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

Chapter 327

"Well done, this should be Goryeo's last reinforcements. Kill them and see what the King of Goryeo has to say."

Goryeo had come to help many times before, but all of them were repulsed by the Mongolian army in the form of encirclement and reinforcements, so Salita didn't care how many reinforcements Goryeo had.

The opponent was sixty miles away from them, and most of them were infantry. Based on the weather and speed, it would probably take two days at the earliest to get there.

He was not in a hurry, and while sending people to shoot letters angrily reprimanding the King of Korea, he was preparing for war.

Soon there was a reply from Kaijingcheng, saying that they didn't know who the reinforcements were and that they were ready to surrender.

Of course Salita didn't believe it, but he didn't waste his time with the King of Korea. Anyway, after defeating the last reinforcements, the King of Korea was dead.

He was ready to wait for work, and sent sentries from time to time to check the opponent's march. Unexpectedly, in the afternoon of that day, news came that the Korean army was stationed forty miles away and could not leave.

"?" Salita asked where it was.

The answer was that the Goryeo army was about ten miles southwest of Beijing.

Salita was furious again. Kaijing was surrounded by the Mongolian army on all sides. It was only now that the Korean army was ten miles away. It can be seen that the sentry cavalry had been carried away during this period. They all thought that the Korean people were going to surrender and did not take it seriously.

"Explore again and see if there are any other generals." Salita ordered.

As a result, after one night passed, the sentry came over the next morning and still said that the Goryeo army had not moved and was still in place.

This is to wait for them to attack.

Salita was naturally not afraid and did not take the Goryeo army seriously at all.

Since marching into Goryeo, the Mongolian army has had almost no defeats. At most, it was a failure in attacking the city. It was okay for the opponent to defend the city, but in terms of field combat capabilities, he didn't take it seriously at all.

Salita sent additional sentries to investigate the surrounding military situation, and at the same time organized the army to wait for the snow to stop.

Fortunately, God was kind, and the snow stopped that afternoon. Early the next morning, Salita left more than 1 people to continue to surround Kaijing, and personally led another 2 people to the west to face the Korean army.

Salita only had 5000 troops when they entered Goryeo. Goryeo troops surrendered everywhere along the way, and then helped them fight Goryeo. Now they have more than 7000 troops.

Among the 2 people he led, there were 2000 Goryeo troops and [-] Mongolian troops (of course the composition was also very complex, including Han, Jurchen, Khitan, Dangxiang, etc.), and the entire Mongolian army only had [-] troops.

Therefore, the organizational ability of the Mongolian army at this time was also quite strong. Often, among the 2 soldiers and horses, there were only two to three thousand, or even fewer, Mongolian troops.

The other ministries were very obedient and followed the Mongolian army on their eastward and westward expeditions, which was also rare in history.

This is especially true for the generals accompanying Salita. Yelv Xue, Wu Yeer, Yi Lamainu, Tang Gu, and Wang Rongzu each led several thousand-household teams.

More than 2 of them entered Goryeo, and the whole country of Goryeo was begged to surrender and pay tribute. Everyone was a little complacent, and no one took the Goryeo army seriously.

The Mongolian army wandered around for a day, as if traveling, and came to a mountain road on the eighth day of the lunar month.

This mountain road is relatively narrow, and at its widest point only five or six riders can ride abreast. After crossing the mountain road, you can see Guanyak Mountain in the distance, about ten miles away.

According to the news detected by their sentries, the Goryeo army was stationed with its back on Guanyak Mountain.

There is also Mashan near Guanyak Mountain. In September last year, Goryeo was recruiting troops everywhere. When the bandits on Mashan and Guanyak Mountain got the news, they all came down the mountain to join the army. Of course, they also encountered the Mongolian army. After a big battle between the two sides, With no victory or defeat decided, the bandits and the Goryeo army retreated into Anbei Prefecture.

Salita was currently at the front line of the Mongolian army. When he saw the narrow and difficult mountain road, he hesitated slightly and said, "Here comes someone."

He called two teams of sentries, one on the left and one on the right, to climb up the mountain and observe whether there was any ambush.

The two teams of sentries immediately looked at each other.

The snow just stopped yesterday, and the snow on the mountain is thick and difficult. Climbing is too difficult.

I, who was accompanying Qian Hu from Mongolia, said: "The bandits from Guanyue Mountain have all joined the Goryeo army and are no longer in the mountains long ago."

