Chapter 415: Sunset (9)

Panipat was a border city of the North Delhi Sultanate to the north, bordering the Timurid Khanate, but it was not a major city.

The garrison of Pinsuri generally does not exceed 10,000, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and even the fighting strength of the old, weak, sick and disabled indigenous soldiers, the reason for this is that Mahmud did not have any defense against the Timurid Khanate at all.

The situation has eroded to this point, and it is not easy to prevent the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhou Jinshan's cavalry guard left Delhi and drove north, the advance scouts under his command had already found out the general situation of Panipat, and in Zhou Jinshan's opinion, this was simply the credit of sending it to the door.

"Order to set up camp, rest all night, and attack the city tomorrow morning."

The cavalry is very fast, so this time the army did not carry cannons and siege equipment, and could only hastily make a number of simple ladders overnight, such as climbing towers and rams such as large objects could not be rushed.

The soldiers were just about to leave the herald, but suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Jinshan frowned, and then, his face changed slightly.

The next moment, Zhou Jinshan's whole person lay on the ground, pressed his ears to the ground, his originally slightly changed face turned sharply, and the whole person jumped up from the ground and shouted: "The whole army is on guard, the enemy is attacking!" ”

The loud assembly horn sounded, fortunately, the whole army has not yet settled in camp at this moment, so although it is a little panicked, it is not busy, the elite is the elite in the end, 10,000 people quickly assembled, and the formation of Le Ma is clear.

"The expatriate scouts haven't even reported a letter, and it seems that the whole army has been wiped out."

Zhou Jinshan's brows tightened, and he smelled danger.

"It will never be the defenders of Panipat, then the identity of this unknown enemy will be revealed."

Timurid Khanate!

"It doesn't matter who he is, I've only heard the name of this country before, but I haven't fought yet."

The lieutenant general was very relieved, riding on his horse and looking out, but the night was dark, even if there were dozens of torches shining with his own soldiers holding them, he could only see the end of his sight, and there seemed to be a black line out of nowhere.

Although I can't see it, in my ears, the crisp sound of horses' hooves and the sonorous sound of Jin Ge when they intersect are becoming clearer and clearer.

"Sigh Law ~ !!"

The neighing of horses one after another, this army of uninvited guests finally stopped charging, and let Zhou Jinshan and others see their true faces.

The number of people is not much, about five thousand, but Zhou Jinshan and his lieutenant generals are all heartbroken.

This is an absolute elite!

It is not clear how he looks, because both humans and horses are almost completely covered by armor, whether they are horses or human faces.

"Armored Rider."

Zhou Jinshan took a deep breath, he had been in India for several years, and he was naturally familiar with the general composition of the army system of the Timurid Khanate, such as Zhou Jinshan, who was a middle-level and high-level military general, and knew who the opponent was at a glance.

"Timur's lame man's personal guard."

How did this army come to Panipat?

Zhou Jinshan's hand holding the knife was a little sweaty, not to mention afraid, but there was still some nervousness, and more was the excitement of being a soldier.

What's the point of fighting a war, what's the point of chopping melons and vegetables all the time, of course, you have to fight the elite to enjoy it.

"Report to Ma Shuai first, and say that our army has encountered the armored cavalry of the Timurid Khanate at Panipat, and the latter has the possibility of intervening in the Indian battlefield."

The battle has not yet begun, and the outcome is unpredictable, so Zhou Jinshan's first military order is to send someone back to report the news.

As soon as the pro-soldiers moved here, the sound of horses' hooves was like a fuse, and the armored cavalry formation, which had been standing still, suddenly activated, and an encounter that both sides might not have expected began.

"What the fuck!"

Zhou Jinshan took a sip, the sky was too bad, and a large-scale legion battle in this environment would not be beneficial to anyone, but the enemy had already launched a charge, and it would not work if he didn't fight.

Simply blow the trumpet of the charge, after all, at this time, no tactics and command can be used, after all, if you wave the flag, the wings can't really see it, and you can only command the battle through your voice.

Except for Zhou Jinshan and the Chinese army, nearly 8,000 Ming troops on both wings outflanked and greeted them after the charge horn sounded.

In the collision, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and the people turned on their backs, accompanied by countless sparks, which were brought up by sharp blades cutting through the armor.

"Die."

A Ming soldier galloped on his horse, and when he approached, he cut off the long knife in his hand, thinking that he could split the enemy into two from his waist, but he never thought that the enemy would not dodge or dodge, and the scimitar in his hand was cut down.

The two horses staggered by, and the head of the Ming army's top was already split in half, and a blood line reached the chin from the corner of his forehead.

"What a beautiful pattern."

The last words muttered before his consciousness dissipated became the athlete's last words, and at the moment of staggering, what the cavalryman saw was the dense pattern of various lines on the blade under the moonlight.

In the first charge, the two armies separated, and then each turned his horse's head and continued to charge.

again and again, but Zhou Jinshan, who had been standing still, was terrified.

The number of cavalry guards under his command is decreasing at a rate that is visible to the naked eye!

On the other hand, this armor ride did not suffer much damage.

"Isn't this a copy of Wanyan Nuzhen's Tiefutu back then, damn it, our army didn't bring a horse chopping knife, and we didn't go to the camp to concoct a horse trap beforehand, if we can fight here, we just let our soldiers go to death, general, let's withdraw."

The adjutant general was about to crack his eyes, and the enemy soldier's horse armor and knife in his hand were extremely sharp, which was simply a crushing of external weapons and equipment.

"The two armies bite together, and now they have to retreat, and the enemy will chase and kill, then the whole army will be annihilated."

Zhou Jinshan was also anxious, but he did not dare to rashly order the withdrawal of troops, because in these several opposite charges, he found that even if the enemy was armored with men and horses, the speed of horsepower was still faster than that of the Ming army!

The external factors that affect the combat effectiveness of the cavalry are nothing more than horses, weapons, armor and bows and arrows, and now it is night, and the cavalry is definitely not comparable, but in the other three remaining aspects, the Ming army is completely defeated!

As for the internal factors, it is nothing more than the soldier's fighting willpower and personal ability, but no matter how Zhou Jinshan looks at it, he doesn't feel right.

This enemy army is like a group of executioners without feelings.

They mechanized charged, mechanized slashing with their knives, without dodging and blocking, even if the Ming army's knives were slashed towards the door or neck, they were still so mechanically up to meet them.

Even if the result is the separation of the corpses!

"Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the brothers couldn't hold on."

If the fight continues, Zhou Jinshan was afraid that his side would collapse first, so he gritted his teeth and roared: "After I take the Chinese army to the palace, you take the brothers back to Delhi." ”

The lieutenant was dumbfounded.

Queen, isn't that a death?

"If no one blocks it, it will become a collapse of the whole line, but there is a mistake, and our guard will be finished, so be it."

Zhou Jinshan stopped talking nonsense and signaled his own soldiers to give orders.

"Then I should stay too."

The deputy general was dissuaded and was stopped by Zhou Jinshan.

"Nonsense, Lao Tzu is the main general, this defeat is powerless, the general is to withdraw to Delhi, and military law does not allow it, both horizontal and vertical are death, of course Lao Tzu has to die more valuable."

After speaking, he didn't give the deputy general a chance to interject, tightened the reins of the horse, and led the team to resolutely charge.

The investment of Zhou Jinshan's new force made the cavalry of the Ming army, which had completely collapsed, regroup, and most of them had the intention to fight, and the deputy general took a deep look at the direction of Zhou Jinshan and roared.

"Withdraw!"