Chapter 52: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada, Where Is the Yellow Sparrow (Part II)
The war drums gathered by the Song army continued to echo in the wind and rain, not only did the various units of the Song army move closer to the Chinese army, but the Mongolian cavalry also quickly seized the opportunity, allowing the Song army to shake off the entanglement while quickly looking for the nearest comrade.
In the wind and rain, Ah Shu was surrounded by hundreds of cavalry regiments, frowning at the various units of the Song army that retreated to the south in turn, Ah Shu couldn't help frowning. Several sentry riders came back from a distance, and there were no traces of blood on their faces except for mud, and it was clear that the Song army had taken a blind attitude towards such a blatant reconnaissance of the enemy.
"How's it going?"
Several sentries glanced at each other, and then stopped.
"Speak quickly!" Ah Shu let out a low roar, obviously already angry.
"Marshal Qiyu, all the units on the left flank of the Song army have retreated, and Captain Baitelwan does not dare to pursue, and is gathering Erlang."
"Marshal Qiyu, the same is true of the right wing of the Song army, Captain Siripowan asks you for military orders."
Ah Shu's brows, which had been relaxed, were furrowed again, the wind and rain had gradually stopped, and the large formation of the Song army could be vaguely seen in the distance, but this formation had shrunk a lot compared to just now, but compared with the Mongolian cavalry gathered outside the Song army's formation, the loss of the Song army was not so great, because the two dark clouds and six thousand cavalry that had been overwhelming now seemed to have lost two or three thousand, and the casualties were nearly half.
And the Chinese army led by himself did not have such unbearable casualties, but more than a thousand cavalry fell on this foreign land.
What is Ye Yingwu's plan, Ah Shu has been on the battlefield for so many years, and he has a certain number in his heart, but if he wants to take advantage of the wind and rain to retreat into the city, he is wishful thinking, but how can he let him get his wish? !
"Cangsheng God doesn't bless so-and-so, it's considered a certain life, but so-and-so wants to see what these guys still rely on to compete with a certain iron horse!" Ah Shu said coldly, and drew his saber, "Tell Si Ribo, Baeter, the whole army to charge, be sure to entangle the Song army, and not make it return to the city!" β
With Ashu's order, the Mongolian cavalry, which was divided into three routes, attacked again, like three black arrows, straight into the large array that the Song army had just assembled.
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The wind and rain finally stopped, before the Song army withdrew into the city.
Su Liuyi and Jiang Hao had already hurried back to Ye Yingwu's army, and the Song army slowly retreated to the front of the camp that looked like it had been forcibly demolished, while collecting the divine arm crossbows and arrows in the army. And Baizhan Du, who has been wandering for half a day in the wilderness like an orphan without a home, did not rush over, Jiang Tie is still a person with brains after all, when the wind and rain were raging just now, he already understood what Ye Yingwu meant when he thought about it, and he was grateful in his heart and did not forget to carry out Ye Yingwu's other orders to the end, with the five hundred living dragons and tigers of the hundred battles, ready to stab him from behind at any time.
Zhang Shun was hit by an arrow in his back and had a wound on his leg, but fortunately it was not fatal, perhaps because this product was very hard in history, several people in the army rushed to the point and came back alive, so that Ye Yingwu had to shake his head and sigh that the wheel of history was so heavy that no matter how he flapped his wings, he couldn't change it.
Seeing that the commanders on the left and right wings had already rushed over, Ye Yingwu coughed lightly: "It's all here, let's talk about the casualties and losses." β
After glancing at each other, Su Liuyi took the lead in speaking: "Fortunately, there are more than 1,500 sons and daughters of the Anji Army who can die for the Great Song Dynasty." β
Jiang Hao's face turned red: "The front compartment of the Tianwu Army has lost more than half, and the last general is willing to accept the guilt." β
"There are only more than 500 people left in the left compartment of the Tianwu Army, and there are still more than 1,000 people in the right compartment." Zhang Cheng and Wang Jin glanced at each other, but Zhang Cheng spoke.
Ye Yingwu nodded expressionlessly, if you add the hundred battles wandering around the periphery, the Song army in the dozen or so only lost nearly half, and looking at the situation of the Mongolian cavalry that is getting closer and closer, the loss must not be under the Song army, so it is their own advantage.
"The Tartars are here again, but our army is a division that has been tired from a long battle, and it is better to save physical strength than the Tartars entrenched in the camp immediately, whether they should quickly retreat to the camp, relying on the damaged camp walls to resist for a while, is better than having no shelter in this field." Su Liuyi glanced at the Mongolian cavalry that was getting closer and closer in the distance, and couldn't help but be a little anxious.
