Chapter 601: The Rock-Solid Mo Dao Soldier
Seeing that the six red-clothed guardians sent by the Lama Sect were either killed in front of the two armies or captured by the generals of the Polu Army alive, the Khans of all ethnic groups in the grassland immediately extinguished their intention to continue fighting with the Polu Army.
Then, the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan tribes each sent 20,000 cavalry to launch a tentative charge against the Polu Army.
The Polu Army did not send cavalry troops to fight against each other, but instead sent an infantry battle formation composed of 100,000 Tang Dynasty Modao soldiers to directly block the front of the various troops of the Polu Army.
Sixty thousand cavalry of the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan clans directly hit the infantry battle formation of the Modao Bing with a scattered momentum. The cavalry of the three tribes was brave and continued to charge. However, the infantry battle formation formed by the Modao Bing in the Tang Dynasty was as solid as a rock. The cavalry of the three tribes suffered considerable losses under the killing of rows of Modao Bing.
Luan Timao, the Hun Khan of the Grassland Alliance, saw that the 60,000 cavalry of the three tribes had no choice but to fight the Modao War formation of the Napole Army, and he couldn't help but frown at the Xianbei Khan Murong Ke and the Khitan Khan Yelu Dilie, saying: "These should be the Modao War of the Pole Army. The Modao War they used was very powerful. With one knife, they could even split the war horses and the knights on horses together. Moreover, the Modao Wars in front of the Pole Army's formation were numerous. It seems that our coalition only used 60,000 cavalry, so we would not be able to break through the Modao War formation of at least 100,000 people!"
The Xianbei Khan Murong Ke asked in a deep voice: "If 60,000 cavalry cannot break through, then use 600,000 cavalry. If we want to defeat the Polu Army, our tribes will definitely have to suffer great casualties. I believe this, all the knights are aware of this."
The Khitan Khan Yelu Dilie nodded and said, "The strength of the Polu Army is obvious to all. It is impossible for our coalition forces of all races to defeat the main force of the Polu Army in Xinning City without paying two or three million lives!"
Luanti, the great khan of the Xiongnu, smiled bitterly, "If we can defeat the Polu Army in Xinning City at the cost of two or three million people, it is already good. Let's discuss how many cavalry should be sent to fight next!"
The grassland coalition then sent more than 300,000 cavalry from all races to continue to launch a continuous fierce attack on the Modao war formation of the Polu Army...
The war lasted until the evening of June 1st. The troops of both sides retreated their troops back to the camp due to the sky. At this time, on the vast grassland, there was a scene of corpses everywhere, densely covered with the bodies of soldiers on both sides.
The Polu Army and the Grassland Alliance each sent some troops to restrain the bodies of their own fallen soldiers. The Polu Army quickly ended, but the Grassland Alliance Army was busy until late at night.
On the evening of June 1st, in a giant felt bag at the grassland coalition camp, the seven leaders of the grassland coalition, Luantimao, the Xiong Khan, Murong Ke, the Xianbei Khan, Yelu Dilie, the Xirong Khan Arishan, the Donghu Khan Ishag, the Tiel Khan Jirimu and the Wuwan Khan Zhaonastu all gathered here.
According to the statistics of the seven of them, the total losses of the cavalry of all races participating in the war today exceeded 400,000, of which half of the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan clans accounted for half, while the results achieved by the grassland coalition were minimal.
Luan Timao, the Hun Khan, said with a serious expression: "According to the statistics of all races, the losses of our grassland coalition in just one day have exceeded 400,000, but it has not caused much damage to the Polu Army. The Polu Army only dispatched Mo Dao Army today, which has left more than one million cavalrymen of our various races to fight against them. The next battle cannot continue like this."
The Great Khan of the Western Rong tribe, Arishan, then said: "Our Khan believes that our coalition forces have not invested enough troops today. It is best to invest more cavalry at one time tomorrow to participate in the attack. We cannot just focus on the Modao battle formation of the Polu Army!"
The Xianbei Khan Murong Ke said in agreement: "Arishan's words are reasonable. Today's attack on the Modao War Formation of the Polu Army has almost become a tactic of adding fuel to the oil. It cannot be like this tomorrow."
