Wu Xin's army was defeated at Jiandu Beach, and those who could escape had to throw away their armor. At this time, the heavy armored soldiers in the Song army were basically the defenders of Yunding City, but there were not many.
Yunding City's defenses are strong, and it does not require much heavy armor for normal combat. There are only two hundred pairs of infantry armor in total. They lined up in two rows. The soldiers in the front row held their spears diagonally to resist the impact of the cavalry. The soldiers in the back row carried swords.
Saber, ready to cut off the horse's leg.
This tactics of the Song Army could indeed effectively restrain the cavalry. During the Shaoxing period, Yue Fei used a heavy armored infantry phalanx to defeat the powerful Jin Army's cavalry.
But when the Mongols and Song Dynasty fought, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty wore 60 kilograms of iron armor, and together with weapons, the load was nearly 100 kilograms. After forming the formation, they often asked for battle but failed, and were dragged down by the Mongolian army.
Today, Yesuda'er saw that the Song army only had 200 heavily armored soldiers, so he dared to confront the Song army head-on.
Based on his experience on the battlefield, as long as Meng Qi broke through these two lines of defense, he could fight his way through the Song army's formation, break through the formation, and drive straight in.
As he expected, the Mongolian army quickly knocked out the gap in the Song army's defense line.
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A Mongolian soldier named "Harigao" fell off his horse, threw out the hammer in his hand, and knocked down three Song soldiers one after another.
He quickly stood up, drew out his bow, and rushed forward like a tiger, slashing at a Song Army crossbowman. He waved the scimitar in his hand randomly, protecting his whole body, and trying to kill the Song Army's array of crossbowmen.
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and another Mongolian soldier rushed into the Song army's formation, causing chaos.
Harigao was overjoyed and shouted: "Kill them!"
"The crossbowmen retreated, and the shieldmen and axemen took over!"
The Song military generals roared loudly, and the crossbowmen retreated from the gaps in the array. The shieldmen moved forward in rows, with their shields blocking the way.
Harigao struck the shield with his sword, and suddenly felt pain in his shoulder, and he couldn't help but scream.
A Song army sword and axe-hand named "Bian Yuan" turned out from the shield-hand and struck down with his sword.
This sword was a horse-cutting sword with a thick back and a heavy body. The blade was sharpened and it cut through Harigao's leather armor and disemboweled him.
Bian Yuan beheaded the Meng soldiers, his face was full of excitement, and he heard the general roar: "The shield hands are in formation, the sword and ax hands are ready, chop the horse's legs!"
It was too late, a column of Mongolian soldiers had already mounted their horses and struck hard with their hammers. There was a loud "bang" and the wooden shield on the source of Bian broke.
"cut!"
Bian Yuan's ten-pound sword slashed horizontally, cutting off a horse's leg. The blood splashed on his face, which was warm.
The horse suddenly fell to the ground, and the Mongolian soldier on the horse was rushing towards the shielder, entangled with each other. Bian Yuan rushed up and slashed the Mongolian soldier's back with his sword.
"Huh...huh..."
Breathing became heavier and heavier, and Bian Yuan was also very tired. He murmured: "Two...two..."
"Bang!"
A hammer hit Bian Yuan's head until it was bloody and bloody...
On the battlefield, similar fighting continued to occur, and soon the land where the battle occurred was stained red with blood.
If the fighting continued like this, both sides would suffer similar casualties. Maybe all the Mongolian troops would be wiped out, while the Song army would still have more than a thousand men left.
But this is obviously impossible to happen. As long as the momentum of victory or defeat becomes slightly clear, one party will always lose.
What Yesuda'er wanted was to suppress the Song army with momentum. Once the Song army was defeated, the Mongolian cavalry could catch up and start a massacre easily.
As time passed, Ye Suda'er stared at the battlefield and suddenly discovered a flaw in the Song army's array.
He grinned suddenly, causing the injury on his face to hurt violently. But he didn't realize it and waved his arms widely to give orders...
The Mongolian army was more flexible than the Song army and always had the power to attack.
