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

Chapter 509 Join forces to fight against Mongolia
The two sides were already close, but the Mongolian army suddenly charged with less force and more force. Not to be outdone, Brillo forgot about Conrad's envoy asking him to come back. With an order, the Ayyubid army also rushed forward.

"Whoosh!" The rain of arrows from the Mongolian army started first, and the Ayyubids fell off their horses one after another. At a distance of a hundred steps, Meng Ge and the others slowly increased their speed and shot five rounds of arrows in a row.

Ayub's two hundred cavalry were almost shot dead when they encountered the Mongolian army. A small number of cavalry staggered forward and tried to fight hand-to-hand. The Mongolian army was divided into two, swept away from the left and right, and continued to keep a distance from them and shoot from a long distance.

Swish, swish, there was endless sound of arrows and screams. The Ayyubids fell to the ground one after another before they could even touch the Mongolian army.

Putting aside the facts, except for the Song army who can shoot against the Mongolian army, other dynasties in the world are really helpless under the tactics of the Mongolian army.

Brillo, the strongest general in Damascus, didn't even have a chance to get close to Meng Ge. He was shot with several arrows from a long distance. Although he had a thick armor and was fine, he waited for the Mongolian army to get close and continued to shoot. After a while, Brillo was hit by a kite. He was hit by more than a dozen arrows, and the horse was also hit by several arrows.

Boom, Brillo finally couldn't help it, screamed, and crashed off his horse.

He was still alive at this moment. After rolling on the ground, he tried to stand up.

Phew, another arrow flew from the air and hit him right between the eyebrows.

Brillo stared at Hulagu in front of him who was slowly retracting his bow. He saw Hulagu smiling at Xiexie, retracting his bow, reining in his horse and turning to the other side.

"Prepare to evacuate to Jerusalem." Adali closed his eyes in despair.

Of course, most of the towns of various dynasties here do not need moats. Unless they exist naturally, they will rarely be built in later periods.

Meng Ge has decided to let his younger brother Hulagu garrison Damascus and build a fortress here. Relying on the Bai Lada River as a natural barrier and digging a moat, he will operate the town in a strong manner and be able to fight against the Song army in the future.

At the same time, Adali organized the troops and people in the city to continue to evacuate.

After less than a while of fighting, many Mongolian troops came to the top of the city. Just when Meng Ge was overjoyed, a section of the city wall was collapsed by a large stone bullet. The morale of the Mongolian troops was so high that the defenders in the city retreated one after another.

From time to time, people were shot down or chopped down along the road.

At this time, the battlefield was not over yet. Many Ayyubids were only injured but not dead. The Mongolian army was galloping outside the city, checking one by one and killing them one by one. From time to time, they cut off their heads and then held them high.

The screams spread far and wide, making the Adali and his son at the top of the city tremble. The young prince Cassie's face was full of panic.

"Okay." Meng Ge and Hulagu brothers in the distance were ecstatic and occupied Damascus. Regardless of whether he could become the Great Khan or not, he would get this important territory.

The Mongolian army followed unhurriedly, either shooting arrows or rushing forward to chop with knives.

Now he finally saw the lack of martial ethics and cruelty of the Mongolian army.

The Meng brothers, with a hundred cavalry, killed a thousand Ayyubids and returned in disastrous defeat.

After Meng defeated the Ayyubid army that left the city that day, he continued to attack the city without falling, but he attacked the city many times, which gave Meng a hope of breaking through Damascus.

One day in early March, the Mongolian army once again launched a massive attack on the city, and the huge stone bombs thrown were even more earth-shattering.

The Mongolian army pursued them until they were within the bow and arrow range of the defenders at the top of the city before returning.

Their two hundred horsemen were all shot down by the Mongolian army in less than a quarter of an hour. The remaining infantry collapsed and turned around and ran towards Damascus.

The biggest mistake of the Ayyubid dynasty of Edali was not to use the Barada River to build a moat for Damascus, which made the Mongolian army fight very smoothly.

Two days later, all the people in the city were evacuated, and many supplies could no longer be taken. Because Adali was afraid that he would not be able to hold on, he only evacuated the people behind him. All the supplies and Damascus that could not be taken away were prepared to listen to the Song people's words and burn them all. Never left to the Mongols.

A few people dared to turn around and fight to the death when they saw the Mongolian army approaching. Most people didn't even have the courage to fight. They were like a bereaved dog and ran away for their lives.

Ah, ah, ah, there were endless screams at the scene. The Ayyubids could not resist the rain of arrows from the Mongolian army, let alone get close to the Mongolian army.

Brillo took out a thousand cavalry, and finally came back with a dozen cavalry and more than 600 infantry. In less than half an hour, more than a third was lost.

