Chapter 541: Clever Plans (Second Update)
This was the first time that the cavalry of the Seleucid Dynasty had seen the cavalry of Daqin wearing their own armor, and a solemn air rushed to their faces, and the general knew that a fierce battle would not be able to run away.
"Kill! Drive these alien races out of the Peacock Dynasty, the Peacock Dynasty is the land occupied by my Great Qin, and they cannot be allowed to be presumptuous! ”
Under the encouragement of the Great Qin generals who were rushing forward, the Great Qin cavalry who came out of the three city gates surrounded the 20,000 Seleuc cavalry who were rushing over almost instantly.
When the general in charge of the Seleuc saw this situation, he knew that the defenders in the city might be waiting for him to send a large group of men and horses to attack, and he was very glad that he did not attack with all the soldiers.
He carefully observed for a while, the number of Great Qin soldiers who came out of the three gates was really the same as predicted before, about more than 50,000 people, and he was slightly relieved at that time, after all, he still had a big advantage in numbers, he waited for all these troops to go out of the city, and then let the remaining 50,000 people around him and the other 20,000 people join forces with each other, and fight with the other party with real swords and guns in the case of the advantage of the formation.
Seeing that the fifty or sixty thousand people in the city came out, and the 20,000 people he had sent out before were immediately fighting in one place, the chief general of Seleuc knew that it was time, so with a wave of his hand, the army behind him went directly to the battlefield.
There was no moat outside the city, and almost all of the vast open space became the battlefield of their battle, and the chief Seleucus believed that he would annihilate all these foreign cavalry here, and then apply to Antiochus III to directly attack Fahrenheit, the capital of the Mauryan Empire.
Many of Great Qin's enemies had built beautiful things in their hearts before, but Great Qin had disappointed his enemies every time, and this time, in front of the God of War Meng Tian, it was naturally no exception.
"General, the enemy really wants to use their superiority in strength to encircle and suppress the 50,000 cavalry that left the city before our Great Qin!"
"They really didn't know that I had arrived in the Peacock Dynasty, this time I want them to recognize the reality, whether in terms of strength or combat power, my Great Qin is much stronger than these alien races who don't know where they came from! The rest of the cavalry in the city were all killed, leaving them with only a line to withdraw along the route they had come, and in case of another order to General Long and General, he immediately began his operation! ”
After saying this, Meng Tian also hurriedly walked down the city wall with Peng Yue, and when he went down, the city gate that had been closed opened again, and at this time the battle was already a ball outside, but the sharp-eyed Seleucid cavalry found that there were still dense Great Qin cavalry in the city.
Meng Tian and Peng Yue led these new forces that the other party didn't expect at all, and in an instant, they began to strike a hard blow to those Seleu cavalry from behind.
"General, the alien race in that city actually has a backhand, they kept a large part of the cavalry in the city before, and they are sneaking up behind at this time!"
The cavalry of the Seleucid Dynasty was fighting, and the commander always rushed to the front line, after all, they had to set an example for the soldiers under their command, so at this time, the main general was already fighting in the battle, and the soldiers under his command searched for a long time before finally finding it and informing him of this rather unfavorable news.
"What? They even have a backhand? ”
At this moment, it was completely unexpected, as a result, the numerical advantage that originally made him very confident was gone, and now it is a big encirclement for himself, and the cavalry on the other floor inside is not stunned at all, and the advantage instantly becomes a disadvantage.
But if they withdrew now, the sergeants inside would definitely suffer a lot of losses, this was almost certain, so the chief general of Seleuc felt a little uneasy, and he hesitated for a moment in this earth-shattering shout.
"Send the order and tell the generals not to panic, these cavalry are not as tall as my Seleuk cavalry, and their armor is not as thick as my Seleuk cavalry, and my Seleuk Dynasty will not have any fear!"
Obviously, he just wanted to confront Da Qin head-on, in fact, this was not the situation that Meng Tian wanted to see the most, because the openings to their own cities had already been reserved for them, as long as they didn't want to have losses, they could retreat directly.
"It seems that the enemy army does not admit defeat, and wants to fight with our army head-on for a while, and the order is passed on, our army has an advantage of tens of thousands of troops, and their formation has been dispersed by our army, and it is only a matter of time before these cavalry are wiped out."
In terms of mobilizing the enthusiasm of the sergeants, Meng Tian also has quite a lot of experience, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, this sentence Meng Tian may not know now, but the meaning of it Meng Tian is very clear, in such a war, if one side shows its cowardice first, then their casualties must be much greater than the other side.
The previous Seleucian commander said that there was indeed nothing wrong with it, and their cavalry must have a considerable advantage in the thickness of their armor and stature, but in such a fierce hand-to-hand combat, those two points are not necessarily advantages.
The Seleucian cavalry almost all used long weapons and matched their armor, and if they rushed to the plain, they were really invincible.
But in such a battle, it is not so easy to rush and kill, and they didn't think at all that Zhang Kai, the chief designer of Great Qin's weapons and armor, is absolutely not stupid, and the Great Qin people, who have already popularized iron tools, of course know that armor can be made thicker, but they don't do that, but use this part of the weight to place other things.
The rest of this stuff is a miniature Qin crossbow and an extremely sharp short blade.
An important part of the training of the Great Qin cavalry was to be good at using short knives hanging from their waists to solve problems when long weapons were no longer easy to use, and now it was such a time.
Such a scene continued to happen in this battle, the cavalry of the Seleuc and their absolute strength forced the Great Qin cavalry who were also holding long weapons to retreat, and when they were about to retreat to a desperate situation, once again after the one-handed block that seemed to be impossible, it was a cold and shining short knife in the other hand that did not know when, and it was often a knife that cut the throat of the enemy who had been close in front of him.
