"No! Brother, Zhou's soldiers and horses are everywhere! We're afraid we've been deceived! This week's army must have more than 200,000 troops. They are from all directions!"
The two generals of the Golden Horde and Chagatai Khanate, Wubietu and Tuolida, were united.
They were guest troops. In order to show that he did not want them to be used as cannon fodder, the Seventh Prince asked them to station on the flanks of the main force so that they would not have to confront Tiance's army head-on.
This was originally a good thing, after all, they didn't want to face Tiance's army, which had been winning small victories one after another and was at its peak.
But now, the Seventh Prince's decision has made the reinforcements of the Golden Horde and Chagatai Khanate the first target of attack for Tiance's army. Flanking the enemy's flanks, avoiding the real and attacking the weak, is Li Chengen's common tactic.
Therefore, the reinforcements of the two major khanates stationed on the flanks were the first to be hit and suffered heavy losses.
"Let's retreat first! If we continue to fight like this, our entire army will be wiped out!"
Originally, Wubietu and Tuolida thought they were here to take advantage, and while besieging Li Chengen, they could plunder some more, so there should be no risk.
But now the defeat has been determined. If we don't leave, we will really be wiped out by the Tiance Army!
Although the khans of the two great khanates agreed to the request of the Seventh Prince to send troops, if the entire army is really wiped out, Wubietu and Tuolida will definitely become the scapegoats for this defeat!
The two made a decision and began to organize the troops around them. While gathering the defeated troops, they broke out towards the west.
Originally, these 200,000 people on the flanks could serve as a barrier for the main force of Dagan. Now that the guest armies of the two major khanates have withdrawn, Dagan's main camp no longer has a barrier and is directly exposed to the front of the Tiance army.
"Whoosh! Boom!"
Another firework shot up into the sky and exploded in mid-air. This was Li Chengen's signal for a general attack.
The battalion commanders of the Tiance Army who were fighting saw the signal, and together they began to attack the big tent of the Daqian Chinese Army!
Initially, everyone thought they would encounter fierce resistance. After all, a period of time had passed since the night attack, enough time for the commander of the first army to respond and assemble the Chinese army for a counterattack.
But things are a little different from what they thought!
At this moment, the Chinese army's tent was already in chaos. As the commander-in-chief, the Seventh Prince had already escaped from the place under the protection of his trusted general and his son Zha Yadu.
There was no organized counterattack and tenacious resistance as envisioned by Li Chengen and Tiance's generals.
The king's routine is always useless when facing bronze. You can't predict his next reaction at all, because sometimes he himself doesn't know what he will do next...
If Chahan or any experienced veteran was here, he would immediately clean up the troops, stabilize the position, and organize a counterattack when Tiance's army attacks other camps.
Although Tiance's army caught Daqian's army by surprise, Daqian's superior strength was still there. As long as they stabilized their position, they might not have no chance of counterattack.
But the seventh prince gave up this last chance.
That's why when the generals of Tiance killed the central army, they felt inexplicably relaxed. I originally thought that there would be a bloody battle in the central army, but I didn't expect that it would be the same as the battle on the periphery, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
The Chinese army camp in Daqian.
Li Chengen had never fought such a smooth night attack before. It was so smooth that he almost thought it was a trap!
After confirming that the enemy army was really defeated, Li Chengen took back the telescope in his hand, and Li Chengen also led the Guards to advance, "Now that the enemies on the outer perimeter have been eliminated, here is the order, the soldiers of the Qian Kingdom put down their weapons, kneel down and be bound, all Spare death! Those who continue to resist will be killed without mercy!"
"yes!"
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While Tiance's army continued to attack, Wang Baobao escaped from the rear and gathered the defeated troops along the way.
Wang Baobao has the qualifications to be a famous general, and he has followed his father in many battles in the north and south. He has made outstanding military achievements and has a high prestige in the army.
When the defeated soldiers saw Wang Baobao, they also saw their backbone, which allowed them to stabilize their minds due to the night attack just now.
"Where is the Seventh Prince?! How is the battle situation in the Chinese army's tent now?!"
Wang Baobao found a commander of ten thousand men in the Chinese army among the defeated troops and immediately asked.
"Run away! That old boy was the first one to run away with his men! How dare he take away the prince's military power?! Little prince, I didn't obey him at the time and felt that this old boy was unreliable. Now he has really taken over the army. What a trap! Including the guest troops from the Golden Horde and Chagatai Han Kingdom, this is a total of half a million troops! They are all fooled by this old boy!"
If it weren't for the fear of the Seventh Prince's identity, the Ten Thousand Captain would have cursed and greeted his eighteenth generation ancestors at this time.
It's a pity that the Seventh Prince is Emperor Qian's biological uncle and the late Emperor's biological brother. To greet his ancestors, the Captain of Ten Thousands would not have the courage.
"What's the situation with the battle?!"
When Wang Baobao asked about the situation of the battle, Captain Ten Thousand recalled the offensive launched by Tiance's army from all directions just now.
