Chapter 504: The Battle of Broken Leaves
"Urgently, the Samanid army is less than fifty miles away from Broken Leaf, and the vanguard has already killed Broken Leaf City." Early in the morning of the twenty-fourth day of the fourth month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Hammoud set out from Shattered Leaf City and headed north, preparing to make a detour back behind the Samanids. It's just that less than two hours after he sent his troops, the Samanids had already arrived near Shattered Leaf City. And after Tanma reported it to him, Hammoud decisively changed direction and went directly to the other party. The distance of fifty miles depends on the speed of the cavalry, and it is estimated that half an hour should arrive, and if you rush over at this time, you will just give the opponent a fatal blow, so as to lay down the victory in one fell swoop. The tactics discussed by Hammud and Li Feixue before were that the entire army of the Guards Battalion was responsible for intercepting outside Broken Leaf City, while Hammud led the army to attack in a roundabout way. Because after judging the thoughts of the Samanids, the two understood that Broken Leaf City was only a stronghold that the other party had to take, and only with the advance base of Broken Leaf City could the Samanids truly form a situation of mutual cooperation and mutual horns with the Qarluqs, thus dividing the northern front of the Tiance Army into two, which would inevitably make the Tiance Army fall into a state of exhaustion.
However, at this time, Hammud and Li Feixue's strategy was to let the other party fall into the point of being caught between the front and back, and according to the distance between the two armies, when Hammad led the army to arrive, it was the time when the Guards Battalion and the Samanid were halfway through the battle, and the battle would be out of the stalemate at any time.
When Hammud led the army to change direction, Li Feixue actually got the news that as the corps responsible for frontal blocking, the 50,000 people of the personal guard battalion against the opponent's nearly 100,000 cavalry, it can be said that the key to the entire battlefield is whether the personal guard battalion can block the uninterrupted charge of the 100,000 cavalry. Moreover, in order to cover their own purposes, the personal guard battalion is basically unable to put all its forces into the battlefield, and even has to show weakness when necessary to be able to firmly attract the other side. Therefore, Li Feixue directly transferred two battalions and let Tonghuan lead them as reserves, on the one hand, as a counterforce, they were put into the battlefield at a critical moment, and on the other hand, they also created an illusion that the number of soldiers and horses in the front-line position was small, giving the Samanid people the confidence to attack with all their might.
"Listen, General, they're coming." The copper ring is from the steppe people, and he understands the various characteristics of the cavalry very thoroughly, but after realizing that there is a vibration on the ground, he immediately understands that the other party has come.
"You go and prepare to be in charge of the reserves, our three battalions on the front line will definitely not be able to block their impact, so your reserves are the key, to kill the Samanid cavalry who broke into the position, and at the same time, you must support the first line at any time to make up for the battle losses on the front line." Li Feixue's face was solemn at this time, and he did not have the rogue appearance of the hippie smiling face on weekdays, but because the big war was about to break out, he exuded a domineering aura, waved his hand to let the copper ring quickly prepare, and then nodded to the guards beside him, and suddenly more than a dozen people quickly went to the front line along the trench to notify most of the front-line combat troops to enter cover, leaving only a small number of sentries to stare ahead, and almost at the same time, the twenty-five guns belonging to the guard battalion were ready, and the gunners had even begun to adjust the firing range and sights in advance, Prepare to bombard the opponent with artillery fire at the first opportunity. Behind the artillery position, thirty mechanical crossbows also showed their hideous faces, and countless soldiers quickly carried rocket artillery boxes from the rear. Compared to artillery, the firing speed of mechanical crossbows is too fast, so even if the transportation capacity freed up by the guard battalion after the food and salary is settled on the spot for a winter, it is basically the boxes for transporting shells and rockets, but it still makes these mechanical crossbow shooters, who have never taken the amount of ammunition seriously, carefully calculate.
"Here, this is the first frontal battle since the Guards Battalion left Anxi." Li Feixue held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the brown wave that gradually appeared in sight in the distance ahead, and muttered to herself. There are more than 10,000 people, there is no bank, nearly 100,000 cavalry is a combination of men and horses, hundreds of thousands of horses' hooves have left a mess after stepping on this grassland, the dull vibration is like the birth of an ancient giant beast that makes the faces of all the Tiance soldiers on the front line become extremely solemn, and some of the recruits even nervously hold their guns and hands began to tremble, but then everyone was attracted by the crowd that appeared on the horizon for several miles, the cavalry charge was almost earth-shattering, and because of the speed, It seems to be far away, but under the full charge, there is no time to appreciate it at all. So almost instantly, twenty-five guns opened fire at the same time, and the rumbling sound of the cannon dispelled the tension and fear in the hearts of the front-line soldiers, and the explosion that appeared in the crowd and the severed arms and stumps of the Samanid cavalry that were immediately swept over by the shock wave and flew into the air made many recruits feel the difference between the frontal battle and the previous time when they led the army to assault.
