Verses 447 and 448 The Final Battle... Cavalry defeat!
The Yuan army rolled south, but it was along the official road and did not damage the crops.
Because of these crops, Li Luo also has a share. Even Surdier forbade trampling on the crops, because he had a share. Everyone has a share in the generals of the Yuan army.
This is where the Yuan army went on expeditions that were different from other dynasties. It is simply reasonable and legal for generals to divide the spoils of war, which is the rule of the grassland. Of course, the Yuan court also has a share, and a part must be handed over to the Yuan court.
Li Luo had already calculated. When the crops are ripe, they will arrest the people of Annam and harvest. The grain that was laid down was handed over to the Yuan court. Sixty percent of the grain he and the generals divided. In the end, 30% of the rations were left for the people of Annan for emergency relief.
Why do you want to leave 30% of the grain for the people of Annam?
Because Li Luo didn't want too many people in Annan to starve to death. The people of Annam are starving to death, and the only ones who are cheap are the barbarians of Indochina. In the future, who will conquer the barbarians in the Indochina Peninsula for the Tang Dynasty? Who pays taxes on farming?
Li Luo's style is to take one step and see three steps, and never do things absolutely.
As the general of the expedition to the south, Li Luo just distributed 20% of the grain alone, and the generals had nothing to say. In other words, he can still have at least two or three million stone grains in his account.
Under the pretext that it is difficult to transport grain back to China, through the "sea merchants", all the grain distributed by the generals will be bought cheaply, and 60% of the grain will be swallowed at half the market price!
When a protracted war broke out between the Tang and Yuan dynasties, everyone would find that gold and silver banknotes were far less important than food.
"Pass on the commander's military order, and those who deliberately trample on the rice fields will be killed!" Li Luo once again emphasized the order.
"Warriors, don't let our horses' hooves trample the crops in the field, that's our food!" ”
"General, are all the houses of the Annamite people burned down?" Ye Sudie'er asked, "If you don't have time to escape, will you kill them all?" ”
Along the way, the people of Annam fled with their families into the nearest jungle, leaving many deserted villages. But there are also many people who don't have time to escape.
Li Luo shook his head, "Don't burn it, Ben Shuai also wants to recruit the southerners out of the mountain, once they go out of the mountain, they always have a house to live in." Deputy Marshal Zuo, Dayuan wants an obedient and subordinate Annan, not a land without a population. Otherwise, there would be no one to pay taxes for Dayuan's farming. For the people of Annam, only those who dare to resist are killed, and others cannot be killed. ”
Ye Sudie'er smiled: "What the general said is like what the wisest old shepherd said. But, General, you promised me to do the same, those natives with skin the color of horsehair and barefoot and wrapped around their heads..."
Li Luo said with a smile: "These natives, the commander doesn't care about them. Since they had dug traps before and made the warriors suffer a loss, and they had no ability to farm, the warriors could treat them at will. ”
When Su Die'er heard this, he immediately ordered: "Tell the warriors that all the natives who are like horsehair and have bare feet around their heads are the people of the forest, and they are all killed." This is the punishment for setting traps for them to set crossbow arrows! ”
Li Luo smiled faintly, looking a little gloomy. He wished that the Mongol army would clean up the natives, how could he stop it? There is too much surplus of indigenous people in the land of Annam.
Next, the Yuan army killed the natives when they saw them. The Mongol generals claimed that 50 Mongol soldiers had died in the jungle by poisoned arrows in traps, and that 500,000 natives would be killed to pay for their lives, and that one Mongol soldier would be exchanged for the lives of 10,000 natives.
The Vietnamese traitor army captured the people of Annam who had no time to escape along the way, and put them into prisoner camps, ready to be used to harvest spring rice.
On April 13, the Yuan army heading south encountered a team with a flag lowering, which was Chen Yiji, the king of Zhao, who took the initiative to surrender, and Lin Yannian, the general of the forbidden army, as well as Zheng Long, Fan Judi, Li Yan and other ministers. (Real people, all of them are the ministers of the Yue Kingdom who descended to the Yuan)
Chen Yiji saw the prestige of the Yuan army from afar, and he was even more glad about his move to descend to the Yuan.
