Chapter 98: Two Frontier Crisis
The war had reached a heightened level. Hundreds of thousands of troops fought bloody battles on a grassland that was more than twenty miles wide. Groups of cavalry fought each other, slashing swords and spears, and neighing war horses.
A war horse was overturned, and a blood-stained face smirked, and he inserted his sharp spear into the chest of the fallen person. The spear pierced the chest, and the fallen person let out a long and miserable scream.
His blood-stained face raised his head and laughed wildly. The laughter stopped abruptly. A cold arrow shot through his throat. A war horse rushed past him. A sharp sword broke his neck. The head flew up and blood was bursting in the neck.
Several feet away, two cavalrymen rolled off the horse in a tangled manner. The young Sui soldier pinned the neck of the Turkic man, pressed his knees against his chest, pulled out an arrow, and screamed like crazy, one arrow and one arrow deeply penetrated the face of the Turkic man. The Turkic soldier screamed and struggled to death. He pulled out a short knife from his leather boots and stabbed into the chest of the Sui soldier...
The fiercest battle was the 4,000 spearmen led by Yang Wei. They were responsible for defending the commander's flag, but were attacked by 12,000 Turkic guard cavalry. In any battle, seizing the opponent's commander's flag was the most direct and effective means to attack the enemy's morale.
Especially for the nomadic people on the grassland, seizing the enemy's king's flag was a supreme honor. Therefore, from the beginning of the war, the Sui army's three meters tall gold-edged Red Eagle Flag became the focus of the Turkic cavalry's attack.
Faced with the crazy attack of a Turkic cavalry, the spearmen formed a square formation and fought to the death to defend the commander's flag. After more than two hours of fierce fighting, more than half of the Sui army was killed and injured, and more than 4,000 Turkic cavalry were killed and injured.
The corpses of war horses were piled up into mountains, and blood flowed into streams, which soon frozen into ice. The grassland was filled with red ice cubes. But the Sui army's commanding flag still stood up and flew in the cold wind, encouraging the morale of all the Sui army on the battlefield.
The flag was surrounded by the bodies of Sui soldiers who died. Yang Wei's camel had been shot to death, and he was also shot three arrows, but he didn't care at all. He stood under the flag, his eyes were red, his body was covered in blood, his hands were clenched, and the hammer was covered in brain plasma and flesh.
Although his voice was hoarse, he still shouted desperately: "Keep the formation and cannot be dispersed!"
Yang Wei knew very well that the key to the spearmen being able to fight against the cavalry was the dense spear formation. If the spear formation was dispersed, it would inevitably be massacred by the cavalry. Not only Yang Wei knew that every general, lieutenant, or brigade commander, they knew that no matter how fierce the Turkic cavalry attacked, the spearmen were dispersed again and again and again.
"General Yang!"
A lieutenant pointed to the northwest corner and shouted, "Captain Qin and the others have been dispersed."
Yang Yuanqing also saw that more than hundreds of spearmen in the northwest corner were broken into a hole, and the formation was in chaos. A Turkic Thousand-Man commander was leading more than a thousand cavalry to assault the circle. The Thousand-Man commander of the Turkic Thousand-Man commander was extremely ferocious and stabbed seven or eight Sui soldiers in a row, only a few feet away from the commander-in-chief.
Yang Wei rushed over his head with passion. He roared and swung the hammer to rush towards the commander. At this moment, a cold arrow shot towards Yang Wei's left leg. Yang Wei was shocked all over, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden, using the hammer to support his huge body.
The Turkic Thousand Masters sneered, and the war horse ran. He swung his spear sideways and stabs Yang Wei in the chest. Yang Wei suddenly roars at the top of his lungs, and he stood up and hits the tip of the spear with his right hammer. With a "default", the tip of the spear was shaken open, and the left hammer hits the face of the Turkic Thousand Masters like a strong wind. The Thousand Masters couldn't dodge. There was only a loud bang, and the head was smashed to pieces and the body was planted from the horse.
The death of the enemy general stimulated Yang Wei's potential. He laughed wildly, swung his hammer toward the enemy group, and the sledgehammer flew, causing Turkic soldiers to fall over. The Sui soldiers acted in one go, attacking from both sides, stabbing hundreds of Turkic soldiers to death, and sealing the broken gap again.
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Yang Yuanqing commanded 50,000 central troops to fight against the main forces of the 120,000 Turkic army, including the 100,000 elite Turkic Guards. The Turks did not understand military tactics. They advocated grassland wolves and used wolves as totems. From the wolf, they also learned wolf pack tactics, cut, surround, and found the enemy's weaknesses and then concentrated their superior forces to siege them.
However, the Sui army was also well-trained, and they cooperated tacitly to improve combat efficiency. Although they were divided into several pieces by the Turkic army, each piece became a top combat body, and cooperated with each other, instead surrounding the Turkic cavalry that divided them.
Although the Sui army's strength was far inferior to that of the Turkic army, their tacit cooperation and flexible tactics made them not at all inferior and tenaciously withstood the waves of crazy attacks of the Turkic army.
Especially the six thousand Modao Army were invincible on the battlefield. They were like iron walls. Modao Flying, and everywhere they passed, corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into a river. Although the Modao Army also suffered losses of more than 2,000 people, more than 23,000 Turkic cavalry had been killed under their swords, making the Modao Army the focus of the entire battlefield.
