Chapter 271: Infantry Coordination
The hoplites of Kangju were still relatively tenacious, and with shells and crossbow arrows, they were still able to maintain a roughly complete rank.
They were still stubbornly advancing at their pace, and King Kangju saw the hoplites being beaten passively like this, and felt distressed that the losses were too great, so he ordered the longbow cavalry behind to attack from both sides of the hoplites.
It would be good to be able to suppress the attack of the Han army, even if it dispersed the pressure of some hoplites
The longbow cavalry, who had not personally experienced the shelling, were still full of courage as the most elite troops of Kangjuguo.
In obedience to the king's orders, they rushed out from behind the shield walls of the hoplites, and the cavalry was fast, and they soon rushed into the range of the longbow of one hundred and twenty feet.
The longbow cavalry took up their longbows and counterattacked, but the Han hoplites were also well protected, and their shields were raised, easily resisting the longbow attacks.
The artillery battalion immediately began to change the target of the attack and moved towards the longbow cavalry cover.
The offensive and defensive forces in the middle were temporarily at a stalemate, but the left and right flanks of the Kangju army were obviously inferior.
On the left side of the Kangju army was the 7th cavalry division of the Han army, and the small round shield had little protection against mortars and grenades.
The Central Army directly launched a counterattack under the cover of artillery, and the cavalry and artillery coincidentally formed a combination of infantry and artillery without prior drills.
When the artillery blows up the recalcitrant enemy, and the cavalry takes the opportunity to surprise the chaotic enemy and beat the water dogs, the Western Regions coalition forces can still contribute.
The Huns on the right were even more unlucky to encounter the 3rd Cavalry Division, especially the 7th Brigade of Ma Chao, which was assaulting at the forefront of the division.
Ma Chao asked the artillery battalion to put the enemy at 80 zhang before starting to cover the attack from near and far.
And he was even more bold, as soon as the covered fire of the artillery began to extend in the direction of depth, he rushed forward with the 7th brigade.
First, the crossbow, when it reached twenty or thirty zhang, it was a grenade, and it only took one charge to crush the 30,000 Huns.
The Huns did not want to exert all their strength, but suddenly encountered such a strong artillery fire, coupled with a grenade bombardment at close range, and completely collapsed.
Ma Chao led the Seventh Brigade like a hungry wolf seeing a little white rabbit, fiercely attacking the Huns.
The halberd and the Mo knife flew up and down in mid-air, and the hand axe would also suddenly strike, which was impossible to prevent.
The Huns have formed a deep-rooted phobia of the Han people, and when they saw the Han people rushing up like a fierce god, they ran away without thinking, and their blood and ferocity disappeared in front of the Han people.
Seeing that his subordinates were unexpectedly defeated and returned, King Zuo Xian of the Northern Xiongnu turned around and ran without hesitation, without even blowing the horn of the withdrawal of troops, and no Hun would be stupid enough to stay and fight with the Han Chinese.
The Kangju people were so ruthlessly abandoned by the Huns, and the Huns were also complaining that the Kangju people did not tell themselves that the Han people already had such powerful weapons.
Ma Chao saw the Huns fleeing and did not pursue, the Huns are now harmless rabbits, and it is not worth wasting precious time.
Ma Chao led the 7th Brigade to the king of Kangju in the center, and the king of Kangju saw that the Huns had treacherously fled, completely exposing his right flank to the Han Chinese, and scolded the Huns.
He saw Ma Chao rushing towards him, and hurriedly sent out the agreed signal, and three arrows were shot at Samarkand City.
Prince Alan had been watching the battle from a high vantage point in the city, and he was overjoyed to see the hoplites and longbow cavalry in the middle of the road forming a stalemate with the Han army.
He also thought that his father had successfully found a way to restrain himself, but he didn't expect that the Huns were simply vulnerable, and they were beaten in one face.
Seeing his father's distress signal, he couldn't hesitate much, he ordered to blow the horn of attack, and led his 30,000 troops out of the city to help the battle, intending to flank the Han army.
However, not far from the city gate, the opposite side met the Han cavalry of 16,700 men and almost the same number of Wusun cavalry.
With the help of the Han army, the Wusun cavalry was already the strongest in the Western Regions coalition army in terms of equipment and training.
There is another layer of relationship between the horse and Ma Chao, and he is still relatively loyal and obedient to the Han army, so Fa Zheng handed over the heavy task of blocking the army in the city to the first cavalry division and the Wusun cavalry.
Prince Alan calmly did not attack rashly, he did not know that the 1st Cavalry Division was not equipped with an artillery battalion, he chose to wait and see, anyway, he also contained the same number of Han troops as himself, which can be regarded as supporting his father.
King Kangju did not have a good idea when he saw that the defenders of Alan were blocked by the prepared Han army.
He could only put the 30,000 cavalry he kept in his hands on the right flank to block Ma Chao's crazy attack.
The Huns fled, and it was also good for the Kangju people, that is, there was one less time bomb on their right flank.
However, in this way, the original numerical advantage is gone.
Just when King Kangju was still hesitating whether the last 20,000 cavalry in his hands would reinforce the middle of the hand-to-hand combat between hoplites, or the left flank that was gradually retreating, or the right flank that could not stop the frantic attack.
Suddenly there was a horn behind him, and a Han cavalry came out from a distance, and his guard sentry did not send back any warning signals.
This sudden Han cavalry force numbered nearly 20,000 people, and as soon as it fought with the rearguard troops, it showed its distinctive characteristics.
The grenades were thrown far and accurately, and the archery skills of the bows and crossbows were also very outstanding, and the riding skills of these Han cavalry were equally superb when he was most unacceptable.
He had no choice but to send the last 20,000 cavalry in the direction behind him, and it was good to block it, so he didn't have to worry about who the 20,000 cavalry would reinforce at this time.
However, Guan Hai also began to launch a counterattack, and the 7th Cavalry Division also learned the way to open the way with artillery and cavalry to follow.
Finally defeated the enemy in front, after breaking through the enemy in front of them, they also began to besiege the enemy in the middle, and the follow-up sweeping work was handed over to the Western Regions Alliance.
At this time, King Kangju was finally convinced that the Han people were stronger than he had expected.
Whether it is combat effectiveness or a novel and powerful mysterious weapon, after all, he is the master of a country, and he still has the determination to make a decision on the spot.
He ordered the horn to be sounded for withdrawal, and he had the hoplites in front desperately block the Han attack.
He sent the withdrawn longbowmen to the rear to open the way, and the cavalry on the left and right flanks also converged in the center.
The longbow cavalry is worthy of being the most elite division of the Kangju army, and when the special operations division runs out of grenades, it can also engage in fierce fire with the special operations division.
The protection of the longbow cavalry is better than that of the special warfare division, at least equal.
The horses of the longbow cavalry were also selected, not only with strong load-bearing capacity, but also with high speed.
According to Wang Quan's plan before the war, the king of Kangju, who was still fighting for the trapped beasts, did not choose to fight hard, but consumed the vitality of the Kangju people in the fight.