"Green mud He Panpan, a hundred steps and nine folds lingering rocks!"

As the only way for Qinlong to enter Shu, the Qingniling of Fengzhou Hechi is known as "Qinlong Barrier, Bashu Throat", stretching for more than 40 miles, and it is only 100 miles away from Lizhou West Road Road to govern Chuzhou.

It was the early morning of early winter, the climate was dry and cold, and in a col on the southern slope of the Qingniling Mountains, a group of Song army scouts gathered, and everyone was silent, all looking in the direction of Fengzhou in the north.

In the depths of the woods, hundreds of war horses wearing protective gear and halters were tied to the trees, silent, some of the war horses snorted, and some Song army scouts caressed the war horses to make them quiet.

The Song army rangers were dark and strong, with round helmets and steel armor all over their bodies, and they were immediately equipped with shields, bows and arrows, full of quivers, accompanied by ropes and other things, judging from the number of war horses, it obviously exceeded the number of Song army scouts.

Since the Song army occupied the Hexi Corridor, four years have passed, and the cavalry of the Song army's northwest border army has increased suddenly, and war horses are no longer rare. Just like these Song army scouts, everyone is one man and two horses, and the war horses carrying artillery and ammunition are still excluded.

Since the Western Xia had been incorporated into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the Xia craftsmen also brought in the cold forging technology, and the armor created was two-thirds thinner than the original, but it was harder, and a 50-step strong crossbow could not be shot. Even if the hole between the armor pieces is shot, the arrow will be scraped back by the hole, which shows the toughness of the armor and effectively protects the safety of the soldiers.

On the hillside, there are several small cannons, the muzzles of which are secluded, aimed at the mountain road. The scouts of the Song army were all equipped with several grenades, and their equipment could be said to be armed to the teeth.

In the mountains and forests, the trees are verdant, the fallen leaves are scattered, the birds are singing in the branches, chirping, the sun is covered by the horizontal branches, in the day is still dusk, the cold spring is dingdong, the scouts of the Song army are lying in the ravine, and several scouts are holding clairvoyant mirrors in their hands and looking around, motionless.

"Adjutant General Ran, discover the Tatar rangers!"

Suddenly, a scout turned around and whispered, Ran Jin, the deputy general of the scout battalion lying in the valley, was taken aback, he took the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the official road in the distance.

On the wide and flat official road, the clear sound of horses' hooves came, and then the 100th Mongolian army ranger came into view, and was coming south along the official road.

Looking at these Mongolian army rangers roaring and screaming on their horses, they are obviously veterans of a hundred battles.

"These dog thieves are galloping freely on the land of my Great Song Dynasty. What a damn one! ”

Ran Jin said fiercely in his mouth and put down the clairvoyant mirror.

"General, if I don't take someone down, let's attack in two ways and destroy these Tatar rangers!"

Ran Jin's younger brother Ran Pu asked his brother for orders.

The Ran brothers are from Banzhou, Guizhou, and they are all famous local prodigies. The Song army restored Western Xia and repelled the Tatar army, and the two brothers were admitted to the Jinling Lecture Hall. Because the two brothers had traveled all over the famous places of Bashu and the important towns of Guanguan when they were young, they were familiar with the terrain of Sichuan, and after graduation, they were assigned to the northwest border and served under Lu Wende, the commander of the West Road of Lizhou.

The two brothers are skilled in arching and horses, the elder brother Ran Jin is the deputy general of the scout battalion, and the younger brother Ran Pu is the preparation general.

Historically, the Ran brothers also have a layer of identity, that is, the staff of Yu Jue, the Sichuan envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the famous Diaoyu Mountain military defense system, which is the handiwork of the Ran brothers.

In 1259 AD, the Mongol Khan Meng Ge personally led 100,000 people to attack Sichuan, straight to Diaoyu City, Hezhou military and civilians relied on Diaoyu Mountain defense stubborn resistance, the two sides held each other for half a year, Diaoyu City was surrounded for a long time, the Mongolian army commander Wang Dechen was killed by the Song army flying stone under the city, Meng Ge was hit by the Song army's arrows, forced to order the withdrawal of the army. During the retreat, Meng Ge was wounded by an arrow and died on the way out.

After Möngke's death, the Mongol nobility fought among themselves for the throne of Khan, and the invading army fighting in Europe was forced to withdraw. History says that Erran saved European civilization.

In history, Yu Jue died violently, and the Ran brothers were also forced to resign, showing their helplessness to serve the country.

"Adjutant General Ran, there are 100 Tatar rangers, and it seems that the people who come are not good. I have few soldiers, do you want to bear it? ”

The escort team Han Shan was old and serious, and he was a little hesitant.

