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

Chapter 313 Are the Song people so insidious?

The Mongolian army is good at mobility. Tens of thousands of cavalry are not suitable for such tactics, so the tow mines are directly divided into several five thousand.

Among them, Subutai soldiers and horses are the fastest to go out.

He had been defeated miserably in Hui Hui Gu and Dashan Guan recently, and he was unconvinced by both defeats.

Once he was ambushed in the mountains, and once he was attacking the city. He was poorly prepared, and Subotai was eager to clear his name.

Tuo Lei also took great care of him. Among his five thousand men, there were three thousand from the Mongolian army headquarters, all of whom were the elite thousand families left by Genghis Khan.

Subotai went straight to Jin Bing's left wing, and Jin Bing's left wing was none other than his old rival Yili Pu'a.

Yilapua and Wanyan Heda participated in the battle of Huihui Valley. Now the two sides could be said to be enemies and were extremely jealous.

"It's Subotai." The [-] cavalrymen under Yili Pu'a were on the right wing of the Jin soldiers' infantry formation, and the Mongolian army seemed to be on the left.

Seeing Subotai rushing up to him, Yi Lapua was also excited.

Subotai is known as the most brave general in Mongolia, and Hui Huigu has been defeated by them once. If Subotai is defeated again in the field, he will become famous all over the world.

"Subotai is not worthy of its name. Let him suffer another disastrous defeat in Huihui Valley. Come and charge." Following Yi La Pu'a's order, the Jin soldiers accelerated their charge.

With a rumble, on the huge land of the Central Plains, nearly 20 troops from both the Jin and Mongolia sides spread out overwhelmingly.

The scene of the duel between the two sides was somewhat similar to the Song army's battle against the Tibetan coalition in Golmud.

The Jin soldiers were stronger than the Tibetan coalition forces, and the Mongolian army's cavalry and shooting skills were also higher than those of the Song army.

But the Jin soldiers had too few cavalry and were not as good as the Mongolian army.

Subotai's men and horses are all light cavalry, which is also a common old trick. When they get close, they shoot. When they see the golden soldiers, they turn around and run away.

The Song Army's cavalry had practiced mounted archery for several years after Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, and they were able to fight with style, but now compared to the Mongolian Army's speed and movements, they were still like their younger brothers.

Subotai's five thousand cavalry, whether they are Mongolian headquarters or servants, are no different from a group of ten cavalry, or even one cavalry. Their movements are skillful, coherent, and uniform. Their marching and retreating are like Subotai's arms, driving them away. random.

As the most brave general of the Mongolian army, Subotai took the lead and charged forward.

Before the Mongolian army started kiting tactics, their horse speed would not be too fast and would be within a controllable range.

The Jin soldiers knew that the Mongolian army was powerful at kiting, so they rushed up and wanted to fight with them, and their horses became faster and faster.

When the two sides approached about sixty steps, the Mongolian army fired an arrow with a whoosh.

This arrow was supposed to be for testing distance.

As soon as the arrow fell, the Mongolian army began to disperse and turn in an orderly manner.

A total of five thousand cavalry, like a whole, formed a very nice fan shape spreading from east to west.

"Bang, bang, bang," the next moment, the first wave of arrow rain was like a buzzing sound, and it had been shot out simultaneously with the movement of the Mongolian army.

This wave of arrows was shot by the first three rows of the Mongolian army.

After shooting these three rows, the turn has basically been completed.

The rear three rows also happen to be turning.

"Beng Beng Beng" the three rows behind also shot the arrows in their hands.

After shooting, the steering was basically completed, and the next three rows followed.

The scene goes like this.

There was a constant sound of bowstrings in the air, and as the Mongolian army turned, all ranks took turns to fire volleys.

Several waves of arrows fell into the rushing golden soldiers.

When they measured the range of their first arrow, they were about sixty or seventy steps away from the golden soldiers.

When the first wave of arrows was fired, the golden soldiers had already charged fifty steps.

When the arrow fell, it had already entered more than forty steps.

When the second wave of arrows was fired, the golden soldiers had already charged forty steps.

