Chapter 411 East Expedition(1/2)
A row of Jianyan Crossbowmen were arranged in front of Chu Tian. These crossbowmen were equipped with golden-level infantry crossbows, which had three types of crossbow arrows, armor-breaking arrows, ordinary arrows and rockets, casting the military craftsmen brought to Chu Tian.
Chu Tian recruited three thousand Jianyan Crossbowmen for Liang Hongyu. Jianyan Crossbowmen plus Liang Hongyu's ability became the most practical crossbowmen under Chu Tian's command. The only regret is that Chu Tian does not have a Divine Arm Bow.
Zhou Yafu's Xiliu Camp was also supplemented.
The recruitment conditions of the Detachment of Women were relatively tolerant, and Chu Tian recruited 7,000 Detachment of Women for Li Xiuning. The Detachment of Women was holding a long spear, a Tang sword on his waist, and a crossbow on his back.
Chu Tian's high-level troops have recovered to 30,000, and he has recruited 5,000 more troops to defend the city, and 100,000 lower-level troops. Chu Tian left 30,000 people to defend the city, but 100,000 people have gone to war, and 70,000 servants have also been recruited.
These troops came from Chu Tian’s population of 2.3 million.
During the two months after the Han army occupied the main city, except for destroying the Ottoman Empire, the Inca Empire, suppressing the Mughal Empire, and having conflicts with the Mongol Empire, the Han army did not make any other major moves and recruited soldiers with all their might.
The Han army reorganized its military power, leaving 400,000 people to defend the main city and 700,000 people to carry out an expedition.
It would be best if you can win the second main city. If you can't win, you will not lose money if you can defend one.
The Han Empire's population was one-fifth of the world, and it occupied a main city, just the same proportion as the population.
After the troops of various Han Empire were restored, the princes of the Han Empire were full of energy and swore in the city lord's mansion in the main city.
"The situation in the eastern region has been discovered. The NPC defender who defended the eastern main city is a legendary hero of our Eastern Han civilization. Originally, Alexander the Great of the Macedonian Kingdom wanted to capture the eastern main city, but was targeted by the Roman Republic and restrained by the Roman giants. The Macedonian army never had the energy to attack the eastern main city. Therefore, the eastern main city has not been occupied yet."
"In addition to Macedonia, Rome, there are also civilizations such as Japan and Mamluk. Now Temujin's Mongolian Legion has intervened, and the Persian Empire has also gone to the east, which is very chaotic. It is because of the chaos that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. It is also because of the chaos that Genghis Khan chose to attack the main city in the east."
"The Mughal Empire is located in the middle of the national battlefield. They can attack any main city, so they must be guarded against the Mughals."
Before many princes set out to fight, the old Qin once again emphasized the situation on the eastern battlefield.
The main city in the west was firmly controlled by the Han Empire, and the main city in the north was stationed with a small number of Mongolian soldiers and a large number of minions, which were equally indestructible.
The eastern main city was not occupied by any civilization. Like the fifth main city, the various civilizations in the eastern region checked and balanced each other, so no civilization could capture the eastern main city.
As the old Qin of Ranran said, chaos means taking advantage of the opportunity.
Temujin would rather go to the chaotic eastern battlefield than fight head-on with the Han Empire.
The two empires start war head-on, with millions of casualties. If you take advantage of the troubled waters, you may only suffer small casualties and achieve huge results.
"Most of the southern region is American, African civilization, and the United States is very strong. They have musket militias. There are Amazon civilizations. They have Amazon warriors who are comparable to wild beasts, and standing legions established imitating Europe."
Not only the eastern region, the Han army also learned about intelligence in the southern region during this period.
The attack on the main city in the southern part was the legion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was also fishing for troubled waters.
The 700,000 Han troops were ready to go. All the princes returned to their camps and commanded the troops out of the city.
The Moscow Legion accumulated enough strength to part ways with the Han army. What they wanted to attack was the main city in the south. As for whether they could capture the city, they all rely on means.
Ekaterina rode her war horses by, the Cossack cavalry, the Novgorod heavy infantry, and the Jenicer legion headed south.
"If you lose your battle, you can come to me for asylum."
When Chu Tian saw that Katerina had helped her, he said to her before parting ways.
"First of all, I will not be defeated, and secondly, I will not beg for your protection."
Caterina said coldly.
She and the lords of other Grand Duchy of Moscow commanded a vast army to move south.
"What a dishonest guy."
Chu Tian shook his head, so he led 170,000 Han troops to the east. Chu Tian didn't know what she thought about Caterina, and she was definitely unwilling to go to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Maybe she just wanted to take revenge. Although Caterina's way of revenge was a bit strange...
Chu Tian had the largest number of Han army among all the princes and was one of the main forces of the Han army in the Eastern Expedition.
The Han army was once again divided into three routes, divided their troops to advance together, support each other, and accelerated the marching speed.
The huge war elephant, the Southern Barbarian soldiers equipped with vine armor, the brave and warlike chieftain wolf soldiers, the legion of the Southern Barbarians, and were very close to the cavalry from the Western Regions Protectorate.
"Huoan, have you gotten along with Mu Ke recently?"
Chu Tian narrowed his eyes and found that the army of the Western Regions Protectorate's Office was closely connected with the army of the Southern Barbarians.
Huo An was surprised: "I didn't expect you to discover this."
One is the Western Regions Protectorate and the other is the Southern Barbarians. Two people join forces, which is a considerable force.
