Haran Shu was indeed caught off guard when he learned that the Song Army's cavalry had suddenly arrived in Liangzhou.
Even the words "Song Army Cavalry" are confusing and have a strong sense of violation.
He has been campaigning east and west for many years. He has heard of Xixia cavalry and Jin cavalry, but only recently did he hear that the Song army had cavalry.
The message was just sent, and the other party was already fighting in front of him.
Haran Shu would not be trapped in Liangzhou City, so he immediately mobilized his troops to fight...
It was Li Zengbo's 10,000 cavalry who approached Liangzhou from the southeast.
Li Zengbo marched quickly and did not give Haran Shu a chance to outflank him, and the two sides soon began to confront each other.
Li Xia then took this opportunity to bypass Liangzhou City and go straight to the pasture on the Shiyang River, directly taking out the auspicious Wang Banner.
This can be regarded as a strategic move. It was originally a roundabout outflank, but now it was changed to capture the thief first and capture the king first.
Even though Mie Liji has surrendered his military power, the Kuoduan family has been in Hexi for 20 to 30 years and their prestige is still there. As soon as the head of the Xiliang King is hanged, the morale of the Mongolian army will collapse.
When Haran Shu saw it, he was furious and commanded the right wing to intercept it.
However, before the Mongolian army could make any move, the Song army's trumpets sounded loudly, and Li Zengbo's cavalry came straight to kill them.
Veteran generals are well versed in the art of war. It is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, and invades and plunders as fire. It is as motionless as a mountain, as unpredictable as the clouds, and as moving as thunder.
When the army moved, Haran Shu was startled. He did not dare to neglect any more and quickly retracted his right wing. He no longer cared about Mi Liji's life and death, only asking him to hide in Liangzhou City first.
On his side, he began to deal with Li Zengbo with all his strength, intending to use the Mongolian army's riding skills to defeat part of the Song army first and then attack them separately.
Li Zengbo, on the other hand, hoped to start the war quickly.
Going deep alone, without food and fodder, he did not want to delay this battle, he wanted to win quickly even if he suffered casualties.
Therefore, as soon as they faced each other, they immediately blew the horn and charged.
The veteran's style of play seemed very aggressive, but it played right into Yang Ben's arms. He immediately responded by blowing the trumpet, and then immediately launched his attack.
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The weapons and equipment of the Song Army cavalry are slightly richer than those of the Mongolian cavalry.
What they wear is cotton armor. The cotton is beaten repeatedly to make cotton pieces, which are made into thick cotton cloth and sandwiched with iron armor. It is light, cold-proof, and has high defensive power.
During the march, the armor was placed on the backs of spare horses. Thanks to the large number of Liupanshan prisoners he had taken over before, Li Xia supported more than 20,000 riders and had no shortage of horses for the time being. This time, they all came with three to four horses per person.
The horse is a Mongolian horse with excellent endurance and is not picky about food. It is usually fed with refined food and can cope with it by eating some grass during the war. Moreover, the attack on Liangzhou this time is the time when the horses are fat.
Scouting scopes, and better maps.
Weapons include bows, crossbows, thunder cannons, and melee weapons include machetes, machetes, lassoes, etc.
Generally, only the Mongolian cavalry in the Guiyi Camp were good at using bows. The cavalry trained by Yang Ben and Song He most often used modified hand crossbows, which could be fired by pulling the trigger, which could make up for their inferiority in shooting skills.
The thunder cannon is used to increase the advantage of long-range attacks. In the past, Li Xia asked Taoist Master Hao to improve the gunpowder, so that his thunder cannon, unlike the original firearms, could directly hurt people with the power of the explosion.
Now there is a small change. There is no need to ignite the fire. You can just pull the ring and throw it out. This can be thrown far when riding a horse.
The horses of the Song Army cavalry were trained to be suitable for the sound of such explosions, and their ears were often blocked when charging. The enemy horses were often frightened by the sound of explosions, which was another advantage.
If they take a roundabout route, the Mongolian army may still have a big advantage, but if they charge into a confrontation, the Song army is no longer afraid of the Mongolian army...
Li Xia led more than 10,000 people, most of whom were from Guiyi camp or old members of the Liu family like Xiao Quan.
Because the prestige of Li Zengbo, a Song minister, was indeed not enough to command these domineering generals in the north.
Li Xia's command was as good as his own, just like Liu Yuanzhen and Liu Yuanli were there. The Liu family's old subordinates also understood that Li Xia still relied on the Liu brothers, but Liu Wulang was still observing filial piety, and Liu Yuanzhen was still guarding Tongguan.
After arriving to the west of Liangzhou, Li Xia first ordered Xiao Quan to lead a group of troops and horses to support Li Zengbo from the flanks, and then sent out cavalry to block various roads to prevent the sudden arrival of Mongolian reinforcements, and at the same time surrounded Liangzhou City.
After that, he let the remaining soldiers and horses surround and kill Li Jixie.
Song He was responsible for this matter.
He has the largest number of soldiers from Sichuan and Sichuan. When they heard that they were coming to fight against the Kuaduan family, everyone was already excited and their eyes were on fire.
