Chapter 983, unexpected

When the sentry saw that the enemy ship had suddenly approached the shore at some point, he was so frightened that he wanted to greet his companions. At that moment, a flurry of arrows flew like locusts, and before the sentry could make a sound, several sharp arrows were shot in the chest and the door, and he immediately climbed over the mast and fell off the watchtower. The other sentinels, as well as the Byzantine officers and soldiers who had stayed near the fence, were completely unguarded when they were suddenly struck by a rain of arrows, and many fell on board, and the scene became chaotic. The Byzantine officers and soldiers were like headless flies, completely confused for a moment.

"The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming! Someone pointed to the sea and screamed. Only then did the Byzantine officers and soldiers react and flocked to the sea to defend themselves.

Countless rafts rushed to the shore, and the Ming soldiers sent out a rain of arrows. The Byzantine officers and soldiers, who were hurrying to the beach, were caught off guard and were shot down in one piece. The Byzantine crossbowmen hurriedly returned fire, but the Ming soldiers had already raised their shields, and the arrows rained down and the water splashed on the sea, but they did not do much damage to the Ming soldiers.

The Ming soldiers rushed to the coast, with the Modao army in front and the other armies behind, slamming into the Byzantine army like a tiger out of the box. The Byzantine soldiers resisted desperately, but the Ming army's offensive was too fierce, and the sharp blade was so sharp that it couldn't resist at all, and it was smashed into pieces by the Ming army in an instant! The Byzantine soldiers were so frightened that they did not dare to fight again, and they turned around and ran away. The Ming soldiers chased and killed like tigers and wolves behind, killing flesh and blood, and killing corpses all over the ground.

Seeing the collapse of the army on the Byzantine shore, the Ming army was fierce. Byzantine Generalissimo Lambert hurriedly organized all the cavalry to counter-charge, and for a while, thousands of horses galloped, smoke and dust billowed and rushed towards the Ming army.

Yang Peng immediately reined in the war horse and raised the iron horse lance high. The army that was rushing forward immediately stopped, and the armies lined up on the spot, while the Modao army roared and rushed forward! In the blink of an eye, I saw the Mo Dao Army, wearing heavy armor and holding a Mo knife and axe, rushed into the enemy's war horse, only to hear a thrilling slashing sound, seeing people on their backs and turning over their horses, flesh and blood flying! From time to time, the Mo Dao Army was knocked out by the powerful impact of the war horse, and the Mo Dao Army wielded the Mo Dao big axe, slashing the knight and the war horse, like a tiger and a bear, roaring and fighting bloody! Although the Byzantine cavalry was outnumbered, they couldn't break through the resistance of the Modao army for a while!

Seeing that so many of his cavalry were blocked by thousands of infantry on the other side, Lambert couldn't help but be greatly annoyed, and constantly urged all the armies to charge, and he had a posture of not giving up until he reached his goal.

The two sides fought fiercely, killing the wind and clouds, and killing the ghosts and howling! The wave of attack formed by those Byzantine war horses was wave after wave, constantly rushing forward, powerful and thrilling! However, such an arrogant and ferocious iron hoof blade has never been able to break through the barrier of the Mo Dao Army in front of them, only to see that the soldiers of the Mo Dao Army are like iron tower rocks, standing in the stormy waves, standing still, arrows, spears, and long swords, hitting their bodies as if they were hitting on steel, sonorous, sparks splashing, but it is difficult to hurt the Mo Dao Army at all; However, the Mo knife and battle axe of the Mo Dao Army slashed and slashed in the past, but the Byzantine war horsemen flew on their backs! Those soldiers of the Modao Army seem to be the Grim Reaper from hell, unkillable, invincible, and fierce!

Just when the two sides were fighting bloodily, the sound of the Ming horn hurriedly remembered, even in this noisy and fierce battlefield, it was very clear. The Modao army, which was fighting fiercely with the Byzantine cavalry, immediately fought and retreated. Seeing that the Ming army began to retreat, the Byzantine war cavalry couldn't help but have a big morale, and they all clashed on their prancing horses and marched forward bravely, and they completely gained the upper hand in momentum for a while!

