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

Chapter 412 The flintlock goes into battle

After the Meng cavalry left the city, the troops divided into two groups. Most of them did not turn back to fight the Song army and ran directly to the distance.

A small number of others began to gather on both sides.

At this time, Zhang Neng somewhat guessed the Mongolian army's strategy.

The Mongolian army had no time to gather all the soldiers and horses in the city, so they had to gather outside.

But blocking them all at the city gate was not enough, so they all ran away.

The Mongols cannot be allowed to run into the wild. Zhang Neng knew that the Mongolian army was too mobile and could not defeat the Song army but could run away.

But the key point is that Zhang Neng's men are all infantry soldiers, that is, mounted infantry. They originally came to block the gate, but unexpectedly the Mongolian army left the city directly.

The infantry camp also had to be advanced. Zhang Neng thought hard and did not dare to hesitate. The more Mongolian troops who ran out, the harder it would be to fight behind them: "Block it. We must block the Mongolian troops. They have limited time and can come out." I don’t have many soldiers and horses, so I’ll give them to you.”

Zhang Neng looked back and saw that his forward line of 5,000 soldiers and horses was dragging a long queue. Less than a thousand people could be seen within a hundred meters.

He was also very courageous. Without saying a word, he waved his big hand and rushed forward with his troops and horses.

On the Mongolian side, Delbatu was outside the city at this time, with three to four hundred cavalry around him. His task was to urge the soldiers and horses in the city to come out, and at the same time to guard against the Song army.

Seeing Song Jun rushing over, he waved his hand without saying a word: "Go up, stop Song Jun."

With a rumble, a group of Mongolian riders rushed towards them.

Both sides had expressions of disbelief at this time.

Zhang Neng did not expect that the Mongolian army would not defend the city and ran directly out. Delbatu did not expect that the Song army's forwards had only arrived and could not even ride a thousand horses and dare to charge forward.

Of course, both sides are confident, and the Mongolian troops in the city are coming out continuously to provide support.

The Song Army's cavalry also moved continuously from both wings to this side and could also provide support.

Delbatu's goal was to gather a wave of soldiers and horses to block the Song army and allow more Mongolian troops in the city to leave the city.

Zhang Neng wanted to block the north gate and prevent the Mongolian troops from coming out. Moreover, at this time, the Mongolian troops came out of the east and west gates, and the Song troops were also blocking it.

At this time, one of the two sides wanted to block the other side, and the other wanted to block the other side. They had no tactics at all, they just rushed.

The cavalry on both sides was more like an encounter. No one on the Mongolian side used the bows and arrows they were good at, and almost everyone pulled out their swords or spears.

"Kill." Zhang Neng did not hesitate. Before Yuanzhen, he had always been an infantry camp, guarding the city everywhere. In the past few years, all the soldiers in the Song Dynasty were equipped with war horses, and his subordinates were all mounted infantry.

In terms of cavalry combat, Zhang Neng's men were far inferior to Sha Deer and Li Pingxia's troops on the left.

He was the one who came here with his men to block the city. Since the other side was charging towards them, he didn't hesitate and went straight to meet them.

With the rumble of horse hooves, the two armies were getting closer and closer, and many Song soldiers were quite excited.

The infantry camp of the Song Army practices horseback riding all year round, and their riding skills are not bad. The difference between them and Shader Li Pingxia's cavalry is that they don't practice riding and shooting very much.

Now that they are fighting hand-to-hand, the Song troops are basically not afraid. After all, they are outnumbered and friendly troops are coming up from behind.

I saw two torrents approaching quickly, and then with a roar, the two armies collided hard, and the shouts of charging were deafening.

Everyone was shouting, and it seemed that whoever had the louder voice was more powerful.

In fact, regardless of ancient times or modern times, shouting loudly is the norm on the battlefield, especially when charging.

This wave of collision was extremely violent, with a large number of people on both sides landing.

According to the tactics of the Mongolian army in the past, after rushing into the enemy's army, they had to at least penetrate the enemy's formation, then go around and charge again.

A few rounds can break the bones of the enemy.

But now Delbatu does not want to penetrate the Song army, but to block the Song army and give the soldiers and horses in the city time to come out.

It had been almost two quarters of an hour, or half an hour, since they saw the Song army appear. There were less than 3,000 Mongolian knights out of the 20,000 in the city, most of them coming out from the north.

There are more Mongolian troops gathering from all directions in Dingzhou City towards the north of the city. The key is that some common people, rich people and officials in the city are also joining in the fun. They probably saw them retreating and ran out of the city. This affected the Mongolian troops leaving the city. speed.

"Form up, form up, block, block -" Delbatu kept running around in the formation, moving left and right, ordering his men to form a formation and block, not to rush forward.

Some people from the Mongolian army came out later, piling up like ants.

The rear of the Song army also moved forward, and more and more people gathered in front of both sides.

After a while, more than a hundred steps south of the north gate, thousands of horsemen from the two Mongolian armies formed a long battle line and were fighting each other hand-to-hand.

