Chapter 1173 Li Mu and Lian Po join forces
"Your Majesty, the two generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing have already engaged in the battle with Subutai, and the Serju Arslan is stationed on the periphery of the battlefield, do you want to send troops to guard against Arslan?"
"Don't bother with Arslan, he wants to restore the Selju Empire, and he won't help Ogedei."
Chu Tian was not worried about Arslan's hundreds of thousands of Serzhu cavalry, and devoted all his energy to dealing with Ogedei.
In the Khorezm Kingdom, Li Mu's Monan Army and the Tubo Army of Nonqinling joined forces to invade the territory of Khorezm and share the opponent's forces for Chutian.
Samarkand was the royal city of the kingdom of Khorezm, where Timur, who ruled India, was ordered to assemble and prepare to attack along the Tien Shan Mountains to cut off Chutian's retreat.
The forces of the Golden Family, assembled in several large cities at the same time.
India's army was dominated by low-level cannon fodder, and millions of soldiers and horses were gathered in Samarkand, and Timur personally commanded a million Indian army.
"All the way the soldiers and horses to relieve the siege of the city, all the way to the army and horses to attack the country of Dawan, all the way to destroy the Xia army that attacked the country of Dawan."
Timur was at the helm of an army of a million, and at this time he could not help but have ambitions.
As long as his soldiers and horses can work wonders, he may be able to destroy all the Xia troops who entered the river area!
The Indian lord Brahmin joined forces with Timur.
Whether it was for the revival of ancient India or against the Chinese, the Brahmins felt the need to participate in this war.
Timur commanded the cavalry, while the Brahmins, together with his most powerful general, Shivaji, commanded the Indian War Elephant Legion, and the million-strong army began to move north, encountering the Monan Army and the Tibetan Army in northern Samarkand.
Zhao Kuo led a small group of cavalry to reconnoiter ahead, climbed to a nearby hill, and secretly peeked into the boundless Indian army to move north.
A phalanx of 10,000 people passed by, the ground trembling with iron-clad war elephants, and the number of cavalry in the rear was equally endless.
Dozens of Indian princes went on the expedition, and the lower castes transferred cannon fodder soldiers, hundreds of thousands.
"A terrible number of foot riders."
Zhao Kuo witnessed the march of a million Indian troops, and he was a little shocked in his heart.
The Indian civilization is the only civilization whose population can be comparable to that of the Central Plains, and this expedition is also a million-level army.
A Zhao State horseman said to Zhao Kuo: "General, their infantry is in front, the elephant soldiers are in the center, and the cavalry is in the rear, this seems to be the usual tactic of the Indians." ”
"They have always been. As long as the elephant shakes the enemy's formation, the cavalry can overwhelm the enemy's formation. ”
Zhao Kuo has been fighting for more than ten years and is well-informed, not the stunned young man he was at the beginning.
He had also discovered that Timur's army was divided into three divisions, with foot soldiers at the forefront, basically low-ranking infantry soldiers as cannon fodder, the most famous Indian war elephant regiment in the middle, and hundreds of thousands of Indian cavalry in the rear.
India's infantry has never had a good reputation, positioning is cannon fodder, and cavalry is the main force.
Timur sat on his war horse, suddenly looked at the hill where Zhao Kuo was, seemed to have a premonition, and said to the two generals around him: "You lead the troops to search for that mountain range, maybe there will be ambushes." ”
The two ancient Indian generals glanced at each other, a little afraid of this new master: "Yes! ”
Thousands of light cavalry swept towards the hill where Zhao Kuo was located.
"Hurry back!"
Zhao Kuo saw the Indian light cavalry driving for a long time and knew that his location had been discovered.
There was a little surprise in his heart, and Timur's intuition was precisely terrifying.
More than a dozen Zhao Bian riders, under the leadership of Zhao Kuo, retreated to the north.
"Khan, sure enough, there are more than a dozen scout cavalry scouting in the nearby mountains!"
"It looks like a large army is nearby, so wipe it all out."
Far from being nervous, Timur wanted to stand up to the Indian army and better rule the Indian peninsula.
