Chapter 366: Miserable
Finally, it rained heavily, and everyone in both armies turned their backs to let the rain fall on their faces, took a deep breath of humid air, and the heat on their bodies was reduced a lot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
And Polu and Gao Huaiyuan are two moods, this rain is not a good thing for Polu, he is looking forward to the lack of water in the Song army, because the rain has turned into nothing, and Gao Huaiyuan feels relaxed, no matter what, God is beautiful, or it rained heavily at the last moment, now he doesn't think about Qiu Tong for the time being, no matter what, he has to take these soldiers to break out of the encirclement of the Mongolian army, and teach them a hard lesson.
As Gao Huaiyuan turned over and mounted his horse, all the Song troops straightened their waists, draped their armor over their bodies, fastened their ropes, and then tightened their weapons as their officers began to take steps towards the starting position.
The ground began to slippery, but for the Song army, this was not a big problem, and the heavy rain from the sky turned the sky and the earth into a gray cloud, completely blocking the view of the Mongol army, so that they could not see the situation of the Song army's large array clearly.
After a rapid war drum sounded, the Song army let out a heartfelt shout, and then rushed out of the large formation they were defending like a torrent, rushing towards the position of the Mongolian army on the east side.
A pair of big feet trampled the grass on the ground into the muddy water, and before they could stubbornly get back up, another big foot completely trampled them to pieces, and countless Song troops held back their strength and rushed forward bravely under the leadership of the officers.
And the general of the Mongolian army guarding the east side seems to feel that something is wrong, the sound of the war drums of the Song army in the rain curtain makes him feel very uneasy, but he is not clear about the purpose of the Song army, the rain curtain blocks his sight, so that he can not observe the situation in the distance, but he does not dare to rely on the Song army array too close, these days they have suffered a lot in front of the Song army array, they all say that their Mongolian army's bow and arrow is sharp, but the Song army's bow and arrow are also very sharp, when he sees the Song army clearly, I am afraid that there will be a rain of arrows, Compared to the heavy rain overhead, it was a deadly thing.
Polu also heard the war drums of the Song army, and the heavy rain blocked his vision, but it couldn't stop the passionate war drums from reaching his ears, and he suddenly figured out that the Song army might be about to make a move, so he hurriedly sent an order to gather troops and horses to prevent the Song army from taking advantage of this heavy rain to break through.
But the Song army had already taken a firm step towards the Mongol army, and although this heavy rain caused great trouble to their march, and each step in the muddy ground required more effort than usual, but this white soil, after being soaked in water, became very viscous, and also limited the speed of the Mongol cavalry's movement, so that they could not continue to run as usual on such a land.
When the Mongol army, who was standing at the forefront, faintly noticed that a large army had appeared in the rain curtain, he immediately sent a warning signal, but before his warning was finished, countless arrows flew in front of him, and they immediately got off their horses and fell into the mud.
It was a fair duel, both sides desperately fired arrows at each other, charged, and countless people shouted at the same time in the heavy rain, and one corpse fell into the muddy water, staining the large area of stagnant water on the ground red.
Heavy rain and muddy land severely limited the movement of the Mongol army, making it impossible to effectively mobilize, and in order to besiege the Song army, the Mongol army had already been scattered around the original Song army's array, and the troops could not be concentrated for a while, while the Song army was tightly hugged, rolling forward like a giant crush, crushing everything in front of him.
Someone fell to the ground under the resistance of the Mongol army, but then someone took their place, continued to stab forward with spears, stabbed the Mongol cavalry in front of them, and then was dismembered by the swords and axes that pounced on them.
Both sides turned into beasts at this moment, desperately biting each other, and every moment someone paid the price of their lives and fell in this mud, but the array of the Song army seemed to not stop, grinding from one place to another.
When they had been rushing back and forth for nearly an hour, they finally came into contact with another group of soldiers and horses, and the generals were about to raise their swords and guns to kill, but they heard a cheer from the people opposite.
It's the handsome them! We've found the handsome! A general in Song army costume appeared in the rain curtain and ran towards Gao Huaiyuan's army.
It's General Zhao! Our reinforcements have arrived! The generals who rushed to the front immediately recognized the identity of the general and shouted loudly to the back.
Gao Huaiyuan grabbed the hand of Zhao Futang, who rushed to the front, and dragged him up from the mud, his heart was full of joy, he knew that Qiu Tong still sent the news to the camp, and the soldiers left behind in the camp finally rushed over.
