Chapter 489 Siege and Annihilation (Middle)
In the past, this land first belonged to the Sushen Kingdom, and later to the Buyeo Kingdom, and after the collapse of the Buyeo Kingdom, it constantly changed owners.
The people of the Tatar and the Goguryeo people have occupied this place successively, but at this time, the owner of this land is the Xia Kingdom, and this is the land of the Xia Kingdom.
This is the place where the Sumosui and the difficult water meet, and in later generations it was called Matsubara.
But today, 1,500 years ago, it was still a wild land, and it was on this land that another great war began.
The Sumo water, which originates from Tianchi in Changbai Mountain, and the Beinanshui, which originates at the northern end of the Daxing'an Mountains, converge thereafter, forming a special terrain surrounded by water on three sides, similar to a polygonal pocket peninsula.
When Wang Ze used all means to force the army of the photographer into this land, and then mobilized 500,000 troops on the east bank of Sumoshui to completely block the exit from the east, the more than 100,000 Turks in the department of the commander of the commander of the Marquis of Luo had become caged birds and turtles in the urn, and they could not even escape.
With nearly three times the strength of the army to deal with the enemy, the probability of the Xia army winning is at least ninety percent or more when the battle is fought to this point, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Xia army is not weaker than that of the Turks, but Wang Ze is still unwilling to take it lightly.
If the Turks really seized the opportunity to flee from the battle, or killed a large number of Xia soldiers in a desperate counterattack, not only would the Xia army, which had an absolute advantage, be humiliated, but it would even have a far-reaching negative impact on the Xia army's future operations.
Therefore, up to now, Wang Ze still insisted on completely destroying the Shooting Map Department with an absolute superiority of 500,000 troops on the east bank of Sumo Water, instead of sending 100,000 cavalry troops in advance to deal with the Anluo Department on the west bank of Sumo Water as others suggested.
This is a battle about the fate of two countries and two races, and its impact is far-reaching enough to affect the political pattern of future generations for hundreds of years or even thousands of years.
Even if he now has an absolute advantage, Wang Ze is still unwilling to be too frivolous, fighting a war is an extremely serious matter, who knows if there will be any major changes in the future?
Under Wang Ze's cautious mentality, hundreds of thousands of Xia Jun were like a tightly run machine, without any mistakes, so the only glimmer of hope in the heart of the photographer was completely shattered.
Although the more than 170,000 Turks opposite the Xia army were all cavalry, the first to attack was still the 200,000 infantry army under Wang Ze.
Many people think that cavalry must be better than infantry, but this is actually a misunderstanding.
Even if the Mongolian iron cavalry in later generations claimed to be invincible in the world and conquered almost the entire world from east to west, this is still a misunderstanding.
In fact, the Mongols did not rely on the so-called invincible cavalry to conquer the world, but after conquering the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia, they relied on the powerful infantry army composed of the Han and other ethnic groups here, as well as a large number of advanced war weapons, to capture the incomparably strong cities.
The well-commanded, well-trained, and battle-minded infantry army has always been the most powerful combat unit in the Cold Weapons era, and the cavalry can defeat the infantry mainly by relying on strong mobility to drag down the infantry that is not good at long-distance travel.
Therefore, in ancient times, whenever there was a positional war, any country used the weapons of the infantry army to be sharper and more sophisticated, although the cavalry had better mobility, but it was precisely because of the need to ensure the mobility of the cavalry, which led to the fact that whether it was a bow or other weapons, its power was not as strong as that of infantry weapons.
In order to make this battle smooth, Wang Ze not only transferred the ironclad army of Liu Wancheng, but even transferred the ironclad army of Luo Huan's department, which had been fighting in the land of Sanqi, if it weren't for Yang Pengfei's department to assist in the battle in Yangwu City, Wang Ze would have mobilized more ironclad troops.
The two powerful ironclad armies combined were 20,000 people, and after forming a well-organized battle formation, it was really a steel jungle, coupled with the 180,000 infantry troops that followed closely behind, and with all kinds of long and short weapons, the large chariots were simply ghostly.
When the battle is fought to this point, all conspiracies and tactics are floating clouds, and everything on the battlefield is built up by troops, and what is fought is the strength of troops and the will to fight.
It is not too easy for the Xia army to crush the Turks with a total of less than 200,000 people with an army of more than 500,000 people at this moment.
The large flat plain created by the confluence of the three rivers was particularly suitable for cavalry charges, but for the Xia infantry group led by the ironclad army, such a flat terrain was also very suitable for their battle.
After all, a considerable number of soldiers, especially the ironclad soldiers of the ironclad army, weighed dozens of catties, plus the various chariots and trebuchets pushed forward by the infantry behind, the flatter the land was more suitable for their actions.
The two ironclad armies under the command of Luo Huan and Liu Wancheng used to be in the East China Sea and Sanqi respectively, so most of the soldiers had little to do with each other, and there was a little bit of competition between the two at this time.
