Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms
Chapter 1046 Breaking Through the Mongol Encirclement
In the fierce battle, the Imperial Guard Wolf Riders held a complete advantage.
They looked down on the Mongol cavalry with an almost overwhelming force.
"With such despicable behavior, where does your glory and miracles stand?" roared the Mongol cavalry commander, questioning Zhang Liao.
"Of course, it's built upon your corpses!"
"kill!"
Zhang Liao didn't say anything more. The Mongol cavalry was very strong, enough to cause a miracle in their battles. On the other side, Gao Chong was having a more difficult time. Although he also maintained a great advantage and suppression, it was clear that he was not as successful as the Imperial Guards.
The Beiwei Army was ultimately an upgraded version of the Northern Song Dynasty's imperial guards. Even though Yue Fei trained them for a long time, the core of the Beiwei Army was still infantry, not cavalry.
The main purpose of cavalry most of the time was to fight on the front lines.
The elite infantry held the line, then circled around to the enemy's rear to launch a charge and break through their lines.
In some cases, they are needed to charge into battle to break the deadlock.
After all, most of the wars they face are not on the scale of millions.
The main reason why the Beiwei cavalry could suppress the Mongol cavalry today was that the miraculous could negate everything that was not miraculous, thus gaining the advantage.
Regardless of the type, the Beiwei cavalry were positioned as heavy cavalry, used to fight on the front lines.
In open field battles against Mongol cavalry, a force combining light and heavy units, it was difficult to fully utilize one's abilities.
In terms of hit-and-run tactics, the Beiwei cavalry were actually at a disadvantage.
Gao Chong looked solemn. No wonder Yue Fei had been dissatisfied with the cavalry's performance. When they actually faced them in the open field, the weaknesses of the Beiwei cavalry were exposed.
They should have taken the initiative and wiped out the opponent in one fell swoop, but instead they fought a back-and-forth battle, gaining the advantage but unable to increase casualties, which was undoubtedly a failure.
At least Gao Chong himself felt like a failure; a meticulously planned ambush failed to create the value it should have.
"Get this over with quickly, everyone, don't waste any more time!"
Zhang Liao gave Gao Chong and Zhao Yun their final orders. After all, they were still within the Mongol Yuan's sphere of influence, and if things dragged on for too long, there was no guarantee that something might go wrong.
It is not impossible for the Mongol Yuan dynasty to produce several legions capable of long-range strikes beyond visual range.
They must take advantage of this surprise ambush to achieve the greatest results in the shortest amount of time, otherwise they may be in trouble, as the Mongol Yuan dynasty is simply too strong.
"Get out of my way!"
Upon hearing this, Gao Chong could no longer contain his emotions. He roared and swung his iron spear, sweeping away the soldiers surrounding him.
The power of the refined breakthrough was fully unleashed, and the terrifying power was so great that even the combined efforts of several people could not withstand it. In the blink of an eye, three soldiers of the Mongol cavalry were killed.
Knowing they could not resist, the Mongol soldiers chose to sacrifice their lives for a chance to attack.
"Clang!" Several spears pierced Gao Chong's armor, causing it to dent slightly. The inner energy armor on his body was damaged, and specks of blood splattered out.
Gao Chong's cold gaze swept over the other side, and he directly stabbed a Mongol soldier who had given up his defense to death with a single spear thrust.
Even the most skilled soldiers, when facing a humanoid tyrannosaurus like Gao Chong, could only inflict a negligible injury on him by risking their lives.
To kill Gao Chong, it would take at least several hundred third-talent soldiers to surround and kill him.
After all, under the clouds, refined cultivation is the part of one's strength that is best preserved.
"You think you can stop me?"
Gao Chong brandished his spear, once again trading injury for life, enduring another blow from his opponent, and then killing him with a single thrust.
On the other side, Zhao Yun's speed was even more exaggerated. His spear shadows overlapped one after another, and almost instantly covered the vital points of all the soldiers in front.
The soldiers of the fake White Horse Army had no chance against Zhao Yun, whose speed was even faster than their combined speed.
"kill!"
Zhao Yun, leading the real white horse and following the fake white horse, raced off in a far-off direction.
Ever since encountering the fake white horse, Zhao Yun has been pondering how to deal with it.
Later, Zhao Yun came up with the simplest and most suitable path for him: to unleash his full power as a decisive master.
On a battlefield where millions of troops clash, there are large-scale army commanders and military geniuses at work, so he doesn't need to think about this problem, nor does he have the ability to solve it.