The order was transmitted to the ears of all the thousands of households through hundreds of cavalry, and the millions of Indian troops were hurriedly dispatched, and the march slowed down.
Zhao Kuo returned, galloped for a day and night, and joined Li Mu, Lian Po, and Zhao Hao: "The enemy army is under the banner of Timur, and there are countless soldiers and horses, which is difficult to count. ”
Li Mu summoned Tashi and Nonqinling of the Tubo army and joined forces of 300,000.
"We originally planned to capture Samarkand, but now the situation has changed, Timur gathered heavy troops in Samarkand, trying to move to the Tianshan Mountains, not only to cut off His Majesty's retreat, but also to support the Dawan Kingdom in the east, really not an ordinary person."
When Li Mu heard Zhao Kuo's reply, he guessed Timur's strategic intentions without looking at the map.
The entire Hanzhong region was reduced to a battlefield, and the offensive and defensive efforts of both sides were wide open and closed.
Timur's purpose was to cut off the retreat of the three million Xia army.
Once Timur blocked the retreat, the three million Xia troops might have been wiped out if they had not captured the teleportation array in the Hezhong region.
"Turn offense into defense, defense and counterattack."
Lian Po once again used the stick tactic.
Li Mu and Lian Po are good at defending before attacking.
Lian Po ordered the sergeant to build a temporary defensive line in the main road, he has the SS-class trait "Fortified Barrier", when building a fortification in the field, the legion's defense is +30%, the fortification durability is +20%, and the fortification damage to the enemy is +10%, which is just the right effect.
Li Mu is also a defensive general, with the SS-level trait "Defensive Counterattack", when on the defensive, the legion defense +15%, when turned to the offensive, the legion defense bonus disappears, and the legion attack is +15%.
In addition, Li Mu's defense aura "Wu Anjun" (+12% defense of all allied legions on the battlefield, -13% morale drop rate.) A maximum of three Army-wide Auras can be applied to a unit. Li Mu's headquarters has an additional +18% defense of the legion), which strengthens the defense of himself and Lian Po's legion at the same time.
With the cooperation of the two people, the defense of the Lian Po Legion increased by 42%, and Li Mu's defense increased by 45%, which is equivalent to strengthening by almost half, which is already a relatively exaggerated value.
When Zhao is on the defensive, he can use the high legion defense to consume the attacker's physical strength and morale, wait until the enemy's physical strength and morale drop, and then look for opportunities to counterattack.
Li Mu and Lian Po will adopt such a prudent tactic in the face of a strong enemy, especially in the face of a strong Qin, if they take the initiative to rush forward regardless of everything, they will be easy to fail.
This time, the Monan army was 200,000, and Li Mu and Lian Po each commanded 100,000 to block Timur.
Coordinating with Li Mu and Lian Po was Tashi, the player lord of the Tubo Army.
Because Tashi saw the birth of the overlord of the Central Plains, he directly led the Tubo Protectorate to attach, so he was still appointed as the Protector of the Tubo Metropolitan and the Marquis, and his status was not low.
Tashi's troops were stationed in the eastern mountains, and Li Mu and Lian Po, who were stationed at the foot of the mountains, echoed each other from afar.
The Tibetan army is good at fighting in the mountains and plateaus.
The Tubo army led by Tashi was only 100,000, but it was the elite of the four towns of Anxi that competed with the Tang Empire in history, and its combat effectiveness was quite strong, and it was also the strongest period in Tubo.
The population of Tibet is still too small, after all, the environment is harsh.
The environment is harsh, and if there is a martial style, then it will often be more fierce.
Chu Tian had already sent the panels of Li Mu, Lian Po, Zhao Hao, Zhao Kuo, Wanyan Zonghan, and Wanyan Yinshu to Tashi, who was also a player, in advance, so that he could basically understand the abilities of these generals so that he could better cooperate.
In addition to Li Mu, who has the aura of the whole army, the commander of the Tubo army, Tan Qinling, also has the aura of the whole army, and is one of the few generals in the Tubo Protectorate who has the aura of the whole army, but mainly provides bonuses for the Tubo soldiers.
The Tubo army went out with all its might, cooperated with the Monan army, and built earthen ramparts.