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The front compartment of the Tianwu Army is the front compartment of the Tianwu Army, the forward force of the Tianwu Army who followed Ye Yingwu to participate in the Battle of Gwangju not long ago, at this time, in the sound of the horses' hooves of the Mongolian cavalry, they showed their extraordinary composure and composure.

Holding up the flag, Jiang Hao personally led his personal guards to break the rear, the light armor foot soldiers who were most vulnerable to cavalry blows were in front, the spearmen and shield bearers surrounded the crossbowmen behind, and Jiang Hao and more than 100 cavalry used as sentry horses and personal guards were at the back of the 5,000 people who attacked.

There are more than 100 cavalry in each compartment of the Tianwu Army, which are used as sentry scouts in peacetime, in fact, these cavalry are also from the Baizhan system, and they are all selected by Jiang Tie and others, but compared with the real Baizhan cavalry, there are still deficiencies in some quality and ability, so they are delegated to each compartment, and they are still veritable treasures and killer weapons in each compartment.

The cavalry system of the Tianwu Army was actually formed by Ye Yingwu inspired by the special forces system of later generations, and the elite of each compartment was actually equivalent to the special brigade directly under it, and the sentry cavalry and the personal guard cavalry of the following compartments were equivalent to the reconnaissance special forces of the various theaters and group armies.

So although there are only 100 people, the small cavalry surrounded by Jiang Hao still can't be underestimated, and every soldier is subconsciously looking in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves comes from, and his eyes are more high-spirited. If you want to re-enter the capital of a hundred battles, the blood and skulls of the Mongol Tartars are a good proof.

What's more, the last time the cavalry in the front of the Tianwu Army followed Jiang Hao to make trouble in Gwangju and moved to Suizhou, they had already emerged among the cavalry in each compartment, and now if they can make meritorious contributions again, everyone will have more confidence in going to the hundred battles to be selected.

A black line first appeared not far away, moving rapidly across the white wasteland. After a few moments, it had turned into a dark cloud, and it was getting closer and closer, and it was possible to see the banners flying among the cavalry.

And taking advantage of this effort, the front of the Tianwu Army has all retreated to those continuous hills. Crossbowmen, spearmen, and shield-bearers lined up the hillside. And the Mongol cavalry had also rushed to a distance of 200 zhang from the hillside in an instant.

This is already at the maximum range of the Divine Arm Crossbow, and if the Mongol cavalry is allowed to continue to advance, I am afraid that the arrows fired by the cavalry will fall on the head in a short time.

"There must be tens of thousands of people, right?" Ma Tingyou said hesitantly, looking at the Mongolian cavalry in front of him who seemed to have no boundless black pressure, and also watched the black flags fluttering.

"Two thousand people. However, it seems that the number of people is not enough to be 20,000, but there are 15,000. Jiang Hao didn't rush to release the arrow, and said calmly, "Look closely, there are two Mongolian captain's flags. However, 20,000 Mongolian cavalry charges have also been seen, and there are definitely more of them than these people now. ”

Ma Tingyou looked at Jiang Hao in surprise: "Don't you release the arrow?" ”

"Wait until they're closer." Jiang Hao said lightly, "At a distance of more than 100 zhang, the Tartars' cavalry is only barely within reach, but our Divine Arm Crossbow can already give them enough damage." It's still a bit far. ”

However, Jiang Ho did not get his wish, and the Mongolian cavalry had just entered a distance of 200 zhang. It was divided into two teams and detoured to both sides of the hillside, and at this time it was obvious how this was also the formation of two teams of 10,000 people, and there were flags flying at the front.

"Put!" Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, if he released the arrows just now, with the sudden change of formation of the Mongolian cavalry, it would obviously be difficult for the arrows to hit them, and it is estimated that the Mongolian cavalry also expected this, so they changed the formation in a place where the divine arm crossbow could barely reach, but it was a pity that the Song army was not fooled.

The Tianwu Army is not the Song army of other hangers, such as the soldiers stationed in Ezhou and the soldiers stationed in Zhenjiang Prefecture. The first moment the Mongol cavalry entered the firing range, he must release more arrows and embolden himself, so that he would naturally fall into the arms of the Mongol cavalry who suddenly changed formation. It's just that the Tianwu Army hasn't been able to hold its breath to that point. Arrows are the biggest barrier of the Song army, and a random shot is definitely the most despicable waste.

