He rolled over and slipped down the thick wooden pole, although it had been hundreds of years, but the facilities of the post station were still quite complete under the repair of the successive magistrates, and it can be seen from this thick column that the Jin Kingdom still did its best to maintain the operation of the post station even in the last few years. After all, it was the most rearly field army of the Jin Kingdom that was stationed here, and it was necessary to ensure contact with the imperial court at all times.

It is precisely because of this that the Song army was able to hold a position here and compete with the Mongols' iron cavalry.

Sometimes even Qin Wu found it ironic that a group of soldiers who were originally soldiers of the Jin State were near the post station in the Jin State's hometown and wanted to continue to fight the Mongols for the Great Song Dynasty.

It wasn't just the loyal army of the Northland who wanted to fight, not far ahead, Liu Cheng cautiously hid behind an overturned cart and observed the situation down the hillside. He and a thousand of his subordinates, Zheng Yunming's headquarters, would also participate in this battle.

Liu Cheng saw Qin Wu coming over, raised his head and said with a slight complaint: "Why don't you bring all the five thousand soldiers, if that's the case, we can eat this enemy in one go." ”

Qin Wuha smiled: "Such unscrupulous words are not like what you Liu Chuan said." How could this hillside be so narrow that it could allow five thousand people to spread? Even if there were only 1,600 troops now, they would not be able to spread out, so they could only arrange for some of the brothers to wait in the San'in. If we go down to the open area to line up, the enemy army is cavalry, and a hundred horsemen can surround 10,000 people, and they don't need to rush to attack at all, just surround us and wait for the army to come from Henan. Even if they didn't wait for enough reinforcements, the combat effectiveness of these hundreds of iron cavalry should not be underestimated. After all, it is the personal guards of the Great Khan of Hu, where the guards are, how can the combat effectiveness be comparable to that of our army? ”

Liu Quan's eyes narrowed: "Why should the ruler grow the ambition of others, I didn't grow up as a vegetarian!" You have these carts pushed away, and I'll bring my own soldiers down to fight them for a while!" ”

"This can't be done," Qin Wu smiled and patted him on the back: "The deputy capital has a strict order, and it is never allowed to go down the mountain to fight the enemy without permission, and you must wait until they attack the mountain."

His gaze down the hillside suddenly became as sharp as a tiger: "It's here!" ”

In the distant wilderness, the cavalry of the brigade lined up in several neat horizontal steps and quickly approached the Jiuzhong Station, and the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground hit the eardrums of the Song army intensively. After a few moments at the foot of the mountain, the enemy finally decided to attack.

Qin Wu only saw the strength of the opponent at this time, in front of him was less than a thousand men and horses in armor of the cowardly heavy cavalry, the helmet was bright, the banner was clear, the brass horn symbol on the front banner was shining, even if it was seen from a distance, the power of the Khan's guards was still full of performance.

About two or three thousand servants followed closely on horseback, and it could be seen from their proficiency in handling horses that these attendants also had considerable combat power, at least not inferior to ordinary Han soldiers.

The enemy forces had an absolute advantage, both in quantity and quality. All Qin Wu and Liu Chuan could rely on was their condescending superiority and the temporary barriers they had placed around the camp.

The cowardly Xue army approached the foot of the hillside without hindrance, and turned over and dismounted half of the ironclad soldiers and about a thousand servants, and began to line up at the bottom of the mountain. The Vultures took off their horses and held their iron shields in front of them, and held their Western Regions-style scimitars in their hands. The servants stood behind and raised their bows and began to shoot arrows up the hill.

"The Tartars have started shooting arrows! Beware of concealment! The officers in the battalion reminded loudly that even if they didn't warn, these non-commissioned officers, who were no longer new to the battlefield, had already split up and started looking for cover. But this time the density and strength of the arrow rain released by the Tartar are obviously more than before, for a warrior with a certain amount of experience, this means that the enemy's archery skills are better, the strong bow in his hand is more powerful, and it also means the strength of the opponent, they will not only shoot arrows powerfully, the next hand-to-hand combat must be tougher.

The archers of the Song army also began to fight back, but the wooden bows limited the use of the archers, and the rain of arrows fell on the enemy array below the mountain and weakened, especially for the bald flower warriors with iron Kai all over their bodies and holding a large shield, it was like itching.

Of course, Qi Du did not think that the Song army only had these weak wooden bows, and many Mongol soldiers were knocked down by the fierce arrows of the Song army in last year's battle, but since the enemy used such bows and arrows as a counterattack, it was to give up the initial bow and arrow contest on their own.

Standing at the forefront of the line, he raised his shield and swung his right hand forward, signaling an attack.

This was the first time that the Song army encountered the elite of the Mongolian headquarters who dismounted and fought on foot. They didn't know where these warriors who were flying on horses learned the skills of foot combat, but they only had to see their lineup, which was no less than the foot soldiers of the Song army, who were the most proficient in fighting in front of the battle. They formed a tight horizontal column, shoulder to shoulder, shield to shield, and began to advance up the hill in unison.

