Macheng North, Official Road.

The hills on both sides that once belonged to the Huangzhou Xiang army have been replaced with Mongolian flags, and two new villages have replaced the original seemingly disorderly camps, and the Anji military camps that look like a nail on the throat of the official road are like a nail from the mountain.

If it weren't for the fact that the Mongolian army did not have a bed crossbow chariot like the Song army, which was only equipped with a strong army like the Anji army, the Mongolian army could completely suppress the Anji army from the mountains on both sides, disrupting its dripping position, so that the invincible steppe iron cavalry that swept through most of the Eurasian continent could calmly swallow this fish bone.

What's even more infuriating is that at the foot of the mountains on both sides, there are dense forests, and in the woods, I don't know that on the tree, there is a hidden crossbowman of the Song army. These shrewd Song soldiers even took advantage of the long range of the Divine Arm Crossbow to shoot the Mongol riders who wanted to unleash rockets to burn the woods. There are these large trees and pestles with lush foliage, which block the way of the Mongol cavalry charge.

Now the most puzzling thing for the Mongolian soldiers is why General Ashu has easily surrounded this elite-looking, but small Song army from three directions, but did not order an attack, you must know that these two days are sunny, with a scorching sun on your head and standing on an unobstructed hill, this kind of sin is not what the Mongolian soldiers who are accustomed to the cold and wind and snow in the north can endure, and those whose combat effectiveness is a little worse than the Mongolian soldiers, But the northern Han soldiers, who can also fight with elites like Anjijun, although they are more adaptable to such "ghost weather", they have been cursing non-stop every day.

The 20,000 Mongol army held the small camp of the Anji army in the palm of their hands like a giant hand, but they always did not crush it, as if they wanted to wipe out all the barbs on its outside, and then swallow it beautifully. However, as a strong army, the Anji army has experienced the confrontation between the two armies in Huaishang for several months and years, which is only two days, not to mention that there are generals like Su Liuyi, if it drags on, it will be unfavorable to the Mongolian army.

However, with the passage of time, some Mongolian generals who were impatient and wanted to go to war also seemed to understand some of the doorways, because in the past few days, Ashu has continuously sent elite light cavalry to intercept and kill the messengers and sentinels of the Song army on the official road in the south of the Anji army, and more than ten heads have been sent in two days, which has silently proved the uncertain and frightened attitude of the surrounding state capitals of the Song Dynasty to the strange evaporation of the Anji army and the Mongolian army. It also proves that the commander of the Anji army has seen through Ashu's little tricks and wants to desperately convey the news.

It's a pity that those elite light cavalry are like a filter, and all the messengers who come and go are cut off their horses without exception, after all, there is only one straight official road to go between Macheng and the camp of the Anji army, and the rest of the sheep intestine path is not only difficult for horses to pass, but unless it is a local, it is difficult to figure out where the path that winds in the dense forest leads to it.

As for the locals, this has been the north-south border for a long time, and the two sides don't know how long they have been in this area.

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Anji military camp.

Chi Chongshan was wearing blood-stained armor and walking slowly on the blood-stained camp with a simple knife in his hand, and the corpses had been burned by fire, which was hastily disposed of to prevent the epidemic.

Since that night, the Mongolian cavalry did their best to break through the camp on the hills on both sides of the mountain in one fell swoop, but did not use all their strength to attack the camp located in the middle of the road, which can be regarded as a miscalculation of Ashu, only that it should be the elite backbone of the Song army who is guarding the throat mountain, but he did not expect Su Liuyi to use the rare terrain between the two mountains to go the opposite way, so that the Mongolian army can also be regarded as a dark loss, facing the Anji army that is now like a hedgehog, On the premise of not wanting to pay heavy casualties, they had to besiege but not attack.

Because the field outside is an open field, there are constantly Mongolian elite horsemen who are galloping back and forth, making it difficult for the Anji army to even repair the collapsed walled walls and watchtowers, facing the open field in front of the front, they can only rely on the saber rejection array to give the other party a deterrent, but Su Liuyi, Chi Chongshan, and many veterans of the Anji army who have experienced a hundred battles know that in fact, as long as the price of less than a hundred people, they can be forced to pave a flesh and blood road in front of the entire horse rejection sword formation. Then the cavalry behind could calmly climb to the top of the rejecting carriage formation and charge fiercely with a condescending momentum.