The Song army was unable to penetrate the Mongolian army for a while, and the Mongolian army slowly pushed forward, trying to force the Song army away from the north gate.

The same is true on the other side. There are Mongolian and Song troops fighting on both sides.

The fighting was fierce, and both sides were fighting hand-to-hand. Many Song soldiers even jumped off their horses to use the infantry camp. After all, they were originally infantry soldiers.

The same is true for the Mongolian army. There are people on both sides fighting on foot.

I don't know whose rear formation fired arrows first, and then the other rear formation also started shooting. The Song army basically carried walking bows. Now the two sides were still fighting with arrows, and the scene became even more chaotic.

Many people are riding well on their horses, but suddenly they are shot with a cold arrow, which causes more people to jump off their horses and work as foot soldiers.

Smart people all know that riding a horse can easily make you look like a standout, and you will be shot cold arrows by the opponent.

Zhang Neng was jogging north slowly with more than a hundred soldiers on horseback. Behind him was a long line of Song troops.

He ran while watching the situation on the field.

The Mongolian troops came out of the city in groups, some would join the battle, and some would flee directly north.

The Song army and the Mongolian army fought at the gate of the city. Occasionally, a small number of Song troops penetrated the Mongolian army, but they would be trapped by the Mongolian army.

Unless all the Mongolian troops blocking the way are defeated.

Both armies have their advantages and disadvantages. The Mongolian army is more familiar with cavalry fighting, but it has a servant army. There are relatively few real Mongolians, and there are them from all ethnic groups.

The Song army was mainly an infantry camp, and many of them carried guns and large shields on their horses, which lacked mobility. However, the Song army had thick armor and high morale, and they never lost a battle against the Mongolian army.

Both sides suffered similar casualties in a short period of time, but as more and more people came behind the Song army, their advantages began to become apparent.

"It's coming, it's coming." Just as Zhang Neng was considering whether to continue leading people further north to block the jam, there was a sentry behind him and a horse was catching up to him.

"Du Yuhai's people are here."

Zhang Neng was immediately overjoyed.

He turned around and saw a mighty group of cavalry coming towards the north gate. This group of cavalry was not like Zhang Neng's men. They ran very slowly because they kept in a tight formation.

The whole group of cavalry, about three thousand, maintained a tight formation and approached here.

Some of Zhang Neng's subordinates immediately started laughing and scolding: "When did you become a special girl? She looks like a turtle?"

"Can they ride horses?" someone also asked.

Du Yuhai's cavalry ran too slowly, and Zhang Neng's subordinates were dissatisfied.

Zhang Neng could only say: "They have been riding horses for less than half a year, and they spend most of their time not riding horses. It is normal to run slower."

The Song army on the opposite side had practiced horse riding for less than half a year, so they ran extremely slowly and maintained their formation.

After finally waiting and getting closer, Zhang Neng finally saw the true appearance of this cavalry.

The cavalrymen immediately hung things on their left and right sides, with bows on the right and flintlock muskets on the left.

This is a cavalry composed of three thousand fusiliers. They stopped three hundred steps away from the battlefield, and then jumped off their horses one after another. One thousand of them took up the horses of others, and the other two thousand or so took off their guns from their horses and walked directly forward.

"Prepare, change formation, one, two, one -" an officer shouted as he walked away.

The Song troops trotted all the way and changed formations.

It looked very chaotic, but after a while it turned into three long lines.

About two hundred steps after running to the battlefield, Delbatu on the opposite side saw a large group of new Song troops arriving, but what was puzzling was that this Song army abandoned their horses and came over.

At this time, Delbatu looked back anxiously and felt that there were less than 10,000 people coming out of the city.

About half of them have not yet come out, but more people from the Song Army have arrived in the north of the city.

"Woooo" Suddenly a strange horn sound sounded from the Song Army, and then the Song Army who were fighting with them began to turn their horses and retreat.

Some Mongolian soldiers became red-eyed and wanted to chase the Song army forward.

"Come back, come back." Delbatu immediately ordered and stopped the Mongolian army.

"Complete the team, complete the team -" They and the Song Army arrived at the scene. The Mongolian army was also in a chaotic formation. Delbatu was still relatively capable and organized the team first.

His mission was to delay time and allow more Mongolian troops to come out of the city, so if the Song army did not come up to attack, he was willing to delay it.

But seeing the retreating Song troops on the opposite side, they all circled behind the fusiliers.

After these Song soldiers ran behind the fusiliers, they also jumped off their horses and cursed in various ways.

What's more, we are an infantry camp, used as cavalry.

Where are our cavalry?

Stop arguing, get off your horse and get your bow.

Zhang Neng's men all began to dismount. They had two types of soldiers, some with spears and shields, and some with only bows. Then the ones with bows stood behind the fusiliers.

Those with spears and shields went to the flintlocks.

Zhang Neng came here in person and greeted Du Yuhai.

At this time, they were about 220 steps away from the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army was standing still and looking at them.

