Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2305 Battle of Yumen Pass

It was precisely because Maodun had no intention of attacking Dunhuang City again like Tolui did from the beginning, so the 30,000 troops brought by Gaisuwen included 20,000 Mongolian troops and 10,000 vassal troops.

Maodun ordered Gai Suwen to take away 20,000 soldiers and horses, 10,000 of which included the 10,000 vassal troops.

Although the combat power of the 10,000 vassal troops could not be compared with the 10,000 Mongolian soldiers, as infantry, they were more suitable in the process of siege.

Leaving behind 10,000 Mongolian soldiers and horses, including 10,000 cavalry, would be most suitable for Maodun's need for quick response.

"Your Highness, especially the area 50 miles around Yumen Pass, you must carefully explore!"

"His Majesty asked me to wait for ten carving trainers to come, but they can all be handed over to Your Highness." Yelu Chucai said seriously.

Once the pressure on Yumen Pass increases, Dou Xian will definitely lead the Golden Fire Cavalry to interfere. He doesn't even need to actually go into battle, he just needs to expose his voice and shadow around him, and Mahamu will have to mobilize troops to guard against it.

Therefore, if Mahamu wants to concentrate all his efforts on attacking Yumen Pass, the defense against the Golden Fire Cavalry is of utmost importance.

An eagle trainer is a person who specializes in training eagles and hawks on the grassland. There are very few such people even on the grassland.

If the Eagle Shooter is the most powerful archer on the grassland, then the Eagle Trainer is the best scout on the grassland.

What else could possibly escape the gaze of the sky?

"understood!"

Tuo Lei was in a depressed mood. He agreed casually, walked out of the tent, and went to gather the scouts and soldiers.

"The Golden Fire Cavalry, this army, actually has a biggest weakness!" At this time, Yelu Chucai was still discussing military intelligence with Maodun.

"Food and grass!" Maodun had actually thought about this problem a long time ago, so he said it out immediately.

The reason why he decided to keep his troops in place and no longer continue to attack Dunhuang City as he had before was also because of this reason.

"Yes, Dunhuang has become an isolated place, and the Golden Fire Cavalry has no guarantee of food and fodder!" Yelu Chucai nodded.

He also had to admit that Maodun was indeed a great man, second only to Temujin. It was a pity that the Yuan Mongols already had Temujin, so he could only accept being suppressed by Temujin.

How did the Golden Fire Cavalry replenish their food supplies before?

If they have the chance, they will raid the Yuan and Mongolian food supplies, but such opportunities are rare.

The main way, in fact, is to obtain it from Dunhuang City.

On several occasions, Dou Xian led the Golden Fire Cavalry to deliberately harass Tolui. In fact, at this time, Ma Yuan would send a team of knights riding war horses loaded with food and fodder out of the city to meet Dou Xian.

Sometimes, Dou Xian came to get food before he had even finished eating it. There was no regular pattern at all. Even if Tolui wanted to prepare in advance, he had no chance, and he couldn't see the possibility of taking advantage of it.

After all, he couldn't keep his soldiers preparing day and night.

If he had not been prepared, by the time he had mobilized his troops, Dou Xian would have already escaped.

Now that the plan had been decided, for Maodun, the next step was to wait for Dunhuang to react, and then he would strike back. It must be said that Maodun did not move his troops, and Dunhuang became extremely anxious.

Especially, when they learned that 20,000 troops were heading towards Yumen Pass, they became even more anxious. Han Qi, Meng Ao, and Ma Yuan would rather put the pressure of these 20,000 troops on themselves than on Ju Yi at Yumen Pass.

With the difference in military strength at Yumen Pass, even if they only used human lives, they would be able to push down Yumen Pass sooner or later. The difference in military strength was eight or nine times. In other words, even if Yuan Meng used five or six people to exchange for one, they would be able to replace all of Ju Yi's men in the end.

Therefore, Ju Yi's situation is really worrying.

However, no matter how worried they were, they did not dare to act rashly. Their only reliance was this city. Without this city, they would not be able to resist the Yuan Mongols.

In fact, by this time in the war, many of them had already begun to feel desperate.

After all, many of them were knowledgeable about military affairs, and they knew very well that with the power in the hands of Wei Qing and Meng Tian, ​​it would be almost impossible for them to break through Temujin and lead the troops to attack in a short period of time.

Therefore, at the end of this battle, the Jin army might not lose. However, it would be difficult for them to save their city, and the people in their city had almost no hope of seeing that time.

At present, both the Yuan Mongols and the Jin army are under great psychological pressure.

Both sides are currently holding back, and neither dares to easily reveal their anxious side, for fear of being caught by the other side.

Maodun was waiting until Yumen Pass could no longer bear the pressure.

He believed that he would be able to wait until that day.

Even if Mahamu is incompetent, with a force eight or nine times greater than the enemy's, can he still be that incompetent? Not to mention, now there is another Ge Suwen!

In fact, the current Yumen Pass can be said to have become a meat grinder.

Although Mahamu kept hitting a wall before Yumen Pass, in fact, he was not an incompetent person. Although he was not a top talent, he was definitely not incompetent.

Moreover, by his side, he also has his grandson to assist him.

Yes, it was Yesen who defeated the 20-strong Ming army and captured Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen.

Therefore, Ju Yi's battle was actually very difficult all along.

It seemed that he made Mahamu run into obstacles again and again. With extremely weak forces, he dared to take the initiative to attack and caused corresponding casualties to the enemy.

However, he only had 3,000 soldiers, and if one died, there would be one less. Moreover, his first-line soldiers were extremely precious. Even if one first-line soldier died, even under such an extremely weak force, it could still exchange for four or more lives of the enemy, but it still made Ju Yi feel distressed.

Before the arrival of the 3,000 reinforcements, Ju Yi's vanguard soldiers had already lost half of their men under the continuous siege of the Yuan Mongols.

Of course, more than 7,000 of the 25,000 Mongolian soldiers lost their lives at Yumen Pass.

In fact, a big part of the reason is that the types of troops Ju Yi had in the early stage were too single.

The armor on the first-line soldiers was not light. If they were to fight in this state the next day, they would be exhausted to death. As a last resort, Ju Yi could only let the soldiers take off their armor in turn and put on the leather armor of ordinary soldiers.

This factor will naturally affect the combat effectiveness of the first batch of death squads, and the impact is quite significant.