Chapter 875: Fighting in the Wilderness and Breaking Through the Xiong Pass
The rolling yellow sand swept in, and another battle broke out outside the city of Ulchi.
Although there are 100,000 people in the Ganman Alliance, the 30,000 army led by Ji Ya does not show an overwhelming advantage. It is different from the fact that there are more recruits in the north and south. Of the 30,000 horses in Ji Ya's hands, in addition to 10,000 veterans who went south to the capital with him, the other 20,000 were soldiers hired from Battle. The prestige of Battle's cavalry in the Ganliang region was beaten.
This time the confrontation was still the Moon Wolf Maiden Venia and the Battelle cavalry commander Bermonda charging forward, while Xiongyi, Xiongying, Lei Fang and several other young generals followed. Among them, Xiongyi also has a special task, which is to follow Bermonda to protect the battle flag.
Bemonda is very experienced on the battlefield, and he saw the weakness of the other party at a glance, and said directly to the Xiongyi beside him: "Turn to the northwest and break through!"
The 20,000 Battelle cavalry were not easy to contact in the melee, so the high battle flag held by Xiongyi became the herald. Seeing him turn around, he knew that the breakthrough of this battle was in the northwest, so Battle's cavalry tacitly cooperated to kill to the northwest.
In fact, if the 100,000 troops of the Ganman Alliance can really be condensed into a force, attacking and defending all regardless of losses, Ji Ya's 30,000 people will not be able to consume no matter how powerful they are. But after two defeats, Khan Duchang's men showed a lot of caution. After all, there are still a few with tens of thousands of troops like Ulantia and Urchi, and the rest are more than thousands, and the least is a few hundred. There is a lot of loss from fighting hard with the Battelles, coupled with the unstoppable Moon Wolf Clan girl, the Burkes who have come to support in the past few days dare not use their own clan men anymore, and there are those who call them sick and injured, and even openly do not give face to the Great Khan and refuse to send troops.
In order to suppress these opposition forces, the Great Khan Duchang did not want to lose too many descendants, so he used the soldiers of Ulchi City as cannon fodder.
A few days ago, according to the proposal of his staff Hassan, the Great Khan Duchang attacked and killed Burke in Ulchi City in one fell swoop, and killed a large number of local nobles by the way, controlled Ulch City, and pushed a local nobleman as a puppet.
Urch originally had an army of 25,000, but in addition to 5,000 men who stayed in the city, less than half of the remaining 20,000 people went to war. The Great Khan Duchang wanted to preserve his lineage, and the other Burkes couldn't do their work, so these Ulqi people who had no 'right to speak' on it naturally became good candidates for cannon fodder.
However, it is precisely because people's hearts are not aligned that they have been repeatedly seen through their weaknesses. As the general of the enemy army, the bull demon Shabbir has also participated in the battle several times, but he will also resist a few moves by the moon wolf girl Venia.
Seeing that today is another big defeat, he can only temporarily withdraw his troops. There were 20,000 Bartel cavalry charging in front of the formation, and 10,000 elite Zhou soldiers behind the formation, with artillery and hard crossbows in place. Relying only on these 100,000 Ganman coalition forces with different strengths, different preparations, and even different people's hearts, I am afraid that they will not be able to shake.
Before retreating, he found that his deputy Atney Burke was picked off the horse by a female general of the enemy, and there was no other way to do it.
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After this big battle, the 100,000 army of the Ganman Alliance was only more than 70,000, and the loss on Ji Ya's side was less than 5,000. Battle is worthy of being the strongest fighting nation after the Moon Wolf.
Ji Ya said with relief: "Everyone has worked hard in the past few days of the war, today Lei Fang made meritorious service in front of the battle, and killed Atney Burke, I will toast you." ”
Lei Fang smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, don't be respectful, I really can't get used to this thing." Everyone laughed.
Because there are military orders in the army not to drink alcohol, it is difficult to get water on the desert Gobi, so the army sometimes drinks locally purchased cow and goat milk. Lei Fang could barely accept milk, and she stayed away from other things such as goat's milk and camel milk.
