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

Chapter 359
Alechi's Xuedi troops did not go to the battlefield, but he went to the front to watch for a while and asked some soldiers. When he came back, he immediately said: "We have to find a way to kill the spearmen in front of the Song army."

"According to the soldiers, the Song army was preceded by heavily armored spearmen. Not to mention the thick armor, the spears in the front row were made of fine steel -"

"As long as the Song Army's spear array is defeated, the archers behind will kill them casually."

Alechi had the same idea as Kuoduan. They both thought that the key to breaking the Song Army's formation was to break the spear formation.

But the Song Army's spear array was really too complicated. Not only did the Song Army have heavy armor, but the first row also carried all-stainless steel spears and heavy iron shields.

Is this what people do?

"No more fighting, withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops first -" After listening to Alechi's words, Kuo Duan saw that the situation ahead was unfavorable and that further fighting would only increase casualties, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops.

The Mongolian army withdrew its troops, and the Song army also withdrew its troops. On the morning of the first day, the two sides fought for more than half an hour before ending and each returned to camp.

Soon all the generals of the battalions gathered in front of Kuaduan Horse.

The scene was noisy, either scolding Song Jun or making misery.

Zhao Di and Aotun Baohe, who had just been in the vanguard, both looked extremely ugly, because the two troops suffered the heaviest losses, and the first wave of attack was bound to be beaten by the Song Army's artillery. Zhao Di was lucky, and the Song Army was not right. On his side, Aotun fought first to keep the peace, but when Zhao Di raided back for the second time, he was hit by artillery again. The two of them were quite frustrated.

Many Mongolian soldiers who fought against the Song Army for the first time already felt that the Song Army was difficult to defeat.

But everyone is more resentful of the Song army's fighting style.

"Alichi's horse hit the Song army's front shield. He said that the shield was made entirely of cast iron. The Song people went crazy and used cast iron shields -"

"I said that with so many cavalry rushing up, the Song army's formation was almost motionless -"

"Their spears in the front row are all made of fine steel. They can't rush in, they can't rush in at all--"

"This battle is unwinnable. If we don't destroy the Song army's spear array, we won't be able to get in at all--"

After everyone talked about it, their opinions were basically unanimous, that is, the Song Army's spear array should be destroyed first.

The Mongolian army has no artillery, so there is only one way to defeat the Song army's spear formation, which is to use infantry to consume it.

The Mongolian army has 20 and the Song army has [-]. Both sides have about the same number of soldiers and horses. Obviously, they are not enough to consume. If the Mongolian army had [-], they could try a war of attrition, constantly attacking in turns, using infantry to fight pikemen, and counting the number of people. Exchange damage.

During the Western Expedition, the Mongolian army often used small numbers to defeat large numbers, but after entering the Central Plains and the Southern Song Dynasty, it often used large numbers to defeat small numbers.

In the later stage, there were too many surrenders to Mongolia and there were many servants, so they could be used to fight against the enemy.

Now the Mongolian army has not even conquered the Jin Kingdom, and its troops are limited. Kuoduan wants to use the method of attrition, but he can't afford it.

After listening to the generals' words, he shook his head in annoyance. The Song army used a row of large iron shields in the front row, which was simply unbelievable.

How to do?
Kuoduan jumped off his horse, walked back and forth a few steps, and suddenly asked: "Can we go back and use the cannon (trebuchet) to fight?"

There are also later Huihui cannons here at Kuoduan, which are actually the trebuchets of the Song Army.

But the Mongolian army would not bring them when they went out to fight in the field, they would only bring them when they were attacking cities.

"Our cannons are useless and their range is not as far as the Song army's." Otun Baohe said: "Subotai used them at Dashan Pass back then, but they were all knocked out by the Song army's artillery."

He paused and then said: "Unless the number far exceeds the Song Army."

If a thousand trebuchets were pushed up at the same time, the Song army's artillery would not have time to fire, and there would be a chance to collapse the Song army's infantry formation.

But it's impossible now, there aren't so many trebuchets at Broad End.

The generals at the scene continued to quarrel. Finally, Zhao Di suggested that the Mongolian army should be divided into two groups and send half of its troops to the west to help Chagatai fight the Suzhou Song Army. , can only defend, not attack.

The broad end seems to have a heartbeat.

If other Mongolian generals had brought this matter up, Kuo Duan might have agreed on the spot, because it was really useless to fight the Song army for a while today.

But this was brought up by Zhao Di, a Han general, and Kuo Duan was somewhat disgraceful.

