Chapter 712 Han and Tang Allied Forces VS Mongolian Empire(1/2)
"These are the cavalry from Mobei and Monan. They are undoubtedly much stronger than the Turkic cavalry."
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, personally led a group of Xuanjia troops to the top of Juzhu Mountain and looked at the endless cavalry arriving from the north as far as the eye could see.
The Mongol Empire that Temujin rebuilt was more powerful than the Turks that Li Shimin had faced.
Not only that, Temujin integrated many tribes in Mobei and Monan, making them powerful and far more powerful than the Turks alone.
Li Shimin fought with Zhang Hua and Liu Xiu for a long time. The Tang army suffered serious losses, with less than 500,000 men left. However, Li Shimin still chose to join forces with Liu Xiu to resist Temujin who was going south.
"A true man, there are things you do and things you don't do. How can you stand idly by in such a situation. Generals, follow me to attack the Mongolian army!"
Li Shimin led 400,000 Tang troops to form an array along the mountains of Juzhu Mountain, preparing to rely on the mountains to block the Mongolian cavalry attack.
If it were Li Shimin before the war with Zhang Hua and Liu Xiu, he would still be able to engage in a cavalry battle with Temujin on the plains, but Li Shimin's power has been weakened to the point where it is inferior to Zhang Hua and Liu Xiu, so Li Shimin chose to take the defensive
, waiting for Liu Xiu to lead his troops to attack Temujin.
Four Hundred Thousand Hundreds of Battles The Tang army, under the command of various Tang army generals, formed a strict military formation, occupying favorable geographical locations, and the flags of the Tang army were fluttering.
Fierce generals such as Flying Tiger General Li Cunxiao, Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty Li Cunxu, White Horse Silver Spear Gao Siji, and Silver Hammer Pei Xingyan are still serving in the Tang army. They are Li Shimin's few trump cards.
These fierce generals looked to the north and saw rolling dust in the north. Countless cavalry appeared from the horizon in a mighty and mighty manner, covering the mountains and fields. The Golden Family came with all their strength!
Not only Temujin, Tolei, Subotai, Zhebe and other generals at the peak of the Mongol Empire, but also Kublai Khan, Wang Baobao and other descendants also followed Temujin southward!
It can be said that Temujin’s Mongol Empire gathered all the famous generals!
What's even more terrifying is that the number of Temujin's cavalry exceeds one million!
"This is a fierce battle."
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui followed Li Shimin to participate in the battle in Yanmen County. When they saw Temujin's menacing attack, they couldn't help but sigh at the terror of Temujin's military power.
Temujin's cavalry was approaching the peak of the cold weapon era.
Li Shimin said to himself: "In the past three or four years, which battle I have experienced was not a fierce battle? As long as our soldiers work together as one, we can win!"
"Mirror of the Sixth Army!"
The commander-in-chief of the Tang Army, Li Jing, used his legion talent. The effect covered 400,000 Tang troops. Six invisible mirrors appeared around the Tang troops, with a probability of absorbing all damage!
The superb commander Li Jing was the trump card that allowed the Tang army to hold on for three years without being completely defeated!
Facing the aggressive Mongol Empire army, Li Jing, as the first commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty, had no reservations at all. He wanted to use the strongest posture to defeat the Mongol cavalry offensive to prove that even if the Tang Dynasty was not in its peak state, the military frontier of the Tang Dynasty would still be strong.
, still not inferior to the Mongol Empire!
"Let me see the power of Genghis Khan and his cowardly army in later generations."
Li Shimin's eyes were as bright as a torch, he put on the iron bag with his own hands and got on his horse.
Behind Li Shimin, Yuchi Jingde held a steel whip and led more than a thousand Xuanjia troops, preparing to charge into the battle with Li Shimin.
"Jingde, this may be our last battle. Are you afraid?"
Li Shimin stared at the endless grassland army in the distance. The opponent's strength was several times that of the Tang army, and there were a large number of famous generals. The situation was not optimistic.
Yuchi Jingde was full of pride: "I, Yuchi Jingde, don't know how to write the word "fear"!"
"Hahaha, then let's join hands to defeat the enemy and come back alive!"
