The effect of the trench array was far less than Li Zhe expected, which he had never expected.

He originally thought that there were several heavy firepower on the chest wall of the trench, which should have been impossible for the enemy to rush through, and even if he rushed closer, he should have suffered heavy casualties, and there was not much left.

Who knew that in the end, it almost turned into a war of attrition, which disappointed Li Zhe.

The fundamental reason is that there is no machine gun as a weapon of mass destruction, and the power of the trench array is far from being brought into play.

Platoon guns and artillery can still stop the enemy from approaching in the face of a small number of enemy charges, but in a battle of this level, they simply cannot provide enough firepower to give the enemy enough damage before the enemy attacks your own position.

In the end, the own army was almost able to face to face with the enemy, and this is still some famous death trench, which is obviously just a barrier that can delay the advance of the cavalry.

In the end, it's still a lack of firepower!

In the absence of truly powerful artillery and machine guns, the trench could not perform its proper function after all.

Li Zhe roughly estimated that the Mongols had damaged about three or five thousand people in the first formation, but such losses were only a slight loss to the Mongolian commander Bayan. And their own army also had hundreds of dead and wounded, which was certainly not worth mentioning compared to the Mongols.

If the total number of enemies was 10,000, so many losses might have broken the enemy's bones, but now the enemy on the opposite side has an army of 50,000 men.

Li Zhe was thinking about it, and on the other side of Li Zhe, Bayan, the commander of the Mongolian army, was also worried.

Unlike Li Zhe, who blocked the way in front and had the upper hand, the Mongol army under Bayan also faced the risk of being caught up by the Song army behind him at any time, and the Song army blocking the road in front of him was flanked back and forth.

What's more, now the Mongolian army has no room for strategic turnaround, in the river valley, the snow has begun to fall, if the Mongolian army can't open the passage within a few days, through the river valley, the entire army will only be trapped and die here.

From a strategic point of view, the Mongol army seems to be strong, but in fact, they are in a desperate situation.

Just now, the Mongols rushed into battle for the first time only about half an hour, and the Mongol army left thousands of dead bodies on the battlefield. This killing efficiency is simply amazing! This Song army was faster than any enemy Bayan had ever seen before, and had a terrifying lethality that Bayan had never seen before.

Judging by the Song army's killing efficiency, such an offensive would last for a day, and the Mongols would pay a terrible and alarming price.

War is essentially a mathematical game, and if you lose 3,000 lives in half an hour, then multiply 3,000 dead bodies by 16, which means that the Song army only needs to hold out like this for eight hours a day, and then the Mongols will all die here.

According to the previous battle examples of the Mongols, in this case, it was almost impossible to break through such a simple defense line of the Song army. In the era of cold weapons, if you want to break through any camp, it is normal to spend a few days or ten days

Of course, this calculation is unreasonable, the Song army cannot always maintain such a killing efficiency, and the Mongols cannot rush forward to die without interruption. But to some extent, this reveals the fact that it is actually difficult for the Mongolian army to break through this obstacle in front of them.

The result of this calculation made Bayan's heart bitter.

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At noon, both sides of Mongolia and Song coincidentally chose to stop the battle, over the river valley, the two camps at the same time drifted smoke, the Song army, their own soldiers lined up in groups of three or five in a dense horizontal row, holding bayonets on the fire gun to take advantage of the battle to clean up the corpses left by the Mongols on the battlefield.

This is a harvest time for the soldiers, the Mongolian people on the steppe are extravagant, and they like to keep their beloved valuable objects on their own bodies, such as treasure knives, bows and arrows, gold utensils, etc., all of which have become a small surprise after the soldiers have fought bloodily.

Of course, the men and horses left by the Mongols could not all be dead corpses, and a considerable number of them were seriously wounded soldiers, but neither the enemy nor the enemy could regard these people as living people, and the soldiers endured the smell of blood on the battlefield in disgust, rummaged over these people, and then indifferently went down with a bayonet to end the lives of these seriously wounded Mongols.

At this time, of course, the corpses of these people were useless, but so many horses left on the battlefield could replenish their own food stores again.

Since the weather has snowed, the speed of the rear baggage team to transport supplies will inevitably be slowed down, and the Song army can save more on food, so that more capacity can be vacated for the transportation of guns and ammunition.

In fact, these soldiers under Li Zhe have almost lost their appetite for eating horse meat these days, and there is also a lot of horse meat left over from the previous battle, which was castrated by the logistics guys with the salt they brought, in this weather, it is enough for these thousands of Song soldiers to eat for a long time, and they have been eating it from a few days ago to now, it is conceivable that no matter how delicious it is, it will be tasteless in the mouth.

On the opposite side, although separated by a distance of several miles, you can also see that there are many people in the Mongol military camp, and some people are watching the movements of the Song people here.

The Mongols are all soldiers, and it is conceivable that among the dead bodies that died here just now were the fathers or brothers of the people opposite. From such a distance, it seems that you can also feel the anger and sorrow of the Mongols in the military camp opposite.

Li Zhe looked at the camp of the Mongolian army on the opposite side from a distance, as if he could see the enemy's next move. Ma Zhong came behind him and followed his gaze in the direction of the enemy camp.

"What are you thinking about at this time?"

Ma Zhong replied with a smile:

"If I were Bayan, I would definitely scold the commander of the Song army in this camp at this time! Do you fight wars, why do you have to engage in so many intrigues? ”

"The Mongols are all cavalry, and they won't fight when they get off the horse, and if you do so many tricks in this river valley, those Mongols will probably have a headache."

Li Zhe's lips were tightly closed, he knew that all the officers in the army had special respect for the trench and the breastwork he made, and these geotechnical works that imitated our army in later generations were very suitable for the appetite of the officers of this era, and many people were greatly inspired by it.

Li Zhe's original reputation in the army has been greatly enhanced, fueled by everyone in the army.

When the Tartars attacked for the first time just now, in the eyes of these people, the effect was already very good, trapping the Tartar cavalry in front of the formation.

However, it is impossible for these people to know the prestige left by these seemingly simple trenches in the military fashion of later generations, so they don't know that Li Zhe is actually not satisfied with what he showed in the battle just now.

An officer next to him said:

"The Mongols have suffered so many casualties now, I'm afraid we will have to rest well in the afternoon."

"No!"

Li Zhe and Ma Zhong spoke at the same time, and then the two glanced at each other, and Li Zhe motioned for Ma Zhong to open his mouth and explained:

"The battle of the defeated army, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, the more desperate the Tartars, the more they will rise up and be brave, it is impossible to let their own family take this breath."