12dz Chapter 305 Dayuan Cavalry
Chapter 305 Dayuan Cavalry
As the bugle call sounded, 4 Dayuan cavalrymen, riding the tall horses native to Central Asia, charged towards the well-prepared defenses of the Chinese soldiers.
As the Dayuan cavalry charged into the 100-meter range of their crossbows, the Chinese soldiers hidden behind their shields pulled the triggers and fired their crossbows. Countless arrows flew nearly a hundred meters, piercing the bodies of the Dayuan cavalrymen. Many fell dead, but the others paid no heed, shouting and continuing to charge forward.
帝元11年3月20傍晚6点钟，大宛卫国大将领乌斯图库设计引开中华帝国中亚远征卒中路卒唯一的骑兵大组织133社第三骑兵旅，自己率4万精骑向余下几乎全是士兵的赵云中卒大部发起冲锋，双方大卒10余万人在大宛西方一个名叫托维亚的荒原展开步骑决战。
After the siege of the city by hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu soldiers in Ulama, the Second Brigade of the 133rd Company of Huazu had greatly improved in both combat effectiveness and willpower. Although some new soldiers were added afterward, with the guidance of veteran soldiers, they developed excellent teamwork in the battles along the way to attack Shule and the eastern towns of Dayuan, and were restored to a well-coordinated and valiant iron army.
Facing the surging enemy cavalry, the first three ranks of shield bearers did not flinch. With resolute expressions, they stood behind their shields, holding them firmly against the enemy charge. Between countless shields stood a forest of spears, each three-meter-long spearhead gleaming coldly, waiting for the Dayuan cavalry to walk right into their trap.
At 6:13, when the first Dayuan cavalryman charged through the rain of arrows and roared as he threw his spear, his horse's forelegs slamming into the first 2-meter-high shield of the Hua soldiers, a soldier carrying the shield behind him shuddered, his feet involuntarily sliding backward more than ten centimeters, leaving a small crater in the ground.
Gritting his teeth and enduring the excruciating pain in his shoulder, the resilient Chinese soldier roared, unleashing an unprecedented power that held the shield, which had tilted almost a third of the way, firmly blocking the Dayuan cavalryman who was brandishing his saber and preparing to charge into the Chinese ranks.
Four spears shot out from both sides, instantly taking the life of the fearless Dayuan cavalryman. Taking advantage of the gap before the second enemy cavalryman arrived, another soldier standing behind quickly replaced the wounded soldier, straightened his shield, and held it firmly, waiting for the arrival of the second enemy cavalryman.
The surging Dayuan cavalry relentlessly rammed into the iron shield defenses of the Hua soldiers, most of them being blocked by the shields and killed by the spears thrust out from the side.
There were also cavalrymen with tremendous momentum who broke through the first shield in one fell swoop, trampling over the flesh and blood of the Chinese soldiers and crashing into the spear formation behind them, where they were pierced through with countless bloody holes by the forest of spears.
The enemy cavalry, following one after another, showed no fear and continued to charge into the spear formation. Those who were lucky enough not to be killed by the spears fell off their horses, swung their sabers and wounded one or two Chinese soldiers before being surrounded and killed.
Along the more than 4,000-meter-long battle line, the soldiers on both sides roared with all their might. Spurred on by the bugle call, 40,000 cavalry charged fearlessly into the dense formation of soldiers, attempting to break through the Chinese soldiers' ranks.
The 2nd Brigade of the 133rd Company, positioned in the center, under the command and coordination of its leaders at all levels, resisted the densest cavalry charges of the enemy while slowly retreating, executing Zhuge Liang's counter-encirclement tactics. The 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 131st Company, positioned on the flanks, held off the less dense cavalry charges of the enemy, with only the defensive line near the center slowly retreating along with the 2nd Brigade of the 133rd Company.
A battle line more than 4,000 meters long gradually curved backward from the middle, forming a bow shape.
In order not to arouse the suspicion of Ustuku, this change was very slow. The 2nd Brigade of the 133rd Company had to resist the densest enemy cavalry battalion while also carrying out the plan to annihilate 40,000 enemy cavalry with soldiers, and paid a heavy price.
As darkness fell, news from the rear of the battlefield, transmitted by Ustuku, indicated that the central front of the Chinese troops was gradually losing ground due to the most concentrated assault by their own forces and was retreating, seemingly intending to withdraw to their logistical positions.
"Cavalry is the eternal nemesis of soldiers!" Ustuku silently recited this timeless "truth." Gazing at the battlefield, where carnage shook the night, he was filled with confidence in his decision to lead 4 cavalry to attack Zhao Yun's main force.
At 8:30, it was completely dark. The Second Brigade of the 133rd Company of the Chinese Army retreated 700 to 800 meters, and the original battle line of more than 4,000 meters had been stretched into a curve of nearly 6 kilometers.
A guard captain, accompanied by two bodyguards, rode up from the front, stopped in front of Ustuku's horse, straightened his helmet which was half askew, and shouted to Ustuku: "Reporting to the general, the enemy's main force has been forced back nearly three hundred zhang by our relentless assault, suffering heavy casualties."
"As long as we strengthen our forces and concentrate our attack on the central part of the enemy's army, I believe we will be able to break through their defenses and penetrate their rear supply positions in no time. The soldiers are very excited and are just waiting for the general to lead us to a victory."
Looking towards the fiercest fighting in the central part of the Tovia Wasteland, Ustuku let out a long sigh of relief, drew his three-foot-long sword from his waist, swung it forward, and shouted, "Guards, charge!" The 2000 elite Guards cavalrymen around him roared excitedly and followed Ustuku as he charged towards the legendary, collapsing formation of the Chinese Central Army.
The crescent moon tonight seemed to be particularly kind to the Dayuan soldiers. They couldn't see the entire battlefield, but they could vaguely see their own cavalry gathering more and more towards the center of the battlefield. The sounds of fighting there were getting louder and louder, and the shouts of their own soldiers were getting more and more excited, as if they were about to break through the enemy's lines.
The Dayuan cavalry, positioned on the flanks but not directly engaged in frontline combat with the Hua soldiers on the flanks, unconsciously began to converge towards the center, hoping to break through the enemy's central defenses with the central force and be the first to charge in and reap the rewards of victory.
Ustuku led his guards to the battlefield and found that the central defensive line of the Chinese soldiers had been forced back several dozen feet and was still being pushed back by the cavalry warriors who were charging continuously. The ground was littered with corpses.
The shields, spears, and broadswords of the Chinese soldiers, and the warhorses, javelins, and sabers of the Ferghana cavalry, were scattered everywhere, demonstrating the ferocity of the battle—the most brutal fight since the start of the war. Ustuku finally dispelled the lingering unease in his heart and roared, ordering his cavalry to continue their charge against the enemy's crumbling defensive line.