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

Chapter 417 Natul’s Revenge

Natu'er stood there blankly, in shock.

One of the subordinates nearby suddenly asked: "How many casualties did the Song army have just now?"

The scene was quiet, and everyone was silent.

When the Mongolian army charged ahead, no one was riding or shooting, because the order was for the whole army to charge and they were all speeding up. At high speed, even the Mongolian army would not shoot easily.

Later, when they arrived in front of the carriage, the Mongolian army began to shoot at the Song army.

In front of the Song army were all soldiers with spears and shields. Some held bows and a few held shields.

The two sides were shooting at each other across the carriage.

The fusiliers and others farther away were hiding behind the wall.

How many casualties can the Mongolian army's projectiles cause?

Coupled with the famous thick armor of Song Jun, it will be useless if you throw it at Song Jun's helmet and shoulders, unless you shoot it directly into Song Jun's face.

Thinking about it this way, the first wave of charges resulted in casualties. I am afraid that the Song army suffered less than 500 casualties.

Everyone is thinking about the death of the Song Army. Some people even say that the Song Army suffered over a thousand casualties, while others said there were two to three thousand.

Anyway, there are many things to think about and talk about.

Only Natu'er was thinking about the formation and number of the Song army just now.

They only attacked the Northern Formation, one of the four formations of the Song Army. The Song Army was still attacking the city in front.

"How many troops did the Song army have just now?" Natu'er asked a soul question.

Delbatu hesitated.

"There are about two to three thousand gun and shield soldiers in front."

"I saw three rows of firearmsmen in the back, but the number was relatively small, estimated to be about a thousand."

"Behind them are the archers, estimated to number three to four thousand."

It is difficult to estimate the artillery, but the artillery fire of the Song Army is not strong, and the lethality is not much.

All Mao Zedong estimated that the Song army fighting the Mongolian army at that time was about seven to eight thousand.

At this time, there were about 17,000 Song troops in the north gate direction. As Delbatu expected, there were only more than 7,000 people in the rear line fighting against the Mongolian troops.

There was not much difference in the strength of the two sides, but the Song army had no solution in the position battle. It took three days to form a simple fortification with flintlock guns.

The Mongolian army suffered record-breaking casualties and heavy casualties.

Natu'er said sadly: "The Song Army's position cannot be broken. When you see He Khan in the future, you should advise He Khan not to attack the Song Army's position easily when the troops are superior. We, the Great Mongolia, can still ride and shoot. Only for the Song Army."

Natu'er's meaning was obvious. The Song army could not win positional warfare and would die in vain. From now on, the cavalry could only use Mongolia's strengths in field battles.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the Song army does not engage in positional warfare with Mongolia.

Before Natu'er finished speaking, Delbatu's expression changed drastically.

"Zheng" Natu'er said, drew the knife and wiped it on his neck.

"Na Yan!" There were screams all around. Delbatu's quick eyes and quick hands grabbed Natu'er's wrist with a snap.

Several soldiers rushed forward and finally took the knife from Natu'er's hand.

"Let go, let go, what else can I do to see Hehan." Natu'er was about to burst into tears.

He knew that the Song army was capable of positional warfare. The Mongolian army had learned this from the Xixia campaign five or six years ago.

I learned this lesson again during the night raid a few days ago.

But in order to save his son, he bit the bullet and attacked for a while. As a result, he suffered such heavy losses that he still had the nerve to see Ogedai.

Delbatu advised that victory or defeat does not mean anything at the moment. The Han people have a saying that as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no need to worry about running out of firewood. When Mongolia was founded, we were always defeated in battles.

Everyone around responded.

"If you don't avenge me, you won't be a human being. Na Yan must find a way to avenge the blood and hate, instead of dying in vain." Delbatu said again.

In fact, Delbatu wishes Natu'er would die, but he can't die now.

Natu'er is dead, who will take the blame for this fiasco?

After some persuasion from the soldiers, Natu'er finally looked much better.

But before he could recover, a call suddenly came from in front of him.

