The rod was dark and heavy, but the sharp blade on it shone with a cold light.

All the black-armored cavalry were tightly wrapped from head to toe, and even the war horses under their crotches were wrapped in black armor.

They were dressed very similarly to the Scythian heavy cavalry, and at first glance they were heavy cavalry.

Each of them was armed with a long, spear-like weapon, which was none other than a horse lance.

These heavy cavalry are the broken wolf cavalry that the Han army has retained to this day, and the leader of the army is the commander of a regiment of the heavy cavalry brigade, Ma Xiu.

After all the heavy cavalry of the Han army were arranged, they did not rush to charge, but waited for the opportunity.

When Prince Bo Tiao saw these heavy cavalry appearing in the Han army's array, he hated the Scythian cavalry who fled even more, only they were the real heavy cavalry, and they should be the opponents of these black guys in front of him.

His royal guards can only be regarded as half a heavy cavalry, although they are also equipped with iron armor for men and horses, but they only pursue beauty, but they sacrifice protection.

But the matter has come to this point, so we can only bite the bullet and let them rush forward.

The Han army could not charge, the Kushan people could not afford to wait, the Han army and Kangju cavalry in the north and east, as well as those rebels, were gradually approaching.

The Royal Guard led the charge, but soon came under mortar fire and casualties mounted.

It was not until the two sides approached a distance of about 120 zhang that the heavy cavalry of the Han army took the lead in the charge, and the other Han troops followed closely on the left and right flanks.

Kangju's archers fired the first wave of bows and arrows, and their longbows could shoot a distance of more than 120 zhang.

After charging forward for a few dozen zhang, all the Han cavalry began to attack the enemy with repeater crossbows.

The royal guards, like the Kushan mounted cavalry, were only armed with spears and double-edged knives, and could only withstand the long-range attacks of the Han army and the Kangju people in silence.

Fortunately, the Sogdian cavalry and the Gandhara cavalry, who followed the charge of the royal guards, were armed with bows and arrows and could barely fight back.

After throwing a wave of grenades, the wolf riders pulled down their wolf head guards, picked up their horse lances, and relied on stirrups to maintain their balance.

When the royal guards and the wolf cavalry of the broken army staggered past and began real hand-to-hand combat, when the royal guards of Guishan were swept off the horses of the Han army, the prince of Bo Tiao really realized the strength of the Han cavalry.

The wolf cavalry of the broken army was like a sharp knife, piercing the Kushan army, and the 6,000 heavy cavalry actually penetrated the tens of thousands of Kushan army, and at the cost of nearly 1,000 casualties, successfully joined the special operations division in the north.

Then, under the leadership of Matthew, he fearlessly rushed back and pierced the Kushan army for the second time.

After this battle, the Kushan army completely collapsed, and the Chinese army was scattered.

In the chaos, without the command of Prince Botuo, the Kushan cavalry could only fight on their own.

However, after all, the Kushan army was numerous, and even if there were those who fled and those who rebelled, the army loyal to the royal family and the empire still accounted for the majority.

Therefore, the Han army and Kangju cavalry in the south, although they tried their best to intercept desperately, and even did not hesitate to exchange their lives for their lives, there were still many Kushan troops who broke through and fled.

However, the royal drive of the prince of Bo Tune, the Sun Palace was captured by the Han army because of its large size and slow travel speed.

Many of the Kushan cavalry of the Jehelum Legion, which had attracted Han forces in the west, could only surrender to the Han army, and only a small part took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Of course, there were many Kushan cavalry killed in battle, especially the archers.

When it was dark, this decisive battle between the cavalry of the Han and the Kushan people was completely over, and the battlefield was quiet.

The victorious Han army and Kangju cavalry were busy counting prisoners, cleaning the battlefield, and treating the wounded on both sides.

Sima Yi also came out of the camp and curiously visited the partially damaged Sun Palace.

Seeing Ma Chao, who was also full of curiosity, "Meng Qi, this treasure has to be sent back to Chang'an and dedicated to the lord and His Majesty the Emperor to show our merits!" ”

Ma Chao nodded again and again, such a big trophy is too convincing, and I am afraid it is unprecedented.

The casualties of the Han army in this battle were not small, mainly because of the encirclement of the Guishan army in the later stage, and the enemy gave up his life at the last moment, exchanging his life for his life, causing a lot of losses to the Han army.

Surrounded on all sides, the losses added together, the Han army suffered nearly 20,000 casualties, and the Kangju people were slightly more, with casualties of nearly 30,000, and the casualty ratio was close to a quarter of the entire army.

This is still the result of Sima Yi's use of a series of means and stratagems.

This shows the combat power and huge number of the Kushan army, but in any case, this decisive battle was won by the Han and Kangju sides.

In total, nearly 100,000 Kushan soldiers were captured, in addition to more than 20,000 wounded, and more than 60,000 Kushan people were killed.

The troops taken by the Prince of Bo Tiao broke through and took away only a few tens of thousands, most of them were the royal guards and the Kushan cavalry, as well as the Sogdian cavalry and the Gandhara cavalry.

They were like frightened birds, afraid that the Han army would chase them, so they ran out of hundreds of miles in one breath and fled back to the camp outside Guishan City overnight.

Sauter and Osidmos couldn't believe it when they saw this tragic situation.

At the time of the expedition, there were only 60,000 or 70,000 horsemen left in the mighty army of more than 300,000 people, and many of them were still bloodstained and scarred.

Prince Botuo's clothes were also stained with blood, all of them were other people's blood, but he was lucky not to be injured.

The luxurious palace has long been gone, and any war elephants and heavy cavalry have disappeared.

Only a portion of the loyal royal guards and Kushan cavalry followed.

As soon as the prince saw Sauter and Osidmus, he cursed the damned cowardly Scythians, if it weren't for their own escape, the imperial army would not have suffered such great losses.

By the way, there are even more hateful traitors, the Parthians and Khorezmians, who will not let them go when they return home!

Be sure to trample Khorezm and Sistan to the ground and kill them all!

The prince of Bo was ruthless, and his face was a little hideous.

Sauter waited for him to vent some of his anger and calm down a little before he persuaded him: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the army has been newly defeated, and the cavalry has suffered huge losses, so it is really not suitable to go deep into the enemy's territory. ”

"Once the retreat route is cut off by the Han army, I am afraid that there is a danger of annihilation of the whole army, and the top priority at the moment should be to return the whole army to Sogdia and return to Malacanda, and then make a decision on whether to fight or make peace!"

After the prince of Bo Tune vented, he also calmed down, of course he knew that what Sote said was reasonable.

"For the sake of now, this is the only way, Sauter, Osidmos, you two lead the infantry legion of the palace, I will lead the royal guard and the Rawalpindi legion to retreat first, and the army will retreat to Maracanda, let's think about it in the long run!"

"Yes!"

The Kushan camp was busy, and the siege equipment that had just been built and was being built was immediately dismantled, and everything that could not be taken away was destroyed.