"The army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, crossed the Don River and set up positions on the left bank!"

The main forces of the Golden Horde of Temujin and Jochi approached Catherine's main forces, and clashes broke out between the vanguard scout cavalry of both sides, killing hundreds of people.

The army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which had been marching along the right bank, suddenly moved to the left bank to defend itself after the Golden Horde army approached, cutting off the connection between the Golden Horde and the Hunnic Empire.

"They want a decisive battle on the left bank...... The left bank is mostly jungles and swamps, and the cavalry will be weakened, and it seems that she has already thought of the location of the decisive battle. ”

When Temujin learned that Catherine's army had moved to the Left Bank, he probably guessed Catherine's intentions.

Mu Huali's Tanmachi was familiar with the terrain of the Don River valley, and knew that the field where Catherine was located was not very suitable for Temujin's cavalry to fight.

Jochi rode a war horse and consulted with Temujin about advancing and retreating: "Father Khan, we have 700,000 soldiers, who have come with all our national strength, and we are overwhelmed with grain, grass, cattle and sheep. Even though the left bank is full of rivers and swamps, it does not mean that cavalry cannot be used. We have the advantage in numbers, and even with frontal attrition, we can defeat the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. ”

Temujin's face was cloudy, and the choice before him was simple - whether to cross the Don River and fight the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the fields on the left bank of the Don.

"Mu Huali, you go and find out the width of the battlefield on the opposite side to see if it is suitable for cavalry combat."

"Yes."

Mu Huali personally led a group of Tanma Red Cavalry to the left bank to reconnoiter and engage the scout cavalry on the opposite bank.

Catherine's army, having taken advantage of the night, suddenly crossed the Don River and changed the location of the decisive battle, leaving Temujin, who had thought it to be a decisive battle on the right bank, in the air.

"The middle is flat, the terrain on the left and right sides is broken, and there are many jungles and swamps, so the infantry in the middle must block the frontal assault of the Mongol cavalry."

"Harald, you lead the vanguard corps, after the battle, slow down the impact of the Mongol cavalry, and I will personally command the Chinese army."

"Nevsky of the Binghe and Dmitry of the Don, each of you commands 100,000 men to hold the terrain on both sides that is not conducive to the charge of the Mongol cavalry, and once the opponent's Chinese army goes too deep, divide your troops to flank it."

Catherine sent the Varangian guard of Harald, as well as 30,000 heavy infantry and crossbowmen of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, as a vanguard corps, in front of the central plain. Among the heavy infantry of the Grand Duchy of Moscow were heavy axemen capable of hand-to-hand combat, which were used against cavalry.

"The width of the entire battlefield was only about thirty li, of which, the flat ground suitable for cavalry assault on the front, was less than ten li. The flanks are dominated by jungles and swamps, and cavalry may need to dismount to fight, unable to attack the enemy from the left and right. Unless the left and right flanks are defeated, it is possible to attack the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the flanks or rear. ”

Muhuali quickly explored the terrain on the left bank of the Don River, and Catherine's intentions were completely exposed to the Golden Horde army.

"She still underestimated my cavalry. Cross the Don River, on the left bank, and fight Catherine. ”

After discovering Catherine's intentions, Temujin still chose to fight Catherine on the left bank of the Don River, wanting to completely annihilate the main force of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

The Golden Horde could not support a long war.

Bands of Mongol cavalry crossed the Don River.

Timur, the current general of the cowardly Xue army, led his war horse across the river, and he looked at the narrow terrain on the opposite side and was not too worried.

On the opposite side, there was still terrain for the Mongol cavalry to attack. The cavalry bonuses of Temujin, Timur, and Subutai were above all the people in the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

And even if they dismounted, the Mongol cavalry was still an excellent archer and could be used as an infantryman.

"Xiao Sui seems to have been captured by Chu Zimou, if there is a chance, she can be rescued, her ability can improve the combat power of the legion."