"Chen Yiji, the king of Xia Guozhao, meet the general of Shangguo!" Chen Yiji was still dozens of zhang away from Sulu ingots, so he dismounted and tidied up his clothes, untied his sword, and walked to Li Luoma, solemnly bowing down.
"Zheng Long, the secretary of the household department of the lower country, meet the general of the country!"
"The prince of the lower country is the priest of the wine Li Yan, and I will meet the general of the kingdom!"
"The last general, Lin Yannian, meet the general!"
Five or six subordinates followed Chen Yiji to bow down and knelt on the ground.
Even the 3,000 Vietnamese soldiers also laid down their weapons to show their obedience.
And Chen Yu, the spy next to Chen Yiji, said to Li Luo: "Humble Chen Yu, I've seen the general!" Fortunately, I live up to my mission, King Zhao Chen Yiji, I have come to surrender my Dayuan! ”
Li Luo nodded, turned over and dismounted, and helped Chen Yiji up with a smile, "King Zhao abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, he understands the righteousness, and the handsome man is very pleased, this is the blessing of the people, please hurry up!" Well, Zheng Shangshu, General Lin, let's be excused. ”
Chen Yiji hurriedly said: "The country is rude, the expedition to the country is troubled, and the general is rushing, it is really a crime of disobedience, and the general is like the sea, and he is generous and generous, which makes the next country feel very guilty and embarrassed." ”
Li Luo was speechless, I'm Nima, what you said makes so much sense, how can you be so shameless?
King Zhao was serious. Chen Huang's father and son are guilty, while King Zhao is not guilty. Not only is he not guilty, but he is even more meritorious to rein in the precipice and take the initiative to take the initiative. This handsome man is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, showing your deference, and suggesting that the emperor crown you as the new king of Annam! ”
Chen Yiji was overjoyed, and bowed down again: "In this way, I will thank the general for his recommendation!" ”
Li Luo immediately ordered to camp on the spot, and then put wine in the army, welcoming Chen Yiji and others to surrender, which was enough to give a group of traitors face.
After three rounds of drinking, General Zhengnan began to talk about business.
Li Luo said: "Now, Chen is recalcitrant into the mountains, and Chen Rilian gathers the remnants of the army to resist the Yuan. The great emperor is benevolent, and he is a great master of Confucianism, how can he not care about the people of the southern country? Even if he is handsome, how can he bear it! ”
Chen Yiji respectfully agreed: "What the general said is extremely true. ”
Li Luo continued: "The military situation is urgent, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth. In order to pacify the people, Annan needs someone to preside over the overall situation, persuade the people to go out of the mountains and return to their hometowns, and be the people of the Great Yuan. This marshal has no right to appoint His Royal Highness as the king of Annam, so on behalf of the imperial court, let His Royal Highness ascend to the position of the prison country first, how about it? ”
Chen Yiji couldn't imagine that on the first day of surrender, Li Luo would make himself a prisoner, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He got up and left the table a little excitedly, bowed down in the dust for the third time, and said in a more suffocated voice: "Chen Yiji, thank you General!" For the peace of the people, I am willing to be imprisoned in the country! ”
Zheng Long and Li Yan and other ministers were a little embarrassed, Your Highness Xindao, why don't you refuse? Even if you don't say it three times, at least you have to say it once, right? Why did you say yes directly?
Too anxious.
How did Zheng Long and the others know the bitterness in Chen Yiji's heart?
has been an idle prince for decades, how many times in a dream, he ascended the throne as an emperor, every time he wakes up, he is stunned, it is just a dream after all!
I don't know how many times, he cursed his brother Chen Huang, cursed his nephew Chen Huang, and cursed them for robbing the throne that belonged to him. Even, resentful of the dead father Emperor Taizong, did not pass on the throne to himself.
