As the sky grew dark, rows of soldiers, holding torches, filed out of the east gate.
There are not many guards left on the city tower.
This was the final decisive battle launched by the defenders of the Anxi Protectorate.
If this battle is won, the Anxi Protectorate will be saved, and the Meng Yuan thieves will retreat and will not go south to invade their homeland.
Two groups of soldiers and horses left the capital of Anxi Protectorate and Zhongzhou to jointly attack Kublai Khan.
Over there, Yue Hongling rushed from Zhongzhou to support and attacked from the south.
The momentum is huge.
The wind is biting and the dust is flying.
In the dark night, the sound of horse hooves sounds urgent.
All that could be heard was the roaring sound of horse hooves.
The scouts in the field hurried to the base of the military watchtower in the camp, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, reinforcements from the Imperial Imperial Army have appeared in the south. They are huge. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they have already rushed over."
There was an uproar on the watchtower in front of the Chinese army.
Some people can't sit still.
Kublai Khan said with a cold face: "So it turns out that Han Shizhong chose to leave the city at this time, not to fight to the death, but because he knew that reinforcements from the Daqian Forbidden Army were coming."
Then he ordered a deputy general beside him: "Take someone out immediately to investigate and see who is coming."
"As commanded."
Kublai Khan sat there calmly, watching the battle in the field not far away.
The deputy general led more than twenty personal guards and rode south along the edge of the battlefield in the darkness. After traveling for several miles, they finally saw the flags of the Imperial Guards.
Two large flags were standing in the army. The deputy general took a closer look and vaguely saw in the firelight that one of the flags had the word "Yue".
It's the Yue Family Army!
There are still people who dare not recall the shadow that Yueshan brought to Meng Yuan back then.
The deputy general thought for a moment and quickly turned his horse's head.
"ha!"
Regardless of the biting cold wind, we quickly returned to the camp.
Under the watchtower, he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this is the flag with the character Yue!"
Kublai Khan frowned slightly.
Yuezi flag?
It was Yue Hongling, the daughter of the God of War.
Rumor has it that this person is the daughter of Yueshan, the god of the Daqian Army. She is born with supernatural powers and has the wisdom and courage of her father.
In the battle to destroy Xixia, this man made great contributions.
"Tacha'er, you immediately bring 10,000 cavalry to support the east side and stop Yue Hongling!"
Kublai Khan called the three characters "Yue Hongling" very loudly so that everyone could hear it, so as not to cause them to think that the flag with the character "Yue" was Yue Shan, which would cause confusion and affect their morale.
Tachaer bowed and said: "As ordered."
This man has already prepared a strong formation and is waiting in front, and his ten thousand horses are all on horseback, holding spears in their hands, ready to fight at any time.
Kublai Khan wanted to capture the Anxi Protectorate because it had a large pasture and was close to the Dagan Longyou Road.
If Meng Yuan wants to go south, he must capture the Anxi Protectorate as early as possible. After solving the horse grass problem, he can continue his long march.
Otherwise, just the problem of horse grass will make it difficult for them to move forward in the later stage.
Meng Ge led troops to attack the Anbei Protectorate and Jinyang, directly approaching the east channel of Dagan River from the front of the north.
Between the two armies, it depends on who reaches the capital of Daqian first.
When he was about to arrive at the battlefield, Yue Hongling raised his spear, and the sound of horns sounded around him. The front army instantly lined up in an infantry formation. More than one soldier raised the rectangular shield in his hand, except for the first row of soldiers. Put the shield up on your chest, behind you are the spearmen with their spears inserted into the shield, and behind them are the crossbowmen and infantry soldiers.
As for the cavalry of the Yulin Army, they had already rushed out from the east side and bumped into the Meng Yuan cavalry. The two sides were already fighting together.
When the central force of the Yulin Army arrived at the eastern battlefield and entered the firing range of the Meng Yuan cavalry, they charged and shot at the same time, and arrow feathers burst through the air instantly.
However, they were basically blocked by a protective wall composed of thousands of rectangular shields. Even if some arrows only passed through the gaps in the shields, they did not cause many casualties to the infantry formation.
Only a few unlucky soldiers were shot and wounded, but the injuries of these soldiers were not serious. After all, the soldiers were all wearing armor.
These soldiers did not even withdraw from the infantry formation. The protective wall composed of thousands of rectangular shields did not change at all under the threatening shooting of the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry.
After several shots, the Meng Yuan cavalry rushed to the center of the Yulin Army.
A Mongolian captain waved the mace in his hand and shouted loudly: "Kill over! Break the Han people's turtle shells!"
However, while the commander was shouting, he controlled his horse to slow down. Instead, he let the other cavalry under his command rush in front of him and continue to kill the infantry formation in front.
There is nothing uniform about the charge of the Meng Yuan cavalry. Some people charge fast and some charge slowly.
It seems densely packed, but without any structure.
After all, they are nomadic people themselves. They have no systematic training and no battle formations.
Just rush and kill blindly.
In this kind of head-to-head duel, the mortality rate of the cavalry rushing in front is very high, so the Mongolian Yuan cavalry commander who was originally taking the lead immediately gave up the chance to fight to the cavalry under his command.
Seeing the Meng Yuan cavalry charging towards them, the captain of the Dagan Imperial Army in the formation yelled: "Bring out the spear!"
Immediately, in the gap between the shields in the hands of the first row of soldiers, the long spears that had been prepared were immediately planted on the ground. With the help of the earth to fix the long spears, the lethality would be greater.
For the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry, the distance of thirty steps was reached in an instant.
"Puff puff……."
Many of the cavalry charging forward directly hit the spears and were penetrated by the spears. Some of the spears even penetrated two Mongolian Yuan cavalry, like skewers of candied haws.
The captain's prancing horse rushed forward, jumping into the back of the shield while shouting: "Kill me! Scatter them!"
There was also a shield and a spear at the rear. The distance was not very far. It was difficult to see clearly in the dark.
"shoot!"
The captain of the imperial army in the infantry formation roared, and then the archers in the infantry formation stood up straight and shot the arrows in their hands at the Mongolian cavalry in front.
After the two rows of archers shot the first arrow, they squatted down a little, quickly pulled out the second arrow from the quiver, put it on the bow string, stood up straight and shot it again, followed by the second arrow. Three arrows were also shot out.
This life and death battle lasted for two hours, which was four hours.
At dusk, Han Shizhong led his troops out of the city and attacked Meng Yuan's camp.
Yue Hongling rushed to help and also participated in the battle.
It's been over an hour.
And when Yue Hongling got involved, Kublai Khan had to dispatch his elite.
The Mongolian and Yuan cavalry attacked from left and right.
The Imperial Guards of Daqian formed a camp step by step, assisted by cavalry and infantry.
Evenly matched.
But Yue Hongling knew that she still had a big trump card.
Eight guns.
His Highness said it must be used at critical moments.
This battle is a critical moment.
There are about 80,000 Mongolian and Yuan cavalrymen. Not far away is the Chinese army camp of Mongolian Yuan.
One hundred meters further.
You can set up the artillery.
Let the Mengyuan people have a taste of the latest powerful weapon forged by Daqian, the power of Daqian artillery!
"Drumming!"
Seeing that the Meng Yuan cavalry seemed to have the upper hand, Yue Hongling immediately ordered the drums from behind to cheer.
This is also a signal to charge.
She believed that Han Shizhong must know the meaning of the drum sound and would cooperate with her well to reach a hundred meters.