During this period, Timur finally found out that after the end of the Battle of Mobei, Xiao Xuan and Xiao Tzu Rin of the Liao State were all taken prisoner by Chutian, and Yelu Abaoji led the remnants of the Liao State to flee back to the Horqin Grassland.

"The short-sighted and stupid Yelu Abaoji, he doesn't know that the easternmost land has been divided, and he will only lose his life if he stays in the Horqin grassland. Only by coming to the west and taking advantage of the complex situation here can it be possible to open up the situation. ”

When Timur heard that Yelu Abaoji and Wanyan Aguta were still staying in the places they were familiar with, unwilling to leave their original land, and chose to stay in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he couldn't help but scoff.

It is not easy for them to open up the situation in the Eastern Han District, because the territory of the Eastern Han District has begun to solidify. The princes of the various Han Empires, when faced with threats from nomadic civilizations, would join forces to defeat their enemies.

Only the West or Central Asia, where there are many civilizations and complex relations, have enough population and depth to open up the situation and take advantage of the contradictions between various civilizations to build a new empire.

Attila took advantage of the existing contradictions between European civilizations, coerced and lured, and coerced a group of allies to inspire Timur.

"The army of the Golden Horde has appeared!"

The Cossack cavalry, who were patrolling the Don River, spotted the vanguard of the Golden Horde.

A steady stream of Mongol armies appeared, and the king of the field, who defeated the Cossack cavalry, the cavalry units of Subutai came to the fore, scimitars, bows and arrows, spears, and the neighing of war horses. The cavalry of Subutai was equipped with the armor of the East, and more preparedly, it was the armor system influenced by the Han Empire.

The Cossack cavalry was already afraid of the Subutai cavalry, which inflicted considerable losses on the Cossack cavalry.

The appearance of the elite cavalry of Subutai on the left bank of the Don soon caused unease in the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Harald got up, and the vanguard army of 30,000 heavy infantry was in a row, with spears and axes lined up, and the murderous aura was pervasive. Harald looked at the Mongol cavalry as they arrived.

Subutai was not afraid of the regiments of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and even came to a stone's throw and stopped, confronting Harald's heavy infantry vanguard corps.

From a distance, the Mongolian cavalry was black and oppressive, waving their flags.

Harald squeezed through the dense phalanx of heavy infantry, held his battle axe, came to the front of the formation, and stared at the opposite Subutai: "This is not the place where you should come, get out!" ”

Subutai looked at the burly Viking hero not far away: "If the Grand Duchy of Moscow submits, you can still maintain your current power and status, and even in our Golden Horde, you can have a higher status. ”

"Die!"

Harald took a few steps forward, and the cavalry beside Subutai shot a dozen arrows and stuck them in the ground in front of Harald.

"I didn't expect this group of cavalry's archery skills to be quite accurate......"

Harald originally wanted to go up and capture Subutai alive, but the amazing riding and archery ability of the Mongolian cavalry made Harald's face change. rushed out rashly, and maybe he would be shot by the Mongol cavalry who didn't go to the platform.

"Wait for the arrival of the main force of the Great Khan."

Subutai did not launch an attack on his own, he was waiting for the arrival of the main forces of the Golden Horde under the command of Temujin.

Two powerful armies, one cavalry and the other infantry, face off on the misty left bank of the Don River, each representing a powerful civilization.

"Your Royal Highness, the Mongolian cavalry has appeared, and Harald's vanguard corps is already confronting Subutai, and a big battle may break out between the two sides at any time."

Bátholi returned from the front and reported to Catherine, who was in the rear, about the situation ahead.

"Let Harald learn patience and wait for Temujin to come."

Catherine was not afraid of Temujin, with whom she fought many times, and Temujin was considered an old rival.

It was not the vanguard of Subutai that she had to defeat, but the main force of Temujin.

More and more Mongol cavalry appeared on the left bank of the Don River, spreading over the mountains and filling the narrow terrain.

