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Chapter 573 Forward

Chapter 573 Forward

Zabal Huo Zhe urged his camel, pattered through the mud, and quickly gathered his men along the way.

This Huihui man has a flowing white beard and hair and a tall back, and his camel is also an exceptionally handsome Xixia camel.So when he moved, he blocked Genghis Khan's sight.

Genghis Khan also urged his horse forward and slowly left the low-lying water.When his horse moved, thousands of Mongolian knights behind him moved at the same time, as if a large piece of reed in the swamp came to life.When they advanced, some rotten water plants hung on them and their horses, giving off a rotten smell.

In order to achieve concealment, the Mongols hid deep into the Triangle Lake, and the water did not reach the thighs in many places.Countless Mongolians waited all night in the dirty mud and the sewage filled with flies and insects.When they were hungry, they took a few bites of the dry food they carried with them, and when they were thirsty, they drank the water from the swamp.These people were used to living like beasts in the extremely harsh environment since they were young. After such a night, no one was exhausted or had diarrhea after drinking dirty water.

Even more troublesome is to appease the horses, and the Mongols did it.

So tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of horses were scattered in the vast waters without making a sound.Even the sentinel cavalry of the navy, many of them have been active in the pond for a long time, they passed along the trails at the edge of the water several times, but they did not notice the slightest movement of the Mongols.

Genghis Khan himself 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 it more and more.Of course, Genghis Khan was also unavoidable. The number of women in his harem was more than ten times that of before, and Ordo was already ranked fourth. The bedding, accessories and even incense in the golden tent became more and more expensive.

However, when he came to the battlefield in person, Genghis Khan was still the original simple and brutal tribal leader.

The hem of his robe was soaked, and his felt boots were filled with sewage, but this did not affect his swift and easy movements on the horse.Occasionally, there were reeds growing in front of the horse, so he drew out his knife, slashed at will, and cut it off immediately, urging the horse to leap over.

On the left side of the battlefield, Shiji Hutuhu led five thousand-man teams, and they had already accelerated their speed.Seen from Genghis Khan's position, the broad fronts of the cavalry were almost in a straight line.In this way, the narrow and long queue of the navy can be covered at the same time, and then dozens or hundreds of gaps can be cut.

What will follow will be a large-scale chaotic battle. In the narrow area north of Sanjiaodian and west of Lugoushui, tens of thousands of people may be divided into dozens or hundreds of scattered battlefields to fight each other. There will be scenes Spectacular and tragic mixed spectacle, accompanied by blood rain staged at the same time.

Genghis Khan did not want to miss such a sight.

Especially now.Ding Haijun was braver than Genghis Khan imagined, and that Guo Ning was indeed, as the information said, a rare and fierce general in the Kingdom of Jin, and he liked to charge into battle the most.Therefore, they are still trying to fight back in desperation.

As for the target of the counterattack, it was naturally the big pure white banner behind Genghis Khan.

Guo Ning, this kid, is really just like the legend, he likes to go straight to the enemy's general.The little pony Tuo Lei suffered two losses because of this, once in Hebei and once in Shandong.Tuo Lei was captured that time in Shandong, which caused many troubles later.Until now, he still can't hold his head up in front of his brothers.

But Genghis Khan was not at all worried about his safety.

Tuo Lei was a little immature. He lost the initiative in the battle and was led by Ding Haijun, while Genghis Khan was the opposite.

From Liangxiang to here, everything in Dinghai is under the control of Genghis Khan.They're tired, they're loose, they're unprepared, they can't stand against the Mongols!

What's more, the number of Mongolian troops attacking from the front of Sanjiaodian exceeds [-], and the person in charge of commanding the front team is a veteran like Zabal Huo Zhe.Genghis Khan was convinced that they could be like iron shields, and compared with them, Ding's navy, which made a desperate assault, was nothing more than a reed.

If one's own side can't stop the marching state of Dinghai with a small number of men, Genghis Khan doesn't need to think about conquering anyone, and it is serious to take his subordinates back to the grassland to herd sheep immediately.

What needs to be questioned is how Guo Ning will die.Will he charge and die?Or led his men to besiege a certain place, besieged and died by Mongolian warriors?

