Chapter 988: Return to the Battlefield

The city of Coster is in an awkward position in the triangular defense, so there are not many soldiers and horses stationed here, only 2,000 people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Shi Wengong's nearly 10,000 troops arrived in Koster City, immediately launched a fierce attack on the outer city wall, because he knew that the defense in the city was weak, Shi Wengong did not reserve, even the tentative attack was not enough, nearly 5,000 troops surrounded Koster City on three sides, just an hour, the relatively low city wall was breached, the **** soldiers broke into the city along the road, more than 2,000 Slavic defenders were killed and wounded, and the remaining less than 300 people fled from the south with the people in the city, and the result was not long out of the city, I ran into the Mongol cavalry guarding outside. These Mongols don't care what kind of people, men and women, as long as they are heads, it is a heavy credit. The hapless Koster soldiers and civilians encountered the Mongolian soldiers who were eager to make meritorious contributions, and finally the whole army was wiped out.

Conquering Koster City, Shi Wengong has no pride, and with Koster City, the next plan will be smoother. Since April 27, the vicinity of Gorod has obviously been busy, more and more elite soldiers have rushed to Gorod, and the strength of this area has further expanded, and by the seventh day of the fifth month, the elite cavalry, the Mongolian servant army, and the Slavic servant army, after adding up, the total number of people has reached as much as 110,000, such a terrifying number of soldiers and horses, it is definitely the most in the history of Kipros, to put it mildly, there is no need to fight, just listening to the number of people, it is enough for Vyache and other nobles to drink a pot. Everything was prepared, and finally the prelude to the attack on Vladimir began. Everything was as Tilov expected, and the **** was full of confidence in attacking Vladimir, and he had a decisive posture, but as for Gorod, he only left more than a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people to garrison. To put it bluntly, at this time, the Eastern army has swelled to the point of no return, what is the back road, what can be won in a battle, why do you want any back road, if you leave a back road, it will destroy your own prestige.

The Eastern army is very arrogant, and Tirov can only endure it even if he is angry again, there is no way, who makes the strength inferior to others? On the ninth day of the fifth month, Tirov and others, who had endured for a long time, finally came out of Tver City and went straight to Gorod. Tilov was cautious enough to wait until two days after the Eastern army left Koster. Ten days passed, and the Gorod garrison did not change at all, and when Tirov's troops and horses arrived, the guards of Gorod, the old and weak, the sick and the disabled, only put up a slight resistance, and fled along the widest slope of Gorod in the direction of Cahors, and the Slavs recaptured Gorod again.

"Spread the news that we will defeat Gorod, hum, I want to see what the Orientals want to do" Tirov finally let out a bad breath, the arrogant Orientals, do they really think that if they have the advantage in strength, they will definitely win the war. Fighting a war depends on strategy after all, but it is a pity that the arrogant Orientals have long become blind.

The Easterners want to solve the Istrian problem in one fell swoop, but what if this morale is lost? Tirov always felt that the Orientals were too confident and simply regarded Kipros as nothing. The news of the fall of Gorod soon spread, and the so-called one stone shook a thousand waves, and Gorod repeatedly changed hands, making the situation in Istria a bit of a mess. Two days later, as Tilov had expected, after learning of the fall of Gorod, the Eastern army began to stop its advance and seemed to be in a dilemma.

Four days have passed since the march to the city of Coster, and the huge soldiers and horses are slowly walking on the plains of the Istrian highlands, and the fields are full of greenery. When the news of the fall of Gorod came, the expeditionary force stopped. More than 100,000 soldiers and horses were divided into three routes, all of which were concentrated at this time 300 miles east of Vladimir, and the camp stretched for 100 miles. Zhao Yougong's face could not see the slightest loss, on the contrary, he was a little excited, he didn't expect the Slavs in Tver to be so unstable and move so quickly. This plan was formulated by Dongfang Jin, and naturally it had to be arranged by Dongfang Jin, before noon, more than a dozen generals gathered in the tent, and even Hai Dongzhu did not fall, Dongfang Jin saw that it was almost over, so he got up and arranged the next move, "At present, the Slavs on the Tver side have reoccupied Gorod, and the spies in front have sent news that there are about 15,000 Slavic soldiers and horses concentrated near Gorod, and it can be said that the Slavic soldiers and horses in the north of Vladimir have all been concentrated near Gorod, This gives us a good opportunity to put an end to the scourge in the north in one fell swoop. This time, General Gao Zhong will lead 5,000 cavalry to the rear of Gorod from the west to block the retreat of the enemy army to Tver. In addition, General Yelu led 20,000 Mongol cavalry to go out with the Haiguiren day and night, quietly approaching Gorod, and cooperating with General Gao's cavalry to deal a fatal blow to the enemy. ”

