Chapter 440: The Last Ambush

The Bactrian infantry ended slightly better than the Gandhara infantry, and half of the attack of 4,000 men returned.

However, the first line of defense of the Han army was still not taken, and the Han army rotated some of the officers and soldiers of the 1st Division of the Western Regions to allow the brothers of the 3rd Division to rest.

Next up were 4,000 Punjabi infantry, who outnumbered the Bactrian infantry in casualties because they stubbornly adhered to their traditions, refusing to wear helmets but their national turbans.

In this way, the hoplites of several main legions of the Kushan Empire took turns to attack the positions of the Han army.

In the evening, the first line of defense was finally captured, but it was already late, how could the Kushan army dare to stay on the position of the Han army for the night?

So when they retreated to their camps, the day's efforts were in vain.

In a day's attack, the Kushan army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, including artillery.

They set up camp five miles away from the Han army's position, and there were no trees so they didn't build a wall, but they just dug a shallow trench, and they were tired.

After all, they had been running around all day in heavy armor, and they had already exhausted, and they had arranged the personnel on duty for the night, and the king of Bo Tiao himself slept upside down, and he didn't even eat dinner.

How could the Han army miss this great opportunity, Huang Zhong personally led two brigades of the Rong 1st Division to attack the camp of the Guishan army in the middle of the night.

Because of the defensive battle during the day, these two brigades have not played, and they are recuperating for the night operation!

The absence of deep trenches, the absence of tall walls, and the drowsy night watchmen created an opportunity for the Han army to attack at night.

More than 10,000 Han troops rushed into the camp of the Kushan army, and grenades were thrown directly into the camp tent, and fire broke out.

In the chaos, the Guishan army did not know how many Han troops had come to attack the camp, and Bo Tiao was woken up by the guards in a half-asleep and half-awake way.

Frightened, he put on his clothes haphazardly, and began to flee under the escort of the royal guards.

At this time, it can be seen that he is not a competent commander, he did not organize the army to resist, nor did he concentrate his forces, in fact, the Han army that attacked the camp was far less numerous than the Kushan people.

He simply fled on his own, only his royal guards and heavy cavalry guarded him closely.

Their own king was the first to escape, and none of the generals of the Kushan army in the military camp stood up to organize them, so they naturally fled with the king in a swarm.

Many discarded their armor and weapons just to be faster when they ran.

While running away, Bo Tiao was thinking about how to deny his agreement with Lu Bu, he couldn't really lose the duel, so the whole army retreated, right?

He didn't know that Ma Chao's army had already reached Guishan's country, and he was still fantasizing about regrouping the army and fighting with Lu Bu again!

When he was running all the way, many torches suddenly appeared in front, and a Han cavalry blocked the way, and there were several people dressed as generals in front of the Han army, and one person in the middle was wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, which was very eye-catching.

Of course, Bo Tuo recognized it, it was Lu Bu.

Lu Bu saw the embarrassed wave tune, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty wave tune, where are you going, we haven't finished the fight yet!" ”

Bo Xuan shouted angrily: "Lu Bu, you Han people are too cunning, you can't fight well at all, you just play some conspiracy to harm us!" ”

"I don't accept it, we have the ability to fight against the two armies, and we have fought one in a dignified manner!"

When Lu Bu heard what Bo Tune said, of course there was an interpreter next to him, and laughed, "Wave Tune, don't you know that war is like this?" False and false, true and false, our ancestors once said, "Soldiers, sophistry!" ””

"Do you want to fight me again? Then you have to get away from me today! ”

After saying that, Lu Bu waved his hand, and the Han cavalry behind him began to raise their guns to shoot, both sides were armed with torches, and the target was obvious.

Bo Tiao was willing to entangle with Lu Bu, but he led the royal guards to flee in many ways, taking advantage of the darkness of the night and low visibility, they were all heavy armored cavalry, and the light cavalry of the Han army really couldn't stop them.

The Han army chose the fourth watch to attack the camp, so it was just entangled for a while, and the sky gradually brightened.

Sot and the others had already heard the shouts and ran up the hill to watch the battle, but it was dark and they couldn't see clearly, but now that it was dawn, they could see it.

I saw that the battlefield was full of fleeing Kushan troops, and the Han army was chasing and intercepting them everywhere.

Sauter watched carefully, and only then did he see King Wave and his royal guards on the edge of the battlefield, which was really good, they had already reached the edge of the battlefield and would soon be able to leave the battlefield.

Sote didn't bother to greet Gao Shun and other Han army officers, and hurriedly went down the mountain to meet his majesty.

In one day and one night, 50,000 Guishan elites were defeated by the same number of Han troops, and they were completely defeated.

Sauter answered the king of the upper wave, and the wave tune breathed a sigh of relief.

Sote didn't bother to ask him how the battle was going, but preemptively told him that Ma Chao led the army deep into the hinterland of Guishan, and Bo Tiao's face turned white with fright.

Sauter hurriedly said that he had sent Osidmos with twelve divisions of the vanguard army back to Peshawar, so that he did not have to worry.

Bo slowed down and looked at Sauter, "General, what do you think we should do next?" He had no choice but to ask Sott.

Sauter smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, what else can we do, this time we are afraid that we will return again in vain, withdraw our troops and return home, if we continue to fight, something big will happen!" ”

Bo Tiao also smiled bitterly, "It seems that this big man, we can't beat it, since we can't beat it, let's send someone to negotiate peace, but I don't know what kind of conditions Lu Bu will propose, after all, he is the royal driver, and this appetite is not small." ”

Sot protected the wave and returned to the camp of the Kushan army, but at this time the camp was nearly half empty, except for the forward army taken by Osidmos who returned to the country, and the 50,000 army that followed the wave to participate in the duel, only 5,000 people returned.

Frightened and exhausted and in need of rest, he gave Sauter the authority to direct the retreat of the Kushan army.

Sauter was naturally conscientious, he commanded the whole army to begin to retreat, the cavalry opened the way, the infantry was broken, and the Kushan army still had 200,000, and the marching army was still mighty.

It's a pity, how could Lu Bu let them go so easily?

As soon as the Kushan army withdrew into the territory of Kushan, they were ambushed by the Han army.

Sima Yi took four divisions of the Haotian Army and three divisions of the Imperial Forest Army, as well as several divisions of other national defense forces, and set up a big pocket formation for the Guishan Legion.

With so many main forces of the Han army, the ace division, and the fat meat in the mouth, how could it be allowed to escape?

The various units of the Han army launched a fierce attack on the Kushan Legion, and no matter how powerful Saute was, he could not make up for the gap in strength and equipment between the two armies.