Chapter 908: Formation (Addendum 6/100)
"Crowd Tactical ......"
Wu Qi saw that the arriving ancient Indian army was covering the battlefield, and the number was almost three times that of the Han army, which made people's scalps tingle.
It is said that at the beginning, the strength of the Tsukigoo was 600,000, and he fought with Queen Isabella of Spain and the shogun Oda Nobunaga, losing 200,000 soldiers and horses, and there were 400,000 left, otherwise the Han army would have faced four times as many enemies.
The Han army was originally known for its numbers, but ancient India was a civilization that preferred to use crowd tactics, and the lives of the lower castes were worthless.
900 large war elephants are lined up in the middle, and Indian archers and spearmen sit on the wooden towers on the back of the elephants.
Even the Moon Protector and his most important minister, Kodilier, all rode on war elephants, condescendingly looking down on the entire battlefield.
"Anyone who dares to offend my authority will be punished!"
The Moon Protector King launched his own ability, and the morale of the 400,000 ancient Indian army was boosted!
With the blessing of the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty like the Moon Protector, the ancient Indian army looked like it was ready to fight.
A thousand chariots are located on the two wings, and they will cooperate with the war elephants in the middle to destroy the three roads of the Han army in one go.
The chariot is also a combination of archers, spearmen, and slaves.
"Another tank ......"
Chu Tian saw that the ancient Indian army had 1,000 chariots, which was larger than the 300 chariots of Darius I, and he couldn't help but compare the difference between the ancient Indian army of the Moon Protector and the ancient Persian army of Darius I.
The ancient Indian chariot did not have a sharp blade on the axle, and it was similar to the chariot of ancient China, relying on the impact of the chariot, as well as the archers and changge on the chariot to harvest the enemy.
There were dozens of foot soldiers behind each chariot, and after the chariot destroyed the enemy position, the foot soldiers pressed up, and the opponent was basically defeated.
Before the rise of the more rigorous infantry phalanx and the cavalry became the main force, the chariot was unshakable, but times have changed.
The Han army was more worried about the war elephant corps in ancient India.
Unarmored war elephants belong to the eighth rank, and armored war elephants belong to the ninth order, and there is no upper limit on the number of war elephants - or rather, the number of war elephants is the upper limit.
The Han army entered the battlefield ahead of schedule, and Chu Tian ordered the whole army to immediately build a position.
Chu Tian's army was already familiar with the road, and according to the routine operation, digging a trench in front of the whole army, Wei Wushu, the silver spear Xiaojie army, the Jianyan crossbowmen, and the Shenji battalion hid behind the trench.
The trenches were left with passages at intervals to be used for counterattacks.
Wei Wushu used a large cowhide shield or a large wooden shield to form a second temporary fortification.
Not only that, Chu Tian brought the Hongyi cannon and the bed crossbow used to attack and defend the city, and distributed them evenly among the trenches, turning hand-to-hand combat in the field into defensive warfare.
Although the Han army, which was born in the desert terrain, faced a harsh environment, it was not entirely unlucky, and Chutian obtained a batch of camels.
Camels can be used for transportation, as well as ......
Chutian ordered 1,000 camels to be deployed in front of the battle.
"Such a deployment is very cruel......
Wu Qi couldn't help but tremble when he saw that twenty Hongyi cannons and hundreds of bed crossbows (including eight-ox crossbows) were scattered equally on the front.
You must know that heavy weapons such as Hongyi cannons and bed crossbows can even be used to destroy city walls, while Chutian is used to shoot directly from the front, if it is hit head-on, let alone heavy infantry, even war elephants can not die again.
Even Wu Qi was reluctant to be fired head-on by Hongyi cannons and bed crossbows, which meant sacrificing the lives of many soldiers in order to take the enemy position.
"300 solid bullets and 1,500 giant crossbow arrows, enough for the Moon Protector to enjoy...... Originally, I wanted Oda Nobunaga to try what it was like to be shot head-on with a heavy weapon, but the priority was to defeat the Tsukigo. ”
Chu Tian looked at the fortifications laid down with satisfaction, and at the rear of the Han army, there was a temporary camp composed of grain trucks.
The significance of the trench is that the phalanx will not be destroyed by the opponent's war elephants, chariots, and crowd tactics as soon as the battle starts, and play a blocking role.
As for the Hongyi cannon and the large bed crossbow......
"Moon Protector, this time it's gone."
Before the start of the war, when he saw Chu Tian's arrangement, he knew the victory or defeat.
The Moon Protector's army was mainly infantry, and more than 300,000 of the 400,000 troops were infantry.
The main force on Chutian's side was cavalry.
The cavalry, in a sense, was enough to crush the infantry.
Now that Chutian is on the defensive, if the Moon Protector chooses not to fight against Chutian, the 400,000 army will run out of physical strength, and it will soon fall into a state of exhaustion, and then it will be full of flaws, and Chutian will send cavalry to assault, and the 400,000 army will collapse.
