Lord of the Gaming World Chapter 563: The collapsed Yumen Pass
"The Bingzhou army stayed in Hetao, recruited troops and horses, and made up for losses. Lord of Monan, continue to stay in Monan to prevent Mobei cavalry from moving south."
Chutian found that the various battlefields of the Han Empire were in chaos, but Hetao and Monan were quickly pacified and became his sphere of influence.
The lords of Monan were already swaying, but Chu Tian sent troops to pacify Monan, and these lords came under Chu Tian's command one after another.
He can transfer some of his troops to the Western Regions and drive Temujin back to Mobei.
The main force in this battle in the Western Regions is Chutian's Guard Corps.
Although there are some thorny troubles in Mingguan, Mingguan believes that he is capable of handling it. Except that he cannot send an army to the Protectorate of the Western Regions, he does not need reinforcements.
Chutian can probably understand the troubles encountered by Mingguan.
Generally speaking, the nomadic, fishing and hunting civilizations born in Mobei and Liaodong are the most powerful.
The Huns, Turks, and Mongolians in Mobei, and Goguryeo, Khitan, and Jurchen in Liaodong are famous.
Mingguan occupies Liaodong, and the local fishing and hunting tribes are fierce and fierce, so the pressure faced by Mingguan is unprecedented.
The Liaodong Army does not need additional reinforcements, and it is not easy to suppress many tribes in Liaodong with its own strength.
Jijiu Lao Qin also replied to Chutian that he could send 100,000 to 200,000 troops into the Western Regions to assist Huo An in pacifying the Western Regions.
The Protectorate of the Western Regions is a relatively unfortunate force, and all parties are enemies.
To support the Protectorate of the Western Regions, we must first restore the Hexi Corridor and open the passage from Yumen Pass to Luntai.
"All the guards were sent to Jiuquan County, and then the troops went out of Yumen Pass to recover Dunhuang. The subsequent army was sent directly from the Central Plains to Luntai City, the Protectorate of the Western Regions."
Chutian intends to use the Guard Corps to open up the Hexi Corridor.
The transportation cost for this expedition to the Western Regions was extremely expensive. Chutian could not bring a million troops there, so he could only select the elite among them and go to the Western Regions to relieve the siege of the Protectorate.
After all, the Western Regions is one of the territories of the Han Empire, and nothing can be captured. Losing the teleportation formation of Luntai City, and wanting to regain the Western Regions in the future, would be a longer and more expensive expedition.
The first batch of the Vanguard Expeditionary Army was the Guard Corps commanded by Chu Tian himself.
The follow-up troops may be Le Yi's Jizhou Army, or Wei Qing's Youzhou Army.
Jijiu Lao Qin promised to dispatch one or two legions of more than 100,000 people for follow-up support.
With the force of the Guards Corps, together with Xu Fengnian's Liangzhou Corps, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's Eastern Han Corps, they were enough to retake Dunhuang County.
"You must be optimistic about Monan. There are hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry in Mobei. As long as Temujin and others use the teleportation array to return to Mobei, they can go south at any time."
Chu Tian was worried that Temujin, who was missing, would suddenly return to Mobei and lead the Mobei cavalry to the south, so he asked Yue Fei, Li Mu, Wei Qing and others to guard Monan, and the Mongolian cavalry could no longer enter the Hetao Plain.
This time, there are three generals sitting in Monan, and Monan is as stable as a rock.
Furthermore, Chutian can continue to draw troops from Monan as the follow-up main force to enter the Western Regions.
The teleportation array is extremely convenient, but the consumption of gold and silver is a bit exaggerated...
If possible, Chutian would prefer to take less troops to the Western Regions. The more troops, the greater the burden on logistics.
Even if the Eastern Han Dynasty were to be unified, it would be difficult to mobilize an army of millions in an expedition.
Yumen Pass, Xiongguan, which was bombarded by Xiangyang artillery, was full of pits, arrow towers, watch towers, and city gate towers were razed to the ground by Xiangyang artillery.
Although Xu Fengnian once succeeded in attacking the Mongolian army's Xiangyang artillery, the Mongolian army's Arab craftsmen soon produced a new batch of Xiangyang artillery, which shot two or three hundred kilograms of boulders at Yumen Pass day and night.
The ferocious boulder smashed on the city wall, and many defenders were killed by the boulder, and the death was terrifying.
Under the continuous bombardment of Xiangyang artillery, the city walls with signs of weathering appeared cracks like spider webs, and the city bricks and rammed earth layers fell off.
The Xiangyang Cannon also has the effect of deterring morale. The defenders' morale is low due to the continuous bombardment of the Xiangyang Cannon.
The Mongolian army outside the pass was prepared for the sneak attack by the defenders. Therefore, when Xu Fengnian went out of the city for a sneak attack again, he fought with the Roman legion and other servants, each of which suffered losses and was unable to destroy the Xiangyang artillery.
"Continue like this, Yumen Pass will fall, and it won't take ten days."
Xu Fengnian found that the city walls of Yumen Pass showed signs of being destroyed.