It is equivalent to the atmosphere of the grassland coalition, but the Polu Army is much more relaxed. In a conference hall in the governor of Xinning Chengzhou Palace, Liu Ji smiled and said to Dian Wei, the commander of Mo Daobing, Dian Wei, and said: "Today, you Mo Daobing have made great contributions to our Polu Army. After a fierce battle in one day, Mo Daobing wiped out almost 400,000 Hu cavalry with less than 20,000 casualties. It can be said that it has made a great start for our Polu Army!"
Liu Ji absorbed more than 42 soul points today. Except for the nearly 20,000 people lost by Mo Daobing, the rest of the gains were contributed by the Grassland Alliance.
Dian Wei said with a red face: "If there were no other brothers who would have been to support our Modao Bing, our Modao Bing would not have achieved such brilliant results today. We Modao Bing will be willing to continue to fight the attacks of cavalry of all races in the grassland tomorrow!"
At this time, Zhang Liang said: "Lord, today the cavalry of all races in the grassland suffered a great loss in the hands of Mo Daobing. Maybe tomorrow the cavalry of all races in the grassland will not be so persistent. Tomorrow the cavalry of all races in the grassland will probably bypass the battle formation of Mo Daobing and launch an attack on our main formation of the Polu Army."
Liu Ji said indifferently: "It is not only Modao Army that can fight tough battles. The Grassland Legion and Beiting Legion gathered 14 infantry brigades in Xinning City. If the Hu cavalry launches an attack on our Polu Army's original team tomorrow, it will allow the Hu cavalry to feel the power of our Polu Army leader's wooden spear formation again."
Liu Ji and his civil servants and generals studied the tactics of dealing with the grassland coalition forces and let the civil servants and generals rest on their own.
Liu Ji came to the prison where three lamas were imprisoned in the provincial governor's palace to imprison three red-clothed guardians, and then took out three puppet pills and forced the three lamas to swallow them. After a stick of incense, Liu Ji got three puppet bodyguards with the strength of peerless military generals. The system also rewarded Liu Ji 24 groups of Tang Dynasty Mo Dao Troops and six puppet pills.
Liu Ji originally had only nineteen puppet pills left in his hand. After conquering these three new puppet bodyguards, the number of puppet pills in Liu Ji's hand increased instead of falling, and turned into twenty-two.
On the morning of June 2, the Polu Army and the Grassland Allied Army once again set off on the grassland north of Xinning City. Then Liu Ji sent Zhang Shaohua to urge the horse to the two armies to challenge the battle. Unfortunately, no one on the Grassland Allied Army had fought at all, but directly sent cavalry from various races to charge towards the Polu Army's main line.
When Liu Ji saw the abnormal movement of the grassland coalition, he immediately made a sound of the gong and recalled Zhang Shaohua to the front of the Polu Army. Then, Mo Daobing immediately arranged infantry battle formations at the forefront of the various branches of the Polu Army to welcome the attacks of the cavalry of all races in the grassland.
The grassland coalition dispatched a large number of cavalry this time. Some of the grassland cavalry directly launched a fierce attack on the Modao war formation on the front, and more of the grassland cavalrymen bypassed the Modao war formation on the front and launched a charge against the two wings of the main formation of the Polu Army.
As for the cavalry of all races of the grassland on both sides, Liu Ji still did not send cavalry troops to fight, but instead let the fourteen infantry brigades of the grassland army and the Beiting army line up a large array of long wooden guns on the two wings of the formation.
Although the infantry brigades of the Grassland Legion and the Beiting Legion are much worse than those of Mo Dao, the long wooden spear formation of the Polu Army still exerts extremely powerful power in dealing with cavalry.
Starting from the morning of June 2, the fierce battle between the two sides continued until evening. The grassland coalition paid a very heavy price, but did not defeat the Modao war formation and the long wooden spear formation that defeated the Legion Army.
On June 2, the Grassland Alliance lost more than 400,000 cavalry of various tribes, but the losses of the Polu Army were far less than that of the Grassland Alliance. The Modao Army's Modao Army lost more than 10,000 people today. The fourteen infantry brigades of the Grassland Army and the Beiting Army lost about 40,000 people in total.
On June 3, the Polu Army and the Grassland Alliance fought almost for a day. The Polu Army still mainly engages in defensive operations, and the Grassland Alliance still plays the role of an attacker.
The Grassland Alliance lost about 400,000 on this day, and the losses of the Polu Army exceeded 60,000.
