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

Chapter 448 Kublai Khan was looked down upon by others

The Song Army and the Mongolian Army were almost attrition on both wings. The Mongolian Army fired at the Song Army from a distance in a dispersed formation.

The Song army fought far, had many troops, and cooperated with bows and arrows and flintlock rifles. The Mongolian army was generally at a disadvantage, but this also put pressure on the two wings of the Song army and relieved Aotun Shiying's attack in the middle.

A group of Mongolian troops specially detoured behind the Song army, trying to capture the Song army's rear formation. However, the Song army also had a carriage formation in the rear formation. There were few fusiliers here, and the Song army's infantry and cavalry followed the carriages and fired at the Mongolian army with their bows. , with the cover of the carriage formation, and the Song army's armor, the Mongolian army was obviously at a disadvantage in the exchange of fire.

The entire Song army was behind the carriage formation, and only part of the carriages were lost after the front was broken by the Mongolian trebuchet.

The Mongolian army surrounded the Song army and fought hard, finding that the Song army was like a turtle shell.

Soon, someone ran up to Chagatai and Kuoduan.

"There are very few firearms that keep ringing in the Song Army's rear formation. There are probably only a few hundred people. You can consider rushing up from behind."

The two men at Chagatai looked at each other, and it was Kublai Khan who spoke.

At this time, Kublai Khan was still in his prime, and his previous performance was very poor. The Mongolian nobles looked down on him.

Kublai Khan and Hedahai were both considered princes of Mongolia. Now they took the lead in the charge, and the entire Mongolian army moved forward crazily as if they had taken medicine.

Kublai Khan really chose the right place. The Song Army's rear formation is indeed the weakest in defense.

Kublai Khan was quite capable. Seeing the hesitation of the two men, he quickly said that at least adding more troops to attack the rear would relieve the pressure on the front and attract more Song troops to the rear formation, giving Aotun Shiying a chance to break the formation.

Some fusiliers on both wings were moved to the rear.

Should we continue to concentrate our efforts on the front, or deploy some of our elite troops to attack the back?

When the two armies are fighting, the rear formation is usually prepared as a reserve force. The Song army's rear formation is mainly composed of cavalry and is on standby for support.

After Kuanduan and Chagatai looked at each other, it was Chagatai who said solemnly: "Song people are the best at playing dirty tricks. I'm afraid they do it deliberately. Moreover, after rushing in, I'm afraid there will be pits and tangled ropes everywhere."

The Song Army was famous for digging pits and nailing ropes mixed with ropes. Moreover, the Song Army could nail the ropes on the spot.

Moreover, the Mongolian army has few troops on the left and right wings, and the formation is scattered. This allows the Mongolian army to gather another elite force to fight behind.

They surrounded the Song army and attacked wildly, but made no progress, and had to be prepared for a counterattack by the Song army.

The Song army's rear formation had many bows and arrows but weak firearms. This was a good breakthrough point.

Kublai Khan was unwilling to give in and immediately said: "You have to give it a try. I think it is really difficult to rush in from the front, and you will lose your brothers and people in vain."

The peasants hastened to nail the horse ropes behind the carriage.

Although a small number of forwards from the Mongolian army were able to shoot at the Song army, it still had little impact on the entire battle situation.

The Song army in front had many people and guns, and the Mongolian army could not advance even an inch. After the fusiliers in the rear formation were transferred, Kublai Khan came up to fight, and it was obvious that the Song army's firepower here was not strong.

The Mongolian army is now surrounded by the Song army on all sides, and the left and right wings are playing with each other. The main thing is to look at the front and the back.

As soon as Kublai Khan arrived at the scene, he saw fusiliers in the distance running from the left and right wings to the center of the back.

Chagatai thought for a while and finally said: "Be careful and beware of the Song Army's cavalry coming out."

First of all, when the Song army besieged Hara Helin, Kublai Khan was the first to escape.

Kublai Khan didn't want to charge at first. He was smarter and was wary of the Song army's firearms, so he didn't want to risk himself. However, Hedahai rushed in front of the formation. He looked around and forced himself to follow the charge.

Kublai Khan knew that he could not give the Song army time to prepare, so he had to make a time difference and attack before the Song army could gather its formation.

From time to time on the way, Mongolian troops were shot to the ground, and the men and horses were separated.

On the Song Army's side, artillery fired first, and then arrows rained down.

Unexpectedly, the Mongolian army Otun Shiying's troops violently attacked the front camp, and the carriages of the front camp were smashed by the Mongolian trebuchets. Lu Wende urgently mobilized 2,500 flintlocks to support the front camp.

Before this meeting, Aotun Shiying was forced to attack with all his strength. The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties. Up to now, it is still going back and forth between the 70 and 60 steps in front of the Song army's formation.

"The Song army is mobilizing men and horses, going up and down, the whole army is charging. There is no order, and they cannot retreat -" Following Kublai Khan's order, there was a roar, and the 30,000 Mongolian troops galloped like the wind, speeding up and rushing forward. rush.