"Little prince! The Tiance Army definitely has more than 200,000 people. They attacked our camp one after another. We have 500,000 people, but it seems like we are surrounded by them! I doubt the Tiance Army's The reinforcements have arrived a long time ago, but that bastard Li Chengen has been refusing to send them, just waiting for this old boy like the Seventh Prince to make mistakes!"
"How dare he call his pig pen a camp?!"
When the Seventh Prince changed the camp, Wang Baobao's army had not yet moved away, so he naturally knew what the camp looked like. In the eyes of a battlefield veteran like Wang Baobao, it was full of loopholes.
After that, Wang Baobao and Chahan were forced by the Seventh Prince to go to the rear army and Wangnancheng to sort out supplies and supplies, and they did not know the specific battle situation on the front line.
But one thing is certain, the Tiance Army will never have more than 300,000 troops.
After years of fighting against each other, Prince Liang's Mansion and Tiance Army knew everything about them.
The Tiance Army has a total of 330,000 troops, but 150,000 of them are garrisoned at passes, strategic roads, and the Great Wall. They cannot be easily mobilized. The mobile strength of the Tiance Army to confront the Liang Palace is only 180,000. about.
Even if Li Chengen mobilized troops from the garrison from various places to help in this battle, the number of troops would not exceed 240,000.
In the entire northern border, the main forces of the Great Zhou Dynasty were only the Longwu Army and the Tiance Army. At this time, the Longwu Army was restrained by the cavalry of Jianzhou Mohe. Where could Li Chengen mobilize his troops in such a short period of time?!
According to Wang Baobao, this is just Li Chengen's ambush tactics.
Because they attacked from all directions, the attackers couldn't even calculate how many enemies there were?!
Although this tactic is extremely effective, it is also risky. If you are not careful, you will be defeated one by one.
The person who knows you best is your enemy.
Wang Baobao calculated the strength of the Tiance Army extremely accurately.
The original 180,000 people, plus Leng Zifeng, 30,000 wind cavalry from Zhao Mingxie's tribe, Li Cheng, and 20,000 elite troops from Wang Wen's tribe, totaled 230,000 troops.
The Seventh Prince Kong had a superior force, but since the small-scale battles in the past few days, he had been defeated by Li Chengen. Now he has suffered such a disastrous defeat. He is simply a replica of Zhao Kuo in the Warring States Period.
No! The Seventh Prince was not as good as Zhao Kuo in Wang Baobao's heart. Although Zhao Kuo talked about military affairs on paper and had no actual combat experience, he was at least familiar with military books.
The Seventh Prince thought about intrigues all day long. To say that he was Zhao Kuo was simply to promote him. At this moment, Wang Baobao even regarded him as someone like the former Tang Dynasty eunuch Chao En or the former Song Dynasty traitor Qin Hui.
At least the seventh prince is responsible for 80% of this defeat!
It's not that Li Cheng'en is too cunning, but that the Seventh Prince is too incompetent!
However, no matter how much you scold your pig teammates, it will no longer help. The key is to restore the decline!
In front is the Tiance Army's army, and Yang Qingyuan's elite cavalry may appear behind them at any time. This is not a good place to build a defense line.
We still have to gather the army and continue to retreat. We have to retreat to the vicinity of Wangnancheng and continue to build a defense line with Wangnancheng as our back!
"Take some people to gather the remaining troops and retreat towards Wangnancheng!"
"yes!"
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The battle at night continued, and Yang Qingyuan's troops had merged with Cao Xueyang's troops.
The entire rear army camp was torn to pieces under the impact of the fire horses, and there were only defeated soldiers everywhere.
Yang Qingyuan left behind 10,000 troops and was led by Smiling Yama Luo Song Senxue to clear out the remaining enemies. He also handed over 10,000 troops to the red-clothed Buddha King Bukong to pursue the fleeing enemies. He and Cao Xueyang continued to march towards the Lord with 7,000 dragon cavalry.
Kill in the direction of the camp.
Maybe some people are destined to have a lot of luck, such as Cao Xueyang.
In the previous battle at Cangyunguan, although she arrived late with the Dragon Riders, she ran into Kuo Chu, the Khan of the Ogedai Khanate, on the way. After a fierce battle, Cao Xueyang killed Kuo Chu and took off his head.
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When discussing the merits, Cao Xueyang's achievement of decapitating the enemy chief was second only to Yan Wangqing, the commander in chief of this battle, and above Yang Qingyuan's plan.
This time, Yang Qingyuan and Cao Xueyang also encountered the opportunity to pick up the slack!
On the way to the central army of Qianjun, the two men encountered a broken army, and it was none other than the Seventh Prince who was the first to escape.
"Xueyang, you are really lucky! Looking at the clothes of these people, they are definitely high-ranking people in the army!"
Cao Xueyang is also a bit incredible. It feels like he can pick up gold ingots every time he goes out. One rich man is not enough to sweat, and here comes another one. God is really chasing after him to feed him!
"If you don't get the military honors delivered to your door, how long will it take to replace them!?"
