Ali Musa was ecstatic when he saw the light cavalry in red armor being sent out again from the opposite side.
The Gulam Guards he sent were heavily armored cavalry. They were hard to damage with swords, let alone arrows. They were invincible when charging into battle...
As soon as this thought occurred, a sense of uneasiness suddenly emerged.
"What tricks are the thieves playing!"
Ali Musa roared with a bit of fear.
There was no doubt that the enemy on the opposite side was the most powerful enemy he had ever seen in his life. He did not believe that the enemy would foolishly use light cavalry to prevent his heavy armored cavalry from rescuing him, so he must rely on someone else.
Ludwig could understand what Ali Musa was feeling at this moment. He also knew that Dayu had a trump card, but no matter how hard he tried, he still didn't know what the opponent's trump card was.
"Be careful with the opponent's crossbow!"
The only solution Ludwig could think of was a crossbow.
Eastern crossbows can break armor...
Ali Musa frowned and said: "It doesn't matter, we are here to rescue Yibuyin. As long as we merge with Yibuyin, the crossbow arrows will lose their power."
Obviously he has already taken this into consideration. The opponent's crossbow is so powerful, how can he still shoot his own people together?
The answer will soon be revealed...
The light cavalry running like lightning did not stupidly stand in front of the Gulam Guards and block their support. Instead, when the two sides were about to collide head-on more than fifty steps apart, they suddenly changed direction and the red
The cavalry were like elves, one after another, running diagonally and passing by the flanks of the Gulam Guards.
When the two sides crossed each other, the closest distance was only more than ten steps...
At the moment of the collision, black objects were thrown from the hands of the Dayu Cavalry. Some were thrown far away, and some rolled to the ground. They all greeted the Gulam Guards.
"boom!"
Following bursts of loud noises, the heavily armored cavalrymen of the Ghulam Guards flipped on their backs. Each of the heavily armored knights stumbled in front of their horses and fell heavily from their horses, creating a mess.
Dayu's cavalry circled around and attacked the frightened Gulam Guards.
Seeing this scene, Ali Musa's heart clenched and he almost vomited blood in pain.
The Gulam Guards are his most trusted trump card.
He had been preparing for the battle in Talos for more than half a year, rehearsing tactics in his mind more than once, and thought that he might lose, but he never imagined that he would encounter such an unheard-of situation.
Ludwig was also speechless.
Zhe Yuqing, who was on the opposite side of Dayu, waved his fist excitedly and said loudly: "I thought this caltrop grenade had a miraculous effect on the armored cavalry, but I didn't expect the effect to be so good. It is simply the nemesis of the armored cavalry!"
The Tribulus Grenade is an improved version of the Tribulus Fireball.
The Tribulus Fireball is an explosive firearm. It appeared in history in the third year of Xianping, that is, thirty years after this time. It was invented by Tang Fuxian, the captain of the Divine Guard Navy. He took three six-headed iron blades and used gunpowder balls.
It is spherical, with eight iron caltrops each with reverse beards added, a two-foot-long hemp rope running through the middle, and paper and miscellaneous medicine on the outside. Use a trebuchet to shoot the enemy cavalry through a key point, and use the explosive force to burst out the iron caltrops, etc.
Injuring the horse's legs and feet is specially used to deter enemy riders from attacking.
The Dayu court paid much more attention to gunpowder than the Song Dynasty. Six years ago, a similar thing was invented by a man named Tang Lan from the Department of Science and Technology. I don't know if he is the same family as Tang Fuxian.
In fact, the Tribulus Fireball is not practical. It is too big and difficult to carry. It can only be used to defend the city. This was also true in history. The Tribulus Fireball was one of the important city-defending firearms in the Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties.
Luo Youdu commended Tang Lan and asked him to find a way to shrink the tribulus fireball so that it could be thrown by hand.
For many years, there was no result, because the power of gunpowder was too small. If you want to hurt the enemy, you need a lot of gunpowder. There is no reason to carry more than ten kilograms of gunpowder as a grenade. Until the year before last, the Science and Technology Department accidentally discovered that gunpowder and sugar can produce a large amount of reaction, which is very powerful.
Later, the caltrop grenade came into being.
However, due to technical reasons, the power of caltrop grenades is still limited, and it is difficult to cause effective damage to armored soldiers. However, after testing, caltrop grenades are very harmful to war horses, especially heavy cavalry.
Heavy cavalry are equipped with armor and charge into formations. Their power is terrifying, but their weaknesses are also obvious and they are not flexible enough. The cavalry must be gathered together to exert their maximum power. In special cases, they may even be connected by ropes.
The dense weak point of the horse's legs is where the Tribulus Grenade comes into play.
Brother Yeluxiu was a little stunned when he saw that the caltrop grenade used for the first time in actual combat had such an effect, but when he saw the bloody horses falling to the ground, he frowned in distress.
"Hey, the other party has withdrawn!"
Zhe Yuqing said with a bit of regret, and quickly reacted and said: "They are trying to lure us to attack."
Brother Yelvxiu praised: "The opponent has also seen the weakness of our firearms and cannot use them in melee. They lure us to pursue them, and then make a counterattack. The opponent has the advantage in numbers. There is no need to consume them for the time being. We have plenty of time to play with them.
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When Ali Musa saw the opponent, he did not pursue him. There was a bit of unwillingness in his eyes, but he did not dare to turn back and fight again.
