Chapter 517: Encirclement and Annihilation
Song Jun had been in the army for nearly a day, and he had finished resting at this moment.
The morale of the soldiers of the Song army has also accumulated to the extreme, and for a whole day, they have been preparing for this battle, and the morale is close to boiling at this moment.
What's more, Han Shizhong has already arrived from the area of Lu'er Gorge, and 200,000 infantry have also been prepared.
The Mongols, on the other hand, experienced terror, nervousness, and laxity, and until now, the Mongols are on horseback, without the slightest preparation.
The tribal leaders of the Mongols also gathered, and they had no time to return to their tribes! When the Great War comes, the Mongolian chain of command will be completely paralyzed!
The Song army's attack was launched from the north and east at the same time! The 150,000 cavalry led by Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, and Li Yanxian galloped violently towards the Mongolian soldiers and horses in front of them, and all the soldiers had already raised their bows and arrows! As long as they are within range, the bows and arrows in the hands of 150,000 cavalrymen will shoot forward together.
The reason why the attack was chosen from the north and east was because now the northeast wind was blowing, and the Song army was coming from the north and east, and the cavalry speed, momentum and bow and arrow shooting power would be greatly enhanced. And the Mongols are facing the enemy against the wind, and the cavalry, bows and arrows will be greatly affected! This is the power of time!
At this moment, whether it is the right time, the right place, or the right people, they are all under the complete control of the Song army!
Li Xianzhong had also led his cavalry from the northwest, but his speed was a little slower.
Han Shizhong's soldiers and horses are also rapidly approaching the Mongol army!
Dozens of Mongolian tribal leaders are still gathered together, and the wind and snow are so heavy that they can't see the scene in the distance.
At this moment, the sound of the earth shaking came, and the sound of this shaking became more and more obvious, and countless horses had already stood up in horror.
"What's wrong?" A tribal leader said.
"That's not right!" Hebul Khan exclaimed violently.
"What's wrong?" Suddenly, he thought about it.
"Quick! Hop on your horse and return to your tribe! It is very likely that the Song army will attack us. Hebul Khan said.
"How is that possible?" Suddenly, he said in disbelief.
"It's true, return to your tribe immediately!" Hebul Khan Road.
However, at this time, the Song army in the northeast had arrived, and suddenly arrows rained down!
The Song army came with the wind, the speed was too fast, and the attack was too sudden, and many Mongols did not notice it! The Mongolian soldiers and horses in front of them were not assembled at all, and many Mongolians were even ignorant, not knowing what was going on? They had also received news that the Song army was about to negotiate peace with them, why did the Song army suddenly attack?
With the unpreparedness to attack, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses pressed at the same time, and the Mongols were immediately in chaos!
"Why did the Song army suddenly come up? Isn't it to negotiate peace? ”
"What are we going to do? Where has our chief gone? ”
"Hurry up!"
Countless Mongol soldiers and horses fled to the west and south, while the Song army pursued them closely!
Tens of thousands of Mongol soldiers and horses had already arrived in the northwest direction, and they were about to flee from this place, when the 50,000 cavalry led by Li Xianzhong pressed up.
Li Xianzhong was mainly responsible for blocking the Mongols and preventing them from leaving from the northwest, and his arrangement of troops and horses was completely different from that of Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, and Li Yanxian. He does not seek merit, but he seeks no fault. As long as the Mongols can be blocked here, it is already a huge credit, and the task of killing the enemy is handed over to Yue Fei and others in the direction of the downwind.
Li Xianzhong had an iron spear in his hand, and one Mongol after another fell into his hands, and there were cavalry of the Song army everywhere in front, and it was impossible for the Mongols to escape from here.
"It's time for the soldiers and horses from the south to come over, right?" Li Xianzhong looked at the south and said secretly.
At this moment in the south, 200,000 Song troops have arrived! Among the 200,000 Song troops, the number of crossbowmen reached 120,000!
All the crossbowmen are holding the Song crossbow in their hands, this is the ultimate bow and crossbow weapon carefully prepared by the Great Song Dynasty, its range and penetration are by no means imaginable by the grassland people!
The 120,000 crossbowmen had formed a phalanx, and they cooperated with each other to move forward, and the sound of bows and crossbows gradually sounded in the south.
At first, the sound of the crossbow was not very loud, but gradually the southern crossbowmen became louder and louder, and arrows flew in the sky, and the sky turned gray as far as the eye could see!
