Guo Ning glanced at Ni Yi casually.
Perhaps it was because the fighting was so fierce that his eyes were obviously bloodshot, which was a bit scary. Ni lowered his head abruptly, not daring to look at Guo Ning.
Ni Yi has always been with Guo Ning in the past two years, and has grown a lot under the influence of his ears and eyes. Although he held the flag and galloped wildly throughout the whole process, watching his generals slaughter all directions, he did not let the advantage in front of him get to his head.
He was right about the situation.
Guo Ning's current position is not only a bit deep, it can even be said that he looks majestic, but in fact is in danger.
The total strength of Guo Ning's troops is less than 14,000. Among them, Qiu Huiluo's headquarters and a group of auxiliary troops, together with most of the vehicles and baggage, formed the rear team.
According to Dong Jin's report, the rear team had been entangled by the Mongols. That should have been the situation half a moment ago. Qiu Huiluo's troops must have relied on their vehicles to hold on on the river beach, but they could not hold on for long. The power of the Mongolian cavalry was overwhelming against the troops on the march. The current situation is only more dangerous.
What's more, Guo Ning repeatedly asked all ministries to move forward with all their strength and never care about others. The soldiers marched for three days while preparing for a surprise attack by the Mongolian army. They were already very tired and nervous. When they saw that their companions were constantly being killed and injured with very little support within sight, it was normal for their morale to collapse.
People's hearts are like this, even elite soldiers can't avoid it. There won't be any fundamental changes just because Guo Ning's prestige is higher.
When these scattered groups of soldiers and horses were overwhelmed and eaten, the Mongols would pursue them one after another, as if their originally sweeping arms were slightly retracted. At that time, it was the turn of those soldiers under Qiu Huiluo who continued to move forward to be unlucky.
At the same time, Wang Shixian's Chinese army pressed forward against the Mongols on the flanks. Guo Ning saw that the Mongolian arrows were almost pouring down on the Chinese army like a torrential rain. He saw Wang Shixian's general's flag swaying violently like a sail in the angry sea, insisting on moving forward.
The process of the soldiers constantly moving forward is also the process of being torn apart and cut by the enemy's cavalry. It is the process of the soldiers constantly spilling blood on the battlefield, sacrificing their lives one after another, batch after batch.
Wang Shixian is good at running the army. He usually has a good temper and is more determined than Qiu Huiluo at critical moments, so he can persist longer and add more troops to the front line.
Guo Ning estimated that half an hour from now, three to four thousand people would be able to fill the front line, which would be pretty good. Joining the front group, Guo Ning had 3,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, which was only half of the entire army. The remaining soldiers were all trapped or overwhelmed by the chaos of the Mongolian cavalry.
The Ding Haijun was a force organized by Guo Ning. Its backbone officers and soldiers are all tough and resistant, and the ordinary soldiers are also well-trained and have high morale. But once they fell into the fighting rhythm that the Mongols were good at, this was the result.
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As the most powerful grassland nation and conqueror in thousands of years, the power of the Mongolian cavalry is so formidable.
Under this situation, how long can Guo Ning's fierce assault be sustained?
Previously, the Tiefutu cavalry of the Ding Navy raided the Mongols twice and achieved great results. But in those two raids, the navy was prepared and unprepared, and chose a battlefield suitable for its own power.
Now, on the contrary, all the favorable conditions are clearly on the side of the Mongols!
How long can Guo Ning continue to charge? What role can such a charge play, and how will it benefit the constantly collapsing central and rear armies?
Judging from the current situation, a large group of Mongolian cavalry will surround them sooner or later. Once they arrive, the initiative won by the soldiers throwing iron cannons will suddenly overturn.
Our infantry, which happily surrounded and killed the lone Mongolians, would turn from hunters into prey, and the Dinghai navy cavalry that clashed on the battlefield would naturally be unable to move as they faced several times the number of enemies.
It can be seen that Ni Yi's vision is not bad, at least as good as that of an ordinary lieutenant or Qiao Jia. What makes Guo Ning happy is that there are many experienced officers in the Ding Navy. The number of officers who are only charging forward in their own direction can see that the situation is dangerous. There are not a hundred but also fifty officers.
But so far, no one has wavered, no one has hesitated, and everyone is working hard to fight. They dare to die, dare to fight, and dare to move forward regardless of all odds, because they believe that Guo Ning's command must be reasonable, and if everyone follows the direction of the military flag, they will surely win.
Right next to Guo Ning, many Mongolians had escaped from the impact of the explosion and began to shout and gather their teams to kill the Dinghai navy officers around them. Their horsemanship skills are all outstanding, their tactics are also very adept, and their cavalry and combat coordination are better with each other.
The sound of arrows flying through the air and the heart-wrenching sound of weapons hitting metal against armor became more intense. When Guo Ning reined in his horse, two to three hundred cavalrymen gathered under his flag and became a conspicuous target on the battlefield.
