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

Chapter 449 Relying on each other

At this time, the Mongolian army had entered the core area of ​​the Song army's various long-range attacks. The ground in front was covered with dead and wounded Mongolian troops, as well as many war horses.

The hesitation ahead was like hell. No matter how hard they tried to move forward, they could not make any progress.

Even because the forwards suffered heavy casualties, it also caused trouble for those charging behind, affecting their charge and speed.

Many people's war horses dare not speed up, and they are easily knocked down by their own dead or injured horses.

"Dismount, dismount, find a shield, and charge forward." Kublai Khan immediately shouted, signaling his guards to issue orders to the surroundings. He also dismounted again, held his own shield, held it against his head, and bent forward to charge forward.

Kublai Khan was still smarter. The Mongolian army had more arrows, but the firearms did more damage, and the firearms shot flatly, so he bent down to avoid the firearms, and then relied on his shield to guard against the arrows falling from the side.

Kublai Khan dismounted, and his subordinates dismounted one after another.

Then someone turned the horse around, slapped the horse on the back, and made the horse run back.

This is the experience gained by the Mongolian and Song armies. After the cavalry dismounts, leaving too many horses on the scene will affect subsequent charges.

Therefore, after the Mongolian troops dismounted, they turned their horses around and asked them to go back.

"Kill all the Song people." Youmeng roared.

Song Jun was waiting for work beside the carriage. When he saw someone climbing on the carriage, he stabbed him with his gun.

Some of the Mongolian cavalry charged, and some bent down and charged as infantry. The two armies were sandwiched together. The Song fusiliers only focused on attacking the cavalry, and unknowingly allowed the Mongolian infantry camp to rush closer and closer.

From time to time, Mongolian troops fell on the carriage.

With great difficulty, some Mongolian soldiers climbed onto the second carriage despite their injuries. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, arrows came from above, and spears from the left and right were stabbed at them.

Thirty steps, twenty steps, ten steps.

"Kill!" The Mongolian army yelled with a loud killing sound, and the black Mongolian army kept approaching the Song army's carriage formation.

The Song fusiliers were also waiting fifty steps behind them, and the remaining archers continued to fire at the Mongolian army.

Of course, it is impossible for the Mongolian army's order to be transmitted to all places when they charge now. Some Mongolian soldiers started to bend forward with shields raised from about ninety steps. The cavalry was used as infantry. There were still a large number of cavalry in front. rush.

When the Mongolian infantry camp reached forty or fifty steps, the Song Army officers discovered that the Mongolian infantry camp was all bent forward and rushing forward.

"Bend down, bend down and charge forward." At this time, Kublai Khan's latest reminder came from the bodyguard beside him.

The Song Army had not yet reacted, and many fusiliers were still hitting the horses' heads habitually.

Both sides have a large formation of hundreds of thousands of people, and it takes a while for the left and right wings to reach the middle, so many fusiliers have not yet reached the fighting position.

Some Mongolian troops tried to chop the carriage into pieces violently, but the carriage was quite strong. Before they charged, the Song army connected them together with iron chains.

Kublai Khan's back line of this wave of raids fought well. After suffering huge casualties, the forwards quickly rushed into the Song army forty or fifty steps, and began to launch missiles at the Song army one after another.

Hedahai, who was hundreds of steps away from Kublai Khan, was also charging on horseback. After Kublai Khan's order came, he hesitated for a moment, and then jumped off the horse decisively.

The fusiliers of the Song Army retreated one after another. Some of the archers in the rear row threw away their bows and arrows, picked up their spears and shields and pushed them forward.

The gun and shield soldiers crowded behind the carriage, squatting on the ground and waiting quietly.

"Damn it, the Mongolian troops are all bending down, hitting them low, hitting them low." Song Jun shouted one after another.

The commander of the Song Army saw that he had too few fusiliers and that the Mongolian army was about to charge forward, so he quickly ordered: "Back off, and the long gunmen will come forward."

Many people didn't care about shooting Song Jun and ran forward directly.

This wave of Mongolian troops charged very fiercely. Before a large number of Song fusilier gunners were in place, they had already charged close to the Song army's formation at the cost of huge casualties.

What kind of firearm is this from the Song Army, so powerful? Heda Hai was also stunned, feeling a little scared in his heart.

Seeing the Song Army's chariot formation right in front of them, the Mongolian troops were extremely excited and accelerated like crazy.

After the rain of arrows from the Mongolian army started, it also suppressed the Song army to a certain extent. The casualties on both sides may be disproportionate, but the Song army's flintlock formation also had to fight against the opponent under the rain of arrows, so the impact was still there.

He led his men and ran forward, and saw whole rows of people falling to the ground in front of them. As soon as white smoke came out from the opposite side and crackling noises were heard, the Mongolian army would fall to the ground.

Thirty thousand Mongolian troops have already rushed forward.

Because the corpses and personnel of the dead and wounded Mongolian soldiers would block the passage and pile up in front, back, and left of the carriage.

