When he encountered the Mongolian Tier Xue army in Liangxiang three days ago, Guo Ning's attitude was very serious. Although he tried to appear calm, in fact, the ministers around him could feel that he was extremely alert.
This is completely understandable. After all, Genghis Khan swept through half of the Kingdom of Jin in the past few years and killed no less than a million soldiers and civilians of the Kingdom of Jin. This was a terrifying opponent with great weight.
The Ding Navy has stepped on the Mongolian army again and again to develop to the present point. They are already a thorn in Genghis Khan's side. If they want to move forward in the future, no matter which path Guo Ning chooses, they must defeat the Mongolian army and defeat Genghis Khan.
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However, Guo Ning was more afraid of Genghis Khan than most people.
Because he understands better than anyone else the scale of conquest, plunder, massacre, and destruction that Genghis Khan and the regime he established achieved.
Because he understands better than anyone how many battles this terrifying army that rose on the plateau fought in the following decades and how many enemies it defeated.
So he understood better than anyone else that even if he saw through the Jurchens' weakness and was determined to break up with the Jin Dynasty...the insurmountable obstacle in front of him was still the Mongolian army. If there was no comprehensive confrontation with the Mongolian army and
The ability to win in battle, Guo Ning's plans for political power and hegemony are all a joke.
Due to this understanding, Guo Ning was subconsciously cautious when facing Genghis Khan himself. So much so that he, who always liked to use offense instead of defense and was always looking for the initiative on the battlefield, chose to form a strong formation and fight a stupid battle.
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But after three days of forced march, Guo Ning gradually relaxed.
He became more and more convinced that the legendary conqueror opposite him had not officially started his conquest yet, or in other words, he had only taken the first step and the second step. Mongolia at the moment was just a country occupying the grasslands.
It was just a separatist regime. Genghis Khan and his army were far from the level of terror that Guo Ning saw in his dream.
Compared with this, what's wrong with Ding Haijun? Ding Haijun has also separatized Shandong and many military states in Liaodong, with millions of people under its rule. It also has a powerful army built by me, Guo Ning! I'm afraid they will do anything!
What's more, I, Guo, am also very special!
Genghis Khan is not a god. Any military decision he made cannot be separated from the characteristics of the Mongolian army. And I, Guo Ning, have lived in the border since childhood and have been dealing with the Mongols for twenty years. I am most familiar with the combat characteristics of the Mongolian army...
…I watched the Mongols become stronger little by little!
When Guo Ning thought of this, he suddenly felt that the weight in his chest was gone, and he couldn't help laughing.
Over the past three days, every response made by the Mongolian army maximized their own advantages, and at the same time made the situation completely as expected by Guo Ning.
The current situation is that the Mongols have used detours and ambushes, causing the two armies to come into close contact, and they will fall into chaos in the blink of an eye.
This is what Genghis Khan expected, and it was the result he created. Because Genghis Khan was convinced that in chaotic battles, the fierceness and bloody bravery of the Mongols could always overwhelm any enemy, and the warriors of the cowardly Xue Army were countless on the grassland.
The bravest among warriors.
Genghis Khan must also have understood that the Dinghai navy had fought against the Mongolian army several times before, always relying on strong formations or strongholds to wear down the opponent's strength, and only finally launched a fierce attack. At this moment, they suddenly encountered the enemy while on the march, and completely lost the sense of formation. Perhaps, there was no way to meet the enemy in an orderly manner, and just like all armies in the world, they lost their greatest strength against the Mongolian army.
Genghis Khan's judgment on the Mongolian army was not wrong at all, but his judgment on Ding Haijun was wrong, and his judgment on Guo Ning was wrong!
This chaotic situation is also what Guo Ning is looking forward to!
Guo Ning made special preparations for this situation!
Guo Ning reached out and grasped the iron bone flower hanging next to the saddle.
This weapon is a relic left by Yao Shier, Guo Ning's close companion. It was worn out several times in the battle and was reforged and repaired several times at Guo Ning's request. Not to mention Tie Guduo's hammer head, even The hammer handles were replaced with fine iron ones.
When Guo Ning put his hand on the handle of the hammer, his eyes suddenly turned ferocious, just like when he charged into battle countless times before.
He said to his staff: "Just stay here and don't move around. I'll be back as soon as I go."
His tone was soothing but murderous.
The civil servants were frightened by this sudden outbreak of murderous intent and could only bow their heads. When everyone raised their heads, Guo Ning and dozens of cavalry had already passed through the smoke and dust caused by the trampling of the people and horses in front.
Passing through clouds of smoke and dust, Guo Ning quickly arrived at the front line of the army.
The outflanking cavalry of the Mongolian army came out of Tangluo and had to make an arc on the field to reach the flank of Ding Haijun, which was slower than Guo Ning who went straight to the front line.
But the cavalry's movements are swift after all and cannot be much slower.
