The 'birthday gifts' for Kublai Khan were sent to the tent of the commander of Boyan, and reports of the actions of the former civil and military officials who surrendered to the Mongols also came from all over the country. Marshal Boyan did not say a word about this, he just concentrated on arranging the itinerary of the army to return to Dadu. The rainy season is getting closer and closer, and the date of returning home agreed by Marshal Boyan and the generals at this time is also getting closer and closer.

On the tenth day of the first month of May, Marshal Boyan finally summoned the generals to announce that the road to the north would take Henan. No one squeaked, and they all looked thoughtful. Not only Marshal Boyan considered the way back to Dadu, but also the generals of the Mongolian army. There are two routes. One is naturally to go north along the Han River, from Shaanxi to Shanxi, through Taihang Bajiao, back to Hebei. The other is to go to Shouchun in Huaixi, and return to Hebei through Henan.

The territory through which the two roads pass is now in Mongol hands, and the Shaanxi province through which it passes is completely owned by the Mongols, without fear of any attack. Most of the soldiers in the Mongolian army came from Shandong and Hebei, and it was much closer to go home if they went northwest to Henan. It has to pass through Henan, and is relatively close to the Guide Mansion that the Song State now controls.

Marshal Boyan didn't let the lieutenant general ponder, he said coldly: "This time, we will pass through Guide Mansion, if the Song army comes out of Guide Mansion, we will defeat the Song army." ”

The Mongol generals had no opinion, they were very interested in the Song army in Guide. It's really good to see the Song army that was blown into the sky, and it would be even better if he could help Marshal Ali Hague get some bargains.

No one objected, and Marshal Boyan ordered to arrange the order of the return of the Mongol troops. According to the news from Lin'an, Zhao Jiaren has been engaged in the state ownership of his land in Huating County. Lin'an held the imperial examination, and students from all over the country began to go to Lin'an for the examination after local selection. The Song army in Guide Mansion stayed in the local area and showed no signs of action, and the Southern Song Dynasty court did not see any drastic movements.

Since this was the case, the Mongol army left the newly recruited Mongol army from the north to guard Xiangyang and other key points, and the Mongol army, which had been out for a long time, went north in turn, and Zhang Hongfan's troops were in the first line.

Before leaving, Marshal Ali Hague called Zhang Hongfan to his big tent. He said with a solemn face: "After you arrive at Guide Mansion, if there is no team from behind, don't get too close to Guide Mansion City. ”

"How far is it?" Zhang Hongfan asked. He didn't mean to laugh at his old boss, he just wanted to hear his boss's advice.

"Song Jun is completely different now than before. If you follow the previous path, I am afraid that it may not be feasible. In my opinion, you get a place that can make it difficult for the Song army to fight. It doesn't matter if the mountains are high or not, the important thing is that the forest is dense enough. ”

If the forest is dense enough, the Mongolian army's infantry will not be able to give full play. Moreover, the cavalry that the Mongols relied on to become famous for was not a class of troops that existed to fight in dense forests. Zhang Hongfan only thought about it a little and found many problems from it. However, Marshal Zhang Hongfan did not raise these questions, after all, he was not the little doll who didn't understand anything.

"Marshal, why are you so wary of the Song army? Must it get to the point where you can get to the point where you can exchange your life for a life with them? Zhang Hongfan asked Marshal Ali Hague.

The marshal smiled bitterly, "That is, you have a calm temperament." If it were someone else, he might laugh at me in his heart. ”

Zhang Hongfan actually almost laughed at Marshal Ali Hague in his heart, in order not to show a rude expression, Zhang Hongfan asked: "If that's the case, why don't we just do it?" There were more than 10,000 Song troops in Guide Province, and according to Marshal Boyan's reconnaissance for so long, no new reinforcements appeared in the Song army. Our army left a part of the army to be stationed in Xiangyang and Yingzhou, and there were more than 100,000 troops who returned to their hometowns. The strength of the Song army is only one percent of ours, and our army did not take the initiative to attack the city, and it is estimated that the Song army already feels thank God in his heart. ”

"Nope." Marshal Ali Hague shook his head firmly, "Even if they are only one-tenth of the strength of our army, they will go out of the city." This has nothing to do with the strength of troops, I think about the battle in Guide every day these days, and I feel more and more that the Song army will fight no matter how many people we have. ”

On June 17 of the second year of the Great Song Dynasty, 100,000 Mongol troops lined up outside the city of Guidefu. Except for the defeat record of Marshal Ali Hague, who did not send them to the front, more than 100,000 Mongol troops arrived outside the city of Guide.

