Chapter 229: The Sound of Cannons Shakes the Sky and Fills the River Red (I)

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I have to say that the Tianwu Army's front-of-the-line style of play did surprise the Mongolian cavalry, especially the tens of thousands of cavalry who stayed behind were seizing the time to rest, waiting for their companions to attack from behind.

Although the Mongol cavalry, whose banners were flying in the army, and who were sitting on horseback munching on milk and jerky, were a little surprised, they still quickly assembled their troops to meet the Song army, which seemed to be looking for death. A cavalryman pressed his saber and quickly drew his bow and arrow.

Jiang Hao smiled coldly, and pulled the war horse suddenly, the horse neighed, and quickly rushed to the side of the Mongolian cavalry, while the hundred cavalry behind followed closely, and they all drew their equipped crossbows, facing the Mongolian cavalry that was a hundred times their number, without the slightest fear.

"Kill!" The Mongol commander swung his saber violently, and tens of thousands of cavalry roared and rushed towards this small cavalry team, believing that with their horses' hooves and swords, they were enough to completely wring these hundred cavalry into flesh and blood.

It's just that the Mongolian cavalry miscalculated, when they instigated their war horses to rush towards Jiang Hao, more Song army foot soldiers were directly advancing quickly from the opposite direction, the crossbowmen rushed to the front without fear, and the heavily armored soldiers did not mean to detour from the side, and rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry rushing like a tide.

"Put!" Jiang Ho roared angrily and pointed directly at the Mongolian cavalry!

"Put!" The Mongolian Wanfu Zhang quickly urged the war horse, trying to close the distance.

"Put!" Ma Tingyou calmly looked at the flanks and rear of the Mongolian cavalry in front of him.

Arrows are whistling, breaking through the wind!

Locust-like arrows pierced the crowd, and the dense crowd fell like waves of wheat blown by the wind. It's just that there are only 100 people on Jiang Hao's side at best, while the Mongolian cavalry is 10,000 people on his side. Moreover, Jiang Hao has always paid attention to the distance between the two teams, and at the moment when the Mongolian cavalry released the arrows, Jiang Hao skillfully slammed his horse towards the other side.

So the Mongol cavalry was surprised to see that most of the arrows missed not far from this small cavalry. As a result, there were hundreds of cavalrymen, and sixty or seventy people managed to escape. But the arrows fired by these hundreds of cavalry caused dozens of Mongol cavalry to fall in a hurry. In the back, the arrows fired by the Song infantry were already whistling into the Mongol cavalry.

One by one, the people fell, while more of the Mongol cavalry remained unmoved. Still biting the Song cavalry in front. For the Mongols, this cavalry has been harassing and pinning down on the periphery, in fact, it is the most worrying, but the Song army without cavalry is not a big deal. No matter how much you run, you can't outrun the Mongol cavalry in this wasteland.

Jiang Hao couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect the Mongolian cavalry to be so persistent, but fortunately, the war horse under his crotch was still relatively reliable, and the fifty or sixty cavalry who could survive were also the elite of the elite, although it was difficult to cause any losses to the Mongolian cavalry that was chasing after him, but it should be more than enough to prevent them from catching up.

"Let's go!" Ma Tingyou didn't hesitate at all, Jiang Hao was using the lives of hundreds of people to fight for the last chance of the remaining 10,000 foot soldiers, but he couldn't just waste it.

However, in the end, it is the front of the Tianwu Army, and it can still maintain its position at this critical time. Maybe it's also because they're a little numb to their own command, which makes this often whimsical style of play.

Red flags were unfurled, spearmen and heavily armored men and crossbowmen were used to stop the Mongol cavalry. The lightly armored soldiers of the brigade were one step ahead, after all, they were the most vulnerable in front of the Mongol cavalry, and they were also the most vulnerable to being disorganized.

The heavily armored men who had rushed into the formation before were advancing step by step against the tide of the Mongol cavalry, their huge axes dancing wildly, while the spearmen rushed up from the other flank of the Mongol cavalry, spears pointed high.

The Mongolian cavalry also found that they could not be led by the nose by the hundred cavalry in front of them, and immediately left two teams of 1,000 men to continue the pursuit, while the other Mongolian cavalry skillfully rushed forward for a distance and then turned their horses' heads sharply to meet the somewhat arrogant Song spearmen and heavily armored soldiers.

