It can be said that this battle was fought vigorously. In addition to the cavalry, China's strength, whether it was nightmares, trebuchets, heavy infantry or Ju Yi's advance army, not only stunned the Kushan army, but also the Western Regions behind them.
The allies were also shaken to the point of being burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
Originally they only thought that China's attack on the Western Regions relied on strength of numbers, but now they finally understand why China was able to replace the Han and become the new master of the rich land there.
Not to mention anything else, such a fighting power cannot be used for hundreds of thousands of people. Only 30 to 50,000 people are enough to sweep across the entire Western Region. It is so powerful.
"Okay, the army is resting outside the city for the time being."
This time, the city of Hamatri was captured by Yuan Shu's army, and no one could escape. Rijeka in the Lit Province was also very anxious about the situation there, and kept sending people to investigate. At the same time, there were 20,000 soldiers and horses.
Rush there non-stop to support.
One day later, Rijeka's reinforcements finally arrived fifty miles outside Hamatri City, but their whereabouts were also learned by Yuan Shu's scouts.
"Your Majesty, enemy reinforcements were found fifty miles outside the city."
Dian Wei came to Yuan Shu and reported the news he had just received to Yuan Shu.
"Some people went up to the pole to give gifts and ordered Ju Yi to ambush in the mountains and forests twenty miles outside the city. Jiang Qin led 20,000 cavalry to ambush fifty miles away. Xu Chu led the Polu army to meet the enemy outside the city. I still say the same thing
, don’t let any enemy run away.”
Yuan Shu thought for a moment, and he probably didn't know that Hamatri had been captured by him yet, so he sent 20,000 infantry to support him. Now that he was here, he felt a little embarrassed not to accept this gift.
"promise."
When Dian Wei heard Yuan Shu's order, he directly clasped his fists and went down to arrange the soldiers to carry out Yuan Shu's arrangement.
Jiang Qin was the fastest and left the city of Hamatri with 20,000 Western Region cavalry and began to circle behind the enemy's reinforcements.
Ju Yi was not idle either. He ascended the army very quickly and marched directly to the place planned by Yuan Shu to hide and ambush, waiting for the enemy's reinforcements to come.
The reinforcements sent by Rijeka also knew about the crisis in Hamatri and traveled day and night to a place five miles outside the city of Hamatri.
"General Xiaohu, the enemy has arrived five miles away. Depending on the situation, they want to rush to Hamatri City overnight."
The enemy's whereabouts had been under surveillance by the Chinese army. Seeing them marching overnight, the scouts felt that something was wrong and immediately came back to report the news to Xu Chu.
"Haha, since they are rushing here to die, they can only do this. Instruct the Polu troops to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and shoot the five armies to ambush on the left and right flanks."
Xu Chu was immediately excited when he heard the scout's words. He immediately led the Polu army out of the city in armor and lined up outside the city to meet the enemy. At the same time, soldiers and horses from the fifth army were also ambushing on both sides of the city.
"General, is it necessary to travel all night and day and night?
The walls of Hamatri are strong and it will not be easy for the enemy to capture them."
A captain looked at General Klimaha on his horse, his eyes full of depression and reluctance.
"Don't talk nonsense. Although the walls of Hamatri are strong, everyone knows the strength of the Chinese people. They can defeat the general's 300,000 troops in the south. They can make His Majesty the Emperor issue a nationwide mobilization order.
He is definitely not a mediocre person. The earlier I get to the city, the earlier I can feel at ease."
Klimaha glanced at the other party. Although he did not want to travel overnight, but now that he arrived at Hamatri one day earlier, he could put his heart into his stomach earlier.
"I see."
Twenty thousand soldiers and horses marched through the night, illuminated only by a few fires, and arrived at the bottom of the city wall.
"General, there is fire, it should be the enemy's arrival."
The Polu troops who were forming formation under the city wall did not light any fire at all, and the torches on the city wall were also extinguished, out of fear that the enemy would discover them and startle the birds.