Salita said angrily: "The sentries didn't try their best, and the Korean army only found out after nearly sixty miles. What if they ambush in the mountains in advance?"

I am also a Mongolian and a captain of thousands. If Salita had not been the bodyguard of Wokuotai, I would not have been worthy of carrying his shoes before.

He was a little annoyed: "This mountain road is only one mile long. Even if the Goryeo army has an ambush, it will be of no use."

This is a blatant contradiction to Salita.

Indeed, what he said makes sense.

This mountain road is only one mile long and relatively narrow. Only 2000 people can line up the entire mountain road.

There are [-] Mongolian troops. Even if one-tenth of them enter, what if they are ambushed?
Salita was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said coldly, "You just obey orders."

I was choked for words for a moment and had no choice but to remain silent.

The Mongolian forward quickly entered the mountain road.

As I said, this mountain road is extremely narrow. Less than 2000 men of the Mongolian army's vanguard entered. The front has already left the mountain road, and there are tens of thousands of people behind who have not entered.

Salita was not in a hurry and kept waiting at the mountain pass, looking up at the mountains on both sides from time to time.

The two teams of sentries he sent had already abandoned their horses and were climbing the mountain. Of these two teams, one was a Jurchen and the other was a Khitan.

The Jurchens on the left were scolding as they climbed. The snow on the mountain was very thick and they couldn't see what was under the snow. They were very careful, for fear of stepping in the wrong place.

After climbing for about half an hour, someone said that there was no trace of snow on the mountain, so no one must have come up.

If you go up the mountain before it snows, you won't freeze to death on the mountain.

The snow had fallen for three days in a row some time ago. The Korean army had to go up the mountain three days in advance. It was impossible to hide and they would freeze to death.

The sentries were right, Lu Wende did not send anyone to hide on the mountain.

It's so cold and freezing today that most people can't stand it.

The key is not necessary.

2 Mongolian troops crossed the mountain road. It took almost an hour for the whole army to pass smoothly.

When it was getting dark, the sentries on the mountain also came down the mountain and told Salita that there was no ambush on the mountain.

Salita breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if she was overly nervous.

And I looked at him with a faint mocking look in his eyes at this moment, which made Salita feel even more unhappy.

After the entire Mongolian army passed through the mountain road, they were less than ten miles away from Guanyue Mountain.

Salita can already see the towering Guanyak Mountain ten miles away.

Because the mountain is covered with snow, it looks very conspicuous from a distance with a vast expanse of white.

It was almost dark at this time, and the sentry cavalry in front came to report from time to time. The Korean army was still in the camp, but it was already moving and had not left the camp. It was possible that they were preparing for war and knew that they were coming.

Then another sentry came to report and found the Korean sentry, but they did not dare to fight the Mongolian army and ran away when they saw it from a distance.

Salita despised the Korean army in his heart. Since the war with the Korean army, he often found that the sentry cavalry of the Korean army would only be placed for twenty miles or even ten miles, and they did not dare to stay away from the large army.

Because it was getting dark, Salita immediately ordered to camp on the spot and wait until dawn tomorrow to attack the Goryeo army.

The ministries acted in accordance with the orders. They were originally about ten miles away from the Goryeo camp. After setting up camp, the vanguard was only seven or eight miles away from the opposite side.

Seeing the whole army setting up camp, another thought suddenly occurred to Salita.

Is this terrain not suitable for retreating?

If there is a big defeat tomorrow, how will 2 people pass through the narrow mountain road?
They came today with 2 people and it took two hours.

In the event of a disastrous defeat, the entire army would have to retreat and be blocked in the mountain road.

He rode his horse and looked around. To the north was the later Gwanaksan Lake, a huge lake, which meant there was no way to go. To the south, you could go, but the mountain road was rugged. To the south was Samguan Mountain, and then there were hills everywhere. It also means there is no way out.

There is only a plain between the east side and Gwanaksan Mountain that can be fought.

Once defeated, the entire army may be wiped out.

This thought only passed by for a moment, and soon he began to laugh at himself, "Will Mongolia be defeated by the Goryeo army?"

Unbeknownst to him, the Koreans deliberately stationed their camp here, waiting for them to come over, in order to annihilate them.

On the contrary, here only the middle can be fought, and there are protections on the left, right and back, which is a good thing for everyone.

In this way, if the Mongolian army wants to attack the Goryeo army, it can only attack from the front, that is, it cannot go around the back. There is a river on the left and a mountain on the right.

