Chapter 37: The great disparity in combat strength is difficult to be lucky, and there is a shock in the end of life

After the fire attack, the Yanhan army was overjoyed. Zhao Yu made people repay Anhan, encouraged the military and the people with the news of victory, and ordered Li Tu and Xiao Qian to send troops to the west to seize the area east of the Volga River as soon as possible, enrich the national strength, and then compete with the Golden Horde for a long time.

At this time, Moco Timur Khan led a large army and returned from India to Samarkand, a famous city in Central Asia. Duwa Khan of Chahetai Khanate and Haidu Khan of Wokutai Khanate lead each other. Moku Temur also sent messengers to send a letter to meet Aba Haihan of the Illi Khanate, requesting to send troops together, not only to retake the new city, but also to launch a large-scale western expedition, wipe out the Dongsi countries in one fell swoop, and completely trampled on their feet.

Ababa has no interest in destroying the Dongsi countries, and the Illi Khanate itself is confronting the Mamruq dynasty, the Byzantine Empire and other countries, so it can't take time. So Aba didn't reply to the letter and watched the development of the situation.

Tiegulu, the general of the Golden Account Army, gathered people again and horses. With the help of Huyin Changtu, he received 2,000 reinforcements sent by Mokuo Timur, so a total of more than 7,000 cavalry and more than 8,000 infantry came to attack Cangling Pass again. These infantry are elite standing infantry, and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. In addition, tens of thousands of infantry are far away, all of which are temporary conscripted miscellaneous soldiers of all ethnic groups in Central Asia. The combat effectiveness is not strong, the march is not fast, and they can't participate in the attack for the time being.

It is already the middle of June of the lunar calendar, the hot season. The Han army continued to build customs, but because of the hot weather and slow progress, it still could not be completed. Tan Ma heard that the enemy made a comeback and came to report to the general. Zhao Jin had to order the sergeants to stop building customs and prepare for the battle; and sent people back to Anhan to urge reinforcements.

The army's action is extremely fast. Within a few days, it has come to the grassland outside Cangling. It turned out that Tiegulu got the reinforcements of Moko Timur and knew that King Khan had returned to the Samarkand area. If he didn't take down Cangling quickly, he was afraid of the crime of ineffective fighting, so he urged the military and horses to come.

At this time, the Yan Han army was caught off guard and responded urgently! In terms of quantity, the two armies are similar; but Yanhan's side is a newly formed unit, far less well-trained than the Golden Account Army and not as many horses as the Golden Account Army. If you fight on the grassland, the Yanhan army will undoubtedly be defeated.

All the generals hope that the general will have a wonderful plan. Zhao Jin searched for his dead intestines and tried his best to meditate, but he wanted to arrange another plan, but he couldn't figure it out!

Fire attack? The other party must have learned to be good, and where can there be grass to burn?

Ambush? It's all scorched. Where should we go?

Night attack? Our army is not well trained. If we attack at night, it will be ourselves!

There is really no way. Zhao Yu can only let people set up a big village before the unfinished barrier. Several trenches were dug outside the village, and a refuse horse was also placed in the village. He also set up two temporary cottages on the ridges on both sides, stationed soldiers and horses, echoing each other with the village.

Just arranged, the enemy of the brigade arrived at noon the next day. With the earth-shaking calls and the sound of horses' hoofs, the tailless long snake formation swept over, with armored cavalry on both sides and elite infantry with machetes and round shields in the middle.

The Yanhan army defended on both sides of the ridges and knocked down the rolling stones, but the wood and stones were limited and quickly exhausted. The Jinzhang army suffered a small setback and sent infantry to kill the ridge. The Yanhan army fired arrows, and the well-trained Golden Guardsmen infantry raised their shields, and with the help of terrain cover, there were few casualties. Liu Shang, the partial general responsible for guarding the mountains on both sides, and General An Feng led their subordinates to fight, but the sergeants were not as good as others. They really couldn't stand it and had to retreat down the mountain.

Tiegulu sent two more chiefs to compete for two small villages separately; two Mongolian commanders led cavalry to cheer behind and shoot arrows to cover.

The two small villages soon fell into a short-term fight. Yang Hong and Tian Xinjiang, the generals defending the villages, led a team to fight to the death, and the two armies fought hand-to-hand, which was extremely tragic.

