Chapter Seventy-Five: The Battle of Delhi (Part II)
"Ho-ho-ho!"
As the headless war elephants gradually fled the battlefield, from the Ghaznavid array, shouting neat slogans, rows of tall and strong soldiers poured out, they could lift the giant shield with one hand, and in the other hand, a relatively short double-headed javelin, and Dalaman threw a short spear, which was also a unique weapon of the Dahlaman warriors.
These Dalamanian warriors, who were hill dwellers of the Caspian region and now exiled to the various sects of Muhammad, were naturally tall and aggressive, and were among the most commonly used mercenaries in the sect's armies.
Under Subuk's command, there were 2,000 Dalaman warriors, all of whom went east with him.
After the Javelin warriors of the Deraman, the array of snow-white robes of the Holy Heavy Infantry was like snow, and they were the noble children of the world of Muhammad, and the weapons and armor were made by skilled Arab craftsmen, and they were followed by a large number of light infantry, and there was no end in sight to the black pressure.
Looking down from the head of Delhi, this black pressure front is like a strong fortress, moving slowly.
Suddenly, the low sound of bull's horns sounded endlessly, and in the Ghaznavid Front, arrows flew up all over the sky, and the steel-like fortress battle line also rained down on the Qi army as it slowly moved forward.
But after all, the distance is still far away, and most of the arrows that hit the Qi people in the formation are the end of the strong crossbows, and most of the Qi troops are heavy armor, so the Qi troops who were shot down are scattered.
Subuk frowned slightly, obviously, the Chinese front was much stronger than he thought.
"Bang bang bang bang", in the rumbling sound, the white mist of the Qi army was once again filled with its white fog, and countless black dots rose into the sky again.
"Woo-" The horn soldiers around Subuk's special service, who had already been ordered by Subuk's special service, immediately blew the horn of the charge.
The sturdy fortress, which had been slowly moving forward, immediately erupted into a murderous voice, "Alahu! "Alahu!"
The Javelin Warriors in the front row immediately ran quickly.
"Bang bang", a few exploding iron balls fell into the infantry formation, blowing up the surrounding soldiers, but more black spots, can only damage the target hit, and the Ghaznavid Front dispersed into a charging formation, so there are not many people who are hit by the iron ball.
Seeing that there were very few black balls that could explode, Subuk's special service breathed a sigh of relief.
But he is now more interested in Chinese ordnance, and his intuition feels that if he can capture some Chinese ordnance and craftsmen, it may be more significant than defeating the Chinese expeditionary force.
"Bang bang", suddenly a continuous sound came from the Qi army array.
The Javelin Warriors of Delaman, who were rushing forward quickly, fell one after another with the sound of firecrackers, and at this time, there was still a considerable distance before they threw the javelins in their hands.
In the Qi army formation, 1,500 musketeers lined up in ten columns, the first row was a fork-shaped barrel butt fixed to the ground, and after the first row of musketeers fired, the second row was connected, and so on, just so that the muskets could not stop firing.
This medium-sized arquebus, which has matured, has a maximum range of more than 200 meters and an effective range of about 100 meters, and its lead projectile is extremely powerful, which can penetrate the heavy cuirass worn by knights within 100 meters.
Therefore, not only the Javelin warriors of Delaman, who were relatively thin in armor, but also the heavy infantry line of the saints who came like a snowstorm, also fell one by one under the continuous musket strikes, and the formation became thinner.
"Alahu!" "Alahu!"
The white-robed saints let out a fanatical shout, and finally, they jumped over the ravine and collided with the sword and shield soldiers in the front row of the Qi army's front, and the spears in the hands of the Dalaman javelin warriors also shot into the Qi army's formation.
Subuk's heart finally fell back into his stomach.
The tragic battle immediately broke out in front of the Qi army front.
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The Ghaznavids were not routed by muskets as soon as they stormed their own formations, something that Jing had not expected.
After all, the other party did not have any psychological preparation, and suddenly encountered a large number of casualties brought by this unprecedented weapon, but he was still able to bravely attack his own front and start a bloody battle with his own side, and his will to fight was even the former northern overlord Khitan was not as good as it, obviously, those noble heavy infantry in white robes were the source of the strength of this sect's army, and it was also under their strange slogans that the front that had been gradually routing was condensed again.
Of course, his number is several times that of his own, which is also an important reason why these fanatical cult armies have confidence in victory.
If he was young, Jing Si would have carried a spear and rode into the enemy's line now, but now, he just stood on a high place, picking up a telescope from time to time to watch the situation on the battlefield.
The musketeers, who had become longbowmen, were scattered with parabolic arrows into the ranks of the sectarian army.
In the front row, spears were staggered, and the white-robed Saint hoplites were the striking targets for the left stab of the spear.
In the earth-shattering sound of killing, there were more and more corpses on the front of the two sides.
Sobktaqin was anxious, and led the cavalry to charge from the right flank, but encountered a bloody attack from the waiting guns, thousands of cavalry, a charge, lost a third, of course, there were also some spearmen who were hacked to death under the shining scimitar, but on the whole, the charge was not worth the loss.
Looking from afar through the binoculars, Jing Si's face was a little ugly.
It is almost the norm for the Son of Heaven to conquer the east and west, and it is almost the norm to win more with less, and usually his own losses are very small, except for the national war that broke out with the powerful Khitan Empire, the casualties of his own army and horses are often negligible.
