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Chapter 2031 Mounted Battle (Part 2)

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    This mounted battle was actually unfair to Li Shuliang, because he did not have enough time to set up a formation and dig trenches.

    In fact, in ancient China, cavalry and infantry faced off head-on, and the infantry was never afraid of each other.

    Because the infantry only needs to arm itself into an iron shell, it is difficult for the cavalry to bite open the entire iron shell.  The greatest advantage of the cavalry is mobility. Only by constantly interspersing and making detours can the cavalry's role be maximized.

    Seeing that the front army was defeated, Li Shuliang directly ordered the crossbowmen in the small formation of the front army to disperse, revealing the sharp weapons hidden behind them.  These sharp weapons were behind the crossbowmen, more than ten steps away from the Sui army at the front.

    Zhang Wen was far away and could not see clearly the formation changes of the Tang Army at first. It was only when he saw the cold and sharp blades on the opposite side that he saw clearly that the Tang Army actually had a crossbow hidden in the formation.

    The bed crossbow first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was widely used in the Han Dynasty.  Of course, the peak of the bed crossbow would not come until the Song Dynasty.

    The cavalry is most afraid of the bed crossbow, because the bed crossbow has a long range and high lethality.  Although the accuracy of the bed crossbow is not good, it is definitely a very destructive weapon with a large-scale volley.

    However, the bed crossbow is a controlled weapon and cannot be prepared except for fortresses, important cities and the main army.  The Tang army was defeated in Tongzhou and almost collapsed. How could the army still carry so many heavy crossbows?

    Indeed, as Zhang Wenyuan expected, all the Tang army's bed crossbows were abandoned on the east bank of Luoshui River.  But this Tang army was not only the army that had withdrawn from Tongzhou, but also Li Shentong's troops.

    Li Shentong Department came from Jingyang.

    Where is Jingyang? It is located to the north of the Wei River and faces Chang'an across the Wei River. It is Chang'an's best barrier in the north of the Wei River.  Back then, Yang Ji built the Xiaoguo Army for Yang Zhao, and its headquarters was Jingyang.

    Li Shentong served as Weibei's pacification ambassador and took charge of Weibei's military affairs. Although he was actually stationed in Huayuan, his nominal station was still Jingyang Camp.

    Therefore, even though there are not many troops in the Jingyang Camp, there are still a lot of military supplies stored.

    Li Shentong retreated from Jingyang and brought hundreds of cribs and crossbows from the Jingyang camp to Gaoling.

    But Li Shuliang felt that he was defeated by the Sui army, so he took hundreds of crossbows outside the city to prepare a surprise for Zhang Wenyuan.

    This bed crossbow really shocked Zhang Wenyuan, but he was not overjoyed.

    The twisted wires of hundreds of crossbows "swished" at the same time, and then hundreds of short spears were fired at the Sui army.

    The distance between the two sides was really too close, so these short spears almost directly hit the Sui army's cavalry or horses, and even broke out of their bodies directly.

    For a moment, the entire front of the formation was filled with blood mist, and countless Sui army cavalry fell down.

    Although the Sui army wore armor and their horses had leather armor, they could not stop the crossbows.  At this distance, he couldn't be blocked even if he was a hundred steps away, let alone right in front of him.  Now, the only thing I can do is get my blood sugar gourd.

    In the cold weapon era, because it was a frontal fight, the pressure on soldiers was much higher than in the hot weapon era.  Therefore, the word momentum is extremely important to an army.

    Seeing the heavy casualties, the Sui army's momentum immediately dropped a lot.  But one thing was declining and the other was rising. It was because of this wave of shooting that the Tang army wiped out the previous decline.

    The Tang Army's bed crossbow is right in front of you, but there is also the Tang Army's crossbow array in front.  It was only a few steps away, but the Sui cavalry couldn't rush through.

    Therefore, the crossbowmen of the Tang Army could cock and fire calmly, but the cavalry of the Sui Army could not avoid it.