But right now, Chen Huang's father and son fled into the mountains, and he himself is going to be a prisoner!
Although he is only in charge of the country, he is only one step away from the throne! As long as the will of the Great Emperor comes down, he will be the king of a country, although he can only be like the king of Goryeo, but then he is not the king?
Li Luo was very amused when he saw Chen Yiji's happy look. Secretly said, the Yuan court conquered Vietnam three times before and after, and spent such a big price, how could it be possible to let Annan follow Goryeo's example? Do you still want to be treated like the King of Goryeo? Dreaming dizzy.
At that time, Chen Yiji will only get the title of King of Jiaozhou, and the so-called Dayue Kingdom will no longer exist, I don't know what kind of expression he will have. Does that matter, though?
Next, Chen Yiji took the initiative to follow the practices of Wu E, Chen Jian and others, and ordered Lin Yannian's 3,000 forbidden troops to shave their hair and keep braids. Li Luo also appointed Lin Yannian as the 10,000 households.
As a result, the Vietnamese traitor army in the Yuan army reached nearly 60,000 people.
For Zheng Long and other subordinates, Li Luo was also good at appeasing and deliberately enveloping.
On April 14, the Yuan army set up Chen Yiji, the king of Annan Zhao, as the supervisor of Annan in Longxing City, and set up the Annan Imperial Court, appointing Zheng Long as the political affairs of Pingzhang, Li Yan as the governor of the political affairs, Zheng Judi as the secretary of the household department, Zhou Sigu as the secretary of the ministry, and Lin Yannian as the privy council envoy.
Li Luo was appointed as the regent general of Annam, and temporarily oversaw the military and political affairs of Annam on behalf of the Yuan Court.
Immediately afterwards, under the instruction of Li Luo, Chen Yiji issued several "Sacred Decrees of the Prison Country".
The first way is to depose the throne of Chen Huang's father and son, and demote them to Li Hou and Ling Hou. and ordered that there were those who came to vote for Chen Huang's father and son, and they were crowned marquis.
The second way is to dismiss Chen Rilian, the king of Zhaowen, from the post of general of the resistance and the governor of the internal and external military affairs, and order the soldiers and horses of the department to be loyal to the Great Yuan, if they do not obey, they will be rebels.
Third, the edict ordered the fleeing people to return to their hometowns and live in peace, as long as they were loyal to the Great Yuan, everything would be business as usual.
Fourth, the edict ordered fugitive officials to accept new positions, either to be reinstated or to be promoted. If he does not come within a month, he will be a rebel, deprived of his official status, and will never be hired.
Then, a large number of Vietnamese traitors went to North Vietnam with four "holy decrees" to preach in various places in North Vietnam and Central Vietnam.
Although these four so-called holy decrees are by no means legal, they are really vicious and almost at the bottom of the kettle.
Something in name is sometimes too wonderful and too important.
Chen Yiji is a real prince, when Chen Taizong was alive, he wanted to abolish Chang Liyu several times and pass on the throne to Chen Yiji. This matter is well known in the Annam government and the opposition.
In other words, Chen Yiji is fully qualified to be the head of the country.
With such a reputation, many civil and military generals who are not strong in morale, as well as the people who can't hold on, have an excuse to reduce the yuan.
Chen Huang's father and son were the legitimate monarchs of the Yue Kingdom, and Chen Yiji certainly had no power to depose them. But as soon as this illegal "dethronement edict" is announced, it will still harm the legitimacy of Chen Hua's father and son.
On April 15, Li Luo took the freshly baked Chen Yiji, the supervisor of Annan, and went south to Tianchang Mansion. The people who did not have time to flee were all taken prisoner.
The natives were all killed by the Mongol army. In the jungle north of Longxing alone, the Mongol army slaughtered thousands of natives.
At this time, Chen Rilian also gathered more than 100,000 troops and confronted the Yuan army to the north of Guli City.
Chen Rilian camped with his back to the city and managed the formation of more than 100,000 troops impeccably.
