This kind of tactics can be said to be the specialty of the Mongol army, although simple but very, very effective, and can even be said to be tried and tested, whether it is against the Western Xia, or against the Jin, or even the Western Expedition against the Western vassal states, there is almost no mistake, so that the enemy army finally collapsed, become the object of their slaughter. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

So the Mongol army, under the command of Polu, immediately launched a new offensive, and a group of archers roared and rushed close to the Song army's large array, raising their cavalry bows in their hands and starting to shoot arrows fiercely at the Song army.

Looking at the actions of the Mongolian army, Gao Huaiyuan knew that this was the best tactic of the Mongolian cavalry, so he ordered the large array to be stabilized, and ordered Huang Yan to lead the cavalry to cover the rear of the large formation, and not let the Mongolian army raid the rear formation, and the crossbowmen on both wings immediately launched a counterattack and shot at the Mongolian cavalry.

The two sides immediately engaged in a cavalry-to-infantry bow and crossbow fire, and on the flat plain, there was a very fierce bow and arrow battle.

The two armies can be said to have their own advantages, the Song army has a lot of strong crossbows in their hands, and they comprehensively surpass the horn bow in the hands of the Mongolian cavalry in terms of range, and they relatively have a relatively stable defense line, that is, the partial box cars arranged on the two wings, which can effectively resist the impact of the Mongolian army, and can also rely on counterattacks, but the Mongolian cavalry relies on high mobility, and it is not easy to be shot by the Song army, which greatly reduces their casualty ratio, and the disadvantage of the Song army is that they fix their positions and become a good target for the Mongolian soldiers, it can be said that the two armies have their own advantages, It just depends on who can't hold it first.

Looking at these Mongolian cavalry galloping in all directions and not stopping arrows, this is also the first time that the Song army has experienced the tactics of the Mongolian army, watching the Mongolian soldiers rush towards the Song army's front, but before they can get closer, the Mongolian army will draw an arc in front of the Song army, gallop away, leaving only a cluster of flying arrows falling from the sky.

Now most of the Song army knows the power of the Mongols, this tactic is really difficult to deal with, the Song army except to release arrows to resist, it can be said that there is no way to take them, the Mongol army before the collapse of the Song army, not close to the Song army at all, but just a continuous cycle of impact, release arrows.

As a result, the Song army suffered a lot of casualties, and under the accurate cavalry of the Mongol cavalry, many officers and soldiers fell to the ground with arrows under such blows.

However, under the strict order, the Song army's front did not waver, and some people continued to snatch the wounded into the position of the formation, and arranged for the military medical officer to treat them.

However, the Mongols on the side of Polu are also not comfortable, the tactics they have been accustomed to for a long time, today it seems that they have lost their effectiveness in front of this Song army, although it has been an hour since the attack, the Mongolian cavalry has repeatedly gone into battle and carried out several cavalry shots, although it has caused certain casualties to the Song army, but the Song army's front has not wavered at all, and even their battle formation has not changed much, it seems to have become a rock by the sea, standing still in the huge waves, Let them be repeatedly attacked by the Mongol army.

On the contrary, after the initial confusion, the Song army's counterattack became more and more accurate, and the Song army's crossbowmen also braved the rain of arrows of the Mongol army to return to the Mongol cavalry with the same fierce fire.

Although the crossbowmen of the Song army are far inferior to the Mongolian army in terms of accuracy, the Song army is expensive in terms of large number of people, unified scheduling, and can often concentrate very advantageous firepower to cover a group of Mongolian cavalry that rushed close to the Song army, and the kind of strange vehicles in front of them is even more difficult to deal with, each car has several crossbowmen, through a small arrow hole in a direct way, to the Mongolian cavalry that is coming, and their range greatly exceeds the Mongolian army's horn bow, so it caused a lot of trouble to the Mongolian army, As a result, the Mongol cavalry had to face the resistance of the strong crossbow before they could enter their own range, and forced the Mongol cavalry not to get too close to the Song army's defensive line, so that their accurate aiming was also greatly suppressed.

Similarly, when the Mongolian army adopts such tactics, the casualties paid are not necessarily small, the Song army's strong crossbows are all used three-edged sharp armor-piercing arrows, coupled with the strong driving force of the Song army's strong crossbows, the armor on the Mongolian army's body is often as long as it is hit, it can be shot through, causing a lot of damage to the Mongolian soldiers.

In this hour, Polu's men lost nearly ten centurions, and two commanders hung up the lottery, all because of the bows and crossbows and arrows shot by the Song army, such losses Polu can not afford, you must know that the people who can be centurions and centurions in the Mongolian army are the most brave men among the Mongolian tribes, and they can be called thousands of enemies and ten thousand enemies, and their deaths often make a team of soldiers lose their fighting spirit, which has a great impact on the morale of the whole army.