After several waves of arrows were fired, the nearest golden soldier had already charged twenty steps.

Twenty steps seems pretty close.

But all the Mongolian troops have completed their turn.

With a rumble, the Mongolian army's iron hooves were like thunder, shaking the earth, leaving a cloud of dust and smoke to the Jin soldiers, and quickly broke away from the Jin soldiers. The distance between the two sides was quickly extended to thirty steps away.

At the same time, the Mongolian troops in the back rows turned back again.

Beng Beng Beng, another wave of arrows hit the nearest Jin soldiers. When they turned around to shoot, most of them didn't aim and shot an arrow casually based on their feeling.

The Jin Army cavalry behind them fell off their horses countless times.

Starting from the first wave of arrows, a large number of golden soldiers were shot off their horses.

People and horses were mourning and screaming everywhere.

Of course, some of the Jin soldiers were good at riding and shooting, and they would chase the Mongolian troops and shoot from behind.

But overall, the Mongolians are still the best in the world in terms of riding and shooting skills.

Yilapua led tens of thousands of fine riders and followed Subotai around the field.

The two sides shoot at each other from time to time, sometimes getting closer, sometimes being pulled away again.

Dust was flying everywhere on the ground, the sound of horse hooves was rolling, and men and horses on both sides were shot down. However, in comparison, the Jin soldiers suffered greater losses.

But Yi Lapu'a's victory was due to the large number of troops, and he refused to let go and followed Subutai to the letter.

The battlefield of more than 20 people is quite huge, and even a famous general like Tuo Lei cannot take care of the entire battlefield.

At this time, Tuo Lei was standing on a high place, watching the battle situation from a distance.

Subotai's men on the left wing were running farther and farther away, almost out of his sight, and the men and horses of Yilapua were also taken far away. It was still unclear whether they would win or lose, and Yilapua was also pursuing them with great vigor. No fear at all.

The opponent of Hu Shengsun on the right wing is not known. The Jin general there is a little timid and does not dare to go too far away from the infantry formation. Hu Shengsun steps forward and he fights. Hu Shengsun retreats, and the Jin cavalry also retreats. Keep about a mile away from the main camp formation, not far away.

Tuo Lei felt that this golden general was more cautious and much smarter than Yi Lapua.

Aotun Shiying, who was farther away, had already gone around to the back of the Jinbing Infantry Battalion, which was also far out of Tuo Lei's sight. Tuo Lei could only know the outcome of the battle between the two sides after passing through messengers.

Or just look at the changes in the formations of both sides.

Now that he was standing at a high place, he could only feel that there was no movement behind the Jinbing Infantry Battalion. This proved that Aotun Shiying probably had no way to pull out the Jinbing Infantry Battalion.

The one closest to him was Tuochala, who went to challenge the front line of the Jin infantry camp. Although the opponent did not have as many divine arm bows as the Song army, they also had many archers.

The two sides exchanged shots for several rounds. It was more difficult for Tuochala to shoot at moving targets, but the other party also had the advantage of shooting from a distance with his rifle. Neither side gained any advantage. Tuochala tried to pull the Jin soldiers' infantry camp, but the Jin soldiers remained unmoved. , seeing that they have taken advantage, they won’t approach easily.

Because even the commander-in-chief of Jinbing must know that it is unreasonable for infantry to pursue cavalry. Only when they form a group can they be a threat.

The two sides came into contact from about two o'clock in the afternoon and continued to fight until more than three o'clock in the afternoon. The shouts of killing were loud, the people and horses were noisy, and the fight was dark and dark, but there was still no winner.

"It's hard to fight." Tuo Lei muttered secretly in his heart at this time.

This group of golden soldiers was not eager for quick success. The 10,000+ infantrymen formed a group and slowly moved forward, trying to compress the space of the Mongolian cavalry.

Even if the golden soldiers and cavalry are defeated, they cannot break through the infantry camp on the opposite side, and drag mines cannot defeat this golden soldiers.

He has too few troops.

