Chapter 926 The light cavalry swept through a thousand armies
It seems that the balance of victory has begun to tilt in favor of the Western Regions, and there are only three months at most, and everything can be settled, and at that time, the Celestial Empire will be placed outside the Western Regions, even if it is much more difficult to enter in the future.
If you want to wipe out the Celestial Empire army in the Che Division, it not only needs the unity of the twenty-eight Western Regions Alliance, but also whether the Five Kingdoms Western Regions Alliance Army guarding outside the White Dragon Pile can stop the reinforcements of the Celestial Empire army.
For the latter point, in fact, everyone is not very worried. There was already news from the scouts, saying that although the Celestial Empire army was menacing this time, there were actually not many soldiers, only 50,000 cavalry, and only 30,000 were in place now. Another 100,000 troops from the Southern Barbarians came to help, but their combat strength was not strong, so there was no need to worry.
"Hehe, it seems that the war in the north has completely exhausted the Celestial Empire, and this Emperor of the First Heaven can't mobilize any troops, so there is no need to be afraid."
This idea is not just a few Western Regions lords, but most people think this way.
It was under this kind of thinking that no one would have thought that the Celestial Empire would attack immediately, even if it were, it would have to wait for the arrival of the 20,000 heavy cavalry of the Zhang family. And when everyone didn't care, just after dawn the next day, 30,000 Zhang's light cavalry began to bury the pot and cook. When the sky was close to dawn, the horn of the charge began to sound, and 30,000 black cavalrymen wearing black armor and flowered feathers on their heads began to ride their horses, aiming directly at the Pishan Kingdom of the Western Regions Alliance Army outside the White Dragon Pile.
The Pishan State was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions along the Tarim Basin, which was annexed by the Khotanese State during the Eastern Han Dynasty and later re-established.
It can be said that the Pishan Kingdom is not conspicuous at all in the Western Regions Alliance, and it has no power, and it is in a situation of survival every day.
It is precisely because of the weak that the timid is also small. This time, the Western Regions Alliance wanted to attack the powerful Celestial Empire, but Pishan Guo didn't agree with it, but he was too weak to resist at all, so he finally followed the trend.
It's just that he followed the crowd, but Ma Ying, the lord of Pishan, does have his own little Jiujiu, that is, how to preserve his strength in the war, so as to maximize his interests. After thinking about it, he thought of going to Bailongdui, because in his opinion, the Celestial Empire army was fighting against the Rus coalition army, and before the war in the north ended, there should be no reinforcements coming to the Western Regions, so it would naturally be safer to guard the entrance to the Western Regions.
But he never thought that the army of the Celestial Empire really sent reinforcements, and even the emperor of the Celestial Empire personally led the army. To be honest, when he first got the news, he was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he even thought of running away. How could a Celestial Empire that was not even afraid of the northern power, Rus, and even dared to face the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, be so easy to get along with?
Fortunately, the next news made him feel a lot more at ease, especially when he heard that the Celestial Empire army only came with 50,000 cavalry this time, and there were 100,000 southern barbarian troops, he felt that there should still be a possibility of a war. When he saw that there were powerful countries like Wuqiang and Loulan around him, he felt even more angry. For this reason, when the Celestial Empire army was about to arrive, he even took the initiative to ask his army to stay on the front line.
Don't think that this is Ma Ying's courage, this is just a sign of his cleverness.
The army of the Celestial Empire came from afar, and the boats and horses were tired, so he probably wouldn't attack immediately, so he would stay on the front line for a few days, and then wait for the situation to be tense and he would use the excuse that he needed to rest and retreat. At that time, he led the army to stay on the front line for so many days, presumably no one would find fault with him.
Ma Ying, who felt smart about himself, became the first line of the Western Regions army outside the White Dragon Pile.
It's just that what he never imagined was that the Celestial Empire cavalry had no intention of resting at all, on the contrary, they would attack while everyone thought they would rest, just to be caught off guard. Naturally, the country of Pishan became the first target in this battle.
If you want to say that people are unlucky, they can stuff their teeth with cold water, Ma Ying is like this, he took Pi Shanguo just to the front line, and he was not even fully familiar with the first shot here, so he was targeted as a target.
Attacking Pishan, this was Zhang Chao's decision last night.
With Ma Chao in the enemy camp, the movements of the Western Regions Alliance naturally couldn't be hidden from him, and the Pishan Kingdom, which had just arrived at the front line, became the first country that Zhang Chao wanted to destroy when he marched into the Western Regions this time.
If it is said that this time it is a strong country like Wuqiang and Loulan that is on the front line, Zhang Chao may still need to think about it, but even if the target is Pishan Country, then there is no need to think too much about it, just kill it.
For this reason, when the Tianchao Iron Cavalry rushed straight forward, most of the Pishan army was still asleep.
"All that... All the way..."
The sound of iron hooves shaking the ground sounded, although it was all light cavalry, and the movement was not so big, but it still created a certain movement, which woke up the Pishan army in the barracks.
