Outside the city of Mulu, on the plains.
The original camp of the 41st Army was stationed on top of it, and suddenly a military tent was added, and the camp of the original extraordinary scale has now expanded to a hundred miles away, surging and surging up, and there is no end in sight when you climb high.
The snow leopard flags are flying in the wind, as if a hideous snow leopard is fierce, and it is fiercely rushing towards Mulu City, the momentum is like a rainbow, covering the sky and the earth, making the rest of the soldiers in the city a little desperate.
Standing at the head of the city, the resting lord Almos looked at the dense crowd outside the city, and his pupils were a little cold: "This is the main force of the Orientals." ” He didn't know the flag of the Snow Leopard Legion, though.
But he was very familiar with the Great Wu Jinlong Battle Flag, the imperial flag of the Oriental people at that time.
He was also one of the main generals who attacked the rest army of Tai Shi Ci's Western Expedition Corps, thinking of the ferocity of Tai Shi Ci's fight out of the encirclement, his face couldn't help but change a little: "Why haven't our reinforcements arrived yet?"
"Dear Lord Surena, General Tumor sent someone to say that his army of 50,000 was ambushed by the Orientals at the mouth of the Hilla Valley while it was being reinforced," a scout cavalry hurriedly reported.
"It's so possible" Almos's face changed dramatically, and his expression was shocked: "Damn the Oriental" "Lord Surena, General Tumor is unable to send troops, I beg you to gather your troops and join the city of Susia" "Nope" Amos's eyes were fierce, his voice was indifferent, and he shouted: "Your Majesty has entrusted me with the responsibility of guarding Mulu City, how can I escape without a fight, I am willing to fight to the death with the Orientals, pass on my order, the whole city will recruit slaves, if you can't recruit them, you will be charged with rebellion against the empire, and you will be killed."
"Yes" Several generals trembled and hurriedly took the order.
Outside the city.
After the main force of the Snow Leopard Legion camped down, the generals gathered in the camp of the Chinese army.
The commander of the legion, Tai Shici, sat in the first place, looked at the commander of the 41st Army standing in front of him, Singh, looked overjoyed, smiled and praised: "Okay, Singh, you have done a good job, the 41st Army has fought a wonderful and beautiful battle in this battle, which is enough for the entire Snow Leopard Legion to study hard."
Three days ago, Singh led the entire army of the 41st Army, suddenly gave up the main force of Anxia in Mulu City, bypassed the east side of Mulu, marched in the night, and traveled hundreds of miles away, ambushing the reinforcements of the Anxia Army in a canyon between Mulu City and Susya City.
The 50,000 reinforcements from Susya City to Mulu City were almost wiped out under the strong surprise attack led by Singh himself, and less than 3,000 people were able to escape from the ambush circle.
In this battle, because of the proper arrangement of the 41st Army, the casualties of his own body were only more than 1,000 people, and most of them were wounded, and less than 300 soldiers were killed in the battle, which was a great victory that inspired the hearts of the entire legion.
As soon as the results of this battle came out, the morale of the Snow Leopard Legion swelled by three points in vain, and because there were mostly new recruits, the atmosphere that was not suitable for the battlefield was instantly worn out, and the soldiers became high-spirited.
This battle can be regarded as a good start for the Snow Leopard Legion.
As the main general of this battle, Tai Shi Ci was already under great pressure, the main force of the Snow Leopard Legion had just moved south and arrived in Mulu City, and before he started a frontal attack, the main force of the 41st Army of the Vanguard Army gave him a big surprise, and Tai Shi Ci had to be happy.
Looking at Singh and Zhu Ran, the young chief of staff of the 41st Army, the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.
"This battle was indeed fought beautifully" Zhuge Liang's face also had a touch of brilliance, and the light of his eyes fell on the burly body of Singh, a Kushan man, and the corners of his mouth raised a praising smile: "The surprise attack of this battle, the staff of the 41st Army planned it very carefully, and it was not bad at all in terms of timing, taking advantage of the darkest night before the sun rose, and the sudden attack was the highlight of this battle, and your ambush location was also very appropriate.
It greatly reduced the casualties of the soldiers, and the most important thing is that the main general of this battle is also very courageous, and he can abandon the wooden deer city at the head of the siege of this Mulu City, and turn to travel a hundred miles in a hurry to raid Susya City, which is not what ordinary generals can do."
