Chapter 122: Elite Cavalry of the Grassland
"Ban Chao and King Wusun have returned to Guishan City!"
"The Wusun people were defeated by Batu and lost tens of thousands!"
Wang Lang arrived in Guishan City for a few days, Ban Chao and Wusun Wang, two senior military generals of the Western Regions Protectorate, commanded soldiers and horses to return to Guishan City, and the cavalry of Shibi Khan and Batu also arrived near Guishan City one after another.
"King Wusun, since you are here, then lend me your cavalry."
Ban Chao had a headache because he didn't have enough cavalry in his hands to catch up with the Turkic cavalry, and it happened that King Wusun still had 80,000 cavalry left, so Ban Chao directly wanted to leave King Wusun's cavalry.
"Take it."
King Wusun was defeated by Batu, resulting in the death of 20,000 Wusun cavalry, but fortunately the Wusun cavalry was handed over to Ban Chao to command.
"We can't let them form a siege on Guishan City, otherwise they will be isolated."
Ban Chao did not choose to enter the city.
If Guishan City is surrounded by Batu and others, then all the Western Regions legions trapped in Dawan Kingdom may be wiped out.
The teleportation array of Guishan City was cut off, which also meant that the Dawan Kingdom could not obtain reinforcements and supplies from the Western Regions Protectorate and Guannei, and the Western Regions Protectorate wanted to reinforce the Dawan Kingdom and had to re-cross the Green Ridge.
Therefore, Ban Chao and King Wusun chose to camp outside the city, and they had to block Batu and Shibi Khan from Guishan City.
The north wind was howling, and Ban Chao rode a war horse, standing side by side with King Wusun, looking at the Mongolian cavalry and Turkic cavalry that appeared at the end of the field of vision one after another.
According to the information obtained by the scouts, after Temujin was killed in battle, the Cowardly Xue army was divided into two parts, one owned by King Xia and the other owned by Tuolei. The Xia king's cowardly military order was obtained from defeating Temujin's cowardly Xue Chang, and Temujin left most of his troops and horses to Tulei. How can the Wokotai forces also have cowardly Xue Jun...... Or is this not the cowardly army of Temujin, but the cowardly army set up by the Golden Horde......"
Ban Chao learned from the mouth of King Wusun that it was the famous cowardly Xue army that defeated the cavalry of Wusun State, so he thought of the Praetorian Guard of the Golden Horde.
Although the Golden Horde was destroyed, Batu still had a cowardly army modeled after the Mongol Empire, which was lower in rank than Temujin's cowardly army, but its combat power was not weak.
King Wusun's face was heavy: "It's not just the cowardly Xue army, it seems that there are also the eldest son army of the Golden Horde and the Turkic army." ”
"The Eldest Sons and the Attached Army......"
Ban Chao felt the pressure.
The cowardly Xue army, the eldest son army, and the attached army are all elite cavalry on the grassland, and it is extremely difficult to block the advance of these three elite cavalry under the premise that they cannot rely on the city to defend and can only fight with this group of grassland cavalry in the field.
Wang Lang and Chen Tang stood on the ancient city wall of Guishan City, looking down on the confrontation between the Western Regions Army and the Grassland Army.
Batu had 80,000 cavalry, and Shibi Khan's Turkic cavalry had 70,000, about 150,000 cavalry.
These cavalry are not good at siege, but they don't need to siege cities, as long as they cut off the teleportation array of Dawan Kingdom, they can achieve their goal.
"It seems that it is necessary to ask the palace for reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise the Dawan Kingdom may be lost......"
Wang Lang couldn't help but worry when he saw that the grassland cavalry was strong and strong, and the proportion of high-level troops was even higher, so he immediately sent people back to Xia Cheng to ask for help.
Not only the cowardly army and the eldest son army of the Golden Horde, the annexed army of the Turkic Khanate, but also the Kshatriya cavalry of the Indian Peninsula were all high-ranking cavalry.
Chen Tang was also worried: "If it's just these soldiers and horses, if Wokotai sends hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Kushan Empire to support Yelu Dashi and Batu, then I'm afraid we will have to withdraw from the Dawan Kingdom, maybe defend Guishan City." Defending Guishan City, the teleportation array failed, and there was not much difference from losing the Dawan Kingdom. ”
"It's tricky indeed."
When Wang Lang first arrived, he already felt the crisis of the situation in Dawan.
Hundreds of nobles of the Dawan Kingdom also came to the city wall, watching the military strength of Batu and Shibi Khan, and panicked.
If it weren't for the forces of the Western Regions Protectorate, perhaps the nobles of the Great Wan Kingdom would have chosen to surrender to the Mongol and Turkic cavalry that swept through Central Asia and South Asia.
"Not far away is Guishan City, take Guishan City, the Han army will have to withdraw from Dawan Kingdom. In the future, if they want to go west, they can only take the Ili River Valley. ”
Batu pointed to the camp of Ban Chao and King Wusun on the opposite side.
