Chapter 242: Jin Ge Iron Horse - The Battle of Dangerous Mountain Fort (Part II)
Li Mingji had no siege heavy weapons, and no firearms, except for 8,000 cavalrymen equipped with bows and arrows, 10,000 spearmen could only stare at each other.
There are about 700 Houjin soldiers and 300 cavalry in Phoenix City. Although facing the enemy forces outside the city that were several times their size, these Houjin soldiers still did not have much fear. They even sent 300 cavalry out of the city to fight, but the result was inversely proportional to their morale, and the 300 Houjin cavalry fought with 2,000 Korean servant cavalry outside the eastern city, and more than 100 people were beheaded, and the remaining wolves fled back to the city.
Li Mingji did not know the true combat intentions of the Liaodong Dispatch Army Headquarters, and the order he received was to capture Phoenix, which had a small number of people and were all old and weak soldiers.
It was the first time since the end of the Goryeo era that a North Korean soldier had crossed the Yalu River to fight, and that pride kept Mr. Lee from thinking about the crisis behind it.
As cannon fodder, he was not mentally prepared at all, and only thought about currying favor with his superior, the Liaodong Governor's Mansion.
"Your Excellency!" The adjutant general stepped forward and said: "This is not to give us artillery, and it requires us to allow the city to be broken after three days, how can we take this city!" ”
"You ask me? Who goes, I ask? Li Mingji said unhappily: "I haven't fought for more than 20 years, why can't I even attack the city?" Go, send someone to tie up the ladder and order the cavalry to shoot the enemy with bows and arrows! ”
The lieutenant general ordered to go down and deploy, and the Korean servant army began to set up a cloud ladder, and the cavalry surrounded Phoenix City to conduct cavalry shooting.
By noon the next day, more than half of the defenders at the head of Phoenix City had suffered casualties, and it only took one charge for Li Mingji to capture Phoenix City.
It's just that the military order requires him to break the city in three days, so Li Mingji had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
That night, Li Mingji was planning tomorrow's city-breaking operation, and as a result, he received an urgent military situation.
The 20,000 cavalry of the Houjin and Mongolian armies with white flags and white flags were quickly reinforced, and at the speed of the cavalry, they would arrive in Phoenix City before dawn.
Li Mingji wanted to break the city earlier, and then defend the city, but the Liaodong Governor's Office strictly ordered him to break the city in three days. And if you wait until tomorrow to break the city, you will definitely engage the Mongolian cavalry, and the risk is too great.
Just when he hesitated, the Liaodong Army sent a letter ordering him to lead his army to retreat to the dangerous mountain fort in the northeast. Li Mingji was angry. But had to obey orders.
So, Li Mingji ordered the withdrawal of the troops overnight and retreated to the dangerous mountain fort.
At dawn, the single inlaid white flag and the positive white flag of Genger arrived in Phoenix City one after another. Shan learned from the defenders of Phoenix City that it was the North Korean army that came to attack, and he immediately jumped like thunder. Geng Ge also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was really worried about fighting with the heavy cavalry of the Liaodong Army. Now that it's good, you can go back to talk to the boss, and the army can return to Zhenjiang Fort safely. However, Shan Shan did not listen to Geng Ge's advice at all, and blindly wanted to beat the tooth sacrifice of this group of North Korean troops. Genger couldn't stop the single. On the other hand, he thought that the other party was just a North Korean army, and he was not vulnerable at all, so he followed the pursuit of the enemy with the single commander.
Li Mingji's information was completely given to him by the Liaodong Army, and he didn't know that the Mongolian army had followed him. It was not until the Mongol army was twenty miles away from his army that it was discovered by his cavalry.
Li Mingji was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and hurriedly called the deputy general to discuss.
"There are still seventy miles away from the dangerous mountain fort designated by the headquarters, and there are eighty or ninety miles of the Great Worm River where the river defense fleet is located, and with the speed of the Mongolian cavalry, we can't get rid of them at all."
"What then?" Li Mingji said worriedly: "Our troops and combat power are inferior to the Mongolian cavalry!" ”
The adjutant general said: "Your Excellency first sent someone to inform the Liaodong Army of the situation here, and then after sending the cavalry to break off, the infantry army hurriedly marched to the dangerous mountain fort, as long as we arrived at the riverside, there was a river defense fleet there, and the Mongolian army could not help us!" ”
Li Mingji frowned and said, "Haven't all the cavalry in the rear of the palace been fed to the enemy?" ”
"The adults of the Liaodong Governor's Mansion don't seem to know how to command at all, what kind of battle is this?" The adjutant general also complained.
However, if you lose the car to protect the handsome, the strong man still has to do it if he breaks his wrist.
In the end, Li Mingji gritted his teeth and had to leave 5,000 cavalry behind, and the other 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 spearmen retreated quickly.
