Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 317: Battle of Annihilation, unexpected news from Mongolia

The Ross knights howled wildly and charged at the Mongolian army fiercely.

What greeted them was the cavalry arrows of the Mongolian army. Against a cavalry of several thousand people, the Mongols knew very well how to fight.

Under the leadership of Baidar, 10,000 Mongolian cavalry began to lead these Russian troops in circles. The endurance of the Mongolian horses was extremely good, making it impossible for these Russian knights to catch up. among these Ross cavalry.

Some people just wore some ordinary leather armor, and only a small number of people wore full-body protective iron can armor. Only the one who led the charge had some armor on the horses.

For such a cavalry unit, you would call it a heavy armored cavalry. Only the group of people who lead the charge would be called a light armored cavalry! It's like a group of motley crew with no cards at all.

The Mongolian army raised their bows and arrows, and after a hail of arrows, many Russian cavalry fell.

"Don't engage in battle with these cavalry, let's charge towards the target." Karev roared, holding the reins and spear in his hands, and rushed in the direction of Zhang Yong.

Their goal is very clear, there is only one, and that is to kill Zhang Yong, the commander of the Mongolian army.

But how could Baidar and others do as he wished! If one's own general is approached by the enemy, this is a taboo in the Mongolian army.

This immediately caused a chain reaction. Tens of thousands of people on the battlefield began to flee in large numbers. The Russian nobles and grand dukes in the rear ordered the war team to take out their swords and point them at the fleeing Russians.

These Rus' people are good workers and laborers. If they want to rule this land, in a short time, they have to rely on these Rus' people.

Some servants also began to shout in Rus language to surrender without killing.

The infantry phalanx on the other side was even more unlucky. All the cavalry phalanx charged together, and the infantry had no way to do anything.

"O God! Save your people!"

On the battlefield, the rear of the Russian army began to collapse. The ordinary infantry could not withstand the attack of the Mongolian army. These ordinary Russian infantry began to flee.

After all, two-legged infantry cannot outrun the cavalry, and the infantry must maintain formation when advancing and cannot be like a piece of loose sand.

The plan is to get these people up and fighting again.

"Listen to me, all of you, if you don't want to die, put down your weapons immediately.

"You must fight for honor, and you are not allowed to escape. Anyone who escapes is a coward."

The Mongols held sabers and began to massacre the Russian infantry present. The cavalry units dealt with the infantry, not to mention such miscellaneous infantry who did not even have some heavy weapons. It could not be called a battle at all.

Surrender to me, throw away your weapons, kneel on the ground, and I will spare your life. "Guyou shouted loudly while riding on his war horse.

These Mongols would not spare their lives just because they were nobles. The lesson from ten years ago was still vivid in their minds. At that time, six grand dukes in the Rus region were brutally killed by the Mongols.

It frightened everyone who was running away.

But what can they do in this situation now? Now I can only pray for God's blessing.

"Don't run away. Go back and fight. If you run away, you will die faster."

At this time, the Russians were in a dilemma and rushed towards Zhang Yong. It was estimated that they would be killed by these 10,000 Mongolian cavalry before they could reach them.

"Master, please do it! Let us go! For the sake of God." Some Russian militiamen immediately began to pray to these lords.

Suddenly, the scene became even more chaotic. These nobles had no time to stabilize their position. They hurriedly mounted their horses and then called the guards around them to escape.

Baidar waved his hand, and the surrounding Mongolian cavalry immediately dispersed, and then rushed into the Russian team like two sharp knives from the left and right sides.

On the chaotic battlefield, Theodore drew out his sword and spoke.

Whoosh!Whoosh!

Two arrows shot out, knocking the nobleman off the horse directly.

As Zhang Yong said just now, these Russian infantrymen are like scarecrows in front of the Mongolian army, their lives waiting to be harvested.

But just because you don't come to fight the enemy doesn't mean that the enemy won't come to fight you! When Baidar led 10,000 cavalry to deal with the Ross cavalry, Guyuk also aggressively led 20,000 cavalry to attack the infantry team.

If all of you are in chaos, we will completely become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"We're just trying to survive."

Moreover, a group of infantrymen cannot defeat the cavalry unit even if they rush forward. Now they can only hope that the cavalry unit can perform meritorious service and kill the enemy's general. Then the opponent's morale will be low and the formation will be in chaos.

"Ah!" The saber passed by, and a Russian man fell down, covering his neck.

Many Russian militiamen, after hearing that surrender could save their lives, immediately threw away their weapons without saying a word, and then knelt on the ground.

"Quick, everyone forms a square formation, raise the shields in your hands, and put some carriages in front to prevent the cavalry from rushing in." Seeing the opponent's cavalry troops rushing over, the Ross Stallions panicked.

