The Mongolian army's camp is located twenty miles north of Liangxiang, near the grassland on the banks of the Marco Polo River.
When the sky is twilight in the east, the starlight and moonlight are still there in the night sky, and the bonfires in the vast wilderness are still not extinguished. When the Mongolian soldiers camped last night, most of them were too tired to think more about it. At this moment, many people lifted up their felt blankets, moved their stiff bodies, punched and kicked their bodies, and looked around. They immediately felt how many people and horses were stationed here.
Looking around, there is the light of bonfires everywhere, and the flames are endless, occupying a huge space, and seem to be denser than the stars in the sky. As more and more people and horses woke up from their sleep, some wanted to cut grass, some wanted to fetch water, and some slaughtered a young and whining sheep with a knife. Everyone spoke loudly, as if they were all shouting in their ears.
This kind of gathering of people and horses may be familiar to Han'er in the Central Plains. After all, the number of Han'er was already frightening. Their villages were densely populated, and in each city, tens of thousands of people gathered at every turn, and they didn't know where the food came from.
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Except for large-scale wars and hunting activities, the Mongols rarely have such gatherings. The grassland covers thousands of miles and is extremely vast, and grazing itself has requirements on the carrying capacity of the grassland. Therefore, generally speaking, the neighbors of the herdsmen's tribe are many miles away. In some desolate pastures in the north, there are only a dozen tents in a radius of tens of miles, and not a few living people can be seen after a long horse race.
Therefore, every time a large army gathers, ordinary Mongolian soldiers feel that there are too many people and horses. This kind of gathering that exceeds their usual cognitive scope will always bring extraordinary encouragement to the soldiers, who feel that their own forces are as strong as mountains and seas, and they are unrivaled.
In the past two years, Mongolian soldiers have been rampant in the Central Plains, often fighting for months on end, and the morale of the soldiers has always been high, which is related to this national habit.
The same was true for the timid Xue army officers.
This time they accompanied Genghis Khan to the south, and in less than a month they successively wiped out a large number of strongholds and passes around Zhongdu. So every morning when they woke up, they could see more seizures and more batches in their camp. With cattle, horses and even war slaves, the camp became more and more noisy, and the soldiers became more and more confident. After waking up, many soldiers couldn't help but sing a song loudly.
But at this moment, the camp was noisy as before, but the atmosphere in the army was a little subtle.
Some captains of ten and centurions deliberately shouted loudly, talking about last night's victory on the stone hill, trying to cheer up the soldiers, but the shouts and responses of the soldiers fell in the ears of their companions and were muffled. Can't hold back the heavy emotions.
The Mongolian army is very good at attacking in a roundabout way, so when fighting in the Kingdom of Jin in the past, they occasionally bit off a hard bone and suffered a small loss. If the leading general was too lazy to bother, he would just change the direction and tear off a few pieces of fat, and the soldiers would be able to defeat them immediately. Elated.
Yesterday evening, the navy's strong formation suddenly turned bald and undefeatable, and suddenly turned to the Jurchens on the stone hill. This was a common pattern.
However, the officers and soldiers of Qie Xue's army were warriors drawn from various tribes or descendants of Nayan from various tribes. They were more knowledgeable than ordinary Mongolians and were not chaotic and ignorant beasts. After fighting with the Jin Kingdom for two or three years, they already know that the Jurchens are not the only ones under the rule of the Jin Kingdom, and they have gradually understood the complex relationship between the Jurchens, Khitan and Han people.
Therefore, many of them knew that the victory against the Meng'an Army in Hebei could not offset the defeat against the Ding Navy. The Ding Navy was a Han army and an anomaly in the Kingdom of Jin. Just because we have won the Jurchens does not mean we can win them; no matter how many Jurchens we kill, we cannot shake them.
Some people even know that when Shiji Hubalu killed Shanglaishigang last night, the Ding navy also killed Shanglaishigang, and many Jurchens died in the hands of those Han people!
In this case, everyone's attention must return to the fight with Ding Haijun itself, and to our own defeat in yesterday's battle.
