Chapter 206: Smashing the Pot (28)
Every ten minutes, scouts came to report the latest news, and the positions of the various armies on Marshal Angmar's map were also moved. Anyone who knows a little about warfare can see that the situation is extremely unfavorable. The sudden crossing of the impassable swamp of the slave dynasty was like a sharp blade splitting the Mongol confluency, which was laid out from north to south.
The five flags in the north lost contact with the main force in the south, and the scouts who came back to report at the beginning were only sweating profusely and panting, and they didn't know when the scouts had been wounded with ribbons. There was only one person who came back recently, he was not injured, but when he saw Angmar, he fell to his knees and cried. He was the only one in a team of twenty who narrowly escaped. The slave dynasty was already outnumbered, and at this time it even had the spare strength to set up an ambush against the Mongol Tanma.
Angmar believed that the flag army of the five flags that had been cut off must have sent many teams to report the news, but there had been no news for half a day. Combined with the return of the probes, Angmar was convinced that the number of enemies passing through the swamp was enough to prevent communication without a safe barrier.
As night fell, Angmar gave the order with a heavy expression, "Send a message with the greatest pyrotechnics and let those five flags retreat on their own." ”
"Dashuai, no!" Someone immediately objected, "Dashuai, if they withdraw, we have to withdraw too!" ”
Angmar replied without hesitation: "There are many of us, and when they retreat, we will also withdraw." ”
The tent fell silent, and all the generals were stunned. If it was to retreat like this, it would be a great defeat, and everyone would have to face the wrath of Timur Khan. Even if there is Angmar Marshal to hold it first, it is impossible for the generals to be fine. The generals looked at Angmar and were thinking about what to say, but when they saw Angmar Angmar let out a long breath, his expression turned calm.
As the generals could see, Angmar felt that he had let go of the big stone in his heart at this time. There are some things that cannot be said, and the battle is so stalemate that it is beyond the original idea of Mongolia. If you want to give full play to the advantages of the Mongol army, you can't engage in a barrier battle with the enemy, you have to open the battlefield. Marshal Boyan's plan can bring the characteristics of the Mongolian army into full play. Before, Angmar could not say that he was ready to adopt the strategy of the commander of Boyan, but now the situation has reached such a point that if he does not retreat, he will face the siege of the superior forces of the slave dynasty, and the plan of the Great Khan of Timur has failed.
With the decision, Angmar didn't want other generals to talk nonsense either. After a little thought, he continued to give the order, "Go and make fireworks first, and let the five flags in the north be lowered first." We're starting to prepare......"
Soon, dazzling fireworks burst into the sky high in the sky. The Mongol army close to the battlefield only felt that it was daylight around them, and they could even see the figure of the slave dynasty army a few hundred meters away. Even so, the fireworks that Captain Urgan saw in the north were only barely visible. Immediately, a member of the army here translated the signal, and Urgan was shocked when he heard it, "Retreat on your own?" Really? ”
"Yes. The signal is indeed so. ”
Originally, Urgan still had an impulse, and this momentum had just risen to his chest, and before it reached his brain, it dissipated weakly. Urgan found himself unable to consider how humiliating the order was, he had been leading his troops for three days, and all his strength had been exhausted. Retreat or hold on, Urgan just wants to rest for a while. Moreover, Urgan also realized his idea, he ordered the troops to rest first, hurry up and cook, and fall asleep directly on the ground wrapped in felt.
When he was called, Urgan looked up at the sky and saw stars in the sky. When he stood up, he saw that there were many campfires on the ground, and the sound of the hoofs of the patrolling cavalry came from all directions. Smelling the smell of rice, Urgan was not in a hurry to attend the meeting, he first got a bowl of rice to eat, and then sat cross-legged and drank water to rest for a while, and then went to the big tent.
When I entered the big tent, I saw that the general was also eating, and more than half of the captains came, and Urgan begged for a bowl of water to drink. After drinking the water, the captain has arrived. The general pushed the exhausted rice bowl, first scolded the blind command of the marshal Angmar, and then told everyone to prepare to retreat to the safety of the territory. When the captains understood what they were going to do, the general said, "Hurry up and pack your things and prepare to withdraw." Scattered! ”
In the early morning, Urgan led his brigade to set out first, and when he went out ten miles, he saw the troops of the Slave Dynasty appear in front of him. Urgan secretly congratulated himself in his heart that he had let his subordinates leave all the burdens behind, and just set off with what he had with him. At the same time, he was very unhappy that his troops were going to take the lead, and he thought that he would have avoided the battle long ago.
