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

Chapter 372 Now you can fight with thousands of horses?
After Alchi left with hatred, Meng Ying immediately approached here and sent a sentry to check first.

He also sent sentry cavalry to the northwest, mainly to observe the subsequent movements of the Mongolian army.

Now Meng Gong knew that Meng Ying was nearby, and he felt much more at ease.

Before, the area around Zhongxing Mansion was still muddy, and it rained intermittently. Because they knew the Mongolian reinforcements were coming, the Song army still went out of the city in the rain these days to look for artillery shells.

Meng Gong brought 120 five artillery pieces. After fighting the Mongolian army for so long, in order to deal a fatal blow to Mongolia, only twenty or thirty cannons were actually used on the battlefield. They originally planned to use them in the most difficult time, but unexpectedly It rained continuously in the back, and the rain shelter was not enough, so they did not dare to use it easily. Moreover, although the Mongolian army attacked fiercely, there were indeed few dangerous moments. The Song army had always hidden most of its artillery, which was useless.

Even so, they did not expect that the fighting would last so long. Only twenty or thirty artillery pieces, fighting intermittently, consumed [-] to [-]% of the artillery shells brought by the Song army.

There was no way. The Song army's artillery shells were heavy and difficult to transport, so they didn't bring enough. They didn't expect to fight the Mongolian army for so long.

Meng Gong had long wanted to dig out cannon shells from the city, but now that Meng Ying was here, the Song army had sight lines and defenses outside. Meng Gong saw that the weather was not bad, and as long as it rained, he arranged for his sergeants to go out to dig out cannon shells and collect them back for reuse.

Then he immediately sent an order: "Let Meng Ying's troops continue to stay outside. Don't enter the prefecture city for the time being. Find a way to attack the Mongolian army in a prefecture city to obtain supplies."

Meng Gong certainly couldn't let Meng Ying's tribe be trapped in the city, even though they had been in the wild for a long time.

This is considered from the strategic level of His Majesty the Emperor.

If Zhao and Rui want to occupy all or part of Xixia, they must at least repel the Mongolian army first, and then they can immigrate and mobilize the garrison.

To defeat the Mongolian army, it is not enough to rely on city defense battles. The Mongolian army must be beaten hard, painfully, or even frightened in the field, so that the Mongolian army will retreat.

So after Meng Gong entered Zhongxing Mansion, he immediately started preparing for a field battle with the Mongolian army.

His army of nearly 10 horses fought in the wilds, Kueduan and Chagatai for more than a month under rain and mud. They were almost exhausted. Now after entering the city, they quickly rested, reorganized and regained their fighting strength.

On the other side, he asked Meng Ying to continue wandering in the wild, while seizing supplies and paying attention to rest. Once the [-] troops of Kou Wenbuhua and Tasi came again, the two armies could join forces at any time and inflict heavy losses on the Mongolian army in the wild.

You must know that in the previous heavy rainy days, the most powerful artillery of the Song Army did not really work.

Because of the continuous rain, Meng Gong sealed up a large number of artillery to no avail. He only used more than 30 artillery pieces to actually fight the enemy, and the number of artillery shells fired was getting less and less every day, giving the Mongolian army a feeling of insufficient artillery shells.

The Song Army's trebuchet was useless, and it was not suitable for rainy days. It was easily damaged and affected its service life.

If the Mongolian army dared to attack after the rain stopped, Meng Gong would definitely beat the Mongolian army hard.

On the other side, Meng Gong began to recruit troops in Zhongxing Mansion, recruiting Dangxiang, Jurchen, and Khitan troops in the city to surrender into the army.

Meng Gong fought this battle with the Mongolian army for more than a month, and the losses were not small. He brought in [-] troops and lost tens of thousands, more than one fifth.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to recruit troops.

Of course, their results were also quite outstanding. Nearly 10 people in front of the Mongolian army attacked, but on the last day of the fight, only 6 people were organized, and nearly 3 people basically withdrew from the battle.

On the last day, the three armies were flooded by the Song Army, drowning at least tens of thousands of people, and then dispersed tens of thousands. The most who were not flooded enough to escape were twenty or thirty thousand.

Then Yang Jie led 8000 men out to chase and kill them everywhere. The Mongolian army lost a large number of horses, and the surrounding area was muddy and difficult to walk. Many people were trapped in high places or on floating objects and had to die. Those without horses could not run far or fast. , will also be caught up and killed by the Song army.

According to the calculations of Zhao Di, who surrendered, the Mongolian army had gathered more than 9 people to fight with the Song army in the field. As a result, some were killed by the Song army, some were drowned, and some fled in all directions. Some may encounter Some of Meng Ying's soldiers and horses will eventually escape to other Xixia tributary cities, and those who can eventually escape to the north to join Urohaicheng and Kouwenbuhua should be around [-].

