Chapter 135: Field Battle (2)
The light cavalry of the Mongolian army stretched out their bows and arrows, shouted and cursed, and the rain of arrows came closer and closer. Feathered arrows shoot at shields and armor, and "dangdang" sounds.
The Mongol cavalry was physically strong, able to turn back and shoot at the following enemy in a quick retreat; Able to endure hardships and endure harsh climatic conditions, without coveting comfort, comfort and delicious food. The Mongol cavalry was disciplined and rigorous. Light cavalry is generally one person and two horses, which can carry baggage, and can also be transferred to enhance mobility.
In the same way, the Song army was well-trained, the military discipline was equally strict, and the artillery was sharp, so it was also eager to try to fight it.
The Mongol cavalry did not fight against the Song army, they relied on experience with the Jin army or the Xia army, and they were no strangers to the infantry formation tactics of artillery chariots, which were distributed around the perimeter of the large array like chariots.
In their opinion, the Song army's exit from the city and the field battle of the Mongol cavalry were tantamount to self-defeat. However, surrounded by thousands of horsemen and harassed by the rain of arrows, the Song army stood still, which also made the Mongolian knights put away their hearts of contempt for the enemy.
Whether it is a strong army or not, they can see at a glance. This is also the reason for their frequent temptations from the beginning, rather than direct attacks.
With a "poof", a feather arrow broke through the air and shot through the gap in the shield, hitting a Song soldier in the shoulder, and the Song soldier snorted and fell to the ground. The medical officer came up, pulled out the feathered arrow, and quickly bandaged it.
Lu Wende picked up the feather arrow and looked at it carefully, his face turned pale.
"The arrows are heavy and narrow, they are used for long-range shots, they can pierce armor; The arrows are large and wide and are used for close shooting, especially effective for shooting horses. This is a light arrow, I am afraid that the Tatars will soon use heavy arrows. ”
Lu Yuanting took the feather arrow, looked at the Mongolian light cavalry who were getting closer and closer, and whispered on the side.
Although artillery carriages, shields, and armor could effectively resist the diffuse of feathered arrows, once the Mongol army used heavy arrows, the casualties of the Song army would greatly increase.
Especially the gunners, but they are the baby bumps in the army, and they can't afford to toss casualties.
"Ready!"
In the anxiety of the generals, the hideous faces of the Mongolian knights were clearly visible, and Lu Wende put down the clairvoyant mirror, his face was pale, and he shouted loudly.
He didn't want to wait for the heavy arrows of the Mongol army to arrive, in that case, the casualties of his subordinates would be greatly increased.
At the sound of the military order, the gunners behind the chariot began to reload the guns, adjust the angle of the guns, and wait for the military order to be handed down.
"Fire!"
Lu Wende's face turned red, and he almost roared and shouted.
The gunners perked up and pressed their red-hot iron chisels to the fire rope.
"Puffy Puff!"
The smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sound of artillery was earth-shattering, and the inner circle of the Mongolian light cavalry that was screaming in a circle was directly thinned by a layer, and countless people planted war horses.
The sound of artillery continued, and the sub-mother cannon fired three rounds, and the Mongolian light cavalry, which had become extremely weak in the cavalry formation, sacrificed their lives and fled to Siye.
"Puffy Puff!"
The sub-mother cannon fired two more rounds, and the Mongolian light cavalry fled far away, and the cavalry formation was already extremely sparse.
Outside the large array of the Song army, from 100 steps outward, the mountains were full of corpses and wounded people and horses scattered by the light cavalry of the Mongolian army.
At the same time, the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army rolled on the iron horse, like an iron floating slaughter, and the thick spear stick in his hand was raised, and in an instant, it had already broken through the distance of 200 steps in front of the Song army's main array. The bloody and bloody situation of the light cavalry on both sides of the flank frightened them, but they had no way to retreat, so they could only quickly approach the Song army's artillery position and disperse the opponent's large array.
"Fire!"
Lu Yuanting shouted loudly, and the gunners couldn't wait to load the guns and fired their guns one after another.
In a hurry, a sub-gun and the mother cannon did not match tightly, the gunpowder burned, the white gas leaked out, and the gunner's face was covered with blood blisters, screaming and falling to the ground, howling desperately.
"Push it down!"
Lu Yuanting's face was ugly, and he asked the sergeant to help the injured gunner down.
This is actual combat, which is cruel and testing people's hearts.
The cannon roared, countless iron pellets flew in the air, and the storm rushed straight towards the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army. The heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army was beaten to the ground one after another, and the smoke and dust rose from time to time, and the blood and flesh of the Mongolian cavalry were blurred, tragic and abnormal, and it was magnificent.
There are still countless heavy cavalry galloping forward, and the iron cavalry is vertical and horizontal, like a god descending from the heavens, which is daunting.
The long-range attack of the Song army's sub-mother cannon seemed to have limited lethality to the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army.
The heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army is getting closer and closer, the iron cavalry kicks up dust, the ground trembles, like a muffled thunder, several Song gunners can not stand the oppression brought by the Mongolian cavalry formation, throw the iron drill in their hands, turn around and run, some people are screaming again and again, causing a commotion in the artillery position, some gunners fled with them, some gunners looked left and right, suspicious, and stayed in place in a daze.
The "whoosh" sound continued, and the fleeing gunners were shot over one after another, and the officers who followed them caught up, and those who were injured but not dead were immediately killed on the spot, mercilessly, bloody and ruthless.
"Those who escape from the battle will be killed!"
"Steady! Steady! ”
"What are you doing in a daze, reload your ammunition and get ready to fire!"
