Chapter 337: Attack on the Mongol Empire
In just three days, nearly two million armies of the two empires were defeated, and the casualties of the Empire were almost negligible. This battle showed the momentum of the Empire, and also the strength of the Empire.
In this war, the importance of morale has been thoroughly demonstrated. The so-called defeat is like a mountain, which also makes the major empires clearly realize that a large-scale war does not only rely on numbers, but also on strength. The morale of soldiers can sometimes play a key role.
The Xiaoyao Empire's comprehensive takeover of Huaxia's northern defense can be said to have helped Huaxia a lot, freeing up a lot of elite troops for Huaxia, and also reducing a lot of pressure on them, allowing them to free up more energy to deal with the war situation in the southwest and northwest.
After the Empire recaptured the territory of the North and South Boundary River, it directly used this place as the largest temporary military base. Countless recruits were transported here for training, and at the same time, a thousand Canglong fleets also sailed to the port of Kirin to prevent a sneak attack by the fleet of the Russian Empire.
In ancient wars, soldiers and horses went first before moving grain and grass! And now with space equipment, it is almost food and grass with you. This makes the progress of the war infinitely faster. Take this Xiaoyao Army as an example, after occupying the Northwest City, it only repaired for a day, and then went directly north.
Lao Jiu's idea this time is to fight the blitzkrieg to the extreme. After the reinforcements from the rear held the city, the 50,000 Qilin army directly entered the territory of the Mongol Empire, and the remaining border battlefield was cleaned up by follow-up reinforcements.
At the same time, the 50,000 Qilin army in the northeastern city also marched west along the north-south boundary river, and then went north to attack the Mongol Empire. As the so-called persimmon picks the soft pinch, in Lao Jiu's opinion, the Mongol Empire has limited soldiers and horses, and the terrain is gentle, which is very suitable for cavalry charges.
This provides the best battlefield for the Qilin Army, allowing them to better display their combat effectiveness. Just when the army of the Xiaoyao Empire was besieging the remnants of the defeated two empires outside the fortress, the 50,000 Qilin army that went north finally encountered the reinforcements sent by the Mongol Empire.
The Qilin Legion had just passed through the North and South Boundary River for a day, when they ran into the Mongolian iron cavalry who had finished supplying in Hulunbuir City and then rushed over. This cavalry belonged to the real elite of the Mongol Empire, all seventy-level warriors, a full set of gold equipment, and the number reached 200,000.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, they directly launched the most brutal charge. The so-called narrow road meets the brave wins, and one side was originally defeated at the front line, and morale was sluggish. On the other hand, the morale was boosted and the torrent was brave. The 50,000 Qilin Legion cut through the 200,000 iron cavalry of the Mongol Empire in one go.
Of course, both the equipment and the strength of the Kirin horse play a key role. For this kind of plain charge battle, the main task of the Qilin Legion is to break up the formation of the enemy's iron cavalry, break down the enemy's morale, and then let them collapse from the inside!
Although the Qilin Legion is also the most elite legion of the Easy Empire, if it is four times the number of opponents, then the final result may not necessarily be who wins or loses. So, this is the time to truly show the ability of the leader.
And this time, the commander of the Qilin Army is none other than Wang Dazhi, who guarded the border passes for China back then. This is a veteran general who has fought many battles in his life, and he has a lot of combat experience, which is why Lao Jiu is relieved to let the Qilin Army invade the Mongol Empire.
In the history of the game, when the player has not yet entered, in the setting of Wang Dazhi, he does not know how many battles he has fought with the people of the Mongol Empire. Until the stability of the frontier and the addition of players, in his memory, he has the most rich experience in war.
In order to minimize the casualties of the Kirin Legion, his strategy was to harass and sneak attack. Use the speed of the Qilin Legion to fight a peripheral war, try to hold the enemy's elite troops as much as possible, and then wait for the support of the rear troops.
After learning that the front line had been completely defeated, the elite iron cavalry of the Mongol Empire also gave up going to the rescue, and then began to camp on the spot, preparing to rebuild morale, and then eat the Qilin army of the Easy Empire first.
However, although their ideas are good, the reality is cruel. Because the speed of the unicorn horse is almost twice that of the Mongolian Empire's war horse, this makes it difficult for the other party to pursue and intercept. And Wang Dazhi took advantage of this and divided the Qilin Legion into five detachments.
Each detachment of 10,000 men and horses then went out day and night to make a special sneak attack on the enemy's outlying camps. The Qilin Army almost circled around the enemy's camp, leaving directly after a wave of sprints, regardless of how many enemies were killed, anyway, they immediately changed places after the charge.
After just two days, the forced Mongol Empire army had to shrink its defensive line. And the stupidest thing they did was that after giving up the rescue, they did not withdraw their troops as soon as possible and defended Hulunbuir City.
Instead, he thought about using the advantage of cavalry on the prairie to eat the 50,000 Qilin army of the Xiaoyao Empire. Don't you know that it is such a mistake that gives the Empire a chance to fight back. Because after receiving the information from Wang Dazhi.
