When Duke Lvov discovered the tenacity of Dagan's military formation, it was no longer possible to retreat. If it hadn't been for the fact that today there were 50,000 Russian troops as the central army pressing the military formation and defending the most elite front line of Dagan's army. , I’m afraid the Jiuhu people have already collapsed.
"Elders, my soldiers have lost their strength. From morning to noon, I have lost 20,000 soldiers. Now, I need a chance for the soldiers to breathe. It only takes half an hour to let the soldiers eat and drink. , otherwise after my soldiers collapse, there will be no one to help you block the vicious Dagan people!"
Duke Lvov suppressed this uneasiness. Although the Jiuhu people were said to be 600,000, the only ones who could attack the Dagan people were the 150,000 people in the battle and the 100,000 people in the outer circle. Most of them were idle.
"Your Majesty, you can give the order and my cavalry will create a gap to allow your soldiers to escape from the battle."
"Woo! Woo! Woo!"
The Jiuhu and Rus people who surrounded Daqian's army began to retreat.
Now neither of the two armies is sure of victory. Although the rain of arrows from the Nine Hu people is not fatal, when hundreds of thousands of arrows fall in a small area, the crude arrows may be fatal.
"Royal!"
"Royal!"
"Royal!"
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When Jiuhu didn't remember the loss of arrows, Daqian's army was in a panic, and the arrows hit the armor and made a dense crackling sound.
"It's a bit difficult to deal with!" Protector Li Sizhe looked at the dark rain of arrows and frowned.
The elite infantry was about to collapse. The hail of arrows from the Nine Hu people gave the tired soldiers a chance to breathe.
"Move the circular formation, move out the cavalry, press forward with the whole army, don't give them a chance!" Li Sizhe's military order made the entire military formation roll.
Since the Jiuhu people want the Russians to retreat, then they have to pay the price.
The cavalry got out of the gap exposed in the circular formation, with the rangers in front, the trapped cavalry in the middle, and the combat cavalry behind.
Small groups of cavalry attacked from various parts of the circle, and then gathered into three large cavalry regiments.
Ten thousand rangers, ten thousand trap riders, and three thousand war riders rushed forward to entangle the Jiuhu cavalry who had been running around all morning.
With insufficient power, the Jiuhu cavalry were quickly entangled by Daqian's cavalry.
The rangers kept shooting heavy arrows from the edge of their bows to the heads of the Jiuhu cavalry. The war cavalry was divided and the cavalry was trapped and crushed.
The elite cavalry knew what it meant to bite off more than they could chew, so they estimated their horse power and cut off four to five thousand Nine-Hu cavalry. The divided Nine-Hu cavalry lost their lives in just a cup of tea.
To strike in tandem is not to kill the enemy, but to break the enemy's determination to resist.
In fact, the two armies are facing each other, and attack is more important.
The Jiuhu and Ruos people lost too many people in the morning.
There are less than 30,000 Ruos people left and more than 400,000 Jiuhu people left. Now they are being divided by Daqian's cavalry, and this number is still decreasing.
For just one morning, they had been suppressed and beaten by Daqian's army, so they did not see the casualties on their side.
The temporary truce that the Jiuhu and the Rus wanted was not achieved.
Local tactical mistakes will cause local defeats and then affect the overall situation.
Although the Jiuhu people have never learned the art of war, they also know that now they can only take human lives to fill a breathing space.
One hundred thousand ninety-nine Hu cavalrymen turned their horses and did not retreat, but rushed towards Daqian's cavalry.
Daqian's cavalry still fought beside the military formation.
Daqian's cavalry and Jiuhu's cavalry were intertwined with each other in teams. Except for the armored cavalry called war cavalry who would choose to charge, the other cavalry's combat method was still based on mounted shooting.
At a fighting distance of twenty steps, the sound of bowstrings sounded rapidly.
No one will rescue a person who falls from his horse, because his own horse poses the greatest threat to the person who falls from his horse.
The fighting continues!
The military formation quickly moved over, and the cavalry began to return to the military formation to rest before attacking again.
The Jiuhu people have now lost half of their strength before the war began, and the morale of the Rus' people is also extremely low.
When they were crossing Langyan Mountain, their Duke told them that they were going to open up a deserted land where there would be fertile land and cattle and sheep everywhere.
These Russian soldiers saw cattle and sheep, but they encountered the elite army of another civilization.
The black armor is no less protective than the mirror armor on your body, and it also offers flexibility.
The sharp and tough horizontal sword easily chipped his beloved dagger, but the opponent only curled the edge a little.
The succession of different weapons such as horizontal knives, spears, shields, mo knives, and crossbows allowed them to understand different ways of fighting.
Every time he kills an enemy, he often has to sacrifice three people or more. Seeing that he immediately retreats after being injured, a new opponent appears. These Russians have been confused all morning. Their lives are being devoured every moment, and the business of exchanging injuries for lives is a very sad thing for the Russians.
Dried meat with a strong smell and goat milk with a fishy smell taste good. When the food reaches the stomach, it replenishes the body with energy, but the soreness of the muscles cannot be relieved in just half an hour.
Taking advantage of the time that the Jiuhu people had bought with their lives, the Jiuhu people and the Rus people began to reorganize their army.
Looking at the approaching black-armored army, everyone understood the determination of the Dagan people.