Just now, the Moon Protector also used the ability to boost morale before the battle.
Therefore, the Moon Protector had to take the initiative to attack. 31
And the Moon Protector launched an attack, if he could not break through the Han army's defense, then the consequences would be conceivable.
"Xiao Xuan hasn't come back at this time, could it be that she was besieged by the Ottoman army and returned to the main world?"
Chutian's order to Xiao Sui was to provoke the Ottoman Empire, lead the troubles to the east, and blame the Arabs, and then he could return to join Chutian.
But Xiao Xuan has no intention of coming back yet.
Now, a decisive battle is about to break out between the Han army and the ancient Indian army.
"She shouldn't die so easily, otherwise she wouldn't be Xiao Xuan."
Xia Liang still knows this potential competitor very well.
Xiao Xuan is also the only one who can threaten her position.
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In the desert, the yellow sand is filled, and the two armies are facing each other here because of Xiao Xuan's provocation.
The legendary Ottoman king, Mamat II, confronts the Arab Empire player lord, Umayyad, both of whom are very arrogant.
The Umayyads now knew that someone was deliberately provoking the two forces to fight.
But at this time, it was difficult for both sides to ride tigers.
The Legendary King regarded all lords who arrived from the Overworld as enemies, so Mamat II was reluctant to spare the player lords of the Arab Empire.
It was impossible for the Umayyads to escape, so he led the Ottoman army into the depths of the desert and into the invincible terrain of the Arab Empire, and then chose to fight the Ottoman army in a decisive battle.
On the opposite side was the Ottoman "conqueror" Mamat II, who made 26 expeditions in his lifetime and personally buried the Byzantine Empire.
Xiao was bold enough to take a few camel cavalry to a sand dune and watch the battle between two huge legions.
The Ottoman Empire sent more than 200,000 troops, while the Umayyads of the Arab Empire replenished their forces to more than 100,000.
A white-robed cavalryman whispered to Xiao Xuan: "My lord, the troops on the opposite side are almost twice as large as the Arabs, and the Arabs are going to suffer a loss this time." Our lord suffered a small loss at the hands of the Arabs not long ago, and tens of thousands of cavalry were killed, and this time we can avenge the lord. ”
Xiao Xuan observed the momentum of the two armies and shook his head slightly: "You are wrong, the Arabs have introduced the arrogant Ottoman army into the depths of the desert, which is not close to the city, and it is difficult to supply, and the grain carts of the Ottoman army have been disconnected from the main force. In addition, the Arabs are familiar with the time of day in the desert, so they only need to use the time of day to launch a surprise attack with the help of sandstorms again...... In other words, they are invincible in the desert. Unless they have five or ten times as many troops. ”
The white-robed cavalry gasped: "Then how can we avenge the Lord Lord?" ”
Xiao Xuan thought for a while: "You obey my orders, and after a while, we will use our own strength to avenge the Lord Lord, which is why I chose to stay here and delay returning to join the Lord Lord." ”
Because what Chu Tian handed over to Xiao Xuan was three thousand white-robed troops.
As a seventh-order light cavalry, the white-robed army is actually quite rare, and only Huo Quai's ninth-order light cavalry imperial hussars can surpass the white-robed army.
It was precisely because he had three thousand white-robed troops that he could use that Xiao Xuan dared to conceive a bold plan to avenge Chu Tian's defeat in the Battle of the Desert.
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With the remnants of 17,000 men and horses, Hoan wandered around, trying to find an empty city to replace it with supplies and food.
"Which legendary king's territory is in the north?"
Hoan fled to the north, sending a large number of scout cavalry.
"Lord, we captured a few scout cavalry alive, and one of them did not kill himself, claiming to be from the Macedonian kingdom!"
"Macedonia? This is Alexander's scout cavalry, and I'm no match for him right now......"
Hoan Khan rained down.
He was besieged by Caesar and Constantine, with only 17,000 soldiers and horses left, and if he met Alexander of Macedon in this state, it would be a one-sided slaughter, and no matter how he fought, it was impossible to defeat Alexander, who had several times the superiority of troops.
Alexander was not a peasant army general, and it was difficult for him to be defeated by the opposing side with superior forces.
"We're marching southwest."
When Hoan learned that Alexander's army was nearby, he immediately reversed course of his march and avoided Alexander.
There is nothing about defeat, and if you can't fight, you can flee, but Huo An is unwilling to give Alexander military merits.
"Where is Chu Zimou? If I join him up and regroup my forces, I will be good looking at the Romans. ”
Hoan was bitter about being attacked by two Roman emperors.
The two Roman emperors bullied him, a lord similar to the governor of the Western Regions of the Han Empire, which was really a bit of a victory.
Huo An wanted to find Chutian and teach Constantine and Caesar a lesson.
Since Chu Tian wanted to merge the Western Regions Protectorate into his own territory, then the younger brother was bullied by the Romans, and it was normal for the eldest brother to send troops to get back to the field.