Before Kublai Khan sent troops, he also sent light cavalry and fast horses to conduct a head-on reconnaissance of the Norman Empire's artillery array. While being frightened by thousands of Norman artillery pieces, these light cavalry also obtained some valuable intelligence. As Mr. Wen said before, Emperor Mann deployed heavy troops around the artillery array. The empire's hundreds of thousands of elite infantrymen are ready. Spears are like a forest and crossbows are like rain¡ý. This is the only way to restrain cavalry. If it really hits him head-on, I'm afraid he will be seriously injured.
After learning the news, Kublai Khan felt a little lucky, and at the same time he had greater confidence in attacking the Norman military camp. The troops he brought to attack the Norman military camp were all the strongest troops under his command. Ten thousand reorganized Qixue troops and thirty thousand Mongolian heavy cavalry. In total, there are 40,000 elite heavy cavalry. If things were true as the man said, and the attack was successful, he would have won the battle by eight points.
When he thought of this, Kublai Khan became excited. Shouting loudly: "Mongolian warriors, follow me to defeat the Normans and show the power of our Mongolian army!"
Going all the way west like this, only fifty miles away is the Norman military camp. Kublai Khan sent reconnaissance cavalry first. The news was that the Normans were laxly armed and unprepared. They seemed completely unaware that our troops were going to attack them. After receiving such news, Kublai Khan became even more elated. With a group of Mongolian heavy cavalry, the troops were divided into three groups and launched a charge towards the Norman camp.
The Norman soldiers guarding the entrance of the military camp watched the enemy arrive. But it's okay to be embarrassed. Neither an alarm was raised nor a fight back. Instead, he dropped his weapons and fled in embarrassment to the gate of the Man army camp, which was easily captured by the Mongols. Kublai Khan laughed when he saw this. I just feel that I have succeeded half of the way this time, I thought inside. That wretched Han man does seem to be of some use.
So Kublai Khan commanded the army to swarm in, shouting at the same time. While rushing towards the middle of the military camp. However, the Mongols overturned more than a dozen military camps in succession, only to find that they were empty. There were neither troops nor weapons and equipment, nor food, grass, or luggage. But watching the Mongolian army rush in, there was no sound in the camp. Not a single mouse was seen.
Just like that, after Kublai Khan heard about these situations, he naturally knew that he had been fooled. His complexion suddenly turned livid. I immediately wanted to order the army to break out. However, at this moment, countless Norman soldiers suddenly appeared from around the military camp, slashing wildly with long-handled battle axes. The space inside the military camp is narrow, and there are fights everywhere in the military camp. The Mongolian cavalry could not stretch far, and the cavalry that had lost its mobility was not even as good as the infantry. Coupled with being ambushed and panicked, I am afraid that even 50% of the 100% combat power cannot be used. The Mongolian army was panicked and just wanted to escape. Even Kublai Khan was like this.
However, when they wanted to escape, they found a raging fire at the entrance of the camp. A wall of fire isolated them from the Mongolian troops outside the camp. The Mongolian soldiers couldn't help but secretly groan in pain as they watched the ferocious-looking Norman army pressing forward step by step, and some simply laid down their weapons and surrendered. However, the Norman soldiers had already been ordered to kill without mercy. So no matter how the Mongols cried for mercy. They are all ruthless enough to kill them. The Mongols became even more panicked.
"Come on! Although the fire is strong, there is still a glimmer of life if you rush out. If you stay here, you will definitely die!" Kublai Khan was a hero of his generation after all. After a moment of panic, he came up with an idea. Immediately afterwards, they were escorted by a group of heavy cavalry from the Xue Army. He rushed toward the flames. The other Mongolian heavy cavalry also followed suit. He rushed over bravely.
This meal of smoke and fire tramples on each other. The Mongolian troops suffered many casualties again. The Mongolian cavalry who rushed out of the flames were not really safe. The Manchus had already ambushed the elite cavalry on the periphery - a total of two thousand-man teams of Norman knights and one thousand-man team of Norman royal knights. And the Centaur Army, the most powerful force in the Norman army. In total, eight thousand elite cavalry launched another round of fierce charges against the incomplete and frightened Mongolians!
"Damn it! Break out, break out!!" Kublai Khan had no good solution at this moment. He could only command his remaining soldiers to break out of the encirclement. However, despite experiencing ambushes, fires and self-trampling. The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties. But there are still about a quarter of the nearly 10,000 heavy cavalry troops that can fight. Even though they were demoralized. There is almost no will to fight. But at this moment, other than continuing to rush forward, there is really no other way.
At the critical moment, Kublai Khan performed beyond his level and commanded his heavy cavalry to launch round-to-round attacks on the Norman cavalry that surrounded them. He knew that the greatest threat to them was the group of five thousand centaurs. The Mongolian Emperor had no choice but to survive. He left all the most elite heavy cavalry of the Xue army under his command to block this group of centaur troops.