However, Polu has no good way to take the Song army, if he wants to break through several lines of defense of the Song army, the casualties will be very heavy, and his current strength is limited, and he can't withstand such attrition, even if he defeats the Song army with a strong attack, the Mongolian army will also suffer heavy losses, so he has not been able to make up his mind to take the method of strong attack.

At this time, the time has begun to enter the dusk, and another layer of dark clouds drifted in the sky from the southeast, gradually blocking the westerly sun behind the clouds, although the dark clouds brought a hint of coolness, but at the same time it also foreshadowed that a heavy rain might come unexpectedly.

Collect the troops for the time being, trap them! Fight again tomorrow morning! Come on, go to the Song army and inform the Song army, let them surrender, this king can save them from death, and make sure that they are not killed! Polu saw that it was impossible to defeat this Song army in a short period of time, so he ordered helplessly.

So in the sound of gold, these Mongolian soldiers and horses who repeatedly attacked the Song army's large array turned their horses' heads and retreated to the rear, and by the way, they also snatched the corpses of their robes that died in front of the battle, leaving only the corpses of horses on the battlefield.

And the Song army, at the same time also breathed a long sigh of relief, anyway, although they were in the plan today, but the main force did not suffer a serious blow, the generals still have the strength to fight, this is undoubtedly a lucky thing for them, if it is not for Huang Yan to break through the pursuit of the Mongolian army, come back in advance to report the news, it is estimated that this time they are also likely to be like other troops, by the Mongolian army to a surprise attack, so that immediately rout, in that case, the Song army this time can be too badly defeated.

Seeing that the sky gradually darkened, without Gao Huaiyuan's orders, the Song army, who had fought fiercely for a day, began to bury the pot and make rice, they went out of the camp this time to pursue, so the food carried by the army was very small, although everyone carried dry food, but the amount was very limited, as for drinking water, it was even more scarce, because it was a hasty response, they did not have time to find a place with a water source to set up a formation, so drinking water in the army became a problem.

Some soldiers were ordered to snatch the corpses of some war horses thrown by the Mongolian army in front of the battle, and after dragging them into the battle, they immediately skinned and deboned them on the spot, and used the firewood at hand to set up a barbecue, so with these dead horses lost by the Mongolian army, there was no big problem for the Song army to eat temporarily.

But in terms of drinking water, Gao Huaiyuan felt a very headache, the soldiers and generals fought fiercely for a day, each sweated a lot, although each person was equipped with a bag of drinking water, but most of the people during the day, they had already drunk the drinking water in their skins, after the armistice, many people immediately felt smoke in their throats and dry mouths.

Gao Huaiyuan immediately ordered the soldiers to collect all the drinking water, and now supply it to the wounded for drinking, and then arrange a group of soldiers to start digging wells to get water in the woods, ready to deal with the big battle in the coming day.

Although this place is very close to Jizhou City, not far from the Song army camp, but Gao Huaiyuan did not dare to retreat, because the speed of the Mongolian army is much faster than them, once they pull out the camp and retreat, Polu will definitely not let go of this excellent opportunity, will definitely wave the army to cover the kill, when the time comes, whether they can maintain the array, retreat into Jizhou City or the Song army camp safely, is unknown.

So at the moment, they can only hold on and grind with Polu until the Mongol army itself can't hold on and withdraw its troops and leave, or the soldiers and horses left behind by the large battalion come to help at this time, but it is very dangerous to do so, and if it is not good, it will be taken advantage of by Polu.

So Gao Huaiyuan immediately ordered Huang Yan, after nightfall, to send a few of the most capable soldiers, taking advantage of the cover of the night, to break through the siege, return to the camp, and order the remaining army to stick to the camp and not to leave, not to come to support first, and to wait for action.

At this time, a Mongolian messenger rode a horse to the front of the Song army, and shouted loudly outside the battle in Chinese: I am the envoy sent by the prince of Polu, and I want to meet you and other commanders!

A pro-soldier immediately reported to Gao Huaiyuan, and Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said: The two armies will not cut off, let him in, and listen to what he says! It's nothing more than persuasion!

Not long after, under the escort of the Song army, this Mongolian messenger was brought into the Song army's array, seeing that the Song army was eating the horse meat of their war horses, the expression on the face of the Mongolian messenger was very annoyed, and he snorted coldly and walked towards the Chinese army after the many Song army generals who were staring at him.

Gao Huaiyuan stood in the middle of the Chinese army, watching the Mongolian messenger approaching, and at a distance of a few steps, he was stopped by Li Ruohu and other personal soldiers, and ordered the Mongolian messenger to kneel down and answer.

But the Mongolian messenger had an unruly face, unmoved, stood there and looked around at the Song generals here, and finally locked his eyes on Gao Huaiyuan's body.