Chapter 540: The Bloody Battle in Moxi (4)
"Kazakh cavalry, attack!"
A Kazakh cavalry general held a straight sword and led the Kazakh cavalry to attack the Camel City defense line of Moxiwei Lat again!
Tens of thousands of Kazakh cavalry first trotted, then gradually accelerated, and began to fight against the muskets of the Junggar soldiers, and the bows and arrows launched a decisive charge. Some of these cavalry held muskets and some bows and arrows, and before melee, they aimed at the Guer soldiers on their horses and fought back.
This is the third wave of offensive launched by the Kazakh cavalry. In the previous two waves of offensives, the Kazakh cavalry lost more than 2,000 troops, but they were unable to break through the Tuocheng defense line - they were forced to retreat by the Junggar soldiers hiding behind the Tuocheng defense line.
However, Junggar's side also paid a heavy price, and there were many gaps in the defense line of Camel City. Camels were just flesh and blood, and some camels had been sieve by muskets and cannons, wailing. Even the Junggar soldiers lost more people under the two charges of the Kazakh cavalry. On the one hand, it was because Junggar even some young people who had not participated in the war in the tribe who had been recruited to fight to the death. On the other hand, Kazakhs and Tsarist Russia also used some means to drive the horses, cattle and sheep captured from the Junggar tribe to attack Junggar's defense line, and forcibly cut the Chumel City into the gap.
On the two wings of the battlefield, the Cossack cavalry and Tsarist Russian cavalry were wandering, constantly invading the Hossauthors who were responsible for defending the two wings, locking the 13,000 Hossauthors tightly. If they were not careful, they would find a chance to break through the two wings by the Cossack cavalry and Tsarist Russian cavalry.
"Stand up the morale of the army, we can be comparable to them, and even have the opportunity to fight back." Batur looked nervously at the chaotic battlefield. Although he was muttering not to be nervous, in fact, his palms and backs were already covered in sweat.
Because Junggar and Hoshuot were on the defensive front, most of the soldiers dismounted from their horses and fought in the field to provide more power and accuracy to muskets and bows. Outside, there were more than 20,000 Tsarist Russian, Cossacks and Kazakh cavalry coming and going like the wind. Just when there was a gap in the defense line of the Moxi coalition, they waited for an opportunity to rush up. The defensive line looked shaky, which further aggravated the worries of Batur and Gushikhan.
"We each have an elite cavalry guard with 2,000 people on hand. Even if the opponent breaks through the defense line, we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory." Gushihan said.
"These two new forces cannot be used casually. This is our last trump card to turn the tables, unless it is absolutely necessary." Batur still stared at the battlefield.
"We can only choose to believe in our warriors. The longer they hold on, the more tired the enemy will be. Then the time will be for us to counterattack." Gushihan agreed.
The tragic battle lasted for several hours. At least 50,000 cavalry directly participated in the battle. The blood stained the Gobi Desert red. Especially after the beginning of winter, the originally yellow and white Gobi Desert was decorated with bright red blood, which looked a bit scary.
At noon, the Tsarist Russian-Cossack coalition began to launch an offensive and fought until the sun was declining. After the two sides fought all the ammunition brought to the battlefield, they began to fight in close combat, fighting for life and death on the Camel City defense line! The scene became more and more out of control, and organized temptations, and the charge gradually turned into hand-to-hand combat! The camels, who were regarded as meat shields, were at the front, almost all of them were killed in chaos, aggravated the terrifying atmosphere in the Great Gobi Desert.
"Get off the troops." Seeing that it was getting late and winter was getting darker than ever before, Yakovlev issued an order to withdraw troops.
When Yangjirhan heard Yakovlev's order, he shouted in disbelief, "Yakovlev, are you crazy? Look, our soldiers are fighting in a melee with them, and they are about to completely break through their defense. At this time, we retreated, we fought hard for so long and sacrificed thousands of brave and warlike soldiers. Why?!"
"It's dark, and our soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted. If they continue to fight, even if they break through their defense, the sky will be completely dark and the enemy will not be distinguished. They will only create opportunities for the enemy." Yakovlev said.
"What you said makes sense, but it's too unwilling... Alas, let's just break through their defense line tomorrow. I don't believe they can pull out another ten thousand camels to form a defense line to block our soldiers." Yang Jirhan hesitated for a while, and chose to believe Yakovlev.
"Tomorrow? If we are lucky enough, we might be able to resolve the battle today." Yakovlev shook his pocket watch at Yangjirhan.
The Junggar soldiers who fought bloody battles were surprised to find that the Kazakh cavalry gradually left the battlefield and retreated to their camp. Not only the Kazakh cavalry, but also the Cossacks who attacked the two wings of the Hossot army, the Tsarist Russian cavalry also began to retreat. They stood in discomfort, watching the hurried retreating enemy.
"Victory, we defeated the enemy!" A general in armor, Junggar, raised his blood-stained sabre and shouted in awe.
"Victory!" The Junggar soldiers and Hoshuot soldiers on the battlefield also shouted! They all regarded the retreat of Kazakhstan and Tsarist cavalry to protect their tribes for their great victory!
The heroic and passionate accent echoed in the vast Gobi Desert, and even the retreating Tsarist Russia and the Kazakhs could not help but be moved.
"Batur, the first day of crisis has passed, and the battle in the next few days may be even more tragic. We must be prepared." Gu Shihan smiled satisfied and said to Batu.
"We, Wei Lat, are a major alliance of hundreds of thousands of people, and are descendants of the most brave and warlike Golden Family. How could we wipe out us in a day's battle? We want to defeat our Wei Lat alliance, without..." Before Batu said that, his face suddenly turned pale, his eyes were bulging, and his lips were slightly opened, as if he had seen something terrifying.
"What's wrong?" Gushikhan was facing the direction of Tsarist Russia and Kazakh coalition. Because Batur talked with Gushikhan, the direction he looked at was the rear of Gushikhan - that is, the rear of the Moxi coalition.
Gushikhan turned his head and also changed color in an instant. He saw that a cavalry unit appeared on the horizon at some point in the rear of the Western Mohe Army, and more and more cavalry emerged from the end of the horizon! This cavalry unit was carrying the flag of the Yarkand Khanate in the southern part of the Western Regions.
At the forefront of this cavalry unit are several generals from the Yarkand Khanate, as well as Dorgon who disappeared from the Tsarist Russian coalition.
"I finally caught up." Dorgon pulled out the sword from his waist and raised it high.
Chapter completed!