Li Shimin took off his long bow, and his eyes became as sharp as a torch, as sharp as a knife. With his powerful attire, his whole figure looked like an unsheathed sword.
Li Shimin was one of the few heroes who almost led troops to break through Chang'an when Zhang Hua was at his peak, and Zhang Hua's power was almost destroyed.
After the defeat in Guanzhong, he defended Bingzhou for three years, making it impossible for Liu Xiu to capture Bingzhou, which shows his ability.
To deal with Temujin this time, Li Shimin is indispensable!
Moreover, Li Shimin was happy to withstand the troops from Mobei, because in Li Shimin's view, he would rather lose to Zhang Hua or Liu Xiu than see Temujin conquer the world.
If a group of great princes within the Pass fight to the death, but instead the forces outside the Pass take over the world, how will future generations view it?
It is undoubtedly an enhanced version of Wu Huan Hua.
At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, during the Eight Kings Rebellion, the kings of the Sima clan fought to the death, causing great damage to the vitality of the Central Plains, Hebei, and Guanzhong regions, allowing various tribes outside the Guanzhong to take over the Central Plains, and then a chaotic world that lasted for hundreds of years.
To be honest, with Li Shimin's arrogance and Li Shimin's understanding of the era of Wu Huan Hua, Li Shimin really couldn't afford to disgrace this person.
Therefore, when Zhang Hua and Liu Xiu came to Li Shimin and asked to join forces with Li Shimin to resist Temujin's troops, Li Shimin just thought for a while and agreed.
As for who will win after Temujin is defeated, it is not that important at this time.
"bring it on!"
Li Shimin's thoughts returned to the battlefield again. Temujin's millions of cavalry could not wait to attack Li Shimin!
The Han and Tang allied forces are defending in the Yanmen area. As long as the Han and Tang allied forces are annihilated in Yanmen, Temujin's cavalry will be able to march straight in, annex Jinyang, Changshan, HD and other places, and drink from the Yellow River!
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao successfully ambushed Er Zhurong's Hu cavalry and killed Er Zhu Rong's generals He Batayue and Er Zhu Tianguang, leaving Er Zhu Rong's Hu cavalry with 78 casualties.
Yuan Shao's son Yuan Shang was killed by Er Zhurong in the melee. Cao Cao's generals also suffered casualties. The battle was extremely brutal.
Murong Ke's Murong Xianbei, Tuoba Gui's Tuoba Xianbei, and two extremely powerful Xianbei cavalry joined the melee, constantly attacking Cao Jun and Yuan Jun, and trying to rescue Er Zhurong who was trapped in a tight siege.
Rumble...
The dull sound of horse hooves is like a torrent of steel pushing forward. It is so powerful that it makes your soul tremble!
Murong Ke formed a chain of horse phalanxes, using iron ropes to connect the iron cavalry, forming a denser torrent of steel, crushing Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry from the side!
The tiger and leopard cavalry killed the armored cavalry, but were immediately hit and killed by the armored cavalry coming from behind!
The chained horse phalanx is like a moving steel city wall, cutting Cao Cao's army into two sections from the flanks, allowing Cao Cao's troops to fight on their own!
Zhang He, one of the five good generals, was in his old age and his blood was declining. He commanded the Euphorbia soldiers and tried to stop Murong Ke's chain of iron horse phalanx, but was overwhelmed by the chain of iron horse phalanx!
Under intensive trampling by horse hooves, Zhang He, who was trapped in a chain of horse phalanxes, had red eyes, wildly waving his spear, trying to pick off the mounted cavalry on horseback as much as possible, hoping to break out of the encirclement.
There are iron ropes between the horses, and the cavalry on horseback are stabbing with sharp spears. There are murderous intentions on all sides!
Zhang He killed dozens or hundreds of people with his hands, but he also suffered dozens of serious injuries and died on the battlefield!
The general died in a hundred battles!
"Junyi!"
Cao Cao, who was wielding the green sword to kill the enemy soldiers, saw Zhang He, a veteran who had followed him for many years, wrapped in horse leather and killed by Murong Ke with a chain of horse phalanxes. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel sad and angry.
Among the generals who surrendered to Yuan Shao's camp, Cao Cao only entrusted Zhang He with important tasks, but he did not expect that Zhang He would die at the hands of the Xianbei people.
