Chapter 671 The Battle of the Don (two in one)(1/2)
"The army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow crossed the Don River and set up a formation on the left bank!"
Temujin and Shuchi's main force of the Golden Horde were close to Yekaterina's main force. The vanguard scouts of the two sides continued to clash, and hundreds of people died.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow, which originally marched along the right bank, suddenly turned to the left bank to line up to defend and cut off the connection between the Grand Duchy of the Golden Horde and the Hun Empire.
"They want to fight to the left bank...there are mostly jungle and swamps on the left bank, and the cavalry will be weakened. It seems that she has already figured out the place for the battle to fight."
Temujin learned that Ekaterina's army was moving into the left bank to form an array, and probably guessed Ekaterina's intention.
Mu Huali's discovery Ma Chi was familiar with the terrain of the Don River Basin and knew that the field where Catherine was located was not suitable for Temujin's cavalry fighting.
Shu Chi rode a war horse and discussed with Temujin's advance and retreat: "Father Khan, we 700,000 soldiers came with all our national strength, and our food, grass, cattle and sheep were overwhelmed. Even if there are many rivers and swamps on the left bank, it does not mean that we cannot use cavalry. We have an advantage in numbers, and even if it is consumed head-on, we can defeat the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow."
Temujin's face was gloomy and the choice in front of him was simple - whether to cross the Don River and fight the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the field on the left bank of the Don River.
"Mu Huali, go and find out the width of the battlefield opposite to see if it is suitable for cavalry combat."
"yes."
Mu Huali personally led a team of explorers, Chi Cavalry, to the left bank for reconnaissance, and fought with the scout cavalry on the other bank.
Catherine's army had already taken advantage of the night to suddenly cross the Don River and changed the decisive battle location, making Temujin, who originally thought he was fighting on the right bank, lost.
"There is flat ground in the middle, the terrain on the left and right sides is broken, and there are many jungle swamps, so the infantry in the middle must block the frontal assault of the Mongolian cavalry."
"Halal, you lead the vanguard army. After the war begins, slow down the impact of the Mongolian cavalry, and I personally command the central army."
"Nevsky on the glacier and Dmitry on the Don River, you each command 100,000 people to guard the terrain that is not conducive to the charge of Mongolian cavalry. Once the opponent's central army goes too deep, they will divide their troops to attack them."
Yekaterina sent the Valangi Guard of Haral, as well as the heavy infantry and crossbowmen of the Grand Principal of Moscow, as a vanguard army, located in front of the plain in the middle. Among the heavy infantry of the Grand Principal of Moscow, there are heavy long-handled axe soldiers with hand-to-hand combat capabilities, which is a powerful tool used to deal with cavalry.
"The entire battlefield is only about thirty miles wide, of which the front is suitable for cavalry to attack, less than ten miles. The sides are mainly jungle and swamp, and the cavalry may need to dismount and fight and cannot attack the enemy from left to right. Unless the left and right sides are defeated, it is possible to attack the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the flanks or the rear."
Mu Huali quickly explored the terrain on the left bank of the Don River, and Catherine's intention was completely exposed to the Golden Horde army.
"She still underestimated my cavalry. She crossed the Don River, and fought against Ekaterina on the left bank."
After discovering Yekaterina's intention, Temujin chose to fight Yekaterina on the left bank of the Don River, hoping to completely annihilate the main force of the Grand Principal of Moscow.
The Golden Horde cannot support the long-term war.
Teams of Mongolian cavalry crossed the Don River.
The current general of the Qiexue Army, Timur, led his war horse across the river. He looked at the narrow terrain opposite and was not worried.
On the opposite field, there is still terrain for Mongolian cavalry to launch an attack. The cavalry bonuses of Temujin, Timur and Subutai are above the people of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
Moreover, even if they dismount, the Mongolian cavalry is still an excellent archer and can also be used as an infantryman.
"Xiao Chuo seems to have been captured by Chu Zimou. If she has the chance, she can rescue her. Her ability can improve the combat power of the legion."
