choke element

Chapter 583 Deterrence

Genghis Khan's sight was obscured by the reeds, and the loud sound still came from the direction of the battlefield.But the original bursting and fanatical shouts of killing have been replaced by cheers and wailing.

After a while, the nine-pronged white banner that was originally so tall and could be seen over the reeds shook suddenly, and then fell down, and a cloud of smoke rose from the place where the white banner fell.

This situation once again clearly declared who the victor of the war is, making the whole battlefield and everyone no longer have doubts, and making the cheers of the soldiers of the Ding Navy even louder.The cheers displeased Genghis Khan. He grabbed a scabbard and swiped hard at the side of the raft twice. The other people on the raft immediately understood what he meant, and once again speeded up their strokes.

As a result, the raft quickly left the reed-dense tidal flat, and everyone could see the battlefield from the gaps in the plants on the shore.

Chaos remained on the battlefield.But Dinghai's armored cavalry have been divided into small groups, rushing around.Under the sunlight, the gray robes and shining armor of the cavalry seemed to be roaring with thunder and lightning engulfed in the clouds, and the military flags they raised as they marched were like fire ignited by thunder and lightning.

Dinghai's infantry followed closely behind, sweeping across the field as far as they could see.This situation is the most familiar to the Mongolian cavalry in the past few years, but now the situation is reversed, and the ones who fled in embarrassment became the Mongols.

So many brave Mongolian warriors, so many tenacious Mongolian warriors, lost their belief in resistance in an instant after seeing the nine white flags fall and hearing the wild cheers of the Ding Navy officers and men.Perhaps they thought that Genghis Khan was dead, and this hit them too hard.

The time they put into battle was actually very short, but once they escaped, their mental and physical strength almost disappeared at once.

The few people on the raft stared dumbfounded. It seemed that there were fleeing Mongolians everywhere in their field of vision. There was a lot of smoke and dust in the sky.

Many people ran dizzy and bumped into Ding Haijun's men.So those men drew their bows and arrows for a while, swung their knives and raised their spears for a while, and kept killing and wounding the Mongolian cavalry who were ashen-faced and just wanted to take the road.There were even some infantry, whose shooting skills were obviously bad, but they were able to aim calmly, repeatedly measure the wind force and distance, and then shoot off the Mongolian knight who was circling the horse not far in front of them.

Such a scene caught the eye, and the chest was so stuffy that it almost exploded. I wished I could rush back to the battlefield and die with my companions.But several people on the raft didn't dare to make a sound. They glanced twice, but they didn't dare to look too much. They just continued to row, rowing desperately.

This raft is very simple, in fact, it is a large bundle of reeds and dead wood tied tightly with ropes.

This time Genghis Khan went south to fight, he chose the way to ambush Dinghai, instead of directly chasing and biting, and scattered Dinghai's strategy along the way. The purpose was to capture and kill Guo Ning himself with a net.

So before the ambush started, Genghis Khan was still thinking about preventing Guo Ning from escaping from the Lugou River.He specially mobilized a group of Mongols who knew how to water to tie up the rafts early, and planned to let them patrol the river on rafts when the situation became clear, and stop the fleeing enemies of Fushui.

Who would have guessed that the raft could be of any other use as the battle drew to a close?

When Zaba'er Huo Zhe died, Genghis Khan discovered the flaw in his entire strategy, and knew that Guo Ning was coming straight, and no one around him could stop him.

Neither did Genghis Khan himself.

In his youth he had a reputation for being strong and valiant, but in old age he could not continue to show it off.One of the reasons why he always keeps Zabal Huo Zhe by his side and treats him politely is because he wants to know why this weirdo from the Western Regions grows stronger as he grows older.However, Zabal Huo Zhe's head was cut off, who else could Genghis Khan count on?Could it be that with the honorable status of the Mongolian Khan, he went to pick up the iron bone?
After all, the situation is like this, what needs to be considered at this time is not face, but how to save one's own life.Genghis Khan was also a bachelor when he fought against others on the grassland. If he lost the battle, he would run away when he should, and shrink his head when he should. There is no entanglement.

He immediately left Huo'erchi guarding the white banner, and took off his robe and waistcoat, only wearing light underwear, and hurried towards the direction of the raft in the depths of the water.

Poor Huo'erchi is a shaman, not a general leading the army, where can he fight?On the contrary, a group of Batu'er who were in charge of guarding Baizhen died soon under Huo'erchi's random command.

The solution that Huoerchi finally thought of was to try his best to answer Guo Ning, trying to talk about the oracle of Changshengtian.It's a pity that Guo Ning is too lazy to listen.

However, this time is enough for Genghis Khan.

Even though Genghis Khan stumbled into puddles several times on the way because of his panic, but this great Khan used to fish with his brothers in the Onan River in his early years. He knows how to swim, and his water skills are not bad.After a lot of thumping, he successfully boarded the raft, left the battlefield, and started marching on the water.

The raft traveled towards the Lugou River, gradually moving away from the battlefield, and threw away the cries of many Mongolians in the water.Na Keer at the front of the raft secretly glanced at Genghis Khan, as if he wanted to ask why Khan abandoned the soldiers, but he didn't dare to ask in the end.

After half an hour, the raft circled the Lugou River, and then turned upstream.