In the original history, after dragging thunder across the river, he and the Jin soldiers fought a few battles at Yushan and lost. Then they fought again at Dengzhou and still lost. The first few battles failed to gain any benefit. It can be seen that positional warfare cannot be won. Jin Bing's.

Later, Tuo Lei changed his tactics and ignored the Jin soldiers and headed straight for Nanjing. Now Wanyan Heda became anxious and ordered the entire army to pursue him.

But he has many infantry, and all the cavalry is towing mines.

As soon as they started walking, the Jin soldiers' entire infantry battalion formation became very long, and there was no defensive formation at all.

Tuo Lei sent cavalry along the way to harass, and while harassing, he led the Jin soldiers to run all over Henan. The Jin soldiers could not sleep well every night, and the Jin soldiers were completely led by the Mongolian army.

Coupled with the large number of Jin soldiers, they began to run out of food less than two months later. At that time, Tuo Lei struggled with Wanyan Heda for nearly two months and defeated Wanyan Heda after defeating the Jin soldiers. Da.

Therefore, it is too difficult for Tuo Lei to defeat these 10,000+ people in positional battles in a short period of time.

At this time, Tuo Lei thought of what Hu Shengsun had said before and went straight to Nanjing.

Now if you want to defeat this group of golden soldiers, you must mobilize them and disrupt their rhythm.

There are so many infantry on the opposite side, just lead them to run.

"Send the order, all the ministries are ready to come back, gather in the direction of Nanzhao County, and then the whole army will go north." Tuo Lei was undoubtedly an excellent commander. He determined that it would not be easy to defeat the Jin soldiers in front of him, and quickly decided to change his tactics.

At this time, the two sides had been fighting for almost an hour. The men and horses were exhausted and it was difficult to determine the winner. They dragged the mines and prepared to withdraw.

Unexpectedly, his order had just been issued.

From the side of the Jin soldiers, there was first the sound of the trumpet and the sound of the gold ringing to withdraw troops.

After hearing this, all the Jin soldiers returned to the formation one after another.

Wanyan Heda, who was on the opposite side, was like Tuo Lei. Seeing that the two sides had been fighting for almost an hour with no winner and more losses, he decisively withdrew his troops, then the whole army huddled together and began to retreat eastward.

The Mongolian army retreated from the battlefield faster, and it didn't take long for generals at all levels to return to Tuo Lei.

"The golden dog retreated eastward."

"Chase or not?"

The generals were all talking.

Su Shengsun still said the same thing, regardless of the Jin soldiers, he went straight to Nanjing.

But there are also difficulties in towing mines. We have not yet contacted the main force of Ogedai. If he runs to Nanjing and the main force of Ogedai has not arrived yet, we cannot expect his more than 3 cavalry to attack the city. Nanjing is very difficult to attack. of.

And unless these 10,000+ golden soldiers are defeated, the golden soldiers can still support Nanjing at any time.

To the east is Yuzhou. Some people speculate that Jin Bing wants to enter Yuzhou.

Subotai shook his head. Wanyan Heda was here to stop them, or even to encircle and suppress them. How could he return to the city?Unless they are out of food.

No food?
The Mongolian army was all wondering about this question, but the Jin army had too many infantrymen and could not see whether there were any supply camps in the formation.

I don’t even know how much food Jin Bing brought.

While the Mongolian army was still discussing, the Jin soldiers ignored the Mongolian army. 10,000+ infantry and cavalry huddled together and slowly headed east.

To pursue or not? Both Tolei and Subotai are entangled.

The Jin soldiers were marching in large groups at this time, which was very suitable for their harassment tactics.

Tuo Lei looked up at Subotai and found that Subotai was also looking at him.

The two seemed to understand each other and rode away from the crowd at the same time.

The generals knew that the two were going to have a secret discussion, so they all waited where they were.

Tolei and Subotai came to a deserted place.

"We encountered Jin soldiers as soon as we landed. Hehan's side must not have reached Nanjing yet." This is true. Originally, Tuo Lei and Wanyan Heda fought for nearly two months, and Wokuotai only reached Nanjing.

"If you go to Nanjing and capture Nanjing, it will also be the work of the Great Khan." Subotai whispered again.