At this time, the main force of the Mongolian army also began to attack the main fortress. The infantry filled the trench in front, and the cavalry immediately began to charge. They rode dozens of horses and made a row. Under the command of the Sain Nobal Tiger, they put their horses over one after another, like layers of waves, impacting in turn! Hundreds of armed cavalry were used in front to rush through the fortress and pick up the horse with long guns. Behind them were followed by a large group of Mongolian cavalry, charging and shooting arrows while pouring arrows for a while. The Han army originally had infantry with spears in their hands to prevent the enemy from destroying the horse. However, they were not trained enough and did not know how to protect themselves. They fell down with arrows one after another, which increased many casualties. The knife and shield soldiers next to the spear soldiers were originally designed to protect their companions, but they were overwhelmed. The spear soldiers were greatly killed and wounded, and the sword and shield soldiers were dispersed by the rushing Lancers.

In a short time, the Golden Account Army had filled all the trenches outside the village and rushed away all the horses in the village! Zhao Jin saw it at the end and couldn't help but fall amazed!

"His grandma!" Zhao Jin, who had been very civilized before, finally said uncivilized words. At this time, seeing that the Han army was already difficult to deal with, Zhao Yu had to shout the order: "Lieutenant He, Lieutenant Lu Wei, Lieutenant Xu! Follow me and pick up the retreat of the people in the village!"

Lu Xiang shouted, "I'll wait to go. The general can't go down!"

Zhao Yu shouted, "It's still nonsense at this time!" Then it went underground. The soldiers led the BMW and presented the halberd above. Zhao Jin got on his horse and rushed out of the gate. He Pan, Lu Xiang, Xu Yu and hundreds of tiger riders hurriedly followed.

The Han army in the village was led by Wuda and did not retreat, and the crossbows kept shooting at the rushing enemy. Hundreds of colored Lancers in front of them were seriously damaged and retreated, but the Mongolian archers behind them swarmed up and shot in turn, retreating after another! The Han army's crossbow launch speed is slow, the crossbowman can't pull the string, and its own protection ability is poor, and it falls into a great disadvantage in the shooting. The Han army knife and shield hand lacked cooperation and training, and was at a loss in actual combat. He often took care of himself and couldn't care about the crossbowman, and the crossbowman himself was shot again, which was chaotic. With his personal courage, Wuda led the cavalry to launch a counterattack. He smashed more than a dozen enemies with his own hands, forcing the Golden Account Army to slow down the offensive. Gao Jinghe also sacrificed his life to attack. He was hit by two arrows and could not fight again. Uda ordered Shi to escort Gao Jing and retreat. Shi Yi sent a journey and returned to fight again.

At this time, the situation in Dazhai was extremely bad, and the Han army on both sides of the small villages was even worse. Yang Hong and Tianjiang were killed in the melee, and the remnants dispersed down the ridge.

Tiegulu, the main general of the Golden Account Army, saw that the battle was beneficial. He waved his hand and horns sounded! The Mongolian soldiers listened and were refreshed to launch a general attack! This impact can be described as overwhelming! The Han army's position became more and more fragmented, and many dead horses fell, knives, guns, bows and other items scattered everywhere, and blood-stained. Fortunately, Zhao Jin killed him in person and received the return of Wu Da and Shi Yi's troops.

Liu Shang and An Feng were ordered to take over the collapsed army of Xiaozhai. As soon as they received it, they were cut off by the retreat by the Jinzhang army that came to enve!

Zhao Jin is holding a big bow and shooting randomly. He doesn't have to aim his head. With his strength, at least he will shoot several enemies randomly. Unexpectedly, between the rapid launch, the big bow was pulled and folded again!

Xu Yu found that the friendly army was in danger and quickly reported: "Lord! General Liu and General An are in danger!"

"I'm going to save it!" Zhao Jin threw the broken bow, swaving the square sky painting halberd, and then led the tiger to rush to death. Xu Yu has a pair of silver willow blade knives to cover Zhao Yu. Lu Xiang waved a wind machete and killed the enemy soldiers who rushed to the general. He Pan charged forward and danced a pair of big hammers. He smashed a bloody road and came back first. The two sides joined forces in one place and then took An Feng back.

