Zhabal Fire Man urged his camel, clattering through the mud, quickly gathering his men along the way.
This Huihui man has flowing white beard and hair and a tall back. His camel is also a particularly handsome Xixia camel. So when he moved, he blocked Genghis Khan's sight.
Genghis Khan also urged his horse forward, slowly leaving the low-lying water. When his horse moved, thousands of Mongolian knights behind him moved at the same time, like large reeds in the swamp coming to life. As they advanced, some rotten water plants hung on them and their horses, giving off a putrid smell.
In order to achieve concealment, the Mongolians hid deep into the Triangle Lake, and in many places the water reached their thighs. Countless Mongolians waited all night in the dirty mud and sewage filled with flies. When they were hungry, they took a few bites of the dry food they brought with them, and when they were thirsty, they drank from the swamp water. These people have been accustomed to living like beasts in extremely harsh environments since childhood. After a night like this, no one suffered from physical exhaustion or diarrhea after drinking dirty water.
Even more troublesome was pacifying the war horses, and the Mongols actually did it.
So tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of horses were distributed across the vast water area without making a single sound. Even Ding Haijun's sentry riders, many of whom had been active among the ponds for a long time, passed by along the paths along the edge of the swamp several times but did not notice any movement of the Mongols.
Genghis Khan himself also soaked in the water for a long time.
Since the establishment of the Great Mongol Kingdom, the relatives and nobles around Genghis Khan have become more and more powerful and enjoy themselves more and more. Of course, Genghis Khan was unavoidable. There were more than ten times more women in his harem than before, and Ordo was ranked fourth. The bedding, accessories and even the incense spices in the golden tent were becoming more and more expensive.
However, when it came time to go to the battlefield in person, Genghis Khan was still the simple and ferocious tribal leader he was.
The hem of his robe was soaked and his felt boots were filled with dirty water, but this did not affect his ability to move freely on the horse. There were occasional reeds blocking the way of the war horse. He drew his sword and slashed at will, immediately cutting it off and urging the horse to leap over.
On the left side of the battlefield, Shiji Hutuhu led a team of five thousand men and has accelerated. From Genghis Khan's position, the broad fronts of the cavalry were almost in a straight line. In this way, the long and narrow queue of the navy can be covered at the same time, and then dozens or hundreds of gaps can be opened.
What will happen next will be a large-scale chaotic battle. In the narrow area north of Triangle Lake and west of Marco Polo River, tens of thousands of people may be divided into dozens or hundreds of scattered battlefields to fight each other. The spectacular and tragic scene was staged simultaneously with the rain of blood.
Genghis Khan did not want to miss this sight.
Especially now. Ding Haijun was more brave than Genghis Khan imagined, and Guo Ning was indeed, as the intelligence said, a rare and fierce general in the Kingdom of Jin. He liked to charge into battle personally. Therefore, they still tried to fight back in desperate situations.
As for the target of the counterattack, it was naturally the pure white banner behind Genghis Khan.
Guo Ning, this kid, is really like the legend, he likes to rush directly to the enemy's general. Tuo Lei suffered two losses because of this, once in Hebei and once in Shandong. Tuo Lei was captured in Shandong that time, which caused a lot of trouble later. Until now, he still can't hold his head up in front of his brothers.
But Genghis Khan was not worried about his safety at all.
Tuo Lei was a bit immature. He lost the initiative in the battle and was led away by Ding Haijun. Genghis Khan was just the opposite.
From Liangxiang to here, everything in Dinghai navy was under the control of Genghis Khan. They were tired, they were loose, they were unprepared, they couldn't stand up to the Mongols!
What's more, the number of Mongolian troops attacking from the front of the Triangle Lake exceeded 5,000, and the person in charge of commanding the front team was a veteran like Zha Balhuozhe. Genghis Khan was convinced that they could be like an iron shield, and compared with them, the desperate assault of the Ding navy was nothing more than a reed.
If one's own side could not stop the small number of troops of the Ding Navy who were on the march, Genghis Khan would not have to think about who to conquer. It would be more serious to immediately take his men back to the grassland to herd sheep.
The only question that needs to be asked is how Guo Ning will die. Will he charge and die? Or lead his men to be trapped in a certain place and be besieged by Mongolian warriors and die?
In order to prevent the man from jumping into the Marco Polo River and swimming away, Genghis Khan even arranged for his subordinates to bring a group of Mongolians who knew how to swim and build a raft in advance.
Genghis Khan happily thought that it would be better for him to charge bravely and die under the nine-pin white banner.