During this period, Timur finally found out that after the Battle of Mobei ended, Xiao Chuo and Xiao Talin of the Liao Kingdom were all captured by Chu Tian, and Yelu Abaoji led the remnants of the Liao Kingdom and were unwilling to leave the familiar east and flee back to the Korqin grassland.
"He didn't know that the land in the east has been divided up. He would only lose his life if he stayed in the Korqin grassland. Only by coming to the west and taking advantage of the complex situation here can we open up the situation."
When Timur heard that Yelu Abaoji and Wanyan Aguda were still staying in the familiar place, unwilling to leave their original land, and chose to stay in the Eastern Han area for a long time, he couldn't help but sneer.
It was not easy for them to open up the situation in the Eastern Han area, because the territory of the Eastern Han area had begun to solidify. The princes of various Han empires would join forces to defeat the enemy when facing the threat from nomadic civilizations.
Only the West or Central Asia, which have many civilizations and complex relations, have enough population and depth to open up the situation and take advantage of the contradictions between various civilizations to establish a new empire.
Attila took advantage of the already existing contradictions between European civilizations, threatened and tempted, and attracted a group of allies, which inspired Timur.
"The Golden Horde Army appeared!"
The Cossack cavalry patrolling the Don River discovered the vanguard of the Golden Horde.
The continuous Mongolian army appeared, and the cavalry troops of Subutai, the field king who defeated the Cossack cavalry, emerged, and the scimitars, bows, arrows, spears, and war horses were neighing. Subutai's cavalry was equipped with armor from the east, and more so, it was an armor system influenced by the Han Empire.
The Cossack cavalry were already afraid of the cavalry of Subutai, and Subutai caused considerable losses to the Cossack cavalry.
The elite cavalry of Subutai appeared on the left bank of the Don River, which soon caused uneasiness to the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
Haral stood up, and 30,000 vanguard troops with heavy infantry as the main force were connected together, with spears and long axes standing in front of him, and murderous auras were everywhere. Haral looked at the arrival of the Mongolian cavalry.
Subutai was not afraid of the legion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and even came to an arrow and stopped to confront Haral's heavy infantry vanguard legion.
From a distance, the Mongolian cavalry was filled with darkness and flags were waving.
Haral squeezed away the dense heavy infantry phalanx, held the battle axe, came to the front of the formation, staring at Subutai opposite: "This is not the place you should come, get out!"
Subutai looked at the burly Viking hero not far away: "If the Grand Duchy of Moscow surrenders, you can still maintain your existing power and status, and even have a higher status in our Golden Horde."
"die!"
Haral took a few steps forward, and the cavalry beside Subutai shot more than a dozen arrows and inserted them into the ground in front of Haral.
"I didn't expect that the archery skills of these cavalry were quite accurate..."
Haral originally wanted to go up and capture Subutai alive, but the amazing riding and shooting ability of the Mongolian cavalry changed Haral's face. He rushed out rashly and might be shot and killed by Subutai's Mongolian cavalry.
"Waiting for the arrival of the main force of Khan."
Subutai did not launch an attack without authorization. He was waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Golden Horde commander Temujin.
Two powerful armies, one is a cavalry and the other is an infantry. Both sides confront each other on the left bank of the misty Don River. Behind them, each representing a powerful civilization.
"Your Highness, the Mongolian cavalry has appeared, and Haral's vanguard army is already confronting Subutai, and a war may break out between the two sides at any time."
Bartori came back from the front and reported to Ekaterina, who was located in the rear.
"Let Haral learn to be patient and wait for Temujin to arrive."
Katerina is not afraid of Temujin. She fought Temujin many times, and Temujin is also an old opponent.
What she wanted to defeat was not Subutai's pioneer, but Temujin's main force.
More and more Mongolian cavalry appeared on the left bank of the Don River, all over the mountains and fields, crowded with narrow terrain.
The narrowness of the left bank of the Don River is somewhat beyond Temujin's imagination. Hundreds of thousands of cavalry were crowded on the left bank of the Don River, and they could not take care of each other from the beginning to the end.
"Is this what Ekaterina intends? But she will be disappointed because our cavalry, even in such terrain, will still defeat them."