And today, I am afraid that I have disappointed the Holy Son of Heaven, although the number of enemies is huge, but this is not an excuse, even if this battle is finally won, but the price paid is really heavy, if the Holy Son of Heaven personally leads this battle, it must not be the case.
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On the other side of the battlefield, the Subuk special service was pale.
I really didn't expect that the expeditionary force of 35,000 Chinese would be terrifyingly strong in combat.
In this crusade, Subuk's special service mobilized all the elite of the kingdom in the east, totaling more than 30,000 horses, plus slave soldiers and engineers, more than 50,000 people.
Since the establishment of the emir by the father of the Subuk service, the father and son of the Subk service have never been defeated in the east and west, and even the powerful emirs in Persia and Khorezm have also been defeated by their father and son, and the conquest of their lands is just around the corner.
The entire Muhammad world knows that a mighty Ghaznavid Empire is rising, and that this will be the real ruling dynasty of the Muhammad world that will actually dominate the Caliphate in Baghdad.
Subuk hopes that he will be able to achieve this great goal before he goes to heaven to meet Allah.
However, the expeditionary force of only a few thousand people far away from his homeland in the land of giants from the far east seemed to give him a heavy blow to the head, and he knew how illusory and ridiculous his so-called mighty empire was.
How terrible would it be for China, the distant China, to be able to show its mighty ancient country thousands of miles away, if it were its own close neighbor?
"Great Emir! ......" a general on the side, cautiously reminded.
On the front line of the tragic battle, under the attack in turn, the noble hoplites in their white robes are sparse and fewer, and they seem to be annihilated on the black pressure battlefield, if they continue, there is no doubt that they will lose all the elite heavy infantry and immediately collapse the battle line into a big defeat.
Subuk gritted his teeth and made a gesture helplessly.
The dull horn sounded immediately, which meant a temporary retreat and repair.
Return to the barracks and come back tomorrow to continue the fighting.
The original reserves, scimitar light infantry and crossbowmen, were immediately pressed up from the left and right flanks to prevent the enemy from pursuing.
In fact, the fighting lasted for almost an hour, and the Qi infantry soldiers from swords and shields to spears to musketeers, all of them were heavily armored and protected, and they were already tired enough, so where did they still have the power to pursue?
But in the camp of the Qi people, there was a passionate brass horn.
Immediately, from the Chinese army, a group of ironclad cavalry suddenly rushed out like a whirlwind, it was Jing Si's close guard, two hundred heavy cavalry, plus light cavalry on both wings, suddenly rushed into the battlefield.
In the castle of Delhi, there was also a sudden sound of killing, and the slave warriors in the city, when they learned that the infidel army had retreated, immediately boosted their morale, and under the leadership of the Chinese instructors, they rushed out.
On the battlefield, it immediately turned into an extremely chaotic situation.
The Ghaznavids, as a reserve force that had not been put into battle, and the tired soldiers who did not know whether to retreat or continue the battle, were mixed with the Qi cavalry and slave mercenaries.
"Bang bang", in the Qi army formation, roaring in the white mist, all kinds of iron balls and falling rocks smashed again to the Ghaznavid soldiers at the back end of the battlefield, although each round of attacks actually caused limited casualties to the Ghaznavids, but this psychological blow to morale is extremely cruel, obviously the soldiers who are rotated to rest temporarily, but they always have to guard against the meteorite falling from the sky to be smashed, especially, the companions who were smashed but were not stoned to death, wailing and screaming, and even the stomach was smashed to the intestines and feces and urine, which is even more terrifying, so go to heaven, Even the true God would be disgusted, right?
The Ghaznavid cavalry suddenly broke up and fled, but it was Sobktaqin and a Chinese heavy cavalry guard who were spearheaded, and when the two sides passed by, they were stabbed down by the spears in the hands of the other party, and they saw that they were no longer alive.
The heavy infantry gun formation of Qi people roared at this time, and in the sound of drums, slowly moved forward.
The Ghaznavid pawns in the scuffle finally began to flee, one, two...... Gradually become groups of ......
Even the Seljuk shield soldiers of the Ghaznavid military camp as a left-behind force could not prevent the rout, and the front of the Chinese spears and muskets advanced layer by layer, and the Seljuk shield soldiers suffered a large number of casualties, and under the pursuit of the cavalry, almost all the troops were destroyed.
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The horses fled dozens of miles in one go, and when Subuk's special service looked back, there were only dozens of guards and cavalry left around him.
It is not known how many remnants of the army can be collected in the end, but in just half a day, tens of thousands of elites were defeated by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which is simply a nightmare.
Subuk was in a trance, and even now wondered if he was in a dream.
And if this is not a dream, then it is conceivable that soon this battle will be sung by the bards throughout the world of Muhammad.
He will be the protagonist nailed to the pillar of shame.
Far to the East, the kingdom will return to the center of the world, and the great and small emirs of the world of Muhammad will rise in awe of the East.
Alternatively, the caliph would call on the emirs of all nations to form an alliance against the mighty pagan nation.
Even, thus deposing his father's emir.
And that's not even the scariest of all.
The most terrible thing is that after losing most of the elite of the Eastern Legions, in Persia, in Khorezm, the powerful emirs who could become allies and enemies at any time must have taken an extraordinary interest in the Five Rivers valley after hearing the news.
Subuk rode his horse diligently, his spirit became more and more trance-like, and he faintly felt as if he had lost the whole world.