The Mongolian soldiers climbed up one by one. It was obviously much lower than the city wall, but it was like a natural ditch that was difficult to cross.

But just as they reached the carriage, there was a crackle and a burst of gunfire from the opposite side.

By then, the Mongolian army will be getting higher and higher, and the scene will become as difficult to climb as a city wall.

After a while, only a few Mongolian troops passed by, and the two horse-drawn carriage formations were full of dead and wounded Mongolian soldiers.

After suffering row after row of casualties, the Mongolian army finally approached the Song army's carriage.

Then the Song army discovered that there were fewer and fewer Mongolian cavalry, but some Mongolian infantry were running closer and closer.

The Mongolian troops gathered around and climbed onto the carriage.

The Song Army's carriage array has always been two-tiered, which is very annoying. The two rows of carriages form a wall, and it takes a while to climb over.

If you can look down from the sky at this time, you will see that the horses in the Mongolian army's formation are divided into two waves. The ones behind rush forward, and those in front turn around and run back. It is like two groups of cavalry intertwining with each other. The scene is still very spectacular.

Breaking the car is more troublesome, so most of the Mongolian troops still choose to climb with ants attached.

If Chagatai was present, he would know that he has experienced this kind of scene. If he cannot defeat the Song Army's horse-drawn carriage formation, it will become increasingly difficult to defeat them later.

Kublai Khan signaled everyone to bend down as much as possible and lower their bodies.

Unfortunately, as Kublai Khan expected, the number of fusiliers in the Song army's rear formation was a bit small. Originally, there were only a few hundred on standby. Even if Lu Wende mobilized flintlocks from the left and right wings, there were now only more than a thousand fusiliers, and many fusiliers. The gunmen are not yet in place.

Kublai Khan had never experienced such a scene. He had just arrived behind a carriage.

A group of personal guards were surrounding him. Kublai Khan also had an arrow stuck in his left arm and an arrow in his back.

Fortunately, his armor was relatively thick, so it didn't hurt any vital parts.

"Na Yan." All the soldiers shouted and surrounded him.

"Help me break it." Kublai Khan said in a deep voice.

The subordinates made no sound and immediately took action, directly breaking the two arrows stuck in Kublai Khan's body.

There should be some pain when it was broken. Kublai Khan gritted his teeth and made no sound, his face turning red from holding back.

Now he didn't dare to pull it out, he only dared to break it.

After breaking it, his expression softened slightly and he looked up to the front.

There are not many casualties in the Mongolian army now, and there is a gap between the two carriages. If there are too many dead in a while, the dead and wounded who fell from the carriages can block all the space between the carriages.

Through the gap, he could see Song Jun within ten steps at close range, facing him face to face.

The Song army was covered in armor, holding a spear and a shield. The shield was a large square shield. When they saw the Mongolian army getting on the carriage, someone immediately put the shield up on the ground or leaned on the carriage, and then climbed up with guns in both hands.

Usually two or three Song troops stabbed one Mongolian army.

A Mongolian army finally got over the first carriage and just climbed onto the second carriage when they were shot from the left and right with spears. The Song army's spears were hard to guard against, and the Mongolian army suffered a great loss. Some people blocked it from the left and right, struggled to deflect several of the Song army's guns, then jumped down, plopped down, and finally fell into the Song army's formation.

"Okay." Kublai Khan was overjoyed when he saw it, and he called Dameng's warrior in his heart.

But the other side doesn’t talk about martial ethics.

Swish, swish, several more spears came over, and someone suddenly squatted down and stabbed the Mongolian army in the feet.

There were Song troops from all directions. The Mongolian troops were stabbed several times and fell to the ground screaming in pain within a few seconds of entering.

Behind them, the Mongolian army just emerged from the carriage, and a Song army appeared holding a powerful crossbow and pulled the trigger on it.

Ah, the Mongolian army on the carriage screamed and fell down suddenly.

The arrow was shot in the thigh of the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army was not seriously injured, but he fell into the gap between the two carriages and struggled for a long time without getting up.

At this time, the Song army leaned behind the carriage, avoiding the Mongolian army's arrows, then quickly loaded another arrow, bent down and looked for the injured Mongolian army just now.

Separated by two carriages, Kublai Khan raised his head and looked at this Song soldier.

He glared at Song Jun fiercely. Song Jun glanced at him a few times, suddenly grinned, and raised his crossbow to point at Kublai Khan through the gap between the two carriages.

Hiss, Kublai Khan was startled and quickly moved to the right, hiding behind the carriage carriage.

Plop, and then he heard the sound of a powerful crossbow.

"Ah" the just-injured Mongolian army screamed again.

Kublai Khan slowly poked out half of his head and saw that the Mongolian army who had just been hit by an arrow in the leg was shot in the face by an arrow from the Song army.

"Song dog." Kublai Khan was furious.

At this time, he was less than ten steps away from the Song army, and there were only two carriages between them, but he had no choice but to watch the other party shoot and kill his people.

