Chapter 658: General Attack on Luoxia Slope, Focusing on a Time Difference
The enemy actually sent out an army of 100,000 to stop Pumasai's imperial cavalry, and they were also asked to march quickly! How could such a large-scale military mobilization be hidden from Tan Aili?
You know, birds that scout in the air are very sharp, and they quickly discovered the unusual movement of the army below. After the scouts deciphered it, this important information was quickly passed to Tan Aili.
After analysis, Tan Aili quickly ruled out the possibility that the enemy army was outflanking the rear of Luoxiapo. Then, there was only one explanation left - Pumasai's reinforcements had arrived!
In this case, we have to send troops to stop them. So, Tan Aili immediately summoned all the generals and solemnly announced:
"Pass on my order. All soldiers, eat the war criminals immediately, and then bravely charge towards the enemy camp! The enemy is splitting up and moving in different directions, which means that our reinforcements may have arrived.
In order to block our reinforcements, the enemy will certainly transfer a large number of elite troops, and their camp must be empty now!"
However, at this moment, one of the generals expressed a different opinion: "Marshal, can we really win if we go down the mountain to fight the enemy now? Is it time to fight to the death? After all, we are a mountain division, this..." There was a hint of pessimism in his words.
Tan Aili, the commander of the army, never lied to his brothers. He tacitly agreed to this desperate move, but in fact, he had to fight.
"The road is dangerous. If too many reinforcements cause congestion, we will miss the opportunity to fight. Therefore, we cannot send too many reinforcements. The enemy's army may be several times larger than the reinforcements. We cannot sit and wait for death. Maybe we can eat up the enemy coalition forces at the foot of the mountain and then hide on the mountain. Only then will we have a chance of survival..."
Tan Aili basically analyzed the key issues. When the enemy army set out, they held a mobilization meeting and prepared to rush down the mountain with the entire army to fight to the death, in order to prevent the enemy from returning to continue besieging them after the reinforcements were destroyed.
At this critical moment of life and death, all the generals dared not joke around. They returned to their respective departments to hold mobilization meetings and organize them to go into battle.
Then Tan Aili asked the scouts to send a message to Jean Tok using a blue-striped magpie. The three thousand archers hid in the wheat field three miles away, silently waiting for the opportunity. Now it was time for them to launch the attack first.
About an hour later, at magic time nine, Tok led the archers to appear behind the enemy, all of them armed with recurve bows, shooting at the resting mounts like locusts.
Four rounds of shots were fired in the blink of an eye, and the mounts wailed. The arrowheads could not hurt the heavy cavalry, but they were more than enough to hurt the mounts that were not wearing heavy armor.
Their reconnaissance falcons hovered silently in the sky like ghosts, keeping a close eye on the enemy's every move. When they had accurately grasped the enemy's position, they launched a surprise attack without hesitation.
Thousands of falcons swooped down like lightning, hitting the enemy's mounts with astonishing speed and force. This sudden attack caught the enemy completely off guard and plunged them into chaos in an instant.
In a short time, thousands of horses were injured or even killed by the falcon's attack, losing their fighting capacity. The neat formation was instantly broken up, and the soldiers panicked and fled in all directions.
Then, four rounds of arrowheads poured down like a rainstorm. The dense arrows were like the scythe of the god of death, ruthlessly harvesting the scattered mounts, causing them to wail incessantly.
Let Tok make a prompt decision and disperse the archers, cleverly using the terrain and the range of the arrows to not give the heavy cavalry a chance to charge them into a concentrated formation, allowing the skirmishers to shoot freely and fight on their own.
Under the precise shooting of the sharpshooters, the enemy's heavy cavalry phalanx began to show flaws.
Some mounts, because they were not protected by heavy armor, became the primary targets of the sharpshooters. The sharpshooters specifically targeted these unprotected mounts, causing the enemy's heavy cavalry to gradually lose their mobility.
At this moment, Tan Aili led the army and rushed down the hillside like a tiger. She had not expected that letting Tok attack the mount would have such a good effect, but the scene before her made her overjoyed.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw an inspiring scene: the enemy troops were scattered by the sharpshooters, and the originally powerful heavy cavalry phalanx was also disrupted.
Although the main force of the enemy had not moved yet, their mounts were hit by arrows from time to time, which greatly reduced their combat effectiveness.
Tan Aili was very satisfied with the success of this tactic. She said to the general beside her:
"Marshal, the sharpshooters shot really beautifully! If they continue like this, can we fight the enemy's main force later?"
"General, we don't have time. We have been delayed by the war dinner and mobilization. We can't afford to dawdle. The killing power of the sharpshooter is limited. Maybe the efficiency of shooting heavy knights is not high, so we can only attack the mounts!
No more waiting, all mountain divisions will engage in hand-to-hand combat with the heavy cavalry, from now on life and death will be decided by fate, I will take the lead and set an example, we will not retreat in this battle."
At this critical moment, there was a sudden thunder and lightning in the sky, and a strong wind blew. Tan Aili looked up suddenly, and immediately understood in her heart - it must be Sendy who took action at the critical moment!
She knew well enough about Sendi's strength and strategy. He would definitely launch a thundering attack at the most critical moment. Whether it was to eliminate a general or a sharpshooter, it would have a huge impact on the battle situation.
Moreover, the lightning magic that Sandy is good at can effectively destroy the enemy's formation, making the situation more favorable for his side.
Thinking of this, Tan Aili ordered the entire army to charge towards the heavy cavalry without hesitation. This time, she did not hesitate at all, because she knew this was the only chance. In this charging team, the generals took the lead and rushed to the front.
This kind of behavior of leading by example undoubtedly greatly boosted morale. Seeing the generals so brave and fearless, the soldiers also rushed forward bravely without retreating. However, in this surging crowd, there were still some people who seemed to be a little hesitant.
Tan Aili did not pay too much attention to this, because she knew very well that this army was not her personal soldiers and she could not fully control their actions.
All she could do was to try her best to mobilize the morale of the entire army and engage in a desperate battle with the heavy cavalry.
Tan Aili holds two daggers and has reached the level of an intermediate assassin. She has trained with the soldiers during the marches and battles these days. She has been taught by a famous assassin master since she was young and is known for her physical skills.
She has received the true teachings and is no less than a senior professional. Since Shukashen has mastered the skin breathing method, she is ready to fight.
Tan Aili's body movements were graceful, and she actually dodged in front of the heavy knight's mount. The enemy's mount, the Iron Plate Rhino, was stabbed in the eyes, and it roared, and its heavy body lost control, throwing the heavy knight away...
Tan Aili had already flashed away somewhere else and repeated the same trick. Assassins value cleverness and never fight with force, so she was the only one who shuttled through the charging heavy cavalry phalanx with ease, demonstrating the skills of a combat assassin.
The mountain division in the rear fought against the heavy cavalry with flesh and blood. Three hundred thousand men gradually formed a confrontation with the enemy, and their momentum was overwhelming.
They knew there was no way to retreat. Escape? Impossible. They couldn't escape at all. They could only survive by killing the enemy with all their strength, so everyone bravely took the lead.