Realm of Power

Main text 3046 The Wind of Empire (VIII)

In the wilderness of winter night, the firelight flickers like stars all over the sky, spreading to the south under the vast sky. The Daizhou line is already the focus of the world. The Yelu family's strength in Yanzhou has been greatly damaged, and the Long family's 300,000-strong army has surpassed the momentum. Strong, let the oppressed slave's The Zhongbia people are extremely excited. It turns out that the Zhongbia people can also counterattack the grassland people. It turns out that the infantry groups in Zhongbia can also fight the grassland cavalry. They throw away their helmets and armor. Countless people shouted "Kill the grassland people". The largest battle in Central and South-Biaru broke out

Looking down from a high place, it is the size of a city. The densely packed teams are intertwined with each other. The prairie cavalry gallops on the ground like a storm waterfall, rolling up snow dust all over the sky. It can't be seen at a glance. In the alternation of darkness and light, the Long family The number of troops is too large to be counted. It is like a real ocean. The spearmen in front who are desperately resisting do make it difficult for the prairie cavalry, but once the spearmen in front are cut off, the Long family army behind will be like a glass of cold water poured into the boiling oil. It exploded, revealing the biggest weakness of the Long family army in front of them.

"It's ridiculous, is this the 300,000 Long Family Army? Except for the troops in front who are worthy of a fight, the ones behind are obviously without any fighting ability at all!" Behind the prairie cavalry, Mongolia was wearing dark black armor and looked at him with a cold expression. Looking at the huge battlefield with more than 300,000 people on both sides in front of him, a disdainful sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

It was proposed that the war should be fought with all strength as soon as the war started. Taking advantage of the exhaustion of the Long family army after they had just captured Longshi Fort, it was Mongolia who dealt a fatal blow to these cowardly Central Asians. At the tribal meeting in Daizhou, Mongolia Luo proposed such a method of fighting, sweeping over like a storm, preferably in the evening.

Because after dusk comes night,

As long as the Zhongbian people are entangled and the battle is dragged into the night, the Zhongbian people's defense line will be shaken, because the Zhongbian people are not grassland people. The grassland people have learned hunting since childhood and have long been accustomed to hunting-style hunting. In the way of fighting, even in the dark night when the command is greatly reduced, the grassland people will not have large-scale chaos, but the Central and African people are different. In chaotic battles, coupled with the inconvenience of command in the dark, these completely rely on the number of people. The defensive line itself will appear to be quite fragile. As long as one corner is broken, the entire situation will collapse.

The galloping war horses and the falling prairie scimitars were like heavy blows on the spreading sea of ​​​​people. The torrent of prairie cavalry hit them. Countless people were knocked away. The spears in their hands snapped. Although they were full of Out of hatred for the prairie people, he relentlessly used his gun to withstand the cavalry. The wave caused by the impact caused a group to be overwhelmed. More Long family soldiers behind held up crude wooden shields and tried their best to slash the weapons in their hands at the running horses. They heard the sound of broken bones. In the severe pain in my ears, my vision was blurred and turned into blood.

"Kill, what else can I give back?"

"It's death anyway. I drag you to death together." Every Long family soldier's eyes turned red when he saw the prairie cavalry crashing in front of him like a wave. When the two sides came into contact, there were crazy shouts everywhere, and the front line of contact was like a huge The meat grinding wheel squeezes the two sides in the conflict into powder and plasma at the same time.

However, the situation on the entire battlefield was indeed as Mongolia expected. The Long family army that was dragged into the night battle had begun to appear chaotic. The originally dense array of spears was scattered under the fierce impact of the prairie cavalry, and each formed their own formations. The Long family infantry will soon be swamped by the horseshoes of the prairie people, leaving broken corpses all over the ground. The prairie cavalry are like meat cleavers, constantly weakening the combat power of the Long family army.

"Kill the prairie people"

Human voices echoed in the fierce collision. For many Long family soldiers, these were their last words. At dusk, after more than two hours of fierce fighting, the grassland army's offensive continued, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. There was a mass of rotten and soft flesh and blood under my feet, and the blood pooled into a small river.

Mongolia raised his head and glanced at the light that finally disappeared at the edge of the earth. The earth was completely dominated by a black curtain, and he slowly raised his hand.

Fifteen thousand Beifeng Wolf Riders from the Fengtai tribe with superb archery skills entered the battlefield. The prairie bow shooting skills of these Beifeng Wolf Riders were accurate and fierce, and the heavy arrows they were equipped with could even penetrate Zhongbia armor, often killing one hundred people. The team, following the direction of the scimitar in the centurion's hand, the entire team's arrow clusters were all shot at the same person, and the targets were all the officers of the Long Family Army who were shouting drums for war.

