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

Chapter 423: Discipline is a bit poor

August 26, the sixth year of Yuanzhen.

Kublai Khan, who had stayed in Blackwater City for many days, finally got his wish and left the city with 3,500 elite cavalry.

It was not that Aotun Shiying was persuaded by him, but that Aotun Shiying received orders from Kuo Wen Bu Hua and Kuo Duan successively.

Kuo Duan wants to mobilize the army of Keyimen to attack the Song army on the grassland.

Aotun Shiying led 20,000 elite troops from Heishui City to the north and met at Halahelin and Kueduan. He left 10,000 elite troops behind and sent a general to garrison Heishui City.

Aotun Shiying had no choice but to gather his troops and set off immediately after receiving the order.

Their Blackwater City is about 1,780 miles from Harahe Forest, and the Kuoduan Ulahai City is about two thousand miles away from Harahe Forest.

Kuo Duan left before him. After receiving the order, Aotun Shiying immediately ordered his troops and set off, leading 20,000 cavalry, each with two horses, directly through Heishui City and into Mobei.

It is said that soldiers and horses will come from the west from the Wokuotai territory and the Batu territory, and the Mongolian army will gather more than 100,000 troops to encircle and suppress the lone Song army entering the grassland.

After Aotun Shiying left, he handed over the defense of Blackwater City to his younger brother Aotun Baohe, and asked Kublai Khan if he would go back with him to save Hara Helin.

Kublai Khan refused and wanted to stay and fight the Song army outside the city.

Kublai Khan may be the commander of the expedition north this time. Kublai Khan will not have real power when he returns, and he will not be able to lead many troops, so it is better to stay here.

Aotun Shiying had no choice but to go north with 20,000 elite cavalry and 40,000 war horses the day before yesterday.

As soon as he left, Kublai Khan approached Otun Baohe again for cavalry.

The younger brother Aotun Baohe did not dare to refuse like his elder brother. After being pestered several times by Kublai Khan, he finally gave Kublai Khan three thousand fine cavalry.

Now Kublai Khan finally became arrogant.

The last time he came out of Hara Helin, he encountered a wave of fighting by the Song Army and was defeated, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with him.

At that time, the troops he led were all Mongolian troops who had been staying in Harahe Forest, and they were also servants who had followed him since childhood. In his opinion, these people had not experienced the blood and fire of the Western Expedition and the Southern Expedition, and they could not defeat hundreds of people. It is normal to fight against the Song Army.

And at that time, they seemed to have thousands of riders, including many family members, and only six or seven hundred were really capable of fighting.

The Mongolian army in Blackwater City has been fighting outside all year round, so their strength is naturally different.

Kublai Khan had been in Hara Helin before and had no idea that the outside world had changed. The Mongolian cavalry was no longer invincible. He refused to accept Aotun Shiying's words and insisted on gathering his troops to teach the Song army a lesson.

He received three thousand cavalry from Blackwater City, plus the five hundred he brought with him.

On the 26th, Kublai Khan led 3,500 cavalry out of the city in a mighty manner to prove his ability.

At this time, the Song army was still fifty miles away by the Nalin River. The Song army also observed 20,000 Mongolian troops riding north, but the Song army did not move and did not dare to move.

Although Mo Yong brought tens of thousands of horses, he only had 3,000 elite cavalry. Naturally, he did not dare to challenge the 20,000 Mongolian troops on the opposite side. His mission was to keep an eye on the movements of the Mongolian troops in Blackwater City.

As soon as the Mongolian army's 20,000 cavalry left, he immediately sent sentry cavalry to report to Suzhou.

Unexpectedly, I suddenly received news from the Sentinel Cavalry that a group of Mongolian troops had arrived. There were about three to four thousand riders, one man and one horse, all wearing light armor.

"Oh." Mo Yong and Ge Meng were overjoyed at the same time.

The two of them didn't expect that Blackwater City would have the courage to send people to fight with them despite the 20,000 cavalry left.

These three or four thousand people were riding this way, obviously coming for a fight.

