Chapter 38: Ambush(1/2)
Augustīk is resting in a village.
He is now quite satisfied because the leaders of various tribes flattered him and helped him regain the feeling of being the commander of all directions back then.
The grassland is realistic.
When you can't bring benefits to everyone, the Gloru people will be the first to show you the face, followed by the Turks, the Shartus, the Ugus people, and even the Uighurs headquarters complained constantly.
But when you can bring benefits to everyone, you will be complimented one by one.
The last time I sent troops was not good, so I got it, but I was hit hard by the Persians. The Uighurs and the Gloru people suffered a certain degree of loss, so they quickly withdrew.
Just want to get benefits, not fight tough battles, this is the true thoughts of the grassland chiefs.
Perhaps because of the lessons of the past, even if the Xia people sent troops to help this time, there were still not many tribes responding. Augurchak sent envoys to various tribes and only summoned more than 20,000 cavalry. He asked if there were more people, and he replied, "There were only such a few people in a hurry, and they still needed to be summoned later."
As soon as these words were said, Augustchak understood. This was actually a shirk. He was not optimistic about this action and was just an excuse not to send troops.
He didn't want to waste his time, so he took more than 20,000 cavalry from the Uighurs, Geluo, Turks, Yangmo and Shatuo's troops to travel west. After arriving at the Xia army, he joined 50,000 troops and entered Kuliang (Julan).
The benefits since sending troops are huge!
Although the Persians increased their vigilance due to the first previous robbery, they were still caught off guard under the overwhelming raid of cavalry. The small stronghold with dozens of troops was directly removed, and many rural Creator temples were directly slaughtered - not specifically targeting them, mainly because the temples have a lot of wealth.
Students from religious schools fled one after another, and were soon chased by cavalry and chopped down to the ground one by one.
Dihkan raised his troops to resist and died in a huge number of nomadic invasions.
The food, cattle, sheep, and wealth in the countryside were robbed, and men and women were tied up and taken to Balashaguen, Rehai and other places.
Everyone was very happy and said that this time the troops were sent was the right one.
"This time I go back, I have to take a look at those who despise me and insult my authority." Ogurchak laughed and walked out of the house. He looked at the cavalry walking around and felt very comfortable.
The soldiers' horses were full of things.
Some people only have one horse, so they would rather walk by themselves than put the snatched package on the horse's back. After a closer look, it was just some worthless and clumsy things that were used for daily household use, and they would also have to be brought back to the tribe, which was ridiculous.
Someone hugged a lot of stolen cloth and clothes and packed them in a hurry. After a closer look, he found a piece of underwear wrapped around his neck, and he didn't know where he got it.
Someone squatted on the ground, counting coins carefully, and laughed foolishly. The unreliable appearance made Augustake want to go up and kick him.
"Grandpa, it's not good to continue like this?" Dungu frowned and said, "King Zhao wants to occupy several big cities. Just like this, are you willing to fight to the death?"
Augustīk also realized this, but he had no choice.
This is how the tribe soldiers are. They are not professional warriors, so they will inevitably rob when fighting. It is not enough to rob less. They will feel that they have lost money and will be even more reluctant to fight hard next time.
To put it bluntly, he is now a big leader of the horse bandit. This big leader is still jointly introduced by many small leaders. You cannot interfere too much with what the little leaders like to do and what they want to do.
Authority is so weak!
"Grandpa?" Seeing that Augustchak did not speak, Dun wanted to raise his voice.
"Hmph!" For some reason, Augustchak suddenly became very disgusted with the King of Zhao.
Even you are coming to humiliate me, right?
Everyone thinks that the Majesty King is so majestic that he can't do it, right?
Do you think that if you have me or not, you can command those tribes?
"Just listen to the orders of King Zhao." Augurchak said: "Persia is not a good person, is Xia Bing a good person? If they really help me, why don't we return Kalasha and Baluga?"
Dun wants to be speechless.
"What is the most important thing now?" Augustak asked, looking at his eldest son.
"Defeat the Persians?" Dunyou asked.
"Wrong." Augurchak shook his head and said, "The most important thing is to rebuild Bugra Khan's prestige. This Khan position belongs to mine, and will be yours in the future. He was a little embarrassed before, and it became dull and dumb, and many people no longer respect Bugra Khan. But this is a good opportunity to feed those wolf cubs, and they will become dogs and shake their heads and tails in front of us. Dunyou, you must understand that nothing is more important than this."
Dunyou is silent.
Indeed, if you fail to get Kalasha, you can already see the true face of the Xia people. They are also trying every means to weaken the authority of Bugrahan, break them up, and then use differentiation and disintegration to control it.
