Chapter 672: The Wiped Out Varangian Guard
"Mongolian Iron Cavalry, follow me to attack the enemy formation!"
Holding his spear aloof, Wuliang Hetai led tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry to charge Harald's heavy infantry corps!
The Mongol cavalry was limited by a relatively narrow battlefield, so they could only take a dense formation, clamp the belly of the horse, and under the cover of the light cavalry, break into the heavy infantry corps of Harald!
Wuliang Hetai's spirit was highly concentrated, as if his breathing was about to stop, and even the sound of horses' hooves that had been dense in his ears disappeared, leaving only the sound of his heartbeat.
Harald's heavy infantry corps is the vanguard of Catherine's army, and it is necessary to cut through Harald's heavy infantry corps in order to attack Catherine's main position.
Kill Catherine and the Golden Horde will be victorious!
The light cavalry of Subutai and Jebe used bows and arrows to shoot at the Harald legion many times, and the Harald legion wavered, and then the heavy cavalry began to dominate the battlefield!
The war horse was getting closer and closer to Harald's heavy infantry troops, and Wuliang Hetai's eyes gradually became cold, clenching the spear in his hand.
The light cavalry in the front row parted like a wave, and finally revealed the heavy cavalry with heavy armor or dense scale armor all over the body!
The spear of the Uliang Hetai stabbed out and easily pierced a shield, killing a heavily armored axeman!
Thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry served as the main force, and under the leadership of Wuliang Hetai, they slammed into the heavy infantry corps!
The hoplites swung their tomahawks and slashed their horses' legs, and many of the horses that had lost their hooves fell and hit the other infantry around them!
Harald led the Varangian Guard as the core of the infantry legion, and when he saw an ironclad cavalry coming towards him, he did not back down, but picked up a battle axe, and slashed the ironclad cavalry with an axe, and the horse armor was torn apart by the battle axe!
The blood of the war horse splashed Harald's body, Harald stood still, slashed the battle axe with all his might, and the heavy cavalry that fell under his battle axe was more than ten horses!
Harald only took a step or two back!
The Viking berserkers of the Varangian Guard are as burly as their leader, and they fight to the death.
Their eyes gradually turned blood-red, trying to suppress their emotions, otherwise they would passively fall into a rage.
The Mongol iron cavalry that attacked the Varangian guard head-on, and hundreds fell!
The armies of both sides entered the stage of tragic hand-to-hand combat, and there were shouts of killing and the crisp collision of knives and guns everywhere, and corpses were everywhere!
The Varangian Guard is extremely bloody, like an iron wall, no matter how the Mongol iron cavalry attacks, it still maintains the battle line!
However, the other heavy infantry around the Varangian guard, under the onslaught of the Mongol iron cavalry, began to crumble.
Wave after wave of Mongol iron cavalry attacked the heavy infantry, and Wuliang Hetai broke through at least five rows of heavy infantry with the determination to die!
The spear picks up the long-handled battle axe, and the Wuliang Hetai knows that this battle is related to the life and death of the Golden Horde, and if they don't fight hard, then their fate is not much different from the death in battle!
Wuliang Hetai assaulted all the way forward, breaking through the sixth, seventh, and eighth rows of heavy infantry!
The Mongol marksmen of Subutai and Jebel turned back to fight, using horned bows to cover the Mongolian iron cavalry of Wuliang Hetai!
The thumb snapped the string, and one arrow after another broke out from between the thumbs, turning into streamers, hitting the façade of the heavy infantry, and directly shooting the heavy infantry!
Even the hoplites will have flaws unless they are fully armoured!
A large number of heavy infantry fell under the combined slaughter of the Mongol marksmen and the Mongol iron cavalry, and Harald's Varangian guards could not stop the cavalry advance of the Subutai father and son!
In addition to the Varangian Guard, the surrounding heavy infantry retreated to the rear, and Mongol cavalry appeared on either side of the Varangian Guard.
Harald found that the heavy infantry on the left and right flanks had fallen in pieces, and the light infantry in the rear could no longer stop the Mongol cavalry from breaking through after the heavy infantry fell.
In the melee, Jebe shot more than thirty heavy infantry, and as a Mongolian arrow, the Viking berserker could not stop his archery skills!
"Stand back!"
Harald carried the attack of the Mongol cavalry alone, and fought and retreated, and if Su Butai and others pushed further, they would have to sacrifice a group of cavalry!
"Kill them all!"
Although the Uliang Hetai does not have the characteristics of rage, it is in the same madness as the Varangian Guard, and wants to leave all the 30,000 infantry of Harald behind!
Harald's infantry was also the new force of the Grand Duchy of Moscow!
With a roar, the Viking berserkers of the two Varangian Guards, unable to withstand the excitement of the battlefield, passively triggered a rage and turned into the pursuing Mongol cavalry!
