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

Chapter 245 Dameng heavy cavalry, invincible in the world?
This tactic of the Mongolian army was very useful during the Western Expedition.

Historically, it was not easy to use when fighting the Southern Song Dynasty, and when fighting the Southern Song Dynasty, most of the troops used were the Han army and other servants.

Because there are quite a lot of bows and crossbows in the Song army.

Now the difficulty for the Mongolian army to fight the Song army is several times more difficult than in history.

The well-trained Song army's crossbows can shoot against the Mongolian army, and within a certain distance, they can still gain the upper hand, and they wear more and more armor. Give Zhao and Rui five years or so, and the whole army can Put on a thick armor.

At that time, the tactics of the Mongolian army will have no effect on the Song army.

However, Bo Lihai has been with the Mongolian army on the westward expedition, and the heavy cavalry is invincible, so he is more confident.

The point is, he has been watching the battle, thinking that Song Jun and Yan Shi Zhang Rong have been exhausted so far, and they can choose the cheap ones.

He guessed half right, Yan Shi and Zhang Rong were almost exhausted, but with Song Jun's good training, they could still fight again.

Most of the large-scale battles in ancient times could be fought from morning to dark.

For the defensive side, it can take advantage of physical strength.

Peng Yibin has more than 2 soldiers and horses, and there are eight square formations for every 3000 soldiers.

At that time, Zhang Rong was to the north of Peng Yibin and strictly to the west of Peng Yibin.

The southeast sides were only affected and harassed by seldom grazing shots. The Song troops on these two sides have basically been walking around until now, and they have not contributed much.

But Zhang Rong and Yan Shi didn't fight. They concentrated their forces to fight on both sides, but they couldn't beat the Song army. They said they were attacking, but they were actually giving away their heads again and again.

Just when the Mongolian heavy cavalry team was preparing to attack.

Peng Yibin was also standing on a high place, looking around.

He knew that there were Mongolian heavy cavalry in the distance, and the Mongolian heavy cavalry hadn't moved, letting Yan Shi and Zhang Rong consume him, obviously preparing to give him a heavy blow.

However, the Song army had many bows and crossbows and a high rate of wearing armor. Yan Shi and Zhang Rong died in the last wave.

Of course, the frequency of Song Jun's bow shooting became slower and slower after hitting the back, and a long rest session was needed.

This will be the time when the Song Army's crossbowmen are resting, and the arrows are getting thinner and thinner.

Everyone must maintain their physical strength and not consume all their strength. They must deal with the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army.

Quan Li, who was standing beside him, said at this moment: "The Mongols may be about to charge."

Even Quan Li could tell that this was a very good time to charge.

The pikemen in front fought Yan Shi Zhang Rong for a while, and the crossbowmen did not shoot very often in order to maintain their strength, giving people a feeling of exhaustion.

It's no wonder the Mongols don't rush.

Sure enough, as soon as Quan Li finished speaking, the horns of the Mongolian army sounded in the distance.

Peng Yibin also saw that farther away, Yan Shi's cavalry and Yiqianjinren's cavalry also went over to join the Mongolian army.

"Fuck, come and beat us together." Peng Yibin scolded with a smile: "It seems that our cannon can finally be used."

"Get ready for them." Peng Yibin's artillery has been waiting until now, just to give the Mongols a big move.

Following his voice, a large number of carriages in the formation were pushed up, and some peasants helped lift the boxes on the carriages to the ground.

The front of the formation facing the Mongolian army was about four to five hundred meters wide. Peng Yibin thought for a while and motioned to push the carriage and boxes in the middle.

Then distribute the soldiers and horses in the middle to the two sides.

In this way, the two wings of the large formation are thicker and the middle is slightly weaker.

The Song Army was adjusting its formation, and the troops of Yan Shi, Aruda, and Bo Lihai had already begun to move forward slowly.

"Get out of the way in the middle of your troops, wait for me to ride in again, and follow closely behind." Bo Lihai's choice was the same as Peng Yibin's preparation, and he wanted to rush in from the middle of the Song army.

