Chapter 201 The Cavalry Arrives
Kuo Duan and Zhang Rou were shocked when they heard the report. How could thousands of cavalry appear?
Kuo Duan had already figured out how many soldiers and horses the Jin Army had on the eastern front. He asked in a deep voice, "How many horses are there?"
"The low-ranking class encountered the enemy's cavalry and killed them for a while. They did not dare to go too deep. They could only look at it from a distance and observe their momentum. They were afraid that there would be no more than 5,000 cavalry!" the scout reported.
"Five thousand cavalry?" Zhang Rou was a little frightened and said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, these must be the cavalry from Kaifeng! It seems that they do have a conspiracy. They want to eat us!"
Kuo Duan was silent for a moment. He had realized that the Jin army could not save the Western Front, so he made up his mind.
This made Kuo Duan feel a little annoyed. Could it be that this king is a soft persimmon?
Kuo Duan had a dark face. He looked at the battlefield. The Mongolian infantry was pressing down on Zhao Tai. It wouldn't take long before they could break into the town.
"Now that the infantry has been tied together, it is easy for the cavalry to retreat, but what about the infantry and baggage?" Kuo Duan tightened his grip on the horse's reins and gritted his teeth and said: "We have 40,000 horses, and Zhao Tai only has more than 20,000 people. Even if we come,
After defeating five thousand enemy cavalry, we still have the advantage. I don’t believe that they can eat my forty thousand army in the wild!"
Zhang Rou and other generals were a little worried after hearing Kuo Duan's words, but now that the war has begun, it is indeed difficult to retreat.
"Report! The enemy cavalry is forty miles away!" Another scout came running to report.
The cavalry of the Jin army approached quickly, and there was no room for Kuo Duan to hesitate. After hearing the words, he immediately waved his hands and ordered, "The army changes formation! Zhang Rou, you continue to attack Zhao Tai! Send an order to the right cavalry to hold down the position for me. Once the enemy cavalry charges, the threat will be
Infantry formation, cavalry attack immediately, let me break them up!"
Originally, the Mongolian army spread out in a straight line in the wilderness, with the infantry in the center and cavalry on both wings. Now that the Jin army's cavalry came over, the snake of Changshan was too fragile.
After the military order was issued, the Mongolian infantry quickly changed their formations. More than 20,000 people were divided into five parts, front, rear, left, center and center to prevent the Jin army's cavalry from raiding.
At this time, the Mongolian infantry was somewhat hurriedly getting into position, while the 10,000 Mongolian troops in front continued to attack Shuanggou Town, fighting to the death with Zhao Tai's troops.
Kuo Duan and Zhang Rou were waiting in the Mongolian army. Zhao Tai saw the Mongolian army changing formation and knew that reinforcements were coming. His face showed joy and he waved his sword and roared: "Brothers, hold on, our reinforcements are coming soon. Soldiers with swords and shields, long
The spearmen are holding it in front, and the crossbows are on the roof, and let me shoot the Mongolian archers!"
The loyal army in the town, suppressed by the rain of arrows from the Mongolian army, immediately climbed to the roof of the mountain, and the divine arm archers came down from high to shoot the archers behind the Mongolian heavy infantry.
The crossbow arrows shot out with a "whoosh", and the Mongolian army who threw the arrows suddenly fell to the ground after being struck by arrows.
Mongolian archers throw rain of arrows into the sky, relying on covering the strike. Whether they can hit people depends on the density and fate of the arrow rain.
The crossbowmen of the Zhongyi Army aimed directly at the target, and each arrow shot could take away one person, causing huge casualties to the Mongolian archers immediately.
For a time, as the Mongolian archers suffered casualties, the rain of arrows they fired became sparse. The stunned Zhongyi Army in the town gradually recovered and barely resisted the Mongolian army's continued advance into the town.
At this time, the sound of killing inside and outside the town was loud, blood flowed into rivers, and the two armies fought brutally.
