Chapter 227: Advancing and Retreating Repeatedly (Part II)
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"Mongolian grain team." Ma Tingyou rode back from the front, "I took a few people to look at it from a distance just now, it should be right." From the north, there were about 100 carts, with no edge in sight, and they were also supported by the black military flag of the Mongol Tartars. β
Jiang Hao nodded: "Can you determine how many people there are?" β
"I can't see it clearly from a distance, but most of them should be people's husbands, and there seem to be two Mongolian cavalry teams of 1,000 people escorting them, and I didn't even see the Mongolian Tartar sentry horse, so it should be relatively lax." Ma Tingyou said with some uncertainty, after all, he was too far away to see it very clearly, and it was not certain whether it was like this at all.
"I can't care so much, I don't know what the situation is on the Hutou Mountain, so I hurriedly cut off the grain route of the Mongolian Tatars and oppress Lumen Mountain. In this way, a certain led 5,000 soldiers to rush forward first, and the follow-up men were divided into two teams, one to meet the cover, and the other to prevent the Mongol Tartars from cheating. Jiang Hao said coldly, "The back formation is entrusted to you, and I will go first." β
Looking at Jiang Hao's figure on the horse, Ma Tingyou originally wanted him to think about it carefully, but he didn't give him this opportunity at all. In desperation, Ma Tingyou could only take a light breath and look around cautiously, although he had sent a sentry horse, Ma Tingyou always vaguely felt that the atmosphere around him was not quite right.
Maybe it's because I've been dealing with intelligence and news for so long, and I've become too cautious, like a frightened bird. And maybe it's γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» there are really some traps around here, waiting for the front of the Tianwu Army.
A red flag jumped out of the white hillside, and then Jiang Hao rode his horse straight towards the grain and grass convoy, and behind him, the Tianwu soldiers were still in the shock formation that they had always been good at, and the light armored soldiers holding round shields were thin in the front, and the crossbowmen followed closely, so that they could block the Mongolian cavalry and send more of their arrows into the enemy's chest at the same time. Behind this, spearmen and men with large shields desperately caught up with the pace.
The two thousand-strong Mongol cavalry teams guarding the grain team were obviously really taken aback by the sudden appearance of the Song army. However, it quickly stabilized, and amid the shouts of several commanders, the grain team remained stable, while the unarmed civilians hid behind the car in a panic. Two thousand-man cavalry soon gathered. Then it dispersed again, like the wind whipped up black dust, and then spun the dust out of all directions.
The arrow broke through the air, and it turned out that it was the cavalry on the Mongolian side who took the lead in loosening the bowstring, and the front compartment of the Tianwu Army naturally expected this situation for a long time. The soldiers who rushed to the front calmly squatted on the spot, and raised their round shields sideways to block the arrows falling from the sky as much as possible. And the Song Army crossbowmen in the back also pulled the trigger when they squatted down violently.
A group of crossbows with divine arms slammed, and the big shield soldiers, who were more effective in blocking arrows, took advantage of the brief moment of stopping in front of them to catch up, and with the huge shields in their hands, even if the Mongolian cavalry persevered in launching another cavalry shot, it was difficult to threaten the Song soldiers in the slightest. The cavalry shot failed, and the originally scattered formation of the Mongolian cavalry was even more invisible, and there were black figures running in all directions on the field.
Because the Mongol cavalry dodged quickly, most of the arrows fired by the Divine Arm Crossbow missed. However, Jiang Ho did not intend to entangle with these Mongolian cavalry, who were as annoying as flies. The 5,000 soldiers of the Tianwu Army suddenly turned into five teams in silence, rushing to the five parts of the grain cart team from north to south.
And those Mongolian cavalry who rushed to the two wings of the Tianwu Army naturally had Ma Tingyou commanding the soldiers behind them to greet them, and the arrows were enough.
Obviously, the Mongolian cavalry did not expect that this Song army would be such an extraordinary fighting style, and had to hurriedly retract the formation for a while, and then bite the tail of the five thousand soldiers in front of the Tianwu army before the attack of the Tianwu army's crossbowmen.
Each of the five teams has only a thousand people, but although the sparrows are small and have all kinds of organs, the mainstream of the Tianwu Army is all available in each team. The crossbowmen were already on guard, and turned first, and the arrows that had already been wound burst out at the same time. Roll with a cold wind.
"Don't fall in love with war, collect troops!" The two commanders of the Mongolian cavalry roared angrily at the same time, but the Mongolian cavalry, which had been biting the advance of the Heavenly Martial Army, skillfully and violently restrained the war horse, and then retreated. Except for a few cavalrymen who were shot by arrows, most of the cavalry calmly escaped between the two teams of the Tianwu Army.
The two sides have been fighting for so long, except for a few Mongolian cavalry people who were hit by arrows, there was no loss, which is really surprising, especially the Mongolian cavalry turned against the previous posture. Instead, he took advantage of the gap between the front and rear teams of the Tianwu Army to keep going back and forth, as if he wanted to challenge the bottom line of the Tianwu Army.
As long as your rear team moves forward, they will be able to shoot us, and if you have the ability, you will come.
