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Just when the two cavalry were about 100 paces apart, Arslen suddenly gave an order to turn to the left, and the three thousand Mongol iron cavalry made a crescent-like arc and flew past the left side of the Cossack cavalry.

The two sides turned over and rained arrows in a volley, each with casualties, the horses fell to the ground with a bang, smoke and dust billowed out, and the ground shook the mountains.

On the vast grassland, the blue sky is like a wash, the wind is surging, thousands of troops and horses are galloping, the roar like a wave rushes straight to the sky, and a thick murderous aura is coming.

"Woo-la!"

"Woo-la!"

"Woo-la!"

The Cossack cavalry was worthy of being known as a cavalry with courage and ferocity, and when they saw three times the enemy, they turned away, not daring to collide with themselves head-on, and they were even more demoralized and shouted wildly.

Led by Khmelniki, a thousand Cossack cavalry quickly drew an arc and pursued the three thousand Mongol cavalry.

Li Ding did not intervene for the time being, and led the remaining 7,000 men to station several miles away, watching the battlefield.

Li Ding knew that Arslen was not only a brave general, but also very scheming, and he could often give full play to the strengths of the Mongol cavalry.

What were the strengths of the Mongol cavalry?

It was quickly apparent from the battle in which a thousand Cossack cavalry pursued three thousand Mongol cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry wore leather armor, which was less protective but lighter.

At the same time, they used sabers more often, and there were fewer people with heavy weapons, and the Mongolian horses had good endurance, and these advantages were quickly manifested in the process of the two armies chasing.

Cossack cavalry in iron armor simply can't catch up with them, they can keep up with you at the same speed, but run with ease.

At the same time, their bows and arrows have a longer range. And the Mongols are very good at turning back on the back of a galloping horse;

The pursuers in the back were right to meet their arrows, which was equivalent to increasing the range of the Mongols' bows and arrows. The Cossack cavalry in the back kept being hit by arrows and fell to the ground screaming. The tumbling horses made a rumbling crash.

And the arrows they shot were chasing the Mongol cavalry, which saved a speed difference, and from the moment the arrows left the string, the Mongol cavalry ran out of the road again, which was equivalent to lengthening the distance between the two sides.

In this way, the Mongol cavalry in front can shoot you, but you can't shoot them. However, the endurance of their horses is good, and they have always been able to ensure that the two sides are at a distance in their favor.

Khmelniki watched as he was constantly being shot off his horse. But the enemy in front of him is helpless, if he continues to chase, his own people will die unconsciously.

Khmelniki had no choice but to abandon the pursuit and lead his troops to the right, which caused the morale of the Cossack cavalry to be quite demoralized.

In the past, they chased and slashed the enemy, and that was the most deliberate time. But now chasing the enemy, it is you who suffers, not to mention how depressed you are.

As soon as Khmelniki gave up the pursuit. Arslen immediately stopped, and then gave orders to the left and right.

The 3,000-strong Mongol army quickly spread out, forming a linear formation nearly two miles long in the wide steppe, and re-approached the 1,000-strong men and horses of Khmelniki. The horses began to accelerate, and the smoke and dust rose again.

Woo

Woo

The low sound of trumpets echoed across the grassland. Let the heavens and the earth become a solemnity.

Khmelniki couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the Mongol cavalry in such a linear formation.

Adjutant General Kamikov also said excitedly: "Arrogant enemy. This time they're dead, General. As long as we concentrate our forces, storm the middle of the enemy's formation, and kill the enemy's commander, the enemy army will surely collapse. ”

Khmelniki raised his spear and roared, and the Cossack cavalry behind him immediately roared:

"Woo-la!"

"Woo-la!"

"Woo-la!"

The murderous Cossack cavalry, once again pouring out like a flood, rushed in a tight square to the middle of the Mongol linear, in which case the Arslen, although they had 3,000 troops, were not superior in the actual battle.

Khmelniki didn't know anything about Arslen, but he was a very arrogant and stupid man, which is why he put on such a formation.

The 3,000 Mongol army elephants are a long wave, surging forward; And the Cossack cavalry of Khmelniki, like a huge ship, rushed towards the waves of the Mongols.