"100 people against 100 people, no need to endure it anymore! In any case, a few Tatar captives had to be taken back. If the Tatar army came later, there would be no chance! ”

Ran Jin shook his head and immediately made a decision.

"Team A and Team C stayed with Ran Pu, and Team B went down with me. Han Shan, the artillery is going to be ready, seize the time! ”

After Ran Jin finished speaking, he and a team of scouts mounted their horses one after another, and fought down the northern hillside.

The scouts of the Song army went down the hillside, and the Mongolian army rangers were startled at first, and then they beat their horses one after another, rolling with iron hooves, and went straight to Ran Jin and others on the opposite side.

As for the Song army scouts on the hillside, the Mongolian rangers had also discovered it, but they ignored it, obviously to destroy Ran Jin's team who came down the mountain first, and then hunt the rest of the Song army on the hillside.

The Mongolian iron cavalry dominates the world, and the rangers are the fierce pawns in the army, and the Song scouts hedge against them, isn't it self-defeating.

"Artillery ready!"

On the hillside, Han Shan's face darkened suddenly.

The Mongolian army rangers were arrogant and domineering, and they didn't take the Song army scouts too seriously.

Two gunners quickly loaded their ammunition and were quickly ready.

This kind of small cannon, only 30 catties, each with 10 guns, easy to carry, easy to operate on the battlefield, is a sharp weapon to kill thieves, and the earth-shaking thunder together, for the Song army to ride together.

The scouts of the Song army and the Mongolian army rangers came in the north and south directions along the official road under the mountain, and in the blink of an eye it was already a hundred paces away.

"Kill Song Dog!"

Both sides are warriors in the army, but they immediately rode and shot, and it can still be seen that the Mongolian army rangers are free to retract and release, and many people have bows and arrows with both hands, and they don't need reins, and their riding skills are obviously superior. The Mongolian rangers screamed and roared, stretched their bows and arrows, and some knights had already taken the lead in firing arrows at the Song army scouts.

"Puffy!"

The sound of artillery suddenly sounded, and the birds in the mountains and forests spread their wings and flew high, filling the sky above the mountains and forests.

The white gas was steaming, and the Mongolian army galloping forward under the mountain, Hulala and the people and horses were planted, and the riding group suddenly thinned out a lot.

Two small cannons, covering a distance of 100 meters on the official road, the sound of cannons continued, the Mongolian rangers kept falling under their horses, and the screams of horses came and went.

"Aim and hit!"

Han Shan's palms were sweaty, and he personally loaded his ammunition and fired cannons at the Mongolian rangers on the official road.

"Go down!"

Ran Pu urged the war horses, and the other two teams, from the southern slope to the back of the Mongolian rangers.

The Song army's artillery was constantly sounding, as if it was going to attack the Mongol army from the north and south, and the Mongol rangers were killed and wounded all over the place, piling up the official road. After a short period of panic, they went straight to Ran Jin's team B in the front, and turned their horses around in the back and went straight to Ran Pu's team A and C.

Ran Pu led two teams downhill, one of the teams got off the horse when they reached the middle of the slope, and Ran Pu led the other team to continue downhill and soon went on the official road.

"Hit the rear wing of the Mongolian army!"

The Song army, who dismounted halfway down the slope, hid behind the hillside, lit the earth-shaking thunder one after another, condescendingly, and threw it from the hillside to the official road.

A Song army scout accidentally showed his head when throwing a bullet, and the Meng army's feather arrows roared, shooting the Song army scout over, and the smoking earth-shattering thunder in his hand also fell to the ground.

The surrounding Song army scouts were shocked and fell down one after another. Another Song Army scout was hit in the leg by a flying stone, and his leg was broken when he landed, making a muffled snort.

The scouts of the Song army hid their bodies and observed carefully, and the earth-shaking thunder continued to be thrown, smashing into the Mongolian cavalry group one after another, and soon there were pillars of smoke rolling, and a bloody rain and bloody wind.

The earth-shattering thunder bombarded indiscriminately, and the smoke column rolled on the mountain road. The Song artillery fired two more rounds, and another twenty or thirty Mongolian cavalry soldiers were killed or wounded, and the artillery on the hillside stopped roaring when the cavalry of the two sides had made contact.

"You guys come down with me! People use less bows and arrows, and more people use earth-shaking thunder! ”

Han Shan was a well-known archer in the army, and he picked up the horned bow and, along with several other auxiliaries, slipped down the hillside.

