Chapter 408: Mongol Empire, Tanmachi!
Chu Tian finally knew the horror of the fighting nation, and Ekaterina tossed all night.
He vowed to try to increase his strength in the future.
The next day, the Han Empire and the Grand Duchy of Moscow migrated to march to the main city of the Han army. The population of the Grand Duchy of Moscow also migrated to the area around the main western city.
Dian Wei followed Chu Tian's side, and when he saw that the lord had dark circles under his eyes, he couldn't help asking, "Is the lord insomnia?" ”
It's more than insomnia.
Chu Tian replied casually: "It is indeed insomnia. ”
140,000 Han troops and 120,000 servant troops drove 800,000 residents, stretching for hundreds of miles.
These populations could be brought back to the Eastern Han Dynasty and the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty could be increased.
"A population of 800,000, plus 1.5 million in the main city, can bring 2.3 million people back to the Eastern Han Dynasty."
Chu Tian simply calculated that the population of 2.3 million was quite a fortune. Brought back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, at least 800,000 farmers and 200,000 soldiers can be obtained.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow also captured a group of the population.
Catherine's expression was cold, and she was as proud as ever in front of the counts of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
The Polish hussars, the boyer cavalry, the Dvo cavalry, the Novgorod heavy infantry and other regiments formed a torrent.
The Cossack cavalry returned on their horses, reined in the reins, and said to Catherina: "My lord, in the north, there is a cavalry that is moving quickly south!" ”
"Cavalry? Alert now! ”
"Inform Han Jun!"
Catherine ordered the troops to assemble quickly, and thousands of Poye cavalry (cavalry of the Tsarist nobility) and Polish hussars protected Catherine and a number of Muscovite nobles.
"Urgently, there is a large number of cavalry in the north, and the number of war eagles is estimated to be no less than 100,000!"
One of the Iron Eagle scouts in charge of the War Eagle hurriedly reported to Chu Tian.
The tiredness on Chu Tian's face was swept away, and he mobilized all the troops: "Zhou Yafu, you lead the Xiliu battalion and 20,000 low-level infantry to escort the civilians back to the main city. The rest of the generals, prepare to meet the enemy! ”
"Command!"
Zhou Yafu clenched his fists and hurriedly went down to transfer troops.
As a well-trained light infantry, the Xiliu Battalion quickly assembled in front of Zhou Yafu after receiving Zhou Yafu's order.
Eight hundred thousand civilians were in a state of panic, and they were already aware of the tension.
Zhou Yafu led the Xiliu battalion and 20,000 low-ranking infantry, urging 800,000 civilians to speed up.
Catherine, on her part, also divided a detachment of infantry to drive the civilians away from the battlefield.
There is a good chance that a big war will break out here!
Whether it is Chutian or Catherine, they already feel bad. If one person's intelligence is wrong, there is a possibility, and the probability of two people's information being wrong at the same time is extremely low.
The Han army lined up with the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the army of servants was in disarray.
Chu Tian's expression was solemn. Those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come.
On the horizon, 10,000 cavalry appeared, and 10,000 horses galloped!
The cavalry were athletic, and their horses were as nimble as their limbs, and they could easily adjust their direction during the gallop. One cavalryman, armed with four to five horses!
"A cavalryman is equipped with four or five war horses, what a luxury......"
Chu Tian saw the cavalry galloping all over the mountains, and his heart was shocked.
He is a famous prince of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he equips the heavy cavalry with two or three war horses at most, and the enemy in front of him, even the light cavalry, has four war horses!
This is the cavalry of the steppe civilization!
Chu Tian didn't believe that the farming civilization would be so extravagant and equip every cavalry with so many war horses.
At the same time, Chutian thought of the Mongol cavalry in his mind.
It is said that the Mongol cavalry was a man with many horses and ran long distances, which terrified the Eurasian civilizations.
"If it is really the cavalry of the Mongol Empire, it will be too much to confront them in the Gobi."
Chu Tian's palms were oozing with sweat.
He had only heard about the horrors of the Mongol Empire and had never fought against it. The strength of the Mongolian cavalry in "Lord", only the civilization that was crushed by the Mongolian iron cavalry can truly experience the horror of the Mongolian cavalry.
The Mongol cavalry came at a fast pace, and there were warhawks attached to the Mongol cavalry soaring through the air to scout the enemy ahead for the Mongol cavalry.
For the first time, Chu Tian encountered other troops other than the Iron Eagle Scout, who had War Eagles as a means of reconnaissance.
The Mongols also have falconers!
The Mongol cavalry was extremely brave and skillful, and went straight to the outer army of servants, Catherine's legions.
"Cossack cavalry, come forward and intercept!"
Seeing that the demoralized army of servants had not yet been assembled, Catherine had to send 10,000 Cossack cavalry to intercept the Mongol cavalry.
Ten thousand Cossack cavalry roared out and fired arrows at the Mongol cavalry. The Mongol cavalry returned fire, and arrows rained down on both sides!