The narrowness of the left bank of the Don was somewhat beyond Temujin's imagination, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry were crammed into the left bank of the Don, unable to see each other.

"Is this what Catherine intended? But she will be disappointed, because our cavalry, even in such terrain, will still crush them. ”

Temujin watched as the Golden Horde's army of 700,000 men crowded on the left bank of the Don River, unable to spread out in formation.

The terrain on the left and right sides of Catherine's army on the opposite side was harsh, and it was not suitable for cavalry to make detours, so the usual detour tactics were basically impossible to use in this battle.

"Jochi, Belge (sons of Jochi), you lead the infantry and cavalry and attack the left side. Mu Huali and Buri Heba Duer, commanding the infantry and cavalry, attacked the right side. Subutai, Wuliang Hetai, and Jebe, led the elite vanguard cavalry, attacked head-on, and I and Timur, Chilaowen, Zhele, and Kublai came, and then advanced! ”

Temujin made the next deployment.

The battlefield on the left bank of the Don River was narrow, so Temujin could only choose to start a war on three fronts and give full play to his superiority in strength.

The Mongol cavalry attacking the left and right flanks may face the dilemma of dismounting and foot combat, but Temujin believed that he still had the cavalry of many generals.

Chu Tian's bonus alone is applicable to more than 100,000 cavalry at most, and there are 500,000 soldiers on the opposite side, Chu Tian alone can't take care of it, and there will always be a way to break.

On Temujin's side, there are a large number of cavalry commanders, and the bonuses provided for cavalry are exaggerated, and there is also a systematic 25% bonus that can offset the negative effects of the terrain.

"Subutai, Jebe, the two of you joined forces and took the lead in using cannon fodder to consume the physical strength of the opposite side, and then I sent Timur and Chi Lao Wen to lead the cowardly Xue army to cut through the enemy formation in one fell swoop!"

Temujin was determined to defeat the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and it was a battle between two powerful civilizations for dominance over the Moscow region.

"If you can't completely annihilate the vanguard corps on the opposite side, Subutai is willing to come and see you."

"Jebel is willing to fight to the death for the Great Khan!"

"Wuliang Hetai, will move forward!"

Subutai, Jebel, and Subutai's son, the future famous general Wuliang Hetai, they are all loyal to Temujin, and they are also the most powerful thugs under Temujin's command.

Timur and Chilaowen, two generals of the cowardly Xue army, led the cowardly Xue army.

After many major battles, the Cowardly Xue Army had to recruit new recruits after each battle, and at present it was somewhat lacking, but it was still a formidable and terrifying force.

Even if it is a level 10 recruit, the basic panel of the ninth-order class is still very terrifying, and even if some low-level troops are at full level, plus the bonuses of many characteristics, they cannot be compared with the cowardly Xue army.

When Timur and Chilao Wen heard that Temujin was planning to use the cowardly army to come forward and fight the heavy infantry of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, they knew that it was a bitter battle.

The narrow terrain is destined to be a meat grinder, and whoever can't hold out to the end will have a complete collapse.

"Reward the whole army!"

Temujin ordered all the cavalry to eat and drink and prepare for a big battle!

As the son of Subutai, Wuliang Hetai inherited his father's military ability, and can be regarded as one of the representatives of the tiger father without a dog.

He was observing the heavy infantry corps commanded by Harar on the opposite side, and the Mao people were fierce, and the heavy axe soldiers posed a great threat to the Mongol cavalry.

If they were in the steppe, the Mongol cavalry could play heavy axemen, but the terrain chosen by Catherine made the Mongol cavalry have to fight hard and shake this heavy infantry corps head-on.

Harald was another fierce general, and the attack of the Mongol cavalry was destined to use corpses to fill the small battlefield.

"Use the Servant Army."

Subutai mercilessly drove out the servant army of the Golden Horde and pressed on the vanguard of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

This time, the Golden Horde was able to amass an army of millions, more than half of which were servant armies and herdsmen, so it had such momentum.