He didn't agree on the spot, only said he would consider it, wait and see, and try another approach tomorrow.

So the Mongolian army attacked again the next day.

The next day the Mongolian army changed their approach.

Almost all the [-] Mongolian troops went into battle that day.

In front are the Zhao Dihan Army, Aotunbao and Jurchen Army, the Khitan Army who are fighting together, and some Turks, all of whom are servants, totaling [-].

In the middle are Zhao Di's Han army and the Jurchen soldiers of several Jurchen generals such as Aotun Baohe.

There were more than 1 men and horses in this group, and they all wore heavy armor. The Mongolian army concentrated all the heavier armor in the camp on these more than 1 people, and temporarily formed heavy armored infantry. Some even wore three layers of armor on their bodies. First.

After breakfast in the morning, with the sound of horns from both sides, soldiers and horses from both sides came out of camp again.

On the Song Army's side, the artillerymen came out first, and then the pikemen.

"Let's go." Fan Xin, the commander of the Song Army's spearmen, picked up the heavy helmet and put it on his head. Behind him, his fellow sergeant Wang Dahai helped put on the helmet first.

The two stood up, making a splashing noise all over their bodies.

The armor of the front row spearmen weighs more than 50 kilograms, and is concentrated on the upper half of the body. It is mainly used to protect against arrows and horse charges.

When they squatted down, all the weight was on the lower part, and the Mongolian army's heavy cavalry could not break the formation.

After Fan Xin stood up, he picked up a long gun made of fine steel from the ground. He also carried two shorter short guns on his back.

He and Wang Dahai sat with a shield under their buttocks. It was a large cast iron shield weighing fifty kilograms.

There are five holes on this shield, one on the top and two on the left and right.

The two men bent down at the same time, and with a strong lift, the heavy shield was lifted up.

There was a larger hole in the middle of the top of the shield. Fan Xin directly put the tail of the spear through it, then he and Wang Dahai grabbed one end, raised the shield and walked forward.

The front row of the Song army was like this, with two people carrying a shield, one in front and one behind.

Walking all the way hundreds of steps away, the Mongolian army on the opposite side was also forming a team two miles away.

Fan Xin and the others put down their shields and moved in front of them.

This shield is very thick, with one layer of iron and one layer of wood. When placed under the body, it can stand on the ground without holding it with hands.

If the ground is uneven, the Song Army will sort it out a little.

The shield is 1.5 meters high and is the largest shield in the Song army. It is taller and heavier than the shields of the several rows of spearmen behind them.

If there is a short Song Jun standing behind, only his head can be seen.

Such a thick and tall shield certainly brings a strong sense of security.

The first row of the Song Army was under great pressure and had to carry steel guns and iron shields.

But the safety in the first row is also relatively high.

If the Mongolian cavalry came to attack, Fan Xin continued to insert the spear into the hole he had just brought up, pointing it upward at an oblique angle, with the tail of the spear thrust into the ground. The spear and the shield formed a triangle. Fan Xin squatted behind the big shield, weighing more than 100 kilograms. His body and more than 50 kilograms of heavy armor were placed behind the shield. When the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army bumped into him, the shield could not move at all.

Just after Fan Xin placed the shield, the Song troops on the left and right were placing their shields, and then everyone watched from left to right, trying to put them on the same horizontal line.

"It's uneven." Song Jun on the right found that the ground was uneven, and his shield was higher than Fan Xin.

Fan Xin immediately helped him remove the iron shield and found a bulge underneath.

The two of them touched their waists at the same time, took out a small shovel, and leveled the ground immediately with a few sharp blows.

Then lower the iron shield on the right side again, this time the height is similar to Fan Xin's.

The distance between the shields of both sides was relatively close. At this time, the two men each took out two short hemp ropes.

There were two holes on the left and right sides of the big iron shield. The two men drilled the holes with hemp rope and tied the two iron shields together.

After a while, all the iron shields in the entire first row were tied into a line.

"Two rows ahead, listen up -" at this moment an officer began to shout.

Fan Xin quickly inserted his steel gun into the hole on the top, and then handed it to Wang Dahai who was behind him. The two of them each held one end.

"rise."

Wow, the two rows of Song soldiers in front lifted up the iron shields tied together, forming a row with all the iron shields connected in a line, which was quite spectacular.

"Ten steps forward."

With a bang, the Song army moved ten steps forward slowly. Because all the iron shields were connected together, everyone walked slowly.

After ten steps.

"Plop" everyone put it down at the same time.

"Align, level," the officers called again.

Everyone looked around and saw that the heights of the left and right shields could be different, but they must be kept flat.

