Chapter 929 The Importance of the Plateau of Taimyr

Viache's hesitation did not come from the Holy Roman Empire alone, but above all from the realities of the Principality of Kipros. With the help of Holy Rome www.biquge.info the Duchy of Turov quickly unified Kipros, but in the end it was short-lived and did not gain real control. In recent years, the lives of most peasants in the Principality have not been very good, and many families have paid rent, and the food left behind is only enough for the family. Life is difficult, which also leads to the lords of the principality often have to worry about the serfs making trouble, the situation in Kipros is already bad, which is why Viache is eager to expand eastward, life is difficult, if the serfs are forcibly requisitioned to build a city, I am afraid that the people's resentment will become deeper and deeper. If he could, Viache wanted Kipros to be more stable, but Lothair had to consider that if the city of North Sei was built, it would have a profound impact on the whole of Kipros and the eastward expansion plan. If they really don't do anything, don't say that they are willing or unwilling, at least the Holy Romans will think more, and if the Germans know that the Jeeplous have been guarding against them, then the alliance between the two sides will also be challenged.

After thinking for a long time, Vyache spoke out in his heart, "Your Majesty Lothair, the construction of the city of the North Cyptic River can continue, but you must guarantee that once our peasants make trouble, the Holy Empire will help unconditionally, and in addition, the Holy Empire will have to take out a part of the baggage, and it is impossible for the Slavic warriors to work hungry." ”

Lothair took a deep look at Vyache, this Grand Duke of Turov really didn't miss the opportunity to ask for favors, although his own baggage was limited, but Lothair still agreed, "There is no problem with this, if the city of the North Cypriot River can be built, it will be beneficial to both of us, I hope the Duke will hurry up, there is not much time left for us." ”

Lothair and Viache have a good calculation, if the city of the North Sei River really lets them build, it will really bring endless trouble to the rule of **** in Siberia, but it is not the style of the **** to sit back and be beaten passively. Within a few days, Zhao Yougong urged the horse to come to the city of Tula, as soon as he entered the city, he could clearly see that the city of Tula is very different from the city of Siberia, the city of Tula learned the lessons of the city of Siberia, the walls of the building are thicker, the edges are more obvious, fully considering the cold and warmth, the long chimney is particularly conspicuous. Due to the urgency of the military situation, after entering the castle, Zhao Yougong held a routine military meeting, "What is the movement on the Taimel Plateau?" ”

Jerusha was prepared, got up and replied, "Your Highness, there is not much abnormality in the Tamyr plateau, but in the last two days the Germans in the northwest have been camping closer and closer to the Yenisei River, and many Slavic farmers have crossed the Yenisei River, and there are all signs that the Slavs are interested in continuing to build the city of the North Cypriots. As for the soldiers and horses under the command of Zadov, since the battle of Lake Baikal, those Slavs have concentrated their forces and have no intention of attacking at all. ”

"Build the city of the North Cypriots?" Zhao Yougong touched his chin and showed a meaningful smile, "It seems that these Western barbarians have also learned to be smart and know how to build cities, but they are also too arrogant, do you really think we don't dare to take the initiative?" Shao Lie, you gather all the cavalry under your command, and from the day after tomorrow, harvest the entire Taimel Plateau for this king, especially those Germanic cavalry, if they are bigger, they will tremble when they see us in the future. In addition, Lord Ögedei, please lead the sons of the Hongjira tribe from the Tunguska River to the city of the North Cypriot, and as soon as the Germanic cavalry is attracted to the east, immediately send troops to the city of the North Cypriot River, and capture all the Slavic peasants, these Slavic bearded people, but the best coolies. ”

With the end of the Battle of Lake Baikal, coupled with the fact that most of the Mongol servant army was cavalry, the cavalry strength of the Siberian Front had far surpassed that of the coalition army, especially on the Taimel Plateau, as long as Yang Zaixing did not make any major mistakes, with his ability to already have the ability of the cavalry, there was no need to worry at all. The attack on the Taimel Plateau is only the beginning, and Zhao Yougong will also devote enough energy to deal with the main force of the coalition forces in Phoenix City. It's time for these Western barbarians to learn a lesson, and this time I want to tell them a truth, sometimes it is not necessarily good to occupy a fortified city, maybe this fortified city will become a burden.

