Chapter 83 The Southeast-Leaning Pillar of the Ten Thousand Gardens (1)

He walked slowly two times in front of the dragon seat, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and then opened his mouth to give orders.

"Proton Army Nayan Alihan! You led the proton army and Zhang Rou, Shi Shu and Li Hub, the three Han army Wanhu, to fight with the Sinan Si people, remember, defeat is not allowed to win, defeat is not allowed to be defeated, step by step, retreat little by little, and lead out the men and horses of Sinan Si's army. ”

Alihan Urn responded angrily, he was originally Saiyi in the Western Regions, and he was able to achieve the position of the commander-in-chief of the Proton Army in front of the new master, how could he dare not serve the Great Khan without dedication?

"Tumian Nachen! You and the Han Wanhu Liu Fuheng, the Gongchang vanguard 5,000 households Wang Zhichen, the daimyo Wanhu Wang Wengan, etc., stick to the left-wing position, do not take a step back, even if the flanks are exposed, you must stick to the end! It's a pity that Wang Dechen is not there."

Wang Dechen is the current commander-in-chief of Gongchang, at this time he has little intersection with the new Mongol Great Khan, and Meng Ge regrets more that he did not withdraw him from the Sichuan battlefield and lead the main force of Gongchang to participate in this war.

"Tumian Hudu! You are fighting with the three thousand households of the Han people and the Tibetan minister Zhao Age Fan as the right flank, and your troops must let go of the attack, rush out of the front line of the Song army, and provide a way for other troops to attack, if they are not victorious, they will each raise their heads to meet! ”

Suddenly, he shouted: "With my 10,000 cavalry, 10,000 bows, and 100 firearms, even if I rush hard, I will make a way for the Great Khan!" ”

Meng Ge laughed and said: "This is the style of a Mongolian man, but you don't have to fight too hard, we still have to leave some people to capture Zheng Yunming!" ”

He also said: "The Jin of Mamura, the king of Gaochang, and Li Zhen, the party item, each led 30,000 cavalry to rescue the governor in various ways, and once there was a crisis, he would lead the army to wherever it was. ”

One of the two is a guest general, and the other is a party of different races, and they only have the position of being told.

Meng Ge beckoned to Niu Li and the two people in the car at the bottom of the stairs, let the two of them come forward, and said: "You two are the first and most courageous people in the Mongolian army, this time, let the two of you go deep into the tiger's den and pluck the beard of Zheng Yunming, I don't know if you two have the courage." ”

Niu Phosphorus only felt angry, in the past, the Great Khan never asked him if he had the courage, no matter how difficult and dangerous the task, the Great Khan directly ordered himself to carry it out, and every time New Phosphorus relied on his own courage to kill the enemy, there was never a discount, obviously the previous defeat to Han Feng, which made his position in the eyes of the Great Khan shake.

But I heard the tiger roaring in the car: "Please give the order of the Great Khan, there is Gao Yan, it is the abyss, it is the nest of ten thousand leopards, I will never look back!" ”

"Good! That's how you want to be a warrior! Meng Ge said: "You have a lot of soldiers and horses under the two of you, and you don't have to lead them personally, each select 10,000 elite cavalry, in the car, you outflank the past from the left flank, outflank the past along the line of the Yangtze River, see the ship burning the boat along the way, see people killing, don't entangle with the Song people, the target is the Song army pontoon bridge in Shawo!" You don't need to really seize the pontoon bridge, because Zheng Yunming, a cunning fox, must have ambushed heavy troops near the pontoon bridge, but as long as you fight here, the attacking enemy can't help but have some scruples. ”

"Niu Huo, you take 10,000 cavalry straight to the southern front, and advance along the passage opened up by Kudu, once Zheng Yunming's main force moves forward, the rear will inevitably reveal the weak part of the army, you will insert it along this blank lot, and insert it into the rear of Sinan Si's army! Zheng Yunming thought that he would be proud and careless if he could easily defeat us this time, but he also forgot that our army was stronger than Sinan Si's army in terms of number and bravery! This time, our army must thoroughly implement the tactics of encirclement and annihilation, wipe out Zheng Yunming's main force in Ezhou, and then wave its division to the southeast! ”

Considering the current situation, the goal of most of the Mongol generals was not to continue the grand cause of conquering Jiangnan, but to find a way to get out of the dead, and as for the overall goal of sweeping away the Song Dynasty, it now seems that it has completely failed. But the situation of the war always changes dramatically, although the situation of the Mongolian army is unfavorable, after all, it still has an advantage in numbers, who can predict that Zheng Yunming will definitely have the upper hand in the real battle?

At the other end of the battlefield, the army of the Song Dynasty was in full swing, as the vanguard of the whole army, thousands of well-equipped hard detective cavalry broke forward to attack the position of the Mongol army.

Next, the artillerymen pushed the cannons out of their positions, followed by rows of musketeers, sword and shield men, and spearmen, the cavalry spread out on both flanks to protect the weak flanks of the large formation, the drums of war shook the earth, the five-color banner was raised high, and the army of 100,000 began to march towards the enemy in front of it.

