Chapter 552: Breakout

"Pick up the speed, charge!"

Under the cover of the movement of the fighting in the distance, Jan Sobieski led the Polish hussars to gradually increase their speed and slaughter the dark Turkish position.

When he approached, he roared loudly, and his cavalry followed closely to increase the speed of their horses, raising their spears and entering the state of charge.

Although the sound of the horses' hooves galloping with thick cloth weakened the sound of the horses' hooves, the dull sound caught the attention of the Turkish sentries, who let out a frightened scream as a warning, but then the Polish cavalry rushed into the position like a tidal wave, overwhelming the Turkish soldiers who reacted before they could enter combat readiness.

"Enemy attack!"

A Turkish soldier had just raised his gun and tried to shoot at the Polish cavalry who had rushed into position, but before he could pull the trigger, a cavalry spear stabbed head-on, directly through his unarmored chest, and the cavalry pierced through his body entirely, and came from the other side, and a hussar passed past him, grabbed the piercing cavalry spear and pulled it out, and the Turkish infantry fell to the ground.

Bang bang bang –

After the Polish cavalry entered, the Turkish soldiers on the position raised their guns and fired, and for a time the guns on the position were loud, and the shooting of the Turkish soldiers did not cause effective damage to the Polish hussars, and in this dim vision, the arquebus was even more effective than a spear.

Under the night charge of the Polish cavalry, the defense line of the Turkish position was quickly torn apart, and the Turkish soldiers who had woken up from their sleep had just gotten up when they saw the Polish cavalry rushing as if they were coming in a steady stream, and they turned and fled in all directions in horror, without any intention of staying to resist.

Under the offensive of the Polish cavalry, the Turkish positions were quickly captured, and the Polish infantry also rushed into the positions, relying on the positions abandoned by the Turkish troops to deploy in preparation for a possible counterattack by the Turkish army.

The Polish cavalry was very fast, and they pierced the Turkish position like a sharp knife under the leadership of Sobiesky, and it was only after they penetrated deep into the Turkish position that the Turkish soldiers finally organized an effective defense under the roar of the officers and raised their guns to shoot at the Polish cavalry.

In the midst of the burst of gunfire, even if the vision was dim, but under the dense volley, there were still cavalrymen who were shot and fell from their horses from time to time, and Sobiesky saw that they were ready and knew that the command of continuing the attack would increase casualties, so he led his men to retreat.

On the other side, the Turkish army that tried to attack at night was also quickly repulsed under the counterattack of the Xia army, and they failed to get advantage even in hand-to-hand combat, seeing that more and more Xia troops rushed to support, they had to leave their corpses behind and retreat.

The failure of the night attack instead allowed the Polish army to seize a position, much to the annoyance of Koprulu Mustafa, but instead of taking his anger out on the withdrawn soldiers, he sent them back to the camp to rest and prepare for the next day's battle.

The day soon came, and the next morning, the coalition forces again attacked the Turkish positions, around which fierce battles ensued, with guns and artillery on the ground, and the positions were almost covered in gunsmoke.

In order to regain their positions, the Turks had to commit a large number of cavalry units, and the provincial Sipahi cavalry and the Moldavian cavalry brandished sabers and shouted and charged the position.

The horses' hooves rumbled, and the cavalry poured towards the allied infantry like a torrent, and from time to time artillery shells fell into the cavalry group, disrupting their formation, and the Xia infantry could only form an anti-cavalry hollow phalanx and shoot at the onrushing cavalry, so as to shoot a large number of approaching Turkish cavalry.

However, the Polish army did not have a tradition of forming a hollow phalanx to counter-cavalry, which also led to their infantry being at a disadvantage when facing the cavalry, and the Polish army's position was quickly overwhelmed by the cavalry, and a large number of infantry was swept under the horse's hooves, and the Turkish cavalry recaptured the position.

After this, the Polish army, having suffered heavy losses, did not retreat, but launched several counteroffensives under the leadership of Jan Sobiesky, and the positions changed hands from time to time, and both sides paid a heavy number of casualties.

The battle lasted until the afternoon of the same day, and in just one day, both sides lost thousands of lives outside the city, and the Turkish army also lost a large number of cavalry in the offensive against the Xia army, and the Xia army captured several positions instead.

