Chapter 993: The Will of the Gods

A deep sense of powerlessness welled up in Tilov, why didn't anything he do, it didn't work? In the face of strength, it seems that all intrigues and tricks have become so fragile, and Kipros at this time has more to depend on fate. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Tilov and others have not yet come up with a way to deal with it, and the highly favored elite cavalry has launched a tidal offensive against the Slavic battalion in the direction of Tver, and at this moment, only death awaits the Slavs.

Gao Zhong has been tempered by the fire of war, and his use of cavalry has reached the point of perfection. If Wu Jue is good at large-scale cavalry head-on, then Gao Chong is good at stealth and running, and small-scale combat. The attack of the cavalry of the ancient town was so swift that many of the Slavs failed to react, and a hundred-man infantry wandered outside the camp, their faces relaxed and not worried. Since the recapture of Gorod, nothing has happened, especially in the direction of Tver, which can be described as an impregnable wall, and even if the Easterners attack, it is impossible to choose this direction. Distorted self-confidence filled the entire battalion, so the patrols were not too attentive, and the so-called scouts were just releasing five miles of land. The centurion Yunos walked in front with a clay pot in his arms, and there was a pile of meat in the pot, and Yunos was very happy, and when he returned to the camp, he would get a pot of delicious broth, and the day would be easy. Stampeding, it seemed to be the sound of horses' hooves, Yunos didn't think much about it, looked up into the distance, a black dot slowly appeared, wasn't that his own scout? With the appearance of this Slavic scout, Yunos's patrol all stopped to watch, and some people raised their hands to say hello, Yunos smiled, this scout cavalry has good equestrian skills, the speed is so fast, and soon the two sides approached, and then they heard clearly what the scout was shouting, "Run, run, the Easterners are coming." ”

What? Yunos was stunned, and the patrolmen behind him were also stunned, what the hell? Where are the Orientals? I just wanted to laugh at this scout, but in the blink of an eye, the earth shook, and behind the scout, countless figures appeared, and the silver armor on their bodies could be clearly seen in the sunlight, "Hey, silver armored cavalry, run, it's the chain cavalry, hell..." It's not that Yunos is timid, there is really no way, there are more than 100 people under his hands, and they are not enough to stuff their teeth. For the Slavs, those silver-armored cavalry are nightmarish existences, iron chains, armored war horses, since the battle, I don't know how many Slavic warriors have died at the hands of such strange cavalry, Yunos does not want to use his own flesh and blood, to resist the hooves of the ironclad cavalry.

Gao Pet came, his attack was fast and fierce, several patrols on the periphery saw these cavalry, they had no heart to resist at all, and they collapsed in an instant, the large camp in the direction of Tver shook the sky, and the commander Guercha desperately tried to pacify the big battalion, but the soldiers had long been frightened by the silver armored cavalry, and they couldn't be appeased at all. In desperation, Guaercha organized more than 2,000 people to build a defensive line in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, he would not be stupid enough to form a defensive line outside the camp, that kind of place is the most serious place where the opposing cavalry is raging, relying on speed, it is estimated that a single face can break the formation. Guaercha is also a bit military-minded, and after the eastern cavalry rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army, the speed has weakened, and relying on the infantry formation, it can be completely blocked. The tents in the large camp were connected, and the roads left were narrow and twisted, and the cavalry simply could not form an effective formation.

At the beginning of the battle, the Slavs guarding outside the camp were unable to stop the impact of the ancient town cavalry due to their hasty response, and more than 300 ancient town cavalry relied on their speed and sharp cavalry knives to cut a hole in a blink of an eye, and a large number of cavalry poured into the camp, outflanking the camp from the east and west. The first line of defense could not be blocked, and the remaining Slavs could only scatter as birds and beasts, and they fled in twos and threes, and the cavalry of the ancient town was also divided into countless small teams, killing the Slavic rebels on a large scale. Everything went well, and during the attack on the Chinese army's big tent, the Guzhen cavalry finally ran into a trace of trouble. There were many military tents in the camp, like stone piers that scattered the cavalry formation, but on the contrary, the infantry of Guaercha occupied the wide ground and formed a tight infantry formation. Many Slavic infantry had spears of more than two feet in their hands, and many scattered cavalry rushed to the front of the battle, all of which were poked into a hornet's nest by this spear. The fallen corpses and war horses were piled up at the intersection, causing great trouble to the follow-up soldiers and horses. This time it was a surprise attack on the Tver battalion, and the cavalry did not bring anything except food and necessary weapons, no bows and arrows, and could not give full play to the advantage of cavalry archery, and for a time the assault team was stopped by the Slavs here.

