Chapter 943, The Battle of the Forwards
Kshatriya was a famous general, and at this time, although he was terrified, he did not intend to run away immediately. Glancing at the generals, he cheered them up and said, "Although the enemy is menacing, we are on the defensive side, and they can't defeat us!" Then he said: "There is a great opportunity to teach the Ming people a hard lesson, so as to frustrate their ambitions!" ”
When everyone heard this, they all showed curiosity.
Kshatriya continued: "The enemy's vanguard is only 60,000 horses, and our strength is more than four times theirs! We can take this opportunity to wipe out their strikers in one fell swoop! And then the enemy army will definitely not dare to go deeper! ”
The generals were originally very frightened and at a loss, but after hearing Kshatriya's words, not only did the panic disappear without a trace in an instant, but also the excitement came up. They shouted one after another, looking like they were eager to fight the Ming army immediately.
Seeing that the morale of the generals had recovered, Kshatriya immediately ordered: "Immediately send an order to the three armies, start an attack, and be sure to destroy the vanguard of the enemy army in one fell swoop!" "The people will make a promise together.
On the same day, the 250,000 Tianzhu army marched forward and met the forward troops of the Ming Dynasty. Kshatriya's intention was obvious, that is, to try to take advantage of the time difference between the Ming striker and the main force to annihilate or crush the Ming Eighth Army in one fell swoop with four times the absolute superiority of troops, so as to hit the morale of the Ming Dynasty and create favorable conditions for holding their own territory.
The marching party, which was leading the attack of the Eighth Legion, received a report from the scouts in front of him, saying that the Kshatriyas were pouring out of their nests and killing them head-on, and the distance was only about ten miles. Xingfang was not only not surprised at all, but was very excited, and immediately reported to the soldiers under his command: "Brothers, the enemy army is pouring out of the nest and coming at us, and the time has come to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!" The officers and men of all armies shouted one after another, everyone was excited, and the officers and men of the Eighth Army had long been staring at the opportunity to make great contributions.
Ma Jin, deputy commander of the Eighth Legion, said to Xingfang: "General, why don't I lead the cavalry to attack first and frustrate their spirit!" ”
Xingfang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Go ahead!" ”
Ma Jin was overjoyed, and immediately led 10,000 cavalry of the Eighth Army to leave the brigade and run forward.
The 250,000 Guishan army was divided into three parts: the front, the middle and the rear, and the army was rolling like a tide, and the momentum was indeed very amazing. Leading the front army was Imperial Marshal Singar, the forward general of the Kshatriyas. Riding a tall horse, wearing heavy armor, and eyes in all directions, he is also powerful. The vanguard army consisted of 60,000 horses, including 10,000 cavalry. According to the plan formulated by the Kshatriyas, the forward troops would first engage the enemy, and then the central army of Kushan would separate the two flanks to outflank the Ming army, in order to annihilate it in one fell swoop. And the rear army remained at the end, just in case.
Singer was leading his army forward, when suddenly, one of his scouts appeared in view, riding over a hill of owls.
Singer Lerma waited. The scout galloped up to Singel, reined in his horse, and said urgently: "Marshal, enemy cavalry, cavalry is coming!" ”
Singh didn't care too much, and said angrily: "The enemy army is coming, why should you be so alarmed!" ”
The scout hurriedly said, "No! They're already here! ”
Singhal was taken aback. Immediately, I saw a black tide gushing out in front of me, surging all over the mountains and fields, and it was the Ming War Horse. Singal was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the cavalry to block the attack, and the infantry formed a formation.
The infantry army panicked and hurriedly gathered, and 10,000 war horses rushed out to meet this Da Ming war horse that suddenly appeared.
The two cavalry hedged each other at high speed, like two surging waves. The Guishan soldiers raised their scimitars and howled, but they were not weak.
Suddenly, the Ming War Cavalry shot a dense rain of arrows. The Kushan generals, who were charging at high speed, turned on their backs. When the Guishan soldiers saw the opponent shooting with mounted archery skills, they couldn't help but panic.
