Chapter 257: A Powerful Enemy from the North
"Damn, why does she have so many troops!"
Zhao Long, the lord of Jizhou, and Shi Wansui, the fierce general, were surrounded by tens of thousands of soldiers, and the troops besieging them included African tribal warriors, Seljuk Turkic cavalry, and Mamluk cavalry.
Shi Wansui didn't understand why these armies from different civilizations would suddenly attack him, but he was almost certain that there must be someone behind him commanding them.
He saw a dozen cavalrymen standing on the high ground, who were observing the entire battlefield.
In an instant, Zhao Long realized that he had only one way to win.
Zhao Long personally maintained the formation: "Long live Shi, you lead a hundred horsemen and kill the enemy's commander on the hillside for me!" ”
"Listen to your orders!"
With a longbow in hand, Shi Wansui drove with a hundred cavalry and went straight to the location of the opponent's commander!
"Will this legion of the Eastern Han Dynasty be the first legion in the world? However, the world's number one legion should not be easily defeated by me. ”
Catherine rode a war horse and noticed that the Eastern Han army had divided a hundred troops to kill her, so she made people blow the horn.
Thousands of Cossack cavalry emerged from behind the hillside, and in the front row were the cavalry of the boyer nobility in armor and with Turkish scimitars at their waists. The cavalry all over the mountains turned from trotting to charging!
The Boyer cavalry drew their Turkish scimitars and slashed at Shi Wansui!
It's a trap!
It is not easy for Shi Wansui to attack the high ground and achieve victory in the dense and elite cavalry of the Grand Duchy of Moscow!
The cavalry all over the mountains slaughtered Shi Banzai! Shi Wansui rushed to kill in the chaotic army, killing dozens of people in a row, and he was brave, but a small number of cavalry around Shi Wansui were overwhelmed by the opponent's elite cavalry.
"The enemy is too cunning, immediately go to meet Shi Wansui and retreat!"
Zhao Long knew that it was impossible for Shi Wansui to complete the beheading operation on the premise that the other party was already prepared. Continuing to let Shi Wansui take risks will only cost Shi Wansui's life in vain.
As soon as Zhao Long retreated, tens of thousands of allied troops stepped forward to besiege him, and Zhao Long was defeated.
Zhao Long, a strong man with a broken wrist, abandoned the infantry and archers and led the cavalry away. He had to keep two or three thousand cavalry before he had a chance to turn the tables.
Zhao Long's heart was dripping blood, in a battle, thousands of elites were killed or captured!
He still doesn't know who beat him.
……
"Surrender or kill!"
Chu Tian rode a war horse to persuade him to surrender, trying to use the characteristics of the "Heavenly Khan" to subdue the fourth servant army, the pikemen from Spain.
The Spanish phalanx of spears could effectively resist the attack of the cavalry, but in front of Chutian's archery battalion, the Spanish phalanx, which lacked high-level crossbowmen and arquebusiers, was a fat sheep to be slaughtered.
Round after round of arrows rained down on the Spanish pike, hundreds of people were killed in the Spanish pike, and the rest surrendered. As for their lords and knights, they have abandoned this group of Spanish pikemen.
"Goryeo national Buban, Mughal Rajput cavalry, Arab camel cavalry, Spanish pikemen......"
Chu Tian counted the servant army that had reached 10,000 people.
After luring the Spanish legions out of the city and annihilating them, Chutian led his troops to besiege the city.
He was going to conquer the second city. This city was occupied by the Spanish lords.
However, the Spanish lord was defeated, abandoned the phalanx of pikes, and fled back to the city with knights, cavalry, and grooms, and his vitality was greatly damaged.
When Chu Tian led the Xuzhou legion and servant army, a total of 20,000 people, the main force appeared on the periphery of the small city, the Spanish lord felt suffocated.
The lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty were so powerful that he despaired.
What made him even more desperate was that Chu Tian held the Five Nations Alliance, and not long ago he was a Spanish pikeman under him, but at this time he actually rebelled into Chu Tian's subordinate!
"Is this still human...... God, what kind of opponent did you arrange for me......"
The Spanish lord could only hope that the main force of less than 5,000 men and 10,000 low-ranking soldiers could hold the relatively strong city.
Chutian ordered the warmakers to build siege equipment under the city and prepare for a strong attack.
Chu Tian had already used a stratagem to consume a number of troops of the Spanish lord, and the Spanish lord was frightened, so he closed the city gate and did not come out, and Chu Tian only had the only way to storm it.
With Le Yi and Li Guang here, Chu Tian doesn't have to worry too much about the siege.
Li Guang led the archery battalion to suppress the archers on the city wall, and then Le Yi organized infantry and siege equipment to capture the city. The two sides cooperate with each other, and unless they encounter a special garrison or a special fortress castle, the other party will not be able to defend it at all.
