With the collapse of the flanks, Baruch in the middle camp almost instantly determined that this battle could no longer continue. The gap in strength between the two sides was too great, and the weirdness displayed by the other side gave Baruch a headache.
big.
"You ride horses to the Khyber Pass and send the intelligence collected to General Barak stationed there." Baruch ordered with his head turned, and the secretary who had been recording before nodded immediately.
, and left first with all the Han Dynasty intelligence related to this battle.
Baruch had already predicted that they would not be able to defeat the Han Dynasty. Their purpose itself was to hold back the Han Dynasty, weaken the Han Dynasty, and give Balak, who was actually stationed at the Khyber Pass, clear enough information to prevent the Han Dynasty from defeating the Han Dynasty.
just in case.
Speaking of which, Kushan is also unlucky now. At any time in the past, the Khyber Pass had been stationed with 10,000 warriors of the King of Sai, a full complement of heavy infantry guards, and the Army Soul Corps stationed here all year round.
There are 60,000 elite soldiers and 80,000 elite soldiers in total.
It can be said that since Peshawar is only thirty miles away from Khyber, theoretically speaking, even if it is attacked by other empires, it is absolutely impossible for the Khyber Pass to fall.
After all, Kushan followed the route of the Han Dynasty, and there were also standard Imperial Guards. Although in order to show the power of the royal family, they were not directly called Imperial Guards. In fact, the royal guards who fought against Guan Yu at that time were
, the Royal Spear and Shield Guards, the Royal Archers and Cavalry Guards, and the Royal Archers are actually the serious Imperial Guards.
In addition, in order to show the glory of the past, Vesuthiva I created a royal guard army, and Guishan also had a serious imperial guard army.
By the way, apart from some problems with the Royal Court Guards that were formed too soon, the Kushan Imperial Guards on the whole were indeed reliable. At least they were fully staffed with 30,000 people at the time, and the entire army had two talents, and the leader
Guan Yu, who had suddenly climbed to the third level of talent, did not take any advantage.
It can be said that under normal conditions, to open the Burr Pass, the starting point is equivalent to fighting a military soul, a complete combination of Imperial Guards, and about 20,000 dual talents. This kind of head-on war, even if it is a Roman victory,
Going out to attack Anxi will also be quite a headache.
However, now Guishuang is in the most embarrassing moment. Among the Imperial Guards, the three talented armored cavalry led by Gavin were killed by Sima Zhangyin. The generals have all ascended to heaven. There is no follow-up yet. Others
The royal horse archers, royal archers, and royal spear and shield soldiers were still capable of fighting, but they were transferred to the south to fight the Brahmins.
Even the military souls and heavy infantry of the Imperial Guard have been transferred away. Now there are only 10,000 Sai King fighters in the Khyber Pass. Although they are considered super strong, it depends on who they compete with!
Baruch risked his life because he was worried that the strength of the Han Dynasty exceeded their estimate. Now it is confirmed that if Khyber really only has 10,000 warriors and 60,000 regular soldiers, and the main force of the empire is not in Peshawar yet,
I'm afraid the Khyber Pass will really fall.
"I'll leave first." The secretary bowed and saluted, and then left directly with about dozens of scouts. This information must be sent to the rear by all means, otherwise, there will be an incident in the Khyber Pass and the country will be in turmoil.
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Baruch looked at the nearly defeated second and third-layer defense lines with ice-cold eyes, "Light the fire, cut off the military camp, and prepare to retreat."
Baruch could still afford the loss of about 20,000 yuan, and he was worried that he would not be able to defeat the Han Dynasty early in the morning, so he made preparations early. The ravines in the camp were not only used to defend against Han Dynasty assaults, but also to consume
A larger part of the enemy's Yunqi is to set fire to cut off the military camp when they are unable to resist, giving the rear a chance to retreat.
Even when talking about it before, Baruch showed his determination to fight the Han Dynasty, and many Kushan generals were willing to fight to the death against the Han Dynasty, but Baluch's mind was still clear and he had not calculated.
To win, calculate defeat first. Losing is not an accident, but if the loss can be reduced by clearly taking a good response, but the loss is heavy due to poor thinking, then it is over.
Following Baruch's order, the Kushan camp quickly ignited flames, blocking the entire Han army's advance route from south to north. The defeated Kushan soldiers in front suddenly lost the possibility of rolling back to their own side.
The tung oil burned violently with black smoke.
This kind of flame area that is dozens of steps wide, even a military spirit like trap is not willing to try. Of course, with the speed of the white horse, it can rush through it in a second or two, but it is not necessary.
In an instant, Chen Gong controlled his own offensive.
