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

Chapter 450: Great Mongolia suffers repeated defeats

Kublai Khan fought vigorously here, constantly dismantling the Song army's carriages, and because the Mongolian army was approaching in large numbers, he forced away the Song army's few fusiliers with a rain of arrows. The two sides fell into a brief hand-to-hand fight. The Song army's rear formation screamed and killed, and the Mongolian army climbed up and rushed towards the Song army's formation in waves.

Although the Mongolian army suffered more casualties, at least judging from the scene, the Mongolian army was able to rush into the Song army's formation, and the effect seemed to be good.

On the other side, Aotun Shiying and other Mongolian nobles who mainly attack the front are not good.

This was originally the main attack direction of the Mongolian army. Chagatai and Kuoduan invested a large number of elites and troops. Dozens of Mongolian Qianhu Nayan personally led the team, including the brothers Aotun Shiying, Dalada Darahan, Doula, Suowudu, Dotanabo, Dorda, Alchi and many other close confidants are on the front.

It is clear that the Song Army has lost their carriages in the front, and there are only horse ropes on the ground. It looks much easier to fight than the Song Army's rear formation.

But the Song army had too many fusiliers on the front, at least seven or eight thousand.

The Song army launched three consecutive attacks, and the Mongolian army was unable to advance even an inch, wandering between sixty and eighty steps.

Chagatai and Kuoduan, who were watching not far away, were frightened.

Every time a puff of white smoke rises in front of the Song army's formation, the Mongolian army's front line falls in pieces.

But Kuo Duan made an immediate decision: "Let's fight hard. Even if the Song army goes out, the worst we can do is retreat."

Kuoduan had never fought such a large-scale battle head-on with the Song army before. Chagatai and the Song army had fought in Xixia.

After fighting with the Song Army fusiliers for so long, many Mongolian soldiers also learned to temporarily avoid them, that is, to lower their bodies as low as possible and squat down.

Kuo Duan's tactical skills are actually quite good. Historically, he guarded Xixia as the King of Liang, and he conquered Tubo peacefully without losing a single blow, laying the foundation for the western offensive to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty.

But this is not a normal situation. Lu Wende and Shader are observing the entire battlefield from a high place.

"Second uncle, think about it carefully. When we fought with the Song Army, did the Song Army take the initiative to rush out?"

When Chagatai talked to Kuo Duan, Kuo Duan also realized that he was trying too hard.

But if he does not join the reserve team at this time, the front line will not be successful, and the back line may not win.

Of course, the battlefield between the two Mongolian armies was quite large at this time. Under normal circumstances, the enemy general might not be able to see the large-scale movement of the Mongolian army's 20,000 elite cavalry.

At this time, about a hundred steps in front of the Song army's formation, there were all dead and wounded men and horses of the Mongolian army. The ground was covered with one or even two layers. There were so many casualties that had never been seen before.

After all, Kuo Duan was young and energetic, so he decided to take the gamble, and they were all cavalry. Even if they were cut into two by the Song army, at worst, they would retreat immediately, and the casualties would not be too great.

Kuoduan's eyes turned red.

There are too few fusiliers here, only one or two thousand. After the Mongolian army rushed in, they are slowly losing their effectiveness. They rely entirely on pikemen and crossbowmen to fight the Mongolian army.

But after crouching, the speed usually cannot be increased. Instead, you will face more flintlock blows when charging.

The Mongolian army had few troops on the left and right wings, and the formation was loose. The Mongolian army that passed by did not go far away in order to buy time, which made the movement even greater. The Song army soon observed that a large group of Mongolian troops were surrounding the rear formation from the two wings.

He couldn't stand it anymore and finally said: "If you can't fight, withdraw and leave some seeds for the people."

Thinking about it this way, it seems that the Song Army is relatively timid and only focuses on defense and does not dare to attack easily.

Kuo Duan immediately signaled to mobilize the last 20,000 reserve troops to support Kublai Khan in the rear of the Song army.

With such a large group of Mongolian troops moving back, there was still a lot of movement.

Once the Song army discovered that they were attacking the rear formation with all their strength, if the two wings of the Song army rushed out, they could cut the Mongolian army in half.

If this were replaced by another army, it would probably have collapsed.

If the final reserve team is thrown in and the Song army counterattacks, the Mongolian army will indeed be in danger.

Kuo Duan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, okay, we will focus on the Song Army's rear formation."

Chagatai heard this and thought about it carefully.

The thousands of cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Mongolian army could not stop the Song army's counterattack.

Some Mongolian troops rushed in. The Song army used pikemen in front to fight hand-to-hand with the Mongolian troops. The flintlock guns in the rear formation could no longer hit the Mongolian troops levelly. They had to find a high place to stand high so as not to accidentally injure friendly troops.

If the Song army fought a positional battle, it would always defend, fully defend, and never take the initiative to attack. Therefore, every time the Mongolian army retreated, they could retreat unscathed.

The Song army's flintlock guns were too sharp, and Chagatai finally gave up and admitted that he couldn't hit them.

Chagatai had no choice. Although he was an uncle, Kuo Duan was also considered a prince, and he also knew that in the current situation, it would be difficult to defeat the Song army without taking a gamble.

