Chapter 3735: Advance and retreat freely
The armored cavalry rolled up and roared, destroying everything along the way, until they were less than a hundred feet away from the rebel center. However, the enemy general retreated in panic, widening the distance. Liu Shenli clamored that "the enemy generals will be defeated and retreat", which shook the morale of the rebels, but was soon stabilized by eldest son Jiaqing.
At the same time, the pressure suddenly increased on the way forward, especially when countless troops voluntarily gave up the siege and gathered from all directions, trying to trap the armored cavalry.
Liu Shenli did not dare to be greedy for credit. He glanced at Ya Qi opposite him and made a decisive decision: "Brothers, follow me and kill as fast as you can!"
Waving the horse's haws with one hand, controlling the horse's reins with the other hand, and clasping the horse's belly with both legs, the war horse "Herod" let out a long hiss, turned its head and killed towards the left. The huge "front lost formation" composed of more than a thousand cavalry behind them also turned around and inserted diagonally into the rebel formation gathering on the left.
The men and horses are all covered with iron armor and are not afraid of being shot by bows and crossbows. The violent impact and the strong physical strength of the cavalry make it impossible for the enemy to get close. This is almost invincible on a battlefield lacking firearms. Liu Shenli took the lead, with the horse in his palm flying up and down, galloping through the rebel formation like a god of death, with no one in front of him.
Although the eldest grandson Jiaqing was out of danger, he saw the armored cavalry charging rampantly in his own formation, with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood everywhere he passed. He was so distressed that his beard kept curling up under his chin. This was the last fate of the eldest grandson family. Elite!
"Surround us, surround us!"
He kept giving orders, directing the troops to surround the armored cavalry without fear of casualties.
The idea was correct. The Guanlong army surrounded them from all directions in the west. Once they surrounded the armored cavalry in the middle, making them lose their impact, they would definitely be able to kill them bit by bit with huge casualties. As long as this armored cavalry can be annihilated, it will be equivalent to severely damaging the Youtun Guards. This is Fang Jun's most elite army!
However, although Liu Shenli is not well-known, he has good tactical strategies. He did not ignore the hot-blooded superiors because he was trapped in the rebel formation and wanted to kill them. Instead, he was keenly aware of the rebels' intentions and decisively eliminated and "beheaded" the enemy. The military leader's ambition gave up charging forward and turned to the left.
This sudden change of direction caught the rebels off guard, and they rushed into the chaotic military formation, killing their limbs and corpses everywhere.
After charging for a while, he suddenly turned his head and attacked behind him.
The huge "Front Lost Formation" composed of more than a thousand cavalry was like a slippery loach, rushing back and forth in the tens of thousands of enemy formations, sometimes heading east and sometimes west, never allowing the rebels to surround them. Its trapped opportunity.
The eldest son, Jiaqing, looked at this iron cavalry, which was like a killing scythe, constantly harvesting the lives of his soldiers, killing them until the mountains of corpses and seas of blood were filled with ghosts crying and wolf howling. He clutched his chest and felt that every breath was a hundred times more difficult.
His idea of trying to surround the armored cavalry was a good one, but now he realized that he had overlooked a problem - as long as the armored cavalry always maintains its physical strength and impact, it will be invincible on this battlefield...
How to surround?
This armored cavalry moved from east to west in the military formation of tens of thousands of people. The charge route changed at any time and at any time, making Changsun Jiaqing completely unpredictable. Moreover, after the military order was issued, it took an extremely long time for the army to execute it - Guan Long The army has poor discipline, low combat effectiveness, and poor execution...
There is no way to encircle them.
Changsun Jiaqing let out a deep breath and quickly changed his tactics. He no longer insisted on surrounding the opponent to death. Instead, he ordered the troops to slightly distance themselves and followed the opponent so closely, not seeking to encircle or annihilate them, but only to consume them.
The armored cavalry is indeed a powerful weapon on the battlefield, almost invincible, but it also has very obvious drawbacks and shortcomings, and that is physical strength.
The armor of both men and horses provides a solid defense, and the thick iron armor allows the armored cavalry to exert a huge impact when charging. However, at the same time, the heavy iron armor also quickly consumes the physical strength of the cavalry and war horses. Even if both the war horses and soldiers are extremely powerful, they still cannot last long under such huge consumption.
Since you can't encircle and annihilate, just follow them until your physical strength is exhausted and you are naturally exhausted from running for your life. You can either kill them at the neck, or retreat to the Yamato Gate - then the city gate will be wide open, and you may be able to rush into the city...
