Chapter 580: Huo Qubing and Temujin
The sandstorm swept by, and the Gobi flew sand and rocks, and the Han army hid behind the camels and war horses, connecting the camels and war horses into a line of defense to prevent them from being swept away by the sandstorm.
"It's terrible!"
Huo Quai's lieutenant Zhao Ponu hid behind a camel, complained bitterly, and covered his mouth and nose with gauze.
The terrible sandstorm lasted for a small half a day before it stopped.
All the helmets of the Han army, the saddles of war horses, and the humps of camels were covered with thick dust.
The Han army got up, slapped the grit on his body, and counted the water bladders and weapons.
"Mongol cavalry!"
A group of scout cavalry exclaimed.
Sure enough, after the sandstorm, Temujin's Mongol cavalry reappeared, taking advantage of the Han army's time to line up and attack!
Last time in Cheshi Country, Temujin attacked the Han army that had already set up a phalanx, and this time, he took advantage of the sandstorm to lead the cavalry to launch a surprise attack, and he was sure of victory!
"Sure enough, as the general said, Temujin will suddenly attack after the dust has passed! All the cavalry, mount your horse and engage Temujin! The rest of the infantry, centered on the Mo Dao team, immediately formed a formation! ”
Huo Qu got sick and got on his horse and led the cavalry up to meet the enemy!
The 40,000 Western Regions Protector Regiment served as the front army, and Huo Qubing led the ninth-order Han Empire hussars and a third-order Han Empire light cavalry to attack Temujin's cavalry from the flank, trying to lure away Temujin's main force.
And Li Siye led the Tang Mo sword team and a team of heavy infantry from the Western Regions Protectorate, and hurriedly lined up.
Wang Xuance's Tubo cavalry and the cavalry of the 36 countries protected the flanks of the Tang Mo sword team and heavy infantry, waiting for the Chinese army to come to help.
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"The sand and dust here are really ......"
Qin Liangyu slapped off the sand and dust on his armor, and there was dust everywhere.
The soldiers from the Nanzhong region had never seen such a harsh environment and suffered a lot.
"The front army may have already fought, let's hurry forward to support!"
Mu Ke was anxious and rode forward to support the front army.
Qin Liangyu and the vulture bones followed, and the will of the vine armor soldiers and the white pole soldiers was tenacious, even if they were almost buried by the sandstorm, after shooting down the sandstorm at this time, they followed the main general and accelerated the march.
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"Crush this Han army!"
Temujin gave an order, and 100,000 Mongolian cavalry launched a wave offensive to attack Li Siye's Modao team and heavy infantry!
However, Temujin was not a speedy one, and he had not seen the horror of Li Siye's Modao team.
When the first row of Mongolian light cavalry approached the Datang Mo knife team and stabbed their spears at it, the Mo knife team took two steps forward, and the Mo knife in his hand slashed, cutting off the light cavalry and the horses!
A touch of blood stains the sand of the desert!
The Modao team and the heavy infantry attacked forward, slashing the light cavalry that attacked the army formation one after another!
Offense is the best defense!
Originally thought that this Han heavy infantry would hold on to the same place, and the Mongolian light cavalry, which used bows and crossbows as the main means of killing the enemy, was completely dumbfounded.
This special heavy infantry, together with a group of ordinary heavy infantry from the Western Regions Protectorate, armed with heavy weapons such as knives and long axes, under the leadership of Li Siye, the chief general who is like a madman, took a step forward and counterattacked the Mongolian light cavalry, attacking the cavalry and war horses at the same time!
Caught off guard, many Mongolian light cavalry who rushed forward to interview and probe the Han army's military formation were cut and killed, and hundreds of horsemen were killed!
"Thou shalt not use a spear, but shoot it with an arrow."
Temujin found that the tactics of spears and bows and arrows did not work against the Mo Dao team, so he turned to mounted archery, and when he was about to approach the Mo Dao team, he used his clever riding skills to turn the horse's head and turn around to shoot at the Mo Dao team.
The Mongol light cavalry formed an oval formation and took turns firing at the Modao team.
The Mo Dao team gathered into a dense Mo Dao phalanx, and used the dense Mo Dao to shoot away the rain of arrows.
