In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 240 Let the people of Song Dynasty see the power of Mongolian heavy cavalry

Although the magic arm bow was slow to build due to demand, the step bow was not slow to make. The Song army was full of step archers and some crossbowmen, swishing and throwing at them non-stop.

The six rows of pikemen in front stood up, and the two sides started a life-and-death fight.

At this time, the field was very chaotic, with Zhang Rongjun, Peng Yibin's army, Yanshi's army, Mongolian army, and Tian Shirong's five troops on the field. It was simply the Song version of the Battle of the Five Armies.

Peng Yibin was divided into two, the front was fighting Zhang Rong, and the back was fighting Yan Shi.

Zhang Rong's department was also divided into two, one against Peng Yibin and one against Tian Shirong.

The same was true for Tian Shirong, who was half hitting Zhang Rong and half turned around, preparing to face the Mongolian army.

At this time, if you stand on the heights of Zhangqiu City, you can see the huge battlefield outside the city stretching for more than ten miles, with tens of thousands of horses and horses intertwined in chaos.

But if you look carefully, you will find that Zhang Rong and Yan Shi's soldiers and horses are scattered and chaotic, while Tian Shirong and Peng Yibin's soldiers and horses still maintain their formation, flustered and not chaotic.

It was noon at this time, and the battlefield under the sun was loudly shouting and killing, and the battle was extremely fierce.

Although the Song army was strong and had the upper hand, Zhang Rong and Yan Shi's morale was boosted because of the arrival of the Mongolian army.

Outside the chaotic and bloody battlefield, the newcomer Shi Tianlu and the Mongolian general Qianhu Bolihai are also watching.

Shi Tianlu is the general manager of the military and horse capital of Dongping, Mongolia, and the son of Shi Gui, the marshal of the capitals of all roads in Shandong.

Shi Gui surrendered to Mu Huali through Bolihai, and later fought against the Jinren, but was defeated and killed.

Shi Tianlu inherited his father's title and was awarded Marshal of Dongping Road and General of Dragon and Tiger Guard.

At this time, he and Bo Lihai had just arrived at the scene with [-] Mongolian troops. His soldiers and horses were all cavalry, and the huge black area looked very shocking.

Because Yan Shi, Peng Yibin, Zhang Rong, and the three cavalry in the field add up to less than [-], which is less than half of them.

The area occupied by [-] cavalry is larger than the place where Zhang Rong and Peng Yibin fought. From a distance, it seems that there are [-] infantry, which is extremely spectacular.

But in Shi Tianlu's army, the Han army accounted for [-]%, and the Bolihai brought [-] cavalry, including [-] Mongols, [-] Jinren and Khitans.

Among the [-] cavalry, only [-] are real Mongols, and these [-] cavalry are Mongolian heavy cavalry. All cavalry horses are armored.

Mongolia's tactics of combining heavy cavalry and light cavalry are invincible all over the world at this time.

But at this time, their heavy cavalry were basically among the soldiers and horses on the Western Expedition. These were the few heavy cavalry under Bolu's command.

Shi Tianze's men only had [-] to [-] cavalry, and almost all of them were sent this time to capture Shandong and destroy Peng Yibin.

After the two arrived at the scene, they did not enter the battlefield immediately, they were all observing the scene.

The surrounding Mongolian sentry cavalry also came to report from time to time.

"To the south of Baiyun Lake, Peng Yibin's army is fighting Yan Shi and Zhang Rong at the same time."

"Zhu Rongjun on the East Road is less than eight miles away from here."

"Tian Shirong's soldiers and horses in the north are fighting and retreating. They may want to leave the battlefield and guard against our army."

With the gathering of news from various sources, Shi Tianlu looked at Bo Lihai: "Help Yan Shi beat Peng Yibin first, or Tian Shirong? Or Zhu Rong?"

Shi Tianlu is also a little level, he wants to surround the spot for reinforcements, regardless of the scene, first destroy Zhu Rong, the Song Army's coming reinforcements, the East Route Army.

Zhu Rong of the Eastern Route Army was only in the early ten thousand, and their [-] cavalry passed, and it was still not safe.

