"It's just a matter of getting a first-class meritorious service and getting an official promotion. I'll give you an additional fifty acres of land? Not bad, right?"
When this military order was issued, some soldiers who had just joined the army were very excited, and most of the soldiers laughed. Such a meager reward may not be as good as the achievements of killing generals and lifting flags in previous battles. It is obvious that Guo
The envoy was showing his confidence to the entire army that he would win.
The person coming across from you is the Great Khan of Mongolia. In the past few years, this Great Khan has commanded a wolf-like army, killing the people in the Kingdom of Jin and turning thousands of miles of mountains and rivers into shuras.
Hell, that's true too.
It is certain that since the rise of the navy, many powerful enemies have been defeated. On the battlefield, only swords can speak. Wouldn't any famous military general go up and kill him with one sword? Now we have strong soldiers and brave generals, and the elite Mongol Khan also has the same head.
One arm and two legs may not give you one more life than an ordinary person!
After a burst of laughter, there was an exclamation.
They saw Dong Jin running away with a small group of cavalry. The Mongolian pursuers, numbering more than a hundred cavalry, were expanding along the two wings, like a giant hand trying to crush Dong Jin and others in the palm of their hand.
Because Ding Haijun was disguised as a baggage team heading north and accompanying the team, there were only 500 elite cavalry led by Zhao Jue. These 500 people not only had to protect the safety of food and supplies, but also served as sentinels and patrols.
Responsibility.
In the worst case scenario, if an enemy is suddenly encountered, tens of thousands of civilians will not be able to prepare for war so quickly. These elite cavalry still need to do their best to entangle the enemy and buy time for the large army.
Dong Jin's men warned in time and did their best while patrolling with sentries, but they couldn't even think about getting entangled with the enemy. The strength of the two sides was too far apart. After Dong Jin and others sounded the warning, they had no choice but to flee.
That’s all.
The weather was still cool at this time, but Dong Jin and others galloped wildly, feeling that the air around them seemed to be frozen, slowing down their path forward.
After galloping for more than ten miles with all their strength, the knights' robes clung tightly to their bodies, sticking to their sweat and skin. The sweat on their bodies flowed, quickly soaking through their clothes, and then flowed along their clothes again.
It dripped down, mixed with the hot sweat flowing from the war horse, and swayed with the ups and downs of the horse.
In this direction, Ding Haijun's scouts were distributed in groups of five cavalry. The farthest group reached Guangli Bridge on the Marco Polo River. It was this group of cavalry that discovered the Mongols rushing in from the mountains to the north.
They immediately signaled for warning and rode away.
The number of Mongolian cavalry was so large that when passing through the Guangli Bridge, they had to slow down slightly, leaving some possibility for the scouts to escape. However, a large number of Aljinchis immediately galloped out of the queue and were in hot pursuit.
Abandon.
These cavalrymen are members of the Qixue Army, and all of them are outstanding riders. When they gallop, their bodies rise and fall with a unique rhythm, as if they are integrated with the horses. They are very impressed by the physical strength of the horses.
And the control of running speed is even more wonderful.
Over the past few years, wherever they went, they would inevitably bring carnage and blood. The enemies they pursued could only wail and cry. In the end, they had nowhere to escape and died in the fields, woods, ravines, roadsides, and even anywhere they found them.
At this time, they crossed the barren fields and roads and continued to pursue them. Then they used their horn bows to shoot precise arrows, and used their scimitars to chop down the Dinghai navy scouts at the rear of the queue.
In just a few miles' journey, Ding Haijun's scout cavalry gathered three groups of companions from different directions. Among them, Dong Jin was one of the best warriors in ten. However, the Mongols were extremely ferocious, and half of the knights were fleeing one after another.
were brutally killed.
There was also a group of sentinels from Hebei Meng'an Mouke Army who were also involved.
These Jurchens were all signed by Pusan Anzhen and joined the army last year. They were all nominally from the Zhenfang Qianhu in Hebei Province, but in terms of real military experience, they were far inferior to those of Dingjun officers. What's more, they lacked enough vigilance.
When they went out, they used leather straps or ropes to tie the packages containing armor and weapons, food, water bags, etc. tightly to the horse's back.
In this way, it is convenient when marching, but once attacked, there is no way to dismantle the ropes and discard the heavy packages. In this short-distance pursuit, the speed of each rider must be kept as fast as possible, and additional
That extra bit of weight kills them instantly.
Relying on the cover of the Jurchens, Dong Jin and others rushed all the way to Liangxiang.
Dong Jin considered breaking into Laoshi Gang directly, and first asked his servant San Anzhen to carry a Mongolian hat on his head. However, the terrain to the east of Laoshi Gang was slightly lower, with grass growing as high as half a man, and the terrain was undulating.
Running in such terrain is too risky. If you fall, you will die.
Dong Jin and others could only go around the stone hillock, hoping that the old Mongolian men would look up at the five-color flags unique to the Jurchens on the hillock and seek out their bad luck first. However, they never thought that those Alejinchis were completely unlucky.
Ignoring the Jurchens, even the main Mongolian army behind them, like dark clouds covering the ground, bypassed the high ground without hesitation and rushed straight towards the Dinghai navy!
Dong Jin cursed repeatedly, but at this moment, the shouts of people and the neighing of horses suddenly started, and two teams of Mongolian cavalry surrounded them from the left and right. The stubborn sheep's horn bows in their hands were all strung, and there was still a distance.