However, in the current chaotic battle between armies, Zhao Yun's strength has not been completely suppressed. He is still a fierce general who can easily kill hundreds of people in a single battle.
Since he's a fierce general, he should unleash even more ferocity.
Zhao Yun combined the army's cloud energy with his own internal energy, and in the process of constantly chasing the fake white horse, he used his superior strength to repeatedly pick off and kill Mongol iron cavalry soldiers.
Each time a streak of silver light flew from the spear, it pierced directly through the chest of a Mongol iron cavalryman.
Their terrifying kill efficiency far surpasses that of the White Horse Cavalry.
This is something only Zhao Yun could do: to forcefully help the White Horse Cavalry eliminate counterfeit goods using his own martial prowess.
The three Mongol legions did not hold out for long before collapsing.
Even elites with three talents will eventually be consumed by fear when faced with an opponent they cannot defeat.
Faced with the fleeing Mongol cavalry, the White Horse Cavalry naturally began their pursuit.
Aside from a few hundred Mongol Iron Cavalrymen who huddled together and some skilled warriors who escaped the White Horse's pursuit, the rest of the Mongol Iron Cavalrymen were almost all chased down and hacked to death by the White Horse.
"We should not linger here. Our actions have already angered the Mongols. Let's go back!" Zhang Liao glanced at the battlefield strewn with corpses and sighed almost imperceptibly.
In just a few years, the top legions that once dominated the battlefield are now as common as grunts.
The gains were staggering; the combined casualties of the three three-talent legions exceeded ten thousand, but their own losses were also considerable.
Fortunately, the White Horse's pursuit expanded the results; otherwise, the significance of their ambush would have been greatly diminished.
"We just scattered the Mongol Yuan forces, why don't we destroy a few more camps before leaving?"
Gao Chong looked at Zhang Liao with some displeasure. It wasn't that he was unhappy with Zhang Liao, but rather he was dissatisfied with the previous battle performance and wanted to make up for some face in other ways.
"Let's retreat. The main event is about to begin. If we stay here, the Mongol military genius will probably deal with us first!"
Zhang Liao shook his head. He knew Gao Chong's thoughts, but his keen sense of the battlefield told him that continuing the entanglement would not end well.
They absolutely cannot move any further into this area before the real battle begins.
"Marshal Yue instructed that we should withdraw immediately after the success in the vicinity. This is a military order, General Gao, do not make a mistake!" Zhang Liao casually used Yue Fei's name to intimidate Gao Chong. Gao Chong knew that Zhang Liao was using Yue Fei to pressure him, but he still chose to remain silent.
On the battlefield, Yue Fei was always right; to question Yue Fei's decisions with one's own ideas was simply courting death.
Zhang Liao was somewhat surprised to see Gao Chong back down, as he could tell that Yue Fei held a very high position in Gao Chong's heart.
Otherwise, one sentence wouldn't have been enough to dissuade the other party from making any rash decisions.
However, Zhang Liao wasn't just talking nonsense; Yue Fei had indeed given him instructions, though he was mostly left to his own devices.
After all, on a small scale, the judgments made by a large-scale army commander like Zhang Liao are not much weaker than those of a military genius.
Zhang Liao and his men quickly cleaned up the battlefield and then immediately retreated to Yue Fei's side.
Zhang Liao had just returned to the central command tent to report when he overheard Yue Fei, Jiang Wei, and others discussing the matter.
"The war has begun?" Zhang Liao immediately understood what had happened.
"Wen Yuan, come quick! This battle is far more terrifying than we imagined!" Xu Shu called out to Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao curiously leaned closer for a look, and his expression instantly changed.
For a more intuitive demonstration, the dual-talent, Imperial Guard, and triple-talent classes were colored with bronze, silver, and gold, while red represented Chi You and blue represented the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
Right now, on the real-time sand table.
Contrary to what everyone initially expected, the game didn't start with large-scale battles of command, followed by various tactics to expand advantages or restrict the opponent.
Temur was not good at directing and commanding in a direct confrontation with others, so he took advantage of his strengths, such as the fact that each legion had a good general in charge, and directly broke the whole into smaller units.
The blue team's golden legions were like nails driven directly into Chi You's battle lines.
"What does this mean?" Chi You was completely baffled.
It should be noted that these golden legions are undoubtedly top-tier legions, a relatively rare but indispensable part of this war.
Temur's approach of directly exchanging quality for quantity is completely illogical.
However, considering the vast size and power of the Mongol Yuan dynasty, this was a fairly prudent tactic, especially since it also utilized one of the aspects that the military genius excelled at.