The Mongolian cavalry's arrows rained down, the damage was significantly higher, and the Cossack cavalry turned on their backs!
The Mongol general, armed with a Mongol bow, shot a dozen Cossack cavalrymen, and under his command, this Mongol cavalry quickly approached, forming a dense formation, and storming the Cossack cavalry!
The cavalry of the East and the West clashed, sabers, maces, spears and other weapons collided, and the Cossack cavalry suffered a large number of casualties.
The Mongol cavalry fought out from the Cossack cavalry, the two cavalry were separated, and thousands of cavalry were killed, most of them Cossack cavalry!
"This is the elite striker of the Mongols?"
Ekaterina was surprised by the staggering loss ratio.
The Cossack cavalry won by quantity, although it was not a particularly high-ranking cavalry, but the ratio of casualties between the Cossack cavalry and the Mongol cavalry in front of them was too great.
Therefore, Catherine considered this not an ordinary Mongol cavalry, but an elite among the Mongol cavalry.
"Could it be the cowardly Xue Jun?"
"Probably not...... The cowardly Xue army will follow Genghis Khan, and the elite level of the cowardly Xue army is probably above this. ”
After the lords of the Grand Duchy of Moscow knew that this was the Mongol cavalry, their reaction was no less fierce than that of Chutian, and even far better than that of Chutian.
The Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed under the Mongol and Yuan offensives, and the situation of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was not much better than that of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the Mongol Empire caused many civilizations in Asia and even Europe to talk about a tiger.
The Mongol cavalry in front of him was obviously led by an extremely good cavalry general.
"It's just the vanguard ...... of the Mongols"
Chu Tian's throat was a little dry, and the strength displayed by the vanguard of the Mongol Empire was very terrifying.
The military generals of the Mongol Empire were relatively small, and they could easily destroy a civilization and slaughter cities.
Chutian would still be constrained by other princes in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Temujin could run rampant almost unhindered in Mobei and integrate the forces of the entire Mobei.
"What have the lords of Mongolia been doing all these years? Could they not have been able to suppress Temujin? ”
Chu Tian thought of the poor number of players in the Mongol Empire, who were like chickens and dogs in front of the real Mongolian generals who were still martial. It is estimated that Temujin led a thousand cavalry to charge, and the players in the Mongol Empire were already in the middle of the blood.
"Huo An, you send Huo to get sick, and I will send Wei Qing to meet this Mongolian vanguard!"
Chu Tian saw that the defeat of the Cossack cavalry by the Mongol vanguard had affected the morale of the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, so he sent Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to the two Han Empires to fight!
Only Wei Qing and Huo Qubing could confront the cavalry commanders of the Mongol Empire in this harsh terrain!
Wei Qing and Huo Qubing received orders from their respective lords, and each led 5,000 cavalry to attack the Mongolian vanguard in a roundabout way!
"Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, help Wei Qing; Xue Wanche, Tai Shici, help Huo get sick! ”
In order to strengthen the small-scale combat capability of the Han cavalry and protect Wei Qing and Huo Quai, Chu Tian sent four tiger generals under his command to fight.
The four tigers galloped out on horseback, following Wei Qing and Huo Quai.
Chutian did not send many troops, because the troops and horses were still gathered, and they could only temporarily engage the Mongol cavalry vanguard with a small force.
The Mongolian vanguard has 10,000 cavalry, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing together also have 10,000 cavalry!
Wei Qing's cavalry was mainly mixed cavalry such as Yulin Cavalry, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, Tang Bow Cavalry, and White Horse Yicong, while Huo Quai's cavalry was mainly the elite cavalry of the Western Regions Protectorate and the 36 Western Regions, and was equipped with Central Asian war horses that were the envy of the Central Plains Dynasty and even the Mongols.
Compared with the Mongolian elite cavalry of the other side, the cavalry of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing seemed to be a bit mixed, but because the commanders were Wei Qing and Huo Quai, the cavalry of the Han army could also exert considerable combat effectiveness.
Huo An was a little relieved when he saw Wei Qing and Huo Qubing fighting, and said to Chu Tian: "The elite vanguard of this Mongolian cavalry is likely to be the Mongolian Empire's Tanmachi, which is an elite army composed of soldiers selected by Genghis Khan from thousands of households, hundreds of households and tribes. When the Mongols conquered the Central Plains, Persia, and Goryeo, they fought field battles and attacked castles, using Tanmachi as the vanguard, and stationed in the conquered areas after the war. ”
"Tanma Red ......"
Chu Tian remembered this rather famous cavalry.
Tanmachi was once commanded by Mu Huali, one of the four heroes of Mongolia, Mu Huali was also one of the "four cowardly Xue" of the Mongol Empire, followed Temujin for forty years, did not obey, and destroyed half of the Jin country for the Mongol Empire. Later, Mu Huali died of illness in the Guanzhong region, otherwise it is very likely that he would have destroyed the Jin Kingdom.