The last time Hui Huigu failed miserably, Ogodai criticized him in public, which made Subotai very angry.

Subotai and Genghis Khan started their careers, and they can be considered the elders of Ogedai. On that day, Ogedai scolded him in public, which made Subotai lose his face and became quite angry.

Afterwards, only Tuo Lei helped Subotai to speak, so Subutai decisively cast Tuo Lei.

Tuo Lei nodded when he heard this, he thought so too.

Not to mention that Wo Kuotai's main force has not been contacted yet, even if he did, he led troops to Nanjing and captured Nanjing, and the credit goes to Wo Kuotai.

Besides, if Wanyan Heda is not destroyed and Wanyan Heda chases him to Nanjing, Wo Kuotai will blame drag mines for attracting enemy reinforcements.

"Just beat Yan Heda and defeat him first." Tuo Lei and Subotai combined their efforts and decided to chase Wan Yan Heda.

It's getting late now and it will get dark soon.

Tuo Lei was not in a hurry at all and sent 2000 men to chase and harass the Jin soldiers, with the army following behind.He planned to delay it until night, and then wait until dark before sending people to harass him, preventing Jin Bing from having a good rest.

After all, he originally used this tactic to bring down the Jin soldiers.

So the Jin army was in the front, the Mongolian army was in the back, and both sides headed east at the same time.

The Jin soldiers didn't care about them. The infantry and cavalry twisted into a ball and pushed eastward. When the Mongolian army got close, they used their infantry bows to shoot, but the cavalry refused to chase them out.

Just as both sides slowly moved eastward.

About a hundred miles away to the east, a group of about 11 Mongolian cavalry sentries were running and watching.

At this time, they had just passed the official road at the foot of Chaya Mountain and were already east of Wuyang County and close to Suiping County. They were about 100 miles away from the main force of the Mongolian army and about 40 miles away from Caizhou.

According to Tuo Lei's order, the Sentinel Cavalry should be kept at about a hundred miles.

The Mongolian army's sentry ride for a hundred miles usually takes about one and a half to two hours. If you run faster and run as hard as you can, you can do it in just over an hour, but then the horse will basically be useless.

So when we see the military situation here, it usually takes about two hours to get back to Tuo Lei.

"Where are they?" Someone asked them at this time.

There is no map at the head of this card. The Mongolian army sentry cavalry looked at a wave of maps before coming out, roughly remembering the surrounding prefectures and counties, and then added their speed to evaluate the distance and direction.

"The one we just passed was Xiping. If we follow the official road from this direction, we should be in Suiping County."

"There are two roads behind, one goes to Chenzhou and the other goes to Caizhou."

"It's a hundred miles, right?" A Mongolian army murmured, "Are you still going forward?"

Everyone looked at each other a few times, and they must be a hundred miles away.

"Replenish some water." The Mongolian army leader wanted to explore further, but his subordinates didn't seem to have this idea, so he hesitated.

There was a small river not far from the roadside. Everyone dismounted and led their horses to drink water.

The leader took a bag of fodder from another horse. After the horse drank the water, he grabbed a handful and handed it to the war horse's mouth.

While feeding, he said: "The quality of Song people's hay is quite good, and the horses like it very much."

"It looks like the people from Tubo are not from Song Dynasty." Someone said.

"There is no such fodder in Sichuan."

"Tubo was occupied by the Song people?"

"It seems that the Song people have occupied Diezhou, and our sentries and cavalry can't get through." Of course, the main reason is that the Mongolian army is not paying attention there now, and they have not spent any time taking care of it.

Several people were discussing and feeding the horses.

These eleven sentries only brought fifteen horses, four of which were specially used to carry grain and grass.

At this time, someone may have finished eating the fodder they brought with them, so they turned around and unloaded an unopened bag of bean feed on an empty horse at the back.

I opened the bag and grabbed a handful, and immediately stared. I saw that the bean paste in my hand was black and rotten, and there was a strange smell when I took it close.

"Gou Song people, what the hell is this?" he yelled.

