Durga's face was livid at this moment. The combat effectiveness shown by the Han army before was quite acceptable. Even if it was far beyond Durga's expectation, it could still barely defend with the help of the camp. But after the commander stepped forward,
, the entire legion attacked like crazy.
What followed was that the Kushan front exceeded its own limit load in an instant, and then directly collapsed and disintegrated. At this point, not to mention Durga, even Rahul's presence was unable to save the day, and the infantry formation was unable to save itself.
Relying on the camp to face the cavalry is already the most correct way. However, the most correct way has failed, so what else can be said?
After visually checking the position of the chariot, Durga gave up decisively. If the chariot had entered the front camp, he could also intercept the charge of the Han cavalry laterally and provide assistance for the retreat of the headquarters, but now Durga had no other options at all.
choose.
"Order the left and right troops to retreat outside the camp, and the middle and low-level generals will lead the soldiers to retreat to the rain forest." Durga said with a cold face. In fact, he was very clear mentally. The consequence of retreating directly at this time would be to be covered up by the Han army with cavalry.
As the main force of the infantry, Guishang would probably collapse before his eyes if he was chased by the Han army.
However, if we do not make such a choice and continue to block the Han army here, I am afraid that it will not take long for the Han army to kill the Guishang soldiers until the entire army collapses and even surrenders.
Since there is only a dead end for the hard top, then withdrawing from the camp and retreating to the bushes or even the jungle where the cavalry cannot enter, there is still a glimmer of hope. After all, it can be seen that the opponent's target is you, and the other Kushans who have been defeated are defeated.
Zhengzu, the Han army had no intention of pursuing them in depth.
"Form up the middle camp, with swords, shields and spearmen in front, guard the archers, and retreat in a formation posture!" Durga ordered with a cold expression. The two battalions on the left and right retreated in disarray. When the Han army had no intention of pursuing them, Durga ordered
It's not a problem under the circumstances, but if Durga in the middle camp collapses, then it's really all over.
By then, not only will Durga be finished, but the central camp will no longer be attractive, and the Han army will probably massacre the Kushan soldiers or gather prisoners.
Once the situation develops to that point, I am afraid that it will be a problem whether these 50,000 people can escape. In the current method, as long as the Zhongying camp is not chased and defeated, Kushan will definitely be able to retain a lot of troops. Even as long as the Zhongying camp is there.
The retreat lasted long enough, and the soldiers of the left and right battalions who were defeated inevitably still had to return to Lahaul's side.
In this case, even if Durga is finished, the loss will not be too great. After all, the way the two sides engage in battle determines that the losses of both sides cannot exceed five digits. At that time, as long as the defeated army is properly gathered, Durga's loss of soldiers will not be too great.
Still acceptable.
"Retreat!" Durga stared at the cavalry charging towards her from the left camp and ordered calmly, "Retreat into the rain forest, where the performance of the cavalry will be greatly restricted."
In this era, the abandoned areas of the Ganges Plain were like those of later generations. Bushes half as tall as a man could grow in a year. The rainwater and soil quality were extremely suitable for plant growth. However, they were abandoned for a long time, or in other words, there was no room for cultivation from the beginning.
, still in a rainforest environment.
Rahul ordered Durga and Kailash to garrison here. A large part of the reason was that this place had a road built by the Han army, and it was possible to attack when advancing and defend when retreating.
Even after the defeat, the Han cavalry retreated into the rainforest and it was difficult to pursue the cavalry in a place full of vines that was naturally unfavorable to the cavalry. It can be said that as long as they retreated there, Durga would be able to end smoothly.
, after that, as long as the defeated army is gathered together, with the current situation, most of the Kushan soldiers can be gathered together.
At that time, as long as we regroup, even if there are certain losses, at least we will not be hurt.
However, what happened next almost made Durga spit out blood again.
Zhao Yun chased Durga's headquarters to a position five or six miles outside the camp, stopped immediately, and then ordered the prisoners to be captured on the spot, with no intention of continuing the pursuit.
Then Durga could only watch from a distance in the rain forest as a group of Han cavalry drove away a group of Kushan soldiers. Relying on the mobility of the cavalry, he forcibly turned most of the soldiers into prisoners, so that the entire process
Zhao Yun's army, which killed less than 5,000 people, captured almost as many Kushan elite soldiers as the cavalry he led.
"General, why aren't you chasing?" Gao Xiang asked involuntarily as he saw the Kushan Army not far away and Zhao Yun raised his hand to curb the pursuit.
"Don't chase the enemy when you are poor. If you catch up, can you really kill the three legions of Kushan soldiers in the next few miles?" Zhao Yun pointed at the green rainforest and said.
Gao Xiang was dumbfounded, and then nodded. It is indeed true. The basic quality of Guishang's soldiers is not bad, and his army commanders are also qualified. In this case, it is indeed difficult to attack the opponent at this distance. If
It must be done, and the Han army may have to pay a lot of losses.
