568. Chapter 568: Victory Is So Natural
"I am the khan of Uzbekistan, I am the eagle of the steppe, I can fail, I can even die in battle, but I must not submit and surrender before any enemy. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info "Shaybani Khan said to himself in his heart.
"Cowardly Xue Army, advance!" With his command, one of the most powerful and terrifying troops on the steppe, the heavy cavalry covered in heavy scale armor or armor slowly rushed towards William's army.
The cowardly Xue army of the steppe, the last trump card of Shaybani Khan, was released by him without hesitation.
In countless battles, the Cowardly Xue Army appeared in the most critical and urgent places of the war, and launched the wildest and most dangerous charge. Their presence always exhilarates the hearts of their soldiers and always makes them think that they can win.
And that's exactly what happened. No enemy of Shaybani Khan, any cavalry suffered heavy losses against the Cowardly army - and for all these years, they had never failed the Shaybani Khan, the Uzbeks, except in the face of the defeat of the Centaur Celestial Pride of the Heavens, also named the Centaur Army, armed with elite centaur troops.
"It's just that now, I'm afraid it's a little ...... That's a problem. Shaybani Khan thought to himself, and he didn't know whether his cowardly army would be able to defeat the enemy. He didn't dare to ask for any of this, he just hoped that this army would be able to withstand the onslaught of the enemy. Able to block them.
In this way, he can convince himself and his subordinates that the enemy, while strong, is not invincible. They're going to find a way to deal with those guys, and they're going to be able to kill them all.
As long as this is the case, he has the capital to make a comeback.
"Can you do it?" On the other side, the most powerful cavalry of the Middle Ages slowly approached, and William could even see the cold light in the eyes of each of them hidden behind their visors.
This was an extremely powerful cavalry force, and William could understand their combat effectiveness with a little thought.
It's just that......
"This kind of outdated thing, don't just take it out and embarrass it. William sighed. At the same time, an order was given, the double-headed eagle temporarily halted its advance, and the musketeers, escorted by the cuirassiers, temporarily ceased hand-to-hand combat and began to regroup their formation, while at the same time stepping up their ammunition reloading.
Meanwhile.
That is, when William's main force was progressing well, on the left and right flanks next to it, the battle was still in full swing.
After the two sides began hand-to-hand combat, the Hereford family's artillery continued to fire. After extending the trajectory, they easily drew a higher parabola and threw the shell on the heads of the enemies further behind.
With the support of artillery, the Cossacks and nomadic cavalry fought very bravely. They were advancing just as fast and relatively smoothly. Although it was not yet at the level of the main cavalry unit led by William himself, it was already remarkable. It is even said that in the Middle Ages, it was enough for a khan with such a cavalry army to unify an entire steppe, launch a great expedition, and then win a great victory.
Tens of thousands of Uzbek troops are retreating on all fronts. Various tribes. This is true of any nomadic tribe, whether it is an Uzbek, a Tajik, a Kyrgyz, a Turkmen, or any other race. Nowadays, many people have made an awareness and decision, that is, to surrender, to rely on surrender, to rely on wagging their tails to the other side and begging for mercy to obtain the right and qualification to continue to live.
It's just that at the same time they are still hesitating, and at the same time there is a little bit of luck. The reason that can make them have a fluke mentality is that Xue Jun is cowardly. They still think they have the power to fight. If the Cowardly Xue Army can block the Empire's troops, then they can also be a little easier in the future. However, if the cowardly Xue army can't stop it, then they will ......
Without hesitation.
That's the way it is, while the armies of both sides are engaged in indescribable horrors on this grassland, when every second, hundreds or even more people die. The focus of the war has quietly changed. Both armies set their sights on the Cowardly Xue Army, which numbered nearly 3,000 men. Slowly, heavily, these men walked into battle. The route of the charge was then cleared. Then, in the middle of the Hereford family, Wilhelm von Hereford was at the forefront. The iron cavalry that shook the earth gave the warriors on the steppe a great sense of security, and they even had the illusion that they could win.
Of course, the illusion is just an illusion.