With Jiang Hao's order, the crossbowman pulled the trigger at the same time. When the Mongolian cavalry suddenly changed formation, the crossbowmen in the front compartment of the Tianwu Army, who were also considered to have some experience, had already quickly passed through Wangshan (mechanical sights) to bite the Mongolian cavalry, and there was nothing to worry about how they changed.

Arrows whizzed, piercing into its nearest flesh. A Mongol cavalryman fell screaming. More of the cavalry still parted to the sides, and then drew their bows and arrows. After all, there were only 10,000 men in the front compartment, and it was difficult to be tightly defended in all directions of the hillside, so this Mongolian cavalry observed it correctly, and the two flanks were the weak points.

However, the Mongolian cavalry, which was a little sparse because of dodging the arrows of the Tianwu Army, was difficult to exert the effect of mounted archery for a while, and one arrow after another flew over, gently knocking on the shield of the Tianwu Army, which undoubtedly showed the urgency and nervousness of the master when firing the arrows.

And Jiang Hao also breathed a sigh of relief, the front is a gentle slope, and the two wings are steep slopes, which is why he has fewer people on both wings, and he is still a little delusional with the cavalry to impact the steep slope. As long as they could block the first shot of the Mongol cavalry and their own flanks were not disorganized, the Mongol cavalry still had to circle back.

Sure enough, the Mongolian cavalry had also found that the Song army in front of them was not easy to deal with, and it was tightly guarded around the hills, and the crossbowmen and shield bearers stood staggered, like a huge turtle shell. However, the golden eagle in the steppe would not give up on the capture because of the resistance of its prey, and the Mongol cavalry slowly closed up their formation and joined up with the surviving cavalry that had served as bait.

"The Tartar is smart, and if he misses a blow, he will immediately retreat." Ma Tingyou frowned and said, the Mongolian cavalry retreated quickly, which really surprised him and Jiang Hao, this is not the usual attack method of the Mongolian cavalry at all, it stands to reason that even if the Song army resists strongly, the Mongolian cavalry will only use a more ferocious way to fight back, and it is often in the continuous impact again and again that the Song army completely collapses.

In the decades-long history of Mongol conquests, this trick has been tried and tested.

However, today's Mongolian cavalry is not as tough as imagined, but pays more attention to giving full play to its speed advantage. Constantly harassing the front of the Tianwu Army, and bringing psychological pressure to the soldiers of the Tianwu Army at all times.

Being blocked here by nearly 20,000 Mongolian cavalry is a psychological burden for anyone, even the front compartment of the Tianwu Army, which has experienced a hundred battles.

Jiang Hao couldn't help but sigh softly. He already knew that it would be absolutely difficult to get out easily today, and the flexibility shown by the commander of this Mongolian cavalry made him dare not imagine what would have become of the front compartment of the Tianwu Army if it were not for the advantage of the terrain on the hillside under his feet, but on the wasteland.

"I don't know who the commander of this Tartar cavalry is. However, being able to fight at this time to meet the enemy is probably also Ah Shu's confidant, after all, 20,000 people are probably the largest force that the Lumen Mountain camp can dispatch. Jiang Hao said softly, "Being able to stay in the Lumen Mountain camp shows that this person is not only outstanding in ability and appreciated by Ah Shu, but also a cautious and cautious guy, and he definitely belongs to an alternative among the Tartars." ”

"It's just a pity that I haven't learned all the Mongolian characters yet, otherwise I would have been able to recognize what was written on the flag." Ma Tingyou said with some distress, as the commander of the Six Gates and the Jinyi Guard, only by knowing oneself and knowing the other can one not be defeated. Therefore, learning Mongolian characters and languages is also one of Ma Tingyou's requirements for himself, but because of his busy affairs, it is not so simple to master a language in a short time.

Jiang Hao said with a wry smile: "Why blame yourself for this, let's take a good look at what tricks this Mongolian cavalry can come up with, and we can only see the moves." ”

Before the words fell, the Mongol cavalry had moved again, tens of thousands of cavalry ploughing the snow on the wasteland, and then still divided into two teams as last time. Rushed to the flanks of the Tianwu Army respectively. It's just strange that the other thousands of cavalry just moved forward slowly, without the slightest intention of following their companions to charge.