Such warriors are suitable for heroic death in battle, and only the most heroic death method is worthy of their past achievements and can comfort so many Mongolian soldiers killed by Ding Haijun.
Of course, watching such warriors being slaughtered is an enjoyment that cannot be given up.
Such a hobby is a bit scary in the eyes of others.
Many people on the grassland secretly rumored that Genghis Khan did not regard others as the same kind, or that Genghis Khan himself was not a human being, but a demigod. He is a direct descendant of his ancestor Alan and the Golden God, and is of Tengger's bloodline, so he will naturally get pleasure from destruction and killing, just like ordinary Mongolians who kill cattle and sheep for meat. Very happy.
Many of these rumors can be released by shamans. Genghis Khan himself did not believe it. When he was young, he still remembered how he picked up fruits and pulled out grass roots in the Onan River, and how he was chained by people from the Taichiwu tribe. There is no reason why the descendants of gods would suffer such hardships.
But Genghis Khan did get happiness from destruction and killing, and even enjoyed it endlessly. That's why he maintained a posture of continuous offensive after unifying the grasslands. That's why he unswervingly walked on the road of conquering everything, chasing the front Goals greater than anyone could have imagined.
"Let Zabal Huo Zha slow down a little, and let the cavalry on the flanks cut the Ding Haijun's queue horizontally first!" He suddenly said.
A timid Xue immediately galloped to deliver the order.
This is the case for large-scale battles involving tens of thousands of people. Even if the enemy's way of survival has been cut off, the fight between trapped beasts is the most intense. The coach needs to clearly grasp the subtle changes on the battlefield to ensure that his own troop deployment can hit the enemy's most deadly gaps and weaknesses.
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Now, the Dinghai Navy's long and narrow marching column is its biggest weakness. If Zhabalhuo travels too fast, it will not hinder the progress of Ding Haijun, but will push Ding Haijun in the opposite direction. If the enemy is pressed into a group, it will not be suitable for flanking cavalry to cut and fight.
Genghis Khan noticed this keenly, so he immediately issued an order.
But after Qie Xue, the messenger, repeated Genghis Khan's words, Zhabalhuo shook his head repeatedly: "Go and tell the Khan, it's not that we moved quickly, we didn't move, it's that the Ding navy came very quickly! Look at them This look is not a charge, it's a courtship of death!"
The timid Xue Lema looked ahead and couldn't help but laugh: "You are really looking for death, how can you do this?"
It turned out that Ding Haijun's front team had already rushed in front of them.
There were not many in number, about three to four hundred people, and the queues were scattered and chaotic, but they were all elite soldiers wearing armor.
Obviously Guo Ning was very wary of the Mongolian cavalry's harassment, so he placed his elite troops at the front of the army, probably with the idea of forcibly rushing to Yijin Pass because the situation was not right. But they never expected that Genghis Khan and the main force of the Mongolian army would cross the front.
So the small group of soldiers rushing forward in a chaotic manner was no different from seeking death.
Without Zha Balu's command, the timid soldiers of Xue's army began to fire arrows. The arrow rain was dense and sharp, but it did little damage to these soldiers.
These soldiers were all covered in heavy armor, perhaps with two layers of armor. The arrows that missed the armor would neither penetrate deeply nor fall off, making each one of them look like a giant hedgehog. They also held large shields in their hands to block arrows. Every five people gathered together like an iron knot and moved forward quickly.
The iron knot is getting closer and closer.
The Mongolian light cavalry who fired arrows tried to shoot arrows at the soldiers' faces or the gaps in their armor and stomachs, killing and wounding several people at a distance of twenty or thirty steps. But even so, the soldiers were still moving forward.
It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered such a bold and stupid enemy. Some of the Mongolian cavalry laughed, some cursed, and everyone controlled their horses skillfully. They began to put away their bows and arrows, and took out weapons such as swords and spears.
The formation of the Mongolian cavalry has always been arranged in an unusually wide position, which is called "arrangement like a sea". But since the missing arrows are not powerful enough, in order to deal with these iron hedgehogs, they have to gather together to slash and poke. They gathered forward according to the orders of their respective captains of ten and centurions.
After so many years of fighting, the soldiers of Qie Xue Army have great experience in dealing with enemies with strong armor and stomach. So they quickly gathered two to three thousand cavalry to surround them, preparing to attack from all directions at the same time and kill all these soldiers in the shortest possible time. Lest they rely on small formations to support each other, causing unnecessary casualties to their own side.
At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, the Mongolian cavalry roared in like a tornado.
