The low horn sounded, and the black flag waved in the wind.
"Retreat! Retreat!" The ten captains who were scattered everywhere saw and heard, and then shouted.
At this critical moment, many Mongolian cavalry were fighting. If they reined in their horses, they would be easily chased and killed by the armored cavalry. Someone must have been stabbed in the back and fell from their horse, resulting in tragic casualties, not just a few, but dozens. But the loss of hundreds of people!
But the moment they received the order, thousands of Mongolian knights turned their horses and retreated without hesitation.
The Mongolian army unified the grasslands with great force and power. In the past few years, it has suppressed the Jin and Xia countries and fought fiercely. It relied on this resolute and resolute command style, like arms and fingers.
Genghis Khan's most relied-upon subordinates, the so-called Four Heroes, Four Dogs and others, may have different abilities, but the most important thing is to execute all Genghis Khan's orders immediately and unconditionally at all times. The same is true for the Red Horse Prince Consort when he carries out the order of dragging thunder.
Previously, they had been entangled with Tiefu Tu at all costs, hoping to buy time for the fourth prince to drag the thunder and dispatch six thousand households on both wings to surround and annihilate the enemy. Now that the fourth prince has ordered everyone to pretend to be defeated and retreat, luring the enemy to pursue them, all the ministries immediately obeyed.
If we say that the frontal impact of the naval iron buoy is like the rising tide of the sea, with one wave higher than the other, the Mongolian army's escape from the formation is as clean and neat as the ebbing tide. Watching the waves disappear among the gravel, there is no stagnation at all.
The Mongolian army's retreat was definitely not the kind of method that relied on the enemy generals to be stupid.
They have many ways to prevent the enemy from pursuing them.
The two sides would be tens of steps apart. The red horse prince consort shouted, and thousands of people turned around at the same time, bows and arrows drawn.
This time, it is no longer a covering fire, nor a rain of arrows, everyone is aiming at the opponent... This is a shot to achieve maximum damage, and this is also a tried and tested unique skill of the Mongolian army to kill the enemy!
Monk Luo and his deputy Pei Ruhai were both good fighters who had fought against the Mongols many times, so they always relied on their iron armor to fight close to the enemy and never allowed the Mongolian army to distance themselves.
But at this time, the two men were leading an attack, intending to surround Chiju Prince Consort's troops and take his head. The Mongols suddenly retreated, and the two men suddenly appeared like large bright shells on the beach. The silhouette is extremely clear.
The Mongols are targeting them!
Mongolian cavalry often carry three types of bows of different weights in daily battles. What they took out at this time were all heavy bows weighing more than one stone, and they used snake-bone arrows with extremely wide and heavy arrow clusters and thick and long shafts.
The tip of this kind of arrow is not pointed, but an inverted triangle, wide in front and narrow in back, like a small shovel, more than a few inches wide. In the early years, the Mongols used the bones of wild beasts to grind arrowheads of this size. Later, they captured a large number of blacksmiths from the Jin Kingdom and were able to manufacture them in batches.
Snake bone arrows can even break through iron armor and injure vital parts at close range.
Almost instantly, nearly a hundred Tiefutu cavalry swayed violently like forest trees struck by hail, and then their horses whined and their whole bodies were in severe pain!
Pei Ruhai only let out the first half of a groan. When he lowered his head to look, his chin was caught and he could no longer lower his head.
The armor on his body was not broken, and several heavy arrows bounced off with a clang, but the collar at his throat was broken. The gap is not big, but there is an unsightly arrow in the gap. The arrow shaft was extremely thick and was still twisting and trembling violently, like a venomous snake that was twitching wildly.
He opened his mouth and wanted to curse, but there was no airflow in his throat, only blood came up gurglingly, and a salty smell rushed straight into his nose, and then flowed out along the corners of his mouth and nose.
Pei Ruhai looked up to the sky and fell.
A few dozen steps away from him, Monk Luo cursed.
His skill and reaction were both a step ahead of his junior brother. When he saw the Mongolians suddenly retreating, he immediately took cover in the stirrups.
His weight and the huge weight of the armor made the war horse whine repeatedly, and the war horse deflected to the side, becoming a human shield for the arrow.
The war horse was hit by more than a dozen arrows in an instant, fell to its knees and began to twitch.
Monk Luo threw off his stirrup and rolled back to avoid being pinned down by the horse. Unexpectedly, another arrow flew from the thorn and hit the sole of his raised left foot. The broad cluster of arrows passed by, instantly cutting open the leather boots, taking away two toes, and blood spurted out.
Around Monk Luo, there were constant sounds of "dong-dong". It was the sound of at least dozens of Tiefutu knights falling from their horses after being struck by arrows. Some of them were lying down motionless, while others tried their best to stand up, but due to the weight of the armor, they were unable to do anything. .
Monk Luo roared furiously.
I'm really afraid of whatever I'm afraid of, and whatever I'm disgusted with will appear!
These black Tatars react so quickly!
We have tried our best to create a favorable situation, and the power of the Tiefutu cavalry is like thunder from the sky.