There was no way, Peng Yibin adjusted the formation, and it was obvious that the middle looked weaker.

Bo Lihai was also polite, and directly chose to rush to the middle of the Song army.

"Decree." Yan Shi agreed without hesitation, admiring the old fox Bo Lihai in his heart.

He just rushed to the center of Peng Yibin the most fiercely, fought the most fiercely, and suffered the heaviest losses. Bo Lihai obviously saw that the Song Army's troops were weak, so he could charge.

Almost at the same time that the Bilihai heavy cavalry started, all eyes from all over the venue were focused on them.

All the army leaders present, no matter whether it was Peng Yibin, Yan Shi, or Zhang Rong, they had never seen a heavy cavalry in full armor before.

In the early days of the Jin people, there was also a heavy cavalry iron Buddha, but later the country became weaker and weaker. In addition, this thing did have many shortcomings, and it gradually withdrew from the stage of history.

The heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army is different from the iron stupa of the Jin people. The armor of the iron stupa is too heavy. A normal war horse can carry 150 catties. A hundred catties, the horse can't run.

The Mongolian army's heavy cavalry is more like the golden man's kidnapped horse. The characteristics of the golden man's kidnapped horse are: "the armor is half-length, the knee pads are slightly preserved, and the vest is also very light." Both men and horses are armored, but the combined weight is less than one hundred. catty.

Most of the heavy cavalry in Bilihai wore chain armor and ring armor, and there were also tie armor and mail armor. They also had neck guards. , most of which are made of leather. The vest is mainly a combined horse armor, which consists of five parts. There is a piece of armor on each side of the horse's body, which covers the horse's head and extends to the tail, and is fixed on the saddle; The armor is placed on the horse's rump and is tied to the armor on the sides; the horse also has a armor on the chest.The length of these horse armors reaches the horse's knees, and finally there is an iron plate on the horse's forehead to protect the horse's forehead that is vulnerable to blows in close combat. This is the only iron armor on the horse armor.

As the heavy cavalry moved forward slowly, the atmosphere of the entire battlefield also changed.

The strict infantry spread out to both sides to make way for the passage, and many people stared at the Mongolian heavy cavalry passing slowly with awe and fear.

Yan Shi himself brought the remaining elite cavalry of less than a thousand, and walked around behind, followed the Mongolian army, ready to find an opportunity to rush in with the Mongolian army, and the rest of the soldiers and horses continued to attack and attract Peng Yibin's two wings.

On the other hand, Bo Lihai had no expression on his face, his eyes were cold, his bow was behind his back, and he was raising a spear in his hand.

Almost at the same time, thousands of heavy cavalry took up their spears one after another.

This is the unique long cavalry spear of the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian Army. Their spears are different from the spears of the Jin and Song Dynasties. There is an undercut in front. This undercut is powerful and can play a surprising role in battle.

Such a large wave of heavy cavalry suddenly moved forward, and the entire battlefield seemed to become depressed. As the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army entered the field, the Song army was also regrouping.

The voices of officers were everywhere in the Song army formation, and the orderly soldiers shuttled around carrying various order flags on their backs.

Although Bo Lihai didn't hear what Song Jun was calling, he definitely believed that Song Jun would usher in the last scream in his life after a while.

As he walked forward, he observed the entire battlefield.

Under the city of Zhangqiu, fierce battles are still going on everywhere, and strict people are still entangled with the Song army in the front left. The Song army formations in front of them are orderly one after another, and they look messy but not chaotic. They shot and harassed, but the actual effect was not very good. On the contrary, from time to time, Mengqi was shot down by the Song army's god arm bow and other counterattacks.

He couldn't see Tian Shirong and Zhang Rongjun in the distance, but there was no change in the scene overall. The black crowd spread all over the wilderness, which proved that the two sides were still in a stalemate, and no one could do anything to the other.

Now is the time for my Great Mongolia to change the situation.

There was a cruel smile on Bolihai's face, let these poor Song people see the power of the heavy cavalry, the main force of our great Mongolian expedition to the west.