Reining in his horses, Urgan said: "Brothers, the barbarians in front have used up their strength to march all night, let's go around behind them and defeat them in one fell swoop!" ”
The battle turned out to be as Urgan expected, and the enemy troops on the opposite side did not have time to deploy their forces at all, and Urgan they went around behind the enemy army. But he didn't expect the enemy to shrink the formation and set up a hedgehog formation, with the spear facing outward, and the shield hand holding a big shield to protect the team. There's nothing wrong with this hedgehog array. Just use the rain of arrows to get over the shield. Urgan ordered to change into a longbow and shoot at the enemy's inner circle.
A rain of arrows shot in, and screams could be faintly heard from the middle. Urgan has been waiting for the people in the inner formation to be unbearable, and many seniors have said that the enemies in the inner formation can't stand it and want to flee to the outer layer. The formation was in chaos during the pushing, and it was the turn of the Mongol cavalry to harvest. But he didn't expect to wait for a long time before the enemy was in chaos, but the bow and arrow he carried consumed more than 10%. At this time, the second group of Mongol troops had arrived here, and Urgan could only continue to advance.
The roads are well known, and there is no suitable place for ambushes. Urgan has the impression that there is a raised stone platform in front of him. It is not accurate to say that it is a platform, that is, a large stone protrudes from the ground, and there are all kinds of shapes. There is basically no grass on it, and it is inconvenient to go up and down. When the stone platform appeared in Urghan's field of vision, he was startled. I saw that the banner of the slave dynasty was actually erected on the platform. When I got closer, I saw that there were some people standing on it, and the sun was rising high, and the stone platform was very hot. But I didn't expect that the people of the slave dynasty would just stay on it. As soon as they approached in Urgan, arrows were shot at them.
No, the Mongol cavalry could only bypass here. Further on, there were men and horses from the Slave Dynasty on several stone platforms one after another, and the route that should have been a straight line had to become winding. Urgan began to feel that something was wrong, that the enemy had taken the wrong medicine and was running so vigorously.
Walking forward a little further in the face of the big sun, the Tanma hurried over. Naturally, the people were sweating profusely, and the corners of the horses' mouths were foaming at the mouth. "Captain, there are camel soldiers ahead!"
There was no need to probe the horses to report, probably because they saw the enemy in a hurry and ran in a straight line. Camel soldiers could already be seen in the distance. Urgan looked behind, and the figure of the rear team was blocked by a stone platform. Looking ahead, the camel soldiers continued to move forward without hurry. Camels have better endurance than horses, and although they walk slowly, they can keep walking with good guidance. There is even a saying that horses can sleep standing and camels can probably sleep while walking.
If he tried to make a detour, he could only let the camel soldiers stand in front of the Mongol cavalry behind, and Urgan knew that he could only step forward to meet the enemy. With a sigh, Urgan drew his new saber. Looks like I'm going to use it again today.
On a nearby stone platform, several Song people with large binoculars condescended to watch the battle. They watched intently as the Mongol cavalry fought with the camel soldiers. Camels are bulky and horses are nimble. Several people thought that the battle would be dominated by cavalry. I didn't expect the use of camel soldiers to be different from cavalry. These huge camels have rough skin and thick flesh, and it is nothing to take a few arrows. The horsemen did not have such a capacity. As long as the arrow is hit, at least it will not listen to the command, and even fall directly to the ground when it is hit.
The camel soldiers of the slave dynasty fully understood their own characteristics, and they did not hedge against the Mongol army, but tried to maintain the battle in array. The Mongols fought in close combat, and the camel soldiers forced back with their spears. The Mongols used bows and arrows, and the camel soldiers also took out bows and arrows to shoot at each other. And this camel soldier knew what his task was, and instead of trying to crush the enemy, they tried to block the road. Seeing the Mongolian cavalry coming and going, it was like flying sand and rocks. The camel soldiers, however, were as steady as they were on the platform, and they moved very calmly to the middle of the road to block the direction of the Mongol retreat.
"We have blocked the retreat of the Mongols, and the next step is to encircle and annihilate them." The voice of a True God Sect general sounded next to him, and he could hear that this guy was very proud.
