Text: The Great Power Controversy_Chapter 223 The Destruction of the Uzbek State
Rango led an army of more than 1.2 million to ambush an army of 500,000 servants led by Zack, and the two sides fought bloodily for several days. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ma Chao and Luo Cheng led 200,000 cavalry, cooperated with the remaining two Beichen armies, and hit the capital of Uzi in one fell swoop. Rango had no choice but to give up annihilating the troops led by Zack and lead the army to the capital to reinforce.
Zach escaped death and retired back to the city to recuperate. And Ma Chao and Luo Cheng were pulling 200,000 cavalry and were heading towards Tian Qi City with all their might.
More than 700,000 troops marched in formation, and the cavalry force of more than 20,000 people was a thousand troops, and the momentum was extremely immense. The yellow dust is rolling all the way, the flag covers the sky, and the fine armor is distinct. Rango framed the rest of the Chinese army, eight horses, and the generals around him gathered. At this time, the 700,000-strong army led by Rango had been withdrawn from the battlefield for a long time. He had already crossed Tianqi City and continued to move towards Wuzi City.
At the current speed of the army, it is still seven or eight days away from reaching the city of Uzi. For such a long time, Rango was worried. Almost all the elite armies in the country are now all gathered under their command. Can only those militias and garrisons in Uzi City be able to block the attack of the three million Beichen Kingdom army for eight days?
However, no matter how anxious he was, there was nothing Rango could do. The army is huge, and it is all infantry, so it naturally does not move too fast. Coupled with the weight of grain and grass in the back, it is impossible to raise the speed. Unless you let the army yourself, throw away the grain and grass and baggage, and advance lightly. In this way, you may be able to return to Donglin City two or three days earlier.
It's just that if you give up the weight of grain and grass, then 2 is equivalent to putting it to death. As long as the Beichen army divided a partial division to block its own way, hundreds of thousands of troops would be defeated because of the lack of food and grass. At that time, let alone returning to Uzi City, it is estimated that it will be difficult for me to get out of the whole body.
Strategically, the Uzbek is already at a total disadvantage, which also makes it difficult for the Uzbek generals to make trade-offs. Rango stood on top of the frame, his forehead furrowed, looking ahead. In the end, Lango still chose to give up the baggage, and all the soldiers brought enough food and grass for ten days to quickly march towards the capital.
As soon as this order was executed, the whole army moved faster. Without the delay of grain and grass, the 700,000 soldiers are all moving at a fast pace. Of course, the army marched faster, and the original formation would no longer be so neat.
In one day, hundreds of thousands of troops marched more than 70 miles. This speed made Rango very happy, and in a few days, he would be able to return to Uzi City. In the evening of the same day, the army began to set up camp, and it was not until more than three hours later that a simple village with a company camp of twenty miles appeared. Hundreds of thousands of horses have eaten dinner quickly, started to rest, and will continue their journey tomorrow. If you don't rest well, you will only be abandoned by the army.
At this time, the 200,000 cavalry led by Ma Chao and Luo Cheng were also resting. All the war horses were tied together, and the soldiers fed a lot of beans to the war horses. Tomorrow, we will be able to rush to Tianqi City, and there will be a battle at that time. Therefore, tonight, we must feed the war horse some food, so as not to drop the chain during the development.
If someone looks from a high altitude at this time, they will find that the cavalry led by Ma Chao and the army of Rango are in a straight line.
Early the next morning, Rango came out of the tent, and hundreds of thousands of troops began to eat breakfast. It didn't take long for all the soldiers to assemble outside the camp, ready to move on. Rango looked at the crowd of people in front of him, and as soon as the command flag in his hand waved, hundreds of thousands of troops immediately moved.
At the same time, Ma Chao and Luo Cheng were also riding war horses and were running south. Behind him were thousands of majestic knights in red clothes and red armor, and bright red flags were flying in the hands of the knights. Behind it was an endless stream of yellow dust, and the dust covered hundreds of thousands of cavalry. People can only hear the earth-shattering thunder, but there is no shadow of thunder.
Rango led the army for less than an hour before one of his own cavalrymen came on horseback. Before the knight came to the frame, he turned over and dismounted, saluted, and said, "General Qiyu, our army has found a large number of cavalry twenty miles away, numbering no less than 100,000 people!" ”
What the? A large force of cavalry? Standing on top of the frame, Rango's body shook suddenly, and a frightened expression appeared on his face. However, Rango quickly calmed down and immediately said, "Command the army, form a formation!" ”
"No!" After one of the soldiers finished speaking, he immediately mounted a war horse and quickly shuttled through the army.
