The Mongols are a nation on horseback and a real war nation. When countless grassland tribes united under the banner of Genghis Khan, they no longer had internal conflicts and focused all their energy on two things.
One is war and the other is preparation for war. They are hungry for anything that can help the war effort.
Guo Ning witnessed with his own eyes their transformation from bone arrow-shooting barbarians into war machines armed to the teeth in just over ten years. He also saw in his dream that the Mongols absorbed the war skills of countless conquered peoples, so when they conquered vast lands and occupied most of the known world, they also reached the pinnacle of war art and civilization.
This formidable enemy seemed to have a special acumen for everything about war. So Guo Ning also knew that once the Mongols saw the power of gunpowder weapons, they would be extremely wary of them.
In the situation in Liangxiang County where they set up a formation and waited for the Mongols to rush in and be killed, the Mongols were never willing to see it again. The reason why they strive for chaos is to prevent the iron artillery from showing off its power again.
But can it really be avoided?
Guo Ning set up the Ordnance Department's testing ground in the barren mountains southeast of Laizhou, but he had indeed been unable to produce a small iron artillery that was easy to carry and could be thrown far. But can a 20-pound iron artillery gun not be used in field battles at all?
A trained strongman can wear armor and carry an iron cannon as fast as he flies. After approaching the enemy formation, the Hercules will throw the iron cannon to kill the enemy. It is good to be able to throw it three to four feet, but even two to three feet away is enough to cause huge damage in an instant.
Since Guo Ning expected that the Mongols would intercept them from the front, he had already deployed all his personal guards to the front line. The ones at the front of the marching column were not the soldiers who were responsible for breaking out, but the strong men who were responsible for throwing iron artillery.
In the past six months, they had trained for this many times. Guo Ning still felt that he was not enough, so he arranged for Zhao Jue to lead soldiers to cover him before the battle. The Mongols must suffer another huge loss!
They succeeded!
The next moment, Guo Ning shouted and charged into the battle.
The Art of War says that when the situation is strong, the cowardly person is brave; when the situation fails, the brave person is timid. The guards used their lives to throw iron artillery, and used their lives to gain the upper hand. How could Guo Ning miss it?
Today, he is the leader of millions of soldiers and civilians in Shandong, a terrifying warlord feared by the Jin Dynasty, and an ambitious rebel who is expected by countless subordinates. But in his own eyes, Guo Liulang of Wushabao in Changzhou was first of all a fierce warrior.
Guo Ning is not very good at political tactics and lacks the patience to win people over. But he knew very clearly that to make a future in this world, he must rely on force; to have force, the soldiers must dare to die; if the soldiers dare to die, they must see the blood stained on the general's body!
In fact, some people in Dinghai Navy have recently secretly complained that Guo Ning is frivolous. Others tried to warn Guo Ning face to face to be cautious and not to risk his life easily. Guo Ning listened carefully and put it behind him.
He is a hero on horseback, a fighting hero. If warriors are used as minions to take risks and attack enemies, Guo Ning himself is his sharpest minions, the most ferocious minions among the hundreds of thousands of people in the Ding Navy!
Guo Ning suddenly ran into the Mongolian cavalry group.
The black smoke produced by the iron artillery explosion mixed with the dust kicked up by the horses' hooves, forming a choking yellow mist. In the smoke, the shadows of men and horses dangled here and there. Guo Ning didn't bother to watch carefully. He squinted his eyes and summoned all his strength to hit any cavalry shadow coming from the opposite side with his iron bone flower.
Wherever Tie Guduo goes, there is a muffled "bang bang" sound, which means that the Mongolian iron helmets are smashed and the skulls explode; there is a "kacha" crisp sound, which means the Mongolian weapons or arms are broken; occasionally There was also a loud "ding-dang" sound. It was Batu'er, an outstanding warrior in the Mongolian army, who was evenly matched with Guo Ning.
Guo Ning showed no signs of fighting and continued to urge his horse forward.
Sometimes there were more than a dozen cavalrymen behind him, and sometimes there was only Ni Yi, panting like an ox, holding the military flag high.
Not long after, Batu'er, who was left behind by Guo Ning, screamed and became silent.
Ni Yi grinned widely: "Everyone has caught up!"
The general charges, how dare his subordinates fall behind? Whose food does everyone eat? Who gave me the land? Who are you fighting again? Is my step still worthy of being a human being at this moment?
"Forward forward forward!"
