The sound of 'bells, bells, bells' rang out in the north that Tielibalth could not see. In the gallop of eighty Mongolian horses, Captain Tieli Barsi could barely hear the movement. At this time, his mood was as happy as if he had planted wings.

Like most of the Mongols who were able to climb to this height, Captain Tieli Balsi of Eagle Mansion participated in the Battle of the Yellow River, during which he saw an army that would not run around under any circumstances, let alone deliver information.

The Song army lined up neatly, and the potholed ground seemed to be flat to them, and the Song army's battle line was still quite level. It was attacked by the Mongol cavalry in the back, and the soldiers who formed the Song army formation also stood in rows, turned around, and then used platoon guns to deal with the Mongolian cavalry roaring towards them.

Every time he thought of such a terrifying enemy, Captain Tieli Barth felt his hairs stand on end. Now that the Han thief army is using the traditional vigilance mode again, Captain Tieli Baersi's heart has completely fallen back into his stomach.

When the captain led 80 Mongolian cavalry from the southwest side of the thief army, he also encountered the sentries of the thief army along the way. Seeing this cavalry roaring towards him, the sentries desperately rang the iron bell, and the sound of 'bell, bell' spread far and wide. Tieli Ba'er Si led the cavalry straight to the location of the thief army, and in the process of impacting, he rode up a small slope, and looked condescendingly, the formation of the thief army was already quite chaotic at this time.

In the past, when the Mongolian infantry army confronted the thief army, the thief army could still discharge a square formation, which was comparable to the Mongolian infantry army. At this time, the southeast direction of the thief army was harassed by a group of 120 Mongol cavalry, and the position in that direction was obviously much more chaotic. At this time, the eighty Mongol cavalry led by Captain Tieli Balsi approached from the southeast, and the confusion of the thief army's formation continued to deepen.

Sure enough, seeing that the time was almost ripe, Captain Tieli Balth took off his riding bow and held it high in his hand, urging the horse to continue forward. Seeing the riding bow held high in the captain's hand, these Mongolian cavalrymen took off their riding bows one after another.

Seeing this Mongolian cavalry galloping towards them, the thief army reluctantly sent a group of infantry troops to resist. They also had spears in their hands, but they just scanned the movements of the group, and Captain Tieli Balth continued to urge the horses, turning the horses' heads at a distance of seven or eight meters from the group, keeping a distance of seven or eight meters from them. At the same time, he began to shoot arrows at the bandits.

The skilled Mongols used bows and were able to maintain an effective range of eight paces (12 meters) on galloping horses. Ordinary cavalry can maintain an effective range of five paces (eight meters) when the horse runs smoothly. When the bow is fired, it can hit the body of the opposing infantryman. Whether you hit the head or your toes, it depends on luck.

It's just five steps out of the range of the spear, and people instinctively choose to back down when they are shot by a bow and arrow. Like the bandits in front of them, they dodged, clumsily blocking arrows with their spears. The riding bow is relatively soft and the range is not far, so the riding bow has a rate of fire that the longbow is simply incomparable. Passing in front of an army of thieves of sixty or seventy men, eighty Mongol soldiers fired at least four arrows on average. After the horse team galloped like a dark cloud, Captain Tieli Barth turned his head and saw that at least half of the band's army had been shot. Some bent down in pain, others threw down their weapons, helpless to shoot their arrows and pull them out.

These situations that should have come forward made Captain Tieli Baersi feel relieved, and when fighting against the Song army, this kind of riding bow with a range of eight paces was not useful at all. The effective range of the Song army's muskets was more than eighty paces. From eighty paces to eight paces away, no matter how many cavalry they are, they are in vain.

The once invincible Mongol heavy cavalry were all heavily armoured, and the steel equipment that could not be broken by bows and arrows and knives and guns was like paper paste in front of the Song army's artillery and muskets. The heavy cavalry fell to the ground like a straw, and the array of several thousand men was quickly exhausted. Then Kublai Khan ordered the whole army to retreat, and the Battle of the Yellow River ended.

It was a sight that seemed to be seared into Captain Tielibalth's eyes, and he often woke up from his sleep, and when he woke up, he was sweating profusely. Now he felt that he was finally back on the battlefield of normal, back to the normal world. Turning his back, Captain Tieli Barth led the Mongol cavalry in a direction away from the array of thieves. After making a circle, the Mongol cavalry once again advanced towards the array of thieves from the same angle as before.