After laying it flat, the shield can stand automatically without using hands to support it.

If the ground is uneven, it will have to be leveled with a shovel.

Each department was being leveled, and Fan Xin's side was relatively flat. After he put down his shield, he plopped down and sat down on the ground. The armor on his body was too heavy. He could sit down and rest, so it was best to rest first.

It was already early June, and Xiazhou was relatively hot. After a while, the Song Army's spearmen were already sweating profusely.

He looked back at the distance behind him with some envy.

Behind the pikemen are archers. Some of the archers in the back row do not need to wear armor and wear thin clothes, because the Mongolian army has no chance to attack them.

Fan Xin was from the Sichuan Army. He was recruited in the second year of Baoqing. He practiced bow and arrow for two years but failed the examination. Later, he changed to train as a front-row spearman.

He is not tall, just over 1.6 meters tall. This big iron shield is 1.5 meters high. After putting it down, only his head can be exposed.

On the battlefield, as long as he doesn't get shot in the face, he's almost invincible.

So every time when the Mongolian army charged into the battle, he lowered his head with only half of his helmet exposed on the shield. The Mongolian army's bows and arrows had no way to deal with him.

Yesterday, the Mongolian army rushed forward with heavy cavalry. Fan Xin squatted on the ground, without showing his head, and used his left shoulder to hold the shield.

One end of his steel spear was on the ground and the other was facing the sky, forming a triangle with the shield.

The heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army crashed into it and suffered heavy casualties. Fan Xin was hit several times but did not suffer any injuries because there was a shield in front that blocked most of the impact.

Zai Fanxin believes that everything is good in the front row, but it is too tired and too hot.

In today's weather, if he were to stand for a whole day wearing armor weighing more than 50 kilograms, he would be beaten to death or die of exhaustion.

Fan Xin was deep in thought when Wang Dahai handed him a water bag: "Replenish water, replenish water, the superiors asked for replenishment."

Fan Xin quickly took it and drank a few big sips, feeling much energetic.

The water bag was handed all the way up from the back, and everyone had to drink it. After drinking, it was handed back all the way from the front.

While the Song army was replenishing water, the Mongolian army two miles away had already blown the horn first, and then the army began to move forward.

Fan Xin glanced through the gap between the two shields. The distance was still far, and the officers did not give orders. He continued to sit on the ground with his back on the iron shield, bragging to Wang Dahai about how powerful he was yesterday.

Wang Dahai grinned and did not refute.

The Mongolian army was slower in front. After the Mongolian army entered [-] steps, the officers started shouting.

Fan Xin immediately took something from his body.

There are two short spears on the back, placed upright behind the shield, and two short axes on the left and right waists, both placed at the feet.Wang Dahai stood up with a long spear in hand, and also threw down two short axes and two short spears one after another.

Fan Xin gathered all the weapons under his feet, turned around and squatted on the ground. His left leg was on the iron shield, his right leg was kneeling on the ground, his left hand pressed on the armrest behind the iron shield, and his right hand held a gun. The long gun was inserted into the shield at an angle. In the hole, the gun tail column is located.

The Mongolian army on the opposite side had begun to accelerate at this time. Fan Xin took a few deep breaths and his expression became serious.

There was no wind today and the temperature was higher than yesterday. He was wearing heavy armor and felt sweat everywhere on his face and body.

"It's really hot." Suddenly, a cursing voice came from my ears.

Fan Xin turned around, but there was another front row of Song troops beside him.

He couldn't help but look around. The companions on both sides were just like him, with serious expressions and sweat on their heads.

He wanted to say something, but the Mongolian army in front was getting closer and closer. Tens of thousands of war horses beat the ground, and the rumbling sound of horse hooves was like the sky shaking. What he wanted to say was covered up by the sound of horse hooves, and he swallowed it hard.

Three hundred steps.

Two hundred steps.

The ground began to shake faintly. This was the reason why the Mongolian army was getting closer and faster.

Today the Mongolian army charged into battle in full force, which was a little different from yesterday, and the Song army also noticed it.

The officers in the formation began to shout, from the commander to the commander.

"Front row forward, front row forward - prepare to meet the enemy -"

The voices reached Fan Xin one after another, and Fan Xin also shouted fiercely: "Front row forward - prepare to meet the enemy -"

After saying that, he pressed his body forward and pressed tightly against the big iron shield.

At this time, he was lying on the iron shield. Because the iron shield was too high, his helmet could not be seen from the direction of the Mongolian army.

He himself looked out from the gap between the two shields with his peripheral vision.