This fight will last until the death!
At the same time, Li Sizhe's army commander was also quickly counting casualties.
"The first battle lost 2,200 people."
"The fourth formation lost 2,100 people."
"This formation has lost 6,900 people!"
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Li Sizhe soon calculated his available troops for the afternoon.
In a head-to-head battle in the morning, the army lost 40,000 people, 12,000 of whom returned to their hometowns, and 7,000 of whom were disabled. The other injured were temporarily without fighting power.
"Where are the enemy troops?"
After eating dried meat and candy, which tasted bad, he could quickly recover his physical strength. Then he drank a large mouthful of salty and sweet water. Li Sizhe asked vaguely. He needed all the numbers from both the enemy and us, so that he could fight in the afternoon. Only reasonable arrangements will be made.
"We captured the prisoners of war and questioned them. In this battle, there were 50,000 Russians. The Jiuhu people recruited all the people who could mount their horses, a total of 600,000. There are also women among them."
After Army Sima finished speaking, it seemed that with a glance at Li Sizhe, all the women were on the battlefield, and the Jiuhu people seemed to be at the end of their fight.
"Ha! There is only life and death in the military formation, not men and women!"
Confucian general is a good name, but to the enemy, it means ruthlessness and cruelty.
"Here! The auxiliary soldiers have just finished cleaning the battlefield, and the rough figures have been reported. They captured more than 20,000 people wearing mirror armor and more than 270,000 Jiuhu people."
"Phew! I am a powerful general!" Li Sizhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Two hundred thousand versus six hundred and fifty thousand, a loss ratio of one to six, in the first half, we won!
150,000 against 350,000. Our own morale is strong and the enemy's fatigue has shown. This battle will be won.
"Send the order and report the battle situation to the whole army. In half an hour, the whole army will attack. All it takes is a drum to collapse the enemy army. Let all the troops not rush forward and fight steadily. Who dares to fight without team and ruin our army's affairs? Humph!" Li Sizhe was obviously in a state of confusion. I feel more relaxed, but I still have to beat when I need to.
The battle in the morning was not without problems. Several teams advanced a little and were surrounded by a larger number of enemy troops, which almost caused defects in the military formation. However, the people were already dead, and it was impossible for the coach to punish them, and there were still things behind them. Fight based on reason.
"Send a messenger to Chang'an, eight hundred miles away, to tell Zhou Qinglan, the Minister of Household Affairs, that I want to empty out his Household Department."
The Army Sima had a headache. He was a commander-in-chief who was said to be a Confucian general. He usually liked to write and write, but once he got to the battlefield, he became a little dissolute.
"Ahem, Protector, is there something in this statement..."
Li Sizhe chuckled: "Haha, I am already fifty years old. This is the last time I will lead an army in battle. In the future, I will have to make room for these little ones below. I will be cautious all my life. When it comes to this, I will not show off my temper. In this life But I can't live in vain. I have taken a fancy to a house in Chang'an. After this battle, I asked the emperor to reward me. The life of Sun Hanyi is so beautiful just thinking about it. In the afternoon, I asked these seedlings to lead the troops. After listening to It’s morning, I still need to practice!”
Army Sima rubbed his throbbing temples and touched his graying beard. His generation was getting old and it was time to move. The burden of the Anbei Protectorate had to be shouldered by younger people.
"To protect the righteousness, we are also inheriting the burden from the veterans. Our frontier soldiers have passed it down from generation to generation. The inheritance cannot be cut off by us. The skills of fighting have also been taught. The success of these people below depends on themselves. "After this battle, if you retreat, it's time for me to retreat as well. Let's go home and give the boss and second brother a good beating. Damn, how long have we been married? The third granddaughter has no grandson. I'm so angry." Army Sima Touching his beard, he felt a little annoyed, and made up his mind. He had been supervising the army for half his life and could no longer enjoy it. So he asked the emperor to buy himself a house. It didn't need to be too big. He bought a small one next to the governor's house. A house is fine. I have been with the Protector for most of my life, so don't even think about leaving him behind.
But when he thought that the two sons of the Duhu had given birth to five grandchildren and three granddaughters, and the Duhu was playing tricks on Sun Hanyi, he couldn't do anything wrong. When he found a marriage for his youngest son, the eldest and second son would be severely beaten and locked up. When will the two daughters-in-law's stomachs move, and when will they be released? Then the two old men will sneak around and play with their grandson. Hehe, it's so beautiful.
"Three granddaughters are not enough. I have two more granddaughters. I have the final say. I want the wealth not to go to outsiders. Promise your three granddaughters to my eldest grandson, two grandsons, and three grandsons. Two more granddaughters will be given to my fourth and fifth grandsons. Hehe, I have never begged you in my life, so why, I will go back to at least one of my princes this time, but I won’t be able to wrong you." Li Sizhe didn’t have a trace of a scholar or handsome man on his body at this moment, just like an old farmer in the countryside, with a charming smile on his face, His old face was so screwed up that he looked really ugly.
"Go, go, my three granddaughters are naturally beautiful. You, the clay dolls that even dogs hate, only want good things!" Army Sima also thought that he could stay with the old handsome for the rest of his life, but who knew that this old man was interested in his own granddaughter?
idea.
No, we must not place the house next to the Protector.