Falling into a horse trap is not a big deal. Li Jing, the god of war in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, once wrote "Li Weigong's Art of War", which became a must-read military book for all generals in later generations.
Among them, "Li Weigong's Art of War: Offensive and Defensive War Equipment" shows how to deal with cavalry.
"The pit where the horse is trapped is five feet long, one foot wide and three feet deep. Antlers, guns and bamboo sticks are buried in the pit. The pit is like a hook connected with each other, and it is covered with grass and fine dust. It is the main point of the military city. All roads are laid out.”
As the military god of the Tang Dynasty, Li Weigong had his own style of fighting against people outside the Great Wall all year round.
Of course, Yue Fei would not be unclear about these, but now that the situation was urgent, he did not have time to come up with such a rigorous thing.
So he improved upon the standard horse trap.
"The size of a fist, half the depth of an arm, no need to arrange anything else, speed!"
Yue Fei used the simplest method, which was a shallow pit at the depth of his forearm. It would be really difficult for this thing to trap a soldier in normal times.
But now, with the dense horse traps and the Mongolian army rushing into the horse trap formation without stopping, the casualties were really heavy.
There were no deadly bamboo sticks, etc., and no poison was put in such a cunning way. However, once you rush into the horse pit and step on the air, the horse's leg will be broken immediately, and the cavalry above will fall off the horse.
Even if they are not wearing heavy armor, even if they have no weapons underneath, if they fall from their horses, the worst possible outcome is broken bones and muscles.
If you are unlucky and get hit by a war horse, it is not impossible to go home and see your ancestors directly.
Under this situation, although I Ba'ai escaped the inevitable disaster of broken muscles and bones, I still felt panicked when I saw the Song army advancing again and the crossbows charging towards me again.
Under the powerful rain of arrows from the Song army, Mongolian cavalry continued to die here, and the most important thing was that in order to pursue them, I gave up the heavy armored cavalry in the rear.
Of course, even if they don't give up, they can't run long distances.
After tearing apart the heavy armored cavalry, Yue Fei faced a group of light cavalry. Even if he was a Mongolian light cavalry, it would only be a hail of arrows for Yue Fei.
"Kill the enemy!"
With a loud roar, Yue Fei started to attack fiercely, but I could only bravely charge forward.
They couldn't pick up the speed, and they didn't know where another fight would happen. In this situation, the Mongolian cavalry and Yue Fei collided.
Needless to say, the result is natural.
During the constant charge, a famous soldier fell to the ground, and what was even more terrible was that at this time, Dong Xian led his Tabai sergeant to rush directly to their rear and found the soldier who was still walking slowly. Mongolian heavy cavalry.
The Mongolian heavy cavalry, which had lost its cover, was really helpless in front of Dong Xian's Tabai Army, which was always known for its flexibility.
Although the Mongolian light cavalry finally turned around and turned around, they also suffered hundreds of losses under the constant harassment. The war horses were even more tortured, and they themselves had no strength to fight anymore.
A battle ended in a major defeat for Mongolia, but Yue Fei's men also suffered heavy losses. Even in such a situation, the strength of the Mongolian cavalry should not be underestimated.
When Yue Fei reorganized his troops and attacked Guazhou a few days later, he found that all the doors in Guazhou were wide open and corpses were everywhere wherever he passed.
Continuing deeper, what you see and hear is even more horrific. There are still residual flames burning in the city. Some people or Liao soldiers who were lucky enough to escape told Yue Fei the truth.
"A few days ago, the leader of the Mongol Kingdom, Hebule, raided the land of Shazhou, and then his second son, Baertan, attacked Atuer into Guazhou. The two of them attacked in front and back, defeated the Liao army in one battle, and broke through the Guazhou defense line. , took away Yangguan.
After that, they massacred the city all the way, leaving no one behind..."
The remaining people began to howl loudly as they talked. It was not only the people who were massacred, but also his family, his wife, children, and children.
Looking at the messy situation here, Yue Fei knew that this was a gift from the Mongolian army.
"General, is this a demonstration?"
Dong Xian rushed back again and confirmed that the surroundings were indeed miserable. There were no enemies and almost all were corpses.
The face is also not pretty.
But Yue Fei shook his head at him.
"This is not just a demonstration. Let's inform His Majesty and let him take charge personally."
"...Does this kind of thing still require labor from Your Majesty?"
"The Mongolian massacre is indeed unnecessary, but don't forget the weather today. It has... warmed up!"
Yue Fei stretched out his hand, as if touching the wind in the void. At this time, the wind was no longer cold, and the day began to become warmer.
And the massacred corpses began to smell slowly.
"Plague!" These two words appeared in everyone's mind, and Yue Fei could already guess what happened next.
"The Mongolian army will definitely appear again, intending to harass our logistics supplies. They will definitely use their advantages to harass us, and they will definitely continue to wander among the many cities that we have finally conquered.
If we continue, the logistics will be insufficient and the plague will occur, so we will have to give up this part.
