Chapter 1418: Arabian Storm (Eighty-Nine)
The Bukuts wanted to use this battle to defeat the Kopoyali directly, and then quickly rest their ranks, and then return to the army to defeat the Tatanirs.
Therefore, in this combat battle, they can be said to have used all their strength.
In much the same way that the Bukuts thought, so did the Kobeyali.
The Tatanirs have lost the strength to continue fighting in a short period of time because they have been severely damaged by the Bukuts, so if they can seize the opportunity this time, they can directly lay the foundation for the hegemony with this battle.
Under such strategic thinking, both sides have mobilized the strength they can muster to the best of their ability.
For these situations, Zhang Xiao has a detailed grasp of them.
At this time, the battle on the battlefield was in full swing.
On both sides of the Bukut and Kopyali sides, fighters were constantly dying or suffering heavy losses. But with the combat effectiveness of these hundreds of thousands of people, these people are destined to be just small waves that can't ripple, and no one will care about their safety.
Every second someone dies, or someone falls to the ground wailing in pain.
The battle broke out in the early morning when the sun was just shining on the earth, and it had been a few hours since the time was now.
Zhang Xiao and the others had already come here at the beginning of the battle and stayed on the periphery of the battlefield.
He's waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to get the most out of it.
Therefore, he will not be stupid to choose a target to help from the beginning.
Besides, it didn't do him any good to join in the first place. Both sides have a large number of troops, and if he chooses to support one side from the beginning, he will have to face a large number of enemy attacks.
This is highly undesirable.
Although the Imperial Army was strong, he didn't want his soldiers to fight such a dangerous battle.
After all, Zhang Xiao was not sure if the Imperial Army under his command could cope with such a huge number of enemy attacks. So it's better not to take risks.
Besides, when the balance of victory and defeat appears, and then they join in, they will be able to get the maximum benefit, right?
So, now he's just watching from the wall.
The Bukuts chose to break through from the center, intending to crush the central forces of the Kopoyali and then defeat them.
Although the idea is very good, the people of Kopoyali are not in vain.
The fierce attack on their central forces by the Kopyali in the face of the Bukut cavalry only pushed all the infantry of the vassal tribes under their command forward. Let them use their lives and flesh to resist the onslaught of the Bukut cavalry.
Although the infantry had a great disadvantage over the cavalry, at least the position was effective for now.
A few hours later, the Bukuts had launched four or five charges in a row, but they had not succeeded in achieving their goal.
The infantry sent by the Kopoyali resisted their charge without fear of death, and consumed a lot of the Bukut cavalry's body and will to fight.
Of course, the price paid by the Kopyali was not small, after all, they pushed out the infantry.
So, located in the middle of the two armies where both sides are fighting. By this time it was already covered with corpses. A small number of these corpses were left behind by the Bukuts, and most of them were infantry on the side of the Kopyali.
Although the losses were great, the Kopyali people didn't seem to care at all.
It's as if the soldiers who were killed on the battlefield were not on their side.
But so. The Kobeari were not wrong to think so, because the infantry were warriors of the vassal tribes. In the eyes of the Kopyali people, those people are just cannon fodder.
Cannon fodder, as the name suggests. It's just that the combat effectiveness is not very good.
No one will care, no one will care, and no one will pity them at all.
The reason for these cannon fodder. In order to deplete the body of the Bukut cavalry, as well as their fighting spirit.
You must know that in the battle of the cold weapon era, the body of the soldiers is also an important key to victory or defeat. Coupled with their fighting spirit, it is also something that is very important to win or lose a battle.
Although they don't know the proverbs of the East, it is clear that the Kopyali people know that using such a cannon fodder tactic can greatly deplete the opponent's body and their will to fight.
After all, no matter who launched four or five charges, but there was no effect, their fighting spirit and body would be greatly consumed.
And at this time, the main force of the Kopoyali people has not yet been used.
Until now, the troops they used against the Bukuts were basically vassal tribes.
At the same time, while the Kopyali were dealing with the central breakthrough tactics from the Bukuts, they also had the cavalry units of the vassal tribes under their command launch a counterattack from the left flank against the right flank of the Bukuts.
The Koppyali people don't like to be passive in this way.
The two sides have been back and forth for several hours, although there has not yet been a decisive battle, only a small tentative attack on each other. But it has already caused many soldiers to die on the battlefield.
It can be seen that the subordinates are also cannon fodder in the war.
Even if you enter the modern society, it's just some cold numbers, and the superior people don't care.
