"Mongols? How is that possible?"
"How can the Mongols have infantry that can form a formation?"
"Their trick is called the Crow Soldier Spreading Star Formation. We have seen it too many times!"
The savior who was right in front of them turned out to be the evil star, and everyone was frightened and disappointed. I couldn't believe it, and kept asking questions.
"Stop talking, just concentrate and listen!"
Lu Shu gestured with his hand, and sure enough, a roaring song came from that direction.
Mongolians do not have writing, so when communicating with each other, they often compile words into lyrics and sing them. When they go into battle, their songs are used not only to express their identity, but also to convey orders. If they fall in the ears of the enemy, they will be the most terrifying mountain roar and tsunami in the world.
Lu Shu grew up in the grasslands and was proficient in Mongolian. Not to mention Yang Woyan and other Han slaves. If he didn't learn Mongolian, how could he wait for the old Mongolian men to learn Chinese?
Immediately you can hear them singing:
"Charge into the battle, risk your life, seize the people and camps, and sacrifice them to the great Khan Temujin!"
"Attack foreigners, conquer the people, capture beautiful women and war horses, and sacrifice them to the Great Khan Temujin!"
"When hunting cunning beasts, chase the cunning beasts for the Great Khan to shoot! When hunting wild bears, chase the wild bears for the Great Khan to shoot!"
"When I was hunting a mountain deer, I vowed to drive it to exhaustion for the sake of the Great Khan. I vowed to drive it to death for the sake of the Great Khan!"
This desolate and majestic melody was the song that many Mongolian tribal leaders sang together when Genghis Khan was proclaimed the Great Khan. It represented the entire grassland's complete surrender to an unprecedented outstanding figure.
To this day, this melody and lyrics are still firmly remembered by people, and singing like this represents their identity. There is no doubt that they are the troops directly under the Golden Family, and they are Genghis Khan's powerful arms on the grassland!
Everyone on the pier collapsed on the ground, no longer having the strength to stand up and reorganize their defenses.
If only subordinates from thousands of households in the eastern part of the grassland came, everyone might be able to think about their chances of survival. But now, with so many troops surrounding Usha Castle, and even the elite of the Golden Family have arrived, how much do you have to hate the people in Usha Castle? Why is there any need to persist?
Lu Wusi looked at their devastated expressions, and a look of sympathy flashed across his face.
Lu Shu didn't care. He stared at the gradually tidy military formation and nodded: "It's quite similar to what I learned..."
Lu Wusi agreed: "You do have a skill. This is a soldier who has put in a lot of effort to train!"
The strongest point of the Mongolian army has always been mounted shooting. But the reason why the Mongolian army has traveled far and wide across the grassland Hu armies in past dynasties relies not only on riding and shooting, but also on their habit of quickly accepting new things. In the past two decades, the Mongols have continuously learned useful experience and advanced equipment from the war, and constantly enriched themselves.
Many senior officers in the army of the Zhou Dynasty still remember the experience of following the famous general Wan Yanxiang of the Jin Kingdom into the grasslands and plowing the courtyards and sweeping holes. Although the Mongols at that time were fierce, the weapons they had were not even comparable to the yellow-headed Jurchens in the Northeast, and their use was not standardized. Sometimes when they were about to shoot at each other, they took out their three-foot long sheep's horn bows. Sometimes when they were facing the iron pagoda of the Jin Kingdom, they expected to use light lanceol arrows to penetrate the armor.
But just a few years later, the Mongolian army completely changed. They were equipped with different types of bows and arrows for different combat needs, as well as iron knives and iron guns that could cause huge damage at close range. They also developed outstanding tactics that combined the strengths of people and weapons.
The change never stops.
After acquiring a large number of craftsmen in the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, they immediately equipped themselves with military equipment for attacking cities and fortified fortresses, and greatly improved the quality of their weapons and armor. After they conquered the Xia Kingdom and opened up the Western Regions, they began to introduce a large number of Uighurs into the army, which quickly improved their legal and logistical support.
After the Mongolian army invaded the Western Regions, Henan and other places, the army was continuously filled with heavy cavalry riding camels and wearing chainmail. At the same time, Belgutai, who stayed behind in the grasslands, began to learn the tactics of the Central Plains in view of the fact that the Mongolian cavalry could not gain the upper hand in repeated battles with the Ding Navy. In just a few years, he trained horse infantry who could fight in formation. At this time, they were so powerful that they were difficult to fight on the battlefield.
The shaken backbone!
Such a nation that seems to be born specifically for conquest is really terrifying.
Even though Genghis Khan himself had left the grasslands, his men did not wait. As the core force, the Golden Family is still improving its own strength and constantly adapting to new opponents.
Lu Shu felt a little emotional.
"Not necessarily." Lu Wusi shook his head: "Probably the only one who really thinks about maintaining the power of the Mongolian army is Belgutai."
"Then why are all the tribesmen on the grassland generally willing to cooperate with Yeliyasi, but not happy to see the Gouluo Farm fall into the hands of Belgutai?"
Speaking of this, Lu Shu himself figured it out. He patted his forehead: "Yeliyasi was one of the first Mongolian nayans to follow Muhuali and run the Han Dynasty. He is very smart and has a tacit understanding with us, and his mind is not on fighting. So question it. The benefits of the market passed through his hands and were exchanged for various luxuries and necessary supplies on the grassland, which were shared by many Qianhu Nayan in his line. But Belgutai..."
