Chapter 201: Dead Guard
Qi County is only 30 miles away from Xigu Town, a water river flows through the two places, the Mongolian army from Sizhou, want to rush to the aid of Qi County, here is the place to pass. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When Cai Siwei led an army of 10,000 to Xigu Town, he was still full of confidence in his heart, and he thought that there would be no problem in resisting the Mongol army rushing to the aid of Sizhou.
It's a pity that the ruthless fact broke his self-confidence.
The Mongolian army that came to the aid of Qi County in Sizhou was all cavalry.
A full 10,000 cavalry, the momentum is huge and amazing.
Cai Siwei also has an army of 10,000 under his command, but the combat effectiveness is really strong, only 3,000 people from the Hezhou Imperial Army, and the rest of the 7,000 people from the Zhenjiang Imperial Army, who do not have much fighting spirit, and I don't know if they can rely on it at the critical moment.
The order was harsh and must be defended, no matter what the cost, not a single Mongol sergeant was allowed to cross the town of Xigu and rush to the aid of Qi County, that is, to fight to the last man.
The battle unfolded in an instant in Xigu Town, without hesitation or deployment, and the two armies collided together.
The Mongol army launched a charge with 3,000 people, perhaps they felt that the Song army in front of them was by no means their opponent, and with 3,000 cavalry, they could completely annihilate the opponent.
At the beginning, the situation was as expected by the Mongol army, and after a charge, the Song army began a large-scale rout.
The forefront of the enemy is the Zhenjiang Imperial Front Army belongs to the 3,000 people and the 2,000 people of the Election Front Army, a total of 5,000 people, all of whom are mainly foot soldiers, which is also the formation that Cai Siwei had to distribute, he can't let the 3,000 most elite Hezhou Imperial Front Army under his command rush up first, after all, the opposite side is 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, if the elite 3,000 people suffer heavy losses, I'm afraid they will really not be able to hold Xigu Town, and they can only watch the Mongolian army gallop to aid Qi County.
What Cai Siwei never imagined was that the Mongolian army had just launched a charge, and the 5,000 sergeants deployed at the front began to retreat like a tide.
Where is this a fight, this is simply an escape.
Cai Siwei, who was red-eyed, was completely angry.
He led the hundred guards under his command and stood a hundred meters behind the team, holding a Song hand knife in his hand.
"Listen, retreat to this place, and those who dare to continue to retreat will be killed. . . ."
Before Cai Siwei's words were finished, more than a dozen sergeants had already retreated here, they didn't look at Cai Siwei at all, nor did they listen to what Cai Siwei said, they habitually prepared to cross Cai Siwei and the others, and continued to flee for their lives.
The cold light appeared in an instant, and the bodies of a dozen or so people fell instantly, their heads rolled to the side, and blood splattered on their bare necks.
The rest of the sergeants, who were about to retreat, were stunned when they saw this scene.
No one thought that there would be such a scene, Cai Siwei actually did it.
The two commanders of the Election Front Army and the Election Front Army have been brought to Cai Siwei.
Time is urgent, Cai Siwei can't have so many words.
"Listen, either you two will lead your sergeants to charge forward, or you will be like the people on this ground..."
The faces of the two commanders turned pale, and they didn't dare to look up at Cai Siwei at all.
Seeing that the retreating sergeant's formation was about to be chaotic, Cai Siwei raised the steel knife in his hand against one of the commanders.
Such a commander was full of excitement, turned his head and ran forward, and began to shout frantically in his mouth, asking many sergeants to turn their heads and kill the Mongolian army.
The other commander also came to his senses, and also turned and ran forward, forgetting to even ride his horse.
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Although the Song army was completely at a disadvantage, but thousands of people collectively turned around and began to rush towards the Mongolian army, which also caught the Mongolian army off guard, they originally thought that after a chase, they could break up the Song army and start to slaughter easily, who knew that these Song army sergeants suddenly became crazy, and they began to rush towards them without fear of death.
The cavalry has an absolute advantage against the foot soldiers, but what makes the Mongolian army a headache is that the Song army foot soldiers they are facing are all spears in their hands, and even some spears, and these foot soldiers are arranged into a square team when they charge ahead, although the team is not very neat, but the charging Mongolian soldiers are very afraid, they have to disperse, relying on the bows and arrows in their hands to shoot the Song army soldiers.
Of course, the Mongolian army will not know that these queues were personally arranged by Cai Siwei, which were used to deal with cavalry charges, and as for the invention of this queue, it was naturally Wu Shaogang.
Just as the cavalry ranks of the Mongol army began to disperse, a rain of arrows came towards them.
The whistling rain of arrows is terrifying.
Many Mongolian sergeants who were caught off guard fell in the rain of arrows.
This round of arrow rain is too important to stabilize the pawns in front of you.
The phalanx, which had suffered heavy casualties, finally had time to gather and regroup.
