Chapter 841: Counterattack
On the dark and endless plains, countless starlights twinkled overhead, and the long sound of trumpets sounded in the wilderness, even the army of Khorezmians on the other side could hear it clearly.
The sound of the generals assembling and the soldiers running back and forth made the atmosphere on both sides of the Amu Darya River tense in an instant, and the suffocating murderous aura gradually permeated the two banks.
The long sound of the horn continued to sound in the wilderness, and as Ye Qing and Temujin began to gather their troops, the entire large camp that had just been stationed began to extinguish the torches and bonfires on the plains.
The Khwarazmian people who were originally looking at the other side of the river instantly turned black, and the Liao coalition army seemed to be swallowed up by the night out of thin air, only the roars and rallying sounds that came from time to time, the neighing of war horses, and the collision of armor and weapons faintly came from the other side.
In the endless night, the sound of horses' hooves was everywhere, and the tense dust that was gradually raised drifted across the river and fell into the army of the Khwarazm people on the opposite side, so that the Khorezmian people who were gathering to prepare for the battle also smelled a bit of murderous aura from it.
Although the Borderless Army in the field battle was the largest in number, because when they were stationed in the camp, they were also the first line of defense to assemble and set off from the camp to the north.
Naturally, the begging stone martyrs acted as the second line of defense, and hurriedly headed north along the river, always ready to prevent the enemy from rushing further and quickly towards the camp once the field battle ahead was taken by surprise by the enemy.
Although Ye Qing and Temujin had never fought side by side, the tacit understanding between the two was the best pair, and Temujin chose to face the Khwarazmian people on the other side of the river, and they might cross the river to attack them.
And Ye Qing grabbed Mu Huali and Mo Xiaobao on the war horse, and led the five thousand people under his command without looking back, and also rushed downstream along the Amu Darya River.
Everything was going on in an orderly and tense manner under the dark night, and although there would be individual incidents where the soldiers could not find their generals, it was clear that no one would have time to fully assemble the soldiers under their command at this time.
Therefore, the number of people who stayed under Temujin's command to prevent the Khwarazmian people on the other side from attacking reached nearly 7,000 people, and Ye Qing was able to set off after successfully assembling only more than 4,000 people, and more than 1,000 people lost the lighting of torches and bonfires in the entire camp at the same time, and in the somewhat nervous and panicked camp, they were either taken away by the troops of the gods and slaves of Qishilie, or they were requisitioned on the spot by the generals under Temujin's command when they could not find their main general.
On the night of July 30 in the first year of Shaoxi, what was originally just a confrontation across the river gradually evolved into an ambush battle from the afternoon, and as night fell, after Ye Qing and Temujin saw through the tricks of the Khorezmian people, it became a real cruel encounter.
As the so-called narrow road meets the brave, whether it is the 4,000 people who went south led by Ye Qing, or the troops of the field battle themselves, or the troops of the begging stone martyrs, at the moment when the horn sounded, and these days have been on high alert in a state of war, so even if they hurriedly assembled to meet the enemy, they also showed the strength and courage they should have.
As the first line of defense, the field battle was speeding north along the river, and when the army had galloped for no more than five or six miles, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves ahead, and in the dark night, the torches lit with the march wandered on the plain like ghost fire.
The sound of the rushing river next to them also became more and more urgent, which was enough to prove that they were not far from the enemy who was outflanking from the flank.
"Crossbow bolts ready." Under the thick night, the sound of field battles is like a sharp blade cutting across the night sky.
The distance of five or six miles was enough to make the generals of the Borderless Army adjust the formation of the soldiers under their command, so at this time, the overall speed slowed down, and the fan-shaped troops began to continue to move forward steadily.
As the sound of horses' hooves gradually settled down, the sound of the turbulent river next to it became louder and louder, and the little fires in the darkness ahead began to become more and more dense.
As the flames became denser and denser, it was enough to tell that the opponent's speed had been accelerating, and it seemed that they were planning to attack their first line of defense with speed.
"Shoot the arrows!" Yeli Zhan roared angrily, and then on the plain of the endless night, like a thunderclap on the flat ground, there was a heaven-shattering shout of killing.
The impact speed of the Khorezm people has not decreased, even the first wave of arrow rain on the side of the field battle has already affected them, but the Khorezm people are like an iron heart, ignoring the second wave of arrows that sounded overhead, and continue to plan to attack the field battle with speed.
The rain of arrows fell violently under the night sky, and among the cavalry of the Khorezmians, there began to be screams, muffled grunts, and neighing of the horses after they were shot, and one by one the soldiers fell off their horses, and before they could protect their heads, the hooves behind them trampled on him mercilessly.
A terrible scream immediately resounded in the night sky, but almost instantly, it was drowned out by the rushing sound of the Khorezm army.
"Kill!" As the distance between the crossbowmen on horseback and the Khwartzmians grew closer, the pikemen, who had been preparing for a long time behind them, quickly rushed towards the Khwarazmians with their horses and whips, trying to block their onslaught.
The crossbowmen on horseback took advantage of the rare opportunity, and at this time there was no need to wait for the main general to give another order, not to mention that even if the main general shouted through his throat, on the plain where the shouting and killing were already filled, I am afraid that even he couldn't hear what he was shouting.
