choke element

"Good guy!"

Wang Shixian twisted his neck, looked to the left to see the back of his head, then turned around, and looked to the right to see the back of his head.As far as he could see, there were billowing smoke and dust, so that even at the position of the central army where he was, sand and soil fell from the air from time to time.

The east of Liangxiang County was originally a prosperous and prosperous place close to Zhongdu.Wang Shixian worked as a guard for merchants in Anzhou in his early years. He once passed by here and witnessed the fertile fields around him, and the business and travel exchanges like weaving.

But after experiencing the destruction of the Mongols, no matter the good fields, water canals, villages, and shops, all have disappeared.Even Liangxiang County itself is nothing more than a large ruin with more than half of the city wall collapsed, not even enough to serve as a basis for the formation of the army.

In the wilderness where the Dinghai army deployed, there were only a few remnants of the field ridges left. Where the Mongolian cavalry trampled on it, there were large expanses of wasteland exposing dry soil and gravel, and occasionally blue and yellow weeds and shrubs could be seen.

The Mongols are constantly running on these dry soil and gravel, with great patience.

They stirred up smoke and dust all over the sky, and the smoke and dust continued to rise around the army formation, as if it was not like smoke, but like some kind of smog that was difficult to blow away, or some kind of huge prehistoric monsters surrounded the Ding Navy in the center of the gai , and then swallowed clouds, trying to swallow everyone.

The Mongols continued to run under the cover of dust and fog, and their tracks were completely irregular.Sometimes it goes from left to right, sometimes from front to back, sometimes it seems to turn in one direction and suddenly turns, sometimes a small group of cavalry merges into a large group of thousands of people, and sometimes the large group suddenly disperses into countless small groups.

Under the smoke and dust, Dinghai soldiers could no longer see the Mongols clearly, so they had to rely on the hooves and roars of the enemy to assist in their judgment.

Otherwise, you will only find a group of Mongolian knights protruding from the smoke and dust every now and then. Their dusty and ferocious faces are only a few dozen steps away from the army formation.Or a shower of arrows swishing down from the periphery, coming from nowhere.Experienced officers occasionally made mistakes in judgment, and the arrows fell several times, but the soldiers did not raise their shields in time, resulting in additional casualties.

Wang Shixian has been looking at the queues everywhere, and he sighs every time he sees such a mistake.

But he also couldn't see the situation outside the array farther away.At this time, even if you board a command vehicle with a high platform to overlook the battlefield, you still can't see clearly.The line of sight is obstructed too much.

What's more, Guo Ning didn't bring a command vehicle with him when he went north this time.

Compared with Wang Shixian, Guo Ning is much calmer.He has always believed that after arriving at Zhongdu Road, if there is a battle, it must be a big deal.So at this moment, he was already ready to charge into the battle himself, fully clothed and sitting on the horse.

His posture of reining in the horse is also stable, only a few guards nearby can find that his right hand sometimes clenches the iron bone tightly, and sometimes relaxes slightly.

Guo Ning has witnessed too many battles since childhood, and personally experienced more than 150 large-scale battles.So without deliberately looking over, he knew that the Mongols' harassment did not achieve the expected results.

It is extremely terrifying that this kind of harassment will put pressure on the soldiers on the outer edge of the army formation.

The Mongols are nomads, a people who really grew up on horseback. Their riding and shooting skills and even the skills of fighting on horseback are far beyond the comparison of ordinary Han people.

Mongolian iron cavalry either charge directly into the formation, or cut obliquely to the side, hack with a machete, aim and shoot at close range, hit the face door covered by the helmet with arrows, or even throw arrow rain towards the rear of the formation, all of which can be easily captured. The lives of many soldiers.Guo Ning remembered that there were also some Mongols who were good at lassoing. They could use long ropes to pull soldiers out of the army formation, and trampled them to death under the hooves of horses.

Therefore, every time the cavalry approached, it was a life and death test for the infantry.Every soldier needs to muster all his will to fight in order to maintain the strength of the array.

This test is also aimed at the perseverance, energy, and physical strength of the soldiers, the trust between soldiers and officers, and even the cohesion of the army as a whole.