Why is Europe and West Asia like this? Because they fight most of the battles outside the city, they will form a formation first, and the bosses of both sides will come out to have a few words face to face. In many cases, they may even start a one-on-one fight.

Then the two sides began to charge face to face and fight in groups. The moat did not exist and was unnecessary.

Before taking Damascus, Meng Ge decided to dig a moat outside and connect it to the Barada River to use it as a natural barrier against the Song army.

When they were fighting for the world with the Song army in the Central Plains, they had discovered that the Song army would try their best to avoid storming any city with a moat. They would first defeat the surrounding areas and then surround them.

There is no way to get across to the west of Damascus without a ship. The internal defenders can get a steady stream of supplies from the west by ship. Unless the Song army also captures all the cities along the Barada River and Jerusalem, warships will have to arrive here. Just fine.

This location is so important to Meng Ge. The west of Damascus is the only channel connecting the east of the Lebanon Mountains.

Even if the waterway is blocked by the Song army and all other cities are occupied by the Song army, the Mongolian army can still enter and exit to the west of the Lebanon Mountains. The Song army cannot climb the mountains here, cannot defeat Damascus, and cannot do anything to the Mongolian army.

Where further west from the Lebanon Mountains? It is the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mongolian army can also build a shipyard on the east coast and build warships, so that they can advance and retreat, and attack and defend freely.

In the worst-case scenario, even Damascus will not be able to defend it. The towed mine system can be boarded from the east coast of the Mediterranean and can go to Europe or even Africa.

Therefore, Meng Ge is bound to win Damascus and plans to use it as his family's base and let the tow mine department focus on operations here.

Just when the Mongolian army invaded Damascus in a large scale and Meng Ge was satisfied, black smoke suddenly began to appear in front of him.

"Who told them to set fire to the city? Didn't I give the order not to massacre the city, but to preserve the population and labor? Send the order, no massacre of the city, no arson." Brother Meng was furious outside the city, and issued several orders to Meng who entered the city. military.

Not to mention that the city wall in front collapsed at this time, after the Mongolian army entered, they also opened the north gate. A large number of Mongolian troops gathered at the north gate and entered through the north gate.

There are also Mongolian troops encircling and suppressing the people in the southeast to prevent the Ayyubids from escaping in other directions.

Soon news came to Meng Ge one after another, and the fire in the city ahead shot into the sky, and all the black smoke turned into fire dragons.

The sentries came back and shouted that it was not us who set the fire. The Ayyubids set fires everywhere in the city. The flames spread in all directions and even blocked those of us who rushed in. Outside the south gate, Ayyubid cavalry escaped, as well as a large number of civilians and infantry, and a wave of people was organized. After the resistance ended, the main cavalry had already fled south desperately.

A large number of Ayyubids also boarded boats and fled along the waterway.

The Mongolian army is now in the old city in the east. Without ships, they cannot attack the new city in the west. They can only watch the people on the other side board the ships and leave.

Aidali sent some dead soldiers to cut off the rear and used fire to block the pursuers. The Mongolian army had no choice in the city and could only rely on tactics to slowly consume them in the field.

On March 4th, Damascus was captured by the Mongolian army, but the Mongolian army did not enter the Xicheng District until March 17th, and did not completely occupy the city until the 20th.

The city was burned to the ground, and there were fires everywhere. The fire lasted for more than ten days in the early stage, and the whole city was almost burned to the ground.

Brother Meng's face turned green after he entered. All the materials inside were burned, leaving the Mongolian army with a black scorched earth. Except for corpses, there was no living person inside.

Even rebuilding Damascus would require a lot of manpower and material resources.

Damascus had a population of nearly 250,000. In the end, about 200,000 fled to Jerusalem. The initial defensive battle and the subsequent escape totaled nearly 50,000 losses.

The Mongolian cavalry pursued them to the vicinity of Jerusalem. Forced by Batu's words not to mess with Shinra, they retreated after seeing Conrad's crusaders.

Adali's suggestion in the Song Dynasty was made by General Liu Zheng. Although he lost his last territory, he retained the bloodline of little Ayub and his last 200,000 citizens.

Although Meng Ge got Damascus, it was a scorched earth.

He immediately moved all the people from other areas of the Little Ayyubid Dynasty here, and tried his best to run Damascus and restore this important city. Although Aidali burned him down, the main building was still there. Meng Ge knew that the city very heavy.

On the other side, Adali and his young son had just arrived outside Jerusalem, followed by countless refugees and his last army.

His expression was as painful as that of a conquered king, but at the same time he was filled with the joy of surviving a catastrophe, and his heart was very complex.

Conrad IV, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, personally led people outside to greet him.

The two forces, which had been hostile for decades, once again coexisted peacefully.