Persia is an enemy on the surface, and Xia is an enemy on the surface.
But for now, both sides still have common interests and have to cooperate with each other. Balashaguon alone cannot support the authority of Gongtu King. If possible, they must regain Talas, one of the former capitals, which can greatly enhance Bugra Khan's strength and prestige.
Of course, that is the future goal.
The most important thing now is to gather some discrete hearts again, and unite them with the Gongtu King as much as possible, so that they will not be easily manipulated by the enemy.
"Feed those wolf cubs", this is what my father just said, and Dunyu deeply agrees with it.
"Do you still have to act according to the plan?" he asked.
Augustak's face turned dark. After pondering for a while, he sighed: "I still have to borrow the Xia people now, let's cooperate with them first."
They obviously wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of Xia people's control, and the father and son also reached a consensus. But in reality, what they did was to consolidate and enhance Xia people's prestige, how could they be fucked!
And at this moment, the south rushed back and several riders and shouted: "The Persians have chased them out."
Finally here! The father and son looked at each other and understood what to do.
"Dunyou, immediately gather your troops and retreat with them." Augustchak ordered.
Dunyu did not talk nonsense, so he did as soon as possible.
Augustīk took another group of people to meet him. At the same time, the rangers went out everywhere, some went to contact the tribal cavalry hiding elsewhere waiting for orders, and some went to inform the Xia people.
Obviously, this is a lure to the enemy.
If you fail, you will lose any loss. If you succeed, you will have the chance to eat up the enemy soldiers you chased out. Why not do it?
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A wave of vibration suddenly came from the distant earth.
Safar's face changed, his expression was shocked and suspicious.
In Persian, "Safar" means coppersmith, but it is actually a bad street name.
The most famous "Safar" is the copper smith who made his fortune by suppressing the uprising and founded the Safar dynasty.
But this Safar is not a Emir, but a middle-level general in Kuliang City.
However, he has a lot of experience in war.
Veterans on the grassland can judge a lot of information by the sound of horse hooves-
Such a large-scale vibration obviously brought many cavalry, with thousands of people, and they rushed from all directions.
The voice was very fast and it seemed like it was running wildly.
The vibration sound was scattered and then rushing and orderly, and it sounded like someone was chasing the fleeing person.
Based on this information, Safar had some bad guesses in his mind. Could it be that the Gongcao King led the army to defeat the forward who was chasing them, and then counterattacked all the way back?
Well, the Creator didn't ask Safar to wait too long, and the answer was soon revealed, just as he imagined.
On the horizon in the north, hundreds of cavalrymen were fighting horses and running back. Behind them, a group of cavalrymen in leather armor were holding bows and calling out one by one.
Safar's face suddenly became very ugly.
This must be the elite soldier beside the King of Gongtu! It turned out that this old guy had set up an ambush, so shameless.
"Prepare for the battle!" Safar raised his rifle.
"Prepare for battle!" The order was quickly passed. After a while, two thousand cavalry formed the attack formation.
Armorless light cavalry are ahead, and they will be the first to disturb the enemy with bows and arrows.
After the armored heavy horsemen, they will use their powerful impact to crush the enemy.
This is their usual tactic.
For herders with low organizational levels, you don’t need to defeat everyone at all. Just defeat one in person and then stare at them and chase them relentlessly.
Even if other people are not involved in the battle, they may not fight to the end, and it is more likely that they will run away.
The high-organized grassland cavalry is not so easy to deal with, but it often requires a prestigious Khan. Does Augustīchak have this prestige now? Obviously not.
Then, the next choice is actually easy to make.
"Charge!" Seeing that there were cavalry on both sides approaching, Safar no longer hesitated and decided to break the wave in front of him first and kill through their siege, so that the subsequent things would be easier.
The sound of horse hooves rang out quickly.
The Persian cavalry had a little fluctuating morale, but they suppressed the uneasiness in their hearts, followed closely behind the officers, and rushed forward.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and soon entered the range of the bow.
The grassland cavalry on the opposite side hurriedly fired an arrow and then dispersed to both sides.
Sure enough, I dare not fight head-on!
The Persians calmed down and accelerated their speed.
But soon, a scene that stunned them appeared: After the Uighur cavalry dispersed to their wings, they directly lit up the people behind them.
It was a group of knights riding tall horses, wearing iron armor, and holding "long riding spears".
They lined up in a tight formation and were not panicked at all during the galloping horses, as if they had long been familiar with everything on the battlefield and had no regard for life and death.
To be continued...