All the Mongolian troops looked over one after another, and some also scolded us. There must be some Song official who is cheating our fourth prince by pretending to be a good one.

The man took out the bag one after another and found that it was full of rotten beans.

They had just crossed the river this morning. The Song army piled up a large amount of food and grass by the river, and then they took it with them on the road. This was the first time to feed the war horses, but unexpectedly they saw bad beans.

"It's not all like this, is it?" The card leader's expression changed slightly, and he hurried to the four empty horses behind him and opened four bags of fodder and bean feed one after another.

As a result, I almost vomited blood.

Two of the three hay bags contained rotten vegetable leaves and unknown weeds. The weeds were still full of soil, dirty and thick. The other bean bag was filled with fresh beans. It's full of rotten beans.

"Is the Song Dynasty so insidious?"

The scene was filled with curses.

Many people opened the forage they brought with them and found that it was fine.

Because these were assigned to them by the Song Army before they crossed the river.

After crossing the river, the Song army piled them on the bank for them to take away. Basically, they were loaded on the Mongolian army's empty horses, and most of them had problems.

They gave the Song Army war horses and ceded all the land west of Tongguan in exchange for the Song Army's 20 stones of grain and grass. In exchange for this kind of stuff?

Do the Song people still want face?Is the Song army so corrupt?
Wait, this isn’t necessarily a corruption issue?If most of the horse materials are defective, what will the Mongolian army do in the future?
"The Song Dynasty people are so insidious? Go back quickly." When the card came out, Tuo Lei and Jin Bing had just started fighting. He didn't know what was going to happen next, so he hurriedly gave the order to go back.

Everyone got on their horses and prepared to leave, but just as they got on their horses, there was a rumble of cavalry sounds on the official road not far away.

Hiss, the expressions of several people changed drastically.

The "Drive" sign sign vigorously moved Cui, and he was about to run away first, but unexpectedly a group of Mongolian troops appeared at the intersection.

"One of our own, one of our own." The sign leader stopped quickly.

There were also eleven cavalry on the opposite side, all dressed as Mongolian troops. When they saw them from a distance, they waved and approached.

These 11 people subconsciously waited in place.

As the people got closer and closer, I felt something was wrong again.

Naturally, there are many troops of the Mongolian army sentries, and everyone may not know them all, but after the opponent has entered twenty steps, he can already clearly see the face of the opponent, and his appearance does not look like a Mongolian.

Han army sentry cavalry?

Tuo Lei brought in more than 3 cavalry, and there were almost no Han sentry cavalry.

No, the leader reacted very quickly. Without saying a word, he clamped the horse's belly hard, drove, and rushed out with all his strength.

Almost at the same time as he reacted, a large part of the Mongolian army on the opposite side was slowing down and reining in their horses. If you could look from behind, you could see that on the horseback behind them, a powerful crossbow that had been loaded with arrows was mounted on the horseback. .

When the two sides entered ten steps, the horse on the opposite side also slowed down. Suddenly he touched from behind and fired the crossbow with his hand raised.

Puff, puff, puff, the opposing crossbows fired at the Mongolian army at close range. Some shot at horses, and some directly shot at people.

Ah, the scene was filled with screams, and the Mongolian army had no time to react.

As soon as the leading horse started to run, an arrow was shot in its butt.

With a bang, his horse screamed and fell heavily to the ground.

The head of the card rolled on the ground, and he heard the sound of horses in his ears. He turned around and drew his sword.

He saw a war horse rushing straight in front of him, and someone slashed his neck accurately with a knife.

The scene was chaotic. People who pretended to be Mongolian army sentry riders rushed over and shot five people at close range with crossbows. The others were chopped with knives.

In the chaos, there was a roar, "Drive!", and a Mongolian army on horseback rushed out of the crowd.

This Mongolian soldier had been standing on his horse and had never gotten off the horse. When the other side approached, he immediately saw that he was not one of his own.

He didn't even come to pick up the bow, but was shot in the right shoulder with an arrow.

The guy's body swayed, but he didn't fall off the horse. He turned the horse's head and rushed out despite the pain.