"Beat the drums and order the soldiers on the wall to light fires."
Now that the enemy has been killed, Xu Chu has nothing to say and directly orders the drums to be beaten.
"Dong dong dong."
A series of drums sounded, and countless fires instantly appeared on the city wall, instantly illuminating the night sky below the city wall.
The night sky was illuminated, and the figure of the Polu Army appeared directly in the opponent's eyes.
"kill."
The sudden appearance of the torch immediately stunned Klimaha and the soldiers under his command, and then they saw the Polu army coming towards them.
"There is an ambush. The front row defends and blocks them. The soldiers in the back row prepare to evacuate immediately."
Although this situation was lightning-fast, Klimaha reacted quickly and immediately ordered the front row soldiers to resist the enemy, while the rear row soldiers prepared to evacuate.
"Go forward and crush them,"
Xu Chu took the lead and swung his broadsword, slashing away the two enemies who had not yet reacted. Then, like a hot knife slicing through butter, he thrust into the opponent's formation.
The broadsword slashed Xu Churu into an uninhabited area, and the Kushan soldiers were killed in pieces like straw.
Xu Chu was mighty, and the Polu troops behind him were also the best among the best. Now they were heavy armored infantry, making it even more difficult for the enemy to resist.
Following the gap opened by Xu Chu, he savagely rushed into the enemy's soldiers and horses, followed by a burst of slashing, killing the enemy with blood flowing into rivers, and almost not collapsing.
"The general can't stop us anymore. We must retreat. There is no hope for Hatmari City."
Seeing how powerful the enemy was, Klimaha's personal guards were immediately frightened. Now that the opponent can so blatantly ambush him under the city, there must be a big problem in Hamatri. If he expected it to be right, there should be already
It was captured by the enemy.
"withdraw."
If a personal guard can see something, can he, a dignified general, not see it?
It's really unnecessary.
Klimaha led the rear group of nearly 10,000 people and retreated directly without hesitation, leaving only the 10,000 people in the front row to resist the opponent's attack.
"kill."
The Shesheng Fifth Army ambushing on both sides also killed them instantly, but unfortunately, they only had time to surround the enemies who were resisting in the front row. The retreating Klimaha had already escaped from the encirclement and retreated backwards.
"General, what should we do now?"
After escaping the encirclement in embarrassment, all the Kushan soldiers felt like they were surviving a disaster. If they were like the soldiers in the front row, they had all been captured by the enemy.
"What should we do? Take the time to retreat. Now we can only rely on our own feet to find a way out."
At this moment, Klimaha has no other way. He can only rely on God's will to survive. He hopes that the enemy will not lay a dragnet for him.
"As commanded."
After hearing Klimaha's words, everyone understood that the only thing they could rely on now was their own feet.
Ten thousand people ran at full speed, running desperately for their lives.
"General, the enemy is coming. They are so indistinct that it is difficult to identify their number, but there must be at least ten thousand people."
"The whole army is mobilized."
The advance troops, who had been ambushing twenty miles away, appeared directly from their hiding place and lined up to wait for the enemy's arrival.
"Two hundred steps away, the whole army is ready."
"One hundred steps, the quiver is loaded."
"Fifty steps, aim."
"Twenty steps, let go."
As the enemy got closer and closer, the first troops were also ready, and then the crossbows were activated, and countless arrows streaked through the void and shot towards the fire in front of them.
"The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, retreat quickly."
Facing the sudden rain of arrows, the soldiers in the front were swept away like wheat. The soldiers in the back row immediately stopped moving forward, raised their shields and retreated back.
"Go forward and suppress the opponent."
Seeing the enemy retreating, Ju Yi directly ordered the advance troops to move forward and fire suppressively at the enemy.
"General, what should we do?"
Seeing the enemy approaching step by step, everyone in Klimaha panicked. Now they were completely stunned. Before the whole thing even started, they were punched hard by the opponent, and their heads were covered with bruises.