However, how can the prey that has been targeted by a single hand be let go?
The 5,000 cavalry failed to hold back the 20,000 Mongol cavalry, so Shan Commander and Geng Ge each divided 2,000 cavalry to attack the 5,000 Korean cavalry, and then the remaining 16,000 cavalry bypassed from the two flanks and outflanked Li Mingji's headquarters on the left and right.
4,000 Mongol cavalry against 5,000 Korean cavalry emboldened the latter. Originally, the 5,000 Korean cavalry thought that they had been sold by Li Mingji and fed to the Mongolian army as cannon fodder. Now that the other side has only 4,000 cavalry, their confidence has returned.
The war horses galloped wildly, and the two sides were like two floods that did not go the right way. Instantly collided together. Suddenly, the war horses neighed, and the soldiers shouted to kill.
After the Imjin War, the combat effectiveness of the Korean cavalry was still good. However, on the plains, compared to the Mongol cavalry, which lived on the steppe. The gap is still huge.
As cavalry, both sides are ruthless enough, with the speed of horses, they cut down with a knife, and even if the other party does not die, they are severely disabled.
After a round, the two sides staggered and realigned. The Mongol cavalry lost 7,800 people, and the Korean cavalry lost more than 2,000 people.
Seeing that their side had suffered heavy losses, the Korean cavalry generals immediately turned their horses around and retreated, and the morale of the army was suddenly in turmoil. At this time, the morale of the Mongol cavalry was high, and the left leader ordered the whole army to charge.
In this way, the Korean cavalry fled with their lives in front, and the Mongolian cavalry pursued frantically behind. At this time, the equestrian gap between the two sides suddenly became prominent, and the Mongolian cavalry had superb equestrian skills and soon caught up. After a single slash, the remaining 2,000 or so cavalry of North Korea suddenly turned into birds and fled in all directions.
The Mongol army pursued the victory and made a lot of gains, and less than 100 of the 5,000 Korean cavalry eventually fled back, and countless people were missing.
On the other side, Li Mingjier added that "the cavalry was not dragged down. Hurriedly held back the remaining 3,000 cavalry and accelerated the infantry.
Three thousand cavalry could not stop both the cavalry of the single and Genger groups at the same time, so only one of them could be chosen. Genger's team was then stopped by 3,000 Korean cavalry, and broke away from the cavalry with a single command.
Li Mingji saw that the enemy was about to catch up, so he knew that he could not retreat to the Great Worm River normally. So Li Mingji chose to defend nearby and tied 10,000 spearmen into a circular defensive formation.
When the cavalry caught up, they saw that the other side was all spearmen. He also formed a circular defensive formation, knowing that the attack of the spearmen in this formation was fatal to the light cavalry, not to mention that it was unwise for the cavalry to charge the infantry in formation, so he ordered his cavalry to surround the opponent and attack the opponent with cavalry.
The arms are restrained from each other, and the weapons are also one thing and one thing is reduced to one thing. Li Mingji's pikemen infantry could block the light cavalry charge. However, it is unable to defend against the enemy's arrows. The feathered arrows were overwhelmingly fired, and a large number of pikemen were killed by arrows in each round of diffuseness.
Looking at the soldiers who kept falling to the ground and dying, the flesh on Li Mingji's face couldn't help shaking.
It can be seen that he is quite distressed.
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The dangerous mountain fort is located between the ancient Great Wall of Liaodong and the big insect river, the meandering big insect river in the dangerous mountain fort basin around a bend, and the dangerous mountain fort is in the innermost part of the bend, and the ancient Great Wall is opposite the seal.
After thousands of years of weathering, the ancient Great Wall has collapsed into a pile of waste walls, like a natural folded protrusion.
On the ancient Great Wall, Zhan Zengyong, commander of the First Cavalry Division of the Liaodong Dispatch Army, Shen Xiufang, deputy commander of the Second Cavalry Division, Du Yongchen and Wang Yuanlong, all four of them rode tall horses, wore helmets and armor, and stood side by side on the ruins, observing the fierce battle situation on the opposite side with binoculars.
Looking behind them again, on the other side of the ruins, behind a large cavalry formation under black pressure, the tall red tassels flew up with the north, looking from afar, like an endless red ocean.
"This Li Mingji actually disobeyed?"
Shen Xiufang put down the binoculars and muttered unhappily.