The Mongol cavalry that rushed to both flanks was sometimes within range of the Divine Arm Crossbow, sometimes out of range. Relying on the strength of the war horse, running quickly on the wasteland, it was difficult for Jiang Hao to decide whether he needed to release arrows for a while, after all, there was no accuracy at such a long distance.

There were 5,000 cavalry on each side, but they did not continue to attack the flank of the Tianwu Army, but went to the north and south respectively. Jiang Ho immediately understood what the other party meant. His face couldn't help but change, and Ma Tingyou, who was beside him, also came back to his senses and took a breath of cool air gently.

Although the hill where they were located stretched in a north-south direction, it was actually not long, and the hill was not very high, so the Mongol cavalry could completely spend some time going around the back of the hill where the front carriage of the Tianwu army was located, and attacking back and forth.

There were only 10,000 people in the front compartment, and the hill behind it was very gentle-which is why the front compartment of the Tianwu Army chose to climb over from this hill to attack the grain team--it was a bit of a fool's dream to defend the Mongol cavalry in both directions.

Even Jiang Ho didn't have that confidence.

"What should I do?" Ma Tingyou had an anxious look on his face, and even he was already difficult to keep calm at this time.

"Rush, rush!" Jiang Hao suddenly made up his mind, the heavily armored soldiers opened the way, and directly scattered the Tartar cavalry, not far to the west are Chunshui and Lumen Mountain, the Mongolian Tartars must be loose in the mountains at this time, and it is best to take the cottage, even if you can't take it, you must rely on Chunshui to defend. ”

Ma Tingyou was obviously frightened by Jiang Hao, but he still barely managed to calm down his violently beating heart: "Wouldn't this be self-defeating, if you want to compete with the Tartar cavalry in the wasteland, before you reach Lumen Mountain, I'm afraid you will already be caught up by the Tartar cavalry." ”

"We have no choice." Jiang Hao said coldly, pulled out his saber, and didn't care about Ma Tingyou, "In the front compartment of the Tianwu Army, the Tartars want to copy the back road, then let's rush directly to the front Tartars!" Break them head-on! ”

Before the words fell, the heads of all the departments and Yu Hou had already greeted their subordinates, and the originally peaceful Song army formation on the hillside was instantly disrupted, the heavily armored soldiers rushed to the front with heavy steps, the shield bearers escorted the crossbowmen to follow closely behind, and the spearmen and lightly armored soldiers rushed straight up from the two wings, like a huge pincer.

Jiang Hao turned over on his horse, glanced at Ma Tingyou beside him, and then said: "When the defense can no longer be defended, then try to attack, and offense is sometimes the only solution." Someone will always fall on this wasteland anyway, so why not let the Mongol Tatars fall? ”

Ma Tingyou was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly. Jiang Hao is worthy of being the most capable commander of the Tianwu Army, and since he is in a desperate situation, it is better to bury his head and rush forward. Maybe there will be a glimmer of hope and a glimmer of light. This is very similar to Ye Yingwu's sometimes acting style. In the battle of Suizhou, Ye Yingwu was really caught off guard by this skill.

When the advance and retreat are lost, it is better to find a direction and move forward desperately.

At the moment, he made up his mind, and Ma Tingyou turned over and got on the horse. Follow Jiang Ho closely.

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"Qiyu envoy, the sentinel came to report that the defenders of Xiangyang went out of the city and rode on Mongolian foot, but they have been killed and retreated by Ah Shu." Jiang Tie hurriedly walked in to report.

Ye Yingwu nodded, not much surprised. This is already expected, since Ah Shu has the courage to retreat from Hutou Mountain to Anyang Beach via Xiangyang, he has naturally thought about how to deal with the Lu family brothers who may come out to pick up the bargain at any time.

Maybe Ah Shu is still a little difficult to conquer the Tianwu army with the Hutou Mountain camp as a barrier, but for the Xiangyang defenders who have been defeated all year round, it is very accurate. For the defenders of Xiangyang, Ye Yingwu actually didn't have much hope, but it would be great if he could take the opportunity to weaken the influence ability of the Lu family brothers in Xiangyang, so as to let himself intervene.

However, Wang Jin and Yang Bao, who had just arrived, had surprised looks on their faces. The defenders of Xiangyang dared to pursue until the place near Yingzhou before, and held on for a while before being defeated by Ashu's ambush, and now they are under the city of Xiangyang, but they didn't expect to be defeated?

