Chapter 899: The Byzantine Empire

In Longxi County, the Xiliang army gathered soldiers and horses to crusade against the rebellious Xiqiang tribes.

Qin Liangyu led the remnants of the Wudang Fei Army and the White Pole Soldiers to join the Xiliang Army, and gathered troops at Didao, the administrative office of Longxi County, to prepare to march to the Xiqiang tribe.

200,000 Xiliang troops, including Ma Teng and Ma Yuan, about 10,000 elites with Qin Liangyu and Wutugu, a total of 110,000 troops.

Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Ma Yuan, and Han Sui all have the characteristics of suppressing the Qiang tribe.

The order they received was to quell the rebellion of the Xiqiang tribe before Chutian returned.

"Daddy, when will you teach me martial arts?"

A girl in a green skirt held Ma Teng's arm before Ma Teng set out for the expedition.

"Lu'er, a girl's family, you should learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so that it is easy to marry into a famous family. This branch of our Ma family has not given birth to a noble person for a long time. ”

Ma Teng was very dissatisfied with Ma Yunlu's request to learn martial arts.

As he gets older, Ma Yunlu has become a little slim.

If it is possible, through marriage, the Ma family will become a famous family, preferably the fourth and third dukes, which is naturally the best.

Learn martial arts, at most 10,000 enemies, and the highest level of marriage can be under one person, above 10,000 people, and the heroine is in the court.

Ma Yunlu pouted: "But I also want to be like my father and brother, fight for His Royal Highness King Xia and become a general, wouldn't it be possible to glorify the lintel?" ”

"In our family, it is enough to have a few of your brothers as generals. Ma Dai, that little guy, can also be on his own in the future. ”

Ma Teng also has Ma Chao, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu's sons, and nephew Ma Dai, and the second generation of the Ma family has no shortage of generals at all.

"Hmph, then I'll wait for His Royal Highness King Xia to come back and ask to be a military general."

Ma Yunlu seems to be dissatisfied with his father's arrangement.

Ma Teng held his forehead with a headache.

is not only a Xiliang man, Ma Yunlu also has the potential to become a general, and sometimes his temper is not much better than Ma Chao.

"Hurry back to the academy in Xia City."

Ma Teng was helpless against his daughter's willfulness, but drove her away.

There are many generals in Chutian's forces, and in Ma Teng's opinion, marrying these generals or their descendants, Ma Yunlu does not have to risk his merits at all.

"Ma Teng, it's time to go."

Xu Fengnian urged Ma Teng.

The current Xu Fengnian is the commander of the Xiliang Army, in charge of the 200,000 Xiliang Army, and Ma Teng is one of the four commanders of the Xiliang Army.

When Xu Fengnian urged Ma Teng to set off, Ma Teng immediately left.

"This time, we must completely quell the Qiang rebellion, but all those who rebel will be killed. Chu Zimou didn't want to do anything that would affect his reputation, so he left it to me. The Qiang Rebellion has consumed too much energy in Liangzhou. ”

As the lord of Liangzhou, Xu Fengnian knew that the Qiang tribe often rebelled.

In the past, the princes were in a scuffle, and the various princes had a soft attitude towards the Qiang tribe.

This time the unification of the north, Xu Fengnian can let go of his hands and feet, send troops to suppress the Xiqiang tribe, and completely solve the never-ending Qiang rebellion.

"The Songhai Empire, the Goryeo Kingdom, the Inca Empire, the Swiss Confederation, and the Siam Kingdom, there have been five civilization lords eliminated, and the difficulty of this national war seems to be beyond imagination. What is Chu Zimou doing at this time? ”

Xu Fengnian also paid attention to this national war.

In less than a month, the Great Lords of five civilizations have been eliminated and returned to the Overworld.

Xu Fengnian didn't know that Chu Tian was on a bold adventure - he was lining up against the emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

After Basil II of the Byzantine Empire defeated Li Chenggui, he lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, leaving 10,000 Byzantine soldiers to defend the city, and then returned to the main city.

