Chapter 44: The Battle of Miujili (Part II)
Tulayan couldn't figure out what was happening for a moment, and the screams that followed seemed to indicate something ominous was happening. It wasn't until the dust cleared that Tulayan could see what was happening, and it turned out that all the three thousand chariots were annihilated almost without exception!
It turned out that as early as during the siege of Miujili, Wei Song had already begun preparations for today's battle. He had chosen this open field as a battlefield, of course, not so that the chariots would crush his men, and during this time, a unit had quietly dug an underground trench here every night, and the noise from the excavation was mistaken by the defenders of Mujili for the tunnels dug into the city. This is why Wei Song chose to line up at the downwind outlet, because the location of that trench is exactly at the downwind outlet!
After the formation was completed, Wei Song ordered the soldiers to deliberately raise sand and dust, the purpose of which was to cover the engineering troops to dig up the soil covered on the underground trenches, and then spread an extended shield composed of three shields on it, and then covered it with sand, so that the Yaji army could not see the difference without careful observation. The reason why the Dils army retreated a hundred paces was to get out of the position of this trench. When the Yaki chariot approached, the soldiers in the front row suddenly raised their extended shields, and a deep trench suddenly appeared in front of the Yaki chariot!
In the face of this sudden situation, even if the Yaki Chariot wanted to stop, it was too late, and it could only crash headlong into this trench! As soon as the horses fell, the vehicle rolled and flew forward, and even though the soldiers on it were all brave, they could not help but fall with bruised noses and swollen faces, broken bones and tendons, but the disaster was not over. Before the stumbling soldiers could get to their feet, the spears and bows and arrows that came straight at the door nailed them back to the ground again. Become a corpse completely!
Such a tragedy is not played out in one or two, but almost simultaneously on the entire wide frontage! Three thousand chariots were not even satisfied with forty chariots that had time to turn around in time. The rest almost all turned into a puddle of flesh on the mound of sand in an instant!
And that's not all, even the forty or so chariots that escaped doom were immediately subjected to intensive bow and arrow fire, and almost without exception, even men, horses, and carts were shot into hedgehogs, so that in just a few minutes, the 3,000 chariot troops that the Yaqui Army was proud of were wiped out and disappeared from the land.
How is this possible! Tulayan couldn't believe his eyes, the chariot unit that Yaki was most proud of, was completely wiped out in such a short moment! It was something he could never have dreamed of. And all this really happened in front of me!
"My lord! What are we going to do? ”
"Your Excellency!" "My lord! The follow-up infantry went up! Please give it an order! ”
His subordinates begged Tulayan to give the next order, but Tulayan stayed where he was, not because he didn't give the order, but because he didn't know what to order, which was completely different from what he expected. Originally, at this time, he should have commanded the infantry to break through the enemy formation, and then use the follow-up forces to disperse the retreating enemy army, and then win a complete victory, but this plan was very different from his imagination from the first step, and there were no charioteers to break through the enemy formation. So what should the infantrymen do, what should they do?
By this time, the Yaqui infantry had already engaged the Dils army, but when they witnessed the destruction of the charioteers, only they knew in their own hearts how great the psychological impact was. Moreover, the infantry had simply rushed into the trenches, and only a few men engaged the enemy on chariots and horses, so the engagement was doomed from the beginning. The tide of battle unfolded completely in a one-sided direction.
"The stupid Tulayan didn't even react. Then don't blame me for being ruthless. Wei Song, who was also sitting in the rear, watched this scene coldly. Seeing that the opponent did not take any measures and moves at all, he sent these charging infantry to his mouth. I couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"Horondis, up!" Wei Song shouted loudly.
Horondis nodded heavily, he had always admired people with ability, and the man in front of him who seemed to be polite and polite was able to easily wipe out the Yaki Chariot troops, which was enough to win his respect. He immediately mounted his horse and led the Palci infantry in a counterattack against the shattered Yaqui infantry.