In Subutai's eyes, the existence of the servant army is to consume the enemy.

There were about 30,000 servant cavalry, which served as cannon fodder for the first group of heavy infantry to attack Harald.

30,000 cavalry does not seem to be much, but in fact, if you put it on a small battlefield, then at a glance, there are dense war horses and cavalry, bright sabers, sharp spears, and quivers full of arrows.

The Golden Horde came with all its might, and all the cavalry and weapons were thrown into this decisive battle that would decide the ownership of Eastern Europe!

Subutai commanded the light cavalry, Jebe commanded the marksman, and Wuliang Hetai was fully equipped with armor and commanded the Mongol iron cavalry, as the third echelon to attack the Harar heavy infantry corps.

The first echelon is the cannon fodder of the Golden Horde, the second echelon, the light cavalry of Subutai and Jebe, will come forward to harass with cavalry, and finally the Mongol iron cavalry of Wuliang Hetai will attack.

In the rear of the vanguard cavalry of Subutai, Temujin personally commanded the main force of the Mongol cavalry, using the cowardly army of Timur and Chilaowen as sharp knives, and after the breakthrough of the vanguard cavalry, attacked Catherine's main camp head-on.

It's hard to imagine a small wilderness with millions of troops amassed and brutal hand-to-hand combat tactics to decide which of two powerful civilizations will win or lose.

The army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, defending Dmitry on the left side of the Don River, the city of Ryazan, which he defended, was captured by Subutai and was feared by the Mongol cavalry.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead uneasily, and his hand holding the sword trembled.

After the Golden Horde joined legendary cavalry heroes such as Temujin, Subutai, Timur, and Muhuali, the strength of the Golden Horde directly doubled, and under normal circumstances, the Grand Duchy of Moscow could not fight against it.

He was a little puzzled as to why the lord Catherine would decide to take Temujin on the left bank of the Don River head-on, unless Catherine had faith in herself.

Catherine was confident in herself, and Temujin was no exception, so Temujin decided to take the initiative to enter the decisive battle under Catherine.

"If our Grand Duchy of Moscow is defeated, then the Grand Duchy of Moscow will probably perish."

Dmitry of the Don lacked confidence in himself.

Opposite him, his opponents were the true rulers of the Golden Horde, Jochi, and Belge.

Jochi brought some of the elite of the Golden Horde - the Eldest Son Army, the pseudo-cowardly Xue Army (Golden Horde), and the combat ability of these cavalry was also quite amazing.

Defending the right flank was the glacier Nevsky, who historically defeated the Swedish expansion of the northern frontier, and at the Battle of Lake Chud, defeated the Teutonic Knights' branch of the Sword Order, preventing the Rus region from being conquered by the Western Catholic states, and was also a legendary hero of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

He was facing the main army of Mu Huali's Tanma Chi, and with the terrain, he could completely manage to resist, but he was not so nervous.

On the battlefield, in addition to Catherina's Tsarist Guard, which has never been involved in the war with the Golden Horde, there is also a team of soldiers and horses in the jungle who are cautiously peeking at the battlefield.

"We have to be patient."

Chu Tian led a main cavalry and ambushed in the jungle behind the left flank of the main army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, waiting for the opportunity.

Catherine's main force continued to increase its depth to prevent direct breakthrough by Temujin's cavalry, and the vanguard, main force, reserves, and ambush team led by Chutian himself, Temujin had to face a battle formation that fought in concert.

It's not the first time that two people have joined forces, and they still have some confidence in each other's abilities.

Iron Eagle Scout's Eagle cannot be used.

Although the war eagle can gain a vision advantage, when the enemy sees the war eagle, he will immediately perceive that Chu Tian's cavalry is nearby.

During the patient ambush, Xiao Sui was helping Chutian massage his shoulders, feeling depressed, he was also a military and political all-rounder, why is his current status similar to that of a little secretary?