It's just that to the surprise of the Mongol cavalry, no matter how much they provoked, the rear team of the Tianwu Army had been standing up and down the small hill in two groups, dead or alive, in stark contrast to the forward that was getting farther and farther away from the front, as if the two sides were not a team at all.
Jiang Hao glanced back, his own rear team was still on the hill, although his first reaction was also shock, but he immediately understood that Ma Tingyou wanted to prevent what happened, once the Mongolian Tatars had any traps and ambushes, then the five thousand soldiers left behind could also react quickly.
You must know that in any case, this is also near Lumen Mountain, no matter how you say it, it is also the territory of Mongolian Tatars, and it does not hurt to be honest and cautious on other people's territory. So Jiang Ho didn't rush to send someone back to urge, but gritted his teeth and went straight forward.
Such a small team of grain trucks, with the front carriage soldiers of the 5,000-day martial army, is already at ease, unless those frightened people still have the ability to resist.
The Mongolian cavalry found that these cunning southern barbarians were unmoved, and they were immediately a little confused, and the two commanders invariably led people to rush back to the flank of the Tianwu army's forward, trying to use the advantage of local forces to at least crush one or two Song armies first.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Jiang Hao's mouth, and the flag danced behind him. The vanguard team, which was originally scattered and separated, unexpectedly gathered again, and two thousand people on the left gathered together, relying on each other; And the 2,000 people on the right also gathered quickly, relying on each other. As for the left and right teams, they covered the thousands of people led by Jiang Hao himself in the middle.
This was not at all intended to attack the grain and grass convoy, but to wait for the Mongol cavalry to take the bait. Both sides see themselves as hunters. When the Mongol cavalry found that the prey was not hooked and was about to give up, they unwittingly became someone else's prey.
"Put!" Several Song Jun Marquis roared at the same time.
Hundreds of arrows rose into the air at the same time, and immediately smashed into the unprepared Mongolian cavalry, splashing a little blood. These Mongolian cavalrymen, who were running back and forth, were obviously holding their breath, and at the same time roared and rode forward, anyway, they were not far from the Song soldiers, even if the arrows were dense, they could rush over before the two thousand teams were all killed!
Rush over. The athletes on the grassland are not allowed to be played like this by the southern barbarians.
"Put!" The order was given again, but compared with the previous excitement, this time it was more calm, and it could even be said to be indifferent, and all the Song troops and Yu Hou looked at the two Mongolian cavalry that rushed over, more determined to win.
The arrows swept through the Mongol cavalry, which was obviously brought in as cannon fodder, and soon less than a third of the two cavalry were still sitting on horseback, and in the high-class Mongolia, the cavalry of these Mongolian fringe tribes could die in battle, which may have been a good home. And the remaining cavalry is getting closer.
"Dang!" There was a crunch. Not only Jiang Hao, but even the Mongolian cavalry who were impacting were subconsciously clenching the reins.
The front and rear teams of the Tianwu Army are singing gold and withdrawing troops!
Although he didn't know what was going on, Jiang Hao also knew that something must have happened, and a cautious and cautious person like Ma Tingyou would definitely not withdraw his troops for no reason, and at the moment, Jiang Hao couldn't take care of the grain and grass convoy in front of him and the two thousand-man Mongolian cavalry teams that had almost been wiped out, the banner danced, and the five thousand soldiers retreated quickly.
"Hold it down!" Jiang Hao commanded angrily, and the crossbowmen in the middle pulled the trigger one after another, covering the robes on both sides to retreat. And a sentry horse quickly ran in front of Jiang Hao. Jiang Hao said coldly: "What the hell happened? Why did Ming Jin withdraw his troops?! β
The sentry panted and said anxiously: "General, there is a deception, less than two miles from here, the figure of the Tartar has been found. I just don't know how many people there are. At this timeγ»γ»γ»γ»γ» ten of the best people who came were reinforcements or ambushes. β
Jiang Hao nodded, and glanced at several cavalrymen behind him, several cavalry stepped forward at the same time, rushing to the nearest grain truck, several people wanted to stand out, but saw this bright saber. They all shrank their necks back again.
Without hesitation, a cavalryman slashed down, the grain bag cracked, and the fine sand slowly flowed and fell on the snow. Several cavalrymen looked at each other in surprise, and Jiang Hao's face behind him couldn't help but change: "Retreat, retreat quickly!" β
At this time, he could already faintly feel the trembling of the earth, and he didn't know how many cavalry were rushing over, but Jiang Hao knew very well that this number of Mongolian cavalry wanted to strangle the front compartment of the Tianwu Army into flesh and blood pieces, and there was no difficulty.
It seems that he really hit the plan, but he didn't expect that Ah Shu had already expected that the Tianwu Army would send a team to cut off the grain channel!
Now Jiang Ho felt that he should pray more so that Jun could defeat Ah Shu on the other side of the Han River.
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"Boom!" The earth-shattering thunder exploded under the wall, and the flames soared into the sky.