"Beelgutai did try his best to ensure the Mongols' military power. However, after the Mongolian army's coercion failed, Genghis Khan dispatched the main force to the west. Belgutai wanted to reorganize a decent army, whether it was selecting men, building equipment, or even training To rectify it, blood must be drawn from each department, and the resources consumed are even greater. Since the grassland tribes cannot go south to plunder, it is difficult to meet his needs, and they are becoming increasingly tired of his various orders."
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"Beelgutai is the leader of the Golden Family who was ordered to stay behind, but his status in the Golden Family alone does not guarantee his control over the grassland tribes. In this case, he can only seize the land controlled by Yeli Yasi. Trying to grasp the benefits from the source to maintain his power. So after he seized the market, he was quite polite to the Han merchants. I burned a warehouse under the order of the defense envoy, and actually forced him to submit... "
Lu Shu clapped his hands and said, "Yes, because what he wants is not a robbery or a one-time deal. He wants to cooperate with us and use the benefits he earns from us to influence thousands of households in the grasslands. The Nayans. And then through the support of the Qianhu Nayans, he will build the army he hopes to be able to fight in formation with us on the battlefield."
"Unfortunately……"
"It's a pity that the Qianhu nayans on the grassland may not understand his painstaking efforts. And he himself may not have really thought about his intentions clearly, because his intentions cannot be announced to his mouth at all."
"He is the younger brother of Genghis Khan, but not the heir of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan is his elder brother and the king of the Mongols. He gave Belgutai the authority to maintain the grassland situation, but he may not be happy to see Belgutai use this authority without restrictions. There are so many tribes of thousands of households, and they are not happy to see Belgutai's power expand, so that the majesty of Genghis Khan returns. In this way, many things will happen, and Belgutai summons thousands of households. We have discussed it a hundred times, but we still can’t implement it.”
"So, it's not enough for Belgudai to seize the market. He needs to prove that his idea is right. At least, prove that the army built according to his idea can play a role in the war... This is it. Already."
Lu Shu and Lu Wusi both turned their heads and looked out.
Outside Usha Fort, as all three armies showed their figures, the power that the Mongols had on the grassland was once again revealed. No matter the Mongolian cavalry, the Western Region cavalry, or the Mongolian military formation, in front of them, no one can stand in their way, and any enemy who dares to fight will undoubtedly be crushed to death.
Compared with such power, the few people in Usha Castle are not as good as ants, and they will only feel their own insignificance and patheticness. Under the power of this organized army, Usha Fort is still the same Usha Fort that fell back then, and is even more fragile than before.
When Lu Shu and Lu Wusi were talking to each other, Yang Woyan knelt on one knee in front of them, looking at Lu Shu and Lu Wusi for a while.
He has some knowledge to begin with. He has been in the grassland for the past few years, and he understands the situation of the grassland more or less. He has some personal experience, so listening to the two people's exchanges, he actually broke down the matter very closely.
To put it simply, it is
People on the grassland were scattered, but Belgutai wanted to buck the trend and gather strength again.
"But... why are they here? What are these Western Region cavalry and Belgutai's men doing in Usha Castle?"
Having said this, Yang Woyan gritted his teeth: "Young Master, Judge Lu, are they coming for you? The Mongolian cavalry circling the city have dispersed now, and I don't know when they will come back. You have to think You should leave as soon as possible, there is no need to stay here!"
"It's better to stay here."
Behind Yang Woyan, Aduo stepped up the wooden ladder and said blankly: "You can see clearly from here."
Yang Woyan was going crazy: "What are you looking at? What on earth are you looking at? Young Master, you just said that those who have just died will die, and those who deserve to kneel must kneel... Could it be that you are talking about us?"
Lu Shu patted Yang Woyan on the back to make him feel more relaxed. At this moment, the rain of arrows from the Mongols stopped, and everyone no longer held their shields, and could straighten up and see further.
"I am an empty-headed prince, what is it worth? Those thousands of households in the eastern part of the grassland may be coming for me, and that also has to factor in the attraction of the herds of cattle, sheep and horses in the fort. But those cavalry from the Western Regions were previously in Yuanyang When they reached the Hopol area, they fought fiercely with the six thousand Mongolian families who had surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty earlier, and then chased them all the way here. As for Belgutai’s headquarters, they rushed here because they wanted to test themselves against the Mongolian traitors. The combat effectiveness of the newly trained elite soldiers will also intimidate the cavalry in the Western Region and the various units in the eastern steppe."
"So, where are those six thousand households in Mongolia? Will they come to save us?" Yang Woyan asked in a trembling voice.
"How powerful are the six thousand households in Mongolia? They...haha, they are just bait."
Lu Shu chuckled twice, then asked A Duo: "Have you found it?"
A Duo took out a tube that could be contracted and stretched from his arms and handed it to Lu Shu: "Look further north... The children brought a big guy this time, but I don't know who had a bad idea and painted it blue. Colorful paint. The color was so similar to the sky that I couldn’t tell it apart at the moment, and I searched for it for a long time.”
Lu Shu closed one eye and pressed the other eye against the tube, looking at it for a long time.
After all, he was under tremendous pressure these days. He was extremely nervous day and night. He lost a lot of weight and his face always looked serious. Suddenly, he smiled happily, as if he had turned back into a child and had nothing to worry about anymore: "Come, come, my brother-in-law is here."
"Brother-in-law? Which brother-in-law?"
Yang Woyan didn't react for a moment, but then he was overjoyed: "It's the Emperor of Great Zhou who is here!"