But Bilihai didn't make a sound.

He was staring at the battle between Peng Yibin and Yan Shi in front of him.

Yan Shi's soldiers and horses rushed up chaotically, disorderly and poorly disciplined.

On the opposite side, Peng Yibin's army kept a fixed distance from each other in square formations. No matter how many enemy troops rushed up, it seemed that their lineup would not be affected. They were always relatively neat and oppressive.

When did the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty become so elite?Bo Lihai had an expression of disbelief.

Bo Lihai quickly said: "Not long after the fight, the Song Army formed a tight formation. I don't think Yan Shi and Zhang Rong are opponents of the Song Army. Once we leave, I'm afraid they will collapse."

Berry Hai got to the point.

Now Zhang Rong can't collapse because he saw the Mongolian army coming.

After Yan Shi rushed up, there was nothing he could do about Peng Yibin. They had [-] cavalry here, and the two of them could still fight vigorously. If they took the cavalry to fight Zhu Rong, Zhang Rong and Yan Shi would collapse soon.

Shi Tianlu had no choice, which meant that they could only defeat Peng Yibin and Tian Shirong in front of them first.

"Let Yan Shi and Zhang Rong spend with them first, and send someone to inform Yan Shi, don't rush forward blindly, find a way to pull the Song Army, so that the Song Army's formation becomes loose."

"If necessary, you can pretend to be defeated, and see if the Song army will rush out."

"As long as the Song army rushes out, once the formation disperses, there will be a chance to charge them."

In the middle of speaking, he yelled: "Aruda."

"In", a golden general responded loudly.

"You take a thousand cavalry and shoot from the side to help Yan Shi and Zhang Rong."

"Here." Aruda nodded to Qianjin Ren to move forward.

"Zabili."

Now, a Khitan responded.

"You take two thousand riders to the east, hold back Zhu Rong's East Route Army, and defeat them if you have a chance. If their formation is as strict as the Song Army here, just delay, don't rush forward."

"Here." Zabili quickly left with two thousand riders.

There were [-] cavalry left at the scene, [-] heavy cavalry stood behind Bo Lihai, and then there were [-] Han cavalry.

"You bring 1 people to fight Tian Shirong, and I'm here to help Yan Shi."

"Okay." Without further ado, Shi Tianlu ordered [-] Han cavalry and headed north.

The two nodded at each other, woo, the horns of the Mongolian army sounded, the flags parted, and the tens of thousands of cavalry troops were divided into two parts, one went around Baiyun Lake to fight Tian Shirong, while Bolihai rectified the soldiers and horses, looked left and right , he was surrounded by seven thousand riders, but he didn't move at all.

After a while, Yan Shi sent someone from the front, saying that the Song army was too fierce to fight in, and the casualties were heavy, please support.

"Let him bear it." Bo Lihai said with a stern expression on his face, "As long as he doesn't die, it's fine for all 8000 of his subordinates to die. Let me continue to fight."

He was determined to let Yan Shi and Peng Yibin consume first, and lead Qiqian to wait and see what happened.

When the Song army was exhausted, Bo Lihai would show the Song army how powerful the Mongolian heavy cavalry was.

"Get off your horse and put on your armor." At this time, Bo Lihai ordered, when their heavy cavalry marched westward, each of them had three or four horses, and here they only brought two horses, one of which was dedicated to carrying heavy armor.

Following his order, the Mongolian soldiers got off their horses one after another, helped each other put on the heavy armor such as Zha Jia on the back of another horse.

This was the first time that the Mongolian heavy cavalry appeared on the battlefield with the Song people. Bo Lihai believed that the great Mongolian heavy cavalry would definitely teach the Song people a profound and unforgettable lesson.

And on the other side.

Booming, tens of thousands of fine riders made the sound of heaven and earth cracking, and slowly approached Tian Shirong's department.

The [-] cavalry hadn't rushed up yet, they were just jogging closer, and the momentum was already earth-shattering, the ground was shaking, and the scene was extremely shocking.

Tian Shirong was riding on the horse, looking back from time to time.