Immediately after that, the Tianwu soldiers of the brigade roared and rushed into the gap, but Jiang Tie, who took the lead, was shocked to find that the smoke and dust had dispersed, and the small village in the north, which was originally the main stronghold of the Mongol attack on the top of the mountain, was already empty, only those soldiers who had just released arrows were still running desperately, but it was difficult for them to escape the pursuit of the Tianwu army.
"Withdrawn?" Ye Yingwu followed Jiang Tie and rode into the camp, and the soldiers behind him poured in continuously, and soon controlled all corners of the camp.
The trebuchet that made great contributions in the attack on the camp on the top of the mountain has been destroyed by the Mongol Tatars, and the camp tents and fences in the camp have long been destroyed when the middle army of the Tianwu Army and the left chamber first entered the small village in the north.
There were still scattered torches on the ground that barely tried to dance in the mud, but they quickly dissipated, like corpses strewn across the camp. Ye Yingwu jumped down from the horse and stomped his feet hard, splashing mud.
"Enlighten the envoy, the Mongol Tartars have all retreated, heading to the northwest." Jiang Tie hurriedly ran over to report.
"Northwest?!" Ye Yingwu was taken aback, the northwest is Xiangyang and Fancheng, even if the Lu family brothers don't have the courage to go out of the city to pursue, Ah Shu has nothing to rely on, frowning Ye Yingwu looked at Xiao Yangzi beside him, "Yutu!" β
The map is unfolded, although it is relatively simple and rough, but the surroundings of Xiangyang are still clearly marked. Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and walked along Hutou Mountain in the northwest direction, and his face immediately changed: "It's not good, Ah Shu retreated to the northwest, and he was heading for Anyang Beach." Hit the trick! β
"Medium?" Jiang Tie and Xiao Yangzi both looked at their envoys in surprise.
Ye Yingwu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's not that we are in the scheme, but I'm afraid that the front compartment is not having a good time on the other side of the Han River, the Mongolian Tatars are transporting grain and grass to Lumen Mountain Now it seems that it is obviously just an illusion, and their grain and grass should be transported from Sichuan and Shu to Anyang Beach through Tongchuan Mansion, but before this, we have not been sent to that place, so naturally we will not find anything." β
Jiang Tie and Xiao Yangzi looked at each other, judging from the current actions of Ah Shu, Ye Yingwu's speculation could really be true, but this also meant that Lumen Mountain was simply a huge trap waiting for the Tianwu Army to take the bait.
"It's too late now, and all the Tianwu Army is exhausted, so Jiang Hao can only ask for more blessings." Ye Yingwu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "The top priority is that all departments should hurry up and rectify, and after half a day, they must continue to pursue Ah Shu." β
Jiang Tie nodded and went to deliver the order, and most of the soldiers in the camp, except for the sentries, lay straight down in the mud, and after a while, they could already hear the earth-shaking snoring. After all, after a long journey, and after a fight, it would be strange if you weren't tired.
Ye Yingwu rubbed his temples, in fact, he was also very tired, but now he couldn't afford to rest, hurry up to find Wang Jin and Yang Bao, although the Tianwu Army is now best able to rest for three days and three nights, but Ye Yingwu knows that Ah Shu will not leave him three days and three nights, and he must hurry up and lead the Tianwu Army to catch up.
Anyang Beach, Anyang Beach! Anyang Beach in the real history, is the luck of Ashu, it is in this place, Ashu ventured across the Han River to command the Mongolian infantry attack, but was found by an elite Song cavalry after launching a surprise, if it is not for Mu Huali and others in a hurry to directly dispatch soldiers to swim across the rescue, I am afraid that there is no more Ashu in the world, but it is with the dedication of his subordinates, Ashu defeated the Xiangyang defenders in the battle of Anyang Beach, completely reversed the combat power of the two sides of the Mongolian and Song dynasties on the front line of Xiangyang, and made the morale of the Xiangyang defenders plummet.
And it was also in the Battle of Anyang Beach that Ah Shu realized that if the Han infantry was trained more, they would be even stronger than the Mongol cavalry in the south where the water network was dense, so Ah Shu changed from the original orthodox Mongol general to an out-and-out supporter of the idea of "destroying the Song with Han", and further promoted Zhang Hongfan and other future generals to destroy the Song Dynasty.
In the era without Ye Yingwu, Anyang Beach made Ah Shu frightened, and also allowed Ah Shu to find a way to win the Battle of Xiangyang.
But now that Ye Yingwu is here, standing here, how can he repeat the mistakes of the Song army in history? Since Ah Shu has arrived at Anyang Beach, he might as well let it become his sad place. After all, the flying thunder cannon that the Tianwu Army worked hard to develop has not yet appeared.
In this Xiangyang, there are already too many people stained with blood, and too much time, energy and national strength of both sides have been consumed. After all, the Tianwu Army can't be tied up in the Xiangyang battlefield for a long time, after all, the 150,000 Song Army can't just shrink into this small Xiangyang and Fancheng.
Having made up his mind, Ye Yingwu breathed a long sigh of relief, and the sound of footsteps behind him sounded, but it was Wang Jin and Yang Bao who came together.
Flags danced in the wind, bright red like flames, and like blood. (To be continued.) )