On the other side of Qiuci City.
Because of the interval and shade, plus a certain distance, Zhang Liao did not find out what was happening to the east of the burning Qiuci City.
He was fully focused on the battlefield in front of him, focusing on the area in which he was responsible.
Zhang Liao clamped his pussy under his armpit. He listened carefully, listening to every tiny sound change on the battlefield. He looked carefully, allowing more light from the distance to enter his eyes.
In the dark night, it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us, so the battlefield is very chaotic.
Zhang Liao's use of troops actually adhered to the tradition of the North, and was actually very similar to Liu, Guan and Zhang's tactics.
Or, at a certain stage, the tactics of these people are similar.
Blitz.
Perhaps when it comes to blitzkrieg, most people will think of the beard of World War II, but in fact, during the Three Kingdoms, or in the Han Dynasty, since the era of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, blitzkrieg had been circulating in the north, and was extremely flexible in Cao Cao's hands.
Cao Cao in history particularly liked blitzkrieg. He attacked Wuchao in one battle, defeated Wuhuan in the second battle, and conquered Jingzhou in the third battle. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was shocked and terrifying. Later, Sima Yi used the same tactic to attack Shangyong, which was also a key turning point in a battle.
So Cao Cao's true love for Guan Yu.
Imagine Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, coupled with Guan Yu's charge and breaking ability...
Simply put, it is to use the individual bravery of the general to directly invade and destroy the opponent's mid-range before the opponent's large army is unfolding, causing the opponent to fall into a chaotic situation of losing command, so as to win the battle.
The wind is strong and the fire is strong.
The burning Mars in Qiucicheng were flying everywhere.
Zhang Liao's brows were frowning.
The war in the Western Regions cannot be delayed.
Zhang Liao did not want to drag, and most of the Hu people in the Western Regions were unwilling to drag. Because Hu people in the Western Regions also needed to farm and grazed, and spring and summer are the best season for plant and animal growth.
This is the opportunity.
When the Kushan army comes, there will inevitably be a large number of herds, and these herds will be scattered around the rear. If the opponent's central army can be defeated, then these herds will become a very important weight to influence the balances of the Han and Hu people in the Western Regions.
However, the first thing to do now is to find the opponent's mid-range first.
Zhang Liao's eyes were like an eagle, looking for his target in the chaotic light and fire.
The troops of Baishan, the vassal army of Kucha, were already thrown outside as the bait in the early stage, and were constantly running, entangled with the coalition forces, and sent personnel to wail, crying and shouting to request reinforcements.
But Zhang Liao remained motionless. In the chaotic battlefield, he had not found the Kushan central army.
Bai Shan was anxious.
As an inverted Buddhist sect, Bai Shan knew that if Kushan brought the pro-Buddhist sect to him, he would hope to die more happily. Don’t think that those who believe in Buddhism will be so charitable. Just like those who have made trouble through religion in history, whether it is a foreign crusade or the White Lotus Sect in China, it can be considered a kind of kindness to burn this heresy directly.
So Baishan had no way out. He had to stand firmly with Lu Bu, and then rely on the Han people to re-establish the Kucha Kingdom.
But before this, we must defeat the Kushan coalition in front of us.
Then Baishan found that his subordinates were being chased by the Kushan coalition forces...
I felt distressed and felt frustrated, but Bai Shan secretly glanced at the Han general Zhang Liao and found that Zhang Liao was not going to attack, so he was anxious and scratched his heart, and he was as fast as a second.
"What are the great ideas of the wise king of Kuz?" Zhang Liao naturally noticed that Bai Shan was doing this, so he asked Dandan.
Bai Shan knew that Zhang Liao asked him "Gaojian" not really wanted to listen to "Gaojian", but he felt sorry for his subordinates, so he said with a smile: "With a villain's opinion, now... it's better to ask the Protector to come and support me, I don't know..."
Before he finished speaking, Han Zheng beside Zhang Liao scolded him: "What nonsense?! The battle situation is unclear now, isn't it exposed in advance for the PR? How can he strangle the Kushan coach at that time? I really don't know what it means!"
