Chapter 41: A Thousand Armies Crossing the River North (Part II)
Ye Yingwu didn't have time to lead the hundred battles that had been driven by a long drive into the city to rest, and he didn't even have time to say a few words to Lu Xiufu, who had been reunited for a long time, when he heard that the Anji army might be encircled and therefore could not be heard, this young and somewhat unspoken envoy immediately flew on his horse and led the hundred battles to the north quickly.
As for the 500 lightly armored infantry led by Zhang Shun, who had been left far behind, Ye Yingwu couldn't care about it for a while, so he could only send someone back first to inform them to hurry to Macheng to garrison. When these 500 infantry faced the overwhelming Mongol iron cavalry, it was indeed like a drop in the bucket, and it was better to consolidate the city defense.
The anxiety in his heart was like fire, Ye Yingwu rode at the front of the team, and Yang Bao followed closely with several elites, for fear of losing.
Fortunately, the cavalry of the hundred battles are all small production, Jiangnan West Road in charge of the southern horses collected by the princes, this ** since ancient times has been known for its amazing horsepower, although the horse is obviously much larger than the Mongolian horse, sometimes the endurance of the long-distance run is even stronger than the Mongolian horse, but this ** in terms of size and short-distance sprint ability, it is much inferior, so the previous dynasties have not been treated by the Central Plains Dynasty, and the reason for the low demand for the terrain of the southern water towns is very small, and the five hundred horses can be collected, It's all I can.
The commander of this wartime general as the rear cavalry of the Chinese army is a young man called Jiang Tie among Jiang Wanlizi's nephews, this person was born with the Jiang family's literati scholars and scholars who have been passed down from generation to generation, but is somewhat similar to Jiang Hao's personality adopted by Jiang Wanli, and has been responsible for training and managing various animals of the Jiang family, including several horses, so he is proficient in equestrianism. This person was not well received, but when there was no one in the army, Jiang Wanli racked his brains under Ye Yingwu's persecution again and again before he thought of this distant nephew, so he handed it over to Ye Yingwu.
Who knew that this Jiang Tie really had some ability, and he actually trained a cavalry that could barely charge on horseback in just a few days, which made everyone from Ye Yingwu and Wen Tianxiang to every soldier in the army look at this man who came out of nowhere.
"Envoy Qi, not far ahead, turn the mountain fork, which is the official road leading to the camp where the Anji army is located." Jiang Tie sped up his horse's speed and ran forward a few steps, and soon only half a position behind Ye Yingwu, "It may be unpredictable to go further, should someone get off the horse and go up the mountain and wait and see what happens?" If the Anji army has been broken, it may be unforeseen if it appears on the avenue so rashly. β
The galloping horse rolled up gusts of wind, hitting his face like a knife, but Ye Yingwu didn't even frown, but after a moment of silence, he took a long breath of cold air, hoping to cool down his hot-blooded manic heart: "And listen to you, don't let anything go wrong, be careful." Send two horsemen as sentinels first. β
"Yes!" Jiang Tie was in a downwind position after Ye Yingwu, so he had to shout at the top of his voice, waved his hand, and several cavalrymen had already crossed the crowd, and the saber in his hand was also out of the sheath, and he waved his horsewhip fiercely, speeding up the horse and speeding straight past Ye Yingwu and Yang Bao, and galloped forward.
The rest of the hundred battles had slowed down, but they were still quickly rushing to the bottom of the mountain. There were just waist-high barren grass growing on the hillside, Ye Yingwu was the first to dismount, looked up at the hillside that was not too steep, and breathed a sigh of relief.
The sun shines in the sky, shining countless rays.
I hope God blesses the Anji army and retreats.
Just as Ye Yingwu was muttering a prayer, there was an unexpected earth-shattering killing sound in the distance. Everyone was subconsciously tightened, and they didn't care about the war horses that were looking for forage under their crotches, and they ran towards the hillside one after another.
Ye Yingwu stretched out his sleeve and wiped the beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, and at the same time pressed his sword and asked Jiang Tie beside him: "How far is it from the place where the Anji army is camped?" β
Jiang Tie had already rushed to the top of the slope in three steps and two steps, and then pulled out the simple map from his arms and spread it out, and after a cursory glance, this optimistic man couldn't help frowning and muttering. When Ye Yingwu and Yang Bao saw him like this, their faces couldn't help but change, and their hearts were even more like playing drums, and they hurriedly stepped forward.
This is just not far from Macheng, and it is still more than ten miles away from the northernmost place where the Anji army is camped, and you can hear the earth-shaking killing sound from here, which can only show that the Anji army has broken through, but it is still not far from Macheng and is caught up by the Mongolian cavalry.
In other words, the Anji army may be wiped out at any time!
Rao is Ye Yingwu was already mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, looking from the hillside, there was silence on all the hills, only the killing sound in the north and the silence and desolation around him seemed incompatible.
The distance that stretches along the official road that has been almost covered by barren grass at the foot of the mountain may have been stained red with blood.