They lost more than a thousand soldiers and horses in this battle, which was not a large number, but Dayu's incredible offensive methods dealt a big blow to their morale.
It's better to call it quits temporarily.
During the withdrawal, Ludwig suggested: "Great Khan, why don't we divide one force to harass the enemy's rear, and we will leave one force behind to hold them back."
Ali Musa refused without hesitation: "No, we have to test the opponent's strength. You have also seen the opponent's methods. Now that we are dividing our troops, I am afraid that they will defeat them one by one. Besides, we are just not familiar with the opponent's methods today.
, we have the advantage in numbers, there is no reason to give in."
Eight days later!
Ali Musa said solemnly: "I think brother's original suggestion was good. We cannot follow the rhythm of the East and let him control us here."
At this time, he no longer had the slightest idea of defeating the enemy in front of him.
For eight days, the two sides fought for eight days.
Ali Musa tried every means, but failed to take any advantage from Brother Yelusiu. Instead, he lost a lot of soldiers and horses.
From being full of confidence at the beginning to now having no confidence at all, Ali Musa only lasted eight days. The combat effectiveness of his soldiers was slightly inferior, and Brother Yeluxiu was impeccable in his command on the battlefield. He suppressed him in every aspect. If not
With superior military strength and numerical superiority, the situation was barely maintained.
Ludwig knew that the situation was serious and said: "My subordinate will personally lead the team..."
However, just when Ludwig was dividing his troops and leaving the camp, Brother Yelvxiu made a rare initiative to attack, and with such a huge advantage, Ludwig had to turn back to help.
Only then did Ali Musa react, punched the grass and said, "I understand, this bastard wants to trap us here."
Ali Musa has been exchanging letters with Rudeus Guerra, who is in charge of the central army, and he also has a certain understanding of the other two battles.
Jiangbul Fort was not attacked, but Dayu had assembled more than a hundred riprap trucks outside the city, and various artillery stones were continuously transported from outside the desert.
The guard general Odenel once burned down the catapult at night, causing the prudent Zhe Yuqing to be defeated. He complained that Ali Musa failed to threaten the Eastern logistics as described before the war.
On the contrary, the Chinese army had an absolute advantage in military strength and achieved considerable results.
Two days later, the situation gradually became clearer.
There was still no progress on Ali Musa's side, but Jiangbul Fort suffered an unprecedented attack.
More than a hundred trebuchets kept hurling flying rocks and kerosene into the castle, as well as poison smoke balls, iron-mouthed fire harriers, bamboo fire harriers, and thunderbolts. The power was not very powerful, but it was very heartbreaking.
Morale stuff.
The trebuchets of Jiangbulbao were far inferior to Dayu's sophistication. They could only be passively bombarded. How long could they last? O'Donnell responded with a pessimistic attitude.
Ali Musa said with a bit of unwillingness: "Strengthen the attack in the middle, what do you think, brother?"
Ludwig sighed: "We really have to change our strategy. If we continue, we will have no way out..."
Ali Musa had the feeling of stealing chicken but losing rice. This time he thought that he would hold the victory or defeat in his hands and become the heroic savior to defeat the East. However, he encountered a difficult situation. On the contrary, the Chinese army was defeated because the opponent was
The Allied Forces in the Western Regions had uneven combat effectiveness, which gave Rudeus Guerra, who did not know how to fight, a ready advantage.
Ali Musa rubbed his brain hard and said, "That's it! Winning is more important than anything else."
He then personally revised the book and gave it to Rudius Guerra, asking him to strengthen his offensive and strive to defeat the Central Army of Dayu before the fall of Fort Jiangbul.
Compared with Brother Yelu Xiu who was suppressing Ali Musa, and Zhe Yuxun who did not dare to poke his head into Jiangbul Fort with a catapult, Li Chuyun of the Chinese Army was not progressing smoothly.
He led the Ganzhou Uighurs, Gaochang Uighurs, Khotan soldiers and 20,000 soldiers and horses of Dayu, a total of 50,000 people, against the Western coalition of 100,000 followers of the Great Food Law and mercenaries.
The followers of the Great Food Law fight fiercely, completely despise life, and regard sacrifice as an honor. The mercenaries have extremely rich combat experience and are extremely lethal on the battlefield.
They didn't have any tactics. They fought with more people and with fierce force. They completely ignored casualties and caused Li Chuyun to suffer a lot.
"Captain, the opponent's offensive seems to have intensified in the past few days."
The Lion King was a little worried. He didn't expect that the Western Allied Forces would be so difficult to deal with, especially the believers of the Great Food Law. He was stunned. He even cut off his hands and didn't know how to retreat. When he got mad, he butted his head and bit him with his mouth...
He saw with his own eyes that the opponent used his flesh and blood to resist the impact of their cavalry, and used his body to hug the horse's legs to block the cavalry's advance.
This was the first time he saw these crazy soldiers...
Faced with such a madman, he obviously noticed that the morale of the army was shaken.
Li Chuyun still had a wise expression on his face, and said: "What they can do is not let Yelu, the two deputy commanders, treat us as soft persimmons that can be manipulated. This is also the desired result. I have worked hard for you all these days... Retreat today.
Five miles away, temporarily avoid the edge..."
He paused and said: "The decisive battle tomorrow!"