The young officers had gloomy faces and pressed the gunners around them.
Lu Yuanting shot over an escaped gunner, threw the crossbow to the Song soldiers beside him, his face was red and white, and he shouted loudly regardless of the sweat on his head, organizing the Song soldiers' gunners and grenadiers to open artillery and throw bombs.
The gunners were in shock, and the reloader was reloaded, and another round of shotguns smashed over the head and face. The grenadiers threw smoking thunderbolts at the front of the Mongol heavy cavalry.
The artillery positions of the Song army were filled with gunsmoke, smoke and dust were flying in the Mongolian cavalry array, and the heavy cavalry of the fallen Mongolian army increased significantly. But they were not afraid, and the rest were still rolling in, only fifty or sixty paces away from the Song army's main array.
"Grenadier! Forward! ”
Lu Wende's face was ugly, and he personally took over the command.
His forehead was already covered with sweat.
Countless tall and heavy Song army fierce men rushed out of the big array, and countless earth-shattering thunderbolts flew out and fell into the heavy cavalry formation of the Mongolian army that was still galloping.
The explosion of "Tongtong" was endless, the pillars of smoke were rolling, the war horses were screaming, and the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army fell down in the smoke and dust, and when they rushed out of the dust and fog, they were already much sparse.
"Crossbowmen! Shoot! ”
Lu Yuanting shouted loudly, the crossbowmen of the Song army raised their crossbows, looked up to the sky and shot, some Mongolian heavy cavalry men and horses were shot, blood mist soared, and they fell down one after another, and the dust was flying.
Despite the ferocity of the artillery and the astonishing lethality of the earth-shattering thunder, more than 100 heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army rushed through the indiscriminate bombardment of the Song army's firearms.
The heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army had rich combat experience, and they keenly grasped the panic caused by the escape of the gunners of the Song army's artillery position, and the iron cavalry rolled and broke straight in. Before the men and horses arrived, short weapons such as sharp axes and iron bones were thrown over one after another, and the front line in the middle of the Song army's large array was killed and wounded.
The war horses galloped forward, broke through the barriers of the chariots, and rushed into the Song army's main array.
One of the gunners was knocked out, and the Iron Rider followed him and stepped on his chest, which collapsed, and the gunner fainted in pain.
A Song spearman was poked in the lower abdomen by the cavalry spear of the Mongolian cavalry, his face was painful, and he was pushed out of dozens of steps before being thrown away by the other party.
Another Song army was knocked over by the war horse of the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army, and the heavy cavalry on the horse slammed an iron rod, and smashed a Song army pikeman's brain burst and fell heavily to the ground.
The heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army descended like a god, rampage, and the Song army was in a large array, and there was already an image of erosion.
The Mongolian light cavalry who were frightened outside the battlefield shouted and screamed, as if cheering for their heavy cavalry, they shouted wildly, as if they were about to move again.
"I'll go!"
Lu Wende was covered in cold sweat, he shouted loudly, commanded the cavalry of the Song army, and broke out of the formation from the left and right flanks.
"Cavalry, up!"
He still believed too much in the sub-mother cannon and underestimated the power of the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army. He didn't expect that his own gunners would escape from the battle, so that the situation was out of control.
The horse's head was crowded, the light cavalry of the Song army rushed forward without hesitation, they rushed together with the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army, and the cavalry of the Song army was constantly assassinated under the horse, and the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the tragedy was abnormal. The cavalry of the Song army suffered heavy casualties, but also cut down many heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army. The offensive of the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army was slowed down.
"Straight sissy thief!"
"him, brothers!"
Lu Yuanting took the lead, ignited the earth-shattering thunder in his hand, ran away, and waved his arms out. The grenadiers of the Song army followed one after another, and one by one the smoking iron bumps were thrown out.
One by one, earth-shattering thunder bombarded indiscriminately, blooming everywhere. Some Mongolian heavy cavalry were blown up, and the offensive of the Mongolian heavy cavalry was still fierce, but the impact and lethality were greatly reduced.
And those Mongolian light cavalry who fled far away, regrouped, but they were afraid of the artillery of the Song army and hesitated.
Fortunately, the indiscriminate bombardment of artillery and earth-shattering thunder made the cavalry formation of the Mongolian heavy cavalry intermittent and difficult to assemble. Otherwise, a mere hundred Mongolian heavy cavalry could completely disperse the entire large array of the Song army.
"Thorn!"
"Chop the horse's hooves!"
The light cavalry of the Song army suffered countless casualties, and the foot soldiers also suffered heavy losses, but the officers of the Song army were not afraid, they took the lead, leading their subordinates or spears to hook people, or hook horses' legs, and instantly poked and stabbed twenty or thirty Mongolian heavy cavalry and dismounted, and the sword and shield hands followed, and they were killed on the spot, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
"Pour!"
Lu Yuanting held an iron rod and commanded several Song troops together, hooking and sickling to hang the ankles of the war horses of the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian knight wanted to struggle to get up, but was hit the head by Lu Yuanting, and his brain burst and splashed Lu Yuanting.
Lu Yuanting carried an iron rod, got on a no-man's war horse, galloped wildly, caught up with a Mongolian heavy cavalry, the opponent's thick cavalry spear stabbed, Lu Yuanting grabbed the cavalry spear, rose up with divine power, shouted, and actually snatched the opponent's cavalry spear.
Lu Yuanting hit his horse to catch up, the Mongolian cavalry pulled out a long knife, another knife, Lu Yuanting waved a stick, and the riding spear in his left hand made a force, poking the Mongolian cavalry off the horse.
"I'm sorry to be sick these days."