What he said is true, the surrounding Song soldiers are physically strong and not as strong as the Mongolian steppe Erlang, not to mention that after several battles, their physical strength is already exhausted, and it can be said that they can withstand the impact of the Mongolian cavalry this round Thank God.
"No, send someone over, and say that so-and-so has something to say to Ah Shu." Ye Yingwu narrowed his eyes, and did not continue to look at the Mongolian cavalry that looked like three sharp knives, but aimed his gaze into the distance intentionally or unintentionally, as if he had wandered into the world, "Before that, all departments were strictly preparing for battle in the previous order, and the left and right wings of the Tianwu Army were transferred to the front of the right wing with one hundred soldiers, and there was no room for error." β
Although he was puzzled in his heart, Ye Yingwu's command like a divine help had already made these generals have nothing to say, not to mention that in fact, except for Su Liuyi, they are all buddies who grew up together, and no one will jump out to disagree at this time.
"Prepare for war." Ye Yingwu commanded softly, and Zhang Shun and Yang Bao, who were covered with blood on the knife and on their faces, arched their hands at the same time and turned around, and the place where their figures passed was faintly filled with a chilling murderous aura.
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The three Mongol cavalry trampled the corpse-strewn battlefield, over the muddy ground and the verdant grass after the rain, and flew into a whirlwind. Although a lot of manpower has been lost, the indomitable momentum of the Mongolian cavalry charging forward has not diminished at all, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground, and also hitting everyone's hearts, even Ye Yingwu, who is a hundred feet away, can feel this shocking power when standing there, let alone facing the front soldiers of the Mongolian cavalry.
As a commander of the army, looking at these brave Mongolian cavalry, it is impossible not to be greedy, but this definitely does not mean that Ye Yingwu will be timid because of it, and the sergeant who gave the order has not yet set off, and the Mongolian cavalry has already quickly killed the front of the Song army's large array, so he can only carry down this wave of attacks first.
"Beat the drums, back to the city and fight a decisive battle!" Ye Yingwu shouted loudly, but gave a diametrically opposite order, "The forward fights and retreats!" β
However, everyone already understood what they meant, and commanded the heralds who had been waiting for a long time to run in all directions.
When the drum beat was over, I don't know how many people would hate the battlefield, and I didn't know how many people would say goodbye to their siblings, and the war had mercilessly lifted its thin veil, revealing the hideous ugliness behind it.
The red battle flags of the Song army were raised at the same time, and Ye Yingwu's general flags were also slowly raised on the flagpole of the Chinese army.
"Put!" Dutou, Yu Hou, and the commander, all of them shouted angrily at the same time.
Countless arrows roared and scattered towards the Mongolian cavalry, and soon the Mongolian cavalry also bent their bows and arrows in the formation, because the shield had been lost a lot, the Song army suffered a loss in the shooting for the first time, and had to retreat slowly while fighting back.
Seeing such a scene, Si Ribo and Baeter were of course overjoyed, and they shouted and commanded their subordinates to speed up the charge, and the corners of Ah Shu's mouth also showed a subtle smile, this time Cangshengtian finally stood behind us, I want to see what tricks you Ye Yingwu can play to reverse the balance of the war that has been tilted!
Wrong! Ah Shu suddenly secretly screamed in his heart, judging from the confrontation in the past two days, Ye Yingwu is definitely not a dull and old-fashioned general, nor is he Zhao Kuo who can only talk on paper, how could he let go of such an obvious command mistake? You must know that this will bring disaster to the Song army. And the morale of the army is low, and we should find ways to improve it, why let it go?!
Ah Shu's gaze shifted from the Song army array in front of him to the city wall farther away, where he could faintly see two scribes standing side by side, their eyes also seemed to be on him. Looking at the bed crossbows and fireball crossbows on the city wall, Ah Shu already realized in his heart, but it was too late!
"Retreat! The whole army retreats! He shouted hoarsely.
What answered him was an earth-shattering roar, not as good as the thunder, but it was also deafening. The huge arrows fired by the fireball crossbow and the bed crossbow ruthlessly covered the advance of the Mongol cavalry, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the Song military array stabilized its footing while quickly bending its bow and arrows, and the remaining dozens of heavily armored soldiers in foot armor also quickly took position, and then prepared to give the Mongol cavalry the final blow.
Negligence, negligence! In Ah Shu's heart, the front of the Song army's large array should be outside the range of the bed crossbow and the fireball crossbow, in fact, after a big battle in the wind and rain, the Song army itself has shrunk a lot, and because of the move closer to Ye Yingwu's army, it has obviously retreated as a whole, but for Ah Shu, the most effective Song army camp to determine the far and near position of the Song army was destroyed in the explosion, and it was actually difficult to find the wreckage in the middle of it from such a distance. Invisibly, Ah Shu ignored the fact that the Song army had actually retreated!