They marched side by side, with 180,000 infantry troops lined up behind them, and the sound of chariots advancing, the sound of armor colliding, and the sound of rolling drums and low horns behind them made people feel that even the air was filled with a chilling aura of slaughter. The egg hurts
The photographer's eyes stared solemnly at the seemingly boundless Xia Jun infantry in front of him.
He knew that the two armies at the forefront were the ironclad armies that had become famous now, and he didn't know how many cavalrymen had died under the horse-cutting giant swords in their hands.
This class of troops is no longer unique to the Xia Kingdom, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which has almost unified the Northern Central Plains, is also building its own similar army, but the Northern Zhou is called the Modao Army.
Mo is the meaning of the road, and the meaning of the Mo Sword Army is the direction of the blade, and you can cut out a road, in fact, the weapons and tactics they use are the same as the Iron Armor Army of the Genxia Army.
The photo admits that the Xia State ironclad army is extremely strong, and they have also shown this with their own achievements in the past twenty years, but for some Central Plains people to call it the nemesis of cavalry, the photo is a little dismissive.
A unit like the Xia State Ironclad Army has too high requirements for soldiers' physical fitness, martial arts, weapon costs, armor, etc., and belongs to the top combat power in the army, so the strength of the Xia State is at most the current scale, while the cavalry troops of the Grassland Empire have no such restrictions.
The nomadic forces that occupy the entire desert steppe have the most vast pastures in the world and almost the most war horses.
Their people have lived on horseback almost since birth, chasing water and grass to migrate, and most of them, both boys and girls, have learned to ride horses and use bows and arrows since they were five years old, so as long as they are steppe people, they are natural cavalrymen.
In the past, there were tens of thousands of people in the history books, but in fact, it refers to the number of men over the age of twelve in this tribe, not that there are so many armies in this tribe.
The natural advantage has led to the fact that the steppe people have always been known for their large and cheap cavalry tactics, such as the current steppe overlord Turks can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of cavalry, and they also have a large number of vassal tribes and city-states.
In the photo's view, if there were only 20,000 ironclad troops in front of him, he was confident that he would encircle and annihilate them in one go, even if the casualties might be larger, there would be no problem in encircling and annihilating them, but the photograph was facing not only 20,000 ironclad troops at the moment, but also 180,000 infantry troops, and more cavalry.
"How can you say that you have no clothes, you are in the same robe with your son, Wang Yuxing is a teacher, you cultivate my spear, and you have the same hatred with your son······"
The loud war song was gradually sung in the Xia army, with a sense of passion, but no sadness, and the kind of fearless spirit of generosity and disregard for oneself and ignoring death.
The battle song was first sung by Luo Huan, who was at the front of the team, he had never fought with the grassland cavalry in Sanqi for all the years he had followed Wang Yong, and at this time he was able to fight with the grassland empire recognized as the most powerful in the world, which made this man with superior force particularly excited.
A song without clothes, sung by Luo Huan's loud voice infected these ironclad soldiers around them, they seemed to have felt the heroic scene of the Qin people who lived in the west a thousand years ago when they resisted the powerful Xirong, at this moment all they could trust was the robe around them.
So the soldiers of Luo Huan's ironclad army, who were at the forefront of the entire army, also sang while keeping up with Luo Huan's steps.
Dozens, hundreds, thousands, and then even Liu Wancheng led his soldiers to sing, driven by 20,000 ironclad troops, more than 100,000 infantry troops behind him also sang, and 200,000 people sang in unison, as if the air was vibrating.
Maybe the singing voices of the warriors are really not very good, and the southern and northern tones are all concentrated, but the masculinity that is full of them seems to sweep the sky, and even a few eagles hovering high in the sky are so shocked that they almost fall from the sky, and then they are frightened and hurriedly flee from this airspace.
At this moment, Wang Ze, who was sweeping the formation in the rear, was moved to tears!
Yes, how can you say that you have no clothes, and you have the same enmity with your son!
Before, the Turks suddenly attacked the east with a million-strong army, and the pressure on themselves and the Xia Kingdom was too great!
Although you have always been full of confidence, fighting in a large army does not mean that you will definitely win if you are well prepared, and many accidental factors are likely to make the side that should have won lose and eventually become the loser of the big war.
Xia had just eliminated Goguryeo for less than two years, and the people of the original Xia Kingdom, the Han people of Goguryeo, and the Han people of the Central Plains had not yet been able to completely integrate.
For this reason, when Wang Ze insisted on concentrating his forces to win the Liaodong battlefield first, he was also particularly worried that Yangwu City and the various armies in the lower reaches of Nanshui would not be able to resist the attack of the Turks, even after annihilating the vast majority of the troops under the command of Daluo, he was still extremely nervous.
After all, the Turkic army on both sides of the river still has nearly 400,000 people, and if they join forces, the Xia Kingdom will still face great pressure.
Now, after a month of strong siege, the 170,000 Turks have finally been blocked in this corner, as long as they can achieve another great victory, even if the other two Turkic armies are not injured at all, Wang Ze is still satisfied.