In the face of the cowardly Xue army who rushed towards him and looked like he couldn't stop eating, William just gave an order to open fire. Full fire. A total of two thousand carbines were aimed at those cowardly Xue soldiers, and only one salvo was fired, rushing to the front, the bravest, the best equipped, and the most combative cowardly Xue army soldiers' abdomen, ****, and blood flowers burst out one by one on their heads. Their heavy two-layer armor didn't give them the protection they expected.
Even, the shattered armor only added to their injuries.
After an earth-shattering salvo, the Cowardly Xue army suffered hundreds of casualties. The ferocity of the impact, the unrivaled posture was destroyed in an instant.
Also destroyed was their formation, and their confidence.
"It's over. William thought so, and then ordered loudly: "Praetorian Cavalry Brigade, charge with me!"
After his order, the Praetorian Cavalry Brigade charged.
"At least, then—"
After they moved, many of the nomadic horsemen felt comfort in their hearts. At least in hand-to-hand combat, they don't think their strongest ace will lose to anyone.
It's just a pity that they were disappointed again.
During the charge, it was not the knights at the front who began to attack, but the muskets in their hands.
Hundreds of revolvers quickly fired nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition in the first place, once again inflicting heavy damage on the Cowardly Xue Army's troops - if the previous shots, the Cowardly Xue Army could barely withstand it, then now it is completely inadequate. Hundreds, hundreds. Nearly 1,000 casualties had eliminated nearly a third of their troops, and their first front had been almost completely annihilated. In the ensuing impact, William's Praetorian Guard brigade, with little effort, annihilated them.
Very simple, very easy, for a campaign of this magnitude, the time it takes to annihilate such a force can only be described as "an instant".
That is, in an instant, the most powerful army of the Uzbeks, the Cowardly Army, was defeated. Thousands of soldiers were lost, and the losses inflicted on the enemy were minimal. It can even be negligible.
Although in the next step, the soldiers of the Cowardly Xue Army still rushed forward and shouted loudly one after another. And the Praetorian Guards of the Hereford family had no time to reload. The next thing that came into play was only a few hundred revolvers - which, while they did increase the combat effectiveness of the Janissaries, did not play a decisive role.
In the end, the two sides collided violently, blood and blood, steel and steel...... In reality, however, not many people pay attention to the fighting here anymore.
No matter how brave the cowardly Xue Jun is, no matter how good he is at fighting, no matter how generous or crazy his death is, he can no longer cause the heroism and waves in their hearts.
The Uzbek army was all frightened by the terrible scene of a third killed in an instant. The tribes closest to the main battlefield began to retreat and surrender. The unrest spread rapidly from these places, almost like a contagious disease. It's unimaginably fast.
Finally, after ten minutes, the entire battlefield was filled with nomadic cavalry screaming and howling "Defeated, defeated!"
These guys desperately slashed and killed the guys who blocked the road in front of them, and did not hesitate to meet their comrades in order to fight for a chance to survive.
And there are other guys who are like stupid, standing there in a daze, as if they don't know what is going on. Why did such a powerful Uzbek army be defeated in an instant, and even collapsed, and what was the reason for this?
Of course, more intelligent people know what to do. The leaders and leaders of the small tribes, who were accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder and had no discipline at all, dismounted without hesitation immediately after the defeat, and then raised their scimitars above their heads, shouting that they were willing to surrender.
The Uzbek army is gone.
Although it has only been three hours since the start of the war. Even the army in the middle part did not engage in battle. Of the hundreds of thousands of Uzbek troops, less than 20,000 were killed or wounded. Theoretically, Shaybani Khan still had 100,000 elite cavalry capable of fighting.
However, a collapse is a collapse. The morale blow to the armies of the Middle Ages was nothing short of devastating. The defeat was like a mountain. In this case, don't say it's Shaybani Khan, even if Genghis Khan is reincarnated, there is nothing to be done.
"......" took one last look at the flag, and Shaybani Khan gritted his teeth while secretly vowing that he would definitely return for revenge. Then he turned around without hesitation and fled with a small number of henchmen under his command.
When William's Praetorian Guard crushed the madman-like cowardly army and fought their way to the wolf's head, all they saw was a group of slaves who were at a loss because their master had left. Shaybani Khan had already run away.
"What a leader of the nomads. Afford to put it down. William thought so in his heart, and then snorted lightly, and waved the long sword in his hand, and the wolf's head snapped in response.
The winner is decided.