Chagatai felt inappropriate because the Mongolian army was in a stalemate with the Song army on both wings, with only a few thousand riders.

"That's true, but I'm afraid that the Song Army Commander--" Chagatai was still hesitating.

At this point, all the Mongolian troops of more than 100,000 horses have been committed, leaving Chagatai and Kuoduan with only a thousand horses left.

Whenever the Mongolian army rushed within 60 steps of the Song army, Kuoduan immediately clenched his fist and shouted, "Okay."

In fact, everyone is a gambler. If you know that you will definitely lose if you don’t gamble, why not take a gamble?

Chagatai and Kuoduan quickly reached a consensus, and all the last 20,000 reserves of the Mongolian army were moved to the Song army's rear line.

Chagatai Mao estimated that after more than an hour of attacking the Song army's front line, the Mongolian army's casualties were close to 20,000.

At this moment, someone came back to report that Kublai Khan's rear line was fighting well, and some troops had already rushed into the Song army's rear line and fought hand-to-hand with the Song army.

Kuo Duan nervously clenched his hands into fists and muttered to himself.

At this time, the Song army's rear formation was also destroyed by the Mongolian army. A large number of carriages were destroyed. After many carriages were burned by fire, there was indeed a gap.

Lu Wende and Shader judged almost at the same time that the Mongolian army would attack the Song army's rear line with all its strength.

But the next moment, there was a crackle of gunfire from the opposite side, and then dozens of artillery shells fell into the crowd. The Mongolian army was dead and wounded in front, and the rear troops squatted down in fear.

He just thought for a while and then said to Chagatai: "Now we can only bet that the Song army will not dare to go out."

There was no high ground at the scene, and some fusiliers stood on the boxes containing the shells and shot forward.

A Song Army general began to call all the fusiliers to gather in front of the crossbowmen. If the pikemen in front collapsed, the fusiliers would fight in front.

Someone has already run to ask Lu Wende if he wants to send two thousand fusiliers from the front line.

The fusiliers in the front line of the Song army are relatively backward. If they draw another two thousand, they should be able to block the Mongolian army in the back line.

Lu Wende looked at the two formations in front and behind. Because there were many people on both sides, the Song army also had artillery and trebuchets. The front and rear formations had thousands of paces in the nearest area. The battlefield was so huge. The order was passed to the front, and the fusiliers were gathered to fire. It will probably take less than half an hour to get to the back and form a battle formation.

"No, let the trebuchets prepare to drop gasoline bombs on the rear formation to delay the Mongolian attack."

Lu Wende said decisively: "Let the left and right wings prepare to attack. Once the Mongolian reinforcements arrive at the rear, attack immediately."

"promise."

Lu Wende's reaction must have been unexpected by Chagatai and Kuoduan.

They wanted to bet that Song Jun would not dare to come out as before.

Unexpectedly, Lu Wende did not follow the routine.

Lu Wende is very courageous, and he does not think that his Song army is worse than the Mongolian army.

His opinion was quickly recognized by Shader. Shader and Mengying immediately prepared their cavalry.

When the last reserves of the Mongolian army arrived at the rear line, they were ready to attack the rear line with all their might.

"Woo" Song Jun blew a strange horn sound.

Under the sound of the horn, the two carriages of the Song Army were slowly pulled apart.

Then with a rumble, large groups of fine knights rushed out.

The Song army had 12,000 cavalry on each side and came out to kill them.

When the cavalry came out, all the trebuchets dropped gasoline bombs in the direction of the Mongolian army behind the formation.

Suddenly there were piles of flames everywhere in the Mongolian army formation, and the Mongolian army fled in all directions, causing chaos.

The Mongolian army, which originally had 20,000 new troops, wanted to launch a wild attack, but was thrown into chaos by the Song army's wave of petrol bombs.

These gasoline bombs did not burn for long, but they gave the Song army in the rear a breath of relief.

"The Song Army is coming out." At the same time, Chagatai and Kuoduan also had incredible expressions on their faces.

It has always been a tortoise formation, and the Song army, who could not hold on, rushed out of the formation, disrupting their deployment.

At this time, the main force of the Mongolian army was basically in the front and rear formations, with fewer troops on the left and right wings. When the Song army rushed out, the Mongolian army was not afraid and went straight to meet them.

A hail of arrows crackled in the air, and on both sides you came and I ran while shooting.

The Mongolian army may have a slight advantage in cavalry and shooting, but the Song army has many horses and horses, and they wait for work at ease, so both soldiers and armor will benefit.

The two sides fought for less than a quarter of an hour before the two wings of the Mongolian army collapsed, and thousands of Mongolian soldiers fled in all directions.

As soon as these two wings of the Mongolian army fled, the Song army cut the Mongolian army into two parts, the front and rear.

The Song Army's cavalry began to circle the two wings of the Mongolian army's front formation, regardless of the Mongolian army's rear formation, obviously wanting to defeat the Mongolian army's front first.

Chagatai and Kuoduan looked at each other at the same time, and then took a deep breath.

If they don't retreat at this time, they will lose.