The Song people laughed a few times, expressing their admiration for the army of the slave dynasty. Wait for the general to leave his side and throw those guys who are suffering from heat stroke to the back sun under the stone platform. The Song people used a local accent to communicate, "No matter how thick the camel skin is, it can't stop the bullet." ”
Because he speaks modern Chinese with a local accent, his voice sounds particularly funny. It's just that everyone is not joking, at first the slave dynasty invited people from the Song fleet to come and watch the battle, and everyone still felt that there was only some earth-shattering conspiracy inside. Now it seems that the idea of the slave dynasty is very simple, let the Song people see the power of the slave dynasty, and add some bargaining chips for future bargaining.
"It turns out that camel soldiers are actually used in such a way, which is interesting. I thought the camels were charging into battle. ”
This battle is indeed very distinctive, the Great Song cavalry is now very strong, but it has never thought of establishing a camel army. After seeing the use of camel soldiers, the observers of the Great Song Dynasty felt that they had gained a lot of knowledge.
"If it had been before, the camel soldiers would have embarrassed us. Times are different now, and no matter how heavy the armor is, it can't carry a bullet. The armor that can hold the bullet of the gun, and the person can't move when he puts it on. It's impossible to maneuver at such a slow speed. ”
"Hmm. It seems that the family background of the slave dynasty is not thick. ”
The Great Song Dynasty personnel also tried to be realistic when discussing, so the evaluation of the camel soldiers was not high, but it made the Great Song Dynasty see the true strength of the slave dynasty.
The fighting continued on both sides, and the Mongol rear caught up with them in greater numbers. But seeing the smoke and dust rising in the distance at this time, it should be a large group of cavalry.
"Tsk! Tut! Tut! It's funny. The observer couldn't help but be speechless.
The others watched with interest as the Slave Dynasty unleashed a fatal blow on the Mongol army in front of them. The Great Song cavalry was originally very weak, and by the time the soldiers were strong, the Mongol army had been defeated by the Song infantry. The large-scale battles of the cavalry were more close to legends than impressive battles. After all, in the propaganda of the Great Song Dynasty, the cavalry battles north of Yinshan and in the northeast were called 'extermination', and since it was extermination, it was not a battle of equal strength.
There was a real chance to see a large-scale cavalry battle, and everyone was ready to watch it carefully. I saw that the cavalry on both sides were divided into several teams and began to hedge, like a torrent colliding head-on. Just when the observers thought that the two sides would collide completely, they saw that the cavalry ranks were separated again. While it was true that the previous collision had caused many deaths, there was no such thing as an infantry collision, which rubbed against the power of the collision sparks.
The cavalry on both sides divided into different formations, as if there was a tacit understanding, and crossed over. There were no bullfight-like confrontations between the horses, staggered queues, and the cavalrymen all brandished their swords and slashed at each other. Indeed, many people turn over and fall off their horses, just like the bubbles rising in the torrent, which are carried away and washed away by the torrent in an instant.
After that, the various queues pass by each other, and you come and go to kill you. After watching it for a while, the observers of the Great Song Dynasty saw the clue, and there would be some people falling off the horse in every staggering. The queue, which had been looking huge, began to shrink and thin. And the horses on the battlefield that lost their owners and ran around, as well as the knights who did not die after falling off their horses, made the torrent gradually turn into turbulence. After a while of fighting, the turbulence turned into a quagmire.
After queue combat is useless, the competition becomes squad combat. On the battlefield churning like a pot of boiling water, the squads that can still maintain the queue look particularly eye-catching.
"It is no wonder that many people were only small schools when they became famous. At this time, where is there room for generals, it is not unusual for so many generals to die unexpectedly. Some observers couldn't help but sigh loudly.
Other observers either didn't understand such a deep idea of war, or they didn't hear it at all. Anyway, everyone looked at the battlefield, and this death battle in which tens of thousands of cavalry participated was really impressive. But I saw a Mongol army like a sharp knife, crisscrossing the battlefield. Everywhere they went, as Cu Ding Xie Niu said, 'enter the room with no thickness', cutting through the formation of the cavalry of the slave dynasty, and making the possible build-up of troops come to naught. Not only that, but this gang of people
Other observers either didn't understand such a deep idea of war, or they didn't hear it at all. Anyway, everyone looked at the battlefield, and this death battle in which tens of thousands of cavalry participated was really impressive. But I saw a Mongol army like a sharp knife, crisscrossing the battlefield. Everywhere they went, as Cu Ding Xie Niu said, 'enter the room with no thickness', cutting through the formation of the cavalry of the slave dynasty, and making the possible build-up of troops come to naught. Not only that, but this gang of people