Since Alik Jiang and Geerhan had previously been at war with each other for the hegemony of the Western Xinjiang Alliance, even if the Turks came to mediate, the two sides still had grudges. Therefore, this time they joined forces to attack Metasequoia City, Loulan Kingdom and Che. Not only were the two armies clearly separated and on guard against each other when they set up their camps, but even when they set up their battle formations today, they failed to maintain a safe and effective distance between camps in accordance with combat routines.
According to common sense, when two friendly forces form a joint formation to face the enemy, they should focus on protecting the position of the joint. The closer the two sides are, the better. This will be more conducive to taking care of each other's flanks. However, the joint part of the battle formation that was supposed to be only a dozen steps away was now a full 200 steps away by Alek Jiang and Geerhan.
In this way, he has invisibly opened a huge "gap" in his overall defense line.
Before the war started, Doron had questioned this. He wanted to warn the two kings not to be so willful on the battlefield, and to quickly shorten the distance between the two sides and try to get closer together. However, Doron was dissuaded by the Marquess of Durham. Durham believed that the Western Xinjiang coalition forces were strong and had the initiative to attack on the battlefield, but the Metasequoia defenders would never dare to abandon their fortifications and go outside the city to fight in the field. Therefore, Loulan, Chechi, and the two armies kept a slightly farther distance. It's not a big deal.
After all, it was finally possible for the two sides to put aside their conflicts and send troops together. Then it would be better to do less than to do more. Stop worrying about the minutiae and force the soldiers on both sides to join together.
In this way, several experienced generals who had experienced hundreds of battles finally compromised and made such a low-level loophole.
And this loophole happened to be caught by the Metasequoia garrison.
Xu Youchang led the white-robed warriors, constantly speeding up the sprint, and stabbed the "weak underbelly" of the Western Xinjiang coalition forces with one knife.
The open terrain of two hundred steps was not blocked by any obstacles. It was like a flat and spacious corridor, allowing the white-robed troops to gallop and rush straight to the rear of the coalition position.
Durham and Doron, who were watching the battle from the back, were immediately startled by the spectacle in front of them.
The large formation composed of 70,000 to 80,000 people was at least two to three thousand steps deep. Although the entire formation was airtight, it could at least withstand repeated attacks by a similar number of enemy troops. But what about now? The opponent's mere thousand cavalrymen, as if they were in an uninhabited land, actually quickly cut through the center of the formation and charged all the way back.
Both Turkic generals believed with equal certainty that these terrifying ghost-faced white-robed troops came specifically for them. However, the key problem is that at the moment, they don't even have half a useful general around them. In desperation, Durham and Duolun didn't even bother to say hello to Alek Jiang and the others, so they turned their horses around in panic and started running away.
Almost at the same time, Alekjan and Geerhan also felt inexplicably horrified.
When the two armies faced each other, the most terrifying thing was not how tragic the battle was, but the fact that one's flanks and rear were beautifully penetrated by the enemy. As long as the weak link on the flank is broken through, or the retreat is cut off, no matter how many troops you have, you will immediately be in a critical situation.
The two kings of Western Xinjiang were just watching helplessly as a large white figure ran towards their rear between the Loulan Army and Che Chi Army.
"Change the formation! Change the formation! Change the formation quickly!"
"Follow my orders and quickly adjust your formation!"
"Everyone, turn left, turn left! Idiot! Left, not right!"
"Archers, archers, get ready! Shoot them to death!"
"Shield, I need a shield here, the white-robed army is coming towards me!"
"Don't run! Don't mess around!"
The camps on both sides exploded like cold water poured into a boiling pan of oil. There were people shouting and making noises everywhere, and all kinds of contradictory orders were passed between the camps. The generals leading the team instantly entered a state of hysteria, while the soldiers were more at a loss.
Tens of thousands of troops stood on tiptoes and stretched out their necks, watching the white knight fly quickly in front of them.
Xu Youchang led the ghost-faced white-robed army and rushed to the rear of the enemy without stopping. Then he turned left, curved a beautiful arc, and rushed directly towards a phalanx in the last row of the Loulan Army.
This goal was chosen extremely cleverly.
First of all, this is a pure infantry battalion mainly composed of swordsmen, and its mobility is not high; secondly, because they are located relatively in the middle, with brother troops on the left and right sides, the white robe army can hardly be seen clearly when the line of sight is blocked. direction and changes. So I was busy trying to find out what happened, but I failed to make any mental preparations in time to turn around and face the enemy.
When the lightning-fast ghost-faced white-robed army rushed up with them on their backs, the first reaction of this group of Loulan infantrymen was - run!
As a result, another new defeated army emerged.
This time, the white-robed soldiers did not drive the enemy deserters forward like they did before. Instead, they took advantage of the chaotic situation, suddenly turned around, and rushed into another infantry square next to them, killing them.
The phalanx that was attacked had collapsed at the first touch because of the brothers next to it, and became like a frightened bird. Now that the white-robed army had accidentally selected them and launched a bloodbath, there was no thought of fighting. They immediately fled in all directions.