Even if you are in a hurry, you are still a step too late.
Yang Bao and Jiang Tie both clenched their fists tightly, staring at Ye Yingwu without blinking. Now even Zhang Shun's foot soldiers have not yet arrived, not to mention the main force of the Tianwu Army that is still waiting to cross the river on the other side of the river, and the only thing that can be relied on at the moment is the 500 light cavalry who love them, but these 500 cavalry against the Mongolian iron cavalry that is overwhelming all over the world is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and the end can be imagined.
"Please make a quick decision." Yang Bao was silent for a long time before he arched his hand and said.
The sound of killing in the distance was getting closer and closer, and it was obvious that the Anji army was still galloping in this direction, hoping to be able to retreat into Macheng. And the cavalry sent out just now also appeared from the official road and galloped to the foot of the hillside, and before they could dismount, Ye Yingwu had already run down quickly. Yang Bao and Jiang Tie hurriedly followed.
Although the top ten generals were tired and panting, they still knelt straight on one knee and fell to the ground: "Envoy Qiqi, the front is the remnants of the Anji army and the Mongolian cavalry that is pursuing, but the Mongolian cavalry brigade seems to be intercepted from a distance, so there are less than a thousand people who come, and they can only bite the Anji army from behind, and it is difficult to encircle." β
Ye Yingwu looked up at the distance blocked by the mountains, presumably Su Liuyi adopted the tactic of breaking the wrist of a strong man, leaving the most elite troops behind, in order to cover the retreat of the new soldiers and leave a fire for the Anji army. Thinking of this, Ye Yingwu's body was already trembling a little, he knew that the Anji Army could completely hold on to the spot and wait for the rescue of the Tianwu Army and the Xiang Army from other local state capitals, but Su Liuyi did not do so.
This proud and brave general is absolutely unwilling to drag down friendly troops because of himself, let alone become a "corpse" in the tactics of "encircling corpses to help". If it is Fan Wenhu's generation, he can wait for the local Xiang army to arrive, push the friendly army to the front, and then retreat calmly, but the commander of the Anji army is not Fan Wenhu, but Su Liuyi.
This general and his elite have their own pride.
Thinking of this, all the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Capital subconsciously looked into the distance and were in awe.
"Let's go, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, a certain Ye Yingwu can also flow!" Ye Yingwu smiled coldly, turned around and went straight to the place where the horses stopped, "All the battles are all here, go and rescue the Anji army!" β
"The last general obeys!" Yang Bao and Jiang Tie did not hesitate at all.
Five hundred light cavalry quickly assembled on their horses, gathered at the foot of the hillside, Ye Yingwu jumped out of the horse, and looked into the distance through the mountains for the last time, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly drew his sword, the sword blade was cold, the horse neighed, and the supreme commander of the Tianwu Army galloped without hesitation!
The soldiers of the hundred battles waved their horsewhips fiercely at the same time, embracing the irreplaceable young commander in their hearts, and drove along the straight official road!
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Kill! Kill! Kill!
There was a constant roar all around, and countless figures in front of him!
Countless Mongolian cavalry galloped past him, and Chi Chongshan's hands were so heavy that he could not pull out the saber that was stuck in the chest of a Mongolian soldier, and the saber that accompanied him in all directions had been curled up and stuck between the ribs of the Mongolian cavalryman.
The deputy commander who led more than a thousand old soldiers to the death no longer knew how many people he had killed, but his heavy and rapid breathing could no longer hide the exhaustion of his physical strength. It's already at the end of the crossbow, and I want to look back and look again, even if it's just a glance, the splendid mountains and rivers in the south that have not yet been trampled by the enemy, and a look at the banner of the Great Song Dynasty that is still flying high.
But this is impossible, how can the soldiers of the Anji Army turn their heads in the direction of their own home? They all fell on the way to charge, on the way to kill the enemy!
He stood straight and tall among the thousands of horses, but none of the galloping Mongol cavalrymen dared to wave the swords that were shiny and raised high in their hands. Because at the moment of passing this figure, there was always an inexplicable shock and fear in their hearts.
Finally, there was a bold one, the galloping cavalryman just wanted to raise the saber in his hand and cut down the bloody Song army general in front of him, but the bloody man suddenly burst out with an earth-shattering roar, and the eyes that were already full of blood scabs opened again, and a soul-stirring and murderous gaze stared straight at the eyes of the cavalryman.
It was like the gaze of death, and it was hard for anyone to resist and difficult to dodge.
The young cavalryman let out a cry of surprise, and his saber almost fell out of his hand. And at this moment, the general of the Song army, who didn't know how many people he had killed, no longer cared about the saber that he couldn't pull out, and crashed straight into the horse next to him, and the cavalryman whose eyes were already full of horror hugged each other and rolled down.
Countless Mongolian iron horsemen trampled over the two of them.
