The Newcomer Chapter Eighty-Seven: Dashtam's Counterattack

At the same time that the Serbs arrived in Lana, the Beli army had just departed from Fort Uruzdak and made its next stop at Halma.

Seeing that most of January has passed, the snow has melted, and spring in Calradia has come early and beautifully, and the sun is shining brightly when the warblers are flying and the grass is growing. Spring is the most beautiful season, after hibernation, hungry bears, turtles, snakes, etc., all open their eyes one after another to poke their heads out, confirming that it belongs to the warm sun of spring before lazily appearing and stretching their waists. The meadows are also showing their true colors, with unknown wildflowers and grasses racing against the clock to get sunlight and nutrients, and the winter snow has formed small springs in some of the hollows, which are the natural drinking pools that the animals rely on.

But all this was destroyed by the two-legged naked apes, who hurried through the forest, trampled the nameless grass that could not freeze to death in the cold winter, stole the squirrels' favorite pine cones, and destroyed the natural drinking pool, the animals did not understand what these naked apes were busy with all day long, they were just angry but did not dare to resist, because the predecessors had told their offspring with their lives: Don't mess with these naked apes.

The Ahuenburg guards were on their feet, and the enemy army was about to rush under their noses, and before their support reached Halma, many soldiers wanted to escape, after all, they all had their own families, and they all just wanted to earn a few more dinars to go home and retire. However, the whole territory of Ahuenburg is blocked, not even a single mosquito can escape, this is a direct order issued by the king, no one dares not to carry it out, this castle and its thousands of people were originally sent to the Sultan by Dastam, there is no need to keep it, take advantage of this to spend even one more soldier in Saiga.

Saiga's own strength is very strong, the 8,000 iron cavalry alone is intimidating, and the Khan's unique Khan guards are dressed in golden armor, holding huge thick cavalry spears, and even the war horses are wearing heavy armor, which is extremely rare in the Kugit Khanate region. Although the kings will not have a separate encounter, if you insist on pulling the kings out to compare, Saiga's strength is definitely one of the best. It's a pity that war is never such a simple and crude thing.

Saiga erected a tent on the front from Rana to Fort Ahuen to meet the needs of the army of 80,000 men. The Kugit are all soldiers, and the whole country can be brought in to fight if necessary. The elite of the various counts are stationed here, and the first round of impact only requires one horse, one man and one arrow. This force of more than 10,000 people, consisting of villagers and mercenaries from various tribes, began to advance towards Fort Ahuen.

But even this ragtag army, which was not even a regular army, suppressed Ahuenburg very badly, and although this group of cavalry archers had no formation, they were extremely flexible, as if they knew the range of attack of the defenders, and they kept detouring around the edge of this range, and the defenders fell into an embarrassing situation. They had no choice but to retreat inside the castle, and their last hope was the arrival of reinforcements.

The conditions of the first day were good for the Cypriots, who had lost only a few hundred insignificant men, and the walls of the opposing side were piled up with corpses, and blood was spilled all over the walls. This situation was expected, but Saiga still didn't dare to attack it with all his might, after all, it was almost all his belongings. According to reports from various eyeliners, some of the enemy reinforcements had already reached Halma, but not as many as expected.

A combination of factors led to the fact that the Kugit Khanate did not succeed in electing a marshal, so the position of marshal was temporarily replaced by the Khan. Boli still acted as a military advisor, so the command of the operation was held by these two people. After discussion, the main attack on the second day was to be carried out by the Counts of Tulugo, Sebs, and Azokand, who were to besiege the city from the north, west, and south of Fort Eahuen.

Knowing that Salander's reinforcements would travel north from Halma to support Fort Ahuen, the kingdom made such unfair proposals. All three counts were either border lords or familyless lords without exception. But nowadays, no one has the right to resist, and under this flawed system, a swarm of flies has taken advantage of it.

At present, the battle is still in the stage of feints, although a lot of men and horses have been invested, but the Khan and the main generals are not on the field and cannot be considered a general attack. Saiga is still waiting, waiting for the real showdown with Dastam this time.

In addition to the front-line battles, each lord worries about his own territory, and is in frequent contact with the defenders of his territory every day. Count Azogan was even more restless, for he was almost the furthest from his fiefdom, and the fastest herald could not be delivered in three or five days, so he was in trouble: he had received the news from a few days ago, and if anything had happened, and the distance had been long, he would be in danger. Although this is a point that he has considered for a long time, and he has been fully prepared, he is always at ease in his heart.