The ground has begun to shake slightly, and the sound of tens of thousands of horse hooves hitting the ground has grown from small to loud, like rolling thunder. In front of the queue, the Mongolian team is moving forward slowly; while on the side of the queue, almost all of them are already in Mongolia. In danger of being attacked by cavalry!
Amid the deafening roar, Guo Ning shouted loudly: "Where is Zhao Jue?"
"Already up! Everything is ready! Uh... we are all ready too!"
Guo Ning asked again: "Where is Ni Yi!"
"I am here!"
"Hold my flag!"
Ni Yi's face turned red and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Yes!"
The flagpole, which was two feet high and as thick as a bowl, was lifted up by Ni Yi with all his strength. The pure red Dinghai Navy flag suddenly unfolded on the battlefield, attracting the attention of countless people.
"The messengers inform the whole army, ignore the enemies on the side, and everyone should follow the military flag and move forward!"
Groups of messengers were running around, shouting along the way, but Guo Ning had already moved on.
Hundreds of cavalrymen from his headquarters followed closely behind, with momentum like a rainbow.
Guo Ning's heroic figure galloping forward fell into the eyes of the soldiers, and Guo Ning's orders reached the ears of the soldiers.
The restless soldiers were stunned.
"What is the missionary going to do?"
"He rushed forward! He told us to follow the flag and move forward!"
"Move forward? Can we move forward at this time?"
"Aren't the Mongols outflanking them from the side? Why don't we form a formation? Only by forming a formation can we withstand it!"
The last soldier who spoke looked around him. There was a large cart carrying supplies. Because the wheel hub was embedded in the ruts on the road, the soldiers were trying to push it out. In the past few months, the soldiers had carried out many operations relying on the vehicle.
During the training against the cavalry, seeing the Mongolian cavalry surge like a frenzy, the soldier habitually wanted to hide behind the vehicle.
As soon as he moved his steps, a knife flashed before his eyes, and a few strands of hair floated past.
It turned out that Liu, the old man from Pu Liyan, was slashing with his sword and was about to cut off the soldier's entire face by just a hair.
Old Liu held the knife in his hand and his face was ashen.
How can there be such a quick way to form a formation? Even if a hundred people formed a formation in front of him, and the whole army was in a file at the moment, what was the use of a few scattered formations? At this moment, he wanted to yell loudly and scold the vacillating people around him until they were bloody.
, but where does this much time come from in the battle formation?
So he just shouted sternly: "The envoy has issued an order, ignore the enemies on the side, and follow the military flag forward!"
Lao Liu's boss, a lieutenant of the Ding Navy, also jumped up, drew his sword and waved it repeatedly: "If the envoy has an order, follow the flag and move forward! Quick! Quick!"
Since the Ding Navy units here could be selected by Guo Ning to fight north, most of them are reliable troops that have been tested in war, and their loyalty to Guo Ning is no problem. When they suddenly encountered the enemy, they were inevitably panicked, but some officers immediately jumped.
Coming out to give orders to advance awakened the soldiers' instinct to obey military orders.
As the officers shouted loudly one after another, more and more soldiers ran wildly, shouting in unison: "Follow the flag and move forward!"
If you look at the continuous queue of Ding Haijun as a whole, it is like a long snake that stretches and stretches along the road. This long snake was obviously sluggish for a moment, but soon it seemed to be swept by an electric current.
He regained his strength and began to move forward rapidly.
As the long snake walked close to the ground, its scales were constantly broken and discarded. They were vehicles abandoned by the Ding Navy, baggage, soldiers' luggage and even useless donkeys, mules and livestock. The momentum of the long snake gradually became fierce.
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The weather today was very good and the sun was a little bright, so Genghis Khan squinted his eyes and carefully watched Ding Haijun's reaction. This army was clearly in dire straits, and it was still trying to fight back. Such a performance made him feel a little embarrassed.
Very appreciated.
The sun shone on his rosy face, making his slender eyes look deep and wise. He said:
"Those people who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom told me that Han'er was cowardly and cowardly, so he was conquered by the Khitans and Jurchens one after another. In fact, that is nonsense. Han'er, like us Mongolians, has two eyes and one mouth. They
The number of them is more than the weeds on the grassland, how can there be no Batu'er who dare to fight? This must be true for everyone in the navy!"
Attending Genghis Khan was Huihui Zhabalhuo, holding a long sword and riding on a camel.
Zhabal Fire Master said in a deep voice: "I'll hold down the front, and when the cavalry who have lost their luck and become bald suddenly close up from the sides, I can easily kill them all!"
Genghis Khan's eyes lit up, and he smiled and said: "Go, go!"
He was the winner of the brutal competition on the plateau. He was the strong man who ended the divisions of thousands of tribes and unified the Mongol Uluths. On the way to his rise, he once cut off the heads of old and weak women and children. He once made many
The tribe was bleeding like a river. He once killed his husband in front of his wife and trampled his parents into a pulp in front of their children. For him, watching such warriors being slaughtered to their heart's content was one of the happiest things in the world.