On the mountain road, the two sides have not made contact, and the feathered arrows are flying in the air. The Mongolian army relied on its fast rate of fire and long firing distance, while the Song army relied on its tough armor and shield to protect itself.

Although the Song army had armor and shields, several people were still shot and planted off their horses, or shot or wounded. Because most of the Mongolian soldiers were wearing leather armor, as long as they were shot, they were immediately drenched in blood, and they were either killed or wounded.

The feathers and arrows on both sides roared, the bows and crossbows were fired in unison, the Mongolian army had fewer rangers, and the two sides approached quickly, and they were holding their swords in their hands, and they were about to do hand-to-hand combat.

Ran Jin stepped on the crossbow string and raised it, and a Mongolian ranger fell off his horse. A feathered arrow roared, Ran Jin twisted his body to avoid it, but a Song army scout behind was shot in the chest and knocked off his horse.

Ran Jin didn't have time to think about it, hung up the crossbow, took off the riding spear, held the spear in his right hand, controlled the war horse with his left hand, and the round shield on his left arm covered his throat and face, and crashed into it like a storm.

The Mongolian rangers were also shocked. I thought that after a rain of arrows, the Song army would fall and be calmly shot by them, who knew that the feather arrows would hit the other party, unless they hit the goal, they would have little effect, and even if they were injured, they were mostly slightly injured.

The two sides were close at hand, short axes, iron bones, iron rods, short knives and other objects were smashed out like raindrops, colliding in the air, and falling to the ground one after another, but most of the weapons fell into the formation of both sides, and there was another scream, falling and falling to the bottom of the ride.

At a distance of 100 paces, the cavalry of both sides came in an instant, and soon collided violently. People turned on their backs, blood splattered, screams, angry shouts, and horse barks were intertwined, and there was a mess.

Ran Jin rode a spear and stabbed over one person, the shield blocked an opponent's saber, and the Hexi horse rampage, knocking over the Mongolian rangers on the opposite side with their horses. An iron rod whistled behind the opponent, but it was separated by Song Jun waving a knife next to Ran Jin's horse.

Ran Jin was furious, stabbed the Mongolian ranger with a spear, stabbed the Mongolian ranger hard under the horse, rode up, and shot him in the throat.

A Song scout stabbed a Mongolian ranger, but before he could dodge, he was stabbed in the neck and slashed under his horse.

Another Mongolian ranger smashed a Song army scout under the horse, trying to make up for it, and a Song army scout on the left and right stepped forward, stabbed and slashed, and killed the Mongolian army ranger Ge under the horse.

Several Mongolian rangers were lucky to get out of the encirclement, and before they had time to catch their breath, the Song army's feather arrows roared on the hillside, and several people fell off their horses when they landed.

The two sides rushed into battle, and it soon became clear that the official road where the battle had just been fought was full of dead bodies, broken arms and legs, and blood stained all over the ground.

The sound of "Pengpeng" artillery sounded, and the Mongolian army rangers who had just assembled in the front army were frightened, and when they looked up, they saw that it was the Mongolian army rangers who were charging in the rear, and they were mercilessly shot by the Song army's artillery.

It turned out that the Song army did not completely dismount, but still left a few people behind, and killed and injured the Mongolian army rangers with the help of the high slope earthquake thunder.

The earth-shattering thunder continued to fall, the earth and rocks on the official road were flying, and only a few Mongolian cavalry troops were left, and they fled from the indiscriminate bombardment of the earth-shaking thunder in a hurry.

Before the advancing Mongolian army had time to rejoice, a few smoking iron bumps on the hillside came head-on and fell into the herd of horsemen. It turned out that Han Shan took the opportunity to sneak attack with his auxiliary soldiers.

The explosion of "Tongtong" continued, the war horse fell with a roar, and the Mongolian army rangers in front of the battle only had more than ten horses left. Han Shan hid behind a tree, and two Mongolian rangers fell off their horses when they landed.

After the Ran brothers on the official road rushed into battle, they gathered their troops and went straight to the Mongolian army in the south, which seemed to be to destroy these remnants of the defeated generals in one go.

The Mongolian army rangers of the front army looked at each other, seeing that a few earth-shattering thunderbolts smashed down again, and everyone desperately beat their horses, wanting to make the final charge with the Song army.

At this point, they don't seem to have much of a choice.

After a not fierce charge, the Mongolian army rangers escaped a few more horses, and Ran Jin did not pursue, leading his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, pushing the dead and wounded comrades onto the war horses, tying up several wounded prisoners who were captured, and heading all the way south.

I saw that the place of the fight just now was full of dead bodies, and the blood stained the ground red, but no one cared, leaving only the mountains silent and the flowing water silent.