According to Brother Zhang's instructions, he must surrender some of them and then kill some of them. Now that they have almost been killed, it is time to end the battle.

Then he drew his saber and began to harvest the lives of these knights.

“It’s not that we won’t let you go, but the current situation is that if we don’t maintain our complete formation.

But if they didn't rush forward and fight the Mongolian cavalry, they would immediately turn around and start retreating.

"You damn slaves, stand up, stand up and fight." Many nobles were shocked, drew out their swords, and roared angrily.

Therefore, the many Grand Dukes of Luosi present immediately ordered their troops to start defense, pushing some carriages transporting logistics supplies to the front, and forming some simple defensive positions.

But trying to stop the Mongolian army with just a few wooden carts piled up is simply a fool's errand.

The Mongols can then hunt us like prey. "The Grand Duke of Kievan Rus sighed and said.

"Come in with me!" Guyu gave the order, and 20,000 Mongolian cavalry rushed into the Russian position like a violent storm.

The long sword slashed across and cut off the head of a fleeing militiaman, and the headless body fell to the ground.

If you can live, who wants to die?

"I, I will never surrender to you. You destroyed my country, killed my father, and took away my wife. Come and kill me if you can!"

In the end, did it fail? Although he had already guessed the outcome of the defeat, when that day came, he still couldn't accept it.

God, what mistake did they Russians commit? Why would you send these demons to kill us?

"My warriors, we will fight and die together here for the Principality of Ryazan." Theodore looked at the dozen knights who had been following him, waved his sword, and said.

But what he answered was a fist as big as a sandbag. Several Russian soldiers stepped forward and knocked him to the ground with one punch.

Then he took out a piece of hemp rope and tied him up.

"You, why are you doing this? Are you going to betray me?" Theodore looked at the men who tied him up and said in disbelief.

These knights obviously rescued him from dangerous places, and then followed him through many hardships and formed the Ross Alliance Army together.

But now why, why do you suddenly want to take action on yourself?

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm afraid we have never followed you." A Ross knight snorted coldly and said.

"We're not even nobles, why should we help you?"

"I have obviously revoked all of you as nobles." Theodore said.

"Yes, when you canonized us, we were the only ones around, and you didn't even give us land." A Ross guard said.

Please, Your Highness, your canonization is the same as nothing.

"I will give these to you after defeating the Mongols." Theodore said.

He couldn't believe that these discriminators who were loyal to him would rebel for this reason. But if that's the case, why did you rescue me then? "We are loyal to the King of Guanzhong, or Lord Karesev. Lord Karesev is the one we are loyal to, and we will rescue you.

Just so that you can convince the princes of Southern Rus to form a coalition army, and then wipe them out in one go. "

"Don't think too much. Do you think your father's rule is very good? We commoners can't live anymore. We have to pay taxes to our lords and to your father.

After paying these, we still have to pay taxes to the church.

We have to hand over half of what we grow, and when the harvest is not good, we even have to hand over more than half. None of us have ever been hungry, but you have no prince. "

Who would like you nobles? You are born aristocrats, and we are born commoners, oppressed by you,

"Hahaha! It's so ridiculous. It turns out that I have always been alone." Theodore let out a self-deprecating smile.

After tying Theodore up, a dozen Russians immediately took out the token given by Zhang Yong, and then raised it high toward the Mongolian army opposite.

After seeing this token, a large number of Mongolian cavalry rushed over and surrounded the Russians.

"We are undercover agents staying with this prince. The King of Guanzhong ordered us to do this." A Ross cavalryman said.

This was the only Mongolian sentence they learned during this period, in order to communicate with the Mongolian army.

The Mongolian cavalry in one hand nodded. Some of them looked at the Russians, while some ran towards Guyu.

"Prince Guyu, a few Russians over there said they were undercover agents sent by the military advisor. They also had a military advisor's token."

"I know them. They were indeed sent by the military advisor. You go and arrest them. Don't hurt them. Let's deal with these prisoners first." Guyu nodded and said.

The Mongolian soldier nodded, rode away, and conveyed the news to his companions.

"For the sake of how good I've been to you in the past month or so, I'd like to ask you a favor.

I should be of no use to that Mongolian king, so kill me! Don't let me be insulted again. "Theodore said.

A group of Ross people sighed and nodded to each other. One of the Ross people directly raised his knife and chopped off Theodore's head.

At that time, the King of Guanzhong confessed that he would also kill the prince after the final mission. So they didn't count as disobeying orders, and the prince also wanted to die.

After this episode, Guyu's side had completely stabilized the war situation, and tens of thousands of Russians chose to surrender.

Some more people were killed, and at the same time, several Ross Grand Dukes were fleeing under the protection of the knights around them.

However, the Mongols had a persistent pursuit spirit, so Guyuk directly sent a thousand cavalry to chase them along the way.