There was a Central Bian teacher in Mongolia, and his teacher told him that most Central Bian soldiers did not trust their officers, and the best way to deal with the Central Bian army was to defeat the Central Bian officers. The induced collapse will soon spread to all Central and Asian people. As long as someone starts to escape, more people will escape. And in the dark night, this panic will expand infinitely. The Long family only has five people to enter Yanzhou. The 60,000-strong army still suffered a lot in the flanking attack on Yeluguda. How could there be an army of 300,000?

Although I don’t know how Long Po did it, forcing 50,000 to 60,000 regular troops to support a 300,000-strong army is a risk in itself. It is like a big house that is forcibly supported. It is crumbling. Once the house is formed, If the supports are cut off, no matter how big the house is, it will still inevitably collapse.

The supports of the Long Family Army's house were dismantled until it collapsed in front of us. Mongolia smiled grimly and pointed his scimitar forward. The Beifeng Wolf Riders uniformly took down the prairie bows that were obviously larger than other prairie people. The improved grassland bow is enough to shoot arrows over a hundred meters, but the Beifeng Wolf Riders still wear luxurious heavy arrows.

When they went south to Central Asia to fight in Linhang, the Beifeng Wolf Cavalry used such tactics to tear apart the obstructions of countless Central Asian armies. They defeated more than 200,000 Central Asian armies. Now they are even more like hunting one by one. As long as they find someone who looks like a Central Asian officer, they will immediately pounce on them like a wolf smelling the smell of blood.

In less than an hour, hundreds of low-level officers of the Long family were attacked and killed by the Beifeng Wolf Cavalry. A large number of Long family officers who loudly encouraged their soldiers, before they could fully react, were facing arrows flying with incomparable accuracy. Zhong fell down in shock, and at the same time Mongolia was even more The grassland cavalry was mobilized to focus on taking care of the Central and African troops whose officers were killed, and the attack launched was even more fierce. Without the command of the officers, the Long family soldiers were still pushed back as a whole even if they fought to the death, and the entire front was squeezed into an arc

The generals of the Long family who were commanding at the front also noticed that there was a problem and tried to immediately stop the movement of these Beifeng Wolf Riders. However, there were too many soldiers and they were overcrowded. Under the impact of the prairie cavalry, they were trapped in the chaotic flow of people and could not move because their orders could not be issued at all.

The lower level officers were either dead or had to hide.

For the Long family soldiers who were engaged in a fierce battle, their original determination to fight to the death was like a heavy blow to their morale. Isn't it said that we share life and death and never retreat? So what is in front of you! Everyone is desperately resisting the charge of the prairie people's horses. Are the officers playing hide and seek? The Long family soldiers brandished countless spears and swords, clinking and clinking at the chainmails of the prairie cavalry, knocking on the helmets and shields, and slashing on the breastplates. However, they were still unable to stand under the thunderous pressure of the horses. Stopping and retreating step by step, it was only thanks to the officers' loud encouragement that they managed to stabilize themselves, but now there are signs of collapse.

"Young Patriarch, the morale of the Long family soldiers is wavering!" One of his subordinates said with an excited expression.

"Look, some soldiers are running away!" Some of the subordinates laughed sarcastically. The Long Family Army's biggest reliance against the Prairie Army was its morale that was not afraid of death. You can see this just by looking at how Yeluguda was consumed to death. , and now, these Long family soldiers have shown signs of cowardice

"Chinese people are like sheep. Even if they have horns, they still have the nature of sheep."

Mongolia chuckled and said, he believed that even the commander of the Long family on the opposite side, even if the God of War was alive at this moment, would never be able to take care of everything. According to his plan, he could just tear off a corner of the 300,000 Long family. The army has become history, but the ministries obviously have some scruples about the Fengtai Department, and they do not fully agree with the tactics of pressing the entire line. Otherwise, they could have ordered the entire line to press at this moment.

This time, the grassland ministries adopted the double-click tactic used to deal with large groups on the grassland, which is to use part of the force to attract the opponent's attention, and then send a part of the force to attack from the flank. This is a tactic that has been circulated on the grassland for many years. This hunting method is mainly aimed at those larger wild groups. It is also effective in combat.