At the same time, a large shield that was originally held flat at the top of the iron hedgehog suddenly opened.
Inside the Iron Hedgehog, there was someone who was under the cover of the shield-wielding armored man. They were burly men one after another wearing only breastplates and two bare arms. They held up a dark object the size of a wine jar with both hands, roared loudly, and then threw it out with strength from their waists.
The moment it was thrown, the big men immediately leaned over, and the soldiers suddenly fell to the ground, and once again used the shields in their hands to protect their companions.
Hundreds of objects flew in the air, emitting sparks.
The smarter Mongolian knights remembered the battle three days ago and immediately reacted.
They all cursed.
Who would have thought such a thing could happen? Ding Haijun is really looking for death. Isn’t this thing used to defend the city? Last time, it was separated by a big car, but this time it exploded directly next to him? These guys are all crazy, crazy! Don't they want their own lives?
The frantic thoughts passed quickly.
Thump thump, the iron cannons fell to the ground one after another, making loud explosions. The Mongolian's curses were muffled, his thoughts were interrupted, and his torso flew up.
This terrible weapon once again worked, and at this moment, the Mongols gathered in greater numbers than before, so they were killed more severely.
The ferocious wave of cavalry disappeared instantly, replaced by clouds of blood mist. The cavalrymen and horses who were close to the explosion point of the iron artillery were turned into a ball of rotten meat without saying a word, while the dense cavalry behind them were swept away by the fragments of the iron artillery explosion. Almost every piece of broken iron penetrated the bodies of at least two or three people. Further back, many knights were knocked to the ground by the impact, and many war horses neighed wildly.
Further away, there was a buzz in the heads of many people, wildly beating their horses, and then bumping into each other. As a result, the crisp sound of Katcha Katcha's bones breaking could still be heard from a long distance away.
On the slope behind the Ding Navy queue, Zhang Lin asked in a voiceless voice: "Didn't you say that small iron artillery that is light enough for soldiers to carry around and throw explosions has never been successfully developed?"
Zhang Shengzhi gritted his teeth and said solemnly: "Yes. Therefore, we can only use these big ones for the time being, and the strong men responsible for throwing must undergo special training. Even so, they can only throw two or three feet away at most. Even if there are Protected by armor and shields...the soldiers risked their lives!"
"How many people will die? This, this is too..."
Zhang Lin's lips trembled. In the middle of his words, Chu Cai made a fierce look on his face and said sternly: "This is a battlefield! From Guo Xuanshi down, everyone will fight with their lives!"
He took off his civilian robe and pulled out the dagger from his waist: "What are you still doing? Come with me! The envoy has issued an order, and everyone should follow the military flag and move forward!"
Zhang Lin is right. The Ding navy officer who threw the iron cannon was really risking his life.
When the Mongols around them howled miserably, the soldiers were not relaxed.
Even with the cover of thick armor and iron shield, the power caused by gunpowder is difficult to withstand. There were constant groans in the small formations. Some people remained in a crouching position, and blood was leaking from their eyes, nostrils, and mouth corners. Some people's armor and stomach were torn by fragments, and huge wounds instantly appeared on their bodies.
But some people pushed away their shields violently and stood up unsteadily.
He looked around and saw that there were probably no more than half of the Dinghai navy soldiers who could persist in action like him.
The soldier suddenly turned around and vigorously shook his comrades who were lying on the ground, one person after another. When we reached the third person, the person said in a weak voice: "Stop shaking, you're dizzy!"
The weak voice was clearly that of Zhao Jue, but the soldier continued to shake violently, and finally forced Zhao Jue to struggle to get up, then dropped his head and vomited repeatedly.
The soldier looked at Zhao Jue's face, stood up and looked around again, unable to help but laugh wildly.
Because the Mongols died more, these beasts with no long memory suffered a big loss again!
Amid his hoarse laughter, the red flag of the Ding Navy waved forward. The cavalry of the Ding navy crossed from the rear and frantically slashed the Mongols who were in chaos. Guo Ning rushed his horse, and with a slight twist, Tieguduo smashed the head of a Mongolian Qixue.
Guo Ning shouted loudly: "Can you still move?"
After asking twice in a row, the navy soldier hurriedly threw down his helmet, took out the silk stuffed in his ears and eyes, and finally heard Guo Ning's question clearly.
"I can move!" He answered in a terrifyingly loud voice.
"Then keep moving forward!"
"Follow your orders!" the soldier shouted looking up to the sky.
And the navy officers rushed forward one after another. Like wolves and tigers, they shouted in unison: "Forward! Forward!"