The bloody general was silent, and the unfortunate fallen cavalry erupted into an astonishing scream, which was the scream of the collapse of the psychological defense. The owner of those young eyes did not expect that one day death would come in this way, this should not be a method that a warrior should dedicate himself to, but in that pair of iron hoop-like arms hugged him to death, Rao is grassland athlete with a lot of strength could not break free for a while, and could only let him roll down among the thousands of horses in his arms.
Countless Mongolian cavalry were shocked by this scream, and their horses slowed down slightly, and they were soon hit by their companions who were caught off guard behind them, and dozens of people fell down at the same time, and the originally neat queue was also chaotic. But after all, it was the Mongolian iron cavalry that had swept across the Eurasian continent, and soon the messy team was once again neat, but in this moment, I don't know how many people were knocked off the horse, turned into meat in the army, and how many people were caught by the old soldiers of the Anji army who were watching from the side.
"Anjijun, kill!" The last Anji army veterans were still insisting, they didn't know that Chi Chongshan had just been buried in the chaotic horse, but they were still not afraid to wave the blood-stained Pu knife in their hands, and moved forward without hesitation, just like all their companions who had fallen, and walked forward.
Unfortunately, they are no longer the reef where they once stood, but just a few insignificant stones under the reef, and what power can help them turn the tide?
The black tide swallowed up these last few figures, and then rolled away into the distance without any stagnation. The sound of killing behind him has gradually subsided, but the sound of killing in front is still loud, and it is obvious that the forward cavalry is getting closer and closer to the retreating Anji army.
When the tide passed, hundreds of cavalry under the banner of Mongolia slowly appeared from afar, and they did not gallop on horseback, but walked slowly on the battlefield crisscrossed with corpses and rivers of blood.
Two Mongolian men dressed as captains hugged the burly and handsome middle-aged man in the middle. Although the middle-aged man was wearing only a very ordinary bright silver armor among generals, the aura of a superior and the demeanor of a general revealed between his eyebrows could still make the people around him respectfully impressed.
That person was none other than the Mongolian general Ashu.
As he got closer and closer to the rejecting carriage array set up by Anji's army, Ah Shu's brows furrowed more and more. A captain beside him saw the displeasure on the boss's face, because Ah Shu blamed himself for leading the troops unfavorably and causing too many casualties, and immediately said in shame:
"It's not good for your subordinates to fight, and you should ask the general to punish you."
Ah Shu took a deep breath, the air was full of blood and the smell of burnt wood, which was extremely unpleasant, but Ah Shu still inhaled it so straight, and then looked at every corpse on the ground. All the heads of the Mongol cavalry were facing south, and all the heads of the Song army were facing north, without exception.
Everyone fell in the path of the charge, and no one flinched.
After being silent for a long time, Ah Shu Fang said softly, "What are you guilty of? This sin is in a certain place. I didn't expect that Su Liuyi would still be so fierce, and there would be such a brave army in the Southern Barbarian Army. I thought that the Anji army was just a false appearance, and would only stay here honestly and be willing to be bait, but I didn't expect that Su Liu Yi would break his wrist because of the strong man, so tragic, I thought about it, it was also because of the overall weakness of the Song army, so it was this strong armyγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» this time it was a light enemy, don't blame you, you don't have to blame yourself. No matter where the corpses of the soldiers were, they were all gathered with the same etiquette, they were all heroes. β
After saying this, the general with 100,000 troops tightened his face and lowered his eyelids, wondering if he was mourning in silence for the soldiers who died here, or if he was thinking about whether he was rushing south with only 20,000 troops this time, whether there was some lack of troops.
Seeing that his commander had no other orders for a long time, although he was a little surprised, the two commanders still took the order together.
When the two left, Ah Shu Fang looked into the distance: "The Anji Army is disabled, and the rest below is the Tianwu Army, and there is really some interest, Ye Yingwu, who is known as the 'Young Talent', has many real skills." I hope I won't let me down when the time comes. β
"Report!" A cavalryman galloped over, "General Qiyu, the remnants of the Anji army are already approaching Macheng, and our army has too few troops to stop it!" β
Ah Shu frowned, the remnants of the Anji army should be some recruits, but he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and he easily tore through the defense line composed of several elite rangers, but the tragic resistance battle just now seriously dragged down the speed of the main force of the Mongolian cavalry, making it difficult for the main force to arrive for a while.
"Order, at all costs, even if you chase down Macheng, you must annihilate the Anji army!" Ah Shu said coldly, the Southern Song Dynasty soldiers around him who were not afraid of death and even lived to death had left a deep impression on him.
If such an enemy survives and licks his wounds, he will launch an even more brutal revenge, so he must be eliminated and leave no trouble!
Although he knew that eating the remnants of the Anji army was just a piece of cake for the main force of the Mongolian army that arrived later, Ah Shu was always a little unsteady in his heart, and after a moment of silence, he slapped the reins fiercely: "Let's go, go and see!" β
Before the words fell, he had already galloped several feet away.
More than 100 personal soldiers who followed him hurriedly galloped into the distance with the commander.
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