Chapter 400: Bloody Battle (2)
The speed at which Boyan led the cavalry to outflank the two wings was very fast, but he would never have imagined that the archers who were attracting and trapping the Song army head-on had completely collapsed and fell into a situation of being chased and killed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The total strength of the cavalry outflanked on the left and right flanks reached 8,000 people, Boyan personally led 5,000 cavalry to outflank from the left flank, and the right flank was 3,000 cavalry to block and hold to prevent the Song army from escaping.
Zhang Shijie, one of the three heroes of the late Song Dynasty in history, still has some combat ability, although the ability to command the large army to fight is lacking, but the face-to-face fight is extremely brave, at this time he has issued an order to prepare to charge again, not waiting for the left and right flanks of the Mongolian army to outflank, take the initiative to kill.
Zhang Shijie, who commanded and fought in person, was bold enough, he only left 1,000 Mongolian cavalry to defend against the right flank, and the rest of the nearly 4,000 soldiers all rushed to the left flank to fight.
Several torrents of gray and black collided under the speed of the calcium carbide firelight.
Boyan never dreamed that the Song army would actually launch an active charge towards the left and right flanks, and as far as his eyes could see, there was no trace of the archers.
Bo Yan, who was at the forefront of the charge, his eyes instantly turned blood-red, this scene made him understand something, and it also made him feel a huge pain in his heart, the light enemy made him lose nearly two thousand archers, and the attack formation that he had worked so hard to lay out also collapsed.
A whistling rain of arrows and a black thunderbolt appeared in the sky at the same time.
Hundreds of thunderbolts exploded at the same time, and the huge explosion sound frightened the war horses under Boyan's crotch.
This time, Zhang Shijie ordered the soldiers to throw a thunderbolt, not thinking about how much damage it would cause to the allied cavalry, but to use the explosion of the thunder to alarm the Mongolian cavalry's horses.
Zhang Shijie's goal was achieved.
At the time of the explosion of the thunder, the cavalry on the left flank led by Boyan and the cavalry on the right flank suddenly became chaotic, and some war horses began to neigh, standing on the spot and refusing to charge, and there were even some panicked war horses that began to collide aimlessly.
The cavalry charged and fought, what was important was the momentum of the charge, and what was needed was to break the opponent's formation in one go.
As soon as he started to charge, his own formation was chaotic, which gave the opponent the best opportunity to attack.
The spear in Zhang Shijie's hand had already waved, and he took the lead in rushing towards the Mongolian cavalry, how could the many soldiers around him and behind him let go of such an excellent opportunity to charge towards the Mongolian cavalry as well.
Loud crashes, screams, roars, and neighing of horses all came at the same time.
Boyan's teeth were clenched, and the corners of his mouth were already oozing blood.
The cavalry sergeants beside him were already at an absolute disadvantage, many cavalry fell with arrows, and more sergeants were chased and killed by the Song cavalry, and the charging formation that was painstakingly organized completely collapsed, and they could not become a formation at all, so they were unable to fight with the Song cavalry who charged neatly.
The biggest problem of the new annexed army, like the previous Song army, is that it is difficult to support itself in a difficult situation, and once the battle situation is unfavorable to itself, there may be a large-scale rout.
Boyan knew this, and he took great risks and insisted on fighting at the front, just to prevent a rout.
I'm afraid that Boyan can't figure it out, he is leading 10,000 soldiers, the number is far more than the Song army, and the victory in the battle is a matter of hand-to-hand capture, but it takes some time to fight, who knows that the fight has just begun, and the army led by him is at an absolute disadvantage, and there is no hope of victory.
In Boyan's heart, he felt the terrible Song army, and it seemed that the Song army in Sichuan was really not the Song army in the south.
The Mongolian cavalry outflanked on the right flank was also unable to break through the formation of only a thousand Song cavalry, on the contrary, its own formation was chaotic, at this time, the formation of the left and right wings of the Mongolian cavalry was all chaotic, and many cavalry sergeants began to fight separately, if it were not for the commander Boyan to support the fight in front, many cavalry would have turned around and fled.
"You and the other boss have been killed by my commander, and he still doesn't get off the horse and surrender...
When the roar suddenly appeared, some Mongolian cavalry sergeants were stunned, and they were struggling to support them, and they would not pay attention to the situation of the commander Boyan at all, could it be that the commander Boyan was really killed by the cavalry of the Song army.
The wavering of faith was fatal, and some of the cavalry chose to believe, pulling out their horses and turning their heads to withdraw in the direction where the large army was.
More cavalry began to withdraw in the direction where the large army was located.
Boyan also heard these demagogic words, his eyes widened, and he roared loudly, saying that Ben Shuai was here.
Just as Boyan opened his mouth and roared, many cavalry of the Song army surrounded him.
The guards around Boyan instantly understood the meaning, it turned out that this was a trick of the Song army, that is, they wanted to know where their commander was, and once they killed the commander, the army would be defeated.