But the power of this killing can only be limited to three or four hundred steps around the camp, and the damage can only reach the few thousand households in front of you... Next, there is no chance!
The current situation is already the one that the Mongols like best.
If our side retreats, the Mongols will approach, and at the same time they will continue to shoot at leisure, causing huge damage. If one's own side advances, the Mongols will ride on horseback and flee, while continuing to fire arrows to provoke them. When they retreat to a certain extent, the main force of the Mongolian army will wait in pocket formations.
Monk Luo had seen this a lot in those days!
So, next, advance or retreat?
Both armies were cavalry. When they were fighting, the sky was filled with smoke and dust. The men and horses seemed to be walking in the clouds and mist, looking from a distance, looming. Until this moment, the two armies instantly distanced themselves, and the originally high-pitched and unusually loud shouts of killing and the sound of weapons clashing on the battlefield also became muted. Only those who were watching the battle situation from a distance could relax a little.
"What a killing!"
Before he was relieved, someone said in a deep voice: "Keep watching!"
"Yes Yes!"
The person speaking was not Tuo Lei and his men, but an elite group of soldiers reining in their horses and standing in Sangu Mountain.
Sangu Mountain was a place of worship in the suburbs during the Han Dynasty. It consists of three peaks side by side. The east one is rocky and tree-filled, the middle one is the tallest, and the west one is majestic and broad. The three mountains go to the north, from hills to plains, with more dense forests and deep grass. , ravines and caves.
Not long after Guo Ning took control of Laizhou, he was attacked by the Mongolian army and had no time to survey these complex terrain areas. When the Mongols first arrived here, it was difficult for their light cavalry and probing horses to penetrate deep even if they had guides.
Therefore, although this group of soldiers was on the edge of the battlefield, most of them looked relaxed and not nervous at all.
This group of people is Yang An'er and his subordinates.
The local forces on Shandong East Road are intertwined. The Mongolian army and the Dinghai navy have been fighting fierce battles for several days, and not only the two families have been affected. In Yang An'er's eyes, there were at least four or five groups of explorers from different backgrounds watching around the battlefield.
But only this group of ghosts on the border of Shandong can approach the battlefield freely, treating both the navy and the Mongolian army as if they were nothing.
After Yang An'er returned to Shandong a few months ago, he initially moved his army to fight in various states with great momentum. He successively mobilized more than 10,000 troops to besiege Yidu, Zhucheng, Juxian and other places. He also joined forces with Liu Erzu's forces to attack Tai'an Prefecture and threaten Dongping Prefecture.
However, because the Jin army still had the power to control major cities, several offensives launched by Yang An'er were unsuccessful and in vain consumed his companions who were willing to cooperate in various places.
So in the past two months, Yang An'er has stationed troops at mountain passes in Jiaoxi, Gaomi and other places. On the one hand, it relies on a large number of copycats to control local areas and accumulate strength; on the other hand, it sends cronies to contact and encourage heroes in various places.
As a result, not long after, Guo Ning arrived.
Within a few days of taking office, the Dinghaijun Jiedu uprooted many of Yang An'er's arrangements in Laizhou. Yang An'er and others could only smile bitterly.
Yang An'er naturally understood that Guo Ning was definitely not a loyal minister of the imperial court, but he was also definitely not Yang An'er. This evil tiger suddenly took up residence in Laizhou, which really made Yang An'er not sure what to do.
As soon as Guo Ning's question was put on the table, the Mongolian army came and the world was turned upside down.
The arrival of the Mongolian army was a mixture of joy and worry for Yang An'er.
Fortunately, the troops deployed by the imperial court in Shandong, including Wanyan Salara and Guo Ning, will be severely damaged by the Mongolian army. When the Mongolian army passed by, all the military and political systems in various places were destroyed, and Yang An'er took advantage of the situation.
The worry is that the Mongolian army destroyed too many things. They are not only the enemies of the Jin Kingdom, but also complete destroyers and the natural enemies of billions of people.
After all, Yang An'er is not a court that treats the common people like nothing. Since he is known as a rebel, he is always more humane than the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Great Jin Kingdom.
And his biggest advantage in Shandong is his huge local appeal, which can easily make people in the area follow. If the Mongolian army arrives and Yang An'er sits back and watches the whole process, it will be difficult to maintain his reputation as a righteous man, and the people's expectations of him will inevitably be shaken.
At this time, Yang An'er went deep into Laizhou in person to watch the battle. He was actually in a dilemma. He had to see with his own eyes the outcome of the Mongolian army and the Ding navy. Otherwise, the next decision cannot be made.
Although he was born as a small vendor selling saddle materials, he had served in the army for many years and was very discerning. At this time, he pointed his fingers and talked eloquently:
"The Mongolian army is very good at advancing and retreating from the enemy, and they are like this at this moment. They have excellent riding skills, skillful warfare, strong will, and rich experience... They are truly a formidable enemy!"
"What the marshal means is that the Mongols are starting to take back the initiative?"
Yang An'er thought for a moment: "That's not true... I always feel that Guo Ning's methods are more than that."
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