Chapter Forty-Eight: Dense Clouds and No Rain (I)
Although I don't know why earth-shattering slogans suddenly broke out among the Song army on the opposite side, and I don't know why those thin-looking soldiers are so high-spirited, and they don't have the slightest fear of themselves, but none of the Mongolian cavalry is afraid of retreating because of this, only heroes who fell heroically on the battlefield, and there are no bad people who fled in a hurry before the big battle!
Ah Shu personally led the 2,000 Chinese army to take the lead out of the camp, and although the two 10,000 troops on the left and right were more or less crippled, they could not underestimate the 10,000 troops that gathered like two black clouds.
"Baeter, Sribo!" Ah Shu shouted coldly.
It is said that this captain once led more than 100 cavalry to break through the blockade of tens of thousands of golden soldiers when he was young, and he is indeed worthy of the name of a hero; And "Siribo" means "halberd", but this obviously thinner captain is more good at a dripping saber that can dance.
"Batel led the five thousand sons to attack from the left flank, and Sribo led the five thousand sons to make a detour to the battlefield. Note that there are many traps in front of the Southern Barbarian Formation, and even in the middle of the battlefield, so try to make the circle wider when you assault, even if you encounter a trap, don't stop, even if it is difficult to break through the Song army's defense, you will have to cause casualties to it! Ah Shu pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and his face was a little serious.
After all, according to common sense, if the Mongolian cavalry accelerates directly, it can increase the speed to the extreme, and the effect is naturally the best. But now it is not clear how many trap scouts there are ahead, and the Song army on the opposite side obviously also concentrates their bows and crossbows on the front, so although a detour assault will consume a lot of horsepower and time, it is enough to rush to the effective distance of cavalry before the Song army turns the direction of the bow and crossbow.
Under normal circumstances, as long as there is a round of cavalry shooting, the basic Song army's large array will be shaken, and the cavalry can completely defeat the Song army with a decent assault. But from the current point of view, although the formation of the Song army on the opposite side is a little stiff compared with the Anji army, it is definitely not comparable to the lazy formation of the normal Song army, and the earth-shaking slogan just now really made Ah Shu have to be vigilant against this army that suddenly appeared.
Of course, if Ah Shu knew that in the real history, even the Anji army did not come, and he took the Qi and Huang states almost effortlessly, and now the wheels of history have changed the original track because of a moth named Ye Yingwu desperately flapping its wings, will he want to cry without tears?
However, the two Mongolian commanders obviously did not pay attention to the southern barbarians on the other side, and while clenching the hilt of the knife in their hands, their eyes spurted with high fighting spirit, and at the same time beckoned their subordinates to gather quickly, and soon gathered two black clouds that were small in size but enough to flatten everything before this rolling black tide.
"Rush!" Batel and Si Ribo unanimously raised their sabers stained with countless blood, shouted angrily in Mongolian, and took the lead in urging the war horses under their crotches.
As brave generals who have risen layer by layer relying on real bloody military exploits, the two of them have always led their troops to attack the front of the team, and because of this, these two 10,000-person teams have always been the first-class elite of Ashu's southern army, and this time Ashu came with these two 10,000 people, and it was also with the goal of annihilating the Anji army in one fell swoop to achieve the goal of deterring the Southern Song Dynasty.
With the order of the two commanders, the 10,000 Mongol cavalry soldiers divided into two routes, Batel led his troops in front, tentatively attacking the left flank of the Song army, while Sribo's team went around in a larger circle, and the speed was slower, so as to wait until the weak point of the Song army was found and then slashed in.
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The formation of the Song army was a standard defensive formation, with Su Liuyi's personal soldiers and Ye Yingwu's hundred battles as the central army, and the eight thousand soldiers of the Tianwu army and the Anji army formed a semicircle to form an impenetrable large array, and behind them was the camp wall that looked slightly thin.
Fortunately, the camp is not far from Macheng, although the wall of Macheng is only slightly more reliable than the wall of the camp, but the countless bed crossbows and small trebuchets used to defend the city have been erected on the thin city wall, and they are ready to provide long-range fire assistance. With these long-range weapons, it was easy to block the rear space of the Song army, thus preventing the Mongol cavalry from taking advantage of their absolute superiority in cavalry to steal from the rear.
Su Liuyi and Ye Yingwu stood side by side in the center of the big array, this time the Song army could be said to be a lonely bet, and there was not even a decent reserve. The 1,000 township soldiers gathered in Macheng and other prefectures and counties in Huangzhou covered the back road on the city wall, and it was okay to cover the back road, but if they really opened the city gate and rushed out to kill the enemy, they really couldn't bear to look at it directly.
"Here we are." Su Liuyi muttered.
Ye Yingwu also squinted, all the divine arm crossbows and assault rifles in front of him had been slowly raised, and the sound of the bed crossbow being wound could be heard from a long distance on the city wall behind. In addition, Ye Yingwu was relieved that none of the Tianwu soldiers flinched, which may also be the reason why the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, of course, Ye Yuanjun's pre-war mobilization like divine help just now did mobilize too many people's confidence in victory.
