When he encountered the Mongolian cowardly Xue army in Liangxiang three days ago, Guo Ning's attitude was very serious. Although he tried his best to appear calm, the people around him could actually feel extremely wary.
This is completely understandable. After all, Genghis Khan swept through half of the Kingdom of Jin in the past few years and killed no less than a million soldiers and civilians of the Kingdom of Jin. This is a formidable opponent with great weight.
As for the navy, they stepped on the Mongolian army again and again to develop to the point where they are now. They are already a thorn in Genghis Khan's side. After that, no matter which path Guo Ning chooses to move forward, he must defeat the Mongolian army and defeat Genghis Khan.
However, Guo Ning was more afraid of Genghis Khan than most people.
Because he understands better than anyone else the scale of conquest, plunder, massacre, and destruction achieved by Genghis Khan and the regime he established.
Because he understands better than anyone how many battles this terrifying army that rose on the plateau fought in the following decades and how many enemies it defeated.
So he understood better than anyone else that even if he saw through the Jurchens' weakness and was determined to break up with the Jin Dynasty...the insurmountable obstacle in front of him was still the Mongolian army. Without the ability to fully confront and win the Mongolian army, Guo Ning's plans for political power and hegemony are all a joke.
Due to this understanding, Guo Ning was subconsciously cautious when facing Genghis Khan himself. So much so that he, who always liked to use offense instead of defense and was always looking for the initiative on the battlefield, chose to form a strong formation and fight a stupid battle.
But after three days of rapid march, Guo Ning gradually relaxed.
He became more and more convinced that the legendary conqueror opposite him had not officially started his journey of conquest, or in other words, he had only taken the first and second steps. At the moment, Mongolia is just a separatist regime entrenched in the grasslands. Genghis Khan and his army are far from the level of terror that Guo Ning saw in his dream.
Compared with it, what's wrong with Ding Haijun? Ding Haijun has also divided many military states in Shandong and Liaodong, with millions of people under its rule. It also has a powerful army built by me, Guo Ning! Afraid of what they might do!
What's more, I, Guo, am also very special!
Genghis Khan is not a god. Any military decision he made cannot be separated from the characteristics of the Mongolian army itself. And I, Guo Ning, have lived at the border since I was a child and have been dealing with the Mongols for twenty years. I am most familiar with the combat characteristics of the Mongolian army... I have watched the Mongols become stronger little by little!
When Guo Ning thought of this, he suddenly felt that the weight in his chest was gone and he couldn't help laughing.
Over the past three days, every response of the Mongolian army maximized their own advantages, and at the same time made the situation completely as expected by Guo Ning.
The current situation is that the Mongols have used detours and ambushes, causing the two armies to come into close contact, and they will fall into chaos in the blink of an eye.
This is what Genghis Khan expected and the result he created. Because Genghis Khan was convinced that in chaotic battles, the fierceness and bloody bravery of the Mongols could always overwhelm any enemy, and the warriors of the Qixue Army were the bravest among the countless warriors on the grassland.
Genghis Khan must also have understood that the Dinghai navy had fought against the Mongolian army several times before, always relying on strong formations or strongholds to wear down the opponent's energy, and did not launch a fierce attack until the end. At this moment, they suddenly encountered the enemy while on the march. They completely lost the possibility of forming a formation and could not meet the enemy in an orderly manner. Just like all armies in the world, they lost their greatest strength against the Mongolian army.
Genghis Khan's judgment on the Mongolian army was not wrong at all, but his judgment on Ding Haijun was wrong, and his judgment on Guo Ning was wrong!
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This chaotic situation is also what Guo Ning expected!
Guo Ning made special preparations for this situation!
Guo Ning reached out and grasped the iron bone flower hanging beside the saddle.
This weapon was a relic left by Yao Shi'er, Guo Ning's close associate. It was worn out several times in the battle and was reforged and repaired several times at Guo Ning's request. Not to mention Tie Guduo's hammer head, even the hammer handle has been replaced with fine iron.
When Guo Ning put his hand on the handle of the hammer, his eyes suddenly turned ferocious, just like when he charged into battle countless times before.
He said to his staff: "Just stay here and don't move around. I'll be back as soon as I go."
His tone was soothing, but murderous.
The civil servants were frightened by this sudden outbreak of murderous intent and could only bow their heads. When everyone looked up, Guo Ning and dozens of cavalrymen had already passed through the smoke and dust caused by the trampling of people and horses in front.
Passing through clouds of smoke and dust, Guo Ning quickly arrived at the front line of the army.
The outflanking cavalry of the Mongolian army came out of Tangluo and had to make an arc on the field to reach the flank of Dinghai navy, which was slower than Guo Ning who went straight to the front line.
But the cavalry's movements are swift after all and cannot be much slower.
