Chapter 588: Camel City (Supplement 4/20)
In the Battle of Luntai City, thousands of defenders were killed, and the great battle between the Han Empire Expeditionary Force and the combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai broke out on the edge of the desert east of Luntai City!
The Mongol cavalry and Khorezm cavalry launched a tentative attack in an attempt to shake the formation of the Han army!
Chu Tian looked in the direction of Luntai City, and suddenly had a bad premonition.
It seems that some generals died in the Great War.
The war between the Han Empire and the Mongol Empire was so fierce that famous generals on both sides were killed in the battle.
This national war may be the one in which the most famous generals of the Han Empire have been killed.
In the past, the warring states were unfavorable, and they could withdraw from the battlefield, but this time the national war broke out in the main world, and the territory must be divided, and you can't take a step back.
"My lord?"
Joan of Arc carefully reminded the distracted Chutian.
Chu Tian was the commander of this decisive battle with the combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai, and if he missed the opportunity because of his distraction, then the Han army might be defeated because of this.
"Luntai City is holding on, and we can't hold back."
Chu Tian focused his attention on the frontal battlefield.
On the frontal battlefield, the total number of troops on both sides reached 500,000, and they were engaged in a tug-of-war on the wasteland.
Temujin was not all on the offensive either, as Chagatai from Central Asia used camel city tactics - camels lying on the ground with hooves tied to their backs, wooden boxes on their backs, and wet felt, forming camel cities to protect their wings.
Then Temujin attacked with cavalry, taking turns to attack the Han army, trying to shake the formation of the Han army.
Both sides are elite divisions, and the battlefield is extremely stalemate.
The Han army intended to make a surprise attack on the flank, but the camel city of Chagatai blocked the Han army's offensive.
The military chariots of the Han army played the same defensive effect as the camel city, and the Mongolian cavalry was difficult to break through the troop vehicles, and the Han army was also a little helpless against the camel city.
"Kill!"
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun led the white-robed army to kill in front of the camel city, and the Mongolian iron cavalry who was too late to escape was killed, and the crossbowmen in ambush behind the camel city fired ten thousand arrows, and the arrows in the sky covered the white-robed army!
Fang Tian's painting halberd and gentian bright silver spear waved, hitting the arrows that came from them, and countless arrows flew in all directions!
Dozens of white-robed cavalrymen could not withstand the dense rain of arrows and fell under the indiscriminate arrows.
"We must find a way to break through the camel city, otherwise it will be difficult for the two wings to break through."
For the first time, Chutian faced the tactics of the Central Asian cavalry.
The walls of camels are no less defensive than those of military chariots.
Sun Bin said: "Gathering the twenty war elephants brought by Miss Mu Ke may have a miraculous effect. ”
"War elephants?"
Chu Tian thought that Mu Ke also brought this kind of behemoth, which seemed to be the key to breaking the game.
"In addition to the war elephants, I also borrowed vulture bones from Mu Ke."
Chu Tian thought of the vulture bones of the fierce generals, who were as tall as camels, and perhaps they could use the power of the fierce generals to forcibly break through the camel city!
"General, Miss Xia requests to use the Divine Machine Battalion to attack the camel city and break it!"
When Chutian and Sun Bin were discussing how to deal with Chagatai's camel city, the Shenji battalion of Xia Liang asked to attack the camel city on the left flank.
"Divine Machine Battalion...... I understand, and then ask Mu Ke of the Chinese army for Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers, we need an infantry to capture the camel city. ”
Chu Tian wanted to leave Mu Ke and many elite soldiers, and then said to Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, you lead the Tiger Guard and go to the left army to help in the battle." ”
"Whoa."
Dian Wei urn sounded angry, led a team of tiger guards, and went to the left army.
"Strategist, when will the time come?"
Chu Tian has been waiting for the right time.
Sun Bin said: "It's almost here, and before that, you need to break through the camel city." ”
Chu Tian could only choose to believe what Sun Bin said, and patiently tug-of-war with Temujin.
