Gudamai led his troops and walked eastward to Kucha. When the army arrived here, he had already received news that all the land east of Kucha had been occupied by the Yan army.
Gudamai therefore had no choice but to garrison the army at Kucha City, where he prepared to work in his own way and wait for the Central Plains army to arrive.
As expected, Huang Baifeng lived up to Gudamai's wish. In less than 10 days, he led his troops to the gates of Qiuci City.
Gudamai knew that the opponent had arrived, and did not want to give the opponent any chance to rest. The next day after the opponent arrived, he lined up a formation with more than 300,000 troops and called for formation at the gate of Huangbaifeng Dazhai.
Huang Baifeng knew that the opponent had formed a formation, so he naturally did not have the courage to lead his troops out of the camp.
Gudamai didn't know that the Central Plains army had changed its combat methods, and thought that the two sides would split into large formations and charge at each other as before.
When Gudamai saw that the Central Plains army had formed its formation, he immediately sent his generals to the front of the formation to challenge the enemy.
Huang Baifeng watched the opponent rush out with a strong general, and just glanced at him, "What time has it been? They are still fighting alone in front of the formation."
Huang Baifeng ignored the opponent's arrogance in front of the formation, and instead winked at his own soldiers next to him.
The soldier immediately understood what Huang Baifeng meant, and immediately took off his minigun from his back, aiming carefully. Suddenly, there was a bang, and the general who was showing off his power in front of the formation immediately dropped the gun from his eyebrows.
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This startled Gudamai who was behind the formation. What is going on? Is there a wizard who is good at using thunder in the opponent's formation?
Otherwise, with the sound of thunder, his general would fall off his horse.
Huang Baifeng was satisfied with killing the opponent's general, so he blew the horn and ordered the infantry to move forward slowly.
These hundreds of thousands of infantrymen lined up in neat lines and slowly approached the army dressed in black.
After Gudamai took a closer look, he found that the Central Plains troops were not holding swords and guns, but were holding fire sticks one by one. He didn't know what was going on.
But now he could not tolerate his random thoughts, so Gudamai blew the horn and ordered his army to start moving forward.
The armies of both sides slowly approached like this. When the two sides were about 200 steps closer, the Central Plains army stopped advancing, formed a formation one by one, and pointed their miniguns forward.
The troops in black clothes didn't know what the Central Plains army in front was doing. They only knew that they were approaching slowly with shields and guns.
When they were getting closer and closer to the Central Plains troops and were about to enter the shooting range of bows and arrows, Huang Baifeng immediately beat the war drum behind the formation.
As the drums sounded, the troops from the Central Plains also began to form three rows and began to fire ammunition at each other.
As soon as the Yan army started shooting, they immediately killed and wounded the black-clad army on the opposite side.
But the troops in black clothes armed their minds with religion. Although they saw their comrades falling constantly, they still held the determination to be loyal to God, gritted their teeth and desperately approached the Central Plains army, hoping to
After engaging with the opponent, he slashed and killed them.
Their thoughts are beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
No matter how they ran, they could not get within 100 steps of the Central Plains army.
100 steps in front of the Central Plains army, there seemed to be an invisible barrier blocking the approach of the entire black-clad army.
Gudamai saw his warriors behind the formation, falling down one by one, and advancing one after another, but they still could not get close to the Central Plains army formation.
He knew that if no measures were taken now, his army would soon collapse, so he no longer had any reservations and immediately ordered the 100,000 cavalry behind the formation to move forward and attack the Central Plains army's formation from both sides.
After Huang Baifeng formed again, he saw people in the opponent's formation shouting, not knowing that the opponent's cavalry was about to be dispatched, but Huang Baifeng had no idea of changing his tactics.
Because the opponent's tactics were exactly the same as when they fought against the Tatars.
The cavalry of the master in black came to the front of the formation, immediately divided into two steps, bypassed the infantry in front of them, and charged towards the infantry phalanx of the Central Plains Dynasty from both sides.
Huang Baifeng saw that the opponent's cavalry was really coming, so he ordered the horns to be blown immediately to let the infantry in front change their formations.
Changing formations during a battle is very dangerous and cannot be accomplished without strict discipline.
The army under Jia Ke's command has undergone rigorous training and has reached this standard in terms of discipline.
As the formation of the front troops changed, there were two more barriers on both sides of the troops, which happened to block the advancing route of the opponent's cavalry.
The cavalrymen in black clothes did not pay attention to the two thin obstacles in front. They urged the Arabian horses under their crotches to charge forward desperately.
As they got closer and closer, at 200 steps, the infantry blocking them in front began to fire their guns.
With the sound of gunshots, the cavalry in black clothes in front fell down row by row. The cavalry in front of the formation fell and immediately became an obstacle to the progress of the cavalry behind. As the cavalry behind started to slow down, they
These people immediately became the targets of the Central Plains army.
As the black-clothed cavalrymen came in, more and more casualties were caused. These cavalrymen were all from noble backgrounds, but they did not have the concept of never retreating like infantrymen. They were already very concerned about their own lives.