The Modao army fought steadily and retreated, allowing the enemy to roar and roar, but it was not chaotic.

Soon after, the Da Ming Mo Sword Army retreated into its own army formation.

The Byzantine war cavalry took advantage of a sharp spirit to rush into the Ming army formation, hitting the shield wall formed by the tower shield, and for a while it seemed like a storm crashing on the shore, and the momentum was overwhelming! However, this fierce momentum was quickly discharged, although the Daming shield defense line was riddled by the Byzantine war horse, it was still very intact, and the impact of the Byzantine war horse failed to break through the defense line at all! However, the impact of the Byzantine war cavalry was completely discharged, and tens of thousands of war horses were crowded in front of the Daming defense line!

At this moment, Yang Peng waved the iron horse lance forward, and thousands of Ming soldiers armed with crossbows fired arrows together, only to see that the arrows were endless, like flying locusts, and the Byzantine war horses crowded in front of the front had nowhere to hide. The Byzantine war cavalry hurriedly wanted to retreat, but at this moment, the Da Ming Mo sword army that had just retreated from the military formation came out again, and the bold sword went forward, killing the Byzantine war cavalry with blood and flesh flying and suffering heavy casualties!

The Byzantine horsemen hurriedly retreated. The Modao army stopped the pursuit and retreated into the formation, and the Ming army armed with a repeating crossbow fired again, and the dense rain of arrows continued to shoot at the back of the Byzantine war horse, and the Byzantine war horse running at the end fell to the ground one after another. In the blink of an eye, the Byzantine warhorses rushed out of the range of the repeater, and the Ming repeater stopped firing.

Lambert did not dare to attack rashly again, and ordered the armies to regroup. The Byzantine armies reorganized according to the order, and wanted to confront the Ming army with their backs to the sea. At this moment, the morale of the Byzantine soldiers is much lower than just now, and they are not very willing to attack the Ming army again.

After all, the Ming army had limited troops, and it did not come to attack the Byzantine military formation. The two sides confronted each other for a while. In the end, perhaps the Ming army felt that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it and took the initiative to retreat. Lambert breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered the artillery on the batteries everywhere to bombard the enemy. All of a sudden, the cannon roared, the water column on the sea soared into the sky, and from time to time the raft was blown to pieces by the tremendous power of the shells. However, because the Ming army was very scattered, the powerful artillery fire did not cause great losses to the Ming army. It was not until the Ming army retreated beyond the range of the artillery that the artillery fire from the shore batteries stopped bombarding. The noisy battlefield finally fell silent.

However, the Ming army did not retreat far, but retreated to a few small islands not far from the shore, and it seemed that they had not given up their intention to break through from here.

After this round of fierce raids by the Ming army, Lambert was so apprehensive that he didn't dare to be negligent anymore, and immediately carefully arranged the defensive matters, so that all the armies took turns to defend strictly.

When the arrangements were finished, Lambert prepared to return to the Great Tent to rest. Inadvertently saw the fireworks outside the barracks, and couldn't help but ask the officers around him, "What's going on outside?" Why are there so many fireworks? The officer next to him glanced at the huge fireworks outside the barracks and said, "That's our people cremating the bodies of the fallen soldiers." ”

Lambert frowned and asked, "How much have we lost?" ”

The officer said with a solemn expression: "There are more than 10,000 dead and nearly 10,000 wounded. Lambert was taken aback, and then muttered to himself: "I have long heard how strong the Ming army is. Originally, I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect them to be so tough! I've been on the battlefield since I was sixteen, but I've never encountered such a fierce and powerful army in all these years! Several officers next to him nodded in agreement. One of them couldn't help but say, "These Ming people don't look like people at all!" They don't seem to be afraid of death at all! Everyone's mood became a little solemn.

