Chapter 543 [Victory on the Plain of Loton]

"So, Panin won this battle?"

In the world-famous castle in Loulan City, in the warm study, Du Weiwei stood by the fireplace, staring at the roaring fire, picked up a piece of firewood at random and threw it in, and asked in a low voice in an indifferent tone.

Standing beside Du Weiwei was the middle-aged nobleman.

"This battle, Panin did win. ”

Du sighed slightly: "Although with Paning's ability, winning a battle is not too unexpected...... But I'm still curious about how he won. ”

"Panin spent half a year in Nulin Province, and one of the biggest things he did was to reorganize his armaments.

After taking over the military affairs of Nulin Province, he did something that everyone was shocked, he broke up the armies of the two divisions of the original Thor's Whip. The two cavalry regiments that were directly subordinate to the two divisions were transferred, and the cavalry battalion of the division generals of the original two divisions was added, and these elite cavalry were organized into a separate army, which was temporarily called the First Independent Cavalry Regiment.

This independent cavalry regiment is a reinforced regiment, consisting of two cavalry regiments of the original Thor's Whip and the personal guard cavalry battalion drawn from various generals, with a strength of about 4,000. ”

The middle-aged man said slowly in a very careful tone: "In addition, the local garrison army of the second line of Paning's rectification, as well as the original logistics baggage troops, have transferred all the horses and formed a cavalry unit with the elite backbone selected from the second-line garrison army. The elite Cheng dù of this cavalry unit is naturally far inferior to the one mentioned above. But after all, it is the elite selected from the second-line local garrison. Relatively speaking, the combat effectiveness is not weak.

This cavalry regiment was temporarily called the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. The strength of the army is about about 2,000. ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged nobleman's tone was a little funny: "Speaking of which, Paning's measures also aroused the opposition of those generals under his command for a time, after all, the cavalry is the elite of the army, especially Paning forced those generals to contribute all their personal guard cavalry teams, which is equivalent to stripping other people's flesh." But this qiē is under Panin's iron fist. But it was brutally completed by him.

In order to make up the cavalry of more than 7,000 people. Almost all of his troops were drained of those who could fight on horseback. Even when there was a tense time, in the northwest theater of the Paning control, only the herald could still maintain the war horse mount, and the other troops. I couldn't find anyone who could ride a horse. All were all infantry. ”

Du frowned slightly. After thinking about it, he said slowly: "Even if he does his best, the seven thousand cavalry he has put together can be used-okay." I admit that the elite combat effectiveness of Thor's Whip is still very good, and Thor's Whip failed to stop me at the beginning, purely because their commander was frightened by me, and the combat effectiveness of the army is still very good.

But even so...... Seven thousand cavalry, fighting on the plains, even if it was an ambush, caught those steppe people by surprise...... It's hard to get such a big win. ”

"Yes, according to the information received, there is another key to Panin's victory. As I told you, the two cavalry corps under his command are the 1st Separate Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. ”

Du nodded slightly: "Well, with the first and the third, then there should be a second cavalry regiment?"

"Yes. The middle-aged nobleman smiled bitterly: "In fact, the information we have obtained is not much information about this Second Cavalry Regiment. Now it is only known that this second cavalry regiment was formed by Panin's own personal guard cavalry troops. ”

"Even if he is a duke, but how long has he been a new duke, where can there be so many elite cavalry guards. If there can be a few hundred people, it will be the sky, how can there be so many cavalry regiments. ”

"That's true, I heard that this second cavalry regiment formed by Panin with his own cavalry team directly under his own guards has never numbered more than eight hundred men. The most accurate guess we have is that the number of people is probably between six hundred and eight hundred. ”

"Between six hundred and eight hundred...... It's just a reinforcement battalion. ”

"Yes, but the combat effectiveness of this reinforced battalion played a key role in this campaign!"

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"Don't you know!I'm afraid that guy Ning is really amazing!!"