    Seeing this scene, Zhang Wenyuan immediately ordered a retreat.

    It¡¯s not that he was afraid of the Tang army¡¯s bed crossbows. In fact, although these hundreds of bed crossbows were powerful, they might not be able to really stop the Sui army.

    The Sui army's cavalry was in front, while the infantry and crossbowmen were behind and moved forward slowly.

    As long as the Sui army can endure the huge casualties, the final winner of this battle will definitely be the Sui army.

    But Zhang Wenyuan knew that he could no longer carry out fearless casualties.  And the harder they fought, the more the Youtun Guards fell into the Tang Army's rhythm, and the longer they were delayed here.

    The Tang army numbered more than 10,000 people, all of whom were elites fighting to the death.  How long will it take to completely defeat the Youtun Guards and their field battles?

    Regardless of how long this battle will take, even if it is finished, the Right Guards Army will suffer heavy casualties and injuries. It is hard to say whether they will be able to continue fighting south by then.

    The Tang army was very expensive, because this army was an abandoned chess piece.  As for the Youtun Guards, they couldn't afford it.

    So Zhang Wenyuan withdrew.

    Of course, this does not mean that we will not fight. Zhang Wenyuan knew very well that this Tang army must be pulled out.

    Although the Youtun Guards could bypass the opponent and cross the river directly, the Tang Army would not let the Sui Army cross the river.At that time, it was still a mixed meal.

    The three armies withdrew. Zhang Wenyuan did not retreat directly, but ordered all the troops to rest temporarily on the battlefield.

    Zhang Wenyuan is waiting.

    Zhang Wenyuan is waiting for the fierce fire oil.

    The power of fierce fire oil is huge. In certain situations, it can be described as a weapon of mass destruction.  However, on the plains, the fire oil is not very powerful.

    After all, not everyone will stand there and get burned.

    The battle in Guanzhong this time was mainly mobile combat, and the fierce fire oil was too lethal and would harm the world. There was no need to target their own compatriots. Therefore, although the Youtun Guards carried some of them, they basically never used them.

    Now I am in such a hurry to break the formation that I don¡¯t care about anything else.

    The fierce fire oil was all in Wannian County. Everyone waited for less than an hour before the fierce fire oil was transported.

    The fire oil was originally thrown by slings, so the oil tank was very large.  But later, in order to facilitate individual soldiers to throw, the technology was improved, and each oil tank was reduced to just over one kilogram, and the weight of the oil tank itself was also greatly reduced.

    Soon, the fierce fire oil was distributed to everyone, and each cavalryman brought more than ten oil cans.

    These people braved the crossbow formation to attack the Tang army's position.

    The bed crossbow looks very powerful, but there are only a hundred of them. In fact, one shot can't hurt many people.

    The Sui army's cavalry charged to a distance of twenty or thirty steps from the Tang army, and threw these oil cans into the Tang army in one breath.

    The oil can quickly shattered and scattered everywhere.

    Tang Jun had never seen this thing before, but he didn't see anything powerful about it. He only thought it was dirty and thought it was some kind of gold juice.

    But soon, the Sui army's crossbowmen pressed forward, a hundred steps away from the Tang army, and all they used were rockets.

    I saw a volley of fire, rockets flying, falling on the Tang army's position, and the ground suddenly caught fire.

    The fire seemed to have been cast by witchcraft. It was getting bigger and bigger and could not be stopped at all.

    Fire and water are merciless, no matter how elite the combat force is, it is impossible to stop the attack of the fierce fire.

    Almost instantly, the Tang army, which was originally well-defended, was disturbed by these fierce fires and scattered to avoid danger.  And the entire Tang Army formation collapsed directly.

    Opposite Zhang Wenyuan looked at the defeated Tang army and was speechless.

    This battle is nothing to brag about, but after this battle, a traditional era will come to an end.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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