In the past few years, all the soldiers who had fought against the Mongolian army in the north were extremely afraid of their powerful force.
This regime that emerged from the grasslands, like the grassland regimes of the past thousands of years, included warriors from thousands of miles away. Almost every Mongolian warrior has a strong physique, possesses battlefield experience and fighting skills developed since childhood. They grew up in deserts and plateaus with cruel natural conditions, and naturally possess a tough and strong character, as well as a bloodthirsty and killing instinct.
And when Genghis Khan rose on the grasslands, he used superior political means to decisively smash the backward tribal dependence system, and bound tens of thousands of warriors into one with harsh laws as strong as steel, shaping them into people who followed the rule of law. A true army commanded by one man, Genghis Khan.
This army grew from scratch, from weak to strong. The battles on the grasslands tempered its muscles and bones, and the external plunder and massacre sharpened its edge. When they launched an attack on the huge and unshakable Jin Kingdom within sight, the Mongolian army was truly unrivaled on a country-to-country level and could overwhelm any enemy.
But on a certain isolated battlefield, Guo Ning was happy to confront him.
From a certain perspective, Ding Haijun's path is the same: from scratch, from weak to strong. However, the road has just begun.
The difference is that the Mongolian army took barbarism to the extreme, but the navy relied on civilization.
Guo Ning always showed a fierce attitude to the outside world, but the soldiers and civilians in Laizhou knew that he was very patient and careful internally. He and the civil and military officials headed by him were building little by little, step by step.
Ding Haijun worked hard to build a solid administrative system and resume agricultural production so that the people could have enough to eat; they gradually developed industry and commerce, making the local area slightly wealthy with the development of maritime trade, minerals, and handicrafts; they used the military household and shadow household systems to They solved the treatment of warriors and the sources of troops, and realized the localization of political power; they opened schools, and also gathered people to write scripts and dramas for publicity, so that ordinary people in Dinghai navy began to know the principles of protecting their homes and their country.
Everything they do is not surprising and is what a regime should do well.
And while they are forming a reliable political power step by step, they also have a reliable army that is willing to maintain this political power.
This army may not have the natural wildness of the Mongols, but it has the same bravery and determination, and has the best training, organization, and equipment that a fledgling regime can try to provide.
At this time, it is time to test the quality of this army.
The two cavalry teams charged at each other like waves crashing, and hundreds of swords and guns danced wildly, shining with silver light like foam on the head of the tide.
The white foam was immediately replaced by streams of blood mist. As the two armies shouted and charged, blood mist continued to rise, as if the sun had darkened.
Guo Ning's body was spattered with blood. The iron bone flower in his hand killed and injured many enemies one after another. The blood soaked the cloth strip wrapped with the long handle, and the handshake was slightly slippery.
He didn't have time to untie the cloth, so he put away the iron bone flower, replaced it with a scimitar in his hand, and slashed repeatedly. In a moment, the scimitar struck the strong armor stomach again, and several jagged gaps appeared on the blade.
The two cavalry teams instantly crossed each other, each turning their horses' heads. Guo Ning held the scimitar and reined in the horse slightly. The howling wind passed by, the stumps flying in all directions landed with a thud, and the horse's hooves roared.
After the cavalry passed through so densely, it was difficult to form a large group for a while. The knights may be ten or thirty or fifty people, circling back and forth, like countless long snakes with magnificent scales, repeatedly entangled and biting.
The horses sometimes galloped and sometimes faltered. The Mongolian cavalry were on undulating horsebacks, and they could still shoot arrows at a very close distance. The arrows missed their target, and the knights of Dinghai Navy fell to the ground one after another.
But Zhao Jue led more than a hundred of his troops on a rampage. He and his subordinates were all carefully selected horse-mounted archers. More than a hundred cavalrymen followed the general's instructions and fired arrows frequently. The sound of the strings was like thunderbolts, and several of the most vicious Mongolians were immediately shot into pieces. hedgehog.
It has to be said that although these Mongolians are fierce, they seem to be not as good as the subordinates who dragged mines back then. That difference is subtle, but it's there. For example, the Mongolian cavalry in front of them seemed not to have the ability to move forward and retreat to shoot, and use strong bows of different shapes to specifically kill people.
Didn't it mean that those who came to the Northeast this time were the people from Genghis Khan's left wing, Changmu Huali? If it's just this level, it seems...of course it's still a strong enemy, but it's not that scary?