We must eradicate the weeds and not let these princes leave.

On the other side, the elite knights led by Karev were almost wiped out by Baidar at this time, and Zhang Yong invested another 5,000 troops and began to encircle and suppress them.

These Ross knights died immediately and were injured, but none of them retreated, and almost all of them died on the battlefield.

Karev had dozens of arrow feathers embedded in his body and fell to the ground, his eyes still open until he died.

Reluctance and helplessness were written on his face.

"This man can be considered a warrior, let's give him a good burial!" Baidar walked up on his horse, looked at the Ross Knight who was still staring at death, and sighed.

In the evening, the battle was over. In this battle, the Mongols suffered less than a hundred casualties.

The Ross coalition army, which numbered more than 80,000, was completely wiped out, and tens of thousands of prisoners were taken.

According to rough statistics, more than 10,000 Russians fled the battlefield, more than 20,000 were killed, and 50,000 were captured.

After the last viable force in southern Russia was annihilated, the entire land of Russia no longer had the ability to resist the Mongol army.

"Brother Zhang, these dozen Russians said they were ordered by you to lurk around Theodore." Guyu came to Zhang Yong and said.

Behind him were a dozen Ross knights.

"Yes, I arranged for them to go there. Your mission was completed very well. I am very satisfied. Is that Prince Theodore dead?" Zhang Yong said.

After all, he promised Princess Eupracia to let his fiancé go, but Zhang Yong doesn’t want this love rival to live, so he will just let you die in the chaos!

Anyway, the princess will never see her prince fiancé again.

"King Guanzhong, we have killed him." The leading Ross Knight said.

"Well! I promised you that things will not change. Each of you will be rewarded with a hundred silver coins.

At the same time, all of you are now nobles, and you can freely choose your territory, within the scope of the principalities of Ryazan and Murom. "Zhang Yong said.

After hearing this, a dozen Ross knights suddenly became happy, and then they collectively knelt on the ground and made a courtesy to Zhang Yong.

"Hail to you, great king, your generosity is as warm as the sun in the sky."

They work desperately to be undercovers, isn't it just for the title of noble? Otherwise, who among them would be willing to sacrifice their lives for a hundred silver coins?

After dealing with these Russians, Zhang Yong began to order the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

That night, several Ross Grand Dukes who ran out before were also captured by Zhang Yong's men. Not wanting to talk nonsense with these Ross Grand Dukes, Zhang Yong directly ordered the soldiers to chop them down.

After all, a group of new nobles must be supported locally, and there is no need to keep these old noble forces. Just kill them.

After annihilating the main army in South Russia, Zhang Yong was no longer in a hurry to attack. Instead, he led the army to station down first, and then sent envoys to begin to recruit and surrender some surrounding cities.

The next day, in Zhang Yong's military camp, a team came from the Kipchak grassland. This team consisted of several thousand people, escorting a large number of cattle and sheep. They came to transport military rations.

And these people also brought unexpected news. Wo Kuotai sent people to send two pieces of news.

Of these two pieces of news, one made Guyu very sad, and the other made Guyu very happy.

One of the news is that his brother Kuochou, under the orders of his father Khan Wokuotai, launched an all-out attack on the Southern Song Dynasty but died before the start of the campaign.

When attacking Xiangyang, he was directly shot to death by the Song Army's ballista.

It is said that his death was so miserable that the Mongolian southern expedition army withdrew because of this.

Kuo Chu was his father O Kuotai's favorite son, and he was preparing for the Western Expedition for three years.

No matter what Ogodai did, he would always take Kuochu with him and kick him away, vaguely intending to appoint him as the next Great Khan.

This makes Guiyu very uncomfortable, why? I am the eldest son.

When my father was seriously ill, the other brothers led by me planned to fight against Tuo Lei together, but in the end you chose Kuo Chu.

But now that Kuo Chu is dead, can this position still fall into the hands of others?

But sometimes surprises come too quickly. The second news makes Guyu feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly, that is, his father Wokuotai.

He unexpectedly lost his son, a little baby who had just turned one year old, and became the next generation of Mongolian Khan.

What is this? Your favorite son is dead, and you have no intention of passing on the title of Great Khan of Mongolia to your sons now.

Pass it directly to his grandson, a little kid who is just one year old? Is there anything he can do better than me?

In your eyes, father, am I not even as good as a child? A baby who is still nursing!

After Guyu got the news, he immediately rushed to Zhang Yong's military camp.

"Brother Zhang, have you received the news from Mongolia? My father Khan actually wants to appoint a little baby as the next Great Khan. Am I not even as good as a child?" Guyu said angrily. said.

I was on an expedition here, but my home was stolen, by a little kid.

"You can tell me these things, but don't tell others. Don't worry yet." Zhang Yong patted Guyu on the shoulder and said.

(End of this chapter)