Yue Wudi stared fixedly at the Mongol cavalry that was gradually moving away, and it was not until they became the size of ants in their eyes that they withdrew their gaze.

"Nephew, how is the battle situation on your side?" Xin Qi hurriedly turned his horse and asked with a solemn expression.

"Five or six thousand enemies were killed, but our soldiers suffered no less than two thousand casualties. Yue Wudi said in a deep voice, he had already understood the courage of the Mongolian iron cavalry, especially the Temujin tribe, but in the face of the most tragic casualties since the Northern Expedition, he still couldn't be happy anyway.

This may be the difference between him and Temujin, Yue Wudi will never be softer than anyone in the world when he kills people, but he has never been able to ignore their lives for his own soldiers.

Because he felt that such casualties were not necessary, they could definitely be reduced, and the reason why they would pay such a painful price was only because the combat strength of the soldiers was not strong enough, the equipment was not sophisticated enough, and there were still errors in the dispatch of the main generals! All these can be made up for and improved!

"Maybe with the gunpowder weapons on the top of the light, the situation will be much better. It's a pity that it's not time yet, gunpowder is the hole card, and the Northern Expeditionary Army still nominally belongs to the Song Dynasty, once equipped with gunpowder weapons, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not leak out because of some unpredictable factors. Yue Wudi sighed secretly in his heart, and after thinking about it, he also understood that the current Northern Expeditionary Army was not able to greatly increase its combat strength for the time being, and at present, it had reached a peak.

"The old man's side is better, killing 8,000 enemies, and the 10,000 cavalry brought by Sangkun only escaped back less than 2,000, but our losses are not small, with more than 1,500 casualties. Xin Qiji also sighed and said, then turned his head and asked Han Yanxuan on the side: "How is Han Xiang's side?"

Han Yanxuan said: "The Zamuhe tribe that I am fighting against here. This person is slightly inferior to Temujin, but compared to Sangkun, he is much stronger. In a charging battle, the Zamuhe tribe suffered more than 7,000 casualties, and we also suffered more than 2,000 casualties. ”

Xin Qiji nodded. said: "The casualties should be well cared for, they are all heroes and martyrs, and the court can't treat them badly!"

"This is nature, Mr. Jiaxuan, please rest assured. Han Yanxuan agreed very simply.

Yue Wudi said: "The matter of the pension will be talked about after the end of the Northern Expedition, and now we will continue to implement our strategy." ”

"The Mongols are strong, which is to be expected. We were able to repel them with one-to-three casualties, not because we outnumbered the Mongols by three times, but because we took advantage of the bed crossbow. If there were no bed crossbows, who would have suffered more casualties. It's hard to say. ”

As soon as these words came out, Han Yanxuan and Xin Qiji's faces changed, and they lowered their heads and pondered for a moment, their faces even more ugly.

"And I think Temujin has now tested our combat power, and next time, he will never use flesh and blood to consume our crossbow arrows again. Yue Wudi said thoughtfully, pacing.

"The virtuous nephew means. Are they going to sneak up on us?" Xin Qiji asked with a frown.

"Our bed crossbows are limited after all. It is impossible to configure to every corner of the battalion. And the Mongols rode on two horses, coming and going like the wind, and Temujin could have attacked us from all directions, and if he came across a bed crossbow, he would immediately retreat, and we would not be able to catch up, if he did not meet a bed crossbow. You can kick the camp on horseback and march away before our army can react. ”

Xin Qiji and Han Yanxuan gasped one after another, and after a long time, Xin Qiji said, "Although our bed crossbows can't be all over the camp. But we could have placed fortifications around the camp to limit the cavalry charge, so that the Mongols would have nothing to do with us. ”

Han Yanxuan frowned slightly, and said, "Although Mr. Jiaxuan's idea can make us invincible, but in this way, we must limit ourselves to the fortifications, and once we march, the Mongols can take the opportunity to raid ......"

"This ......" Xin Qiji said helplessly: "It is true that we are all infantry, and the Mongols are cavalry with two horses, and the mobility of the enemy and us is fundamentally different, once we continue to the north, we can only be beaten passively." If we attack the central capital and the Mongols attack from behind, we will be even more vulnerable to the enemy......"