The guards began to defend Boyan and retreated in the direction where the army was, ignoring Boyan's roar.
For a time, hundreds of personal guards suffered heavy losses.
And Boyan, who was furious, also understood, if he continued to insist, maybe he would die on the battlefield.
Boyan no longer roared, but chose to fight with the guards and evacuate in the direction where the army was.
The defeat was like a mountain, and many of the Mongolian cavalry, already believing that their commander had been killed, began to desperately retreat to the rear.
This is the best opportunity to pursue, and if the whole army rushes over, it can kill a large number of Mongol cavalry.
However, Zhang Shijie's order was quickly issued, not to pursue.
The task of the cavalry led by Zhang Shijie was to lure the Mongolian army into the ambush circle of the Dingkun army.
According to the requirements of the commander and Cai Du, they must fight hard to defeat the vanguard of the Mongolian army, so that the Mongolian army can rush out to pursue them, so that they can truly lead the opponent into the ambush circle.
Of course, in such a fight, Zhang Binghui and his soldiers will pay a heavy price, and the slightest carelessness may lead to the annihilation of the entire army, but in order to be able to complete the overall strategic deployment, there is nothing to sacrifice.
It is absolutely impossible to pursue the Mongolian cavalry, after all, the Mongolian army is not far away, these 5,000 people rushed over, and the Mongolian iron cavalry was dispatched, and it was too late to escape.
Just when the Mongolian cavalry was desperately evacuating, Zhang Shijie had already gathered the team and quickly headed towards Luoyang Fucheng, and their evacuation speed would not be very fast.
When Boyan, who had a gray face and a bloodshot mouth, appeared in front of him, Brother Mo and Habichi were greatly surprised.
Less than half an hour had passed, and Boyan had returned, and the 10,000 sergeants assigned by Brother Mo had not even had time to enter.
Brother Mo's expression instantly became gloomy, could it be that the Song army was so strong, with only a few thousand people, defeated the army of tens of thousands led by Boyan, if this is really the case, you have to be cautious later.
"The marshal, the deputy marshal, the last general should be damned, his subordinates underestimated the enemy, which led to a big defeat, and he is willing to accept any punishment."
Ha Bichi looked at Bo Yan, but he didn't show a furious expression.
"Boyan, tell me how you failed."
"The last general ordered two thousand archers to fire bows and arrows, and seeing that the Song army raised its shield to defend, the last general led the rest of the cavalry to attack on the left and right flanks, intending to destroy the Song army in one fell swoop, who knew that the Song army used thunder...
Ha Bichi's face slowly turned red, and Brother Mo's expression soothed slightly.
Both of them know that this thunder, when it explodes, it can make a huge sound, and the power is only average, the cavalry of the new attached army, the war horse ridden, I am afraid that it is not suitable for this huge explosion, so the team is chaotic, once such a situation occurs, failure is doomed.
After Boyan finished reporting, Brother Mo slowly spoke.
"It seems that the Song army still has a lot of strategies, and he actually thought of using thunder to fight."
"Marshal, this is nothing, the iron cavalry is not afraid of thunder, I am willing to lead five thousand iron cavalry to completely exterminate the cavalry provoked by the Song army. . . ."
Brother Mo looked at Habichi and shook his head slightly.
"Brother Habichi, you are the deputy commander of the army, if you go out at this time, how should the battle be carried out later, this commander still let Boyan lead the iron cavalry to fight, this time dispatch 10,000 iron cavalry to completely wipe out the Song army...
Brother Mo's transformation is still very fast.
Boyan's defeat just now, Brother Mo actually has a certain responsibility, if he arranges the deployment according to Ha Bichi's suggestion, it will not let the battle end so quickly, fortunately, the Song army knows that the army is in the rear, and does not dare to chase and kill, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.
Another attack, Brother Mo will not ignore it, and will send 10,000 Mongolian iron cavalry to try to completely destroy the opponent.
The loss of the battle just now, Brother Mo will not be particularly concerned, in fact, there have been heralds who have come to report, less than half an hour of fighting, the army lost nearly a thousand people, this number is very amazing, Brother Mo was once ready to change the strategic deployment, but when he learned that the Song army relied on thunder to achieve victory, Brother Mo was a little relieved.
It is a well-known fact that the Mongolian Iron Rider is not afraid of the sound of explosions, so the thunder in the sky has no effect on the Mongolian Iron Horseman.
Defeat in the first sortie, this is something that Brother Mo can't tolerate, and he will never admit it, all the Mongolian generals, including Kublai Khan, are very taboo about such a situation, and when they encounter such a situation, they either attack immediately and completely defeat the opponent, or they are ready to evacuate, because God has not blessed themselves.
So Brother Mo is going to start gambling and is going to bet on big chips.
Boyan didn't think he had heard it wrong, he had already lost, and it was the first battle, which caused irreparable losses to the army, and he was able to lead the Mongolian iron cavalry to fight.
After getting down on one knee, Boyan spoke.
"The last general originally intended to make a military order...