Chapter 146: The Battle of the Highlands (I)
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By dusk, the Murwei army had reached the Razor Heights, which were only ten miles away from the Tiele camp. Named after the cool shape of the razor, this piece of land is considered a high hillside in the savannah.
He looked at the sun that was about to sink below the horizon in the west, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, although he had been riding on the horse, he also felt a little tired.
"Pass the order! Let's rest, set up camp, and it's time for dinner. Said to his brother.
When he was about to call the heralds, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when he looked up, he saw two scouts running in the distance.
"Report to the collar! Twenty miles to the southwest, a number of cavalry were coming towards us, numbering in the thousands. The scout immediately reported as soon as he got off his horse.
"Prepare for the battle now!" He immediately cut off.
However, just as the Murwei people had set up their defensive formation, two more scouts rushed back to report that the cavalry was not Turkic, but Xueyantuo. They wanted to join forces with the army of Murwei and Tiele to attack the Turks together.
"The people of Xue Yantuo are also here?" When he heard this, his face suddenly relaxed. He also knew that the leaders of the Xue Yantuo tribe, Tong Jin and Xue Qiluo's father, had always been dissatisfied with Du Ji.
It didn't take long for a black line to appear in the sight of the people of Murowei, and this black line slowly became thicker and longer, becoming an irregular phalanx. It's moving towards the Murowei people.
A short time later, a group of soldiers with crooked hats and tattered clothes and leather armor came up on horseback. Some of the cavalrymen still had bandages wrapped around their arms, as if they had gone through a vicious battle. The first two tall men who looked like the main generals walked up to the Murwei people and shouted: "We are the Dejin and Tuo of the Xue Yantuo Department, and we want to see Lebel Ling!" ”
"I am Lebel. Brother of the Shoyanta Division...... How did you become like this? Could it be that there has already been a big battle with the Turks? He asked.
He had heard Bohan say that in Bohan's plan, there was an arrangement to recruit the Xuyantuo tribe to attack the Eastern Turks together. Bohan also sent an emissary to contact him. But unexpectedly, Tong Jin was seriously ill and couldn't be a director, and Xue Qiluo was busy looking for a doctor for his father, so he put it on hold. But Xue Qiluo promised Berham,
Dulebe had only seen the leader of the Xue Yan Tuo Department and his Xue Qiluo, but he had never seen these two people who claimed to be called Dejin and Tu Yao.
"Yes, Lord Zhelebe, you have to avenge our Xuyantuo tribe! Five days earlier we had been attacked by the Turks by a surprise attack, with heavy casualties, and our leader and our young leader, Xue Qiluo, were killed. Most of the tribe was killed or taken prisoner. Only when we were more than 5,000 people on the periphery during the battle did we finally make a bloody break out......" said the big man named Tuo Yi with a sad face.
After that, he also took out a short sword that was as shiny as blue water and said: "This is the Qingfeng sword that our young leader of the Xuyantuo Department is close to, he handed over this sword to me when he was dying, and asked me to find my friends from the Western Turks, Tiele, Murowei and other departments, saying that only these tribes are not afraid of the Eastern Turks......"
Both Zhelebei and Zheletai knew that Xue Qiluo had a sharp Qingfeng sword as a personal treasure, and they thought that Xue Yan Tuobu had really encountered a great disaster, otherwise he would not have even given such a sword to others. They were skeptical, but now they are completely convinced.
It's just that Zhelebe really didn't believe that the Xue Yantuo tribe would be defeated so badly, and a medium-sized tribe of more than 100,000 people collapsed in an instant.
He opened his mouth wide and said dumbfoundedly: "Brother Tuo Yao...... No way. The Xue Yan Tuo Department was defeated like this? You've got a whole thousand of them! ”
"Lord Lebe, the enemy army is menacing, and they are attacking at night. Our army was not well prepared, and the scouts sent out did not return, so it was too late to meet the enemy in a hurry. Now the Eastern Turks are still chasing us! Drag said with a sigh.
"Ahh Still chasing you? Where are the enemy forces now? Celebe asked hurriedly. That's what he's most concerned about right now.
"They're not far behind us, and they'll be there in an hour or so." Tuo Yi said in a hurried tone.
"! These bunnies are coming really fast. By the way, the two brothers Tuo Yi and Dejin, how many of you still have now? How many are capable of going into battle? Celebe asked hurriedly.
"There are more than 5,000 of us, and there are probably five or six wounded, and the rest can be fought!" Dragged said.
"Good! Then you take more than 5,000 of you to the back of our ranks and rest for a while, and when we are in close contact with the enemy, you will rush up from the left flank and attack their flank! He said.
