"Then...is that the Mongolian army?" Wanyan Congjia murmured.
"Exactly." It was also the first time that Yi La Chucai saw the power of the Mongolian army marching.
His face was equally ugly, but he had not forgotten his responsibilities, so he explained: "We learned earlier that the Mongolian army had broken through Yanshan and marched south to Hebei. It was coming very fast and violently. His Royal Highness King Ruosheng and Marshal Pucha's troops Together, we will definitely encounter the Mongolian army... Therefore, we took the liberty to invite Your Highness to come to our army and take shelter deep in the pond."
Of course this is nonsense, but for the sake of the future situation in Zhongdu, Chu Cai had to cover up Guo Ning's violent behavior and apply some makeup.
He said a few words, but saw that Wanyan Congjia was in despair and was not listening at all. He could only wink at the soldiers guarding him on the left and right, and asked the soldiers to help Wanyan Congjia down and hurried to the back of the high slope.
Wanyan Congjia really lost his composure.
He was a man who was determined to bring chaos to order and reorganize the world of the Jin Dynasty. He had heard earlier in Xiangzhou that the imperial court had suffered many defeats in the war with the Mongols, so he asked soldiers who had experience in fighting in northern Xinjiang to hear their opinions on the Mongolian army.
Everyone told Wanyan Congjia that the Mongols were brave and tenacious in battle, but they lacked sophisticated weapons and armor. Some people also say that the Mongols were limited by the size of their tribe and lacked rules for mobilizing troops on the battlefield.
Therefore, when fighting the Mongols in the wild, you must rely on strong bows, powerful crossbows, and thick armor. As long as our own side remains in chaos and withstands the Mongolian offensive, we can maintain an undefeated situation as much as possible.
Wanyan Congjiashen thought so.
So he thought that after he came to the throne, he would rectify the elite, give generous rewards to the warriors, improve the army's equipment at all costs, restore the army's combat effectiveness, and then rely on the superiority in military strength and the huge passes along the Yanshan Mountains to fight the Mongols. A tough battle, a war of attrition.
But when he saw the power of the Mongolian army, he knew that he was wrong!
The Mongols are not the grassland tribes they imagined, they are a real power! Mongolia is now flourishing just as it was when the Jin Dynasty first emerged. Their army is becoming more perfect, more terrifying, and more powerful every moment! The army in front of him was completely invincible... At least, Wanyan Congjia couldn't imagine how to defeat it!
Pucha Ali is finished! His five thousand fine cavalry are nothing in front of such an enemy!
And within the borders of the Great Jin Kingdom, what other forces can resist it?
No! At least, Wanyan Congjia didn’t expect it!
The power of the Mongolian army's actions exceeded the limit of his imagination. He was breathing heavily and relied on the support of the soldiers to prevent himself from falling.
Guo Ning and others watched the pale noble man staggering behind Gao Po.
He and his generals looked at each other with a bit of contempt, but they could understand it.
In the past few years, Guo Ning and others have fought countless battles with the Mongolian army along the Jiehao Great Wall, and there were several victories at the beginning. But later on, as the Mongolian army became stronger as the war progressed, its scale continued to expand, and its equipment became more sophisticated. The battles that Guo Ning and others participated in became a process of small defeats turning into major defeats, and ultimately a complete defeat.
Therefore, Guo Ning and others understand the terror of the Mongolian army better than those nobles who sit in the back and read the battle reports. They are also the people most familiar with Mongolian warfare in the Kingdom of Jin.
What the Mongolian army is good at is relying on the power of cavalry to run long distances, constantly looking for the enemy's flanks and weak points, and attacking fiercely. Once any Jin army falls into the sight of the Mongolian army in the wild, it will be included in the pursuit range of the wolves like prey.
Guo Ning did not feel that he had the ability to compete with the Mongolian army on the battlefield.
Even if all the more than 2,000 soldiers in the Xijunhe camp lost their lives, they would not be able to match the Mongolian army. Therefore, once he heard that the Mongolian army had entered Hebei, the only thought in his mind was to try to avoid head-on fighting, and it was best to avoid fighting.