The total strength of the thief army was about 2,000 people, and the casualties of sixty or seventy thieves were far from enough to shake the entire army formation. Tieli Balth was in a very happy mood when he saw another army of thieves come forward to take over the team of thieves who had been heavily wounded. That's how it should be, that's how it should be! The Mongol army was like a sharp steel needle, continuously inflicting wounds on the same position of the enemy. When this gap accumulates a huge number of wounded soldiers, it is time to find a way to drive them away and disturb the main position of the thief army.

The Mongols galloped by, their bows firing arrows at maximum speed. When the cavalry disengaged, the new 100-strong bandit army also suffered many casualties.

The cavalry went around again and returned along the previous path. Captain Tielibalth's brow furrowed, but he saw that the two teams of thieves in front and behind, who had suffered a lot of losses, began to withdraw to their own position. A row of armor men dressed in light gray cloaks and armor came to meet the enemy. Each of them was armed with spears, and more than fifty of them formed a thin horizontal line, blocking between the thieves and the Mongol cavalry.

'Tsk! Captain Tieli Barth couldn't help but speak, Sergeant, these people are the elite of the army. Relying on the iron armor on their bodies, they dare to confront any army head-on. Looking at the metal armor covered by the thick cloaks of those people, Captain Tieli Barsi angrily scolded the Song State in the south for being treacherous. The Mongols were veterans of the use of 'vassal armies', and they had long concluded that the so-called Red Turban Army was a vassal of the Song State. The unobstructed position of those thick cloaks revealed a metallic sheen, which was armor that even the Mongols could not equip. Where is the thief army composed of those poor ghosts of the Red Turban Army capable of equipping such armor.

As the two teams approached, Captain Tieli Barth raised his bow again and shouted, "With the Iron Arrow!" ”

The Mongol cavalry carried far more arrows than other armies, and there were several types of arrows. For example, stone arrowheads, copper arrowheads. There is no better arrow than an iron arrow. These arrows are hard and very sharp, and they use them when they need to pierce their armor at close range.

Seeing that the two sides were about to enter the range of the riding bow, he saw the armor sergeant led by the thief army stick the spear in his hand in front of him, and then pulled down the protective face of the helmet. With him taking the lead, these armorers were all concocted in the same way, and after a while, these thief armorers were wrapped in metal armor.

This was just the beginning, and I saw that the guys were pulling out their crossbows from their lower backs. Something was shaken, and after a moment the short crossbow was fully opened.

Seeing this situation, Captain Tieli Barsi no longer dared to approach rashly, and he made a gesture to lead the Mongol cavalry towards the distance. Out of the corner of his eye, Captain Tielibalth caught a glimpse of the thieves loading their crossbows with their arrows, and then pulling their springs. Then Tielibar felt an itch under his left rib, and he was greatly surprised. He was fifteen paces away from the thief armorer, and the range of such a short crossbow was so far! The range of an ordinary short crossbow is only eight steps.

In a flash of thought, I heard someone screaming and a horse neighing. When the cavalry team ran out of the range of the thieves' short crossbows, Captain Tieli Barth was shocked to find that five horses of the eighty-man cavalry had been shot down in front of the thieves' ranks. Gathering the cavalry, the itch under Captain Tielibal's ribs turned into a stinging pain like a blade. As he saw for himself, a short crossbow arrow pierced the leather armor under his ribs, and the sharp arrow cut through the flesh of the lieutenant's ribs.

On closer inspection, it's a triangular arrow that has never been seen before. The arrowhead is polished to an extremely smooth curved surface, and the shaft of the arrow is also extremely smooth, and the tail is not glued with white feathers, but directly carved out of the tail fin. The craftsmanship of those craftsmen is unparalleled, and the three pieces of wood are made exactly the same.

At this time, the other cavalrymen who were hit by the arrow couldn't help but exhale in pain, and the horses that were hit by the arrow also neighed. Captain Tieli Barth hurriedly stepped forward to check, and one of the guys had been pierced in the left forearm by a crossbow arrow, and he didn't know whether to say that he was lucky or unlucky. At least cut off the head, draw out the shaft of the arrow, and you can bandage the wound. The other guys who were hit by the arrow were very unlucky, and the arrow sank deep into their bodies. It makes it very dangerous to pull out the arrow rashly.

