Mondo was already preparing to attack the Qingxi Grassland at the beginning of spring. Before Gu Lina and her party came back from the Daqian Imperial Capital, he and Gu Lina's brother rushed towards the Qingxi Grassland with a combined army of 300,000. go.
Among the 300,000-strong army, only 100,000 cavalry were considered troops, and the remaining 200,000 cavalry were herdsmen who took up weapons on the grassland.
If these herdsmen can also be regarded as soldiers, then the grassland can produce an army of tens of millions, or even more!
The herdsmen can fight with the wind going, but once the wind goes against them, these people will turn around and become a burden to the army.
If it were in the mountains or the Central Plains, Mondo would not dare to go out with such troops, but this is the grassland, the home ground of their grassland people!
Even if the herdsmen's combat effectiveness is negligible, with the help of horses, they can still become the infantry's nightmare!
There are 30,000 vanguard troops and the remaining 270,000 troops are moving forward slowly. They are not in a hurry, they have plenty of time!
Among the 100,000 soldiers, there are 30,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry. They carry a large number of siege weapons and a large number of cattle and sheep!
This battle will take them probably several months, and they need to prepare enough food!
The chiefs of the two big tribes want to cultivate their own heirs, and their heirs cannot be people who have never seen blood.
Only leaders who have seen the cruel battlefield can lead a tribe to higher heights or protect the entire tribe.
On the grassland, what is advocated here is the survival of the fittest, with the strong eating the weak. There are no pretentious shows like those in Daqian, and there are no laws that restrict the strong.
As long as you are strong enough, no one will say anything to you.
Mundo and Gulina's eldest brother, Domura, didn't hide anything and just set out in a big way.
However, the cavalry team kept dividing into small teams along the way. This was something Mundo learned from the last battle with the Xiliang generals.
He wanted to separate a cavalry unit to hide in the dark. When the decisive battle with the Xiliang army occurred, this cavalry unit was like a sharp knife thrust into the heart of Xiliang.
It's a pity that he didn't know that their actions were all in the eyes of Xiliang soldiers and Xiliang scouts. They had nothing hidden. The troops who ran out were also under the supervision of Xiliang scouts.
The scouts sent by the two men could only see the people that the Xiliang scouts wanted them to see. Those hidden scouts were hiding in the dark, watching this large army.
After the army leaves, check the number of fires on the other side, and you can use these to calculate the approximate number of the other side.
Zhuo Bufan and Gao Yuan planned the dispatch of the grassland tribe troops. It was difficult to encircle the grassland because there were plains everywhere. Unless you created a large encirclement of hundreds of miles, it would be possible to encircle the opponent.
Most of the battles are sneak attacks or head-on battles!
This will test the combat effectiveness, morale, weapons and equipment of the troops, etc.! Gao Yuan organized the melee troops and gathered 30,000 infantrymen from the Great Wall Legion in his hands, as well as 3,000 heavy cavalry, 2,000 crossbowmen, and one from Xiliang headquarters. Thousands of Zhugelian crossbowmen, two thousand archers, two thousand spearmen, two thousand swordsmen, and one thousand shield soldiers.
These troops were the number of troops he had guarding the fortress. Zhuo Bufan led the cavalry to counterattack. He had 5,000 Xiliang light cavalry, 3,000 Xiliang heavy cavalry, 2,000 Xiliang cavalry archers, and 70,000 grassland cavalry.
These 70,000 prairie cavalry are the cavalry they selected after many layers of screening. Their combat effectiveness can compete with the regular cavalry. However, when charging, they are too unorganized and have no idea what a military formation is.
Once the war starts, they rush forward in a swarm without any tactics.
After half a year of training by Zhuo Bufan, they could only form a few battle formations. Once the battle actually started, they would all be scattered within a few minutes.
In Zhuo Bufan's mind, these cavalry could only be regarded as troops chasing the enemy. If they were used as the main attacking force, they would only harm their own people.
We can only use Xiliang Iron Cavalry as the core, with light cavalry and mounted archers as the left and right wings. The left and right sides are responsible for attracting the enemy and making them tired. When the enemy is overwhelmed, the heavy cavalry will charge forward.