"Okay! We also wanted to find an opportunity to avenge the young lord and the leader! After agreeing, he led the cavalry that had come with him and walked towards the rear of the Murowei people. The soldiers of the Murwei people gave them a way.
"Attention the whole army! The enemy is about to be killed! Location northeast! Stand up for the enemy and get ready to meet the enemy! Celebe ordered.
The people of Murowei immediately set up a defensive position, and everyone was armed with spears, bows and arrows, ready to meet the enemy.
In the middle were their barrel wagons, surrounded by better equipped cavalry, and in the middle were auxiliaries and logisticians. On both flanks were cavalry ranks.
The left flank was the five thousand cavalry led by the Tu Yi of the Xue Yantuo Department and De Jin, who had just arrived.
On the right flank were the Murwei people's own 8,000 elite cavalry. They were placed at the back of the barrel formation, mainly after the two sides had met in close quarters, and then they would go up and attack the enemy's flank, as well as copy the enemy's rear.
After learning that the enemy army was about to appear, the people of Murowei did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly set up a position to meet the enemy, but they waited anxiously for more than an hour, and the expected enemy did not appear. Immediately sent another scout to inquire about the news, and learned that the enemy army was gathering ten miles away, numbering about 20,000 people.
"What? They still have more than 20,000 people? Could it be that when they defeated the Cyan Top, they only suffered a few thousand casualties? When he heard this, he was astonished. This could not help but make him begin to pay attention to the fighting power of the Turks.
The 10,000 soldiers of the Murwei people waited for more than an hour in a tense state of defense, and some of the men with poor physical strength could not stand and collapsed on their horses to rest. They hadn't eaten lunch and had been standing in tension for two hours. Even when he was thinking about whether to let the soldiers nibble on some dry food and drink some water if the enemy did not show up, there was a sound of people shouting and neighing from the southwest.
The soldiers of the Murwei people looked southwest, and saw a black line in the distance, which slowly became thicker and larger, and began to gradually advance towards the phalanx of the Murwei people.
"It's finally here!" When he saw the appearance of the Eastern Turks, he breathed a sigh of relief, and it was even more uncomfortable to wait nervously all this time. At this time, he saw that his soldiers had a look of exhaustion on their faces, and even the horses were a little tired and breathless.
"That's not a good sign!" Zhelebe's heart is not good. However, now is clearly not the time to think about it.
He clenched the saber in his hand and said to the herald: "The herald has given the order to delay the five thousand cavalry on the left flank for the time being, so as to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on us from behind." And after our cavalry on the right flank outflanked the enemy according to the original plan, give them a two-sided flank attack! ”
The two heralds immediately rode fast horses to the cavalry on the left and right flanks and delivered the order of Zelebe.
After hearing the words of the herald, he replied solemnly: "Please report back to the giver, we will definitely guarantee the completion of the task and surprise him!" ”
After a few moments, the two torrents were close to fifty zhang, which was the longest range of the archers, and they could finally shoot at each other.
At this moment, I saw arrows flying like raindrops in the sky. However, due to the careful precautions taken by both sides, coupled with the long distance, most of the flying arrows were blocked under the cover of countless shields. Of course, there were a few unlucky poor people who were shot in the body by arrows that happened to pass through the gaps in their shields. They were soon replaced by their companions amid screams.
Ten feet apart! The soldiers on both sides could see each other's faces clearly.
This is the best range for archers. The density of arrows in the air was greatly strengthened, and the number of soldiers on both sides who were hit by arrows gradually increased, and relatively speaking, the Turkic cavalry on the march suffered a little loss. After all, people on the move attack less often than people who stand still.
Twenty feet apart! Both the Turks and the Murwe could hear the heavy breathing and wheezing of the opposing soldiers.
"Put down your bow and arrows, and take out your spears and sabers! Prepare for melee! "The generals on both sides gave the same order.
The two currents finally converged.
"Kill! A Turkic soldier stabbed a shot, the tip of which passed through the gap in the shield on the opposite side. A scream was heard from the other side, and a Murowei soldier who had hidden his body behind his shield slowly fell from his horse to the ground.
However, the Turkic soldier who had just killed an enemy soldier did not live long, and a sharp arrow cut an arc from the air, bypassed the shield directly in front of him, and landed on his face...... The arrow hit him right in the eye and pierced through the back of his head. He groaned, and fell from his horse.
The comrades behind him immediately stepped on his corpse and continued to step forward, repeating the actions of raising the gun, stabbing out, swinging the knife, and retracting.
However, often these soldiers collapsed in pools of blood after repeating the slashing action several times, becoming a corpse in the growing grass.
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