Temujin witnessed the 700,000 troops of the Golden Horde were crowded on the left bank of the Don River and could not form a formation.
The terrain on the left and right sides of the opposite Catherine army was harsh and was not suitable for cavalry to detour. Therefore, the detour tactics used in the past were basically impossible to use in this battle.
"Shu Chi, Brother Beer (son of Shu Chi), you lead infantry and cavalry to attack the left. Mu Huali, Buli Hebaduer, command infantry and cavalry to attack the right. Subutai, Wuliang Hetai, Zhebe, lead elite vanguard cavalry to attack the front. I, Timur, Chi Laowen, Zhelemur, and Kubi, and then advance!"
Temujin made the deployment.
The battlefield on the left bank of the Don River is narrow, so Temujin can only choose to start the war in three ways and give full play to his military strength advantages.
The Mongolian cavalry attacking the left and right wings may face the dilemma of dismounting and striking, but Temujin believes that he still has many cavalrymen of generals.
Chu Tian’s bonus alone is applicable to more than 100,000 cavalry, while there are 500,000 soldiers on the opposite side. Chu Tian’s alone cannot take care of it, and there will always be a breakthrough.
On Temujin's side, there are a large number of people who can command cavalry, which provides exaggerated bonuses for cavalry and a 25% bonus in the system, which can offset the negative effects brought by the terrain.
"Su Butai, Zhebe, you two join forces to take the lead in using cannon fodder to consume the opponent's physical strength. Then I sent Timur and Chi Lao Wen to lead the Qixue army to penetrate the enemy's formation in one fell swoop!"
Temujin made up his mind to defeat the Grand Duchy of Moscow. There must be a battle between the two powerful civilizations for the rule of the Moscow region.
"If we cannot wipe out the vanguard army on the opposite side, Su Butai is willing to come and see you."
"Zhe didn't want to fight to the death for the Khan!"
"Wulianhetai will move forward!"
Subutai, Takabe, and Subutai's son, and the future famous general Gurahita, all of them loyally serve Temujin, and are also the strongest thug under Temujin.
Timur and Chi Lao Wen two generals of the Qixue Army, commanding the Qixue Army.
After many wars, the Qixue army recruited new recruits after each war. At present, some of them were not in contact with each other, but they were still a terrifying force.
Even for a new recruit at level 10, the basic panel of the ninth-level troops is still very terrible. Even if some low-level troops are at full level and with the bonus of many characteristics, they cannot be compared with the Qiexue Army.
Timur and Chi Lao Wen heard that Temujin planned to use the Qiexue army to fight with the heavy infantry soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and knew that this was a hard battle.
The narrow terrain is destined to be a meat-mincing battle. It depends on whoever can't stick to the end, who will collapse completely.
"Reward the entire army!"
Temujin ordered all the cavalry to eat and drink and prepare for a big battle!
As the son of Subutai, Wuliang Hetai inherited his father's military capabilities and is one of the representative figures of the tiger father without a dog son.
He was observing the heavy infantry army commander Haral opposite. The Russians were brave and heavy-armed long-handled axe soldiers posed a significant threat to the Mongolian cavalry.
If on the grassland, the Mongolian cavalry could play with heavy-armed long-handed axe soldiers, but the terrain chosen by Catherine made the Mongolian cavalry head-on and head-on to fight this heavy infantry legion.
Haral was another powerful general. The attack of the Mongolian cavalry was destined to use corpses to fill the narrow battlefield.
"Use the Servant Army."
Subutai mercilessly drove away the minions of the Khanate of the Golden Horde and pressed against the vanguards of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
This time, the Khanate of the Golden Horde could assemble a million troops, more than half of which were servants and herdsmen, so they had such momentum.
In Subutai's eyes, the existence of the minion army is to consume the enemy.
There were about 30,000 servants and cavalry as the first cannon fodder to attack the Haral Heavy Infantry Legion.
There may not be many 30,000 cavalrymen, but in fact, if placed on a narrow battlefield, at first glance, there will be dense crowds of war horses and cavalry, bright sabers, sharp spears, and arrow bags filled with arrows.
To be continued...