After all, the Mongols were not good sailors, and the direction of the paddling force was not uniform, and the rhythm was not coordinated at all.But because of Genghis Khan's constant urging, they continued to speed up, so that they forcibly dragged out the water waves behind the raft.Originally there were two rafts following behind, but now they were also far away and out of sight.

How much effort does it take to sail against the current so fast?Several people on the raft were so tired that their hands and feet were cramping.Under the impact of the current, the raft also creaked, as if it was about to fall apart at any time.

"Let's dock!" Genghis Khan said suddenly.

Everyone shouted ho ho, and squeezed out a little strength again.When the raft hit the river beach and ran aground, everyone fell into a mess and couldn't move.

Half an hour ago, this river beach was where the Mongolian knights aggressively attacked and killed Dinghai's rear team.At this time, Ding Haijun's rear team has of course collapsed, and the Mongolian cavalry who once slashed and killed on the river beach are also devastated. Fortunately, the Mongolian cavalry in the direction of Sanjiaodian are still running around. Go north this section.

So Genghis Khan wrapped his wet robe and strode towards the shore.

As he walked, he muttered to himself:

"Ding Haijun is completely disbanded now, and their strength is exhausted! As long as you gather thousands of cavalry under Shiji Hutuhu, you can turn defeat into victory... Even if you can't kill Guo Ning, you must completely disperse Ding Haijun's elite soldiers !"

"The country of Jin has a large population and a vast territory. There must still be many people who can fight. After returning to the grassland this time, it is not easy to go south to fight. First, reorganize the grassland! Those who dare not get benefits Kill a group of chiefs and thousands of households who oppose the Great Khan!"

"The iron cannon is very useful. I have asked Mu Huali to lead people to intimidate Zhongdu before. Among the scheduled items, there is a search for craftsmen who know how to make firearms. After bringing the craftsmen to the grassland, hurry up and build this weapon. It will be useful to any enemy in the future!"

"By the way, we have to arrange manpower to learn how to maneuver boats on rivers and seas, so as not to be in such a mess like today!"

Even though he was in this situation, he listed the things he had to do one by one, without any confusion, and even went back to think about the urgent task, and launched another offensive route It's all calculated.

But Li Xu walked away in one breath, and passed by the Mongolian cavalry several times, but no one bowed to him, and no one surrounded him as usual.

Genghis Khan stood still, shook his wet clothes, and squinted his eyes to see the cavalry passing by.But the cavalry still didn't look at him, and they all urged their horses northward as if they were in despair.

He suddenly noticed that behind the cavalry, in the lower reaches of the Lugou River, there were a large number of ships bearing the flag of the Ding Navy coming.Every ship was full of soldiers, and every soldier shouted loudly on the ship, waved flags, and held their swords, spears and spears high like a forest.

Genghis Khan staggered.

Guo Ning is more than just a vicious tiger?He is ten times more cunning than the most cunning fox, he has even arranged for the cooperation of the navy!If the Ding Navy gets a new force to help, the Mongols will have no chance in this battle; and the Mongol soldiers who failed to escape in the Triangle Lake are all finished.

After the whole battle, more than 3000 to [-] people died in the battle of Xue Xuejun, and I am afraid that [-] or more will be lost.In other words, the Qi Xue army lost half of its strength at one time, and more than half of the thousands of households were disabled.

Such a failure is really unbearable.

Genghis Khan's steely nerves inevitably trembled at this moment, he felt hesitant and helpless.He looked again at the knights who kept fleeing from the south, and wanted to greet them and boost their morale, but so many soldiers still didn't notice him, even Shiji Hutuhu himself.

The adopted son brought up by Hoelun's mother, who had no fear even in the face of white disasters, now had a pale face and was panting heavily.He staggered and looked like a man on his horse, and passed in front of Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan sighed deeply, his brows and eyes suddenly looked much older.

This kind of failure is not only due to the mass death of Xue Jun soldiers?Even more frightening than this is the fact that Genghis Khan was defeated head-on on the battlefield.

The son of Yesugai who herded sheep in the Burji land could be defeated, Temujin in Burhan Mountain could be defeated, Qiyan Khan who set up camp in Qinghaizi could be defeated, Tuoli Khan who rode horses and galloped in Kuoyitian could be defeated. The adopted son can also be defeated.

However, when he was hailed as Genghis Khan at the Kuriltai at the source of the Onan River, he became the representative of all the grassland tribes on the plateau, and he was in charge of the huge power gathered by many tribes.

In this capacity, the conquest that Genghis Khan promised to countless people has not really begun, the endless pastures and herds that countless people have been looking forward to have not yet been seen, and the most precious treasures and most beautiful women in the world have not yet filled the land. Yanmen's camp, how could he suffer such a miserable defeat?
Genghis Khan didn't care about the little thoughts of many tribal chiefs on the grassland.

However, this failure made the cowards panic and shake, so what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of herdsmen?
Is their frenzy still there?Is loyalty still there?Is the profuse sweat in their eyes still the invincible profuse sweat?
Genghis Khan was silent for a while.

It wasn't until the sound of Dinghai cavalry shouting and urging their horses not far from the south that he suddenly woke up in shock.There were ownerless war horses everywhere in the field, he took one casually and pulled the horse away.

(End of this chapter)