Although his Xiliang Corps are constantly repairing and strengthening the city walls, the temporary parapet walls are not as strong as the original city walls, and the Xiangyang artillery can easily destroy these earth walls.
"Chu Zimou and Lao Qin have agreed to send an army to the Western Regions to open up the Hexi Corridor. As long as we hold on for a while and resolve the battlefield in the Western Regions, the end of the Mongol Empire will come."
Xu Fengnian led a team of soldiers from Xiliang to inspect the wall, and saw the wall was full of pits and pits, full of dents smashed by the boulders thrown by the Xiangyang artillery, which was shocking.
The Mongolian army threw at least several thousand boulders at Yumen Pass, and even the majestic city walls could not withstand the constant bombardment.
Thousands of defenders were killed by the bombardment of Xiangyang artillery, which was more of a blow to morale. Not many defenders could risk being crushed to death by boulders to defend the city walls. Not to mention seeing the plight of his companions with his own eyes.
Ma Chao followed Xu Fengnian and saw that the morale of the guards at Yumen Pass was low, so he said to Xu Fengnian: "My lord, Ma Chao is willing to lead a team of cavalry out of the city, burn the trebuchets, and solve the siege of Yumen Pass!"
"The Mongolian cavalry has long been prepared and should not take risks lightly. Wait patiently for the arrival of reinforcements in Guannei, and the crisis will naturally be resolved."
Xu Fengnian was worried about damaging Ma Chao and did not agree with Ma Chao to fight.
The battle of Yumen Pass was extremely brutal. Any general could die in battle. Several generals in Han Sui and several generals in Xu Fengnian were killed in action. One of the generals was defending the city wall when a boulder was fired by the Xiangyang cannon. smashed to death.
Even if Ma Chao reached his peak, he would not dare to say that he could survive the bombardment of the Xiangyang Cannon.
"The Mongolian army has attacked the city again!"
"Lord, watch out!"
The scouts responsible for observing the movements of the Mongolian army issued a warning!
Boom!
A boulder smashed down, smashing the two defenders who couldn't dodge into meat sauce. The impact made the boulder shatter and the rubble sputtered!
Boom!
Another boulder hit, with flames and wolf smoke on the surface. After hitting the city wall, the rubble rolled with flames!
"Cover your nose and mouth!"
Xu Fengnian's scalp was numb, and the wolf smoke not only choked his nose, but also mixed with medicinal herbs with nerve-paralyzing effects, weakening the combat effectiveness of the defenders.
The Xiangyang artillery of the Mongolian army fired not only boulders, but also fireballs and wolf smoke!
The fire spreads in Yumen Pass, and the wolf smoke billows, this ancient Xiongguan has been reduced to purgatory.
The Mongolian siege lord Ali Hague built fifty Xiangyang cannons to continuously bombard Yumen Pass, launching the most ferocious bombardment on Yumen Pass!
The Xiangyang Cannon shot hundreds of kilograms of boulders, flaming fireballs, and ignited wolf smoke into Yumen Pass, turning Yumen Pass into a sea of fire!
The Mongolian army with siege generals and Xiangyang artillery has powerful siege ability, and is no longer limited to field battles.
"The raging fire is like the catastrophe of the end."
The Roman hero Crassus, who lived in the East, witnessed this tragic attack and defense.
The Mongolian army used all the means of siege to attack Yumen Pass, turning this magnificent pass into a sea of fire, and its siege ability made Krasudu amazed.
The Han army at Yumen Pass is also tenacious, and has been holding on until now, and Yumen Pass has not fallen.
It is estimated that the Yumen Pass war is over, and only the ruins of Yumen Pass are left.
"Prepare to attack Yumen Pass!"
Ali Hague drew his sword and ordered the various legions to capture Yumen Pass.
The Yumen Pass has delayed them too much time.
The existence of Yumen Pass allows the Han army to support the Western Regions at any time, and it must be conquered.
Boom! ! !
With a loud bang, a section of the city wall of Yumen Pass finally could not withstand the high-intensity bombardment, and the earth collapsed, and the sand and dust filled the air!
A gap has appeared in the majestic Yumen Pass!
"The time has come to capture the Yumen Pass, and everyone will be rewarded!"
Ali Hague issued an attack order, and the Mongol Legion, Roman Legion, and other servant armies, numbering more than 100,000, converged into a wave and hit the gap at Yumen Pass!
Part of the city wall of Yumen Pass collapsed, causing all the defenders to be in a state of confusion. The strong city wall they relied on collapsed, and Yumen Pass became a smooth road. The Mongolian army and its servants could completely attack the gap and enter the pass through the gap!
The Eastern Han veterans Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun immediately led the troops to block the gap and fought against the incoming Roman legion at the gap!
The eagle flag of the Roman Empire and the battle flag of the Han Empire clashed, and the two civilizations of the East and the West clashed in unexpected ways!
The Mongolian army not only attacked the gap, but also erected ladders, climbed the city wall, and exerted pressure on both sides!
The defenders of Yumen Pass are in a frenzy. If more and more enemy troops enter the gap or above the city wall, then Yumen Pass will fall!
"The enemy's morale is high!!"