"My lord, a cavalry is approaching from the north!"
When Chu Tian was about to attack the city, Hua Mulan informed Chu Tian of an important piece of information in time.
"Why is there another squad of cavalry...... Order Xue Rengui's cavalry to be on guard. ”
Last time, when Chutian planned to annihilate Li Minzhe, the lord of the Goryeo Kingdom, he was shocked back by a cavalry of the Dongying Kingdom, but he never thought that another team of cavalry would come at this time.
Given that there were too many enemies encountered, Chu Tian thought that this time it was most likely an enemy.
Zhao Long led two or three thousand Jizhou cavalry south, and he and Shi Wansui escaped Catherina's pursuit. The Cossack cavalry had strong mobility and tried to catch up with Zhao Long and Shi Wansui.
Fortunately, Zhao Long and Shi Wansui's cavalry were not weak, so they were not captured or killed by Catherine on the way.
"Report, there is an unknown scout trail ahead!"
"Go and contact immediately, see if it's friend or foe!"
After a while, the scout cavalry turned back: "It's our dragon banner of the Eastern Han Dynasty!" ”
"Finally found a lord of our Eastern Han Dynasty, Lao Tzu wants to take revenge on that woman this time!"
When Zhao Long fled, he probably had already guessed who the lord with the Cossack cavalry was.
There are many lords with Cossack cavalry, but the seven or eight thousand elite lords who have the ability to annihilate Zhao Long, who ranks among the top ten in the Eastern Han Dynasty, can only be Catherine, who is now ranked first.
There are only a handful of female lords in the world, and those who can become female lords are all great feats!
Zhao Long only had two or three thousand cavalry in his hands, and it was difficult for one person to find Catherine for revenge, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that there was an Eastern Han lord nearby.
According to the agreement of the lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty, they could trust each other unconditionally during the national war.
Zhao Long led the remnants of the army towards Chu Tian's camp.
Chu Tian thought he was an enemy, so he made Le Yi prepare for battle.
It wasn't until Zhao Long's Jizhou Legion and the Xuzhou Legion met that Chutian found that the person who came turned out to be the lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Zhao Long, the Taishou of Jizhou Wei County. Zhao Long still supported Yuan Shao to become the alien lord of Jizhou Mu, and is now serving as a taishou under Yuan Shao.
Zhao Long also has a Sui Dynasty military general Shi Wansui who impressed Chu Tian, a fierce general at the level of five tiger generals.
Chu Tian had seen this person many times, and he was not unfamiliar at all, but he was quite familiar, and both sides participated in the battle to capture the Tiger Prison Pass.
It's just that Zhao Long and his subordinate Shi Wansui look a little miserable, like a bloody man fished out of a pool of blood.
All this indicates that they had experienced a terrible battle, and that they were likely to suffer a crushing defeat - judging by the fact that he had only brought such a small number of cavalry with him.
"It was really unfortunate to come home that I met Catherine, the lord of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and was severely lectured by her. If it's just her cavalry, that's it. My Shi Wansui was not necessarily afraid of her Cossack cavalry in the case of equal forces. But she can drive an army of minions and use them to drain my forces. You should know that the people who have the confidence to participate in the national war this time are the great lords of various civilizations, and they are also carrying the most elite armies of their respective forces. Catherine can drive a large army of minions...... It was almost impossible for me to defeat so many elite troops alone. ”
After Zhao Long saw Chu Zimou, the number one lord in his civilization area, he immediately felt at ease.
For some reason, Zhao Long was inexplicably relieved. No matter how powerful Catherine is, she is not the number one in the world. The number one lord in the world is Chu Zimou, who has a large population.
"Catherine ......"
Chu Tian had heard the reputation of this hairy female lord more than once recently. She also consistently ranked first in the national battle rankings.
Listening to Zhao Long's description, Catherine also has a certain ability to drive the servant army to fight for herself, which is somewhat similar to Chutian's "Heavenly Khan".
This is a formidable enemy that appears in the north. If he is not careful, Chu Tian may also be defeated by her.
"What civilizations does her current servant army contain?"
"African tribal warriors, Seljuk Turkic cavalry, Mamluk cavalry, about 20,000 people. In addition to this, there were cavalry that she brought with herself. ”
Chutian found that his minions were more varied, but the number of prisoners was not as large as that of Catherine. In almost every battle, Catherine captured almost all of her opponents.
"Do you have the confidence to beat her? I have long live history to help you. ”
"To be honest, I didn't really want to fight her......"