The bows and arrows of the Song army's middle and rear formations had already begun to fire, and soon the artillery was also launched. The sound of cannons could not cover up the sound of the charging cavalry's hooves.

150 steps.

One hundred steps.

At this time, there was no sound of anyone talking around, and everyone was looking ahead intently.

Fan Xin looked back at Wang Dahai. Wang Dahai understood what he had understood. He leaned forward and bent his legs slightly. This was Wang Dahai's preparation. If the Mongolian army charged directly, Wang Dahai would squat under his shield at any time. People are holding shields at the same time.

Fan Xin tilted his body to the right to reserve a place for Wang Dahai.

Eighty steps.

Sixty steps.

The Mongolian army's horses did not slow down and were accelerating.

This is a completely different tactic from the first day. The Mongolian army did not plan to shoot at them when they came up, but just charged into the formation?
Fan Xin waved his hand decisively.

Wang Dahai squatted down without saying a word, leaning on the iron shield with his left shoulder, and Fan Xin leaned on the iron shield with his right shoulder. The two faced each other with the iron shields on their faces, with a look of horror on each other's faces.

While Wang Dahai squatted down, he saw short spears flying over their heads in the air, and the Song Army's back row was throwing javelins.

Rumbling, the horseshoes outside the iron shield got louder and louder, getting closer and closer for who knows how long.

Bang, the two men's bodies trembled violently, and the Mongolian army had hit their iron shields hard.

The entire Song Army's iron shields shook like waves for several times, but almost no iron shield was knocked down.

There were two Song soldiers behind all the iron shields, and they were tied in a row with hemp ropes. The Mongolian army's charge was completely useless.

But a large number of Mongolian troops flew over on horseback.

Before Fan Xin and Wang Dahai could turn around, they felt a sudden blackness above their heads, and a Mongolian army flew directly in front of them from horseback.

With a splash, he hit the big shield of the Song Army in the third row.

The Song army in the third row held a large shield in front of them. The Mongolian army flew down and hit the large shield, and then rolled to the ground.

"Kill." Wang Dahai roared, stood up, picked up the spear on the ground, pounced, and stabbed the Mongolian army with one shot.

The Mongolian soldier was dizzy from the fall. Before he could get up, two long spears from the third row in front and Wang Dahai behind him came at him.

Wang Dahai stabbed the lower plate, and the Song army in front stabbed the upper plate. Two shots directly knocked over the Mongolian army.

Fan Xin hadn't gotten up yet, but he felt someone drawing his spear.

He quickly looked up and saw that many Mongolian soldiers outside had jumped off their horses. Except for the first row of Mongolian soldiers who hit the iron shield, the Mongolian soldiers behind them dismounted and rushed forward.

Only then did Fan Xin know that the Mongolian army had changed its tactics and focused on infantry warfare.

A Mongolian soldier was already standing outside the iron shield, because outside the iron shield was the war horse that bumped into it for the first time. The Mongolian soldier was standing on the horse, reaching out to grab his stainless steel spear and pulling it out.

Without saying a word, Fan Xin picked up a short ax from the ground, stood up suddenly, and threw the ax out.

The Mongolian army did not expect that there was a Song army under the iron shield. With a scream, he covered his face and fell to the sky.

At this time, two more Mongolian soldiers appeared in Fan Xin's sight. They rushed forward at the same time. One reached for the iron shield, and the other stabbed Fan Xin with a hook gun.

Fan Xin bent down and picked up a short spear and a short ax from the ground.

A short ax in the left hand and a short spear in the right hand.

The Mongolian army on his right arrived first, but found that the iron shield was too high. When Fan Xin squatted with his legs slightly, he could only see half of Fan Xin's helmet. The Mongolian army was also smart, and pointed his hook gun at the top of Fan Xin's helmet, thinking Check off the new helmet.

Fan Xin swung the short spear out with his right hand, and Dang, directly deflected the opponent's hook spear.

Another Mongolian soldier grabbed the iron shield with both hands and pushed hard.

The heavy iron shield leaned back, but did not fall.

The Mongolian army was instantly confused. They saw hemp ropes on both sides of the iron shield connected with the iron shields on the other sides.

Although it fell sideways, it was still hanging in the air.

Before he could react, Fan Xin struck his finger with an axe.

"Ah" the Mongolian army screamed again.

The Mongolian army holding the hook gun next to them was shocked and angry. At this time, the Mongolian army abandoned their horses and followed them one after another.Several Mongolian soldiers came this way when they saw the iron shield being overturned.

