Chapter 1239: Waves on the Nangui Battlefield
The Kushans' fear of Zhang Fei was almost beyond words.
Speaking of Rahul's death, it is almost inseparable from Zhang Fei. If Zhang Fei had not broken the battle line, he would not have lost so badly.
When the Han Dynasty began to mobilize its troops, the Kushan side received the news. In fact, for both sides, there were no more surprise troops, and the troop deployments of both sides were closely watched by the other side.
Especially Zhao Yun and his men, who had suffered a loss once, were monitoring almost every inch of Kushan land beyond visual range. Even if there were clouds blocking the view, they could not completely block this surveillance.
Under such overwhelming surveillance, the Kushan military deployment was almost transparent.
By the same token, the Han Dynasty was also closely monitored by the Kushans, and both sides had no secrets left.
When the Han Dynasty took action, the Kushans immediately held an emergency meeting to decide how to deal with the Han Dynasty's fierce retaliatory attack.
The last victory did not make them go to their heads, but instead made them more cautious.
"My suggestion is to send a small team of scouts to harass the Han army from behind and see if they can find their food supply route. Meanwhile, we will hold our ground with fortifications to buy time," Kusroyi said very seriously.
Although he had noticed the problems with Rahul and others, he still had to pretend.
Anyway, he had already planned to jump off this broken Kushan ship, so he no longer wanted to find out whether Rahul was a human or a god.
Even though Rahul said when he was alive that he had the qualifications to command a large army, and even though his subordinates recommended him to be the commander, Kusroyi still had no attachment.
The Kushan Empire was rotten to the core and there was no hope for it. Although the future promised by the Han Dynasty was also illusory, compared to the Kushan Empire, everything the Han Dynasty promised was at least a way to break down and rebuild. Khusroyi felt that no matter how rotten it was, it would not be worse than it is now.
So Kusroyi made up his mind to turn against the enemy, and he was very cautious, without any complacency. More than 20 years of experience in the deep darkness made his mind extremely firm.
Instead of panicking because of the determined rebellion, he thought about the problem completely from a Kushan perspective and put forward a series of meaningful arrangements.
Kusroyi's suggestion was very pertinent. The war that Rahul and his men were fighting this time was completely different. They had three large legions to command, so they planned to open three battlefields directly in Nangui from the very beginning.
Cooperate with each other and consider how to defeat the Han Dynasty.
Let Rahul attract firepower from the front, and then Temujin will lead a large cavalry force to encircle the enemy. The same arrangement is made for Arvind.
It was like a pair of pliers, holding the enemy from the front while attacking from both wings.
Kusroyi’s suggestion is not brilliant, but it is also the most normal layout.
"We can send a team of gods and Buddhas to try to cut off the Han army's food supply!" Rahul adopted some of Kusroyi's suggestions.
They have many boundary-breaking gods and Buddhas on their side, but their performance on the battlefield is not very outstanding. The clouds and mist are limiting their performance. If they can form a team to disrupt the rear of the Han Dynasty, then the strategic significance will be greater.
"First, build permanent fortifications, use all the powerful warming secrets, and dig more horse traps and the like on the periphery."
"The goal is not to engage in a head-on battle with the enemy, but to delay them and see if we can cut off their logistics lines." Kusroyi said in a deep voice.
Rahul waved his hand and Kusroyi stopped talking, but a strange shadow covered his heart. This should be the best solution at the moment, so why would Rahul reject such a proposal?
Without direct cooperation, these teams of gods and Buddhas who can break through the boundary will sooner or later be wiped out by the rear of the Han Dynasty.
The strength of the God and Buddha team will be very strong compared to those soldiers and scouts, but by then it will not have much advantage over the generals and officers of the Han Dynasty.
Zhao Yun’s previous actions of killing gods and Buddhas in the midst of thousands of troops as if he were killing chickens and dogs were simply terrifying.
Especially after Zhao Yun awakened and killed the gods and Buddhas who could never survive, it made those gods and Buddhas full of fear towards Zhao Yun and his men.
"No, we will take the initiative to attack this time!" Rahul seemed to have guessed Kusroyi's thoughts and spoke lightly.
Kusroyi frowned. To be honest, thinking from the Kushan perspective, he didn't think taking the initiative was a good idea.