Almost all the Ding navy officers ignored the threat from the flanks. They shouted wildly, or urged their horses, or ran forward.
Ding Haijun switched directly from the marching column to the forward attack. The number of soldiers entering the battlefield was small at first, and then groups of ten, twenty, and fifty people continued to rush up. There was no queue at all, they were flowing freely like boiling water, or more appropriately, lava. Because wherever the magma passes, it immediately becomes a dead place, just like the Ding navy swarming in, slashing with swords, missing shots with bows, and even urging their horses to trample and collide.
Everyone is shouting, everyone is running, everyone is fighting!
The battlefield was empty, and the concentration of Mongolian knights was not as dense as that gathered outside the car formation three days ago. After the iron artillery explosion, it looked like dozens or hundreds of black smoke billowing, and broken human bodies flying in the air. In fact, the number of Mongolians who were directly killed and injured was less than the last time.
But all along the front, all the Mongols were in great panic and confusion.
If the iron artillery can only be used for defense, then the Mongols still have the advantage of riding and galloping. At worst, they should be careful when attacking the city and breaking the formation, and drive more waves of slaves to die. But now, Ding Haijun actually used this weapon in the attack?
So many Dinghai soldiers were shouting and charging in a chaotic manner. The Mongols originally thought that at this time, they would be able to gain the upper hand with their natural barbarity and ferocity. But who knows if an iron artillery cannon will fall from mid-air?
According to the shamans on the grassland, dying without bleeding can prevent the soul of the deceased from flowing out, and is the best way to die; dying from wounds in a fight is slightly inferior; but if you are blown to pieces by an iron artillery cannon, you will not be able to die until you die. What will happen to his soul?
Thinking of this terrible prospect, no matter how rough and arrogant the barbarian is, he can't help but be afraid. No matter how brave Batuer is, as long as he is not a madman, he will not like to die in pieces.
And they also discovered at the same time that the soldiers of Ding Haijun were not afraid of death at all.
The Dinghai navy soldiers carrying iron artillery would inevitably be blown to pieces. Many people had their stomachs broken and fell to the ground, vomiting blood and unable to get up. But the only few who could move were actually laughing and continuing to charge forward with their companions!
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This impact on the Mongols was simply more powerful than the explosion of iron artillery.
The soldiers of the Mongolian army are indeed fierce and dare to die, and the more Mongolians come from a cold and miserable land, the more they ignore life and death like wild beasts. Relying on this trait, they have overwhelmed countless enemies on the battlefield. However, just because they dare to die does not mean that they will take the initiative to die. The so-called dare to die is actually to let the enemy die. In the final analysis, it is just a means of fighting the enemy.
As for the soldiers of Qixue Army, they are even different from ordinary Mongolian soldiers.
The Qixues are all close ministers of the Great Khan. They represent the authority of the Great Khan in the outside world and are treated favorably. Genghis Khan personally announced that if a thousand households outside the country fight with the Great Khan Qixue, the thousand households will be guilty! With the expansion of the Mongolian regime, these cowards all have a golden future!
Do the cowards really dare to die?
The Tiers possess equipment far superior to that of ordinary Mongolian soldiers and have excellent fighting skills. They also knew that Genghis Khan was looking behind them, and whether they behaved well or badly in front of the Khan was not only related to themselves, but also to the future of the entire tribe.
They are the most trustworthy arms around the Great Khan and the strongest army on the grasslands; they have overwhelmed the enemy countless times and crushed all obstacles in front of Genghis Khan.
But at the moment of choosing between life and death, will they choose to die without hesitation?
Even if they can do it, so what?
The officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy had already done it before their eyes! Look at the soldiers throwing iron artillery who are willing to kill the enemy at their own risk. Look at the momentum of the enemies roaring and charging. How can the Mongolian army overwhelm them when they "dare to die"?
The more experienced people are in combat, the more they can understand that the officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy are at least as brave as the Mongols, and they have no problem dragging the Mongols to die together... They originally wanted to drag the Mongols to die together!
The Mongols have not encountered such a situation for a long time.
They thought they were going to be overwhelmed, but they suddenly encountered a powerful enemy that was not only more fierce, but at least equally powerful. This huge contrast made it difficult for them to adjust for a while, and a vague sense of fear suddenly hit the hearts of many people, becoming increasingly difficult to contain. . For the proud and confident cowards, this sense of fear brings intense stimulation and makes them even more frantic.