The Siberian Expeditionary Force was in high spirits, Zhao Yougong's orders were issued layer by layer, and the soldiers were very excited when they heard that there was a battle to be fought. Vyache spent his days in Phoenix, never expecting that the Taymer Plateau would reignite the flames of war in such a short period of time. On October 20 of the fourth year of Taikang, Yang Zaixing, the commander of the palace, led 20,000 cavalry from Guzhen to raid the Taimel Plateau in two ways, and the Slavs stationed in the southeast corner of the Taimel Plateau were caught in the middle. At noon on the same day, the cavalry of the ancient town attacked the Slavs' camp from the north and south, and the Slavs in the camp were caught off guard. The cavalry of the ancient town was divided into countless small groups of soldiers and horses, galloping and fighting in the camp, the whole camp became a pot of porridge, Tchaidov gasped, his hair was burned out a lot, his eyebrows were the worst, and he became bare directly, Chai Dov hated these Orientals to death, and he actually copied them from the northern bread, so many cavalry were not in the front raid, playing the rear sneak attack, it was simply shameless.

"Lord Tchaidof, you hurry up, the brothers in the north are about to be unable to stand it, if you don't leave, you really can't go" A personal soldier dragged Chaudov out, the other side was all elite cavalry, especially the weird iron cable, the brothers prepared to counterattack in formation several times, but they were all killed by the kind of iron chain horses. Tchaidov's sunken eyes, tears flowed down his face, he didn't want to run away like this even if he died, more than a dozen personal soldiers protected Tchaidov, and fled to the camp desperately, fortunately, Yang Zaixing's goal was only to defeat these Slavs, and he didn't think about annihilating them all, which made Tchaidov pick up a life.

The Slavs' camp had been devastated, and the main forces of the coalition forces in Phoenix could not sit idly by, and since receiving the news, Viache and Lothair organized a combined infantry army of 40,000 men to set out from the south gate to rescue Chadov. It's a pity that the reinforcements just went out of the city less than twenty miles before they were attacked head-on by Ding ****. Lovednov's face was gloomy and uncertain, a pair of triangular eyes showed a fierce light, looking at the neat and magnificent infantry formation opposite, his heart fluttered, the fact is obvious, the Oriental people have been waiting here for a long time, "Ledno, you come to take the lead, you must break through the large formation of the Oriental people." ”

On the Tunguska River, Lovednov had seen with his own eyes how powerful the Ding**** infantry formation was, and the formation was not only rigorous, but also full of changes, so he hoped that Redno's cavalry would create a miracle, and if he could open the gap from the flank first, he would be able to find a little hope. Ledno's soldiers and horses rushed out in batches, and copied towards the two wings of the Ding**** infantry formation without the cooperation of the infantry, Ledno knew how powerful the shield array of the Orientals was, and that kind of long-handled spear, which rushed to the front, and Ledno had no confidence at all.

Lin Chong raised his eyebrows, and looked at the high pet next to him with a slightly wry smile, "These Slavic bearded men have learned smartly, and they have outflanked them from both wings, it seems that they want to teach these bearded people what a formation is." ”

I saw the flag bearer waving the colorful flag in his hand, and the drum sound also became two short and one long, and the infantry formation of more than 30,000 people immediately changed, the shield players in front slowly dispersed, and the square array was separated in turn, and then each array was connected to each other, and the pikemen shrank inward, turning into a dozen circular formations that were constantly rotating. Circular gossip, endless changes, when did Ledno encounter this formation after so many years of fighting, he didn't know how to deal with it at all, plus the Slavs relied on a fierce force, so a large number of Slavic cavalry rushed into the rotating circular formation unprepared, and at first they didn't feel anything, but when they rushed in, they found that there was a big difference. The gaps in the periphery of each circular array are limited, and the Slavic cavalry cannot pass side by side in large quantities, and can only pass through in twos and threes, and inevitably, they lose their numerical advantage locally, plus they are all cavalry, and the speed is fast, interspersed randomly along the gaps. It was difficult for the Slavs to break through the outer shield protection, and many were knocked over by the constant outstretched spears as they interspersed. Because the place where the two sides were fighting was full of dust, dust, and the line of sight was blocked, the Slavs were constantly interspersed, but they were so misty that they could not rush out at all, and they only felt that they were enemies wherever they ran.

