Chapter 91: The Law of Interspersing

Because Alikjiang and Gelhan had fought for the hegemony of the Western Frontier Alliance to the point of saber rattling, even if the Turks came forward to mediate, but the two sides still had a grudge, therefore, this time they joined forces to crusade against Metasequoia City, Loulan State and Che Chi State not only made a clear distinction when the two armies set up large camps, but also guarded against each other, and even when they went out to fight today, they failed to maintain a safe and effective distance between camps in accordance with the combat routine.

It stands to reason that when two friendly armies are in line to meet the enemy, they should focus on protecting the position of the junction, and the closer the two sides are, the better, so as to better take care of each other's flanks. However, the junction of the battle formation, which was supposed to be only a dozen paces away, was now pulled away by Alikjiang and Gelhan by a full two hundred steps.

In this way, it is tantamount to invisibly tearing a huge "gap" in his overall defense line.

Before the war, Duolun had questioned this, and he wanted to warn the two kings not to be so willful on the battlefield, and to quickly close the distance between the two sides and try to get as close to each other as possible. However, the Marquis of Durham dissuaded Doron. Durham believed that the Western Xinjiang coalition army had strong troops and held the offensive initiative on the battlefield, while the Metasequoia defenders absolutely did not dare to abandon the fortifications and run outside the city to fight field battles, so it was not a big problem for the two armies of Loulan and Chechi to keep a little distance away.

After all, it is not easy for the two sides to put aside their contradictions and join forces to send troops, so it is better to have more than one thing, and stop tangling with trivial issues, and force the soldiers on both sides to come together.

In this way, several experienced and experienced generals finally compromised such a low-level loophole.

And this loophole happened to be seized by the Metasequoia garrison.

Xu Youchang led the white-robed soldiers, constantly speeding up and sprinting, and poked at the "soft underbelly" of the Western Xinjiang Coalition Army.

The open terrain of two hundred paces was not blocked by half a minute, like a flat and spacious corridor, allowing the white-robed army to gallop and quickly go straight to the rear of the coalition position.

Durham and Doren, who were watching the battle from the rear, were suddenly taken aback by the spectacle in front of them.

The large formation composed of 70,000 or 80,000 people has a depth of at least two or three thousand steps, not to mention that the entire formation is impermeable, but at least it can withstand a similar number of enemy troops to launch repeated attacks. But now? The opponent's 1,000 cavalry, as if they were in a no-man's land, actually quickly cut in from the center of the large array, and rushed all the way to the back.

Both Turkic generals were equally determined that these terrifying ghost-faced white-robed troops were specifically coming for them. However, the key problem is that at the moment they don't even have half of the soldiers around them. In a hurry, Durham and Duolun didn't even bother to say hello to Alekjiang and them, so they turned their horses' heads in a panic and ran away.

Almost at the same time, Alikjan and Gerhan were equally shocked.

The most terrible thing about the confrontation between the two armies is not how tragic the battle situation is, but the beautiful penetration of their flanks and rear by the enemy. As long as the weak link on the flank is broken through, or the back road is cut off, then no matter how many soldiers and horses you have, you will immediately fall into a critical situation.

The two kings of Western Xinjiang watched at this time, and a large white figure ran all the way to their rear between the Loulan army and the Che Chi army.

"Change formation! Change formations! Hurry up and change formations! ”

"Listen to my orders and quickly adjust the formation!"

"All of them, turn left, turn left! Idiot! To the left, not to the right! ”

"Archers, archers, get ready! Shoot them for me! ”

"Shield, I need a shield here, the white-robed army is coming at me!"

"Don't run! Don't mess around! ”

The camps on both sides were like cold water poured into a pot of boiling oil, and they suddenly exploded. Everywhere there were people shouting and shouting, and all sorts of contradictory orders were sent from camp to camp. The generals who led the team instantly entered a state of hysteria, while the soldiers were more at a loss.

Tens of thousands of troops stood on tiptoe and craned their necks as they watched the white knights fly in front of them.

Xu Youchang led the ghost-faced white-robed army to rush to the rear of the enemy without stopping, then turned to the left, bent a graceful arc, and rushed directly towards a phalanx in the last row of the Loulan army.

This goal was chosen very cleverly.

First of all, this is a purely infantry battalion dominated by short knife hands, which is not very mobile; Secondly, because their position is relatively close to the middle, and there are brother troops on the left and right sides, when the line of sight is blocked, it is almost impossible to see the direction and changes of the white-robed army. So at this time, I patronized and inquired about what was going on, and I was completely unable to make psychological preparations to turn to the enemy in time.

When the ghost-faced white-robed army rushed up with their buttocks, the first reaction of this group of Loulan infantry was - run!

As a result, a new rout was born.

This time, the white-robed soldiers did not drive the enemy deserters to continue to advance as before, but took advantage of the chaotic situation to suddenly turn and rush into another infantry phalanx next to them, and opened fire.

The phalanx that was impacted, because the brothers next to them collapsed at the touch of a button, became like a frightened bird, and now the white-robed army coincidentally selected them and launched a bloodbath, how could there be any thoughts of fighting, immediately hugged the head of the rat and fled.