As long as he defeats Ban Chao and King Wusun and besieges Guishan City, it is almost equivalent to the arrival of Dawan Kingdom, and he can successfully complete the task assigned to him by Wokotai.
"Let my retainers fight against it!"
The Turkic legendary hero Shibi Khan personally went to battle, the Turkic Janissaries attached to the army, attacked the camp of the Han army on horseback, the war horse galloped, the Turkic marksman released bows and arrows, tens of thousands of arrows fell into the camp of the Han army, and many servant soldiers were shot by the attached army!
The Han crossbowmen managed to return fire, while the Turkic cavalry did not charge head-on and set up the camp with antlers, but simply roamed around the perimeter, trying to find a flaw.
"Kill!"
Huo Qubing provoked a Turkic commander, and hundreds of Han Empire hussars followed Huo Quzhi, holding high the bright ring-headed knife and cutting thousands of Turkic cavalry!
Huo Qubing used the mobility of the ninth-order light cavalry to finally catch up with Yelu Dashi and fight with Yelu Dashi's Turkic cavalry!
And Yelu Dashi led two hundred Western Liao armed iron cavalry to assault the Dawan cavalry that came one after another in the rear!
Although there were only 200 people in the Western Liao Iron Cavalry, they broke through thousands of Great Wan Light Cavalry, and the cavalry spear even penetrated the bodies of the two Great Wan Light Cavalry!
Huo Qubing defeated Yelu Dashi's Turkic cavalry, and Yelu Dashi defeated Huo Quai's Dawan cavalry, both sides were using high-level cavalry to take the lead in breaking the opponent's low-level cavalry.
The two gathered the scattered low-ranking cavalry and fought again!
Huo Quzhi is also one of the few people who has encountered a rather tough opponent.
The general under the command of Yelu Dashi, Xiao Huli, held the iron bone duo and passed by the Han Empire hussars, the iron bones roared, and smashed the armor of a Han Empire hussar, and the impact force made the ninth-order cavalry unable to withstand it, and he fell from the horse and died!
Huo Quzhi also tried his best to pick a Xiliao iron horse, not to be outdone!
Two armies fought six battles in three days!
Jerodashi was hit by three arrows in the scuffle, but because he was well armoured, he was not injured.
"Huo Qubing is worthy of being the number one commander of the Western Regions Protectorate, and I and more than 40 generals such as Xiao Lira, led 50,000 troops to fight with him, but he was unable to win."
Yelu Dashi's subordinates included Khitans, Han and Turks, and in accordance with the instructions of Ogedai, they basically did not refuse all the generals who took refuge, so they continued to grow their own power.
Even so, it has never been able to overcome the defense line of Huo Qu's disease.
Yelu Dashi even personally supervised the battle and led the cavalry to attack.
"Ask the Great Khan to levy the soldiers of the Kushan Empire, enter the Great Wan Kingdom, sweep the entire Great Wan Kingdom, and take down the nail of the Western Regions Protectorate in Central Asia."
Yizhou, Jiangyou Pass, after Chutian smuggled through Yinping, marched to Chengdu, but was blocked at this pass, so he immediately raced against time to storm Jiangyou Pass.
Above the Xiongguan, arrows rained down, and Li Siye's shield was shot by more than a dozen crossbow arrows, like a hedgehog, and had to retreat.
"Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky."
Chu Tian looked at the majestic Jiangyou Pass and couldn't help but sigh.
The mountains in this place are surrounded, the dangerous peaks stand on the wall, straight into the clouds, the river is turbulent under the pass, the turbidity waves are rolling, and the natural danger is occupied.
Li Taibai has the feeling that Shu is difficult, and it is not a lie.
Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping, and the reason why later generations rated it higher was because Deng Ai was too risky and successful.
From Longnan through the Yinping ancient road into Shu, must pass through the Jiangyou Pass.
Zhuge Liang found the importance of this pass, so Shu has always hoarded heavy troops in Jiangyou Pass, if it were not for the Jiangyou Pass guards to see Deng Ai's divine soldiers descend from the sky and surrender without a fight, perhaps Deng Ai may not be able to land in Shu so easily.
If Jiangyou Pass does not surrender, Deng Ai may face Chutian's current predicament - blocked by Jiangyou Pass, it is difficult to overcome the natural danger.
There were no reinforcements in the rear, and arrows and food and grass could run out at any time.
"We must break through the Jiangyou Pass as soon as possible and get supplies."
Chu Tian gathered many generals.
Dian Wei, Yang Dayan, Gao Shun, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, King Arthur, Tai Shici, Xia Houen and other fierce generals are among them.
In order to break through the Jiangyou Pass as soon as possible, Chu Tian decided to let a group of fierce generals go to the risk to break the pass.