When the disadvantage was already visible to the naked eye, it was obvious that it was impossible to do anything in a battle, and after such a scene appeared in the eyes of the Seleuc general, he knew that he could not hold on like this any longer.
He miscalculated the individual combat ability of the soldiers under his command, and now, it was time to stop the loss, otherwise no matter how many enemies he killed this time, in the end, his side would definitely be the one with no one left.
"Quickly go find out where the enemy is flawed, and then tell me!"
Although the idea of withdrawing troops has already occurred in their hearts, it is obviously not the time to say it, because it is not certain where to retreat, and once they say that they want to withdraw at this time, their morale is obviously gone.
But at this time, another one he didn't know was ready, and Long Ji was rushing to the last city with a team of about six or seven thousand men, and before that, he had recovered three of the four cities that the enemy had occupied before, and the few remaining defenders in the city were all killed by the soldiers led by Long He by surprise.
After quickly occupying each city, Long Ji left seven or eight thousand men and horses, and these horses were also carrying heavy Qin crossbows, just like the city occupied by the Great Qin cavalry before, they quickly began to arrange the arrow towers and arrow holes on the city wall, and when these people arranged, Long Ji rushed to the next city with his men and horses to do the same thing.
"General, if Daqin's Meng Tian pits my Hun cavalry, and puts those enemy troops back but doesn't chase after them, wouldn't it be difficult for my Huns' 30,000 cavalry to resist the surging enemy army?"
"If the generals of Great Qin can do such a thing, they will not allow my Xiongnu to form an alliance with Great Qin, in other words, those tens of thousands of horses who have been beaten by Meng Tian and lost their sharpness, even if there is no Meng Tian, my Xiongnu iron cavalry can deal with it."
When Long Ji said this, he obviously didn't take Seleuc's cavalry seriously, in fact, he agreed with this strategy very much, and he had also heard of Meng Tian's character, and he believed that the result of this matter would definitely be worthy of his good cooperation with Meng Tian.
Soon, the Seleuk cavalry, who was already at a disadvantage, found that the enemy did still have a gap, and if this gap rushed out, it would be able to quickly return to their own city, and when they arrived at their own city, Daqin's cavalry would become the besieging party, and things would naturally be much easier to handle at that time.
Thinking of this, Seleuc's chief general didn't say a word, and directly issued the order to withdraw the army, what he didn't know was that in the process of fighting for about an hour, although their sergeants made the Great Qin cavalry pay more than 10,000 losses, but their losses were more than double that of the Great Qin cavalry, if he didn't announce the retreat and stop loss in time, the gap in this number would only get bigger and bigger.
"General, the cavalry of the Seleucians began to retreat thinking about the opening we had left in advance, but compared to the time we predicted before, it was a little earlier, I don't know if the dragon and general are ready."
Peng Yue, who had been observing the situation of the enemy army, saw this movement and hurriedly informed Meng Tian as soon as possible, he knew what the battle plan was, and now that the enemy army was going to retreat, he was still a little worried that if the dragon was not arranged, the effect of this strategy would be a little bad.
"I have already left enough time for Long Ji, at this time he should have finished this matter, and ordered to go down and give way to the enemy at that gap, otherwise my Great Qin's cavalry will suffer some losses."
Although there were still a lot of enemies annihilated, Meng Tian was still very distressed about the losses of the Great Qin cavalry, what he wanted to achieve was always to exchange the enemy's lives for a very small price, but this very small price was not one for two......
Under Meng Tian's instructions, as soon as the Seleucian cavalry broke through, the defense in that direction was really very weak, so the Seleucian cavalry fought and retreated, and withdrew in the direction of the city they occupied.
"Order, follow behind, but don't get too close, leave room for them!"
Meng Tian still has a lot of combat experience, of course he knows what kind of situation can make the enemy think that you are chasing him, and will not let his previous plan deviate because he is too close.
The cavalry marched, it was very fast, and in a short time, the vanguard of the Seleucian cavalry had already reached the nearest city they occupied, according to the normal situation, as long as they entered the city, everything would be fine, because whether it was on the arrow tower or in the arrow hole, they were left with a hundred and ten people to guard, and now, these hundred and ten people can make the cavalry of Great Qin repeat their previous mistakes.
But what the Seleucians didn't know was that there were indeed so many people in the arrow towers and arrow holes at this time, but the faces of the people had already changed.
The main general of Seleucus was still the first to rush to the gates of the city, and of course he had to enter the city first, not only because he was the most important person, but also because he had to enter the city and command his soldiers on the walls.
Although Seleuc was defeated in the previous round, he still refused to admit defeat in his heart, and he desperately wanted to rely on this city to fight back, so as to improve the morale of his soldiers.
"Open the gates!"
The Seleucid warriors who arrived at the city first hurriedly shouted at the city, but they shouted several times in succession, but there was no response.
At this time, there were all Hun cavalry standing on the city wall, they naturally couldn't understand the language of the Seleucians, and seeing that many enemy troops outside the city were coming, they remembered Long Ji's instructions, and hurriedly released an arrow into the air.
What does that mean? Not good......"
The Sergeant who called the door looked at the arrow that he had never seen before, and then he suddenly reacted, but before he could return and tell his companions not to come this way, the people on the arrow tower had already seen the arrow, and then there was a burst of fire, and the sergeant named Men died under the city at that time.
This wave of arrows directly extinguished the hopes of the Seleuces who were walking in front of them and wanted to drive back to the city, and they suddenly realized that their enemies were a little too cunning, and they actually took their city while fighting with them, which was really a bit unexpected for them.