Then they felt that a large number of Song troops began to enter the city.

"The city has fallen?" Natu'er and Delbatu looked at each other. They didn't expect that the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in the city would be gone after resisting for so long?

The Song army has more than 10,000 people in the north of the city. Half of them need to be divided to deal with them. How can a few thousand people break the city? Give Chala a spank?

"Let's go." Delbatu said urgently.

Because some sentries have arrived, it is said that there are troops moving in the other three camps of the Song Army in the east, south and west.

You should know that the fight here is almost over, and start gathering people to block them.

Now the Mongolian army only has more than 800 horses, and the Song army is not afraid of fighting them in the field.

Natu'er looked around and saw fear on the faces of all the troops. Today's battle had already devastated the elite Dameng troops who had been victorious in every battle before.

"Let's go." Natu'er couldn't care about his son, waved his hand, and led his troops to Keyi Gate.

Walking on the road, Natu'er and Delbatu talked about how to fight the Song army.

The two reached a consensus that according to the current tactics of the Song Army, they could not engage in positional warfare with the Song Army.

Especially this kind of positional warfare that lasted for more than three or four days and dug trenches and walls.

If you suddenly encounter them in the field, you can rush. If the Song army in the field does not have a carriage, it will be better.

Of course, the Song Army's tactics also had weaknesses. The Song Army basically laid out their formation and waited for the Mongolian army to charge.

If the Mongolian army has enough food and enough men and horses to surround the Song army without attacking, and consume the Song army's food and grass, the Song army will have no choice but to give up positional warfare and take the initiative to fight the Mongolian army. That's when the Mongolian army will take advantage of it.

The two discussed it, and Natu'er immediately wrote a letter, writing down all the details of the defeat, his faults, and his thoughts on the experience, and sent a fast horse to Guanshan to Wokuotai.

Natu'er led the remaining 800 horsemen to get halfway through, when they received the news.

More than 100,000 Song troops were besieging Keyi Gate, and as soon as they arrived, they gasped for air and turned green in the face.

Keyi Gate is an important gateway for Mongolian operations in Xixia.

There is no way, Keyi Gate is the only way to attack Xixia from north to south.

Similarly, when the Song army fought from south to north, it was bound to pass through Keyi Gate, where the Yellow River ran through on the right side of Keyi Gate.

But hundreds of thousands of Song troops were already blocking Keyi Gate.

Natu'er's eight hundred people were completely useless in the past, and they would not be able to enter Keyi Gate now. At this time, he had three ways, either to go east to Xiazhou, but he thought about it. After the Song army captured Dingzhou, they might continue Fight east.

Sooner or later, the Mongolian troops in Xiazhou would have to flee for their lives.

Xiazhou is also considered a fortified city, and it cannot withstand the Song army's siege method for long.

Moreover, it is too far to go to Xiazhou, thousands of miles away. If you go in a straight line, you have to cross a desert, and if you take a detour, it will be even further.

I'm afraid that the Song army will divide its troops to attack Xiazhou, and running there will be in vain.

Moreover, after going to Xiazhou, we continued to the Shaanxi Province of the Song Dynasty to the east, and to Mongolia to the northeast, but we might not be able to find a way through the mountains and ridges.

Even if he could find a way, he would flee without a fight and go back to Mongolia to see Ogedai? Aren't you looking for death?

So he had no choice but to choose another way, go north to Blackwater City or Wu Lahai City, and continue to defend the city. But the only way to the north, Keyi Gate, where the Song army was surrounding, was not possible.

There is only the third way, turn around and cross the Yellow River from the Nine Crossings of the Yellow River. The Nine Crossings of the Yellow River are on the edge of Yingli City. They were also the crossings where Temujin led the Mongolian army across the Yellow River.

Ying Li's plan was to go deep into the Song Dynasty first, and then quietly find a way to cross the river.

The Song Army is now aggressively attacking, and there are definitely not many soldiers and horses in the territory. With their mobility, the Song Army probably won't be able to stop them if they find it.