The fourth-order Mongolian iron cavalry was suddenly counter-killed by two Viking berserkers whose combat power had been raised to the ninth-order heavy infantry, and they were caught off guard, and more than a dozen Mongolian iron cavalry were killed by these two Viking berserkers!
Harald continued to retreat, he didn't stop for a moment, the two Viking berserkers were his men, but he had lost his mind, he didn't know what retreat was, and there was no hope of saving him.
Sure enough, two berserk Viking berserkers, after slaying thirty-five Mongol horsemen, were devoured by a steady stream of Mongolian horsemen from behind, and their spears pierced their armor and nailed them to the ground!
It wasn't until they died in battle that these Viking berserkers stopped attacking!
"I didn't expect that in the Western Continent, there is also a group of people who regard death as life."
Subutai witnessed two Viking berserkers fighting to the death, and his heart was somewhat shocked.
In the Battle of Mobei, the Varangian Guard once caused chaos among the Golden Horde's eldest army, and now, Subutai has once again seen the madness of the Viking berserkers.
Subutai did not intend to let go of the Varangian Guards this time, but planned to wipe out the entire Varangian Guards and completely crush the most elite heavy infantry under Catherina's command!
The battle was extremely tragic, and almost all of Harald's Varangian guards were besieged by dozens of times the cavalry!
Harald, a Viking general who could usually fight with Dian Wei, was seriously injured under the continuous offensive of the Mongol cavalry!
The Uliang Hetai pounces on his spear and plans to kill Harald in the middle of the melee!
The Vikings' tomahawks blocked the spears of the Uliang Hetai, and the sharp blades of the spears rubbed sparks on the tomahawks, and they were blocked by Harald!
"If you want to kill me, how can it be so easy!"
Harald was wounded, but still avoided the attack of the Uliang Hetai, retreated while fighting, and even killed the war horse of the Uliang Hetai with an axe, the Uliang Hetai fell from the war horse, and Harald held the tomahawk high!
At the moment of life and death, Harald's Nordic Viking helmet could be seen revealing a pair of red eyes, which were ruthless and cruel.
The hidden character of the Viking Berserker, ruthlessness is one of them.
A stream of light shot in, hitting Harald's tomahawk and being knocked away by Harald's tomahawk!
Wuliang Hetai took the opportunity to roll on the ground, and a Mongol cavalryman gave up his horse to his general.
Uryo Hetai cast a grateful look at Jebel, the arrow, if it weren't for Jebel's amazing archery skills, perhaps he would have been cut in two by Harald's battle axe.
The recklessness of the Varangian Guards frightened the Ulianghetai, and he wanted to destroy the Varangian Guards at all costs, lest Harald re-recruit and train an elite Varangian Guard in the future.
In addition to Harald, there were other nobles among the 30,000 infantry legions, whose titles ranged from earls to barons, and who died in large numbers in this battle!
The double-headed eagle banner of the Grand Duchy of Moscow fell to the ground, trampled by the Mongol iron horsemen, and the weapons were scattered all over the ground.
When the vanguard army collapsed, out of 30,000 people, less than 10,000 survived. The narrow battlefield made these infantry almost impossible to retreat.
If they retreated, there would be Catherine's warlords in the rear.
"The vanguard army was defeated, and one count and two viscounts were killed!"
"I see."
Catherine personally commanded the main forces, and she had already learned that Harald's vanguard had lost most of it.
However, Catherine seemed to be ready to sacrifice 30,000 troops, and the Mongol cavalry and Harald's war group fought hand-to-hand, and the two sides were glued together, and they had lost their impact. Next, Harald only needs to pull the elite cavalry vanguard of the speedy platform over.
30,000 people, if you have to, is also a price you can pay.
As a lord, sacrifices are inevitable when necessary.
The reckless Harald did not yet know that he had become a bargaining chip used by the lord to destroy Temujin.
However, Harald was still lucky to survive, leading the remnants of less than 10,000 troops to retreat, and the cavalry of Subutai and Jebel in the rear chased after him, and the two sides were still fighting and pulling!
"Catherine's main army has appeared, and the soldiers of the Golden Horde will follow me to crush Catherine's army!"
Subutai, who was the vanguard general of Temujin, could already see the neat and tidy heavy infantry behind Harald!
In addition to the Varangian Guard under the command of Harald, Catherine also had other regiments of heavy infantry, which were lined with iron shields.
This is a direct unit of Catherine.
Catherine's own legion, like Chutian, followed the route of elite soldiers. The advantage of the elite route is that the teleportation array can be used unscrupulously, and the cost of transferring troops is very low. The teleportation cost of 10,000 elite soldiers is only one-tenth of that of 100,000 militiamen, but the combat effectiveness is even better.