"what to do?
Now we can only disperse and retreat."
Klimaha's eyes were also filled with sorrow. What could they do now?
There are only two ways to do it, one is to dismount and surrender, the second way is to break up into pieces and disperse the enemy's troops. Only in this way can you escape.
"Yes, the general has ordered us to disperse and retreat immediately."
Soon Klimaha's soldiers and horses dispersed and formed into small groups and ran in all directions.
"Disperse and pursue the enemy."
Seeing that the enemy wanted to disperse and flee, how could Ju Yi let them do so? He immediately ordered the Xianden troops to disperse and hunt down the enemy.
Although the elite troops arrived first and Ju Yi reacted quickly, it was midnight after all. As long as the Kushan reinforcements put out their torches and fled, it would be difficult to catch up. In the end, there was nothing to kill, so Ju Yi could only gather his troops.
, went to return to Yuan Shu.
Xu Chu's side besieged and killed ten thousand soldiers, and Ju Yi's side beheaded another five or six thousand people. Only less than a quarter of the twenty thousand reinforcements escaped.
I have to say that the training of these Kushan troops was quite good. After two failures, they split up and fled, but they were able to miraculously come together again after escaping and ascending to heaven.
"Report to all troops and horses."
Klimaha looked at the group of defeated roosters in front of him and couldn't help but frown.
"There are still 737 people left in our department."
"There are still 652 people in our department."
"There are 806 people in our department."
Several captains counted the soldiers and horses under their command and gave Klimaha an accurate answer. As of now, he still has 4,136 men under his command. This is the only number of soldiers and horses left in the 20,000-strong army.
"General, what should we do now?"
His captain of the bodyguard frowned and asked Klimaha.
"The enemy did not send pursuing troops. The entire army took a temporary rest for an hour and gave those soldiers who were left behind some time. They will set off immediately after an hour and return directly to Kanbraqi to garrison."
The troops of Klimaha were originally stationed in Kambrazhi behind Hamatri. After hearing Rijeka's order, they abandoned their station and supported Hamatri. Now they are beaten into this horrible state by the enemy. He
I really have nothing to say.
"yes."
After hearing Climahad's order, the remaining four thousand people all collapsed on the ground. You must know that they traveled day and night without stopping. After yesterday's two battles and running until dawn, they are all tired now.
Paralyzed.
After a while, nearly a hundred soldiers arrived one after another. After being organized into the army, Klimaha took these more than 4,000 exhausted soldiers in the direction of Kambrachi.
"General, the enemy is found five miles ahead, numbering about 4,000."
Jiang Qin's people have been waiting for the other party for a long time, and now the rightful owner has finally arrived.
"The whole army is ready."
Jiang Qin had 20,000 cavalry under his command. After hearing the order, they all took off their bows and arrows and prepared to charge.
"General, the enemy is still three miles away."
"charge."
Jiang Qin took the lead and charged forward directly astride his war horse. Behind him were 20,000 cavalrymen, including Khotanese cavalry riding war horses and charioteer cavalry sitting astride camels.
"No, there are cavalry and there is an ambush."
Klimaha's people were now a tired army. Seeing the smoke and dust rising in the distance and the shaking of the earth, they immediately understood that this was the enemy's cavalry waiting for them.
"Quickly, spread out and run away."
Now that they had no chance, the only way was to disperse and flee before the enemy's cavalry came.
"Fire the arrow."
The enemy was just about to disperse when the cavalry led by Jiang Qin had already arrived. Seeing that the enemy was about to run away, how could he allow it?
With an order, thousands of arrows were fired, and nearly two thousand people were directly nailed to the ground. The remaining two thousand people had no chance at all against the impact of 20,000 cavalry.
After a wave of charges, only a few hundred people of the Kushan army were still standing on the ground, and Klimaha had been killed by a cavalry gun.