In the blink of an eye, the two torrents slammed into each other, and when they landed, the swords and guns were cold and snowy, and the men and horses fell to the ground one after another. The Ming army was indomitable, stabbing with spears, slashing with horizontal knives, and killing the corpses of Guishan soldiers and flying people on their backs! The Guishan soldiers were originally still violent, but now they saw that their opponent was as unstoppable as a landslide and tsunami, and infinite fear surged into their hearts, and in an instant, the clouds and stars fell, and they collapsed on all sides! With the same number of troops, the Kushan War Cavalry collapsed like this!
Singhal saw his own cavalry collapse, and his face couldn't help but change greatly. Looking back at your own infantry army, they are still in a hurry and in chaos! Singhal was flustered for a moment, and he didn't know what to do!
He didn't know what to do here, and the Ming army over there wouldn't wait for him to think of a countermeasure before attacking. I saw that the rolling tide rushed to the front of your army's infantry army in a blink of an eye! The Guishan soldiers saw that the enemy army had rushed in front of them, and the people were like tigers and horses, like dragons, fierce and abnormal, and murderous, and before they could engage in the battle, the thoughts of fleeing for their lives surged in the hearts of countless people! I saw that the entire army formation fell backwards, and many people even turned around and fled for their lives!
In the blink of an eye, the Ming war cavalry led by Ma Jin slammed into the middle of the enemy army! Iron hooves rushing, indomitable, the Ming soldiers waved their knives and guns frantically, flesh and blood flew in the air, seeing the fleeing Guishan soldiers fall one after another, and the screams became one! Singal stared blankly at the scene in front of him, swept away by the rout. The Kushan army completely collapsed, and tens of thousands of soldiers and wolves rushed everywhere.
The Ming war cavalry crushed the Guishan army in one fell swoop, only to feel unfinished, and continued to chase and kill! Swords and guns are ruthless, and blood is raining all over the sky! Lecturer Guishan was panicked and ran around like a headless fly!
When the Ming Dynasty cavalry collected the troops, only corpses were seen all over the wilderness, and blood flowed into the wilderness.
Kshatriya, who was leading a large army of the Chinese army to advance, suddenly received the news of the rout of the front, and was so shocked that he quickly ordered the army to stop advancing. Immediately, I saw the soldiers of the defeated army constantly rushing from the front, all of them were terrified, like lost dogs. Seeing such a scene, the Guishan soldiers couldn't help but feel turbulent. The generals under the command of Kshatriya were originally excited about the annihilation of the Eighth Army of the Ming Forward, but at this time they couldn't help but panic. The Kshatriyas, on the other hand, couldn't help but waver in the previously designated plan to annihilate the Ming forward troops.
Where the helmet had been discarded, the embarrassed Singh came to Kshatriya, and with infinite shame in his heart, he fell down on one knee with his head down.
Kshatriya couldn't help but be angry, and asked, "Where is your army?" ”
Singal did not dare to look at Kshatriya's angry face, and said with infinite shame: "Our army has been defeated! I don't know how many escaped? ”
Kshatriya paced back and forth, looking infinitely angry, "I want you to form a stalemate between me and the enemy's forward troops, and you have been defeated in the blink of an eye......
Singh did not dare to hide it from the emperor, and immediately reported according to the truth: "The last general does not dare to deceive Your Majesty, in fact, in fact, it was not the Eighth Legion that defeated us, but, but the 10,000 cavalry of the Eighth Legion!" ”
When everyone heard that the 10,000 cavalry of the Eighth Army had beaten the 60,000 strikers under the command of Singer like this, they couldn't help but look at each other, their hearts were frightened, and they couldn't speak for a long time.
At this moment, one of the scouts rushed to Kshatriya and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the enemy has arrived!" ”
Everyone was startled and hurriedly looked into the distance. I saw a Ming war horse appear on the hill in the distance. Singhal exclaimed, "They are the ones who defeated us!" ”
The Kshatriya did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered all the horsemen to prepare for the battle, and at the same time ordered all the infantry to form on the spot. The 200,000 Kushan troops were busy on the board, and tens of thousands of cavalry were separated on two flanks, ready to resist the charge of the opponent's cavalry, while the infantry troops hurriedly lined up on the spot. With three layers of shields in front, spears in the back, and crossbowmen in it, the shields are like walls, and the spears are like forests, and as far as the eye can see, it seems to be endless.