The last time Rahul and Zhuge Liang had a head-on confrontation, the Kushans lost a large amount of territory, and now they don't have a good chance of winning. He doesn't know why Rahul made such a choice.
Although the current commander of the Han Dynasty is a general named Guo Ziyi, who has not yet demonstrated the ability and results that match the command of a large army, the Kushans are very clear that the opponent is definitely a general who is no weaker than Zhuge Liang.
They would not expect the Han Dynasty to make mistakes. They had to think in terms of the Han Dynasty's most prosperous state. Only in this way could they determine the plan.
"Get ready to fight, we are not the protagonists this time!" Rahul sighed.
He, Arvind and Temujin had already held a private meeting, and this was the final tactical result.
Take the initiative and launch a fierce attack on the Han Dynasty in the form of a trident.
The purpose was not to occupy territory, but to weaken the Han Dynasty's vitality. A major war was used to completely deprive the Han Dynasty of its ability to continue advancing.
This was the policy that the Kushans had always implemented, but this time it was completely different from the past. It was a war planned by Temujin with the sole purpose of killing.
When this kind of war came to the Han Dynasty, it immediately took on a completely different color.
"The Kushans' tactics have changed a lot."
Zhao Yun went out and killed a dozen Kushan scouts and several Kushan gods and Buddhas. He then went to the Kushan camp and came back looking worried, as the opponent's tactics were becoming more and more shameless.
"Well, the number of manpower we have lost has increased significantly in the past two days!" Zhang Ren nodded. As the victim who suffered losses last time, this time they resolutely took on the task of the outpost battle.
"Here they come again!" While the two were talking, Zhang Fei came back from outside the tent with a dark face and a crossbow in his hand.
"What exactly does Kushan want to do?"
Zhao Yun was a little confused. To be honest, the strategic-level legion, the Peacock Army, was now completely used by the Kushans as a tool to disgust the Han Dynasty. Almost every day, they would launch attacks on the Han camp in different places.
Although the damage caused every day was minimal, and sometimes not even one extra person was killed, Peacock still enjoyed launching attacks on the Han camp.
Once the Shesheng Camp of the Han Dynasty fought back, they would immediately run away without any further entanglement, so that now the Han Dynasty was completely disgusted by Peacock.
"Analyzing from the motivation, the other party should want to urge us to a decisive battle!" Guan Yu said in a deep voice. As the commander of the front army, his strategic command ability is indeed higher than others.
"Decisive battle?" Zhao Yun and others were confused.
"Is the Kushan crazy?" Zhang Fei's voice was so loud that it hurt people's ears.
"It's hard to say, but the recent mobilization of Kushan troops should mean they are about to launch a general offensive!"
Guan Yu was also a little confused, but from the intelligence , it seemed that the Kushans did want to launch a decisive battle.
This should have been actively pursued by the Han Dynasty, and the best way for the Kushans to respond should have been to avoid fighting and defend themselves.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal, and a thick cloud of suspicion shrouded the Han army.
Unlike the Kushans' direct trident, the Han army's layout was the most normal five-army separation, with each occupying a part in the front, back, left, right and center.
"How about we give it a try? " Zhao Yun looked at Guan Yu, and Guan Yu nodded.
Originally, this job should have been given to Ma Chao, but Ma Chao is now staying at Yuan's house and has not returned yet.
He can go into battle directly after returning, after all, Ma Chao also had a base in Kushan before.
To some extent, Ma Chao could be considered an expert in training soldiers. He was able to train two similar headquarters in different places, and both of them had pretty good combat effectiveness.
With this ability to produce a stable army of guards, it is no exaggeration to call him a master of military training.
"Then choose this camp. I saw it when I went to scout before. The commander should be a guy named Shahrukh. He has the ultimate inner energy out of his body. But there are other people in the camp who have the inner energy out of their body!"
Zhao Yun nodded, and then chose the target as the Kushan camp closest to them.
After Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun left, Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu with some concern and asked.
"Just let him calm down." Guan Yu shook his head. He knew that Zhao Yun was very impulsive now, so he gave this task to him.
It is better to guide than to block. Since Zhao Yun already has his inner demon, it would be better to let him face it directly.