"Boys." Bo Lihai suddenly raised his arms and raised his spear.

The spear pointed at the Song army's formation.

"Wow!" The Mongolian army at the scene uttered a cry like a wild animal at the same time.

"Break the formation." Bo Lihai roared.

"Break the formation." The Mongolian army roared at the same time.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" the heavy horn sounded.

At this time, the heavy cavalry had entered within three hundred steps.

But because their armor is heavy, their speed is slowly increasing, and there is a relatively long process. Usually, they will slowly increase their speed when they reach two hundred steps.

It was at the same time that the Mongolian army entered the three hundred steps.

"Boom" an earth-shattering bang.

In the middle of the Song Army formation, whoosh, a black shell flew out.

Is this the new cannon of the Song people?Bo Lihai was reminded by Shi Tianlu, and looked up disapprovingly.

The cannonball did fly farther, and at an extremely fast speed.

However, plop, the shell finally hit the ground a hundred steps before the heavy cavalry, and then rolled forward a dozen steps.

"Hahaha." The heavy cavalry at the scene laughed.

Bolihai also laughed, and he couldn't help but look back at Shi Tianlu in the distance. There has been no news from Shi Tianlu, and he doesn't know how the fight is going?
Is this the Song people's new cannon you are talking about?
Boom, the second cannon shot sounded again.

This time they hit a little further, plopped, and fell thirty or forty steps ahead of their heavy cavalry.

There was another laugh at the scene.

At this time, the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army had entered about 250 steps.

Bo Lihai raised his spear again, signaling to the whole army that they were about to start preparing to speed up.

Usually they start to pick up speed when they get to two hundred paces.

But the striker needs to speed up in advance to make room for the cavalry behind.

Just when Bilihai raised his spear.

Boom, boom, boom, the Song army made loud noises again and again, whoosh, whoosh, this time they fired five cannons in one go.

The shell was fast and urgent, falling like a meteor.

Hiss, Bo Lihai's pupils also twitched violently, watching helplessly as the shells fell into his heavy cavalry formation one after another.

"Pu Chi" a heavy cavalryman was hit in the chest by a cannonball, and the entire breastplate was sunken, and even the man and the horse fell to the ground with a bang.

Plop, another cannon hit the horse's foot heavily.

The war horse let out a scream, and the surrounding area shook.

The cannonball rolled forward, puffed and puffed, and even cut a few heavy horses.

There was a panic in the Mongolian army, and many horses fell to the ground and screamed.

This time, Bo Lihai's face changed drastically, and he finally felt the power of the Song army's artillery.

Fortunately, there are few cannons and the shooting is slow, Bo Lihai thought to himself.

He wanted to speed up as soon as possible, but the heavy cavalry speeded up too early, and they would be unable to charge behind.

If you don't speed up and just walk over like this, you will probably get shot.

It was between his thoughts.

Boom, boom, boom, the sound of artillery in front continued, and white smoke billowed.

There are two artillery battalions in Peng Yibin's army, with a total of fifty artillery pieces, forty of which are fired with long-range solid bullets.

It was all at the test distance just now, and now the remaining more than 30 guns fired again and again.

These more than 30 shells successively entered the heavy cavalry formation of the Mongolian army.

It turned out that the arrogant and invincible heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army were beaten and screamed again and again, and people were panicked.

After this wave of fighting, the Mongolian army lost at least forty or fifty cavalry, and the formation of the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army was a little chaotic.

Bo Lihai's originally calm and composed expression became distraught.

He only has a total of [-] heavy horses.

At this time, their heavy cavalry had just entered within two hundred steps, and as the heavy cavalry increased their speed, they were likely to suffer one or two rounds of shelling.

A shadow shrouded unnaturally on his face.

"I am a heavy rider, and I am invincible in the world." Bo Lihai couldn't help hypnotizing himself in his heart.

"Speed ​​up--charge--" Bo Lihai raised his spear again and shouted frantically.

(End of this chapter)