The Guishan army hurriedly formed a battle formation, only waiting for the Ming war cavalry to charge the formation. However, the 10,000 Ming warriors were always on the hill in the distance, and they did not charge, and they didn't seem to have the intention of charging. Seeing that the Ming warriors didn't seem to have the intention to attack, the original panic couldn't help but let go, and many people shouted insults at the Ming warriors in the distance to show their bravery, and the scene was noisy for a while!
After another moment, the Daming War Horse still didn't make any movement.
Kshatriya's heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Not good! We were fooled! All the generals looked at Kshatriya in bewilderment.
Kshatriya said urgently: "Order the infantry to retreat immediately, and the cavalry will be broken!" A general asked puzzledly, "Why did Your Majesty retreat?" ”
Kshatriya glared and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense, give orders quickly!" ”
When the generals saw that the emperor was angry, they did not dare to be wordy any longer, so they prepared to go down to deliver the order.
However, just then, a scout sped in. Without waiting for the war horse to stop, he rolled off his horse after that time, crawled to Kshatriya with a rolling belt, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the main force of the enemy's Eighth Legion has arrived!" ”
Everyone was shocked, and Kshatriya frowned and muttered, "It's late! It's late! Then he said to the generals: "The order just now is canceled, and all soldiers and horses are ready for battle!" Then he looked into the distance, and saw that countless soldiers and horses appeared on both sides of the Ming war cavalry in the distance, and the Eighth Legion of the Ming Dynasty had arrived!
Seeing the panicked expressions of the soldiers, Kshatriya couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and immediately raised his voice: "Don't be afraid, everyone! We have an army of 200,000 and the enemy is only 60,000, and we will definitely win this battle! When the Guishan soldiers heard this, their panic subsided a lot, and everyone showed an excited and impulsive look on their faces.
The Eighth Army of the Ming Dynasty approached until it stopped three hundred paces in front of the Kushan Army.
Kshatriya immediately shouted: "It's now, the whole army charges!" The war drums of Guishan rang out, and nearly 200,000 horsemen rushed towards the Ming army like a rolling tide!
"Change formation!" Xingfang yelled. The 60,000-strong army immediately changed formations and formed six circular battle formations in a very short time.
"Shoot the arrows!" With a roar from the side, countless arrows flew out of the Ming army and fell into the rolling tide of enemy troops, causing countless ripples. The momentum of the Kushan Army's attack has been hindered to a certain extent, but it is still rolling in the tide.
"Hedgehog Array!"
I saw that countless shields quickly formed a defensive line, and countless spears quickly stretched out from the gap between the shields, and in an instant, the six large arrays turned into six huge hedgehogs.
The Guishan soldiers were extremely excited, everyone was running wildly, everyone was shouting, and regardless of the change in the opponent's formation, they just rushed away, eager to level the Ming army in one fell swoop!
In the blink of an eye, the rolling tide of soldiers slammed heavily into the Ming army array, and then surged by. The Great Ming Shield Player used all his strength to resist the surge of power. Although the tide of Guishan soldiers was surging, although it instantly surrounded all the military formations of the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to break through the defense line of the Ming army.
After a few moments, the momentum of the Kushan Army's surge was greatly weakened. At this moment, Xingfang shouted: "Fight back!" ”
The six hedgehog formations immediately spun around, and the sharp blades of the spears continued to sweep through, and the soldiers of the Kushan Army who were close at hand couldn't dodge at all, and they all screamed and fell! The hedgehog array rotated and moved forward, reaping the lives of the soldiers of the Kushan Army one by one like a combine harvester, and only flesh and blood flew on the scene! In the face of such an impeccable battle formation integrating attack and defense, the officers and men of the Guishan Army didn't know what to do for a while, and they couldn't help but panic, and they kept retreating under the continuous advance of the opponent's battle formation! The wave of aggressive attacks not long ago seemed to be about to recede at this time, and the scene seemed to be a little chaotic.