"Yes, yes, villain, villain is ignorant..." Bai Shan tried hard to squeeze out a smile.
Zhang Liao did not say much to Bai Shan, but ordered: "Let Quan Er give up the detection of the battlefield, bypass the intermediate battlefield, and search the north along the mountain line! In any case, the location of the Kushan Central Army must be found!"
Seeing that the scout was flying as if he was flying, Zhang Liao suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind.
By the way, Zhang Liao suddenly had a premonition and guessed where the position of the Kushan coach would be...
It must be the area below the Beiyi Mountain that Zhang Liao ordered Quan Er to find!
Because further north is the mountain. If he is the commander of the Kushan Central Army, he will also choose to be in this position. On the one hand, he can find out whether there are ambushes hidden in the mountain as soon as possible. On the other hand, he can also have some height differences to better distinguish the situation on the battlefield.
At the same time, if you wait until dawn and occupy the half-mountain position, you can also form a certain geographical advantage.
Therefore, the Kushan commander of the Central Army must be on this line!
Sure enough, not long after, Quan Er brought news that a large number of Kushan troops were found in the northern mountain area.
"Finished..." Zhang Liao smiled and asked someone to go to the other side of Qiu Cicheng to convey the message to Lu Bu, and he started to complete the team and prepared to attack.
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Taxa stood halfway up the mountain and looked down at the surrounding soldiers, and couldn't help feeling a little disgusted.
Although these coalition forces are nominally his subordinates, he should not have any demands on these people, but after seeing the Han army, Taxa always couldn't help but subconsciously compare these people with the Han soldiers.
The Han soldiers were strong, capable, quick to move, tough and brave…
And these subordinates of his coalition forces are dirty, shriveled, pale and thin, and may not have been sorted out after birth. They are dirty, long and wormy...
never mind.
Perhaps there is only one advantage of more people.
Of course, his own men are not much better...
Before, when he got rid of Ma Xiu, he was in a hurry and had no food and clothing in the army. At first, he could use the name of Kushan to eat and drink in various countries. However, later he heard that the Han people's escort would march into Chigu. After conquering Dayuan again, these Western countries became panicked and their attitude towards Taxa was getting worse day by day. If it weren't for the Han people's escort, what could he do to destroy Buddha?
When he heard that Lu Bu destroyed the Buddha in Kucha, Taxa almost jumped up with joy. Of course, he still had to pretend to be extremely sad and angry outside, claiming that Lu Bu's behavior was to be punished by heaven and would definitely be destroyed by the Buddha.
Taxas is not a Buddhist. Although he also has Buddhist jewelry on him and often speaks, he will always involve some Buddhist remarks. In fact, Taxas is never ruthless when killing people, and the Buddha will never affect the efficiency of beheading.
Because Taxas knew that if the sins, karma and everything mentioned in Buddhism were true, then the most damn ones must be all the nobles, generals, and those upper-class rulers in Kushan. These noble generals and so on live better than any ascetic monk who is honest and trustworthy, does not involve sins, and does not have any obstacles in his career.
What's next life? It would be great if you could live a better life in this life, but who can still take care of the next life?
As long as the people in the lower class believe in the next life, the rulers of the upper Kushan class will be able to live a good life.
Therefore, how can Lu Bu destroy the Buddha?
Taxas jumped up and down, and finally successfully connected with many Buddhist people from the Western Regions, forming a huge coalition.
Eliminate the demons in the Western Regions!
If you die, you will have merits! Eliminate karma! You will be able to enjoy happiness in the next life!
Well, as for the enjoyment of this life, I will help you with difficulty...
Taxa thought so, her lips ripped open, licking her lips.
At this moment, suddenly a soldier arrived anxiously, "General! Han soldiers are coming towards us!"
『What? How is it possible!』 Taxa widened her eyes and then asked urgently, 『Damn it, is it that Han general, is it Lu? Or Gao?』
His subordinate shook his head and said, "None of them are, general. There is no flag..."
In fact, there is really a banner, and it may not be able to see clearly in the night.
"So, how many Han people have come?" Taxa asked again.
"Not many, there should be hundreds of people."
