My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 613: The battle begins and the Qin and Tang coalition forces end
Golden light pierced through the gaps in the clouds and sprinkled down, and the undulating waves of water flowed from the sight to the east, passing over the gradually encroaching land, hills, and the chasing army.

Below the clouds that extend along the sky, smoke and dust rise from the hot land. War horses go in and out of the square military camp. The largest white tent in the middle, the flag with the three-headed dragon flag and the crown is painted in the strong wind of the plateau. caress.

Cavalrymen with orders kept rushing into the big tent, then dismounted nearby and hurriedly came to the big tent that was heavily guarded and open on all sides.

Surrounded by Sakprut Guards dressed in iron plates, the leader is the Guardian Knight Bose, one of the Twelve Knights of the Round Table.

He received the information from the order rider, turned around and walked into the tent, dragging his heavy armor.

Inside was a square red carpet paved with a chair carved with golden wheat ears. While reading the battle report, Sakprut tore off a green grape and threw it into his mouth. The chewing juice flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

Bose walked around the table covered with maps and whispered a few words into Sakprut's ear. The rustling voice rang for a moment. The latter took the battle report and unfolded it, frowning slightly.

"Combined with the intelligence sent back from the front line, this doesn't look like the Selis people's style of play."

Then he threw the piece of information aside.

The wise knight Gawain came over, took it in his hand and looked at it: "The Selis people were completely defeated, and good news came from the two battlefields in the north and south... They still have a lot of main force, and they really shouldn't give up at this time. Rabbittos.”

"Perhaps the Egyptian Legion and the Macedonian Legion cut off the supply route of the Selis army." Sakprut was not a professional general, but he had fought several big battles and had some experience.

He picked up the wine glass on the table and leaned back, his eyes resting on the map spread out on the table. It showed several retreat routes, which was exactly the direction of Selis's breakout.

Sakprut took an elegant sip of the valuable wine in the glass and squinted his eyes happily.

"In addition to the 100,000 people who could not move, the Selis people still had an army of nearly 200,000 people. Even if the Samo people provided food, they could not sustain such a large army to eat and drink. In half a month, their decline has been revealed.

On the battlefield on the southern front, Alexander and Caesar lost a lot of soldiers, but they got a turning point in the war.

What I mean is that if we continue the pursuit, we will be able to surround them immediately. If this allows them to escape and allow them to obtain food from other Satsuma city-states in the eastern part of the Satsuma Plateau, then this battle will be considered a complete failure. "

"Your Majesty, I want to remind you that the other party may have a conspiracy." Gawain reminded softly.

The emperor, who was bent on developing his grand ambitions and pushing the border to the east, put down his wine glass and waved to Gawain.

"I know what you want to remind me, but we can only bet once. Once this opportunity is lost, it will be difficult to have another chance to encircle them. Gawain, do you understand?"

He lowered his head and looked at the map on the table. At this time, footsteps sounded outside, and the remaining twelve Knights of the Round Table, such as Lancelot, the Knight of Judgment, Lanmallock, the Knight of Radiance, and Percival, the Knight of Holy Light, walked in.

Sakprut waved to them and asked the knights to gather around them, including the wise knight Gawain.

He pointed at the terrain on the map and the direction of the legion's attack, and clicked: "The Selis army on the southern battlefield is of very poor quality. There are roughly more than 50,000 people. They are entrenched in Longcheng and want to control the two armies of Macedonia and Egypt. The legion marched north.

The fleeing Selis army here has two intentions. They are luring us to kill them under the pretense of defeat and extending our front line and food supplies. The last one is that they are looking for supplies to regain a foothold. "

"Your Majesty, judging from the battle situation of Hannibal, the commander of the Carthaginian Army on the front line, although the opponent retreated, he has been using the advantage of the cavalry to disrupt the Carthaginian Army's pursuit."

"Didn't the Carthaginian legion have a North African cavalry force of ten thousand men?"

Sakprut glanced at everyone with a serious face: "Forget it, Hannibal is the commander of the frontline army. Since the power has been given to him, it is up to him to think.

However, if he chooses to pursue and fails to annihilate all the enemies, it will be his dereliction of duty as the commander. Those fleeing enemies will come back to cut off our heads in the future. "

His voice was stern, but it did not have much deterrence to the twelve Knights of the Round Table present. All they cared about was King Arthur behind Sakprut.

Over there, Sakprut looked at the expressionless knights and tapped his fingers on the map again. He probably understood that his words did not have much deterrence, so he slowed down his voice.

“Victory is important, but several consecutive victories require each legion to be careful about the Seris counterattack.