At this critical juncture when he was about to meet the enemy, Ye Yingwu did not carefully observe the enemy's attack direction, but subconsciously looked up at the sky, there were already layers of dark clouds spreading to this side in the sky, compared to Ah Shu, he had already noticed this situation, as long as a heavy rain could make the field instantly turn into a muddy swamp, and it could also make the Mongolian cavalry who were charging in front of him completely lose the absolute advantage of speed.
What's even worse is that the bowstrings of the Mongolian cavalry twisted with animal tendons will lose their effect when they encounter heavy rain, while the bowstrings of the Song army are obviously better in quality and will not make any fatal mistakes because of the rain.
If the Mongol cavalry had no speed and no cavalry shooting, it would be no different from a lamb to the slaughter!
"I hope God can really bless you." Ye Yingwu said secretly in his heart, and his eyes were once again focused on the Mongolian cavalry charging ahead.
If you can't stop them, no amount of rain will be more than tears of sorrow!
"Put!" The commander-in-chief of the left wing of the Song army and the left wing of the Great Song Tianwu Army were all commanded by the Mongol general Baiteer, and Wang Jin shouted angrily.
Although he didn't expect the other party to rush to his own camp in such a hurry, Wang Jin, who was on the battlefield for the first time, was not only afraid, but was as excited as everyone expected. Under his command, the left wing soldiers were not disgraced, and the first volley shot dozens of cavalry around Baetel's side off their horses.
"The Southern Barbarian is powerful with bows and arrows!" Batel secretly exclaimed, seemingly casually swinging his saber to remove the whistling arrows one after another, but his actions undoubtedly attracted more attention from the Song army.
Rampant in Yanjie Liuxiang for so many years, Wang Jin, who has always known that beating people is to slap people in the face and capture thieves to capture the king first, waved his hand without hesitation, and half of the arrows of the Song army affected the Mongolian commander who was charging ahead. Perhaps because they were worried that their own commanders would be lost, the Mongolian cavalry increased their horse speed and wanted to block Baeter, but because of this small action, the Mongolian cavalry's originally scattered formation became tight and crowded!
What Lao Tzu wants is for you to squeeze together! Wang Jin shouted in his heart, watching more Mongolian cavalry fall off his horse because of the gathering together, and his heart was refreshing.
Seeing that it was up to the cavalry shooting distance, all the Mongolian cavalry clenched their bows in their hands in unison, but an unexpected surprise was sudden!
Five or six traps directly engulfed half of the cavalry in the front row, but these traps are still very annoying and not deep, half of the cavalry who fell to the ground were exposed, and the companions behind them were also in a dilemma for a while, and they had no choice but to manipulate the reins of the horses and jump over from those brothers.
It was not that the Mongol cavalry could not bear the pain of the moment and trampled these companions who stood in the way under their horses, but because the cavalry who stepped on those who were half of their bodies leaked out were undoubtedly killing themselves, and would only be tripped off their horses by the same.
Looking at the calm leap of these Mongolian cavalry with superb riding skills, Wang Jin secretly admired in his heart and also seized this golden opportunity to command the Tianwu Army to shoot arrows desperately. Thinking of this, Wang Jin subconsciously glanced back at Ye Yingwu behind him, his own envoy was really a Yin person who did not negotiate, and Lu Xiufu on the city wall was not benevolent at all. One came up with the idea of digging a pit, and the other even told him to dig the pit shallower and more, so thinking about it, these two guys can be regarded as embarrassed.
At this moment when the king was in and out of God, the Mongol cavalry, after paying far more casualties than usual, approached the Song army while firing. And the soldiers of the Song army also began to control the assault rifle shooting. For a while, the sharp roar of arrows breaking through the air in front of us and the "bang" of assault guns were endless.
"Ready." Wang Jin looked at the soldiers standing behind the shield and wearing step armor without moving, and a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The soldiers around him lowered their shields slightly, and at the same time drew their sabers.
I have to say that the cavalry of the Mongolian cavalry is indeed a must, even if there are shields and heavily armored soldiers wearing foot armor in front of them, there are still many lightly armored soldiers who are hit by arrows.
In an instant, the Mongol cavalry had already rushed to the front of the formation, looking at these enemies who were half a body tall and their sabers raised high, Wang Jin took a deep breath, and then shouted angrily with all his strength:
"Kill!"
"Kill!" The soldiers on both sides shouted at the same time and rushed towards each other!
This is the first time that Wang Jin has been on the battlefield in his life, and it is also the first time that the vast majority of Tianwu soldiers have gone to the battlefield. The oncoming Mongolian cavalry was irresistibly oppressive and ferocious, and the Song soldiers who roared up were carrying rolling anger and monstrous murderous aura!
Wang Jin separated everyone, and did not use the saber on his waist, a cooked copper stick danced impermeable, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has made a good stick in one hand, and he is undoubtedly the number one fighter in the Su Ju Group with Ye Yingwu as the core. Now he makes a cooked copper stick, and he is even more invincible in the Tianwu Army, even if the old pawns in the Hundred Battles Capital face him, he will sometimes suffer.
