In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 282 The Song Dynasty was really bad before
Just as Meng Gong was exchanging tactics with the surrounding generals, the formations of both sides had already entered within [-] steps.

At this time, we can roughly see the pattern of Tibetan formations.

The main force of Caibago is also in the middle. They are all wearing iron armor in front. From a distance, the luster of the metal can be seen through the sunlight. There are not many soldiers in this wave, probably less than a thousand people.

A large group of people in the middle are all Caiba Ge's people, and their clothes are relatively uniform, but the two wings are all in a mess, wearing different clothes, just like a motley army.

Everyone felt strange when they saw the Tubo army in front of them, which looked like a peasant army, and then thought that the Northern Song Dynasty had nothing to do with them.

You don’t know if you don’t compare, but you will know after comparing. The Song Dynasty was really bad before.

No one can be beaten.

We can't defeat Liao, we can't defeat Jin, we can't defeat Xixia, we can't defeat Tubo.

Meng Gong waved his hand and said loudly: "The strength of the Tubo people is not one-tenth that of the Mongols."

"Firstly, we cannot take it lightly, and secondly, we must defeat them quickly."

"If you can't even defeat the Tibetans, how can you face the Mongolian army?"

"This battle must be won."

"We must win." All the generals shouted together, and then returned to their respective teams. Only Gao Liangyao followed Meng Gong.

While the Song generals returned to their respective formations, the Tubo army suddenly stopped about [-] paces from the Song army.

The Song army on the opposite side also stopped at the same time.

On the huge battlefield, time suddenly seemed to pause. Everyone looked at each other and stopped in place.

Various Tubo ministries are also assigning combat tasks.

Because the ranks of the [-]-foot battalion in the middle of the Song Army are relatively wide, the formation looks very loose, and the Song Army cavalry seems to have a very high armor rate, and the front row exudes a dark and bright metallic luster. The various tribes of Tubo are not fools. , all asked for an intermediate camp.

Brother Caiba said: "It is not easy for cavalry to fight dense infantry. Don't look at the loose way the Song army is moving now. If they are well-trained, they can form a dense formation in a short time. When the time comes, they can't break up the situation if they rush forward. It’s miserable.”

Brother Caiba has been fighting in the past few years and has more experience. What he said is true.

The surrounding ministries all shouted that it doesn't matter, I specialize in fighting infantry.

Everyone was vying to fight the infantry. Brother Caiba originally wanted to use his armored cavalry to fight, but he didn't expect everyone to be so eager to fight.

Okay, if you want to fight, just fight, he said. According to the rules, whoever wants to send the most troops will fight in the middle.

Gashir of the Gar clan immediately shouted that he was willing to send [-] armored soldiers to attack the center.

Six thousand cavalry is quite a lot, but others are unwilling to pay so many at once because they always want to keep some wealth.

So Caibage selected two more tribes, each sent thousands of troops, and together with Gashir gathered more than 1 to focus on the middle of the Song army.

Caibage was more cautious and believed that the Song army's infantry would have little impact on his own side. He signaled to Gashir that if he could not advance, he should not attack hard and just hold back the Song army's infantry.

When they defeated the Song Army's cavalry, these infantrymen had no place to escape.

Gashir agreed, but felt unhappy in his heart, feeling that Brother Caiba looked down on him.

Brother Tseba occupies the logical position and has a vague status as the King of Tubo. Gashir definitely wants to prove that he is better than him.

In addition, Daru, a nobleman of the Da clan, and several troops gathered about [-] troops to attack the left wing of the Song army. On that side were [-] light cavalry led by Meng Ying.

Another nobleman, Ruo Gaidema, and several troops gathered about [-] troops to attack the right wing of the Song army. On the other side were Shader's cavalry with [-] heavy armor.

He still has more than 4 people on hand. Caibago left a reserve team of 2 people and took [-] people himself to prepare to go behind the Song army and spank the Song army.

At the same time, he signaled to the [-] reserve troops. If they see that side is not working, support that side. If they see that side has a chance to defeat the Song Army, they will also support that side.

Brother Tseba was still quite capable. He assigned various units one by one, and the entire Tibetan army soon began to move slowly.

The Tubo army in the front row began to divide into three, and the middle road supported the Song army and came to the Song army's infantry battalion. The two wings split into two groups of cavalry to pick beans from the Song army's cavalry at a 45-degree angle.

Usually this tactic is to draw out the Song Army's cavalry, which means don't stand next to the infantry camp, come out and challenge your brother in a one-on-one battle.

It seemed that a woman was posing and shouting to Song Jun: This place is so big, come out and fight.

The two wings of the Song army quickly understood what they meant. Shader and Mengying each led two wings of cavalry and rushed away, leaving the infantry camp formation.

The performance of the Song Army made Caiba brother a little excited for a short time. The Song Army cooperated with their intentions. The following is a showdown on the battlefield based on their abilities.

There are three battlefields on both sides and in the middle. Each fights on its own. No matter who wins which one, it may determine the outcome of the entire battlefield.

Brother Caiba even felt that the head coach of the Song Army was a bit stupid, because usually the side with fewer troops would definitely have to stay together to keep warm, and it would be impossible to easily come out and fight them in separate formations.

At this time, the huge battlefield was slowly changing according to the intentions of both sides. Cavalry and war horses were running around on the battlefield. Sand and soil were flying all over the sky, turning the sky into light yellow.

The deafening sound of horse hooves shook the endless earth.

"Driving" Ruogaidema's soldiers and horses took the lead in approaching the Song army, but when he got closer, he realized that not all the people on the other side seemed to be Song people, but some party members, which was a little weird for a moment.