Chu Tian used war eagles and wolves to speculate on the direction of the Byzantine army's return to the division, and waited for work on the way back to the Byzantine emperor's division.

Chu Tian's combat exploits were already ranked first, but Chu Tian still wanted more combat exploits.

No one knows what kind of props can be exchanged for this national war, so naturally, the more the merrier.

The Byzantine Empire had 150,000 troops, and in order to capture the cities occupied by the Goryeo Kingdom, 50,000 casualties were inflicted.

The Byzantine Emperor Basil II had only one hundred thousand troops left.

After Chutian's troops were replenished, they were completely worthy of Basil II.

The Byzantine army was making its way into a low, hilly area.

As if discovering important news, a Byzantine cavalryman galloped back without stopping, and the Byzantine Emperor Basil II stretched out his hand to stop the marching Byzantine army.

The great armies of the Byzantine Empire, including the Varangian Guard, stopped all of them when they saw their emperor ordering the march.

A slaughter.

"Your Majesty, there is a legion ahead, already in formation!"

"Who dares to be so bold?"

The Byzantine Emperor Basil II was taken by surprise.

If the other party tried to find a way to set up an ambush, it would have been forgotten, but the other party did not think about ambushing at all, but planned to defeat the army of the Byzantine Empire head-on.

"The terrain here is almost nothing but bare sand dunes, so it's no wonder they're attacking head-on rather than ambushing."

Basil II twisted his neck, stiffened by his concentration on defeating Goryeo Yi Sung-gyeong.

A Byzantine celebrity came to their emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do?" ”

"How many people are on the other side?"

"Less than 100,000."

"The strength is equal, and they dare to stop our army!"

As the Byzantine army continued to advance, Basil II had just defeated Li Chenggui when he saw that someone was challenging his authority, and he was arrogant and had to defeat the enemy army that met him head-on.

As the wind swept by, tens of thousands of Han troops lined up around the sand dunes, recuperating and waiting to engage the Byzantine Empire.

The Byzantine Empire's army had experienced a difficult siege battle not long ago, and both physical strength and morale had declined, so Chu Tian was fully sure that he would defeat Basil II, and ......

Chu Tian squinted his eyes and saw the imperial flag of the Byzantine Empire appear.

The thousand-year-old Byzantine Empire, spanning East and West.

Basil II was a king around the time of the Northern Song Dynasty who hired Norsemen to form the Varangian Guard.

"It would be nice if Catherine was here, she also has a Varangian Guard. But Catherine's Varangian Guard was far inferior in number to Basil II's Varangian Guard......"

Chu Tian's face was not easy at the thought of fighting Basil II's Varangian guards.

Because of Catherine, Chutian was no stranger to the Varangian Guard.

The Viking berserkers of the Varangian Guard enter a state of rage, which is equivalent to a ninth-order class, and will not stop fighting until they die in battle or run out of physical strength.

Just as the hob chariot was flawed, the Varangian Guard had fatal flaws. First, the Viking berserkers in a berserk state are almost indistinguishable from each other. Second, the berserk state makes the soldier's physical strength depleted faster, as long as it supports the outbreak period of the Varangian Guard, the exhausted Varangian Guard will almost sit still if there are no reinforcements.

In order to take the three cities controlled by the legendary king of the Byzantine Empire, Basil II must be defeated.

Winner takes all.

The Han army already owned a city, so Chu Tian didn't have to worry about having no way out.

The three cities owned by Basil II of Byzantium could recruit at least 200,000 soldiers and horses, so Chu Tian thought that as long as Basil II was overthrown, then it would be worth it.

What's more, defeating the army of the Byzantine Empire can itself gain a lot of military exploits.

Wu Qi continued to sit in the middle army, with the Youzhou Turquoise cavalry serving as the left army and the iron cavalry serving as the right army.

The newly recruited white-robed army and white horse Yicong serve as a reserve army, wait until the main force defeats the Byzantine army, and then go forward to harvest, gain experience, and increase the level.