He originally divided his forces to attack Zhang Rong, but the Mongolian army suddenly appeared, and Yan Shi also turned against him.

He quickly ordered the rear to gather, turned around, and at the same time tried to get out of the battlefield. He only had 1 people, and he didn't want to fight on both sides.

Zhang Rong, who was attacked by him and Peng Yibin, also thought so.

Zhang Rong couldn't resist fighting Peng Yibin alone, and he didn't want to fight on both sides. The two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and Zhang Rong began to leave the battlefield in the north.

Both sides were fighting and retreating. After a while, Zhang Rong's soldiers and horses left the northern battlefield first. Except for a small number of soldiers and horses left on guard, all of them went to Peng Yibin's department.

Tian Shirong also slowly retracted, and soon more than 1 soldiers and horses surrounded Qingyang Mountain.

Qingyang Mountain is actually a small hill, and it is also the place where Qian Daqing's artillery battalion is located, and it is the highest place nearby.

Tian Shirong had just evacuated his soldiers and horses from the battlefield and was still in formation when Shi Tianlu's [-] cavalrymen had already arrived in front of him.

"My mother." Song Tian, ​​who was in the rear, was dumbfounded and was yelling curses.

It turned out that he was the back line, at the back, and also the safest one.

Unexpectedly, the Mongolian army suddenly appeared from behind, and he and the artillery battalion became the front.

The artillery battalion could no longer move, the artillery battalion moved too slowly, and it was impossible to push it to the back, and within a few miles, except for Zhangqiu City, this hillside was the highest, suitable for placing artillery.

He was still scolding his mother, Shangguan Bai Zhongqi sent someone to pass the order, you guard the artillery barracks for me.

At this time, the 1 Song Army here is composed of four phalanxes, each with about 3000 people.

Two in front and two in back.

Song Tian's battalion is in the middle of the back.

There are about 500 people in one row, and 6000 people in two squares, about twelve rows.

Song Tian's battalion is in the middle of the back, which is also the front position of the artillery battalion.

This location is obvious.

Shi Tianlu's soldiers and horses stopped after approaching five hundred steps.

He stood where he was, observing the formation of the Song army.

There are about 500 Song soldiers in a row, with twelve rows in the front two squares and twelve rows in the back two squares, a total of 24 rows.

In his opinion, this tactic is the same as the old routine used by Wu Lin of the Sichuan Army, divided into main formations and secondary formations.

He couldn't help laughing: "The Song army has fought the Jin people for hundreds of years, and it's still the old routine."

All the generals around laughed.

But if you look carefully, the four phalanxes of the Song army on the opposite side just form a larger square.

In the middle is the cavalry of the Song Army.

The 500 people standing in the front are not densely packed. Each person occupies about one meter. There is a gap between people, and the row width is about 600 meters.

There are not many cavalry in the Song army, Tian Shirong only has a thousand cavalry, and now they are all concentrated in the middle of the front and rear phalanxes.

"This Song army's formation is not tight, so we can rush forward." A general under his command suggested to Shi Tianlu at this time.

The Song Army's 500 men stood at 600 meters. The formation was relatively loose, and the cavalry was easy to charge.

Shi Tianlu looked back at his cavalry.

His [-] cavalry were originally a column, but now they are slowly pressing forward, and his cavalry is also five or six hundred cavalry per row, less than twenty rows.

But because they are cavalry, the platoon is wider than the Song Army. The Song Army's 600 infantry occupies 1000 meters, and their cavalry occupies about [-] meters wide.

After rushing up, it is certain that the Song army can be surrounded from both wings.

"Something is different among the Song army. Are there cannons on the hillside?" Shi Tianlu pointed to the distance, and saw that there were some cannons in the middle of Song Tian.

"Did the Song army bring down the cannons defending the city?" The Mongolian soldiers were confused.

The artillery that defends the city is more intimidating than lethal, and it seems useless to them.

"Who will hit the middle?" Shi Tianlu asked with a smile.

"The last general." Someone beside him yelled loudly.

Shi Tianlu turned his head and saw that it was his son Shi Xingzu.

(End of this chapter)