Chapter 535 A fierce battle
Driven by such thoughts and possibilities, several generals of the Seleucid Dynasty each led a team of about 20,000 people, and did not cooperate much with each other. They only focused on seeing who occupied more cities, who occupied larger cities, and who advanced faster. After all, if it was time to settle the credit, they would be considered a credit.
If you are proud, you will be taken away. If you are taken away, you will be taken away by the enemy. This sentence is most suitable for the soldiers of the Seleu Dynasty at this time.
Long Qi and Peng Yue, each of whom led five thousand cavalry, were all lightly equipped. They had already arrived at the front line and had been observing the situation of the proud cavalry of the Seleucid Dynasty.
Because the Seleucid Dynasty often expeditioned eastward under the command of Antioch III to regain the land they had lost before, the army of the dynasty was almost dominated by cavalry with very strong mobility. Only the defenders of some cities within the dynasty were infantry, so this time when they went to the Mauryan Dynasty, they were all cavalry.
Under such circumstances, after discussing with Peng Yue, Long Qi followed Peng Yue's advice. When the enemy teams were attacking more and more cities and were difficult to respond, he chose one of the weakest ones to start first. Once successful, he made plans based on the enemy's situation.
Although Long Qi's favorite way of fighting is still positive, under such circumstances, what Peng Yue said is indeed the most reasonable. Otherwise, a bad result would be ten thousand to tens of thousands. This is obviously not their original intention of secretly sending troops against the orders of Ying Gao and Xiang Yu.
Seeing that the city that was supposed to belong to one side was attacked by alien races from unknown places, and seeing that the people who were about to become the people of their dynasty were randomly driven away and slaughtered by those alien races, Peng Yue and Long Qi lived a long life for several days, and finally, an opportunity appeared under their noses.
At the beginning, it was obvious that several generals of the Seleu Dynasty had plans in advance, and the five armies were almost in a row. The advantage was obvious, that is, once they were attacked all the way, at least two reinforcements could arrive and support more quickly. It was precisely because of this that Long Qi and Peng Yue had endured for such a long time.
But the smooth attack gave one of the generals some different ideas. According to their original plan, there were indeed many cities in his direction, but they were not big cities. In his opinion, if the attack continues like this, the other generals will make a lot of money in the end, and they will have the least contribution. They will definitely not be ashamed in front of Antioch III.
Driven by such an idea, he made a decision that seemed a bit bold but he felt nothing was wrong. He crossed two smaller cities and attacked a city with great strategic significance at first.
He believed that there must be no decent defenders in this city, and he took it down quietly. Even if the other generals were unhappy, they had to endure it, because it had become a fact.
As a result, he did not care about the plan they had made before to not send troops at night. On a dark and windy night, he ordered his 20,000 cavalrymen and quickly advanced to the route that had been sent to touch before.
In fact, when this guy sent a small team of people to patrol the city ahead, Peng Yue and Long Qi had already seen the guy's purpose, and what they were waiting for was such an opportunity. Although there were only 10,000 people, they still had great confidence in waiting for the other party to be caught off guard.
Although they took a shortcut, because the city was far away from him, it took more than two hours for the general of the Seleu Dynasty to rush to the vicinity of the city. When they stopped, even the war horses were exhausted and began to breathe heavily.
But in his eyes, this is not a matter, because when they attacked those cities before, they had proved that no matter what the size of these Mauryan dynasty cities were, they would basically be defeated. The remaining work was to smash the city gate.
"Dropping off the horse, breaking through the city gate and preparing to enter the city!"
The general made such an order in a swagger. After saying that, a group of people jumped off the horse and took a very heavy wooden stake from the carriage at the end of the team. This was their weapon to break the city gate. After that, the crowd carried the large wooden stake and was about to start ramming the city gate.
However, just as everyone's eyes were focused on the gate of this large city, on both sides were two teams of ghost-like teams, ten thousand cavalry, and everyone was holding the largest Qin crossbow in their hands. When the people of the Seleu Dynasty were focusing on the gate, they were silently aiming at their own targets.
"Dong!Dong!"
The wooden stakes hit the city gate one after another. Inside the city gate were the people of the Mauryan Dynasty with terrified expressions, as if they were waiting for their fate to judge them.
The general was very proud of this wonderful voice. He was also a general who had been through the battlefield for a long time. If there were defenders in this city, he would have probably fought back on the city wall, but now there is nothing. This is obviously another city with only the people.
But just as he was closest to success, a sudden out-of-time scream appeared in his ears. His first reaction was that the city gate might have been broken, but when he looked closely, it was not.
Then, there was a large-scale scream. At this time, he finally realized that the scream was actually coming from the team behind him.
"General, the enemy attacks! Our army has hit the enemy's bow and arrow!"
Just now, a deputy general had arrived in front of him and hurriedly informed his general about the situation that his army was facing.
"It's okay, don't panic. It's probably because the scouts in this city investigated our army's attack on this city, and then they were ambushing the periphery. When this round of bows and arrows were shot, they should show up. The soldiers of the Mauryan Dynasty who had not been trained for many years were killed by our army just like cutting melons and vegetables!"
