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Chapter 129: Repeating the old trick

The sudden whistle sounded from the "Shunfeng Ear" scared the Western Army soldiers who were so close that they were shocked, and the Eastern Army soldiers farther away were not much better.

At the moment when the sound rang, the soldiers on both sides who were fighting froze for several breaths. A mile north of the battlefield, led the cavalry to detour under the cover of night, and Yuchi Youqi, who was about to launch an assault, was also stunned.

The enemy whistle cavalry wandering outside had been quietly killed by the elites who were opening the way. Yuchi Youqi thought he could get closer and then launched a charge. Since his whereabouts had been exposed, there was no need to continue hiding his head and tail.

The sound of the horn sounded like a tide. Yuchi Youqi led the detoured cavalry to rush towards the enemy's battle formation in two groups. Nearly two thousand elite cavalry charged unexpectedly, enough to destroy the opponent's defense line.

This is Yuchi Youqi's last chance. If he succeeds, he will not only turn the situation around, but also defeat Yuwen Wen is not a fantasy.

He thought it very clearly that although the left wing collapsed and the central army suffered heavy casualties, he still had cavalry with strength, and cavalry was the dominant player on the battlefield. Even if it was a battlefield of more than 100,000 people, hundreds of cavalry could still defeat the enemy if they were used properly.

As long as he defeated the left wing of the enemy, he could join the strength of his own right army to launch an attack on the enemy's main line. The enemy's right army was still chasing the defeated soldiers and had already chased them for several miles away, so it was difficult to turn back in a hurry.

Yuwen Wen's Hulin Army was confronting in front of his central army and could not return to the rescue at all. Yuchi Youqi remembered that this situation was similar to the situation of the first Mangshan Battle of the East and West Wei that year, his father said.

In that battle, the two armies fought until dusk and divided the levels. The Western Army (Western Wei Army) Right Army defeated the Eastern Army (Eastern Wei Army) Left Army, and the Western Army defeated the Eastern Army and almost killed Gao Huan.

Seeing that the Western Army was about to win a great victory, the Western Army was retreated at night, and the gathered Eastern cavalry attacked the left wing, so that the entire army was soon defeated.

Now, Yuchi Youqi wants to follow that battle and make a "re-telling" to reverse the situation. Although the night detour and charge are more difficult and the danger is much higher than during the day, he doesn't care.

Yuchi Youqi concentrated his cavalry to make a big detour, regardless of the general's opposition, and he also led his troops to boost morale so that the soldiers would be fearless in order to win.

One mile away is not far away in front of the galloping cavalry. The Eastern cavalry, who were determined to defeat the enemy in one battle, had already divided into two groups and formed a storm formation in the wilderness.

One of the nearly 1,000 cavalry targeted the enemy's left flank (north) and was a direct rush.

The target of the other thousand cavalry was to turn a little bit and go around the opponent's back (west) to make a side attack. In addition, the infantry of the right army on the front (east) of his own, which was attacked from three sides.

The distance of one mile was not far, and the Eastern cavalry that was attacking quickly rushed to the front of the formation. With the flashing fire in the enemy formation, they could see clearly: the formation was empty, and there were no blocking objects such as resisting horses.

Such an unobstructed and unblocked is a good opportunity to rush forward. Even if the opponent's spear soldiers have begun to gather, the cavalry are not afraid and are willing to bear heavy casualties and have to defeat the enemy's formation.

At this moment, the sound of trumpets sounded from the Western Army formation. Three or forty steps ahead of the formation, the ground suddenly became dust flying, and many soldiers jumped out of the ground.

To be precise, the soldiers wearing black cloth lay on the ground and stood up to fight when they saw the enemy cavalry attacking.

The number of these soldiers was about hundreds, each wearing short armor, holding group cards and short soldiers, without a spear, facing the whistling enemy cavalry.

The Eastern Army cavalry, which was getting faster and faster, had no time to turn or avoid, and rushed towards the Western Army soldiers who were not alive with their horse lances. As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, let alone the cavalry against the infantry that had not formed a formation.

At the same time, a sudden bright light was created in the Western Army formation in front of him. It seemed that more than a dozen bronze mirrors reflected the flames. The light could not be said to be dazzling, but it caused a clear light difference between light and dark in the dark, instantly making the Western cavalry charging in front of him unable to see clearly.

The Western Army soldiers holding short swords faced the galloping cavalry, flexibly avoided the piercing horse lance, and slashed at the horse's legs. With the wailing sound, the horse fell to the ground, and they met the next rushing horse.

As soon as the battle began, these brave Western soldiers cut down a large area of ​​Western military war horses. However, not everyone could avoid the oncoming war horses. Some were knocked to the ground and then stepped into meat paste. Some people cut down the first war horse, but were pierced or knocked away by the subsequent cavalry.

Even so, the soldiers still fought bloody battles, and more and more war horses were cut off their legs. Even if the cavalry rushed over, most of them were tripped by their companions who fell to the ground in front of them.

The Eastern cavalry, whose charge was blocked, rushed forward in waves. The Western soldiers, who seemed to have scattered formations, went upstream in the tide of enemy soldiers, fighting bloody battles, and were fearless. At the cost of more than half of the casualties, they directly and indirectly killed a large number of cavalry.

They were brave men sent by Yang Su, the chief marching manager, who lie on the flanks of the military formation to fight against the enemy cavalry that might be attacked, and use short forces to fight against the cavalry and specifically chop horse legs. This is much more convenient than fighting with a spear and can be more sustainable. The only thing you need is courage.

Infantry fights against cavalry, usually a formation of spears and aids with crossbows. Even so, it can only be passive defense, and it can be used to waste time and delay time waiting for the cavalry to reinforce.

The tactic of cutting horse legs is to fight against enemy cavalry in the wilderness in the form of short-soldiers and dispersed formations, and ordinary soldiers are unable to do so.

Only they dared to use this tactic to fight the enemy, and deliberately did not set up a horse on the flanks of the military formation, so as to lure the enemy cavalry to rush, and then accidentally kill them.

Although this move is very risky, it has a reliance, which is to use a glass concentrator that can reflect the light of gunpowder and ignite the fire, making the enemy's eyes blurred, making the opponent unable to see clearly, but he can easily chop the horse's legs.

The "brightening" tactic used several months ago in the Battle of Shaoling has now been reused, and the brave soldiers cut down many enemy cavalry. If the thunder of the sky had not been exhausted, they could have killed more.

The Eastern cavalry, who charged forward in order to attack the enemy's formation in just a moment, suffered heavy casualties. However, another Eastern cavalry who turned a little and wanted to attack the enemy's formation sideways, appeared on the flank (to the west).

There were not many, about two or three hundred cavalry, but for Yuchi Youqi, who led the charge, these Western cavalry pose a great threat, because the opponent's attack timing was just right, and it was easy to cut off his team in half.

There was a noise from the left. Yuchi Youqi turned his head and looked, barely seeing his cavalrymen tilted their horses, and they did not even cause any impact on the enemy's army. It is conceivable that the cavalry is over.

At this point, the hope of turning the situation around the war became increasingly slim, but Yuchi Youqi refused to give in and immediately ordered the cavalry outside to turn and face the enemy cavalry attacking from the west, and he led the remaining cavalry to continue to attack the back of the enemy left army.

Even if the other party may be ready, even if the hope becomes increasingly slim, you have to fight to defeat the enemy's left wing and turn the situation around.
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