Chapter 585: The Decisive Battle of Luntai (Supplement 1/20)
The 300,000 Han troops were about to leave the desert, and a gust of wind swept in, and the battle flags and robes were unfurled, and Chu Tian stretched out his hand to block them.
"Stop the march and recuperate, it's time for our decisive battle with Temujin."
Chu Tian ordered the whole army to stop marching.
The War Eagle of the Iron Eagle Scout has already discovered the Mongol Empire army deployed in front, with a strength of about 300,000!
With such a strong force, it is impossible to hide!
"The Chagatai Khanate, it must be the reinforcements of the Chagatai Khanate, supplementing Temujin's forces, otherwise Temujin would not have had so many troops. The main force of Mobei has not yet been mobilized, and he is worried that the cavalry we deployed in Monan will raid Mobei for thousands of miles. β
Chu Tian met with Lao Qin and Mu Ke before the decisive battle began.
Temujin's forces were stronger than they had been in the previous two battles.
There is only one explanation: Temujin received reinforcements from the Chagatai Khanate and finally decided to fight a decisive battle with the Han Empire's expeditionary force on the edge of the desert.
"300,000 cavalry...... Not only that, but there were 100,000 cavalry in the rear, and we had 300,000 troops against 400,000 cavalry of Temujin. β
Old Qin counted the troops on both sides, and could only show a wry smile.
After Temujin received support from the Chagatai Khanate, his forces were larger than those of the expeditionary force, and all of them were cavalry adept at fighting in this terrain.
Among them, the Chagatai Khanate may have also brought camel cavalry.
"You divide a team of troops to guard the rear, and I, Mu Ke and Huo Qing, will attack Temujin head-on."
Chu Tian knew that this was a tough battle, and many people might die.
But they didn't have a choice.
After winning this battle, Temujin's strategy for the Western Regions failed, Temujin's power would shrink in an all-round way, and the Han Empire would enter the stage of strategic counteroffensive.
"The two sent troops to rescue the Western Regions Protectorate, Mu Ke will remember this kindness."
Mu Ke knew that Chu Tian and Lao Qin had risked their lives to expedition to the Western Regions, and their strategic vision was far beyond that ordinary princes could match, so he couldn't help but be grateful.
Lao Qin disagreed: "The Western Regions are lost, and the next one to be attacked is the Guanlong region." My lips are cold, and I'm not here for the friendship with Huo An. β
"I'm here for points, and if I can destroy the royal city of the Chagatai Khanate and get a good reward, it will be better."
Chutian was also unwilling to let Mu Ke suffer huge favors.
The expedition to the Western Regions, which allowed Chu Tian's points to rise to the first place, and at the same time reduced the pressure on the Mongol Empire, was generally beneficial to Chu Tian.
If the Western Regions are lost, it will not only be Guanlong, but also Mo Nan and Hetao. Mo Nan and Hetao were already Chutian's sphere of influence, and Temujin's iron hooves were not allowed to gallop.
"Let's go!"
Mu Ke clenched his long sword.
This battle is a bet on the national fortune of the Eastern Han Dynasty!
In order to strengthen Chutian's strength, Lao Qin lent Gao Shun's trapped camp, Li Wei's Flying Bear Army, and Zhu Jun's Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army to Chutian.
The frontal battlefield is Temujin and Chagatai, and the rear battlefield is Subutai.
Comparatively speaking, the frontal battlefield is responsible for the offensive and the pressure is greater, and the rear battlefield mainly relies on defense to block the cavalry that is not fast.
Subutai followed the Han Empire's expeditionary force, and if Subutai was allowed to attack the rear of the frontal battlefield, then the Han Empire's expeditionary force would be completely annihilated.
The frontal battlefield is composed of five troops - Chutian's Guards Legion, Le Yi's Offensive Legion (part of the Yanqi State remained), Huoqing Legion, Nanzhong Legion, and Zhu Jun's Legion (remnants).
In the rear battlefield, Lao Qin only used Qin Ruishi, Golden Fire Cavalry, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, Sanhe Cavalry, and Northern Wei Cavalry to block the Subutai Legion.
Lao Qin's troops seem to be many, but they have lost a lot, and these troops together are only fifty or sixty thousand people.
What Lao Qin had to do was not only to block the attack of the Subutai Legion, but also to prevent the Subutai Legion from bypassing its defensive line, and to use cavalry against cavalry, the difficulty can be imagined.