Why not just go into town? Because once they enter the city, the Yuan army is unwilling to attack the city, and will turn to capture the people who have not had time to move.
Of the 180,000 troops, the forbidden army was only 30,000, but the township army accounted for 150,000. But it is already the last strategic heavy army group in Annan.
Once this heavy army group is destroyed, Annan's armed forces will be abolished.
At this time, Annan's 'edict to enter the mountains and leave the hometown' had only been issued for four days, and the news had not yet completely spread all over the country, and many people still had not received orders from the local government, and they did not even know that the emperor had hunted in the west.
In order to attract the attention of the Yuan army, cover the imperial court, and cover the retreat of the people into the mountains, Chen Rixian had no other choice but to wait for the Yuan army here.
If he can hold out for ten days, even if the whole army is annihilated and the soldiers are defeated and killed, as long as the soldiers and civilians of Da Yue are transferred into the mountains, he will be considered a winner.
Chen Rixian used all his strength, taking advantage of his long-standing prestige in the army, and finally stabilized the army's fighting spirit. But today, there was a sudden news of Chen Yiji's disgusting situation of usurping the position of prisoner with the support of the Yuan army.
This matter was expected by Chen Rilian, and he was not surprised. In order to leave a way back for the Chen Clan's Temple, he is not completely intolerant.
What made him vomit blood was that Chen Yiji had just established himself as a prisoner, but he "decreed" to depose the Emperor Taishang and the emperor, and the other three so-called holy decrees were also extremely sinister.
Those four holy decrees were propagated everywhere by the cavalry of the Yuan army, and within ten days, the entire Dayue army and people would know about it.
It is conceivable that there will be many people who will not go into the mountain again, and even those who enter the mountain will run back. As for some of the soft bones that have milk and are mothers, I am afraid that they will scramble to reduce the yuan to seek officials, and sell for glory.
A few days ago, the officers and men of the Vietnamese army learned that the Emperor Taishang and the imperial court were hunting in the west, and that the army was about to run out of food, and now they learned of Chen Yiji's holy decree, and the army's heart floated again.
Aren't they Da Yue warriors? How did you become a rebel?
Yes, Chen Yiji is indeed illegal, but no matter how illegal he is, he is also the son of Taizong. His Majesty is a true dragon emperor, but His Majesty is also hunting in the west.
For a time, the Vietnamese army became even more confused.
"Your Highness, Ruan Ye, the prefect of Anxian County, took the initiative to reduce the yuan, and Liren Lu appeased Du Yi to reduce the yuan! They refused the edict of the people to transfer, and even killed their subordinates who did not want to surrender to the Yuan. "A general brought bad news to Chen Yiji.
"When the wind and rain are in turmoil, when the state affairs are in turmoil, such incorruptible and shameful people naturally emerge one after another, don't pay attention to it." Chen Rixian said indifferently, his eyes were cold.
He pointed to the large camp behind him, and his tone was as calm as a sharp razor: "Do you think that among the 180,000 troops, there are no people who want to sell their lords for glory?" Not only that, but... Not alone! ”
"The human heart is the most unpredictable, let alone the moment of life and death. In the end, those who are willing to serve the country may be the ones you despise. And the one who confesses the thief as a father may be the one to whom you look up. ”
"People's hearts are like water, and momentum is like embankments. The potential is in the water, and the potential is to go to the water collapse. This is that if the general trend goes, it will be difficult to recover people's hearts. Today, that's it! ”
Chen Rilian still has a sentence that he is too lazy to say, that is, the wall falls down and everyone pushes it, and the drum breaks and everyone beats it.
The general was cold in his heart when he heard this, "Your Highness, is there really no hope?" ”
Chen Rixian looked at the Yuan army camp at sunset, sighed and said: "If Kuaizhou has not fallen and the grain in Chang'an Cang is still there, Dayue will still be able to turn defeat into victory." But now, the elite soldiers of Dayue are all lost, and the grain depot is empty...... And the strategy of the Yuan army is like fire, and Dayue has no other way than to become a court in the mountains. ”
Chen Rilian was observing the Yuan army camp, and Li Luo was also observing the Vietnamese army camp.
