The thunderbolt exploded under the horse's hooves, breaking the horse's legs and throwing the cavalry off their horses.
At the same time, the flying iron fragments hit another Mongolian cavalryman's face, causing him to scream in pain.
Ah Shu finally admitted that the Mongolian army's arrows did not have an advantage in long-range shooting, because the Song army hid behind the wall and fired arrows and threw thunder cannons.
Only charge.
Following Ah Shu's order, the Mongolian soldiers set fire to the tails of the extra horses, allowing them to rush forward crazily and fall into the deep ditch.
"Eh??..."
The horse's neighing was very sad.
The horses that fell into the ditch raised their necks with sad eyes.
Looking at their eyes, it seems that they are more spiritual than many numb people in troubled times.
Finally, a Mongolian knight rode his horse through the trench, stepped on the horse's body with his horse's hooves, and rushed forward, intending to pass between the Song army's fortresses.
A Shu's route is also simple, break through the eastern defense line of the Song Army, go north to Qingyang Prefecture, and return to Liangzhou.
The reason why he did not attack Li Zengbo's defense line to the west was because he had fought against Li Zengbo and knew that the old guy was good at defense.
In the past few years, in a real frontal offensive and defensive battle, Ah Shu never defeated Li Zengbo once.
How about annihilating 400,000 enemies and fighting for thousands of miles without losing a single enemy? This is just the result of taking a detour to protect the enemy.
Although Ah Shu Kuang is crazy, he does not intend to do anything he is not sure about.
When attacking the east, although he faced Li Xia and had fortifications such as Gao'an City and Shengou Fortress, Li Xia was young after all and his battle experience must not be as good as Li Zengbo's.
Another point is that the entire defense line in the east is divided into three parts. Gao'an City is one part, and the north and south defense lines are each in another part.
The Song general who was guarding the north and hung the flag with the word "Liu" in his name was very average in his defense level in A Shu's eyes.
For example, if a veteran like Li Zengbo defends a place, there will be countless defensive methods. In addition to trenches, there will also be a deer's foot layout, which is to nail stakes to the ground as high as the legs of a sika deer to trip horses.
Its function is to use the least expensive defensive fortification.
Therefore, Ah Shu did not hesitate to choose this side to break out.
The Mongolian army seemed to have squeezed through a gap in the jagged rocks, scraping blood dripping from it, hanging strips of skin and flesh on the sharp rocks, and finally squeezed out.
A lucky Mongolian soldier escaped the explosion of the thunderbolt cannon, rode his horse through the ditch filled with the corpses of his comrades and horses, and passed through many fortresses... There was a shallow water plateau in front of them.
To the northeast of Qianshui Plateau is the junction of Jinghe River and Puhe River. Going north along Puhe River leads to Qingyang Mansion, which is their way of survival.
"Kill out!"
The way out is now in sight, and the morale of the Mongolian army is greatly boosted...
~~
On top of Gao'an City, Dong Wenyong was standing behind Li Xia, looking at the battle situation to the north.
It is now early September and he has been held captive for more than a month.
The battle of Jindou Pass was still in July... Li Xia besieged it head-on, while Dong Wenyong defended Jindou Pass with 10,000 troops. As a result, the enemy camp of the Song Army used the waterway to cross the Yellow River and cut off the rear.
Dong Wenyong also led his troops out of Jindou Pass many times, and defeated the enemy camp with reinforcements from Luoyang and Shaanzhou.
He thought he could defeat the rebel army that had just surrendered to Li Xia with one blow, but he didn't expect that the enemy camp was much tougher than he expected and could withstand attacks from both sides.
Jindou Pass was surrounded for half a month, and people's hearts were in a state of confusion.
Then Li Xia suddenly crossed the chasm and climbed to the city, and Guancheng was captured.
Dong Wenyong originally thought that this battle would be fierce, but after comparing the Song army's pursuit and interception of A Shu recently, he realized that in a war where you occupy Tongguan City and I occupy Jindou Pass and attack the city for half a day every day, I can still help collect the corpses.
Not worth mentioning.
During the month and a half he was captured, he saw with his own eyes that Li Xia had arranged the defense at Tongguan and then quickly marched westward, non-stop from Tianshui to Gongchang, pursued A Shu to Hezhou, and then rushed to Gao'an to set up defense.
He marched sixty miles every day, covering more than 2,600 miles in circles.
Compared with Ah Shu, Dong Wenyong really couldn't make Li Xia work so hard. He didn't have as strong combat power as Ah Shu, nor was he as destructive.
He was considered a good general. He accompanied Kublai Khan in his conquests in Dali and Ezhou. He was able to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and was also able to serve as a vanguard to defeat the enemy.
The North did not distinguish between civil and military affairs very clearly. Compared with fighting, Dong Wenyong was more like a civil servant, good at teaching and farming. He once lectured Kublai Khan's son. After he became an official in Henan, what he mainly did when not fighting was
The matter of promoting agriculture and encouraging farming.
Therefore, Li Xia did not kill Dong Wenyong, but rather wanted to recruit him.
In these troubled times, Li Xia's criterion for whether to recruit someone is very simple, it only depends on whether the person protects or harms the people.
Of course, this is his principle, and it depends on whether the other party is willing to surrender.
Dong Wenyong refused to surrender, but often made rude remarks.
At this time, seeing that Liu Jinsuo's defense was about to be broken through, he opened his mouth to comment. Although his tone was not sarcastic, he sincerely expressed his contempt for Li Xia.
"Look, your northern defense line is about to collapse. Although I hate Ah Shu, to be honest, I'm afraid you are going to be defeated."