In order to prevent this person from jumping into the Lugou River and swimming and escaping, Genghis Khan even arranged for his subordinates to bring a group of Mongols who could swim and build a raft in advance.

Genghis Khan thought happily that it would be better for him to charge forward and die under the white banner.

Such warriors are suitable for heroic death in battle, and only the most heroic way of death is worthy of their previous record and can comfort so many Mongolian soldiers killed by the Ding Navy.

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 said 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 the first grandmother Alan and the Golden God, and is the blood of Tengger, so it is reasonable to get pleasure from destruction and killing, just like ordinary Mongolians who kill cattle and sheep for meat. Very happy.

Many of those rumors can be released by shamans.Genghis Khan himself did not believe it.He still remembers picking up fruits and sticking grass roots in the Onan River when he was young, and being chained by people from the Taichiwu tribe.There is no reason why the descendants of the gods will suffer such hardships.

But Genghis Khan did get pleasure from destroying and killing, and even never got tired of it, that's why he maintained a posture of continuous offensive after unifying the grasslands, and that's why he unswervingly walked on the road of conquering everything, chasing the front A great goal that man has never imagined.

"Let Zabal Huo Zhe slow down a little bit, and let the cavalry on the flanks cut Dinghai's line horizontally first!" He suddenly said.

A timid Xue immediately galloped to pass the order.

This is the case in large-scale battles involving tens of thousands of people. Even if the enemy has already cut off their way of life, the trapped beasts are the most fierce.The coach needs to clearly grasp the subtle changes on the battlefield to ensure that his own troop deployment can hit the most deadly gaps and weaknesses of the enemy.

Now, the long and narrow marching ranks of the Ding Navy are the biggest weakness.If Zabaer Huo Zhe moves too fast, it will not hinder the advancement of the Ding Navy, but will push the Ding Navy in the opposite direction.If the enemy is crushed into a group, it is not suitable for the cutting and chaos of the flanking cavalry.

Genghis Khan noticed this keenly, so he issued an order immediately.

But after the orderer Kexue repeated Genghis Khan's words, Zabal Huo Zhe shook his head again and again: "Go and tell Da Khan, it's not that we moved fast, we didn't move, it's that Ding Hai came very quickly! Look at them This appearance is not charging, but courting death!"

The cowardly Xue Lema looked ahead and couldn't help laughing: "I'm really looking for death, how can there be such a mess?"

It turned out that Dinghai's front team had already rushed to the front.

The number is not large, it looks like three to four hundred people, and the queue is also scattered, but they are all elite soldiers in armor.

Obviously, Guo Ning was very alert to the harassment of the Mongolian cavalry, so he put the elite of his headquarters at the forefront of the whole army, probably with the idea of ​​forcibly rushing to Yijin Pass because the situation was not right.But they never imagined that Genghis Khan led the main force of the Mongolian army across the front.

So their small group of soldiers rushed forward in a mess, which was no different from courting death.

Without Zaba'er Huo Zhe's order, the soldiers of the Cowardly Xue Army began to shoot arrows.The rain of arrows was dense and sharp, but it didn't do much damage to these soldiers.

These armors were all covered with heavy armor, maybe two layers. The arrows pierced the armor neither deep nor fell, so that everyone looked like a huge hedgehog.They were still holding large shields in their hands to block the arrows, and every five of them gathered together like a lump of iron, and walked forward quickly.

The iron bumps are getting closer.

The Mongolian Qingqi who released the arrows tried to aim at the faces of the soldiers or the gaps in the armor, and shot and injured several people at a distance of twenty or thirty steps.But even so, those soldiers are still moving forward.

It's been a long time since I have encountered such a bold and stupid enemy.Some of the Mongolian cavalry laughed, some cursed, and all of them skillfully controlled the horses, began to put away their bows and arrows, and took out weapons such as long knives and spears.

The formations of the Mongolian cavalry have always been laid out wide and unusually wide, which is what is called "arranged like a sea".But since the arrows are not strong enough, to get rid of these iron hedgehogs, they have to get together and slash and stab.They gathered together according to the shouts of their respective captains of tens and centurions.

After so many years of fighting, the soldiers of the Cowardly Xue Army have a lot of experience in dealing with the armored enemy.So they quickly gathered two or three thousand cavalry to surround it, preparing to attack from all directions at the same time, killing all these soldiers in the shortest possible time.In order to prevent them from supporting each other with small formations, causing unnecessary casualties on their own side.