After dozens of steps, the sound of bowstrings erupted continuously, and several arrows immediately flew towards Dong Jin and others.
The stubborn sheep's horn bow coupled with the heavy snake bone arrows was extremely powerful, almost comparable to the strong bows used by his subordinates. Hearing a muffled grunt, a companion behind Dong Jin was shot in the back, a wide
The arrow instantly penetrated the military uniform, then tore open the flesh and bones, and finally came out on the chest.
Blood spurted out from the two wounds on the front and back. The companion insisted on riding the horse at first, but in the blink of an eye, he lost strength and fell off the horse like a rice bag. Because one leg was still hanging on the stirrup, his
The body was dragged violently and hit several times by rocks and bushes. All the limbs and torso were shattered into pieces.
The dead knight was a prestigious Puliyan. Seeing his tragic death, the other scouts became furious and took their bows to shoot back.
"Idiot! Don't cum now! Leave quickly!"
Dong Jin cursed continuously.
The subordinates were sobered by Dong Jin's scolding that they quickly put away their bows and arrows and continued to ride their horses with their backs bent. But just as they slowed down slightly, two more people were hit by arrows in the shoulders and backs.
Fortunately, we are not far from Ding Haijun's array!
They ignored the blood and water splashing when the arrows fluttered, and continued to fight hard. Finally, they were able to get away from the pursuers, and then rushed into the neat queue of Ding Haijun before they approached again. The queue was also here.
Then they parted to both sides, opening up a passage for the sentries and cavalry to run.
The moment Dong Sheng and others urged their horses into the formation, the sword and shield players on the left and right sides moved their bodies laterally to fill the gap again. They held their shields on the ground for a moment, and after a roar, the passage in the array disappeared, and the back of the Qingqi also disappeared.
It was obscured by flags and figures. Only the shield array was densely packed, like a copper wall and an iron wall, connected with the steel jungle behind.
But the movements of the Mongolian light cavalry did not stop just because the pursuit target disappeared.
Hundreds of light cavalry were still advancing in a straight line. The Mongols shook their braided hair on both sides of their heads, shouted wildly, and waved weapons such as swords, hook guns, or hammers, creating a terrifying momentum. They did not put aside the continuous queue in front of them.
In my eyes, based on past experience, as long as a powerful charge was made, most of the Jin army would run away in panic, and the Mongolian knights just jumped in.
The distance between the two parties was only a few hundred steps. The Mongolian cavalry galloped and covered less than half of the distance in the blink of an eye.
But the Jin army in front of them was different from ordinary ones. Facing the oncoming enemy cavalry, their formation did not waver at all. Not only the shield formation in the front row did not move, but also the steel jungle formed by the spearmen at the rear with their weapons raised high.
move!
This calm and motionless posture seems to be very unpredictable.
A Mongolian Batuer who led Aljinchi sneered. This Jin army is simply more well-trained and more experienced. But they will never be the opponent of the Mongolian warriors! He no longer knows how to defeat such an infantry formation.
How many times have I tried to disrupt their formation and shake their military morale... It's very simple!
Under the leader's order, the cavalry suddenly made a circle. The speed of the horses hardly dropped, but the direction of action turned to the right, galloping horizontally in front of the military formation.
The Mongolian knights were still shouting and howling, as if provocative and extremely arrogant. Some experts in riding and shooting simply stood on the saddle, drew their bows and nocked arrows, and shot several arrows into the ranks of Ding Haijun.
Of course, this is just an act. The other Mongolian knights stared intently at the enemy formation, trying to find signs of panic. As long as they saw a little bit of panic or hesitation, they would remember the position and then take the most advantageous opportunity.
, launch a series of fierce attacks on the enemy in this position.
But they saw no sign.
The huge military formation was always solemn and calm. Under the cover of the flags, no one in panic could be seen in every team horizontally and vertically.
It's not normal!
The more uniform the military formation is, the more conspicuous the panic of some soldiers is. Therefore, in some armies, experienced soldiers will deliberately make noises and make moves to cover up the panic of new soldiers. But this military formation is too neat.
, so stable, as if everyone’s military morale is fixed, like an unshakable mountain.
This Ding navy is indeed different from the ordinary Jin army! It is indeed a powerful enemy that even the Great Khan should pay attention to!
"Continue, let's go to the left and go around the flank of the Jin army!" Batu'er shouted at the top of his lungs.
When hundreds of Aljinchi responded, they roared like thunder, and thousands of iron hooves flew. In the blink of an eye, they went from the front of Ding Haijun to the left, then around the back, to the right, and made a complete circle.
The war horse galloped for a while, and a whole circle of smoke slowly fell. There was no fighting along the way. The first few centurions to return to the original place looked at each other, speechless for a moment. The arrogance in their eyes faded away, replaced by
Surprised or awestruck.
The troops dispatched by Ding Haijun this time were mainly infantry. The formation of infantry was much tighter than that of cavalry, so even a large formation of ten thousand people did not occupy a large space. Therefore, the Mongols could clearly see this.
The military formation is composed of multiple large and small square formations. Each square formation is nested in relation to each other and stretches across the grassland. Except for the constant sound of bugles and drums and the waving of the flags of the square formation, everyone,
Even their gleaming helmets and weapons remained intact.
No matter which direction the Mongolian cavalry galloped, and no matter how they approached, detoured, intimidated, or lured the enemy, they could not shake the unyielding attitude of the naval officers at all.