Du Yongchen smiled and said, "It's me, in this case, it's wise to form a formation on the spot." ”
"Fortunately, he has completed the task we assigned!" Zhan Zengyong nodded and said, "Otherwise, I will definitely cut off his head first!" ”
Wang Yuanlong sighed and said: "Actually, Li Mingji can be regarded as a general who has experienced the actual battle of the Renchen War, if it weren't for commanding the cannon fodder army, I think he would have inflicted heavy losses on the Mongolian cavalry!" ”
Shen Xiufang pursed her lips and said, "Cannon fodder is cannon fodder." The more capable the North Koreans, the more they should be cannon fodder. ”
When the other three heard this, they all rolled their eyes. But think about it, after all, it's not your own people, and the more powerful you are, the more you should be used as cannon fodder, otherwise it will threaten the colonial rule of the Liaodong Governor's Office over Korea.
"Well, are we going to attack now? It's better to wait for a while when the cannon fodder is dead before attacking! ”
"Cannon fodder also has human rights!"
"That's right! The cannon fodder is all dead, and we won't have any cannon fodder available next time! ”
"It's easy to borrow and repay, and it's not difficult to borrow again." Zhan Zengyong smiled: "Don't run out, otherwise the North Koreans won't be cannon fodder for us in the future!" ”
Du Yongchen looked at Zhan Zengyong and asked, "Then let's do it?" ”
Zhan Zengyong nodded, looked at everyone, and all agreed. So Du Yongchen and Wang Yuanlong returned to the front of the Second Cavalry Division and gave their own orders.
Zhan Zengyong took out the command knife and slowly raised it. The blade stood in the sunlight, reflecting an endless killing aura. "Attack formation!"
The command flag was waved, and the officers and men of the brigades and regiments entered the battle state one after another. The horses neighed, and the horses' hooves couldn't help but gouge the grass.
"Attack!"
Woo woo woo!
The sound of the horn was raised, thick and loud, and it instantly spread out for dozens of miles.
"Kill!"
Zhan Zengyong shouted, and the blade pointed directly at the enemy.
When the soldiers of the whole army heard this, they shouted excitedly, and their horses moved in response, and rushed out with one arrow step.
Suddenly, on the ruins of the ancient Great Wall for several miles, 20,000 heavy cavalry swarmed out. From a distance, it looks like a huge wave crashing against the seawall, and then it is like a torrent rushing down.
By crossing the slope of the ruins of the ancient Great Wall, the war horse gained the fastest acceleration in a short time. The war horse galloped wildly, rolling up countless long lines of sand and dust, which quickly filled half of the sky. The loud sound of horns, the thunderous drums, and the shouts of killing that rushed to the sky stimulated the boiling blood of the soldiers and shocked the hearts of the enemy.
The two cavalry divisions of the black-armored elite cavalry formed two huge attack arrows and rushed straight towards the outermost Genger headquarters.
The heavy cavalry attacked, and with the soaring speed, the earth suddenly trembled, and the soldiers of Genger's department could clearly feel it from a mile away.
The trembling earth, the sand and dust in the sky, Geng Ge's heart suddenly cooled, he knew that this was the characteristic of heavy cavalry. He could feel the thick murderous aura that the other party was passing through the distance.
"Stop chasing the North Korean cavalry!"
"Array!"
Genger hurriedly ordered more than 9,000 cavalry under his command to be reassembled and prepared to deal with the incoming strong enemy.
However, the defeated Korean cavalry fled, and the Mongol cavalry, eager to fight for the tooth sacrifice, could not be assembled in a short time due to the long period of military discipline.
"Damn it!"
Geng Ge cursed fiercely, and only gathered more than 5,000 cavalry nearby, and the black-armored elite cavalry of the Liaodong Army could be seen on the opposite side.
"I'm afraid it's tens of thousands of horses!"
Genger watched his whole thing. The front is all black-armored elite cavalry, and although he can't see the "cavalry" in the dust behind, but as a cavalry general, he first listens to the sound of the horse's hooves to know Gongyi... Troops.
Regret should not have been in the first place!
Geng Ge's heart is now ruined, but he has no choice but to resist.
The distance of Rich, in the blink of an eye, is there.
Although Genger's men had 5,000 cavalry in formation, they had not yet accelerated their run, and the other party came closer.
Although he was attacked by surprise, although the opponent was a heavy cavalry, Geng Ge could still grit his teeth and take a hard shot.
However, just as he was leading his army to meet the enemy, something happened that made him jaw-dropping. For he saw that the opposing cavalry had not yet drawn his sword, but was holding a short javelin.
"Fuck you! Don't let people live! Fear suddenly appeared in Gengger's eyes, and the huge javelin arrows of the other side rained down, which was enough to wear the light cavalry into sugar gourds.
"Raise your shield!"
At the sound of an order, the Mongolian cavalry hung up their shields one after another. Although it was only a shield made of rattan, the defense of ordinary feathered arrows was almost the same, and it was expected to defend against the javelin, Geng Geer was not mentally prepared at all, and only a dead horse was a live horse doctor.
"Javelin ready!"
"Throw!"
The order was given, and the soldiers of the black-armored elite cavalry quickly pulled out the javelins in their hands.