But the sharpness of the Modao Army also prompted the Turks to change their tactics. They no longer attacked the Modao Army, but instead surrounded them. The Turks used their unique rope sleeves as weapons to cover them far away to the heavy armored soldiers with inflexible bodies. Although the Modao Army could cut off the ropes, it still caused great trouble to the Modao soldiers and effectively prevented the Modao Army from expanding the battlefield.
But for the Modao Army, their biggest enemy was not the Turkish rope cover, but their own physical strength. After two hours of fighting, the Modao soldiers wearing heavy armor were exhausted, and the lethality they could exert was getting lower and lower.
As time goes by, casualties on both sides continue to increase, but at this time, no one can withdraw from the battlefield. Whoever withdraws from the battlefield first means a crushing defeat. After more than two hours of fierce battle, the war becomes a contest of will and physical strength. The subtle impact caused by the Sui army scouts attacking the enemy camp last night was revealed at this critical moment.
The Turkic army's physical strength decreased greatly, and the consequence of the physical strength decreased was the increase in casualties. On the contrary, the Sui army became more and more brave and fought against 120,000 people. Not only did they not lose the disadvantage, but they slowly grasped the initiative on the battlefield.
Yang Yuanqing led 10,000 Tiger Ben Army to fight against the 30,000 Guards led by Jie Li Khan, which became the core of the entire battle. The Turkic army had discovered the position of the commander of the Sui army, Yang Yuanqing. Jie Li Khan personally commanded his most elite 30,000 Guards to besiege the army where Yang Yuanqing was located.
The 10,000 Tiger Ben Army led by Yang Yuanqing is also the most elite of the Sui army. It was the Fengzhou old army who had followed him for many years and participated in countless battles. Whether it is combat experience, cavalry and shooting skills, or war horse armor, they are the best among the Sui army.
But the cruelty of the war lies in the fact that no one will be the eternal lucky person in the war. The Sui army was teamed with fifty people, while the Turkic army surrounded the Sui army with hundreds of people. Both sides knew very well that as long as they defeated the other side, anyone could win the final war, so their fierce battle was equally fierce.
From the fierce battle in the morning to the afternoon, the Hu Ben Army had killed and injured more than 4,000 people, and the 30,000 Turkic Guards also lost more than 10,000. Both sides were still in a stalemate. Yang Yuanqing was in the middle of the team. He led his army to charge, and countless enemy troops died under his spear. At this time, he was covered in blood, his voice was hoarse, his war horses were spitting white foam, and his men and horses were exhausted.
Beside him, more than 200 guards died in the five hundred guards. The remaining guards guarded him in the middle and did not allow him to lead his troops to attack. At this time, a cold arrow may cause irreparable serious consequences.
Yang Yuanqing had handed over the long spear to his personal soldiers. He held a battle knife in his hand and directed the battle of the Hu Ben Guard. He kept mobilizing his troops to support the weak and critical areas. At this time, a soldier rushed over and shouted: "Your Highness, General Pei is seriously injured and can't support him."
Yang Yuanqing was shocked. Xie Yingdeng was injured and out of battle. If Pei Xingyan could no longer support him, the right wing would be in danger. He quickly drew the arrow and handed it to his personal soldiers. "You go and pass the order. Cheng Yaojin will succeed as the chief general of the right wing, so that he must persist until the reinforcements arrive."
"Abide by the order!"
The personal soldiers rushed away with the order. Yang Yuanqing was extremely worried. Although he was mentally prepared in advance that this would be a tough battle that could not be taken advantage of, he still did not expect that the war would be so fierce. This was related to the will of the highest ruler, which was enough to show Jie Li Khan's determination to defeat the Sui army.
What worries Yang Yuanqing was that the time delayed too long would eventually be unfavorable to the Sui army. Although the casualties now are one to two, the Turkic army suffered twice the casualties than the Sui army, which is in line with the expectations before the war, the Sui army had few troops after all. In the end, the Turkic army would still have more than 100,000 troops and still have combat effectiveness, but the Sui army would not be able to support it because of its small force.
He stared at the northeast direction, both sides were exhausted. At this time, Li Jing's army should appear. At this moment, the soldiers around him suddenly had a slight commotion, and some soldiers shouted: "It's snowing!"
Yang Yuanqing looked up at the sky and saw that there were indeed fine snowflakes falling from the sky, densely packed, and rolling down with the north wind. He never expected that the long-awaited blizzard snow would appear at this time, but he didn't know what the Turkic Khan would feel?
Yang Yuanqing looked north again, and he knew that Jie Li Khan was not far from him.
Just about three miles away from Yang Yuanqing, in the main formation of the Turkic Guards, Jie Li Khan held a blood-dropping sword. A ten thousand men lie beside him, with his head and head differently. Jie Li Khan was furious and shouted at a group of generals around him, "No matter whether it snows or not, defeat the Sui army. Whoever dares to mention snow will be his fate!"
He pointed his sword at another ten thousand men's captain, and said in a hoarse voice: "At any cost, defeat Yang Yuanqing's army and kill Yang Yuanqing!"
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