Zhu Ran, the chief of staff of the 41st Army, is indeed very good, worthy of being the martial artist of the first imperial examination of the Great Wu Dynasty, and with this battle he planned, he will soon become famous for the entire Snow Leopard Legion.
But what satisfied Zhuge Liang even more was Singh, the commander of the 41st Army.
Mulu City is a war feat, and it is a battle feats that the 41st Army has the ability to fight independently with time.
At this juncture, Singh was able to give up this imminent battle and instead march a hundred miles, risking the danger to ambush reinforcements, a battle that no ordinary commander could do.
The position of the main general, in fact, does not need too much wisdom to think thoroughly, as long as he has the decisiveness when deciding, he is already an excellent general, the strategy is said, the strategy is to decide, no matter how high the strategy, if there is no master will be decisive at the opportunity, it is also difficult to succeed.
Singh is a great striker.
"The commander and the chief of staff have won the award, and the generals will not dare to speak at the end of this battle, it is the idea of the chief of staff Zhu Ran, and the benefit of this merit is the benefit of the party."
Singh has some unique and stiff Chinese, and he speaks Chinese very fluently and smoothly, which makes all the Central Plains people feel a little ashamed.
A Kushan person can speak the language of the Central Plains to this point, which can be regarded as very attentive.
Although the language education implemented by the Dawu Education Department is implemented in Guishan and the Western Regions, it is stipulated that all established schools must learn Chinese, which can be regarded as cultural assimilation.
But it will take at least 10 or 20 years for this to be effective.
It is very difficult to learn the language of your own place that you have been familiar with since childhood.
It is no luck that Singh can be valued by the Wu army, command countless Guishan soldiers, and become a fierce general of the Wu army, and how much effort he has put in, I'm afraid only he knows.
"The commander's words are wrong, if it weren't for the commander's desperate life and death, fighting hard, taking the lead and boosting morale, even if we could ambush the Sabbatarian army, we would have suffered heavy setbacks, how could the 41st Army be so victorious" Zhu Ran hurriedly said modestly "Okay" Tai Shici smiled and waved his hand lightly at the two: "You don't have to be modest, this credit belongs to your 41st Army, no one can run, a good start, this battle is not small, I will personally report to the Military Aircraft Department to show you for your merits" "Commander Xie," the two nodded respectfully.
The other generals sitting suddenly looked at the two of them with some fiery eyes, many army commanders and division commanders were beating their chests, such a good battle, why didn't they fight it in person before, maybe this battle merit would fall on them.
It is an inevitable thing to compete for merit in the military, and as long as it can be controlled well, the military still advocates this kind of competition.
"Now you tell me about the situation in Mulu City," Tai Shi Ci said.
"Report to the commander, there are about 50,000 rest soldiers and horses in Mulu City at present, but according to our scouts' observations, the rest nobles in the city have been recruiting slave soldiers."
Zhu Heng took a step forward and said: "Mulu City is a heavy city of the Rest Empire, in the previous dispute with the Kushan, the rest of the Mulu City as a fortress, to guard against the fortress of the Kushan Empire, there are many young and strong people in the city, if they are recruiting slaves, they will form a slave army that consumes us."
"Slave" When Tai Shici heard this, his eyes were cold.
The term has not appeared in the Central Plains for many years.
"The Central Plains had abolished the slavery system many years ago, even if it was the Xiongnu, they only dared to use the plundered Xiongnu as slaves, but in the dynasties of the Western Regions, there were many slave systems" Zhuge Liang's face was calm, and he said in a deep voice: "In the Rest Empire, the princes and nobles are respected, these nobles basically do not treat slaves as people, they recruit slaves, and the use of those princes in our country to recruit young and strong is different, our domestic princes, when the troops are insufficient, will recruit young and strong people in the city to fight, but the purpose of their recruitment of slaves is not to assist in the battle, but to let the slaves die, directly consuming our energy and combat effectiveness" "That's too cruel, isn't it?"
"Somewhat dehumanizing" "Aren't slaves human?"
"Won't these slaves rebel against them?"
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When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
"Hehe, this is a kind of system conflict between the Great Empire of the Western Regions and my Central Plains Celestial Empire, you think they are cruel, they are careless of human life, but in their hearts, this is a matter of course" Zhuge Liang said: "These imperial nobles think that it is a great blessing to let those slaves give their lives, and these slaves have been enslaved for many years, and many slaves have servility, maybe for the sake of surviving families, maybe for other reasons, they will not rebel against the nobles."
