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

Chapter 336 The Mongolian Army’s Shame
At this time, the Song and Mongolian armies were running in parallel and in the same direction, with the two sides maintaining a distance of thirty or forty steps, both within the opponent's range.

Almost coincidentally, both sides shot arrows one after another.

"Beng Beng Beng" was full of arrows and they kept shooting at each other.

The Song army's Multi did not have an advantage on this road because they were running parallel and in the same direction as the Mongolian army. They could not use their right-handed bows. When shooting arrows, most of them had to stand up and turn.

The other way is the other way around. The other way is the Mongolian army on the right facing the Song army on the left. The Mongolian army needs the right hand bow.

The two sides had previously split in half in the middle and shot to both sides, but now each side had the advantage.

Multi could shoot with both hands, so he moved to the left and faced the Mongolian army with his right.

After this wave of exchanges of fire, men and horses on both sides fell down one after another.

The scene was quite intense, with arrows flying in the air. The Mongolian army did not expect the Song army to be so good at shooting, and so powerful in mounted shooting. They suffered a loss when the first wave met. When they swept away, they had the upper hand and lost the wind.

After only shooting for a while, Press Guda realized that the situation was not good, because they were few in number. Now after several waves of shooting, both sides had twenty or thirty cavalry who fell off their horses. The number of fallen horses was about the same. The Mongolian army suffered a loss in the first wave, with slightly more. A few.

The key point is that the Mongolian army is small. There are less than half of the fifty cavalry left, and the Song army on the opposite side still has seventy or eighty cavalry.

At this time, he thought that as long as Multi was shot, the morale of the Song army would collapse.

Up to now, the subordinates have fired several rounds, holding the Guda arrow on the bow and holding the bow in one hand, but they have not yet fired.

Because he knew that Murti was difficult to deal with.

The same goes for Multi. Although the bow was switched to his right hand, he did not shoot easily. The two looked at each other from time to time.

Murti was waiting for an opportunity.

According to Guda's body lying on the horse now, he could either shoot the horse directly, or if he shoots a person, he would probably be dodged.

But as an archer, he certainly knows when the danger is most. Whoever shoots first will expose himself.

According to Guda, Murti also refused to ejaculate and waited patiently.

He believed that Guda would be unable to bear it.

The two were showing off their patience with each other.

really.

According to Guda, he had been waiting for Multi to shoot first, but Multi would not move.

Seeing his men constantly being consumed by the Song army, he knew he couldn't wait any longer.

"Damn it." After Guda ran for dozens more steps, he finally couldn't wait any longer and raised his bow fiercely.

"Okay." Murti on the other side was also overjoyed. He had been waiting for now and raised his bow at the same time.

According to Guda's inner curse, does the other party want to trade with him?Fighting hard, right?
Multi raised his bow as he raised it, really taking advantage of the best opportunity.

According to Guda, he had no choice at all. This would require him to bite the bullet and shoot, or give up, and then immediately plummet down and hide under the horse's belly.

According to Guda, it is obviously impossible to give up. How can the Mongolian warriors be afraid of shooting.

They both pulled the arrow and let go at the same time.

"Plop" the two arrows flew towards each other.

The Murti helmet on the other side is better than the Guda one, and the Guda one is deliberately sideways, using only the peripheral vision to prevent arrows. The Guda one has no choice but to shoot at the neck of the opponent's horse.

Riding and shooting must be measured in advance.

So according to Guda's arrow, it was a little ahead of schedule. Either it hit the horse's neck, which would make Multi fall off the horse. If it missed the horse's neck, it could hit Multi's shoulder or chest. Anyway, he shot at this level, and I'm sure I'll hit one.

Phew, Guda shot an arrow right below Multi's right shoulder.

The huge force hit Multi hard. Whoosh, his body fell sharply to the left and hung on the waist of the horse on the left with a bang.

According to Guda's overjoyment, it was too late and he thought he had killed Multi with one arrow.

But almost at the same time, he felt his eyes go dark.

"Hold the grass."

Phew, an arrow from the opposite side hit him right in the face.

Murti shot him directly in the face. An arrow went in through the bridge of his nose, and the tip of the arrow came out from the back of his head.

According to Guda's body, he was lying relatively low before, so he did not fly out, but when he saw his body swayed violently, his hands were already weak and fell to the horse, and the bow in his hand also fell to the ground.