So the cavalry turned their horses and began to retreat. When they returned to the rear, they counted the 100,000 assault cavalry and found that only 60,000 came back.
Gudamai was a little scared after seeing this tragic defeat. He did not expect that the Central Plains soldiers were all like fire gods, and the fire sticks in their hands kept spraying flames outwards.
Gudamai felt that this battle was unwinnable. If the battle continued, the whole army might be annihilated. It was better to retreat to Kucha City and defend the city to see what the other side could do to him.
So Gutarai immediately ordered the cavalry to retreat to the city first, and then began to order the infantry to retreat step by step, hoping to completely break away from the contact with the Central Plains army.
But his idea was so wonderful that Huang Baifeng could not let him realize it no matter what.
After the war, Huang Baifeng saw that the opponent's army had begun to retreat, and knew that the opponent did not want to fight and wanted to retreat to the strong city.
So it was then that Huang Baifeng sent out his trump card, the 80,000-eight-banner cavalry.
These cavalry's attack this time was different from the last time when they only delayed the opponent's retreat.
As soon as the Eight Banners cavalry came out from behind the formation, they divided into two groups and headed straight for the opponent's rear camp.
At this time, the army of the master in black was retreating in complete chaos. He did not expect that the opponent's cavalry would make a surprise attack. The Eight Banners cavalry immediately killed the rear troops and turned them upside down.
When Gudamai realized that something was wrong, it was already too late. He could only retreat into Qiuci City with some of the infantry that had been pushed to the city gate. As for the others, he could not control them.
Huang Baifeng saw that most of the opponent's troops had retreated into the city, so he ordered the Eight Banners cavalry to start walking back and forth under the city to prevent the opponent from making a sneak attack. The remaining infantry swarmed up and attacked the troops left outside by Gudamai.
An encirclement and suppression campaign was carried out.
This battle lasted from dawn to midnight, and Huang Baifeng completely eliminated all the black-clad master infantry left by Gudamai outside the city.
Huang Baifeng returned to the camp and ordered the battlefield to be cleaned and the losses to be counted.
Huang Baifeng was overjoyed at the results reported. In this battle, they eliminated the opponent's horse, infantry and cavalry, a total of 200,000.
However, our side only suffered losses of about 1,000 people. These people were all lost in the melee while chasing the opponent.
Huang Baifeng is now more confident about defeating the master in black, because from the report he received, the opponent in the Western Region only had a total of 500,000 troops. Now he has wiped out 200,000, and the remaining troops are also with his own.
The men and horses are about the same size, and coupled with the generation difference in their weapons, he will definitely be able to annihilate the black-clad army in this battle.
After Huang Baifeng won the battle, he did not attack the city immediately. Instead, he ordered the troops to rest for three days. On the fourth day, the entire army attacked and formed a formation below Guizi City.
After Gudamai received the news that the Central Plains army wanted to attack the city, he immediately came to the city wall and saw that the enemy troops were arrayed in order, but he did not attack immediately. Instead, he launched hundreds of large black iron vehicles from behind the formation.
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Gudamai no longer dared to despise the big black iron barrels that he had rolled out. He immediately ordered his troops to prepare, and at the same time ordered the trebuchets on the city to prepare. As soon as the opponent approached, they would immediately start bombarding them.
But his idea was so wonderful that Huang Baifeng could not let it come true. When the artillery approached the opponent's city wall 800 steps, they stopped advancing.
This distance is exactly the limit of the catapult's shooting. Even if the catapult can throw it this far, it is inaccurate, and its power is weak, so it has no impact on the artillery unit.
After Huang Baifeng's artillery was ready, they fired directly without any prompting.
As soon as the cannon was fired, bricks and tiles flew everywhere on the city wall, and cracks appeared on the city wall.
Gudamai felt that his vision was dark now. He had been fighting for so many years and had never seen weapons like the ones from the Central Plains. During the field battle, the fire sticks in the opponent's hands kept emitting flames, making it impossible for his own infantry to get close.
When it came to the siege, the opponent also had large fire barrels, and it seemed that the city wall could not hold out for long.
Gudamai frowned and racked his brain, but could not think of a way to defeat the enemy. In the end, he could only think of withdrawing from Guizi City first and then making plans, otherwise the entire army would be annihilated in the city.
So Gudamai ordered the Kucha soldiers who had surrendered to go up to the city wall to resist, but his own troops in black clothes quietly withdrew from the city wall and headed towards the west gate.
And those turtle soldiers on the top of the city were not fools either. The leading general saw that the black-clothed Dashi couldn't resist and allowed himself to be used as cannon fodder, but they escaped.
So he immediately ordered the people to stop resisting, and at the same time raised the white flag, preparing to surrender to the Central Plains army outside the city. After all, he knew the magnanimity of the Central Plains people. As long as they surrendered, the women, children and wealth of the family could be preserved. Unlike surrendering, it was black and white.
Your food, clothing, wealth and women will be plundered by the other party, and you can only save your own life.