"Send the order, withdraw, withdraw, withdraw first to the west of Qianzhou City."

"Retreat, retreat, retreat to the east of Qianzhou City."

The two of them almost unanimously gave the order to withdraw, and then the messenger stayed at the scene.

Because the two men gave different orders.

Both of them knew that they could not retreat to Qianzhou now. It was too close to Qianzhou. Not to mention that the Song army could follow and pursue Qianzhou. Even if they did not follow, Qianzhou would be surrounded by then and the Mongolian army would not be able to escape.

But one of the two wanted to go west to find Batu's army returning from the Western Expedition, and the other wanted to go east to find Dad Wokuotai.

The messenger looked around, not knowing how to respond.

Chagatai was the first to react: "You have to go thousands of miles east, and the Song army who broke through Blackwater City is waiting for work. I don't know where they are stationed to wait for us."

Chagatai was indeed right. Meng Gong was leading 100,000 Song troops to garrison near Shengsi Jiaen on their way back east.

When the Mongolian army returns eastward, they will definitely encounter Meng Gong.

Of course, the Mongolian army was so mobile that Meng Gong could not block them all, but when the two sides fought, it was hard to say how far the Mongolian army could get rid of the Song army.

Kuo Duan hesitated for a moment. He originally wanted to say that we have strong mobility and the Song army could not block it much if they wanted to. But thinking about it again, if the Song army were to attack us from both front and back, the scene would be ugly.

If they want to retreat, Lu Wende's troops will definitely send cavalry to pursue them here, and Meng Gong will also block them on the other side. Under attack from the front and back, it will be fine if the Mongolian army can maintain its formation, but once it collapses, the losses will be very heavy.

As for whether he could turn around and attack the Song army after retreating, or ambush the Song army, Kuo Duan really didn't have such an idea.

There is no place for them to ambush on the grassland, and the Song Army's cavalry is also very mobile. If they want to attack the Song Army back, the Song Army can pull them back and wait for the infantry camp behind to catch up.

Especially when retreating, the morale of the entire army is greatly reduced. It would be great if it could not collapse. It would be even harder to go back and fight again.

Kuo Duan thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's retreat to the west first, and then we'll see what happens -"

His original intention was to retreat westward first, and the Song army might not pursue him.

Because the Mongolian army's territory is still in the west, Meng Gong's troops are in the east, and there are mountainous areas (near the Altai Mountains) in the west, the Song army must also be afraid of being ambushed.

Then think of a way to go far from the northwest to the direction of Harahelin Shengsi Jiaen, and then return to the east.

He definitely didn't want to join Batu. Now he just wanted to return to his father so that he could feel safe.

Mongolia was defeated repeatedly in battles, and Kuo Duan was also afraid.

But before he finished speaking, Chagatai had not yet decided with him where to retreat.

Wow, the sound of roaring mountains and tsunami surged in front, and then the shouts of killing on the battlefield became even more earth-shattering.

The two of them looked up in horror, only to see that the Mongolian troops on Aotun Shiying's side turned their heads, and the Mongolian troops were collapsing and fleeing.

"Damn it." Chagatai yelled. They were about to retreat, but before the order was sent, the Mongolian army in front had collapsed.

Aotun Shiying's side was originally attacking the front line of the Song Army, suffering heavy losses and a great loss of morale. Unexpectedly, more than 20,000 cavalrymen suddenly rushed out from the left and right wings of the Song Army.

The Mongolian army divided into two groups and fought, but there was no morale, and there were not many people and horses. They were beaten back and forth. This caused a great loss in the morale of the Mongolian army who was attacking the Song army. It is not known who took the lead and ran away first. , followed by a chain reaction on the battlefield, the Mongolian army began to retreat everywhere, and soon formed a huge defeat.

Seeing the Mongolian army retreating, the Song army immediately blew the horn of attack. In addition to the fusiliers, some of the Song army in the front army pressed forward. Now the Mongolian army fled faster and became more chaotic.

"Failed." Chagatai and Kuoduan's expressions were uglier than crying.

Originally they planned to retreat, at least not in defeat.

Now that the order has not been issued, the retreat has turned into a defeat.

A difference of one word makes a world of difference.

Usually when retreating, the rear troops will be arranged to ensure that the main force can safely leave the battlefield. Now the battlefield is in chaos and the Mongolian army is retreating everywhere. The losses will be huge.

Chagatai's only hope now is that Kublai Khan's rear formation can not collapse and ensure the withdrawal of the main force.

"Quickly, send an order to Kublai Khan to withdraw first toward the Altai Mountains in the northwest. You must hold firm and let people stop the rear, and don't let the whole army retreat."

Following Chagatai's order, the orderly soldiers held a flag high and ran frantically towards the rear.

No matter how huge the battlefield was, after the Mongolian army was defeated, everything was in chaos. The ordering soldiers did not dare to go near the middle of the battlefield, and could only run around the periphery and back.

In this way, his journey became longer. After finally reaching the Song army's rear formation, he saw the Mongolian army running back all over the mountains and fields in front of him.

Kublai Khan also collapsed? The messenger was stunned.

(End of this chapter)