This is the moment! Ma Tingyou raised his throat and waved his hand fiercely.

The crossbowmen who had been waiting for a long time pulled the trigger at the same time. Dense arrows whizzed into the Mongol cavalry as they turned their horses, and the damage at this time was undoubtedly the best. And the spearmen of the brigade rushed forward with a shout before the arrows could hit the ground.

"Puff puff!" The sound of arrows piercing flesh was heard clearly, and the Mongol cavalry did not wait for the swords of the Mongol cavalry to chop the arrows. A spear stabbed from below like a poisonous snake, making it difficult for them to distract themselves from it.

And hundreds of heavily armored soldiers slowly moved forward, as if they really wanted to join up with the spearmen and kill the 10,000-strong array of Mongolian cavalry!

"Kill!" Jiang Ho suddenly reined in his horse and rushed to the west, where more than sixty Mongol cavalry surrounded him. At the same time, turn the war horse to the west.

Although the more than 2,000 Mongolian cavalry behind do not know why the opponent who has been running south suddenly goes west, you must know that the west is Lumen Mountain Cottage, which is the territory of Mongolia in the out-and-out way, are these southern barbarian cavalry stupid?

It's just that what shocked them was that after Jiang Hao turned his horse, he led more than 60 cavalry straight to meet the Mongolian cavalry coming from the northwest, with 60 people against 2,000 people, if it looked like a grassfly shaking a big tree in the air, it was almost possible to predict the end of these 60 people.

"Tribulus terrestris!" Jiang Ho suddenly roared angrily.

More than a dozen thistles were suddenly thrown out from behind him, exploding along both sides of the pickaxe, kicking up snow powder and mud spots. And the wave of air that was set off slapped fiercely against the Mongolian cavalry, and even some of the Mongolian cavalry's war horses had never seen thistles at all, and they were frightened by the explosion, and for a time more than 2,000 cavalrymen did not dare to step forward.

"Kill!" Jiang Hao roared angrily.

The two thousand Mongolian cavalry found out why the Song cavalry was so fearless, first, they carried enough thistles, and secondly, the front of the two thousand Mongolian cavalry was too long, originally there were eight thousand cavalry behind them, but now there are none, which means that two thousand people pulled out such a long line, but the thickness is far from enough.

Sixty cavalry formed the most classic cone of cavalry. Plunged into the long line of Mongol cavalry. In fact, there were only a dozen Mongol cavalry facing these cavalry head-on, which was far from stopping the Song cavalry who were ready to throw thistles at both sides.

When the Mongol cavalry on both sides hurriedly came up, they found that their prey had already torn a hole in it and fled.

"Southern Barbarian Cavalry!" Arrows appeared from behind him again. The Mongol cavalry who fought with the Song army's foot soldiers were very surprised. Although the number of this southern barbarian cavalry was small, as long as they existed, the Mongol cavalry felt that there was no peace for a moment.

Two equally threatening objects in the world face each other, and the most likely thing is that one will survive and the other will perish, and they want to achieve peaceful coexistence. It's really hard.

"Crossbowman, let's go, shoot the foot!" Ma Tingyou gave an order without hesitation, he didn't expect that Jiang Hao would be able to give full play to the role of the little cavalry, taking advantage of the chaos on the side of the Mongolian cavalry, it was a good time for the Song army's crossbowmen to exert their might.

After all, under the impact of the Mongol cavalry, the number of spearmen and heavy armored soldiers was too small to support it, and once the Mongol cavalry surrounded the two most powerful teams, the front of the Tianwu army wanted to fight their way out of the encirclement. It's a little more difficult.

The two Mongol cavalry who had made the detour had apparently realized that something had changed, and they could already be seen again from a distance, apparently desperately rushing towards this side. And taking advantage of this gap, which seems to be given by God, the front wing brigade of the Tianwu Army has withdrawn for several miles, but it is unknown whether it has reached Chunshui or not.