It was a real disastrous defeat. It was a disastrous defeat for the Mongols in their best field battle, as if they were given a slap in the face. Everyone still remembers what happened yesterday. When they think of how they watched more than a thousand timid Xue Army soldiers being surrounded by the enemy's military formation and then massacred, the chill caused by last night's cold wind immediately became three points stronger, making them feel uncomfortable. People get chills all over.
Ding Haijun is a formidable opponent, and the soldiers of Qing Xue Army have long known that.
In the past two years, almost every defeat of the Mongolian army in the Jin Kingdom was related to the Ding Haijun. When General Zhebie died in Liaodong, Genghis Khan regarded the Ding Haijun as his top enemy, so he placed the Regardless of them, they rushed to Liangxiang to fight with Ding Haijun.
Who would have thought that the result of the fight would be like this?
Previously, the fourth prince Tuo Lei lost, and everyone thought it was the fourth prince who was incompetent. Later, Chen Nayan's troops lost, and everyone felt that Chen Nayan did not take command in person, allowing Ding Haijun to take advantage. Later, when Zhebie died, the soldiers scolded Ding Haijun for his treachery.
Until yesterday's battle, everyone was a little stupid. Genghis Khan personally led Qie Xue's army here, and then he suffered such a big loss?
The Khan's cowardly Xue army only numbered ten thousand in total. More than a thousand casualties accounted for one-sixth of the total number of Qixue troops!
No matter how tough the army is, it will be difficult for them to withstand such a high proportion of casualties. Since the war between Great Mongolia and the Jin Kingdom, only two years ago when the Jin Kingdom besieged Xijing, there were more casualties than this time. But in that battle, the Mongolian army at least took the initiative, but lacked the experience of attacking fortified cities. This time it was a solid, no-excuse defeat in the field!
If Genghis Khan himself had not led the troops and relied on his unparalleled prestige to suppress the situation, I am afraid that the army would have been shaken in various ways. Such vacillation has not occurred for a long time since Genghis Khan unified the grasslands and kneaded all Mongolians into one body.
What's more, who among the members of Qixue Army is not of noble status? They served under the Great Khan, representing the direct connection between the many tribes that made up the Great Mongolia and the Great Khan.
After all, the Great Mongolia was a country built on tribes. On the one hand, Genghis Khan tried his best to reorganize and transform many tribes, but on the other hand, he had to rely on the support of tribes. His Qixue Army was the result of the support of countless tribes, and the death of any one of the Qixue Army meant that Genghis Khan's connection channel with a certain tribe was broken.
This is not a military loss, but affects the rough and delicate political balance on the grassland!
In the early morning, the camp was noisy, and the Mongolian generals were in confusion. Everyone was busy with what they were doing, while taking a look at the round tent where the Great Khan was from time to time.
Those with sharp eyes saw that the waiters around the round tent were still waiting respectfully. The Sugurchi and Yuliechi in the outer ring, and the Yunduchi and Yudianchi at the head and tail of the queue did not move. Bijachi and Jalichi only knelt down and waited respectfully, and Bao, who was in charge of cooking, The children have already washed and skinned a lamb, but they will not light a fire to grill it without an order.
Seeing this situation, many soldiers smiled happily: "The Great Khan is still sleeping! The Great Khan is sleeping well!"
In fact, Genghis Khan had been awake for a long time in the round tent. He just deliberately did not get up. On the one hand, he used this to calm the emotions of his subordinates, and on the other hand, he was waiting for the arrival of Shi Ji Hu Tu Hu.
Genghis Khan did not have to wait long. After a moment, he opened the tent with a roar and rushed into the tent, sweating profusely.
Genghis Khan sat up and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Seeing that you are so anxious...what happened?"
"Just before dawn, our team of Batu'er captured several Dinghai navy sentries alive and asked for their confessions."
"What do you say about the confession?"
"The navy will arrive with 50,000 reinforcements, and they will fight us in Zhongdu!"