"Do you want to fight or not?" Ge Meng asked, rubbing his hands excitedly.

"Of course we have to fight." Mo Yong said with a smile: "The other party comes to die, of course we have to help them."

Mo Yong is not afraid at all.

If the Mongolian army came to 10,000 men, he might have to consider whether to fight or not. But now that there are 3 or 4,000 men coming, which is equal to his number of soldiers and horses, he is scared as hell.

In less than half an hour, the Mongolian army arrived ten miles away from the Song army and began to rest.

Mo Yong and Ge Meng were not in a hurry and slowly gathered their troops.

The two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, waiting for the other party to gather and rest before moving forward at the same time.

Amidst the sound of the horn, the cavalry from both sides appeared on the horizon one after another.

The Song army has more than 3,000 soldiers, with the Nalin River on the left and the edge of the desert on the right.

On the Mongolian side is the Nalin River on the right and the edge of the desert on the left.

Kublai Khan laughed when he saw the Song army's lineup: "I said the Song army only has about three thousand cavalry."

There was a lot of praise all around, but many people were still convinced.

Indeed, Kublai Khan could guess that the Song army only had three thousand cavalry, which was relatively powerful.

Listening to the compliments from all around, Kublai Khan did not lose his mind. He suddenly turned pale and said, "Otun Shiying is right. The Song Army has made great progress in recent years. We can no longer regard them as the Song people in Jingkang."

Some of the Meng generals around laughed, obviously they all knew about Jingkang, but some of them had not heard of it and looked confused.

"In this battle, we must advance or retreat. We must let them know that this land and grassland still belong to us Mongols."

"Kill." Someone suddenly shouted from all around, raising their bows.

Kill, and soon the shouts of killing began one after another. The Mongolian army had not yet begun to fight, but they wanted to build up their momentum.

The Song army on the opposite side was also approaching slowly. The Song army increased its speed very slowly. The number of the two sides was about the same, and the length of the formation was also about the same.

When Mo Yong heard the shouts from the other side, he said: "The Mongols have poor discipline, let them listen."

"Tiger!" Ge Meng immediately raised his arms and shouted.

"Tiger."

"Tiger."

"Tiger."

The Song army's first sound was not very uniform, but starting from the second, third and fourth sounds, they almost sounded in unison, uniformly and uniformly, and the sound shook the world.

Kublai Khan's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he finally knew that the Song army in front of him was not easy to mess with.

But what is the skill of shouting in unison? In the end, it still depends on riding, shooting and fighting.

"Kill, leave no one alive," Kublai Khan shouted.

"Boom, boom, boom" the Mongolian army began to speed up five hundred steps away.

Song Jun also slowly increased his speed.

But the Song army advanced slowly, while the Mongolian army kept accelerating.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps.

Kublai Khan had been watching the Song army. Didn’t he say that the Song army dismounted and shot after two hundred steps?

But the dismount he wanted to see didn't happen.

I saw the Song troops on the opposite side raising their bows one after another.

"Buzz!" The scene was buzzing. The pulley bow showed its power and fired from two hundred paces away.

In fact, the Song army's pulley bow was not powerful enough for two hundred steps, but the arrow was flying and the Mongolian army was accelerating.

By the time the arrow fell, the Mongolian army had already entered within two hundred steps.

Whoosh, whoosh, a dense rain of arrows flew into the Mongolian army's formation. Only then did Kublai Khan know that Otun Shiying's reminder was not a joke.

In this era, no ordinary cavalry bow could shoot so far.

The entire Song army rode on horseback and shot.

And it doesn't aim at all, and the rate of fire is very fast.

Many people don't look in front of them, they just grab arrows one by one and shoot aimlessly in front of them.

The Song army's archery skills were not as good as the Mongolian army's, and their quality was not enough in quantity. They relied entirely on range and more arrows to make up for the gap between the two sides.

With so many arrows shooting at it, it's quite threatening even if you don't aim. Thump thump, thump thump, the people on the opposite side flipped over, and from time to time, Mongolian soldiers were shot to the ground.