Zhang Hongfan looked at the sturdy city and felt that this city was not a big deal. Compared with Xiangyang City, the capital city of Guide Mansion can only be said to be a decent ordinary city. Then white smoke appeared on the head of the city of Guide, and not long after, the gate of the city of Guide was opened, and the Song army poured out from the gate.

"Report to the marshal, the south gate of the Guide Mansion is opened, and the Song army comes out of it."

"Report to the marshal, the west gate of the Guide Mansion is opened, and there are soldiers coming out of it."

The herald put the latest enemy situation at the fastest speed Zhang Hongfan, and Zhang Hongfan felt extremely surprised. The Song army ignored the difference in strength between the two sides and came out with a big grin. Guide Mansion is ordinary, not entirely because the city is ordinary. A rectangular city with four gates and a moat outside the city, each with a bridge across the moat, it is not easy to take the city. Zhang Hongfan did not expect that the Song army would give up the advantage of defending the city as expected by Marshal Ali Hague, and really sent troops to confront the Mongol army.

The Song army came out of the three cities of Guide. They are the South Gate, the East Gate, and the West Gate. Before going out, the three division commanders made a decision. Except for the Ninth Division, which set out from the East Gate, which was half a division, the other two divisions poured out. As for the 9th Division, their task was to hold the city walls and be able to protect the Song flanks during the battle, preventing the Mongols from attacking the Song army from both flanks.

The young commanders of the 6th and 8th Divisions did not feel that they were giving up their strong defensive superiority, and with the experience of fighting Ali Hague's 40,000 troops, they were confident in themselves. In military class, the purpose of the Qin State in building the Great Wall was to use the Great Wall as a fulcrum for attack, not simply to hide behind the Great Wall for defense. The strong city wall was an obstacle that prevented the Song army from fighting the Mongol army to the fullest, and let the obstacle become the support behind it, and the Song army could start a war against the Mongol army under the city.

The Mongol army soon told Marshal Boyan the news that the Song army had left the city. Marshal Boyan rarely changed his face. He soon ordered all the armies to retreat two miles back. Let the Mongolian army have a broader space for fighting. Fortunately, the Guide Mansion in Henan is different from Jiangnan, not to mention two miles back, that is, twenty miles back, and the ground under everyone's feet is still flat.

Then Marshal Boyan got the news, and the Song army chose to continue to advance, rushing up to fight the Mongol army.

From Song Jun's point of view, this is not a posture. In the previous bloody battle with Ali The Hague Army, the Song Army summed up an opinion. The Mongol army already showed signs of getting used to the Song army's long-range troops, and on the basis of the Song army's long-range combat effectiveness maintaining a consistent level, the melee pikemen played a role far beyond what was previously thought. Lancers could crush the Mongol infantry head-on, and the routed Mongol arrays could never be restored.

When the Mongol front collapsed, the Mongol cavalry effectively prevented the defeated troops from attacking the array behind, and the performance of those Mongol cavalry made the Song army quite envious.

Unbeknownst to the young soldiers, when the conclusions they finally came to were brought to Zhao Jiaren, Zhao Jiaren found that he automatically summed up these ideas as "fighting a big battle, a frontal battle, and a close battle" with the Mongols in the future. In the age of firearms, this is the only way to crush the nomads.

Zhao Jiaren was not excited by this report, he was relieved at most. As far as Zhao Jiaren knows, bayonets are very effective combat modes in World War II. It is said that in the Iraq War in the 21st century, the British were also able to use bayonet tactics to easily deal with the Iraqi armed forces.

With such extensive knowledge and far-reaching vision, the content summarized by the Sixth and Eighth Divisions could not impress Zhao Jiaren, and only the ability to summarize the correct conclusions made Zhao Jiaren feel gratified. An army needs a good commander, and the role of a good commander should be to enable the army to learn from itself, improve itself, and then replicate itself through every battle.

Zhao Jiaren praised himself in his heart. Then he gave his general view of the war to the young soldiers, which was 'you fight yours, I fight mine.' Fight in columns'.

The advantage of forming a column is that you can make full use of the advantage of dense troops, and the disadvantage is that it is inconvenient to escape. Since the Mongol army had set up a neat queue, the confident Song soldiers could not find a reason not to fight.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the Song army began to bombard the Mongol columns with artillery. With the combat experience with Ali's Hague army, the Song army was no longer satisfied with the previous sluggish combat discussion of using long-range soldiers to decide the winner. Even if the Mongol army did not send long-range troops, the Song army itself began to fight according to its own mode.

Marshal Boyan was sure that he had completely misjudged the situation of the Song army, and more than 20,000 infantry launched an attack on an array of 90,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry, which was completely beyond imagination. Da Shuai even had the idea of retreating now.

At 10:11, the 6th Division of the Song Army discovered that the Mongol army had begun to retreat, and they chased the Mongol army down.

