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On the vast Kipchak steppe, sand is blowing in the face, cold wind is like a knife, thousands of troops are fighting for their lives, flags are broken, sharp arrowheads pierce bones, and murderous aura fills the sky, causing the clouds to fly in disorder and the sky to shake.
The main general Arsalan was covered in blood and roared like thunder, like an angry lion. His mouth was cut by the sharp saber, his helmet was thrown away, and his hair was wet with the enemy's blood. As he chopped and swung fiercely, all he swung out was scarlet blood.
The two thousand Mongolian cavalrymen around him were like huge waves crashing through the sand, constantly charging towards the Ottoman army. Arrows were flying in the sky, swords were flashing like lightning, and wherever the cavalrymen plowed through, corpses were everywhere and blood and flesh were flying everywhere.
In this battle, Arsalan had only 3,000 troops, while Rovik had 6,000, twice as many as him.
But Arsalan cleverly used the Mongolian cavalry's super mobility to first lead Rovek's troops to the two wings, and finally gained the advantage in the front.
This process seems simple, but it is not. Several key conditions must be met.
First, we must take the initiative to enter and attack from both wings.
Secondly, the number of troops on the two wings cannot be too large, but the enemy must feel threatened, so as to force the enemy to deploy more troops to the two wings.
The next step is to add some troops to the two wings at the right time to create an illusion for the enemy that your main attack direction is on the two wings.
To achieve this, not only do the cavalry on both wings need to have superb mobility, but they also need to be prepared to suffer heavy casualties.
When the enemy's frontal forces are gradually at a disadvantage, immediately strike with a thunderous force, directly to the enemy's heart, the target is the enemy's commander.
As long as the enemy commander can be killed successfully, no matter what the battle situation on the two wings is, the enemy will have only one outcome, and that is total collapse.
In the decisive battle of Yehuling when the Mongolian army attacked the Jin Dynasty, Genghis Khan led the so-called 200,000 Mongolian cavalry (the actual number was probably more than 100,000), almost the entire Mongolian tribe, to fight against the so-called 600,000 main force of the Jin Dynasty (the actual number was probably about 450,000), achieving a rare miracle of cavalry defeating the larger force with a smaller force.
In the Battle of Yehu, Genghis Khan used this kind of heart-wrenching tactic.
This heart-ripping tactic can be used in both large-scale battles and small- and medium-scale battles. It is a tactic evolved by the Mongols after being inspired by observing wolves hunting.
When hunting, wolves usually do not pounce directly. Instead, they send a small number of wolves to harass and intimidate the prey from other directions. After drawing the prey's attention to other directions, the leader wolf will lead the main force of the pack to pounce in one fell swoop.
At this moment, Arsalan was the leader of the wolves, leading two thousand Mongolian wolf soldiers with an extremely fierce offensive, striking the enemy's heart. After the flag of the commander was shot down by Arsalan, the 1,500 Ottoman cavalrymen around Rovik were in chaos, and the two thousand Mongolian cavalry rushed over like wolves and tigers, killing people in a bloody storm.
Arsalan became more and more courageous as the battle progressed. He kept breaking through the enemy formation and charging towards Rowek. Rowek had no way to avoid it and was shot down by Arsalan as soon as they met. The nearby personal soldiers rushed forward one by one to save him and act as a human shield to block Arsalan.
"Ala!" Every time Arsalan made a move with his sword, he would roar wildly. His face was covered in blood and his sharp white teeth made him look like a god of death. His roar made people terrified.
Puff! The saber chopped and another head flew up. The headless body was carried several steps away by the warhorse before falling off the horse.
After Arsalan fought his way through numerous "meat shields", he saw that Rowick had been rescued by his men, and he fled desperately into the distance.
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
Two thousand Mongolian cavalrymen roared like thunder and chased after the commander. As soon as the commander fled, the Ottoman and Kazakh coalition forces collapsed and were chased and hacked by the Mongolian wolf army.
The murderous aura was overwhelming and the mountains and rivers were shaken. The roar of victory resounded across the vast prairie. The fleeing enemies were like headless flies running around on the prairie. The sound of horse hooves was far away and corpses were everywhere.
Arsalan chased the enemy for thirty or forty miles until he approached the Kazakh leader Xiaoziyu Aktobe.
In this battle, Arsalan, with his weak force, annihilated more than 2,000 enemies and seized a large number of war horses and weapons.