And just like that, a second rout appeared.

Seeing that he had succeeded repeatedly, Xu Youchang pulled the reins unhurriedly, and then took the whole team back around, which was able to intercept the first group of routs before, like driving sheep, forcing them to turn around and rush to the left.

As expected, the third rout arrived as promised.

Seeing that the camps behind him were about to be completely disrupted, Alikjiang was so anxious that he jumped to his feet on his horse, and he hurriedly handed down the order, dispatched several teams of the main cavalry, and rushed forward to intercept the white-robed army.

However, what is extremely strange is that the white-robed soldiers rushed left and right in the rear of the Loulan army, constantly driving the phalanx of soldiers, and were always able to avoid the interception of the opponent's main cavalry through a large group of routs.

Although the fierce Loulan cavalry was anxious to fight against the white-robed army, they were so angry that their comrades were running around and getting in the way, completely blocking the way forward, so that they were obviously not far from the white-robed army, but they couldn't even touch the corners of the opponent's clothes, and they were so angry that they almost vomited blood.

However, fortunately, at this time, several Loulan divisions deployed in front of the large array had already turned around, opened defensive formations facing the rear, and gradually surrounded the white-robed army, and specially reserved gaps between the formations for those routed soldiers to flee in an orderly manner.

The situation is developing in favor of the Loulan army.

At the same time, although Gelhan's Chechi troops were not attacked by the white-robed army, he was not idle.

While gathering and reorganizing the four defeated phalanxes, Gelhan ordered the remaining four main phalanxes to turn to the right, and strictly defend the already chaotic Loulan army formation to avoid a surprise attack by the white-robed army.

Alik Jiang, the king of Loulan, was busy directing his subordinates to turn around and intercept, and Chechi Wang Gehan was busy leading the troops and horses to deploy the whole team, and both of them focused on Xu Youchang and the white-robed army, but they completely forgot that on this battlefield, there was another powerful enemy army.

The big array of the three metasequoia garrisons!

Since Xu Youchang led the troops to battle, the command of the three phalanxes was handed over to Lin Feng and Du Jian.

While directing the soldiers to reorganize and stabilize their positions, the two of them organized Ma Mu's Minfu team to rush the wounded to the rear city for treatment.

At this time, the Metasequoia garrison that remained in place still maintained a combat strength of about 15,000 people.

These soldiers of Metasequoia City witnessed the whole process of the white-robed cavalry charging into battle to kill the enemy, and they were all excited and excited. The white figure galloping through the enemy ranks is more effective than any motivation.

The morale of the Metasequoia garrison has been boosted!

At this time, the giant war drums on the city tower suddenly sounded.

Accompanied by the sound of war drums, Du Jian raised his long knife and roared angrily: "Brothers! The commandos have disrupted the enemy's position, and now, it's up to us. Don't disgrace Metasequoia! Don't embarrass adults! - Kill me! ”

"Phew! ——”

Fifteen thousand soldiers responded in unison and rushed towards the Western Xinjiang Coalition Army.

At the same time, the heavy cavalry of the 5,000 former army, which had been waiting for action in the city, also appeared from the city gate and rushed out at this time, covering up from afar. The smoke and dust raised in the sky and the sound of hooves like muffled thunder suddenly created an earth-shattering momentum for the general charge of the Metasequoia Army.

The king of Loulan, Alikjiang, who was originally full of self-confidence, was completely caught in a dilemma at this moment.

The white-robed army that was constantly attacking behind him had not yet been restrained, and there was a group charge with rapid momentum in front of the opponent, and for a while, Alikjiang didn't know what to do.

The three infantry phalanxes that had already been transferred to encircle the white-robed army had now received a new order and were hurriedly transferred back to resist the frontal attack of the Metasequoia garrison. That state of panic and panic was in stark contrast to the gradually approaching metasequoia terracotta.

No need to fight, the winner is already divided!

The two Metasequoia Army arrays, together with the iron cavalry of the front army that rushed from the rear, a total of more than 10,000 Metasequoia warriors rushed to the Loulan army and launched a strong attack.

And the other metasequoia phalanx, under the command of Lin Feng, slowly moved towards the Che Chi army next to him, stopped at a distance of a stone's throw and silently monitored.

Gelhan immediately stepped forward, surrounded by panicked Che Chi soldiers.

He looked at the Loulan people who were already in a bitter battle not far away, and then looked at the Metasequoia army in front of him who were eyeing but did not attack, and seemed to understand something in his heart.

Gelhan hurriedly handed down an order, asking his subordinates to put away their weapons and slowly retreat in the opposite direction to the Loulan army, gradually widening the distance between the Western Xinjiang coalition forces.

Unexpectedly, after Che Chi's soldiers and horses began to act according to the order, they had been staring closely at their metasequoia phalanx, and they also moved back a distance very tacitly.

At this moment, Gelhan finally understood the meaning of the Metasequoia Army: as long as you don't prevent us from beating the Loulan people, we won't move you!