This is definitely another disaster suffered by the Mongolian army since Fangcheng Mountain.

Although the Mongolian army suffered heavy losses, another [-] troops arrived. Meng Gong was now preparing to fight the Mongolian army in the field. This force was a bit insufficient. On the one hand, he selected [-] strong men from the Song army and civilians to help defend the city. On the one hand, he recruited five thousand surrender troops from various ethnic groups in the city.

Although the population of Zhongxing Prefecture is far less than that of the Xixia Dynasty, it now has nearly 30 people, most of whom are Dangxiang and Khitan people, as well as some Jurchens and Han people.

Needless to say, the Dangxiang people were all local people from the original Xixia Kingdom. Some of the Khitans followed the Mongols in the early days, and some followed the Mongols after the Western Liao Dynasty was destroyed. After the Mongolian army destroyed Xixia, many people moved here.

The Jurchens and Han people were basically moved from the north by the Mongolian army.

After the Mongolian army occupied Xixia, a large number of Jurchens and Han people moved here, mainly for farming. Like Heishui City, there were a lot of Han people working in the fields.

The Song army still used the old method of recruiting surrendering troops. First, ten of them were tied together and asked one by one whether they would surrender. Those who refused would either be beheaded directly or put aside to be beheaded by those who wanted to surrender.

All generals who were willing to be demoted had to kill the Mongols to show their loyalty, and every killing was done by one family at a time.

The Mongols couldn't run fast enough. There were a large number of family members of Mongolian generals and nobles in the city at that time. Perhaps they thought Zhongxing Mansion could be defended.

Therefore, after the Song army entered the city, they collected them all and finally asked Jiang to kill them to show their loyalty.

After the Song army entered the city, it rained continuously, and the Mongolian army did not set off from Oluohai City. Meng Gong happened to clear the Mongolian forces in the city, consolidate the defense line, and rest his troops.

The fourth day of October.

Moderate rain is still continuous in the east of Zhongxing Mansion near the Yellow River, but it has turned to light rain in the west.

Early this morning, a large number of people appeared on the main street in the west. Song troops stood on both sides of the street. After a while, many Mongolians were dragged over from a short distance away.

The doors on both sides of the street were originally closed, and neither the merchants nor the people dared to go out, but Song Jun knocked on the door one by one, asking everyone to come out and watch the fun, and they were not allowed to look away.

The common people and merchants in the city had no choice but to go out one after another, standing behind Song Jun, holding umbrellas to watch the excitement.

Everyone watched for a while and found that the Song army had captured thousands of Mongolians, and they all looked shocked.

There are actually many Mongolians in the city.

Zhongxing Mansion is the center of Mongolian rule in Xixia and the location of the Xiliang Palace. It has the largest number of Mongolian troops and the largest number of Mongolians.

When Kuo Duan escaped, he went directly to the north, and then sent someone to notify Natour, asking Natour to take his family and important tribesmen with him, as many as he could. At the same time, Natour was asked to leave 1000 people to guard.

As a result, Natu'er directly took away all the soldiers and horses, which made Zhao Di and Ouzhahui more likely to rebel.

When Natu'er left, there were still many Mongolians in the city who were unwilling to leave because it was raining outside, the weather was bad, and Zhongxing Mansion was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Most thought it could be defended. In addition, the retreat time was limited, so some people just got it. The news wanted to leave, but Zhao Di also came back and closed the city gate.

So now the Zhongxing Mansion fell into the hands of the Song Army, and many family members of the garrison, those who didn't come and those who left, fell into the hands of Meng Gong.

Several of them are considered nobles in the Mongolian army.

For example, the Dorda family, the Dotanapo family, and the Alchi family.

The first two of these three people are Kuoduan's confidants, Alechi is Genghis Khan's confidant when he started his career, and the three of them are Qianhu Nayan of Mongolia.

Today, the Song army captured more than 1000 Mongolians from the whole city, including Alchi's family members.

Everyone, regardless of age or sex, was tied up with ropes in groups of ten.

When they were brought to the west city gate, there were ten people in a row, ten rows in advance, and they all knelt on the ground facing the west city gate along the street.

There was a light rain in the sky, and the kneeling Mongolians in the crowd had already thought about what would happen, and some of them started to cry softly.

Some of them must have thought that at the same time, in another place, farther west, the Mongolian army might be doing the same thing, and the Mongolian army would be even more cruel.

One person just knelt down.