At 10:19, the Mongol army again sent cavalry to outflank the rear of the 6th Division. The Mongol troops in front of the 8th Division were subjected to artillery for more than ten minutes and chose an artillery battle. It was only during the battle that the troops learned that the Mongolian army in front of the Eighth Division was a unit commanded by the Mongolian marshal Boyan, and in front of the sixth division was the Mongolian army commanded by Marshal Zhang Hongfan.

At 10:33, the Mongol army pursued by the 6th Division stopped and began to try to counterattack. The Song army placed an array of musketeers in front and pikemen in the rear, and fought the Mongol army with musketeers.

At 10:45, Zhang Hongfan's army finally couldn't help but launch artillery and shoot at the Song army. From time to time, troops on both sides fought in formation, under shelling.

At 10:55, the Mongol army was completely loosened, and the Song army, which was still in a neat queue, moved forward side by side.

At 10:57, the Song pikemen crossed a distance of 80 meters and began to engage the Mongol infantry troops.

At 11:20, after more than 2,000 infantry soldiers were stabbed to death, the front line of the Mongol infantry army led by Zhang Hongfan collapsed.

At this time, the pikemen of the 8th Division and the Boyan Army on the opposite side also began to engage.

Eleven thirty. Zhang Hongfan sent Mongol cavalry to attack the Song army array from behind. The Song army sent two battalions to defend. A battalion of pikemen was lined up in four rows, with the first row of soldiers propping up the hilt of their spears on the ground, the end of which was against their right foot, a little higher than the knee of their left leg, and the shaft of the spear with their left hand stretched forward to hold the shaft of the spear, the head of which was at chest level. Use spears and soldiers to make a horse repellent effect.

The pikemen in the second row remained in an offensive position, while the soldiers in the third and fourth rows stood their spears upright on the ground, ready to step forward to take the place of the fallen soldiers.

In the gaps left by the infantry, artillery and musketeers fired continuously at the Mongol cavalry. The Mongol light cavalry retreated in front of such an array, and a thousand Mongol heavy cavalry, who had been promised a heavy reward, attempted to launch an attack.

The first wave of 200 heavy cavalry wore thick armor, and the horses were also heavily armoured. With these weights, the impact speed of the horse is greatly reduced. By the time they rushed in front of the pikemen, they had lost six and a half of their men, and these men had proved with their lives that the heavy armor was not very protective against artillery and muskets.

Affected by the sound of artillery and the fallen horses, the eighty Mongol heavy cavalry, who had begun to frighten, had lost the speed of their impact by the time they reached the front of the Song army. Less than thirty heavy cavalrymen were dismounted by a dense barrage of spears.

After a short period of hesitation, 30 more Mongol cavalry were overturned by muskets, and the remaining 20 or so Mongol heavy cavalry were pursued by muskets and artillery as they fled, and only six horsemen returned to the Mongolian heavy cavalry array.

The purpose of the heavy cavalry was to charge into battle, and the thick armor blocked the enemy's attacks, and most of the heavy cavalry survived after the charge. In the battle in front of them, the heavy cavalry became a living target before they were defeated. The 50% hit rate on the impact route terrified them. Now is not the time to gamble with your life. Although there were still 800 horsemen in the army, not one of them was willing to gamble for the sake of a reward.

The impact of the cavalry still had an effect, and Li Yun, the commander of the Sixth Division, was also a little timid in his heart. He is still playing one to four, and the slightest mistake is afraid that the troops will suffer great damage. After the Mongol infantry army fled in a head-on battle, Li Yun ordered the whole army to stab all the enemies on the ground first, and then the whole army turned around, ignoring the fleeing Mongol army, and the whole army returned to the city of Guide.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the whole Song army returned to the city of Guide. The Mongol army also knew each other and left the battlefield. In any case, the Song army was facing 110,000 Mongol troops, let them chase 40,000 with 14,000, and they dared. 20,000 dozen 110,000, this number ratio is still beyond everyone's imagination. From this point of view, Marshal Boyan has a huge strategic advantage in using the army itself.

However, Marshal Boyan was not complacent about this. The Mongol army suffered a total of 4,000 casualties in this battle, which is also a large number compared to the total number of 110,000 Mongol troops. Everyone in the current Mongolian army carried a large amount of looted property from the Song Kingdom, and they actually died when they returned with a full load, and the morale of the Mongolian army plummeted.

Having suffered such great losses, Marshal Boyan did not continue to fight. He ordered his troops to go west to Xuzhou (Xuchang) first, so as to break away from the Song army's attack. After arriving in Xuzhou, Marshal Boyan continued northward, and finally arrived in Dadu on July 20.

The Battle of the Song Dynasty came to an end.