Lambert returned to the Great Horde, and after a moment's thought, decided not to mobilize troops from other places for reinforcements for the time being. It turned out that not all the troops of the 200,000 troops under Lambert were on the coast of Chechen Island, the army on this coast was about 100,000, and the other 100,000 were divided into several teams, respectively in other directions, but the south bank of the Caspian Sea was not arranged with troops and horses, for the people of the Byzantine Empire, if the Ming army went to the south, it would be unwanted, why send troops?

In the middle of the night, boom! There was a loud bang that shook the earth, and the earth shook violently! The Byzantine soldiers who had just fallen asleep were awakened and hurried out of the camp. Lambert was also awakened, only to feel the ground shake, the rumbling sound was incessant, frightened, quickly jumped out of the marching bed and rushed out of the big tent.

As soon as I came out of the big tent, I was surprised to see the fireworks rolling on the north fort and reflecting the night sky for half a day. At this time, all the officers and soldiers also looked in the direction of the North Fort, shocked and uncertain, and talked about it.

Several generals hurried to Lambert, and one of them hurriedly said: "Great commander, the enemy has raided our North Battery!" ”

Lambert frowned, and scolded anxiously and angrily, "How can this be? How so?! Then he shouted at several generals and asked, "How can the enemy raid the North Fort?" ”

Before a few generals could answer, there was another loud bang, and everyone only felt that the ground was almost unstable for a while. Hurriedly looking towards the south, he saw an incomparably huge flame rising from the south fort! One of the generals exclaimed, "South Battery! The South Battery was also attacked! Lambert came back to his senses and hurriedly ordered: "You immediately lead your men and horses to the South Battery and the North Battery to reinforce respectively!" Make sure to destroy the enemy once and for all! The generals answered and immediately ran down.

Lambert looked up at the South Fort with smoke and fire, his brow furrowed and his heart frightened. Immediately, he ordered his own soldiers to summon other generals, and ordered them to lead all the armies under their command to stand in battle to guard against enemy attacks! Before the sound fell, an earth-shattering sound of drums and horns was heard on the sea, and Lambert's face changed, and he urgently ordered the generals to quickly gather the army!

The Ming army rushed to the shore amid the fireworks on the fort and rushed to the enemy. The enemy teams hurried to meet the battle. Under the reflection of the firelight and the backdrop of the moonlight, I saw the figures of the people on the seaside, and the armies of the two sides fought together.

The armies of the two sides clashed fiercely on the coast. The offensive of the Ming army is becoming more and more fierce, and the Ming warriors led by Yang Peng galloped wildly among thousands of troops and horses, and killed the enemy soldiers on their backs and trembled! Whether it is a soldier or a general, the result in front of the Ming Dynasty is just death! I saw that the Ming Dynasty was mighty and mighty, and the horizontal knife was immediately invincible!

The Byzantine armies gradually began to be unable to support it, and Lambert couldn't help but feel anxious, and immediately led all the remaining horses to join the battle and fight back desperately! The battle became more intense, the sea light reflected by the swords and guns echoed with the sparkling waves on the sea, the blood rain flew all over the sky, and the soldiers on both sides kept falling in a pool of blood! The Ming army continued to increase its offensive, and all the horses and horses were desperately moving forward like crazy tigers and wolves, killing the Byzantine army with flesh and blood, and corpses all over the ground! At this time, the Byzantine army had no way to retreat, and they were all fighting desperately, and the roars were one after another, earth-shattering!

The fierce battle lasted until before the early hours of the morning, and the Ming army finally retreated.

Lambert felt only exhausted, and immediately ordered the armies to shrink their defensive lines and wait for them.

The Ming army retreated to the sea. At this time, the sun had risen, the earth was bright, and I saw the corpses on the battlefield on the coast, and the wild blood flowed in the canal, a tragic scene. When the Byzantine soldiers saw such a scene, they could not help but turn pale.