There is nothing to discuss and nothing to be ashamed of.
Everyone in the Xijunhe camp had the same idea. In the past few years, countless loyal and brave soldiers have died in the fierce battles of the Mongols. The remaining ones who were able to escape to Hebei were all smart people.
So, how can we not be caught in the sight of the Mongolian army and become a sad prey?
Guo Ning once saw with his own eyes that rabbits on the grassland are very good at digging holes. No matter how deep they dig, once hungry wolves sweep by, they will inevitably be dug out for a feast.
Unless in the sight of the wolves, there are not only rabbits, but also bigger and fatter prey such as gazelle, deer, and deer.
At this moment, if Guo Ning's men were rabbits, then Pucha Ali's men, who rode a long distance to Pinglu Village with 5,000 men, were undoubtedly fat yellow sheep.
They were eager to rescue Wanyan Congjia, so they followed Guo Ning's troops north quickly. They didn't even have time to send out scouts, so they naturally put themselves within the sight of Genghis Khan.
When the wolves are concentrating on hunting the deer, they probably won't mind the little rabbit escaping. The rabbit can seize the opportunity and hide deep in the grass.
Guo Ning's men moved very quickly. Before the Mongolian and Jin armies appeared, they had already crossed the high slopes and stayed away from the battlefield along the river beaches and narrow roads between the wetlands and swamps at the rear.
The distance between the Mongolian army and the Jin army is getting closer and closer, and the queues of both sides are constantly adjusting while running at full speed.
When the two sides approached the bow and arrow range, the Mongolian army's vanguard, thousands of cavalry, took the lead in shooting arrows.
They rode on galloping horses and did not slow down at all. They only raised the tips of their bows to the sky, causing the arrows to fall in an arc into the ranks of the Jin army.
In an instant, there were so many arrows flying into the air, it was like a dense flock of flying birds on the grassland lake in spring, almost blocking out the sky and the sun.
Countless tough arrow shafts tore through the air at the same time, and the sound they made was like the screams of a huge flock of birds; when the arrows fell, the sound of arrow clusters penetrating into the human body and hitting armor and shields was like raindrops falling to the ground, causing an uproar. rest.
The Jin Army cavalry was on their backs.
A small number of experts who could ride and shoot quickly fired back, but the arrows they shot fell on the ground after dozens or hundreds of steps, without achieving any results.
It turned out that the forward knights of the Mongolian army immediately reined up their horses and ran sideways after firing a round of arrows.
Their riding skills were so excellent and their reactions were so sharp that they avoided the Jin army's arrows with just a hair's breadth. The next moment, they continued to open their bows and fire arrows while running, and poured a second round of arrow rain into the right wing of the Jin army.
Another crowd of people fell on their backs!
"Pucha Ali is no match at all," Li Ting said.
Han Xuan also sighed: "Strong and weak are clearly distinguished. They are finished."
At this time, the deep grass below the high slope was shaking, and the sound of hooves could be heard. Everyone quickly bowed their heads to see. It turned out that Rui Lin, Chen Ran and other knights who had been sent to the north by Guo Ning to fight against the Mongolian army Aljinchi had just returned.
The number of people who came back was less than half of what they had set out to do, and their faces were all covered in blood. Several of them had lost their helmets and their hair was disheveled. They also had injuries of varying degrees of severity on their bodies, and some had several arrows stuck in their bodies that could not be pulled out.
The purpose of this cavalry attack was to attract the attention of the Mongolian army. At this time, when we turned back, all the generals were in awe.
Guo Ning nodded to them and said briefly: "We still have to march, please hold on a little longer!"
Rui Lin and Chen Ran also went back to Gaopo.
Guo Ning continued to stare at the battle situation on the plain.
The Mongolian army's brigade is still approaching slowly. The sound of tens of thousands of cavalry roaring and stamping on the ground was like a trembling mountain, stirring up smoke and dust that filled the sky and dispersed in the wind. Even if Guo Ning and others were on a high slope, the pungent smell of dust was almost suffocating.
In the smoke and dust, the Mongolian vanguard suddenly circled to the left wing of the Jin Army cavalry and fired a third round of arrows.
