Chapter 407: The Momentum of the Encirclement
However, this fire not only caused damage to the cathars, but also made it impossible for the eight-meter army to attack. Because the fire does not recognize people! The blazing heat was so hot that people couldn't even open their eyes. Not to mention breaking through the fire and catching turtles in an urn for the cathars in the fort.
Of course, waiting for the fire to go out is not the best option. Therefore, Ber-uddin immediately ordered the tribal army to extinguish the fire with sand and completely remove the cathars in the general's fort.
There are a lot of people in the end! Even if the military fort is attacked, at least more than 10,000 casualties will be caused by the men and horses of eight meters. But for the eight-meter army of about 70,000, the impact is not very great. So one after another, the fire was extinguished at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But before Bel-udin could be triumphant, there was a sudden chaos in their rear. Some of the tribesmen's soldiers and horses seemed to see some kind of frightened sight, and they rushed forward desperately.
Then a general rushed forward and said urgently: "The heretics are coming!" And the tribesmen of Kebuli took refuge in the infidels and slaughtered our soldiers on a large scale. ”。 Since the generals of Kobuli had a tendency to disobey orders in groups, Bel Uddin had become wary of them. Put them all in the rear, so as not to get in the way.
Unexpectedly, such a situation would occur.
When Ber-Uddin heard this, he was furious at the betrayal of the tribe of Kobri. Some of the tribal armies not far from them also suddenly became chaotic. I heard someone shouting, "The cathars have taken it!" Those who descend will not be killed! Those who descend will not be killed! ”。
Because this news affected morale, only the middle and upper generals knew about it. And the soldiers at the bottom only thought that Bami was threatened, and they didn't know that it had been breached.
As a result, the expressions of many soldiers became frightened.
"Damn! It's the people of the Shah tribes who are rebelling! Some generals saw that it was someone from the Shah Department who was shouting, and said with a gloomy face.
"These Gur people should have been killed a hundred times a long time ago!" ,
But no matter how harsh they say, the rebellion of the Shah tribes is already a fact. And because the Shah tribes were not far from the Chinese army where Ber-Uddin was located, as soon as they became chaotic, the eight-meter army was cut into two sections.
Many unreasonable soldiers thought that the cathars had already attacked, and they rushed to the vicinity of the mountain pass in panic.
It was also Ber-Uddin who was also wary of the Shah Ministry, so he let them stay near the Chinese army. Well, now it's self-inflicted.
The mountain pass, which is not wide, is also instantaneously stampede and other chaos. All kinds of cries and wails are endless. The tribal soldiers and horses, who were already frightened birds, rushed out of the mountain pass desperately under the wanton flight and frightened shouts of the soldiers in the rear.
But the military fort was not conquered, so their way was not smooth. In particular, the fires in many places were not extinguished, resulting in some soldiers being squeezed into the flames and burned alive.
Such a terrifying sight once again doubled the panic. Some soldiers thought that reinforcements from the Cathar Army had come to the mountain pass.
Bel-udin knew that if he continued like this, his army would be wiped out. Therefore, immediately let the generals of each department quickly restrain their own soldiers and horses and calm down the chaos.
But at this time, in order to compete for merit, the Shah Department had already killed the Chinese army.
Many soldiers who were killed and cried their fathers and mothers just ran forward. So that Ber-Uddin's pro-army will not be affected. There was a small group of soldiers and horses, and they were even more scattered.
In order not to affect the battle of the pro-army, without being reminded by Ber-Udin, the generals below let the pro-army kill the soldiers who rushed over.
However, the mouth of this valley is too narrow, and the soldiers in the rear are under the persecution of the Shah Department, so they don't think much about it. So even though the pro-army killed a lot of rebels, the huge sea of people, like the waves of the sea, knocked them down fiercely.
At this juncture, as long as it is a person who falls, it is the same as death. Because thousands of big feet will not hesitate to step on that person's body.
So he waited until the Shah Department cut through the chaotic soldiers and met the blades of the pro-army. Most of the pro-army has been trampled to death by their own people.
The soldiers and horses of the former battalion of the Persian legion, who had been forced into the fort before, also took the opportunity to come out to stop the enemy. Although there were many people, they all had wounds on their bodies. But as long as the legs can move and the hands can hold the knife, they all run out.
This caused the morale of the eight-meter army to plummet, and it has become a complete discrete.
Nearly an hour later, the soldiers whom Abu Rais had sent to Bami to seek reinforcements had arrived with nearly 10,000 cathars. But the battle for the Hibal Pass was over.
It turned out that under the double-sided attack of the cathars, the eight-meter army was simply chaotic. Even the Shah tribe lost a lot of men and horses in this crowded stampede. Therefore, Ge Riwuqi had to wait for the chaos in the passage to calm down before daring to continue the march.
Those enemy troops who survived by luck no longer have the fighting spirit. Under the cry of the cathar army not to kill, they all obediently became prisoners. Abu Rais, on his part, also blocked the exit. And the capture of Bel Udin can be regarded as a great achievement.
But even so, Abu Lais's fault cannot be undone. Because of this battle alone, there were less than 2,000 soldiers and horses left in the front battalion of 5,000 soldiers and horses. Among them, hundreds of were injured and disabled.
Since the establishment of the Guardian Army, it was the first time that such a large casualty had occurred. So after the statistical results came out, Timur took the initiative to ask Li Chengji for his guilt. Abu Laith also took the initiative to resign himself from the military post of the commander of the former battalion, and was willing to accept the punishment.
However, the promotion of the commander was the will of the army and the king, so Timur could not agree to it. I wrote an excerpt together and sent it to Malu urgently.
During this time, Fislogü's First Route Army also allied with the Persian legions. and drove the Gizeni Guards who had gone north back to the Baluwan Valley north of Kebuli.
The Second Route Army, led by Li Gao, conquered Sistan. and crossed the Helmand River and headed north to bypass the Rygistan desert. Kandahar, an important commercial town in the south, was also conquered by the Second Route Army.
The remnants of the Gul forces entrenched in Gitzni were thus faced with a siege from the north and south.
At this moment, Li Chengji's order also reached Bami.
It's just that he didn't respond to Timur's plea, but asked him to continue to lead his troops and capture Kebuli. At the same time, he mentioned that he would set off in a few days, and he would not be able to go south.
In addition, the commendation of the officers and men of the whole army is also mentioned. Some generals were a little moved.
However, Li Chengji's transfer is not a big deal. This made Timur and Kalwan and others nervous. For the capture of the city of Kopoli, it is even more urgent.