But Wang Dahai and the Song troops from the third and fourth platoons had already arrived.

Swish, swish, several long spears came directly towards them. The Mongolian army holding the hook gun dodges from the left to the right, but still failed to prevent it, and was stabbed to the ground with another scream.

Fan Xin and Wang Dahai quickly pulled up the iron shield again and raised it to the ground. Then Fan Xin sat on the ground again, holding on to the handle behind the iron shield with one hand and holding a short ax in the other.

Several Mongolian troops arrived again. Some Mongolian troops tried to pull the iron shields, while the Mongolian troops and Wang Dahai stabbed each other across the iron shields.

At this time, the Mongolian army mostly used knives in infantry combat. Now that there is an iron shield blocking the front, it is really inconvenient to use knives.

The Song army was all armed with long spears.

There were four or five people behind an iron shield.

Fan Xin sat down on the ground and tightened the iron shield.

The iron shield weighed fifty kilograms, and his weight plus the iron armor totaled more than 200 kilograms.

One or two Mongolian soldiers couldn't pull them away at all.

Moreover, as soon as the Mongolian army put his hand on the iron shield, Fan Xin, who was behind the iron shield, picked up the ax and chopped off the hand on top.

The Mongolian army had no choice but to fight with the Song army first.

In the air-to-air confrontation, the Mongolian army suffered another disadvantage. The Song army all had long spears, while the Mongolian army mostly had knives. The upper body of the Song army was entirely covered in iron armor, with thick defensive HP and long attack range.

The shouts of killing in the front row were loud. The Mongolian troops abandoned their horses and fought on foot. They surged up and were overthrown one after another.

After a while, several dead and wounded Mongolian troops lay in front of Fan Xin's iron shield.

Some corpses fell in front of the iron shield, making the iron shield stronger and more difficult to bring down.

As more and more Mongolian soldiers were killed and injured, Fan Xin no longer had to squat on the ground to tighten the iron shield, and picked up his stainless steel spear and stood up.

In less than two quarters of an hour, corpses were strewn on the ground in front of the Song army's formation, and the Mongolian army was strewn with casualties.

"Substitute people, change people, change people." At this time, the Song Army's spearmen from the [-]th, [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th rows moved forward one after another.

There was an arrow stuck in Wang Dahai's right shoulder, which seemed to have penetrated his armor. Hearing this, he quickly retreated back.

Three Song soldiers rotated to the front and started to stab each other with the Mongolian army. When the three Song soldiers came over, each of them was carrying a shield. Wang Dahai casually took one, backed up with the shield, and squatted a few steps behind them to watch. With.

Comparing the space behind, Wang Dahai looked around, and Fan Xin also stepped back. He also held a shield in his left hand and two short guns in his right hand.

Dang dang dang, arrows rained down one after another from the top of the head, and the nails made a sound on the shield.

The two squatted together and found that the arrow rain was not dense.

The rain of arrows from the Song army behind him was obviously denser, and they kept shooting forward.

"The Mongolian Tatar cavalry are used as infantry. Do you want to use their lives to fill the gap?" Wang Dahai cursed and gasped.

"It won't necessarily happen over time." Fan Xin was a little worried.

The Song Army only had ten rows of spearmen, and three or four rows were placed in front at a time, and then rotated or replaced depending on the situation.

The Song army was heavily armored, and Fan Xin knew it personally. After playing for a long time, he was very tired.

A wave of rotating Song troops retreated behind, squatting or sitting on the ground. Each or every two people must have a shield raised. Everyone gasped for air and took the time to rest.

Fan Xin was covered in sweat because he was soaked with sweat, but there was no way to replenish water at this moment.

He didn't dare to take off his helmet, so he could only quietly recover his strength.

Sudden.

Ah, there was a scream from the Song Army in front, and with a bang, he fell to the ground on his back with heavy armor.

Everyone looked intently, but it was the Song army who was shot in the face by an arrow from the Mongolian army.

The Song troops in the front row now had no shields, and they were all stabbing each other with the Mongolian troops, so they were easily shot in the face.

After about a few minutes, another Song soldier stumbled back.

"Up, up, up," a voice came from behind, and a Song Army spearman stepped forward.

The two of them turned around in unison, and there were not many Song army spearmen behind them.

The Song Army has only ten platoons in total, and currently there are still two platoons that have not participated in the battle.

I don't know how long it took.

"Wow"

There were cheers from the front, and then many Song troops were seen retreating.

Fan Xin and Wang Dahai's expressions changed drastically, and they thought their defense line had been broken.

(End of this chapter)