Yue Wudi said: "Lord Xin is too worried, we didn't plan to storm the central capital city, if the central capital city is broken by us, then half of the Jin country will be destroyed, and we will conclude that we have not accepted the Jin people's reason for peace." The fact that the Mongols were so strong was actually beneficial to our strategic goal of the Northern Expedition. Under such circumstances, we accept the peace of the Jin people, and no one inside or outside the Southern Song Dynasty can say half a word......"

"What I'm worried about is that in the future, the last thing we will have to face is the Mongol army of Temujin, and at that time, I hope that our army will no longer be like today, and can only be passively beaten......

As a result of these words, the three of them fell silent, each silent, thinking in their hearts how they would be able to win the battle against the Mongols in the future.

Temujin, Zamuhe, and Sangkun also gathered in the tent at this time, Sangkun's expression was extremely irritable, and Zamuhe's face was also gloomy, Temujin was the most calm, but in his eyes, there was still a cold light flickering constantly.

Today's temptation made each of them pay a terrible price, and the 70,000 army lost 20,000 at once, if it was an ordinary army, maybe people would have panicked at this moment.

"Temujin replied, no wonder you want us to help the Jin Kingdom, otherwise if the Jin Kingdom is destroyed and our neighbors become the Song Dynasty, it is really hard to imagine how many warriors will be left in our grassland...... In less than half a day, less than half a day, our 70,000-strong army lost 20,000 lives. I've been fighting all my life, but I've never seen such a tragic battle......"

Zamuhe clenched his fists tightly, slammed it on the case, and said hatefully.

Temujin's eagle-like eyes glanced at the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, then retracted and said, "Zamuhean, Brother Sangkun, you don't have to be discouraged. The reason why our losses are so great today is entirely because the Song army's bed crossbow is too terrible. After crossing the bed crossbow, the bravery of our Mongolian warriors was no worse than that of the Song army. ”

Sangkun heard this. He said angrily: "But Temujin, the Song army has a bed crossbow, how can they not use it? The next time we fight, don't we still have to face the bed crossbow of the Song army? The 8,000 warriors in my tribe, at least 5,000, were shot by their bed crossbows. Really hand-to-hand, of course our Mongolian warriors are not afraid of the Song people, but so what, the Song army has bed crossbows, they won't use them!"

Temujin pressed his palm weakly, signaled Sangkun to calm down, and said, "Brother Sangkun, I know that you feel sorry for the lives of your sons, but war. There is no immortality. We are not fighting for the Jin Kingdom, but for our Mongols, blocking the advance of the Song army! The sacrifices of those sons and daughters are valuable!"

Seeing that Sang Kun was still carried away by anger, Tie Muzhen looked down on Sang Kun a little more, and continued: "What's more, the reason why we have such casualties today is entirely because we want to test the true combat strength of the Song army. Despite the heavy casualties, our goal was not unachieved. ”

"What if you get there?" asked Sankun angrily.

"Now that we have figured out the combat power of the Song army. Then we can be regarded as knowing ourselves and knowing the other, knowing ourselves and knowing the other, and we will not be defeated in a hundred battles. This is the knowledge of the Han people, but we Mongolians also understand it. Temujin said.

Sangkun still looked annoyed, but Zamuhe's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Temujin answered." Among the three of us brothers, you have always been the best at using soldiers, do you already have a way to deal with the Song army?"

Temujin smiled and said, "Of course there is a way, otherwise what are we doing here?

When Sangkun heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Temujin." If you have any way, just say it quickly!"

Temujin said, "The Han people are best at offensive and defensive warfare, but what we Mongols are good at is raid warfare. Today, when we attack the camp that the Han people have prepared for a long time, we are actually using our shortcomings to deal with the strengths of the Han people. That's why it's white. In that case, why don't we use our own strengths to deal with the shortcomings of the Han people?"

"Our strengths?" Sang Kun was stunned, "Our strengths are naturally mounted archery, but the Han people don't compare with us, their bed crossbows are there, how can we compare with other riding archery?"

Zamuhe's eyes rolled, and he suddenly realized, and said, "What does Temujin mean by using the mobility of our cavalry to constantly raid them?"

