Several centurions and thousand-sized commanders glanced at each other and did not stop them, after all, there was obviously no living Ming army on the entire high tree slope, and these lifeless madmen finally took advantage of the Mongolian preparation time to retreat from this high tree slope, otherwise even these generals did not know how long they could hold on. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wan Fu strode under the flag, obviously in order to fight for this flag, the Mongolian soldiers who had rushed up the hill and the Ming army broke out again and again fierce battles, the corpses of the soldiers on both sides were stacked on top of each other, and even people had nowhere to put their feet, and just when the captain stepped on a corpse and was about to reach out to take the flag, a hand suddenly trembled and stretched out from among the many corpses, and grabbed the trouser leg of the captain.

"General!" One of the guards exclaimed.

And Captain Wan subconsciously looked down, and what caught his eye was a face full of blood, and this face was not only black and shiny, but also showed a mouthful of white teeth.

The wounded soldier in the armor of the Ming army was laughing, and he was smiling happily.

With a chuckle in his heart, the pupils of the man contracted suddenly.

The next moment, an earth-shattering explosion enveloped Captain Wan and several of his personal guards, and the flames flew and the severed arm and stump were blown into the air. And the red dragon banner was completely torn into powder in this explosion, completing its task of luring the enemy.

Just when the final explosion was triggered on Gaoshupo, Xihui Town, which was actually not too far away from Gaoshupo, listened to the sound of artillery and explosions that had finally subsided in the distance, Lou Yong tilted his head slightly: "Has the first division been withdrawn?" ”

"The retreat, which took advantage of the Mongol Tartar repairs, should be able to evacuate most of the people." Standing beside Lou Yong was Jiang Shao, the supervisor of the First Division, who fractured his thigh when attacking Gaoshupo, so he was ordered by Lou Yong, and Di Meng personally tied him back with his personal guards, but because he was familiar with the terrain around Gaoshupo, Jiang Shao still participated in the formulation of the retreat plan.

After a pause, Jiang Shao couldn't help but shake his head and said with a wry smile: "The First Division has been fighting for so many days, even if it retreats, I'm afraid it won't be able to retreat a few hundred people." So many brothers are fighting bloody battles on the front line, and a certain can only grit his teeth here and watch, he is really unwilling. For the generals, be ashamed of this! ”

Sun Jun and Su Gree, who were standing next to them, glanced at each other, both silent. And Lou Yong patted Jiang Shao's shoulder, gritted his teeth and looked into the distance, where the smoke was billowing and there were still his own brothers struggling: "Don't worry, the first division will not die in vain, and everything the Mongolian Tartars are doing now will have to pay a price." With you people staying, at least leave a spark for the reconstruction of the first division in the future. ”

After a pause, Lou Yong turned his head to look at Sun Jun and Su Geli: "Okay, the first division has completed their task, and it's our turn next." ”

Sun Jun and Su Gree immediately saluted without hesitation: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

And Lou Yong's gaze turned back to the direction of Gaoshupo, the first division did everything to defend Gaoshupo, just to buy Xihui Town the last bit of time, so that the new firearms transferred from the capital could be transported to the already quite remote western part of Nanyang.

With more new firearms and ammunition, at least the defenders were more emboldened.

The battle had undoubtedly turned into a bloody battle of countless battles, with Gaoshupo turning into a flesh mill, and it was clear that Xihui Town was next. Lou Yong didn't know how many people needed to be filled in these bottomless pits in order to stop the Ilkhanate, but he knew that if needed, he Lou Yong would not hesitate to rush to the front line and fill in this bottomless pit.

Lou Yong, who has experienced the offensive and defensive battles of Chengdu Mansion, knows very well that this kind of battle in the form of a flesh mill is a test of the opponent's two soldiers from equipment to fighting spirit, whose equipment is more advanced, whose fighting spirit is higher, and whose perseverance is more determined, who is likely to achieve this final victory.

Of course, in addition to defending Xihui Town now, Lou Yong is looking forward to good news coming from the west, at least so that these soldiers who fought bloody battles in Gaoshupo and Xihui Town will not die in vain.

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Ilkhanate, south of the capital city of Baoda, Karbala.

"Mongols, Mongols are crazy!" The gates of Karbala are wide open on all sides, and the local people are fleeing from the gates in panic. And the exclamations continued to sound from the city, attracting more people to keep running out of the city.

Karbala was a fortress on the road from Basra to Bjanda, where the Ilkhanate had a heavy garrison, and it was considered a barrier on the road from Basra to Bjalda, but it was also the only barrier.

It is famous because Hussein, the second son of the fourth caliph of the Arab Empire, was attacked and killed here more than 600 years ago. This shocking attack not only made Hussein a martyr, but also made this Karbala a veritable holy place in the eyes of the MSL, and the Mosque of Hussein in the middle of the city is one of the largest mosques in the entire Ilkhanate, and it was not destroyed even when the Mongols came to occupy it.