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The head of the Mongolian army who commanded the charge, his eyes erupted with fire, he never thought that the charge of 3,000 people was not able to defeat the Song army on the opposite side at the first time, and the Song army, which was about to be defeated, actually stopped the rout, and charged forward desperately, and that round of deadly arrow rain made the team commanded by the head of the hundred households also appear to have a temporary stagnation.
The Mongolian sergeants have dispersed, but for the Song army that has reformed the formation, there is nothing to be done for a while, they can only rely on the bows and arrows in their hands to cause casualties to the Song army, they hope that the bloody casualties can crush the fighting spirit of the Song army.
Unfortunately, the situation they were hoping for did not materialize.
In the process of fighting, there were also some Song army sergeants who were scared and wanted to retreat, but the sergeants who were ready to retreat would be ruthlessly killed by the Song army officers immediately.
Cai Siwei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and he finally prevented the rout from appearing.
The thrilling scene just now is still spinning in his mind, you must know that behind the five thousand sergeants, there are another five thousand sergeants who are on strict guard and ready to attack at any time, if the sergeants in front are completely defeated and evacuate on a large scale towards the back, then the formation of the five thousand sergeants in the rear will also be completely crushed, and at that time, Cai Siwei is even a god, and he is sighing with joy.
The losses of the sergeants were a bit heavy, but there was no way to do it, after all, nearly seventy percent of the 10,000 troops under his command were foot soldiers, but there were 10,000 Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side, and the advantages and disadvantages were obvious.
Fortunately, the Mongolian army underestimated the enemy and did not launch a full-scale charge at the first time, which gave Cai Siwei confidence.
The 3,000 cavalry under his command are also elite, and they have defeated the elite Mongolian army, and when they fight against the Mongolian army, they must have the belief that they will win.
The battle ahead continued, and the Song hand knife in Cai Siwei's hand still had blood on it.
The first charge of the Mongolian army should have resisted, it seems that the Mongolian army will soon withdraw, ready for a second more violent charge, the initiative in this regard is in the hands of the Mongolian army, Cai Siwei has no choice, but he knows that no matter how heavy the losses are, they need to resist desperately, at least for more than a day.
The first round of fighting is finally over.
The smell of blood on the battlefield was very strong, and most of the dead were Song soldiers, and the Mongolian army also left some corpses.
Looking at the two leaders who were dejected, Cai Siwei spoke coldly.
"I know what you think, you can rest assured, all the sergeants will participate in the fight, no matter how much the price is paid, they will have to defend to the death, and they must not let the Mongolian army rush to the aid of Qi County, this is a death order issued by the adults, if the Mongolian army is let go, you are the same as me, ready to go to see the adults, and then the attack of the Mongolian army will be more fierce and crazy, and the casualties of the brothers will be greater, but no matter how many casualties, even if there is only one person left, you must hold on."
The two commanders looked at Cai Siwei, and one of them wiped the blood from his face.
"Cai Du is in charge, the last general is not afraid of death, he is afraid of death, today's situation is very clear, the big deal is a dead word, but the last general hopes, the brothers still have some hope, is it true that they all die here."
"Well said, I can tell you that the battle in Qi County has begun, the adults have led the army to defeat the Mongolian army, and they are about to come to help, we need to defend in Xigu Town for a day, of course, if we are too bearish, 10,000 against 10,000 Mongolian troops, we can't withstand it for a day, then we should be damned, there is nothing to say."
The other Commander also raised his head, his face grim.
"Damn, what are you afraid of, just work hard, if the general dies in battle, please ask Cai Dutong to help take care of his family, so that they can get the subsidized money and food."
Cai Siwei's eyes moistened a little, and he patted the shoulders of the two of them hard.
"Don't worry, the adults will think about it, I'm the same as you, if you die in battle, when you see the adults, please help tell my family that I died fighting with the Mongolian Tatars, and I didn't disgrace my family."
An unusual momentum spread among the three of them.
The second charge of the Mongol army began, this time with 7,000 Mongol troops participating in the charge, leaving only 3,000 people behind.
Cai Siwei also let go, leaving 1,000 sergeants from the imperial army in Hezhou to guard, and the rest of the nearly 9,000 people were all escorted up.
Cai Siwei himself was also involved in the fight.
The sound of drums, shouts, and the impact of Jingo merged together, and a tragic battle was completely unfolded.
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After the head of the thousand households of the Mongolian army led the three thousand cavalry towns, these three thousand people did not dare to send out, who knows how many people there were in the Song army.
With the continuation of the battle, the situation on the battlefield made him dumbfounded, the charge of nearly 7,000 people was not able to completely crush the Song army on the opposite side, and the Song army cavalry was also quite numerous, and it was also extremely brave, and in the case of a single soldier, the sergeants under his command could not have any advantage.
The casualties of the Mongolian army are also increasing rapidly.
It was getting dark.
A haze appeared in the eyes of the head of the thousand households of the Mongolian army, and he waved his hand, ready to withdraw his troops. (To be continued.) )