Venia said, "Sister Ji Ya, I have also made meritorious contributions, what will I be rewarded?"
Ji Ya looked at Vinia, who was full of anticipation, and naturally knew what reward was more suitable: "Come on, roast a whole beef for our great hero!"
After frolicking, he called a few people down to rest, and Jian Tu, Monmunda, and Zhu Ye Qing and Lacquer Eagle Swallow stayed.
Qi Diaoyan took out two battle reports, Ji Ya took them and looked at them and said with a smile: "Let's take a look, the armies of the north and south haven't disappointed me." ”
Jian Tu and Meng Mengda respectively reported two battles, and Jian Tu nodded and said: "The Northern Route Army has successfully broken through the Golden Bull Pass and is preparing to attack Hedara City. ”
Meng Mengda also said: "The Southern Route Army took Dadun Pass, but the process is a bit tortuous. ”
The three-way army went hand in hand, and the news between the three parties was not smooth, and now the news received is also a little lagging behind.
The military report in the south did not hide the previous defeat, and the dangerous move of moving to Dadun Pass also made Monmonda frown at first, but after reading it, he had to sigh the luck of the Southern Route Army.
The general guarding Dadun Pass is the young master general from Charlie's magnates. The Charles, the second largest tribe in Ulantia, are in-laws with the Great Khan's family, and the mother of the Great Khan Duchang is the Charles.
So they held on to the last pass card in southern Ulantia for benefits. And they are more xenophobic and like to reuse their own relatives. Originally, Datun Pass was stronger than other cities, and there were 4,000 defenders, so it would not be easily breached in any case. However, the guards heard that tens of thousands of Zhou troops were coming all the way, and hurriedly packed up their gold and silver goods and fled back to Ulantia with their own 3,000 private soldiers. Only the original 1,000 second-rate miscellaneous soldiers were left.
Such a magical flip shocked the Southern Route Army that was preparing to fight a tough battle. And the 1,000 miscellaneous soldiers were often oppressed by the Charles, and they usually guarded the door and fed the horses. Where can I hold this pass, so three older veterans were elected to come out and surrender.
The regiments that were beaten in the south of the Ganman Alliance, and even the Southern Route Army, which had lost its troops, actually took the Xiongguan in the south of Ulantiya without blood.
After that, the news was not in the battle report, and it seemed that the Southern Route Army was ready to rely on Dadun Pass to take revenge. However, there were three advantages to the capture of Datun Pass, which was extremely beneficial to them.
One is to cut off the connection between several cities in the south of the Ganman Alliance and the north, and the other is to communicate with the Central Route Army through the Guannai. The third is to have a solid ground. If the enemy in the south is really tricky, as long as you hold on to Xiongguan, and wait for the middle army to break through, the two forces can be combined all the way. However, according to Ruan Yu's heart, it is more likely that he will take revenge, after all, Ruan Yu's surname is Ruan, but it is not soft.
Meng Munda handed the battle report to others: "The losses of the Southern Route Army are a bit large, and now more than 10,000 people are gathered in Dadun Pass, although it is the center of the flowering, but it is also a situation where the enemy is on all sides, and it is much more difficult than the Central and Northern Routes. ”
Ji Ya nodded and said, "It's not just them, everyone is working hard, I decided to take a trip." ”
Monmonda has no problem with this, Ji Ya can fly with a sword, and she has a charm to carry. They had discussed before, if the war was difficult, Ji Ya could travel to help. It's the same with bringing supplies from the rear, and food can be transported or procured locally. But for military supplies such as artillery, it would be better for Ji Ya to take a trip herself.
On the other side, Zhuye Qingrou took the battle report from the north and read it, and after several unsuccessful attacks on Jinniu Pass, Huangfu Yan proposed to fly across Gazi Cliff.
Under the leadership of Huangfu Yan, more than a dozen holy warrior veterans attacked Gazi Cliff and captured more than 20 people left behind by the enemy. After all, this place is so dangerous, and the guards sent must not be outsiders.