It seems that the hard training in the past year has had an effect, and our soldiers have indeed become stronger.
It is also possible that this is not the main force of the Mongolian army? The main force is in the north?
Guo Ning looked away and asked, "Where is He Shi Liehuanduan?"
Ni Yi, as usual, held the flag high and followed Guo Ning closely.
Generals holding flags are most vulnerable to dense arrow attacks on the battlefield, so Ni Yi deliberately wore two layers of armor and added a layer of cowhide to the iron pocket. But the Jiawei can protect people, but it cannot protect horses. As he charged forward, Ni Yi changed two horses one after another. The horse he was riding at the moment was hit by an arrow in the shoulder blade, and he lowered his head and whined twice from time to time.
Hearing Guo Ning's question, Ni sided by a gun and shouted loudly: "Jie Shuai, he should be in front! To the north of the river beach, there is a fight in the depression!"
Guo Ning squinted his eyes and looked around, and saw another group of Mongolian cavalry gathering in that direction.
When they gathered, as if venting their anger, they rained arrows into the originally enclosed infantry phalanx. In the square formation, Heshi Liehuanduan's flag was still standing upright. Under the flag, some people were jumping up and down, waving wildly to their side.
"Well, we were so majestic when we left the city, but we were broken up so quickly."
Guo Ning muttered something and turned to another servant: "Blow the horn and tell the whole army not to get entangled! Gather and form a team!"
As he spoke, he put his hand over the bridle and swung his knife horizontally.
A Mongolian knight looked at the gap and rushed in under the heavy cover of the guards. Just as he was about to assassinate him with his spear, Guo Ning swung his long knife.
The long knife struck the gun shaft with a clang, but because of the disadvantage of the blade, it did not cut off. Guo Ning urged his horse to take two steps forward and pushed the blade along the gun shaft. With a violent friction sound, three fingers were cut off.
The Mongolian knight roared loudly, dropped his spear, and tried to rush his horse into Guo Ning. He had been stabbed with a spear by Guo Ning's cavalry, and there were four or five bloody holes in his body.
The Mongolian knight stood upright on his horse and grabbed a spear shaft with all his strength. As he roared and exerted his strength, blood spurted out from every wound on his body. One of the men released his hands holding the spear shaft and stepped back. Then he fell down from his horse and died.
At this time, the man responsible for blowing the trumpet and delivering orders picked up the huge horn from the saddle and blew it with all his strength.
Hearing the sound of the trumpet, the cavalrymen gathered one after another, and many of them forced their way out of the columns of men and horses that were colliding with each other. However, there are also many people who have poor riding skills. Once they are eager to rein in their horses, or the horses do not obey, or they are unable to distract themselves, they are killed and injured.
In the blink of an eye, the two cavalry parties roared apart like two huge millstones, and the knights who were killed or injured in the process of scattering were scattered like tiny debris crushed by the millstones.
The cavalry gathered again. Without even looking at the original enemy, Guo Ning pointed to the north and said, "All troops, follow me and charge again!"
"As you command!"
"Come on! Follow the commander!" The knights roared and shouted. Thousands of cavalry trampled the river beach, stirring up white water splashes that were overwhelming.
In the southernmost part of the battlefield, Li Ting stood under two old trees, leaning on his knife on the ground, looking at the Mongolians who continued to charge at full speed, and at the Mongolians who were trying to dismount and climb the slopes on both sides. He observed the postures of several Mongolian soldiers from hundreds and thousands of households in the distance, and felt their increasingly impatient and annoyed mood.
"That's all!" Li Ting sneered.
Behind Li Ting, Zhang Qian walked back and forth in front of the troop formation, occasionally looking at the iron pagoda cavalry standing silently like steel beasts on the side.
In front of the Tiefutu formation, Han Xuan reined in the reins with one hand and remained calm and motionless.
On the route of Guo Ning's charge, the person responsible for commanding the cavalry was another Mongolian Qianhu Nayan, who was ordered by Genghis Khan to be stationed in Guangning Mansion to monitor the Liao Kingdom.
But Brother Te focused on the coming of the navy and sighed: "It looks like it's really difficult to deal with... Fortunately, Mu Huali thought carefully and gathered them here, otherwise, who knows what changes will happen? "
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