There were still stray arrows that shot into the dense Mo Knife Formation, shooting the soldiers of the Mo Knife Team to death.
"Heavy cavalry, assault from the flanks."
Temujin mobilized heavy cavalry.
Even if it is a heavy cavalry, it is estimated that if it hits the Mo Dao team head-on, it will be slashed by the Mo Dao team.
Temujin intended to break through from the flank of the Modao team and destroy the ordinary heavy infantry, causing the Modao team in the middle to collapse along with it.
"The cavalry shooting of the Mongolian cavalry is really a must."
Wang Xuance found that Temujin was difficult to deal with, and his bonus to cavalry was too high.
The cavalry commanded by Huo Quzhi was not inferior in the face of the Mongolian cavalry, but Huo Qubing was different from Wei Qing in that he lacked the aura of the whole army, and Li Siye's Modao team and Wang Xuance's Tubo cavalry only relied on the bonus of the main general.
Even so, Wang Xuance still dared to fight Temujin, because they still had the Chinese army!
"Tubo cavalry, protect the Modao team!"
Probably sensing that Temujin was planning to flank the Modao team, Wang Xuance dispatched the Tubo cavalry to protect the flank of the Modao team!
About 10,000 Mongol cavalry gathered on the flank, but a group of Tibetan cavalry took the initiative to meet this group of Mongolian cavalry to attract its attention.
"Break through the enemy line!"
Huo Quai's cavalry suddenly attacked, breaking the unfavorable situation of the battlefield for the Han army!
Huo Quai's cavalry was about 10,000 people, and they suddenly charged at Mu Huali's Tanma Chi!
"That cavalry is not very numerous, does he not want to die?!"
Temujin noticed Huo Quai's cavalry who launched the charge, and found that Huo Quai's cavalry was almost unaffected by the terrain, and quickly charged towards Mu Huali's Tanmachi!
Huo Quai's cavalry, rushing to the forefront was Huo Qubing and his ninth-order Han Empire hussars!
Subutai once mentioned to Temujin more than once the hussars of the Han Empire, this hussar, although the number is small, but it has the speed of light cavalry and the impact of heavy cavalry!
"Chi Lao Wen, Borshu, you lead the cowardly Xue army and go to support Mu Huali."
Temujin immediately mobilized the cowardly Xue army.
Only the cowardly Xue army and the loyal and filial piety army can stop Huo Quai's hussars!
Huo Quai's hussars were extremely fast, and when Temujin reacted, they had already broken through into Mu Huali's exploration horse!
Huo Qubing used a spear to trigger the "Three Armies of Brave Champions" trait, stabbed several horses in front of him, and killed them!
The ninth-order hussars harvested all the way, even the high-level light cavalry's Tanma Chi looked vulnerable in front of Huo Quai's hussars!
Huo Quai's "Sealing Wolf Juxu" also has a suppressive effect on Tanmachi!
Hundreds of hussars fiercely assaulted, and soon chiseled through Mu Huali's Tanma Chi, killing hundreds of Tanma Chi!
"Kill back!"
Huo Qubing killed more than ten horsemen by himself, and his eyes suddenly brightened, and he still felt that it was not enjoyable, so he led the hussars, turned around and killed back!
Tanma Chi fell into chaos, not only the chaotic effect brought about by Huo Qubing and the Han Empire hussars, but Tan Ma Chi himself did not expect that Huo Qubing and his hundreds of cavalry would be so fast, and the impact power was not inferior to that of high-level heavy cavalry!
In the battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing used 800 hussars to chisel through the 300,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, at this time, the hussars were less than 800, but they could also chisel through Mu Huali's cavalry!
Mu Huali's Tanma Chi, in addition to assigning a team to each commander for communication, suffered heavy losses in the battle of Cheshi Country, and was then attacked by Huo Quai, which was completely chaotic.
A probe horse red military general held a mace in his hand and smashed Huo Qubing in the melee, because he found that Huo Qubing was the soul of this cavalry.
If Huo Qubing is killed, the Han Empire hussars may not be overwhelmed!
Huo Quzhi struck the mace with a spear, and the blade of the spear left a scratch on the broad shoulder of one of the five pioneers of Tanma Chi!
