The dead soldiers failed to break through the formation, and the Mongolian cavalry continued to gallop back and forth, like a flock of birds scattered and gathering, walking through the open space in front of the two armies' formations.
Occasionally, a horse staggered after being hit by a cold arrow, and both the man and the horse fell to the ground, churning and throwing up a cloud of dust and smoke. However, the cavalry was not disturbed by this. The nearby knights only moved the reins slightly to avoid or jump over the fall.
companions, as smooth as a stream flowing through small pieces of gravel in the river.
While galloping, the knights fired a never-ending rain of arrows.
Hundreds of arrows roared and tore through the air, falling like rapid raindrops into the ranks of Zhou's infantry.
The sword and shield hands on the periphery of the small phalanx raised their shields to cover themselves and their companions behind. Most of the falling arrows hit the shields, making a dense thumping sound. But their movements of raising the shields were uneven.
Not evenly, many arrows passed through the gaps between shields and fell into the group of soldiers.
Under the shield wall, there was a continuous muffled sound. Even if the soldiers were protected by iron armor, they would inevitably be hit by arrows in their arms or thighs.
Just after the first wave of arrow rain passed, the second wave came again. Because the cavalry drew an arc when running, the direction of this wave of arrows was slightly different from the previous one. The soldiers holding the shields were inexperienced, so most of them were facing towards
original direction, so the arrows cause more damage.
A soldier's arm holding a shield was pierced by an arrow shot from an angle, and blood surged out like a fountain. He gritted his teeth and tried to hold the shield high, but the tendons in his hands were injured and he had no strength at all.
Seeing the entire shield slipping away, a gap of several feet long and wide was exposed in the shield wall.
"I'll do it!" the sign leader beside him shouted, striding over to hold the shield.
Because of the rush from the side, the person arrived first, but the force exerted by the arm was one step slower, and the reset of the shield was even slower.
Dozens of steps away from the shield formation, a Mongolian knight glanced this way, then opened his bow and fired an arrow. This man was definitely one of the best marksmen in the world. This arrow was very powerful and came as fast as lightning. The boss couldn't avoid it.
, the arrow penetrated straight into the face and came out through the skull.
His tall body swayed twice and suddenly fell down.
The blacksmith behind him exclaimed, and he immediately understood that his boss was too unlucky to be saved. He didn't care about anything else, and immediately stepped forward to hold his shield to prevent him from falling further. In the blink of an eye, he was dead again.
Two arrows flew in through the gap and made two dents in his armor.
One of his apprentices cursed loudly, took a crossbow and shot two arrows. The arrows flew into the smoke and were lost to sight, and it was not clear what they hit.
Blacksmith Fang kicked his apprentice to get him out of the way, and then raised the shield back to its original position. The breach in the shield wall was blocked, leaving no loopholes for the Mongols to exploit.
In these military formations, there were soldiers, officials, scholars, craftsmen, merchants, and hawkers. When Guo Zhongyuan gathered the troops, he roughly forcibly kneaded them together.
Some among them fell, some groaned, and some cried out in pain, but no one retreated.
I don't know who yelled to embolden myself, and everyone roared along.
Amidst the roar, the closely connected military formations were like roaring beasts, shaking their steel and iron bones from time to time, symbolizing the will and determination of countless people without fear.
An arrow shot the leader of the Mongolian cavalry, Lerema, to death. He glanced at the dense shield wall with regret, and suddenly felt depressed. Then he heard the horn summoning them from behind... This group of people continued to outflank and shoot.
If it fails, it's the other team's turn to come up as a substitute.
The knight turned his horse back bitterly, retreated several hundred steps, and then joined the group.
Running back and forth to shoot requires extremely high horsemanship and archery skills, and it is also very energy-consuming. The knight ran several times and shot a quiver empty. Now his face was covered with dust, and trenches were formed on his face with sweat.
style imprints.
He shouted several times to call his companions, and found that only four of the ten-man team were still in front of him, while the other three had fled.
This is nothing. The cavalry moves like wind and can always take the initiative. They are not worried that the Zhou army will suddenly attack and disturb the Mongols' reorganization. Therefore, the knights are not in a hurry to find anyone. They just dismount with a calm face, sit on the ground, and use
The knife he carried with him cut open the flesh of his shoulder and pulled out the arrow cluster embedded inside.
Every Mongolian is an expert in archery, and he is also an expert in healing arrow wounds. He is silent and very focused when using the knife.
This arrow cluster was triangular, and it penetrated his leather armor, and penetrated deeply into his flesh with a few strands of silk underneath. It was more difficult to handle than the usual flat arrow clusters. He could only cut open the upper muscles first, and then slowly
Slowly find a suitable angle and pick it out.
The process was really painful, and although the Mongolian knight didn't say a word, the veins on his forehead jumped several times.
