Chapter 1536
Almost without any ideological preparation, the Yuan Jiemeilu Kingdom in Anjie Province collapsed overnight. The force of less than 10,000 was not enough to deal with the attacks launched by the four divisions of the Sixth Legion overnight. Especially with the support of local gentry and nobles, there was no suspense in this war.
Asked her heart with one sword, when the Sixth Army seized the entire Jiemeiluo Kingdom in one fell swoop, Sophia, who had been officially canonized as a concubine, also officially arrived at Yueyang Prefecture, the capital of Wuhu County, for inspection and visit to Wuhu County. At the welcome banquet held by Su Minshun, the governor of Wuhu County, she clearly stated that the Jiemeiluo Kingdom has always been a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty and was invaded by the Maqikhans for so many years. It is time to officially join the Tang Empire and become a member of the Tang Dynasty. She also called on the people of An Kun City to take action, overthrow the tyranny of the barbarians like Maqikhan, and return to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty. This speech immediately spread rapidly in the southern part of the empire and An Kun and Jiemeiluo.
This has become a practice of the Tang Empire. When Yuejing was captured by the empire, the three princesses of Yuejing did the same, allowing Yuejing to quickly integrate into the empire. Now, the eldest princess of the former Jiemeiluo Kingdom has long become the bedsider of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire. The Jiemeiluo Kingdom is indeed impossible to be a separate country. It is undoubtedly the best to be a part of the Tang Dynasty in the most peaceful way.
The Sixth Corps suddenly appeared on the ground in the southern part of Anjie Province and conquered two cities in Jiemeilo. This came as a wake-up call that Bi Xili, who was commanding seven corpses on the front line to fight bloody battles, and Lei Juetian, who was in charge of Sanglin City, were both dizzy. At this time, Bi Xili and Lei Juegen realized the so-called feeling of moving the whole body. When you are strong, all problems will be covered in glory. When you are down and out, problems may occur almost anywhere. At this time, the Three Kingdoms Alliance in the east are already ready to move. The South Ocean Alliance in the south has officially rejected the Khanate's request to reopen trade and trade, and asked the Machi Khanate to pay the remaining transit tariffs. Otherwise, the South Ocean Alliance will regard the Machi Khanate as a provocation.
A series of blows made Lei Juetian exhausted. The problem before him was still actively stabilizing the situation in Jiemeiluo, which was posing as if he was going to advance southeast to enter the Khanate. Lei Juetian didn't know where this army emerged. The army of the Tang Dynasty in the south was already within the control of the intelligence department. So where did this army come from? The Tang army could not easily transform an army, right? When it was confirmed that this army was the sixth army of the Tang army, Lei Juetian, who was rarely angry, immediately dismissed the intelligence minister.
Such a huge mistake cannot be explained by any reason, but it does not help solve the real problem. At present, Lei Juetian has no more troops to send. The Khan is in a fierce attack under Yuejing City, and the northern Harare City is also struggling to face the crazy attacks of the two legions of the Tang army. In the East, the Three Kingdoms Allied Army is already mobilizing again. It seems that a second wave of attacks will be launched soon, and there are two corps left there. Lei Juetian doesn't know how long the Khanate can support it once the Three Kingdoms Alliance really launches an offensive?
Despair was shrouded in Lei Juetian's heart, and the wall fell and everyone pushed it. When the situation came to this point, Lei Juetian discovered how naive and naive the idea of breaking the deadlock from Yuejing was discussed by the Khan. He was already stretched and had to shake the Tang Dynasty. Liang Chongxin undoubtedly set up an attractive trap in Yuejing City, dragging the nine elite troops of the Khanate there alive. If the Khanate could be more conservative, although the situation could not be restored, it could at least delay the time. But now all this has become a thing of the past. It is too late to withdraw troops from Yuejing. The Tang army launched an offensive on all sides to push the Khanate into a desperate situation. The domestic security agencies have already broken several conspiracy cases where the nobles planned to overthrow themselves. The nooses became tighter and tighter, making Lei Juetian feel breathless.
What should I do now? Lei Juetian, a little sad, looked around and had been living in this residence for more than 20 years. Although he was a Tang Dynasty, he had achieved success in his career in the Maqi Khanate, making everything he learned could be useful. Everything here accompanied him step by step towards success, and he made himself step by step towards failure. He had nothing to regret or regret. He just felt that he had let down Bixili Khan's expectations, but his plan was in people and his success was in heaven. Lei Juetian thought he had done his best and he had a clear conscience.