After all, we still don’t know what the emperor of the Seris people is thinking about. "

"According to the possibility that His Majesty first mentioned, all our troops will be concentrated on the eastern battlefield of the Central Asian Plateau, and they will go around the rear to launch a sneak attack on us." The speaker was the judgment knight Lancelot.

His son Si Galahad, the Disaster, was advancing eastward from Padinya into the Central Asian Plateau at this time. After repelling an army of Seles, he turned south and cooperated with the Egyptian legions to attack from both sides. , a Samoan city named Longcheng, completely annihilated the 50,000 Selis army entrenched there.

"Yes!"

Sakprut nodded aside, looked away from the map, and walked slowly with his hands behind his back.

"Their cavalry is very powerful, accounting for more than half of the entire army. It is very likely that they will send cavalry to penetrate into Mirantle like before, but... haha!"

"Haha!" Sakprut suddenly laughed heartily, "If that's the case, the emperor and commander-in-chief of the Seris people are at the end of their rope. Unless those cavalry can capture every city, their achievements will be lost. We can only stop at burning, killing and looting, and cannot shake the victory or defeat between the main forces. "

"Send someone to tell Hannibal and let him make his own decision. You are also ready to break camp and move on. I will preside over the military meeting again in Harabitos!"

"Follow your orders, Your Majesty!"

Everyone saluted the emperor in front, then turned around and walked out. When the smile on Sakprut's face faded, someone walked out slowly from the back tent.

His serious expression turned into a smile again, and he looked at the prophet Moses standing beside him: "Emperor Selis has many generals who can fight, and I also have three commanders, but... you also saw it, right? ?Moses."

"They are very proud and do not easily obey the orders of another person, but you did a good job, kid." The old man tilted his head with white beard and hair and looked at Sakprut in front of him.

"Have you brought the two old Selis men you captured with you?"

Sakprut looked at the golden sunshine outside the tent, smiled and did not answer. He dragged his purple cloak and came outside: "We will not hand over the captives to the other party easily, but we will not use them as a threat. The other party surrenders. The emperor of the Seris people will not give up attacking us because of such a trick, Prophet."

"I'm going to meet him and transfer his power to Bedivere, making him a veritable Thunder Knight!"

After saying that, Moses hunched his body and left Sakprut, disappearing into the light curtain on the other side.

To the east of the Central Asian Plateau, there are stretches of wasteland, Gobi, and pastures. Many Sakprut scouts can be seen running back and forth, and from time to time, scouts from both sides can be seen chasing and fighting.

This means that there is another battle starting nearby.

In the morning of July 13th, the wilderness was already filled with shouts and the sound of horse hooves.

Thousands of arrows and short spears flew through the sky, and then fell on the ground and people's bodies. The horses screamed and rolled over. The Samoan army was under the fierce attack of Sakprut's Carthaginian army. After retreating, they were attacked by cavalry from the right, and then collapsed.

The Mongolian light cavalry that rushed to the rescue immediately rushed up to curb the defeat of the Satsuma people, entangled and fought with the Carthaginian cavalry, and then protected the Satsuma army and moved again to avoid being trapped by the two armies under the Carthage army.

At noon, the Carthage front army camped. As the secretary's officials came in and out, the old man who was piecing together the battle report squinted and vaguely noticed that something was wrong.

"The ones who were overtaken were the Samos and the beggar-like cavalry of Selis."

The dazzling skylight shines in from outside and falls on the snow-white head. He is sixty-four years old and has a shocking record. He crossed the Alps and completed the strategic purpose of Rome in northern Italy.

Such a brilliant record is always dazzling.

After a brief silence in the tent, the old man named Hannibal looked up at the sky.

"The emperor is making a bet. Let me join in the gamble. No matter which two the emperor says, I will block the eastward march of the Selis army."

The generals around him were not brought by him, but were promoted from the old army in Mirantre Province.

He likes to train talented generals, rather than those who have already achieved fame under his command.

"Didn't the emperor ask where my North African cavalry is going? Haha, he will know soon."

Hannibal ignored the commanding knight who stepped forward to ask for the next order. Instead, he strode towards the nearby war horse and then climbed onto the horse's back.

He raised his head, which was covered with silver threads, and looked at the rolling sky clouds.

"At this time, it is time to intercept the main force of the Selis people."

……

The sky is stretched out, and the white clouds are like catkins.

In the camp of the Western Expeditionary Army, horses galloped in and out of the camp gate. In the felt tent, Su Chen clasped his hands together behind the desk, propped up his chin, and stared at the tent without blinking.

