Chapter 507: Escape
Fengzhou City, probably located in the area of the current Wenggute Banner in Inner Mongolia, is hundreds of miles away from Shangjing.
Fengzhou and Raozhou are one of the earliest cities established by the Khitan people, and the reason why they are named after "Fengliang" is precisely the meaning of hoping to obtain a bumper harvest. Two hundred years ago, when the Liao State was just established, it was an important stronghold of the Khitans. However, with the land area of Liao getting bigger and bigger, and constantly expanding southward, the Khitan people have also changed from a nomadic people to a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural people, the geographical location of Fengzhou and Raozhou is northerly, and it is gradually no longer important, and the population here is getting smaller and smaller, and now it is just a small border city.
The sky was slightly bright, and at this moment more than 20,000 Mongolians had already arrived to the north of Fengzhou City.
Hebul Khan was in the midst of the crowd, and the child was with him.
"Great Khan, this place is indeed occupied by the Han Chinese! You see, there are a lot of Han Chinese on the city wall! "I said.
"The number of Han people is really large! However, no matter how many sheep there are, they are no match for the tigers! Let's go over and have a look! Hebul Khan sneered.
At that moment, Hebul Khan came to the city of Fengzhou with hundreds of personal soldiers, they had just appeared here, and the Song army above was in chaos! Many of the Song soldiers had terrified expressions on their faces.
"Sure enough, it's Han Chinese, cowardly to the extreme! It's ridiculous! I am more confident in conquering the Central Plains! Hebul Khan laughed.
The child and the surrounding Mongols also burst into laughter.
"Siege now!" Hebul Khan pointed with his horsewhip to the wall ahead of him, and said.
"Huh? Siege now? But we only have 20,000 people! The soldiers and horses of the rest of the tribes are still behind! Great Khan, let's wait for all the soldiers and horses to arrive before we attack here. "I said.
"No, 20,000 is enough! In the past, the Jurchens were known to be invincible, and we Mongols were not under them, only stronger than them! 20,000 people is enough to break through Toyoshu! Hebul Khan said.
At that moment, under the order of Hebul Khan, 20,000 Mongols came in the direction of the city wall, and they did not have any siege weapons, only to see countless Mongols holding bows and arrows to shoot arrows upwards, and the exclamations of the Song army were constantly heard from above.
"Prepare to go to the city!" Hebul Khan gave a loud order.
So, many Mongols got off their horses, and they built a ladder to climb up the city of Toyoshu.
At this time, the Song soldiers on the city wall let out a shout, and countless Song soldiers withdrew from the city wall.
"Ahh They just retreated! I said in disbelief.
"They're Han Chinese, and that's normal! Go in at once, open the gates, and let's go in and kill all the Han Chinese. Hebul Khan said with an excited look on his face.
The Mongols climbed up the walls, and a quarter of an hour later they opened the northern gates, and the Mongols led by Hebul Khan rushed inside!
"Great Khan, the Han people have fled!" A Mongol shouted.
"They're fleeing through the southern gates!"
"Great Khan, we're going to stop them!"
Everywhere there was the sound of Mongols shouting.
"Go, catch up with them, and wipe out all the Han Chinese!" Ghebl Khan was overjoyed.
The Mongols rushed to the front, and some of the Mongols did not enter the city at all, but chased directly to the south of Fengzhou!
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To the south of the city of Fengzhou, an army of more than 40,000 Song troops was rapidly marching forward. Most of them were infantry, but there were also cavalry units of several thousand men.
The Mongols had already caught up from behind, and at this time, tens of thousands of Song troops behind stopped, all holding Song crossbows in their hands.
The ranks of the Song army were neat, and countless Song crossbows shot towards the back, and the sky was full of flying arrows.
The Mongol ranks were scattered, and some people were unable to stop, and hundreds of Mongols fell there at once.
"The Han people's bows and crossbows are powerful!" Hebul Khan had already chased him out, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
The Mongols had poor weapons, and many of them even used bone arrowheads! When they were in the capital a few days ago, they had been given some metal weapons, and many Mongols were ecstatic at that time.
"But they're very timid! Great Khan, they have fled again! "I said.
"Haha! This is the Han people! Pursue! Most of the people we encountered this time were infantry, and we must not let them escape! Hebul Khan said.
Hebul Khan continued to pursue the Song army with his Mongol soldiers and horses, and in the distance, more and more Mongols arrived.
However, the number of crossbowmen in the Song army was too much, and those crossbowmen stood on the periphery, and once the Mongols rushed up, they would immediately shoot with bows and arrows, and the entire Song army was like a hedgehog!
From morning to noon, the number of Mongols increased from 20,000 to about 100,000, with more to come.
At this time, this infantry team was finally a little difficult to maintain. After all, their numbers are too small, even if they are powerful with bows and crossbows, but in the face of endless Mongols, they will still have a crisis.
"Haven't you eliminated these Song troops yet?" The Great Khan of the Kerebe suddenly followed from behind and said.
"The Han people are still resisting! They have so many bows and arrows that it's hard for us to get their hands on! But we have blocked their way, and sooner or later we will destroy them. Hebul Khan said.
