The Mongolian army's camp is located twenty miles north of Liangxiang, near the grassland on the banks of the Marco Polo River.
When the sky is dim in the east, the stars and moonlight in the night sky are still there, and the embers of the bonfires in the vast wilderness are still not extinguished. Most of the Mongolian soldiers were too tired when they camped last night and did not bother to watch or think more.
.At this moment, many people lifted up their felt blankets, moved their stiff bodies, punched and kicked their bodies, and looked around. They suddenly felt how many people and horses were stationed here.
Looking around, there is the light of bonfires everywhere, and the flames are endless, occupying a huge space, and seem to be denser than the stars in the sky. As more and more people and horses emerge from their sleep,
When I woke up in the middle of the night, some people wanted to cut grass, some wanted to fetch water, and some people used knives to kill a sheep that was wailing. Everyone spoke loudly, as if they were all shouting in their ears.
This kind of gathering of people and horses may be familiar to the Han'er in the Central Plains. After all, the number of Han'er is already frightening. Their villages are densely populated, and in each city, tens of thousands of people gather at every turn, and they don't know where to eat.
Where does it come from.
Except for large-scale wars and hunting activities, the Mongols rarely have such gatherings. The grassland covers thousands of miles and is extremely vast, and herding itself has requirements on the carrying capacity of the grassland. Therefore, generally speaking, the herdsmen’s neighbors are several times away from their own tribes.
Miles away, in some desolate pastures to the north, there were only a dozen or so tents in a radius of dozens of miles, and not a few living people could be seen after a long horse race.
Therefore, every time a large army gathers, ordinary Mongolian soldiers feel that there are too many people and horses. This kind of gathering that exceeds their usual cognitive range always brings unusual encouragement to the soldiers, who feel that their own troops are as powerful as mountains and seas.
Unrivaled.
In the past two years, Mongolian soldiers have been rampant in the Central Plains, often fighting for months on end. However, the morale of the soldiers has always been high, which is related to this national habit.
The same was true for the timid Xue army officers.
This time they accompanied Genghis Khan to the south, and in less than a month they successively wiped out a large number of strongholds and passes around Zhongdu. So every morning when they woke up, they could see more seizures and batches of goods in their camp.
With cattle, horses and even war slaves, the camp became more and more noisy, and the soldiers became more and more confident. After waking up, many soldiers couldn't help but sing a song loudly.
But at this moment, the camp was noisy as before, but the atmosphere in the army was a little subtle.
Some captains and centurions deliberately shouted loudly, talking about last night's victory on the stone hill, trying to cheer up the soldiers, but the shouts and responses of the soldiers fell in the ears of their companions and were muffled.
Can't hold back the heavy emotions.
The Mongolian army is very good at attacking in a roundabout way, so when fighting in the Jin Kingdom in the past, they occasionally bit off a hard bone and suffered a small loss. If the leading general was too lazy to bother, he would just change the direction and tear off a few pieces of fat, and the soldiers would be able to defeat them immediately.
elated.
Yesterday evening, the navy's strong formation suddenly turned bald and undefeatable, and suddenly turned to the Jurchens on the stone hill. It was this usual routine.
However, the officers and soldiers of Qixue Army are warriors drawn from various tribes or descendants of Nayan from various tribes. They are more knowledgeable than ordinary Mongolians and are not chaotic and ignorant beasts. They have been fighting with the Jin Kingdom for two or three years, and they already know the Jin Kingdom.
The Jurchens were not the only ones under his rule, but the complex relationship between the Jurchens, Khitan and Han people was also gradually distinguished.
Therefore, many of them knew that the victory against the Hebei Meng'an Moutian Army could not offset the defeat against the Ding Navy. The Ding Navy was an army of the Han people and an anomaly in the Kingdom of Jin. The fact that our side had won the Jurchens did not mean that
We can win them; no matter how many Jurchens we kill, we can't shake them.
Some people even know that when Shiji Hutuhu killed Shanglaishigang last night, the Ding navy also killed Shanglaishigang, and quite a few Jurchens died in the hands of those Han people!
