Chapter 342: Cavalry

On the banks of the Amu River, where the Qin Zhongjun is located, the general Han Xin account.

Under the black battle flag of flying dragons and phoenixes, the "Han"-shaped flags spread throughout the river valley and mountains. Since the battle against Gaofucheng started, Han Xin moved the central army from the Yili River Valley in Dayuan behind to here, with the purpose of better grasping the instant changes on the battlefield.

The military tent was extremely busy, and a group of staff were in and out, holding battle reports from various battlefields in their hands. While reporting, they also marked some new memories on the sand table from time to time.

The sand table is a valuable property left by Fu Ge when he was in the army. With this thing, the staff officers can perform the instant changes in the battlefield in the military tent without any effort, without having to point at a flat map, pointing at a flat map, and gesture.

The battle in Gaofucheng was like fire and Zhang Huan's coalition had been fighting hard for twelve days. Although the defenders still retained most of the strongholds in Gaofucheng, if there was no support for a long time, this important city on the Qin army's way westward would fall sooner or later.

"Reporting to the General, Dingyuan Hou reported urgently that the position outside the west gate of Gaofucheng was lost. Prince Ros of the Loulan Kingdom, who was responsible for guarding the place, was killed in battle. The morale of the defenders was floating and they were no longer able to hold on and fight again-!"

"Tell the Marquis of Dingyuan that he would hold on for another three days and lose Gao Fucheng within three days. I would like to ask him!"

"General, the war on Dingyuan Hou is in a tight position. Will the cavalry unit be attacked from the enemy's back and relieve the pressure on Gao Fucheng!"

"No, the whereabouts of the cavalry must not be exposed."

Faced with the staff's hard demands, Han Xin was unmoved. He knew the dangers on Zhang Huan's side, but in order to ensure the final victory of the battle, he could not waver his determination.

Time was moving forward with difficulty in a moment of hardship, and new changes came at each moment. After the entire Loulan army was wiped out, the Jingjue Kingdom army guarding the Xicheng Gate also collapsed. The Seleucid army rushed into the city. Fortunately, Zhang Huan personally led a supervising team composed of Qin elite soldiers to reinforce, and then drove the enemy out of the city again.

The battle of Lama was not only in Gaofucheng. On the mountains outside the city, Zhonglimei's army and the Seleusians fought fiercely. In order to reduce the pressure on the defenders in the city as much as possible, Zhonglimei attacked Gusrishah's central army regardless of the situation, and this happened to collide with the Seleusian elite soldiers who defended the chief general.

Zhonglimei's crazy attack made the Seleus unable to advance or retreat. In desperation, Gusrishah had to use the final reserve team to take over. The battle situation has reached this point, and it has reached the most critical moment of life and death.

"Report to the general, Gusrishah has sent all his elite troops, and the troops left behind in the base camp are only those vassals of Daxia and Anxue. It's time to order the cavalry to attack!"

After a brief dispute and discussion, a young staff officer ran to Han Xin, who was thinking in a quiet voice, and said in an extremely firm tone.

The war is so fierce that Han Xin, the general, can still sleep?

Of course not.

If you look at his red eyes carefully, you will find that the general who was entrusted with the important task by Fu Ge has not closed his eyes for several days and nights.

"Are you sure?" Han Xin didn't open his eyes, but just asked lightly.

The most important staff talent Han Xin relied on was originally Li Zuoche. However, in July of the third year of Qin Tianhong, the elderly Li Zuoche had to take leave due to illness and return to his hometown to retire.

Immediately, with Fu Ge's suggestion, a large number of outstanding young military talents were enriched under the generals. Some of these people were from military academies, some were promoted from grassroots generals, and some were recruited directly from various counties. Different backgrounds and different experiences allowed them to have different answers when considering the problem. After summarizing these different opinions, they were extremely detailed and strategic plans.

"It's certain that the Seleucids have been completely restrained from the city of Gaofu. We attack at this time. Gusrishah has no other power to borrow except the vassal army with three hearts." The young adviser standing opposite Han Xin stood up straight and replied confidently.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll tell you the order, and you'll record it: General Li of the cavalry will obey the order, and now order your troops to set sail immediately, and penetrate the territory of Daxia along the Yarkand Valley. After occupying the enemy's supply points in the rear, quickly detour in Anxi, and then cooperate with the frontal troops to wait for an opportunity to sweep away the retreating remaining enemies!"

Han Xin suddenly stood up, and his sword on his waist hit the table, making a crisp sound.

The Qin army's ace was finally dispatched!

After the Babylonian city was captured, Gusrishah, who had no replenishment, could only collect materials needed for combat from Daxia and Anxue, and provided up to 80,000 food and fodder for the Seleucid army. The task was too heavy for Daxia and Anxue people.

