The Mongolian army moved very quickly. On the second day after the strategic deployment was completed, the Mongolian army Marshal Tachar, in addition to leaving five thousand troops to garrison the Hebei camp, personally took the remaining 30,000 elite cavalry and quickly moved again. Crossed the south bank of the Yellow River.
In the evening of the first day of June, after six days of long journey, the first echelon of the Song Army, with 13,000 men, and the 200 Song Army led by General Ning Huai finally arrived in Luoyang at the same time.
When the residents of Luoyang heard the news, the whole city was moved by the news. Thousands of people spontaneously scaled the city walls to celebrate the Song army's recapture of Xijing.
The next day, after a night of repairs, the Song army began to formally enter Luoyang City in batches.
On the third day of June, more than 13,000 Song Army forward troops entered Luoyang City.
Luoyang, one of the most dazzling pearls in the history of the Central Plains Dynasty, finally returned to the embrace of the Han Dynasty after a hundred years.
But the generals of the Song Army were not so optimistic.
Because on the day they entered the city, all the seven-day army rations carried by this forward from Kaifeng had been consumed, and the city of Luoyang was in ruins and could not be replenished.
This made their forward army once again fall into the dilemma of running out of food. People are like iron rice and steel. If they don't eat a meal, they will be hungry, let alone an army at war.
On the fourth day of June, Yang Yi led the 15,000 men of the second echelon of the Song Army to Longmen Town on the outskirts of Luoyang after a six-day long march.
General Yang Yi looked at Luoyang City in the distance and smiled.
He is coming to Xijing.
Yang Yi looked back at the rear. Tens of thousands of his subordinates were exhausted after a long march, and Luoyang was far away, so Yang Yi asked the messenger to convey the order to the rear troops to repair on the spot.
"The general has an order! Repair on the spot! The general has an order! Repair on the spot!"
As the messengers flew among the various departments of the Song army to deliver orders, the long dragon composed of tens of thousands of troops also slowly stopped.
The soldiers could finally heave a long sigh of relief, and the fire-headed soldiers also began to prepare to cook rice, because everyone was not only tired, but also hungry.
When the food was ready and the aroma penetrated the soldiers' noses, long queues quickly filled up in front of the big pots in front of the soldiers.
The soldiers looked at the steaming porridge cakes and smelled the aroma of rice entering their lungs, and each one of them couldn't help but start swallowing.
At this time, the soldiers of the Song Army were all immersed in the porridge and cakes and relaxed all vigilance.
Little did they know that the danger had quietly arrived.
If they had telescopes, they would be able to see: in the shadows of the mountains surrounding this Song army, heads were jumping from time to time.
One by one, the horses were held by the Mongolian soldiers to comfort them. Because the hooves of these horses are all wrapped in cloth, and their mouths are all muzzled. If you are a discerning person, you will know at a glance that the Mongolian army is preparing for a surprise attack.
Zhang Guzi and Wang Ergou are fellow villagers of Huainan. This time they followed General Quan Zicai in his northern expedition to the Central Plains. Originally, the two young men were very happy.
It's not that these two young people have any ambitions to expedition to the Central Plains and regain the three capitals.
For these young people who have just joined the army, these principles are still too far away from them.
As children who came out of Shangougou, Zhang Guzi and Wang Ergou had extremely pure thoughts:
Earn a few more bushels of rice, a few more taels of silver, and go back to improve your family's impoverished life. Let your parents have a meal of meat during the Chinese New Year. Of course, if you have enough money, it would be even more beautiful to marry a mother-in-law and have a fat boy.
The reason why I had this idea was that when we set out this time, General Quan promised everyone a lot of benefits.
But soon after entering Henan, the excitement and anticipation of Zhang Guzi and Wang Ergou completely disappeared.
The reason is also very simple; not enough to eat!
Especially since arriving in Kaifeng City, the food supplied to them has become worse and worse.
From when I first scooped up a handful of rice grains with my chopsticks, to now I scoop out a layer of rice fat with my chopsticks. Compared with when I first joined the army, the difference is visible to the naked eye.
It is unrealistic to think so now. The world is big and the earth is big enough to eat. Zhang Guzi and Wang Ergou were very active in eating. After receiving the rice porridge each, they took off the straw hoods on their heads and huddled in the shadow of the carriage to drink the rice porridge.
From time to time, the two of them soaked the dried and yellowed cooking cake they received in a bowl and ate it, barely feeling a sense of fullness in their stomachs.
Zhang Guzi ate very quickly. After Kuchi Kuchi finished his portion, he took a look and found that there was still half a bowl of Wang Ergou's bowl next to him.
Zhang Guzi couldn't help but see a trace of greed and desire in his eyes, but he was still able to suppress this impulse with reason.
After secretly licking his bowl back and forth several times until there was no drop of rice oil on it, and touching his stomach which was still growling from time to time, Zhang Guzi leaned against the cart behind him still unsatisfied.
Then he pulled out a grass stem from the ground and picked at the rice grease on his teeth. From time to time, he rolled his tongue and swallowed it, although the juice from the grass stem that came out from time to time made the tip of his tongue feel a little bitter. .
After Wang Ergou finished eating, he also followed Zhang Guzi's example. After licking the bowl in his hand clean, he held a grass stem in his mouth and leaned on the rack truck behind him with an apologetic expression.
And he reached out and pushed Zhang Guzi beside him.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Guzi was enjoying a rare rest. He was quite dissatisfied with being disturbed by Wang Gouzi, so his tone was unpleasant and a bit harsh.