"I never thought I would return to the Holy City in this way." Edali burst into tears.

The Ayyubid dynasty was founded by his grandfather Saladin. Saladin's full name was Amalik Nasser Saladin Abu-Mushafa Yusuf Ibn Ayyubid. It was a very long name. It is estimated that it was changed to Chinese. No one can pronounce the full name. The name of the Ayyubid dynasty is taken from the last few words of Saladin. This should be their surname. His father was also named Ayyubid.

Their ethnicity is Kurdish.

There are quite a lot of Kurds in Europe. When Batu conquered the West, he also had Kurds under his command, and his opponents also had Kurds.

In 1171, Saladin formally founded his own Ayyubid dynasty and became the true ruler of Aji.

In 1175, Saladin was awarded the title of "Sultan of Egypt, Syria, Maghreb and Yemen" by the Abbasid Caliph Mustadir, and gained the title of "Sultan of Egypt, Syria, Maghreb and Yemen". The Ayyubid dynasty was supposed to be at its peak at this time.

In 1177, Saladin personally led an army of more than people to attack Jerusalem, but was defeated by Bowen IV's cavalry and infantry. This was the first time that Saladin showed his desire for Jerusalem. On the first day he gained power, he swore to himself that he would drive the Crusaders out of Jerusalem.

After the first defeat, Saladin regrouped and won victories in other places, consolidating his rule. After a period of preparation, in 1187, ten years later, Saladin once again set out to conquer Jerusalem and issued a The Lord is great and the call to drive the Franks out of Jerusalem officially started the so-called Holy War.

He first won consecutive victories on the periphery, defeated the main force of the Crusaders, and almost wiped out the main force of the Crusaders.

It can be seen here that the fighting of these people is completely different from that of the Mongolian and Song armies. The Crusaders did not defend the city of Jerusalem. They always went out of the city to fight with Saladin in the field. They won the battle ten years ago. This time, only a few of them suffered a disastrous defeat. The knight fled back.

Saladin then launched a massive siege of the city, and after thirteen days, Jerusalem decided to surrender.

On September 1187, 9, Saladin chose to enter Jerusalem on the day of the Ascension Day to commemorate the ascension of the Prophet Muhammad in Jerusalem. The Holy City, which had been occupied by the Crusaders for 2 years, returned to Muslin's hands.

Since then there has been a continuous battle between the European Crusaders and the Saladin Ayyubid dynasty.

Frederick I, Richard I the Lion-Hearted, and Philip II of France all appeared one after another and launched many Crusades.

Then every time the Crusaders came, Saladin did not defend the city, but led his army out of the city to fight with the Crusaders in the field.

So even Zhao and Rui don't understand that people here are so noble and gentlemen when fighting.

They were beaten so miserably by the Mongols. It was not because they were incompetent. The Battle of the Seyo River proved that the Fangli people were quite capable of fighting. They almost destroyed Batu. However, they only knew how to fight head-on in groups and did not know tactics, so they could not defeat them. Mongol.

In 1191, Richard I defeated Saladin in a field battle. (Before the battle, the two of them went to the battlefield and talked a few steps away from each other. They were very gentlemen. If you want to change to Meng Ge and Zhao Yurui, hurry up. After the war, Saladin retreated to Jerusalem, and Richard I did not besiege the city because both of them were ill.

Saladin also sent people to deliver fruits to Richard I, and sent doctors to help Richard I see his illness.

Look, everyone, there are many kingdoms in Europe and West Asia, but everyone is more martial-minded and more gentlemanly. People like Zhao Yurui and the Mongols who don't talk about martial ethics can indeed succeed here easily.

From then on until 1229, Kamil of Ayyub. It was the son of Saladin's younger brother who ceded Jerusalem and the Acre Corridor to the Crusaders (Frederick II). At that time, it was mainly due to the chaos at home and abroad, and there was also the small Ayyubid dynasty of Adali who was fighting outside. orthodox.

Now fourteen years later, Adali finally returned to this holy city again.

The Crusaders first ruled here for eighty-eight years, the Ayyubid dynasty ruled here for forty-two years, and the Crusaders ruled for another fourteen years. With the help of Conrad, Adali returned to the Holy Land, and the two fought. Enemies who had been enemies for hundreds of years have made peace for the time being.

All this was due to the arrival of the Mongols and the suggestions of the Song people.

They temporarily put aside hundreds of years of grudges and joined forces to fight against the enemy.

Adali had not wanted to come before, but Conrad's envoy said that Saladin sent people to send fruits and doctors to Richard I. We are enemies on the battlefield, but we should be friends in private.

Adali was thus convinced that faith and grudges should not be lumped together and now needed to fight the Mongols together.

(End of this chapter)