Now the riot took place outside the mosque, and the Mongol cavalry rushed into the streets in a panic, gathering at the shouts of the commanders and centurions, and most of the Mongol cavalry were shot by arrows falling from the sky before they could even find their companions.

Groups of Ming cavalry galloped through the streets, their crossbows and firearms pouring out their anger mercilessly. The Mongol cavalry fell screaming, the sudden arrival of the enemy in a panic and helplessness for those soldiers who had not experienced the flames of war for too long.

Both sides were on horses, so it was no wonder that the people of the city, who had not thought that the flames of war would befall them, exclaimed that the Mongols had fought themselves.

"Quickly sweep away the enemy forces in the city, occupy the city, and pay attention to pacifying the people!" Ma Yan led a group of personal soldiers to look at the Mongolian soldiers running around, for them, these opponents who had lost the spirit of resistance and fighting did not have any need to stop, "Gather the team, don't fall in love with the battle!" ”

"No!" The generals promised in unison, a group of Ming cavalry with red dragon flags roared through the streets and alleys, in fact, they didn't have to bother at all, although there were many Mongolian defenders in the city, but when the Ming army suddenly appeared and began to attack the city, they ran away most of them, and they basically did not have much resistance in front of the Ming army's firearms.

Because half of the main army of the Ilkhanate is defending against the sneak attack of the Kipchak Khanate in the north, and half is attacking the Ming Nanyang, so although there are many troops arranged here, these troops are mainly local Hui people, at most the Mongols serve as the chief and centurion, and its status in the Mongolian army is similar to that of the Ming army, the main task is to maintain local law and order, and occasionally suppress bandits or something, and the most elite cavalry of the Ming army can not be compared.

These few cavalrymen, who had been tossed and rocked at sea for so long, and who had been holding a breath in their stomachs, had finally found a place to pour, and naturally poured out all their anger on the Mongols without hesitation.

"Old general, fortunately not dishonored!" A young general stood outside the Karbala Mansion, saw Ma Yan riding his horse over, hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand, pointed to a row of heads neatly placed at the entrance of the palace and said, "Most of the heads of the centurions and centurions of the Mongol Tartars in the city are here, the status of the chief is too low, the brothers still don't look down on it, there are two centurions who want to break through from the north gate, and now they have been intercepted by us, but it is unknown whether they can be stopped, the level of these Mongolian Tatars escaping for their lives is really not bad!" ”

The surrounding generals couldn't help laughing, and Ma Yan pointed at the horse whip in his hand: "You kid is so arrogant, you will have to suffer in the future, after this battle, you will cut off the heads of the Mongolian Tatar generals in this city, and the Mongolian Tatars will definitely not let you go!" ”

The young general wiped his nose indifferently: "Although our life is not long, we have killed a lot of Mongolian Tatars, and it is already enough, and it is not so easy for Mongolian Tatars to kill so-and-so!" ”

The generals laughed even more happily, and Ma Yan looked around, looking at these subordinates with the exhaustion and dust on their faces after the bumps in the sea, their hearts were full of emotion, and they took a deep breath at the moment, and said in a deep voice: "Thousands of miles of expedition, raise the prestige of our country outside the territory; The long-distance rush swept through the Ilkhanate, everyone, this battle was fought beautifully! ”

This time, in order to prevent the two main armies of the Ming Nanyang from completely falling into a stalemate with the enemy in a city and a place, it can be said that they took great pains to organize this cross-sea expedition, for the Chinese army throughout the ages, this is the farthest distance to go, it can really be said to be an expedition of 10,000 miles, this is an unprecedented feat, I am afraid that only the army of the former Tang Gao Xianzhi led the Anxi Protectorate to cross the green ridge and can be compared.

But behind this 10,000-mile cross-sea expedition, there is also an unprecedented risk, the Ming army has to face a completely unfamiliar environment and the same opponent who has not dealt with a few times, and it is a foreign battle, there are too many accidents and unpredictable, and sometimes it is even necessary for Ma Yan to change his plan temporarily, such as this time to attack Karbala with light cavalry, which is a decision made by Ma Rong after Basra captured a defense map that the Mongols did not have time to destroy.

Karbala is the southern gateway of the Mongolian capital Baoda, and more importantly, although there are many defenders of Karbala, but the combat power is not very good, and the organization is quite chaotic, and there are elite Mongolian iron cavalry stationed around Karbala and the Mongolian capital Baoda, if you advance to Karbala on foot, there is no way to take the city before the Mongolian army supports Karbala, which can easily lead to a stalemate with the Mongolian army inside and outside the city like Karbala.

