.

    The small formation in the middle is further forward, and there are two guard wings on the left and right.  The following four small formations, one behind the middle formation of the front formation, are commanded by the Chinese army.  The remaining three small formations are divided into the left, right and back sides of the middle formation.

    The three small formations are closely adjacent to the small formation of the Chinese army, leaving almost no gaps.

    Zhang Wen looked at Tang Jun's formation from a distance and frowned.

    The Tang army used a strategy of placing large formations inside small formations, and small formations forming large formations.  It looks like seven small square formations, focusing on defense.  But when combined, it forms a cone-shaped formation, with the front and back rounded, which not only protects one's own defense, but can also take the initiative to attack.

    It seems that Tang Jun has capable people.

    The Sui army, especially the generals born in Fengzhou, were not very familiar with traditional infantry formations.

    Whether it is the Fengzhou Army in the early stage or the Hebei Army now.  The Sui army had a large number of cavalry and did not need to use infantry to specifically deal with the cavalry.  Therefore, the main tactic of the current Sui army is the coordination of infantry and cavalry or the coordination of infantry, cavalry and crossbowmen.

    Therefore, today¡¯s battle can be regarded as a traditional infantry formation versus the new infantry-cavalry-crossbow infantry coordination tactics. It is a big tactical showdown between the old and the new.

    This is a battle destined to be written into history.

    On the battlefield, the Sui army's cavalry was the first to attack.  As before, the Sui cavalry dispersed into a loose formation and launched a charge.

    The Sui army's cavalry charge generally had two formations.  Facing the cavalry, it is a wall charge, using hard force to fight hard; facing the infantry, it is a loose charge to avoid being hit by crossbows.

    The Sui army's cavalry charged to a distance of about a hundred paces, and the Tang army on the opposite side began to shoot.  However, the Sui cavalry were not comparable to those nomads. They wore heavy armor, and even the fronts of their horses were covered with leather armor.  Moreover, at a distance of a hundred steps, anyone who is not an expert archer cannot actually hurt anyone.

    So although the Sui army suffered scattered casualties, the impact was not significant.

    Tang Jun shot one arrow and quickly shot the second arrow.  Bows and arrows are more convenient, but replacing crossbows is more troublesome.  So the bows fired three arrows, and the crossbows only fired two. The cavalry had already rushed in front of them.

    ? ?This number is considered elite.

    The Sui army cavalry rushed through the rain of arrows and were less than twenty steps away from the Tang army on the opposite side. At this time, everyone had already drawn short spears from their backs and threw them at the Tang army on the opposite side.

    Shooting from a fast horse is difficult, but throwing is much easier.

    And the short spear is far sharper. With the speed of the war horse, it is possible to pierce the shield at once.  If it pierces someone, it can even hit several people in a row like a skewer of candied haws.

    Sure enough, a rain of short spears immediately caused casualties to the Tang army on the opposite side, and the shooting was even more ineffective.

    After the Sui army threw a wave of short spears, they did not throw a second wave. They directly flattened the spears in their hands and used all the impact force on the spears.

    In order to speed up, these people kept pinching the horse's belly to keep the horse in a high state of excitement.

    Soon, one man and one horse collided hard with the big shield in front, and of course the first one hit was the spear.

    The galloping horse and the sharp spear are like an arrow piercing the sky.  This collision was so hard that it was almost as powerful as a landslide and tsunami, and some of the spears were broken directly.

    And the knights couldn't hold back, some even hit the shield directly, and both the man and the horse were smashed into pieces.

    But the Tang army on the opposite side did not fare well either.

    Most of the shields were directly pierced by spears, and a few were knocked away by horses.  The first wave of cavalry force directly smashed the strongest shell of the formation into pieces.

    The Sui army's cavalry moved forward one after another. The cavalry in front opened the way, and the cavalry behind them then rushed in from the gap.

    Almost in the blink of an eye, Tang Jun in the front row was killed.

    Even though Tang Jun held his spear tightly and aimed it hard at the opponent.

    After the shield, there is the spear formation.

    This is the core strength of the infantry formation and the most important strength of the infantry formation.

    The cavalry of the Sui Army was too powerful, especially the Youtun Guards. This was a force that fought through the entire Goguryeo battlefield. During the entire battle of Hebei and Hedong, it served as the second main force and fought alone on a battlefield.

    Therefore, no matter how tightly the Tang army defended their infantry formation, they could not stop their charge.

    Soon, the Tang Army's forward positions were hit to varying degrees, and chaos began to appear in the forward positions.

    It seemed that the Tang army was about to be unable to stop the Sui army¡¯s cavalry.

    At this time, Li Shuliang finally decided to pull away the front army and prepared to reveal his secret weapon.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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