Jiang Tie walked quickly to the side of the map, this map was still in a hurry when Ah Shu left, and he didn't have time to clean it up, so it was written in both Mongolian and Chinese characters. However, I have to say that the Mongolian Tatars have coveted Xiangyang for so many years and control the surrounding strategic places, so this map is much more accurate than the one used by Ye Yingwu before.

"I'm afraid there are still 70,000 or 80,000 people in the whole army. Among them, the infantry is the majority, from the Xianshan, Xincheng and other Mongolian Tatars in the north side of the Hutou Mountain smaller camp to reorganize and gather, straight from the southwest direction of Xiangyang around the city to Anyang Beach across the Han River to the Wanshan village, where there are thousands of Mongolian Tartar soldiers stationed. Jiang Tie stretched out his hand and pointed on the map. However, unexpectedly, Ah Shu personally led the cavalry of the Tartar headquarters to break off, but it was the Han family foot soldiers who opened the way in front. ”

"Who is the Han family foot soldier?" Ye Yingwu was a little surprised, opening the way with the Han family's foot soldiers would inevitably make the impact of the Mongolian cavalry unable to be used for a while, but this could also ensure the safety of his own soldiers to the greatest extent.

Jiang Tie hesitated for a moment and then said, "The flag is a Zhang character. It is inferred that it is Zhang Hongfan, who has recently emerged and has been taken by Ah Shu as a think tank. This person is ・・・・・・"

Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and waved: "Zhang Hongfan is very clear, but he didn't expect that gold will shine, and this Zhang Hongfan finally jumped out." ”

Although they couldn't quite understand why Ye Yingwu sighed for no reason, Wang Jin and Yang Bao both looked at Jiang Tie, meaning that Zhang Hongfan didn't care too much, and what they cared about was why the defenders of Xiangyang would lose again, which was too much.

Jiang Tie hurriedly said: "The Mongolian infantry retreated to Wanshan, Lu Wenhuan opened the city gate and went out of the city to pursue, and he brought a lot of troops, and there were sixty or seventy thousand infantry and cavalry, which is almost all that Xiangyang can take out." Moreover, the last general thought that Lu Wenhuan's offensive direction was not wrong, and he directly rushed at the Mongolian Tatar infantry and cavalry joint, which should be foolproof. ”

Ye Yingwu glanced at the map, and then said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid it's not foolproof, but it's right in the middle." ”

Jiang Tie nodded helplessly: "Well, obviously Ah Shu has already expected that the Han family's foot soldiers are not entangled with Lu Wenhuan at all, both sides are foot soldiers, and the Xiangyang defenders can't catch up for a while, but the Mongolian cavalry is very quickly killed, and Lu Wenhuan is defeated, I'm afraid sixty or seventy thousand people can go back twenty or thirty thousand, thank God." What's more, Zhang Hongfan did not retreat in a hurry, but returned with his foot soldiers to chase and kill, all the way to the city of Xiangyang. ”

Wang Jin and Yang Bao were both taken aback, this Mongolian Tartar had already been defeated, and it could still have such a strong strength, and it took a bite back, causing heavy losses to the defenders of Xiangyang. Didn't this Zhang Hongfan and Ah Shumo underestimate them before, or did they really look down on the defenders of Xiangyang?

"The defenders of Xiangyang have been defeated again and again, and the 150,000 army is probably already a lot of losses." Ye Yingwu said lightly, looking at Yutu, "Now it's our turn." The Tianwu army continued to repair for half a day, and immediately sent 2,000 men and horses to enter the camp of Xincheng and Da Xianshan, anyway, the Mongolian Tatars were not burned, one was too late, and the other was ・・・・・・"

"Ah Shu wants to take the initiative to provoke a conflict between us and the defenders of Xiangyang?" Wang Jin was the first to react, a little surprised.

Ye Yingwu smiled and nodded: "Isn't it just to cheapen us, when the time comes, Xiangyang's throat will be in the hands of the Tianwu Army, how can the Lu family brothers be willing?" But it's just a pity that Ashu's calculation was wrong, even if there were no two camps, a certain Ye Yingwu did not plan to reconcile with the Lu family brothers, this gift was not accepted in vain. ”

Wang Jin and Yang Bao both nodded, although Ye Yingwu and the Lu family were actually more personal grievances in Lin'an, but now the Tianwu Army is already Ye Yingwu's private army, and the personal grievances of the envoy are the grievances of the Tianwu Army.

This is non-negotiable.

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