"Yes, even if the Song army has more bed crossbows, it is impossible to cover all the sides of the camp of nearly 100,000 troops, there are always gaps for us to attack, we just need to keep raiding, and we can always find a few breakthroughs!"

As he spoke, he frowned slightly, and said: "It's just that I heard that the Song army is very good at building fortifications, and they have a lot of horse traps and the like, but they haven't used them for us today, in case they are full of trenches around the camp, our war horses can't get through......"

Temujin smiled slightly and said, "Zamuhe'an, you have already thought very thoroughly. If the Han people really became turtles with shrunken heads, then why should we fight them? Will we use the lives of our Mongolian soldiers to help the Jin State recover its territory? That will not be possible! What we have to do is just to block the Han people's troops, and the rest will be handed over to the Jin people!"

Hearing this, Zhamuhe nodded slightly, and said: "Indeed, as long as we block the Song army, then the Jin people will definitely take the opportunity to sue for peace with the Song people, and if the Song people do not expand northward, our goal will be achieved......"

"But, will the Song people really be a shrinking turtle?" Sang Kun was a little unconvinced, and said: "The Song people are like a broken bamboo all the way, and they have the advantage in today's war, how can they be a shrinking turtle?"

Temujin's eagle eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "What Brother Sangkun said is right, the Song people will never be turtles with shrunken heads, they are only a hundred miles away from the Zhongdu City now, as long as the Zhongdu City is broken, the Song Kingdom's goal of recovering the Central Plains in the past hundred years will be completely realized, and the Jin Kingdom will also be in a slump, and can only retreat back to between the white mountains and black waters." ”

"If I were the coach of the Song Army, I would not let go of such a great opportunity. Therefore, the Song army will definitely pursue and kill us with all their might, and if they don't destroy our 50,000 iron horsemen, they will not dare to attack the central capital. ”

"And we, on the other hand, should avoid large-scale battles with the Song army, because we do not have an advantage in numbers, and we should continue to send small cavalry to raid the Song army while they are marching. On the march, their bed crossbow is very difficult to use!"

Temujin's next move, as he said, as soon as the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked them, they would use the mobility of one man and two horsemen to quickly retreat the main army.

At the same time, a team of 1,000 people, led by Borhu, Mu Huali and others, was sent to the weak link of the Northern Expeditionary Army and kept raiding.

Sometimes the Northern Expeditionary Army has already prepared, and when they see that the situation is not good, they can also get out of the battlefield as quickly as possible, and if the strength of a certain link of the Northern Expeditionary Army is relatively weak, their 1,000 cavalry will quickly cut through this Northern Expeditionary Army, and then march away, and by the time the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army reacts, they are already miles away.

Although the casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army were not too many due to each raid, they could not withstand their dozens of raids day and night, and in the past ten days, the Northern Expeditionary Army had more than 10,000 casualties.

Of course, the Mongolian thousand-man team also paid a terrible price for this.

Rao is so, this is also an unprecedented setback for the Northern Expeditionary Army since the Northern Expedition.

In the first half of the month, the momentum was like a bamboo, all the way from the land of northern Anhui, attacking the city of Zhongdu, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a miracle of speed, but in the second half of the month, just because of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry blocking the way, the Northern Expeditionary Army of nearly 100,000 elite divisions could only hold back, and paid heavy casualties.

The news reached Zhongdu and Lin'an City, and Zhongdu City suddenly seemed to go from hell to heaven, and the dignitaries and nobles walked out of the long-closed palace gate again and began to discuss the current war.

In Lin'an City, there are some people whose hearts are fluctuating. After all, the Song Dynasty has been weak for a long time, and this sudden victory originally made the people in Jiangnan feel like a dream, and at this moment the 100,000 Northern Expeditionary Army was blocked in front of the Mongolian barbarians, and some people couldn't help but start to suspect that the previous big victory was the reason why the Jin State was caught off guard.

For a time, all kinds of theories and speculations spread in the north and south, and some of them were absurd and bizarre, such as the sudden weakening of the Northern Expeditionary Army because of the poisonous spell of the Mongolian shaman, and some people even said that Han Yanxuan was reluctant to attack the central capital because he accepted the persuasion of the Jin State.

All these disturbances have nothing to do with Guo Jing, but Guo Jing's mood at this time is also not very good. (To be continued.) )