If the opponent's military commander is Mu Huali now, then this battle is a bit of a chess opponent.
Huo An said: "It is said that Tanma Chi has five tiger generals, who are Mu Huali's minions. ”
"The vanguard cavalry had five tiger generals, which can be seen in the strength of the Mongol Empire at that time."
Chutian didn't think that the five tiger generals of Tanmachi could be comparable to the five tiger generals of Shu Han, but he could be appointed by the Mongol Empire as the five pioneers of Tanmachi, and his force was naturally superior.
Wei Qing and Huo Quai's cavalry came out, and Mu Huali cautiously commanded Tan Ma Chi to avoid the soldiers of the two Han Empire cavalry generals, and dealt with Wei Qing and Huo Quai. Mu Huali realized that the momentum of the cavalry commanded by the two Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi was better than the previous Cossack cavalry, and in addition to the fact that Genghis Khan had not arrived, he was suppressed by the monarchical characteristics of Chu Tian and Catherina, and it was difficult for Mu Huali's temporary commander Tan Ma Chi to exert all his combat power.
When Tan Ma Chi turned, he turned around and rode and arched, with superb archery skills, and shot a small group of mixed cavalry of the Han army!
This is a group of nomadic herdsmen who grew up on horseback, and the skills of mounted archery are exquisite.
Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Xue Wanche, and Tai Shici were enraged, and the four generals took their bows together, shot three arrows in a row, and shot twelve Tanma Red Cavalry as a counterattack!
The quality of the war horses of the four generals is not low, so they simply galloped out and pursued Tanma Chi!
"No!"
Wei Qing seemed to sense Mu Huali's tactical intentions and tried to recall the four generals.
Tan Ma Chi lured out the opponent's generals, and turned around from time to time to shoot arrows, and Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Xue Wanche, and Tai Shici faced the continuous cavalry shooting of the Mongol cavalry.
Xue Rengui and other generals also released arrows one after another, and the hit rate was more than eight or ninety, almost without missing a shot! You can achieve such results on the back of a galloping war horse, and you are already a marksman!
"What a fierce warrior."
Mu Huali couldn't help but praise when he saw that the elite Tanma Chi couldn't avoid the arrows of Xue Rengui's four generals.
Mu Huali himself is also proficient in mounted archery, but his strength may not be that high.
"Let's lead the cavalry to kill them and cut off their ears!"
The five vanguard generals of Tanma Chi galloped on horseback, and at the same time asked Mu Huali for battle, eager to try.
They can't wait to fight the Han Empire's generals.
The Han Empire is located in the south of the desert and south of the Great Wall, and the Mongol Empire is located in the north of the desert, and sooner or later there will be a war!
This national war was only a skirmish between the two sides. The Mongol cavalry that Temujin brought to participate in the national war was only 30,000! In Mobei, there are more Mongolian cavalry!
"Order them not to pursue without permission!"
Chu Tian saw that Mu Huali deliberately showed weakness and was chased by the Han cavalry, and judged that this was the usual tactic of the Mongol cavalry to lure the enemy into depth.
In the rear of Mu Huali's Tanmachi, it is very likely that it is the army of servants of the Mongol Empire!
Sure enough, an even more vast cavalry unit appeared at the end of the sight, and a large number of Khorezm cavalry, Spanish cavalry, and Berber cavalry rushed out!
Further behind, a large number of captured Inca tribal soldiers, Spanish spearmen and other infantry minions then covered up and killed!
These dense soldiers are all servant armies conquered by Temujin with his own abilities, driving these servant armies to devour all enemies in front of him!
Tanma Chi turned around and entangled with the Han cavalry, trying to leave the Han cavalry behind!
The tactics used by the Mongolian cavalry taught the generals of the Mongolian cavalry a lesson for the first time!
Xue Rengui shot arrows one after another, and a fierce Mongolian head of a hundred households was shot and killed, and fell in the torrent of galloping cavalry.
When Xue Rengui reached out and grabbed the quiver again, there was no arrow left.
He had no choice but to take the Heavenly Painting Halberd, fight and retreat with Wei Qing and Huo Quai.
Tanmachi's counterattack was ferocious, with sabers, maces, spears and other weapons killing many Han troops, and the destructive power of the cavalry with Mu Huali was amazing. Chu Tian once obtained one of Temujin's characteristics, "Blue Wolf and White Deer", so he knew how terrible the Mongol cavalry was at its peak.
However, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are not easy to mess with, although they are patchwork cavalry, but there are two people who are bonus, and they are not completely entangled by Tanmachi, and they fought with Tanmachi and shot a lot of Tanmachi cavalry.
Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Xue Wanche, and Tai Shici personally returned to the palace, and one person could block more than a dozen Tanma Red Cavalry, and even two centurions were killed!
"You five up together!"
Mu Huali, the vanguard commander of the Mongolian army, sent the five tiger generals to explore the horses!