"These 40,000 or 50,000 Han people are so at stake, if we encounter hundreds of thousands of Han troops, what will we do?" Suddenly, he thought about it.
"The Han people are just powerful in weapons, and they themselves are very weak! They were so cowardly that they ran away when they saw us! Don't be afraid of them! We have an army of 180,000, plus the fourth prince of the Jin State also has an army of 100,000, and it is a combination of inside and outside, so there is no problem in eliminating the Song army. Hebul Khan said.
"Are the Song armies all under Zhongjing City?" Suddenly, he thought about it.
"Yes, it's all in Zhongjing City! I have already sent someone to investigate, and there is no other Song army in the Fengzhou area except for the Song army in front of me! It wasn't until the Enzhou area that there was a Song army! Hebul Khan said.
"That's fine, we still have to hurry up and eliminate these Song troops." Suddenly, he thought about it.
"We all rode on war horses, and they walked on their feet, and when they were tired, it was time to annihilate them completely." Hebul Khan laughed.
"But they also have cavalry." Suddenly, he thought about it.
"It's only a few thousand cavalry, which is not significant." Hebul Khan Road.
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There were indeed several thousand cavalry in the Song army, and seeing that the number of Mongols was increasing, this cavalry finally couldn't bear it.
"It's time for us to strike! We need to hold back these Mongols so that the rest of the army can go all the way to Kagoshira. "Among the cavalry, a general said.
"Yes, General Yue, it's time to attack, but we are only leading away some of the Mongols, not a decisive battle with the Mongols." There was another general in the back.
"Let's first try how powerful the Mongols really are!" The general who spoke earlier laughed.
It was already noon, the sun was shining, and the temperature on the steppe was rising, and at this time, the cavalry of the Song army began to move, and they rushed straight towards the Mongols behind.
"It's Han Chinese! They actually came! ”
"Are the Han people looking for death? They've all been running away before? How dare you come over now? ”
The Mongolian soldiers and horses were immediately alarmed, but all the Mongolian soldiers and horses had excited expressions on their faces! They have never been afraid of war, in the past, on the grassland, various tribes fought non-stop, in order to grab the land of water and grass, dead people are a common thing! Before coming, Hebul Khan kept telling them that the Han people were weak, so they didn't take the Han people seriously at all.
The Song army on the opposite side had already rushed over, getting closer and closer to this side.
The Mongols have already raised their bows and arrows in their hands, and the Song army on the opposite side has also raised their bows and arrows!
The Mongols were waiting for the Song army to reach their attack range and then start shooting, but by this time, the Song army had already begun to shoot!
The same bow and arrow, the Song army's bow and arrow making skills are far better than the Mongols! The range of the Song army's bow and arrow was much longer than that of the Mongolian bow and arrow!
Bow and arrow whistling!
At this time, the cavalry of the Song army suddenly changed the path of travel, and they no longer headed forward, but turned around sharply and headed west!
Countless Song soldiers burst out laughing.
"Cunning Han Chinese! Pursue! "Hebul Khan had already seen the arrival of the Song cavalry, and he was furious when he saw the Song cavalry so cunning.
With the order of Hebul Khan issued, the Song army of more than ten surrounding tribes began to chase after the Song army!
In front of the Song army, there are also two tribes blocking them at this moment! Of these two Mongol tribes, one has about 2,000 people, the other has more than 3,000 people, and the Song army only has four or five thousand people at the moment!
"Shoot!" The general of the Song army in front gave an order, and the bows and arrows in the hands of the Song army kept shooting forward!
The Mongols over there are also fighting back!
However, the distance of the Song army is getting closer and closer, and at this time the Song army has already picked up the spear!
The two armies have finally met!
The Mongols had a wide range of weapons, many of them did not even have metal weapons, they had wooden sticks and something like that in their hands! And Song Jun's weapons are exactly the same, and the rhythm of Song Jun's shots is the same! The Song army in front has been moving forward, while the Song army in the back has begun to detour towards the two wings, cooperating with the Song army in front! Such cavalry battles, they have trained countless times in the past! Basically, there is an intra-military exercise every month, and there are even disability indicators during the exercise!
All the soldiers looked ahead, their eyes were focused and determined, and there was only one belief left in their hearts - to kill the enemy!
The moment the two sides came into contact, the Mongols were a little overwhelmed!
The Mongols are also a strong horse people, but they used to conduct tribal warfare, and the scale of Mongolian tribal warfare in this era was extremely limited, and the largest was only a war of 10,000 or 20,000 people, and they did not have special training on weekdays, they fought more by instinct! Before Genghis Khan, there was no perfect command system in the Mongol army, and there was no coordination between the various tribes.
"Kill!" The Song army general in front had a murderous look in his eyes, and at the same time as he stabbed the spear in his hand forward, the spear in the hand of the Song army cavalry behind stabbed forward together!
The Mongols in front let out a scream.
They passed through the Mongols, and the Song army on both flanks had already been killed!
The Song army forced forward, and the soldiers of the two Mongol tribes retreated one after another!
After killing from here, they continued to the west, followed by countless Mongol cavalry chasing them closely!