The prairie cavalry then followed the army to fight up. They were not very good in frontal confrontation, but they could charge and kill wantonly. This was something they were born with.
Zhuo Bufan left the fortress with his cavalry troops before the enemy army entered the Qingxi grassland. They wanted to become ghosts so that the grassland people could not detect their location.
The cavalry hiding in the dark is the most terrifying thing, because you don't know where he will rush to you and kill you!
After Mondo and Domura entered the Qingxi Grassland, their playful smiles disappeared and were replaced by solemn expressions. This time during the battle on the Qingxi Grassland, many elders and masters of their Qing tribe were watching.
This is a test of their abilities.
If two people perform well and gain the favor of these people, the throne they want to sit on in the future will be more stable and have more support.
If the two of them perform poorly, no matter how nice the two clan leaders are to these two guys, it will be impossible for them to sit in that position.
Even Lao Wang has to seek the opinions of the elders and experts. This is no small matter. They would rather let an ambitious person sit in that position than let a mediocre person sit in that position.
That is irresponsible to their entire race!
They must do well in this battle!
This Xiliang city is simple.
According to the intelligence system obtained, the number of troops in Xiliang on the grassland ranges from 100,000 to 200,000, but these soldiers are both soldiers and farmers.
In other words, there are not many regular soldiers among these people. Most of them are just like the herdsmen. They usually only take up arms when war comes.
The two fought steadily, and the vanguard army was not too far away from the main army in the rear. If the distance was too far, it would be likely to be attacked by the other party.
Qingxi Grassland also has a large number of cavalry. They don't dare to be careless. Those who are careless usually die miserably!
The two of them also want to inherit the family business in the future. Both of them want to take advantage of the Qingxi Grassland War to take a step forward and obtain more materials and support!
Zhang Qingyun and Li Yi did not leave the grassland. This time they watched the war from the side. They had their own escorts. Li Yi's was a women's army created by the female soldiers of Xiliang. The female soldiers in the palace,
This is the army she created with her own hands.
Zhang Qingyun's personal guards are soldiers mobilized from Chen Huaihe. There are five hundred people in total. Each of them is a person who has experienced hundreds of battles. They are among the best in both the Eastern and Western worlds.
That group of guards.
These personal guards could put aside their own lives at critical moments just so that Zhang Qingyun could survive.
These guards will be replaced every three months in order to ensure the quality of these soldiers. If they want to become guards and wear very good-looking and high-status guards uniforms, they must defeat the Five Guards.
Ten thousand people, pick one out of ten.
Only the strongest soldiers from other units can enter the Imperial Guard.
The two of them found a place to watch the battle. If necessary, they could take their troops down to see if they could kill a few enemies!
mid april
Mondo and Domura from Qingbu of the prairie led an army of 300,000 people and drove cattle and sheep to Xiliang. They built in front of the fortress on the Qingxi prairie. The saplings that had just been planted were trampled into mud by war horses.
The farmland has also turned into pitted concrete fields under the hooves of countless war horses.
The Xiliang soldiers in the city were extremely angry as they looked at it. That was the farmland they had worked so hard to dig out, and it was also the place where they would settle down and settle down on the Qingxi grassland in the future.
The reclaimed land will be divided among them when the military garrison is completed. The soldiers from Xiliang headquarters will not want it, and the rest will belong to the soldiers of the Great Wall Legion.
They have many relatives in Jiuyuan City. After seeing the miraculous planting techniques of Xiliang farmers, they believe that Xiliang farmers can make this grassland more like the one in Jiuyuan County.
The land around Jiuyuan County has been allocated to the soldiers of the Xiliang headquarters. It is difficult for outsiders like them to get it. They know that Qingxi Grassland will be a very important place in Xiliang in the future. There is a big river here leading to the Tongtian River.
, only needs to be cleaned up, and it can be used for boats to sail into the Tongtian River!
Transportation is very convenient, and it is connected to the prairie. The most popular business on the prairie is the fur business. Everyone fights against each other, but trade is still necessary!
As the population grows, Xiliang needs more and more furs. There are many cattle and sheep on the Qingxi grassland. Is it possible to supply 30 million people in the entire northwest continent?
Fighting will return, trade with the prairie side will still be done.