The ground has begun to shake slightly, and the sound of tens of thousands of horse hooves hitting the ground has grown from small to loud, like rolling thunder. In front of the queue, the Mongolian troops were moving forward slowly; while on the sides of the queue, almost everyone was already in danger of being attacked by the Mongolian cavalry!
Amid the deafening roar, Guo Ning shouted loudly: "Where is Zhao Jue?"
"Already up! Everything is ready! Uh... we are all ready too!"
Guo Ning asked again: "Where is Ni Yi!"
"I am here!"
"Hold my flag!"
Ni Yi's face turned red and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Yes!"
The flagpole, which was two feet high and as thick as a bowl, was lifted by Ni Yi with all his strength. The pure red Dinghai Navy flag suddenly unfolded on the battlefield, attracting the attention of countless people.
"The messengers inform the entire army, ignore the enemies on the flanks, and everyone should follow the military flag and move forward!"
Groups of messengers were running around, shouting along the way, but Guo Ning had already moved on.
Hundreds of his own cavalry followed closely behind, with momentum like a rainbow.
The heroic figure of Guo Ning riding forward at full speed fell in the eyes of the soldiers, and the orders issued by Guo Ning reached the ears of the soldiers.
The restless soldiers were stunned.
"What is the missionary going to do?"
"He rushed forward! He told us to follow the flag and move forward!"
"Move forward? Can we move forward at this time?"
"Aren't the Mongols outflanking them from the side? Why don't we form a formation? Only by forming a formation can we withstand it!"
The last soldier to speak looked around him. There was a large cart carrying supplies, and the soldiers were trying to push it out because the wheel hub was embedded in the ruts on the road. In the past few months, the soldiers had conducted many trainings on relying on vehicles to fight cavalry. At this time, seeing the Mongolian cavalry surging like a frenzy, the soldiers habitually wanted to duck behind the vehicles.
As soon as he moved his steps, there was a flash of sword light in front of his eyes, and a few strands of hair floated past.
It turned out that Liu, the old man from Pu Liyan, was slashing with his sword, and he was about to cut off the soldier's entire face by just a hair.
Old Liu held the knife in his hand and his face was ashen.
How can there be such a quick way to form a formation? Even if a hundred people form a formation in front of you, the whole army is in a row at the moment, what is the use of a few scattered formations? At this moment, he wanted to curse loudly and scold the vacillating people around him until they were bloody, but how could he have so much time in the battle formation?
So he just shouted sternly: "The envoy has issued an order, ignore the enemies on the side, and follow the military flag forward!"
Lao Liu's boss, a lieutenant from the Ding Navy, also jumped up, drew his sword and waved it repeatedly: "If the envoy has an order, follow the flag and move forward! Quick! Quick!"
Since the various Dinghai navy units here can be selected by Guo Ning to fight north, most of them are reliable troops that have been tested by war, and their loyalty to Guo Ning is no problem. They suddenly encountered the enemy and were inevitably panicked, but immediately an officer jumped out and gave orders to advance, awakening the soldiers' instinct to obey military orders.
As the officers shouted loudly one after another, more and more soldiers ran wildly, shouting in unison: "Follow the flag and move forward!"
If you look at the continuous queue of Dinghai Navy as a whole, it is like a long snake that stretches and stretches along the road. This long snake became obviously sluggish just a moment ago. But he quickly regained his strength as if swept by electricity and began to move forward rapidly.
As the long snake walked close to the ground, its scales were constantly broken and discarded. They were vehicles, baggage, luggage of soldiers and even unused donkeys, mules and livestock abandoned by the Ding Navy. The momentum of the long snake gradually became fierce.
The weather today was very good and the sun was a little bright, so Genghis Khan squinted his eyes and watched Ding Haijun's reaction carefully. This army was clearly in dire straits and yet it could still try to fight back. This performance made him quite appreciative.
The sun shone on his rosy face, making his slender eyes look deep and wise. He said:
"Those people who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom told me that Han'er was cowardly and cowardly, so he was conquered by the Khitans and Jurchens one after another. In fact, that is nonsense. Han'er, like us Mongolians, has two eyes and one mouth. They The number of them is more than the weeds on the grassland, how can there be no Batu'er who dare to fight? This must be the case for everyone in the navy!"
Accompanying Genghis Khan was Huihui Zhabalhuo, holding a long sword and riding on a camel.
Zhabal Huo Zhe said in a deep voice: "I'll hold down the front, and when the cavalrymen who have lost their luck and become bald suddenly close up from the sides, I can easily kill them all!"
Genghis Khan's eyes lit up, and he smiled and said, "Go, go!"
He was the winner of the brutal competition on the plateau, the strong man who ended the divisions of thousands of tribes and unified them to defeat the Mongol Uluths. On the way to his rise, he once cut off the heads of old and weak women and children. He once made many tribes bleed into rivers. He once beheaded husbands in front of their wives and trampled their parents into flesh in front of their children. For him, watching such warriors being slaughtered to their heart's content is one of the happiest things in the world!