Less than four thousand people were able to escape back with Rowick, and they all abandoned their weapons and armor and were in a miserable state. It was difficult to expect them to have the courage to go to the battlefield in the short term. If they were forced to go, they might be scared to wet their pants when they saw the Mongolian Wolf Army.
The Ottoman army that came to reinforce Kazakhstan this time numbered as many as 50,000. The commander-in-chief was Arterius, the Ottoman governor of the Greater Caucasus. He was a man in his forties, with eagle eyes, a high nose, and thin lips, giving people a feeling of determination and harshness.
The Greater Caucasus region has always been a battleground for military strategists. Although the Ottoman influence has now extended into the steppes of East Europe, no country except Tsarist Russia can threaten the security of the Greater Caucasus region.
However, given the important strategic position of the Greater Caucasus, the Ottoman Empire still stationed elite troops there all year round.
Since Arterius took office as the Governor-General of the Greater Caucasus, he has been actively preparing for war, preparing to attack the Volga River basin and force Tsarist Russia to submit.
This time, the Qin army suddenly appeared in Central Asia and captured the Ottoman Empire's future queen, Aguli. This was an absolutely intolerable insult to the Ottoman Empire.
Arterius was ordered to lead an army of 50,000. First of all, of course, he wanted to teach the Qin people a good lesson. Secondly, he also wanted to incorporate Kazakhstan into the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and he was determined to get it.
But what no one expected was that as soon as the battle started, Rovik was defeated, which made Arthurius lose face and he couldn't even raise his head in front of the Kazakhs.
He looked coldly at Rowick who was kneeling on him, holding the hilt of the knife at his waist, the blue veins in his hands throbbing, "Get out!" Finally, Arthurius resisted the urge to kill, and shouted loudly, scaring Rowick so much that he turned pale and crawled out.
Rovik is the Queen Mother's man. The current Caliph Muhammad IV is only ten years old, and Osman's power is actually in the hands of the Queen Mother Kösem.
Kosem was a very smart woman with a strong desire for power. She was now in charge of all the military and political affairs of the Ottoman Empire, which made the governors of various places very dissatisfied, including Artelius. Rovik was sent by Queen Kosem to supervise him.
Cosem was in power and Artemis was helpless. This time, Cosem's trusted general Rovic was defeated in the first battle, and Artemis thought he could do something about it.
After he drove Rovik out, he sent people to spy on the movements of the Qin army, wrote a letter to Istanbul, and at the same time wrote letters to the governors of Aleppo, Baghdad, Bitlis and other places with whom he was on good terms, asking them to work together to ultimately achieve the goal of making the harem give up power.
As for the Qin army, although Arthurius was wary, he did not regard it as the biggest threat. He believed that the defeat was entirely due to the improper command of the good-for-nothing Rowick, and it did not mean that the Qin army was very powerful.
After Arsalan found out the enemy situation in Aktobe City, he did not dare to advance any further and hurriedly reported to Li Ding.
Arsalan, who returned victorious, brought back news that made people feel not at ease. The Governor-General of the Greater Caucasus, Arterios, brought 50,000 Ottoman troops, plus the Kazakh middle and small troops, totaling nearly 50,000 troops.
In other words, Li Ding and his men will have to face an enemy army of 100,000.
Out of caution, Yu Xingguo, the deputy commander, suggested: "General, we only have more than 10,000 troops, and we have been on the Western Expedition for thousands of miles without a good rest. The soldiers are very tired. Therefore, I think it is not appropriate to fight a decisive battle with an enemy that is ten times our number at this time.
I suggest that we return to the Kazakhstan Central Tent first, rest and recuperate, and try to get in touch with General Su Jin in the south so that we can look after each other. In addition, General Aobai's tens of thousands of troops are still far away in East Siberia. I think it would be better to wait until next summer, when Aobai's tens of thousands of troops arrive, before making plans. "
Chief of Staff Xie Yun also said: "General, I agree with what Lord Yu said. The Ottoman army of tens of thousands arrived, but did not immediately come to find our army, but stopped in Aktobe. There may be something strange about this. We need to find out first, so that we can divide the powerful enemy and defeat them one by one."
Arsalan said quickly: "Master Yu, Chief of Staff, in fact, there is nothing to be afraid of the Ottoman army. Although they have a large number of people, their combat effectiveness is not necessarily that strong. As long as we find their weak points, it will not be difficult to defeat them."
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