Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 422 The Real War Reappears

After splitting the enemy and his horse in half with one sword, Lin Yuan's horse did not slow down, but continued to gallop forward at high speed.

With the help of the huge kinetic energy generated by the horse galloping at high speed, Lin Yuan tightly grasped the long sword in his hand and slashed it horizontally with all his strength.

In the close-up, the two Turkic knights in front were cut in half from the chest with horrified eyes.

Along with their heads being chopped off, the two horses they were riding on were also chopped off.

With this single blow of his sword, Lin Yuan cut off two riders and two horses, demonstrating his extraordinary bravery.

Seeing this, the knights behind him immediately shouted: "Victory! Victory! Victory!"

Three cheers, each louder than the last, awe-inspiring and resounding through the sky.

Facing enemies that were more than ten times their number, all the Tang army soldiers had only courage and pride on their faces, without a trace of fear.

Even if there are many of you, so what?

We have defeated you countless times in the past!

Now and in the future, we will defeat you countless times!
You are just my defeated generals, but we are the most elite warriors of the Tang Dynasty and the sharpest blade of this great empire!

The pride in every soldier's eyes is self-evident.

What is the difference between elite and ordinary soldiers?

Is it the level of military literacy or the amount of combat experience?

These are certainly important, but what is more important is the spirit of this army.

Only the elite ace troops nurtured by continuous victories and the blood of enemies can possess the courage and heroism to advance even if faced with thousands of enemies, and can create incredible miracles.

This has been true throughout the ages.

The morale of the Tang army soldiers was high. They held the horse spears tightly in their hands and charged fiercely into the enemy's formation. They were like a torrent of steel, and with the force of thunder, they broke a huge gap in the Turkic cavalry.

The clashing of armor, the neighing of war horses, the howling of the dying, the deafening thud of hooves, the clashing of swords...

Various sounds came one after another, blending into one.

Lin Yuan felt that the scene in front of him was full of chaos. There were constant clanging sounds coming from him and his mount. The various forces almost made him lose his balance several times and fall off the horse.

He just instinctively squeezed the horse's belly and continued to swing the long sword in his hand with all his might.

At this moment, no martial arts can be used, only the most instinctive sword strike.

Each of his sword strikes would surely take away an enemy, and the knights behind him stabbed countless enemies with their lances.

The blood of the Turkic knights dyed the green grassland red. The large patches of blood-red were even more dazzling than the sarlang flowers.

Although Lin Yuan and the knights behind him fought bravely, there were still too many enemies.

Lin Yuan felt that there were enemies everywhere. No matter how many enemies he killed, more enemies would immediately come up from all directions.

He knew he couldn't stop and had to keep moving forward.

The most important thing about cavalry is their impact. Once they lose their speed, they are no different from heavy infantry.

Surrounded by the enemy, death from exhaustion is only a matter of time.

Therefore, even though the speed of the mount was slowing down and his hands were already sore, Lin Yuan and the knights behind him were still trying their best to move forward.

The best result that the Tang army's armored cavalry pursued in this charge was, of course, to completely defeat the enemy.

This will completely divide the enemy, disrupt the enemy's chain of command, and completely destroy the enemy's organization.

However, 200 armored cavalrymen were still too few after all. Facing the 4000-man Turkic cavalry formation, they still seemed a little insufficient.

As the speed of the Tang cavalry continued to decrease, the impact force was also rapidly decreasing, and they were about to be surrounded.

Faced with an increasingly critical situation, Lin Yuan was not nervous at all. He raised his head and looked towards the east: Meng Tao should be coming!
"Woo~wu~wu~"

At this time, the sound of charge horns came from the east side of the Turkic cavalry.

It’s Meng Tao.

The 100 cavalrymen led by Meng Tao had successfully detoured to the east and rushed towards the Turkic cavalry formation.

"Da da da da!" Accompanied by a burst of dense horse hooves sounds, Meng Tao and the knights behind him continued to accelerate.