In this case, everyone's attention must return to the fight with Ding Haijun itself, and to our own defeat in yesterday's battle.
It was a real disastrous defeat. It was a disastrous defeat for the Mongols in the field battles they were best at. Everyone still remembers the scene yesterday, thinking about how they watched more than a thousand cowardly soldiers of the Xue army being attacked by the enemy.
When the army surrounded them and then massacred them, the chill caused by last night's cold wind immediately became three points stronger, making people feel chilly all over.
Ding Haijun is a formidable opponent, as the soldiers of Xue Army have long known.
In the past two years, almost every defeat of the Mongolian army in the Jin Kingdom was related to the Ding Haijun. When General Zhebie died in Liaodong, Genghis Khan regarded the Ding Haijun as his top enemy, so he placed
Regardless of them, they rushed to Liangxiang to fight with Ding Haijun.
Who could have imagined that the result of the fight would be like this?
Previously, the fourth prince Tu Lei lost, and everyone thought it was because the fourth prince was incompetent. Later, Chen Nayan's troops lost, and everyone thought it was because Chen Nayan did not take command in person, allowing Ding Haijun to take advantage. Later, Zhebie died.
The soldiers all scolded the navy for being treacherous.
Until yesterday's battle, everyone was a little stupid. Genghis Khan personally led the Xue army here, and then suffered such a big loss?
The Great Khan's Qixue army only had 10,000 people in total. More than a thousand casualties accounted for one-sixth of the total Qixue army!
No matter how tough the army is, it is difficult to withstand such a high proportion of casualties. Since the war between the Mongolian Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, only two years ago when the Jin Kingdom besieged Xijing, there were more casualties than this time. But in that battle, the Mongolian army
At least they were in full control of the situation, but they just lacked experience in attacking fortified cities. This time it was a solid victory in the field, with no excuses for the defeat!
If Genghis Khan himself had not led the troops and relied on his unparalleled prestige to suppress the situation, I am afraid that the army would have been shaken in various ways. Such wavering has not occurred for a long time after Genghis Khan unified the grasslands and kneaded all the Mongolians into one.
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What's more, who among the members of the Qixue Army is not of noble status? They serve under the Great Khan, representing the direct connection between the many tribes that make up the Great Mongolia and the Great Khan.
After all, the Great Mongolia was a country based on tribes. On the one hand, Genghis Khan tried his best to reorganize and transform many tribes, but on the other hand, he had to rely on the support of tribes. His Qixue Army was the result of the support of countless tribes, and the Qixue Army
The death of any one person meant that Genghis Khan's communication channel with a certain tribe was cut off.
This is not a military loss, but affects the rough and delicate political balance on the grassland!
In the early morning, the camp was noisy, and the Mongolian generals were in confusion. Everyone was busy with what they were doing, while looking at the round tent where the Great Khan was from time to time.
Those with sharp eyes saw that the waiters around the round tent were still waiting respectfully. The Sugu'erchi and Yuliechi in the outer ring, and the Yunduchi and Yudianchi at the head and tail of the queue were all motionless.
The Hezalichis only knelt down and waited respectfully, and the Baoerchis, who were in charge of cooking, had already washed and skinned a lamb, but did not light a fire to grill it without an order.
Seeing this situation, many soldiers smiled happily: "The Great Khan is still sleeping! The Great Khan is sleeping well!"
In fact, in the round tent, Genghis Khan had been awake for a long time. He just deliberately did not get up. On the one hand, he used this to calm the emotions of his subordinates, and on the other hand, he also waited for the arrival of Shi Ji Hu Tu Hu.
Genghis Khan did not let Genghis Khan wait long. After a moment, he opened the tent with a roar and rushed into the tent, sweating profusely.
Genghis Khan sat up and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Seeing that you are so anxious...what happened?"
"Just before dawn, our team of Batu'ers captured several sentries from the Ding Navy alive and asked for their confessions."
"What do you say about the confession?"
"The navy will arrive with 50,000 reinforcements, and they will fight us in Zhongdu!"