Therefore, at this time, the defenders, relying entirely on their own instinct and the usual cooperation with others, smoothly replaced the crossbow arrows in their hands after the pikemen swept past them, and then formed a second wave of pikemen to block the enemy.
The begging stone lie gods and slaves who were waiting for the battle, with the sound of shouting and killing that resounded through the dark night in front of them, had to roar and ordered the troops to start slowing down, and the short-distance scouts were already speeding in the dark at this time, investigating the battle situation in front of them, and reporting to the commander at any time whether to attack or wait.
Temujin, who was similar to the begging gods and slaves, was guarding the river bank at this time, and no matter how the Khwarazmian people on the opposite bank threw their assembled forces to both sides under the light of the torches, Temujin remained motionless and firmly anchored on the opposite bank, ignoring the small group of cavalry that the Khorezmian people were crossing the river from both wings in order to disturb the morale and sight of the army.
"Don't bother, just keep your eyes on the front!" In the dark night, Temujin's eyes were extraordinarily bright, and he said calmly and calmly to the Zhong silkworm next to him.
The two wings sent by the Khwarazmians on the opposite bank, whether it was a tentative crossing of the river or a real two-wing crossing of the river, had to start sending more troops to cross the river on both flanks after there was no way to make Temujin's troops move half a minute on the opposite bank.
It was only as their forces crossed the river more and more, and when the troops in front had begun to wade halfway across the river, the sound of bows and arrows breaking through the air sounded in the endless darkness of the night opposite.
With the Bolshu hidden on Temujin's wings and guarding in the shadows, the bows and arrows of more than 2,000 Tatars led by him fired arrows at the Khwarazmians on the river, and the dark river was suddenly a mess, and some Khwarazmian soldiers began to fall from their horses into the water because they were dodging their bows and arrows, splashing loud waves, and then being swept downstream by the rushing river.
But obviously, the Khorezmian people on the other side did not want to give up crossing the river so easily, not to mention, they had to continue to cross the river in the rain of arrows in order to contain the Liao coalition army and buy time and opportunity for the two wings that were really outflanked.
The Tatar bow and arrow were not as convenient as the crossbow arrows, this was only the opinion of the Song people, in the eyes of the Tatars, their bows and arrows were far more convenient and more lethal than the Song crossbow arrows.
Therefore, the Khorezmian people who crossed the river on both wings faced the Tatars who wanted to show off their archery skills, and it was difficult to cross the river under the strict formation.
The Khwarazmians downstream were obviously much luckier than their companions who pinned down the Liao coalition forces, they crossed the river effortlessly, and then assembled on the bank and began to move north along the river, attacking the Liao coalition forces from the real flanks.
Mo Xiaobao's two thousand crossbow arrows were already on the line, and Mu Huali on the other side was also already ambushed on the side.
Ye Qing did not rush forward for five or six miles like Ye Lizhan, but stopped after riding his horse south for only two or three miles, and after vacating a large area behind him that could cushion each other with Temujin.
Fortunately, at this time, they had not yet discovered the troops of the Khorezm people crossing the river, so he had plenty of time to start calmly fortifying like the begging stone martyrs.
The crossbow arrows were not flexible in the hands of the Tatars, but in the hands of the Song people, they were comparable to the bows and arrows in the hands of the Tatars, so when the Khwarazmians began to assemble again after coming ashore and outflanked Temujin along the river, Ye Qing's troops were already waiting calmly.
Mo Xiaobao's voice sounded in the night, and compared to the shouts of killing from the battle between the field battles and the Khorezmians, this side seemed to be definitely much calmer.
The sharp sound of crossbow arrows piercing the night sky was heard, and then the screams of the unsuspecting Khwarazmians were heard, and a rain of arrows in a row of up to five waves of arrows made the Khorezmian generals come to their senses, but before he could order the troops to retreat, a cavalry force silently emerged from their flanks.
Without giving them a chance to react, the entire cavalry unit swooped down on them from the flanks like a sharp blade in the thick of the night.
On the left is the Amu Darya River, in front of which is an endless rain of arrows, and on the right is the Tatar cavalry that suddenly appeared, so the Khorezmians who wanted to sneak attack did not succeed in the sneak attack, but were guarded by others, and stopped in the middle of the road and hit an unprepared ambush.
Ye Qing only had Jia She's two hundred personal soldiers behind him, but as Mo Xiaobao put down his bow and crossbow and replaced them with spears and waist knives, and began to attack and kill the enemy, what Ye Qing had to do was to make up for the last stab on the missing Khorezm people during Mo Xiaobao's impact process.
The entire Khorezm people were cut off by the Muhuali on the flank, and in the confusion, with the collapse of the troops, it was particularly difficult to even turn around and retreat, and most of the troops had to start retreating towards the Amu Darya River on the left.
The tail after being cut off by the waist was left to Mu Huali to attack, and the troops in front were left to Mo Xiaobao to clean up, just like making dumplings, in the case of not knowing the number of troops in Khorezm, the four thousand people under Ye Qing firmly occupied the initiative in the ambush.