Gao Zhong and the others got up to receive the order, not daring to slack off in the slightest, Dongfang Jin divided the soldiers and horses into one light and one dark, and the movement was so loud that tens of thousands of troops acted together, naturally they couldn't hide the eyes of the Slavs. Dongfang Jin didn't want to hide it from the Slavs, and the next morning, the battalion that stretched for hundreds of miles was busy, and more than half of the soldiers and horses were divided. After the distribution of manpower, there were less than 50,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the camp, and these soldiers and horses were scattered in several large battalions, and the deterrent effect was not as good as before. Considering the security problem, Dongfang Jin sent people to invite Zhao Yougong and Xiao Zhiyun and others to the rear, at this time the spring was bright, Zhao Yougong and others were arranged in a small town called Kuasr, since the army of more than 100,000 people approached Vladimir, the people in Kuasr town fled. In Viache's propaganda, the Orientals were man-eating demons, and the Slavic people were so afraid that their first reaction was to flee for their lives. The town was empty, which saved Yang Zaixing a lot of things. Yang Zaixing felt that it was very necessary to do this, and now that the army of more than 100,000 troops was based in the Istrian Heights, the only hidden danger was the safety of Zhao Yougong and others, so in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Yang Zaixing transferred 1,000 soldiers and horses from the Ruifeng Battalion to protect the small Kuasr like an iron wall.

On the Gorod side, news reached Tirov's ears one after another, but he did not panic at all, and the Orientals really began to come to their aid. By this time the offensive plans of the Easterners had already been disrupted, and Tirov was confident that Lovednov in the Vladimir direction would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to do something. Of course, Tirov will not be stupid enough to sit in the Gorod Castle and wait for tens of thousands of Eastern troops to surround him, although he recaptured Gorod, but the Easterners are not under the Gorod Heights, so they have lost their geographical advantage, and it is tantamount to wishful thinking to rely on Gorod to block the attack of tens of thousands of troops. Eventually, you have to return to Tver, but before you go, you must prepare a generous gift for the Orientals.

In Vladimir's Black Iron Castle, Lovednov carefully studied the military report in his hand, and Tilov's plan really succeeded, the Easterners had already begun to divide their troops, and they reacted very hastily, this was a good opportunity to attack. Before, the Orientals had an army of more than 100,000 people, and Luo Weidenov said that he would not take the initiative to attack, but now it is different, the Orientals have more than 60,000 people in front and back, and the remaining tens of thousands of people are scattered, but they are much weaker, and as long as they deal with it properly, they will not fall into encirclement. Rodynov is cautious by nature, he is unusually spicy, he knows that he is hungry and knows that this is a good opportunity, or it may be the only one, so he must take advantage of it. There has been no movement in the direction of Vladimir, Lovednov showed great composure and patience, and in the evening, the people who went to inquire about the news finally returned to the Black Iron Castle, "Lord Lovid, there are many elite soldiers from the East stationed in the town of Kuayr, it seems that they are protecting someone. ”

Kuasr? Lovednov knew that this town had a short stay in the town when he led Turov's army to attack the Duchy of Suzdal, and the town of Kuasr was not a critical place, so why did the Easterners guard it heavily? Slowly, Lovednov became a little excited, his eyes brightened, and he felt that he had finally found what he had been looking for, and that this might be the place where he wanted to find the most. Although the Orientals are now in a dilemma, and their morale has plummeted, their combat power is still good, and they can't get the slightest benefit from a really fair and honest raid, so the best way is to kill someone else's commander. Is the Eastern Regent in the small town of Kuasr? Shoot the man first shoot the horse, capture the thief first capture the king, Lovednov made a decision in an instant, for the sake of Kiporos, must gamble, since the death of Tchaidov, Chai Koro succeeded as the consul of the Iron Hammer Cavalry Regiment, and now the time has come to use Chai Koro. Calling Chai Keluo, Luo Weidenov said with an extremely stern expression, "Chai Keluo, I will divide 5,000 cavalry under your command, and your task is to take down the town of Kuasr in the shortest possible time and kill the easterners in the town. ”

"Your Excellency the Legion Commander, rest assured, I will successfully complete the mission" Chai Keluo was shocked, this was the most important task since he succeeded as consul, so he was only allowed to succeed, not to fail. 5,000 cavalry, this is a huge honor, if you fail, I am afraid that your fate will not be much better.