I originally thought that replacing the Yelu family would be a smooth process, but the situation was not as expected. In front of the 40,000 Fengtai cavalry who were forced to come, Yelu Hongtai, an old fox, directly retreated to the imperial capital with 30,000 Baihe troops. , leaving Daizhou, which was beleaguered on all sides, to the Fengtai tribe, but it was Yelu who The family can evacuate, but the Fengtai tribe cannot. For the first time, Mengluo regrets the Fengtai tribe's behavior of replacing the Yelu family. Originally, with the Yelu family as the big head, the Fengtai tribe can completely enjoy its place, secretly Expand their own strength, but now, Fengtai tribe has to carry the 300,000 Long family troops heading south.

Even in the double-click tactic, Mongolia was originally the best candidate to take on the task of breaking through the flanks. However, considering that the Fengtai Department wanted to show the fairness of the new leader, they could only send this flank breakthrough, which could easily be a big bargain, to To another large tribe on the grassland, the Mangtang tribe,

Glancing at the dark night in the southeast of the front, Mongolia couldn't help but tighten his hand on the reins of the war horse. At this time, if you don't attack yet, what are you waiting for? In order to attract the attention of the 300,000 Long Family Army, the Fengtai Department has tried its best.

The battlefield of hundreds of thousands of people stretches for more than ten miles, and in the light of the fire, it looks like a sky filled with stars.

"Sir, the prairie people attacked very fiercely, especially our officers' casualties were too great!"

The news from the front made Long Po, who was standing high up and staring at the battlefield, frown. From his perspective, it was obvious that some horse archers with superb riding skills in the prairie army were roaring on various fronts. OK. Their formation was not dense, but they were like a seemingly loose but flexible school of fish, constantly swimming on the edge of the battle formation. When they were close to the battle line, they bent their bows and set arrows, constantly sniping and killing the Long family. The officers in the army quickly left. Under the impact of the prairie cavalry, the formation of the Long family army had already been scattered. It was extremely difficult to deal with such a prairie cavalry shooter who specialized in sniping.

"Sir, we can't go on like this. If all the officers die, the whole situation will be unsustainable!" The generals standing behind Long Po were also anxious. No one expected that there would be such talents among the prairie people, and they would be fighting in a melee. Specialized in attacking and killing the officers of the Long family, an army What to rely on? Commanding is the business of the generals, but fighting depends on the ability of the lower-level officers. Whether an army can fight and whether it is strong enough depends on these lower-level officers. What's more, these lower-level officers are all descendants of the Long family. Every loss It’s all heavy for the Long family

Originally, the plan was to use mediocrity to exchange for elites, and to use 300,000 Long Family Army to exhaust the grassland people. I didn't expect to encounter such a situation. The problem is that no one can do anything about those grassland cavalry archers who specialize in attacking and killing officers.

"Sir, the grassland cavalry suddenly attacked the southeast flank, and General Long Feishan's Third Army was defeated." At this time, the messenger cavalry brought back shocking news again,

"Southeast flank!" Long Po's face was ashen, and his eyes looked to the southeast of the battle line. Sure enough, he saw that the flag of the Third Army Long Feishan had been overturned, and the ground was full of running defeated troops. Behind the defeated troops, there were a large number of dense grassland cavalry rushing and killing frantically. They didn't collapse in such a fierce battle on the front, but they collapsed on the flank! There was even a danger of affecting the entire army!

"How can we do this at this time... Long Feishan deserves death!"

Long Po's face turned pale, and he punched the saddle of his warhorse. The faces of the other generals also turned ugly at this moment. Long Feishan, who was in charge of the southeast flank, was a branch of the Long family. The Long family's third army led by him had 60,000 soldiers, including 10,000 veterans and 50,000 temporary recruits from the northwest. Although the combat power was not strong enough, the third army was also required to attack. It was just a defense, but it was overwhelmed by the grassland people!

In fact, it was not that Long Feishan fled without a fight. No one expected that when the grassland army launched such an attack, they would suddenly attack the flank. After all, the Long family was not the Yanzhou army stationed in the north, and they were not familiar with the real tactics of the grassland army. Although they had fought with the grassland army several times in the past two years, they were not head-on. So when facing the highly mobile grassland army, Long Feishan's Third Army did not even have time to turn the formation, and was trampled by thousands of grassland cavalry.

Long Po originally expected the battle of Longshibao, and suddenly fell into a dilemma of losing the front and back. The 300,000 Long family troops whose formation was enough to kill the grassland army were actually cut off from the side by the grassland army

(To be continued.)

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