In Cao Cao's dynasty, the Xianbei people were still insignificant. However, during the Five Husty Period, after absorbing the technology of the Han people, the Xianbei people had their own armored cavalry. They were no longer ordinary Xianbei people, and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved.
Murong Ke, the Xianbei cavalry of Murong Ba brother, once killed Ran Min, the leader of the beggar army, and was a powerful enemy of Fu Jian and Wang Meng.
Zhang He also failed to defeat the chain horse phalanx used by Murong Ke to defeat Ran Min, and fell because of it.
After the famous general fell, Cao Cao became furious and refused to retreat until he died.
Yuan Shao became even more furious because his favorite son Yuan Shang was killed by Er Zhurong. He drew his sword and killed the enemy himself. He settled the differences with Cao Cao and joined hands to kill the enemy, killing as many enemy riders as possible to avenge Yuan Shang!
The battle in Yanmen County was unprecedented, and countless famous generals died.
Once Cao Cao and Yuan Shao join forces, their military strength will be extremely strong.
However, Yan Liang and Wen Chou met Yang Dayan, a fierce general of the Tuoba Xianbei tribe, and Pan Baozhu and his wife, and were restrained by them.
Tuoba Tao personally led the tiger-patterned cavalry to raid Yuan Shao, defeated Yuan Shao's Euphorbia warriors, and rescued Er Zhurong who was trapped in a tight siege.
Er Zhurong defeated hundreds of thousands of rebels with 7,000 cavalry, and once defeated Chen Qingzhi of the Northern Expedition. He was one of the strongest heroes in the late Northern Wei Dynasty. After he escaped from trouble, he observed the situation and immediately led his troops to fight with Tuoba Tao. Join forces to attack Yuan Shao, who is relatively weak.
Yuan Shao's fierce generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou were held back by Yang Dayan, Pan Baozhu and his wife. Zhang He, Ju Yi, and Gao Lan were no longer Yuan Shao's generals, so Yuan Shao could only rely on himself.
At the same time, Yuan Shao was attacked by two powerful heroes, Tuoba Tao and Er Zhurong, and retreated steadily.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Yuan Shao roared repeatedly, intent on killing the thief, but unable to save his life.
He wished he could personally behead Er Zhurong, but he could not defeat Tuoba Tao and Er Zhurong's cavalry.
"Release Li Mu and Lian Po, and let them lead troops to support Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. The Mobei cavalry goes south. With the character of Li Mu and Lian Po, they will not sit idly by. We go to join Li Shimin and defeat Temujin together."
"Temujin is the key figure. As long as Temujin is completely defeated, the grassland coalition will naturally become a mess and will be destroyed without attack."
Liu Xiu saw that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, two powerful thugs, were besieged by a large number of nomadic cavalry and were at a disadvantage, so he released the famous generals Li Mu and Lian Po who had been captured alive at Jingxing Pass three years ago, and handed over a Han army to them.
The two led troops to rescue Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
Although Li Mu and Lian Po did not surrender to Liu Xiu in the past three years, Liu Xiu believed that Li Mu and Lian Po would not betray at such a critical moment. Instead, they would fight extra hard to help Cao Cao and Yuan Shao win.
"In the melee inside the pass, it is not the turn of the nomadic tribes outside the pass to intervene."
Li Mu was released and learned that the nomadic cavalry was attacking Mayi in large numbers, so he immediately led his troops to join the battle.
During the Warring States Period, the famous general Li Mu of the Zhao State became famous by fighting the Huns, and he once faced off against Wang Jian. Even the famous general Wang Jian of the Warring States Period had no way to deal with Li Mu, and in the end he had to resort to alienation tactics to get the King of Zhao to get rid of Li Mu.
It is difficult to compare whether Wang Jian or Li Mu wins or loses, because Wang Jian has the strong national power of Qin, while Li Mu is on the defensive. The conditions are different and the performance is different.
But there is no doubt that Liu Xiu believed that Li Mu would teach these Xianbei people a lesson.
"Lian Po is old, but he can still fight!"
The veteran Lian Po was also released by Liu Xiu. At this time, Lian Po's hair was gray, but his whole body was covered with tendons and there was no sign of any signs of weakening of his strength.
To be continued...