Even through the dense crowd, Wang Jin and Baitter quickly discovered each other's existence, and quickly passed through the layers of barriers, allowing countless weapons to collide wildly around them, just staring at each other, with war intent rolling in their eyes.
The Mongolian cavalry easily broke through the thin shield cover, and the heavily armed soldiers in the left wing of the Tianwu Army also took heavy steps without saying a word, waving the giant axe or two-handed sword in their hands in unison, rolling with the sound of whirring wind.
"Tianwu Army, Wan Sheng!" Wang Jin suddenly shouted, and actually stood between the two heavily armored soldiers, and the cooked copper stick smashed straight into the unsuspecting Mongolian cavalry horse in front of him, the Mongolian cavalry snorted, fell off the horse, and was split in half by the sword of the armor soldier on Wang Jin's side before he even landed!
Drenched in blood and sprinkled all over the armor, the red blood in the hearts of the soldiers was also extremely excited!
Baetel's horse and horizontal knife went straight to Wang Jin, and Wang Jin did not hesitate at all, the cooked copper stick went up, and he stubbornly carried Baeter's saber with a thunderous roar. The surrounding Song army's heavy armored soldiers and light armored soldiers cooperated with each other, the heavy armored soldiers in the near distance resisted the assault of the Mongolian cavalry, and the light armored soldiers in the distance behind them quickly fired the divine arm crossbow, one far and one near each other, like a sophisticated killing machine, although the cooperation is still a little rusty, but it is enough to bring casualties to the Mongolian cavalry that are difficult to ignore.
"Shhh Baiteer took a breath of cool air lightly, and the young general of the Song army in front of him who was blocking his way was also stronger than he expected, originally thought that he could disrupt the defense of the Song army by taking the lead in the Song army, but he didn't expect that this unattractive young general had a stick even Baiter couldn't help but praise it secretly.
Batel's heart was shocked, and Wang Jin was gasping for breath, but his footsteps did not mean to retreat backwards, even if the Mongolian captain in front of him looked a head taller than himself, entrenched on the back of the horse, and had a sense of oppression that was difficult to match, even if the oncoming saber was not fancy and heavy.
Whether it is the 8,000 soldiers of the Tianwu Army and the Anji Army, or the father who is far away in Longxing Mansion, he will not allow himself to retreat, and he will not allow himself to retreat, or even allow himself to fail under the sword of this Mongolian commander!
Countless Mengsong soldiers were frantically fighting on the left flank, the sky was pouring arrows, and the ground was red-eyed soldiers!
Wang Jin roared angrily and swept the cooked copper rod and smashed it into Baetel's horse's leg, and at this time, Baeter's horse was already roaring and slashing at Wang Jin's neck. This is completely the same way of playing, once Batel, who is wearing almost negligible leather armor on his body, falls off the horse, he will undoubtedly be stirred into pieces by the red-eyed Song army armor next to him, and Wang Jin will directly be in a different place.
Fight for your life! Batel finally gave up at the last minute, and as he retreated, he slammed his suspended saber downward, barely trying to block the cooked brass rod that swept towards his mount with a thousand strokes.
I didn't expect you to be scared after all! Wang Jin said coldly in his heart, the cooked copper stick smashed on Baite's saber without any tricks, Baiteer was in a hurry to change the direction of the saber, the strength was naturally insufficient, and the saber was inserted down, and the strength could not be exerted, Wang Jin's cooked copper stick smashed Baite's saber straight down.
"Dang!" There was a loud bang, and both of them lost sensation in their arms in an instant.
Baetel's saber took off, of course, it was a shock in his heart, but after all, he was a veteran of the battlefield, and he didn't know how much he had encountered in this kind of danger, but he knew at a casual glance that Wang Jin was not comfortable, and it was difficult to attack for a while, this Mongolian brave general actually broke out with a roar hysterically, jumped directly from the horse, and jumped down directly from the horse to fight the rabbit in the posture of an eagle fighting a rabbit, and pounced on the god Wang Jin, who was slightly stunned because of his serious lack of battlefield experience.
Jiang is old and spicy, and in terms of improvisation on the battlefield, Wang Jin is too tender after all.
The cooked copper rod also fell, and the two grabbed each other's arms just like Ye Yingwu and Ah Shu did yesterday, doing everything possible to inflict even negligible damage on each other!
The Mongol cavalry was like a sharp sword, slamming again and again on the still weak shield of the left wing of the Tianwu army, and as Wang Jin was thrown to the ground by Batel, the two fought hard in the crowd, and the Song army and the Mongol army lost command at the same time. The Mongol cavalry seemed to have long been accustomed to this situation, and instead attacked the Song army's large array more desperately, hoping to cover their own commander and successfully kill the opposing commander.
The Tianwu army obviously did not have this kind of experience, and was hit by wave after wave of charges from the Mongol army, and the defense line soon crumbled.
The balance on the battlefield easily moved towards the Mongolian army, and you must know that this is only 5,000 Mongolian cavalry, and more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry are staring at this weak and tender opponent like hungry wolves in the distance, ready to swallow these elites of the Song army who don't know the height of the sky!