The Jin Army Cavalry arrived from Hebei Road day and night. Their purpose was to force Wanyan to retreat from the bandits along the road. They did not come to participate in the war! And they were eager to catch up with Wanyan Congjia, but they encountered a strong enemy halfway, and their morale must have been low or even panicked.
What's more, the enemy in front of them is so powerful that they have never been seen since ancient times. Thousands of Mongolian cavalry are running forward, but they move their arms and fingers like one person, changing their advance and retreat, and appear and disappear.
In comparison, the clumsy scheduling of the Jin Army's cavalry was simply appalling. They tried several times to intercept the Mongolian cavalry, but they could never catch up. On the contrary, the cavalry sent to intercept were frequently shot over by arrows. People and horses kept whining and falling to the ground, like large chunks of flesh being peeled off their arms by whips.
The Mongolian army's brigade had not yet entered the battlefield. Just as the forward troops launched a run and fired three rounds of arrows, the Jin army was obviously shaken!
"Who is leading the army? Zhelemie? Zhebie? Subotai? Or Kublai?" someone looked at it for a long time and asked casually.
Han Xuan distinguished carefully, thought for a while and said: "If it was Zhebie who led the troops, he would have fired two rounds of arrows when he went around to the rear. If it was Subutai, he would have already rushed into the enemy's position. I guess, here. Either Zhelemei or Kublai will come."
When the Mongol army appears on the battlefield, one of these four people is usually responsible for leading the vanguard of the army.
Everyone present had seen how ferocious these four men were, and could even tell the difference in how they led troops in battle. And no matter who is directing, Pucha Ali cannot withstand it.
Everyone still clearly remembers how the Mongols praised such warriors:
Their foreheads are like bronze, their mouths are like chisels, their tongues are like awls, they have hearts like iron, and they ride on the wind! They used ring knives as whips, drank blood, and used human flesh as dry food!
Pucha Ali's troops are no match, they will collapse immediately!
Li Ting suddenly felt a little irritable.
He suddenly thought that he was once an officer of the imperial court, and the knights of the Golden Army in front of him who were bound to be slaughtered and trampled into flesh and blood should have been his comrades.
"Let's leave quickly! These are the people who are holding knives, what's there to see?" He yelled bitterly, and left with a whip.
Guo Ning sighed softly and turned his horse around as well. All the generals followed.
A few miles northwest of Guo Ning and others, Genghis Khan, surrounded by many Mongolian troops Nayan and Qianhu, watched the battle from a distance. Not long after entering Hebei, he captured such an elite Jurchen cavalry, which made him feel very happy.
He smiled slightly when he thought that the capture after the victory could enrich at least ten thousand households.
According to rumors, the Jurchens' army was ten times that of the Mongols, and their population was a hundred times that of the Mongols. Even after two consecutive major victories, many Mongolians still believed that the Jin Kingdom was a powerful country and the blood they shed was not enough to cause weakness.
But now it seems that the Jurchens are declining faster than expected, and their weakness is deeper than expected!
Obviously, most of the Jurchen elite warriors had died in the first two defeats. The remaining Jurchens are all weak people. They could not wield the long swords left by their ancestors, and they had forgotten the skill of fighting on horseback that they were once good at.
The stupid fighting methods of these fragile cavalry in front of them are proof of this.
Very good. In this way, we can attack the cities of Jin Kingdom with confidence and boldness. The prosperity and wealth accumulated by the Jurchens from generation to generation will all belong to the Mongols.
We can slaughter the men, women, and children in the city one by one, rob them of their food, materials, and property, and finally trample those cities into rubble, set the tall buildings on fire and collapse, and let the lush weeds grow among them.
What a joy it is!
Of course, the necessary vigilance cannot be relaxed even a little.
The warriors on the grassland will never forget the horse in the trough even if they are sleeping soundly. Even if nothing happens, they will never neglect to guard against the wolves around them.
Genghis Khan looked to the distance on the left side of the battlefield. He remembered that there was an independent, small-scale Jin army entrenched on the high ground in that direction. But now, suddenly I can’t see it?
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