Chu Tian, Mu Ke, and Huo Qing led more than 200,000 Han troops and pushed forward, leaving Lao Qin behind.
"We can't fight to the death."
Old Qin could already see the rear, the cavalry of the fast platform appeared, and the yellow sand was rolling.
"Array!"
Wang Jian pulled out his long sword, and Qin Ruishi got the order, and they were uniform, and they set up a formation at the edge of the desert!
Lu Bu carried Fang Tian's halberd and rode with a team of wolves to confront the arriving Subutai.
When it comes to force, Subutai is inferior to LΓΌ Bu, and when it comes to commanders, expeditions to Europe and razing many civilizations are far above LΓΌ Bu.
The Guanzhong Legion can block Subutai, mainly relying on Wang Qian's Qin Ruishi and the defensive aura of the old Qin "Chu River Han Realm".
Lao Qin satisfied Lu Bu's desire to conquer, and the continuous conquest made Lu Bu have no time to think about backstabbing Lao Qin.
Moreover, Lao Qin has the Son of Heaven in his hands, and he can continue to improve Lu Bu's official position, and Lu Bu has no intention of betraying at present.
Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry was on the other side, dragging his halberd, and this was his second confrontation with Subutai.
Lao Qin had a group of Sanhe cavalry around him, as well as the Northern Wei heavy cavalry who had changed into iron armor.
The armor of this heavy cavalry was carved with tiger stripes, and it was murderous, and Lao Qin never used it.
Whether it is the golden fire cavalry or the tiger-striped mounted cavalry, the appearance is extremely distinct, which is also the characteristic of the old Qin forces.
"With Yang Dayan here, I will definitely ensure that the master is safe and sound."
Yang Dayan holds a horse lance.
Although Lu Bu is the first fierce general under Lao Qin, Yang Dayan, who is the second in force, is the guard trusted by Lao Qin.
Jia Xu followed Lao Qin: "Wait for a good opportunity, turn defense into offense, and you can win." β
Lao Qin said: "I hope Chu Zimou won't cheat me, our decisive battle with Subutai will only be won or lost by one move." β
"Guanzhong Legion, Qin Ruishi......"
Subutai confronted the Guanzhong Army of the old Qin again, and Subutai also had to admit that Qin Ruishi's combat power was not inferior to the regiment he commanded, with the light cavalry's Bingzhou wolf cavalry and the heavy cavalry's golden fire cavalry.
"It's time for a decisive battle."
Sun Bin deduced that the time had changed, and believed that the expeditionary force should come forward to engage the combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai.
Chu Tian ordered that the sand and dust were flying, and more than 200,000 expeditionary troops continued to march.
The combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai waited for the Han army at the edge of the wasteland. The soldiers and horses of Temujin and Chagatai are recuperating, and as long as the Han army comes out, their physical strength is exhausted and the men and horses are exhausted, they will launch an attack.
The Han army could already see 300,000 cavalry waiting for them at the front.
Temujin's cowardly Xue army and loyal and filial piety army are already old rivals. In addition to Temujin's legions, there was also a cavalry from Central Asia, which was slightly different from Temujin's cavalry.
Not only that, but the appearance of this cavalry was different from that of Temujin's Mongol cavalry.
This is a servant army from Central Asia.
The war eagles of Tanmachi circled in the air, and Temujin and Chagatai squinted their eyes, looking at the Han army that still dared to march.
"That's the Han army that defeated my father Khan?"
Chagatai muttered to himself.
Chagatai was responsible for attacking Central Asia, and the Seljuk Empire and the Khorezm coalition army were defeated by him, and the Han army could make Temujin suffer, indicating that the strength of the Han Empire's expeditionary force was still above the Central Asian coalition army.
The commanders and commanders of the Chagatai Khanate, because of their victory in the Battle of the Ili River Valley, their morale was high, and they generally despised the expeditionary force of the Han Empire, believing that they could defeat the expeditionary force of the Han Empire in the same way as they defeated the Central Asian coalition army.
There was only one commander of the Chagatai Khanate, who looked at the Han army lineup in front of him with eagle-like eyes.
He could feel that most of this Han army was elite, experienced in a hundred battles, and compared with the army of the Chagatai Khanate, it was not inferior, in a sense, it was more elite.
"If it is victorious, it is fine, if it is defeated, once the Seljuk Empire and the Kingdom of Khorezm counterattack, the Khanate may ......"