As soon as he thought of this, Chi Chongshan's brows wrinkled a little more, I don't know what that Ah Shu meant, why he put such a piece of fat meat and the Qi and Huang Liangzhou that were like lambs to be slaughtered in the back didn't eat it, so he quietly confronted them here.

"What do you think?" Su Liuyi didn't know when he had come from the side, he and Chi Chongshan had been lying on their backs for the past few days, and the Anji soldiers who had not participated in the battle that night were also waiting for him, and he didn't dare to slack off at all.

Looking at Su Liuyi, whose eyes were bloodshot and his face was rarely pale, Chi Chongshan couldn't help but sigh secretly, he only came into contact with the Mongolian light cavalry very late that night, and when he saw that something was wrong, he withdrew first to organize a saber rejection formation, while Su Liuyi had been wearing a strong and stubborn sword to rush to the front, and even until the end, he still wanted to lead the last remnants to launch a bloody counterattack without fear of death. But after that, Su Liuyi did not lie on the ground for two days like the soldiers who participated in the war, but often personally led people to inspect the camp, for fear that the slightest deviation would cause a catastrophe.

This is the demeanor of a general, and Chi Chongshan thinks that he is not as good as it.

"Huh?" Su Liuyi smiled, although the smile on the hearty man's face was a little stiff, it had a kind of infectious power that others could hardly match, as if it was a kind of fearlessness for death and war.

Chi Chongshan's face turned red, and he sneered: "It's okay to ・・・・・・, I'm just thinking, how can the Tartar on the other side be so quiet." ”

Su Liuyi nodded, he had been thinking about this problem for the past two days, but when the messengers sent repeatedly had no news coming, it was not until a messenger who returned with injuries reported that there were countless Mongolian light horsemen in groups in front of him who strangled the messengers between the mountains and fields, and Su Liuyi understood what the truth was.

Siege the corpse to help! Siege the corpse to help!

This is just a very simple trick, often used in the mutual strangulation of scouts and sentinels on both sides, and Ah Shu is just infinitely magnifying it, seeing that the entire Anji army of 6,000 soldiers is regarded as a "corpse", constantly luring the township soldiers, Xiang army and other state capitals of Qi and Huang Prefectures to prepare to support the rescue of several strong brigades of Xiangfan at any time, so that there is no need to stretch their own grain routes and venture deep into the hinterland of Qi and Huang Prefectures, which are the northern parts of the Southern Song Dynasty and Jiangbei, so that they can cut off the wings of the defenders of Xiangyang on the border between the two countries, so as to achieve the grand strategy of isolating Xiangyang.

You must know that Kublai Khan fought all the way to Ezhou, and the cavalry had already looted far away to Longxing Mansion, where the road was located on the West Jiangnan Road, but in the end, because of the lack of money and food, the fire in the rear, and the turmoil in the royal family, he had to abandon all the large cities in his hands, and since then, the strategy of the Mongolian army has also changed, from the original attack on the Song army city with his own shortcomings, to constantly use his own strengths to make a fuss about the blind patriotism of the Southern Song Dynasty scholars and generals and the anxiety of giving victory, and induce the main force of the Song army to go out of the city to fight. And look for suitable fighters, use the cavalry's assault galloping ability, and swallow them all in one fell swoop.

No matter how simple the strategy and tactics are, when the Mongolian army, the strongest army in the world, is used, and the opponent is the Southern Song Army, which has always been weak, it will seem to have infinite power, even if a famous general like Grandpa Yue is resurrected, I am afraid that he will frown and sigh in the face of such a predicament.

Gritting his teeth fiercely, Su Liuyi was silent for a long time before he made up his mind: "Notify all departments and prepare to break through." ”

The eight words seemed to exhaust the strength of his whole body, and the face of the general who galloped across the field was already pale. And the Chi Chongshan beside him was like five thunderbolts, his face was full of disbelief, and he stood there stunned, as if he hadn't heard it.

Once the Anji army breaks through, it means that its back will be completely exposed to the wolf-like Mongolian iron cavalry, and it will be considered all right if it can retreat and keep half of the soldiers at that time. Su Liuyi and Chi Chongshan both understood the truth, but now they have no choice for them and the entire Anji Army.

How painful it is for a strong man to break his wrist!

In this way, Mo led a thousand elites to block the back road for the army, Lao Chi, and brought the rest of the soldiers to Macheng safely. When the time comes, relying on the city, our army can calmly advance and retreat. The blood on Su Liuyi's face gradually recovered, and his eyes stayed on the continuous camps in the distance and the Mongolian light horses galloping back and forth for a long time, as if he didn't pay attention to the upcoming bloody battle at all.