Every time the Mongolian army advances more than ten steps, the Song army can shoot one round.

When rushing from 200 steps to 80 steps, the fastest Song Jun fired seven or eight rounds, while the slower ones could shoot five or six rounds.

In just over a hundred steps, the Song army poured nearly 20,000 arrows at the Mongolian army.

The closer the Mongolian army got, the more serious their casualties became. When they rushed eighty paces, the Mongolian army was shot down by five or six hundred riders.

Kublai Khan almost lost his eyesight.

Song Jun's super long range and rapid fire simply stunned him.

In fact, the hit rate was quite low. It took more than forty arrows to knock down one horseman. Moreover, many people may have been hit by arrows on their horses, but they were fine, and some were not seriously injured.

Kublai Khan's own horse was also shot in the buttocks by two arrows, but he was lucky and did not fall off the horse and the horse did not fall, otherwise he would also have been seriously injured.

Seeing how fierce the rain of arrows from the Song army was, Kublai Khan was a little wary and immediately slowed down and dragged back.

At this time, the forward Mongolian army had already entered within 60 steps of the Song army.

The Song Army began to speed up. The ability of the Song Army to shoot arrows at medium and high speeds may be worse than that of the Mongolian Army.

According to the previous fighting style, the Mongolian army would either shoot first and then repeatedly hold the enemy, or they would shoot two waves and then charge directly.

But the Song army's firing range was too far. If the Mongolian army wanted to shoot at them, the Song army would continue to shoot.

Kublai Khan gritted his teeth and directly ordered two waves to be fired towards them.

The Mongolian army's kite tactics will definitely suffer when faced with the Song army's bows and arrows with such a long range, or even be completely beaten.

Charge, only charge. Kublai Khan's tactical level was also quite high. When he saw the Song army's long-range bows and arrows, he immediately changed his order.

This time the Mongolian army suffered even more losses. They charged from slow to fast. When they finally entered the fifty or sixty-step range of the Mongolian army, their forwards had been shot by the Song army for nearly ten rounds.

Now when it was their turn to shoot, they were at medium to high speed.

When the Song army on the opposite side saw the Mongolian army charging towards them, they did not give way. The Song army was not as fast as the Mongolian army and they still charged and shot at the same time.

The two sides exchanged shots with each other, and men and horses on both sides fell to the ground.

The Mongolian army had only fired two rounds before some people put away their bows, while others simply threw away their bows.

The Song troops on the opposite side did not throw their bows, but hung them on the right side of their horses.

"Kill." The Mongolian army roared.

"Kill." Song Jun was also shouting.

Both sides abandoned their bows and raised their weapons, hook spears and sabers, like two torrents colliding hard.

As soon as the two armies came into contact, men and horses on both sides neighed and fell to the ground.

But Kublai Khan's eyes suddenly widened with an incredible expression on his face.

After charging closer, I discovered that half of the Song army was actually wearing iron armor.

In fact, half of the three thousand cavalry of the Song Army were heavy armored cavalry, and half were light armored cavalry. Those who rushed forward were all heavy armored cavalry.

The two sides had just entered the 50 or 60-step confrontation and suffered a lot of losses when they hit the Mongolian army. Many Song soldiers were hit by arrows and did not react.

He seemed to finally understand why Song Jun led three horses alone.

This will be August and September, and it is still relatively hot here in Xixia. The Song Army will definitely not wear heavy armor.

When the Song army came, the men and armor were brought separately. When they fought with the Mongolian army, half of them suddenly changed into armor. Therefore, when the Song army's forwards just rode forward, their speed was always slow.

The slow speed increase can not only maintain the Song Army's range advantage, but also maintain the horsepower of the heavy armor.

When the two sides rushed together, the Mongolian army found that the opposite side was all heavily armored, and this time they suffered a big loss.

When the first wave of both sides rushed in, a large number of Mongolian troops were knocked over or chopped down.

Many Song troops directly fought against the Mongolian troops.

That is, you chop yours, and I chop mine.