Both sides were very calm, and even Temujin no longer tried to attack with indomitable progress, because Temujin found it difficult for his cavalry to break through the Han army's military formation, and chose to wear down the Han army
Yelu Chucai said to Temujin: "According to the route of the Han army's march, they do not have much water, and as long as it is delayed, it will be the Great Khan who will win." ”
"It can put us on the defensive halfway, and this Han army is no small thing."
Temujin recognized the strength of Chutian's expeditionary force.
Few legions had Temujin and others defend while attacking.
After some deliberation with Chagatai, Temujin decided to block the Han army in the wasteland, exhaust the Han army's water sources and arrows, and attack again to destroy the expeditionary force.
If it was just an ordinary opponent, Temujin would not have been allowed to use delaying tactics at all. A wave of impact is enough to break through the enemy's formation.
The camel and camel city tactics brought by Chagatai from Central Asia effectively protected the flanks of the combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai, and invalidated the tactics of the Han army to break through from the flanks.
The Han army was anxious to relieve the siege of Luntai City, and the supplies were limited, and the Mongol army hoarded a batch of grain, grass and water in this place, and if it was consumed, the Mongol army would definitely win.
Although the way of victory was somewhat inconsistent with Temujin's expectations, it was possible to annihilate this new force of the Han Empire, and Temujin did not mind using this tactic.
"Qin Liangyu, vultures, let's move to the left army! The Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army will take over from us! ”
Mu Ke took the vulture bone and Qin Liangyu to the left army, and took twenty war elephants as reserves.
Dian Wei, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others assembled in the left army, and when Qin Liangyu and Wu Tugu arrived, they found that the force of this group of people was extremely high.
Chu Tian plans to gather the fierce generals together and break through the camel city!
The existence of the camel city has seriously hindered the offensive of the Han army, and it must be broken!
"Under the cover of infantry armored heavy infantry, the Shenji battalion fired, broke through from the middle, and cut the camel city into two sections."
In the summer, Liang commanded the front of the Left Army.
As the commander-in-chief, Chu Tian not only mobilized the soldiers and horses of the left army, but also issued a military order to the right army, requiring Huo Qubing to prepare for the attack.
On the left side, Mu Guiying led the infantry armor heavy infantry to form a dense phalanx and attack the camel city, while behind the heavy infantry, the Shenji battalion advanced.
"The Han army intends to attack the camel city!"
"Wanyan Chen, your loyal and filial army, go to stop the Han army!"
Temujin discovered the intentions of the Han army, and it was clear that the Han army wanted to demolish the camel city that stood in their way!
Monk Wanyan Chen led the loyal and filial piety army and the Heli army to support the camel city.
Behind the camel city, tens of thousands of crossbowmen threw a rain of arrows at the Han army, and even the Shenji battalion would be shot!
Boom!
After the Shenji Battalion approached the camel city, thousands of arquebuses fired a volley, and the white gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the camel city was shot by lead bullets, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
A handful of archers who came out of nowhere, were shot by buckshot!
"The Shenji Battalion of the Han Army, even if even the Great Khan's Cowardly Xue Army has suffered great losses under its men, but the number of the Shenji Battalion is not large, and my camel city will not fail!"
Chagatai personally defended the camel city, led the archers behind the camel city, and used the arrow rain to cover the attacking Han army Shenji battalion and heavy infantry!
The arquebus of the Shenji Battalion, even if it has a strong armor-piercing ability, cannot penetrate the camel.
Moreover, the number of people in the Shenji Battalion is not large, and it is impossible to suppress it in the face of several archers who are twice as large as the Shenji Battalion.
In the rear of the camel city, there were still cavalry gatherings.
"Do you think that the role of the arquebus is only to suppress the archers? It can also obscure the view. ”
In the summer, it is cool in the rear to supervise the Shenji battalion, but it will not rush to the front.
When the arquebuses of the Shenji Battalion were firing, the smoke from the burning of black powder obscured the view of the enemy on the opposite side.
Twenty huge iron-clad war elephants, driven by elephant slaves, took advantage of the smoke of gunpowder to launch a surprise attack on the camel city!
Vulture Bone, Dian Wei, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and other fierce generals followed behind the ironclad war elephant, and then rushed forward!
In the rear, it was Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers and rattan armor soldiers!