Ten thousand horses are galloping, the earth is trembling, shouting and rushing into the sky, the sand is shocking, the murderous spirit is relying on the tomb, the two armies are getting closer and closer, and finally like a comet colliding with each other, boom! The two armies collided violently in an instant, like a thunderbolt in the sky, and for a moment flesh and blood flew sideways, like the light of the sword of practice, like the shouts of the tide, like the blood of the injection, like the hooves of the rain, intertwined

While! The majestic Lion-like Arslen struggled to cut open a spear that stabbed in front of him, and then swung his sword like a rainbow and slashed out wildly, slashing a tall Cossack cavalryman to only half of his head, white brains, scarlet blood, spurting wildly.

The soldiers around Arslen were all experienced Mongol warriors, but the Cossack cavalry he faced was taller and more powerful, more fierce, and one by one the iron towers were pressed like mountains, wave after wave of impact, and the battle was endless.

"Woo-la!"

"Woo-la!"

"Woo-la!"

The Cossack cavalry became more and more courageous, like a huge wave churning, wave after wave slapping the middle of the linear formation of Arslen, and the Mongolian iron cavalry in the middle could not support a cup of tea, and was gradually crushed by the Cossack cavalry, and could only fight and retreat.

As soon as the Cossack cavalry saw that the enemy commander was beginning to retreat, their morale was even more bursting, and they clenched and rushed wildly, rushing the middle of the Mongol formation to the point that they were not sunken inward, like a bowstring, constantly taut, constantly sinking backwards;

Every Cossack cavalry knew that as long as they continued to attack, they would soon be able to break the bowstring, make the Mongols completely collapse, kill them with red eyes, concentrate all their forces, shout loudly, and launch wave after wave of attacks.

As the saying goes, those who chase deer do not see the mountains.

The Cossack cavalry at this moment was the same, with only the Mongol commander in their eyes, constantly attacking the middle of the Mongol formation. They didn't realize it at all, as Arslen fought and retreated, the formation continued to sink inward, and the Mongol cavalry on both flanks quickly outflanked them, forming a pocket and forming a three-sided encirclement around them.

This is a pocket tactic commonly used by the Mongols in the battle of strength, they can flee on horseback while turning back and firing arrows, so they can fight and retreat, and will not be like other armies, once the back is exposed to the enemy, they often have no power to fight back.

At this time, the three thousand Mongol army had formed a perfect pocket, and the enemy was in the bag, and the central part, which had been retreating from battle, stopped under the leadership of Arslen, and fought with the Cossack cavalry again;

The Mongol army, one thousand on the left and one thousand, began to storm the two wings of the Cossack cavalry, and a rain of arrows rose into the air, like flying locusts that covered the sky, and shot down at the Cossack cavalry array.

Khmelniki realized that if they could not quickly break through the frontal resistance, they would be routed by the Mongol armies on both flanks.

"Woo-la!"

Khmelniki roared, holding his spear and rushing to kill, the Mongols in front of him were raining arrows, also desperately resisting the onslaught of the enemy, the killing in front was extremely cruel, and between the enemy and me, people were constantly being slashed under the horses, screaming like a tide, and the wind was blowing.

Arslen's casualties were even heavier, but he knew that if he held on a little longer, the place where the two armies were fighting would be filled with human corpses and horse corpses, making it difficult for the enemy to launch a fierce attack.

In fact, this pocket tactic is often to sacrifice a part of the front in exchange for the opportunity to completely annihilate the enemy.

Sure enough, in less than a cup of tea, the section of the two sides was full of corpses, and the war horse didn't even have a place to put down its hooves.

No matter how brave the Cossack cavalry was, their horses could not fly, and the corpses on the ground made it difficult for their horses to stumble and move forward.

However, the Mongol cavalry on both flanks was constantly attacking the soft tendons on their left and right, and soon the Cossack cavalry formed a big chaos, and their troops were already small, and under the blows from three sides, they suffered heavy casualties and their morale plummeted.

Seeing that the Cossack cavalry was in disarray, Arslen immediately counterattacked back, just like the taut bowstring, you failed to break it, and when it bounced back, you had to be careful that your fingers and even your neck were broken

Will a thousand Cossack cavalry be wiped out, please listen to the next breakdown.

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