You must know that the physical strength of the Mongolian cavalry is almost close to the limit after a few charges, and the morale is probably on the verge of collapse after this round of stormy blows, even if the Song army is completely annihilated here, the remaining little men and horses are difficult to defeat even the Song army at the level of local township soldiers.
For the first time, Ah Shu's gaze at Ye Yingwu became cautious and even frightened, for Ye Yingwu, this was just a chain with a coincidence, and for Ah Shu, this was a well-thought-out and well-designed trap, leading him step by step towards the abyss from which it was impossible to turn back! With the experience of many years of confrontation between famous generals of the Song army such as Ah Shu and Li Tingzhi, the generals of the Song army are either timid or fearless, but they are actually on par with the Mongolian generals in terms of strategy, so this is definitely not a strategy that people like Su Liuyi can think of.
"Who the hell is this Ye Yingwu?!" Ah Shu let out a cry in his heart, and there was a sense of powerlessness all over his body.
The Mongolian advance in front had been torn to pieces by the sudden blow, and the ground was full of severed limbs and stumps and three or four corpses pierced by giant arrows, and the Mongolian cavalry in the rear also seemed to be frightened, and unconsciously slowed down the speed of their horses, and no matter how urged by the two generals, Si Ribo and Baetel, they refused to move forward, but only shot at the Song army from a distance.
Ah Shu took a deep breath of the cold air after the rain, and let the cool breeze roll into his lungs, the figure in front of him was already in a trance, he had to grit his teeth, and said in a cold voice: "Pass on a certain order, and each department retreats two hundred zhang." β
Hearing the vast horn sound of the Ashu Zhongjun army and the loud shouting of the heralds, the Mongolian cavalry in front was naturally amnesty, and even ignored the commanders and commanders who were still desperately trying to drink just now, and turned their horses' heads on their own.
And seeing that the Mongolian cavalry that had been charging bravely retreated, the soldiers of the Song army who were desperate for life were also cheering, and even more so they were already overjoyed.
"From death to life, how thrilling." Seeing the Mongolian cavalry leave and assemble in the distance, Ye Yingwu breathed a long sigh of relief, a big stone in his heart finally landed temporarily, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Ah Shu finally has some brains, and he knows that he can't blindly charge forward." Let Jiang Tie come back with a hundred battles. β
One herald went quickly, while another herald belonging to the left wing of the Tianwu Army strode over: "Qiyu envoy, the Tartar commander Ashu has agreed, and please move to the front of the formation." Commanding the envoy Wang and Commanding the envoy asked whether the envoy would agree and how the various ministries would act. β
"If only he said yes." Ye Yingwu muttered, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Yang Bao, lead the horse, Baizhan and the left and right compartments of the Tianwu Army go out with a certain front, and order General Su of the Anji Army and Jiang Hao of the front compartment of the Tianwu Army to guard the rear road of our army and not allow any mistakes." β
"Obey!" Looking at the dramatic changes on the battlefield, Yang Bao has admired this fledgling young envoy so much that he has thrown himself to the ground, and he has no hesitation at the moment, and the waist knife in his hand can't help but hold it tighter.
Ye Yingwu seemed to feel the careful thoughts of his subordinates around him, and smiled faintly: "Don't be so nervous this time, give Ah Shu a word openly, and then you can return safely." That kind of shameless and shameless trick, it is enough to play once, and if there are more, it will really be idle in the future. β
"Yes!" Yang Baoqiang couldn't help laughing, thinking that you yourself would understand that you didn't dare to stay any longer at the moment, so he hurriedly went.
Glancing at Yang Bao's figure, Ye Yingwu couldn't help but murmur in his heart, the veteran oil is the old soldier oil, why do you always think about those indiscriminate tricks when you go to the battlefield, it seems that a certain person has really been with this gang for too long, why did he learn it unknowingly?
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Ah Shu didn't know why he would agree to meet with Ye Yingwu, he had just been captured by Ye Yingwu for a while yesterday with three indiscriminate moves, and now he had to stretch his neck and send himself to someone's hand?
Maybe he was very curious, although it seemed that the Mongolian cavalry was retreating without a fight, in fact, the Mongolian army had this absolute advantage in terms of numbers and the adequacy of arrows, so Ah Shu wanted to know what other means Ye Yingwu could come up with to lead himself into another trap from which he could never recover.
"Marshal, if you insist on going, please allow the last general and General Siribo to escort you." Batel's face was full of anxious looks, and he didn't understand why Ah Shu had to go to fight with the young Nanban who had bad water in his stomach and always refused to fight openly, but as Ah Shu's loyal henchman, he had already developed the habit of doing it wholeheartedly once Ah Shu gave the order, which can be called a model of lackeys and minions.
