Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Front Village

After listening to the news of the scouts' reply, Gao Huaiyuan became more and more confident in winning the battle, the Mongolian army was dragged by him these days, it seems that he has not done anything serious, and he has been waiting for seven days stupidly, only building some fortifications at the intersection leading to Qifang Pass outside Jiezhou City, and the troops have begun to disperse again, and they have begun to loot food everywhere, so this shows that the order he issued to clear the field has been carried out by local military and political officials, with the habit of the Mongolian army going out, They must have been short of food and grass by now. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In this way, Gao Huaiyuan was not in a hurry to fight with the Mongolian army, after leaving Ganquan Town, he pressed the speed of the Song army's advance, slowly advancing forward, forty miles of mountain road, he actually walked for two days, and the thunder was so anxious that it was angry, but because the Song army led by Yue Kun on the other side was also constantly advancing in the direction of Jiezhou, forcing the thunder to not easily send troops to take the initiative to meet Gao Huaiyuan's Song army.

Seeing that the Song army had been gone for two days, but stopped at a place not far from Jiezhou, Tu Lei, who had been waiting for the Song army to attack, couldn't bear it anymore, and sent the most elite under his command to finally take the initiative to meet Gao Huaiyuan's Song army. 6

And the place where they came into contact was just a very inconspicuous village called Qiancun, and after the Song army arrived here, they lined up.

The former village is located on a small plain between the two mountains, this place is relatively open compared to other places, less than three miles south of the village is the Bailongjiang River that passes through the mountains, this era is also a necessary road to the hinterland of Sichuan, so it is very suitable for the attack of the Mongol army.

When he found that the Mongol army had begun to appear in sight, Gao Huaiyuan ordered the army to start arraying, he ordered Zheng Bingjie to lead his troops forward, and set up an array on the widest flat ground in the valley, while Ma Zhong was stationed on the bank of the Bailong River on the left flank of the army, and Lu Youliang was stationed on the right flank of the Chinese army, and he himself led the rest of the soldiers and horses on a mound in the southwest of Qiancun, standing on the mound to overlook the entire battlefield.

As soon as the Song army finished plating, a Mongolian soldier appeared in front of them, to be honest, this place was not conducive to the development of the Song army's infantry army, and it was more conducive to the mobility of the Mongolian cavalry, but Gao Huaiyuan finally chose this place for the battlefield.

Because he knew that the Mongols couldn't wait, and if he continued to delay, then Tulei might choose to withdraw his troops and retreat to Tibet, so that he would not be able to achieve the goal of deterring the Mongol army.

In the end, after carefully studying the terrain, Gao Huaiyuan still chose this relatively open place for the battlefield, if it were not for this, he estimated that the Mongolian army would not dare to attack them easily.

When Batu led 5,000 Mongol cavalry to Qiancun, under his command, the entire Mongol army stopped and confronted the Song army from a distance.

Batu slowly raised his eyes and scanned the surrounding terrain, and gradually the corners of his mouth showed a sinister smile, because the terrain here was more suitable for the battle of their Mongolian cavalry than expected, and he couldn't help but start to despise the Song army on the other side.

Because he knew that there were more places nearby that were suitable for the Song army to garrison, but in the end, the Song army still chose this piece of terrain that was unfavorable to them, didn't they know that the Mongol cavalry were all a people who lived on horseback since childhood? On such a relatively open terrain, he didn't have so many worries, and based on the terrain alone, Batu thought that he basically had a 70% chance of winning.

Raising his eyes and looking at the Song army's formation, Batu's expression was still a little more solemn, because the Song army on the opposite side had a clear banner and armor, and the formation could be said to be very neat, and the formation they formed was quite tight and thick, which showed that the other party's main general was not a fool, at least in terms of arranging troops, he was still quite accomplished.

In this way, if he wants to defeat this Song army here, it will still be difficult, but Batu does not think that he may be defeated, because he fully trusts these soldiers under his command, among these people, 1,500 are the cavalry of the Mongol tribe, 2,000 are their cavalry, and there are only 1,500 new neighbors, and these new annexed troops this time he does not intend to let them be embarrassed, the reason why he brought them here is just to let them use as auxiliaries.

In terms of troops, although the Song army seems to be a lot more than their Mongolian army, at least about 15,000 people, but in addition to the front soldiers, he believes that most of the Song army behind the Song army are auxiliaries, as long as he can crush these Song troops at the front, then even if there are more auxiliary troops in the back, he has nothing to worry about, all that awaits him is to wave his division and kill until all these Song troops are wiped out.

Batu had every reason to believe that he would not fail, and he also believed that he was the bravest general under the command of Tulei, and if he could defeat this Song army today, then he could become a shining star in the entire Mongol army.

When the Mongols arrived at the battlefield, they consciously dismounted to rest their mounts, and handed over the spare horses they were carrying to the new annexes to take care of them, so that they could go into battle lightly and fight the Song army.

Among the armies of the Song army, the officers are also constantly issuing various orders, the heralds are staring intently at the flag of the Chinese army, waiting for the orders of the Chinese army, and are ready to convey the commander's orders at any time, in the eyes of these Song troops, Gao Huaiyuan is undoubtedly the god of war of their time, under his leadership, many of the Song soldiers believe that they can finally achieve victory, and they can expel the Tartars from the territory of their Song people, so the morale of the Song army is very high at the moment, Many people secretly looked at the Mongolian army that appeared on the other side, secretly lucked, cheered themselves up, and only stayed for a while before rushing up to fight with the Mongolian Tatars, at this time each of them had seen the brutality of the Mongolian army, and heard that the entire military and civilians of Jiezhou City were slaughtered by the Mongolian army, the flame of hatred had already burned their hearts, and now it was finally time to confront these damn barbarians, these days the officers have instilled such thoughts in them, It can be said that everyone has been stimulated by the excitement of being beaten like chicken blood, and they can only kill when they just wait for the order from the peak.

Gao Huaiyuan quietly immediately under the banner of the Chinese army, with his clairvoyance to observe the Mongolian army opposite, from the number of enemy troops, he can be sure that the tow mine has been waiting impatiently, the center of the opponent is the Mongolian cavalry with pigtails, and the two wings are colorful cavalry, it can be said that the other party did not hesitate to take out the elite troops to meet him this time, and the opponent's equipment is quite good, almost all the cavalry are wearing iron armor, not ordinary leather armor, it can be seen that their combat effectiveness should also be quite powerful.