After taking refuge in Chutian, Ju Yi soon participated in the tragic battle of Yumen Pass. He saw the dense Mongolian army and his scalp was numb.
After the continuous battle, the eight hundred Xian Deng dead soldiers were less than six hundred. They followed Ju Yi, loaded crossbow arrows, and shot the enemy with strong crossbows.
However, the hundreds of first-boarding dead men played a limited role in large-scale battles. The rain of arrows thrown by the thousands of Mongolian archers below could kill some of the first-boarding dead men.
Boom!
There was another loud noise. A fireball fell into the Xian Deng dead, the fireball burst, and the flames splashed. More than a dozen Xian Deng dead were covered by the sputtered flames and screamed!
The thick smoke from the flames disturbed the defenders. Ju Yi and many of the dead men had their cheeks blackened and their vision was affected.
"The trebuchets of the Mongol Empire..."
Ju Yi looked down at Yumen Pass. Under the control of the soldiers, fifty behemoths were loaded with boulders, fireballs, and wolf smoke, and they continued to shoot at Yumen Pass.
The fireball pierced the sky, dragging black smoke onto the city walls!
Boom!
Another bang and flames!
"The morale continues to decline... All soldiers, hold on for three days, reinforcements are coming!"
Feng Yi, the commander of the Thorn Slaying Legion and General Dashu, found that the morale of the legion was rapidly declining due to the shocking effect of the Xiangyang Cannon and the collapse of some of the walls of Yumen Pass. He could only activate the characteristic effect to temporarily stabilize the morale.
Because of Feng Yi's ability, the morale of the Thorns Slashing Army has slowed down and has begun to recover slowly.
But the situation is still not optimistic. The morale of the Thorn Slaying Army is maintained at a low level, and the morale of Xu Fengnian and Han Sui's Xiliang Army is even lower.
With low morale, the Han army is still defending Yumen Pass!
Boulders, fireballs, and wolf smoke fell like meteors, and the Yumen Pass wailed.
The Roman legion fired Western ballistas at the defenders of Yumen Pass.
A lot of bed crossbows were originally deployed at Yumen Pass, but they were almost destroyed by the Xiangyang artillery. The Han army lacked effective means to counter the ballista.
The battle of Yumenguan was extremely fierce, especially the Fifth School of the Northern Army and the Sanhe Cavalry who blocked the gap. Under the command of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, they blocked the Roman legion!
The heavy infantry of the Roman Legion throws the javelin. The sharp javelin has a strong armor-piercing ability. It penetrates the shield of the Han army and nails the soldiers of the infantry battalion of the Fifth School of the Northern Army to the collapsed city wall!
The Longbowmen of the Shooting Battalion of the Fifth School of the Union Army returned fire, and the Roman soldiers were shot by the compound bows of the East!
The Roman citizen legion, which was respected in the Roman Empire, was regarded as cannon fodder by the Mongolian army, and attacked Yumen Pass desperately, intending to break through the gap of Yumen Pass and drive straight in!
Dozens of Mongolian generals engaged in a tragic attack and defense, urging the servant army of prisoners from the Third National War to attack Yumen Pass.
The battle of Yumenguan Pass has heated up! !
The soldiers on both sides fought fiercely. With every breath, hundreds of soldiers were killed, and the screams of killing shook the Gobi!
The catapults and ballistas roared, thousands of arrows rained down, and the infantry fought with shields!
The Xiliang general Zhang Ji of Jiujiu Lao Qin was ordered to follow Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to participate in the battle of Yumen Pass, holding a long spear and guarding the gap.
The Roman legion, the servant army of the Arab Empire, and the servant army of Khwarizm rushed to the gap like a tide under the urging of the Mongolian supervisor team.
A dozen Roman heavy infantry surrounded Zhang Ji and stabbed at Zhang Ji with short swords. Zhang Ji shouted loudly, swept away with long spears, and repulsed all long swords!
The Roman heavy infantry looked at each other, and one of the Roman heavy infantry put on a shield and tried to block the spear of the eastern general in front of him, so as to give his companions a chance to kill the eastern general.
But they underestimate Zhang Ji's force too much~IndoMTL.com~ Zhang Ji's spear is like a poisonous snake. With a false shot, he tricks the Roman heavy infantry into holding a shield to block, and then kills him from the other side!
The rest of the Roman heavy infantry were horrified.
Zhang Ji took the initiative to attack the group of Roman soldiers, swept the spear, and killed two or three more Roman soldiers!
"These blond guys have some brute force."
Zhang Ji found that it was not easy to kill Roman citizen soldiers. This group were all high-level heavy infantry with strong melee combat ability.
Crazsus saw Zhang Ji slaughtering the Quartet in the Roman legion. Like Xu Huang, he was a fierce general in the Han army, so he raised his hand, and dozens of Roman archers and slingers aimed at the Zhang Ji in battle with the Roman heavy infantry.
"From the Father!"
Zhang Xiu killed a Khwarizimo servant army, and saw Zhang Jilian count arrows. The slingers of the Roman legion threw sharp stones, injuring Zhang Ji, and immediately went to rescue.
A team of Roman heavy infantry intercepted Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu was so anxious that he killed the Roman soldiers one after another.