Chapter 44: The Battle of Miujili (I)
The hot wind blew on Wei Song's face, blowing his beard in all directions.
Wei Song rode on his horse and watched the marching army in front of him, and lightly kicked the horse's belly, and the horse immediately moved slowly forward.
Originally, according to common sense, the military rations of the Dils army were not enough to support the army to march under the city of Miujili, which was also the fact that Wei Song told Li Tianhao at that time. However, in fact, Wei Song had a backup plan, and Wei Song only privately informed Li Tianhao of the content of this plan, and Li Tianhao approved the implementation of this plan without saying a word, because this plan could greatly improve the success rate of Li Tianhao's action deep behind enemy lines
According to Wei Song's plan, if the grain and grass are transported by land, there will be a lot of consumption of grain along the way, so the food supply can only be maintained to the front line of Jiti, but the transportation by water is limited by the restrictions of the two waterfalls on the Nanluo River, so the plan that Wei Song wanted to put forward at that time was to change the siege strategy to improve the efficiency of the siege, and the second was that he had actually entrusted Pokel to rush to make a batch of detachable light ships, so that the grain transportation by water could be completed by short-distance barge. In this way, the consumption of grain along the way has been greatly reduced, and the problem of insufficient grain has been greatly alleviated. As a result, the Dils army was able to successfully capture Balmer and Giti, and then marched to the front line of the fortresses of Mukili and Kurubadon.
Now to fight the most elite chariot troops of the Yaji Army, this is of course not part of Wei Song's plan, but the product of last resort. Originally, Wei Song's goal was to attack the front line of Miujili, but at this time, Li Tianhao's cavalry troops had already conquered Epsommiton, and the Yaji army was in a dilemma of having to fight because the grain route was cut off. Wei Song, on the other hand, will lead his troops to hold out and wait for the Yaji army to run out of food before delivering a fatal blow.
However, according to the latest information. Only half of the main force of the Yaji Army passed through Epsommiton, which meant that Li Tianhao's plan had made a major mistake. If he can't annihilate this Yaki army trapped in Napatis in time, then Li Tianhao's troops are in danger of being sandwiched between the two Yaji armies and then annihilated.
In a sense, it was a good thing for Wei Song that the Yaki Army did not enter Napatis with all its troops, because in this way the Dils Army had a local numerical advantage over the Yaggee Army. Therefore, Wei Song asked Gharnath to lead the men and horses of the Dils rebels to attack the fortress of Kulubarton, and he himself attacked the city of Maujili with the Palchi army and Nubian mercenaries as the main force. The aim was to lure Tulayan's main force out to fight a decisive battle, and even if Tulayan had the famous Yaki chariot troops at his disposal, Wei Song would have to fight and annihilate them.
In order to win this long-planned battle, Wei Song made full preparations. At this moment, Wei Song just ordered his subordinates to act according to the plan and not to mess up. The 47,000 mixed forces of the Diels also marched into the predetermined decisive battle area.
Tulayan looked at the enemy formation opposite. I was surprised and delighted. What was surprising was that the other party's formation was extremely tight, and there was no flaw in the slightest. Even if today's wind is not the most violent, it is also a valuable advantage for combat, so that the bow and arrow of the Yaji army can shoot farther and be more advantageous when charging.
Seeing that the opponent's formation was not chaotic at all, Tulayan was about to give the order for the chariot troops to attack, when he heard his subordinates shouting: "My lord." Look, sand and dust are rising in the enemy's ranks! ”
Tulayan turned his head to look, and sure enough, a burst of sand and dust suddenly rose in the enemy's formation. The sand and dust completely covered the enemy formation. Tulayan couldn't help but wonder: such dust was not blown by the wind at all, someone must have raised it deliberately, but then the enemy soldiers must have been blinded by the dust. What is the purpose of this? Could it be that this dust was used as a cover to set some kind of trap inside? Do you want to wait for our army to attack rashly and then take our army by surprise?
Thinking of this, Tulayan ordered the whole army not to move. Let's see what tricks the other party is doing.
"My lord, why don't you send an infantry to kill them first and see what tricks they do." A military general couldn't help but suggest.
Tulayan glanced at him and said coldly: "If this army is trapped, do you plan to send more reinforcements?" If I stand still, he will not be able to use me in any trap, and the superiority of our army in terms of strength and quality will not change, and reckless action will only suffer losses in vain! ”
The military general immediately shrank back, and the rest of the generals were silent when they saw it.
The wind gradually blew away the dust, and the enemy position was once again exposed. Tulayan noticed that the enemy's formation had changed in the dust, and that the enemy had withdrawn the shield-bearers in the front row for pikes, and that the entire formation had retreated about a hundred paces.
Changing to the pike, is this trying to use spears against combat vehicles? Tulayan couldn't help but look sneering as he thought about it: if Yaqui's chariot could be hindered by these spears, it would not have an invincible reputation to boast of. These thieves are thinking too simply. At this time, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the chariot troops to attack, and the infantry followed behind!
Three thousand Yaki chariots galloped towards the thieves in a thunderous manner, and their grandeur made the ground tremble even with them. Powered by two horses, with a rider and a warrior on board, the Yaki chariot was equipped with bows, javelins, spears, battle axes, hammers, and scimitars, making it extremely lethal in long-range bow and arrow battles, javelin throwing at close range, and hand-to-hand combat, and the most feared thing was the tremendous impact of the two horses when they ran. In front of the chariots, the infantry was as fragile as paper men. It is precisely because of this heavily armed chariot that the Yaki charioteers have the strongest reputation in Yaki, and in all past battles with Arubania, wherever Yaki chariots appeared, they were accompanied by the wails of Arubanian soldiers.
Three thousand chariots rushed at full speed in a wedge formation, let alone resist, even if they had to stand still, it was not something that ordinary soldiers could do. Seeing the rolling wheels and flying hooves getting closer and closer, the infantry of the Dires army seemed to realize the danger, and the ranks began to stir.
Tulayan, who was watching the scene from behind, sneered. This is exactly what he expected, no matter how brave the infantry is, it will be futile in front of the chariot, and the only way to flee is to be crushed by the wheels or hacked to death by the axe, shot by the bow and arrow, and hacked to death by the scimitar, so that the enemy array will be shattered, and the subsequent sub-infantry will completely crush the disorganized enemy army. This has been the case in all wars, and this one will be no exception.
The charioteers were already approaching the enemy's formation, and while Tula was complacent, the first platoon of pikemen in the Dils army suddenly crouched down and raised an extra-long shield from the ground!
Immediately, I heard a loud noise, and a piece of sand and dust suddenly rose in front of me! (To be continued......)