"Hua Hua Hua" came the sound of running in the distance. After a while, the Han generals Zhao Di, Zhao Bin, and Dangxiang people came to work, and the Jurchen general Duobo Erhei, the Khitan general Du Lilu, etc. all came with them. Troops came to the scene.

Song general Zhang Xuan stepped forward and said hello to a few people, and then pointed to the first five or six rows: "These are the family members of Nayan Alechi, a thousand households in the Mongolian Xuedi tribe."

"If you want to be loyal to me, the Song Dynasty, you must set an example in public."

After Zhang Xuan finished speaking, everyone at the scene looked at them with strange expressions. Only Alchi's family members knelt down in five or six rows.

The next moment, everyone looked at each other, probably to see who would be the first to make a move.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Bin couldn't wait any longer. Zheng, he pulled out his waist knife and said sternly: "The Mongolian Tartars are finished. God bless the Song Dynasty, kill the dog Tartars——"

As he spoke, he took three steps back and forth, then raised his knife and slashed one of Alchi's family members first.

Zhao Bin was the first to express his loyalty, and Zhao Di quickly followed suit. How could the others dare to neglect him? The scene was filled with screams and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

In less than a minute, all ten rows of Mongols were killed, and the people watching on the street were stunned.

The Mongolian army just liked to massacre the city, but the Song army always called everyone out to watch the killings. It was really more terrifying than the last.

That day, the Song army ordered the surrendering generals to kill more than 1000 Mongolians. The streets of Xichengmen were full of heads.

After the killing, the Song army posted notices in places where rain could not reach them, informing the people of the city.

First, don’t hide Mongolian generals secretly. If you catch them, kill them all.

Second, other Mongolian people and fellow villagers should not panic. We only kill the Mongolian army, not the people. We will not take a needle from the Mongolian people.

The third is to welcome reports from all ethnic groups who have a good relationship with the Mongolian army generals. If the report is successfully verified, the Song army will seize all the property of the person and give half of it to you, including all servants, cattle and sheep, houses, money and food.

Fourth, the taxes levied by the Mongols were first reduced by half and then changed after three years.

On the one hand, the Song army eliminated the poison and on the other hand, it appeased the people.

By the ninth day of October, Meng Gong already had [-] young and strong Song people, [-] surrender troops, and about [-] Song troops.

After several days of rest, the army's combat effectiveness has recovered significantly.

At nine o'clock in the morning, there was no rain fifty miles west of Zhongxing Mansion, and Meng Ying's troops also appeared in the west, bringing news of the Mongolian army in the north.

The rain in the north also stopped, and Kou Wenbuhua, Tasi and Chagatai joined forces. They also knew that the Mongolian army was defeated and the Song army entered the city.After discussing with Chagatai, Kouwen Buhua decided to take advantage of the weakness of the Song army to lead troops to fight again.

I have to say that the Mongolian army at its peak is also quite tough.

But because it had rained all the way before and the road was not easy to walk on, the Mongolian army was a bit slow.

Meng Gong met his younger brother Meng Ying in the city. He told Meng Ying that the three directions of Zhongxing Mansion were flooded areas, and there were countless trenches dug by the Song army in the east and southeast. If the Mongolian army came to attack the city, they would only Can attack the west.

Moreover, the Mongolian army knew that Zhongxing Mansion was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they might surround Zhongxing Mansion in the same way as the Song army did, consuming the Song army's food and grass.

Therefore, Meng Ying needs to stay outside the city and support Meng Gong in the city at any time.

Meng Ying asked if there was much food and grass in the city.
There was a lot of grain and grass in the city, but after the Song army came, they surrounded Zhongxing Mansion for two or three months. A lot of food was consumed in the city. In addition, Zhongxing Mansion was originally surrounded by grain fields, and the autumn grain was well grown. Flooded.

Therefore, based on the current food reserves, the city's more than 30 soldiers and civilians can probably eat for three or four months.

Of course, Meng Gong did not plan to stay for two or three months. When the weather cleared and the ground became drier, he would leave the city to fight in the field.

Meng Ying took away part of the food and grass when he left, and then led an entire army of less than [-] men in circles around Zhongxing Mansion, while maintaining contact with the Mongolian army.

There are many cities around Zhongxing Mansion that the Song army has not conquered, including Shunzhou, Xiping, Yingli, Mingsha, Deyao City, etc., all within two hundred miles of Zhongxing Mansion.

There are even more two hundred miles away.

These places require several days of walking for Meng Gong's infantry camp and are not easy to attack, but Meng Ying's entire cavalry can attack whoever they want, as long as they maintain supplies.

It's October now, and things are actually quite miserable in these places.