"Retreat, old horse, hurry up and retreat with someone!" Jiang Hao rode his horse and rushed to the northeast of the rear of the Song army, and shouted loudly, "The heavily armored soldiers go first." Spearmen and crossbowmen are broken! ”

A red flag danced in the wind, Jiang Hao didn't want to think about it, grabbed it, and personally held up the flag with the word "Jiang" written on it. Once again, the horses rushed at the Mongol cavalry. And the heavily armored soldiers of the Song army had already converged with the spearmen, alternately covering the retreat.

The shield-bearer, who had been covering the crossbowmen, finally came into play, and hurriedly stepped forward. After all, if the heavily armored soldiers want to retreat, it is impossible to continue to wear the infantry armor, so the shield bearer needs to temporarily block the impact of the Mongol cavalry and give the heavy armored soldiers time to unarmour. The spearmen, on the other hand, calmly retreated behind their shields.

Shield plus spear. At this time, in addition to firearms, bows and crossbows, the best means to deal with cavalry.

"Kill!" The Mongol cavalry came with rage.

Ma Tingyou still didn't show a nervous look on his face, he was such a person, once he put his body and mind into it, he didn't have so many worries and nervousness. This matter has been done, so let's finish it quietly!

The crossbowmen in the front compartment of the Tianwu Army are not vegetarians, their hands and the bow and crossbow, they don't know how many Mongolian foot riders fed them, and thousands of arrows have already risen into the air at the same time without Ma Tingyou continuing to give orders, and then roared and fell.

It is like the tears of death, and there is naturally the breath of death in the heaviness.

Although the arrows are as dense as rain, it is still difficult to stop the overwhelming Mongolian cavalry, but fortunately, because they are usually well-trained, the heavy armored soldiers who have retreated behind the shields can quickly take off the infantry armor, and there is already a team of light armored infantry soldiers waiting on the side, and their main task is to cooperate with the heavy armored soldiers to carry these heavy armor.

The soldier with only a short knife on his body took over the heavy armor of his companion, and the two of them nodded hurriedly, silently following the team that had already set off and slowly marching westward, everything was so skillful that only the usual hard training could hone such efficiency.

In actual combat, everyone can feel that the devil training of the Tianwu Army is the best means to save their lives on the battlefield.

The Mongol cavalry was obviously in disarray at this time, and they didn't know whether to pursue the Song infantry who were getting farther and farther away, or to meet the Song spearmen who were waiting for and slowly retreating, or whether to let the Song cavalry, who had been harassing the periphery, go to hell completely.

Fortunately, the Mongol cavalry in the brigade was getting closer and closer, and their commander was flying horses. Black flags appeared at the end of the horizon, and the sound of horses' hooves sounded, as if they wanted to echo this side, completely crushing the liver and gall of the Southern Barbarian Song Army.

Jiang Hao couldn't help but pout, the Song army's infantry had already retreated one after another, and the Mongolian cavalry was now busy converging the whole team, which was nothing more than self-comfort and bluffing. And these cavalry under his command also need to be withdrawn as soon as possible. Lest you face 20,000 Mongol cavalry in the end, you will have fun.

Jiang Ho was able to use the "cunning" of the southern barbarians to play with the Mongolian cavalry for a while. Ma Tingyouke was not a fool either, and all the wagons that had been used by the Mongols to camouflage the grain team were set on fire by the foot soldiers. The raging fire was rewoven into a wall of fire that blocked the path of the Mongol cavalry.

"How far is it from Chunshui?" Jiang Ho stood behind the wall of fire and gasped softly.

"Ten miles." Ma Tingyou replied lightly, "The sentry at the front has already sent news just now, and this place is six miles away from Lumen Mountain. It is ten miles away from Chunshui. The camps of the Mongolian Tatars in Lumen Mountain are mainly on the north and south sides of the mountain, but there is no middle section, so we can easily cross over to Chunshui. ”

Jiang Hao nodded, and through the firelight, he could already faintly see the figure of the Mongolian cavalry, and it was getting closer and closer. Jiang Hao couldn't help but whisper: "This Tartar cavalry is really difficult to deal with, and it is thankful that it can be fought like this." ”

"No, you don't see the situation right." Ma Tingyou suddenly said in surprise, "The Tartar cavalry doesn't seem to have any intention of bypassing, they seem to be retreating towards the south. ”

"Retreat?" Jiang Ho was taken aback. Hurried through the faintly beating flames.