The war horse ran slower and slower, and soon it began to walk slowly on the grassland all alone. His body lay motionless on the horse.

"Centurion——" A subordinate ran over behind him and screamed, only to find that he had been shot to death with an arrow.

"Multi" Gerile ran towards Multi frantically.

Murti's horse was also uncontrolled and was slowing down.

His body hung on the left side of the horse, looking as if he was dead.

Before Gerile could run in front of him, Multi swayed slightly. After a moment, whoosh, Multi turned over and got back on the horse.

"Fuck." Gerile yelled and rushed over.

Murti grinned, stretched out his hand and twisted it hard, snapping, breaking the arrow between his shoulder and chest.

"Does it matter?" Gezile yelled: "You don't want to die, so you can trade with him?"

"Hahaha." Multi laughed, clenched his fist, and hit the arrow where it hit, it made a metallic crunching sound.

"Damn it, you added an iron plate?" Gerile scolded with a smile.

"Good luck." Murti sighed: "If he shoots a little further, I'll be finished."

Multi is a sentinel rider and needs mobility, so he added a few small iron plates to his body and could not add more.

According to Guda, this arrow missed by one centimeter.

"If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. Brothers, kill Meng Tatar——" Multi laughed wildly and turned his horse around.

At this time, the remaining Mongolian troops on the battlefield had scattered and fled for their lives.

They just rushed up and wanted to fly kites at the Song army, but they couldn't get rid of the Song army at all. The Song army kept clinging to them, and the two sides kept shooting at each other. When Multi shot down Yingguda, the Mongolian army had only There are more than a dozen riders.

As soon as Guda died, the Mongolian army immediately dispersed and fled.

Because they cannot be wiped out here, they need to report to Zhongxing Mansion.

But when Multi gave an order, the remaining seventy or so cavalrymen of the Song army also caught up.

When the Mongolian army saw this, someone gave an order and whistled.

Swish, swish, the sixteen-horse Mongolian army divided into sixteen directions and fled in all directions.

Multi and Gerile also sent signals, and the Song army left about ten cavalry, and the remaining sixty cavalry were also divided in all directions, with every four or five cavalry chasing one Mongolian army.

Multi did not pursue him. He led nine horses to run around on the battlefield, looking for him.

In the shooting exchange between the two sides, many people did not die after falling from their horses. Some people may not be seriously injured because both sides would shoot each other's horses.

"Kill, leave no one alive." Murti led his men to shoot the Mongolian soldiers who fell off their horses one by one on the battlefield.

This wave should be considered a small victory for them.

In the battle between the two sentry cavalry just now, the Song army defeated 30 cavalry against [-] cavalry, and more than [-] people fell off their horses on both sides.

However, Song had more soldiers and shot the opponent's general. Now he controlled the whole field and could kill all the injured on the opponent's side. At the same time, he could rescue his own wounded. With four or five cavalry chasing one behind, it would be difficult for the opponent to escape.

The task Meng Ying gave them was to chase them for fifty miles, even if they couldn't catch them.

Now the Mongolian army and the Song army have similar horses and riding skills. They have been within thirty or forty steps just now. It can be expected that both sides will be within the opponent's range later. If they cannot get rid of the Song army, it will be difficult to escape.

Atachi, who was standing at the top of the city, was extremely shocked when he saw this. He did not expect that it would be like this when Dameng's most elite cavalry went out to fight the Song army.

After Yingguda was shot and killed, the Mongolian army completely collapsed and fled in all directions.

The Song army's sentinel cavalry stayed close to the Mongolian army. Two of them were specifically running forward at a high speed, while the other two were shooting arrows in front of them.

Some Mongolian soldiers wanted to turn around and shoot at the Song army. They were hit directly and fell to the ground screaming.

The Mongolian army was smarter and accelerated like crazy without looking back.

When Song Jun saw him speeding up like crazy, he stopped shooting arrows and accelerated like crazy to keep up with him.

Afterwards, Multi received news that twelve of the sixteen mounted Mongolian troops who escaped were shot dead by the Song army, and four of them escaped.

One of the Mongolian soldiers was chased by the Song army for more than 40 miles before he was shot dead.

The Song Army suffered a loss because the sentry cavalry had just arrived and had insufficient rest time, so their horsepower was a bit low.