Fortunately, Dinghai has passed this test.

Our own array is still intact.Soldiers, Sword and Shield Hands, Spearmen, Crossbowmen, Cavalry and many other armies have distinct formations. Even if the Mongols ran and harassed for more than half an hour, most of the formations, including those on the outermost side, were still as sharp as knives. Ax and chisel.

In Guo Ning's memory, only a handful of the most elite Jinjun can achieve this level.

When the Mongolian army fought the decisive battle with the Jin army at Badgerzui in the north of Yehuling, the Mongolian army mobilized about [-] cavalry, and after half an hour of harassing, the edges of the Jin army's formation scattered like gravel being hit by water. It was the coach Heshilie Hu Shahu who fled first, and the whole army collapsed.

Later, when the Mongolian army went south, how many Jin troops spread out their formations. As a result, after the Mongols harassed them once or twice, they scattered like birds and beasts, and everyone became the prey of the Mongolian cavalry hunting freely.

The Ding Haijun in front of him is as stable as Mount Tai.

The total number of elite troops in the Ding Navy is about [-], and the more than [-] people who accompanied Guo Ning to the north this time are also selected elite soldiers.Not only the soldiers are sharp, but the officers are all experienced veterans, and half of them were born in the northern frontier trench.

They are strong-willed, experienced, well-equipped and well-trained.So far, the vast majority of people have performed very well, just as methodical as when they were training in the military academy, and there is no need for Guo Ning to direct anything.

If this stalemate continues, the Mongols won't be able to make much money, and they will retreat before nightfall.However, the Mongols' routines are more than just this.

When the Khitan people were strong, their influence covered the entire plateau.Their trump card in battle is the Mongols at this moment.The horses and brooms galloped due to the wind, dusting the enemy's formation, and even interacting with each other. It lasted for two or three days.

However, the grassland cavalry under the control of Khitan is still in a very loose state.They always avoided fighting tough battles, so that they aroused the ridicule of the Song people in the Southern Dynasty. They were just horse thieves who bullied the weak and feared the hard.

The Mongols were different.They are not afraid of death, they are fierce and brave to fight, and they are not afraid of powerful enemies. Coupled with the most terrifying conqueror in history behind them, they are far, far stronger than the Khitans.

If the Khitans are jackals, the Mongols are the real wolves, and they are the kind that pack in groups, thirst for flesh and blood, and never stop dying.

The smoke and dust covering the army formation seemed to be getting thicker and thicker, almost like floating clouds covering the sun.

Guo Ning's forehead has been dripping with fine sweat, and a layer of fine dust has stuck to his face, and now it is starting to stick to a second layer.

He opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Wang Shixian said decisively from the side: "The Mongols are about to attack!"

Quite a few generals were taken aback.

There was a partial general who had been in the army for a long time in the northern boundary trench. He was once a small school under Wanyanxiang, the king of Nanyang County.He hesitated and said: "Back when Dajin's army went deep into the grassland, the Mongols used light cavalry to intercept and harass them. They would not stop for a day, two or even three days. They didn't turn to a formal attack until the army was exhausted. Now our army formation is so strict. , obviously there is still room to spare, maybe the Mongols will be more patient?"

Before the words fell, Guo Ning suddenly waved his hand and stopped the discussion.

He looked around, he couldn't see anything in the billowing smoke, but he felt a dangerous aura.This dangerous breath can't be described in words, and many soldiers couldn't feel it at all, but the horses under their crotches suddenly raised their heads again and again, and Herod neighed.

Wang Shixian also said loudly, "Here we come!"

The other soldiers hurriedly stood on guard.At this moment, the soldiers in front of the formation suddenly became restless, several generals all sternly ordered the soldiers to raise their shields, and more than a dozen Mingdi were shot out in succession as a warning.

"A group of horses charging forward!"

I wanted to say that this chapter made up for yesterday, but I was not sure.After the yang passes, the feeling of lack of energy is secondary, the key is that the attention is easily lost.Not only code words, but also work is affected.I had a meeting with my colleagues today and found out that I did several stupid things in a row in a week...