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On this day of 14 October, more than 500,000 people sacrificed their lives and forgot to die on the grassland, and the shouts of killing spread hundreds of miles away.
In the surrounding grasslands and mountains, countless animals have woken up from hibernation, and they are fleeing in all directions in terror! The war was so loud that no animal dared to stay within this range, and even with the simple intelligence of an animal, it was extremely frightened.
More than ten miles away in the north, more than a dozen cavalry were coming here, and when they heard this earth-shattering shout, these dozen cavalrymen also stayed there.
The leading cavalry looked very young, he was dressed as a Khitan, and he was shocked at the moment: "How many soldiers and horses should be fighting?" ”
The cavalry next to him was also shocked, and one said: "Young master, didn't you say that there are only tens of thousands of Song troops here?" Something looks wrong! ”
The Khitan young man's face was solemn, and he said, "Let's hurry over and take a look, the situation is a little bad now!" ”
At that moment, the dozen or so cavalry quickly moved forward, and gradually they saw the cavalry of the Song army, they bypassed the side, and after a while, they came to a high slope, where they stopped to watch the battle.
The wind was still strong, and the snow was getting lighter, so that everything in front of me could be seen clearly.
I saw hundreds of thousands of Song troops surrounding the Mongols, and the Song army launched wave after wave of attacks, and the Mongols tried their best to resist.
It's just that the ranks of the Mongols are chaotic, often fighting on their own, and in some places dozens or hundreds of Mongols are gathered together! The ranks of the Song army were constantly adjusting, and with each adjustment, the Song army seemed to encircle the Mongols again, or make up for the gap in the encirclement.
The warriors on both sides were extremely brave, neither the Song soldiers nor the Mongol soldiers were afraid of death, and everyone was trying their best to kill the enemy.
It's just that the defeat of more than 100,000 Mongols has appeared, and there is no chance of recovery at all.
These dozen Khitan cavalrymen stood on the high slope, and the battle scene below shocked their hearts to the extreme.
"Such a big fight! More than 100,000 Mongolian soldiers and horses were about to be wiped out by the Song army! The Khitan youth said in a trembling voice.
"Young master, in fact, the Mongols are very strong! You see, their warriors are very brave! It's just that the Song people are stronger! The voice of a Khitan knight next to him was also trembling.
"How many Song soldiers are down there?" Khitan Youth Road.
"I'm afraid there are 400,000!" Khitan Knight Road.
"Four hundred thousand? How many soldiers and horses did the Song army use to go north this time? They are going to fight a war to destroy the country! With such a front, it is only a matter of time before hundreds of thousands of Mongolian soldiers and horses are annihilated, and the fall of Zhongjing is inevitable! My father led countless clansmen from the distant northwest grasslands, and it was never possible that these wolf-like Song army opponents would be the opponents! It's not good, we have to return to Shangjing immediately, and then send someone to tell my father to return to the Northwest Grassland immediately! The Khitan youth said.
"Let's take another look!" Khitan Knight Road.
Such a war fought by hundreds of thousands of people is rare in a hundred years, especially since both sides of the war are rare warriors in the world, and watching such a war can give them a lot of experience.
The Song army still uses the east and north as the main attack force, and the south has 120,000 crossbowmen as auxiliary attack forces, while tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry in the army are heading towards the west to strengthen the defense force in the west!
The number of soldiers and horses of the Song army far exceeded that of the Mongols, and in the east and north, sometimes the cavalry of the Song army took turns to attack, constantly using soldiers with full physical strength and spirit, so that the extremely tired soldiers could get the news! Being able to make such fine-tuning in such a fierce battle can only show that the Song army's combat system is incomparably excellent, far superior to that of this Mongol army.
It's getting dark, and the war is still going on!
The number of Mongols is getting smaller and smaller, but their bloodiness has also been stimulated, and they are desperately resisting at the moment! And the Song army's attack power has not weakened in the slightest, and it is still extremely strong.
"It's getting dark, let's go quickly! The 180,000 Mongols have been completed, and we finally have a certain understanding of the strength and combat power of the Song army! This land will belong to the Han people, and we Khitans have no chance! The Khitan youth let out a long sigh and said.
"Let's go, we've watched a great battle that will go down in history, and we can no longer hope to reclaim the territory that once belonged to us." The Khitan knight next to him looked depressed and said.