At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, the Mongolian cavalry roared like a tornado.

At the same time, the top of the iron hedgehog, a large shield that was originally held flat, suddenly opened.

Inside the iron hedgehog, there was a person under the cover of the shield warrior.It was one after another burly men with only breastplates and two shirtless shirts.They held up a dark object the size of a wine jar with both hands and roared loudly, then exerted strength from their waists and muscles and threw it out.

The moment it was thrown, those big men immediately bent over, and the soldiers also suddenly fell to the ground, protecting their companions with the shields in their hands again.

Hundreds of objects flew in the air, sparking.

The more clever Mongolian knights remembered the battle three days ago, and immediately reacted.

They all cursed.

Who would have thought such a thing could happen?Dinghai is really looking for death, isn't this thing used for defending the city!Last time, it was still separated by a big car, but this time it exploded right next to him?These guys are crazy, crazy!Don't they want their own lives?

Frantic thoughts are fleeting.

Plop, plop, the iron cannons landed one after another, exploding loudly.The Mongolian's scolding was covered up, his thoughts were interrupted, and his torso flew up.

Once more the dreadful weapon was at work, and now the Mongols were more numerous than before, and were more severely wounded.

The ferocious cavalry wave disappeared instantly, replaced by cloud after cloud of blood mist.The cavalry near the explosion point of the iron cannon, whether men or horses, turned into a mass of rotten meat without saying a word, while the dense cavalry behind was swept away by the fragments of the iron cannon explosion.Almost every piece of broken iron pierced through 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.

Farther away, many people were buzzing in their heads, beating their horses crazily, and then bumping into each other. As a result, the crackling sound of bones breaking could still be heard from far away.

On the slope behind Dinghai’s queue, Zhang Lin asked in a voiceless voice: “Didn’t you say that the small iron cannon 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. So, for the time being, we can only use these big ones, and the strong men in charge of throwing have to undergo special training. If so, they can only throw them two or three feet away at most. Even if there are Covered by iron armor and shields... the soldiers are fighting with their lives!"

"How many people will die? This is, this is too..."

Zhang Lin's lips trembled, and in the middle of speaking, he stabbed Chu Cai with a fierce face, and said sharply: "This is a battlefield! From Guo Xuanshi down, everyone will fight with their lives!"

He tossed off his civilian robes and pulled out the dagger at his waist: "What are you doing in a daze! Come with me! The envoy has an order, and everyone follows the military flag!"

Zhang Lin was right.The Ding navy officers and soldiers who threw the iron artillery were really fighting with their lives.

When the Mongols around them were howling in misery, the soldiers were not at ease.

Even with the cover of thick armor and iron shield, the power of gunpowder is hard to resist.There was constant humming in small formations. Some people remained in a crouching posture, bleeding from their eyes, nostrils, and corners of their mouths;

But others slammed their shields aside and stood up unsteadily.

He looked around, and there were probably no more than half of the Dinghai soldiers who could persist in action like him.

The soldier suddenly turned around and shook his comrades who were lying on the ground vigorously, shaking one person and another.When reaching the third person, that person's voice was weak and authentic: "Don't shake it, you're dizzy!"

It was Zhao Jue who had a weak voice, but the armored soldier continued to shake violently, finally forcing Zhao Jue to struggle to get up, then hung his head and vomited again and again.

The soldier looked at Zhao Jue's face, got up and looked around again, couldn't help laughing wildly.

Because the Mongols died more, these beasts with short memories suffered a big loss again!

Amidst his hoarse laughter, the red military flag of the Ding Navy waved towards him.The cavalry of the Ding Navy crossed from the rear, slashing and killing the chaotic Mongols.Guo Ning urged his horse to arrive, and with a slight turn, Tie Guduo smashed the head of a Mongolian coward.

Guo Ning shouted excitedly, "Can you still move?"

After asking twice in a row, the Nading 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.

"Moving!" he replied in a terrifyingly loud voice.

"Then keep going!"

"Obey!" the soldier shouted to the sky.

And the soldiers of the Ding Navy rushed up one after another.Like wolves and tigers, they shouted in unison: "Forward! Forward!"

(End of this chapter)