The Vietnamese army's battalion is strictly legal and invulnerable.
Of course, Li Luo knew that Chen Rilian's task was to hold himself back and give Chen Huang the opportunity to establish the Shanzhong Imperial Court. Chen Rixian knew that he would not let go of this Vietnamese army, so he was waiting for him here. Give yourself a chance at a decisive battle.
This is also the reason why Chen Rixian is reluctant to enter the city to defend.
Li Luo admitted that Chen Rilian is a famous general, and in terms of tactics, he is definitely not as good as Chen Rilian. If it were a fair match, he would not have the confidence to defeat Chen.
But now it's different. Now, the tide is on him!
He couldn't watch millions of Annan people enter the mountains and become the subjects of the court in the mountains. Nor can he let Chen Rixuan, a group of heavy troops of the Vietnamese army, go unchecked.
Then we can only solve Chen Rixian as soon as possible. Only in this way can this southern expedition be considered a victory.
"Tomorrow's decisive battle!" Li Luo gave a military order.
At the same time, Chen Rixian also issued the same military order, "Da Yue's life and death are at stake." Tomorrow's showdown! ”
Chen Rixian's intention was that even if the field battle was ultimately defeated, the Yuan army would be severely damaged and the soldiers and horses of the Yuan army would be consumed as much as possible, so that the emperor would have a chance to turn the tables.
On April 16, the last large-scale decisive battle between the Yuan and Yue sides broke out.
The Vietnamese army had 180,000 people, but there were only more than 10,000 cavalry, of which 150,000 were still township troops from all walks of life. The training and equipment were just subpar.
The Yuan army was 150,000 people, of which 60,000 were Vietnamese traitors with shaved hair and braids, more than 50,000 cavalry, more than 20,000 Tusi barbarians, and more than 10,000 Han troops.
It seems that the Yuan army has few soldiers, but the strength of the Yuan army far exceeds that of Chen Rilian.
The terrain of Yuezhong is mainly flat, and the surroundings of Guli City are conducive to cavalry. But Chen Rilian still chose to fight the Yuan army here, because Chen Rilian also needed flat ground as a battlefield.
He scavenged all the elephants that Annan could scavenge, numbering more than 3,000, many of which were not war elephants.
In addition, Chen Rilian also got 5,000 head of cattle.
He wanted to use 3,000 elephants and 5,000 oxen, plus his own 10,000 cavalry, to storm the Yuan army. You can imagine that scenario.
These more than 3,000 elephants and more than 5,000 cattle were not in the camp of the Vietnamese army at all, but in the city behind the military formation.
At the same time, the city wall behind the Vietnamese army was actually dug with a gate more than a mile wide, so that the war elephants and buffalo hiding in the city could suddenly attack.
And all this, Yuan Jun was ignorant. Even Li Luo didn't know. Chen Rilian was very strict in governing the army. Although there are undercover agents in Chen Rilian's army, Chen Rilian is cautious and rigorous in governing the army, and the spies have no chance to pass on information at the moment.
At least on the surface, the city wall behind the Vietnamese army is intact, and there are no flaws in sight.
Chen Rilian wanted to use this killer weapon to teach the cavalry of the Yuan army a hard lesson.
However, what Chen Rixian would never have imagined was that Li Luo also wanted to consume the cavalry of the Yuan army.
At the time of Li Luonan's expedition, there were 80,000 cavalry. After two months of fighting, because Li Luo greatly alleviated the impact of water and soil adaptation and miasma, coupled with the intelligence cooperation of the Special Investigation Bureau, he fought smoothly, and the losses of the cavalry were very small.
Today, there are more than 50,000 cavalry around him, and Shi Bi of the Jiangbei battalion has more than 10,000 cavalry. Together, there are nearly seventy thousand. The cavalry lost only about 10,000 in total.