"Quick, quick, everyone get up." Zhang Neng's men had just been used as cavalry, and there were many casualties. Many of the men with spears were dismounted. In a hurry, less than 500 people were gathered together.

Du Yuhaidao, your spear and shield soldiers are of no use. Come behind us, no more spear and shield soldiers.

Zhang Neng stared at him, you are not afraid of the Mongolian army rushing up.

"Don't waste your time." After Du Yuhai finished speaking, Zhang Neng waved his hand decisively, and his subordinates ran behind the fusiliers.

"Get ready, reload." As soon as Du Yuhai opened his mouth, someone immediately waved a flag.

At the same time, officers at all levels began to shout.

The officers were responsible for watching the flags and issuing orders, while the sergeants were responsible for firing.

Zhang Neng opened his eyes wide and watched the fusiliers pick up fixed ammunition and bite open the gunpowder. In his eyes, this process was quite slow.

The gunmen all had a belt around their waists with thirty fixed ammunition hanging on it.

Thirty pieces are only half a circle. If you hang a full circle around your waist, you can hang twice as many.

The whole process lasted twenty or thirty seconds. Zhang Neng's subordinates had not practiced shooting before. Someone immediately shouted: "So slow?"

Our bows and arrows have fired five, six, seven or eight rounds.

Du Yuhai looked back at Zhang Neng. They looked at each other and at the same time ordered the entire army to prepare and move forward.

More than two thousand fusiliers were now lined up in three rows, each row about seven hundred, marching forward in unison.

Behind them are a large number of infantry camps of the Song army. Those with bows hold bows, and those without bows hold spears and shields.

According to the original tactics, the Song Army's gun and shield bearers were in front of the fusiliers.

Zhang Neng was also directing the gun and shield soldiers to advance in front of the fusiliers. The Song army at the scene was still slightly panicked.

Du Yuhai, commander of the Fusiliers Battalion, looked around. Today was considered an encounter. There were too few gunmen and shieldmen on the scene. The Mongolian army on the opposite side was scattered and there were not many people. He immediately shouted: "Zhang Neng, let your people go to the back." go?"

"What?" Zhang Neng was stunned for a moment: "No need to hold the gun and shield in front?"

"What the hell." Du Yuhai pointed to the front and said, "There are only over a thousand Mongolian troops. Let us see how powerful our flintlock rifles are."

Zhang Neng's mouth twitched, and when he was about to say something, Du Yuhai quickly added: "Let your people use their bows to support him from behind."

Cun Yuhai was quite arrogant at first, but after thinking about it, he was worried that the first battle would not go well, so he quickly asked Zhang Neng for help.

Zhang Neng laughed and immediately ordered everyone to gather behind the fusiliers and get their bows.

The place was buzzing and people were running around in a mess.

The Mongolian army on the opposite side saw that the Song army's formation was very chaotic, with people running around. But for some reason, within a few minutes of running, they became clearly separated again. More than two thousand fusiliers were lined up in three lines in front, and everyone behind them was There are a lot of archers.

Many Song soldiers simply threw away their guns and shields and picked up their rifles on horseback.

Zhang Neng's lips twitched at the sight, and he immediately called for another commander: "Go to the back and assemble a team of gun and shield men. No matter which battalion they are from, gather them in one battalion first. Prepare at least a thousand people. The more the better."

"No." The subordinate responded and hurried back.

There was a steady stream of Song troops coming forward from behind. Zhang Neng was afraid that the Fusiliers would be disrupted by the Mongolian troops. At that time, the Mongolian troops would suddenly charge, or they might run to the north and then attack the Mongolian troops with their carbines. Song without a gun-shield formation would The infantry battalion will suffer a big loss.

So he immediately asked his men to gather the pikemen behind.

Each battalion of the Song Army had spearmen. Zhang Neng didn't care about which battalion he was in. He first gathered them all together to form a shield wall.

Zhang Neng was mobilizing troops and generals. From time to time, Delbatu looked back at the Mongolian troops coming out of the city. At this time, it was estimated that about five or six thousand troops had left the city from the north. It was difficult to say about the other east and west gates. The east and west gates of Song Dynasty There are more troops, and maybe they have been blocked and unable to get out.

As long as it is delayed for about two more moments, most of the Mongolian troops can come out.

Then you can have a field battle with the Song Army.

But at this time, the Song army was approaching, and the three rows in front were holding weapons they had never seen before.

"Song people are looking for death?" Someone laughed evilly.

The Song army was all infantry walking in front. This was the first time the Mongols saw an infantry camp dare to charge their cavalry.

"That Yan, is it flushed or not?" someone asked Delbatu.

At this time, the Mongolian army rushed forward and probably dispersed the Song army's infantry camp.

But Delbatu was very careful. The Song army was carrying strange weapons that he had never seen before.

"Whatever you want to charge at, change your bow, change your bow, that's what we Mongolians are best at."

Following Delbatu's order, the Mongolian troops changed their bows one after another.

At this time, the Song Army's forward fusiliers had entered within 150 steps of the Mongolian Army.

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(End of this chapter)