Gao Chongju came from behind, and when he saw that the periphery had been occupied, he nodded with satisfaction, and led two commanders to break into the camp, and several Slavs along the way still wanted to sneak attack, but they were all cut down to the ground by their own soldiers. When he arrived at the center of the camp, Gao Zhong saw many cavalry gathered together, all of them looked anxious, but they couldn't rush in. Some of the cavalry in a hurry wanted to set fire to the big tents around them, but there was an order in the army to keep this big camp as intact as possible, so that after the battle was over, it could also be repaired by making a big camp. Seeing this, Gao Chongzhi frowned, and commanded Mao Xiang to lean over with a calm face, flick the horsewhip, and said loudly, "What's the matter?" Why are they all stuck here? ”

"Back to the commander, the open space ahead was occupied by the Slavs, who formed a tight spear formation, and many of our brothers died at their hands. It's just that there are too many military tents around here, blocking the road, no, the brothers are rushing up" A soldier replied anxiously, his eyes still looking nervously inside, and from here you can still see the sound of fighting coming from inside. Mao Xiangda frowned, and hurriedly went back to report, "General Gao, the Slavs have formed a spear formation, using the surrounding military tents as cover, the road is narrow, and the brothers can't rush in." Or, order the burning of the nearby tent? ”

"No" Gao Pet directly vetoed this proposal, when the team came, the team practiced lightly, there was no thing to build a camp tent, this Slavic camp is a place to rest in the future, "Tell all the troops and horses, you must not set fire, at this time it is warm spring, the camp is dry, the wind is strong, once the fire can not be controlled, it is not only the Slavs who will burn." Moreover, we also need this big tent, otherwise, you let the brothers sleep on the grass later? We have been running for a long time, and we are sleepy and tired, and after this battle, we must have a good rest. ”

Mao Xiang was speechless, he also understood that what Gao Pet said was the truth, rubbing his hands, his face was full of eagerness, "Then what now?" Something must be done, otherwise the brothers will probably suffer a lot of casualties. ”

Gao Zhong snorted coldly, and as soon as the spear shook, the man jumped off the horse, came behind everyone, and shouted, "Everyone dismounts and forms eight assault formations." A bunch of fools, if you only know how to charge on horseback, don't you get off your horse and fight a war? Gao Zhong roared angrily, which can be regarded as waking up many people, and many ancient town cavalry soldiers reacted. Yes, this is not suitable for cavalry charges, but with infantry for assault, there is no problem at all. The cavalry of Guzhen have all undergone infantry training, so they are no strangers to the combat methods of infantry. Under the command of Gao Chong, soon the cavalry quickly dispersed, they turned over and dismounted, and found all kinds of shields, some found thick planks, some found round shields of the Slavs, and in an instant, more than a thousand cavalrymen turned into infantry. Although the infantry of Guaercha occupied the open space, it was not a complete infantry formation, and because of the large number of military tents, the open space was divided into many small open spaces, and the large infantry of the Slavs was also cut into six formations. Gao Zhong took the lead and led a team of 100 sharp knives to launch a fierce attack on the outermost Slavic infantry. The Slavs are armed with two spears, these tight spear formations are very effective against the cavalry, but when facing the infantry, they are a little weak, the soldiers slowly move forward with thick planks, most of the Slavs' spear heads are poked on the planks, waiting to get closer, the Slavs' spears have no advantage, Gao Zhong led the soldiers under his command to rush into the enemy formation, the cavalry knife played a melee advantage, chopping, stabbing, those Slavic soldiers with spears fell to the ground. At this time, the infantry formation was tight, people were close to each other, how to swing the two-zhang spear, on the other hand, the cavalry knife chopping was not affected, the blade was sharp, and those wooden gun handles could not be stopped at all.