He and his men had been invincible in Hezhong in the Western Regions over the years, winning one battle after another. However, after entering the Central Plains for several days, seeing the enemy killing more and more and getting stronger, he felt aggrieved.
.Up to now, everyone has a gloomy look on their face; some people sat and rested for a while, and then repeatedly called for people to bring them water and food, hoping to regain their strength as soon as possible.
Finally, their mounts were all still energetic. They carried the best horses this time, and there were enough of them. When traveling through the Song Dynasty, they abandoned some tired ones. Even after running and fighting for ten consecutive days, they were tired.
The war horse is in pretty good condition.
The knight rested for a while, then mounted his horse and walked back. He was obviously a well-known warrior. Along the way, several groups of Nak'er with bright armor bowed to him and saluted without stopping him.
He walked up to Tuo Lei and said sternly: "Fourth Prince, most of the Han people opposite are novices! The officers' command is fine, but the reaction of the people below is very slow and there are many loopholes!"
"Then what? What can you do?"
The knight was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "The whole army pressed forward, forcing them to panic, and then attacked their generals with all their strength. Cut off the head of the prey, and the four legs can only kick around!"
Tuo Lei nodded solemnly: "That's a good idea! Go down and rest and wait for my order!"
When the knight turned and walked away, Tuo Lei sighed and his face turned pale.
Is there any good way?
No one has a way! There is no good way!
All the solutions they proposed were dead ends!
Tuo Lei knew that there were very few regular troops in Kaifeng. Because the attention was previously focused on the north, a lot of weapons and equipment had also been diverted. The team assembled by Guo Zhongyuan was actually composed of civilians organized with a small number of officers as the skeleton, and could not be considered a strong army at all.
.So Tuo Lei originally hoped that his subordinates would cut it into pieces and destroy it in the shortest time, and deal with the weakest enemy first.
But he didn't expect that he had changed four cavalry teams one after another, with more than two thousand elites taking turns, exerting the highest intensity of pressure, but the enemy's military formation remained stable. They may have continued to expose their flaws, but they used high fighting spirit and
The unimaginable equipment distribution ability makes up for the shortcomings, resulting in our own side being unable to seize the loopholes and can only rely on superior combat skills to fight piecemeal.
There is no problem in attacking piecemeal. With the tenacity of the Mongols, they can harass and fight for days and nights. No matter how strong the army is, they cannot withstand such consumption. The problem is that the enemy will not give them the luxury of dragging mines.
More than a dozen experienced subordinates have come back to report, and their observations are similar. They all feel that the enemy lacks training and has no ability to respond in a timely manner, but if they want to win, the entire army must press forward and fight hard.
There is no problem in pressing the whole army. Relying on the superiority of cavalry to concentrate the force in one place and defeat the enemy from all sides one by one is the most common method used by the Mongols. The problem is that if you face such an army, the whole army must fight hard.
, what about the enemies that are eyeing you from other directions? They will soon form an encirclement momentum!
How to cope?
Tuo Lei has sent people to investigate clearly, and there are enemies from other directions, including the two main forces of the Zhou army that have been separated and reunited, as well as the elite cavalry of the red coat army who rushed to help from the Song Dynasty, and tens of thousands more.
There may be fifty thousand or even one hundred thousand furious people.
The wealth of the Central Plains is no less than that of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties; the resources that can be used for war in various places in the Central Plains are no less than those of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. However, the ferocity of the Han people in the Central Plains is ten times and a hundred times better than that of the Song Dynasty.
When they recovered from the chaos, a huge number of people and resources continued to reorganize and aggregate, forming a steel wave of unimaginable scale in just a few days. Compared with the sweeping power of the steel wave, Tuo Lei had to admit that
, our own strength is too weak.
Tuo Lei suddenly regretted it and felt that it was a stupid idea to disperse his troops to kill and plunder everywhere.
No, maybe the whole business plan is a stupid idea.
He always remembered his early failure in Shandong. At that time, he led six thousand troops to storm a military fort guarded by Guo Ning. As a result, the main force of the army was suppressed by Tie Futu, and Guo Ning himself led the troops.
The cavalry smashed Tuo Lei's headquarters in just an instant and captured Tuo Lei himself.
Tuo Lei never wants to repeat such painful memories.
Therefore, before this intermediary plan, Tuo Lei decided to lead his own troops into the Central Plains. In this way, his father and brothers would directly fight Guo Ning. Tuo Lei seemed to be in danger and could easily defeat the weak Central Plains.
The crowd then devours the benefits to enhance their own strength.
He now confirms that this idea is a complete failure.
Because the Mongolian army had no choice against the Han soldiers and civilians across the Central Plains, it gradually lost its advantage and became ants surrounded by a wave of steel!
"Tell me, where are the main forces of the Great Khan's army now?" Tuo Lei asked in a seductive voice, "We have been busy for ten days, they can't just ignore us, right?"