At this moment, the army formation of the Ming army suddenly dispersed, and at the same time, the sound of killing suddenly rose, like thunder! The officers and men of the Guishan Army were all shocked, and they saw the Ming War Cavalry rushing out like a flood that opened the gates! When the timid suddenly saw such a scene, they couldn't help but turn around and run away, and those who didn't run away were also frightened and at a loss!
In the blink of an eye, the Daming War Horse crashed into the middle of the Kushan Army like a violent wind, like a wind sweeping away the fallen leaves! The horse stepped on the knife and slashed, the corpse accumulated blood and flew, and the entire Kushan army was shaken!
At this moment, the Daming infantry army attacked in an all-round way, with thousands of Mo sword troops as the vanguard, roared into the Guishan army, and rushed forward bravely, killing the enemy's flesh and blood, and stepping on the corpse blood and water to move forward! The officers and men of the Kushan army became more and more chaotic, and the more they fought, the more panicked they became, and finally, I don't know which army was the first to go backwards, and the entire army collapsed like a collapsing flood! Kshatriya tried to forbid it, but where could it be forbad, and the Kushan soldiers, whose morale had collapsed, threw away their armor and abandoned the wolf and ran for their lives! Even the Kshatriya himself was carried by the rolling tide of rout, and he couldn't help himself at all.
The Ming army pursued and killed all the way, and killed the corpses of the Guishan army all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.
The Kushan soldiers fled all the way, unable to hold their feet at all, and two days later, the remnants of the defeated army poured into the Kushan capital of Khulna. Immediately afterwards, the Ming Dynasty cavalry approached the thin city, and the city swooped. In a panic, the Kushan soldiers abandoned Kulna and fled from the south gate. The Ming cavalry invaded Kulna, leaving only a few men and horses to guard, and the brigade continued to pursue the enemy through the city.
At this time, on the field, on the official road, the mountains are full of wild people, and as far as the eye can see, they are all fleeing Kushan people, everyone is dragging their families and mouths, and their hearts are full of fear. Seeing the Ming Dynasty cavalry rushing in, the pot exploded when they ascended in the wilderness, and the people fled in all directions in exclamation, even discarding their furniture and property.
However, the Ming War Cavalry didn't pay attention to these Kushan people at all, and galloped forward all the way, catching up with the Kushan army and nobles who were fleeing for their lives, killing countless people in a burst of fierce killings! The Kushan army and nobles abandoned almost all their belongings and fled for their lives. The Daming War Cavalry chased and killed all the way, fought three battles in a row, and killed the Guishan people in all three battles!
The Kushan people fled for their lives, only to feel that this journey was like a trip to hell. The agony of the escape was finally over, and the city of Kolkata was ahead. Emperors, ministers, remnants of the defeated army, nobles, and the fleeing populace swarmed into the city of Calcutta.
Immediately, Kshatriya received an alarm that the Ming war cavalry had arrived near Calcutta, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and quickly ordered the city gates on all sides to be closed immediately to prevent the Ming army from breaking in.
At this time, there were still many nobles, common people, and armies who did not have time to enter the city, but Kshatriyas did not care so much. The gates of the city were closed on all sides, and a large number of Kushan people were blocked from the city. Thousands of people crowded under the gates of the city and shouted angrily, but the soldiers who defended the city did not care about them.
A moment later, a thunderous roar reached everyone's ears. People couldn't help but follow the prestige, and they saw the fierce and terrifying Ming war horses rushing like a tide.
The Kushan people outside the city were so frightened that they immediately fled in all directions like ants in a frying pot. The city gate was ready to guard against the attack of the Ming warriors.
In the blink of an eye, the Ming war cavalry came to the city like a violent wind, and then the dense arrows roared straight up to the city, and the Guishan soldiers on the city fell to the ground one after another, and the people's hearts were panicked. However, with the encouragement of the leading generals, the Kushan soldiers finally did not repeat the responsibility of the previous Kulna, although they were all terrified to the extreme, but they still guarded the city wall gate and did not escape.
The Ming war cavalry attacked for a while, and when they saw that the enemy army had not collapsed, they turned away. The Guishan soldiers at the head of the city couldn't help but cheer loudly when they saw the Ming war cavalry retreating, and everyone was extremely excited to raise their weapons, looking at the appearance, as if they had won a big victory.