Behind Catherine's immediate forces were militias from all over the Grand Duchy of Moscow in response to Catherine's call, as well as rebel armies called up by various feudal lords.
Some of the militia of the Grand Duchy of Moscow did not even have iron armor on them, but only wooden armor made of planks, as well as leather armor, and carried axes, bear-hunting spears, long wooden clubs, or short hammers.
Only a general mobilization can truly manifest the horror of the civilizational character of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
When the Grand Duchy of Moscow had a cohesive state, the order to mobilize for war was issued, and the militia also had a strong will to fight.
Harald's 30,000 infantry, losing two-thirds, retreated!
Subutai led the cavalry, taking advantage of the defeat of Harald, and began to attack the main force of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, where Catherine was!
The cavalry of Subutai and Wuliang Hetai were extremely terrifying, rushing into the main formation of Catherine and launching earth-shattering hand-to-hand combat!
The Mongol cavalry was unscrupulous, because there were still the cowardly Xue army of Temujin, Timur, Chilaowen and others in the rear.
Temujin was slow to send a cowardly army, and used the cavalry of the Golden Horde to drain Catherine's troops, physical strength, and morale.
It was a brutal battle of flesh grinding, with little skill on both sides, and they kept piling up forces in a small battlefield until one side was defeated.
The million-strong army was hampered by the Don River and the harsh terrain, and there was no way to retreat.
In the narrow battlefield, the Mongolian cavalry and the soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow were crowded together and fought, a large number of soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow were trampled to death by the war horses of the Mongolian cavalry, blood was splashed, blocking the eyes of the soldiers on both sides, and the battlefield was filled with a strong smell of blood, which was suffocating.
Harald rendezvoused with the main forces of Catherine, turned around and threw himself into battle again, and the tomahawk overthrew a Mongol iron horseman!
Wuliang Hetai is also crazy, holding a spear, continuing to assault the main force of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and his physical strength is declining rapidly!
Follow Subutai as they flee from Mobei to the old part of the Golden Horde, and fight side by side with their main generals, hoping to re-establish a powerful empire of their own in this strange land of Eastern Europe!
This battle is related to the life and death of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Golden Horde!
"Horses neighed in anger, trumpets reverberated on the battlefield, blood-stained banners were erected on the banks of the Great Don, and slain warriors did not fall, for the great Grand Duchy of Moscow was ...... through the test of iron and blood."
A bard of the Grand Duchy of Moscow witnessed this epic battle.
The battle between the two armies was at a fever pitch, and the corpses were piled up.
"Shut up."
Catherine was originally reluctant to bring a bard, but the bard, as a characteristic class in the Western continent, has a special bonus to the battlefield.
The bard was a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, only by chanting like this can we provide bonuses for our soldiers." ”
Ekaterina thought for a while, and finally said coldly: "Then you can continue." Polish hussars sorted! ”
Catherine sent Bartori, the hero of Polish civilization, to command the famous Polish hussars into battle!
Thousands of Polish hussars gathered behind Bathory, this group of Polish hussars with exaggerated wing ornaments and four-meter-long spears pointed straight ahead, under the command of Bathory, charged at the Mongol cavalry on the opposite side!
"Tsar Guard, get ready."
Catherine had to use her hidden main force.
The Tsar's Guard, as the guard of successive tsars, has undergone successive changes and is actually a mixed army, with the most elite equipment, war horses, and even ...... Firearm!
The Tsar's Guard was used by Catherine as a reserve, and the ambush team of Chutian was two hole cards.
The Tsar's Guard, which needs to be used to block the attack of the cowardly army.
Not only Catherina's Chinese army, but also Nevsky of the Ice River and Dmitry of the Don, the two native heroes of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, each commanded an army of 100,000 troops, many of which were militiamen, which were attacked by Jochi and Muhuali respectively, and they were in danger!
Dmitry of the Don River, his legion faced the dismounted eldest army, the Golden Horde's cowardly army, this group of Mongol cavalry dismounted and turned into archers, using the Mongol archery method, the rain of arrows intertwined into a net, harvesting the lives of Dmitry's legionmen!
"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke has given me too few elites, most of them are militiamen from the countryside, how can they stop the elite of the Golden Horde......"
Dmitry had the illusion that he had been abandoned by Catherine, and that of his 100,000 troops, only 30,000 were veterans, and the remaining 70,000 were improvised recruits or militiamen from all over the country.
This group of militiamen wielding axes, hunting bear spears, and short hammers were fighting with the elite of the Golden Horde in Jochi, and Dmitry couldn't help but feel distressed.
"It is impossible for His Royal Highness the Grand Duke to sacrifice me, this must be another arrangement."
Dmitry tried with all his might, and the army of commanders fought hard to resist.
But Jochi's attacks became more ferocious, and the left army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Dmitry Army, was forced to retreat.