Chapter 137: Battle in Liangzhou (2)
Lin Meng thought about Liu Shan's words again and again. The cavalry under the city were already waiting a little impatient. The soldiers were fine at the moment, but the war horses had already kicked their hooves open, and a slight sound of hooves came from the bluestone ground.
"How sure are you?" Lin Meng asked Liu Shan as if he had made up his mind.
"The battlefield is extremely dangerous. Although the Turkic soldiers are arrogant, they are also resistant to fighting. I can't guarantee that they have some confidence, but as long as the start goes well, our chances of victory are not small." Liu Shan did not hide at all, nor did he boast about it. When he talked about the Turkic cavalry, Lin Meng also felt that although it was just a few words, it was very appropriate.
"I will give you another two thousand cavalry. If you can open up the situation outside the city, I will lead the cavalry in the city to quickly reinforce." Lin Meng's words made Liu Shan's understanding of Lin Meng even more realistic at this time. It is true that the general in front of him had a lot of greed for money and property, and even wanted to use a knife to kill people to assassinate him. However, he had courage and courage that ordinary people could not reach for military information and warfare. As a border guard, Lin Meng was indeed a competent general. No wonder the Tang Dynasty dared to hand over a border city like Liangzhou to Lin Meng.
At this time, Liu Shan also understood more that no one is perfect, and a person always has many shortcomings and many advantages, which is fully reflected in Lin Meng.
"Whether the cavalry you gave me is reliable? You must know that the army here at the border has a general fear of the Turkic people. If your troops collapse on their own when they see the charge of Turkic cavalry, you know the consequences." At this time, the war was imminent, and Liu Shan spoke to Lin Meng very directly, and even refused to spare a single bend. This was not the time for official greetings, and both of them knew very well.
"You can rest assured that these cavalrymen are the teams I sent to help you punish profiteers. You have also come into contact with that team. Although it only takes one day, you can still see the advantages and disadvantages of an army based on your brother's eyes."
"Okay, my men and horses in the city can also be temporarily formed into cavalry. I don't lack war horses, and I don't lack weapons on horseback. If the situation can be opened, Liu Shan's army is willing to fight to the battlefield in the first batch." Before the war, the two generals were honest. The common responsibility and mission shoulders made the two people farewell to all their previous grudges and hatreds at this time. Faced with the invasion of the Turks, everything in the past was so insignificant.
Liu Shan and Lin Meng stretched out their arms and hugged them like brothers.
"Brother, if it's not done, come back quickly!"
Liu Shan said nothing, and he paused his head deeply, pulled out his sword, and the people had already walked to the city. At this time, Lin Meng's cavalry also lined up in an orderly manner and quickly rushed to the north city gate. Behind Liu Shan, the three thousand gangs of the Tang Dynasty were all wearing armor and holding sharp edges, and the war horses made a low neighing under the gloomy sky. In front of the cavalry, the northern city gate of Liangzhou slowly opened. Outside the city gate were groups of Turkic people, who were extremely scattered and did not set up any defenses. The temporary camp tents they set up when they came here were crowded together. The arrogance and pride of these people were even more serious than Liu Shan imagined. They were not even afraid that the troops in Liangzhou City rushed out. In their eyes, it was a miracle that the defenders of Liangzhou could hide behind the city wall and keep their legs shaking.
At this time, the Turkic vanguard army was almost all light cavalry, which was why they did not rush to attack when they came to the border of Liangzhou. It was a joke to use light cavalry to attack the city. They were stationed at this time, waiting for the large group of troops behind them.
At this time, the Turks had already left the era when the Mobei people had a wooden stick with a layer of iron sheets wrapped in weapons. They were well-equipped, with many essential equipment for cavalrymen, such as horseshoes and saddles and stirrups, and all the weapons they used were iron weapons. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, they suffered from the Han people in the south with their rapid charges and bloody massacres. In the Rouran era, Rouran's invasion of the Northern Wei Dynasty created a legend of a heroine.
They are brave and good at fighting, and have lived on horseback since childhood. They are natural riders. When they pick up weapons, they are brave warriors. The Huns and Rouran blood flow on their bodies. They believe that their ancestors were once wolves-like warriors.
The moment Liu Shan opened the city gate, he saw these Turks. Behind him was Zhang Biao and Chen Hu's cavalry. They were all excellent cavalrymen who had followed him since they followed him, and they had always rushed to the front line. Their loyalty had been tested, and their courage had long been engraved between the land of the Central Plains. Moreover, as cavalrymen from the Central Plains to the frontier, they had no fear of the Turks and did not have the mentality of cowardice at all.
Liu Shan asked such a loyal and brave man to follow him, which shows that Liu Shan was not careless about the Turkic soldiers at all. Liu Shan understood that on the surface he wanted to despise the enemy, but in his heart, he had to pay attention to the enemy. What he was in front of him was definitely not a group of lambs to be slaughtered, but a group of bloodthirsty wolves.
The most loyal and brave cavalry made the spearhead of the cavalry array. After this sharp spearhead, Lin Meng's two thousand cavalrymen. Liu Shan did not have much contact, but he also saw the courage and decisiveness of this cavalry during his interactions that day. It does not have to be very long to know a person, and similarly, it does not have to be too long to know an army.
At the end of the cavalry, Liu Shan picked out soldiers from his own army. Liu Shan put them at the end and said to Lin Meng's people, "I have absolute trust in you." This invisibly increased the morale of this army.
When the city gate was opened, the Turkic soldiers outside the city all had no eyes to believe in themselves. They were still thinking about how to open the city gate of Liangzhou and how to make the defenders in the city surrender in a mess. They even began to wave with their hands stained with too much blood of civilians, describing magnificent and unrealistic blueprints.
However, at this time the city gate opened silently in front of them, and the city gate of Liangzhou opened without attacking.
Perhaps, this is the first time in the history of the frontier, when the army is approaching and the lonely city is as dangerous as it is, the people in the city open the city gate by themselves.
The Turkic soldiers who had no choice but to accept it even rubbed their eyes to confirm whether they really saw the city gate open.
However, just as they rubbed their eyes, a team of fierce cavalry rushed out of the city from the city gate, and the cavalry running out of the city gate had been fully steadily opened. Obviously, when they were in the city, they had already arranged arranging and raised their horses to speed up. At the narrow city gate, the cavalry in black-clad black armor suddenly surged out like turbulent water. Seeing the large number of cavalry showing their weapons and making dull sounds like thunder on the ground, the Turkic soldiers were silent in disbelief. They had long been accustomed to clamoring outside the city, while the defenders in the city were huddling behind the city walls. At this time, a team of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the city where heavy troops were facing each other, and they were as surprised as if they saw the sun rising from the west.
After a brief silence, some Turkic soldiers were already shouting, "Did the people in the city come out to surrender?" They even thought to themselves that they would not have to surrender so quickly."
However, the black tide quickly approached them. When they saw the bright swords and spears in the black armor, the Turkic soldiers shouted and the enemy attacked.
Suddenly, the ox horn sounded on the Turkic soldiers' positions, and intermittent shouts and curses sounded.
However, the Turkic soldiers who were accustomed to being arrogant would never retreat. Soon, the Turkic cavalry rode their own war horses, and groups of cavalry gathered quickly on the Turkic formation. However, they ignored the fact that due to underestimating the enemy and their long-term contempt for the southerners, they actually pulled the positions very scattered. At this time, although they rushed towards Liu Shan's men and horses without fear of death, the sparse cavalry array was like a group of ants that had been blown up.
Chapter completed!