Kublai Khan took a deep breath to calm down his furious mood.

Then he raised his head and looked in all directions. A group of personal guards were surrounding him, using the Song Dynasty's carriage to avoid the Song Dynasty's arrow rain.

The expressions on everyone's faces were a little scared. It was obvious that everyone was afraid of the ants attached to the carriage.

It would be very dangerous to climb over, and you would have to face the Song army's bows, crossbows, spears, and flintlocks.

Kublai Khan didn't know whether he should give the order.

He looked around blankly. The Mongolian soldiers who were not part of his bodyguard were swarming onto the carriage, and then fell down. There were constant screams, cries, and curses at the scene.

The dead and injured are piling up at a speed visible to the naked eye, getting higher and higher.

Occasionally, Mongolian troops would rush past two carriages and rush into the Song army's formation, but they were single and weak, surrounded by layers of Song troops.

Crossbows and spears surged forward, and no matter how powerful the warrior was, he couldn't hold on for long.

Kublai Khan also saw a brave Mongolian army enter and cut down a Song army spearman, but four or five strong crossbowmen suddenly ran over from the opposite side and shot the Mongolian army on the head. His lower back and calf were hit by arrows one after another, and he fell to the ground unwillingly. The spearmen of the Song Army rushed over and poked more than a dozen holes.

There were not 30,000 people in the Song army's rear formation, which was much less than Kublai Khan's 30,000.

However, the Mongolian army had to climb onto the carriage to rush forward. The number of people rushing in each time was far lower than the number facing the Song army.

The Song army used large numbers to defeat the small numbers in various areas, and the Mongolian army was completely equal to losing their lives.

"We can't go on like this and send them off one by one." After Kublai Khan looked back, he turned around and said loudly to the people around him: "It takes a few, a dozen people to rush in together."

What he means is that if someone climbs on top of the carriage, don't jump off in a hurry. Wait for a few companions to rush together.

But the Mongolian troops now dare not stand on top of the carriage for too long.

The Song army's flintlock guns did not hit those below, but now they only hit those on top of the carriage.

Anyone who dared to stay on top of the carriage for a few more seconds would be immediately shot with a flintlock gun by the Song army.

This caused the Mongolian soldiers to jump down as soon as they got up, regardless of whether anyone was following behind them.

But there are densely packed Song troops below, and a jump is equivalent to losing a person's head.

After Kublai Khan finished speaking, everyone was silent. There were not many people standing on the small carriage, and the key could not stand. The flintlock guns on the opposite side were specially used to hit it, as well as the crossbowmen.

"Come on, come on, move the carriage." Kublai Khan thought of the last solution. Only by moving the carriage and creating a gap can the Mongolian army rush in continuously.

Some people say that there are chains on the carriage that are difficult to handle.

I don't believe it can't be dismantled if it's a horse-drawn carriage.

Kublai Khan directly slashed at the wheels and carriages with his knife.

So the people around him began to think of various ways. Some wanted to lift the carriage, some wanted to cut off the wheels, and some wanted to dismantle the carriage.

Bang bang bang bang, the Mongolian army chopped off several long knives.

Finally, with a bang, the carriage wheels split into two, and the carriage fell heavily to the ground.

The Mongolian army was overjoyed and scrambled to remove the iron chain from the broken wheel.

"lift it up."

Kublai Khan shouted excitedly, and five or six Mongolian troops lifted the carriage from left to right, and then moved it to the side.

The nearby Mongolian troops were overjoyed when they saw it. Seeing that a gap was about to be opened here, the Mongolian troops gathered here one after another.

Unexpectedly, when Song Jun from the opposite side saw it, someone immediately turned around and ran back. Soon, several people appeared not far from them with a lit glass bottle in their hands.

"Not good." Kublai Khan realized something and quickly asked people to move back.

The Mongolian army finally carried the carriage a few steps away, and with a bang, several gasoline bottles from the opposite side were smashed into the carriage and its surroundings.

Phew, there was a sudden fire all around, and seven or eight Mongolian troops were set on fire, most of them being Kublai Khan's personal guards.

"Ah" the Mongolian soldiers screamed and fled in all directions, and the carriage fell to the ground again.

But at this time, a small gap has appeared, allowing four or five people to rush in at the same time.

But the surroundings were burning, and there was a carriage inside.

The Song army had a total of two carriage formations, and Kublai Khan only broke one.

Bang, the Song army then threw another petrol bomb into the middle, completely blocking the Mongolian army's path forward.

Kublai Khan was not in a hurry, thinking that the fire would burn out eventually, and he would be able to rush in by then.

Moreover, the fire will also burn other carriages, and it can use the fire to ignite all the carriages of the Song Army.

The crux of the matter is, can they wait until the fire burns out?

With so many Mongolian troops crowded in front, the arrow rain from the Song army never stopped, and a large number of arrows fell into their formation from time to time.

Which carriage was burned first, or the Mongolian army was shot first?

(End of this chapter)