There were thirteen wounded people and horses, plus five people and five horses who fell in front of the thief army, Tie Liba'er, who had suffered the loss of twenty-three horses, looked at the thief soldiers in the distance who were completely wrapped in metal armor, and said hatefully: "The injured ones stay to draw arrows, and the others follow me to continue looking for opportunities!" ”

The uninjured Mongol cavalrymen saw that Captain Tieli Balsi had slightly wrapped his wounds and then led them to continue to circle around the formation of the thief army, and they continued to move forward without complaint.

This is the Mongol cavalry, they do not fight with their blood, but with their brains, with their patience and hard-working Mongol horses. The previous 120 cavalry were also forced back by another group of thieves, and they also gave up the attack, and began to gallop around the formation of the thief army.

Those thieves saw that there were always Mongol cavalry behind them and on both flanks, and the whole momentum was also weakened a lot. They all looked at the dust raised by the hooves of the cavalry with trepidation.

At this time, Section Chief Liu Chong, who had returned to the formation, couldn't help but be speechless. It was such a simple engagement, he had already felt why the Mongolian cavalry had such strong combat effectiveness, and also understood why the Zhao official family did not particularly care about the defense of the Yellow River after the Battle of the Yellow River.

Those wolf-like cunning Mongolian cavalry did not fight hard at all, if they dared to shoot at the steel arm crossbows of the armor soldiers at close range, Section Chief Liu Chong felt that at least thirty Mongolian cavalry could be dismounted. Unexpectedly, the Mongolian cavalry, which seemed to be showing off its might, immediately turned around when they saw that the situation was wrong. Immediately after the loss, he adopted a battle mode to avoid expanding the loss. There is always such a group of cavalry ghostly following behind the ass, no matter how you look at it, it is too dangerous.

Seeing that Liu Pet drove away the enemy, the leaders of the Red Turban Army immediately gathered around and asked eagerly, "General Liu, what should I do?" ”

"Wait until you get ready to hold off these Mongol cavalry. Let's first defeat or run away from these Mongol infantry troops in front of us. Liu Pet replied decisively. The Great Song Dynasty praised Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's soldiers as gods, and they also commented on the level of Zhao Jiaren and Zhao Guan's soldiers in the military academy. However, the military academy is not the kind of flattery that blows the conch, but does all kinds of analysis.

The magic of Zhao Guan's military use lies in his ability to judge the enemy's movements and choices in advance. Just like the Battle of the Yellow River, Zhao Guanjia was able to use small tricks to make the Mongols watch Zhao Guanjia dig the drainage canal to the north of the old river first. When the Mongols were isolated north of the drainage canal, their attention was drawn to the Song camp north of the Yellow River. By the time the Mongols sensed something was wrong, the width of the drainage canal had successfully stopped the Mongol army 'north of the New Yellow River'. The Song army was given full freedom of movement.

This contest really proved that the good fighter has no outstanding feats, as far as the Zhao Guanjia himself is concerned, he does not have any seemingly unparalleled personal bravery, but when the whole situation is under his control, the Song army can act as he wants.

Looking for ideas from the war level and practice of the Zhao official family, Liu Pet ordered: "The armored army is out!" ”

Soon the armoured army in steel armor and scarlet armor stood up. Liu Pet continued to shout: "The one who wears the armor is back to the team!" ”

This Red Turban Army, which has more than 2,000 people, was put together by more than a dozen Red Turban Army that looked more effective before. Those who wore the armor were divided into two categories, one was that the army was relatively early, and the local family was huge, so they had to be bought first. The other type is bloody and dares to fight. The benefits of buying them are greater, in addition to being able to use them to balance these big clans, the combat power of these people is also more desirable.

"You wait to hold your position, or we will attack and be surrounded, as long as we don't fire red fireworks, you don't want to rescue us. Do you hear that? Liu Pet shouted at the leaders of the Red Turban Army.

"How can you see death and not save it?" Qin Mohuan, who was dressed in a carabin, said anxiously.

Looking at Qin Mohuan's excited and nervous expression, Liu Pet smiled and said: "We will never really be besieged to death, if we kill the Mongolian infantry army in front of us, but this formation collapses, how can you let us be?" ”

Qin Mohuan showed a hurt expression on his face, and it could be seen that Liu Chong's words that would never be misunderstood in the Song Army were easily misunderstood in the Red Turban Army as looking down on the combat effectiveness of the Red Turban Army.