Chapter 343: Assault

readx;?What a brave army! Don't be surprised by the changes, this is the true character of the army! No wonder Temujin was invincible, and the Mongolian Iron Cavalry was indeed extraordinary! Gao Huaiyuan stood on top of the mound and let out a heartfelt sigh, and there was a hint of envy in his eyes, all generals want to have such a strong army, and he is much stronger than any general's thoughts. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shi Bu was also observing the situation of the Song army, the more he looked at the sneer on the corner of his mouth, the stronger the sneer, although the Song army formed an encirclement, but their defense line was very thin because of the dispersion of troops, with such a line of defense, how could he trap his army? As long as he led his army to break through any point, he would be able to crack the Song army's plan, and then the Song army would not only be unable to completely annihilate his soldiers and horses, but would be broken by him because of the dispersion of his troops, and he finally fixed his eyes on the mound in front of the right, where a large banner was erected, telling him that the enemy's main general was there.

Shi Bu did not consider leading his troops back to Hexi, since he dared to come, he was confident that he would defeat the Song army, even if it was a battle against the water, he fully trusted the combat effectiveness of his subordinate generals, and would never lose to these despicable Han people.

The Mongol army did not stop crossing the river because of the situation of the Song army, and the Mongol army that had not yet crossed the river was still passing through several pontoon bridges and marching towards the east of the river.

But at this time, some people quietly stood up in the reeds by the river, and slowly raised the bows and crossbows in their hands, and each bow and crossbow was covered with an arrow wrapped in an oilcloth or a bamboo pipe, and someone took out the pipe containing the velvet at the side of these crossbowmen, and after opening it, it swung with the wind, and then the flames were ignited, and they put the velvet on the arrows of the crossbowmen, and each arrow instantly ignited a flame.

Shoot! With a command, the crossbowmen fired their bows at the same time, aiming their crossbows at the five bridges, and then launched the rockets.

Their actions immediately revealed their figures, and the Mongols discovered their whereabouts, and even as the Mongol soldiers lined up at the ferry rushed towards them, some of them took their bows and arrows and fired them at the reeds.

The sound of whizzing arrows suddenly resounded through the ferry, and the rockets left smoke trails in the air before landing accurately on the bridge.

The moment the rocket fell, a flame rose on the bridge, and the flames quickly spread towards both ends of the bridge, but in an instant, the fire spit billowing smoke, engulfing several bridges, and the speed of the flames exceeded the imagination of the Mongolian army.

At this time, there were still many Mongol cavalry crossing the bridge on the bridge, but in an instant, they were wrapped in fire, how could the war horses withstand such a burn, when even the frightened neighing, carrying the soldiers on their backs, crashed on the bridge, and then jumped into the water regardless of life or death.

As soon as the Song army in ambush saw the bridge on fire, they immediately turned around and plunged into the river, diving downstream one after another.

The sudden change made the Mongol army panic, they were still full of confidence, after all, they controlled several pontoon bridges, if the war was unfavorable, they still had a way to retreat, and they could retreat to Hexi through these bridges, but suddenly several bridges were set on fire by the Song army, and they burned many of their soldiers and horses still on the bridge, so that the screams on the bridge filled the entire crossing.

The formation of the Mongol army, which had just stabilized, began to stir up again at this time.

Give me all calm! Steady! What are you panicking about? Those who disturb the morale of the army again will be killed immediately! Shi Bu held his axe and yelled at the generals who began to be chaotic.

Under the pressure of his bullets, the Mongol army began to stabilize again, and Shi Bu also looked angrily at the several burning bridges, and the soldiers and horses on the bridges that were still smashing around with flames, listening to their dying screams, looking at the soldiers who fell into the river and struggled desperately, and the anger almost burned his brain.

Hari Nut! You lead a team of 100 people to kill all those despicable Song archers for me!" Avenge the death of our soldiers! Shi Bu shouted at one of his men with bloodshot eyes.

The centurion who was called agreed and roared and led his hundred-man team along the royal river, chasing downstream, they hated these cunning Song troops so much that they had been ambushed under their noses for so long, and they had burned so many of their brothers to death without any effort, and they had burned their retreat to ashes.

Brave Mongol warriors, the Song people are despicable and shameless, they will only use these inferior means against us, we are all eagles on the steppe, how can we let these cowardly Han people defeat? Crossing the bridge has no effect on us, we only have to kill these despicable Han people in front of us, is our goal, now you follow me Shi Bu, go to kill these despicable Song army, and avenge our dead brothers! The furious Shi Bu rode his war horse, galloping back and forth in front of the army, shouting with all his strength at the generals under his command.