Revenge was something they had never thought about before.
They were just the lucky ones who survived the massacre. The younger ones had never experienced what happened more than twenty years ago. They only heard from their parents about the deaths of their relatives.
It's very difficult to survive, so naturally I won't think about revenge.
Ordinary people cannot bear this kind of national hatred.
But this time on the Western Expedition, everything was different.
Along the way, people in the army kept telling stories about the past.
"When Kuoduan arrived in Chengdu, he wrote the word "Fire Kill" in a big book, killed all the people in the city, set fire to the city, and then burned Meishan, trampled Qiong, Shu, Peng, Han, Jian, Chi, Yongkang... Sichuan and Shu one thousand taels
Millions of people, tens of millions of people died."
Every night on the march, there were soldiers who responded to these words.
"My ancestors lived in Tianjia Village outside Chengdu. There were more than 300 people in the village, but only seven survived."
"I'm from Langzhou."
"From Qiongzhou..."
By the time the march reached this point, they had only one simple thought left in their minds.
"Kill his whole family."
When the military order was given, these soldiers flew out, and Li Xia suddenly felt that he could not stop them...
He looked ahead and thought for a while, but after all he was too lazy to pull it.
"over there!"
"Surround around us!"
"Don't let him run away..."
In the distance, the shouts of the Song Army cavalry fell on Miili Ji'ai's ears.
Although Mie Liji didn't understand, he could feel their arrogance.
There is also a sky-high murderous intention.
For a moment, he was really angry and thought these Song people were too stupid.
Liangzhou is indeed not prepared for defense now, because Mongolia does not need to establish a defense line, so the Song people suddenly came to kill... But didn't these Song people think carefully about how to face the wrath of the Great Khan?
Xixia, Jin, and before that, Song, were so afraid of arousing the wrath of the Great Mongolia that they were careful not to provoke border provocations.
But now, they dare to kill in front of the descendants of the Golden Family.
Immediately after this moment of anger, Mie Li Jiye felt shocked and angry.
Let’s talk about how to punish the Song people who are good at border provocations. At present, he must first escape the Song people’s butcher’s knife.
"Where's Harlan Shu?! Let him come and save me! He and Ah Shu took over the position of commander of the West Route Army. Is this how he leads the army?"
"protect me!"
"Quick! Stop them..."
Kuo Duan once taught Mi Liji how to command troops and horses, but after Kuo Duan completed the plunder of Sichuan and Sichuan between the ages of thirty and thirty-five, he began to recruit Tibet and surrendered, and rarely went to the battlefield in person.
The fourth generation descendant of Genghis Khan, Mili Jijie, actually never went on the battlefield.
He would just raise his hands and scream.
Fortunately, he is still timid.
Not only the Great Khan's Qixue Army, but also the kings, queens, princesses and other princes and nobles of the Great Mongolia also had their own Qixue Army, although they could not compete with the Great Khan's Qixue Army.
Mie Li Ji Yao then ordered his timid Xue from Qianhu to stop the Song army, while he pulled the reins and ran towards Liangzhou City.
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It is afternoon, the sun is slightly west of midday, and it is also the time of day when the sun is at its strongest.
The evil spirits on the ground rode their horses to the east, and the sun in the sky began to move westward.
The Mongolian warriors faced the Song army.
The bowstring was drawn and the crossbow was buckled.
There are fingers clasping the ring of the thunderbolt...
"Don't step on her!" Song He suddenly yelled.
His eyes full of hatred were still staring at the big flag in the distance, but he suddenly found a little girl crying in front of him, so he raised his shield, threw it with all his strength when he rushed close, and stuck the shield in front of the little girl.
on the ground.
In the chaos, he only had time to make such a small movement, and immediately glared at the enemy in front of him.
"Fire the crossbow!"
"Kill the prisoners!"
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The sunlight is a little to the west.
The human figure was pulled in front of Meili Jijie, who could no longer ride the horse.
too tired.
Behind him is Qie Xue who is still bravely protecting him, and Liangzhou City is already in sight in front of him.
suddenly.
"Well!"
A noose was wrapped around his thick neck, and with a strong pull, he was pulled off the horse.
"Bang!"
Severe pain was felt, and when Mie Liji looked up, he saw that he had been stabbed in the leg.
He screamed and cried loudly.
"I'm Chengji...ah!"
Soon, Song Jun's roar covered his screams.
"I want his head to defeat the enemy..."
"Don't take advantage of him."
"Drag them to the south of the city and kill them slowly..."
"Okay! Skin him."
"His whole family is in Liangzhou City, what are you anxious about?"
"I want to skin him!"
"ah!"
Another knife scraped through the thick skin of Mie Liji, and Song He felt the smell of alcohol mixed with blood rushing into his nose. The pleasure of revenge came over him. He thought of the tragic situation in his hometown where there were no roosters crowing for hundreds of miles, and his eyes couldn't help but feel sore.
He stepped on the enemy's head with all his strength and allowed his comrades to step forward to vent their anger. However, he turned his eyes to the west and murmured something because he thought of the note in his arms.