Because the Hongyi cannon was too bulky, it was left in the city by Chu Tian.

The Hongyi cannon is not only used for attacking, but is actually used to defend the city, and the effect is also quite good, and it is more deterrent than the bed crossbow.

Geng Yi was on the left, Xue Rengui was on the right, and the two cavalry generals were ready for a fierce battle.

Except for the bastard civilization of Goryeo, which has temporarily cobbled together an army of 100,000 and can be easily crushed, the other great lords and legendary kings have at least one or two feared Praetorian Guards, as well as a large number of high-level troops.

The Byzantine Empire army was closing in on the Han camp.

Two empires, six armies fighting head-on!

"The opponent's infantry phalanx is deep and heavy, and it is an elite division......"

Basil II hesitated when he gave the order to attack.

He suddenly realized that the lord who dared to intercept his army of 100,000 was not a good man.

However, Basil II was already unable to take back the order.

If the military order is changed suddenly, the formation will be in chaos, and the soldiers will not know how to advance or retreat.

Six armies of ten thousand arrows fired in unison, and the rain of arrows broke through the sky, covering the sky!

Rows of black-pressed Byzantine heavy infantry pressed down, trying to overwhelm Wei Wushu in momentum.

Wu Qi led the Wei Wushu, who was not afraid of the Byzantine heavy infantry, and stepped forward to meet the attack!

Unlike Darius I during the Great War.

Darius I brought in a full Persian army of 200,000, while the Byzantine Empire had only 100,000 troops left, which was not in good shape.

In this case, Wu Qi had no reason to be afraid of the soldiers and horses of the Byzantine Empire!

The Youzhou Assault Cavalry of the Left Army and the Iron Cavalry of the Right Army launched a heavy cavalry charge!

Geng Yi's Youzhou Raid is a trap.

Although the ability of the Youzhou Raiders is good, they may not be able to achieve great results in front of the ironclad cavalry of the Byzantine Empire.

The real main force to break the formation is the Iron Cavalry Army under the temporary command of Xue Rengui, which is composed of various high-level heavy cavalry, the elite of the elite!

As long as he didn't encounter an invincible legion similar to the Arab Empire in a specific terrain, Xue Rengui had no pressure at all.

Xue Rengui wielded the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, slashed the rain of arrows that flew in, and smashed into the Byzantine cavalry!

Four or five spears stabbed at Xue Rengui at the same time, Xue Rengui waved the Fang Tian Painting Halberd with his right hand, the spear was broken by a huge force, the head of a Byzantine ironclad cavalry was broken, and the helmet flew out!

The Iron Cavalry in the rear threw a rain of arrows, and the Cowardly Xue Army had the highest cavalry damage among the Iron Cavalry, and the penetration of the Mongolian bow at close range combined with heavy arrows was enough to break the armor!

"Throw in the Varangian Guard!"

Basil II's bad premonition grew stronger.

The Han army in front of him and the Goryeo army were not enemies at the same level at all.

The sense of oppression brought by the Han army to Basil II was far greater than the sense of oppression brought by Li Chenggui.

The six thousand Varangian Guards went into battle, and on the orders of Basil II, they were responsible for destroying Wu Qi's Wei Wushu army head-on!

After encountering the undead army, Wu Qi once again encountered a terrible infantry.

The Varangian Guards slaughtered from the army of the Byzantine Empire and went straight into a state of rage, the Viking berserkers skyrocketed in size, wearing Nordic horn helmets, wielding battle axes, and slashing Wei warriors along the way!

"It's not enough to be sure, the ironclad holy cavalry, ready to fight."

Basil II was inexplicably uneasy.

Even after the Varangian Guard fell into a rage, the destructive power of the outbreak was amazing, and once the physical strength was exhausted, then it was quite dangerous.

The Byzantine Empire's ironclad paladons held mounted spears decorated with imperial flags and assembled behind the battle.