Natu'er and Delbatu decided to turn back and enter the Song Dynasty first, then cross the Yellow River near Jiudu of the Yellow River.

When the Song Dynasty and Mongolia negotiated a peace treaty to divide Xixia, there were two places that could cross the Yellow River. One had a ferry near Yingli and returned to the Song Dynasty. The other did not need a ferry but was guarded by important checkpoints, namely Keyi Gate and returned to Mongolia.

Now Natul knew the importance of these two places.

After the city of Dingzhou was defeated, Keyi Gate was besieged by Song troops again. The Mongolian troops in other cities in other cities would have no place to escape in the future.

"Quick, get to the Ninth Crossing of the Yellow River immediately." Natu'er knew that only the first wave of them who fled to the Ninth Crossing of the Yellow River could cross the Yellow River unexpectedly. When the Song army found out that the Mongolian army was fleeing this way, if they sent a troop to build a bridge at the ferry, If it's a fortification, it's really over.

Well, you can also go over the mountains and ridges to Shaanxi, but that is also the territory of the Song people. The key is to find a mountain road that can be walked.

Natu'er was quite lucky. The Song army did not block the road across the Yellow River from Yingli.

The Song army did not arrive in time to block the attack, nor did they expect it.

After Meng Gong's order was given, the three armies of the Song Army gathered together. Chen Xiang and Zhang Neng, who were attacking Natu'er, took the lead to set off with more than 60,000 troops and 10,000 civilians. At that time, Meng Gong did not expect that the Mongolian army would escape. Cross the Yellow River near Yingli.

Because according to his opinion, the Mongolian army must have defended the city when they saw the Song army coming.

If you can't hold it, you must run to Keyi Gate.

But Natu'er failed to defend the city and ran too slowly.

Natu'er ran out from Dingzhou first. If he had run directly to Keyi Gate on the first day, Meng Gong's army would not have reached Keyi Gate.

However, Natu'er stayed outside Dingzhou City for several days, and then fought twice with the Song Army.

When Natu'er wanted to run to Keyi Gate again, the 120,000 troops of Meng Gong of the Song Army had just arrived at Keyi Gate City and completely blocked Natu'er's way back.

When Natu'er led his soldiers and horses to run to Jiudu of the Yellow River, they had to pass through the territory controlled by the Song army along the way.

He ran along the Yellow River. There were several cities occupied by the Song army on the Yellow River, including Huaizhou, Jingzhou, Xiping (Lingzhou), Mingsha City, and Yingli City. He traveled hundreds of miles along the way and encountered many encounters on the road. Riding on the Song Army sentry post.

Fortunately, the Song army did not have many sentries and cavalry, and they did not dare to touch them. However, the news that they had entered the Song Dynasty immediately spread to various places, and soon the Song army generals knew that they were going to Jiudu of the Yellow River.

But at this time, the Song army was gathering in a large area and divided into three groups to conquer Mongolia. For the time being, it really couldn't control these hundreds of troops, and it was too late to block them.

This made Natu'er run wildly and reach the nine crossings of the Yellow River without any hindrance.

Along the way, not only Natu'er was shocked, but Delbatu and other Mongolian generals were also shocked.

They negotiated peace with the Song army for five years, but never came again. At first, the two sides sent sentries to each other to investigate the other side's territory. Later, Meng Gong made an agreement with Kuo Duan, the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army in Xixia. In order to show respect, both sides sent sentries to the other side to investigate. It cannot be sent again.

For the next five years, the two sides kept their promises and did not even send sentries to each other. The only people who could enter each other's territory were caravans for trade.

I haven't been here in the past few years, and the whole Xixia area seems to have changed.

When the Mongolian army was here, they paid more attention to the breeding of cattle, horses and sheep, and their farming was almost limited to a few places such as Zhongxing Prefecture.

But after the Song army came, they hoarded fields everywhere, and all of them were mainly planted with rye.

