Chapter 621: Qin Liangyu and Mulan
"Rest here tonight, and speed up the march tomorrow to see if there is a chance to intercept Temujin on the western side of the Ili Valley."
At the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Huo Qubing urged the cavalry to speed up the march.
According to Chu Tian and Huo An's orders to them, it would be ideal if they could intercept Temujin west of the Ili River Valley.
No matter how bad it is, it can also be forced by strategic deployment to force Allah to abandon the Ili River Valley and avoid being annihilated by the Han army.
Wei Qing took advantage of this time to check the parchment map and roughly estimated the time it would take to reach the Ili River Valley from here.
"If Temujin retreats in time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to intercept it, but we can definitely join up with the lord and others, occupy the Ili River Valley, and then set up a fortress in the valley, which can be attacked, retreated and defended."
Wei Qing probably deduced the time, and then shook his head.
Temujin also had players and eagles on his side, so it was not easy to intercept Temujin, who was determined to retreat.
Huo Qubing walked over and bit a piece of dried mutton: "Do your best, look at the destiny of heaven." ”
"That's right, do your best, look at the destiny of heaven, and see if the lord's side can hit Temujin hard."
Wei Qing put away the parchment map and looked at the majestic Tianshan Mountains.
During the night, Temujin led his cavalry and a large number of servants to attack the Han camp, trying to rescue Chagatai who was besieged in Alimari!
The Han army anticipated Temujin's actions and, according to Sun Bin's deployment, fortified outside the city of Alimari and engaged Temujin's cavalry!
Temujin was divided into three armies, himself, Timur, and Crassus, each leading an army to attack the Han camp, which was both false and real, so that the Han army's ambush effect on it decreased.
Even if Temujin knew that the Han army was in ambush, he would try to save Chagatai, because Chagatai was his son!
There was a battle outside the city, and Chagatai, which was located in the city of Alimali, saw a fiery dragon formed outside the city, and more than 100,000 soldiers with torches were fighting, knowing that Temujin had come to meet him.
This is the only chance to escape!
"Ladies and gentlemen, Alimari has become a dead city, and we can only survive if we break through the siege, otherwise, we will be destroyed together with Alimari."
"The Great Khan has come to meet us, and you should fight your enemies and fight with me. As for Alimari, we'll make a comeback! Even though it would take ten years to re-establish the Khanate, the Khanate would still be built out of the ruins, and it would be even bigger! ”
Chagatai draws his saber and speaks of his ambitions!
Dozens of thousands and thousands of households in the Chagatai Khanate pulled out their swords at the same time and turned over their horses!
Behind Chagatai and the generals of the Chagatai Khanate, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Chagatai Khanate are ready!
"Life or death, tonight!"
The north gate of the Chagatai Khanate, the city gate was opened, and the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate, led by several tens of thousands of households, galloped out!
The Seljuk Empire was defeated by the joint efforts of Ögedai, Möngke, and Yelu Dashi, and the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire was forced to flee.
And in the Chagatai Khanate, Chagatai faced the fate of Arp of the Seljuk Empire!
Outside the city, the Wusun servant army seemed to be defenseless, and was attacked by the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate, which was even more elite than them, and was killed by hundreds of horsemen.
"More fragile than you think!"
Wanhu of the Chagatai Khanate, who served as the vanguard, broke into the servant army of the Wusun State and found that this group of Wusun cavalry was vulnerable.
"Don't waste your time, join the Great Khan!"
After discovering that the breakthrough was easier than expected, Chagatai led the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate and quickly approached Temujin.
Suddenly, there was a flash of fire in the darkness, and a pungent smell came!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dense arquebuses rang out, lead bullets were not visible at all in the darkness, and a platoon of cavalry from the Chagatai Khanate fell to the ground!
All the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate fell into panic.
This almost defenseless attack is terrifying to everyone!
The cavalry of the Wusun Kingdom, which had originally fled, immediately counterattacked and used horned bows to shoot at the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate!
In the darkness, the stray arrows were equally deadly, and from time to time the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate fell from their horses!
"Follow me to fight your way out and open the way for the Khan!"
A khanate Wanhu armed with a spear, led the cavalry of his headquarters, and assaulted in the direction of the battle between Temujin and the Han army, intending to save Chagatai and make a war exploit!
In this way, once he joins Temujin, he can climb to a higher position!
"Kill!"
Chagatai was also in a hurry, it was obvious that the Han army had already laid an ambush, and the terrifying Shenji battalion relied on the firelight to aim at the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate and harvest the lives of the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate, and the cavalry of the Wusun State, which had always been not very strong, was also trying their best to prevent the Chagatai Khanate from escaping!
The rout of the cavalry of the Usun State at the beginning was only to lead the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate into an ambush!
