Shi Tianze glared and shouted: "We are difficult, and the enemy is even more difficult than us!" At this time, don't you hurry up and wait for them to take a break and then reorganize the formation? Why is the art of war so far! Hugh has to say more, attack quickly! ”

Shi Tianan was in a hurry, stepped forward and grabbed Shi Tianze's reins, and said: "Even though the manpower can barely support it, the horsepower has been exhausted, and the reserve war horse is still on the other side of the river, how can you charge again!" ”

Shi Tianze gritted his teeth and didn't speak, in fact, just behind him, the generals of the Mongolian army gathered, and there were all extraordinary war horses that could be mobilized, but the Mongolian army used cattle and horses as property, and war horses were equivalent to gold and silver in the south, and they were currency that could be transported, who would be willing to lend you good horses in front of this battlefield where money was like flowing water. If he wanted to borrow the war horse, he had to go and ask Qu Chu in person, how could he open this mouth to Qu Chu before he achieved actual results.

Shi Tianze was silent for a while, and shouted loudly: "Gather the war horses that still have some remaining strength, and follow me to rush up and chop the enemy to pieces!" ”

He turned out to be a military horse that was ready to concentrate and fight, and dealt a decisive blow to Wang Deng's military formation.

Shi Tianan was about to go down to convey the general's order, when suddenly an arrow soldier Pegasus came from the direction of the army's main formation, and bowed to Shi Tianze: "Qu out the king's order, so that Shi Tianze doesn't have to attack anymore, and the next attack will be completed by Hudu Hu Tumian." ”

Shi Tianze's muscles suddenly burst out, and his voice seemed to have a bit of blood: "What did you say!" ”

The quiver didn't seem to notice Shi Tianze's anger, and repeated it again in an unchanged tone: "The king of Qu out let Shi Tianze not have to attack, and Kuduhu will continue to attack." ”

Shi Tianze shouted angrily: "If you go back and tell Qu Chu, just say I'm Shi Tianze"

Suddenly, a strong hand reached over and tugged hard at his reins.

Shi Tianze turned his head and saw that Shi Tianan was constantly making his eyes. At this time, there is no good result in confronting the generalissimo.

He let out a long sigh and said to the quiver: "Let's just say that Shi Tianze has an order!" ”

Zheng Yunming wanted to ring the small bell at the head of the city several times to let Wang Deng collect his troops, but he was stopped by Yang Luo and Zhao Kui.

Yang Ling's opinion is that the opportunity to make the most difficult choice should be left to Wang Deng himself, before the expedition, Zheng Yunming had already ordered the camera to advance and retreat, that is, all the offensive and defensive matters outside the city were handed over to the commanders of the Zhenwu Army.

But Zheng Yunming really found it difficult to suppress the idea of ordering the bell to ring, the Zhenwu Army was a capable army trained by Wang Deng so shockingly, and it was an elite army that Zheng Yunming had expectations, and it could not be buried under Xiangyang City because of its momentary blood and bravery. Of course, the spirit can be reinvigorated, but the physical strength is finally limited, and he repeatedly told Wang Deng that he only needs to fight for five rounds, and it has been proved that the quality of Zhenwujun far exceeds his expectations. But after all, people are flesh and blood, and it is impossible to support them any longer.

Zhao Kui's point of view is different from Zheng Yunming's in that his position is not just a deputy commander, but the commander-in-chief in charge of the overall situation of Jinghu, for him, although the five thousand military horses under the city are elite, they are only a small part of the 60,000 defenders of Xiangyang City. For the hundreds of thousands of troops in Jinghu, it is even more insignificant, if such an army can delay the time of the Mongols' siege of the city, so that the Mongols' spirit is exhausted, even if this army is injured in half, the entire plate is also earned by the Song army.

But in private, he still didn't want Wang Deng's troops to suffer heavy casualties, and the Song army brigade that could hold up for seven rounds in front of the Mongols was already rare in the entire Great Song Dynasty. The preservation of such an army is an extremely rare seed for building a strong army against the entire Mongol Empire in the future. It was a pity that this group of men and horses was destroyed by the Mongols.

Before he had time to think for a moment, the Mongolian army in the distance suddenly shouted in unison, and more than 100,000 soldiers shouted in unison, and their voices swept through the ears of the entire Xiangyang City soldiers and civilians like a whirlwind cloud. Thousands of cavalrymen with black flags and black armor rushed out of the queue, shouting loudly and quickly rushing towards the Zhenwu army with the Isaac Star Array.

When the rain of arrows fell into the array of Zhenwu Army, Wang Deng understood that this array was really dangerous, and the soldiers were almost out of strength to raise their spears and wave them to clear the rain of arrows. The Mongol cavalry marched quickly and fired arrows into the ranks of the Zhenwu army, each arrow causing casualties among the soldiers. The soldiers on both wings unconsciously began to retreat, and the officers should have shouted at this time, but Wang Deng was keenly aware that they did not say anything.

It was a signal that everyone from the sergeants to the junior officers had lost faith in the outcome of the battle.