Their speed was getting faster and faster, raising a cloud of dust, like a huge beast rushing towards them.

Each of these 100 cavalrymen wore mountain-patterned chain mail, and their horses were not equipped with horse armor, so their protective power was far inferior to that of the armored cavalry led by Lin Yuan.

Therefore, Lin Yuan could not let Meng Tao's cavalry charge under the rain of arrows from the Turkic cavalry, as that would inevitably result in heavy casualties.

After he used his armored cavalry to charge the Turkic cavalry head-on, he attracted all the enemy's attention and firepower, which created an excellent opportunity for Meng Tao's cavalry to fight.

At this time, the cavalry led by Meng Tao showed stronger impact power in exchange for sacrificing defense!
When the armored cavalry led by Lin Yuan charged, their speed could only reach 60 to 80 miles per hour at most because of the heavy load they were carrying.

The cavalry led by Meng Tao can reach a speed of 90 to 120 miles!
With the huge speed advantage, Meng Tao's 100 cavalrymen unleashed a terrifying impact force!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Amidst a series of intensive collisions, the Turkic cavalry, attacked from the side, were immediately torn into a huge gap in panic.

The Turkic army, which had been specially strengthened in the north-south direction in order to cope with the impact of the Tang army's armored cavalry, was now very vulnerable when facing the horizontal impact from the east-west direction.

If we say that Lin Yuan's armored cavalry charging just now was like a hot knife cutting butter, as the temperature dropped, the blade was gradually covered by the butter.

Then the right hook from the flank led by Meng Tao and the cavalry at this time was like a steel knife cutting tofu!
With almost no resistance, Meng Tao's cavalry easily broke up the enemy's formation and directly penetrated the middle!
The Turkic cavalry, which was cut into two, began to inevitably fall into chaos.

The Turkic leaders are trying hard to restrain their men, to quell the chaos and reorganize their formation.

After all, they still had the advantage in numbers. Even after being attacked twice by the Tang Dynasty cavalry, their number still exceeded 3200.

Although the two Tang cavalrymen in front of them were powerful, they had lost their impact after the charge.

It takes a lot of time to reorganize the formation and launch another charge.

During this period of time, as long as the Turkic cavalry could reorganize their formation, they could still rely on their numerical advantage to crush the less than 300 Tang cavalry in front of them.

But will Lin Yuan give them this opportunity?

"Woo~Woo~Woo~" The horn sound that frightened the Turkic cavalry rang out again.

north!

It's due north!

The Turkic cavalry raised their heads and looked towards the north, where their camp was located.

There was fire everywhere!

Their families and livestock were all there. Were they ambushed by the Tang army from behind?

At this moment, the Turkic army realized that the two Tang cavalrymen in front of them were trying to attract their attention, and the real killer was there!
Before the battle, the last 100 light cavalrymen that Lin Yuan sent out, using their highest mobility, had bypassed the entire battlefield, rushed to the rear of the enemy, and firmly grasped their weak spots.

The Turkic cavalry, who were already in a state of chaos, became even more panicked at this time, and many of them wanted to run back anxiously.

But what made them even more desperate was that the light cavalry that had completed the sneak attack was rushing straight towards them from behind.

The three Tang cavalry units blocked the Turkic cavalry's path from three directions.

If the Turkic army could still maintain a certain degree of organization at this time, the Tang army's light cavalry would choose to use bows and arrows to kill and injure at long range and create chaos.

However, after Meng Tao fiercely killed his way through the enemy's formation and caused chaos among them, and after the enemy saw that their rear camp had been ambushed, they had no desire to continue fighting.

The Tang army general who led the light cavalry decisively chose to attack!
The most effective way is to defeat the enemy in one battle.

Under the command of the leading general, the light cavalry stretched out their lances and began to charge at an accelerated speed.

"Da da da da da~" Amid the dense sound of horse hooves, this cavalry was like a deadly blade, stabbing fiercely into the back of the Turkic cavalry.

"puff!"

"puff!"