Although he encountered a round of bows and arrows, and in the dark night sky, he did not know the specific casualties of the 20,000 soldiers under his command, he still had great confidence in himself. After all, with such a large city, according to the usual nature of the Mauryan Dynasty, it was not impossible for the city lord inside to get some private armed forces to take it for himself.
But he didn't know that in this round of Qin crossbows, countless soldiers died quietly here. This was not the Qin crossbow that was carried by the cavalry, but the standard version of Qin crossbow that was more than half a person high, and was opened to a lot of improvements. If it was daytime now, the general of the Seleu Dynasty who felt good about himself would find that two soldiers under his command had been penetrated by the same arrow because they were too close before, which was enough to show the power of the Qin crossbow.
It was Peng Yue's suggestion that he and Long Qi must be at a considerable disadvantage in terms of number of people. In this case, only if all other aspects are prepared well can they give the enemy a real fatal blow. Originally, Long Qi was a little unagreeable with this statement, but when a round of Qin crossbow was launched, he couldn't help but sigh: The Qin thing is really useful!
Just when Long Qi wanted the soldiers under his command to get up and rush out, Peng Yue sent another message to inform Long Qi to fire another round while the enemy had not yet reacted, and then threw the Qin crossbow here for the time being, rushed out as quickly as possible, and had a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy.
Although Peng Yue's proposal was different from what Long Qi had imagined before, he always felt that he had some sense of reason after listening to Peng Yue's, so he immediately ordered the sergeant to use the Qin crossbow in his hand to shoot another round.
With Long Qi's order, another rain of arrows shot out. At this time, the cavalry of the Seleu Dynasty had just determined the direction of the enemy. Some had already begun to move towards Long Qi and Peng Yue, while some had just turned around.
But at this moment, another round of arrows was pouring out, which was definitely something they did not expect. They thought that the archers would have very weak physical strength after pulling the bow and shooting the archery, and they would definitely not shoot the second round in a short time. They would quickly escape to avoid being close to archers.
Of course they didn't know that the Qin crossbows unique to the Qin crossbows did not take such a lot of effort, and the people who operated these Qin crossbows were not archers themselves, but cavalry like them.
The damage caused to them by the second round of arrow rain was naturally not as great as the first round, but it slowed down their movements because they didn't know if there would be a third round of arrow rain waiting for them when they rushed there again, after all, it was pitch black in front of them.
"Kill! Kill all these alien races!"
But they hesitated, Long Qi and Peng Yue did not hesitate. They had been held in the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty for a long time, and finally could be arbitrary, so they naturally had to seize the opportunity.
Especially the Hun cavalry under Long Qi's command, they pursued the pleasure of killing one enemy after another immediately. However, since they arrived at this place, although they have won several important wars, they have basically never experienced the feeling of cavalry rushing back and forth on land. This time, this feeling is coming.
Hearing the cavalry of the Qin and the Huns shouting in their mouths and rushing over with words he couldn't understand, the general of the Seleu Dynasty finally understood that there would be no third round of arrow rain, so he quickly called his soldiers to meet the enemy.
Experts knew if there was any one as soon as they took action. The main purpose of Long Qi and Peng Yue's expedition this time was to find out what the combat capabilities of the soldiers of the Seleu Dynasty were. They basically knew what they thought about when they fought.
Long Qi and Peng Yue felt a little more solemn in their hearts about the combat effectiveness of these Seleuth cavalry.
These people experienced two very strong rain of arrows without any defense. According to Long Qi and Peng Yue's guess, there should be a scattered formation that could not withstand their impact, and even if it was a little less effective, these cavalry might escape directly.
But this time they were disappointed. The situation they imagined did not appear. Although almost thousands of people were shot and killed, the formation of these cavalry was not very scattered. When they realized that the enemy's cavalry would immediately arrive in front of them, they formed a certain formation with their comrades nearby, and did not run away to some unknown place because of their fear of the enemy.
In the end, Long Qi and Peng Yue came to a conclusion that since this dynasty dared to send these cavalry to compete with the Qin Dynasty for the length of the Mauryan Dynasty, he still had certain strength. Not only were their cavalry well-trained, they obviously had experienced many wars. It was impossible for the cavalry who had not experienced real wars to have such rapid reaction ability on the battlefield.
Although I encountered a tough guy, just as Peng Yue said before, I had a mindful calculation but no mind, and the darkness was a light, and this team of people left the large army, almost all the advantages that Long Qi and Peng Yue had already occupied, but this time the number of people coming here was a little less.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for them to retreat after exploring the enemy's weight. Both of them have a belief in their hearts that the more you are, the more I have to take you down. This is also a good opportunity to show the combat effectiveness of the Qin and the Huns in front of their enemies. So what they think about is eating this team of cavalry. Even if it costs some price, war will not be impossible to kill people. Retreat will only kill more people.
The Qin and the Huns have been on the land of the Mauryan Dynasty for some time, and the Seleu and the Mauryan Dynasty are also quite familiar, but what they would never have thought was that on this ordinary night, this small-scale battle was the most intense battle of the Mauryan Dynasty in decades, and this battle made both forces re-understand the other's ability.
The battle stopped after the sky had gradually brightened, and the result was both unexpected and reasonable.
Chapter completed!