However, the joy of the Kushan people did not last long, two days later, the Ming army came to the city, only to see the sword as strong as a forest, the army as strong as a mountain, the banner surging, murderous! The Guishan people at the head of the city saw that the Ming army was so powerful, and they were already panicking before the war began.
The Kshatriya climbed the city wall to supervise the battle, constantly cheering up his soldiers, but everyone turned pale and showed fear, as if the Kshatriyas' encouragement had no effect.
Shi Liancheng looked at the current city wall and ordered: "Pass the order, and the infantry army will attack the city." One of the generals asked, "General, don't you wait for the artillery team to come up?" ”
Shi Liancheng smiled: "There's no need for that, let's attack!" ”
All the ministers agreed to the promise and immediately issued an order.
Immediately, the drums of the Ming Dynasty and the sound of the horn rumbled loudly. The Guishan soldiers on the city were already flustered, and at this time, when they heard the Ming war drums and horns outside the city suddenly sound, they were even more frightened, and many people couldn't help but tremble!
I saw 10,000 Ming infantry soldiers rushing towards them shouting, only carrying simple ladders. Since the Ming army had just arrived, it was too late to make siege equipment, so only rudimentary ladders were available.
"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! Seeing that his soldiers were all in a daze, Kshatriya hurriedly shouted.
Only then did the Guishan soldiers react and hurriedly released their arrows. The rain of arrows flew down, but almost all of them hit the shield of the Ming army, crackling loudly, but it did not cause much damage to the Ming army.
In a blink of an eye, the Ming army rushed to the city wall, put a cloud ladder on the head of the city, and began to ascend the city. The city of Tianzhu, although there are also city walls, but the defense facilities are far less perfect than the Ming Dynasty, only the city walls but no moat, so the Ming army can attack the city wall by itself, eliminating the link of filling the moat.
The Guishan soldiers hurriedly threw the rolling stone sassage wood towards the Ming army that was ascending the city, which also played some role, but soon, the Ming warriors climbed the city and entered the middle of the Guishan army! I saw the cold light of the horizontal knife flying up and down, killing the flesh and blood of the Guishan Army.
Seeing that the situation was critical, the Kshatriyas immediately urged all armies to fight back. However, the Guishan soldiers were already frightened after seeing the Ming army rushing to the city, and they threw away their weapons and turned around to flee for their lives, and Kshatriya couldn't hold back at all. The defense line at the head of the city collapsed in an instant, and then the Ming army opened the city gate, and the main force of the Ming rushed in! The Guishan people had no intention of fighting and only fled for their lives, some of them escaped from the city, but most of them did not have time to escape from the city and became prisoners of the Ming army! At this point, Calcutta also fell.
The so-called Kushan Empire founded by the Kshatriyas had only two ministers, one was Kulna as the capital, and the other was Calcutta, which was now breached. Aside from these two big cities, all that remains are small towns and villages that can't be put on the table.
After the Ming army occupied Calcutta, it only rested for two days, and then divided its troops into two routes. One route was led by Si Xingfang, and the remnants of the Kshatriya army were defeated and attacked the Peacock Kingdom established by Moïse, the former generalissimo of the north of Tianzhu, from the west, while Shi Liancheng himself led another way to the east, forcibly crossed the Mohanadi River along the coastline, wiped out the 30,000 defenders of the Mauryan King, and then attacked Bhubaneswar, the northern important town of the Mauryan Kingdom.
Located on the north bank of the Mohanadi River, Bhubaneswar is one of the five largest and most developed cities in the Moïse-controlled region, and the most important city in the north of the Mauryan Kingdom. This city was forced, and it can be said that the entire northern region of the Peacock Kingdom was completely under the threat of the Ming army.
Hyderabad, the capital of Moïse, is located at the eastern foot of the Deccan Plateau.
An officer was reporting to Moïse and several important ministers: "......, we have just received urgent news from the border that Kshatriya Khulna and Calcutta have been lost, and Kshatriya has fled into our country with only a few hundred retinues, asking for asylum!" ”
Moïse was shocked and looked at the ministers. The ministers obviously didn't react for a while, they looked at each other, and they couldn't speak for a long time.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.