After a while, when no one answered, Dong Wenyong continued: "Don't say you will lose today, but you can win. Mongolia is so strong that it cannot be weakened by one or two small victories. The herdsmen on the grassland
There is no need for training, and an army can be formed by recruiting them. The Great Mongolia has a vast territory and can accommodate hundreds of rivers. It can accommodate Han, Khitan, Jurchen, and Semu people, and it can be formed into an army in a short time..."
Li Xia ignored him.
I always hear such comments about foreign invaders, which is really annoying.
But the question of strength and weakness is the simplest, and there is no need to argue too much.
When the battle is over, there will naturally be results.
Li Xia raised the sight tube and looked for a while, and saw A Shu leading the Chinese army forward and completely breaking through Liu Jinsuo's defense line regardless of casualties.
Liu Jinsuo was defeated and could only lead his troops to retreat to the shallow water plateau in the northeast.
Fifteen thousand Mongolian cavalry surged through like a torrent. The camp where the Song army dug ditches and built forts stood like a rock in the torrent, also like a gate.
Li Xia then turned around and walked down the city.
He was already wearing armor, so he went straight to the school field in the city and got on his horse.
…
Dong Wenyong looked at Li Xia's back and felt the murderous intent of the Song Dynasty prince, Sichuan and Shaanxi commander.
The disdainful look on his face softened a lot.
To be honest, he has nothing to disdain for his defeated general, but rather admires Li Xia.
Just look at the wars during this period, beheading Shi Quan, attacking Dengzhou, defeating Shi Tianze, annihilating Liu Zheng, guarding Tongguan, restoring Jinduuguan, aiding Longxi, blocking Ashu... without stopping, how many people in this world can do it?
To achieve this.
Dong Wenyong didn't even see a tired look on Li Xia's face. He must be very tired, but he just didn't show it.
It is this iron will that makes people convinced.
Dong Wenyong admired Li Xia for more than just this...but he still refused to surrender.
Because his family is still in the north.
However, even if he does not surrender, Dong Wenyong's capture will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Dong family.
At that time, Li Xia will definitely use him to alienate Dong Wenbing, just like he did with Shang Ting and Zhao Bi last year.
Even without these tricks, how could Kublai Khan's trust in the Dong family not be shaken?
Dong Wenyong was anxious in his heart, looking at the battle to the north, he couldn't help but thought: "If Li Xia loses, there may be a chance to escape."
As for who will win today's battle? At the moment, Dong Wenyong still thinks that A Shu's troops are stronger...
~~
The fighting had only started for an hour, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
Liu Jinsuo's troops only had 3,000 men, but they occupied a favorable location and had firearms, trenches, and fortresses. In fact, they caused more damage.
The Mongolian army achieved its goal of breaking through the Song army's defense line, so its morale was greatly boosted.
Moreover, after breaking through the defense line, the Mongolian cavalry could finally run, and they were already winning.
…
"Hold on!"
Liu Jinsuo had led his troops to retreat to the shallow water plateau, and was desperately organizing a defense line to signal that the plateau should be defended.
However, the terrain in this area was much clearer. Under the rain of arrows from the Mongolian army, the Song soldiers fell to the ground one after another, or were overtaken by the Mongolian cavalry and hacked to death.
Seeing that Liu Jinsuo's troops and horses were about to be surrounded, Yang Ben finally led his cavalry around from the south of Gao'an City and inserted diagonally into the forward troops of the Mongolian army.
"Surround them!"
The Song Army's cavalry first separated the two thousand Mongolian troops charging at the front from the Mongolian army's formation, and worked together with Liu Jinsuo's troops to surround them.
Yang Ben already knew how to use cavalry flexibly to cut through enemy formations.
This style of fighting is like a cook cutting an ox, methodically cutting it with one knife after another... This is the tactic that the Mongolian cavalry is best at.
"Kill!"
A Shu had already seen this situation through the dense crowd and directed the Chinese army to attack Yang Ben's headquarters.
So far, the war was going smoothly for him.
His only worry was being held back.
This is in the Song Dynasty. The longer we are delayed, the more dangerous it will be.
At this time, Ashu's entire military formation was at its most chaotic. The troops in front of him had just broken through Liu Jinsuo's defense line, but were surrounded by Yang Ben.
The Chinese army is rapidly replenishing its troops, trying to form a counter-encirclement against Yang Ben's troops.
At this time, the gates of the city were opened wide, and the drums on the top of the city were beating loudly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The third force of the Song Army entered the battle formation at this time, and came out of Gao'an City with the sound of horse hooves.
Looking back at the entire battle, although the Mongolian army's 15,000 troops tried their best to suppress the Song army's defense line from the beginning, only the two or three thousand men at the front could really face the Song army.
Due to the terrain, the Mongolian army could not deploy its troops.
The high mountains were blocked in the middle, causing the Mongolian army to form a formation close to a long snake, which was the most unfavorable.
Although the Song Army divided its forces into three groups, it took advantage of the terrain to maximize the combat power of each group...
I saw a royal flag coming out of the city, and the Song army's cavalry was like an arrow, hitting the middle of the Mongolian army.
There, there were still high fortresses built by the Song army, which prevented the Mongolian cavalry from turning flexibly and had to fight hand-to-hand with the Song army's cavalry.
Li Xia is like the tip of this arrow, galloping at the forefront.
But he did not regard himself as an arrowhead, but as an axe.
He would strike hard like a big ax and split the Mongolian army into two.
The Mongolian soldiers turned around and wanted to draw their bows and arrows, but the group of armored cavalrymen had already bumped into them.
"Puff puff……"
Changsha stabbed the Mongolian soldiers over and broke into the formation.
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