The people complained, and the nobles who wanted to surrender to the Seleucids had a hard time. Although the vassals located behind the battlefield had as many as 50,000, their morale was extremely low.

"Warriors, ride your horses, pick up your swords, and go to stir up the rear of the Seleucids, and set out!"

When the commander of the central army sent Han Xin's order to Li Lie's army, more than 20,000 cavalry soldiers all turned their eyes to their chief general, Li Lie who had just passed the thirty years old.

The long-term grassland wind and frost failed to reduce the arrogance on Li Lie's body. He was still him, the one who shouted to fight on the back of the Jing River, and the one who led the fat cavalry to kill the Huns and fled in a panic. His burly and sturdy body, dark face, beard with gills, and the fiery red sweat-blooded war horse under his crotch. All of this gave people a strong sense of impact.

Move forward and invincible.

"kill!"

The sharp swords were raised in unison, and the scene of thousands of horses galloping was majestic and magnificent. The sun shone on the black dragon flag, black and red—like a stream of blood flowing down.

Blade out of the sheath!

Li Lie's first strike hit the enemy's most deadly place.

On August 6, Zaryasp, the former capital of Baktria (Daxia), was captured by the Qin army. The more than 20,000 Daxia troops guarding the city retreated to a safe place early as if they had a tacit understanding before the Qin army arrived. After entering the city, the Qin army did not commit bloody killings on the residents in the city. They just burned the supplies of the Seleucid army one by one, and then quickly disappeared.

On August 8, the Qin cavalry appeared in Nisa, the important town of Parthia (Anshe). This time, Gusrishah, who had escaped from the war last time, sent a team of more than a thousand men to guard the city with more than 10,000 people from the Anshe Army. However, in the face of the fierce and alert continuous assaults of the Qin cavalry, the Anshe Army, which had weak combat effectiveness, was defeated.

More than half of the 10,000 soldiers were lost. As for the governor of Seleucid, under the special care of Li Lie, they were completely eradicated, and there was no one who even went back to report to Gusrishah.

At this point, the Qin army had completed the initial encirclement of the Seleucids on the battlefield. Even though Gusrishah had no vision, he could see that he could no longer fight.

Gao Fucheng.

Dingyuan Hou Zhang Huan stared at a pair of blood-red eyes, and looked at the Seleusians who were retreating like a tide under the city wall without blinking. There was a little confusion in his expression and a lot of disbelief.

"Marty, the enemy is retreating!" A personal soldier shouted vigorously, but there was no excitement in his voice, only a cry of sorrow was left.

"I retreated, I really retreated!"

Zhang Huan murmured to himself, wanting to laugh but couldn't laugh.

The coalition forces in Gaofucheng fought against Zhang Huan for 16 days. During these 16 days, the troops of the Western Regions were extremely painful. Prince Ross of the Loulan Kingdom was killed, the army of Jingjue Kingdom was wiped out, and more than half of the remaining troops sent by the countries such as Khotan, Dayuan, Yuezhi were also lost. What made Zhang Huan the most heartbreaking was that the envoys who had followed him for many years were almost completely injured and killed.

My good brothers who have been together for many years have disappeared like this, and I just say it without saying a word.

When I was on a mission to the Western Regions, facing the threat of the Huns, Zhang Huan led them to kill the enemy envoys, hostage the king, and run away from the princess. These past events came to my mind, but where is the person?

"Road down the city and avenge the dead brothers!"

I don't know who it was, but shouted with a hoarse and dry throat. Immediately, from the ruins, from behind the collapsed buildings, from the alleys with fire, from any place where people could be hidden, countless soldiers in ragged clothes rushed out with weapons.

The death of their companions made them extremely sad, and made them feel bloody, making them want to chop the Seleucids who were siege into meat paste.

The Qin army launched a large-scale counterattack!

Gusrishah fled in a hurry. When the news of the loss of Nisa City reached the Seleucid army, he knew that everything was irreversible. The Qin army had completely controlled his supply base and could no longer be fought.

When retreating, only the quick retreat was to escape from the pursuit of Qin troops, and perhaps there was a chance to escape back to Persepolis (the fiefdom of Gusrishah was located in the hinterland of Persia, near Tehran today).

The Seleucids wanted to escape, but it was not so easy. In the past ten days, not only did the coalition forces of the Western Regions in Gaofu City suffered all the hardships, but even the Zhonglimei tribe, who was responsible for flanking interception outside the city, was not much better. After a series of fierce battles, more than 50,000 infantrymen injured nearly 20,000 people.
Chapter completed!