"Look at the banner of this detachment." Zheng Yunming, who was riding on the tall jade flower skull, pointed at a military horse in front of him with a horsewhip, and said to Bai Yijie beside him: "Can you still recognize the banner of this horse?" ”

Of course, Bai Yijie knew that anyone who grew up with Zheng Yunming in the war would not fail to know this army.

"Isn't the Tulong Army transferred to Zhenjiang to serve as the general reserve of the theater? When did you drive over? Bai Yijie asked in surprise, obviously Zheng Yunming always surprised him during this period of time: "I only arrived yesterday, what is the need to master the general reserve now, now is the moment to use the last strength to win victory." Zheng Yunming said: "Go all out and throw a killer blow!" ”

He laughed and shouted to the young general standing at the front of the Tulong Army: "Meng Dutong, is there any truth to what I said? ”

Meng Zhijing took off his helmet and replied loudly: "This is the time to take a thousand years of fame!" The Tulong army will inevitably fight for the unparalleled power of the country's warriors and defeat the Mongolian army for His Majesty! ”

"Is there no other warrior in the country? Haha" Zheng Yunming smiled and said to Meng Zhijing: "Back then, Meng Shuai said to me in the Han Water Boat, promise the country with his body, not presumptuous people, he is a national soldier, at that time I didn't understand very well, I always thought that I could do my best to open up a new world for the Great Song Dynasty is the real national soldier, but the more later, I understood that the real national soldier is to unite the hearts of all people, and the power of all people, no one can change history, and no one can save a country, only everyone becomes a national soldier, It has the power to open up a new path! Those of you present today, whether it is a commander or a soldier, everyone is a soldier, and I hope that you will live up to the respect of the countryman in today's war, for the emperor, for the ancestors, and for the world! ”

"Go ahead, let Meng Ge see the power of the countryman!"

The formal attack of the Song army must have begun with a torrent of fierce and unusual artillery fire, and the Mongols were accustomed to it, although the news that the back road had been cut off spread among the army like a plague, causing commotion and unrest, but they were after all a well-trained army and would not give in easily, and the light artillery on the front line also opened fire quickly, of course, the artillery of both sides was not accurate enough to suppress the opponent's artillery, and it was aimed at the military formations that had been assembled on both sides.

But the difference is that the Mongol army formed a large phalanx usually used by the Song army in the past, each formation has at least 100 columns, more than 5,000 soldiers, while the Song army's phalanx is only six columns, spearmen in the center, arquebusiers on both flanks, each formation is only 450 people, the sparseness of the formation is taboo in close combat, but in the face of artillery fire is the most effective means to avoid losses. When the Song army's tiger artillery fired at the large square array of spears on the opposite side before the formation, the flying cannonballs always set off countless broken arms and stumps into the crowd, and a single shell could blow a gap in the formation, on the contrary, the Mongolian army's shells often missed the sparse formation of the Song army, or flew over the head of the military formation, or hit the dirt in front of the military formation.

The advance of the Song army was getting faster and faster, and the artillery was gradually unable to follow the footsteps of the infantry, and as the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, the small formation of four hundred and fifty people gradually began to converge and concentrate, first the two formations merged into one in the way of the left and right flanks, then four, six, and finally gradually formed a large phalanx of three thousand people, and in the sound of war drums that almost broke the eardrums, the large formation of the two armies became closer and closer, and it was only a hundred paces away.

The light artillery of the Mongol army seized the time and loaded a shotgun, and the ferocious projectile storm swept down many Song troops standing in the front row in an instant, but this was the last blow that could be delivered. One of the Song troops rose into the sky and fell into the Mongol army in front.

Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, their spears and swords and shields in their hands emitting the light of death, and they charged towards the large array of the Mongol army.

The marshal of the Proton Army, Alihan, stood on the high slope in the distance, calmly looking at the battlefield in front of him fighting and shouting, but Li Hub, who was beside him, couldn't stop pleading: "The Song people are attacking fiercely, please let my subordinates retreat a little!" ”

In fact, when the Mongolian army was shaken, they could certainly occupy the advantage in morale, but the Mongolian army had an advantage in numbers, and secondly, after all, it took advantage of the length of the spear, and it was not a surprise attack by the enemy and could not form a formation, so it still showed a momentum of stalemate in the first line of fighting, only to see the battle but behind the tenacious and tenacious front of the Mongolian army. The basic casualties of the Song Dynasty fell on the rear ranks of the Mongols, and their arquebusiers fired at the Mongol formation behind them in the gap between the infantry phalanxes, although there were only six formations, but the firepower of the Song musketeers was continuous to create casualties, and in view of the dense and large phalanx of the Mongol army, almost every bullet was not wasted. The line slowly moved to the northwest, and sometimes it was pressed back, and the corpses on the ground continued to increase, but the Song army had not really formed a breakthrough trend.