Guaercha's eyes widened, and he finally fell into despair as several of the outer formations were crushed. There are pros and cons to everything, the spear formation has caused huge problems to the Orientals before, but also when facing hand-to-hand combat, the spear formation will also lose its advantage. The Easterners are really not simple, they made changes so quickly, the cavalry turned into infantry, and just a little change turned the situation around. The spear formation was collapsing, and the Slavic soldiers, who had lost hope, began to crumble, and the Mao Xiang had been waiting for an opportunity, and as soon as he saw the opponent's formation collapse, several hundred cavalry scattered. Half an hour later, the tight spear array was gone, and only the miserable voices of the Slavs were filled with murderous intent, like a demon god rushing towards the bearded Slavic man who was hunting in a cloak. Guaercha had already seen the bravery of Gao Pet, and hurriedly carried a broadsword to resist desperately, but where was he Gao Pet's opponent, the spear shook into a pear blossom, and a fatal shot was stabbed in the fly, Guaercha snorted and was stabbed to the ground.

After capturing the camp in the Tver direction, Gao Pet began to recuperate and did not launch an offensive in the direction of Gorod. However, Tirov and the others were not comfortable, because the army of Jerusha created more pressure on them, and in just half a day, Jerusha accelerated the speed of the attack, and 10,000 Mongol servants and 5,000 soldiers launched a fierce attack on the south of Gorod. There were only more than 4,000 Slavs stationed in the southern highlands, and they were besieged to the bottom, where were the Slavs opponents, not to mention, when defending the south, there was no geographical advantage, the Mongols were good at horse archery, and they continued to throw along the perimeter, which brought endless trouble to the Slavic soldiers. In the evening, a group of black-armored soldiers began to launch a frontal attack with heavy shields, countless sharp spears were hidden behind the shields, this heavy offensive formation, although the speed was very slow, but it was like a torrent of steel to crush the past, and the battle lasted for two hours, and by the end of the day, the entire southern battalion defense line collapsed, and the defeated Slavs fled in all directions like crazy goats.

The news of the collapse of the southern camp soon reached the Gorod Castle, and Tirov's face was cold, and Rosh and the others were also dull, no longer as arrogant as before. The so-called Gorod defense line, like a joke, in the face of the powerful offensive of the Easterners, it didn't even hold it for three days, and the periphery couldn't be defended, could Gorod City be able to defend it? Rosh is very unconfident, even Tilov doesn't have much confidence, Liao Sha Noel is hunched up, only a few days, he is like a teenager old, "Tilov, what to do now?" The troops and horses in the direction of Tver were almost completely wiped out, and the southern battalion only escaped with 2,000 remnants, and now we have less than 8,000 troops in our hands, and it is really too difficult to hold back the Easterners with this little force. ”

Tirov suddenly showed a mocking smile and blocked the Orientals? No, he didn't want to resist at all, there was only a dead end to stay in Gorod, the road in the direction of Tver was cut off, and no progress was made on Vladimir's side, the Easterners had no worries, and nearly 50,000 troops surrounded Gorod, but Gorod still went to the previous geographical advantage, and he couldn't rely on 8,000 remnants, so what was there to fight with others? Tirov felt that even if he split everyone in half and turned them into three heads and six arms, he might not be able to beat the Orientals. Without Tver, without Vladimir, Gorod at this time was like a chicken rib, "Give the order, put more torches at midnight at the head of the city, and after the three-way drum, everyone will flee for their lives along the gentle slope of the heights." ”

In Tilov's voice, a kind of decline was heard, it was the feeling of the twilight of the hero, the collapse of confidence. Rosh's face was stiff, he couldn't say anything, and he ran for his life, but he didn't expect that he, Rosh, who hailed himself as a warrior, would one day run away like a lost dog. After nightfall, the rumbling war drums sounded in the direction of Gorod, and the city was full of torches, illuminating the night as if it were day, and the Mongols outside the city were startled, thinking that the Slavs had launched a night attack, but after waiting for a long time, they did not see the slightest figure. Jerusha was also alarmed, he took the clairvoyant mirror and watched for a long time, but he didn't see any clues, but Jerusha didn't dare to sleep, for fear that there was a deception.

The next day, the city was still empty. (To be continued.) )