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Hebul Khan was covered in blood, his whole body was covered with wounds, there were shouts of killing, bows and arrows everywhere, and enemies rushed in, and Hebul Khan desperately resisted.
"Great Khan, we're finished!" The child was still by his side, and he was in pain at the moment.
"We're finished! The Han people are so strong, we are by no means their opponents, not to mention that we have fallen for their tricks before! It's all my judgment mistake, I shouldn't have made peace with the Han people! Hebul Khan said.
"No one thought that the Han people were so cunning, they simply used peace negotiations to delay time, so that our army was discouraged, so they could launch an attack! Great Khan, I'm afraid that their goal is not only to destroy Jin, but also to the entire north, including the steppe where our Mongols are located. "I said.
"Hmm." Hebul Khan nodded slightly.
The two of them rushed towards the west with hundreds of pro-soldiers, and gradually, the pressure became less, and both of them were stunned!
Just like the battle of Western Xia that day, there was a gap in the battlefield in the west!
The surrounding Mongols had already headed towards the gap to the west, and Hebul Khan and Baba also frantically headed in that direction with their own soldiers!
At this moment, they simply don't have time to think about it, leaving from there is already an instinct to survive! What's more, even if the two of them don't leave, the rest of the Mongols will leave from there!
After about 10,000 people left there, the gap was randomly filled!
"We fled!" Hebul Khan said in disbelief.
"Our people are still inside!" I said.
"There's no way, there's no way we're going to get them out. Let's go. Hebul Khan said.
The surrounding Mongols have already fled towards the north, and the two of them can only flee towards the north!
More than 10,000 people are running frantically, in fact, they are tired whether they are people or horses, but no one dares to stay here!
After walking for half an hour, they couldn't run anymore, and their speed finally slowed down, and at this time, shouts of killing came from all directions again!
The reason why the Song army released some of them was mainly to prevent them from dying desperately, so they had to exhaust their strength and spirit again, and then start encirclement and suppression!
At this moment, even the children of Hebul Khan and Baba are exhausted.
"It's over!" Hebul Khan lost his soul and said.
"Great Khan, we are fighting with them!" I gritted my teeth.
"Desperate? Now we don't even have the ability to work hard! Hebul Khan smiled bitterly.
The surrounding Mongols had just escaped death, and now they were faced with such a situation that they just wanted to flee again! Once people escape once and see the hope of survival, they will no longer fight hard, they will start to escape a second time! At this time, except for the baba child, there are no more Mongolians who want to fight hard!
"My boy, take the golden knife and return to the northern grasslands! Take your people to Kipchak! Hebul Khan thought for a moment, took out a palm-sized golden knife from his arms, and solemnly handed it into my child's hand.
Kipchak is the "Kipchak steppe", which is a much larger area than the Mongolian steppe, from the Yenisei River in the east, to the lower reaches of the Danube River in the west, to the Caucasus in the south, and to Russia in the north, but the living conditions are more difficult.
During the Liao and Song dynasties, there were also countless tribes there, many of whom were Turkic!
Historically, after Genghis Khan's eldest son, Jochi, conquered the Kipchak steppes and established the Golden Horde there.
Now Hebul Khan actually asked the Baba Boy to lead his people from the distant Mongolian steppe to the distant Kipchak steppe, and the Baba Boy was stunned there for a moment!
"This golden knife is a symbol of the Great Khan, and from now on you will be the Great Khan of the Beggars!" Hebul Khan looked at the golden knife, a smile appeared on his face, and said.
"Great Khan, what about you?" I said.
"I shouldn't have led my people south! When I encountered the thousands of Song cavalry outside the city of Fengzhou, I should have understood that the Han people were strong, and I should have withdrawn, but I did not retreat! After that, I shouldn't have made peace with the Song people! I've made so many mistakes that I don't have the face to continue living in the world! Immediately go north, escape from here, and in the future you will shoulder the heavy responsibility of leading your people to continue to live in the world! Hebul Khan said.
"This ......," I was stunned.
"I use my own blood to atone for my sins, hoping that after death, my soul will return to eternal life!" Hebul Khan raised his scimitar, roared angrily, and rushed towards the Song army in the face of the wind and snow!
With tears in his eyes, the boy glanced at Ghbuyhan for the last time, and then fled into the distance.