Seeing that the Song Army continued to strengthen its frontal defense line, the Mongolian cavalry quickly rode back, regrouped, and crashed into the Song Army's right wing.
The right wing was mainly composed of Nie Zhongyou's Wu Xin army. One moment they were constantly supporting the Yunding defenders with shield hands and sword and ax hands. The next moment the Meng cavalry had charged towards them.
"Don't retreat! Take the spear and push forward!" Nie Zhongyou ordered, his voice already hoarse.
This battle reminded him of Jiantandu again, another fierce battle against the enemy, and it was the most critical moment.
In order to support Chengdu as soon as possible, Li Xia gave up his previous roundabout and in-depth strategy, and did not seem to have much confidence before the battle. Only Nie Zhongyou felt this.
There was no time to think about this, Meng Qi had already crashed into Wu Xin's army's defense line.
More and more Mongolian cavalry are swarming towards the right wing of the Song army. They are like a sledgehammer sweeping over forcefully, vowing to smash the Song army to pieces...
There was joy in Yesuda'er's eyes. The reason why he dared to fight twice as many enemies was because it was easier for the cavalry to seize such opportunities on the battlefield.
He is a better commander than General Song and has strong confidence to win this battle.
However, the banner of the Song general did not retreat but advanced, and had already moved towards the Mongolian army.
Li Xia knew very well that the morale of Wu Xin's army was low, and a defeat at Jiantandu would inevitably cause them to worry that their general would retreat first. They were indeed the most vulnerable troops to retreat on today's battlefield.
Therefore, Li Xia personally attacked the Meng soldiers as soon as they entered the right wing.
In terms of the art of war, his move was obviously wrong.
This means that the Song army will no longer have reserves. Once the Mongolian army receives reinforcements, the Song army, which has no hope, will immediately retreat; once the Mongolian army kills him or cuts down the flag, the Song army will immediately be defeated.
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Assume that fighting is a test, and Li Xia's answer sheet was completely wrong this time.
But fighting is never a test.
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"Destroy the enemy!"
Jiang Jinshi, the general of Wu Xin's army, roared at the top of his lungs, his mouth full of blood.
The Mongolian army's second charge on the right wing had already destroyed his phalanx, and he himself was hit by a hammer. The hammer thrown during the high-speed charge had already smashed his internal organs.
Jiang Jinshi knew that he would die and was unwilling to retreat any further. He summoned up all his strength and shouted again.
The Mengzu in front of him dodged his horse and hit him with another hammer.
"Bang!"
The hammer hit Jiang Jinshi's helmet, and he died immediately, but he hugged the hammer tightly before dying.
Behind him, Song Jun shouted loudly.
Li Xia led his troops to mount Jiang Jinshi's phalanx, and cut off the Meng soldier's hand with his long sword. Blood spurted out, accompanied by violent screams.
The spearman quickly caught up and knocked the Mongolian soldier off his horse.
Li Xia continued to charge and shouted: "Arrange your formation! Set up your spears!"
He didn't even have time to look at Jiang Jinshi who fell on the ground, and quickly ordered the soldiers to make up this defense line.:.
And ahead, Meng Qi's next charge has arrived...
Yesuda'er ignored the blood from the wound and stared at the battlefield seriously. Listening to the report of the sentry cavalry, he believed that this battle had reached a critical moment. As long as he could penetrate the right wing of the Song army, he could even directly kill the general and capture the flag.
This battle must be won.
He did not hesitate, and marched all the soldiers and horses under his command, and mobilized the horses to attack the Song army himself.
He must win this bloody battle today.
Suddenly, a horn sounded.
Yesuda'er had already entered the Song army's formation. Hearing the sound of the horn, he couldn't help but look back. He saw smoke and dust billowing to the north. Finally, a large flag appeared on the road.
"It's Song Jun!"
"The Song Army's reinforcements are coming!"
Yesuda'er frowned and thought to himself that this was obviously impossible. There were only three thousand people in Yunding City at most, and the city could barely be defended. If they dared to attack, Meng Qi could completely block the road to Yunding City in front of the Song army.