The terrain on both sides was similar, and the Korean army on the opposite side had no retreat.

The retreat route of the Goryeo army was the same as theirs, a path several steps wide.

No matter who loses, tens of thousands of troops will not be able to escape from the battlefield in a short period of time.

He seemed to have some understanding and immediately summoned the generals from all ministries to discuss the matter.

"I've seen the terrain, and there's news from the outposts ahead. The Korean army, like us, has only one way in."

The two sides met in a basin, each entered the basin from a trail, and then fought a decisive battle in the middle of the basin.

"The other party should be following the Han people's example of sinking their boats, or they might be fighting to the death, and want to fight us to the death."

"No matter who loses, it will be difficult for them to withdraw their troops."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a lot of noise all around, and everyone was shouting, "Goryeo will be destroyed tomorrow."

The scene was full of fighting spirit, and no one took the Korean army seriously. It was said that there were 5 to [-] people on the opposite side, but in their eyes, they were no different from [-] to [-] pigs.

"Tomorrow, march according to the order. When the order is sounded, the whole army will attack. You are not allowed to retreat without authorization." Salita's tone became serious at this time.

"Whenever one person retreats, all the members will be killed. If someone retreats from one card, a hundred households will be killed——"

Salita ordered loudly, and the surroundings suddenly became solemn. This was the first time Salita was so serious after entering Goryeo, which proved that he valued tomorrow's battle very seriously.

With 2000 men, the Mongolian army was able to command tens of thousands of servants, relying on strict military law.

That night, the Mongolian army randomly cut down some trees to build a group of resisting horses to prevent the Korean army from attacking at night.

However, it was impossible to dig a horse pit. It was cold and freezing, and the ground was extremely hard. Salita also sent out sentries to patrol outside the camp at night.

Fortunately, the night was uneventful, and the Korean army did not attack at night.

It was just dawn, and a horn sounded faintly from the opposite side.

Salita thought he heard wrongly at first because the distance between the two sides was a bit far, but soon the sentry came back to report that the Korean army was leaving camp.

Salita ate a few mouthfuls of dry food in a hurry, and hurriedly asked someone to lead the war horse.

When he went out, his subordinates responded that the camp on the other side had already left, quite quickly.

"Damn it." Salita cursed and looked around. Many Mongolian soldiers hadn't gotten up yet, and some were eating dry food. The camp was still quite chaotic.

Because it was just dawn, no one expected that the Goryeo army would leave the camp so quickly, and the gathering speed was very fast. It was obvious that they were ready before dawn.

"Hurry, gather, gather, hurry up." Salita gave orders everywhere, roaring from time to time.

When he led the horse to the outside of the camp, only about a thousand Mongolian troops arrived outside first, and most of them followed him.

The sentries from the front came back from time to time.

"The Korean army is pressing on."

"About 4 people, the whole army is pressing on them."

"The left wing of the Goryeo army (the right wing of the Mongolian army) has [-] cavalry, the right wing has [-] cavalry, and there are about [-] cavalry behind."

The Korean infantry camps are all in the middle, which is also their common style of play.

The main camp of the Koryo Army is seven or eight miles away from here. It is estimated that the infantry will take an hour to walk, so Salita is not in a hurry.

But it is also possible if Goryeo doesn't leave even half of the way, so that we can wait for work.

Sure enough, while the Mongolian army was gathering in a hurry, news came one after another from the front.The Korean army stopped five miles away.

This is a blatant invitation to fight and only goes halfway.

Now that the Goryeo army is coming, the Mongolian army has no reason to retreat.

The terrain here is limited, and the Mongolian army's kites and tactics are not easy to use, and they have almost never used them after entering Goryeo. There are more mountains here and few plains. Everyone often meets directly to fight.

"The whole army attacks." Salita finally waited for the soldiers and horses to gather, and then the whole army moved forward.

More than half of the Mongolian army had not eaten breakfast, and many of them were cursing.

The Goryeo army does not respect martial ethics. If the battle starts so early, shouldn't everyone finish the battle after breakfast?
But the military orders were like mountains, and the Mongolian army could only fall forward in a mighty manner.

The Mongolian army is different from the Goryeo army. They are all cavalry. They basically have one man and one horse. The whole army has about two to three thousand extra horses for replacement and to carry some supplies.

The five-mile journey was fast for the cavalry.

Salita also intentionally controls the speed and maintains horsepower.

About half an hour later, Salita saw the dark Korean army on the horizon in the distance.

