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

Chapter 315 The entire Song Dynasty is trying to trick them
After the sentry rider fell down, he rolled and crawled to Tuo Lei.

Because it was dark, it took me a long time to see which one was the tow mine.

"Report——" The sentry knight almost cried when he spoke, making Tuo Lei, Subotai and others furious.

The Sentinels and Riders of Great Mongolia are all the best of the best, and the warriors selected from the best by the Riders will always cry like a golden lady.

When they heard it clearly, they became furious.

It turned out that there was a Jin man pretending to be a Mongolian army sentry, and after approaching, he suddenly attacked. There were ten sentries in this team, two of them ran back on the spot, but the other one was seriously injured and died on the way, and he was the only one who ran back.

So this sentry knight was so angry that instead of his brothers dying in an open battle on the battlefield, he let the golden dog attack his brothers insidiously and shamelessly. He was so angry that he almost cried.

"How far was it from here at that time?" Subotai asked quickly.

"About forty miles."

Tolei and Subotai looked at each other, and without even thinking about it, there must be reinforcements from the golden army behind the pretend sentries.

"There are still Jin soldiers in the east? We need to send more sentry cavalry immediately -" Tuo Lei said this and looked up to see the sky. It was already around six o'clock in the evening. The sky was dark and the Mongolian army camp not far away was already stationed. , smoke rose from all campsites.

They went ashore today, bringing some grain and rice sent by the Song army, and they could also eat some hot food. After a few days, the Song people would run out of food, and they would either have to rob or eat dry food.

It was so late at night, and sending additional sentry cavalry would not be effective, and it was highly unlikely that Jin soldiers would be able to march in the dark as reinforcements.

But the two sides are indeed close.

Because he didn't know how many reinforcements the Jin soldiers had, Tuo Lei suddenly regretted leading the army across the river. Maybe Hu Shengsun was right, and stationed in the west of the river was much safer than the east of the river.

But he would definitely not say such words.

At this moment, not far away, there were sentries approaching with torches.

New news is also coming one after another.

"About five thousand Monk Wanyan Chen's cavalry were found in the east." When the sentries met, eighty miles to the northeast, the other party was driving away the Mongolian army's sentries. The Mongolian army circled around a few times and looked at it several times. , determined that there were five or six thousand riders, and then came back.

But now that the Sentinel Rider is back, the opponent will follow at least within twenty miles.

"Only five or six thousand riders?" Subotai's expression became much more relaxed upon hearing this.

If it were during the day, they could now detach a partial army and go directly to the east to defeat Monk Wanyan Chen first.

But Monk Wanyan Chen came from the northeast, probably from the direction of Chenzhou.

The previous Sentinel Cavalry was attacked in the east, and Tuo Lei immediately said: "There may also be Jin troops in the direction of Caizhou."

"Order each battalion to dig horse pits and build horse traps."

Tow mines were also prepared to guard against night attacks.

Suddenly Shengsun opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but held back.

At this time, he still wanted to persuade Tuo Lei to cross the river again and return to Hexi.

As long as we return to Hexi and send a small number of troops to guard the two ferries, we have nothing to fear.

But Tuo Lei obviously would not agree to return to Hexi, which proved that his command was wrong and he was afraid of the Jin soldiers.

How could Tuo Lei, the most capable prince in Mongolia, retreat to Hexi before seeing the Jin soldiers?
And to be honest, it is getting dark now. Their entire army of more than 3 cavalry and [-] war horses will probably have to wait until dawn to return to Hexi.

At that moment, Tuo Lei returned to the camp and arranged for the troops to be stationed.

They have the Gushui River at their back and the Bishui River to the south, so they only need to defend the north and east sides, and the fortifications are relatively easy to build.

Let the Han army build a defensive horse and dig holes in the camp.

The Mongolian army's formation was soon filled with torches and bonfires, and they were lit to work on the fortifications overnight.

When Tuo Lei returned to the camp, sentries came back one after another from outside.

Monk Wanyan Chen arrived and joined forces with Wanyan Heda. There were five or six thousand more Jin soldiers and cavalry.

The guy from the other side came here under cover of night, and it looked like he was in a hurry.

Tuo Lei didn't take it seriously. Jin Bing had five thousand more cavalry, so it wasn't a big problem in his eyes.

He was more concerned about whether the Sentinel Cavalry to the east made any new discoveries.

Fortunately, the sentry cavalry from the east returned soon. They found about ten thousand Jin soldiers about ten miles to the east. This cavalry seemed to have just arrived, and then circled from the east to the northeast. Monk Wanyan, Chen and Wan Camped beside Yan Heda.

This is actually Yu Jie's nine thousand forward troops and horses. However, because it was dark, Yu Jie did not put up his own flag. Moreover, Yu Jie's nine thousand forward troops were all lightly armored and were aimed at the Mongolian army, so there was no Zhajia, the other party didn't see that it was the Song Army, and thought it was the Jin Army.

At this point, plus Monk Wanyan Chen's 20 cavalry, the Song and Jin coalition forces were close to [-]. They had arrived at the scene and were stationed about seven or eight miles away from the Mongolian army. The two sides were extremely close.

Because it was night, both sides were stationed in camp and no fighting began.

Tuo Lei heard that another nine thousand riders were coming, but he was still worried.

The field he chose was too big. The opponent's 20 soldiers and horses were lined up. Maybe he could block them tightly, but if the infantry was lined up, what power would it have?The cavalry dispersed as soon as they charged.

But bad news soon came.

Hu Shengsun hurried to his camp: "Just after dinner, many brothers began to feed the horses. Some people found that the horse feed given by the Song Army was uneven, some were used to make up for the shortage, and many were rotten vegetable leaves and rough grass roots--"

"I quickly asked someone to check the horse feed carried by the empty horse at the back. It turned out that a lot of the bean feed was rotten. Even the good bean feed had croton in it. At least [-]% to [-]% of the horse feed given by the Song Dynasty was not good. use."

Whoosh, Tuo Lei suddenly stood up, his face changed drastically.

The Mongolian army can run out of food and rob it, but the war horses cannot live without horse feed.

It's almost December now, and the weather in Henan is getting colder and colder. There are not even a few green grasses on the roadside.

"Damn Cao Youwen." Subotai cursed loudly: "The Song people are really mean. They deliberately want to put us in danger."

At this time, Subotai still thought that the Song army just wanted to harm the Mongolian army, and wanted the Mongolian army and the Jin army to fight and lose more.

"Is there any problem with the Song people's food?" Tuo Lei asked quickly. After they landed, they took the Song people's food for five days.

"There's nothing wrong with the rice." Husheng Sun said.

When the Mongolian army entered the Golden Realm, they kept entangled with Wanyan Heda and only fed the accompanying war horses. When they rested at night, they fed the empty horses following them. Only then did they discover that there was something wrong with many of the horse feeds.

Tuo Lei already felt something was wrong at this time. Since entering the Golden Realm, he could not get news from all directions at the first time. This was completely different from the previous Western Expedition.

It seemed like there were invisible hands covering something up.

Now there is even a problem with the horse material, and Tuo Lei still has doubts.

"Otun Shiying."

"The end is here."

"At dawn tomorrow, we will organize the extra war horses to go back to Hexi. We will come back after we defeat the Jin soldiers."

"Here"

Subotai glanced at Tolei and knew that Tolei was also beginning to worry about the unfavorable situation of the battle.

They didn't take Jin Bing seriously before, but now they have to consider that the war situation is unfavorable.

10 people and horses remain in the east of the river. If the battle goes against them tomorrow and they cannot defeat the Jin soldiers, they will either divide into several groups and retreat in all directions from the east of the river. The Jin cavalry may not be able to stop them much.

Or return to Hexi along the original road.

In comparison, it would be safer for the whole army to retreat to Hexi together.

Therefore, the extra tens of thousands of war horses must be transported to the west of the river first, and only more than 3 horses are left in the east of the river, which is more convenient to move.

That night, no sentries came to report new news from the east, because the rest of the Song Army had already circled from the east to the northeast, and were more than twenty miles away from the scene. It was so dark that the Mongolian horses could not run, so the sentries were effective at night. Not very big either.

Yu Jie deliberately concealed the news about the east side, which made Tuo Lei think about the east side all the time. When Tuo Lei's mind was all about the east side, the Song army suddenly turned around and circled to the northeast, away from the east side.

There has been no news from the east side for a long time, and Tuo Lei has become bolder.

At about one o'clock in the evening, Hu Shengsun of the Tolei faction brought two hundred elites, selected archers with eight buckets and one stone or more in the camp, and took rockets directly to the outside of the Wanyan Heda camp.

None of them were riding horses and were quite brave.

The Mongolian army lit up rockets and fired at the Wanyan Heda camp. The Jinbing camp was suddenly in panic, with shouts everywhere.

Wanyan Heda was also timid and did not dare to send troops out. If he could send out troops and horses to rush out, he found that the Mongolian army had no horses and only had two or three hundred people. He might be able to win a small victory.

However, Tuo Lei predicted that Wanyan Heda would not dare to leave the camp, so he fired a rocket at the Jinbing camp, then turned around and left.

He probably knew that Monk Wanyan Chen was not easy to mess with, so he only shot Wanyan Heda at the camp and then went back.

The outside of the Jin soldiers' camp was shot like chickens and dogs, and many Jin soldiers began to shrink inside.

Finally, the Jinbing Camp settled down again, probably around three in the morning.

The Mongolian army came again with 200 men.

Pilibala fired a second rocket at Wanyan Heda's 10,000+ infantry camp.

Of course, the effect of this wave was not as good as the first wave, and the golden soldiers also prepared archers to shoot at them, but it was still disgusting. The key was that many golden soldiers did not sleep well that night.

Moreover, the Mongolian army kept blowing the horns of attack outside. Even monk Wanyan Chen gathered his troops and horses, ready to counterattack at any time, thinking that the Mongolian army was coming to attack at night.

The Mongolian army left after shooting. Each man shot five rockets, not more.

The Jinbing camp was thrown into chaos again, and monks Wanyan Heda and Wanyan Chen were so angry that they were half dead.

Because it was dark, Wanyan Heda's 10,000+ infantry camp did not dare to go out, waiting for the Mongolian army to attack the camp. However, monk Wanyan Chen had too few troops and saw that Wanyan Heda was not moving, so he did not dare to act rashly.

The Mongolian army took advantage of the two waves and returned to camp happily.

It was at the same time that the Mongolian army returned to camp.

To the east, behind Yu Jie's camp, a dense crowd was approaching them.

Yu Jie's nine thousand cavalry followed Monk Wanyan Chen and arrived at the scene at about five or six o'clock when it was dark.

The remaining units of the Song Army were still more than 40 miles away from the scene. They continued on their way and slowly arrived at the scene under the darkness.

It was already three o'clock in the night. After arriving at the scene, everyone was exhausted, and many people fell asleep directly.

In ancient times, it was rare to be able to march on a large scale at night. The Song army had a lot of baggage, and it took them nearly nine hours to arrive with stops and stops for more than 40 miles.

The place where Yu Jie camped was also chosen by Jin Bing for him. There was a jungle not far behind him (probably the location of the Dasi Forest Park in later generations), which could serve as a good cover.

At this point, [-] Song troops had quietly entered the battlefield under the cover of night.

But to Yu Jie, it doesn't really matter whether the Song army was discovered by Tuo Lei. With Tuo Lei's character, even if he knew that another [-] Song troops were coming and were helping the Jin soldiers, Tuo Lei would have to fight to see if he could Only then will you decide whether to fight or retreat.

The most important thing to Yu Jie is how to severely damage Tuo Lei, or even completely annihilate Tuo Lei.

As the sky dawned, Yu Jie first went to find Monk Wanyan Chen, and then the two met Wanyan Heda together. The Song and Jin Dynasties had been feuding for many years. The senior generals of both sides discussed fighting the Mongolian army together, but everyone was still a little uncomfortable with it.As soon as everyone started talking, the sound of horns came from outside. The Mongolian army was leaving the camp. Tuolei had already had breakfast and was preparing to fight.

Wanyan Heda was furious. He couldn't sleep well all night because of the Mongolian army last night. He immediately took action and wanted to gather his troops and go out to fight again.

Today the Song Army's [-] troops arrived, and Monk Wanyan Chen's [-] fine cavalry also arrived. Wanyan Heda's confidence doubled.

"Don't fight." Yu Jie suddenly stopped him.

All the golden generals on the scene were stunned.

"Today, everyone is not allowed to leave the camp. We must stay behind closed doors and stand on the outside with bows. Shoot when the Mongolian troops get close. No soldiers are allowed to go out."

Monk Wanyan Chen was furious: "We have 10,000+ infantrymen riding here. We are all staying in the camp and not going to fight in the field? You Song people are afraid, but we are not."

Yu Jie remained calm and looked at Wanyan Heda.

"Does Mr. Rui Guo want to repel Tuo Lei, or does he want to severely injure and annihilate Tuo Lei?"

Wanyan Heda hesitated for a moment and said decisively: "Of course it would be best to annihilate all Tuo Lei."

Monk Wanyan Chen wanted to speak, but Wanyan Heda stretched out his hand to signal him to shut up. Monk Wanyan Chen had no choice but to sit back unconvinced.

"Toolei is a rare commander in the Mongolian army."

"We haven't noticed that our Song army of [-] has arrived at the scene yet."

"As soon as the fighting starts today, if we gain the upper hand, with the cleverness of Drag Lei, if the war goes against us, we will definitely lead our troops to evacuate."

"They are all cavalry. They come and go like the wind. You and I have infantry camps. We can't stop them."

"When the time comes, he will be short of food and will only plunder everywhere. We will not be able to catch him in time. Instead, he will harm the people of the Jin Kingdom and other places."

"Besides, most of our army arrived early yesterday morning, and the troops and horses are tired. It's best to rest in the camp for a day today."

Wanyan Heda remained silent, as if he felt that what Yu Jie said made sense.

"What's the point of holding on to the camp?" Yila Pu'a asked.

"Delay for another one to two days." Yu Jie said: "We will definitely be able to severely damage or completely annihilate the Tuo Lei."

"As long as we don't leave the camp today, there are only three options for dragging mines."

"First, spend time here with us."

"The second is to go north and find us."

"Third, ignore us and speed away directly, heading north to Nanjing."

"Whether he spends time with us or drags us north, we can--"

Yu Jie explained his tactics in detail, and the Jin generals seemed to be persuaded.

To be honest, Wanyan Heda and others were considered to be famous generals of the Jin Dynasty, while Yu Jie was not well-known and was not well-known at this time, not to mention that they had always looked down on the Song people.

But Yu Jie looked calm, talked eloquently, and what he said was indeed feasible. After a discussion between the two parties, Wanyan Heda decided to adopt Yu Jie's strategy in order to severely damage Tuo Lei.

That day, the Mongolian army gathered troops and horses to provoke them early in the morning. As a result, they found that the camp opposite was quiet. Neither Wanyan Heda nor those who came from last night left the camp.

Tuo Lei felt something was wrong, so he sent a group of cavalry to cause trouble. He saw the Jin soldiers deploying a large number of rifle bows on the outside. When the Mongolian troops came within range, they fired at them. When the Mongolian troops did not get within range, they ignored them.

Tuo Lei sent people to circle around the Jin-Song formation, and soon discovered that there seemed to be tens of thousands more soldiers and horses in the northeast overnight, and they seemed to be Song troops.

After the news came back, there was a lot of curses in the Mongolian army.

Tuo Lei knew at this time that not only the Sichuan Song Army was deliberately cheating them, but the entire Song Dynasty was cheating them.

It is really surprising that the feuds between Song and Jin Dynasty have joined forces.

At this time, Hu Shengsun once again raised objections. Because there were too many soldiers and horses on the opposite side, and the Jin and Song Dynasties had joined forces, there was no guarantee that the Sichuan and Song troops behind him would cross the river like them. He suggested that regardless of the more than 20 soldiers and horses in front of him, go directly to the north. Find Wo Kuo to rule the main force of the army.

This was originally a good proposal, and Tuo Lei also considered it.

However, the Song and Jin soldiers did not leave the camp and deliberately showed weakness, which made him very unhappy.

"Let's go, the whole army goes north." Tuo Lei decided that the whole army should go north, but he did not follow Hu Shengsun's suggestion and go directly north regardless of the Song and Jin coalition forces.

Moreover, he was pulling, luring and harassing the Song and Jin coalition forces while walking. Tuo Lei still wanted to defeat the Song and Jin coalition forces in front of him and prove his ability.

In the original history, Wanyan Heda followed the Mongolian army closely, and was toyed with by the Mongolian army for nearly two months, and finally to death.

But this was changed. Yu Jie led [-] cavalry to follow the Mongolian army, and another [-] Jin soldiers followed the Song army several miles away.

Behind them are the Song Army's more than 2 cavalry, 10,000 infantry battalions and thousands of civilians, as well as the Jin soldiers' [-]+ infantry.

Monk Wanyan Chen's [-] cavalry were divided into dozens of teams in teams of [-] people, specifically to expel the Mongolian army's sentinel cavalry within ten miles around, and to prevent the Mongolian army's sentry cavalry from approaching the main force of the Song and Jin coalition forces within ten miles.

The Song army also had thousands of cavalry in teams of 20, and they also focused on expulsion, which was to interrupt the sight of the Mongolian army's sentries and cavalry, making them blind and unable to see clearly the movements of the Song and Jin coalition forces.

Jinmeng has more than 20 horses, and nearly [-] of them have been converted into sentry cavalry. They are wandering around, and the small number of Mongolian sentry cavalry is really difficult to get close to.

At noon on November 23, the whole army moved north along the Dushui River towards Yuzhou.

Yu Jie led [-] Song cavalry to follow slowly, getting closer and closer, and finally came within one mile of the Mongolian army.

The Mongolian army did not expect that the Song army would dare to follow them and follow so close. There were also curses in the formation, and everyone wanted to teach the Song army a lesson.

Tuo Lei then ordered his eight thousand cavalry to march behind the formation, and if there was a chance, he would severely attack the Song army.

After Subotai obtained the soldiers and horses, he immediately prepared to teach the Song army a lesson.

At this time, the Song army was about one mile away from them, closer than they were to the Jin soldiers yesterday, and Subotai's face turned green with anger.

"Come on, give it to me." Subotai gave the order, and the Mongolian army's eight thousand cavalry rumbled, turned around and charged towards the Song army.

Four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps.

When the Mongolian army charged, the Song army began to slow down, and the formation also became loose. When the Mongolian army rushed two hundred steps, they saw the Song army on the opposite side turning their heads, then turning around and running away.

Subotai and the Mongolian troops were a little confused.

What happened?Where are we?who are we?
Isn't this a tactic commonly used by the Mongolian army?

Subotai did not believe in evil and led the Mongolian army to pursue them.

The Song army ran wildly all the way without looking back. Anyway, they just kept about two hundred paces with the Mongolian army.

There were [-] Jin soldiers riding a few miles away from the Song army. When they noticed that the Song army was turning around, they turned around without saying a word and everyone ran back together.

Subotai chased for three miles but failed to catch up with the Song army. The Song army was recently pulled back to more than 100 steps, but the Song army suddenly accelerated and was pulled back to [-] steps.

At this time, Su Butai discovered that the Song people's horses were no worse than theirs. They also had good physical strength and could run.

Subotai was so angry that he had no choice but to return to the army.

As soon as they turned around, Song Jun immediately turned around and followed them again.

At this time, the Mongolians such as Subotai and Tolei were completely confused.

This kind of kite tactic is the specialty of the Mongols. The Song people tried their best to do this in front of them. Isn't this Chi Guoguo's provocation?

But they couldn't do anything against Song Jun.

As the Mongolian army moved north, the Song army followed, getting closer and closer, and recently came within two to three hundred steps of the Mongolian army.

As long as the Mongolian army slows down, the Song army will also slow down. When the Mongolian army turns around, the Song army will also turn around and run away.

The Mongolian army's kite tactics were able to keep up with the enemy, and they kept firing arrows to harass them.

Song Jun just kept his distance and didn't shoot arrows. He was just disgusting.

The Mongolian army's kite tactics had strict requirements for riding and shooting, while the Song army's kites did not need to be good at shooting, as long as they could ride a horse.

The nine thousand cavalrymen led by Yu Jie have been practicing riding and shooting for several years. They may not be as good as the Mongolian army in terms of riding and shooting skills, but they are all proficient in running and running on horseback.

The Song army was like a dog-skin plaster, and they followed until it was almost dark. Even if they did not fight the Mongolian army head-on, there was nothing they could do about Tolei and Subotai, and they also had a huge headache.

At this time, Tuo Lei had only two options. One was to harass them while walking, but the Song Army did not engage them. They turned around and the Song Army ran away, so there was no harassment effect at all.

The second is to ignore the Song army and speed up the entire army to the north to get rid of the Song army.

Moreover, they have nearly [-] horses. They are about to run out of fodder. The weather is cold and they can't even find green grass. What will they eat later?
In this case, either break the cities of the Jin Kingdom and rob them from the city mansions, or defeat the soldiers and horses of the Song and Jin Dynasties and rob them from the Song and Jin camps.

Hu Shengsun once again proposed that the Song army be ignored, the whole army speed up to get rid of the Song army and the Jin soldiers behind, and then find a state capital to fight.

Tuo Lei finally agreed to Hu Shengsun's suggestion this time and no longer thought about defeating the Song and Jin coalition forces in front of him.

The Song people were so disgusting that Tuo Lei finally couldn't stand the Song people.

He ordered the entire army to accelerate north.

It was already getting dark, around 04:30 in the afternoon.

The Song army of nine thousand also accelerated at the same time and pursued them closely. The two sides ran for another two quarters of an hour, but the Mongolian army still could not get rid of the Song army.

By the time it got dark, the Mongolian forwards had already reached the south of Yuzhou City.

If the Song army and the Jin soldiers were not following, the Mongolian army could attack the city.

But now the tow mine cannot attack the city.

Tuo Lei gritted his teeth and led the entire army around Yuzhou City to camp at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, twelve miles north of Yuzhou.

I plan to stay here that night, with Fangcheng Mountain at my back, and continue running north tomorrow.

Tomorrow they will go west to enter the official road and speed up from the east of Nanzhao County. They have brought a large number of war horses. The whole army will change horses tomorrow and they must get rid of the Song army.

At the same time, he planned to deploy a group of hundreds of soldiers and horses between Nanzhao County and Fangcheng Mountain to block the official road. As long as they blocked the Song army for half an hour, they could get rid of the Song army.

After the Mongolian army garrisoned the camp, they immediately started construction work, dug deep pits, and built horses to prevent night attacks by the Song army and the Jin people.

At the same time, hundreds of people were sent to the official road in advance and a group of resisting horses were built. After most of the Mongolian army passed by tomorrow, they would immediately move to the official road to block the Song army.

Just when the Mongolian army was carrying out construction work, the Song army's [-] cavalry arrived first, and then camped five miles away from the Mongolian army. The Tuo Lei and Subotai were infuriated again. The Song army was more courageous than the Jin soldiers, and they camped so close. ?
But it was already night, and both sides were building barracks, so it was not suitable for a battle.

So two quarters of an hour later, 2 Jin soldiers arrived at the scene, and another quarter of an hour later, more than [-] Song soldiers arrived.

Another hour later, most of the infantry battalion of the Song Army arrived at the scene. Another half hour later, some of the 10,000+ infantry battalions of the Jin soldiers also arrived. However, the Jin soldiers organized a night march for the first time. The 10,000+ people left in chaos. There were about a third of them, and most of them were dragging a long team behind. If the Mongolian army could fight at night and suddenly rushed out to kill for a while, it is estimated that the 10,000+ golden infantry camp would collapse. Yu Jie saw it, if If you think about it, everything is under your control.

An hour and a half later, around ten o'clock in the evening, the Song Army's artillery battalion, civilians and the last part of the infantry battalion also arrived in the northwest of Yuzhou. At this time, the Jin soldiers' infantry battalion had not yet arrived, which shows that the Jin soldiers were not good at night walking. .

Opposite, the Mongolian army was still digging holes to defend their horses as before, in preparation for night attacks by the Jin and Song armies.

As soon as the artillery battalion of the Song Army and the civilians arrived at the scene, they found that the scene was brightly lit, with bonfires and fire pits everywhere. The infantry camp where the Song Army arrived first more than an hour ago was frantically building equipment.

(End of this chapter)