choke element

Chapter 221 Dilemma

The low-pitched horn sounded, and the black flag waved again and again in the wind.

"Back! Back!" The ten elders who were scattered everywhere saw and heard, and then shouted.

At this critical moment when many Mongolian cavalrymen are fighting, if they rein in their horses, they will be easily chased and killed by armored cavalry. It was the loss of hundreds of people!

But the moment they received the order, thousands of Mongolian knights pulled their horses back together without any hesitation.

The Mongolian army dominated the grasslands with great power, and over the past few years they have suppressed the Jin and Xia countries, relying on this vigorous and decisive command style.

Genghis Khan's most important subordinates, the so-called Four Heroes, Four Dogs, etc., may have high or low talents, but the most important thing is to immediately execute all orders of Genghis Khan unconditionally at any time.The same is true for the red horse son-in-law carrying out the order of Tuo Lei.

Previously, they entangled with Tie Futu no matter the cost, hoping to buy time for the fourth prince Tuo Lei, and dispatched [-] households on both wings to encircle and wipe out the enemy.Now since the fourth prince has ordered everyone to pretend to be defeated and lure the enemy to chase after him, all the ministries immediately followed suit.

If it is said that the frontal impact of the iron floating map of the navy is like the rising tide of the sea, with one wave higher than the next;Seeing the blossoming waves disappear among the gravel, there is no stagnation at all.

And the defeat of the Mongolian army to lure the enemy is by no means the kind of way of counting on the stupidity of the enemy general.

They have plenty of ways to keep the enemy from chasing them.

The two sides separated by tens of steps, the son-in-law of the red horse shouted, and thousands of people turned around at the same time, drawing their bows and nodding their arrows.

This time, it was no longer a covering shot, it wasn't rain of arrows, everyone was aiming at the opponent... This was a shot aimed at maximum damage, and it was also the Mongolian army's tried and tested trick to kill the enemy!
Monk Luo and his deputy, Pei Ruhai, are both good fighters who have fought against the Mongols many times, so they have always relied on their iron armor to fight close to the enemy, and they will never allow the Mongols to distance themselves.

But at this time, the two were leading a crowd to attack, intending to encircle the Red Horse Consort's troops in pincers and take his head; the Mongols retreated sharply, causing the two troops to suddenly appear like large brightly colored shells on the beach. The figure is very clear.

The Mongols are targeting them!

Mongolian cavalrymen often carry three kinds of bows of different weights in daily combat.At this time, all the bows they took out were heavy bows of more than one stone, and all the bows they used were snake-bone arrows with extremely wide and heavy arrow clusters and thick and long shafts.

The arrow tip of this kind of arrow is not pointed, but an inverted triangle, wide in the front and narrow in the back, like a small shovel, more than a few inches wide.Arrowheads of this size were ground by the Mongols in the early years from the bones of wild beasts, and later they robbed a large number of blacksmiths from the Kingdom of Jin, which allowed them to manufacture them in batches.

Snake bone arrows can even break through iron armor at close range and hurt people's vitals.

Almost instantly, nearly a hundred Iron Paotu cavalrymen swayed violently like trees hit by hailstones, and then the horses wailed, excruciating pain all over their bodies!

Pei Ruhai let out a muffled groan and only let out the first half, when he was about to lower his head to look, his chin was caught, and he couldn't lower his head anymore.

The armor on his body was not broken, and he bounced off several heavy arrows clangingly, but the neck at the throat was broken.The gap wasn't that big, but there was an unsightly arrow in the gap.The arrow shaft was extremely thick, and it was still twisting and trembling violently, like a twitching poisonous snake.

He opened his mouth, wanting to curse, but there was no flow of air in his throat, only blood gurgling up, a salty smell rushed into his nasal cavity, and then flowed out along the corners of his mouth and nasal cavity.

Pei Ruhai fell on his back.

Ten steps away from him, Monk Luo cursed loudly.

His skills and reflexes were a line higher than his junior brother's. Seeing the Mongol retreat suddenly, he immediately hid in a stirrup.

His weight and the huge weight of the armor made the horse whine again and again, and the horse deflected to the side, which happened to be a human shield against the arrow.

The war horse was hit by more than a dozen arrows in an instant, fell to the ground on its knees, and began to twitch.

Monk Luo shook off his stirrup and rolled back to avoid being pinned down by the horse, but unexpectedly another arrow flew from the slanted stab, hitting the sole of his raised left foot.The large cluster of arrows passed by, cutting open the leather boots in an instant, taking away two toes, and blood spurted out.

Beside Monk Luo, there was a constant sound of thumping. It was at least dozens of Tiefutu knights who fell from their horses. .

Monk Luo roared furiously.

I'm really afraid of what will come, what will disgust me!
This group of black Tartars reacted really fast!
Our side has already tried our best to create a favorable situation, and the power of the Tiefutu cavalry is really like a thunderbolt.