The huge casualties caused a deep pain in the heart of Koprulu Mustafa, and the rest of the generals began to worry.

"Koplu Pasha, we can't continue like this, if we let the Xia army launch a fierce attack again, it is very likely that our positions on the outskirts of the eastern part of the city will be taken by them."

After the battle, one of the generals ran up to Koprulu in an anxious tone and persuaded him.

Several generals who came with him also echoed him, and a high-ranking officer of the regiment even bluntly said: "It is a dead end to continue to hold on here, and we strongly demand to break out and rely on the Danube line to defend."

"Do you all think so?" Pasha didn't answer, he looked at the other generals and asked rhetorically.

The generals all nodded.

"Okay." Pasha sighed and said, "Hold on for one more day, and if tomorrow's battle situation is still unfavorable to us, then we will break through to the south."

"Then we should find out the deployment of the southern Lithuanian army in advance." Said the general who first proposed the withdrawal.

Pasha did not object, agreed with him, and sent someone to inquire about the disposition of the Lithuanian army.

However, the news of their preparation for a breakthrough soon reached the ears of the governor of the principality of Moldavia, and just as Koprulu Pasha was about to enjoy his dinner, the governor Georgi III hurried before him, and as soon as he came up, he asked straight to the point:

"Koprulu Pasha, are you ready to break south?"

Koplulu raised his eyes to look at the eager look on his face, nodded, did not deny it, and said, "There is indeed such a preparation."

"What about Moldavia?" Georgi III asked, "These are the most loyal people of the Empire, and you can't give them up like this!"

"It's just no way." Koplulu is unmoved, there are more people loyal to the empire, you are special?

"And we're not sure we're going to break out yet." He emphasized.

Georgi III only felt that what he said was, and now that the situation was like this, if he said that he was ready to hold on, Georgi III would suspect that he was lying to himself.

However, Georgi III did not want the Rumelia army to defend here, he knew that if he continued to defend it, he would die sooner or later, and he was worried that Koprulu Pasha would abandon him here, so he ran to question him.

Koprulu was not a novice, and he couldn't see Georgi III's little thoughts, he sneered and said, "The empire will not let anyone die in vain, and your Moldavian army must also be ready to break through, and if the situation is unfavorable to us, we must not hesitate to abandon Suceava."

Hearing him say this, Georgi III immediately relaxed, he agreed, and without being annoyed by the ridicule, he turned away, ready to convey the order.

On the third day, the battle resumed again, and the Turkish army deployed most of its forces in the direction facing the Xia army, trying to recapture the positions occupied by the Xia army.

At the same time, they again invested thousands of cavalry, trying to gain an advantage in the battle with the Polish army again, but the Polish army learned from the Xia army the anti-cavalry hollow phalanx, although the phalanx they formed was not as stable as the Xia army, but by virtue of their numerical superiority, they were still able to protect the infantry in the phalanx in the face of the charge of the Turkish cavalry.

Therefore, the Turkish offensive did not make progress, in the rumbling of gunfire, a large number of Turkish cavalry fell and dismounted like dumplings, in a day of back-and-forth and pulling, the Turkish army did not achieve their goal, but paid a large number of casualties, the Polish army was not to be outdone, under the lead of Sobiesky, the Polish army also took a number of positions from the Turkish army, and the battlefield was full of corpses of soldiers on both sides.

The three consecutive days of fighting and tragic casualties made the Turkish army a little overwhelmed, this kind of casualties and the intensity of the battle were something they had never encountered before, where had they encountered this situation when they had fought with the Holy Roman Emperor before.

It's like, after the Xia army entered the war, the difficulty they faced skyrocketed, as if they had suddenly run from a low-level server to a high-level server to fight.

It's no wonder that the Turkish army has such an abstract feeling, the East Asian monster house is not for nothing, and it is equal in the degree of technology

In this case, the countries of East Asia have always been able to beat these countries in Europe.

In the face of soaring battle losses, Koprulu Mustafa finally strengthened his determination to break out, and he asked the whole army to count their belongings, bring enough rations and ammunition, and prepare for the breakout.

At the same time, he also found out the situation of the Lithuanian army in the south by means of the daytime battle, and he found that the offensive of the Lithuanian army was not strong, and the number of enemy troops in the south was smaller than that of the enemy in the other two directions, which made him a little puzzled at this time.