Lovednov watched the entire battlefield from afar, he kept swallowing his saliva, and the look of shock in his eyes was so obvious. The ability of the Oriental people to change formations quickly and forcefully is really incomprehensible, how did they practice it? Ledno's cavalry had already fallen into a bitter battle, and if there was no accident, it was only a matter of time before they were completely annihilated, so Lovednov could only order, "The whole army is attacked, and whoever dares to retreat will be killed." ”

The Slavs who were in the rear finally pounced, and then Lin Chong hurriedly waved his hand, and the military orders continued to be issued, and the circular array slowly contracted, forming three closely connected larger circles, so that the miserable Slavic cavalry finally survived. However, those who were encircled by the large circular array were unlucky, and were directly swallowed by the slowly shrinking circular large array. Redno was panting for breath, he was so dizzy from the battle that he didn't know how his face survived.

After losing more than 7,000 men, Lovednov had to give the order to retreat and retreat into Phoenix. Not long after Luo Weidenov fled back to Phoenix in a hurry, another army appeared in the east of Phoenix, which was the army led by Shi Wengong and Yelusha, the number was also about 20,000, and after Lin Chong's department and Yelusha's department joined forces, the total strength had exceeded 50,000 people, and this huge army of soldiers and horses was stationed in the east of Phoenix City openly, not retreating or attacking. But at this time, the more the **** did not move, the more uncomfortable the coalition forces in Phoenix City became. Lothair was scheming and became an old Saxon fox by the lords of the Holy Empire, but this old fox was also at a loss by the situation in front of him. Compared to Lothair, Viache lost his composure, and he was so angry that he scolded, "Damn Orientals, why don't you attack, what do they want to do?" ”

If it was to block reinforcements from going to the Taimel Plateau, it should have been stationed in the southwest, but the Easterners were all stationed in the east with a siege posture, but they did not attack. Lothair frowned and said with some impatience, "Your Excellency the Grand Duke, don't be impatient, judging from the current situation, the intention of the Orientals is not to prevent us from rushing to the aid of the Taimel Plateau, but to delay. If you don't believe it, the Grand Duke can send reinforcements again, and I believe that this time the Orientals will not stop us. ”

In terms of the overall situation, Lothair is much more clever than Vyache, and he believes that the Orientals at this time are looking forward to Phoenix sending reinforcements, the more the better, and when the number of soldiers and horses in Phoenix City is small enough to a certain extent, they can storm Phoenix City. In order to keep Phoenix, it is necessary to leave enough troops to guard the city, and the reinforcements sent will not be too many, the previous 40,000 people have reached the limit, and the results also show that the Dongfang people did not take these 40,000 reinforcements in their eyes at all, "Your Excellency the Grand Duke, haven't you found out yet?" Phoenix City was deliberately given to us by the Orientals, and we always thought that with Phoenix, we would be invincible, but now that we think about it, if the Orientals don't attack Phoenix, what is the significance of our so-called advantage? In order to hold Phoenix, we had to come up with enough troops, and the Orientals used a Phoenix to successfully fix us, and we got Phoenix, but lost flexibility and initiative. Hey, I'm afraid something big is going to happen to the Tamyr Plateau, and once the Easterners retake the Tamyr Plateau, there will be no source of baggage, and the cold winter will become our worst enemy. ”

Under Lothair's preaching, Vyache also slowly calmed down, and suddenly, his eyes widened and he slapped the table fiercely, "It's bad, Beisai River City, we have concentrated a lot of manpower in Beisai River City, if the Easterners intend to attack Beisai River City, won't our previous efforts make them pick up cheap?" ”

Hearing what Viache said, Lothair remembered this, and for a while both of them wanted to cry without tears. When I heard that the Orientals had evacuated Phoenix, they jumped up and down happily one by one, but now that I think about it, it seems that the Taimel Plateau is more important. It's over, this passive situation is inevitable, and Lothair is most worried about the Germanic cavalry stationed on the Tymel Plateau, which is the work of the Holy Empire. Once the losses are heavy, the consequences are unimaginable. (To be continued.) )