The black-pressed Mongol cavalry did not force their way through the wall of fire or bypass the flanks, but headed straight to the south. Jiang Hao hurriedly looked at the map that Ma Tingyou had drawn out, Lumen Mountain stretched from northwest to southeast, and these Mongolian cavalry drove straight to the south, obviously wanting to collect troops and return to the south side of the cottage, or maybe the cottage was attacked.

"Who could it be? Ten ** is not the Tianwu Army, and it is already very difficult for the envoy to be able to deal with the 150,000 army of Ashu with the strength of three compartments, and it is impossible to divide the manpower to cross the Han River to support us. Jiang Hao said in a deep voice. And the defenders of Xiangyang and the troops stationed in Ezhou were also pinned down on the other side, and it could not be them. ”

Ma Tingyou looked at Jiang Hao, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile: "Don't say it yet." There really is such a team that is not pinned. ”

"Huh?" Jiang Ho glanced at him.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Ma Tingyou smiled and said: "The defenders of Fancheng, as far as I know, the defenders of Fancheng are strong in combat and can be called a strong force, and their commander Niu is in charge. It's not a good stubble, so you appreciate him a lot. At this time, if it was said that the defenders of Fancheng were dispatched, they really believed it. ”

"Are you saying that Fancheng's guards and horse armies are all under the control of General Niu Funiu?" Jiang Hao looked at Ma Tingyou, thoughtful. In fact, Jiang Hao still has a very good impression of the defenders of Fancheng, firstly, because he was influenced by Ye Yingwu, and secondly, because Jiang Ho fought side by side with Wang Fu of Fancheng in the Battle of Gwangju last time, and knew that these soldiers of the defenders of Fancheng were all men, so they did not have the same contempt for the defenders of Xiangyang.

"Of course, it's still the news from the sentinels." Ma Tingyou said with a smile that once the fighting subsided, he returned to his previous cautious appearance, which was quite interesting.

However, Jiang Hao and he are already old buddies, and they have long been familiar with this, and they don't hesitate at the moment: "No matter who it is, let's go first, after all, the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are now on your shoulders, and the Mongolian Tartars have not gone far at this time, so don't be careless." ”

"Let's go." Ma Tingyou nodded and stepped forward.

The two of them didn't say anything more, the front carriage brigade of the Tianwu Army had already withdrawn some distance, but there were only a few dozen cavalry left surrounding Ma Tingyou and Jiang Hao, in the vast snowfield, no matter how you look at it, it is so small and insignificant.

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The war horse chirped softly in the wind, Niu Fu slowly rode forward, the Lumen Mountain camp in front of him was not as brightly lit as he imagined, and even Niu Fu didn't know if there were Mongolian Tatars stationed in this seemingly black and oppressive cottage.

The Mongols, where have they gone?

Niu Fu took a breath of cool air and rubbed his hands, which were already frozen in the cold wind. Sentinel cavalry comes and goes, Niu Fu and the Lu family brothers are different, although the cavalry is definitely a treasure in the palm of the Song army, but if you don't send the cavalry out as a scout to get more news, then no matter how much treasure in the palm of your hand is useless.

"Qi Yu system, it has been confirmed again and again, there don't seem to be many Tartars on this Lumen Mountain, on the surface it seems to be heavily armed, but there is no human figure flickering inside. The subordinates dare to think that this Lumen Mountain is just an empty shelf! An old soldier whispered.

"Are you sure?" Niu Fu suppressed the excitement in his heart, this old man has followed him to guard Fancheng for many years, and Niu Fu knows very well how much he can make him say categorically, it must have been determined. It turned out that this old sentry had never lived up to his expectations of him.

"Confirm!" The old pawn nodded without hesitation, "Subordinate confirmation." ”

Niu Fu nodded, and just wanted to give the order to attack the mountain, but saw two sentry riders coming in a hurry.

"Qi Yu commanded, Shannan found a brigade of Mongolian Tatar cavalry, there are 20,000!"

"Qi Yu commanded, Shanbei found a large group of foot soldiers, and there were sentry spies scattered in all directions, and the subordinates did not dare to step forward!"

Niu Futong froze there.

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