But the power of this battle can only be limited to three or four hundred steps around the camp, and the damage can only reach the few thousand households in front of us... Next, there is no chance!
Now this situation is already the favorite of the Mongolians.

If one's own side retreats, the Mongols will approach, and at the same time they will shoot continuously in a leisurely manner, causing huge damage.If one's own side advances, the Mongols will ride and flee, and at the same time continue to shoot arrows to provoke, and retreat to a certain level, the main force of the Mongolian army will wait in a pocket formation.

Monk Luo saw this set a lot back then!
So, next, advance or retreat?

Both armies were cavalry, and when they fought, the sky was filled with smoke and dust, and the men and horses seemed to be walking in clouds and mist, and they were faintly visible when viewed from a distance.Until this moment, the distance between the two armies was instantly separated, and the originally high-pitched shouts of killing and the sound of weapons colliding on the battlefield were also reduced. Only those who watched the battle from a distance breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's a good kill!"

Before he was relieved, someone said in a deep voice, "Keep watching!"

"Yes Yes!"

The person who spoke was not Tuo Lei and his subordinates, but an elite soldier who reined in his horse and stood in Sangu Mountain.

Sangu Mountain is the place of worship in the Han Dynasty. It is composed of three mountains side by side. The east one has many rocks and trees, the middle one is the tallest, and the west one is majestic and broad. The three mountains face north, between the hills and the plains, there are more dense forests and deep grass. , ravines and caves.

Not long after Guo Ning took control of Laizhou, he was attacked by the Mongolian army and had no time to survey these complex terrain areas.When the Mongols arrived here for the first time, even with a guide, it was difficult for their light cavalry to go deep.

Therefore, although this group of soldiers is on the edge of the battlefield, most of them look relaxed and not nervous at all.

This group of people is Yang An'er and his subordinates.

The local forces on Shandong East Road are intertwined. The Mongolian Army and Dinghai have fought fiercely for several days, and it is not only the two that are affected by it.In Yang An'er's eyes, there were at least four or five groups of probing horses from different backgrounds around the battlefield to watch.

But only this group of land ghosts on the border of Shandong can approach the battlefield freely, as if the navy and the Mongolian army were nothing.

After returning to Shandong a few months ago, Yang An'er moved his army to various prefectures at the beginning. He mobilized more than [-] troops to besiege Yidu, Zhucheng, Juxian and other places.

But because the Jin army still had the power to control the main cities, the several offensives launched by Yang An'er's troops were unsuccessful, which in vain exhausted his partners who were willing to cooperate in various places.

So in the last two months, Yang An'er stationed troops in the pass of the mountain roads in Jiaoxi, Gaomi and other places.On the one hand, relying on a large number of copycats to control the region and accumulate strength; on the other hand, sending cronies to various places to contact and encourage heroes.

As a result, not long after, Guo Ning arrived.

Only a few days after he took office, the Dinghai Jiedu envoy uprooted many of Yang An'er's arrangements in Laizhou.Yang An'er and the others could only smile wryly.

Yang An'er naturally understood that Guo Ning was definitely not a loyal minister of the court, but he was also definitely not like Yang An'er.This vicious tiger suddenly occupied Laizhou, Yang An'er really didn't know what to do.

As soon as Guo Ning's question was put on the table, the Mongolian army arrived again, and the world was turned upside down.

For Yang An'er, the arrival of the Mongolian army is both joy and worry.

The good news is that, including Wanyan Sala and Guo Ning, the troops deployed by the imperial court in Shandong are bound to be severely damaged by the Mongolian army.After the Mongolian army passed by, all the military and political systems in various places were destroyed, and Yang An'er just took advantage of the momentum to rise.

What is worrying is that the Mongolian army has destroyed too many things. They are not only the enemies of the Dajin Kingdom, but also complete destroyers, the natural enemies of billions of people.

After all, Yang An'er is not an imperial court who treats the people like nothing. Since he is known as a traitor, he is always more humane than the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Dajin Kingdom.

And his biggest advantage in Shandong is his huge appeal in the local area, which can easily make the people of a place follow.If the Mongol army arrives and Yang An'er sits and watches the whole process, it will be difficult for him to maintain his righteous reputation, and the people's expectations of him will inevitably be shaken.

At this time, Yang An'er went deep into Laizhou to watch the battle situation, but he was in a dilemma, he had to see the outcome of the Mongolian army and the Dinghai army with his own eyes.Otherwise, there is no way to make a decision on the next step.

Although he came from a small merchant selling saddle materials, after all, he has been in the army for many years and has a good eye.

"The Mongolian army is very good at advancing and retreating the enemy, just like this moment. They have excellent riding skills, skilled tactics, firm will, and rich experience...they are a strong enemy!"

"The Marshal means that the Mongols are beginning to regain the initiative?"

Yang An'er thought for a while: "That's not true... I always feel that Guo Ning's means are more than that."

(End of this chapter)