Kublai Khan silently counted the sound of artillery and found that the Song army's rear formation had only twenty or thirty artillery pieces, which was indeed much less than the front.

Kublai Khan and Hedahai gathered 30,000 fine cavalry, and the two led the cavalry quickly around to the Song army's rear formation.

He also brought out his two younger brothers, Mo Ge and Yesu Buhua, while the rest of his family were trapped in the city.

Several people discussed it and decided to concentrate 30,000 elite troops in the back for a wave of attack. At the same time, they had to leave 20,000 elite cavalry to guard against the Song Army's cavalry counterattack.

The main attackers in the rear formation will be Kublai Khan and Chagatai's son Hedahai.

Therefore, Kublai Khan's current reputation among the upper-class nobles of the Mongolian army is not good.

The Song army's rear formation also clearly realized that the Mongolian army wanted to attack them and was mobilizing troops.

Then in Heishui City, they went to war with the Song army without authorization. When the numbers of both sides were equal, they were defeated again.

Chagatai had previously asked him to lead the attack on the left flank of the Bosong Army, but it did not work.

The Mongolian nobles now all look at military exploits and strength. After Kublai Khan came out, he suffered two defeats. Now he is charging at Hedahai. He will not charge. Once word gets out, regardless of victory or defeat, Kublai Khan will be among the Mongolian royal family and Everyone in the nobility will be ridiculed.

Chagatai and Kuoduan fell into deep thought.

There were originally three thousand fusiliers here, and the rest were all cavalry.

The Song army also had tens of thousands of cavalry, although most of them were mounted infantry camps.

He Dahai was also a fierce general. He sensed that there were few artillery and firearms here, and he became bolder. He led the army himself and charged directly towards the Song army with a wave of his hand.

But the arrows were like rain. The Song Army's arrow array was too fierce and ranged at various ranges. From their two hundred to one hundred paces, the Song Army's arrows continued like rain.

Kublai Khan bent over the horse and looked around from time to time. He controlled the speed of the horse and ran neither too fast nor too slowly.

If it's too fast, he's afraid of rushing to the front; if it's too slow, he's afraid of being looked down upon.

He had a small buckler tied to his left arm, a shield commonly used by the Mongols to protect against arrows when charging.

The disadvantage of the shield is that it is small, but the advantage is that it is easy to carry.

But Kublai Khan had seen the large shield of the Song Army. The iron shield of the Song Army was large and heavy, but its defensive power was super strong. If the two of them lifted two pieces together, they could protect the entire body.

The Song army also often carried them on war horses. Kublai Khan felt that he could learn from the Song army's large square shield, but the production capacity of the Mongolian army did not support it.

The Mongolian army also attached great importance to craftsmen. Every time they captured a city, even if they massacred the city, they would still leave craftsmen behind.

The Mongolian army has tens of thousands of craftsmen in Haraholin and Qianzhou, and there are more than 200,000 craftsmen in the entire Mongolian empire.

But the Mongolian army was still doing ordinary manual work. In this way, they could only barely support the Mongolian army's conventional armaments. They did not know how to build many of the Song army's armors.

The main reason is that those in power don't pay enough attention and don't learn.

The only thing among the Song people that they wanted to learn was artillery.

Now the Mongolian Empire has spent a lot of effort, manpower and material resources to learn the artillery of the Song Army. It has invested huge manpower and materials, but the effect is actually not good, and it is a waste of manpower and material resources.

If Kublai Khan could make the decision, he would definitely learn the Song Army's chariot formation, large iron shield, divine arm bow and other equipment.

In particular, the Divine Arm Bow of the Song Army is the most powerful among the many crossbows of the Song Army. Because it has no tail feathers, it has strong enough penetrating ability. Even if it hits the arm, it may be seriously injured and die afterwards.

As Kublai Khan ran, he thought about how he would fight the Song people if he could become a profuse sweater. Suddenly a familiar voice came from above.

He subconsciously raised his shield quickly.

Hearing "Plop, Plop" twice, his whole body trembled, and he felt two heavy blows on his shield.

Kublai Khan looked up and gasped, his face turned pale.

I saw that his shield had been pierced, and 90% of the arrows from the two divine arm bows penetrated his shield, only a little bit of it completely penetrated.

If it were completely penetrated, based on the position just now, it would definitely reach under her chest.

"It's so dangerous." Kublai Khan secretly shouted in his heart.

His shield has been modified. Others have a layer of fur on the outside, but he has a layer of iron on the outside. If it weren't for this layer of iron, he would probably be pierced through the chest by the God's Arm today.

Kublai Khan was a man who was good at learning. He didn't understand why the craftsmen of the Mongol Empire didn't learn the divine arm bow of the Song Dynasty.

This thing is very useful in positional warfare and defending the city. It has a long range and great power.

After today, when the Jian Jian Army Middle School will make the Song Dynasty divine arm bow?

Kublai Khan just had this thought, and then he thought, would the Mongolian craftsmen do it? I speak softly now, will anyone listen?

Power, a man must have power if he is a real man.