"Enemy attack... Enemy attack! Then, outside the barracks, the patrolmen shouted in panic.
As soon as I heard the enemy's attack, the entire military camp of Pishan Kingdom became chaotic, and those wearing armor and armor looked for blades, and for a while, the saying of who took my armor and who snatched my sword and armor sounded in the military camp.
Pishan is only a small country, and the total number of people in the country is only about 200,000, and the proportion of men in them is even more pitiful. It can be said that the number of men in the whole country is only sixty or seventy thousand. Excluding those who are old and young and unable to fight, there are only about 50,000 people who are actually in the army.
This time, the British lord brought 40,000 troops, and these people are the "elite" of the Pishan Kingdom.
Of course, this kind of elite is just relatively speaking, if you fight more and less, you may have a chance of winning by three points, but in the chaos, facing the most elite Zhangjia light cavalry, it is not a level of opponent at all. This is compared to in the boxing ring, where one weighs 90 kilograms and the other weighs 50 kilograms, this battle does not need to be fought at all, and the winner is decided.
Needless to say, Pishan Country is still defenseless.
Originally, after Ma Ying came to the front line with an army of 40,000, he ordered to go down, so that the soldiers didn't have to worry too much, they could eat and sleep normally, just for show. Do you really think they can be the enemy of the fierce Celestial Empire Iron Knights?
It's just that I didn't think about it, the more I was afraid of something, the more I was afraid, the cavalry of the Celestial Empire really appeared, and they still appeared outside the barracks early in the morning.
Let's not talk about how chaotic the Pishan State military camp is now, just say that the Zhang family light cavalry from afar is approaching at a rapid speed...
The most powerful advantage of the Zhangjia light cavalry is their speed, which has such a characteristic that they did not wait for the Pishan army to react before they came outside the barracks, followed by a roaring sound of archery, before anyone arrived, the bow and arrow arrived first, which is the characteristic of the Zhangjia light cavalry attack.
Bows and arrows poured down like dense clouds, and some Pishan soldiers who had just found weapons and drilled out of the barracks became the primary targets of the attack.
With the sound of dense bows and arrows being fired, one after another the soldiers of the Pishan Kingdom fell in a pool of blood. Many of them lie in the land forever without even seeing where the enemy is...
After three consecutive waves of bow and arrow attacks, the entire military camp of Pishan Country was already full of corpses, and it was also chaotic, taking this opportunity, the general Guan Yu of the commander shouted, holding the Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand, the first to cross the horse barrier and rush into the barracks, as his big knife fell, an enemy head slipped to the ground.
"Kill!" Seeing that Guan Yu was the first to take the lead, so brave, the other Zhang family light cavalry were also infected, and they also went forward one by one at the moment and began their unilateral killing journey.
Guan Yu led the team, Zhang Dao, Zhang Jian, and Zhang Gun as supplements, and there were three fierce sons on the side, Zhang Xing, Huang Xu, and Lu Yong led the team to follow.
Even Ma Ying, the lord of Pishan, was discovered by Guan Yu and others just after he walked out of the barracks, and then surrounded and killed.
Even when he really died, Ma Ying's eyes never closed, he really couldn't imagine that after thinking so much, how could he die like this and become the first lord to die under the counterattack of the Celestial Empire army.
Although there were 40,000 soldiers, the defeat was like a mountain, and the soldiers of Pishan Kingdom saw that even the lord of the country was killed, where was there still a fighting spirit, and they were scattered and fled at the moment. Those who couldn't escape simply squatted on the ground and threw the weapons in their hands everywhere.
This is what the British lord told them before his death, as long as they throw down their weapons and squat on the ground, most of the Celestial Empire troops will not kill.
I'm afraid that even after Ma Ying died, he wouldn't have thought that his previous understanding would save a lot of lives.
Didn't do anything to those who surrendered, after seeing that the army of Pishan Kingdom was powerless, Guan Yu immediately rushed forward with his sword, heading straight for the second line of defense of the Western Regions Alliance. At this moment, it was only more than half an hour before the onslaught of the 30,000 Zhangjia light cavalry began.
It took more than half an hour to solve tens of thousands of enemies of Pishan Kingdom, which has to be said to be a miracle. So much so that when Meng Shu, the king of the Southern Barbarians behind him, rushed to the barracks with a large army, he saw corpses all over the ground, and there were also those Pishan soldiers whose bodies were still trembling.
"The Celestial Empire Iron Rider is really powerful." Seeing that his arrival could only play a role in cleaning up the battlefield, Meng Shu was also shocked at this moment. He had already overestimated the combat power of the Celestial Empire Iron Cavalry as much as possible, but when he saw the facts, he still had to admit that the strength of this army was far beyond his imagination. Thinking about it, if it weren't for Mrs. Zhurong's reminder, he would still be thinking about the matter of establishing himself as a country under the nose of the Celestial Empire, he couldn't help but tremble, and at this moment he felt how wise and smart he was to listen to Mrs. Zhurong's words.