There was a reason why he rushed forward in a hurry. After the Song people broke through Diezhou, they raised their troops to attack him. Ruo Gaidema was afraid of losing, so he could only run away with his soldiers and horses in a hurry. As a result, a large number of cattle and sheep on the territory fell to the Song Dynasty. in human hands.

Among so many tribes, the one who hates the Song people the most right now is Ruogedema.

At this time, he took the lead, leading nearly [-] cavalry to quickly lead [-] Song army cavalry further to the right. The armies of both sides quickly formed a straight line and were running, with the distance between them less than a hundred steps.

Both sides are watching each other.

Although Shader's cavalry is small, they are well-armored, all of them are armored, and the armor rate is [-]%. Among them, [-] party members have patched their horses with some leather armor, which looks like Mongolian heavy cavalry.Ruo Gaidema knew that the other party was learning from Xixia's famous iron kite heavy riding to improve the horse's protection.

"Drive" Ruogaidema raised his riding whip fiercely, and then inserted it into the back of his waist. He looked back at the battlefield. Both sides were already one mile away from the Song Army's infantry camp.

Ruo Gaidema pulled out his sword and raised it high: "Anyone who dares to invade our tribe, whether they are Song people or Dangxiang people, will be killed without mercy."

"Kill." There were shouts of kill all around.

Jogaidema waved his sword and started to turn forward with the entire cavalry.

With a rumble, the Tibetan cavalry tried to rush towards the Shadr cavalry and surrounded them.

He had [-] cavalry, and the other side had [-]. Once Shader's cavalry was surrounded, Ruo Gaidema was confident that they would wipe out the cavalry.

At this time, the [-] Tibetan cavalry swept across the earth like a black dragon, forming a crescent-shaped package towards Shadr.

Shader still remains parallel to the opponent's center line, and the two sides are getting closer and closer.

One hundred steps.

Eighty steps.

Fifty steps.

Forty steps.

After about forty steps, Shader bent his bow and nocked an arrow.

Beng, took the lead in shooting an arrow at the Tubo cavalry.

Then there was a crackling sound in the air, and arrows rained down from the air. The outermost rows of the Shadel cavalry fired one after another. After one round of shooting, all the cavalry turned their horses and pulled to the northwest, throwing away the Tibetan cavalry.

Almost at the same time as the Song army was shooting arrows, the Tibetan people were also shooting arrows with their bows.

However, the Tubo people's arrows, bows, and armor were not as good as those of the Song army, and many arrows in the back row could not shoot so far.

The first wave of the two sides shot at each other, and the Tubo people suffered a lot, and they chased the Song army against the arrows, which was equivalent to actively hitting the arrows.

There were screams in the field, and people and horses fell to the ground.

Ruo Geidema was furious when he saw it, and he hurriedly asked his men to catch up with Shadr.

Shader and his men ran ahead slowly, turning back and shooting at them from time to time.

The two sides ran from west to east on the bottom of the huge basin. Sometimes the distance between the two sides would be within thirty steps, and sometimes it would be around forty steps. Shader tried his best to keep the distance between thirty and forty steps.

The two sides kept firing at each other in the air, arrows flying around, and the ground was full of fallen men, horses and arrows.

The Tubo people suffered heavy losses in the attack. The Song army's armor was heavy. Unless the shot hit the Song army's horse and it was fatal, it would be difficult to cause harm to the Song army.

But if Gaidema knew that because the Song army was heavily armored and could not run for long, their cavalry could catch up with the Song army.

He cheered up from time to time and continued to chase, don't panic, let the Song people be proud first, and they wouldn't be able to run away later.

But soon he discovered a problem, that is, they were not a unified army.

His [-] cavalry are composed of several tribes, and now no one is willing to rush to the front.

The cavalry at the front would withstand the fiercest arrow rain from the Song people. When everyone rushed out for the first time, they all rushed forward and looked very fierce. However, after being shot by the Xixia soldiers several times and suffering heavy losses, all the troops deliberately slowed down.

Ruogaidema chased the Song army for less than a quarter of an hour when he found that his [-] cavalry had formed a triangle.

The forwards are all soldiers and horses of his own tribe, and the rear and two wings are all other tribes.

"These idiots are all greedy for life and afraid of death." Ruogaidema cursed angrily as he ran: "If the Song Army party members defeat us, no one will be able to escape."

The principle is this, but none of the ministries are willing to rush to the front.

This caused Jogaidema to suffer even greater losses. Every time Shader turned around, he would shoot the Tibetans who were running in the front.

At this time, even members of his own tribe were unwilling to run too fast, and the team of [-] cavalry became longer and wider.

Everyone wanted to let the people in front consume the Song people's horse power and arrows.

It was at this time.

Woo, suddenly a heavy horn sounded from the Song army.

Amidst the powerful and heavy horn sounds, the Song Army's cavalry began to turn around 180 degrees, and the formation became increasingly dense.

"The Dangxiang and Song people are about to charge, hurry up, assemble, assemble -" Ruogaidema was shocked and turned around to shout.

But the battlefield occupied by his nearly [-] cavalrymen was extremely huge. What was the use of his shouting alone?

At this time, the shortcomings of the Tubo people's temporary formation of troops began to appear. They did not have a unified way of giving orders, and they were unwilling to take the lead.

All the tribes huddled behind and waited for Jogaidema to attack first.

At this time, Tubo's combat effectiveness was really poor. After being led by the Mongols, according to the Mongolian military orders, the combat effectiveness of the Tibetan soldiers began to increase.

As soon as Gaidema's order was issued, the Song Army cavalry on the opposite side had already twisted into a ball and rushed towards them with the sound of heavy horse hooves.

(End of this chapter)