The Mongol army could afford to drag it, but the Ming army couldn't afford it.

Therefore, Ma Yan immediately decided to lead the light cavalry to attack Karbala, and its purpose was naturally to stab this sharp blade directly into the throat of the Mongols before the Mongol army reacted.

Two thousand light horsemen tore through the Ilkhanate's defense line on the southern side, enough to shake the Ilkhanate. This is like planting a nail into the heart of the Mongols, and as long as the nail is not removed, the Mongols will not have a good time.

The generals suddenly fell silent and looked at Ma Yan in unison. They knew very well how much effort the old general had put in and what kind of pressure they had taken on when they came here. After all, they are only responsible for rushing and killing in the front, but Ma Yan has to command in the back and take care of all aspects.

"From now on, I'm afraid the road ahead will not be so easy," Ma Yan's voice became deeper, "We have hardly encountered any opponents worthy of attention in the past few days, and we have been like a bamboo all the way, but this does not mean that the Ilkhanate does not have any army at the bottom of the box, when we left from Nanyang, we still left the elite of the first division of the Dali Army in Nanyang, I believe that the Ilkhanate must have the same plan and plan, and it can be said that we caught them off guard a few days ago, Now these few days are enough for them to recover, and I am afraid that we will have good fruit to eat. “

A young general looked at the white-haired old general, the young general who took the lead in the palace just now hit a spirit, and said loudly: "The old general, please give an order, we will follow the old general and turn the heart of the Mongolian Tartars upside down!" ”

Ma Yan nodded: "Pass on a certain order, immediately scatter all the sentry spies, be sure to find out the next move of the Mongol Tartars, as long as there is any army movement, be sure to report." In addition, five of them will be sent south to contact the foot soldiers, and at the same time be ready to cover the foot flanks at any time, in case the Mongol Tatar cavalry bypasses Karbala and outflanks our foot soldiers! The rest of the ministries quickly repaired and replenished food and water, remember that it is not allowed to loot directly, now the treasury of the Mongol Tartars is already ours, take it from the treasury first, and if it is not enough, use the money in the treasury to exchange with the people, and there must be no conflict with the people! ”

This is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, of course Ma Yan didn't dare to fantasize about eating pot pulp to welcome the king, not to mention that he didn't plan to really stay here for a long time, so as long as he coexisted peacefully with the local people, not to mention that the performance of the people just now was also telling Ma Yan that these people did not have much in their hearts towards the Mongols, presumably they would not be stupid to stand up for the Mongols and resist the Ming Dynasty, and the well water on both sides could not interfere with the river water.

After the generals turned around and left in unison, Ma Yan sighed softly and looked up at the gray sky, the Mongol Tartars would definitely not sit idly by and watch the southern gateway like Karbala fall into the hands of the Ming army, so the next must be a vicious battle, if the navy's flying clippers can go up the river in time and the foot soldiers can arrive to support, it is okay, otherwise this battle will be difficult.

The only thing that Ma Rong can still be happy about now is that the Mongolian Tatars have left enough materials in the treasury, which is enough to support the entire army to fight, which also solves the problem of unsustainable materials that Ma Rong and Zhang Gui and others were most worried about before, after all, it is not easy for the fleet to come from Nanyang.

This also made Ma Yan feel the essence of Ye Yingwu's so-called "rush war" and "blitzkrieg", long-distance running is not unheard of in ancient China, such as Huo Quzhi led eight hundred light horsemen to drive the Huns and Li Yuxue entered Caizhou at night at the end of the Tang Dynasty, which are typical rush battles, but such rush battles have clear goals, Huo Qubing is going to the Hun royal court, and Li Yu is not to mention, his target is Caizhou, which is still a certain difference from the blitzkrieg.

Because blitzkrieg is not only to achieve the goal of attacking one point, but to break through one point after another through continuous long-distance attacks and surprise attacks, so as to connect all the points into a surface, directly tear the enemy's direction from all angles, and promote the collapse of the enemy's entire line, this tactic has risen to the level of grand strategy. And there are high requirements for the army.

Even if Ye Yingwu is a recognized prodigy of war command, in fact, he only uses such tactics once, in the battle of Youyan in the Northern Expedition, after Ye Yingwu ensured the safety of Liaodong and Shanxi, he used the two Huai armies and the Tianwu army as sharp arrows to drive Youyan, and a pocket array was formed overnight, surrounding the main Mongolian army between Youyan and Youyan, so that Boyan and Shi Tianze could not cross the Great Wall.

And this time the blitzkrieg carried out by Ma Yan is actually the same as Ye Yingwu's time, the elite troops are rushing in front of the road, and the brigade of men and horses are also galloping forward all the way behind, for the Ming army, which has always paid attention to rapid marching training and weight-bearing training, although these are not a piece of cake, but they can still be done.