After the generals of various countries in the Western Continent's Eastern Expedition Army agreed on the distribution of post-war interests, they led their troops to attack the territory of Yanzi Kingdom.
However, at this time, the Yanzi Kingdom had already implemented the tactic of fortifying its borders and clearing the countryside in its border areas near the Parthian Empire, and transferred the people and supplies from dozens of cities to various cities in the heart of the Yanzi Kingdom.
Although the Heavenly Sect had previously transported a large amount of food and fodder to the Parthian Empire, the Parthian Empire also promised to provide some food and fodder to the Eastern Expedition Army.
But the total strength of the Eastern Expedition Army was as high as 11.5 million, and the amount of food and grass consumed every day was an astronomical figure.
If we cannot seize some food and fodder from the countries in the Western Regions, the food and fodder currently collected by the Eastern Expedition Army can only provide for three months of combat needs at most.
Therefore, the Eastern Expedition Army decided to directly seek out the main force of the Western Region coalition forces gathered around Tianhe City, the capital of Yanzi State, and launch a decisive battle.
On February 10, 196th year of the Great Han Calendar, the Western Regions coalition led by the Han army and the Eastern Expeditionary Force of the Western Continent formed a standoff on the plain outside Tianhe City.
The next morning, both sides spontaneously assembled millions of troops and slowly pressed towards each other.
After the millions of troops on both sides were deployed, the Purple-robed Cardinal of the Heavenly Cult, Kupriya, asked the generals around him, "Which country's army is willing to go into battle first?"
As soon as Cardinal Kupriya finished speaking, Duke Elisil of the Parthian Empire spoke first, "The Parthian Empire is willing to send 50,000 armored cavalry to test whether the Han army is as powerful as the legend says."
The Parthian Empire originally had 400,000 armored cavalry. After expanding its army to more than 5 million, the Parthian Empire used its original reserve of large amounts of weapons and equipment and 300,000 horses to expand its army by another 300,000 armored cavalry.
The three million Parthian troops that joined the Crusade this time included a full 500,000 armored cavalry, making it the country with the largest number of armored cavalry among all the armies of the Crusade.
Cardinal Kupria of Purple said to Duke Elisil approvingly, "Since Duke Elisil has volunteered to fight, the first battle of our Eastern Expedition will be handed over to the Parthian Armored Cavalry."
Seeing that the Western Continent's Eastern Expeditionary Force had dispatched tens of thousands of Parthian armored cavalry, Sun Hao turned to Fan Kuai, the commander of the Imperial Guard's Left Guard, and ordered, "Send out 20,000 cavalry from the Left Guard. Let the nations of the Western Continent witness the might of the Han army."
After receiving the order, Fan Kuai did not lead the 20,000 Great Snow Dragon Cavalry into battle personally. Instead, he asked Gao Chong, who had just been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Left Guard of the Imperial Guard, to lead the 20,000 Great Snow Dragon Cavalry to meet the 50,000 armored cavalry of the Parthian Empire.
Apli, the Parthian general who led 50,000 armored cavalry, was a famous warrior of the Parthian Empire. Unfortunately, he had very bad luck and came face to face with Gao Chong.
Among the eight "hundred-level" generals that Sun Hao recently summoned from the "annual signing system", Gao Chong's martial arts is the strongest, even on the same level as top "hundred-level" generals such as Li Cunxiao and Ran Min.
As a result, Afuli was shot down from his horse by Gao Chong at the first encounter, and was then trampled into a pool of meat by countless war horses.
As for the armored cavalry of the Parthian Empire, the gap between them and the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry was almost the same as the huge gap between Afuli and Gao Chong.
As a result, after one clash, only about 30,000 of the 50,000 Parthian armored cavalry were left, while only about 100 of the 20,000 Great Snow Dragon Cavalry were killed.
Gao Chong did not give the more than 30,000 armored cavalry of the Parthian Empire any other options. He quickly led his Snow Dragon Cavalry, made a semicircle in front of the two armies, and rushed forward again.
After the second clash, the Parthian armored cavalry, which numbered less than 10,000, retreated directly back to their own formation.
In just a short period of time, most of the 50,000 armored cavalry were killed. It seemed that there were only about 10,000 cavalry left at most. What was even more terrifying was that the losses of the Han army's armored cavalry were minimal.
The generals of the various countries in the Eastern Expedition were shocked by the powerful fighting capability displayed by the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry.
Although many countries in the Western Continent did not agree that the Parthian Empire belonged to the Western countries, they had to admit that the military strength of the Parthian Empire was enough to compete with the other four empires except the Apulian Empire.
In particular, the armored cavalry of the Parthian Empire was very famous in the Western Continent. The Toulouse Empire had suffered many losses at the hands of the armored cavalry of the Parthian Empire.
Cardinal Kupriya said in shock, "How could the armored cavalry of the Han Kingdom be so powerful?
I'm afraid even the Holy Knights of our Vatican Army are no match for this Han armored cavalry in terms of combat power."
The Heavenly Cult's Paladin Order has a total of only 20,000 people, and can be said to be one of the strongest armored cavalry in the Western Continent. This time, the Heavenly Cult took out all the Paladin Orders and incorporated them into the Eastern Expedition Army.
But with the strength of the Paladins, even if they could defeat the 50,000 armored cavalry of the Parthian Empire, it would never be so easy.
Duke Leonor of the Apulian Empire said solemnly, "It seems that the Eastern Continent's strongest nation is indeed worthy of its reputation. This battle will be difficult."
As night fell, the extremely brutal battle was temporarily put on hold.
After a tentative armored cavalry duel between the two sides, a major battle ensued, which lasted until sunset, when both armies withdrew their troops.
Sun Hao's expression was a little gloomy. Originally, in today's battle, the Han army had always held the advantage, but he did not expect that the armies of the five countries of Yanzi, Anlu, Wuli, Xiuye and Moshan distributed on the left and right wings, as well as the army of Mosha religion, would be defeated so quickly.
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