Wuda and Shi Yi also led the Dazhai army and fought and retreated. The enemy's previous injury to the Sainnobaer Tiger has not yet healed, and he only led an iron horse to attack with a one-handed dance gun. Shi was furious and came forward to meet the enemy Saiyin Nobal Tiger. Hu Yinchangtu, the general of the Golden Account Army, saw it and shot an arrow, hitting Shi's arm. Saiyin Nobal Tiger then fired a shot, and the assassin was under the horse! Zheng Tongfu, a general of the Han army, rushed to save Shi Yi with two hammers. Unexpectedly, Huyin Changtu shot Zheng Tongfu in the shoulder with another arrow. Zheng Tongfu abandoned a hammer and had to retreat. Uda came and defeated the Saiyin Nobal Tiger. The second general fought several times. At this time, Uda's subordinates shouted and reported that Shi Qi was dead. Uda was furious and tried his best to smash the Saiyin Novar Tiger. Saiyin Nobar tiger couldn't resist and ran away. Huyin Changtu shot an arrow at Uda from afar. Uda swept down the arrow with a wolf's tooth stick and wanted to rush over to fight, but he saw that the golden tent army was strong and would die in vain. Uda had to take over the rest of Shi and retreat to the customs.

In the chaotic army, Meng Long, Du Yun, Tuhan, Wen Rengong and others led dozens of soldiers to die, and many of them died.

In a hurry, people from all walks of life of the Han army retreated into the customs one after another, and the Golden Account Army swarmed to attack the key. Because the Cangling Pass has not been built yet, and there is no low wall to cover it. The Mongolian cavalry under the gate all dismounted from their horses and fired arrows at the gate. The Han army archers at the gate exposed their bodies and shot arrows down. The two sides shot against each other, but the top could not shoot below. At this time, the colored infantry had set up stairs to climb the wall. The Han army on the wall was very embarrassed and their defense was overstretched. The Semu infantry climbed up the wall at the risk of being killed on both sides and fought a scuffle with the Han army.

This situation is very critical. Zhao Jin faced a difficult choice and made a decision. He had no choice but to make up his mind to retreat and defend the front line of the Ural River! So Zhao Jin ordered 200 Tiqi to knock on the gong and inform the ministries to withdraw urgently. Xu Yu took Ti to guide the retreat team. Lu Xiang protected the wounded soldiers who could not fight again and followed Tiqi to retreat first.

In order to buy time to retreat, Zhao Jin planned to open the door and exit in person and launch a counterattack. Wu Da and Liu Shang came to dissuade. Zhao Jin didn't listen. Liu Shang threw his helmet on the ground and shouted, "If I rely on the Lord's judgment, I will be a good man!" So Liu Shang led dozens of warriors to open the door and rushed out desperately. Wuda couldn't help pulling back Zhao Jin and ordered He Pan to escort Zhao Jin to retreat. He went up the customs on foot to kill the enemy soldiers who had climbed the wall. Liu Shang got the help of An Feng, and the second general retreated the enemy, returned to the customs, and then responded to Wuda's retreat.

All departments of the Han army have been in chaos, and they can only follow the sound of gongs and flee in panic. The golden tent army seized the pass, chased after it, and also followed the sound of gongs. Seeing the urgency of the situation, Liu Shang said to An Feng, "There are more than ten Gaolings on the road after the customs. You can rush there and gather archers to ambush!" When the enemy came, they attacked it unexpectedly!" The second general then divided the division, and An Feng recruited archers along the road. Liu Shang fought to the death and blocked the enemy's pursuit.

(to be continued in the next section)

Note:

Mamluk Dynasty: A slave dynasty established in Egypt in the 13th century. The founding monarch Bei Beisi was born as a slave, and Ma Muluke means "slave". The popular character in this book* is also a slave. Historically, under the circumstances of the destruction of the Abbasid Arab Empire by the Mongols and the rampant crusaders, Arab civilization has been extremely weak and on the verge of destruction. Thanks to the heroes such as Bebasi and Galvin of the Mamliuq dynasty, they not only defeated the Mongolian army, but also defeated the crusaders, and the Arab lineage was preserved. Gelawin died in 1290. The following year, his son Ashraifer inherited his father's business, completely eliminated the crusader forces on the east coast of the Mediterranean, and the 200-year crusade ended.

Byzantine Empire: that is, the Eastern Roman Empire, the longest-lived millennium empire in Western history, and one of the two major sects of medieval Christianity - the core country of the Orthodox Church. The Byzantine emperor also served as the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, which is equivalent to the Catholic Pope.