This was obviously not in line with Li Luo's plan to consume the cavalry of the Yuan army.
The southern expedition must be won, but the losses should also be great. Too many Yuan troops can't be allowed to survive.
At least 20,000 elite cavalry of the Yuan army will be consumed. After dealing with Chen Rilian, he actually didn't need too many cavalry.
Chen Rilian, Chen Rilian, you are a famous general, don't let me down.
If the soldiers of the Yuan army knew the thoughts of their generals, it is estimated that they would have the heart to die. Throughout the ages, are there any generals who want their soldiers to die?
Since most of the victories in the expedition to Yue were won, Li Luo no longer cared about the casualties of the Yuan army, so he was no longer cautious, and simply handed over the battlefield to Ye Sudie'er.
"Lieutenant Left. This battle is estimated to be the last big battle, and it is the place where the cavalry will be used, so it will be handed over to you to fight. Li Luo smiled.
He knew that Su Dieer's style did not belong to the kind of cautious person, and the loss could not be too small.
When Su Die'er heard that he was commanded in this battle, he was overjoyed. Since the expedition to Vietnam, he has cooperated with Li Luo's command, and has never commanded a battle by himself.
Now, here's your chance.
At the end of the day, the military drums of the two sides were beating, and there was no need to send war letters to each other, and the decisive battle began.
The Vietnamese army took a defensive position, but the hundreds of war elephants used to confuse the Yuan army began to attack, and under the expulsion of the elephant army, they screamed and screamed the Vietnamese traitor army who took the lead in front of the Yuan army.
The Vietnamese traitors did not have a large shield to protect them, and when they saw hundreds of war elephants rushing towards them, they could only raise their spears in rows to resist. Then the Mongol cavalry fired arrows from both flanks, and the Yuan army bed crossbows bombarded head-on.
However, elephants have rough skin and thick meat, and even if they are shot or arrowed, it is difficult to die immediately. Immediately, the camp of the Vietnamese traitor army was stirred to pieces, and the elephant army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the Vietnamese traitor army was killed, trampled to death by elephants, poked to death, trampled on each other, and thousands died.
When hundreds of elephants fell to the ground one by one, the Vietnamese traitors killed and wounded thousands. The establishment of 10,000 households is almost abolished.
Of course, Li Luo was not distressed at all, but he was a little strange, Chen Rixian sacrificed hundreds of elephants in exchange for the casualties of thousands of Vietnamese traitors?
The war elephant unit of the Vietnamese army is just gone?
Seem... Something is wrong.
But what was wrong, Li Luo couldn't remember it for a while.
However, Li Luo still gave an order. "The herald ordered that the big shield carts of the Chinese army and the firearms that could be set off were all placed in front of the infantry and behind the cavalry. Then remove the stone cannon and the bed crossbow. ”
Li Luo just felt insecure, and always felt that the war elephants of the Vietnamese army should not be finished so easily. That's not Sunny Chen's style.
What he didn't expect was that because of this decision, he not only saved the fate of the Yuan army's crushing defeat soon after, but also saved his own life.
At this time, he also shouted: "The elephants of the Vietnamese army are dead, Mordoga ......"
While the flag was waving, a full 30,000 cavalry, led by the Jurchen and Khitan cavalry, rushed towards the Vietnamese army's large array with a bang.
It is also a tradition that the Mongol army often likes to let the armies of other tribes take the lead. It's not that the Mongols weren't brave enough, it's that they had a small population and couldn't afford to die too many.
Moreover, it can also consume the soldiers and horses of other tribes.
Su Die'er's tactics were still good, and he ordered to take the lead in attacking the last remaining cavalry of the Vietnamese army. Then the Vietnamese infantry was struck with peeling, first killing and wounding the tired Vietnamese army, making their military formation messy, and then the heavy cavalry attacked, and the light cavalry followed.
With such a blow, relying on tens of thousands of cavalry alone was enough to defeat more than 100,000 Vietnamese troops. He is not stupid, of course he will not use cavalry to rush into a large array of hundreds of thousands of infantry troops.
