Chapter Seventy-Three: This is a man with Eastern cunning and Western pragmatism
Before Kublai Khan sent his troops, he also sent light horses to the front. A little scouting of the situation with the artillery arrays of the Norman Empire. While frightened by the thousands of artillery pieces of the Normans, these light cavalry also obtained some valuable information. As Mr. Wen said before. The Norman emperor placed heavy troops around the artillery emplacement. More than 100,000 elite Norman infantry were on standby. Spears are like forests, bows and crossbows are like rain. It is the only way to restrain cavalry. If you really hit your head, I'm afraid you will really hit your head and break the bloodstream.
After learning the news, Kublai Khan felt a little lucky, and at the same time developed greater confidence in attacking the Norman military camp. This time, he brought with him the strongest troops under his command to attack the Norman barracks. 10,000 reorganized Xue troops, and 30,000 Mongol heavy cavalry. In total, there were 40,000 elite heavy cavalry. If things really go according to what the man said, the attack was successful. He won the battle by eight points.
As soon as he thought of this, Kublai Khan became excited. He shouted: "Mongol warriors, follow me to defeat those Normans and show the strength of our Mongol army!"
Fifty miles to the west was the Norman barracks. Kublai Khan sent reconnaissance cavalry first. The news was received that the Normans were lax and unguarded. It seems completely unaware that our army is going to attack them. After receiving such news, Kublai Khan was even more elated. With a group of Mongol heavy cavalry, the troops divided into three lines and launched a charge towards the Norman camp.
And the Norman soldiers stationed at the gate of the barracks, seeing the enemy coming, were embarrassed. There was neither an alarm nor a return fire. Instead, he threw down his weapons and fled. The gate of the Norman barracks was easily taken by the Mongols. Kublai Khan laughed when he saw this. I only feel that I have already succeeded half of the success this time. Thinking in my heart, that obscene Han man does seem to be of some use.
So Kublai Khan commanded the army to swarm in, shouting and rushing towards the middle of the camp. However, the Mongols overturned more than a dozen military camps in a row, but found that they were empty, with neither troops nor weapons and equipment, grain, grass, baggage, etc. And watching the Mongol army enter, there was no sound in this large camp. I didn't see a single mouse.
That's it, after Kublai Khan heard about these situations, he naturally knew that he had been fooled. His complexion suddenly turned pale. Immediately wanted to order the army to break through. However, at this moment, countless Norman soldiers suddenly came out of the army camp. Slash wildly with a long-handled battle axe. The barracks are cramped, and there are barracks fighting everywhere. The Mongol cavalry could not stretch. The cavalry, which had lost its mobility, was inferior to the infantry. In addition, he was ambushed and panicked, and he was afraid that even fifty percent of his combat power would not be able to be displayed. The Mongol army panicked and only thought about escaping. Even Kublai Khan was so.
However, when they tried to escape, they found a raging fire burning at the entrance of the camp. A wall of fire cut them off from the Mongol troops outside the camp. The Mongol soldiers couldn't help but secretly complain. Seeing the hideous Norman army approaching step by step, some simply put down their weapons and surrendered. However, the Norman soldiers had already been ordered to kill. So no matter how the Mongols cried and begged for mercy. They all killed him ruthlessly. As a result, the Mongols were even more panicked.
"Rush! Although this fire is big, there is still a trace of life when rushing out, staying here, it is absolutely dead!" Kublai Khan was a generation of heroes after all, and after a moment of panic, he had an idea. Immediately afterwards, under the escort of a group of heavy cavalry of the cowardly Xue army, they rushed towards the flames. The rest of the Mongol heavy cavalry did the same. Rushed over with a hard head.
This smoky fire trampled on each other. The Mongol troops suffered many more casualties. The Mongol cavalry that burst out of the flames were not really safe. The Normans had already ambushed the elite cavalry on the periphery - a total of two Norman knights in a thousand-man squad and a Norman royal knight in a thousand-man team. and the Centaur Reading Legion, which is arguably the strongest combat force in the Norman army. A total of 8,000 elite cavalry launched another round of fierce charges towards the mutilated, frightened Mongols!
"Damn, break through, break out!!" Kublai Khan didn't have a good way at this moment. can only command the remnants of his army to break through. However, despite the ambush, fire and trampling. The Mongol army suffered heavy casualties. But there is still about a quarter, and the troops of nearly 10,000 heavy cavalry can fight. Despite their low morale. There is little will to fight. But at this moment, there is really nothing to do except continue to rush hard.
At the critical moment, Kublai Khan played at a high level, commanded his heavy cavalry, and launched round after round attacks on the Norman iron cavalry that surrounded them. He knew that the greatest threat to them was the group of five thousand centaurs. To stay alive. This Emperor Mengyuan had no choice but to do so. The most elite heavy cavalry of the Cowardly Xue Army under his command were all left. Specifically to block this group of centaur troops.