Ade sat on the chair, gasped, picked up a cup of tea, took two sips, swallowed all the tea and tea leaves into his stomach, smacked his lips, and quickly continued: "He has a cavalry unit under his command, all of which are composed of Panin's own personal guards. This cavalry unit is known as the Second Cavalry Regiment, but the actual strength is only more than 700 people. But these more than 700 cavalry are really remarkable!

I have been working as a liaison officer at Panin's place according to your instructions, and I really don't know what to do about the position of 'military observer' you mentioned, anyway, I just have one, Panin walks there, I will follow there, and Panin will be on the side to watch how he fights.

This battle is simply amazing!!"

Ade was foaming at the mouth......

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Next, according to Ade's description, Chen Daolin had a general understanding of this ambush battle in the Lotton Valley.

Panin deliberately replaced a group of second-line garrisons on the defense line of the Luoton River Valley, showing weakness, deliberately allowing the steppe people to break through the defense line at this point, and taking the initiative to expose a big flaw in his originally complete western defense line. The cavalry units of the steppe people finally got a coveted breakthrough.

And behind this tear is a flat area that seems to be very suitable for the steppe people to fight!

Thirty miles of flat land was enough for the steppe people to swing their iron hooves into battle.

This bait, I'm not afraid that the steppe people won't take the bait!

And in fact, the steppe people did take the bait.

The steppes broke through the defenses of the Rodon Valley in the morning, in order to prevent a counterattack by Roland's army. Without any delay, the steppe people quickly crossed this line of defense, and the army advanced deeply.

These thirty miles of small plains in the river valley are enough for the steppe people to swallow the bait.

Around noon, more than 30,000 steppe cavalry entered the valley of the Lotton.

The most important thing is that the steppe cavalry that entered the Luodun Valley are all directly under the royal court of the Steppe King!

In other words, this cavalry is the most powerful of the various tribes of the steppe, the king army of the steppe king.

The steppe is still tribal. There is no such thing as a concept or system of a central government army. Every tribe, big and small. They all have their own people, and the so-called royal court of the steppe king is only one of the most powerful tribes. Because the soldiers are strong, they can bring other tribes to their knees. Make him king.

The royal court of the Prairie King. Directly owned troops. It is claimed that the royal court tribe controls 100,000 - this is of course an exaggerated statement, but there are still 60,000 or 70,000 cavalry.

For other tribes on the steppe, a single tribe can have one or two thousand cavalry. It's already a top-notch first-class tribe.

Therefore, the royal court of the Steppe King has enough troops to make other tribes succumb to fear, which is also the biggest reason why he can sit on the throne.

In the previous battle, it was the cavalry team of the royal court headquarters of the Prairie King who stormed this direction of the Roton River Valley. Because the Lorton Valley has always been the main direction of the steppe people's attack, the reason is naturally the thirty-mile-long valley plain behind the defense line of the Lorton Valley!

In the concept of the grassland people, whoever can break through the defense line here, then after entering the thirty-mile-long plain, it will naturally be a long drive straight in, cutting melons and watching vegetables - such a good thing, of course, the grassland king is left to his own royal court headquarters.

And in fact, that's how things went.

The steppe people are moving forward very fast.

By the afternoon, more than 30,000 cavalry had poured in from this opening, into the thirty-mile plain of the valley, which they considered to be the "place of victory."

It's interesting to talk about the topography of this plain of the Loton Valley.

From the map, it's a very interesting sandwich biscuit-like terrain.

It looks like a "three" word.

On the top side is the Lorton River, which is not too wide.

The middle one is equivalent to this plain, which is about thirty miles long, and the widest place also reaches five or six miles. Resembles a flat strip of land with an irregular strip shape.

The bottom one is a typical loess hilly terrain in the northwest, the loess slopes are located in the northwest wilderness, the terrain is complex and rugged, most of the places are all kinds of large and small loess hills, during which the mountain roads are winding, and it is not suitable for the army to deploy to fight.

After the 30,000 royal court cavalry of the steppe people rushed into the plain of the river valley, they advanced all the way to the east, and the momentum was very fierce - after all, they had just completely annihilated the Roland defenders in front of the Roton Valley.

