Chapter 112 Wooden Deer City (10) Savior
As Mansour's eldest son, Mahdi played an important role at a critical moment.
When Suha led the Qin cavalry into his camp, under normal circumstances, the Baghdad Legion, which was mainly heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, should have collapsed at this time, because the so-called heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, the so-called heavy cavalry and heavy infantry were not usually worn and very heavy armor.
At this time, as the Qin army's artillery gradually gained the upper hand, letting the war horses, pack horses and other animals in the camp flee in scattered, the soldiers of the Baghdad Legion should also be anxious.
But after experiencing the initial panic, Mahdi quickly stabilized the situation.
His ability to stabilize the situation is not because of heavy cavalry, but because of heavy infantry.
When Amar led some of his troops to attack Bogda Battalion, Mahdi keenly realized that the war was coming, so he naturally asked the soldiers to put on their clothes in advance. So when Suha rushed into the camp, even if the heavy infantry he arranged in the front was seriously injured, the heavy infantry behind still withstood Suha's attack, and the heavy cavalry he left at the end could still rush out of the camp and go to the mountain to report to his father.
But the situation on the battlefield also made Mahdi gradually understand that the defeat of the Great Food Army was in an instant, unless a savior appeared at this time.
Therefore, collecting the remnants and retreating defeated generals is the only thing to do.
Mahdi's prestige is also related to his being Mansour's only adult son. As Mansour gradually grows old, it is only a matter of time before Mahdi becomes the third caliph of the Black Food Festival. It is because of this that the Baghdad Legion did not completely collapse.
Even so, the Suha heavy cavalry, whose fighting style was to throw grenades from time to time, still put his heavy infantry and heavy cavalry at a disadvantage, especially the latter, which was completely the only magic weapon to deal with heavy infantry.
Therefore, the most important thing is to escapist the Caliphs before the Qin army completed the encirclement.
As for Naren Xiaofeng, he couldn't help but be stunned when he arrived near the hill.
This is indeed a "small hill", roughly northwest-southeast, with an altitude of about one or two hundred meters. It is a barren mountain with only a few trees, mainly shrubs and grasses, but its length is forty miles and fifteen miles wide!
Such a mountain is indeed a small mountain in the eyes of Qin Jun, who is used to seeing famous mountains and rivers, but it is an absolute mountain for a regular camp with only 3,500 people!
How can such a mountain "encircle"?
However, fortunately, this hill has only two exits north and south. The battle in the north is in full swing. I believe that Mansur would not escape from there. So Naren Xiaofeng ordered camping at the south exit, and a few cavalry continued to patrol the east and west of the mountain, and then personally brought five hundred infantry. The 500 crossbowmen began to fight along the mountain road built by the Persians before toward the mountain!
Baghdad Legion Camp.
Suha's troops were still fighting with the Mahdi tribe. Gao Tinghui's two thousand light cavalrymen had already killed the enemies scattered outside, and drove away almost the same. Needless to say, the infantry were mostly killed on the spot, some of the cavalry were killed, while others were driven to the vicinity of Mahdi camp.
As a result, Mahdi seemed to be in danger, but the military strength around him became stronger and stronger.
Near Bogda Camp, Sun Xiaoke defeated the last thousand-man team of Amar, the leader of the Anbar Legion, with one charge. Amar was also shot and killed by the short crossbow of the Qin cavalry on the spot. Once Amar died, the rest naturally fled in all directions, and most of them also fled to the Mahdi camp.
About an hour later, two camps of the Anbar Legion and Damascus Legion were occupied by the Qin army, and half of the bagnum of the Baghdad Legion were also occupied by Suha's Aslan camp, but half of them were in the hands of Mahdi. In addition, between the Mahdi camp and the hill, about 5,000 defeated soldiers who fled here from the other two camps were gathered.
Mahdi shocked the defeated soldiers as his caliph's eldest son, chief emir, and reappointed the officers to temporarily stabilize them.
But the situation he faced was still urgent. Gao Tinghui and Sun Xiaoke each brought two thousand cavalry from the north and south of the camp!
"what to do?"
At this time, Mahdi and hundreds of confidants had arrived at the gate of the camp. For him, although the camp temporarily stabilized the situation, the enemy cavalry had both short crossbows and grenades, and his army would sooner or later be defeated. Therefore, retreating must be considered.
However, according to the news brought by the defeated troops, an enemy army had occupied the exit on the south side of the hill, and it would be impossible for his father to escape from there, but it would not be so fast if he went down from the north and south of the camp. Moreover, the enemy had already pressed over from the north and south sides of the camp.