At night, the soldiers of the 5,000 Iron Hammer Cavalry Regiment left Vladimir with Chai Keluo, and after leaving the city, they did not follow the official road to the north, but made a detour to the southeast. From the early morning of the next day, Chai Keluo stopped his march and hid in the dense forest. The march continued until late in the evening, when it was dark, and two days later, on the 14th of May, they finally approached the town of Kuasr. The town is located in the heart of the plain, a peaceful place, Chai Keluo looked at this peaceful town, burst out with pride, he keenly felt that this town is unusual, this battle is about the honor and disgrace of a lifetime.

On the fifteenth day of the fifth month of the fifth year of Taikang, thousands of soldiers of the Iron Hammer Cavalry Regiment suddenly appeared on the Istrian battlefield south of the small town of Kuayr, and the most thrilling scene unfolded from there. No one expected that the small town of Kuasr, which originally belonged to the large rear, would suddenly fall under the attack of the Slavic cavalry. When the Iron Hammer Cavalry Regiment arrived, Yang Zaixing didn't know anything about it. Several cavalry of the Ruifeng battalion patrolled the edge of the farm, and suddenly there was a strange thing in the field of vision, and before they could react, they felt the earth tremble, and there was a whining sound in their ears, and countless cavalry rushed out, and several soldiers of the Ruifeng battalion were drowned in the sea of people in the blink of an eye.

The unusual movement outside the town alarmed the soldiers of the Ruifeng battalion, and the urgent horn sounded, and the soldiers gave up their training, took up their weapons and ran on horseback. In the blink of an eye, the southern end of the town was already in a bitter battle, and due to the haste to respond to the battle, it was impossible to organize an effective formation. Ye Qi has been in the Ruifeng Battalion for less than two years, but he has definitely experienced a lot of battles, when he was in the ancient town cavalry before, he had participated in the bloody battle of the Yongding River, so he has a strong feeling about the battlefield, this is the most Jingruide hammer cavalry of the Slavs, and in terms of numbers, it is definitely not less than three thousand people, "Stop them, chestnut, you go back and inform General Yang quickly, and protect His Highness to transfer quickly!" ”

Ye Qi couldn't figure out how the Slavs found the town of Kuasr, and the current situation didn't allow him to think about it too much, even if he died, he had to stop the hammer cavalry. As soon as he thought of the people in the town, he felt a sense of fear, His Royal Highness and the princess were all in the town, and once something happened, the hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops would immediately fall into crisis. The battle came too suddenly, although Ye Qi led hundreds of cavalry to block desperately, but it was only a stick of incense time, the Slavs had the advantage of numbers, and seeing that the southern end was blocked, they immediately interspersed from the west. For a while, the sound of fighting was everywhere, and the town was in turmoil.

Yang Zaixing was fully dressed and urgently found Zhao Yougong. Although the killing sound outside was shocking, Zhao Yougong was unusually calm, just frowned and asked, "What's going on outside the town?" ”

"The Iron Hammer Cavalry Regiment doesn't know how they know about the town, they have gathered heavy troops to attack here, our numbers are too small, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist, and please ask Your Highness and the princess to evacuate quickly!" Yang Zaixing couldn't help but say that he sent someone to bring the war horse. The sound of the fight was getting closer and closer, Yang Zaixing's face was getting worse and worse, Claire hugged Sanniang's arm tightly, and her eyes were full of horror.

Zhao Yougong just thought about it for a moment, then frowned and shook his head, "It's too late, if the Slavs have enough troops, they will definitely block our retreat first." The roads in the town were narrow, and the troops could not be deployed, and if they left the town, the Slavs would take advantage. Shao Lie, you quickly go out to meet the enemy, gather everyone in the town, don't go out, as long as you hold on for an hour, there will definitely be reinforcements from Dongfang Jin's side. ”

Yang Zaixing is not an unreasonable person, so he immediately arched his hand and led people to organize the battle. Zhao Yougong looked at the people around him and smiled helplessly, "It's enough, it happened suddenly, and you can only fight a dozen, Sanniang, you look at Claire, and the rest of the people go with this king to meet the enemy." ”

Xiao Zhiyun is used to seeing strong winds and waves, and she doesn't care much about life and death, so she took off her headdress and walked quickly to Zhao Yougong, "Official, Mo Duo explains, if we can't hide today, it's also our life." ”

The small town of Kuasr, after repeated resistance, although it blocked the Slavs' attack, the cavalry of the Ruifeng battalion also suffered a lot of losses, and so far more than 300 people have been lost. Yang Zaixing held the silver gun and ran through the streets, "Qi He, a team of five people in a chain of horses, everyone guards the streets and is not allowed to leave the town." You Zetao, lead your people to the north, and you must hold out until reinforcements arrive. (To be continued.) )