At the top of the city, Adachi looked livid as he watched the Song army chasing the Mongolian army below the city. The generals around him also had expressions of complete disbelief.

Only the warriors of the Great Mongol Empire have always been on the battlefield, chasing the enemy like this. When did this happen again?
"The people of Song Dynasty are insidious and have more soldiers and horses than us, so we can't win without force." A La Gu said angrily at this time.

But the surroundings were quiet. During the Western Expedition, they defeated the strong with the weak in almost every game, using less to defeat the more. How can this be said.

They had to admit that the Song Army sentry cavalry was not much worse than them.

Moreover, the fifty cavalry just below the city are almost the most elite cavalry of the Mongolian army.

"Look." Someone suddenly roared.

I saw Multi and his men dismounting from the city and cutting the heads of the Mongolian soldiers with a knife.

One of the Mongolian cavalrymen was not dead, but was seriously injured. When Multi cut off his head, he deliberately cut it very slowly. The Mongolian soldier screamed in agony, and the screams almost reached the top of the city.

The nearly 2000 Mongolian troops in the city were shocked, angry, and frightened.

Then Multi found two arrows, stuck them on the Mongolian army's head, and raised them high.

There were Song soldiers around him who imitated him and cut off some Mongolian soldiers' heads on the ground one after another, then raised them high and mounted their horses.

Not far away, they were still moving forward slowly. When the Song troops who were preparing to surround Shazhou saw it, they became excited, and the hard work of the past two months seemed to have disappeared.

"Tiger" I don't know whose soldiers and horses shouted first. "Tiger" followed and the whole place started to rise and fall, and the sound of tigers was everywhere.

"Driving" Murti led people to hold up a dozen heads, held them high, and showed off their power outside Shazhou City, circling the city.

"Tiger" The roar of the Song Army's tigers all around became louder, and everyone became more excited.

A Dachi's face was livid, and he watched the Song army below showing off their power without saying a word.

This scene was so familiar. During the Western Expedition, he followed the victorious Mongolian army and had done this countless times.

They killed all the enemies they encountered on the Western Expedition, cut off their heads, held them high, and hovered under the enemy's city in a majestic manner.

But now, the Song army has returned all this to them. This is simply a shame for their Mongolian army.

He could imagine that once the city was defeated, their entire army would be killed without leaving a single person behind.

"The people of the Song Dynasty are extremely cruel and cold-blooded like wild beasts. Once the city is broken, we will all be killed. Come and recruit all the young men and adults in the city to help defend the city." Atachi immediately ordered the recruitment of the people and family members in the city. Help defend the city.

There are more than 2 civilians and soldiers' families in the city combined, and the adults and young adults can probably make up about [-] to [-].

Just when the city began to recruit civilian guards to defend the city, the Song army of [-] plus [-] civilians slowly approached Shazhou City from all directions, and soon surrounded Shazhou City.

Atachi did not dare to lead his troops out to fight in the field. The combat effectiveness of the Song army's sentries shocked him. What he was worried about now was whether the escaped Mongolian army could bring the news to Zhongxing Mansion. More importantly, when they left, , I don’t know how many soldiers and horses the Song army has.

After the Song army surrounded Shazhou City, Ata Chimao estimated that there were at least 8 people.

There was no way, there were too many war horses and camels of the Song Army, they were overwhelming, so they seemed very powerful.

The Song army camped for more than ten miles, surrounded Shazhou, and then stationed all around, and they were very arrogant. The front row camp was only one mile away from the Shazhou city wall.

When the Song army was encamping, A Lagu asked many times to lead his troops out to charge for a while, and to strike while the Song army was not yet stable.

Atachi seemed to be persuaded and ordered the west gate to be opened.

A La Gu rushed out with a thousand fine cavalry. Just after leaving the city with less than a hundred cavalry, the Song Army's infantry camp was approaching not far away. One wave of Song troops was setting up camp, and another wave was just ahead. Wait and be prepared for the Mongolian army.

A Lagu thought it was the old routine of the Western Expedition and Xixia. After all, he had never fought against the Song army. He led the cavalry and rushed forward, rushing within 120 steps.

"Swish, swish, swish" a wave of divine arm bows came from the opposite side, and arrows rained down like rain.