This is not the time to speak, you quickly lead the troops to follow our right flank, continue to advance westward, you must defeat the Tartars today, and it will not be too late to go back! Gao Huaiyuan grabbed Zhao Futang and immediately said to him.
Zhao Futang was also full of joy, nodded and immediately led the reinforcements he brought, joined forces with Gao Huaiyuan's army, and crushed towards the west in a thick formation.
Listening to the sound of fighting in the rain, Polu felt a little timid, now the situation on the battlefield is out of his control, the soldiers and horses sent out are chaotic for a while and difficult to command, and they don't know their location, in the vast rain, there are people everywhere shouting and neighing, the Song army is too cunning, they make full use of the weather to their advantage, and completely break through his encirclement.
Because the heavy rain came very quickly, he didn't have time to judge the direction of the Song army's attack, so that the troops were now very scattered, and the climate was not conducive to their impact, and now he knew that it was impossible for him to eat the Song army in front of him, and this time the Eastern Crusade could be regarded as a defeat for him, and it was meaningless to continue fighting.
Although full of unwillingness, Polu still gritted his teeth and made up his mind, shouted loudly to order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and began to retreat in the direction of Shenzhou, even in the heavy rain, it was difficult to bite their Mongolian army with the speed of the Song army, and it was not a problem for him to evacuate here safely.
When the heavy rain gradually became much lighter, the heaven and earth were once again clearly displayed in front of the Song army's soldiers, the muddy ground was covered with the corpses of soldiers on both sides, and some wounded people were lying in the mud screaming miserably, and when they looked up, they could no longer see the Mongolian army.
When it was confirmed that the Mongolian army had withdrawn from here, the Song army cheered in unison, and everyone was full of joy, after all, this time their victory could be said to be really hard-won, it could almost be said that they had turned around in front of the gate of the Netherworld, and everyone had a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, thinking back on the experience of the past few days, it was like a nightmare.
But in any case, they still repelled the Mongol army, which was enough for them, Gao Huaiyuan did not want to fight, and immediately ordered the troops to return to the camp, and sent a large number of soldiers and horses to collect the remains of the casualties everywhere, although they got out of trouble in this battle, and also repelled the Mongol army, but the price paid was also heavy.
In the heavy rain, the two sides fought hard, although they killed and injured a lot of Mongolian Tatars, but their casualties were also considerable, and the worst thing was that they could not carry the wounded in the past few days when they set off, so they could only leave a small number of soldiers to gather these wounded, and used a box car to form a small position for them, but the Mongol army found them in the heavy rain, and broke through their defenses, almost slaughtered more than 2,000 wounded soldiers and soldiers left behind, When Gao Huaiyuan led his troops back to find them, it almost turned into a sea of blood, and its condition was unbearable.
When Gao Huaiyuan saw this scene, the tiger's eyes were almost cracked, the eyeballs were full of bloodshots, and the face became very hideous and terrifying, and the Mongols once again showed their cruelty to the Song army soldiers, and the Song army was full of grief and indignation, and many people knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
And Gao Huaiyuan took the hood from his head in the rain, silently bent his knees under his armpits and fell into the blood-colored mud, leaned down and kowtowed three times in the blood-stained muddy water.
The rest of the soldiers dismounted, fell to their knees in the mud together, and kowtowed a few times to the tragic scene in front of them.
After bowing to these slaughtered wounded soldiers, Gao Huaiyuan got up and ordered to search for all the dead and wounded of the Mongol army who were abandoned in this vicinity, and cut off their heads regardless of whether they were dead or alive.
At the same time, let the Song officers and soldiers collect the corpses of these fallen soldiers together, write down their names and bury them on the spot, when collecting the corpses of these slaughtered wounded, in the pile of corpses, you can also see some soldiers resisting before being killed, some of the wounded died and still holding the Mongolian soldiers, they even used their teeth to bite each other, biting the enemy to death, the officers and soldiers who collected their corpses could not even separate them, they could only break their fingers, and then they were separated, which can be seen until the last moment of life, These officers and soldiers did not give up resistance, and such a situation can be seen everywhere in this land, which cannot help but make the officers and soldiers awe again.
When night fell on this land again, the heavy rain had stopped, and the Song army also returned to the camp in formation, all with muddy water and blood, although they looked a little embarrassed, but they did not lose their might, a small number of officers and soldiers who stayed in the camp lined up and welcomed these robes into the camp, and everyone had a look of reverence and solemnity on their faces.