"The mine brigade is ready, and the first line is ready for release." The front-line troops of 30,000 people were arranged in a semi-elliptical arc-shaped position, divided into three intermittent layers, the first layer of a battalion in the roar of the capital, those veterans who operated the mines were extremely skilled in pulling the mines of the first line, only to see that in an instant, those cavalry who had just been baptized by artillery fire and broke into the minefield were directly blown away by the explosion that suddenly took off in the air, and countless cavalry were scattered. The entire offensive of the Samanid cavalry attacking around the position of the Tiance Army was interrupted by the dense explosion of this moment. It can be said that at this moment, Li Feixue's obsession with landmines has paid off, and the power of landmines does have a unique role in positional warfare, which can effectively make up for the lack of artillery and firepower projection, and provide strong support for front-line soldiers.
And just after the first line of mines was detonated, the soldiers on the first line also officially took their guns to shoot, and countless bullets began to fly through the sky along the minefield that had been opened up before, directly hitting the Samanids who had caused great chaos due to the explosion of the mines.
"This Samanid doesn't seem to have grown at all, he's already fought with us, and he doesn't have any countermeasures. Hey, no, they seem to be a lot faster than the average cavalry. Li Feixue stood on the high platform and held a clairvoyant mirror to naturally see all the battle situation in front of him, and he also discovered the unusualness of the Samanid people for the first time, although the offensive order was disrupted by artillery and mines, but the speed of the remaining cavalry charge did not decrease at all, and it was even coming towards the main position again without stopping, and even countless figures appeared in the rear one after another, this posture was almost ready to take a detour.
"Immediately blow the horn and order the second-line troops to immediately go into battle, and the artillery units will bombard me with all their might." Li Feixue immediately asked his guards to blow the horn and put a battalion in the second trench into battle, and at the same time ordered the artillery unit to shell with all its might. It can be seen that although the Samanid people have not found a way to deal with the firepower of the Tiance army, they have their own unique combat methods, at least the marching speed of these Samanid cavalry in front of Li Feixue is much faster than that of the personal guard battalion, and even a lot faster, countless cavalrymen shook the scimitar in their hands and roared forward, but they did not care about the people who were bombed in front of them and in the middle of the formation, and what made Li Feixue feel strange was that the Samanid seemed to use some special method, The deafening sound after the explosion of those shells did not make the countless war horses not have much turmoil, and the method of frightening the opponent's war horses and disrupting the opponent's formation in the past did not work at this time. However, Li Feixue only frowned and stopped caring about this, the Samanid people may have some other way, at least the Samanid people have not fought with the Uighur army before, and some methods are not much surprising. And after Li Feixue was put into the second-line troops, the firepower on the front line instantly doubled, and after 20,000 rifles poured bullets, the Samanid cavalry that broke through was instantly put down. And because of the shape of the position of the guard battalion, in fact, the strength of the two battalions on the front can basically block all the enemies from the front, and the closer to the position of the guard battalion, the narrower the terrain actually is, so the density of the Samanid cavalry is also greater, and the lethality of the natural Tiance army is also greater, and the mines of the second line were also detonated in the fierce battle, and this time almost all the land around the entire area of the second line was directly lifted into the sky by this continuous explosion, Under the shaking of the earth, a strong whirlwind swept across the entire battlefield, only to see that the originally densely charged Samanid cavalry was directly swept away, which was equivalent to directly reimbursing thousands of cavalry, and the entire cavalry charge formation became sparse. And this time, such a crazy explosion can be regarded as directly exhausting the opponent's first wave of offensive potential.
However, the next move of the Samanid people made Li Feixue fall through his glasses, and under the situation that he was originally attacked by such a sudden attack, and directly destroyed the cavalry formation of the first wave of attacks, the best choice should be to immediately shrink the chaotic troops in front of him, and then the Chinese army stepped forward to prepare for another battle. But the Samanid people actually came forward at this time when the main force of the Chinese army came forward, and at the same time, a strange aura suddenly erupted in the entire Samanid army, and there were tens of thousands of voices talking almost at the same time, and the soldiers who were originally beaten on the entire battlefield were gradually recovering their morale, and the cavalry that followed those retreats was spontaneously forming a new formation.
"Isn't this the power of the Heavenly Fang Sect? It's too ruthless. "This mutation of the Samanid people naturally can't escape Li Feixue's eyes, and even some of the soldiers on the front line have reacted smartly, Tianfang Sect is not a strange term in the Tiance Army, under Li Xuanqing's intervention, the Tiance Army has almost no good impression of this religion, and at this time, everyone is even more convinced of this when they see this strange scene.