"Sure enough, when we show that the other party is completely unable to resist, Beigui will set fire to respond. I told you before that if you use the water vapor you have accumulated to rain down, maybe you can stop it.
Just a moment." Mao Jie looked at Chen Gong and said without looking back.
"You are just joking. The other party obviously dug several trenches from south to north, and then used tung oil to start the fire. Do you think it will be useful to go down before I have accumulated this little water vapor?" Chen Gong glanced at Mao Jie.
Said, they all know that Beigui will definitely use flames to cut off the battlefield, because this place is really suitable for this method.
The reason why the Han Dynasty could not get around it before was because the entire military camp of Beigui was blocked in the Kabul Valley, and there was only one road in this terrible place, so you couldn't get around it at all.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, a trench across the Beigui camp was ignited to form a transverse wall of fire, which could block all Han troops as long as it was wide enough.
It's just that this plan requires enough tung oil, and with Beigui's situation and the current tangled situation, it is impossible to come up with so much tung oil to do this. After all, even if this river valley is narrow, there are still more than a thousand
meters, to pull a trench and fill it with tung oil requires a very large amount, and now Baruch has done it in a tricky way.
"Hmph, it must be filled with a lot of pine wood and the like. It's impossible for Kushan to have so much kerosene, and there are still several trenches." Mao Jie said angrily, "Obviously there is a chance.
We defeated the opponent, and now we are actually watching the opponent retreat like this."
"Who said I would watch the opponent retreat like this? I could guess what tactics the opponent would use before, and I would not counterattack?" Chen Gong glanced at Mao Jie. The two of them were old acquaintances, to be precise.
It is said that Chen Gong and all the generals under Cao Cao are old acquaintances.
"However, your current situation is that you let the other party run away." Mao Jie glanced at Chen Gong, rolled his eyes and said.
"On the contrary, what follows is the beginning of our easy victory." Chen Gong said with a smile, "In any case, Beigui's fighting will is still very strong. Although our army has an absolute advantage in strength, it is inevitable that there will be
Battle losses, and now the battle losses should be greatly reduced to almost nothing."
"The problem is that our estimated plan to annihilate at least half of them has come to an end." Mao Jie said with a depressed look.
"Zhongda and the others will block the opponent. What we have to do now is to destroy these miscellaneous soldiers who have no fighting spirit after the opponent's rear army leaves." Chen Gong smiled and said, "Using flames to isolate the battlefield is indeed a good idea.
plan, but isn’t this approach the same as being cut open by legions on the battlefield?”
Just as Chen Gong expected, the flames rising from the Kushan camp did give the Chinese rear army a chance to retreat safely, but it also completely cut off the possibility of the front army's return. The front army, which had already been defeated, even
The leaders of the death squads, who were mentally prepared to die in battle, completely lost their fighting spirit at this scene.
"Things that may have taken more time and more casualties to resolve are now resolved at a faster speed with fewer casualties." Following the cavalry, they fell into the formation and killed the last soldier who was still resisting.
The remaining soldiers of Beigui surrendered naturally.
"It's just that it will probably take more than an hour for the flame to go out. By then, Bei Gui will probably be far away." Mao Jie said with an unhappy look on his face.
"Don't worry, give Zhongda and the others some confidence. If nothing else, there is no problem in stopping those people. What's more, if the infantry can run for an hour, the white horse will probably not take more than a few minutes." Chen Gong glanced at the people strolling there.
Baima Yicong said.
Mao Jie also looked back and had to admit that there was no adulteration in his words. The white horse could really catch up with the infantry regiment that had run for an hour in advance in a few minutes, especially since there was only one road in this place. They were attacking from both sides.
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"So let's look at it a little bit. Our goal is not to simply win, but to create a super high exchange ratio with extremely low losses, so that our side can gain morale that far exceeds that of the opponent. However, we can force a march to appear in Khyber
Yamaguchi, rely on your peak condition to break through there." Chen Gongtou said without replying, he had calculated everything as much as possible.
"It seems that you think very highly of Kushan in the Khyber Pass?" Mao Jie said puzzledly, "Based on what you see now, you shouldn't give such a high evaluation based on your habits. You
Did you have a premonition of something?"
"It's not a premonition, I've seen worse situations, and I know what it's like when an empire gets serious." Chen Gong said with a serious expression, "We are now fighting an empire that is sleeping in a daze.
We rely on instinct to deal with it, but when we hit the Khyber Pass, it’s impossible for Kushan to not be able to react."
"You mean there will be a large number of Kushan elites gathered there?" Mao Jie touched his chin, somewhat understanding, but he did not participate in the Battle of the Two Rivers, and he had no way of understanding Chen Gong's cautious thinking. He just felt that it was relevant.
