Chapter 671: Defeat in the first battle
Obviously, the Timurid Imperial army that was besieging the city also discovered the Ming cavalry rushing from the east, a clear proof that the stone cannons besieging the city were becoming more and more sparse, and the raging fire in the city was gradually extinguished. Moreover, all kinds of banners and dasu written in unknown languages gradually mobilized towards the east where the Ming army was located.
Encirclement and reinforcements, the purpose of these Timurid imperial armies is obvious.
Ma Hamu originally wanted to take advantage of the other party's panic to strike first and lead the troops forward to attack for a while, but now it seems that the other party has taken precautions and rushed forward, I am afraid that he will be in the middle of the situation, so he chose not to move. However, the leader of the other team, Abdul Chin, did not have the vision of Mahamu, and his humble background was not able to understand these military strategies, and he could not see that the other party had taken precautions, but instead pulled the reins of the horse, and the war horse man stood up, and the war knife in his hand pointed directly at the enemy's army.
"Warriors of the Immortal Heaven, for the glory of His Royal Highness King Yan!"
The Mongol surrenderers shouted, and without any order, they ran diagonally towards the troops of the Timurid Empire.
Although it claimed to be a member of the Golden Family, the Timurid Empire at this time was actually more Islamized than Mongolian. And because its country is mostly in contact with Turkic forces, its tactics also have the shadow of Turkic people. Their ranks consisted of cavalry, but more often were Islamic infantry armed with scimitars and shields. And among the cavalry, there are more shock cavalry with sharp weapons, and there are even camel riders riding camels.
A group of archers galloped in front of the Timurid Empire's army array, and the sergeants drew arrows and bent their bows, and the arrows in the sky shot at these Timurid Empire soldiers like locusts, making the sky dark.
On the side of the Timurid Empire, the leading generals shouted in an incomprehensible language, and then a low horn sounded, and the well-trained Islamic heavy infantry raised their round shields in unison, and the sound of arrows hitting the shield was endless, but few soldiers fell.
Seeing that the arrows were useless, Abdul Chin couldn't help but be furious. In the past, when he served in the Warat army, he often heard Sudieer and Ugqi Hashha and others boasting about the glory and strength of the Mongols, but now although he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, he only felt that only the army of the Ming Dynasty could defeat the Mongols in this world, so why not put these strange armies in strange costumes in his eyes? He was so anxious that he threw away his bow and arrows, and took up the broadsword hanging from the saddle, and shouted, "Rush over and level them!" ”
The Mongolian cavalry is usually mostly archers, but at the critical moment, they can also break through the formation, hearing the shout of the main general, the surrendering troops did not hesitate, simply stopped releasing the arrows, and concentrated on holding the scimitar in their hands.
In the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the Mongol army led by Abduchins and the Chinese army of the Timurid Empire became one. The Mongol army was like a hammer, smashing into the formation of the Islamic infantry. The array of Islamic infantry was being killed and retreated, but at the same time, the momentum of Abduchin's advance was also blocked, and the advance of the battle line became slower and slower, almost falling into a melee.
When the cavalry rushed into battle, what they were most afraid of was that they could not break through it in one go. If they get caught in a scuffle, they lose the most advantageous mobility of the light cavalry and are surrounded like lambs to the slaughter.
The generals of the Timurid Empire naturally did not let go of this opportunity, and the Turkic cavalry on both flanks began to move, these cavalry were serious shock cavalry, although they did not wear the same heavy armor as the European heavy cavalry, but even the men and horses were covered by tough cowhide armor. Seeing that Aduchin's headquarters was dragged by the Chinese infantry, the cavalry on both wings stretched out like two crab claws of a crab, and wanted to leave no piece of armor from the flank and rear to flank this Mongol army.
"Aduchin, withdraw your troops!"
Fortunately, Mahamu saw the opportunity quickly. Seeing that Abdul Chin did not stop, Mahamu immediately reacted. At that time, he was sweating profusely, and then immediately ordered his soldiers to hurry up with him. Mahamu's army was mostly related to his Rus' clan, so both in terms of organization and training, it was much more elite than that of the grassroots Aduchin, and he went against the usual practice of the Mongols, so that the cavalry was tightly grouped and aggressive, and galloped towards the Turkic cavalry who wanted to encircle Aduchin's department.
is also a shock cavalry, and sometimes it is actually a momentum. Mahamu did not let go of the arrows, and let the cavalry charge in a group, and the black smoke and dust rolled up could be described as overwhelming. The generals of the Timurid Empire were suddenly in a dilemma, and continued to eat the part that was dragged by the infantry, which was equivalent to exposing their butts to the Mongol cavalry who rushed over; Regardless of the part that was dragged, directly order the cavalry to hedge against these Mongolian cavalry, then the situation has become a hard confrontation again, and the arrangement of this encirclement and reinforcement is arranged in vain, but it is unnecessary.
The reckless one on the left and right has already dropped a lot of corpses, and the first battle is already a victory, and his own military strength is superior, so why take this risk again? Therefore, the generals of the Timurid Empire ordered the banner to be spread, the Turkic cavalry on both wings stopped the encirclement, and the central army, Abduchin, who was almost caught in a melee, also slowly began to retreat under the response of Mahamu.
Not long after, Zhu Di and Fei Ju led the 10,000 Ming troops of the Chinese army to arrive at the battlefield, and the bright sun and moon hung the sky flag, and the Timurid Empire's Black Sky and Three Red Sun Flags began to confront each other on the battlefield.
"Why don't you wait for Your Highness's army to arrive? It has damaged the morale of our army! Fei Ju was very angry at the defeat of the two members of the former army, and with the horsewhip in his hand, he wanted to whip Mahamu and Aduqin who were kneeling on the ground to vent his anger, but after being persuaded by Zhu Di, he was still angry.
"Your Highness, Abdul Chin has lost the prestige of His Highness, and he should have died. But Abduchins was not reconciled! ”
"I also ask His Highness to leave Abduchin's life here and allow Adulqin to ...... Atonement for sins! ”
Since Abduqin surrendered to Zhu Di, he has been practicing Chinese for days, and now he even knows the idiom of atonement. Zhu Di stared at him for a long time, and then said to Zhang Yu: "Pull Aduqin down, and beat him with thirty military sticks first." ”
"If you are reckless in the future, you will be killed directly."
"Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness! Abduqin was overjoyed when he heard this, and was happily escorted down by Zhang Yu's people.
Zhu Di patted Ma Hamu's shoulder again: "You are very good, you really live up to the trust of this king." ”
"This king originally thought that you would choose to die rather than save you, and used the Timurid Empire to pull out the thorn in the side of Abduchin...... But you don't. This time's loyalty, this king will remember it in his heart. ”
"Thank you...... Thank you, Your Highness! Mahamu's voice was shrill in thanks, but there was a cold sweat on his back. This King of Yan let Abduqin lead the army to spearhead with him, which originally meant to supervise on the side, and in his heart at that time, he actually had the idea of borrowing a knife from the Timurid Empire to kill people.
However, seeing the very different battle formations of the Timurid Empire and the Mongols, he still chose to send troops to rescue Aduchin. Now he is extremely glad about this decision at that time, this Yan king of the Ming Dynasty is actually using this Timurid Empire to test his loyalty.
There is no basis for Mahamu to believe that once he defects to the side of the Timurid Empire, or makes any betrayal of the Ming Dynasty, His Royal Highness the King of Yan of the Ming Dynasty can also capture himself again and crush his bones and ashes.
(End of chapter)