Wusun Guo is acting again!
Wanhu, who served as the vanguard, went all the way forward, and suddenly, the war horse tripped over the tripping horse, and the body of the Chagatai Khanate Wanhu fell from the war horse and fell to the ground!
In the dark, the crossbow arrows were fired together, Tian Ji led a small team to attack together, and the Wusun cavalry led by Ma Yuan shot the Chagatai cavalry who wanted to escape with crossbow arrows!
Tian Ji and Ma Yuan were temporarily reserve generals in the establishment of the Guards Corps.
Outside the gates of Alimari City, there are ambushes, and once Chagatai breaks through, it will attract Chagatai with a rout, and then ambush troops will rise in all directions!
The ten thousand households of the Chagatai Khanate, who were left by the tripping horses, had no time to get up from the ground, and they were killed by the archers of the Han army and the Wusun Kingdom with random arrows!
The cavalry of its headquarters was killed and wounded everywhere under the dense rain of arrows!
Chagatai held a knife and looked around, shouting and killing, not knowing where there were no ambushes.
"According to the established direction, forcibly break through!"
There is no other way than to break out at all costs.
Alimali is also a huge city, the number of Han troops is limited, if you fight with Temujin at the same time, and have to block all the city gates, then each city gate, the number of people in ambush must not be much.
Chagatai's judgment was quite correct, and the Han army outside the city was trying their best to block the assault of the Chagatai Khanate's cavalry.
Chagatai's cavalry rushed all the way, and in the narrow trench outside the city, they were subjected to a salvo of the Shenji battalion, killing and wounding thousands of people.
However, Chagatai is still breaking through, and the cavalry of the former Chagatai Khanate is cannon fodder to open the way for himself!
As long as he escapes alive, even if he sacrifices a group of cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate, then there is nothing.
"Chagatai breaks through from the North City Gate!"
"Intercept it immediately!"
When Chutian learned of Chagatai's escape direction, he immediately mobilized the cavalry that was ambushed in other directions and went to the north gate to intercept it, trying to leave Chagatai behind!
Once Chagatai escapes, the future will be tricky.
Chagatai was also the khan of the Khanate.
The rest of the lords are also sending their troops and horses.
In order to rescue Chagatai, Temujin attacked the Han army extremely fiercely, and the Han army relied on fortifications such as camps and arrow towers built by Li Jie and other craftsmen, so that Temujin was blocked with fewer troops.
Temujin personally commanded the cavalry to storm the Han army's defensive line, taking advantage of the darkness to try to rescue Chagatai.
Timur cooperated with Temujin, and he attacked the Guanzhong army of the old Qin.
Timur's cavalry was no less terrifying, which led to great pressure on the Guanzhong army of the old Qin.
"The momentum on the other side doesn't look like Temujin, but why are my subordinates so badly killed?"
Lao Qin contracted the defensive line, still blocking Timur's attack.
In order to make a war exploit in front of Temujin, Timur personally stepped forward to supervise the battle and boost morale!
Timur's cavalry offensive became more and more ferocious!
"Chagatai Khan, I have restrained enough soldiers and horses for you, whether you can break through or not, then it depends on your creation!"
Timur even personally held a spear and stormed the defense line of the Guanzhong army, and after assassinating a Qin Ruishi, he retreated backwards and gave space to the cavalry that rushed from behind.
The fighting on both sides was quite fierce.
In order to free up more troops to intercept Chagatai, the Han army had fewer troops to resist Temujin.
The cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate had already stepped through the trenches dug by the Han army, and many cavalry fell into the trenches, and the cavalry behind almost trampled on the corpse of the former and broke out of the encirclement!
Tian Ji and Ma Yuan only had a small force of Qi Ji and 10,000 Wusun cavalry, and they could not be blocked in the face of tens of thousands of Chagatai Khanate cavalry fighting to the death.
The Shenji battalion was deployed in the area of the trench and had already shot about two or three thousand cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate, but it could not compete with the cavalry.
At this time, King Wusun and Ban Chao led a team of cavalry to kill from the side, and without saying a word, they broke into the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate and cut off the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate!
"Don't let go of the arrows, otherwise it's easy to accidentally injure friendly soldiers, let's go forward and fight hand-to-hand!"
Ma Yuan stopped Tian Ji, got on the horse with Tian Ji, and cooperated with King Wusun and Ban Chao to flank the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate!
"To the west!"
Chagatai found that if he didn't retreat as soon as possible, then the Han army would have more and more cavalry, and his own cavalry would be wiped out sooner or later!
In the night melee, Chagatai was no longer able to control so many troops, and the worst situation appeared - thousands of households, thousands of households, fighting on their own.
Chagatai had no choice but to lead thousands of elite cavalry around him to break through to the west.