Chi Chongshan gritted his teeth, beads of sweat continued to ooze from his hand holding the handle of the knife, and he was silent for a long time before he held back the word "line".

Su Liuyi smiled and turned around.

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More than 4,000 soldiers of the Anji Army silently lined up under the banner of hunting and dancing. The last bows and arrows have been gathered, and except for a small part that is given to the breakout brigade, the rest of the arrows will be reserved for the 1,000 men who will die to cover the rear road.

Su Liu Yi pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand, and walked up to the not-so-big Dianjiang platform with Chi Chongshan one after the other, and the two of them stood like there, looking extremely small and tall under the sky.

His gaze swept over every resolute face below, and Su Liuyi slowly spoke: "The Anji army has become a bait, and you can't stay here for a long time, you have to make the Anji army break through, first order that there are already brothers in the family, come out!" ”

The phalanx below was silent for a moment, and everyone took a step forward in unison.

Su Liuyi frowned, he didn't expect it to be such a scene, he smiled coldly, he immediately snorted and shouted: "So-and-so is still not your commander, isn't the Anji army disobedient to military orders?!" ”

Shocked by the sound of a thunderbolt on a sunny day, more than 3,000 soldiers took another step forward. The rest of the more than a thousand soldiers all subconsciously lowered their heads, as if it was an absolute shame for them to choose to leave.

Nodding, Su Liuyi continued: "Old man, come out!" ”

The silence that followed was not long, and more than a thousand veterans pushed several recruits around them back at the same time, and they moved forward proudly, without fear.

"Okay." Su Liuyi nodded, and just wanted to speak, but a trace of reluctance and perseverance suddenly appeared on the face of Chi Chongshan, who was standing beside him, and then this deputy commander, who had always been Su Liuyi and a fart, suddenly raised the saber in his hand that had been untied at some point, and smashed the handle on the back of Su Liuyi's head in front of him.

Su Liuyi's eyes darkened, and a complicated look appeared on his face before he fainted.

Steadily dragging Su Liuyi's fallen body, Chi Chongshan let out a long sigh of relief, several generals had already hurriedly stepped onto the stage, all of them were the leaders of those recruits. Chi Chongshan's gaze swept over the generals, and then he stretched out his hand and patted the shoulder of one of the commanders in the lead:

"Please."

"The last general obeys the order, and he will live and die with General Su!" The generals clasped their fists and shouted at the same time.

Chi Chongshan nodded reassuringly, and turned around again, the soldiers below were already stunned by the sudden change, but they all immediately understood what Chi Chongshan was for, and no one said anything. This young deputy commander who was in charge for the first time did not have stage fright, but said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, General Su was born and died for my Anji army, leading the tiger warriors to win many battles, today the Anji army is at the end of the road, and has to break the wrist of a strong man, a certain Anji can make General Su fall here? ! Although a certain is not talented, he will also lead a thousand old soldiers, desperately fighting to cover the back of the army, please remember today's hatred, Anji Army should have a day of shame! All departments listened to the order, opened the camp gate on the south side, and broke through! ”

"Obey!"

All the generals shouted at the same time, and the three thousand capable warriors turned at the same time, and the swords in their hands were unsheathed, flashing with countless cold rays. The camp gate, which had been closed, also slowly opened, and the Anji army quickly rushed to the south in order of distance and nearness.

The rangers outside the South Gate, who had already discovered the anomaly, gathered in this direction, but were quickly dispersed by the dense rain of arrows. These rangers didn't know that in fact, the only thing the Anji army could fire was this round of arrows, so while hanging from a distance, they quickly went to inform the army.

The rangers outside the north gate had also discovered the anomaly, and countless Mongolian iron horsemen were like a black wave, which had gathered almost instantly, rushing towards this side. The horses' hooves trampled the ground with a rumbling sound.

"Prepare for war!" Chi Chongshan drew his saber, and more than 100 of the more than 1,000 old soldiers behind him had already put on the infantry armor, this kind of heavy armor was the last weapon to deal with the cavalry, and Yue Fei relied on this armor to hit the Jin cavalry in Yuncheng in one fell swoop. It's a pity that with the decline of the national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty, the number of such armors is getting smaller and smaller, and even an elite force like the Anji Army can only be equipped in small quantities in case of emergency.