And at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the steppe people were ambushed by Panin's long-planned plan.

Panin's attack is interesting.

At the top, he sent a flotilla!

Yes, that's right, a fleet indeed!!

The northwest is a place where water is scarce, but Panin has made a fleet in the northwest!!

The size of this fleet is not large, with just over a dozen small and medium-sized vessels.

This fleet descended from the upper reaches of the Loton River, and the boats were all civilian boats and even small merchant fishing boats that Panin had brought from the Lancang Canal and the eastern part of Nulin Province!

The boats were grouped up and sailed down the Loton River, not many soldiers, but loaded with many weapons.

Ballistas, long-range longbows, and even a few relatively large ships, Panin actually sent someone to load a small catapult!

It is said that this small catapult was assembled, and it is the latest product of the Imperial Military Academy in recent years, and it has not yet been mass-produced.

This flotilla, on the Lotton, began an intrusive assault on the ranks of the steppe people of the plains on the shore.

Bows, ballistas......

This plain was originally long in shape, and the widest part was only six miles, and the narrowest place was only two or three miles...... Two or three miles, only one or two thousand meters, almost no need to consider the range of ballistas and longbows.

The steppe people marching on the shore were attacked from the water.

This is a headache for the steppe people.

The steppe people lacked long-range and heavy weapons...... No, not to be lacking, to be precise. At least not in this cavalry...... Their purpose was to advance eastward as much as possible, to ensure the strong mobility of the cavalry, where would they carry heavy and long-range weapons?

The result...... The steppe cavalry on the shore didn't fight, but there was no way to fight back!

Panin's fleet of wonder troops, fighting happily on the water, rained their ballistas and bows and arrows on the heads of the steppe people walking on the shore.

This has brought a great deal of confusion to the steppe people -- the situation of being beaten and unable to fight back has made the steppe people a little at a loss.

After all, they can't swim into the river on their horses.

Use the fleet on the water to attack and harass the steppe people, slowing them down and causing chaos to them.

Panin's fleet was bad. The steppe people ran on the shore. They just ran along the water. Run all the way, fight all the way.

Such an attack, about the time of the evening, reached a climax!

Northwest. And it's winter again. It gets dark early.

Around four or five o'clock. The sun has almost gone down.

At this time, the fleet on the water began to use small catapults to project a firearm into the ranks of the steppe people on the shore!

It was a kind of gunpowder jar. The black clay pot, thrown out like a bomb, fell to the ground, and the gunpowder exploded.

In all fairness, this kind of thing looks a little scary, but the lethality is actually limited.

But I can't bear it, it's already night!

On a dark night, when the light was dim, I saw the explosion of fire pots from the heads of catapults on all sides, and there was fire everywhere.

The steppe people themselves are not really a professional army, and they lack a complete professional army formation. If it is said that in the army of the steppe people, those generals at the level rely on their personal bravery and prestige to lead the army, then the most lacking professional army of these steppe people is: command!

After being hit by several rounds of such fiery bombs......

When the chaotic Cheng dù of the steppe cavalry reached a certain Cheng dù, Panin's killer weapon came!

By this time, the large army of the steppe people had already walked to a predetermined area in Panin.

This is the place where Panin prepared an ambush for the steppe people! Panin's cavalry, which had been hiding in the hills of the loess hillside below the river valley, rushed out of the ambush place! Launched a charge against the steppe people from the flank!

One is that there is mental arithmetic and no intention. At the same time, in the darkness, the steppe people did not know how many cavalry troops the Roland people attacked...... Therefore, the resistance of the steppe people is very flustered.

The 1st Separate Cavalry Regiment, together with the mixed 3rd Cavalry Regiment, simultaneously charged the steppe people from the flanks.

The battle has come to this point, but in fact, the two sides have only become a stalemate.

Although the grassland people were flustered, after all, the grassland people's cavalry was strong, and the elite iron cavalry of the royal court with more than 30,000 was not so easy to collapse.

Moreover, Panin's cavalry is only 7,000 when it is fully armed, and the combat effectiveness of the mixed Third Cavalry Regiment is indeed not very good.