When Huo Qubing charged, his momentum was like a rainbow, and with the characteristics of the three armies of the brave crown, in one round, he would be injured by Kuangkuo Buhua!
The war horses galloped, Huo Qubing and his cavalry did not stop, otherwise they would be surrounded by the Mongol army.
Only with one blow can we once again chisel through Mu Huali's cavalry troops!
Hundreds of hussars galloped all the way, slaughtered again, and converged with the 10,000 light cavalry in the rear, ready to storm Mu Huali's cavalry for the third time!
Temujin's face was gloomy, and Huo Quzhi actually chiseled through Mu Huali's Tanma Chi twice in a row under his nose.
Again and again, Huo Quzhi still wants to do it again and again.
The cowardly Xue army had already stepped forward, but at this moment, Huo Qubing saw that the situation was not good, so he led the hussars and light cavalry to bypass the cowardly Xue army.
The power of the cowardly Xue military machine, which had changed its equipment, was greatly affected, and it was unable to catch up with Huo Quai's light cavalry.
This is where the advantages of the hussars lie.
Huo Quai, who was constantly wandering around in front of him, gave Temujin a big headache.
He could only use Mongolian light cavalry and Tanma Chi to try to flank Huo Quai.
However, Huo Qubing has high-level light cavalry, the Han Empire hussars, who can easily chisel through and chase his own light cavalry!
Huo Quai's ability, coupled with the unprecedented ninth-order light cavalry, used the light cavalry tactics to the peak, and Temujin couldn't catch Huo Quai.
As long as Huo Qubing does not shake the cowardly Xue Army head-on, then Huo Qubing who is wandering is almost invincible with the same force.
"Don't let the Great Khan mess with it. The general of this cavalry should be Huo Quai, the strong enemy mentioned by Subutai. The Great Khan expelled it with light cavalry, and then concentrated the cowardly Xue army and the loyal and filial piety army to destroy the Han infantry, and Huo Qubing must come to the rescue. ”
Yelu Chucai advises Temujin.
Temujin also found that he couldn't be led by Huo Quai, so he transferred the cowardly Xue army and the loyal and filial piety army to deal with Li Siye's Modao team and Wang Xuance's Tubo cavalry.
These two people seem to be easier to deal with.
As for Huo Quai's cavalry, it gave Mu Huali a headache for the time being.
The cowardly Xue army and the loyal and filial piety army were ready to go, and the monk Wanyan Chen put on an iron pocket and held a horse lance, and led the loyal and filial piety army to attack again.
This time it was Li Siye's Modao team that he had to deal with.
After the Mo Dao team has been consumed, the number is less than 400 people, as long as it is assaulted from the side, then Li Siye's Mo Dao team will be wiped out.
Suddenly, a squad of cavalry came from the rear!
As soon as this group of cavalry approached the battlefield, they immediately turned over and dismounted and formed a formation!
The female general Qin Liangyu led the white pole soldiers to form the left wing of the Mo Dao team, and the sharp white pole guns formed a dense spear phalanx!
The vulture bone led the vine armor soldiers to form the right wing of the Mo knife team, and the vine armor soldiers also had spears and had the mobility of light infantry.
"The culprit Temujin!"
Mu Ke gritted his teeth with hatred, if he could kill Temujin here, the siege of Luntai would be lifted.
Temujin saw the arrival of Mu Ke's 30,000 reinforcements, all of whom had never been seen before, and stretched out his hand to stop the offensive of all the cavalry.
The Nanzhong Army came faster than he expected, and before he could defeat the Han army's front army, the Han army's central army had already sent reinforcements.
What's more, Temujin could already see the Iron Eagle Scout's war eagle soaring in the air, and Chutian's legion had also arrived.
"Retreat."
Despite his reluctance, Temujin had to withdraw his troops.
Once again, he failed.
Wang Xuance saw Temujin retreating, and after Huo Qubing led the light cavalry back, he hurriedly said to Huo Quzhi: "General Huo, at this time, you can quickly raid Yanqi with light cavalry, maybe you can occupy Yanqi and open up the passage to Luntai before Temujin returns to Yanqi!" ”