"Gather the defeated soldiers of Guishuang." Zhao Yun decisively gave up the pursuit of Durga. Instead of trying to kill the three legions, he might as well go back and pick up the defeated soldiers of the seven collapsed legions. The former might have his teeth broken.
The latter is the real soft persimmon.
Gao Xiang and Zhang Zhu both nodded when they heard this, and then dispersed to collect the defeated troops, leaving only one army to garrison in place, staring at the three retreating legions of the Kushan Central Camp.
Suddenly Durga was confused. His originally well-thought-out strategy lost all meaning in the face of a general like Zhao Yun who just gave up when he was ready.
And now most of the Han army has gone to gather the Kushan army. Considering that the Kushan army still has no organizational strength, plus the dominance shown by the Han army before, the Kushan army will not put up any resistance at all.
Even if there are a large number of backbones among them, they will choose to surrender in the face of the current situation. This is simply a force majeure factor.
In other words, the Han army would probably be able to gather Kushan prisoners equal to or even greater than their own strength without doing anything.
Based on the previous performance of the Kushan soldiers, this part of the force was gathered by the Han army. In any case, it was a weakening of the Kushan army. Even if it was placed on Rahul, it would be no less than a tenth of the weakening.
.
Durga, who was retreating at this moment, stared at the elite Han troops lying in the middle of the road just like them before. There were not many, only five thousand people, but these five thousand people completely destroyed the prisoners of Kushan and Durga's headquarters.
Split.
Durga was determined to counterattack, but it was impossible for him to defeat the 5,000 people standing in the middle of the road in a very short time. Therefore, once he took action, he would not only be unable to save the prisoners captured by Zhao Yun's headquarters, but he would also be killed himself.
Get in.
"Withdraw!" Durga stared at the Han army lying in the middle of the road and hesitated for a few seconds. After weighing his own strength, he gritted his teeth and ordered.
"Tch, I thought that after most of the troops dispersed, Guishan would have the courage to rush up." Zhao Yun curled his lips and said, he couldn't kill Durga with a forced pursuit, but if Durga rushed up, Zhao Yun was still confident that he could kill her. These Kushan soldiers who retreated in formation became prisoners. Unexpectedly, the guy on the opposite side unexpectedly rushed over without any enthusiasm.
But even after Durga left, Zhao Yun still led the soldiers in the middle of the road, carefully guarding them. As for the others, they were of course taking prisoners.
"General, our army has captured a strong man with inner energy leaving his body." Zhang Zhang said excitedly, he did not expect that there was such a big fish.
"Bring them here." Zhao Yun said calmly, "How many prisoners have been captured?"
"There are about 25,000 people. We haven't counted yet. Many guys ran to the bushes and we gave up." Zhang Zhang said with a smile. It was good to capture the prisoners. It was all for nothing.
"When the time comes, will the master book record the merits of each of them, and the twenty-five thousand prisoners?" Zhao Yun was in a good mood, but he thought of the soldiers under his command who had activated their elite talents too much. After the war, their physical fitness was not enough to support this kind of power. , and spontaneously collapsed, he couldn't help but sigh, no matter how talented he was, he couldn't stand this kind of thing.
"Yes, our army lost less than 3,000 people, and more than 500 of them were killed in battle due to physical collapse after the war." Zhang Zhu felt sad. He had also used this elite talent before, but fortunately his body The quality is good, and apart from being extremely weak after being lifted, it is not fatal.
"How many gaps do we have in emergency doctors?" Zhao Yun asked casually.
Large legions have accompanying physicians and first aid personnel. The ratio is about a thousand to one. Of course, this refers to the ratio when going on an expedition. Normally, it is not so high in the rear.
Zhao Yun's army originally had five corps of doctors accompanying the army. Of course, if you really want to talk about it, they are actually five real doctors, plus twenty assistants...
However, when such a big war breaks out, there will inevitably be a big gap in emergency doctors. In the past, when there were no emergency doctors, everyone stood firm and either died or passed away. Now it has become a situation where doctors save people!
After all, people in this era have very good physical fitness. As long as they are not killed on the spot or infected later, they can recover from knife and gunshot wounds. Therefore, if there is medical treatment, it is more realistic to save one's life. Therefore, after the war, Emergency treatment areas will be crowded with people.
"There is still quite a gap, but there is no way, we can't bring so many doctors." Zhang Zhu said helplessly. After all, this is on the front line. If there are permanent defenses, we can do it from the rear. Seconded a group of doctors.
Those who follow the front line are all men, and those who are protected in the rear are all women. This has always been the case in the Han Dynasty. After all, disinfection, bandaging, and suturing are all things that women can do as long as they can resist the nausea and panic of the wound. Doing better than men.
It's a pity that Zhao Yun will not bring those female doctors here at this time as long as his mind is clear. If he does, he will have to wait until the battle line is stabilized and the city is captured.