Changsun Jiaqing looked at the armored cavalry on the battlefield who were rushing left and right like trapped animals but could never break into the formation to cause damage. He stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction, feeling that his strategy this time was foolproof.
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Liu Shenli was indeed a little panicked at this moment.
The armored cavalry is almost invincible on the battlefield lacking firearms, but it is not truly invincible. Once it is tightly held back by the enemy as it is now, and is consumed with superior strength, sooner or later, its physical strength will be exhausted and it will fall into a tight siege - and then it will be ferocious. Even the wild beasts cannot withstand the persistent gnawing of ants.
Retreating is not an option. At this time, the two sides are entangled endlessly. Once they retreat to Dahongmen, the enemy will follow closely. If they open the city gate and go back, the enemies will surge in and the city gate will not be protected.
It's really a dilemma...
I looked back at the towering Yamato Gate, where I saw that Paozawa was still defending the city bravely. However, because he led the cavalry to attack and contain the rebels, the defensive situation improved sharply. It was no longer as dangerous and precarious as before.
Looking up at the rebel leader Yaqi standing in the distance, Liu Shenli suddenly had a thought in his heart: What is the purpose of this battle? Defend the Yamato Gate! No matter how much sacrifice you make, no matter how difficult the situation is, you must ensure that the Yamato Gate is not lost.
As long as the Yamato Gate is there, Gao Kan's tribe on the other side of Chang'an City can free up their hands and feet to attack Yuwen Long's tribe with all their strength. Liu Shenli has enough confidence that Gao Kan can win a complete victory. In this way, the situation in Chang'an is suddenly reversed, and the Youtun Guards No longer the submissive and cautious situation before, more than half of the troops can be mobilized to threaten the rebel camps.
Victory will dawn.
In this way, even if all the five thousand people at Yamato Gate die, it will still be worth it...
When he thought of this, Liu Shenli had a clear idea, and he knocked one of the opponent's cavalry off his horse with the horse in his hand. He turned around and shouted at Paoze: "Follow me!"
The huge "Front Missing Formation" speeded up again and continued to kill the opponent's general Yaqi. The eldest grandson Jiaqing was shocked and wondered if these guys were crazy and didn't want to live anymore? He quickly ordered the troops from all over the place to continue to surround him, but in order to ensure safety, he had to retreat more than a hundred feet again.
There is no other way. The armored cavalry that attacks is enough to tear apart everything in front of it. If a god blocks it, it will kill a god, and if a Buddha blocks it, it will kill a Buddha. If you are accidentally rushed into front of you by it, you will be in trouble...
Tens of thousands of rebels resumed their previous strategy and surrounded them from all directions, intending to hold back the armored cavalry. Liu Shenli took the lead. Ma Shan seemed to be in an uninhabited territory and fought bravely. Seeing more and more rebels gathering in front of him, he was waiting for him to plunge in and be surrounded to death. Suddenly he turned around. Horse head, kill towards the north.
"Feng Lost Formation" quickly completed its turn and collided head-on with the northern rebels while they were still moving to encircle them.
"Boom!"
The armored cavalry carried strong kinetic energy when charging, and crashed straight into the rebel formation. The rebels who were caught off guard immediately turned on their backs, howled like ghosts, and fled in panic. Liu Shenli took the lead, and the entire army was like a huge "wedge" wedged into the enemy formation, tearing its formation in half. Before the rest of the enemy troops had time to react, they violently and tyrannically penetrated the enemy formation and withdrew all the way to the north.
Only then did the enemy react, and pursued them one after another, in hot pursuit.
Changsun Jiaqing hurriedly ordered the troops to be restrained and not to pursue. For troops with both lethality and mobility, such as armored cavalry, chasing and killing was useless. The infantry could not catch up, and the light cavalry could not kill them if they caught up. Moreover, it was the most dangerous at the moment. The most important thing is to capture the Yamato Gate and enter the Daming Palace. What if more than a thousand armored cavalry escape?
"Gather your troops and concentrate your firepower to attack the city!"
Changsun Jiaqing advanced the Chinese army more than two hundred feet and personally directed the army to attack the city.
However, before the army could gather up, the armored cavalry who had fled north came back and killed the rebels in the north. The rebels in the north were caught off guard and were brutally thrown into the formation, leaving mountains of corpses and seas of blood, crying for their fathers and mothers. After finally organizing the army to resist the charge and killing of the armored cavalry, they pushed back bit by bit, and the armored cavalry ran away again. Not far away, they were entangled with the light cavalry while recovering their strength, waiting for the next charge... …
Mother!
The eldest grandson Jiaqing was dumbfounded. (End of chapter)