He only brought a thousand cavalry out of the camp in total. The Song army also knew that they had few people, so they deployed [-] crossbowmen and [-] spear and shield soldiers at each of the two city gates. There were also a large number of infantry camps in Shazhou City. All around.

As soon as A La Gu advanced about 120 steps, the Song Army's divine arm bow fired first. After being shot twice, the Mongolian army entered within [-] steps, and the Song Army's foot bow began to fire again.

This time the Mongolian army was stunned.

They have few soldiers, but there are many arrows on the opposite side, and they rush up against the rain of arrows, which is almost like a fixed target.

Numerous horses fell on the scene, and a large number of Mongolian riders were either shot off their horses or their horses were shot down.

This was a dense rain of arrows that the Mongolian army had never seen during the Western Expedition. A Lagu regretted it after half the charge.

Before he had even rushed fifty steps, A La Gu heard the sound of gold and horns from the top of the city. He quickly ordered his horse to turn around and run towards the city.

A Lagu rode out with a thousand horses, but only more than 700 were left when they returned. Before they encountered the Song army, they lost more than 200 people, and many of those who returned were hit by arrows.

The Mongolian army's grazing attack didn't even have time to start, and they lost nearly one-third, which really shocked the entire army.

"It's too fierce. The Song army's arrow rain is too fierce. There are so many shooters that it's hard to charge. It's hard to charge -" After returning, several centurions complained, saying that the Song army's arrows were too fierce, like a storm. , some people can hit five or six arrows in an instant.

A Lagu's face was ashen: "I'm afraid all the crossbowmen on the other side are concentrated here -" He wanted to suggest attacking in other directions. He thought that the Song army might not have so many archers in other directions.

This time Atachi ignored him.

The Song army has 8 people. According to the ratio of the Song army, at least one-fifth are crossbowmen. There must be 2000 or [-] people. They only have [-] people, which is enough to shoot.

There were a total of about 200 garrison troops in the city. They went out for a walk and lost more than [-] troops. In addition to the previous losses, the Mongolian army suffered heavy setbacks in a short period of time and suffered a great loss of morale.

Adachi said sternly: "Don't go any further. Guard the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive."

Shazhou City is still relatively difficult to attack. When the Mongolian army came, it fought for months without breaking through. Later, Atachi sent people to dig tunnels after dark and sneaked into the city, and then Shazhou was conquered.

With the experience of conquering Shazhou, Atachi is confident that he can defend it longer than Xixia. When reinforcements from Zhongxing Mansion arrive, they will definitely teach the Song army a lesson.

At that time, the Mongolian army closed the city gate tightly and forced the adult people to go to the top of the city to defend together.

When the Mongolian army stayed behind closed doors, the Song army began to set up camp in an orderly manner. Before dark, a circle of camps had surrounded the entire Shazhou City. The overwhelming camp made the Mongolian army a little uneasy.

The Dazazan Battalion, which had followed the Song Army all the way, was sent not far from the Song Army's [-]st Battalion this time.

All the arrows they brought were unloaded and stored. The Song army was very demanding. They first had to use stones or wood to separate them from the ground, then piled the arrows on top, and finally covered the extra tents, and then built His own tent.

These projects are very simple, and the whole battalion of 500 people can complete them in a short time.

After they were done, Zhao Xiaotian, the leader of the Song army, asked them to gather and lead their respective camels to follow them to one side.

Everyone soon came to a civilian camp and saw the supplies they had unloaded from the camels piled on the side. Dazazan and Azanbi were still guessing what they were, but several Song soldiers lifted them and threw them to the ground. , crash, a bunch of saws, shovels and other tools fell out.

Half of their battalion was sent to dig holes. Dazazan understood that it was to prevent night attacks.

The team of Dazazan and Azanbi were assigned to saw the tree.

Dazazan usually saw trees being chopped down with an ax before, but this was the first time he saw a saw being used.

But the place with trees was quite far away from here. After everyone got their tools, each person took three camels and rode the camels there for nearly half an hour.

On the way, Dazazan saw a battalion of civilian men carrying wheels, which was an eye-opener.

The camels here don't carry much weight, about a hundred kilograms, and there are wheels hanging on the left and right sides of each camel.

When Dazazan passed by, he saw the herdsmen unloading the wheels, and then tied them up with hemp ropes in groups of four or two, and piled them to the edge. They should be used to build carriages and other items later.