Saying that, Yang Qingyuan and Cao Xueyang led seven thousand dragon riders to kill the Seventh Prince and the others.
When Yang Qingyuan discovered the Seventh Prince, the Seventh Prince also discovered Yang Qingyuan.
Although they fled in a rout, the Seventh Prince took Emperor Qian's imperial guards with him when he escaped. Although the number of them varied, there were still more than 10,000 of them.
However, thinking that Li Chengen's army would arrive at any time, the Seventh Prince no longer wanted to continue fighting against the enemy! He sent a large group of troops to intercept Yang Qingyuan and others, while he led a small group of elite soldiers to continue fleeing.
"Xueyang, keep chasing! Leave these people here to me!"
Yang Qingyuan took away 3,000 elite soldiers from Cao Xueyang, and handed the remaining 4,000 soldiers to Cao Xueyang to continue the pursuit.
I am a non-chief, and if I chase him by myself, I might lose him!
It would take a European emperor like Cao Xueyang to pick up the leaks!
The general in charge of the interception originally wanted to divide his troops to intercept Cao Xueyang, but Yang Qingyuan launched the attack one step ahead of him, so the general decided to defeat Yang Qingyuan's three thousand cavalry first, and then attack Cao Xueyang.
"kill!"
Yang Qingyuan led the cavalry and rushed towards the general.
Facing 10,000 fine cavalry, Yang Qingyuan's Dao Pu and Tiansuan were activated again.
He is not Yang Guo, and he does not have a sense of war that transcends ordinary people, but he has cheats.
The cooperation between Daotong and Tiansuan made the flaws in the opponent's military formation obvious to his eyes.
"Open your bow!"
Following the enemy's general's order, more than ten thousand cavalry mounted their bows and arrows, aiming at Yang Qingyuan's cavalry.
Seeing the speed of Yang Qingyuan's charge, Captain Wan counted silently in his heart.
"Six hundred steps, five hundred steps, four hundred steps!"
While the Ten Thousand Masters were counting silently, the calculations in Yang Qingyuan's heart did not stop for a moment.
The speed of the charge, the range of the enemy's powerful bow, the speed of the arrow, the direction and speed of the wind, and even the humidity of the air.
"Fire the arrow!"
When Yang Qingyuan's cavalry was approaching 300 paces, the captain of ten thousand men gave an order.
Cavalry and archery are the skills that Daqian's army started off as. Even among the Tiance army, only the most elite cavalry can compete with it.
Countless arrows rose into the sky, like locusts covering the sky, and shot at Yang Qingyuan's three thousand cavalry.
If they continue to charge at this speed, the three thousand cavalry will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
"change!"
Yang Qingyuan suddenly pointed his spear, and made a perfect flick before the arrow rain. The three thousand cavalrymen turned to the right, just in time to avoid the arrow rain.
A dense rain of arrows fell in front of the three thousand cavalry, and the nearest arrow landed only ten steps away from the three thousand cavalry.
But ten steps was a distance that could not be crossed. Under the rain of arrows, no one of the three thousand cavalry was injured.
The captain opposite was dumbfounded by Yang Qingyuan's move. He didn't know whether it was luck or strength. If this person was really strong, then there would be no other cavalry commander with such level in the entire army!
Just when Captain Ten Thousands was stunned, Yang Qingyuan ordered.
"Cum again!"
The three thousand dragon knights took off their crossbows that had been cocked long ago, and aimed at the ten thousand dragon knights and fired.
This cavalry crossbow was specially equipped by Dazhou for cavalry warfare. Since the technology of cavalry archery is not as good as that of Jianzhou Mohe and Yuanmeng Daqian, it can only make up for it with equipment.
Although the range of the cavalry crossbow is not as good as the divine machine crossbow, nor can it fire ten arrows in a row like the mysterious crossbow, it is better in that it is easier to load.
There is a small buckle on the head of the riding crossbow, which can be buckled on the harness to assist the rider in drawing the string and loading the arrow.
Although the riding crossbow has a relatively short range among the crossbows of Dazhou, its range is more than fifty steps further than the strong bow of Daqian.
The commander of the army, Captain Ten Thousand, had no idea that his rain of arrows would cause no harm to Yang Qingyuan's men. He fired back at Yang Qingyuan's cavalry crossbows without the slightest precaution.
Three thousand arrows shot down nearly five hundred horsemen from their horses.
"kill!"
Captain Wanfu knew that his cavalry commanding skills were definitely not as good as those of the Zhou generals on the opposite side, so it was only right to charge forward at this time and rely on the numerical advantage to exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses.
As long as he is mixed with the opponent's troops, his commanding skills will not be brought out.
Under the command of the captain, more than ten thousand cavalry rushed towards Yang Qingyuan's troops.
"Front Arrow Formation!"
Facing the 10,000 cavalrymen who came to kill him, Yang Qingyuan was not afraid at all. He waved his spear and formed a formation to attack.
Three thousand to ten thousand! It’s not difficult!