I almost laughed when I first saw it.

The Korean army was swaying here and there, almost no one was standing, they were all sitting on the ground, as if waiting for them.

Of course, he could understand the other party sitting down to maintain their strength, but it was rare to see such an army on the battlefield.

There was a large flag in the distance with the word Cui Chun written on it, and there were several Goryeo flags with the word Goryeo written on them. They all seemed to be unknown Goryeo generals, and he didn't recognize any of them anyway.

At this time, the Mongolian army had entered within a thousand steps, and they were still sitting on the opposite side.

"Zheng" Salita pulled out the sword without any explanation, and then raised it high.

Clan, clang, clang, there were movements of drawing swords or raising guns everywhere.

We were in the middle of a basin, so there wasn't much room for them to kite. Moreover, it had just stopped snowing for two or three days, so the ground was not suitable for running around.

There's nothing to say, just go ahead and do it.

"Huh" Salita took out a deep breath and looked back behind him.

The dense cavalry behind him looked even more spectacular than the one on the opposite side, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.

Who can stop my Dameng army?
"Woo!" At this moment, the horn of charge had sounded.

"Drive--" Salita took the lead and rushed out of the formation.

"Rumble" The iron hoofs trampled the ground, and the Mongolian army began to speed up.

This Salita is quite powerful, and he likes to rush to the front every time he fights. Otherwise, historically, he would not have been shot to death by the Koreans during the second conquest of Korea.

Almost at the same time as the Mongolian army charged, the Korean army in front stood up one after another, and then ran back as hard as they could.

The scene of the entire army of infantry and cavalry turning around and running back at the same time almost stunned Salita.

"?"

"You won before even fighting?"

Not to mention Salita, all the Mongolian troops in front were dumbfounded.

What does it mean that the Goryeo army came over early in the morning to show off its power at dawn, and the Mongolian army just rushed up and ran away?
Just run. Salita also saw people in the Goryeo army, thump, thump, falling down from time to time.

"Hahaha" many Mongolian soldiers laughed.

The Koryo army ran away before fighting and was still in such a mess, which really makes people look down on the Koryo people from the bottom of their hearts.

Salita was also laughing at first, but she didn't feel that something was wrong.

But this time they had already accelerated and were within [-] steps of the Goryeo army.

He vaguely felt that the ground in front of him was shining brightly, as if there were ice cubes.

It seemed like water was sprinkled on the ground.

It has been snowing for the past few days. Although it stopped snowing for two or three days, the ground must be a bit slippery after being stepped on by the army. If the Korean army sprinkles more water, haha.

"Cao" Salita suddenly felt something was wrong.

At the same time, the Goryeo army had begun to regroup hundreds of steps away. The Goryeo army that had turned around and ran just now was stabilizing its position.

"Charge." The Mongolian army became more energetic and wanted to break the Korean army's formation in one fell swoop when the Korean army's position was unstable.

The cavalry on the left and right wings of the Mongolian army rushed out at the same time. According to the arrangement of Salita in the morning, Wu Ye attacked the left wing and Yelv Xue Zhe attacked the right wing. Both groups of cavalry were speeding up, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

At this time, let alone giving the order to retreat, it was difficult to slow down.

When the Mongolian army came in, it didn't snow in Korea. They surrounded Kaijing for more than half a month and rested before it snowed. Most of the Mongolian army had never fought in snowy days, and the two Salitas He was responsible for the war in Liaodong and often fought against Dongxia Kingdom. He also knew that snow in winter was not conducive to the speed and charge of cavalry. It would be best if war in winter could be avoided.

In an instant, his thoughts turned over and over again, and he was caught in a dilemma.

But time waits for no one. The forward of the Mongolian army has already entered the opposite side about [-] steps away.

The ground in front was shiny, obviously it had been stepped on and then sprinkled with water.

There are ice marks everywhere. No wonder Gao Lijun fell down when he ran backwards.

The Goryeo Army in front seemed to be in a panic before, but now it is reorganizing very quickly and the formation is also very strict. It can be seen that it has been trained for a long time, which is completely different from the Goryeo Army seen before.

Salita hasn't made a decision yet.

"Bang" a cannon shot in front, shocking the world.

"嚅" Many of the Mongolian war horses that were speeding up suddenly screamed.

With a plop, a war horse fell down first. It was not hit by the cannon and slipped directly to the ground.

then.

Plop, plop, one after another the galloping horses fell down.