"Then we can only watch them use these slaves to consume our main force" Pan Feng's narrow phoenix eyes crossed a touch of cold coldness.
"Although we will not be soft on killing aliens, we are not butchers after all, and killing some unarmed slaves will collapse the morale that we have just ignited" Sun Ce's face was cold, his one-armed palm was bumpy, and his voice was a little gloomy.
"It's not that there is no way, the first strike is stronger" Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "When they were not able to gather the slave soldiers together, they attacked quickly, caught them off guard, attacked their main force, abandoned their slave soldiers, as long as their main force was defeated, these slaves may become our spears" "The Last General Asks for War" "The Last General Asks for War" When the generals heard this, they finally couldn't hold it back, and they stood up one after another, and asked Tai Shici to fight with high morale.
"Commander, give me three days, I can take Mulu City" Not to be outdone, Singh strode out and arched his hand.
"The 41st Army has just fought an ambush battle, a blitzkrieg that has been going back and forth for hundreds of miles in a row, although your casualties are very small and negligible, but this battle must have made your soldiers and horses tired, if you continue to fight, you will be injured, you must rest before you can fight, the whole army retreats twenty miles, camps out, and rests for ten days."
Tai Shi Ci glanced at Singh and said.
"Commander" Singh wanted to fight for it, but Zhu Ran stretched out his hand and grabbed him.
He was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhu Ran's eyes, and suddenly came to his senses.
He is not stupid, after thinking about it, he understands in his heart, now that the main forces of the other four armies of the Snow Leopard Legion have come up, they have not yet opened meat, and the first merit has been taken by the 41st Army, if the credit of Mulu City is won by the 41st Army, he will not be a good person in the future.
In particular, he is still a Kushan person, although it is said that the Central Plains is now Datong and all ethnic groups are tolerant, but these generals from different races are not as good as the Jiangdong lineage after all.
"The Last General Commands" After Singh figured it out, he respectfully accepted the order.
Tai Shi Ci smiled slightly, very satisfied with Singh's attitude, he pondered for a while, and his eyes fell on Yan Xing, the deputy commander: "Deputy Commander Yan, you lead the 42nd Army and the 43rd Army in Mulu City, and capture Mulu City within three days, is it feasible?"
"The Last Will Do Duty" Yan Xing strode forward, gave up his orders, and then left the camp with the generals of the 42nd and 43rd armies.
In the camp, the atmosphere of discussion about the war began to become a little urgent.
"Commander, it's actually not difficult to take Mulu City" Zhuge Liang stood up, looked at the makeshift sand table, and said: "It's just that if we take Mulu City, we will be tantamount to stepping on the bottom line of the Rest Empire, and the main force they are waiting for will pounce on them like a mad dog."
"It's inevitable" Tai Shi Ci said: "And isn't our original intention to attract the main force here, Zhao Yun led eight thousand elite soldiers, and has already joined the Sea Eagle Legion, whether he can break through Ctesiphon, we still need to see if we can attract all the main forces of the Sabbath Army here" "But once the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Sabbath Army pounce up, it is not a trivial matter" Zhuge Liang felt a little heavy in his heart: "If we are not careful, we may not be able to wait for the Taixi Seal to be breached, and the front has already collapsed by the army of rest."
The strength of the Snow Leopard Legion is only about 100,000 at the top, but now the Rest Empire has gathered the strength of the entire empire, plus their serf soldiers and horses, plus the forcibly recruited slave soldiers, there are at least hundreds of thousands.
Many ants can bite an elephant to death.
The Sabbath Empire has been able to establish itself here for many years, and has been able to fight to the death with a big empire like Rome for hundreds of years, and their army will definitely not be so incompetent.
Moreover, in their empire, there must be generals and civil servants who can support the entire empire.
Although the two sides don't know each other very well, and the language between the two countries is very different, if they underestimate the soldiers and horses of the Rest Empire because of this, maybe they will plant a big heel here.
The previous defeat in Mesopotamia was a bloody lesson.
"What does the chief of staff mean," Tai Shi Ci pondered.
"It's still the same sentence, the first strike is stronger" Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "When we take Mulu City, we don't wait for them to surround us, take the initiative to pounce, so that we will turn passive into active, concentrate our main force, divide their forces, and achieve a goal of fighting more and less."