"Boom, boom......" 30,000 cavalry rushed to the Vietnamese army formation three miles away.
The Vietnamese army, however, shouted with 180,000 people, and the sound was earth-shattering. It even drowned out the sound of horses' hooves.
Li Luo stood up suddenly, what did the Vietnamese army shout? There are quirks!
But soon, Li Luo, who was standing on Gaoche Mountain, knew why the Vietnamese army was shouting. Just to mask a sound.
Cover up the sound of the huge elephant herd as it runs!
Under the shouts of the Vietnamese army, the sound of the horses' hooves of the Yuan army and the strange cries of war elephants could not be heard clearly.
At the same time, with a wave of the flag of the commander of the Vietnamese army, the large array of 180,000 Vietnamese troops suddenly pulled away from it, and the gap in the middle of the large array was more than a mile.
It seemed that countless war elephants, under the control of the elephant soldiers, roared and rushed towards the oncoming cavalry of the 30,000 yuan army.
As the distance of the Vietnamese army widened rapidly, the gap became even larger, and thousands of war elephants rushed in an overwhelming manner. The war elephants were followed by more than 5,000 buffalo with torches on their tails.
After the buffalo formation, there were more than 10,000 Vietnamese cavalry, and they were also the only remaining Vietnamese cavalry.
Whether it is the timing, the distance, it is very well grasped. Almost when the cavalry of the Yuan army rushed to the front half of the Vietnamese army's formation, the elephant army of the Vietnamese army also rushed out.
The cavalry in front of the Yuan army saw a large number of war elephants suddenly rushing out, and they wanted to turn their horses' heads in fright, but the riding speed behind them was still very high, and under the huge inertia, the cavalry of the Yuan army could not complete the direction adjustment of 30,000 horsemen at such a close distance.
It can be said that Chen Rilian's impact speed and distance on the cavalry of the Yuan army, the speed at which his own army formation separated, and the distance and speed of the war elephant's attack were all calculated.
His grasp is just right. Just enough for the cavalry of the Yuan army to collide with his own elephant army in front of the battle.
If you change a general, even if you use this tactic to deceive, once the calculation error is a little large, you will not receive miraculous results.
When the rear saw this scene, they were stunned.
"Boom..."
The horse and the elephant collided violently. In an instant, I don't know how many war horses were knocked away, poked to death by ivory, pierced by the false horns worn by elephants, and the knights on the horses broke their bones and tendons, and the war horses behind saw so many big statues, and they were immediately frightened and stumbled.
Fortunately, the cavalry has low requirements for the formation type, but even so, the cavalry of the 30,000 yuan army has actually collapsed.
Under the fierce impact of more than 3,000 war elephants, more than 5,000 buffaloes, and more than 10,000 Vietnamese cavalry, the Yuan cavalry was defeated. The Jurchen Khitan cavalry, which was forced to take the lead by Ye Sudie'er, suddenly suffered heavy casualties.
The Mongol cavalry in the back suffered heavier casualties. Because they also have the impact of the fire bull array and the impact of the Vietnamese cavalry.
In a moment, the 30,000 cavalry of the Yuan army attacked with as many as 13,400 casualties, and nearly half of them were lost.
The casualties of the Vietnamese cavalry were much smaller, only two or three thousand.
Li Luo looked at his heart, this battlefield is too grand, so many elephants, it is like a magic blockbuster.
The elephant army is not easy to use, but if the timing is good, its impact power is not comparable to that of cavalry.
At this time, the elephant army and the fire bull array of the Vietnamese army almost chiseled through the cavalry of the 30,000 yuan, and under the drive of the Vietnamese cavalry behind, they rushed unstoppably towards the Yuan army's infantry array!
Rush to Li Luo's big sword!
ps: This is the first major defeat of the Yuan army since Li Luonan's expedition. Don't beat me, the battle is also defeated quickly, it's none of my business. More than 7,000 words of big chapters, ask for support! Crab crab!
Qingyi literature