Tatar on the side couldn't help but speak: "Mr. Wei, you have opened my eyes this time, I didn't expect that the dignified Yaji Chariot Force was eliminated by you like this, and I had the consciousness of fighting to the death before." ”
Wei Song smiled slightly, and said: "In the country of silk, my hometown, there used to be a chariot that was more powerful than the Yaki chariot, it was pulled by four horses, with a rider and two warriors on it, and it was more powerful, faster, and stronger, but it was abandoned by the country of silk. ”
"Why? Such a powerful weapon is not even used? ”
"The reason is simple, the tank is just too bulky. The disadvantage of mobility makes it very limited, and it has become a target on the battlefield. There are endless ways to deal with it, and the cost of building a chariot is too high, so the Silk Country has chosen the close cooperation of multiple arms to compensate for the chariot combat function. Nowadays, except in special cases, there are no generals there who use the outdated weapon of chariots. ”
Tatar's eyes widened: "So, isn't that silk country very powerful?" ”
Wei Song smiled at him, "Why don't you understand, Tatar? There is no strongest weapon, no matter how strong the weapon is, there is a way to crack it, only the ever-changing tactics are the key to victory. ”
Tatar nodded thoughtfully, perhaps it was from that moment that Tatar took his first steps as a leader in his own right. Of course, that's another story.
At this time, the Yaqui vanguard infantry that was beaten to pieces suffered another heavy blow from the 10,000 Parci infantry led by Horondis, and was immediately in a state of semi-rout. At this time, the Yaki generals, who realized that the Yaki advance infantry formation would be finished if they didn't attack again, no longer waited for Tulayan's orders, and led their own soldiers to rescue these poor soldiers, and in this way, the Yaki army also lost its unified command, and each unit relied on the presence of its own commander to fight.
This small discord was immediately noticed by Wei Song, and he immediately ordered Tatar to lead five thousand Nubian mercenaries to plunge straight into the loophole of the Yaki army. A wonderful scene appeared, as the Tatar troops advanced, the array of the Yaji army spread out like an avalanche, and the various departments could not support each other at all, and completely became stragglers, at this time Wei Song led the army to launch a general attack, and the Yaji army, which was in an unfavorable situation in terms of psychology, momentum and actual battle situation, was suddenly completely suppressed.
It was at this time that a special unit sent by Wei Song entered the combat position. That was the mercenary team of Xenas, commanded by Pokel.
It was as if the army had been tainted with the breath of their commander, and everyone had become unashamed and drunken riffraff, and at the same time as brave and unstoppable on the battlefield as Xenas. Pokel had gone to great lengths to lead the problematic force in the absence of the commander, but now this force was doing his best work, as they were targeting Tulayan at the rear of the enemy array.
"Boys, if you let Tulayan go, what do you think that bastard of Xenas will do to you if he finds out?" Pokel yelled at the front of the line.
"The Boss is going to kick us in the ass!" The soldiers replied with a laugh.
"Excellent! Then you bastards can kill me! With that, Pokel brandished his hammer and rushed into the enemy's ranks. The people of the mercenary team shouted loudly and fought into the Yaki army.
It was only then that Tulayan realized that danger was imminent, and he had done nothing for the long period of time, as he had been confused about how to deal with the changing tide of battle, humiliated and angry at the generals for abandoning him to attack on his own, and even more terrified by the sharp turn of the battle. But now it's different, one of the enemy forces has been killed in front of him, and if he doesn't react, I'm afraid he will be worried about his life. Tulayan pulled the reins of his horse and tried to turn around and run away, but suddenly felt that if he fled in this way, it would be a complete failure, and this failure would surely erase all the glory of his past, and he would become a disgrace to the family. Thinking of this, Tulayan grabbed the horse's head again, but what was the use of staying, now his mind was blank and he couldn't think of anything, he didn't have any idea of how to save the crisis of the Yaji Army, and even if he did, there was no general by his side at the moment, let alone troops that could be mobilized, and the only thing he could command was these five hundred guards!
In this hesitation, Pokel had already killed less than ten meters away from Tulayan, Pokel saw that he could not miss the opportunity, and swung the war hammer in his hand vigorously, and the hammer was impartial in the middle of Tulayan's mount! (To be continued......)