"Oh, don't panic." Taxa stroked her beard and exhaled, "Who wants to fight with the Han people? There are only a few hundred people, and anyone can go up...ahha, you can win..."
Although he had no name, after hearing hundreds of people, Taxa couldn't help but think of a Han general again. He felt that this kind of blessing would be asked by others to try it first.
The generals of the surrounding states, whether they are Shache, Shule, or Huaguo, Shiguo, etc., will look at me and I will look at you and silently.
"Damn it! I should really kick you in the ass!" Taxa said furiously, "These Han people are the ones who have broken the rear, do you understand? The ones with the surname Lu must have run away! The remaining Han people are stopping us! Damn it, damn it! You cowards!"
Even though he was so clamoring, no one took the initiative to stand up.
Everyone is not stupid. Anyway, if you can follow Kushan to catch fish, why do you have to face the tiger and the evil wolf alone? Everyone is very interested in fighting Kucha, but do you have to fight the Han people...
Especially when facing the Han monster, people from the Western Regions did not want to go up and die like this.
When Lu Bu first attacked the Western Regions, he swept across the Western Regions like a storm. Tens of thousands of soldiers from the Western Regions collapsed in an instant, and his corpses were scattered everywhere. Today, he could still see bones on some old battlefields. The impression of such a vicious figure would not disappear directly at this moment.
Taxas had pulled out his battle knife and shouted loudly: "No matter how strong the Han people are, they are just individuals! Now these Han people despise us and are extremely cruel, and have committed crimes as great as heaven to the Buddha! Now we have so many people, can we still be afraid of the hundreds of Han people in front of us?! This is the Buddha who specifically guides us to deliver the heads of the Han people to us! They all follow me! Whoever falls one step behind is the sinner!"
The generals of the Western Regions looked at each other, but at this moment they could not tolerate them thinking more or hesitate more. They could only express their compliance with Taxas.
"Will follow the general!"
"For the glory of the Buddha!"
『…』
The chaotic shouts sounded one after another, with some momentum.
No matter how good the Han people are, they are used to fighting, but it would be too timid to defeat Taxa with such a few troops. Now I am just taking advantage of this opportunity to win a small victory, and it is also better to increase the morale of the coalition soldiers and generals. Otherwise, if I still feel afraid or dare not go to the Han people next time I meet them, wouldn’t that be a problem?
Thinking of this, Taxa examined his lineup again and was sure that his side had already made the best battle formation against the Han people.
Well, that's right, although he shouted loudly, he was preparing to fight, not to go out. He didn't plan to rush out, just thinking about using the terrain to defeat the Han people, which might have been accidentally hitting the "broken rear" troops here.
His central army was arranged on a hilly hill halfway up the mountain, and to the north were the rocks in the forest and the rifty areas, so a formation of different heights could be formed based on the height of the slope. The front was the cheap and easy-to-use spearmen, and the back was higher archers and other archers. Anyway, even if the spearmen on the outermost side died, it didn't matter how many of them were killed, as long as they could block the Han soldiers.
Everyone knows that as long as the cavalry cannot rush up, it will definitely be a dead end.
Then dispatch the cavalry from the rear to encircle this...
It's simply perfect.
As the sound of horse hooves became closer, Taxa's heart couldn't help but mention it. He was actually still afraid, but now there was no option for fear in front of him. He raised his sword high and stared at the shaking figures in front of him.
"Preparation!" Taxa shouted, "Everything is standing firm! Archer! Get ready to shoot!"
The cheap spearmen in front were driven away and formed into human shields like hedgehogs. Not far behind were the armored soldiers who were supervising the battle, shouting loudly, and occasionally whipping the spearmen with scabbards.
Behind these armored soldiers were the archer troops formed by various states.
The Han cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the sound of horse hooves rang in almost everyone's ears.
Taxa widened her eyes, waiting to see these Han cavalry rushing into the human shield and then trapped in it...
But not. These Han cavalry first threw out the torches, and then took them away obliquely, just like sliding on the river condensed in winter, swaying around the side, which also caused the cheap spearmen in the front to act as human shields to turn involuntarily with the Han cavalry.