To the west, Qin Liangyu led the white pole soldiers to support the north gate on foot.
In the dark, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Qin Liangyu ordered the white pole soldiers to stop advancing, relying on the terrain, and temporarily forming a formation.
"It's an enemy army!"
When the cavalry serving as the vanguard passed by with torches in hand, Qin Liangyu found that this cavalry was the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate.
"All the soldiers listen to the order, follow me to kill the enemy!"
After Qin Liangyu realized that it was the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate, he didn't care how many people Chagatai had around him. Now the morale of the Chagatai Khanate is declining, and they are anxious to flee for their lives, no matter how many troops they have, when they encounter the Han army, their first reaction is to flee for their lives.
Therefore, at this time, the comparison of forces does not matter!
Qin Liangyu and the white pole soldiers holding spears rushed down on foot from a high place and assaulted the flank of the Chagatai cavalry!
The cavalry of Chagatai did not expect that there was a group of infantry hidden in the dark, and they were suddenly attacked by the white pole soldiers, and hundreds of cavalry were taken away by the white pole soldiers in a wave!
Spears stab horses and horsemen to death!
"Hurry up, don't fall in love!"
Chagatai didn't know how many infantry the Han army still had in the dark, and he didn't dare to fight Qin Liangyu, who was far less numerous than himself, but wanted to leave this place and escape!
Qin Liangyu rode a war horse, killed more than ten Chagatai Khanate cavalry in a row, and then cut the Chagatai cavalry into two sections!
Chagatai is located in the rear, tens of thousands of people have been divided, intercepted several times, only thousands of cavalry are left around, after being assaulted by the white pole soldiers, there are only hundreds of cavalry left around to protect themselves, trying to break through the siege of the white pole soldiers!
Qin Liangyu caught a glimpse of Chagatai who wanted to break through and leave, so he jumped on his horse with a spear, and the target was to take Chagatai directly!
If you kill Chagatai, then you can make a great achievement!
On the battlefield, it was full of Chagatai Khanate cavalry fighting with the white pole soldiers, Qin Liangyu killed more than ten cavalry in a row, and was quickly approaching Chagatai!
"Stop her!"
Chagatai was struggling to break through, and noticed Qin Liangyu who was approaching him on horseback, and ordered a team of guards cavalry to intercept and kill Qin Liangyu.
Those who are qualified to serve as pro-soldiers by Chagatai's side are either high-level soldiers or ordinary heroes, and their strength may be above 60, and there is even no shortage of generals in 70 or 80!
Chu Tian also had a group of reckless men with high military strength but extremely low command value around him as his own soldiers.
This group of guards cavalry surrounded Qin Liangyu, and spears, sabers, hammers and other weapons were smashed!
Qin Liangyu burst into the cavalry of the guards alone, holding a gun in both hands, shooting away the oncoming weapons, and killing several people in a row!
Qin Liangyu broke through among the guards cavalry, but there were also swords falling on his body, leaving scars on his armor!
Despite this, Qin Liangyu was still killing Chagatai's cavalry and approaching Chagatai!
"You two, go and kill him!"
Chagatai knew that he couldn't be caught up by Qin Liangyu, otherwise he might be killed, so he sent two reckless generals with an armed force of more than 90, one of whom was still Wanhu, to lead a team of cavalry to kill Qin Liangyu!
Qin Liangyu faced an increasing number of enemy horsemen and fell into a bitter battle.
The Chagatai Khanate also has fierce generals with more than 90 troops, and two king-level generals led two or three hundred cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate, specifically to deal with Qin Liangyu, wanting to kill a general of the Han army by the way when breaking through the siege to make up for the losses!
The number of white pole soldiers was too small, and in order to kill Chagatai, Qin Liangyu rode into the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate alone, and there were enemies everywhere, adding wounds to his body.
"Die!"
Qin Liangyu fought with two fierce generals of the Chagatai Khanate at the same time, and finally stabbed one of the opposing king-level generals to death, and the white pole gun pierced from behind him!
This is 10,000 households of the Chagatai Khanate!
Qin Liangyu didn't care if it was a historical general, but immediately pulled out his spear and blocked the attack of another fierce general!
An arrow shot into the armor on Qin Liangyu's back!
The cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate attacked with crossbow arrows!
Qin Liangyu snorted coldly and continued to engage the cavalry of the two hundred Chagatai Khanate with his gun.
However, the situation was not good for Qin Liangyu, and she was very likely to be killed by the other party.
At this time, a war horse galloped over, and the Tang knife glowed with cold light, cutting down the cavalry surrounding Qin Liangyu, until it joined forces with Qin Liangyu.
"Mulan!"
Qin Liangyu was a little surprised, the person who arrived was Mulan, whom she had known for a short time.
Mulan said, "Let's join forces and kill Chagatai. ”