After the baptism of the first day, the soldiers on the walls of Fort Ahuen had been sparsely sparse, Count Tulugo came to the north of Fort Ahuen with 2,000 men, Count Sebuthorn came to the west of Fort Ahuon with 1,500 men, and Count Ahugan took more than 2,000 men to guard the south, and their task was not to attack the city, but to besiege it, and to encircle the city, so that not a single mosquito could be put in it.

Soon Dastam, who led his army north, met Count Azogand, who was besieging the southern part of Fort Ahuen. Saiga Khan's order to the count was to besiege the south for at least two days, which meant that even in the face of the enemy's army, they could not retreat half a step, and the only thing they could do was to immediately send someone back to report for support.

After Bestur and Lord Hurasen encountered Count Asugan, they did not stop, and immediately set up a formation. They understood that Fort Ahuen was besieged on all sides, and that it was almost impossible to take it back, but if they had taken one of the opposing troops, plus an earl's prisoner, it would have been better to have more words, and perhaps the consequences would not be so bad. Dustam didn't have much time to devise tactics, he just took the lead in the charge after rectifying his morale, his own Khan guards still did not abandon him, nearly a thousand Khan guards in golden armor stepped on the phalanx and roared and charged, the lord of Hurasen followed closely behind the Khan guards, and the king took the lead in the charge as soon as he came up, which was extremely rare, although he was an improper king.

The Salander riders in the field of vision are more and more numerous, more and more dense, and they gradually come into range. Count Azogan's cavalry archers began to shoot their bows and arrows. But because they have to hold this gap, they can't move easily, and they can't move all the time like in the usual guerrilla warfare, constantly avoiding the enemy's damage.

Bows and arrows didn't do much, and the Salander cavalry who rushed ahead were wearing thick armor that was enough to withstand the damage of bows and arrows. After the first round of shock, Count Azogan suffered heavy losses, and more than a thousand cavalry archers dismounted, most of them were pierced through the body by bows and arrows or cavalry spears, and even if they survived, they could not do much good, and the Kugit who dismounted were not even considered combat effectiveness at all.

After the two armies came into contact, they began to draw their sabers and engage in hand-to-hand combat, and the Kugits were almost always dressed in thin cloth clothes, and a few wore light iron armor, and there was no advantage in close combat. The Bei army quickly gained the upper hand by virtue of its superiority in equipment and numbers, and the remaining 1,000 men of the earl were divided into two parts and besieged.

Yi Ye and Ah Sugan were in the middle of the two circles, even if they knew that this was a battle of trapped beasts, but the two adults had to fight until the last moment. The formation was completely scattered, Fatis, Bestur, and Ellen were all gone, and all Yi Ye could see was the soldiers around him who were desperately protecting him.

Yi Ye was very flustered in the face of this thousands of troops, and he didn't know what to do for a while, until he saw the banner of Count Azogan, this was the only way, he had to quickly join up with the Count, although the enemy army was five times as large as our army, but most of them could only surround from a distance and provide long-range support. The battlefield was filled with piercing roars, even if Yi Ye's roar broke his throat, it couldn't make the crazy soldiers break through to the earl's banner, Yi Ye pulled the men and horses in front of him, and opened the friendly army's protection channel alive. Yi Ye drew his giant sword and prepared to break through, the combat power and defense of the Khan Guards he faced this time were second to none, even if Yi Ye slashed down, the Khan Guards would only break through. The Khan's guards were all armed and could not dismount even a single person. Instead, he was counterattacked by several Khan guards, and several wounds were added to his chest. The Khan's guards slashed accurately and quickly, and if it weren't for Yi Ye's great increase in his strength and speed, he would have died a long time ago. Maybe Yi Ye can dodge the attack, but this jujube red horse does not have such rich combat experience, the eyes of this jujube red horse were cut off by the Khan guards on the left and right respectively, the horse was frightened, Yi Ye fell into the mud, he just touched his eyes to restore his vision, and the horse had already been cut off two legs and lay in a pool of blood. After Yi Ye fell, the people in this encirclement went completely crazy.

Count Azogan was fine on his side, his personal guards were wearing the thickest and most delicate armor, and the enemy could not break through for a while. The Earl had already begun to be dazzled, not because he was injured, but because he was wearing dozens of pounds of armor and still engaged in such a fierce exercise, he couldn't bear it at all. Although the earl was experienced in combat, he was still empty when he saw the king's troops. Once Salander found an opportunity, an army of nearly 20,000 attacked the Azugan Fort, which he defended with less than 7,000 men, but also failed to take it as he wished. Not only that, but the castle of Asogang has been tested several times. The Khan's lack of subsidies and rewards is not something that chills the earl's heart, this is the duty of every border castle, but the Khan has never organized an attack on Salander from the Azugang Pass, although there are no resources to be obtained in the desert area, but it can boost the morale of the earl and beat the prestige of the enemy army.