A Mongolian soldier pointed a hook gun at Song Jun's chest and stabbed him. Song Jun did not give way. He held the horse's belly tightly with his legs and raised his knife to slash at the Mongolian soldier.

"Dang" the Mongolian army collided with the Song army at high speed and put a gun on the Song army's chest. However, when they heard a "dang" sound, both sides swayed violently and were almost knocked off their horses.

The Mongolian army was shocked. The high-speed charge failed to penetrate the iron armor on the Song army's chest.

Fortunately, his thrust affected the Song Army's saber, and the Song Army's saber did not hit him. The two sides soon met the enemy behind them.

Another Song Army cavalry rushed forward.

The Mongolian army already knew that the armor on the other side was very thick, and had no time to react. He stabilized his body and pointed his gun, intending to stab the opponent's horse or head.

But he saw Song Jun on the opposite side holding a short gun in his left hand and his right hand on his waist.

Meng Jun's eyes widened and he had a bad feeling.

But the two sides are about to collide in an instant.

"Whoosh" Song Jun on the opposite side waved his hand and hit him hard in the face with a short axe.

The short ax blade did not hurt the Mongolian army, but it was very painful when it hit the face.

The Song Army rode their horses to the left to distance themselves from him. When the two horses passed by each other, the Song Army's left-hand spear was thrown hard, hitting the Mongolian Army in the waist.

With a bang, the Mongolian army fell from their horses.

Song Jun touched the side of his horse and found another short gun in his hand.

Before he could react, a Mongolian army flew over from the opposite side and slashed Song Jun's shoulder with a lightning-like knife.

"Dang" there was another metallic sound.

The Mongolian army was cursing something, but the Song army behind them came forward one after another.

A Song army held a Mongolian-style hook gun in his hand. When the two sides crossed each other, the Mongolian army slashed at the Song army's neck. The Song army on the opposite side did not avoid it and stabbed him in the chest with his right hand.

At that moment, Meng Jun slashed Song Jun's neck with a knife, and heard a soft metallic sound. At the same time, he felt a pain in his chest, and Song Jun stabbed him in the chest with a gun.

"Damn it." Meng Jun yelled, and Banglang fell off his horse. His body fell to the ground and kept rolling, still cursing in his mind.

How to fight this? Does the Song Army still have heavy armor around its neck?

After the Mongolian army rushed into the Song army's formation, it was worse than being shot from a long distance by the Song army.

When the Song army was shooting arrows from a long distance, the hit rate must have been relatively low. Now that the Mongolian army rushed in with light cavalry, they found that the Song army was heavily armored. People on both sides kept falling to the ground, but the Mongolian army that landed far exceeded the Song army.

Even if a Song army lands, as long as it can stand up, it is an armored infantryman.

The two sides advanced layer by layer and fought for about two quarters of an hour. Kublai Khan rushed out first, covered in blood, with a group of cavalry.

He quickly ran dozens of steps away from the scene. Looking back, he saw the Mongolian army and the Song army passing through each other one after another.

However, we can see that the Mongolian army comes out relatively slowly and in small numbers. From time to time in the battle formation, we can see the Mongolian army falling off its horse and the Song army falling off its horse.

But after both sides became infantry, the Mongolian army was even less able to defeat the Song army.

The Mongolian army was actually experienced in fighting armored cavalry. During the Western Expedition, they had encountered European armored cavalry, and they were also invulnerable.

The Mongolian army later went around behind the enemy and on both wings, specifically shooting at the horses. They kept glancing around and shot down all the enemy's horses.

The enemy's heavy cavalry lost their horses and turned into heavy armored infantry with no mobility. The Mongolian army stepped forward again and attacked the enemy from the waist down. They shot arrows or chopped with swords, and soon the European heavy cavalry was wiped out. All the armored cavalry were wiped out.

This grazing move is useful for European heavy cavalry, because European heavy cavalry basically do not carry bows and only fight close to each other.

It is completely useless to the Song Army now.

Before Kublai Khan could think of a countermeasure, not far away suddenly there was a whoosh and a dense rain of arrows started again.

(End of this chapter)