Chu Tian has no grievances with him, and the two of them are evenly matched, if Chu Tian has to conquer Catherine, both of them will suffer heavy losses, so that the other lords and fishermen will benefit. And Chu Tian had a bad premonition. If you want to defeat a lord who is evenly matched, it is not good to have a military commander on your side die.
"If you don't provoke her, she will definitely come and attack you. She is like a war eagle on the prairie, and no one can stop her soldiers. ”
"My goal is to capture this city, and only by capturing this city and getting supplies can I defeat her relatively easily."
Chu Tian still didn't go north immediately. The city in front of him was crumbling, and Chu Tian planned to take the lead in capturing the second city and then make plans.
"Yes."
Zhao Long did not ask Chu Tian to avenge him.
Chu Tian was also not obliged to act according to his request, and he was already grateful to take him in at this time.
"Yuanhua, you heal their wounds."
Chu Tian saw that Zhao Long and Shi Wansui were injured, and out of the obligation of allies, he ordered Hua Tuo to come to stop the injuries for Zhao Long and Shi Wansui.
Zhao Long and Shi Wansui came to take refuge, which was undoubtedly a big help during the national war. It's better to say that they came just in time.
Zhao Long couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Chu Tian's address to the doctor who came: "Yuanhua, could it be Hua Tuo?!" ”
Chu Tian was silent, in other words, he admitted that this doctor was the divine doctor Hua Tuo!
"I didn't expect Hua Tuo to be here with you, it's really enviable, this is the appeal of a state pastor?"
Zhao Long couldn't help but sigh that there were many talents under Chu Tian's command, even if it was a doctor in the force, he was a historical figure!
"Hua Tuo is only temporarily living and traveling in Xuzhou, and it is estimated that it is difficult for anyone to really make Hua Tuo serve the government."
When Chu Tian and Zhao Long were talking, the warcraftsman had already prepared the siege equipment, and under the command of Le Yi, he began to attack the city!
Le Yi's offensive was very ferocious, and the Spanish lord was defeated and simply abandoned the city and fled.
Chutian arranged an ambush outside the city, and when the Spanish lord fled through another city gate, the ambush was full of ambushes and some gains.
Chu Tian came to the city, captured a group of Spanish knights and servants, and surrendered them.
This is the second city that Chutian defeated in the battlefield of the National War.
"Forty miles to the north, there is a city that used to belong to me, but it must have been occupied by Catherine by this time...... Why do your people have so many servant troops? Are they all willing to work for you? You're not afraid that they will mutiny? ”
Zhao Long knew that the servant army was suitable for cannon fodder, and the monthly payment was only half of that of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But the downside of the Servant Army is that their loyalty is questionable. Without the means to restrain them, they can easily defect.
There have also been cases of rebellions in the Servant Army throughout history.
For example, in the Battle of Talas in 751 AD, the Tang Dynasty Anxi Protectorate fought with the Arab Empire, and as a result, the servant army rebelled, resulting in the defeat of the Anxi Protectorate.
The servant army is cheap, but it depends on whether you dare to use it.
"I have my own means."
Chu Tian still hadn't mentioned to Zhao Long that he had the characteristics of "Heavenly Khan".
The captured Spanish knights trembled in front of Chu Tian, and the possibility of betrayal was not impossible, but there was a "Tian Khan" suppressing it, and they would be willing to be driven by Chu Tian as dogs.
Since the Spanish knights were willing to be dogs, Chu Tian would also use them to deal with Catherine, who might go south at any time.
Chutian occupies the two southern cities, while Catherine already occupies the northern three cities, and the spheres of influence of the two sides are bordering, which means a conflict.
The battlefield of the national war is not only a confrontation between two people, but also two lords who occupy a western castle nearby, Lee Min-cheol, the lord of the Goryeo Kingdom, and Takeda Tadayoshi, the lord of the Dongying Kingdom.
"Before we can face Catherine, we must completely eliminate Lee Min Chul and Takeda Tadayoshi and put an end to worries. Otherwise they will be the ultimate winners. ”
Chutian proposed a strategy of first the west and then the north.
Destroying Lee Min Chul and Takeda Tadayoshi will not only allow you to obtain a third castle, but you can also take the Takeda family's Chibei cavalry and use them as cannon fodder.
Zhao Long was still haunted by the failure: "As long as you help me deal with Catherine, I can send Shi Wansui to help you." Isn't your subordinate Zhao Yun injured? Shi Wansui can temporarily replace him. ”
After a short period of weighing, Chu Tian still agreed: "Deal." ”
"The commander-in-chief of the Takeda Chibei Cavalry Team is Yama Yama Masakei, one of the 'Four Takeda Ministers', and he is personally martial artistic, but my subordinate Shi Wanzai will let him know what a real fierce general is."
Zhao Long reminded the other party of the military generals he had.