Under the command of the Lord of Princia. Five thousand centaur cavalry in three groups. On the front, a thousand over-armored centaur knights dressed in special plate armor suppressed the heavy cavalry of the Cowardly Xue Army. The centaur lancers and centaur hussars on both flanks gave full play to the impact of the mobile surname and the centaur troops. Fiercely attacked the flank of the Mongol cowardly Xue army. Suppressing them to the death. The Mongol cowardly Xue army was suppressed and could not move.
However, this group of cowardly Xue troops was the main force of the first class of the Mengyuan Empire after all. Despite being at an absolute disadvantage, despite such a terrible battle, morale was mostly wiped out. Although it is against a centaur who can be called the world's first cavalry race. But he was still able to grit his teeth and persevere. The county lord of Printhia on the other side was also a little helpless. There was almost no way to divide the forces to besiege the rest of the Mongol cavalry that was constantly breaking through.
The enmity between the centaurs and the Mongols can be said to be as deep as the sea. At the height of the Centaur tribe, there were 100,000 soldiers and 400,000 Cuman servants. Occupied the entire upper Volga River, a large steppe west of the Ural Mountains. It can be called a hegemon. However, all of this ended up in the hands of the Mongols. Of the hundreds of thousands of centaur tribes, only 10,000 were finally killed by the Mongols. Even after all these years of recuperation, the number of old, weak, women and children combined is less than 30,000. had to completely submit to the Norman Empire and lose its status as a reading country.
Although in the Norman Empire, a more civilized life was lived, and the standard and quality of living were quite high. But that doesn't mean the centaurs won't continue to miss their "golden age". It does not mean that they have given up their hatred with the Mongols. In a way, the centaurs surrendered to the Norman Empire, not so much because Egil married their lord or because he was sheltered. Rather, it was because of the war relations between the Normans and the Mongols. Let the centaurs feel that they can take revenge by taking refuge in the Norman Empire.
For a moment, despite this centaur reading army. Fundamentally, most of them are Egil, soldiers exchanged from the system. However, the memories in their minds are still connected to the world. So the hatred for the Mongols is comparable to that of the aboriginal centaurs. The enemies were very red when they saw each other. Can the Centaur Reading Legion not fight hard?!
Seeing this group of centaur legions with red eyes and attacking like wolves, Kublai Khan was terrified. He also participated in the war between the Mongols and the Centaur Khanate. I've seen the horror of a centaur swarm. However, the technological level of the centaur khanate was no different from that of ordinary nomads. There was neither heavy full-body plate armor, nor heavy giant cavalry spears, nor the level of Norman training.
However, despite this, the frantic assault of the centaur force still made the Mongols feel uneasy. It's just that this time, looking at it again, seeing this group of centaur knights who had passed through the Norman Empire, wearing four-millimeter super-heavy plate armor and holding a giant three-and-a-half-meter-long cavalry spear, and seeing them lined up in a dense array and launched a neat charge, Kublai Khan felt that the combat effectiveness of the Centaur Khanate he had seen before was simply weak.
Under the constant charge of centaur knights and lancers, the cowardly Xue army suffered heavy losses, and the speed of casualties was as fast as a snowball in a furnace. It's about to be unbearable.
"No! I'm afraid the cowardly Xue army won't be able to stop those monsters for too long! If we can't break through again, we will be wiped out!" Kublai Khan was frightened and angry, brandishing his scimitar and shouting loudly. At the same time, he finally performed his trick of pressing the bottom of the box, the Khan Eagle! Suddenly the morale of the Mongol army was greatly boosted, and the combat strength increased dramatically. Kublai Khan personally went out and led the charge. Finally broke through the encirclement composed of Norman knights and royal knights. Break out with a few remnants of the defeated general.
However, those Norman knights, the royal knights didn't seem to care, and saw a group of Mengyuan heavy cavalry break out, neither panicking nor chasing. Just a few times to storm the gap. Filled up the live. He continued to press the troops in the encirclement to attack.
Kublai Khan was anxious and didn't have time to think about it. Seeing that the opponent did not come to pursue, he was a little lucky. He continued to urge his horse to run in the direction of his camp. It's just that before he has taken a few steps, another group of cavalry came out of the oblique down. It was the Hussars that the Norman Empire was proud of! The Norman Hussars, which belonged to the light cavalry, were the fastest, and were the most suitable for chasing down the router. No wonder the Norman knights, who belonged to the heavy cavalry, did not care about the enemy who broke through. It turned out that the Norman army had other preparations!
The Norman hussars were as fast as the wind, and they were about to catch up with this rout. Kublai Khan sighed in his heart: "Bitter!" But he didn't know what his surname was!
(To be continued)