The pressure on the front lines is suffocating.
Chi You glanced around and saw nearly 30,000 Mongol cavalrymen fiercely attacking the outer defenses, having already torn open several gaps.
The dual-talent soldiers were ultimately too unreasonable on this battlefield. In a sense, they were merely providers of the clouds, and the real war had little to do with them.
Only a sufficiently powerful legion can step onto the battlefield and declare its existence to others.
"Trying to cut flesh with a dull knife? I'd like to see who gives up first."
A ferocious smile appeared on Chi You's face.
While Temur's strategy of attacking from a single point to break through the entire area was a good tactic, Chi You had an advantage: he was not affected by morale issues.
The fluctuations in morale on the Mongol side will ultimately limit the extent of their strength, while Chi You's side will be more stable.
It's like Chi You letting the Mongol Yuan's three-talent legions attack the outermost two-talent legions, mainly to wear down the three-talent legions' morale and then gain a greater advantage in this game.
When the outermost defensive line collapsed, Chi You easily withdrew the remaining troops from the outer perimeter and then had the Jiuli warriors block the way.
With the combined strength of Chi You and the military god special effects, the Jiuli warriors already had a certain advantage in combat power. Now, they were using cannon fodder to wear down the enemy's morale.
With this two-pronged approach, the Mongol cavalry, which had torn apart the outer defenses, were forcibly brought back from their feet.
When elite forces clash, both sides have reasons why they cannot back down.
Chi You now only has one life left; if he can't break through, he'll die.
Furthermore, the army under Chi You's control was almost unshakable, making the Jiuli warriors exceptionally brave.
On the other hand, the Mongol Yuan dynasty bore the weight of the life and death of the entire world, and the will and beliefs of both sides were beyond question.
"Fire!" Seeing the Mongol cavalry, who should have had an absolute advantage, struggling in a fierce battle, Temur immediately deployed four archer legions, the true imperial guards.
The armor-piercing arrows, whistling as they shot out, hurtled towards Chi You's main force amidst the fierce battle. The radiant glow emanating from them spoke volumes about the terrifying power of these arrows.
"Thud thud thud!" The sound of a continuous rain of arrows piercing through the defenses was deafening. Many soldiers who were confident in their strength withstood this volley of arrows and were riddled with holes.
Four imperial guard-level archer legions fought hard to suppress the Jiuli frontal army while providing support to the Mongol cavalry.
Not to be outdone, Chi You launched a brand-new legion, which was clearly one that Chi You had put a lot of effort into training.
The effect is similar to that on Xinghan's side. By using willpower and internal energy to penetrate into the space, the space-level defense is directly activated. Without sufficient divine willpower, it is impossible to break through this defense.
This is a very unfair ability; under the barrier of spatial separation, all the dense rain of arrows were deflected.
When faced with a torrent of arrows, everyone's final thought basically falls on the same thing.
"From this perspective, this type of legion may become a permanent presence in the armies of various empires in the future."
"Although our landing points are not quite the same as Chi You's, our purpose is the same: to defend against archers. The Mongol Yuan dynasty probably has similar measures, and the status of ordinary archers will likely decline further in the future!"
Once upon a time, the sheer number of arrows could overwhelm everything, but now they can only be used for harassment.
The next moment, the Mongol Yuan dynasty also displayed its protective and auxiliary legions.
After realizing that the arrow rain had lost its deterrent effect, both sides tacitly stopped wasting arrows and began to compare their resources.
Clearly, the Mongol Yuan dynasty was far superior; its accumulated wealth over many years was something that Chiyou could never match.
Although it lacks the explosive ability to clear maps from a super long distance like the Changshui Camp, and its survivability is also a weakness due to its range, the Will Arrow combined with ten arrows per second makes its burst damage to clear maps at close range even more exaggerated than that of the Changshui Camp.
Every military formation ultimately requires human beings to assemble it, and all military formations get tired and exhausted; they all have a limit to their capacity.
Meanwhile, Chi You's support troops exceeded their capacity in the face of this sudden burst of power. The Mongol Yuan dynasty noticed this and immediately began to mop up the ranks with ordinary archers again.
Chi You could only deploy the Changshui Camp, a legion that maximized the efficiency of clearing out miscellaneous soldiers, to shatter the Mongol auxiliary legion in the shortest possible time, and then engage in a fierce battle with the enemy.
The casualties became horrific in an instant; soldiers were dying every second. The preparations made by both sides were completely shattered, and both sides went from premeditated planning to improvisation. (End of Chapter)
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