The Song army should not dare to take such risks.
"There aren't many of them..."
Yesuda'er clearly made a decision, but it was too late. The Mongolian army was so frightened that they already wanted to retreat.
In fact, this Mongolian army was originally led by Shi Mojian only, and Su Da'er was only a general for two or three days. It was fine when it won, but when it encountered setbacks, there was immediately a situation where the command was not smooth.
Mengqi has already left the battlefield and fled far away...
Victory or defeat lies in this moment.
"withdraw!"
Yesu Da'er knew that he would not be able to gain any advantage today, so he gave the order decisively, reined in his horse and left.
The Mongolian army left corpses all over the ground and retreated to the west like a tide. The Song army cheered and stepped through a pool of blood in pursuit.
After running for several miles, Ye Suda'er didn't bother to look back while riding his horse. He saw that the Song army that was coming was no more than a hundred cavalry, and branches were tied to the tails of the horses.
"Damn it!"
He muttered in his heart, thinking that the battle was not over yet. If he was given another chance to distance himself, prepare his troops and horses, he could also turn his horses' heads and defeat the Song army.
"Bang!"
At this thought, the cavalry in front suddenly reined in their horses and stopped. Ye Suda'er slammed into him and fell off his horse. His armor made a muffled sound on the ground, and the Mongolian army was in chaos.
"General! There is a ditch ahead again!" Meng Zu's voice was full of panic.
Yesuda'er's face was covered with blood, and he was extremely embarrassed in the eyes of the newly defeated Mongolian soldiers. No matter how hard he tried to stabilize their morale, the Mongolian soldiers became even more panicked.
There was even a horse's hoof stepping on Yesuda'er's leg.
Despite his intelligence and bravery, the vagaries of the battlefield still put him in such an embarrassing situation.
"Ah...ah..."
Because he yelled too hard, the wound on Yesuda's face had completely split open. Any orders were just leaked, and no one listened to his orders anymore...
Yang Ben led more than 60 horsemen from the Qingfu Army, and also transferred more than 40 horsemen from the Yunding garrison. They were already waiting on Gunlong Slope. When the battle reached a critical moment, he led his troops to fight out.
Sure enough, the Mongolian army was forced to the west of the pre-dug ditch.
This is not a very favorable terrain, and fighter planes are fleeting.
"Kill him!"
Without hesitation, Yang Ben led a hundred men to kill the chaotic Mongolian army...
It was already dusk, but the sound of killing was still loud on the battlefield in Chengdu, which was only fifty miles away from Luodai Town to the west.
Niulin has ordered the heavy cavalry of the Chinese army to march towards the west gate of Chengdu, ready to defeat most of the Song army at any time.
He could see that Pu Zezhi would soon break through.
At this point in the battle, Niulin was actually very nervous. Although he always seemed calm and unhurried, it was not easy for him to lead the Mongolian army to defeat Pu Zezhi when he was appointed as the new marshal.
Why is he not afraid of the Song Army's combat power? Only through small battles at Jiantandu, Lingquan Mountain, Jianmen Pass, and Yunding City, weakening the strength of the Song Army and suppressing the morale of the Song Army, can he dare to fight Pu Zezhi in a decisive battle
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Finally, the decisive moment came.
Nulin focused on the battlefield, and the wrinkles around his eyes became deeper, and he murmured: "Old man, don't wait any longer, come out."
Finally, a sentry rider reported: "Marshal Du, the Song army is leaving the city."
"good……"
Before he finished speaking, another Mengqi, with his armor removed, came running from the east, shouting at the top of his lungs from a distance.
"Marshal Du! The young general has been defeated. Please support Marshal Du..."
Niu Lin frowned, not wanting to miss the opportunity to defeat Pu Zhezhi, so he had to temporarily dispatch more than a thousand troops from the Chinese army to the east for reinforcements... We will provide you with the fastest update of the Final Song Dynasty, Chapter 349 Little Battle for free reading.:.