This young commander was thinking about the impact of the defeat of the Chagatai Khanate.
In addition to the war eagles of the scout cavalry on both sides, there are also vultures watching the battle, and no matter which side wins, it will be a gluttonous meal for them.
"Temujin......
Chu Tian stood in the middle army, and from a long distance, it seemed that he could see the banner of the Great Khan of Temujin.
It's time for the war in the Western Regions to come to an end.
The expeditionary force of the Han Empire successively conquered the Cheshi Kingdom and the Yanqi Kingdom, and came to the Luntai Kingdom.
As long as Temujin's army was severely damaged and the Mongol army's siege of Luntai City was lifted, then Huo An could rely on his influence in the Western Regions and the strength of the expeditionary force to quickly recover the entire Western Regions and firmly control the Western Regions within the territory of the Han Empire.
Mu Ke's South Central Army and Le Yi's Offensive Army were located in the Central Army, and Chu Tian's Guards Army, Huo Quai's Army Corps, and Zhu Jun's Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army were located on the left and right flanks.
This deployment was different from usual, and Chutian adopted the tactic of breaking through on both flanks, penetrating Temujin's army from both flanks.
With almost all of them infantry, and twenty tall war elephants in the middle, the Mongol cavalry needed to think about how to deal with such a behemoth.
War horses have a natural fear of war elephants.
Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers, abrupt vine armor soldiers, and Le Yi's Yan armor formed an airtight defense line.
Chu Tian transferred the Shooting Battalion and Jianyan crossbowmen separately to strengthen the long-range strength of the Chinese army.
The Western Regions Protectorate Corps served as the right army, Li Siye's Tang Mo sword team and ordinary heavy infantry, and Zhu Jun's Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army served as the defensive force, and Huo Quai's cavalry served as the offensive force.
The Guards Regiment served as the left army, the Burenjia Heavy Infantry Army, the Fifth School of the Northern Army, the Shenji Battalion, and the Women's Army served as the defensive force, and the White Robe Regiment and the Heavy Cavalry Guards served as the offensive force.
Sun Bin set up the troop chariot formation, he has a feature that can improve the effect of the formation, therefore, Sun Bin is the favorite of all the main generals, and the formation has a bonus.
The chariot formation was mainly located in the middle army, and according to the assumption, the two flanks were responsible for the offensive and the Chinese army was responsible for the defense. Once the flanks won, the Chinese army stormed.
Qin Liangyu held a spear, and behind him were three thousand white pole soldiers, this group of white pole soldiers equipped with similar rattan armor had a tenacious will to fight, similar to the loyal and filial piety army, and dared to fight the Eight Banners cavalry head-on until they died in battle.
The vultures were holding a wooden stick, weighing dozens of pounds, and if they were hit by his wooden stick, it was estimated that the bones would be shattered on the spot.
It is estimated that even Temujin did not know that Mu Ke, the lord of Nanzhong, would send a team of vine armor soldiers to support Luntai City, so he did not deliberately deal with the vine armor soldiers.
The vine armor soldiers who have not been attacked by fire have combat power equivalent to the seventh-order light step.
If attacked by fire, the vine armor may be similar to the low-level troops......
"Huo An, I will definitely lift the siege of Luntai City by the Mongol cavalry."
Mu Ke personally supervised the battle in the Chinese army.
Le Yi, who was also in the Chinese army, had a calm expression, 10,000 Yanjia served as the front row, and Liang Hongyu led the Jianyan crossbowmen and the shooting battalion to form a long-range attack system with bows and crossbows.
Some of the Yan Armor in the back row are also equipped with the Divine Arm Bow, which is used to strengthen the long-range Arrow Rain Attack.
The blueprint for the Divine Arm Bow that Chu Tian obtained from the Battle of Jingkang generally increased the ranged damage of the legion.
Temujin and Chagatai will face the baptism of God's arm bow!
"Expelle Temujin from the Western Regions Protectorate!"
Huo Qubing had been in conflict with the Mongol Empire for a long time, and the first thing he thought of at this time was to defeat Temujin and restore the rule of the Western Regions Protectorate over the Western Regions.
Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun and others led the white-robed army, echoing Huo Quai's cavalry.
Whether it is Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, or Huo Quzhi and Zhao Ponu, their cavalry is sharp, and it is very suitable for them to take on the task of breaking through the left and right armies.