Whoosh!
A dense rain-like whirring sound came, and it immediately shot into Genger's white flag army array. In an instant, the screams were stacked. The one-meter-long javelin, when it fell, the powerful inertia penetrated the cotton armor of the Mongolian cavalry and passed directly through the chest. Even the people and horses wore a thorough together, and the war horses gasped and lost their front hooves, and suddenly people turned on their backs.
The black armor spirit is not as good as the enemy in riding, but fortunately, the javelin skimming movement is usually not less practiced, this thing is really powerful. The power is huge, even if it doesn't hit the centaurs, after penetrating into the ground, it still trembles violently. A round of javelins passed, and the cavalry under Genger suffered numerous casualties. Before he could comprehend the swords of the opponent's heavy cavalry, he first suffered a rain of javelin arrows, which made the morale of the Mongolian army fall under the white flag.
"Draw your sword and fight!"
"Kill!"
At this time, even if the morale was low, the ruthlessness of each Mongolian cavalry was still undiminished. Because each of them knew that after the cavalry, it was like a locust crossing the border, and it was difficult to get out. You have to work hard, otherwise even if you dodge the slash of the opponent's first cavalry, you can't dodge the continuous slashing behind. The cavalry engaged, and if the cavalry at the front wanted to survive, it had to dodge the chopping of all the cavalry in the opposing column.
This is the cruelty of cavalry battles, the vanguard rarely survives, it is nine deaths, and even living is mostly a cripple with missing arms and legs.
"Kill!"
One by one, the Mongolian cavalry also red-eyed, and greeted them with a roar.
In an instant, the two sides collided with each other. Swords collide and sparks flicker. With the high-strength armor on their bodies, the soldiers of the black-armored elite cavalry can let go of the left and right slashes of their hands and feet, which suddenly set off a bloody storm.
In the face of the sprinting attack of the heavy cavalry, the light cavalry of the Mongolian army could not stop it at all. Looking down from the height, two huge red attack noses instantly overwhelmed the gray attack arrows.
The panic finally broke out irrepressibly!
The first to run away was naturally Geng Geer, this guy saw that the situation was not good, and slipped to the back from the beginning, which would be even more ignorant of the troops, and directly turned around and fled to the position where the single handle was.
The commander of the white flag ran away, and the other Mongolian cavalry who had not yet met the enemy knew that they could not resist the black-armored heavy cavalry of the Liaodong Army, so they turned around one after another, and the lightning people who quickly raised their horses and whips.
The sudden rush of the black-armored spirit rider, although the single handle in the distance could not see the overall situation of the enemy. However, through the sand and dust in the sky and the sound of shouting and killing, you can naturally get a general idea.
Originally, he was still thinking of going to the battle to meet the enemy, but the formation was set up, and when he was about to charge back, he suddenly saw that Geng Ge in front of him had been defeated by wolves.
"That's too fast, isn't it?"
It only took more than 20 minutes before and after, and Gengger's 10,000 cavalry was defeated, which was enough to show the strength of the opponent's heavy cavalry.
"Damn it!"
Shan finally regretted it, fearing that Gengger's defeated soldiers would crush his formation, so he ordered to release arrows to stop it. However, no matter how much they could stop it, Genger's cavalry would rather brave the rain of arrows from their own men than turn around to meet the black-armored cavalry.
"Withdraw!"
Shan gritted his teeth with hatred, so he had to order the army to retreat.
At this time, when the originally defeated Korean cavalry saw the invincibility of the Heiping elite cavalry of the Liaodong Army, their morale was suddenly greatly boosted, and they followed back to fake the tiger, and by the way, they fished some oil and water to fight for tooth sacrifices.
"Reinforcements have arrived!" Li Mingji, who was in the array, immediately cried with joy when he saw this, and shouted: "Sons, rush me!" ”
The tiger becomes a sick cat, and the monkey naturally wants to be the king.
At this time, the advantage of the Korean pikemen was suddenly highlighted, because the pikes were the nemesis of the cavalry, and when the Mongolian army was defeated and the formation was chaotic, the organized pikemen suddenly caused considerable casualties to the Mongolian cavalry.
I was so angry that I almost vomited blood, and I really wanted to clean up Li Mingji's damn pikemen even if I didn't want to die. However, in the end, the single handle still held back.
It's not cost-effective to exchange expensive cavalry for infantry.
Running all the way to the single, but only then did he find that there was a big river on the left and right in front of him, and before he knew it, his cavalry had run into the bend of the big worm river, and the warships on the river were opening their gun doors, and the cannons were waiting for the prey to be sent over!
"It's a trap!"
Shan finally understood the truth of the matter. Now the front, left, and right sides are blocked by large rivers, and behind are the nemesis heavy cavalry of light cavalry. Embattled, he really wants to cry without tears! D