There was a map hanging next to it. The generals in the army gathered around Han Xin, listening to the other party's explanation of the next move.

Xiang Yu, who didn't bother to talk to Han Xin, stood up from the seat on the right.

"Your Majesty, it's time for a counterattack. If this continues, the barbarians will notice and the food supplies will soon be exhausted."

"hold on."

At this time, Han Xin spoke on the map, "Twenty-six Sakprut legions have appeared in the incoming and outgoing intelligence.

Don't worry about the south for now. What we will face is twenty-three.

The troop strength is almost the same as ours, at least 200,000. At present, we only have 170,000 actually mobilized. This number can only be achieved by gathering together His Majesty's Tiger Guard Battalion and Shenji Battalion. If you want to win this battle with a disadvantage, except for the other two armies, you can only use surprise troops. "

The combined news from three battlefields in the past half month really put Su Chen and Han Xin under pressure.

It is not just the main force of the Sakprut army. From frequent battles, we learned in more detail that there are many troops from various provinces, vassal countries, and affiliated tribes in the Sakprut army, serving as servant armies. The huge number far exceeded the number of Sakprut's main force.

This is a complete transfer of what happened in Rome in the previous life.

After a moment of silence, Xiang Yu was a little unhappy with Han Xin, even though he had supported him as commander-in-chief before, but that was without commanding him.

"An army depends on its morale. It keeps retreating. Even if it is a fake defeat, the officers and soldiers in the army will complain. What's more, if you don't know the truth, it can easily turn the fake defeat into a real defeat."

Over there, Han Xin fell silent.

After a moment, he squeezed out: "Wait a little longer."

"Han Xin!" Xiang Yu raised his voice and almost shouted.

"Listen to Marquis Huaiyin!" Su Chen suddenly stood up and bumped the desk. Cups and books fell from it. His voice was stern for a moment, then he breathed and waved: "The fighter plane hasn't arrived yet. King Xiang calmed down and waited."

Xiang Yu didn't look at Su Chen, but stared at Han Xin with a fierce look: "Don't think that just because you defeated Xiang in the battle of Haixia, it's a big deal. If it weren't for the army of heroes, you would have soldiers to send!"

After saying that, Xiang Yu turned around and left. After hearing the news, Xu Chu, who poked his head in, was pushed out of the tent by pressing his face, causing Dian Wei inside to laugh.

Soon, a more severe pursuit was staged again. Eight hundred miles east from Harabitos, the Carthaginian legion was divided into three groups, totaling 40,000 people, plus 10,000 North African cavalry. They continued to pursue, trying to slow down Su Chen's main force. pace.

The Carthaginian legions often overtook the temporary armies composed of Samians. Before the battle began, they were frightened into chaos by the opponent's military appearance.

If it weren't for the Mongolian light cavalry supervising the battle, it would have been impossible to retreat hundreds of miles.

On July 18th, Carthage's eastern front was progressing as before. Ten thousand North African cavalry abandoned the Samians who were used as pawns, detoured south, and frantically searched for the main force of the Salisans.

at the same time.

Sakprut's ten legions entered Harabitos and stationed themselves here. As a battle report came from the eastern front, he frowned even more.

"Urge the Egyptian Army in the south to attack Long City, the Macedonian Army and the Second Army of the Conquerors to advance northeast and cooperate with the Carthaginian Army to intercept the eastward route of the Salisans!"

……

While the battle of chasing and escaping on the Central Asian Plateau was in full swing, the Qin Army, one of the two armies in the north of Miranter Province and relying on the northern route of the Western Region for some supplies, was slowly moving at this time.

Information from afar was sent into the account, and the gray-haired figure suddenly stood up and kicked the desk down, causing ink inkstones and bamboo slips to scatter all over the floor.

The tall body stood up, took the cloak handed by the guard, turned it around his body, and tied it as he walked.

Bai Qi walked out of the tent, pressed the hilt of his sword and stood on the side of his horse, looking at the burly young general galloping towards him.

"General Huo, it's time to take action!"

Bai Qi got on his horse and then gave instructions quickly.

"Blow the horns, prepare the whole army, and raise the smoke to let Li Jing on the Tang army see it. In addition, General Huo will lead the cavalry to attack the barbarian province first. Fight a few battles first to scare them out of fear!"

After issuing various combat orders at a very fast speed, Bai Qi rode his horse and took a few steps, looking toward the southwest amid the sound of the horn.

"It's time for these Western barbarians to see what our Qin army's fighting style looks like!"

After holding it in for several months, the situation of the war was now clear, and there was no hesitation at all.

On July 21st, the blade was finally unsheathed.

(End of this chapter)