Besides, it’s not just Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren who have grudges against the Kushans.
Thinking of this, Guan Yu paused stroking his beard.
If he didn't repay his love for the tragedy that was so close to life and death, he would not be able to get over the pain in his heart.
Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren dispatched their troops very quickly, or perhaps they could no longer suppress the pain in their hearts.
The response of the Kushans was similar to what Guan Yu had expected. When Zhao Yun and his men were moving towards the Sharuk camp, there was a commotion in all the Kushan camps, and then troops were quickly dispatched.
"It's about to begin!" Guan Yu looked at the intelligence reported by Huang Zhong and made a prompt decision to send a message directly to Guo Ziyi in the rear, asking the other party to make comprehensive preparations.
Then he led Zhang Fei and other legions to provide support to Zhao Yun and his men.
Since the Kushans want to fight a decisive battle, then let them fight. They will not lose.
The Kushan battlefield itself was a huge powder keg. Now the attack of Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren was like a fire that lit the fuse. The entire southern Kushan was immediately in turmoil, with troops being mobilized everywhere.
"Shoot!"
Shah Rukh gave orders loudly. The moment he saw Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren's army appear, he knew that he was the bait, so he had to hold on until the first wave of reinforcements arrived.
Dense array of arrows covered the front of the Han Dynasty, but the falling arrow rain had no effect at all. The shield guards wearing heavy armor were at the front, and the falling arrows could not penetrate their defense.
"Stop shooting and load the crossbow!" Sharukh looked at the shield guard who was almost unharmed, twitched the corner of his mouth, and directly arranged for the crossbow to fire.
“Kill him!”
Zhang Ren roared and activated his legion talent. Although the effect on the Northern Kushan soldiers was not so good, the Kushan soldiers were now more or less infected with the power of gods and Buddhas, so his legion talent could greatly increase the lethality of his subordinates.
On the other side, the Kushan Legion, which had not yet reached the camp, was stopped by the sudden appearance of Zhao Yun's Legion.
"This road is blocked." Zhao Yun rode his horse calmly in front of the army, looking at the Kushan elite in front of him with a serious expression.
Just as they had expected, the Kushans still chose the same tactic, centered on one point and directly starting the war.
However, unlike the last time, Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren chose the strategy of besieging the enemy and attacking the reinforcements, which could be regarded as a strategy to buy time for the follow-up troops.
It doesn't look like they are being defeated by the opponent's tactic of adding fuel to the fire.
"Prepare for battle!" The moment Kailash saw Zhao Yun, he immediately shrank back.
Up to now, the Kushans knew what cards the Han Dynasty had. It was impossible for them to act like before, because they did not know the intelligence of some Han legions and gave away a flaw, and as a result, they accidentally sold out everything. Now when they see the enemy's legions, even if they cannot deal with them because of the enemy's overly powerful strength, they know how to protect themselves.
And Zhao Yun was the top priority of the Kushan officers' defense. Zhao Yun frowned as he looked at Kailash who did not show up at all. This was the helplessness of a fierce general. Once the opponent retreated, no matter how strong he was, it would be impossible for him to defeat the opponent in a short time.
In this way, the enemy's reinforcements will arrive faster.
Zhao Yun’s idea before was very simple. I will kill the officers on the opposite side. It may be difficult to win with a large army, but it should not be a problem for me to kill someone with internal energy leaving the body and breaking the boundary.
Unfortunately, Kailash did not answer. Rahul's order was to prohibit all officers from challenging the Han army or responding to the Han army's declaration of war.
Zhao Yun sighed and rushed forward with his new troops.
Last time his headquarters was almost wiped out, so Zhao Yun had to accept a new legion.
This legion is not a good match for Zhao Yun, but it can be considered to be of some benefit to him. More importantly, this legion was established during the period of the Eight Schools of Xiyuan, and it has now become a real imperial guard legion.
That is, the first template of the Red Blood Cavalry led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the real Red Blood Cavalry.
Unlike the half-baked Red Blood Cavalry like Yan Liang and Wen Chou , the one led by Zhao Yun now is a ruthless group of cavalry where every soldier can withstand the backlash of their talents.
Combined with Zhao Yun's changing talents after he lets himself go, he is actually the most suitable commander for Chixue.
