"The enemy to the west of the general has attacked!"

The herald rushed to Zhang Zuofeng panting, but Zhang Zuofeng was unmoved, waved his hand and said: "Leave them alone, continue to shell towards the east side, and make sure that the 20,000 cavalry do not return!" ”

"Yes!"

When the herald heard this, he hurriedly gave the order again.

Lin Shaodong sighed and said, "It's a pity that Cao Siyuan's army attacking the Khan Court took away half of our artillery, otherwise the army on the west side could have taken it in one fell swoop." ”

Zhang Zuofeng shook his head: "You can't have both fish and bear's paws, the marshal naturally has a bigger plan to do this, even if nearly half of the artillery is missing, those grassland barbarians will not be better!" ”

As soon as the words fell, an explosion suddenly sounded not far from the west side of the camp, and then the explosions intensified one after another.

The two looked at each other and smiled evilly.

On the west side of the Apocalypse Guard camp, less than three miles away from the camp, Kuoluntai can already see the Apocalypse Guard camp close at hand, where there are no horse rejection piles, no stumbling horses, except for the winding trenches, it seems to be a flat river.

The whole camp was like a girl stripped of her clothes, waiting for his army to rush over and get what she wanted.

But at this close distance, he and his army were confronted with another terrible weapon—landmines!

The unsuspecting army crashed headlong into the minefield that Cao Siyuan had planted in advance, and the terrifying explosion instantly crackled like fried beans, one after another.

What's even more terrifying is that these are the latest mines developed by Galaxy Group, and unlike the mines that were transformed with grenades in the past, the power of the mines this time is large and small.

The large ones are like cannonballs, which can blow all the horses within a radius of several meters into pieces, while the small ones, although not very powerful, can seriously injure a large number of cavalry and incapacitate them in battle.

What's even more terrifying is that the mines are not densely planted, but the area under their control is very vast, and this is the first time that the steppe iron riders have encountered landmines, so they can't figure out what they have encountered.

In addition to the initial large number of casualties, the frequency of mine explosions quickly decreased, but each explosion would cause a large number of horses to lose control, and more than 50,000 cavalry were stunned by a few small mines, and could no longer maintain their formation.

And once there is a mine exploding around you, whether it is a war horse under the crotch or a cavalry on horseback, there will be extreme fear, and no one knows if the next step will be blown to pieces.

As soon as the 50,000 cavalry of Koluntai stepped into the minefield, it was as if they had crashed headlong into a mire, and when they tried to flee in terror, they realized that there were mines behind them!

It turned out that Cao Siyuan used the winding minelaying method, and there were mines in all directions except for a narrow, winding passage.

In addition, there are always some mines that are not triggered at first, but they explode the second time you walk up, so even if someone has traveled before, the area may not be safe.

At this moment, Kuoluntai truly realized what it meant to be in a dilemma and struggle.

And just when the army of Kuoluntai was trapped in the minefield, I saw that more than a hundred heavily armed Apocalypse chariots suddenly appeared in the camp of the Apocalypse Guard.

The Apocalypse Chariot slowly circled out along the safe passage marked by the minefield, and the powerful repeating crossbow bed began to fire a terrifying salvo.

"Whoosh!!"

Countless giant crossbow arrows rained down on the steppe army.

The steppe army, which could not advance or retreat, suddenly fell like harvested wheat, stubble.

The army, which was already on the verge of collapse, could no longer be restrained, and some of them screamed and rushed towards the chariot of the apocalypse, but before they could run a few steps, they were killed and injured by terrifying mines.

More people were frightened, and despite the restraint of the leader, they pulled the reins of their horses and fled.

However, with the exception of a few lucky ones, the vast majority of the cavalry were no different from their comrades who rushed forward to fight their lives, and almost all of them were killed in the minefield.

Seeing this scene, Koluntai was anxious and angry, but he was helpless, in the half of the battles he had fought, he had always fought with real swords and guns, and it was the first time he had encountered such a strange and terrifying scene.

However, his troubles did not last long, because the minefield and the Apocalypse Chariot had been delayed long enough, and the Apocalypse Guard Artillery Regiment had plenty of time to calmly turn its guns and aim at the Kuoluntai Terrace, which was deep in the minefield.

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The terrifying cry of the night owl sounded again, and the bad luck that had befallen Imbaya accurately hit the army of Koluntai this time.