The Golden Horde, the city of Sarai, and Batu personally commanded 300,000 cavalry and herdsmen to stay in the royal city, and the whole city was under martial law, and the patrol of the area around the city of Sarai was strengthened.

Whether it was Temujin, Subutai, Jochi, or Batu, it was known that a cavalry of 50,000 men was trying to bypass the main force of the Golden Horde's 700,000-strong army and attack the city of Sarai in the rear.

Therefore, Batu was like a great enemy, and he raised his spirit, intending to meet Chutian, a strong enemy.

"In the event of any defeat in the field, immediately return to the city of Sarai and hold the city until the Great Khan and his father capture the city of Moscow."

Batu is determined to die.

Although it was inferred from intelligence that Chu Tian only brought 50,000 cavalry to attack Sarai City, although the attributes of normal cavalry would drop when attacking the city, and although the number of cavalry in Batu was six times that of Chu Tian, Batu was still ready to die in battle.

People are in the city, people are dead in the city, and Badu has a sense of tragedy.

In the face of a strong enemy, die generously.

The 50,000 cavalry attacking the city of Sarai were Cossack cavalry led by the Cossack leader Yermak and others, who were familiar with the terrain around the Don and Volga rivers, so they advanced quickly, and often could bypass the main army of the Golden Horde.

After Khmelnitsky was defeated by Subutai, he lost only 3,000 men, mostly because he was familiar with the roads of the Don Valley, after all, many Don Cossacks lived by plundering passing caravans, and it was impossible not to be familiar with the local terrain.

In order to make the Cossack cavalry look more like the Han cavalry, Chutian also sent the Iron Eagle Scout Squad and the War Hawk of the Iron Eagle Scout to this Cossack cavalry.

The war eagles of the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry soared in the air, making the Golden Horde even more convinced that the 50,000 cavalry attacking the Golden Horde's Sarai City were the 50,000 Han cavalry led by Chu Tian himself.

"We 50,000 people, the order we received turned out to be to attack the city of Sarai, could it be that the Grand Duke and the King of Xia are planning to send us to death? It is said that the Golden Horde gathered a million cavalry. If there are two or three hundred thousand cavalry in the city of Sarai, we will be in the mouth of a tiger. ”

A Cossack chieftain, having entered the Volga from the Don valley, hesitated.

They were temporarily assigned to Chutian by Catherine, who ordered them to attack the city of Sarai. This order, in the eyes of the Cossack chiefs, seemed like a fantasy.

Chutian seems to have looked up to their Cossack cavalry a little too highly.

The Cossack cavalry was indeed a relatively good light cavalry, but it did not mean that it was possible to win more with less, and there were quite a few heavy cavalry in the Golden Horde.

"What are you afraid of, if you can't beat it, you will delay time."

The Cossack chieftain Yermak was undaunted.

Chu Tian is still relatively accurate in looking at people, knowing that Yermak, the legendary hero who has the courage to conquer Siberia with hundreds of Cossack cavalry, is a ruthless character, even if he performs a dangerous mission, Yermak will successfully complete the task for the sake of gold, silver and status.

Despite the concerns expressed by the Cossack chieftain, Yermak led the Cossack cavalry and continued to approach the city of Sarai at the behest of Chutian.

Under the city of St. Petersburg, Gustav, the northern hero, successfully carried out the siege of the city, and joined up with the Viking warrior Olaf, all the way unimpeded, and no one dared to stop Gustav's legions.

When Gustav came to St. Petersburg, his face was not very good, because the fortifications of St. Petersburg were stronger than he had imagined.

St. Petersburg is located in the hinterland and is absolutely safe, while St. Petersburg is located in the north of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and as a bridgehead in the war with the Nordic civilization, Catherine built a large number of fortifications.

Gustav was also reluctant to expend too many troops in the offensive battle, but the current situation could not help but attack the fortification.