Of course, these soldiers did not think so deeply. They listened to General Gao Yuan's words. The general said that the farmland and land in this place were very important and could make the whole family rich. They believed it!
Now the grassland people destroy their fields and trample their trees. In the hands of Xiliang farmers, those saplings can be as tall as the Great Wall!
The anger of the soldiers on the city wall was very strong at this time. The fighting spirit of the Xiliang soldiers did not need any encouragement. As long as an enemy appeared, their fighting spirit would rise. Even if they were surrounded and there was no trace of life, these soldiers would not have any
Fear.
It is their fate to die on the battlefield!
There are a large number of arrows, crossbows, and shields piled on the city wall. The soldiers of the Great Wall Legion are very aware of the perversion of Xiliang's long-range troops.
Prepare all kinds of supplies for these people, and they will hold their shields and prepare to face the enemy's first attack.
Prairie people have been growing up on horses since they were young. They can ride a horse with their eyes closed. Archery on horseback is not difficult for them, but when shooting on a war horse or on a running horse, the flight distance of the arrow will not be too long.
long.
It's about fifty meters away. If it's further away, the arrow in the supermarket will lose its accuracy and lethality.
Boom!
The dull sound of horse hooves in the distance was like the dull thunder in the sky, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
The Xiliang archers calculated the distance between the opponent and the city wall. They didn't understand what Zangzhuo meant. They liked to hit the enemy head-on!
Mundo and Domura sent 3,000 vanguard troops to explore the defense of the fortress. This was their first attack on the city. Before breaking with Dagan, they could only wander around with their troops and never led troops to fight.
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Later, after betraying Daqian and restoring the prairie, he led his troops to destroy some small tribes who were unwilling to fight against Daqian with them, but this was the first time to attack the city!
The cavalry are armed with short bows. They like to use short bows on horseback, which is more convenient for shooting and requires less strength, which can reduce physical consumption.
However, they would need to get within a hundred meters of the city wall before they could attack. Moreover, in the Daqian Central Plains, their short bows would be ineffective against some important towns.
Facing the moat is a hundred-meter lake, which they can't hit with their short bows.
The prairie cavalry shouted the language of the prairie, held short bows, and wanted to rush forward menacingly!
Xiliang soldiers on the city wall were waiting in full formation. When the opponent entered a distance of three hundred meters, a voice rang out:
"shoot!"
Countless long arrows flew out of the city wall and went straight towards the three thousand people who were scattered. The long arrows carrying the true energy of the Xiliang archers easily pierced the leather armor of these herdsmen and tore their flesh and blood.
The cavalry in the middle fell one after another, leaving a huge gap in front and behind. When the crossbow arrows were fired, snowflakes appeared on the soldiers rushing at the front. Some horses fell together with the people. This is the power of the crossbow!
Faced with such a scene, the prairie cavalry behind them immediately turned around. If they rushed forward, they would die. The war horses could not break through the opponent's city wall. Didn't they need to open a way and explore the opponent's firepower?
Now that everything has been investigated, they can leave!
They were running faster than those being charged. More than 3,000 people wanted to get close to the city wall. After leaving more than 500 corpses, these people ran away!
Mundo, who was watching this scene on the right, said worriedly: "The shields we brought this time are not very strong. It will be difficult for the infantry to get close!"
Domura looked back and saw that among the cattle and sheep team were the siege weapons they had prepared. The archers stood on top of the arrow tower that was higher than the city wall and could suppress the Xiliang archers from a high position.
There are giant siege towers that can be moved on wheels. You can get close to the city wall and climb the ladder directly to the city wall. There are also battering rams that are designed to hit the city gates!
These things were buried in the tribe's treasure house, and by taking them out, they were able to bring these weapons back to light, allowing them to return to where they should have been.
"Don't be afraid, wait until the war weapons are assembled!" Domura withdrew his gaze and looked around: "There is no rush to attack the city, we also need to know where the cavalry in the fortress has gone!
I don’t want a powerful force to suddenly appear from behind and attack us from behind when we are attacking the fortress with all our strength!”
"Don't worry, I have sent scouts to find the opponent's location. Although the grassland is very big, there are few places to hide people!" Mondo said confidently: "It won't take long to detect the opponent's location!"