After all, the south is the only direction in which they retreat, and it stands to reason that the coalition forces should also deploy heavy troops in the south, why is it that there are fewer troops in the south, which seems more suitable for breaking out?

This unusual situation made Koprulu a little uneasy, but he had ordered the whole army to prepare for a breakthrough, and now that the arrow had to be fired, he could only make sure that he did not fall into the enemy's trap as much as possible.

And so on, after three days.

On January 24, the Turkish army made a perfect plan, their main force will break through from the south, and the partial division will attack from the other two directions, feigning a breakthrough to attract the attention of the coalition forces, and the main force will take the opportunity to crush the Lithuanian army in the south in the fastest time, opening the way for the army to break through.

In order to be able to open the situation as soon as possible, the Turkish army concentrated all the cavalry units in the army, including 5,000 provincial Sipaxi cavalry and 2,000 Moldavian cavalry, and opened the way with cavalry, forming a huge torrent to attack.

On the morning of the 24th, the Turkish army was the first to start the battle, and the Turkish artillery took the initiative to launch an artillery bombardment on the allied forces, and under the cover of the rumbling artillery bombardment, 7,000 cavalry launched an attack on the Lithuanian army in a position that could almost make the earth tremble.

The Lithuanian army, which was preparing to attack, saw that the Turkish cavalry was attacking on its own initiative, and immediately understood their intentions, and Lithuanian Marshal Krzysztof Zavisa immediately ordered someone to convey the enemy situation to the friendly army, and at the same time organized the army to meet the charge of the Turkish cavalry.

However, the simultaneous attack of 7,000 cavalry was enough to frighten the brave warriors, and under the charge of the Turkish cavalry, the Lithuanian army only had time to fire a few shots, and the infantry did not even dare to raise their guns to shoot, so they turned and fled, allowing the Turkish cavalry to rush into their formation, and the fleeing Lithuanian infantry was caught under the hooves of the horses.

The Lithuanian army was almost at the touch of a button, and the entire position was filled with fleeing Lithuanian infantry, and the artillerymen, after firing the shells, abandoned the artillery in terror and fled like the infantry.

Lithuanian Marshal Krzysztof Zavisa, though aware of their plans, was still painful to see his men flee under the ravages of the Turkish cavalry, and he could only gather as many soldiers as he could, making way for the Turkish army, and watching the Turkish army break through from their positions.

Koplulu looked at the defeated Lithuanian army, but he didn't think much about it, even if he entered the era of hot weapons, the formation of a huge number of cavalry charging at the same time was still not something that the infantry could resist, and if the Lithuanian army could stop them, it would be a miracle.

"The army is moving fast, we must break out within today!"

Koprulu Pasha ordered the Turkish infantry to follow closely behind the cavalry and launch a fierce attack on the Lithuanian defenses, extending the gains and crushing the Lithuanian troops who were still trying to fight back.

Soon, the Lithuanian army, having left corpses strewn on the ground, was forced to retreat, allowing the Turks to break through their lines.

The news of the Turkish breakthrough soon reached the ears of the Xia and Polish commanders, and Fu Xinghua and Sobiesky invariably chose to launch a general attack, eating up the Turkish divisions that attracted their attention, and inflicting greater damage on them before all the Turkish troops withdrew.

Then, under the orders of the Allied high-brass, all the artillery was fired in unison, and the shells almost tore apart the attacking troops of the Turkish army, and in the deafening sound of shelling, the allied infantry and cavalry shouted to attack.

Once again, the Polish hussars played their elite role, forming a neat line and holding their cavalry spears in front of them, like a wall pressing down on the Turkish infantry.

In the face of the menacing cavalry, the Turkish infantry only had time to release a volley of fire, and then turned around and fled screaming under the powerful pressure, but how could they run on two legs

Four-legged, they were soon overtaken by the hussars, their bodies pierced by the spears, and when they fell, they were swept under the horses' hooves and trampled into puddles of abominable meat sauce.

Under the offensive of the coalition forces, the Turkish army was defeated and retreated, and finally had to retreat to Suceava, although Koprulu Pasha was aware of this, but he looked at the main force that had already broken through most of the siege, and had to give up the troops that had retreated to Suceava to ensure that the main force could break through.