Song Jun planted rye here and harvested it in July and August. He could also use the rye straw as green fodder, which was as nutritious as pasture.

Huaizhou and Jingzhou in the front are not bad, because they are close to Dingzhou, and the Song army basically does not have any farming.

But after passing Xipingfu, along the Lingzhou River (later Nanshanshui River in Lingwu County), both sides of the river are densely covered with rye fields.

Among them, the area east of Mingsha City had just been harvested, and the Mongolians were stunned to see the acres of black wheat and couldn't believe it.

In early August, when Natu'er came to the east of Mingsha City, more than ten miles away, near the west bank of Lingzhou River, he saw rye fields crowded with people, and a large number of Song people were harvesting rye.

"Song Dog, kill them all." A Mongolian general roared angrily.

People from the Song Dynasty also saw them on the opposite side. The people were stunned for a moment, and then one of them suddenly turned around and ran away.

After a while, he picked up something from the ground and banged it wildly.

The people at the scene immediately screamed and ran eastward.

Natu'er turned to look to the west. There was Mingsha City to the west, but it was more than ten miles away.

There must be Song troops stationed in Mingsha City, but there is still time to kill a group of them.

He thought of the Song army's sudden attack on Dingzhou and massacre of their people, and then thought of his subordinates going to follow up and falling in rows in front of the Song army's formation, and he couldn't help but feel angry.

"What are you waiting for? Kill -" Natu'er gave the order, and the Mongolian troops speeded up one after another.

They ran wildly along the road first. As they ran, Natul lowered his head with an expression of wonder.

The road here has been repaired by Song Jun, and the road is relatively smooth.

The rye fields are neatly trimmed one by one, and the ridges between each field have also been trimmed. They are criss-crossed and have similar width and height, making them look very comfortable.

Grassland people like Natuer never thought that farming a field could be so pleasing to the eye.

For a while, he was reluctant to destroy this rye field, and even wanted to conquer the Song Dynasty and take this field as his own.

But the thought was just a fleeting thought.

"Kill, kill all the Song people, they are farming on our land and robbing our Mongolian land -" Natu'er looked like he was crazy.

He didn't even think about it, that what he called Great Mongolia was also robbed by the Xixia people.

This land originally belonged to the Northern Song Dynasty earlier.

The Mongolian army frantically pursued the Song people, but soon found that the road was difficult.

The people of the Song Dynasty were very cunning, and they all ran to the Lingzhou River in the east.

If the Mongolian army wanted to catch up, they would have to enter the rye fields.

A Mongolian army did not wait for Natu'er's order and jumped in first on horseback. He immediately shouted: "Hard, hard -"

This place is far away from Zhongxing Mansion. Zhongxing Mansion may have slowly entered the rainy season. It hasn't rained here recently, and the soil in the fields is hard.

Natu'er was overjoyed, and immediately waved his hand, and more than 800 people in the army rushed directly into the rye field.

There was still a large amount of rye in the fields that had not been harvested in time, and the Mongolian troops were running all the way, slashing with knives along the way, expressing their hatred for the Song people.

Fortunately, the black wheat field was not running fast enough. The Mongolian army ran for a while before catching up with the first wave of Song people. The Mongolian army started shooting arrows as soon as the two sides entered fifty steps.

Swish, swish, there were several screams from the opposite side, some Song people fell down in response, and the Mongolian troops laughed wildly, with ferocious expressions.

"Front, front." Suddenly a Mongolian soldier pointed to the front and shouted.

Natu'er looked up and saw a Dunburg standing on the shore not far away.

It turns out that people in the Song Dynasty all ran to Dunbao.

"Damn Song people." Natu'er cursed, but did not stop.

The Mongolian army pursued and killed about twenty or thirty Song people.

More than a hundred people from the Song Dynasty fled into Nadun Fort.

"Xu" Natu'er led his people to surround Dun Fort. Dun Fort was not very big, covering an area of ​​about two acres, and the walls were more than ten feet high (about five meters). It looked quite easy to attack.

(End of this chapter)