The Song Army came in in May, and all cities were closed and guarded in accordance with Kuo Duan's requirements. All the herdsmen, cattle, sheep and horses that could be brought into the city were brought into the city. In order to prevent the Song Army's artillery, many cities directly locked the doors. Block it up.

Now that the Song army has been stuck in various cities for nearly half a year, the pressure on each city is also quite high.

Do you want to eat when there are so many people and cattle, sheep and horses in the city?
People can eat cattle, sheep and horses, but what do cattle, sheep and horses eat?
Therefore, after Kouwen Buhua and Chagatai joined forces, they rested for a few days and came back again. There was nothing they could do. They had to defeat the Song army as soon as possible or drive it away. Otherwise, all the city governments would not dare to come out, and the army and the people would be very nervous. Uncomfortable.

And Meng Ying was sneaking around to prevent the herdsmen from coming out to guard the area, and not allowing the troops from each city to come out.

As a result, the cities around Zhongxing Prefecture became even more miserable, and no one dared to come out. Some of the autumn crops outside the city that were not flooded were almost ripe, but they did not dare to come out to harvest them.

On October [-]th, Meng Ying suddenly appeared in Xiazhou hundreds of miles away.

This Xiazhou was a city that the Song Army had captured initially, and later took away more than 3 people from Xiazhou, leaving only a small number of people behind.

There were no troops stationed in the area, and they didn't expect the Song army to come back to Xiazhou.

The Song army rushed into Xiazhou, went to the city and looted it again, got a lot of food and grass, turned around and left.

At the same time, at 12 o'clock in October, Chagatai, Kou Wenbuhua, Chagatai, Tasi and others appeared west of Zhongxing Mansion with [-] Mongolian troops.

As Meng Gong said, the north, south, southeast, and southeast sides of Zhongxing Mansion are all muddy, and the rain is still falling. The Mongolian army can only come to the west of Zhongxing Mansion.

They were also lucky. After choosing a high ground to camp in the west, the rain stopped not long after.

While the Mongolian army was setting up camp, they came to the Kouwenbuhua camp to discuss matters.

This is more interesting.

Originally, after Chagatai and Kuoduan joined forces, Chagatai was the commander-in-chief.

Now after joining forces with Kouwen Fuhua, Kouwen Fuhua seems to have become the head coach.

You must know that Chagatai is the brother of the Mongol Khan.

But the oral temperature doesn’t cost much and the background doesn’t matter.

Wenbuhua was later called the Five Wise Kings by the Mongols.

His father was Belgutai, known as the "King of Power", who was a half-brother to Genghis Khan. He and Chagatai had the same grandfather.

Genghis Khan liked this nephew the most. Every time he went on an expedition, he always brought his warmth with him.

He has a warm mouth and does not live up to high expectations. He takes the lead bravely in every battle and has made many military exploits.

After that, Genghis Khan transferred the territory and subjects of Liao King Yelvliu Ge originally in Liaodong to Kouwenbuhua. The Khitan army under Yeluliuge also came under Kouwenbuhua, so there were a large number of Khitan people under Kouwenbuhua.

After Chagatai and Kouwen Buhua joined forces, Kouwen Buhua also offered to give up the position of coach.

But since Chagatai entered Xixia, Shazhou has not been conquered, Guazhou has been in vain, and Zhongxing Mansion has not been saved. He still has some shame. After thinking about it, he can no longer be the head coach. If he loses again, This pot is too big to carry.

In addition, Kouwen Buhua had the same qualifications as him, so Chagatai took the initiative to give up his talents and let Kouwen Buhua be the coach.

Of course, when these people get together, it doesn’t matter who is the coach. Usually before each game, the Mongolian nobles will discuss together and respect each other. After all, even the junior Kuantan or Tasi at the scene are all ranked in the Mongolian rankings. The nobles at the front.

The Mongolian army arrived to the west of Zhongxing Mansion and then camped more than 20 miles west of the city.

This is much lower profile than the Song Army, and it is also the farthest location where the Mongolian Army has ever camped in battles.

There was no way, Zhongxing Mansion was surrounded by muddy land, and it rained intermittently to the east, so the Mongolian army could only stay away.

On that day, all the nobles and generals came to the Kou Wen Bu Hua camp to discuss military affairs.

All the generals agreed that it was impossible to attack the city. Zhongxing Mansion was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the surrounding areas had just been flooded. So they would just imitate the Song people and encircle the group for a long time.

This was also the method used by Mongolia to conquer Xixia and force the Xixia army to surrender.

However, no reinforcements came from Xixia back then, and they had no shortage of food here. They conquered almost all other Xixia cities and used the food of the Xixia people at will.