Wang Deng roared: "The trapped army comes with me!" He shouted to Ge Huai: "It's like a discussion, please control the first retreat!" The pursuers deserve it! ”

The trapped army rose out of the scattered army formation and formed a small array in front of the entire Zhenwu army.

Ge Huai rushed over and pushed Wang Deng away: "You go, you are the future of the Zhenwu Army, with you Wang Jingsong, the Zhenwu Army will definitely become the backbone of the fight against the Mongols in the future, and the fate of the country will be handed over to you." ”

He sneered: "My Ge Huai has fought a tough battle all his life, and the most glorious ending is the most glorious ending when he dies on the battlefield fighting with the Mongols." ”

Wang Deng desperately shouted to stop him, but was dragged by several personal guards and pushed him towards the city gate.

Ge Huai came to the side of the trapping army, and shouted: "Behind you are comrades, this is the time when the trapping army plays a role, stabilize the front, retreat half a step back and cut it in front of the formation, everyone dies together today!" ”

In front of him, in the smoke and dust of the sky and the shouts of killing, the overwhelming army of armored cavalry was like a black death, swooping down with terror and blood.

Wang Deng was surrounded by several personal soldiers and retreated, and Zhang Shun, who was behind him, was also arranging for the archery army to slowly retreat. This was the most dangerous time of the whole battle, and it was also the moment that the Mongols waited for a whole day. Although the sun was already setting in the west at this time, the remaining time was enough to deal with this tenacious Song army.

Wang Deng suddenly heard the rumbling war drums on the city wall behind him, the huge city gate was pushed open, and the army trotting out of the city was holding the general flag of the Tulong Army Yang Yang in front of it. An army of only about 500 men left the city, and as soon as they opened the gates, they quickly separated into two flanks to make way for the retreat of friendly troops.

Wang Deng saw about a hundred soldiers in full armor rushing forward, flashing past him, it was a hundred backs led by Jiao Jin, they were holding big axes in their hands, and rushed directly to the front of the trapping army.

Obviously, Zheng Yunming, like Wang Deng, was aware of the danger facing the Zhenwu army. The reinforcements of these troops were timely, but they did nothing to save the whole battle.

In an instant, the hooves of the Mongolian cavalry had already stepped on the forefront of the Zhenwu army, accompanied by a seeping neigh, and the black men and horses charged against the thin three-line horizontal column of the trapped army. The Mongol assault was indeed much more ferocious than that of the Northland cavalry, and if it weren't for the fact that the trapped army had fewer engagements in the previous battles and still had physical strength, this brave assault of the enemy would have been enough to shatter their thin formation. However, many Mongol cavalry broke through the blockade with great conflict inertia and excellent horsemanship, and broke through directly to the rear of the trapped army, aiming directly at the Zhenwu army, which was slowly retreating.

But at the moment when they rushed towards the trapping army, the vanguard of the Zhenwu army had silently re-unfolded into a triple horizontal column dozens of steps behind the trapping army, and the spears with the blood of the enemy stabbed forward, and the shield bearers had already thrown away the protective shields, holding the war knives in their hands, ready to rush to the spears at the moment when the enemy's offensive was frustrated in front of the spears, and use close combat to solve the enemy cavalry with limited mobility.

Alternately covering and retreating is the basic tactic that the Great Song Dynasty has adhered to since the founding of the country, but because of the negligence of discipline and training, the infantry habitually ran away from the battle after the formation was broken through, turning an orderly retreat into a disorderly collapse, which was the normal state of the war in the whole country. But unlike in previous years, Wang Deng, the actual commander of the Song army today, did not give up the mission of commanding the army because he only cared about his own escape like other generals in history, he stood in the forward formation, raised his sword and shouted: "Stabilize the array and wait for the commander to retreat!" ”

There was no need for him to say anything, the formation of the trapped army had actually been shattered, and the thin formation of the assault three horizontal lines in the face of the enemy's heavy armored cavalry was difficult to maintain, except for the soldiers who were immediately killed by the Mongols' sabers and iron spears, the other soldiers stubbornly stuck to the same place, but this heroic act was of little value, following the countless gaps broken by the forward cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry of the brigade swarmed up, and the formation of the trapped army was scattered.

All that was counted, he didn't even expect the equally weak and tired position of the vanguard army to hold back the seemingly unstoppable onslaught of enemy cavalry.

But if their queen can buy most of the Zhenwu army some time to retreat, it will all be worth it.

Standing in the rear to watch the battle, the Huduhu urged the mount, with a few personal entourage to advance to a place suitable for observing the overall situation of the battlefield, the cavalry impact has worked, and the next thing is the scene of slaughtering the Song army out of the city under the noses of the soldiers and civilians all over the city. He easily bumped his foot against the horse's ribs, allowing it to run back and forth in small steps, taking in a clearer view of everything ahead.

He suddenly saw a quiver man coming up behind him, stopped in front of him, and shouted, "King Tath has an order, beware of the southerners' firearms counterattack. ”

Kuduhu laughed: "Tath is cautious and redundant, we don't all see the firearms of the southerners, except for being able to smoke and fire, knocking down a few of our soldiers, it's nothing, please watch how my warriors sweep"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was immediately startled by a loud noise and rising black smoke in front of him.