If the Song army is arranged in such an advance formation, it is a little too tight, it is inevitable that there is an inconvenient place to move, and it is not easy for the army to maintain a neat formation, so the so-called formation of the Song army blocking the wall and advancing actually maintains a certain gap in front and back. But when these bald flower armies advanced, they almost literally formed a wall of people pressing on them. And use uniform movements to make this wall move forward without stagnation.

"That Yan! It's getting late, and we may not have enough time left! The deputy general reminded loudly beside Qi Du.

Qi Du raised his head to look at the sun that had begun to tilt towards the west: "No problem, let's rush up and fight for a while, end the fight before dark, and then camp on the hillside!" ”

What if you can't get rid of the enemies on the mountain before dark? That will be in the dark of the night and the enemy in the foot combat, will develop into an extremely chaotic situation in the melee, in the melee even the well-trained, strong side can not play the strength at all, who wins and who loses is completely in the dice, the best result, but the Song army scattered and fled but will definitely not be able to pursue in the dark. In the worst-case scenario, your own team may be defeated by the Song army on the weaker side.

Anything can happen in the dark.

But Qi Du has absolute self-confidence, he fully believes in the strength of these tough and proud young men under his command, before dark, at least able to drive the enemy off this easy and difficult place to defend, let most of them retreat to the plain, and then only wait for dawn.

The Song army on the mountain suddenly stood up from the shelter one after another, and a row of powerful crossbow arrows broke through the air, and the bald flowers raised their big shields in front of them and blocked all the crossbow arrows.

The Song army's firing did not stop, but scattered and did not count the firing of strong crossbows, but under the protection of the impregnable walls composed of shields next to each other, the damage that crossbow arrows could do was almost negligible. Obviously, these so-called "strong crossbows" were not the first-class crossbows in the hands of the Song army. The Vulture's formation did not slow down at all, but instead increased its speed and attacked towards the hillside.

Qi Du suddenly had a little doubt in his heart, or if he used his own troops, he would definitely arrange a team of elite soldiers here to take over the northbound troops. Maybe some quivers will be arranged to assist the cowardly Xue army in defense, and the personnel, weapons, and equipment must be the best. But the general of the Southern Army did not make such a choice, is this to let the reinforcements and the northbound troops be annihilated by themselves together? Why did he have such a stupid arrangement?

But the situation of the war really didn't allow him to think too much, and the formation of the bald flower had gradually approached the obstacles on the periphery of the Song army, and the Song army hid in the camp and nervously watched the enemy approach his camp step by step. Suddenly, a short and sharp whistle sounded in the Song military camp, and the Song army shouted in unison, leaving the camp with regimental cards, short-handled knives, short guns, and axes, and rushing towards the bald flower formation.

The main general of the other side is not completely inexperienced, and knows that he can't let the bald flower directly approach the camp, which is the same as the principle of defending the city, if he kills the ring defense line composed of overturned carts used to replace the fence, the morale of the Song army will be completely suppressed by the bald flower, and the camp has actually broken seventy percent, if you want to stop the enemy before the enemy forces approach the camp, you can only rush out first and fight with the enemy between the obstacles, and frustrate the enemy's offensive first.

This is also what Qi Du can't ask for.

If there is no enemy army to fight, how can it show the strength of the cowardly Xue army!

He raised the short spear wrapped in iron in his hand and shouted, "Humba Tulu! ”

The bald flower army erupted in a chorus like a tsunami: "Humbaturu!" The formation began to loosen from the front row, and the soldiers bravely greeted the Song army with shining Western Regions steel swords.

The clashing of swords, the sound of shields crashing against each other, the shouting of Mongolian and Chinese accents with accents from all over the world, the Jurchen dialect, the Uighur scolding, the sound of spear heads piercing into the body, the sound of the nail leaf being split by an axe playing the melody of death between the antlers and the horses, the red mist of blood splashed among the antlers and the rocks, people kept falling, the lucky ones fell to the ground and immediately lost their breath, some were seriously injured and had not yet returned to heaven, lying on the ground among the knives, guns and corpses groaning loudly for help. Before he could be rescued by his companions, he attracted the enemy's swords and guns.

Qin Wu led people to guard behind the cart, calmly watching the battle unfolding in front of him, although it was Zheng Yunming's proud Beiwei Army that attacked, but Zheng Yunming's army was built for a short time after all, even the Beiwei Army, which was known as the head of all armies, did not have a few years of combat experience at all. On the other hand, Zheng Yunming insisted on taking scholars as generals, and the policy of mountain farmers as soldiers was slowly exposing the evil consequences. Such an army is of course disciplined and imposing when marching in formation, but after all, it cannot be compared with elite professional warriors in one-on-one combat. Even if these people are backstalkers who have been rigorously trained.