The rest of the pawns skillfully picked up the crossbow machine and shield, and the bed crossbow also quickly pulled the bow and wound it, aiming ahead.

The Mongol cavalry was like a black whirlwind, and it was already in front of you in the blink of an eye.

The earth, trembling madly! The trumpet, in the sun!

"Kill!" Chi Chongshan shouted, countless arrows had poured out, and the first row of cavalry fell in response. Immediately afterwards, the arrows and short spears of the Mongol cavalry were already whistling, some of them were shielded, and some of them were shot at the Song soldiers.

Screams continued to fall on both sides, but neither side flinched.

The Song army only fired three rounds of arrows, and the Mongol cavalry had already rushed to the front, and the dull roar of the assault rifles could no longer stop the cluster charge of these "whips of God", and the corpses of men and horses were already piled up in a short period of half a stick of incense!

Dozens of spear-wielding veterans inhaled the blood-soaked air and fearlessly stepped forward with their spears, the forest of spears temporarily blocked the Mongol cavalry coming from Pegasus, but everyone knew that this was only a barrier that would be broken through in a few moments.

The bed crossbow was already shooting at the enemy, and the assault rifle had no time to reload the gunpowder, so it simply swung it directly as a weapon, and was cut off by the oncoming sharp saber, and the Song sergeant holding the assault rifle did not panic before he died, but showed a relieved smile, as long as the assault rifle did not fall into the hands of the enemy, he was already satisfied.

Chi Chongshan looked back and saw that there were not many crossbow arrows left in the bed crossbow, and he no longer hesitated at the moment, and waved his knife violently: "Retreat!" ”

The crossbowmen in the back row calmly took a few steps forward and fired a dense stream of arrows at the soaring Mongol cavalry, while the rest of the soldiers took the opportunity to retreat in the direction of the rear camp through the gap. Chi Chongshan barely walked calmly at the rear, his saber in his hand ready to move forward to meet the enemy at any time.

Most of the soldiers had retreated safely, but the remaining dozen or so spearmen were still at the front, forcibly blocking the pace of the Mongolian cavalry charge for a moment. And taking advantage of this last and most precious moment, the Song soldiers, who had been waiting on both sides for a long time, closed their eyes, gritted their teeth, and threw the torch in their hands at the same time!

"Boom, boom!" The gunpowder of the assault gun, which had already been placed under the bed crossbow and the saber cart, was detonated by the flames at the same time!

Although these are only the most primitive **, but the power of its explosion should not be underestimated, dozens of cavalry charging in front of the charge were swept to the ground by the sudden heat wave, and the flames that rose into the sky were blazing, setting fire to the bed crossbow, the horse rejection knife cart and the corpses of both sides that were all scattered across the defensive line!

A wall of fire appeared in a daze.

The firelight reflected on the faces of every soldier, but no one moved, even the spear-wielding soldiers who had just desperately covered them to fight for this line of life were gone, and it was difficult to moisten the eyes of these steely and unyielding men.

In their eyes, all they could see was a raging fire and monstrous killing intent!

The flames gradually subsided, and there were already bold cavalrymen who crossed the wall of fire, waved their sabers, and even if they were alone, they still did not hesitate to kill the old soldiers of the Anji army in front. An old pawn looked as usual and silently pulled the trigger.

The galloping bolts stirred the hot air with a screeching sound, and finally sank into the exposed chest of the brave cavalryman.

At the same time that the cavalryman had fallen from his horse, more cavalry had already crossed the wall of fire.

"Put!" Chi Chongshan shouted violently, and without even waiting for the bow and crossbow to be released, he was the first to wave his saber and kill it.

This was already the last round of crossbow arrows, and they had no choice but to fight head-on.

The old men in foot armor followed closely with heavy steps, either holding broad-bladed swords or glittering axes, and walked forward slowly, each step with the courage and determination to see death as if they were the Mongol cavalry charged.

Although more of the old soldiers did not have heavy armor on their bodies, they still did not stop their forward pace, forming small formations one by one, and rushing forward immediately after the gaps torn by the hoplites.

Chi Chongshan cut off the front hooves of a cavalryman's crotch in front of him, and the cavalryman was beheaded by Chi Chongshan's saber before he fell off the horse, and the blood was wild, splashing all over Chi Chongshan's body.

"Anjijun, kill!" He raised his arms and shouted to meet another adversary.

Countless old pawns are roaring, all moving forward, desperate!