More than 1.2 million cavalrymen of all races were lost in three days. Even the grassland coalition forces with strong troops could not bear it. On the evening of June 3, in a giant felt bag in the grassland coalition camp, the Hun Khan Luanti said with a gloomy face: "The loss of 400,000 a day and 1.2 million a day in three days. These two numbers are really shocking. Our coalition forces of all races cannot continue to consume with the Polu Army like this. At this consumption rate, before defeating the Polu Army, the cavalry of our various races was fought all!"
The Xianbei Khan Murong Ke nodded with a serious look and said, "We must think of other ways. After three days of fighting, the cavalry of the Polu Army hardly went to fight. The cavalry of our tribes together lost more than 1.2 million. If we continue to consume this, all tribes will not be able to stand it!"
The Khitan Khan Yelu Dilie immediately said, "It's better to try a night attack! Even if the Polu Army sent a large number of scouts to monitor our coalition camp, as long as we act quickly, we may still achieve good results in the night attack."
The great khan of the Western Rong clan, Arishan, followed and said: "By the way, our coalition forces must also be guarded against the night attack of the Polu Army. The Polu Army is very good at night attacks!"
Just as the words of the Western Rong Khan Arishan fell, there were suddenly sounds of horns outside the felt bag, which changed the faces of the seven kids inside the felt bag. These sounds of horns should have been sounded by scouts of the Grassland Alliance. It seems that the Polu Army launched a night attack on the Grassland Alliance first.
The seven great khans guessed correctly. Tonight, the Polu Army sent 20 infantry brigades of the Grassland Legion and Beiting Legion, as well as 1.2 million cavalrymen of various tribes in the Beiting Protectorate, and took advantage of the night to attack the camps of the Grassland Allied Army. Soon the shouts of killing sounded across the night sky.
Although the Grassland Alliance lost more than 1.2 million cavalry in the first three days, the size of the Grassland Alliance was still about 9 million. The two million cavalry of the Polu Army fought in the camps of the Grassland Alliance for less than an hour and had to retreat. After all, the forces of the two sides were several times different. If the cavalry units of the Polu Army stopped when they were not done, they would not be able to withdraw many people.
The night attack of the Polu Army brought a lot of losses to the grassland coalition. In addition to the loss of some materials, at least 300,000 cavalrymen of various tribes lost their lives in this night attack. The cavalry troops of the Polu Army suffered a lot of losses. In the end, the cavalrymen who retreated to the Polu Army camp were only 1.8 million left.
During the day of June 4, perhaps due to the impact of last night's attack, the grassland coalition did not go to war again today, but instead repaired the camp for a day.
On the afternoon of June 4, in a study room in the Muslim Mansion of Xinning Chengzhou, Liu Ji asked Su Lie, the commander of the Grassland Legion: "Is there any movement in the Hu people?"
Su Lie shook his head and said, "Lord, it seems that the Grassland Alliance should not be ready to fight again today. After all, our Polu Army caused considerable losses to the Grassland Alliance in the night attack last night!"
Liu Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Don't mention the night attack last night. Two million cavalry were dispatched, but in less than an hour, 200,000 people were lost. You should know that the infantry and the grassland coalition fought hard for three days, and the total losses were less than 200,000!"
At this time, Guo Jia said: "Lord, in the night attack last night, our Polu Army sent out 1.2 million nomadic cavalry brigades in the Grassland Legion and the Beiting Legion. These nomadic cavalry recruited from various tribes in the Beiting Protectorate are not strong in combat. Four-fifths of the 200,000 people lost by our Polu Army during the night attack were nomadic cavalry. It seems that we should be more cautious when using these nomadic cavalry recruited in the future."
At this time, several top civil officials under Liu Ji were there in this study.
Zhang Liang continued: "What Guo Jia said is that these nomadic cavalry recruited from various tribes in the Beiting Protectorate are just fine to fight with the wind. Once they fight against the wind, they will have a big collapse if they are not done well. Therefore, we must be more cautious in the application of nomadic cavalry next."
This time, a total of 2.7 million cavalrymen of various tribes were recruited from various tribes within the Beiting Protectorate. Currently, the army that the Polu Army gathered in Xinning City, and more than half of the nomadic cavalry were recruited.
Chapter completed!