The horse's speed was getting faster and faster. He looked back from time to time and saw his companions being chopped to the ground one by one.

One of his companions had lost his horse. He ran a few steps forward but was chased behind and shot down with another arrow.

"Golden dog." Meng Jun yelled. He didn't expect the golden man to be so insidious.

He scolded and ran wildly, feeling that there must be a large number of golden soldiers behind this team of golden soldiers.

Three cavalrymen quickly followed behind them, and both sides chased and ran away.

The Mongolian army tried to shoot an arrow back, but the arrow was hit in the shoulder and could not be used. There was no range at all. After the opponent saw him shooting the arrow, he also shot two arrows at him.

The distance between the two sides was relatively far, and neither of them hit each other. The Mongolian army did not fire any more arrows and quickly accelerated in an attempt to widen the distance.

The Mongolian army was very panicked, because they did not go further to the east, and now it seemed that there were Jin soldiers coming further east.

Tuo Lei must be notified of this news as soon as possible.

I wonder if anyone in the towing army discovered that there was a problem with the horse food?

He was hit in the shoulder and was seriously injured, but in order to report the news, he endured the pain and ran back for several miles.

Along the way, he kept hoping to meet other sentry riders in his army, but luckily, he never saw any other sentry riders.

Just as he was frightened and panicked, the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer.

"Drive, drive, drive, run." The Mongolian army beat their horses crazily, but found that their horses were running slower and slower, and they were obviously out of shape.

They had run here from a hundred miles away, and now they were running back at full speed. The horses were still quite tired. The opponent's horse must have been jogging all the way. The horse was much stronger than him.

After running for dozens of steps, the horse's speed became slower and slower. No matter how hard he pushed, it was of no use.

Sudden.

The war horse let out a mournful cry, its front legs became weak, and with a roar, the Mongolian army fell to the ground at the same time, both men and horses.

"嚅" The pursuers behind him arrived in an instant.

The Mongolian army stood up in embarrassment and immediately wanted to grab his own bow.

But the bow was hanging on the right side of the horse and he was pinned under the horse. He quickly drew his sword, clanged it, and stood up with the sword in his hand.

"嚅" The three war horses slowly slowed down and approached.

The three Han knights looked at him with half-smiles.

"Come on, come on, come on." The Mongolian army roared with a waist knife and gestured with one hand.

The three Han men ignored him and did not rush towards him. They kept about ten paces with him on horseback and then touched him from behind.

The crossbow mounted on horseback was taken into hand, and then began to load arrows in front of the Mongolian army.

"Grass" The Mongolian army was shocked and frightened. Without saying a word, he gritted his teeth and rushed forward.

Kaka, the three people opposite were loading arrows very quickly, and looked up at him from time to time.

Seeing that he was about to rush closer, one of them quickly raised his hand.

"Puchi" shot an arrow into the Mongolian army's right leg.

Ah, the Mongolian army screamed and knelt heavily on one knee on the ground.

Plop, plop, the other two arrows pierced his waist and back from two directions.

The Mongolian army stood on the ground with one sword, knelt on the ground, and stared at the three of them: "Jin-dog--only knows how to deceive-"

The knight directly in front smiled, jumped off his horse, and continued loading arrows.

Then strode forward.

The Mongolian army stared at him and saw that the other party walked three or four steps in front of him and raised the crossbow again.

"You dog tartar, go to hell."

Phew, an arrow shot from the forehead of the Mongolian army.

Seeing the Mongolian army fall to the ground, the three people gathered around, pulled out their own arrows, and stripped off the Mongolian army's armor. Then they turned around and mounted their horses without caring about the man or the horse.

Not long after the three returned, they met several other members of their team. They were a group of eleven riders, still dressed as Mongolian troops, and continued westward.

And behind them was about forty miles away.

The gates of Caizhou City are wide open, and a large number of soldiers and horses are passing through Caizhou City and entering the official road.

General Jin Bing stood at the top of the city and looked at the elite soldiers below with a strange expression.

Because this is all Song Jun.

The Song army took advantage of Caizhou and entered their Kingdom of Jin.

(End of this chapter)