Tang Dynasty good husband

Chapter 73 The Harvest Season Has Arrived

The Turkic cavalry on the west side did not do what Qin Chao wanted. After receiving the notice, the Turkic cavalry on the west side immediately galloped to support the battle on the east side.

But the distance was too far, which delayed them a lot of time. By the time the Turkic cavalry on the west arrived at the battlefield, the battle was basically over.

The reason why the Turks were unable to reach the battlefield in the shortest time was because the Turks were prepared. They did not choose to gallop close to the mulberry forest, but chose a farther and safer place.

This made Qin Chao's interception plan prepared in advance fail, but from another perspective, this plan was not a complete failure, at least it delayed the time for the Turks to join the war.

Qin Chao once again performed his miracle of command. When he found that bows and arrows could not attack the Turkic people, Qin Chao ordered two hundred soldiers to gather quickly and leave the mulberry forest on the horses captured from the Turkic people.

Qin Chao didn't intend to let the infantry fight on horseback, but they could use the mobility of the cavalry to expand the range of bows and arrows by moving their battle formations, creating more time for Su Lie.

And Su Lie once again demonstrated his strength, holding a horizontal knife in one hand, and galloping across the battlefield on horseback, every time he raised the knife in his hand, a Turkic cavalryman would be cut down and fell to the ground.

Even if the Turks made the correct defensive moves, it would be difficult to escape Su Lie's attack.

The main reason is that Su Lie's strength is too great. Although the Turks have made defensive moves, the scimitar in their hands is either directly knocked to the ground or unable to resist Su Lie's horizontal sword. He directly smashed it down with the scimitar.

Su Lie was accompanied by two full-time soldiers. These two soldiers were defending against Turkic attacks from other places, and carrying out harvesting tasks.

Su Lie didn't have time to care about those Turks who were shot down, and he didn't have the time to adjust his horses.So the task of these three people is to make the first strike by Su Lie, knocking down the enemy army to the ground, and then the two behind quickly rushed to them with their knives, hacking the Turkic people to death before they could react.

The battle went smoothly as usual. Under the leadership of Su Lie, a fierce general, Qianniuwei even showed the momentum of the Tang army. Before the Turkic soldiers from the west came to support them, there were only about [-] Turkic soldiers left in this wave. barely supported.

At this time, the infantry led by Qin Chao also left the mulberry forest on horseback, and shot at the Turkic cavalry on the far west side without hesitation, blocking the speed of the Turkic people again and winning a valuable victory for Su Lie and others. Rest and adjust the time.

And after several rounds of bows and arrows, although they failed to stop the arrival of this wave of Turks, they killed a lot of Turkic cavalry to the maximum extent. The most direct manifestation is that under Qin Chao's control, the number of Turks on the battlefield There has never been more than a hundred people.

Continuous combat is offensive to any army, even the Qianniuwei.

Within a cup of tea, Su Lie led Qianniuwei to wipe out the Turkic cavalry. In less than half an hour, the [-] Turkic cavalry were wiped out except for two who fled.

But their own casualties are almost negligible.

The number of soldiers killed in battle reached 15, four of the more than 20 injured originally died, and Qianniuwei killed 36 people, about 20 of whom were killed in the third battle.

With a record of 51 killed and less than [-] injured, [-] Turkic cavalry were wiped out and countless captured. Such a record is extremely rare among the Tang army.

Although Qin Chao had never raised a sword in battle, and his performance on the battlefield could be called appalling, but after the whole battle, Qin Chao still won the unanimous respect of the Fubing and Qianniuwei.

They are very clear that no one is immortal in war, but this is the first time they have encountered such an easy war in the army for many years.

To be honest, even with the same number of Turkic cavalry, the Tang army at this time was not sure of victory, but Qin Chao took [-] Tang troops to wipe out [-] Turkic cavalry. Counting the injured, it was only one to three, less than one to four.

It would be fine if they were all cavalry, but there were [-] infantry among them. In the next two battles, the infantry did not participate in the battle.

Faintly, some people have begun to call Qin Chao the "God of War" in private. Although this "God of War" is not so perfect, it would be perfect if he could carry a knife into battle, which made many people feel a little bit regretful.

At this time, Qin Chao didn't have the mind to take care of these things. He was thinking, thinking about the future of those wounded soldiers.

Sergeants who are slightly injured and unaffected can continue to fight after being bandaged, but what about those who are unable to fight?Although they have won a battle at this time, it can only be regarded as a victory in a local war and has nothing to do with the overall situation.

Is it to bring those wounded soldiers?Or let them go back to Chang'an on their own?This is a difficult choice for Qin Chao.

Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianhu were a little silent, maybe they were stimulated by the battlefield, or maybe the battlefield here was different from what they expected, and they were not fully prepared to accept all of this.

Su Lie was at the side dividing up the horses, hacking the seriously injured horses to death, dismembering the corpses, and tying the pieces of meat to the horses.

The other is to cut off the head. The head is the military medal of the Tang army. It is impossible to give you any rewards just by reporting to the court. If you want to get the reward, you can only hand in the head.

"Go back to the battle!" After a few minutes of silence, his soldiers collected the heads and wounded horses, and brought out the captured horses from the forest. Qin Chao finally made a decision.

Even if he knows that the formation is more dangerous, he can only return to the formation at this time. If there is a problem with the formation, his combat achievements are not enough to save his life.

Five hundred Turkic cavalry, excluding the wounded and dead horses, Qin Chao captured about 200 horses in this battle, plus the original more than [-] horses, basically every two people can have three horses,' The degree of mechanization is quite high.

After winning the battle, the harvest is naturally rich. Everyone’s standing horse is hung with a head symbolizing military exploits. On the saddle (simple version, not the saddle of later generations), Turkic scimitars, bows and arrows, rations, etc. are also hung on the saddle. It pretends to be the wealth looted from the Turks, mostly gold.

However, these are also from the Tang Dynasty. The Turkic people killed along the way, and the harvest is quite rich, and now it can be regarded as returning to the original owner.

(End of this chapter)