Just like that, the second defeated army appeared.
Seeing that Xu Youchang had succeeded repeatedly, he calmly pulled the reins and led the whole team back around. He was able to intercept the first group of broken soldiers and forced them to turn around and rush to the left like herding sheep. .
As expected, the third defeated army arrived as promised.
Seeing that the camps behind him were about to be completely disrupted, Alekjiang jumped on his horse in a hurry. He hurriedly handed down the order and dispatched several teams of main cavalry to rush forward to intercept the white robe army.
However, what is extremely strange is that the white-robed soldiers rushed left and right behind Loulan's army, constantly driving away the infantry phalanx, and were always able to avoid the interception of the opponent's main cavalry through the large group of broken troops.
Although the menacing Loulan cavalry were eager to fight with the white-robed army, they suffered from the fact that their comrades were running around and getting in the way, completely blocking the way forward. As a result, they were clearly not far away from the white-robed army, but they couldn't even touch the corners of their clothes. He couldn't even touch it, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
Fortunately, at this time, several Loulan divisions deployed in front of the formation have turned around, set up defensive formations facing the rear, and gradually surrounded the white-robed army, with specially reserved space between the formations. There is a gap for the scattered soldiers to escape in an orderly manner.
The situation is developing in a direction that is beneficial to the Loulan Army.
At the same time, although Geerhan's Chechi troops were not attacked by the White Robes, he was not idle either.
While gathering and reorganizing the four defeated phalanx troops, Geerhan ordered the remaining four main phalanxes to turn to the right, facing the already chaotic Loulan Army formations and setting up tight defenses to avoid being attacked by the White Robes. Surprise attack.
Loulan King Alike Jiang was busy instructing his men to turn around and intercept, while Chechi King Geerhan was busy leading his troops to set up defenses. Both of them focused their attention on Xu Youchang and the white-robed army, but they completely forgot that on this battlefield, there were still There is another powerful enemy force.
Those three Metasequoia garrison formations!
After Xu Youchang led the troops into battle, the command of the three phalanxes was handed over to Lin Feng and Du Jian.
The two of them directed the soldiers to regroup and stabilize their positions, while organizing Mamu's civilian team to transport the wounded to the rear city for treatment.
At this time, the Metasequoia garrison that remained in place still maintained a combat strength of about 15,000 people.
These soldiers of Metasequoia City witnessed with their own eyes the whole process of the white-robed cavalry rushing into battle to kill the enemy. They all saw their blood boiling and they were unbearably excited. The white figure riding a horse galloping through the enemy formation is more effective than any motivating mobilization.
The morale of the Metasequoia garrison has been greatly boosted!
Just at this moment, the giant war drum on the tower suddenly sounded.
Accompanied by the sound of war drums, Du Jian raised his sword high and roared angrily: "Brothers! The commando has disrupted the enemy's position. Now, it's up to us. Don't embarrass Metasequoia! Don't embarrass the adults! ——Kill with me!”
"Huha!——"
Fifteen thousand soldiers responded in unison and suddenly pressed towards the Western Xinjiang coalition forces.
At the same time, the five thousand heavy cavalrymen of the former army who had been hiding in the city and on standby now appeared from the city gate and rushed out, covering them from a distance. The smoke and dust rising all over the sky and the thunderous sound of hooves immediately created an earth-shattering momentum for the Metasequoia Army's general charge.
Loulan King Alekjiang, who was originally full of self-confidence, was now completely in a dilemma.
The white-robed army that was constantly charging behind them had not yet been restrained, and there was another group charge with rapid momentum from the other side. For a moment, Alek Jiang had no idea what to do.
The three large infantry formations that had been deployed to encircle the White Robes now received new orders and were hastily transferred back to resist the frontal attack of the Metasequoia garrison. The state of panic and fear was in sharp contrast to the gradually approaching metasequoia soldiers and horses.
No need to fight, the outcome has been decided!
Two large formations of the Metasequoia Army, combined with the cavalry of the front army coming from the rear, a total of more than 10,000 Metasequoia warriors rushed towards the Loulan army and launched a strong attack.
The other metasequoia phalanx, under the command of Lin Feng, slowly moved towards the Che Chi army next to it, stopped a stone's throw away, and silently monitored.
Geerhan immediately stood in front of the formation, surrounded by panicked Chechi soldiers.
He looked at the Loulan people who were already locked in a bitter battle not far away, and then at the Metasequoia Army in front of him who were eyeing them eagerly but not attacking, and he seemed to understand something in his heart.
Geerhan hurriedly issued an order, asking his subordinates to put away their weapons and slowly retreat in the opposite direction to the Loulan Army, gradually widening the distance between the Western Xinjiang Allied Forces.
Unexpectedly, after Che Chi's soldiers and horses began to act according to the order, the metasequoia phalanx that had been staring at them moved back a certain distance in tacit understanding.
At this moment, Geerhan finally understood what the Metasequoia Army meant: As long as you don't prevent us from beating up the Loulan people, we won't touch you!