Lambert felt the tremendous pressure, and only felt that it was difficult to say whether he could withstand the enemy's breakthrough with his current strength.

Lambert saw that the Ming army would not attack again for the time being, so he returned to the big tent to rest.

As soon as he sat down, the general who had been sent to reinforce the South Fort hurried back and reported: "Commander, I'm back." ”

Lambert hurriedly asked, "How's the situation at the South Battery?" How many cannons are left? ”

The general said with a solemn expression: "The South Fort is almost completely destroyed!" The enemy set fire to the powder magazine, there was a big explosion, and the entire South Battery was razed to the ground! All the cannons are finished! ”

Lambert couldn't help but be furious, and asked angrily: "There are two thousand defenders on the South Battery, how could it suddenly be lost?" ”

The general said: "According to the survivors, the enemy's elite were all dressed in black and climbed up to the South Fort at night. They were defenseless, and by the time they reacted, many had already been killed. Just as they were about to fight back, there was a big explosion in the powder magazine, and most of them were killed in the explosion! ”

Lambert paced back and forth, looking very agitated.

Just then, the general who had gone to support the North Fort returned. Although Lambert knew that no miracle would happen, he couldn't help but ask, "What is the situation with the North Battery?" The general shook his head and said, "It's all over!" ”

Lambert's brows were knotted together, and he thought, "The enemy army attacked last night, and the intensity of the attack made my heart tremble now!" I'm just afraid that with our current strength, we won't be able to stop the enemy from breaking through! Now that the forts are completely destroyed, our situation is even worse! Reinforcements must be brought in immediately! When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but nod. Lambert immediately issued an order, ordering all the soldiers and horses stationed in other places to rush to reinforcements.

Lambert then carefully arranged the defense, preparing for another onslaught of the Ming army.

Since noon, the Ming army has been constantly clamoring on the sea to make an attack posture. The Byzantine soldiers were nervous.

At night, the Ming army was still only clamoring and did not really attack. However, this time the Byzantine soldiers did not dare to be careless, because they had already suffered a careless loss.

For many days in a row, the Ming army only made noise and never launched a real attack. The Byzantine side never dared to be careless, and the various armies took turns to wait for the battle, and after many days, they all felt very tired! However, even if he was tired, he didn't dare to be careless, and still paid attention to the movements of the Ming army on the sea.

After several more days, reinforcements arrived one after another from all over the country. The main forces under Lambert's command were all gathered, and the soldiers below Lambert felt as if they had eaten a reassuring pill and had a bottom in their hearts. At this time, the Ming army may have felt that there was no chance to take advantage of it and withdrew to the island of Chechnya.

Seeing this, Lambert and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. A general couldn't help but laugh and said: "It seems that the Ming Army is just like that, it's nothing remarkable!" The generals burst out laughing. Lambert was the only one who couldn't let go, and only felt as if something was wrong.

Seeing that Lambert was still frowning, a general couldn't help but ask in puzzlement, "Marshal, what are you still worried about?" Everyone's eyes immediately converged on Lambert's face.

Lambert frowned and glanced at the generals, and said, "Don't you all feel strange? Why did the Ming army only attack once at the beginning for such a long time, and the rest of the time it was only bluffing and did not launch a real attack! ”

The generals glanced at each other, only to see a particularly majestic and fierce general who said loudly: "I think they are also afraid of us!" Seeing that there were heavy casualties but failed to break through, he didn't dare to really attack! "The one who spoke, named Enzo, was Lambert's bravest general, who had just been transferred from Vladikavkaz. This Enzo is not only the first brave general under Lambert, but also one of the most famous brave generals in the entire Byzantine Empire.

After listening to Enzo's words, everyone felt that there was some truth. Although Lambert definitely had some truth in what Enzo said, he still felt that something was wrong. After seeing the bravery and fearlessness of the Ming army, he didn't dare to think that the other party would not attack because he was afraid. Take 10,000 steps back and say, if the Ming army is afraid, why do they keep clamoring and posing for an offensive posture these days?