"It's fine." Ah Shu also felt a little depressed in his heart, I don't know if it was because of the deflated hands of this fledgling boy who had not dried up one after another, so he didn't say anything more at the moment, and led more than 1,000 Chinese army guards and two henchmen to step forward.
The Song army also seemed to dare not be negligent, the Chinese army poured out, and the first was the 500 cavalry who had taken the prestige yesterday, and the two wings of military horses were also closely following the Chinese army to shrink the formation, strictly preventing the Mongolian cavalry from cutting off the back road of their own Chinese army regardless of life and death. Ye Yingwu's general flag was particularly obvious under the arch guard of the red flags.
Ah Shu rode forward under the support of Batel and Sribo, and the Mongolian cavalry also learned the lesson of yesterday, no longer just hanging from a distance, and only two or three zhang away from the three of Ah Shu. The Song army did not do this, and Ye Yingwu also only brought Jiang Tie and Yang Bao, and let Zhang Cheng and Wang Jin stay in the army in case of accidents. The five hundred cavalry of the Hundred Battles were the same as the Mongol cavalry, and they were even closer.
"Marshal Ashu, I am fortunate to be lucky, after meeting yesterday, I only met in the battlefield where countless sons and daughters buried their bones all day long, which is really a blessing in this life." Ye Yingwu clenched his fists and arched his hands, and his mouth was authentic and official, and the smile on his face looked very sincere, as if he and Ah Shu really had a close personal relationship.
Ah Shu didn't seem to be interested in these official words, but coughed lightly: "Ye Yuanjun, since you want to talk to someone, you have something to say, if yesterday's incident happens again, presumably Ye Yuanjun also knows what the impact will be." β
Ye Yingwu's face was so thick that he couldn't see a blush, while Yang Bao and Jiang Tie looked away with some shame.
Just like yesterday, he looked Ah Shu up and down, Ye Yingwu took a light breath, and said with a smile: "Actually, just one sentence, dare to ask Marshal Ah Shu, a certain cicada, the marshal is the praying mantis, but the marshal can know, the praying mantis catches cicadas, where is the yellow finch?" β
Ah Shu was stunned for a moment, and then his heart was like five thunders!
Praying mantis catches cicadas, where are the yellow finch! Praying mantis catches cicadas, where are the yellow finch!
According to the assumption of the Southern Song Dynasty, there should be an army in Huangzhou and Qizhou, and that army is the two Huai Shui divisions led by Zhang Shijie, who once ignored it because it was a water division, but with the combat power of the two Huai Shui divisions, it was enough to easily go up the Han River, cut off the Mongolian army's grain route, and directly blockade the 20,000 Mongolian troops in the south of the Han River!
When the time comes, will the Southern Song Dynasty officials in Xiangyang City who like to pick up cheap ones the most let go of the fat that is delivered to their mouths?
The scene in front of Ah Shu's eyes gradually blurred, and then fell into bottomless darkness.
Seeing their marshal fall straight off the horse, Siribo and Batel were shocked and didn't dare to cause trouble anymore, and hurriedly helped Ah Shu up.
Now they have only one choice in front of them, which is to return to the north with the Mongolian cavalry.
Ye Yingwu showed a knowing smile: "Two generals, take care of your marshal, please forgive the little brother for not sending it, if there is still fate in the future, you and I will see you again." β
The two Mongolian generals didn't dare to answer again, Ah Shu fell as if draining their strength, and they had long lost the courage of the king who had just died, so they could only lead their subordinates to hurry north, and even the camp that was set down yesterday was too late to set fire, and left a lot of heavy grain and grass for the Song army.
Looking at the Mongolian cavalry heading north, Ye Yingwu said softly: "Take care all the way, my brother-in-law will treat you well." β
And behind Ye Yingwu, the Song army, which had already come to his senses, erupted in hoarse shouts and celebrations.
The dark clouds still dissipated, and the sky shone down, illuminating the battlefield full of corpses and blades, and also illuminating the immovable military formation. No matter what kind of conspiracy and conspiracy and calculation went through in the middle, Ye Yingwu finally led the Tianwu Army and the Anji Army to win this hard-won victory, a small and large and barely dignified victory, blocking the iron hooves of the Mongolian cavalry under Macheng.
"Finally, we won." Ye Yingwu shook and almost fell off the horse. But then he was forced off the horse by the soldiers who swarmed up, of course, it was Wang Jin and Zhang Cheng who really dared to die, countless hands supported Ye Yingwu, and then threw him into the air again and againγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
Oh my God, it's so blue.
Thank you, heroes who fell on this land.