The other 50,000 Qilin troops of the Easy Empire, under the leadership of Long Fei, directly supported them overnight. And Feng Hu, who was preparing to establish a new military training base outside the pass, also directly took 100,000 elite cavalry and began to cross the north and south boundary rivers.
Just after Wang Dazhi delayed for two days, the follow-up reinforcements of the Xiaoyao Empire rushed over one after another. The first to arrive was the other 50,000 Qilin troops led by Long Fei, and as the deputy commander of the former Imperial City Praetorian Guard, after the establishment of the Qilin Trade Base, Long Fei was sent here.
In addition, as the dragon head of the forty thieves, he is also a player. Long Fei's role in the Qilin Legion can be imagined, and the forty of them are almost equivalent to the heart of the Qilin Legion, and they can contact and command the entire battlefield at any time.
And the ordinary cavalry led by Feng Hu was a whole day slower than the Qilin Army, but this did not affect the general attack of the Qilin Army. By the time the army of the Mongol Empire realized that something was wrong, it was already too late.
For the wolf-like Qilin army, especially when the number is not much different, the Mongolian iron cavalry directly has no power to fight back. The 100,000 Qilin army, in just three rounds of sprinting, completely dispersed the army of the Mongol Empire.
Soon the commander of the Mongol Empire was beheaded by Long Fei. And the Mongol Empire's iron cavalry, which lost its commander, fell directly into chaos. And the unicorn army that can be seen everywhere, as well as the countless killing cries around it, made the army of the Mongol Empire soon begin to break and flee.
And this time, the Qilin Legion pursued and killed all the way, biting the defeated Mongolian iron cavalry, and the enemy who missed everywhere, Feng Hu, who was caught up, led people to clean up along the road. After two days of pursuit, the 200,000 elite iron horsemen of the Mongol Empire were almost slaughtered.
And the army of the Xiaoyao Empire followed all the way, and directly came to Hulunbuir City, and then 200,000 troops besieged the city and began to camp outside Hulunbuir City. The panicked Mongol Empire began to deploy troops overnight in an attempt to hold the city of Hulunbuir.
But in the face of the 200,000 troops with a rainbow of momentum, how can the defenders of Hulunbuir City, who are less than 50,000, be able to defend the city? Early the next morning, after the Xiaoyao army repaired, only two rounds of Qin crossbow salvos, and the city defense of Hulunbuir City was directly breached.
At this point, Hulunbuir City fell into the hands of the Easy Empire for the second time. And with the collapse of Hulunbuir City, millions of citizens in the city also directly became prisoners of the Xiaoyao Empire. And the Mongol Empire, which lost the city of Hulunbuir, was equivalent to opening the door to the outside world.
In the face of the invasion of the Empire, it became difficult. Due to the influence of topography, the defense of the Mongol Empire mainly relied on cities not far apart, and apart from the cities, the Mongol Empire had almost no dangerous places to defend.
And the entire Mongol Empire is almost extensive, and after passing the city of Hulunbuir, the enemy can almost do whatever it takes in the territory of the Mongol Empire, and no matter which direction, there will hardly be subject to any restrictions.
And when the Mongol Empire met the Kirin Legion, then it was doomed to their tragedy. After negotiating with the Chinese side, Lao Jiu did not kill for the first time, but sold all the captives of the Mongol Empire to the Chinese Empire cheaply.
Today's Huaxia Empire is being built on a large scale, and it is precisely when a large amount of labor is needed, and these captives of Lao Jiu can really satisfy the labor force of Huaxia. So the two sides hit it off and started a slave business.
After attacking Hulunbuir City, Feng Hu directly sat in Hulunbuir City, and the Forty Thieves took the Qilin Army and began to burn and loot on the land of the Mongol Empire. For the terrain around Hulunbuir City, the forty thieves are still relatively familiar, after all, they have been active here before.
In response to the ravages of the Qilin Legion, the Mongol Empire reluctantly abandoned some surrounding cities, and countless imperial subjects began to flee to the north. Even on the border with the Russian Empire, there were a large number of fugitives.
This caused panic among the people and economic collapse in the south of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire soon took measures and directly gathered an army of three million to the south, bound to regain the lost land and drive the invaders out of the territory in one fell swoop.
The Russian Empire, as an ally, was not to be outdone, and directly mobilized a million troops and began to set off from the city of Amur, all the way to the west, preparing to cross the border line between Mongolia and Russia and intercept the army of the Xiaoyao Empire from the rear.
In the face of the upcoming war, Lao Jiu is also very much looking forward to it. After all, only this kind of large-scale war can train the most elite fighters faster. Although this is a bit cruel, for Lao Jiu, who is rushing for time, he can't take care of it so much.
Lao Jiu immediately transferred the horse army to Hulunbuir City, as the commander-in-chief of this war, began to formulate combat policies, and gave him the highest power, he could mobilize all the armies of the Xiaoyao Empire, and had absolute command.