The Mongolian troops, who were far away and hurriedly completed their formation changes, stood in the cold wind, with the flags above their heads being blown loudly.
Kuo Duan stood under the banner of the great banner and looked around. Seeing that the army had completed its formation change, he immediately looked to the northwest with a stern look and sneered: "Huh, I want to see how many tricks the gold thief has. It depends on you."
How to eat this king!"
Although Kuo Duan made a comeback in Huainan, he was still rampant at this time.
At this moment, he holds ten thousand cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry in his hands, and he is located in the wilderness. Even if a hundred thousand golden soldiers come, he will not be afraid!
This battle was different from the Huainan War. Huainan fought against well-equipped elite Song troops, but now his opponents were mostly recruits who had been trained for less than a year.
In addition, the Li Fen tribe he brought last time was formerly the Shandong Rebel Army and had relatively low combat effectiveness. The infantry he brought this time were from Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze's troops, who were the elite among the Hebei warlords.
To sum up, his strength was stronger than last time, but his opponent was far weaker than the Song army in the Huainan battle, so Kuo Duan felt that he had a great advantage.
"Originally, I just wanted to complete the task assigned by my father and contain the gold thieves on the Eastern Front! I didn't want you to come to die, but I just wanted to use your heads to wash away the shame!" Kuo Duan sneered again and again: "
Field battle is what I wish for!"
Just as the Mongolian army re-formed, the rumble of hoofbeats came from the northwest.
"Your Majesty! Here we come!" Zhang Rou pointed at the yellow dust rising in the distance.
Kuo Duan looked up and saw thousands of horses coming across the wilderness. The roaring hoofs shook the heaven and earth, and the sound was terrifying.
With so many cavalry troops, it is estimated that all the remaining cavalry from the Jin Kingdom were sent over.
Wanyan Chenglin led five thousand cavalry and galloped over. He saw the Mongolian army formation in the wilderness from a distance, and immediately reined in his horses.
Five thousand Jin Army cavalry slowly stopped in the distance, observing the battlefield.
"Commander! The enemy infantry is attacking Shuanggou Town!" A general observed for a while and pointed at the battlefield.
Wanyan Chenglin looked around and saw nearly 10,000 Mongolian troops charging madly at the town. In the wilderness to the west of the town, nearly 30,000 Mongolian troops were forming formations and waiting.
"Xiangong Zhao is really amazing. With 20,000 new soldiers, he has managed to survive until now!" Wanyan Chenglin looked over the battlefield and saw Zhao Tai resisting the Mongolian attack, with a look of excitement on his face.
He didn't know that Zhao Tai had been dragging Kuoduan with iron caltrops for several days. He only thought that Zhao Tai had been fighting fiercely with the Mongolian army for many days.
"Commander, what should we do now? Should we go straight to the Mongolian formation?" The general looked at the battlefield with some excitement.
Wanyan Chenglin held the last elite cavalry of the Jin Kingdom in his hand. He did not dare to act rashly, "Look again! We stationed our horses on the flanks and set up a charge formation. The entire Mongolian army formation did not dare to move easily. Our current goal is,
It is to delay time until Duke Wu and the Generalissimo lead their troops."
The Jin Army cavalry did not move here, but Guo Duan could not tolerate it. Thousands of Jin Army cavalry stared at his flanks.
This severely restricted Kuo Duan's military strength, making it impossible for him to continue to increase his troops and capture Shuanggou Town.
Therefore, Kuo Duan did not negotiate with anyone. When he saw the Jin cavalry arriving, threatening his rear flank, he immediately waved his hand and ordered, "Attack the cavalry on the west side and let me defeat them!"
The horn of the Mongolian central army suddenly sounded, and the Mongolian horse army stationed in the west immediately drove out slowly and gradually increased its speed.
Nearly 5,000 Mongolian cavalry galloped and directly attacked the Jin Army cavalry that had just stopped.
Chapter completed!