Regardless of whether the soldiers under his command will be Mongols or Semu, they are also angry at this time, their chests are full of strong killing intent, they are a group of people who don't know what is feared, they are the eagles of the steppe, they are the strongest army in the world, they are fearless, even if there is no bridge, they can still defeat the Han army in front of them, in their beliefs, they are invincible.

So the frightened Mongol army once again ignited their fighting spirit, raised their swords and guns in their hands, and loudly followed Shi Bu to let out a beastly cry.

The strong fighting spirit of the Mongols impressed everyone present, if today's situation was placed on them, they did not know how much they might have panicked now, this kind of thing on any army, I am afraid it is impossible to do better than the Mongol army in front of them, in the case of being surrounded on all sides and the rear road has been cut off, not only did not collapse, but aroused their fighting spirit, how terrible is such an army!

I have to pay tribute to the fighting spirit of the Mongol army, and I hope that one day, our Song army will be as strong as them, not afraid of life and death! Get started now! With our swords and guns, show them our respect! Gao Huaiyuan looked at the Mongol army at the ferry, and gave the order while sighing.

The drums of war once again sounded among the Song troops, who moved their legs and began to enter their predetermined positions and set up their defensive lines.

A throwing cart and bed crossbow were pushed out from behind the dirt slope, and entered the battle position under the operation of the soldiers, and began to wind and load, a thin cloud floated in the sky at this time, blocking the bright sun, making the battlefield appear solemn, and the partial box cars were pushed out by the Song army, and they were placed in front of the array end to end, and the spearmen and crossbowmen boarded the partial box carts, aimed the weapons in their hands at the front, and prepared to meet the Mongolian assault.

All these arrangements were completed in the course of yesterday night, and now they are being carried out in an orderly manner under the command of the generals.

After regaining the morale of the soldiers, Shi Bu turned his head to look at the mound where the Song army's flag was flying, and glanced at the situation of the Song army around him, he knew that he could not wait any longer.

Hadanud, I'll give you a thousand men to break through the Song army's defense line to the north, and then disrupt the Song army's subordinates to the north! Ao Han! I will also give you a thousand men, you go to attack the Song army defense line in the south, and also disrupt their defense line for me, and the rest will follow me towards that mound and behead the despicable Song army commander! Sacrifice our swords with their blood! Shi Bu roughly calculated his troops, this time there were about five or six thousand people who crossed the river with him, more than half of the total troops he brought from Enzhou, and now there were nearly three thousand people blocked in Hexi, and he could only use the existing forces in his hands to defeat the Song army in front of him.

From his point of view, the strength of the Song army is roughly about 40,000, 6,000 against 40,000, he does not necessarily have no chance of winning, but he is also an experienced veteran, he knows that he can't concentrate everyone to attack the Chinese army where the commander of the Song army is, once the Song army surrounds it, his cavalry will lose the already not wide guerrilla space, and the cavalry that is squeezed together will be a disaster, the cavalry that has lost its mobility, they are no different from the infantry, and can only wait for the opponent to slaughter them little by little.

That's why he ordered his two subordinates to attack left and right, even if they couldn't break through the encirclement, at least they could contain the Song army, so that the Song army would not copy his back road and completely surround them when he attacked the Chinese army.

At this point, Shi Bu was experienced and did not make a single mistake, and after giving the order, he immediately divided his troops and rushed in three directions.

Gao Huaiyuan stood under the banner and watched the actions of the Mongolian army, and immediately understood the other party's intentions, but he didn't feel nervous, because he still had a back hand, and he still had a few powerful trump cards in his hands that he hadn't taken out, so today he decided to take out the latest achievements and test them in front of the army first, and also let the Mongolian army taste the power of weapons beyond the times by the way.

Shi Bu's attempt is very simple, that is, to capture the thief and capture the king first, and want to take down the commander of the Song army first, Shi Bu does not understand the commander of the Song army, only from the news I heard that the commander of the Song army is very young, quite strategic, and good at controlling troops, is a difficult opponent to deal with, today I didn't expect to meet for the first time, I was given a handful by this guy, and now it is clear that his soldiers and horses are far more powerful than the opponent, but he has not taken advantage of it at all, which makes him very angry, and vows to avenge this arrow, so he stared at Gao Huaiyuan's handsome banner, I want to shoot this cunning guy to death in one fell swoop.