Kublai Khan suddenly developed a strong desire for power on the battlefield.

It's a pity that this thought passed by in a flash, because he wanted to save his life first.

Just when Kublai Khan thought about power, swish, swish, another wave of arrows fell overwhelmingly in front of him.

His speed was medium, and he had just entered the Song army about 130 steps, which was beyond the range of their Mongolian army, but the Song army's arrows still fell into the Mongolian army's formation like raindrops.

This wave of arrow rain was still very dense. Kublai Khan was just at the end of the arrow rain. If he ran slower, he might not be able to get into the arrow rain. However, his speed was medium and he was just covered by the arrow rain.

"Damn it." Kublai Khan looked up and saw that the sky was dimming slightly and dense arrows were falling from the sky, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

The arrows came so fast that there was no time to think or hesitate. Kublai Khan felt that he was within the range covered by the arrow rain. Without thinking, his body suddenly sank down. While raising the shield with his left hand, he hid half of his body. Go under the horse's belly on the right.

Plop, plop, as soon as he fell down, he heard the sound of arrows flying by his ears.

Ah, plop, someone next to me was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse.

Boom, another war horse fell to the ground not far away.

"嚅" His horse trembled all over and let out a long mournful cry.

Once hit, Kublai Khan knew that his horse had been hit by an arrow.

This was also due to his quick reaction and hiding to the right, which reduced the chance of being shot.

His horse was hit by an arrow from nowhere and did not fall immediately. It screamed and ran forward a few steps further.

The war horse was shaking a little, mainly because Kublai Khan was hanging on its right side, which also affected its running.

Kublai Khan quickly got up and wanted to see where the arrow had hit his horse.

Suddenly bursts of white smoke appeared in the sky ahead.

The Song Dynasty’s new firearm? Kublai Khan quickly leaned on the horse again, not daring to raise his head.

There was a crackling sound like a firecracker in front of me.

Plop, plop, Kublai Khan felt that people were falling from their horses everywhere around him.

The flintlock guns on the opposite side were actually not as densely packed with arrows, but it seemed that more people fell off their horses than the arrows hit them.

This wave of gunfire had just stopped, and there was another wave of arrows in the air.

The arrows were still in the air, crackling, white smoke was billowing in the distance, and the second row of flintlock guns rang out.

Kublai Khan did not dare to move or raise his head at all.

The body also slowly moved to the right, hanging half of the body on the horse's belly, ready to jump off the horse at any time.

Boom, the Mongolian soldier on the horse in front suddenly fell down, and his body fell like a flying stone, almost touching Kublai Khan's body. It was one of Kublai Khan's personal soldiers.

Kublai Khan was shocked and frightened when he saw this. He took a closer look and found that the pro-soldier's horse was still in good condition and was still rushing forward with the large army. However, the man fell to the ground. It should be that the pro-soldier was hit by the opposite side. I just don’t know if it’s an arrow or a firearm.

"嚅" At this moment, his horse howled again. Kublai Khan turned his head and finally saw an arrow stuck under the right face of his beloved horse.

The war horse insisted on running until now. It must be in unbearable pain, and its steps were getting more and more shaky. The lower right side of the horse's face was covered in blood.

There was a crackle, and there was another row of noises in the distance.

Bang, Kublai Khan felt his beloved horse's head sway violently, as if he had been hit hard on the head.

This time he could see clearly because he was staring at the war horse's face.

Someone from the opposite side hit the war horse hard in the middle of the head. The horse's head shook violently, with a roar, and its huge body fell forward.

Damn it, Kublai Khan jumped down quickly.

At this moment, they were all rushing forward. Kublai Khan was very panicked, mainly because he was afraid of being trampled by his own people.

"Uu uh uh" Fortunately, Kublai Khan was surrounded by his own soldiers, and everyone was paying attention to Kublai Khan. Seeing Kublai Khan fall from his horse, the soldiers reined in their horses and got out of the way.

With a splash, Kublai Khan landed on the ground and rolled forward. The war horse fell to the ground next to him, almost crushing Kublai Khan.

"Na Yan." The guards gathered around him.

Someone jumped off the horse and led his horse to Kublai Khan, asking Kublai Khan to change his horse.

Kublai Khan did not hesitate, took the horse rope and looked at it.

They were now within a hundred steps of the Song army.

There was an endless stream of arrows in the sky, and the gunshots in front were also ringing out nonstop.

They stopped for a while, and arrows fell one after another on this area.

"Plop"

"Ah" one of the guards was directly hit by an arrow, but it didn't seem to be a critical injury. His body swayed but did not fall from his horse.

There were also people whose horses were hit by arrows, jumped up on the spot, and then ran left and right.

There were also two arrows sticking close to Kublai Khan's front and back, and landed on the ground at his feet, just ten inches away from hitting him.

"Move, move." Kublai Khan exclaimed, signaling everyone not to stand still. The Song Army's arrow array was too fierce.

When Kublai Khan remounted his horse and looked forward, he couldn't help but gasp again.

(End of this chapter)