In a short time, the order for the formation of the large army spread throughout the troops. Hundreds of thousands of troops immediately formed one large formation after another under the command of their superiors. The soldiers at the bottom didn't know what was going on, but they found a clue from all the troops forming a formation. It must have encountered the enemy, and there is only one enemy army in Uzi, and that is the Beichen Army.
Soon, an army of hundreds of thousands completed the formation of the battle array. Rows of shield soldiers were at the front, followed by countless spears sticking out, the dense tips of which were daunting. At the back is a force of more than 100,000 archers, as high as 180,000, which will definitely make the enemy cool to the sky.
was discovered by the Uzi army, and Ma Chao and Luo Cheng naturally also discovered the Uzi army. Just when the two of them were wondering why the Uzzi army appeared here, news came from the front that the Uzbek army was arraying.
After getting the news, the two of them pulled out their horses and rushed forward without saying a word. Subsequently, hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Beichen Army also raised their horse's hooves and galloped away.
Since we encountered enemy troops on the way, there was no reason not to fight. In addition, not long after the two sides discovered each other, hundreds of thousands of troops from the Uz country have only begun to line up, and they may be able to win a big battle.
As soon as the soldiers of the Uz country lined up their formation, they suddenly felt a tremor on the ground. Immediately, there was a burst of thunder in my ears, and the rolling yellow sun in the distance covered the sky and the sun.
"Cavalry!" "It's the enemy's cavalry!" Many of the soldiers in the Uzi army looked at the rolling Yellow Dragon in shock, and the frightened expressions on their faces were all revealed. As long as they are soldiers, there are a few people who don't know the damage of cavalry to infantry.
In the era of cold weapons, cavalry was completely the king of land warfare. There will be no controversy about this, even if there are more archers, they will definitely not be able to stop the cavalry. Of course, this means that the difference in strength between the two sides of the battle is no more than ten times.
But the current situation is exactly like this, and the army of Uzbek is only more than 700,000 people. And look at the mile-long cavalry swinging in front of them, and the yellow dust that covers the sky behind them. The number of cavalry of the Beichen Army that came to attack would definitely not be less than 100,000, and maybe even more.
The soldiers of the Uzbek country were undoubtedly not very nervous, and even Rango was sweating a lot on his palms. Holding his hands tightly, his ten fingers clasped tightly, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
It's over, that's the only thought in Rango's mind.
I never thought that Beichen Kingdom would actually send so many cavalry troops. Feeling the trembling frame under his feet, Rango's heart was a little colder. With so many cavalry units charged, even if the army under his command had completed the formation, it would be impossible to stop it.
Cavalry charges lie in a number, and the more they are, the more powerful they will multiply. If there were only tens of thousands of cavalry of the Beichen Army, Lan Ge would still have the confidence to block it, but now that there are more than 100,000 iron cavalry, how can he block it.
Now the speed of the cavalry charge of the Beichen Army has reached about sixty or seventy yards, which is completely equivalent to 100,000 cars charging together. In addition to the difference in volume, the speed is already fully qualified, and the volume of the war horse plus cavalry and armor is already about the same as the weight of a sedan.
Ma Chao and Luo Cheng, one in gold armor and one in silver armor, charged in front of all the knights. It was completely different from the red behind him, looking at the army of the Uzzi country in front of him, which was only a thousand steps away. The two of them slowed down their horses in unison, and cheered up the knights behind them. It wasn't until thousands of knights had crossed the two that they began to accelerate again.
Joke, the enemy has already formed a large formation, and the extra-long spears in the phalanx are densely packed. It's not that the two of them are afraid of death, who hasn't rushed through the gun array before. It's just that the situation is different now, and if the two of them continue to rush desperately, once there is an accident, it will be over.
The general will fight to the death, which will naturally boost morale. However, when the general died, the morale fell even faster. Now, the Beichen Army has a complete advantage, and the two of them will not be idle and charge the gun formation by themselves.
Looking at the knights of the Beichen Army who were getting closer and closer, the red armor could already be seen clearly. The knight not only wore iron armor, but even sat down on the iron horse with a layer of vest. This is not much different from a hoplite, as long as the knight is covered with another layer of iron armor, it meets the requirements of a hoplite.
The knight held a cavalry spear in his hand and a Tang sword or cavalry sword at his waist. There were also three or four javelins next to the saddle, which was exactly what Xiao Chen had equipped for the cavalry troops.
In the previous battle, Xiao Chen had discovered that the Chinese cavalry was very unfavorable against the Western infantry. Because the spears of the Western infantry phalanx are about the same length as the Changge of the Beichen Kingdom, it is really a bit troublesome for the cavalry to charge into battle. Therefore, Xiao Chen equipped the knights of the Beichen Army with a few javelins.