"Go to the Brass Ring and ask him to immediately send a battalion into the preset position immediately." Li Feixue immediately asked the guards to find the Tonghuan to give the order, this trickery of the other party will inevitably bring about a rapid recovery of the combat strength of the Samanid cavalry, then his previous move of concentrating firepower to defeat the other party is a complete failure, and this battle must be based on the complete annihilation of the other party. It can be said that at this moment, Li Feixue doesn't even want to be captured after the war, and this kind of doctrine must not be introduced to the Central Plains, otherwise he is afraid of endless harm.
"Mechanical crossbow, don't hide it, give me all the power to shoot." Li Feixue's cold voice made the entire guard battalion feel the irrepressible killing intent from this commander. Therefore, the mechanical crossbow position, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately began to pour fire without thinking about it the moment it saw the Chinese army's flag raised. Rockets are actually more terrible than artillery for this kind of battle with the goal of killing and injuring living forces, countless flames are accompanied by the launch of rockets and cross the sky, and the piercing and whistling metal sound even suppresses the movement of the artillery position at this moment, Li Feixue suppressed the big killer weapon on the battlefield at this moment to declare his majesty, and the continuous explosions set off after the rocket landed directly all the Samanid cavalry within the strike range were blown to pieces, Countless metal fragments scattered in all directions with the shock wave from the explosion, and even the nearby Samanids were dismounted.
The power of the mechanical crossbow is considered to have been maximized in this war, but the soldiers of the front-line guard battalion feel more pressure at this moment, and the Samanid wave is obviously pressing all the strength, so although the artillery and mechanical crossbow are fully put into fire, they still can't stop these waves like waves, so at this moment, there is no need to even command, and the front line plus a battalion urgently transferred from the copper ring opened fire with all their might, Countless bullets flew through the air to kill the Samanid cavalry who had rushed in front of them. The last minefield arranged in the inner ring was also detonated unexpectedly, although the violent explosion made the front position of the Tiance Army empty, but when the smoke cleared, countless cavalry in the rear appeared in the eyes of the soldiers again.
"The mortar brigade covers the front-line infantry attack, brothers, the most severe moment of our battle has come, everyone will die on the ground for me." Li Feixue's voice of tearing open her throat and roaring intermittently reached the ears of the soldiers of the guard battalion, at this time, everyone in the guard battalion knew that the most critical moment since the start of the war had arrived, so there was no need for Li Feixue to roar, all the soldiers were under the leadership of their respective officers and veterans to go all out into the battle, the rifles from afar greeted them, and the close ones were directly thrown with grenades, so the fierce battle actually took place within a hundred zhang distance of almost two armies. Around the most lethal firing distance of the formal rifle, the soldiers on both sides kept falling to the ground, because the Samanid cavalry who were close to the sudden could actually put in a counterattack, and the power of the bow and arrow was actually not small at a distance of nearly thirty to sixty zhang, so the soldiers on the front line of the Tiance army from the beginning of the war to the present began to suffer casualties with the counterattack of the other side. But at this time, everyone did not care about this, and countless grenades and mortar shells exploded in the front-line positions almost without money.
"The reserves are with me." Tonghuan roared, and after seeing countless Samanid cavalry crossing the first-line position, he immediately led his troops to attack, and 10,000 reserves suddenly entered the battlefield at this time, directly killing all the Samanid cavalry who rushed into the position and intended to kill. But at this time, the four trenches composed of 40,000 people were in danger, and the speed of the opponent's charge was too fast, so fast that even if the formal rifle was already a breech gun, it still could not stop the assault of this cavalry. In this way, the entire position of the guard battalion was instantly filled with blood and fire, but the tactical literacy shown by the guard battalion at this time was completely different from that of other troops, the infantry in the first and second line positions did not care at all about the Samanid cavalry who rushed into their own position, and even the opponent's saber cut their heads without saying a word, and still fired with all their might, striving to shoot more bullets in a short time. And the soldiers of the third and fourth lines of positions fired while grenading directly with grenades to the place where the Samani cavalry was crowded in front. Because of the trenches, the Samanid cavalry who rushed into the battlefield were actually on the ground, while the soldiers of the Tiance Army were all in the trenches, so although it was inevitable that there would be accidental injuries with grenades, they could use the explosion of grenades to kill a large number of targets in the shortest possible time and relieve the pressure on the reserves.
Although the battle was stalemate, and even more and more Samanid cavalry broke into the position, and the casualties of the Tiance Army on the front line were gradually increasing, Li Feixue didn't seem to see this, his eyes were always staring into the distance, and there was no expression on his face at all.