But that alone wasn't enough to scare off the fierce warriors of the West Sea, who struck the huge iron shield with their broad swords and howled like hungry wolves. The chorus of mourning of three thousand Caucasian men was enough to send shivers down the sleeve of everyone on the battlefield. Then all of them stopped shouting at the same time, and drove the horses, which formed a wide horizontal formation, and scurried towards the rushing red rapids.

The black-gray waves and the red waves collided together, setting off countless swords and blood, perhaps the hand-to-hand combat of the Xihai armor warriors was indeed unparalleled in the world, but it was not enough to repel the equally skilled cavalry of the two lakes head-on, and the two armies set up a battlefield on the south bank of the Yangtze River and fell into a large-scale cavalry strangulation.

At this time, suddenly a general of the Song army with red armor jumped out of the formation of the army, led hundreds of cavalry suddenly rushed into the formation of the Mongolian army, the general's action was so swift that the Caucasian cavalry in the front line could not be stopped, and he rushed into the enemy's encirclement, wielding two long iron spears with silver rings, every time he passed a Caucasian, he was pierced with a shot, the spear danced so fast, it was dazzling, and in an instant, it went deep into the center of the formation of the West Sea armorers, all the way to the back of its formation.

"It's Han Feng!" Someone in the military formation of friendly neighbors exclaimed: "It was Han Shilang, who couldn't be killed, who came to break through in person!" ”

Although Caucasians can't understand Chinese, they have heard Han Feng's two syllables more than once along the way. And the general in front of him is indeed brave, no matter how much the warriors in the army boast of their bravery and rush over to face the enemy, there are few who can engage in three or five rounds. For a while, the people were panicked, and the army and horses scattered, making way for this brave general.

The general led his subordinates out from behind the Western Naval Formation, restrained his horse, and a tall Korean flag fluttered behind him, shouting in a green but extremely angry voice: "You only know Han Si, don't you know Han Jiu!" As he spoke, he swung his spear and turned around and slaughtered back into the formation of the Western Navy.

Adjutant General Xiang Shibi saw that the Western Navy's formation was in chaos again, and Han Dutong's younger brother was almost overwhelmed in the midst of the ten thousand troops, and said to Han Feng: "Is it not for the time being that Mingjin let the little general retreat, so lightly into the enemy formation, I am afraid that there will be a case." ”

Han Feng snorted coldly and said, "If it is folded in the hands of these unknown people, it is because Han Rui himself is not good at learning, this guy is so frivolous and belligerent, sooner or later he will have to suffer some hardships." ”

Xiang Shibi didn't dare to say anything on the side, he was much older than Han Feng, he knew a lot about Han Feng's experience in the army when he was a teenager, and he knew that Han Shilang was under the command of Zheng Xianggong back then, and he was also this kind of style of being happy in battle, going deep into the enemy formation, being surrounded dozens of times and then killing. Today's younger brother of Han Dutong can be described as an appearance carved out of a mold.

Han Rui was indeed reckless, but his recklessness also caused an extremely favorable situation for the Song army, as Han Rui swung again and again in the Caucasian cavalry formation. The Caucasian cavalry finally began to collapse in formation and scattered in all directions. The Iron Rider of the Two Lakes of the Red Armor brandished the steel knife in his hand and pursued mercilessly.

The Mongols' tactics had always been to go without favor, and he was not a fool who was a fool, and as soon as he saw that the Caucasians could not stop the surprise attack of this tiger general, he immediately ordered to retreat.

The results of the Battle of Bailingzhai were not very large, which was similar to the effect of most Song and Mongolian cavalry engagements. It was not only the Mongol cavalry that was unable to move in the water network area, which also limited the movement of the Song cavalry. After the defeat, the Song army could use the ships to retreat and leave safely, while the Mongols used the cover of pontoon bridges and mounted infantry to calmly defeat them. Seeing the continuous retreat of Niu Ning's troops from the giant pontoon bridge, Han Feng was also helpless, and built more than ten large and small barriers on one side of the pontoon bridge, and outside the barriers were dense antlers and fences. There were also a large number of artillery and musketeers on standby behind the fortifications. Obviously, the Mongol army guarded the pontoon bridge very closely, and the Song army did not want to say that it captured the bridgehead, and even the crescent fort in front of the bridgehead was difficult to approach.

But Han Feng's victory is still decisive, the Song army relied on a successful assault battle to advance the front more than a hundred miles, the encirclement of Hanyang was completely crushed, the Song army established a stable supply line at the east gate of Hanyang, and the army also camped outside the east gate, since firearms gradually became one of the leading wars, deep ditches and high bases replaced mobile operations became the dominant mode of war, it stands to reason that the Song army should be handy for fighting manpower and consuming ditch warfare, It's just that today's Mongol Empire will never fall behind even if it fights for national strength.

The next day, Zheng Yunming boarded the west gate of Hanyang, and the generals looked at the distant city of Ezhou, before leaving from Lin'an, the Song Dynasty got the information that the total strength of the Mongolian army was 400,000, known as 1.5 million, which was naturally an unprecedented strong enemy. But this is only a number on paper, and it is only after seeing it with your own eyes that you understand how frightening this huge army is.