Lambert couldn't figure it out, put this question aside for the time being, raised his head and said to the generals: "The Ming Army is definitely not the opponents we have encountered before!" They are not only fierce, but also very cunning, and everyone must be vigilant and not slack off in the slightest! ”

Everyone bowed to the promise, and Enzo shouted, "I'm afraid they won't come!" If it comes, I'm going to cut off the heads of a few so-called Ming warriors! The crowd laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became lighter.

After the meeting ended, Lambert walked to the map around the Caspian Sea, looked at the map and thought, he was considering the enemy's plans, but after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd. Shaking his head, he muttered to himself, "Maybe it's really me thinking too much." ”

At this moment, an officer rushed in and presented a flying pigeon biography, saying: "Great marshal, Your Majesty has sent a flying pigeon biography. ”

When Lambert heard that His Majesty had sent a message from the flying pigeon, he immediately turned around. Walked quickly to the officer, took the book, opened it and read it, and couldn't help but say happily: "Okay! That's great! It won't be long before Hu Si's ears are taken! Then he said to the officer, "George." The officer ran down as promised, and a moment later led an officer in. The officer saluted Lambert and asked, "The marshal summoned me, I don't know what to order?" "This general, named George, was a fair-skinned, handsome-looking middle-aged man who gave people a very reliable feeling.

Lambert walked up to George and said happily: "I just received a message from Your Majesty flying pigeons, and the capture of Hu Si's ears is just around the corner." George couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this. I only heard Lambert say again: "But Your Majesty's side is running out of grain and grass, and I need to immediately mobilize grain and grass to transport to the front of the army." The situation on our side is also very tense at the moment, and I intend to send you with 5,000 troops and horses to Vladikavkaz to receive grain and grass. Later, I will send a flying pigeon herald to the border troops to immediately transport the grain and grass hoarded in the border areas to the eastern battlefield. George answered and went down.

It is said that George received the order, and immediately did not dare to delay, and after returning to his camp, he immediately ordered his five thousand soldiers and horses to assemble, and led the team to set off after lunch.

The procession marched west along the coastline, day and night. A few days later, one night, the army arrived outside Vladikavkaz. However, the scene in front of me was unexpected. Vladikavkakaz, which was supposed to be very quiet, was brightly lit, the night sky seemed to be illuminated as daylight, countless figures clashed and swayed, and the loud sounds of fighting and screams could be heard clearly even from a long distance!

George was amazed and couldn't help but exclaim, "What's going on?!" Did Vladikavkaz find the attack ?! After a moment's thought, he immediately waved his army over. In his mind, no matter what happened in Vladikavkaz, he was the responsibility of the imperial general.

George led 5,000 soldiers and horses to rush to the city gate, and saw the black pressure outside the city, as if it was a large army.

Without thinking, George swung his troops forward. And the army also rushed up with a roar. Although George hadn't seen the appearance of the other party clearly, as soon as he saw the momentum of the other party, he immediately thought of the Ming army, and he couldn't help but be shocked and felt very confused.

In the blink of an eye, the soldiers and horses of the two sides collided together, and the Ming army rushed and killed like a tiger and a wolf under the leadership of a fierce general. George led his soldiers to support and fought a bloody battle with the Ming army, and the battle was very tragic. At this moment, a thousand-strong Ming war cavalry suddenly appeared on the flank of George's department, rushing up, slashing with a sword, fierce and fierce. The Byzantine army was caught off guard, and then it was swept away by the frontal Ming army, and it could no longer resist, and the army collapsed. The Ming army pursued and killed all the way, and the corpses of the Byzantine army were all over the place. The Ming army pursued and killed for more than ten miles, and then collected the troops and went back.

George was shocked, checked the losses, and found that most of the 5,000 infantry horses under his command had been lost.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.