But although the leader is tough, he can't stand the recruitment of his subordinates. Originally, it was more tiring to stay alone on the top of the mountain, and there was only one way out here. If someone really attacks, they can only wait for death. Their only point is to light a beacon fire and then ...... There is no then.
So before these 20 people came out, they all gave a lot of money to settle in, in order to save dry food and water, so there were only such a small number of people, and they ate dried meat and hard noodles. Now life and death are at stake, there are hard bones who are calm and generous, but there are also those who want to live, human nature is like this, and there is nothing to say.
There is a small valley under the Gazi cliff, although the mountain peak is dangerous, but the hanging rope may not be impossible to go down. Originally, Mu Ladin wanted to garrison troops in Xiaogu, but on the one hand, he didn't know how fierce the Zhou people's offensive was, and the sudden division of troops was not conducive to defending the city. On the other hand, the barracks are separated, and the logistics must also be separated. The 20,000 people they have here are actually not supported by the rear, and the supplies are delivered slowly. One more barracks is one more to consume.
Therefore, the only way to set up a guard post on Gazi Cliff was to send cavalry to kill the invaders. Anyway, the Gazi Cliff is steep, even if there are really invaders, 1,800 people will come to an end, and it is impossible for a large army to fall from the sky. As for those who are capable of magic. If you really have the ability to fly away, you can use it directly in Jinniu Pass, why bother to go to Gazi Cliff again?
After hearing this, Huangfu Yan had a plan and immediately sent someone to contact Chun Yu Wuji, and after that, the Northern Route Army attacked the city more fiercely. And Huangfu Yan led more than 400 veterans over the Gazi Cliff. There are not a few people who died and were injured halfway, and there were only more than 300 people who could fight at the bottom of the cliff.
On the second day, Chun Yu Wuji still attacked with the main force, and a beacon fire was also lit on the Gazi Cliff, and Jinniuguan knew that the Gazi Cliff was attacked, and immediately sent a thousand light cavalry to come. Just after entering the valley, he found that there were people under the cliff, and a thousand cavalry rushed into the valley to surround and kill, and those people also relied on the cliff to form a defensive formation. These cavalrymen never imagined that the beacon fire, which was supposed to be their own sentinel, became the ear food of the other party to lure the enemy.
Under the siege of the assault on the crossbows, only a small number of people surrendered, and the others were shot. After asking about the inside story of the captured Jinniu Pass, the emperor ordered the people to be replaced by the other party's cavalry, plus the prisoners, a total of four or five hundred.
This cavalry went around to the rear of the Golden Bull Pass, but unfortunately Muradin was in front to resist Chun Yu Wuji, and he was really lacking in skills, if he was here, he would definitely be able to see that something was wrong.
The Zhou people in front attacked fiercely, and the rear saw that it was a thousand light cavalry just now, and only a few hundred returned with wounds, and they must have experienced the battle, so there is no doubt about him. As soon as the city gate was opened, it was taken by Huangfu Yan.
Hundreds of cavalry rushed all the way to the front, Huangfu Yan shot out the arrow of the Vermilion Bird in the Seven Shades Divine Arrow, a phoenix roared through the sky, and the huge flames flew to give the signal outside the pass.
Seeing this, Chun Yu Wuji stopped the shelling and waved his hand to attack the army. There was chaos in the Golden Bull Pass, and Muradin knew that there was a surprise attack in the rear, so he immediately came to try to remedy it, and collided with Huangfu Yan. The cavalry under Huangfu Yan came to the city gate and seized the doorway, opened the door and enlarged the army to enter the pass.
Lost before and after, even under the command of Muradin, it was difficult to reverse the defeat, and he was entangled by the emperor at this time. There is no way but to use the wound for life style to escape from the hands of Huangfu Yan. After that, I wanted to organize a counterattack, but Chun Yu Wuji's army entered the city, and the troops of the Ganman Alliance were in chaos, and 20,000 people could not find their respective commanders and scattered, and some of them chose to surrender.
Seeing that the general situation had turned, Muradin could only lead nearly 10,000 people to flee and retreat to Hedara City, the third largest city in the Ganman Alliance.