"Puff!" The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh was heard, and in an instant more than a hundred Turkic cavalrymen were stabbed off their horses.

This became the last straw that broke the camel's back for the Turkic cavalry. They fell into complete chaos, everyone lost their will to fight, and began to flee in all directions.

"We lost the fight, let's run for our lives!"

"I have a wife and children at home. I want to go back and save them. I won't fight anymore!"

"My house was burned down, along with all my belongings!"

The morale of the Turkic soldiers completely collapsed and they began to flee in all directions, shouting.

In this situation, the numerical advantage of the Turkic cavalry was meaningless, and instead became a disadvantage of trampling on each other.

Lin Yuan calmly gave the order: "Chase!"

The well-trained Tang army did not chase the enemy indiscriminately.

Instead, they spontaneously divided into different teams according to the pre-selected and trained plan, and each of them dispersed in different directions to chase and kill the enemy.

The armored cavalry was responsible for chasing and killing enemies that were closer, while the light cavalry simply bypassed the enemies in front of them and galloped after the large group of enemies fleeing in the distance.

Such a clear division of labor can ensure that fewer enemies escape.

Under the aerial camera, the precise division of labor among different Tang cavalry units was captured in detail.

"Cut!"

Director Nolan finished filming this part of the scene with satisfaction.

Lin Yuan rode up to him and asked, "Is this battlefield scene enough? Do we need to reshoot it?"

His words were not redundant, but war scenes like this often need to be shot several times, and then the exciting parts are picked out and edited together for the best effect.

Director Nolan shook his head. "No, it's fine. I've rehearsed the shooting plan several times before. The camera positions are set up perfectly. I've captured almost all the shots I wanted."

After hearing Director Nolan's answer, Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh: Director Nolan is really good. He is much better than the directors he has worked with in the past in terms of camera scheduling and shooting plan formulation.

With him making the shooting plan, the shooting cycle of the entire movie can be shortened a lot and a lot of shooting costs can be saved.

"Although we don't need to shoot it several times, we still need to add some shots. I just looked at it and it seems that about 10 sets of small shots are needed," said director Nolan.

"Okay, let's all take a break. We'll try to finish the footage today." Lin Yuan replied.

"Lin Yuan, did the Tang army in history really have such tactical qualities?" Director Nolan suddenly asked.

"Of course, otherwise how did the Tang Empire acquire such a vast territory? In fact, the Tang army's tactics were more sophisticated and diverse than what we show in the movie.

We only showed the coordination between different cavalry arms of the Tang army, but in fact the coordination between infantry and cavalry of the Tang army is the essence.

But this is a little difficult to demonstrate, so being able to achieve this step first is pretty good." Lin Yuan said.

"It's incredible and breathtaking. I believe European and American audiences will love this scene when the movie is released.

It not only shows the magnificent momentum of the armored cavalry charging, but also shows how different types of cavalry cooperate with each other.

"After watching this scene, the audience should be able to understand and believe how the Tang army was able to defeat an enemy ten times its size with only 400 cavalrymen," said director Nolan.

"When I watched the Lord of the Rings series of movies before, I thought the cavalry charge scenes were very cool. But compared with today's scene, The Lord of the Rings seems simple, with only a straight frontal charge." Director Nolan added.

"One of the main reasons why I wanted to make "The Heroes of Tang Dynasty" was to show the audience more realistic and exciting cold weapon war scenes." Lin Yuan nodded.

Let me give you an example that may not be very appropriate but is very vivid.

That is a low-level cavalry tactic, just like when playing a game, you can only CTAL+A to select all, and then A all at once.

The Tang army's cavalry tactics can be organized into 1, 2, 3, 4... many troops, each of which executes different commands and carries out tactical coordination.

The Tang army's high level of tactical capabilities not only made the battlefield more exciting, but was also the key to repeatedly achieving incredible loss-to-duty ratios.

"Come on, let's shoot a few more shots before it gets dark! I'm full of energy now!" Director Nolan said excitedly.