In PrinciaUnder the command of the Lord. The five thousand centaur cavalry were divided into three groups. One thousand of them were wearing special plate armor. The super-heavy centaur knights suppressed the centaur lancers and centaur light cavalry on the heavy cavalry wing of the Xue army, giving full play to their maneuverability. Sex, and the impact of the Centaur troops. Violently attacked the flanks of the Mongolian Xue army. Suppressing them firmly. The Mongolian Xue army was suppressed until it could not move.
However, this group of cowardly Xue troops are the first-class main force of the Mongolian and Yuan Empire after all. Despite being at an absolute disadvantage, despite experiencing such a horrific battle, most of their morale was wiped out. Even though they were facing the centaurs, the world's number one cavalry race. But he was still able to grit his teeth and persevere. Princess Princia on the opposite side was also helpless. It was almost impossible to separate the troops to attack the remaining Mongolian cavalry that kept breaking through.
The hatred between the centaurs and the Mongols can be said to be as deep as the ocean. At its peak, the Centaur tribe had 100,000 soldiers and 400,000 Cuman servants. It occupied the entire upper reaches of the Volga River and the vast grasslands west of the Ural Mountains. It can be called the overlord of one party. However, all of this was ultimately destroyed in the hands of the Mongols ¡ý Of the 100,000 centaur tribe, only 10,000 were killed by the Mongols. Even after these years of recuperation, the total number of old, weak, women and children is less than 30,000. It had to completely surrender to the Norman Empire and lost its status as a sovereign country.
Although in the Norman Empire, they lived a more civilized life, and the standard and quality of life were also quite high. But this does not mean that the centaurs will not continue to miss their "golden age". It does not mean that they have given up their hatred with the Mongols. From a certain perspective, the Centaurs surrendered to the Norman Empire not so much because Egil married their princess, or because they wanted to get asylum. It might as well be because of the war relationship between the Normans and the Mongols. The centaurs felt that they could seek revenge by joining the Norman Empire.
At this moment, despite this centaur army. Basically, most of them are Egil, soldiers exchanged from the system. However, the memories in their minds are still connected to this world. Therefore, the hatred for the Mongols is equivalent to that of the indigenous centaurs. Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. Can the Centaur Army not fight tooth and nail? !
Seeing the centaur army with red eyes and attacking like wolves and tigers, Kublai Khan was heartbroken. He also participated in the war between the Mongols and the Centaur Khanate. I have seen the horror of a centaur group charging. However, the technological level of the Centaur Khanate was no different from that of ordinary nomads. There is neither thick full-body plate armor nor heavy giant lances, nor is there any training level at the level of the Norman Empire.
However, despite this, the crazy assault of the Centaur troops still made the Mongolian people feel lingering fear. Only this time I looked back and saw this group of centaur knights armed by the Norman Empire, wearing four millimeters of super-heavy plate armor and holding giant three-and-a-half-meter-long lances. They were arranged in a dense array, neatly arranged. When the charge was launched, Kublai felt that the combat effectiveness of the Centaur Khanate he had seen before was simply too weak.
Under the constant charge of the centaur knights and lancers, the Xue army suffered heavy losses, and the casualties were as fast as snowballs in the stove. It looked like they could no longer hold up.
"No! I'm afraid Xue's army won't be able to stop those monsters for too long! If we fail to break through, the whole army will be annihilated!" Kublai Khan was frightened and furious. He waved his scimitar and shouted loudly, and finally used his unique trick of pressing the bottom of the box. , Khan Eagle! Immediately, the morale of the Mongolian army was greatly boosted, and its combat power increased dramatically. Kublai Khan personally took the lead in the charge and finally broke through the encirclement composed of Norman knights and royal knights. The defeated generals broke out with a few remaining soldiers.
However, those Norman knights and royal knights did not seem to care. They watched a group of Mongolian heavy cavalry break out without panicking or chasing. He just stormed towards the gap a few times. Filled up to live. Then they continued to attack the troops in the encirclement.
Kublai Khan was so anxious that he had no time to think about it. Seeing that his opponent didn't come to pursue him, he felt a little lucky. He continued to urge his horse to run towards his camp. But before they had even taken a few steps, another group of cavalry came out from diagonally below. They were the hussars that the Norman Empire was proud of! The Norman hussars, which are light cavalry, are the fastest and are most suitable for hunting down broken troops. No wonder the Norman knights and royal knights who were heavy cavalry paid little attention to the enemy who broke out. It turns out that the Norman army has other preparations!
The Norman hussars were as fast as the wind and were about to catch up with this broken army. Kublai Khan secretly sighed in his heart: "It's bitter!" But he didn't know what his life was like! (To be continued
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