After the initial panic, the grassland people gradually stabilized the situation, and the two sides fought in the dark. It was a tie.

When the battle was deadlocked, Panin threw in his last killer move.

2nd Cavalry Regiment!

That is, the cavalry regiment of only six or seven hundred people!

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"This Second Cavalry Regiment is really amazing!" said Ade's eyebrows fluttering: "I don't know where Panin got so many good things! These 700 cavalrymen, all of them are wearing armor! That kind of full-body armor looks thick and tight! It's like wrapping people in an iron can! But I tried to carry it, but in fact, the weight was not as heavy as I imagined, and I estimated that it was about half the weight of the heavy cavalry full-body armor in our army!

I heard that this is also a good thing researched by the Imperial Military Academy, and it should be the latest military steel armor. It seems that it has not yet been put into the assembly, and all of Paning's family funds have just got such hundreds of sets of armor from the imperial capital.

Not to mention that these 700 war horses were all the most majestic horses carefully selected, plus they were all dressed in horse armor and heavily armored cavalry...... This rush is almost like a boulder rolling on the ground!

Seven hundred heavily armored cavalry, lined up, and when they were inextricably killed on the battlefield, they suddenly rushed out of the darkness!

My God, at that time, the momentum of the 700 cavalry charged, the sound was almost like thunder in the sky!

I've never seen a war like this!

These 700 horsemen rushed up, where is that called a battle! It was simply crushed all the way! The steppe people's team in front of them was directly crushed without stopping a single face! I stood on the top of the hill and saw these 700 horsemen rampage on the plain! The steppe people could not resist at all, and they were swept to pieces!

Panin personally led the charge again, and he ran at the forefront of these 700 horsemen, which was simply invincible.

The team of the steppe people seems to be huge, but in front of these seven hundred horsemen, it is like tofu, and it will shatter when it hits!

How can this battle be fought?

Soon the steppe people will completely step down, and the steppe people of the brigade will begin to rout, and there will be more and more people, so let's run westward one by one!

Panin's team began to chase, all the way, from east to west, without even stopping to pick up the steppe cavalry that had fallen behind.

I saw with my own eyes that many of the defeated troops of the steppe were overtaken by Panin's troops, and the steppe people jumped off their horses, knelt on the ground, raised their swords and surrendered, but the Panin people did not even look at them, and chased them all the way west.

For a while, I even wondered if Panin's cavalry had made a mistake and were racing against the steppes.

When they reached the line of defense on the west side of the valley of the Lodon River, which had been missed, Panin's team stopped chasing, and the ships on the river docked, and a group of infantry disembarked and reoccupied the line, and even carried all the ballistas and bows and arrows down.

Then the Panin cavalry began to turn around and clean up the battlefield.

This one is the most ruthless. Those steppe cavalry scattered in the valley plain were all scattered before, and at this time, seeing that the retreat route was blocked, they didn't even have the heart to resist, plus Panin took the seven hundred heavy horsemen to block the killing god and block the killing god. The steppe people were barely able to form much resistance, and when the rout reached the extreme, the steppe people began to surrender in batches.

Panin was so ruthless that he collected the defeated army of the steppe people, and first captured them in batches.

When the captives were finished, the weapons and horses were collected, and the army was allowed to retreat. Then the cavalry went up and slaughtered!

There is no need to cut people for this massacre, just the cavalry will rush over to the captive team and drive them into the river!

It was a terrible scene!

Almost ninety percent of those prairie people are landlubbers, and there is no river on the prairie. Few of them can swim.

Driven by the cavalry with knives, charged, and the captives of the brigade were killed and all rushed to the river!

Then I saw that the river was full of people! densely packed with heads. Struggling, scolding, crying......

After more than half an hour, I gradually stopped hearing any sound!

Panin is so ruthless! He didn't even bother to use a knife, so he drove the captives directly into the river!

I estimate that in the past two days, there will be many, many corpses ...... lower reaches of the Lotton River" (to be continued......