In fact, for Mahdi, although his status is transcendent, he will not necessarily become Mansour's heir. He also has more than a dozen younger brothers, the oldest one is over 10 years old. Compared with his elder son who is already covered in beards, his younger brothers are obviously more favored by Mansour.
The mothers of his younger brothers are obviously younger and often ventilate in Mansour's ears. Although Mansour always puts him first, it is not guaranteed to be the same in the future.
Therefore, once Mansour dies, he can successfully recover Baghdad and become the third caliph of the Great Food Empire!
Looking at the dark hill opposite and listening to the shouts of killing around him, sweat oozing out of Mahdi's face.
Finally, he chose to leave here first.
"Before the enemy's military strength has not yet been encircled, retreating to the south side of the hill, and then leaving a force to rescue his father, he was waiting for news in Coom City - the war is in full swing, and in order to retain the fire of the Abbas family, it is understandable that he does this myself."
So he led about 3,000 cavalry to flee south. His choice was because it seemed that the Qin army in the north had a more rapid offensive.
On the mountain.
After listening to the report of the people sent by Mahdi, Mansour couldn't help but be stunned.
He had encountered such a crisis before. In the battle with the Umaya family and his uncle Abdullah, there were all extremely dangerous times. At the most dangerous time, he naturally killed the one or two years after the Bingbosilin.
Due to the great prestige of Bingbosilin in the Persians' minds, during that period, he did not even dare to leave the temporary capital of Anbar, which was covered in black.
But it is the first time that I have faced a life-and-death test on the battlefield like this.
Before this person reported, he had received news that the Qin army had occupied the South exit of Xiaoshan.
"Go down the mountain immediately and meet with Mahdi!"
If he hadn't had a few young concubines and a few young sons whom he liked the most, he would definitely go down the mountain from the south and then escape after defeating the Qin army. But now, he looked at his wife and children who were also anxious and had to make this decision.
He had no choice but to do this. With the guards of a thousand people around him, he would definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the Qin army alone. Only by relying on Mahdi's army was possible.
Furthermore, if the Lord blesses, the army he expected might also approach nearby.
After all, Mahdi did not completely forget the father-son relationship. Before he left, he sent someone to firmly guard the northern exit of the hill.
Mansour and others quickly came down on a mountain road of only two hundred meters. When his huge black flag was launched, the big food troops at the foot of the mountain who were at a loss because of Mahdi's departure finally burst out with thunderous cheers.
Mansour glanced at the mountain and couldn't help but feel much more convinced.
"There are at least a few thousand people below, most of them are cavalry. It is still possible to escape when I escort me back."
He was the longest general in the army and soon made preparations for the whole army to break south. Like Mahdi, he felt the fierce attack from Gao Tinghui's troops in the north.
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Since the gap between the hill and the Baghdad Legion was more than ten miles long, it was difficult for Sun Xiaoke's troops to cover it up from the south, not to mention that they were acting strictly in accordance with the strategy of "killing and killing the enemy with vitality" arranged by Sun Xiurong. Therefore, when Mahdi led thousands of people to emerge from there, only a small part of his troops were lost and he rushed out.
Further south is the later Valamine area, where there is a large oasis. When Mahdi ran here, he was about to take a break before continuing to run away.
Just as he had just dismounted, a large wave of smoke and earth-shaking rumble came from the east.
Mahdi's expression changed drastically, and he immediately returned to his right away.
However, when the team of men in the west came out of the smoke and dust, his eyes couldn't help but lit up!
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When Mahdi escaped successfully, Sun Xiaoke's troops strengthened their attack on the Dashi Army in the south of the Baghdad Army, while Gao Tinghui's troops in the north were even more powerful, and they were about to surround the remaining troops of about two or three thousand Mansur.
At this moment, Sun Xiurong from the Qin army camp received bad news.
"King, our troops found a cavalry coming from the desert southwest of Lai City, with a huge number of people."
"huge?"
"At least ten thousand riders"
Sun Xiurong suddenly became a little serious.
Now is the critical moment of the war. If you work harder, you can completely defeat the Dashi Army. The Mithras in the north are fighting against Gazervar's subordinates. It is not a big deal to have two other regular battalions of Naren Xiaofeng, but at this time something went wrong.
"Is God's will so?"
However, as a human being for three lifetimes, he obviously did not believe in destiny. He immediately asked Su Xijie beside him, "How is the situation of our three camps at this time?"
"Except for artillery, the rest of the people were moving, waiting for the king's new order."
Sun Xiurong nodded. The so-called "remaining people" were actually the infantry of the three camps. Except for the Bogda camp, the rest were still there.
"Immediately notify the Battalion of Bogra and Aslan, and let all its infantry ride on horseback toward me."
Chapter completed!