Therefore, if they want to destroy this Song army, they must first ensure that there are no reinforcements from the Song army in the city.

But now, Meng Ying is wandering around with nearly [-] reinforcements, and they will come to support Meng Gong at any time. This Song army must be defeated or driven away.

Kou Wenbuhua had never fought against Song Jun before. When other people in the camp were talking about what they were saying, he just listened quietly.

Among the crowd, Alchi was the most anxious. The news that his family members had been killed had not yet been reported, but it was true that his family members were trapped in the city. He wanted to break into the city immediately, so he strongly demanded to fight Meng Ying again.

Because among the generals, only Alchi led the elite troops of the Mongolian headquarters to fight against Meng Ying for several battles and did not gain the upper hand.

But Alechi refused to accept it. He felt that his troops were not enough. At that time, Chagatai only gave him 3 horses, while there were more than [-] on the opposite side.

"The Song Army has about [-] horses, half of which are heavy cavalry, the kind with thick armor. I cut off a dismounted horse and saw that the armor on the opponent's body weighs at least forty or fifty kilograms. Melee combat is quite powerful - and half of them are The light cavalry's fighting style is similar to ours - the two groups of cavalry cooperate with each other and are used mixedly, so it is difficult to fight——"

Alchi explained to Kou Wenbuhua and others why he could not defeat the Song army.

During the Mongols' Western Expedition, they encountered heavy cavalry as well as light cavalry, and they were easily defeated.

Once they encountered heavy armor and heavy riding, even the horses had armor. They would go around behind the enemy and shoot flattery drums and horse legs. The enemy fell off their horses one after another, and they went up to harvest.

But this move was useless against the Song army.

The Song army also had light cavalry, which were equally elite in cavalry and shooting. There were also many party members and Tibetans in the formation. They had trained with the Song army for six or seven years, and they were not much worse than the Mongolian army.

Tasi asked at this time, why don’t you use the tactics we are good at? (referring to kiting tactics)
Alchi said it was a waste of time to fight, but the Song army did not accept this trick.

After the two armies met, the Song army usually slowly moved forward, with both light and heavy cavalry intertwined.

If the Mongolian army takes the lead in launching an attack, the heavy cavalry on the opposite side will immediately dismount and shoot first with their walking bows.

"There are 3 horses on the opposite side, half of which are heavy cavalry, which is equivalent to half of the foot bows. Before our [-] troops can charge forward, we have to be shot several times by [-] foot bows. How can we fight this?"

The last time Alechi charged forward with 5000 men, he was shot with two or three rounds of arrows before he could get closer than fifty steps, causing heavy casualties. Then the Song army came up with light cavalry. The two sides started fighting, and there were more people than him. This fight No.

The Mongolian army's kite technique was of no use against the Song army's light cavalry. The horses of both sides were about the same, and the Mongolian army was slightly ahead in cavalry and shooting. The Mongolian army had a slight advantage in tactics, but the gap in strength between the two sides was too large. The Song army chased and fought with the Mongolian army all the way. The Song army suffered a slightly greater loss in the exchange of fire between the armies, while the Mongolian army could not afford the loss even though it had few soldiers.

Therefore, Alchi thought that if he was given another [-] elite cavalry, he would be able to defeat Mengying.

There are a total of 12 Mongolian troops on site, and Alchi needs [-], and they must be elite. This means that it is best to have more Mongolian troops.

Kouwen Buhua, Chagatai and others looked at each other in confusion.

Alchi is an old brother who started his career with Genghis Khan. Although he is only a member of a thousand households, his qualifications are still considerable.

Do you agree to this request or not?
"Give me fifteen thousand, and I will fight this Song army." At this moment, King Tasi said solemnly.

The generals all looked sideways.

Ta Si has little qualifications, but his rank is there, his family background is there, and he is the eldest grandson of Mu Huali, so no one present will give him any respect.

Natour, the former guard of the Zhongxing Mansion, originally wanted to say, "Give me [-], and I will fight." Then he thought about it, it seemed too complicated, and he was afraid of losing the key point.

Chagatai shook his head a little irritably. During the Western Expedition, no matter how many soldiers and horses there were on the opposite side or how many soldiers and horses the Mongolian army had, everyone always doubted the ability of the Mongol warriors.

Now to fight the Song cavalry, tens of thousands of soldiers would be needed?

When they fought against the Jin people, thousands of warriors dared to charge tens of thousands or even 10,000+ Jin people. Now when they fight against the Song people, they still start with tens of thousands?

At this time, Kou Wenbuhua was looking at Chagatai, as if asking him with his eyes, who should he send as general?
(End of this chapter)