"Oh, the Koparians are doing a good job, and I guessed some of their purposes. Presumably, they planned to use the vassal tribes to consume the main force of the Kopari, and at the same time wear down their physical strength and fighting spirit. I have to say that this idea of the Kopyali people is just too wonderful. ”
Through the monoculars, Zhang Xiao has been observing all the shapes on the battlefield. Therefore, after observing for a long time, he finally came to a conclusion.
Fariyah rode a camel and stayed by Zhang Xiao's side, while watching the battle on the battlefield with a monocular in his hand.
It's just that, unlike Zhang Xiao, Fariyah just felt the grand battle and those exciting battles.
She didn't seem to be like Zhang Xiao, and she saw the plan of the Kopoyali people.
"How come I don't see that? I think the Kopyali are completely inferior at the moment, and they seem to be being pressed and beaten by the Bukuts. ”
After all, the little girl had not received systematic military knowledge, and she had only commanded two or three hundred battles, so of course she would not understand this kind of battle of more than 200,000 people.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiao smiled. Then he turned his head to look at Fariah, who looked curious, and couldn't help but sigh and sigh in his heart, 'If you don't have culture, you can't do it'.
However, there is still a long time before the battle between the Bukuts and the Kopyali will have a chance, so Zhang Xiao has time to explain it to Faliye.
In addition, Zhang Xiao was in a very good mood now, so after thinking about it, he explained to Fariyah: "I don't know if you have observed, the Kopoyali people are all the troops of the vassal tribes under their command to meet the main force of the Bukuts. ”
Hearing Zhang Xiao say this, Fariyah blinked her big blue eyes. She recalled what she had just seen through the telescope.
It seems, as the young general of the empire said, that the Kopyali have not used their main forces until now, and all the troops dispatched are those of the vassal tribes.
But why did the Koparians do this?
Moreover, the vassal forces had lost a lot of soldiers so far in order to meet the main forces of the Bukuts.
Even, some teams have been disabled by the other side.
On the battlefield at this time, most of the dead were under the command of the Kopyali people. O soldiers of the vassal tribes.
Suddenly, a thought crossed Farier's mind.
She didn't know exactly what that thought meant.
But. But she felt that it should be very consistent with what Zhang Xiao said.
Could it be that what the Kopyali people are doing now is not only not wrong but correct?
The thought crossed Farier's mind. She was puzzled.
Because with her knowledge and understanding, it is impossible to know what this means.
As well as, the Kopyali do so. What kind of impact does it have on the battle?
Fortunately, Fariyah won't be puzzled for too long, because Zhang Xiao can give an answer that she can understand.
"Nope! In fact, this is not the case at all, on the contrary, the situation of the Bukuts is completely opposite to what you think. If they continue to fight like this, it won't be long before the offense will fall into decline, and then the main force of the Kopyali will start to counterattack. ”
Zhang Xiao is not like Farier, he has a profound judgment of the shape on the battlefield.
After all, he was one of the first genetic people in the Imperial Army, and he had experienced several major battles when the empire was established, and he was also a person who had seen big scenes.
Coupled with the knowledge that transcends this era, it is impossible for Zhang Xiao to be as 'ignorant' as Farier.
"Why is this happening? I can't see it. ”
Fariyah looked at Zhang Xiao curiously, thinking about some of the meanings contained in what he said. But no matter how Fariah thinks about it, she just can't understand what Zhang Xiao said.
Of course, that's not to say that Fariah isn't smart, or that she's really just a fool.
After all, the era she lived in, the environment in which she grew up, and the knowledge she received, it was not surprising that she would not understand what Zhang Xiao said.
If a modern person is suddenly put into the future thousands of years later, then this modern person will also not understand the environment and knowledge of that society at that time.
You must know that after the development of mankind entered the modernization, it was very rapid.
In particular, knowledge is expanded very quickly, and it is easy for people to lose track of the beat.
Therefore, let alone Farier, who was born in the early 17th century and has not yet received a modern baptism.
Next, looking at the puzzled Fariyah, Zhang Xiao began to explain to her carefully.
The reason why Zhang Xiao did this, in addition to being in a good mood now, Zhang Xiao also felt that he should teach Faliye, so that she could master some military knowledge and insight a little, so that she could be of greater help to him in the future.
Otherwise, Zhang Xiao would not have worked so hard.
Of course, Zhang Xiao also had a little idea about Farier in his heart, so in order not to keep up with the beat of her and her own thoughts, she consciously began to instill some modern thinking concepts in the little girl.
Fariyah didn't know about any of this.
But either way, it's always a good thing for Farier, isn't it...... (To be continued......)