When he turned his head, he saw Wang Ergou beside him pointing at a deputy general holding the bowl of rice with spikes. Just listen to him swallowing his saliva and speaking to himself with envy on his face;
'Brother Guzi! When can we be like Deputy General De Yang? Do you want to eat delicious rice every time? '
Zhang Guzi sneered when he heard this, curled his lips disdainfully, and looked down upon the unrealistic ideas of the friends around him.
He struck, "Isn't it easy to eat white rice? Even if you want to eat meat, you can eat it!"
Wang Gouzi immediately showed a hopeful look on his face after hearing this, and looked at Zhang Guzi with surprise;
"Really? Brother Guzi, do you have any idea?"
Zhang Guzi rolled his eyes, feeling that Wang Gouzi really couldn't recognize the reality. He was a small soldier compared with a big shot like Deputy General Yang, and he was simply overestimating his capabilities.
So he turned his head and said nonchalantly: "Isn't that simple?" When you are born into a good child in your next life, it will be great to have a brother like Deputy General Yang! '
After Zhang Guzi finished speaking, Wang Gouzi's smile froze on his face, as if a tire had been punctured, and he said sarcastically;
'How dare you think that? How dare you think of this...! What's your background? We are born with a low life...'
"It's good that you know! Then don't think about what you have or don't have. It's more important to take a rest and then have the strength to travel later." After saying this, Zhang Guzi took the straw hood next to him and covered his face, preparing to Take a nap.
But just as Zhang Guzi closed his eyes, Wang Gouzi next to him started to pull his clothes again.
Zhang Guzi suddenly became a little annoyed and shouted to him impatiently: "Grandma, are you annoyed? What's wrong?"
When he just took off the straw hood covering his face, he saw Wang Gouzi next to him pointing to a mountain ridge in the distance, shivering and asking himself inarticulately;
"Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu... Brother Gu Zi! You, you, you, you... look over there... over there!"
Zhang Guzi’s face turned dark! What a mess. But when he saw Wang Gouzi's anxious face, he still curiously looked in the direction of the mountain ridge that Wang Gouzi was pointing at.
Perhaps because of the distance, Zhang Guzi could only vaguely see a few red and yellow dots among the vast green of the mountain ridge.
A hint of doubt suddenly appeared on Zhang Guzi's face, and he squinted hard, trying to see what it was.
The picture in his eyes gradually became clearer, and then he saw those red and yellow dots, which turned out to be several large red and yellow umbrellas.
The horrified Zhang Guzi suddenly stood up from the ground, and shouted at the top of his voice to Song Bing who was resting nearby with an anxious look on his face;
'There's an enemy attack on the mountain! There is an ambush! Enemy attack! ! '
It was noon at this time, and the sun was directly overhead.
The other Song soldiers, like Zhang Guzi and Wang Ergou, were looking for a shady place to rest.
Unexpectedly, the cry of an enemy attack suddenly came to their ears, which frightened these soldiers and immediately rolled up and scrambled to find their weapons.
The entire Song army exploded at Zhang Guzi's roar.
Starting from Zhang Guzi and Wang Danian, panic spread rapidly to both sides of the several-mile-long team.
"Screams!" "Abuse!" 'Crash! 'One after another, there is an endless stream.
Some soldiers began to abandon their helmets and run towards the ravine, some soldiers began to arrange their armor blades randomly, and some soldiers were organized by their commanders and began to quickly organize battle formations.
Facing the enemy's surprise attack, the Song army's performance was mixed and it became a mess.
By the time Song Army General Yang Yi was awakened, it was already too late.
At this time, densely packed Mongolian cavalry were already rushing down the Song army on the hills in all directions.
The leader of the Mongolian army, Liu Heng'an, the forward general, was even more tightly wrapped. Wearing an iron mask and waving a long Ma Shuo, he took the lead and rushed towards the Song army.
Behind him, the eyes of the forward soldiers of the Mongolian army hidden behind their masks also glowed with bloodthirsty light at this time. They were howling, waving their weapons and following the general forward!
Yang Yi looked at the Mongolian cavalry who were rushing towards him. They were all covered in armor. Under the sunlight, they looked like soldiers and generals descending from heaven. He could only laugh bitterly: "Bitter!".
Although Yang Yi's heart felt cold at this time, he did not give up the idea of resisting and waiting for death. I saw that he immediately asked deputy general Yang Zhong and others to organize the soldiers to defend themselves, while he continued to run among the troops holding a big banner to encourage people.
Under the diligent organization of the generals of the Song Army, some soldiers finally began to form an orderly formation to resist. But how easy is it to completely organize the tens of thousands of chaotic Song troops?
What they need most now is time. Will the Mongolian cavalry give them time?
The answer is no!
When the Mongolian cavalry rushed towards the Song army's formation, the Song army only organized a small formation of several hundred people sporadically, and the other soldiers were still scattered.
The Song army did not have any advantage in a close encounter.
Most of their group are crossbowmen, and they are really good at attacking cavalry from a distance, but if they are attacked at close range, they can only be beaten passively, without the slightest resistance.
"boom!"
Like a stormy wave crashing on the shore, the Mongolian cavalry crashed into the Song army's battle formation, causing blood to rain all over the sky!
The sound of metal hitting ping ping ping pong, the sound of metal being pierced into flesh, and the dying roars of ghosts and wolves howling continuously reached the ears of the Mongolian army general Liu Laiheng, making the blood in his body boil even more.
With a roar to the sky! Liu Laiheng first threw away several spears that were stabbed at him, then waved the several-foot-long horse spear in his hand, pointed at the Chinese army where Yang Yi was, and shouted;
"You guys... kill me as you please!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he pinched the belly of the war horse under his crotch.
The war horse then neighed slightly and charged forward again.
When the subordinates behind Liu Laiheng saw how heroic and brave their leader was, they all felt like they had been given blood. They howled and followed Liu Laiheng's horses to charge towards him. .