Next, the crew filmed how the Tang army, after defeating the enemy, hunted down the enemy and cleaned up the battlefield in a well-trained manner.

Director Nolan's filming is simple and concise, and this part is indispensable, otherwise the narrative will be incomplete.

But it can't be too much, otherwise the rhythm will be slow.

Director Nolan used more than a dozen short shots that were constantly switching to explain this part clearly. This is a reflection of the director's skill.

After filming this part, today's filming work is completed.

Director Nolan came to Lin Yuan, who was changing his clothes behind a temporary windshield. With the help of the staff, he first took off his armor.

Although it is a prop, in order to increase the texture, this Ming Guang armor uses a lot of metal armor plates and weighs nearly 30 kilograms.

This is not because Lin Yuan had to use such heavy prop armor to torture himself, but because he is the leading actor and has a lot of close-ups.

In order to give people the feeling of the solid texture of the armor, as well as the real sound and heaviness when Lin Yuan moves, it must be made more realistic.

After filming for a whole day wearing such heavy armor, when Lin Yuan took off the armor, sweat dripped down the ends of his hair and his sweat-soaked clothes stuck to his body.

It was early February, and the temperature on the Hulunbuir grassland was as low as minus ten degrees Celsius during the day, but it did not affect Lin Yuan's sweating.

"Hurry up and change your clothes, don't catch a cold," said director Nolan.

"Now I finally understand why ancient generals had the custom of taking off their armor." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

The so-called "armor-removing wind" actually refers to the fact that ancient soldiers, after wearing armor for a long time, would suffer a stroke because the heavy armor and lining prevented sweat from dripping out in time and the blood circulation was poor. After the battle, they would immediately take off their armor and be exposed to the wind, which would cause a stroke.

“It’s so real, and the shooting is closer to reality, which can generate so many feelings.

I have also consulted Peter Jackson about his experience in filming "The Lord of the Rings".

However, compared with the filming of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", we obviously used more real shots and reduced the use of special effects, making the whole movie have a stronger texture.

I believe this will be a milestone masterpiece in my directorial career." Director Nolan said.

"Real-time shooting also comes at a price. More than ten horses were lost during today's filming. Two actors were also injured, but fortunately their injuries were not serious," said Lin Yuan.

"Well, the injured have been treated by the medical emergency team and sent to the hospital for further treatment." Director Nolan replied.

"Lin Yuan, after filming this war scene today, I felt deeply immersed," Director Nolan continued. "The film shows the Tang army cutting off the left ears of the enemies they killed after the battle to count their military merits. This makes the film's realism even stronger."

Lin Yuan nodded. When ancient Chinese armies calculated military merits for killing enemies after a battle, they generally used two methods: counting heads or counting left ears.

However, the Tang army often suffered exaggerated casualty ratios, so it was both bloody and inconvenient for one person to carry a large number of heads, so the left ear counting method was more commonly used.

In order to make it easier to carry these ears, the Tang army was equipped with drawstring bags specifically for the ears.

Director Nolan also perfectly restored this detail during the filming.

"But!" Director Nolan's tone suddenly changed.

"Ok?"

"But then, you suddenly have to shoot those exaggerated action scenes. Do they really match this realistic style?" Director Nolan said.

After hearing what director Nolan said, Lin Yuan immediately understood his idea.

He didn't really think that the two action scenes he designed were bad, but he was worried about himself and wanted to use this reason to persuade himself again.

So Lin Yuan asked, "Although those two scenes are a bit outrageous, answer me, were they real scenes?"

Director Nolan could only answer: "It was shot in real life, but it was too dangerous..."

"That's enough. We didn't use computer special effects. No matter how exaggerated the real shots are, they will not conflict with the previous realistic style." Lin Yuan said.

"Since you insist, I can only wish you good luck." Director Nolan agreed reluctantly, but the worry in his eyes lingered for a long time.

　I have a bad cold today and feel very bad, so the updates after 12 o'clock tonight can only be made up tomorrow at noon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)