But at that time, the Mongols will have an opportunity, and the Tibetans will take advantage of it.
At this time, it is no longer enough to rely on us alone.
We must speed up the process. Go and inform His Majesty, and then be sure to ask His Majesty to calculate a number.
If reinforcements are sent again, plus the grain and baggage we seized from Xixia, there will also be the grain and baggage sent to Xiao Heda.
How long can I wait to support it?
This time is about what attitude we should use to fight the Mongolian army! "
"What if..." Dong Xian seemed to understand his general's thoughts and was also worried, "What if I don't have enough time to wait?"
"You and I may never have this opportunity again in our lives. Without the land to raise horses, the Song Dynasty will never even think about competing with the Jinren and Mengren outside the Great Wall.
They are no longer those guys with scraps of metal. They have armor, war horses, sharp weapons, and even powerful bows and arrows and mounted archery.
Our chance is only once..."
"General... think twice!" Dong Xian seemed to have thought of Yue Fei's idea, but his persuasion did not move Yue Fei.
"If there is not enough time, then let us wait to rebuild the Yue Family Army."
Yue Fei's words made Han Zhi at the back break into cold sweat.
And this sentence is not just a boast, Yue Fei is really doing it.
Three days later, the army, which was constantly cleaning up corpses and burning and burying them on the spot, received battle reports from the rear. The Mongolian army cleared away many foreign allies outside the river.
Ren Dejing, the surrendered general of Xixia, not only led his troops to pacify many rebellious tribes, but also directly suppressed the counterattack of tribes such as Klie.
And with his free time, Hebule led troops and horses to continuously harass the rear, just as Yue Fei guessed.
The most terrible thing is that the usually invincible Yue Family Army, under the command of Zhang Xian, took a full month and failed to capture Xingqing Fucheng, the former capital of Xixia.
At this time, the people stationed in the city were Odaochong from Lingzhou and Li Chage, the king of Jin, a heavy general from Xixia.
There are two people, one is a civil servant but upright, and the other is a relative of the Xixia royal family and a famous Xixia general. He has many strategies and courage. He has held military power for a long time and has many military exploits.
He even fought against the Song Army's predecessor, the famous Western Army general Tian Tuan. Although he led the army to support the Tibetan tribe in Qinghai to fight against the Song Dynasty, he was blocked by the Song Army at the Huangshui River and failed to win, but he still came back alive.
The reason why he did not replace Li Liangfu was entirely because of his identity.
Brother Richard is the son of Li Bingchang and the younger brother of Li Qianshun.
With this identity, he still holds a lot of troops, and he was a black and white man who followed the Liang family back then. It is not easy for him to still be reused.
With the help of these two people and the high defenses of Xingqing City, the Yue Family Army arrived too hastily after all, relying entirely on surprise attacks to conquer the city.
When they understood this, they immediately stopped fighting in the field with the Yue Family Army and gave up the idea of waiting for reinforcements. All the soldiers and horses were pressed against the city wall.
Zhang Xian had no choice but to defend the city.
We can only attack again and again, but Brother Richard is not a good person. In addition, this is the capital of Xixia, and the city's food, supplies, and many soldiers are very sophisticated.
Many cyclone cannons were even deployed to defend the city.
Xingqing Mansion could not be captured for a long time, and the Mongolian Hebule came and looted and massacred everywhere.
The Great Wall defense line had been abandoned for so many years and was ineffective. The Song Army did not have enough soldiers and horses.
Under these circumstances, Zhao Huan issued a second order.
"Deployed Wu Jie to lead troops into Xixia territory and succeeded Zhang Xian in attacking Xingqing Mansion. Wu Li succeeded his brother Wu Jie and returned to defend Hanzhong, Sichuan. Liu Qi was responsible for the repair and defense of the Great Wall defense line. At the same time, Liu Qi was required to clear the Chongqing within a month. The Mongolian light cavalry that entered it."
"Allocating grain and baggage to Xixia for support, Yue Fei was transferred back to Xingqing Mansion, and then all troops and horses were handed over to Yue Fei's command.
Time, two months. "
From half a year to two months, this is the price!
At the same time, Zhao Ding also said that if the time exceeds two months, they must withdraw their troops and abandon most of the city. Otherwise, they can only kneel down every day and beg God to prevent drought.
I pray that the Yellow River will not burst, that there will be no plague in this place, that there will be no locust plagues in the autumn harvest, and that there will be no blizzards in winter.
Unfortunately, in the Song Dynasty, which has just experienced successive wars, these things will basically appear in the next few years, and the plagues that have occurred in the past few years will definitely not stop this year, because the Song Dynasty has always been The main battlefield....
Zhao Huan had personally mobilized the laborers and began to take over Yue Fei's work, responsible for collecting the dead and suppressing the outbreak of the plague.
At the same time, he placed his camp in front of the houses of the Tubo tribes. Zhao Huan himself directly set up a chair facing the Tubo people, telling them almost openly.
"If you dare to cause trouble at this time, Da Song will fight you until death."