When Dazazan arrived at the scene, he saw a huge crowd of people, and there were thousands of people sawing wood at the scene.

Zhao Xiaotian told them that their whole camp was sawing fine wood, trying not to exceed the thickness of an arm.

When Dazazan heard this, he felt that he was very lucky. This was easy.

Sure enough, when he entered, he found that the trees in the forest were thick and thin. They only found thin saws, which was very easy.

After sawing it down, it was then cut into lengths of about 1.2 meters and divided into individual pieces as required, and finally hung on the sides and back of the camel.

Each camel returned to camp after carrying forty or fifty pieces.

Then go again.

They made two trips that day before dark, and the whole camp saw nearly [-] rods and piled them in the camp. People from other camps came to collect them one after another. They must have gone to make tools.

Because when they arrived in Shazhou City, they had a good meal that day. If anyone wanted to eat rice, they could cook rice.

The camp was still looking for injured or bad camels, and then slaughtered the camel meat directly. The meat of the Bactrian camel was quite delicious, and everyone finally had fresh meat again.

After a hearty meal, the whole camp gathered again early the next morning. Craftsmen from the Song Army arrived outside to teach them how to build the carriage.

Many wheels were delivered to the site, as well as longer pieces of wood.

The Song army did not attack that morning, nor did they send a message asking Shazhou City to surrender.

Dazazan led his people to learn from the Song Army craftsmen, and found that it was a car that he had never seen before. After the finished product came out, he felt that it was not very durable.

The Song Jun's carriage is similar to the Later Jin's carriage, but it is taller.

The cart is two-wheeled, about two meters wide and two meters high. The front is straight. When it reaches the top 1.5 meters, it bends inward at [-] degrees. This ensures that projectiles from the city head cannot hit the back of the cart. people.

Some of the Houjin carriages in later generations were as wide as three or four meters, with more than a dozen people pushing behind them. This was quite advantageous when attacking a city, because a dozen archers could hide behind the carriage and shoot at the city head.

The Song Army hastily built it. The carriage is only two meters wide and is quite crude. It should not last long.

The wooden planks were tied one by one with wooden sticks and would become useless after being shot with a few arrows and burned by fire, so Dazazan would think the quality was not good after looking at them.

The Song Army did not plan to rely on carts to fight for a long time, so it was relatively simple.

In the morning, their battalion built a total of ten carriages, which was very efficient.

Other battalions of the Song Army built ladders and trebuchets.

The trebuchet could have been transported in parts, but the most difficult part to transport was the arm.

The farther the trebuchet throws, the longer the arm.

In China, the Song army always used large trees imported from Goryeo, which were long, straight and made of one piece.

This kind of lever arm cannot be carried thousands of miles to get here.

So Song Jun only brought a lot of parts, and then made the lever arm out of cast iron. Because it was too long to carry, it was divided into four or even five parts.

After arriving at Shazhou City, I connected several sections.

This kind of lever arm connected by several pieces of cast iron is heavy and unstable. Especially due to the technology of this era, the link is not very tight and there will be vibration when swinging, so the throwing distance is not enough. The longest distance is only two About a hundred paces.

The Song Army camp was building various tools throughout the morning, and there were many siege tools that Dazazan had never seen before.

In front of Dazazan's camp, Zhao Xiaotian organized more than 100 people to dig a big hole, which made Dazazan look puzzled.

Shazhou is named after sand, and the soil texture is relatively easy to dig. It should be sandy soil, otherwise the Mongolian army would not have dug tunnels to conquer Shazhou.

Zhao Xiaotian dug a big hole in their camp, and then sent people to fetch water.

Song Jun directly asked people to fill water bags with water. Each person carried two or three water bags back, and he didn't bring much water each time.

But the advantage was that there were more people. Hundreds of people brought water at the same time and fetched it from a mile away, which was the direction they saw the wood yesterday.

Just like ants moving, a big pit of water was quickly stored.

Dazazan paid it back twice, and the water in the puddle was full.

He stared blankly at the puddle, wondering what the water here was for.

Not long after, Song soldiers came over and threw their shields, felts and other objects into the puddle and soaked them in it.

Dazazan thought thoughtfully, this should be for fire protection.

(End of this chapter)