At this time, the forward Mongolian army knew that the road was slippery and it was difficult to speed up.

"嚅" A large number of war horses began to slow down, and there were loud curses everywhere.

With a bang, a cannonball fell heavily, hitting their rear formation directly.

Because at this time, their forwards were within two hundred steps, and a large group of cavalry was still following closely behind.

Chi la, the shells fell, jumped up, and set off a bloody road. There were screams everywhere.

Bang, bang, bang, the next moment, the continuous sound of artillery continued to sound.

"Hiss" Salita took a breath of air. It already felt that the opposite side did not look like the Korean army, because they had never seen Korean cannons before.

The sky in front of "Seam" suddenly turned black.

A wave of arrows came overwhelmingly.

"God's Arm Bow——" Salita screamed.

"It's the Song Army, it's the Song Army."

Swish, swish, the arrows from the divine arm bow penetrated into the Mongolian army formation like rain.

Thump thump, people and horses on the scene screamed and horses fell everywhere.

The key ground is getting slippery, especially after the horse in front runs over, the road behind will become even slipperier.

Salita didn't dare to charge at this time, and kept slowing down. At the same time, he looked back and saw that horses fell down everywhere in the middle and rear formations of the Mongolian army, and some simply slipped.

The scene was extremely tragic. The Song army's artillery, divine arm bows, and the slippery ground caused the charging cavalry of the Mongolian army to fall to the ground one after another.

Seeing that Salita's liver and gallbladder were about to burst, he wanted to give the order to retreat, but he was unwilling to do so.

At this time, the forward has entered within a hundred steps of the opposite side.

The two armies are about to meet again.

We skated, and the other side also skated, and we fought hard. Salita gritted his teeth, thinking that as long as he rushed over, he would definitely defeat the Song army.

Beng Beng Beng, the rifle bows from the opposite side were firing one after another, and the continuous rain of arrows kept hitting the Mongolian army.

Starting from two hundred steps, the Mongolian troops fell off their horses countless times, and a large number of Mongolian troops fell on the charging road.

The Mongolian forward took the lead to get within fifty steps of the Song army.

I saw that there seemed to be something behind the densely packed Song Army in front.

At this moment, the five or six rows of Song troops in front turned around again and retreated one after another.

Now I finally saw clearly that there was a long row of large vehicles behind the Song Army.

The Song army used five or six rows of people to stand in front to block the Mongolian army's sight. When they rushed fifty or sixty steps, only the taller people on horseback could see something behind the Song army.

There is no use seeing it at this time, there is no time to react, and it is impossible to stop the trend.

Moreover, this wave of Mongolian troops has never been defeated by the Song army.

What's a little carriage?
The Korean army has also used it before.

"Charge." The Mongolian army barely paused. With a rumble, large groups of cavalry rushed forward.

The closer they rushed, the more shocked their expressions became. The carriages of the Song Army were different from those of the Koreans. They were big and tall, and had sharp spears on them.

"Damn it." Many Mongolian soldiers were scolding.

But the scolding continued, and the charging cavalry was completely beyond their control.

Bang bang bang, the first wave of Mongolian forwards hit the carriage directly.

Some smart Mongolian soldiers would jump off before the horses collided with them, but they might be hit by the horses behind them.

There are also war horses that dare not collide with each other. When they are almost there, they stand up with their legs and let out a scream.

"嚅" A Mongolian army could not control his horse at all. The horse did not dare to hit him and stood on its front legs. He was thrown hard, plopped and fell off the horse's back.

As soon as he landed on the ground and before he could get up, bang, he felt something stepping heavily on his back, and a team of war horses stepped on his body and moved forward.

Bang bang bang, war horses hit the carriage one after another, or fell to the ground with both men and horses.

People were everywhere in front of them, and after a brief period of confusion, a large number of unmanned horses stayed between the carriages and the Mongolian forward.

At this time, people were jumping off their horses one after another.

"Up, up, up." The Mongolian troops in front began to climb over the carriage.

The Mongolian troops in the middle and rear began to project forward.

Swish, swish, swish, the two sides were shooting at each other non-stop, arrows were flying in the air, screams, curses, and cries were endless. On the long front, the Song and Mongolian armies had fallen into a melee.

Salita dismounted when he was thirty steps away from the Song army.

Although he was brave and bold, he could not stand the continuous firing of arrows from the Song army's foot bows and divine arm bows.

He held his horse and observed the entire battlefield from time to time, and found that the situation was quite bad.

(End of this chapter)