After sighing for a long time, Lei Juetian finally had to take his thoughts back to the situation in front of him. The Sixth Army of the Tang Army had already controlled the Jiemeiluo area and could quickly attack the northwest of the Khanate along the southeast. There was almost a flat horse without any obstacles and no military defense. Once a breakthrough was made from here, he could fight to the city of Sanglin. Now he had no troops to deal with this change. The only way was to let the main Khanate army return east quickly, but the Sixth Army of the Tang Army hit the key point. After controlling Jiemeiluo, he would block the Khanate army's journey to the east. If he wanted to return to the Khanate, he had to retake the Jiemeiluo area. This may be the trap carefully designed by Liang Chongxin.
When the Sixth Legion captured the Jemeluo area in one fell swoop, the Second Legion, which received the order, left Harare and rushed straight westward to Ankun City. Just three days later, Ankun City, which was jointly attacked by the Second Legion and the Sixth Legion, was captured. The 12th Legion of Maqihan was wiped out. At this time, the Maqihan army, who had received domestic news, had just had time to escape from the Yuejing city and embarked on their way back. At this time, the Second Legion and the Sixth Legion had already built a thick barrier in Jemeluo. Even the Eighth Legion had drawn two divisions to join the battlefield, to tightly control the Maqihan army in a narrow area west of the Anjie Province and east of Yuejing.
At the same time, the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces finally made another effort and launched a full-scale offensive in the eastern part of the Machikhanate. The Three Kingdoms Allied Forces successively captured cities and villages in the eastern part of the Machikhan. The Machikhans, who had only two corps troops, performed extremely bravely when facing the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, which was five times their own, but were outnumbered. The Three Kingdoms Allied Forces did not make any pause this time, and advanced rapidly along the north and south sides of the Polo River, approaching the Machikhanate capital Sanglin City.
On May 18, 702, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Wufeng, in an interview with several major imperial newspapers in the Zhongzhou Palace, delivered a speech entitled "The Last Battle against Machikhan" and ordered the 13th and 15th Emirates who had already gathered in the Wuhu area of the Empire to go south to the Pabwe grassland and Ankun to join the last battle against Machikhan. The Tiger Guards and the First Legion joined forces to launch an offensive on the cross-Jingdong Line. In addition, the more than 200,000 troops of the Three Kingdoms Allied Army, more than one million troops launched a full-scale siege on the Machikhan army that had been divided and surrounded in several directions at the same time.
On May 31, the first, second, sixth, and fifteenth Tang Dynasty, all the Tiger Guards, plus part of the Eighth Legion, launched the final battle against the main force of the Maqi Khan in a narrow area east of Yuejing and west of Anjie Province. After more than a week of decisive battle, the Tang army took advantage of the three divisions of the latest equipment in the 15th Legion to the extreme against the impact of the superior cavalry of the Maqi Khan army. The proud wildebeest heavy cavalry and zebra light cavalry of the Maqi Khans suffered a catastrophe. Nearly 100,000 cavalry seemed unable to deal with the steadily advancing Tang army. Finally, the first battle where the firearms began to take a large scale on the stage. On June 9, the Tianmayuan Battle was ended by later generations. Except for more than 30,000 Maqi Khans, the remaining more than 200,000 people were killed in Tianmayuan.
Later military history books have made several detailed descriptions of this battle, especially the classic battle between muskets and heavy infantry teamed up to challenge Maqihan's wildebeest heavy cavalry and zebra light cavalry. The Tang army used heavy infantry and transport vehicles to siege and advance steadily, and used the transport vehicles to hide musket soldiers to carry out multi-level attacks. The cavalry power of the Maqihans almost did not pose too much threat to the Tang army. In the entire battle, the Tang army suffered less than 30,000 injuries, and most of these casualties were caused by the Maqihans' vow not to surrender when they encircled and suppressed the remaining enemies.
It was after this classic war that traditional heavy cavalry began to gradually withdraw from the stage of history. Using active vehicles and fences can effectively block heavy cavalry, and muskets can kill heavy cavalry in large quantities. This army has reached its end. Although the status of light cavalry has also been weakened, the flexible maneuvering speed and reaction ability of light cavalry are still useful in wars. Especially after the appearance of short guns in the future, the combination of light cavalry's sabre and short guns greatly extended the historical mission of light cavalry.
Chapter completed!