The flames and fragments were intertwined into a web of death, and it seemed that countless bulls and horses roamed in it, quickly reaping the lives of these 50,000 troops.

However, Koluntai's luck was apparently better than that of Imbaya, and although the falling shells caused huge casualties and confusion, they also caused a large number of mine explosions.

This undoubtedly tore a gap in the tightly knitted fishing net, and in desperation, the only men and horses commanded by Koluntai retreated at all costs, but unexpectedly found that they had really escaped.

However, there were less than 30,000 people who could escape with him, and at least three or four thousand of them were wounded, and they could not fight again in a short time.

In just over half an hour, the 50,000 mighty grassland iron horsemen were so badly injured that Kuoluntai, who had always shown a tough attitude, was so sad that he even cried in public.

On the other side of the battlefield, Cao Siyuan led 6,000 cavalry, with the Apocalypse Chariot as the vanguard, and quickly rushed to the Khanting, but Wu Liji and Mr. Zou thought of it together, that is, to use the strong mobility of the steppe cavalry and their strong combat power to solve this large army that had left the nest in a sports war.

Before the men and horses of the Apocalypse Guard came out of a few miles, they encountered a two-sided attack from the camp on the outskirts of the steppe and the brutal Timur in the Khan's court.

Seeing that this advancing group of men and horses was besieged by at least 100,000 troops in an instant, it seemed that the roles of hunter and prey were about to be reversed.

Cao Siyuan immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, and the more than 200 Apocalypse chariots as the vanguard were slapped into a line, forming a frontal defensive line, and more than 200 crossbow beds with bowstrings exploded, and the barrage of continuous crossbow arrows was like a terrifying wall pressing towards the barbarian Timur pouring out of the Khan's court.

In order to save horsepower, the steppe cavalry would generally launch a full-speed charge at a distance of 200 meters from the enemy, and then use the bow and arrow in their hands and the unique impact of the cavalry to cut through the enemy's formation in one fell swoop.

But this time they faced a heavily armed and powerful Chariot of the Apocalypse.

Not only did the range of the repeating ballista exceed the charging distance of the barbarian Timur, but the powerful firepower was simply not at all what a flesh and blood body wearing only leather armor could withstand.

When the barbarian Timur charged at Cao Siyuan's department as before, he was immediately shot into a hedgehog by the terrifying repeating crossbow.

The first wave of 2,000 cavalry that launched a charge was even half of the army and was wiped out, and the arrows they shot only "ding-dong" on the armor of the Apocalypse Chariot, and it didn't hurt at all.

The Apocalypse Chariot was designed by Xu Rui to deal with the Black Flag Army armed to the teeth, and it was very restrained against the cavalry, especially the grassland cavalry that did not have the strong protection and impact of the Black Flag Army, and there was no advantage at all in front of the Apocalypse Chariot except for speed.

And the peripheral army that launched a fierce attack from the other side of Cao Siyuan's department was even more uncomfortable, because Cao Siyuan took half of the artillery from the Tianqiwei camp.

The newly developed artillery of the Yuanchu base is equipped with a towing rope and self-propelled wheels, and it becomes a "self-propelled artillery" drawn by a horse.

Especially in the flat grasslands, as long as you stop as soon as you spot an enemy, you can simply aim and open fire.

The terrible artillery barrage instantly erected a high wall of life and death, and any steppe cavalry that crossed this wall would be immediately blown to pieces.

Even if a few cavalrymen desperately rushed through the fire net, thousands of armed crossbows awaited them, and not a single cavalry could escape in the face of thousands of crossbow arrows.

In this way, Uliji is the main attack, Xu Rui is the main defender, and the huge difference in numbers seems to keep the battlefield in a terrifying balance, and the only person who can break the balance is Xu Rui himself, who is still in the Khan Court.

After the initial panic, in the face of the unfavorable battle situation, Uliji seemed to realize this, and if he wanted to reduce casualties and win the battle as soon as possible, he had to cut Xu Rui off first.

And even if Xu Rui killed the Holy King Zhuoli Getu, he already had the ability of the devil, but in the final analysis, he was only one person, and he could never be the opponent of tens of thousands of troops.

Thinking of this, Wu Liji, who had just returned to the command position, immediately mobilized men and horses to encircle and suppress Xu Rui, who was still trapped near the king's tent.