In addition to these equipment, the knight had a small cavalry shield above his left arm.
The cavalry of the Beichen Army is getting more and more advanced......
"Shoot the arrows!" After seeing the cavalry of the Beichen Army enter the range of their archers, the archers in each phalanx immediately ordered the arrows to be released.
Airplanes! Father! ……
After a few buzzes, countless arrows flew out from the forward direction of the Beichen Army. However, when the rain of arrows fell, there was only a continuous clanging sound. It turned out that after the cavalry of the Beichen Army rushed to the front of the Uzi army formation two hundred paces, they raised the shield of their left arm in advance.
In this way, the casualties of the cavalry of the Beichen Army were naturally greatly reduced. But even so, there were thousands of knights who fell off their horses. Most of them were arrows from their horses, after all, the armor was still not as solid as the shield.
The fallen knights caused a certain amount of trouble to the charging army, and because of the dust that was raised, many people did not see the horses and knights who fell to the ground, and thus tripped and fell. Of course, these are only small things, and many people will naturally know that there must be some obstacle ahead when they see the prancing horse in front of them.
The knight was still charging, and the thunder was coming. After a few rounds of the Uzi archers, they immediately withdrew to the rear. The shieldmen held their shields tightly, and the spearmen behind them also held their spears to the ground.
A knight of the Beichen Army instantly took out a javelin from behind him and threw it directly twenty paces ahead. The javelin flew into the large Uzi army in front of it, directly piercing the head of a spearman.
More and more javelins flew into the phalanx. Suddenly, there was a large area of chaos in the phalanx of several Uzbek troops.
"Kill!" Hundreds of thousands of cavalry shouted in unison, then leveled their spears and crashed directly into the Uzi phalanx.
Puff ~ Puff ~
The sound of countless sharp weapons entering the flesh came out, and many Beichen Army knights were directly pierced by the spears of the phalanx. That's not the end of it, though. After the knight was impaled, he did not fall directly from his horse. Instead, he hung tightly on his horse and continued to move forward with the charge of his horse.
The flat cavalry spear in his hand was also inserted into the body of a shield soldier in an instant, and then the knight and his horse crashed into the front of countless Uzi soldiers. On the eve of the battle, the knights who charged to the front line were already tied with ropes on their horses. The purpose is to be at this moment, as long as he hits a gap, his teammates behind him can kill all sides.
Countless strong men have used their lives to fight for a chance for the entire army, and the cavalry will naturally not give up. In fact, the speed of the horses would not allow them to give up. Just after the knights of the first row crashed into the formation, the cavalry of the second row also crashed into it, not giving the Uzi army any chance at all.
Another violent impact, and the casualties on both sides were not small. The knights were pierced by numerous spears, and the phalanx was punched in all directions. More and more cavalry crashed into the phalanx, and in an instant many Uzi soldiers were knocked away. The soldiers who were knocked off either had bleeding from their mouth and nose, their internal organs were broken, or their tendons were broken and fractured.
In just three or four minutes, the cavalry of the Beichen Army scattered several phalanxes. More than half of the dozen phalanxes that Lango had arranged on the front line were defeated, and the soldiers in the phalanx were scattered in an instant, and there were soldiers running around everywhere.
The platoons of cavalry that had begun to charge into the phalanx also immediately dispersed to both sides, killing the fleeing enemy troops while slashing towards the flanks of the remaining few remaining phalanxes. More Beichen troops behind him still maintained a super fast speed, and continued to rush towards the more than ten phalanxes in the second row.
In less than half an hour, the cavalry charge of the first * completely crushed the five phalanxes arranged by Rango. More than 50 phalanxes were completely scattered, and hundreds of thousands of Uzi soldiers either fled for their lives in all directions, or engaged in a melee with the cavalry of the Beichen Army.
At this time, Rango had already come to the phalanx. This is the only one left of the phalanx. Of the five phalanxes in front, nearly sixty phalanxes had already been defeated by the Beichen Army. And this one is also the phalanx with the largest number of troops, and the 100,000 archers are behind the phalanx. The remaining 80,000 archers had already been forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Beichen army, but the 20,000 cavalry had already begun to exert their strength.
Either he can block the impact of the Beichen Army and start a melee with the cavalry of the Beichen Army, or maybe there is a slight possibility of victory. Or, this line of defense will be broken down, and you will either surrender or die.
Ma Chao and Luo Cheng were also covered in blood and looked at the last line of defense of the Uzi army, and more than 30,000 cavalrymen who still maintained their speed were behind them. With tens of thousands of enemy cavalry in front of the Uzi army, this final blow will be very difficult.