"Damn it!" Taxa blurted out, "Don't move! Don't move!"
Taxa shouted too late.
Of course, even if you shout earlier, it may not be of any effect. After all, those who formed these human shields were ordinary Hu herders, who did not even have bows and arrows. The only thing they could use was their bodies, so there was no military literacy or battlefield experience at all.
The first thing that came roaring was the spear of the cavalry under Zhang Liao.
When facing these dense queues, Zhang Liao's subordinates did not even need Zhang Liao's extra orders according to Cao Dian's requirements. They just used horse speed to directly throw out the gun, and then quickly divided it into left and right to change directions, leaving the subsequent cavalry's attack space.
The torches burned in front of the coalition forces, affecting the vision of these cheap spearmen of the coalition forces, making them feel that the whistling guns were like devil's minions poking out of the darkness, harvesting blood and life at will.
Hundreds of spearmen fell down in screams, and chaotic fluctuations spread in front of the formation.
Zhang Liao's cavalry did not stop. They circled around and prepared to circle again...
"Shoot, shoot!" Taxa called, pointing the sword at Zhang Liao's cavalry.
According to his idea, the archers' missed arrows toward the Zhang Liao cavalry and turned to the side position, because on the one hand, the horse speed would inevitably decrease a little as soon as the Han cavalry turned, and on the other hand, the war horses became sideways, and the area under attack became larger. But he forgot that the coalition was a coalition. Although the shooting command was the same, everyone had their own ideas for the shooting position.
Just like steam gathering together can drive the industrial revolution as kinetic energy, but ordinary boiled water can only bubbling a few bubbles, and the messy arrows flew out randomly, so naturally they could not achieve any significant results.
The Han cavalry is too fast!
Taxa could hardly breathe, and cold sweat broke out in her palms.
He quickly ordered his men to go forward to maintain order.
After slashing more than a dozen cheap meat shields trying to escape, the array barely stabilized again.
Taxa breathed out and comforted himself as much as possible. Fortunately, he had many people, and the cheap meat shield would die if he died, which was nothing. The Han cavalry's guns were limited, and they would be gone after using them!
"Stay! Stay!" Taxa shouted, "There are not many Han people throwing guns! Archers, archers! Don't shoot randomly! Follow the command! Obey the command!"
The chaos on the battlefield is still ongoing.
On the battlefield in the distance, some coalition troops were clamoring to chase the Kucha Baishan Army, who were also yelling. The sound was loud, but there were few casualties. Except for a few unlucky guys who accidentally tripped over or stepped on a rock and fell to death, these two groups of people were like clowns on the battlefield, creating an atmosphere of laughter and roaring.
But in Taxa, the sound was much smaller, with only the dying screams and wailing sounds, accompanied by the sound of rolling horse hooves.
Taxa suddenly regretted that if he was not greedy, did not pursue those damn Kucha traitors, and did not want to get some bargains, he might not have encountered Han cavalry. And even if he came back until dawn, he could easily have his subordinates surrounded the only few hundred Han cavalry, instead of being passively beaten.
Taxa felt that she had never been so bad in her life, as if she was the leader not a group of people, but a group of pigs.
As long as you hold on for a few more rounds, you will inevitably enter hand-to-hand combat. Once you enter hand-to-hand combat, you will definitely consume the number of Han cavalry.
Even if it is a pig, the knife will be dull if it cuts too much!
As long as there are enough pigs, the Han people will be tired and fall down!
Drag here, waste here, drag the Han cavalry to death, waste to death!
Taxa suddenly moved his heart. What if he was rushing out while the Han people were circling?
I also have cavalry under my command!
Elite, powerful, noble Kushan cavalry!
They gathered secretly, and then took advantage of the Han people's turn and rushed out! At this time, the Han people's horses fell down and faced us sideways, which was perfect!
Taxa called an adjutant and asked him to be responsible for sending orders to the Kushan cavalry and let the Kushan cavalry start preparing...
The adjutant went down, and Taxa stared at the shaking figures of Han cavalry.
Even if you come back!
Come on!
Taxa shouted, feeling like she was in a state of anger.
Chapter completed!