The huge tents are all over the field of vision, needless to say, but even the direction of Fuzhou in the north of the Yangtze River and the direction of Shatou City are full of people and tents. The earth-shattering noise, the endless war drums, and the singing Hu Ji mingled into a creepy piece of music that seemed to be mocking the inferior Song army who had come thousands of miles to send them to their deaths.

Ezhou City has completely disappeared from view, this is not to say that Ezhou was razed by the Mongol army overnight, but because the Mongols actually built an outer city outside Ezhou City, this is the advantage of a large number of people, the Mongols built a fortress with earth, the earthen fortress was built higher than the Ezhou city wall, archers and light artillery condescendingly shot at Ezhou, such a huge project, Meng Ge actually completed it in a very short time, which is of course thanks to the high construction technology of the craftsmen of the Western Regions, but if the strength is not strong enough, It is also impossible to complete such a volume of earthwork in a short period of time.

It doesn't take much brains to imagine what kind of pressure Wei Sheng and Chen Guang are facing now, at least for the time being, when they have not seen the flag of surrender erected in the city, and the defenders in the city can boast of their devotion to their duties just for this reason. But there's more to the horror than that.

Even from such a distance, you can clearly see that the earth and the river tremble slightly at the sound of the fire, and after that, a column of smoke rises from the towering earthen wall. Zheng Yunming has absolute confidence in the city he built, after the expansion of Ezhou City, the circumference of the city wall has expanded from five miles to more than ten miles, but the defense has not only not been weak but has been greatly strengthened. In terms of the city walls and city defense facilities themselves, they are no less than Xiangyang or any border fortress. But he also knew in his heart that under such an unprecedented and powerful artillery attack, even the double-clad brick city wall would be difficult to strengthen as before.

But if you want to rescue Ezhou, it is difficult to climb to the sky, needless to say, as long as you see the huge pontoon bridge on both sides of the sails like clouds, all of them are guarded warships, and the bridgehead is lined with barriers, and the appearance of the horse infantry army gathering, you will understand that the chance of conquering the pontoon bridge in the short term is too small. At this time, the Mongol navy was flaunting its might on the Yangtze River, and the tortoiseshell warships that looked like giant tortoises were cruising back and forth on the river, while the Song warships that had the advantage in the past all retreated to the east of Chibi, using the cover of the well-defended water village and the artillery on the shore to temporarily seek self-protection.

"That's not the way!" Zheng Yunming put down the speculum and said angrily: "Since ancient times, Jiangnan has taken the Yangtze River as a moat, if the naval army fights unfavorably and loses the moat, what else do you say to defend Ezhou, if the enemy is smart, leave one in Ezhou to contain our army, the army will go downstream, copy the two Huai generations, and go straight to Lin'an from Qiantang, who can stop it?" ”

He turned around and asked: "Why is there such a small number of naval troops in Jinghu that can resist the Mongols, there are a thousand warships in Jinghu, and there are at least one or two hundred giant ships, where did they go?" ”

Bai Yijie, the new senator of the Governor's Mansion and the pacification envoy of Jinghu North Road, had just arrived from Jinghu South Road, and he didn't even have time to catch his breath, so he hurried to the city wall.

"Xianggong is dedicated to doing things in Lin'an, so he naturally doesn't know Jia Rudao's means." Now that Xiangyang has fallen and the Mongols have invaded on a large scale, Jia Rudao is a criminal minister, so naturally there is no need to leave any mercy for him, Bai Yijie just told the truth: "Jia Gong is in charge of Jinghu alone, and the old troops of Xiang Gong are dismantled, and the Dongting gunboat is one of Xiang Gong's core combat forces, how can it be tolerated by Jia Gong?" As soon as he arrived at Jinghu, he sent the officers and men of the Dongting gunboats for various reasons and assigned them to inconsequential places, and now Peng Man assisted Yang Chun's father in Yunnan, and Zhang Weixiao led the navy in Xishu to be responsible for military transportation and supplies. Most of the Dongting gunboats were taken over by Jia Yidao's people. These people are used to driving Meng Chong, how can they maneuver the artillery giant? Being defeated by the Mongols' new warships was expected. ”

He took a step forward and said: "The top priority is to order Zhang Weixiao to lead the army back from Sichuan, regain control of the gunboat fleet, and then fight the Mongols." ”

Zheng Yunming said without thinking: "It's too late, Zhang Weixiao led the army east, it will take at least ten days to travel, and now the situation is so critical, how can you wait for ten days in vain!" Moreover, the Mongols stationed tens of thousands of troops at the mouth of the gorge and surrounded Gangneung, even if he could come in time, he would not be able to reach Hanyang along the way. ”

The words are indeed true, Sichuan is not without reinforcements to come, Sichuan Rongshuai Wang Deng took over the overall situation as a deputy marshal, and personally raised 30,000 troops to rescue Jinghu, but was stopped by thousands of Mongolian troops in Guizhou. Rao is Wang Jingsong, known as Xiaosun Wu, is helpless in the face of the tight defense of the Mongolian army.

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