The Mongols did not gather to a large enough scale for a while, and many people saw that Guo Ning was like an evil star, so they did not dare to attack. On the chaotic battlefield, an empty space appeared around the cavalry. There were also Mongolians who fired arrows continuously from a long distance. The arrows missed and fell in an arc, landing on the soldiers or horses, causing people to groan or horses to neigh.
Several arrows missed Guo Ning's head and made a gash on the military flag behind him. Ni Yi cursed several times angrily, and then asked bravely: "Envoy, what should we do?"
Guo Ning was looking to the south of the battlefield. He waved his hand and signaled Ni Yi to wait.
The battlefield itself is very open, which is the most suitable place for cavalry to gallop freely. But Guo Ning was already at the southern edge of the battlefield. A little more than a mile or two or three miles away was the Triangle Lake. This large pond is the result of the Song people in the Southern Dynasties using manpower to open up and expand the original lakes and rivers in Hebei in the early years.
Like Wuguandian and Bianwudian, which Guo Ning is familiar with, the water area varies greatly between the dry season and the wet season. Therefore, outside the core area of the water surface, there are a large number of swamps and silt flats, as well as reeds and shrubs.
At this time, large numbers of Mongolian cavalry were coming out of the Triangle Lake and crossing in front of Guo Ning. Their team was more compact than the usual cavalry combat state, with a group of thirty or fifty people, densely packed together, blocking Guo Ning's line of sight. The Mongols let out strange screams and waved their weapons, as if they were building momentum and would rush over at any time and crush all the enemies.
It was this cavalry that Ni Yi and the soldiers were worried about. Of course, there is also the white banner gradually approaching from the rear of the cavalry. It is a terrifying symbol of Genghis Khan and a sign of his own gradual approach.
However, this cavalry moved a little slower.
The moment the iron cannon exploded, they should have dispatched. If they were dispatched earlier, Guo Ning's troops could be surrounded earlier, and the casualties of the two thousand-man troops in the lead might be less. But Guo Ning rushed to kill for a moment, and most of the two thousand-man troops were killed or injured, but they still didn't move.
Only now did the light cavalry begin to come from both wings, getting into a running posture.
If you have to worry about it, even if the enemy moves a little slower, it may not have a decisive impact on the battle situation. But this is not the normal routine of the Mongols, let alone the level of Xue Jun's cowardice. There is no incompetent person among the generals of Qie Xue Army. They would make such a decision, and there must be a reason why they must do so.
This reason is the opportunity Guo Ning is waiting for.
Guo Ning is a soldier at the lowest level. His understanding of the battlefield and the things he can grasp are more subtle than what ordinary generals see.
It just so happens that this kind of subtlety, which is never in the eyes of high-ranking officials, can determine the outcome of a war under certain circumstances.
"I can win!"
Guo Ning grinned and said to himself.
He said to Ni Yiyi: "In order to avoid being discovered by us, the Mongols hid as little as possible when lurking. Now that we rushed here in one breath, the speed of the Mongolian army's subsequent troops coming out of the swamp seemed slower. "
"slow?"
Ni Yi asked in confusion: "That's not much different, right? What does the envoy mean?"
When Guo Ning was about to answer, someone shouted from dozens of steps away: "Envoy! Envoy!"
The two of them turned back together.
As the pressure from the enemy cavalry increased, Ding Haijun's infantry gradually converged from behind the cavalry. Along with them, there were also the Tiefutu cavalry who moved relatively slowly because they easily did not charge forward with force.
At this moment, a young soldier, holding a bloody head in his hand, emerged from the armored cavalry formation and waved to Guo Ning. Because he was holding the head by its braid, blood would flow from the cavity in a circle every time he swung it.
"Envoy! Envoy! We killed a Mongolian Nayan! He was a centurion, but the bullet on the scabbard was made of silver and had coral beads! Old Liu said, this must be Nayan's head! "The young soldier shouted happily.
The old soldier at the back dissatisfiedly pulled the Mongolian's head off: "It's enough to have a scabbard and a burler! Isn't it too heavy to carry the head!"
Guo Ning recognized that the old pawn was Old Liu, who ate a lot. He raised his finger and pointed: "Old Liu, good job!"
Old Liu laughed.
Guo Ning shouted and asked the young soldier: "I have seen you, what is your name Zhang?"
"My name is Zhang Peng!"
"Good boy, do you still have the strength to fight?"
"have!"
"Do you still have the guts to fight?"
"Yes!" Zhang Peng shouted in response.
"This thing in your hand is just the head of a centurion. I have seen it many times. Not to mention centurions, I have chopped off several heads of centurions! This is not what I want to kill today. Damn, I want to kill a real Tatar chief with a real name! If you kill this guy, you can brag to others for the rest of your life! How about it, are you willing to follow?"
"Of course I'll follow!"
Not only Zhang Peng responded, but many soldiers rested for more than ten times at this time. After taking a breath, they waved their swords and shouted: "Follow the envoy and kill a great chief!"
"Ignore everything else and let's move forward!"
Thousands of horses let go of their legs, and grass blades on the ground danced. The floating soil rolled up, and Guo Ning continued to go south.