Chu Tian turned a blind eye to Huo An and Mu Ke, as long as it did not affect the attack on the second main city. And Chu Tian seemed to be ineligible to interfere in this matter... After all, he was pushed by the drunk Ekaterina.
"The main force of the Han army has left the main city!"
"How many people did the Han army leave behind to defend the city?"
"About four hundred thousand!"
The remaining troops of the Mughal Empire were huddled in three cities. They lost a large number of young and strong weapons in the previous war and could not recruit too many troops. Currently, there are only 800,000 troops, which is less than the Han Empire.
The main force of the Han Empire expeditioned the east, and the scouts of the Mughals from India came back to report to the lords as soon as possible.
"Four hundred thousand, with our troops, it is difficult to conquer. These 400,000 people are no weaker than the 100,000 NPC City Defense Force."
"We can follow the main force of the Han army and destroy them when they fight with other empires."
The princes of the Mughal Empire discussed briefly and the answer was about to come out.
If you are facing the main force of the Han army, you cannot defeat it and sneak attacks the main city of the Han army. If the troops are not strong enough, you can only follow the sneak attack to succeed.
The Mughal Empire army began to assemble, leave the city, and follow the Han army.
The Han army had already noticed the movement of the Mughal Empire army.
"The Mughal Empire is like the Persian Empire, and it must try to defeat them."
When Mingguan heard that the troops of the Mughal Empire of India were following the Han army, he couldn't help but frown.
During the battle in the main city of the west, the Han army was attacked by the followers of Persian troops and the intercepted Arab troops. Mingguan believed that the Mughal Empire must be eliminated.
"The Mughals in India have too many people. After so many people died, they dare to leave the city. It is better to use the tactics used by the Mongols to annihilate the Mughal Empire and completely solve their worries."
Chu Tian took the initiative to contact other princes.
"Who will lure the enemy?"
"The Western Army lures the enemy."
After two months of rest and recuperation, the Western Route Army recovered its troops and reached 180,000.
The 180,000 Western Route Army slowed down its marching speed and made a gesture of fighting against the Indian Mughal Empire.
"The main force of the Han army stopped marching and was setting up a formation ahead!"
The Mughal Empire's army was following the Han army, and the scout cavalry in front sent back the information.
"The Han army wants to fight us in the wild?"
The Mughal princes were in a state of chaos, and they were considering whether to fight with the Han army.
The first lord Brahmin said: "Our war elephant troops were almost undamaged in the last war and could completely defeat the Han army in the wild. I have the hero Shivaji here, who can keep the war elephant calm."
Because of the Brahmins' confidence, the other Mughal lords were slightly confident, so they decided to challenge the hegemony of the Han Empire in the East again.
The battlefield chosen by the Han army on the West was relatively narrow, and the 800,000 Mughal army could not be fully deployed. The princes of the Mughal Empire sent 400,000 elite troops to fight with the Han army on the West.
The black-clad prime minister Yao Guangxiao followed Mingguan and looked at the army of the Indian Mughal Empire on the battlefield. The Mughal Empire ranked the battle elephants as the main force at the forefront, with a total of 1,500 battle elephants. Among the battle elephants, there were countless infantrymen as cannon fodder.
"According to Chu Zimou, there was a hero in the Mughal Empire, Shivaji, who could effectively control the battle elephant troops, and ordinary fire arrows could not cause it to be confused unless special means were used."
Mingguan was covered with armor and black cloak, and commanded the Western Army to arrange troops and troops.
The Western Route Army suffered heavy losses in the last war. After recovering its vitality, it became heroic again.
Hu Ma said: "During the Second National War, Chu Zimou used fire camels to break the war elephant troops of the Mughal Empire, but it was not just fire camels. Maybe he had any ability to aggravate the fear of war elephants."
"It's very likely."
Mingguan himself also gained a lot of characteristics. Chu Tian had some special abilities that could cause chaos in the war elephant troops of the Mughal Empire. It seems not surprising.
Yao Guangxiao said: "Lord, if you want to lure the enemy, you must pay a certain price."
"The last time we captured a group of servants, it's time for them to come in handy."
The dull drums sounded, echoing over the battlefield. Everyone's attention returned to the battlefield. Hundreds of horns were blowing at the same time. The most proud war elephant troops of the Mughal Empire in India attacked!
Shivaji, the legendary hero of the Mughal Empire, personally led 1,500 battle elephants to attack the Han army!
One thousand five hundred war elephants, stretching for seven kilometers, extremely deep.
In order to protect this ace force, the Mughal Empire arranged 50,000 infantry and 50,000 archers to cover it!
Tens of thousands of cavalry were ready to go on both wings and the rear. As long as the war elephant troops destroyed the Han army's formation, the cavalry would come forward to harvest.
Boom, boom!
One thousand five hundred battle elephants were like majestic flesh walls, pressing towards the Han army!
The battle elephant at the front was covered with iron armor, like a moving iron fortress, nearly four meters tall, making the surrounding infantry and cavalry look extremely small.
On the back of the war elephant, the Mughal soldiers holding spears and bows looked solemn, and opposite was the main force of the Han Empire, which was even larger than the Indian Mughal Empire.
At present, the princes of the Mughal Empire in India mistakenly regarded the Western Route Army of the Han Empire as the main force of the Han army. They did not believe that the Han army would fight the Mughal Empire with less than one-third of its troops.
"These behemoths are really a headache. Like black clouds pressing against the city and destroying the city, the armor light opens to the sun and the golden scales."
To be continued...