Further behind, Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin's Xuanjia Army, Artoria's Knight Army, and Chen Qingzhi's White-robed Army are waiting to break through the camel city on the opposite side, and then decide the winner in one battle!
The arquebuses in the Shenji camp rang out one after another, and Temujin felt inexplicably irritated when he heard the familiar voice.
Not long ago, it was the Shenji Battalion that shot and killed a lot of cowardly Xue army cavalry, and even the cowardly Xue army general Borhu was killed in the first battle of Cheshi Country.
Where the Shenji Battalion haunts, Temujin was extra careful.
"White smoke fills the air, obscuring the view!"
Temujin found the direction of the Shenji Battalion, because the smoke from the burning of black powder blocked the view, and it was difficult to judge for a while.
"Chi Lao Wen, Bol Hu, support the cowardly Xue army, inform Chagatai that you must be careful of the Han army launching a surprise attack!"
For some reason, Temujin was terrified of the unknown offensive of the Han army in the smoke of gunfire.
The cowardly Xue army was immediately mobilized!
However, it was too late.
In the smoke and dense fog generated by the Shenji Battalion, twenty ironclad war elephants gathered and attacked the camel city at a distance of less than 100 meters!
Mu Ke seems to have the ability to cause war elephants to go berserk, and twenty iron-armored war elephants braved the rain of arrows of the Mongol army, and after sacrificing two war elephants, they crashed into the camel city!
The camel in front of it was knocked away by the war elephant, and the war elephant's fortress-like body broke through the camel city!
The Mongolian cavalry in the rear was stunned for a while, and the remaining eighteen furious war elephants went on a rampage, setting off a bloody storm among the Mongolian cavalry, and at least dozens of cavalry had no time to react and were trampled to death by the war elephants!
"Plug the gap!"
Chagatai found that the camel city had been attacked by a rampaging ironclad war elephant, and after a gap appeared, his face was bloodless.
This gap is located in the middle of the camel city, once the gap is expanded, the Han army can cut the camel city into two sections!
The huge vulture bone held a wooden stick in his hand, followed the ironclad war elephant, and smashed into the gap in the camel city, and the wooden stick smashed down, directly smashing a war horse to death!
The vulture is like a giant!
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun, two cavalry generals, rushed into the gap, followed by Dian Wei and the Tiger Guard!
Chagatai became more and more panicked, and ordered the cavalry of Wanhua Razim to attack the fierce generals of the Han army who broke through the gap!
He knew that the gap in the camel city could not be further expanded, otherwise the Han army would drive straight into and break through the army of his Chagatai Khanate!
Tens of thousands of Huarazm cavalrymen held spears and charged Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others!
These fierce generals and hundreds of tiger guards faced the impact of tens of thousands of cavalry and fell into a bitter battle!
Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin led the Xuanjia Army to support!
On the side of the Chagatai Khanate's army, the loyal and filial piety army and the Heli army of Monk Wanyan Chen appeared, which made Chagatai feel a little at ease.
Wanyan Chen monk and his loyal and filial piety army gave the Han army a headache.
Xue Rengui slashed the cavalry of Baihua Razim, and Zhao Yun did the same, Dian Wei shook the war horses and cavalry on foot, without fear.
When the Zhongxiao Army and the Heli Army were assembled and ready to charge Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun, the two had to be cautious.
However, it seems that Monk Wanyan Chen does not plan to charge directly, but wants to use the Khorezm cavalry to consume the physical strength of Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others.
Monk Wanyan Chen had obviously also learned to preserve his strength, knowing that the loyal and filial piety army and the Heli army would charge ahead of time, and in front of the fierce generals of the Han army, they would suffer heavy losses.
Monk Wanyan Chen's eyes looked at several Han army generals, as if waiting for the opportunity.
Fang Tian painted a halberd to kill dozens of cavalrymen, and the gentian bright silver spear stabbed the general of Khorezm to death.
Thousands of Khorezm cavalry died under the attack of Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and other fierce generals, Dian Wei's tiger guards suffered heavy casualties, and the Xuanjia army and the knight army began to break into it!
"Loyal and filial piety army, Heli army, charge with me!"
Monk Wanyan Chen captured the fighter plane, so he led thousands of high-level mounted cavalry to charge the fierce generals of the Han army!