"I'm afraid this requires giving full play to the ability of cavalry, if you want to turn passive into active, the first thing is to clean up the ironclad cavalry of the Rest Empire, if you don't clean up their cavalry, you can't limit their mobility."
Tai Shi Ci pondered, pondered Zhuge Liang's plan, and said: "But we don't have many cavalry now, before the first battle in Mesopotamia, our cavalry has been killed by the Roman army, and the current cavalry are all newly recruited soldiers, and the five armies add up to only three divisions of cavalry, more than 20,000 people, and the combat effectiveness is not as good as the two divisions of the Central Plains cavalry."
"Enough is enough" Zhuge Liang looked confident, squinted at the two burly figures sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "Commander, don't forget, the courage of the generals, we have two powerful cavalry generals, and we may not lose to the rest cavalry in a fight."
"Take Mulu City first, and see how the Sabbatical Army reacts" Tai Shi Ci also looked at Pan Feng and Sun Ce, and a soothing look appeared in his tense face, indeed, with the courage of the soldiers, there are two such strong cavalry generals, maybe they can compete with the ironclad cavalry of the Rest Empire.
"Hmm" Zhuge Liang nodded, without Tai Shici making a decision in front of him.
He dispatched the Western Regions from the north and south of the Central Plains, from a theater commander to a corps chief of staff, and the military aircraft department somewhat suppressed his edge, after all, the previous Jieting Campaign, Wuzhangyuan Campaign, and Chang'an Campaign made him too sharp, and it is estimated that some people can't see it.
So he also appropriately restrained his strength.
The battle of Mulu City started quickly, and the battle was fierce, but it ended quickly, and it lasted less than a day and a half.
The 42nd and 43rd armies of the Snow Leopard Legion combined with more than 60,000 troops, compared to the 50,000 main army in the city, plus the conscription of tens of thousands of slaves, they were somewhat inferior in terms of strength.
But no matter how many troops the rest army has, it can't stand the sharpness of the weapons in the hands of the Wu army.
The Wu army first forcibly flattened the walls of Mulu City with black powder bombs, not only stripping off the coat of Mulu City, which was high and thick, but also frightening the military spirit of the soldiers of the Anxib Army, and then drove straight in without hindrance.
In the frontal battle, Wu Jun pushed up a series of powerful crossbows known as harvesting machines, which can be described as tanks in cold weapons.
The crossbow bolts they sent out were densely packed and a large piece of them died.
In the frontal hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers of the Wu army are basically armed to the teeth, and the weapons, shields, helmets, arm guards, leather armor, and combat boots in their hands are indispensable for every soldier.
Sun Quan invested so much military money in the army every year, it was not a waste, and the warriors used by each soldier were light leather iron armor, that is, leather armor with iron blocks on important parts.
This kind of leather armor is light, it will not hinder the battle, but it can also protect the body well, and the cost is expensive, and the spears of the soldiers of the Wu army are all made by the workshop of the Ministry of Industry, and they are not adulterated.
But the soldiers of the Sabbath Army are different, even their noble soldiers are very simple, there are not many who can afford to wear battle armor, even fewer shields, and most of them are long swords.
And the weapons of the slave soldiers are even more strange, they are all farm work guys, and they will be cut off as soon as they are chopped.
After a little more than a day, Mulu City, known as the eastern fortress of the empire, has been captured.
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"Report to the deputy commander, rest the remnants of the army supporting their commander, fleeing westward" Wen Qin is very young, he is the first Wu Dynasty martial arts examination of the Tanhua, after Tai Shi Ci came to the west, he has been following the left and right, and he is considered to be a military general of the Tai Shi Ci line, and now he has been ranked as the deputy commander of the 42nd Army and the commander of the 3rd Main Division of the 42nd Army.
The commander of the 42nd Army was Yan Xing, the deputy commander of the Snow Leopard Legion, who originally held the post of deputy commander, and many matters of the 42nd Army were handled by Wen Qin himself.
"Let them go, we just want Mulu City" Yan Xing knows the severity, the pursuit of the remnants is just a trivial matter, and it is the main thing to stand firm in Mulu City, and entering Mulu City is equivalent to gaining a firm foothold in the territory of the Rest Empire: "Pass on my military orders, clean up the battlefield, appease the people, and impose martial law in the whole city for three days" "Yes" Wen Qin nodded and took the order. t1706231537: