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

Chapter 355: War Horse Charges War Horse

Indeed, the main force of the Song Army seems to have been walking for two days. Judging from the distance, it must not have reached Shazhou yet, and the speed of the Song Army's cavalry must be slower than that of the Mongolian Army. Now that the Mongolian Army is chasing after them, there is still a chance to help Chagatai fight.

But whether to defend Suzhou or pursue the Song army, Bahe's subordinates were divided into two different opinions.

Ao Tunzhen suggested not to chase. The Song army had already been walking for two days, and they were all cavalry, with horses. Even if their riding skills were not as good as those of the Mongolian army, by the time they caught up, they might have finished the battle.

He said that it would be better to go directly east to support Kuoduan, or to guard Suzhou, not seeking merit, but only seeking no faults.

Another group of people strongly opposed it, because everyone felt that they had been tricked by the Song army, and they all wanted to chase the Song army. Maybe they could help Chagatai to defeat the Song army in time.

Bahe himself was made angry by the Song army. Thinking about it again, he couldn't defend the city and accomplished nothing. He was tricked by the Song army again. If the news came to Kuo Duan in the future, it would only show his incompetence.

Chagatai is the brother of the Great Khan, so he should help if he can.

Bahe immediately decided to leave Ao Tunzhen to lead 1000 troops to defend the city. He personally led [-] elite troops, each with two horses, to chase the Song army.

Aotun Zhen couldn't persuade him, so he could only persuade him again and again, asking him to be careful on the road, beware of ambush, and send more sentries ahead to explore the road.

Bahe promised, but didn't take it seriously at all.

He was in a hurry to pursue the Song army. What was the point of riding or not?The whole army is used as sentinels.

Seven thousand fine cavalry gathered at the eighth joint point, each with two horses, and each horse carried four days of dry food. Then the whole army was used as sentinel cavalry, and they galloped all the way.

That day, the Mongolian army ran nearly two hundred miles in half a day.

Along the way, they gradually found traces of a large number of war horses. The Song army was obviously heading west. There were constant horse manure along the road, and there were also dead war horses.

When it got dark on the first day, the place where they camped seemed to be where the Song army was also camping, and hundreds of dead horses were seen nearby.

After seeing it, someone who knew horses reported to Bahe that the Song army should have run with all their strength and killed many horses like them.

"Okay, okay, we will pursue you fiercely tomorrow." Bahe believed even more that the Song army would go west to support the attack on Chagatai.

At this time, they also discovered that there were Song army sentry cavalry around to check the Mongolian army. Bahe believed that the Song army was getting closer and closer to them.

While he sent people to drive away the Song army's sentry cavalry, he ordered to continue to speed up tomorrow.

Before going to bed at night, Bahe decided that the sentry cavalry would go first at the fifth watch tomorrow morning, and two-quarters of an hour later, the main force of the Mongolian army would set off.

His request for the sentry cavalry was to drive away the Song army's sentry cavalry and not let the Song army's sentry cavalry get close.

At dawn the next day, nearly a hundred sentries and cavalry of the Mongolian army set off first. Two-quarters of an hour later, the main force also hurriedly finished their dry food, gathered together, and ran wildly again.

After running for about an hour in the morning, the Mongolian army passed Yumen and approached the Shule River. Bahe planned to replenish water near the Shule River, then change horses, and then run west.

"Sule River." At this moment, someone had seen the river from a distance. The Mongolian army was very excited and cheered, and a smile appeared on Bahe's face.

"Drive, drive." He raised his whip with all his strength, and everyone was speeding up. They could replenish water, rest, and change horses.

"Boom." Seven thousand Mongolian cavalry rushed towards the Shule River like a torrent.

Sudden.

With a bang, a war horse in front lurched and fell, and then like dominoes, plop, plop, the forward horse kept falling.

There were curses and shouts everywhere.

"There are holes, there are holes in the ground, lots of holes—"

"There are holes all over the ground."

The Mongolian army shouted wildly.

Bahe quickly reined in his horse, and at this moment, the whole earth seemed to tremble.

From the horizon on either side of them, a dark mass of cavalry approached rapidly.

Mengying and Shader, each with fifteen thousand cavalry, approached the Mongolian army from the north and south.

Meng Ying and the others sent sentries and cavalry to follow the Mongolian army all the way.

It is estimated that the Mongolian army will go to the Shule River today to replenish water and change horses.

Because they fought many times with the Mongolian army and captured many Mongolian soldiers.

We learned from the surrendered troops of the Mongolian army that when the Mongolian army marched long distances or marched quickly, they usually changed horses every two-quarters of an hour.

For long distances, three to five horses are brought, and for short distances, two horses are usually taken. Bahe only brings one person and two horses, and they have to change three times every hour, which does great harm to the horses.

Shule was a place to replenish water. Meng Ying estimated that Bahe would replenish water and change horses here, so he ambush on both wings.

In order to drive away the nearly one hundred Mongolian army's sentries, the Song army's sentries were all led to other directions by the Song army's sentries.

Bahe ran headlong into the ambush site of the Song army. Hundreds of riders in the front fell to the ground. The rear could not stop, and many more hit the front. The scene was a chaos.

At this moment, the Song army appeared from hundreds of steps away and began to speed up. Among them, Shadel in the north thrust diagonally eastward, obviously trying to cut off their retreat.

The Mongolian army was in great chaos, and there were sounds of changing horses everywhere in the formation.

"Changing horses, changing horses."

The horses under their seats had just been running at high speed for two quarters of an hour. It was the end of May and they were already tired and thirsty. The Mongolian army quickly changed horses.

But the biggest mistake of Bahe this time is that one person only brings two horses. If he brings three or five horses, he can replace them better.

Even if they all switch horses, the other horse's strength is a bit lacking.

The Song army was waiting for work here. Amidst the rumble of hoofbeats, the Song army's horses approached quickly.

Bahe is also quite fierce and has no intention of running back. The Mongols have the advantage in field battles. Are they still afraid of the Song army?
"The whole army is ready, kill." Bahe hurriedly changed his war horse and gave the order. The entire Mongolian army turned around and went south to attack Meng Ying's tribe first, regardless of Shader who blocked their retreat.

Bahe is a fierce general, and he is invincible when charging into battle. Although he is a Mongolian, he rarely uses the tactics that the Mongols are good at.

As mentioned earlier, in the historical Battle of Three Peaks, Jinmeng temporarily suspended the war due to heavy snowfall. After the snow stopped, Bahe was the first among Tuo Lei's generals to lead his troops to charge towards the Jin army. At that time, the Jin soldiers Before they could recover from the snowy weather, they were directly crushed by Bahe, and the Mongolian army won a great victory in the Three Peaks Battle.

Bahe was the chief hero of the Three Peaks War, the most important event in Mongolia's eradication of gold. After the war, he was promoted to Ten Thousand Households and became a marquis.

He fights with one word: courage, charge, and fierceness.

When he was defending the city in front, he had no choice. Kuoduan wouldn't let him out easily, and he was afraid that the Song army would have artillery. Now that he encounters the Song army in the wild, can't he blame me?
Bahe made two preparations at this time. The first was to attack the Song army on Mengying's road to see if they could penetrate or defeat it. If the attack went smoothly, they could turn around and attack Shader's road again.

Second, if the fight goes poorly and the Song army is more difficult to defeat, then we can find a way to break through and return to Suzhou City.

If the Song army catches up, they can use the kite technique that the Mongols are good at to deal with the Song army.

Bahe had a good idea, but he forgot that they had chased them all the way from Suzhou to here, and their horses had already traveled hundreds of miles for two days in a row.

Although the two horses were rotated, the Song army waited for work. After waiting here for two days, the horse power of the two sides was incomparable.

"Charge." At this time, Bahe was still full of enthusiasm. Under his order, the charging horns of the Mongolian army also sounded one after another.

"Woooo-" With the strong sound of the horn, many Mongolian soldiers who originally held bows quickly put away their bows and bent down to look for their weapons.

There are still a small number of heavy cavalry in the Bahe formation, but in order to pursue the Song army, the heavy cavalry abandoned a lot of heavy armor and only brought the hook guns they were good at.

This hook gun was learned by the Song Army, and is now used by both foot and cavalry in the Song Army's formation.

At this time, Yahe was jogging while turning his head to check the expressions of his subordinates.

Most of the soldiers and horses in Suzhou City did not participate in the Battle of Fangcheng Mountain. Among the more than 7000 Mongolian troops, only more than 500 of his trusted subordinates participated in the Battle of Fangcheng Mountain.

None of these people had fought against the Song people, nor did they take the Song people seriously. Their morale was quite good.

"Kill" Bahe shouted loudly, raising his hook gun high.

"Kill" the Mongolian soldiers cheered, and then waved their weapons in the sky. From the expressions on their faces, it seemed that the cattle and sheep on the opposite side were being slaughtered, and they did not take them seriously at all.

Meng Ying, the Song army on the opposite side, had a very serious face. Originally, many Song soldiers were also holding bows, but when Meng Ying saw the Mongolian soldiers waving their weapons, she knew that the Mongolian soldiers would rush directly to fight in hand-to-hand combat, and she even had the intention of inviting a fight to the Song army.

Meng Ying waved her hands to the left and right, Zheng, and then pulled out her waist knife.

"Woooo" Song Jun's own horn sounded from behind the formation.

The Song soldiers in the front row also replaced their bows with their own weapons.

"Driving" the Song army began to slowly increase its speed, and the opposite Mongolian army also began to slowly increase its speed. The forwards of both sides were getting closer and closer.

Five hundred steps.

Four hundred steps.

Three hundred steps.

Thousands of horses were galloping on the scene, iron hooves were shaking, and the overwhelming flying dust almost covered the sky.

"drive"

Both sides speeded up again, and the horses were getting faster and faster.

Two hundred steps.

"嚅" entered about two hundred steps, and about [-] cavalrymen behind the Song army reined in their horses and slowed down.

They ran forward about fifty steps, jumped off their horses one after another, and then lined up densely behind the formation, taking out their walking bows.

The nine thousand Song Cavalry in front continued to charge forward and were already running wildly.

At this time, on the battlefield, it was like the sky was falling apart and the earth was shaking. More than 7000 Mongolian troops and more than 9000 Song troops charged at the fastest speed.

"Woo woo!" There were different horn sounds from both sides almost one after another.

Many Mongolian and Song soldiers were bending down and lying on their horses as much as possible.

In high-speed collisions, lowering the center of gravity is a necessary means to ensure that you will not be thrown off the horse.

A ferocious expression appeared on Bahe's face.

The Song army played cavalry in front of the Mongolian army, which made people laugh out loud.

Kill them all, must kill them all, Bahe almost roared in his heart: "Kill——"

In his mad roar.

With a rumble, the cavalry from both sides rushed together like two torrents.

Thump thump, people everywhere were on their backs.

The next moment, shouts of killing rose into the sky, and the forwards of both sides kept falling to the ground and kept moving forward.

Life is not worth mentioning here, people are falling every minute.

Many people may not have been injured by weapons, but they were knocked off their horses and could never get up again.

As soon as a young Song soldier rushed forward, boom, a Mongolian soldier bent over and hooked his horse's right horse with a hook. Song Jun and his horse fell to the ground with a bang. Almost at the moment he fell to the ground, the horses on the opposite side stepped on him one after another. his body.

Song Jun couldn't get up at all. After rolling on the ground several times, he was almost crushed.

When the last Mongolian army horse stepped on his shoulder, the horse's hoof slipped forward. The horse sank at high speed and plopped, and the Mongolian army on the horse was also thrown out heavily.

The Mongolian soldier's legs were tightly clamped on the horse's belly to no avail. His body was thrown into the air, and his right foot was still hanging on the saddle.

There was a bang, and his body was thrown out and hit another Mongolian soldier rushing up from behind on the right side.

The Mongolian army also rammed to the right with its men and horses, and then hit the head of a Song army horse rushing up from the opposite side.

Three people and three horses fell to the ground entangled.Before the Mongolian soldier on the far left stood up, he was directly knocked away by the Mongolian army's horse behind him.

The Song army diagonally opposite also had no time to get up. Amidst the roar of horses, a Mongolian army rode up like lightning, pounced, and stabbed the Song army in the chest with its spear.

Unexpectedly, the Song Army grabbed it with both hands and, chirping, the Mongolian Army's spear dragged the Song Army on the ground, and a long bloody mark was pulled out on the ground.

"Hiss!" The Mongolian army on horseback looked incredulous.

At this time, he discovered that the Song army all had Zhajia, and the armor was thicker than theirs.

The Mongolian army was all chasing after them with light cavalry, and a small number of heavy cavalry took off their armor before leaving the city.

And this Song army was all heavily armored. Although his spear penetrated the armor just now, it certainly didn't penetrate too deep, and was caught by the Song army with both hands.

The two of them dragged their horses on the ground for a few steps. They were surrounded by cavalry. It was extremely chaotic. Song Jun was bumped a few times by other horses and almost let go. However, Song Jun's teeth were bleeding from the bite and he still held on tightly. His spear.

"嚅" The Mongolian army reined in their horses and let go.

With a thud, Song Jun rolled to the ground.

The Mongolian army turned the horse's head, pulled out the waist knife from the other side, clamped his legs, the horse accelerated, and whoosh, it came behind the Song army and chopped it off with one blow.

Song Jun had just half-crouched down when he saw the long sword flying down. He didn't even try to avoid it. He just pulled it out with all his strength. Whoops, amidst the splatter of blood, the spear reached his hand and met the Mongolian army's long sword. Poke forward.

Phew, Song Jun's head was chopped off by the Mongolian Jun, but the Mongolian Jun felt a stabbing pain in his chest at the same time.

"Hmm." The Mongolian army lowered his head in disbelief, and saw his own spear piercing the lower part of his right chest.

"Damn Song people——" With a thud, the Mongolian army fell heavily from the horse.

The Song army's perseverance far exceeded the Mongolian army's imagination. This was an army they had never seen before.

At this time, more and more of the two armies were fighting together on the battlefield. The cavalry on both sides were staggered into groups, and the forward speed was getting slower and slower.

The face of the Mongolian army commander Bahe is now quite ugly.

In the Battle of Fangcheng Mountain, his opponent was the Kingdom of Jin, and he had never fought head-on with the Song army.

In addition to believing that the Song Army was sinister and knowing that the Song Army had powerful artillery, Bahe had never looked down upon the Song Army in his heart.

But today Meng Ying's cavalry showed him how terrifying a well-trained and disciplined army can be.

Meng Ying's cavalry was the first cavalry trained by Zhao Yurui. They were transferred from Jeju Island to Sichuan thousands of miles away to fight against Tibet. They continued to train on the grasslands for several years.

In terms of years of training, it is not as good as the Mongolians who start practicing riding at the age of five or six, but the total training time is not much lower than the Mongolians.

After all, the Mongols don't practice riding and archery every day.

The discipline of the Song army was far inferior to that of the Mongols.

The discipline of the Mongols is restrained by killing and rules, while the discipline of the Song army is developed by queues.

Therefore, after the two sides clashed, Bahe felt that the Mongolian army had little upper hand.

The Song army on the opposite side had slightly more than 2000 people, but the difference between [-] and [-] people on the battlefield looked about the same.

The depth of everyone's formation is about 200 steps long.

The Mongolian army fifty steps ahead had a slight advantage and charged very fiercely. The Song army's fifty steps ahead were rushed and many of their horses fell off their horses.

After all, this is the strongest Mongolian army the Song Army has encountered so far in the field.

However, after reaching a hundred steps depth of the Song army, the Mongolian army began to have difficulty making progress and kept falling off their horses.

According to Bahe's experience, the easier it is to rush forward, the easier it is to collapse behind.

However, the Song army was highly disciplined and fearless of death. Or to put it another way, everyone is actually afraid of death. But on the battlefield, when their blood is boiling and they charge madly, most people will lose their minds and become warriors who are not afraid of death. .

When the Mongolian army reached a hundred steps, they were already struggling. In front of them were overlapping Song troops. The two sides were locked in a fight. There were shouts and screams everywhere, and the cavalry on both sides were already intertwined.

Everyone is trying their best to survive.

Seven thousand Mongolian troops charged wildly for two quarters of an hour, but still could not penetrate the Song army.

"It can't be penetrated." At this time, some subordinates desperately gathered around Bahe.

The Song army opposite had only 9000 men, which looked similar to them. However, Bahe's cavalry failed to penetrate them.

Bahe's face was livid. Not only was he unable to defeat this Song army, he also had to consider another Song army.

He tried to raise his head to check out Shadr's [-] Cavalry, but because he was already in the middle of the formation, he could hardly see the surrounding scenery.

From the flying dust in the distance, he could see that another part of the Song army was not close to the battlefield, but was hovering on the outside.

"The Song army's armor is thick and invincible." Another subordinate shouted.

There were many fallen horses in the front of the Song Army, because everyone was charging at high speed and it was easy to fall off the horse. The two sides behind were intertwined and unable to move forward. After the war, the Song Army's Zhajia came into play and had the advantage of high defense.

Although the Song army in front of him is not a heavy cavalry, its armor is also very thick. It will definitely have an advantage in the battle. Bahe doesn't have to think about it. The other Song army that is not on board must be light cavalry. Once they lose, the opponent will look like Like a pack of wolves, they clung to them, chasing and shooting them all the way.

"We have to fight even if we can't penetrate. First rush south, then circle eastward, and return to Suzhou--" Bahe had no choice. Knowing that he was about to be surrounded by the Song army, he quickly ordered a breakout.

"Woooo" the horns of the Mongolian army changed again, and a large number of Mongolian troops gathered around Bahe. Behind Bahe, there were soldiers who had already unfolded the flags they were carrying and fluttered them in the wind.

Officers above the rank of the Mongolian Army will carry the flag, but if it is usually folded, it will only be unfolded at critical times.

Now Bahe is displaying his flag to remind the entire army to fight south with all their strength and strive to penetrate the Song army.

"Charge." As the Mongolian troops gathered around Bahe, a large group of Mongolian troops twisted into a ball and rushed forward.

The Song army on the opposite side couldn't resist and spread to both sides.

Seeing the gap between Song Jun getting bigger and bigger, Bahe's face slowly showed a look of ecstasy.

Suddenly, the front suddenly opened up, and the Song army dispersed to both sides like birds and beasts.

"We're out." Bahe was ecstatic. Before he could raise his arms, the Mongolian army ran towards the gap desperately.

Thousands of Mongolian troops rushed out.

unexpectedly.

As soon as Bahe rushed out, the smile on his face froze before it even spread.

About 100 steps away, thousands of Song soldiers stood on the ground, holding bows and arrows.

About [-] Song soldiers had abandoned their horses and were on foot. All of them were holding rifles and standing beside their horses, waiting for them to come out.

Yahe took a breath of air. Unexpectedly, he managed to penetrate one stream, and another one came out. He couldn't help but turn around.

Behind them, the Song army was forming a team, obviously preparing to charge again. Another group of [-] Shaders with more horses were slowly lining up in the east, and they were following them in parallel. They might attack at any time, or they might keep their hold on the Mongolian army. pressure.

There is definitely no turning back, and it will be even harder to fight if you turn back.

They can't go east either, as fifteen thousand riders are waiting for them.

Going west is even more impossible. They have all changed their war horses, and more than 7000 other horses have been lost. How far can the horses under them go west?
It's still five to six hundred miles away from Shazhou.

"Fight again. There are infantry and horsemen on the other side. Are you afraid of those with bows?" Bahe gave the order without any further hesitation.

"Charge." Just after finally defeating the Song cavalry, the Mongolian army continued to fight south.

As the Mongolian army charged, they quickly entered the opposite shooting range.

"Shoot!" Almost at the same time that the Mongolian army accelerated forward, the Song army gave an order.

Whoosh, whoosh, six thousand archers shot at the Mongolian army in batches.

The further the Mongolian army moved forward, the more arrows they received.

Pu Chi Pu Chi, everyone on the scene fell on their backs, and Bahe almost wanted to vomit blood when he saw it.

The elite warriors of Great Mongolia were shot down alive by the Song army's infantry bows. This was something he could not bear.

"Kill, kill, kill." Bahe leaned on his horse and yelled wildly.

Phew, an arrow suddenly fell from the air, and Bahe felt a pain under his left shoulder.

Hit by an arrow.

Bahe was shocked and angry, but he was a fierce general. Without thinking, he moved his right hand back and directly broke the arrow.

The entire Mongolian army rushed forward.

The opposite side is full of archers, and it seems easy to break through.

When the ordinary archers saw the large group of Mongolian troops rushing towards them, they had already scattered and fled.

However, those in the front row of the [-] Song troops across from them did have a look of fear on their faces, but the military orders were like a mountain, and no one dared to move.

One of the Song soldiers took a step forward and stood alone at the front, holding a spear in his hand, pointing forward, and said sternly: "The military order is like a mountain, don't move, shoot, let me shoot."

Officers at all levels in the camp were shouting, "Don't move, shoot."

Swish, swish, the Song army continued to shoot forward.

The Mongolian army on the opposite side was dumbfounded.

The Mongolian cavalry rushed forward in a mighty manner, but the Song army stood motionless with their rifles and bows, and fired furiously at them. The arrows rained continuously and they showed no intention of giving way.

One hundred steps.

Eighty steps.

Sixty steps.

Forty steps.

The Mongolian cavalry is getting faster and faster, and the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer.

Along the way, the Mongolian troops were shot and suffered heavy casualties. Within a hundred steps, there were all fallen Mongolian soldiers and horses.

At the forty pace, Yahe looked back and almost vomited blood.

They clashed with the Song Army's 5000 cavalry, and fought for nearly three quarters of an hour before they broke through the Song Army. When they rushed out, the [-] Mongolian army still had about [-] more cavalry.

The Song army's casualties were similar to theirs, and the two sides were almost indistinguishable. However, considering that the Song army had 2000 more people than them, the Mongolian army had a slight advantage.

After finally breaking away from the Song Army's cavalry, more than 100 more cavalry were shot down within a distance of more than 1000 steps.

Just now we fought for more than three quarters of an hour and lost about [-] cavalry. Now it only took a few minutes to charge all the way?
In just a few minutes, more than 1000 people were shot down by [-] archers of the Song Army.

"Kill them all." Bahe's expression was distorted.

Just when the Mongolian army rushed forty steps.

The Song troops in the front rows threw their bows at the same time, turned around, then pulled up their horses and turned the horses sideways. Everyone held the horse's head with one hand and the saddle with the other, turning the horse sideways towards the Mongolian army.

Then everyone either lowered their head and squatted behind the horse's belly, or bent down and squatted under the horse's belly.

The Song army used war horses as obstacles and stood in front of the formation.

"Grass" Bahe saw that the Han people were swearing a lot.

(End of this chapter)