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The camp of the Mongolian army is located twenty miles north of Liangxiang, near the pastures along the Lugou River.

When the sky is twilight in the east, the stars and the moon are still in the night sky, and the bonfires in the vast wilderness are still embers.When the Mongolian soldiers camped last night, most of them were exhausted and didn't care to watch or think.At this moment, many people lifted the felt blankets, moved their stiff bodies, punched and kicked, looked around, and immediately felt how many people were stationed here.

As far as the eye can see, there are bright lights of campfires everywhere, clusters of flames that can't be seen, occupying a huge space, and seem to be denser than the stars in the sky.As more and more people and horses woke up from sleep, some people mowed grass, some fetched water, and some slaughtered a whining sheep with a knife.Everyone spoke loudly, as if they were all gathered in their ears and shouting loudly.

This kind of gathering of people and horses may be familiar to Han'er in the Central Plains.After all, the number of Han'er is frighteningly large, and their villages are densely populated. In each city, tens of thousands of people gather at every turn, and they don't know where the food comes from.

Except for large-scale wars and hunting activities, the Mongols seldom have such gatherings.The grassland is thousands of miles long, and the grazing itself has requirements for the carrying capacity of the grassland. Therefore, generally speaking, the neighbors of the herdsmen's tribe are several miles away.In some desolate pastures in the north, there are only a dozen felt tents in a radius of tens of miles, and there are not many living people in the horse race for half a day.

So every time a large army gathers, ordinary Mongolian soldiers feel that there are too many people.This kind of gathering beyond the range of their usual cognition will always bring extraordinary encouragement to the soldiers, feeling that their own troops are as powerful as mountains and seas, unmatched.

In the past two years, the soldiers of the Mongolian army have been rampant in the Central Plains, fighting for several months at every turn, and the morale of the soldiers has always remained high, which is related to this national habit.

The same is true for the soldiers of the Qi Xue army.

They went south with Genghis Khan this time, and in less than a month, they cleared a large number of strongholds and passes around Zhongdu. So every morning when they woke up, they could see more seizures and batches in their camp. Cattle, horses, and even war slaves, the camp became more and more noisy, and the soldiers became more and more confident. After waking up, many soldiers couldn't help but sing a song with pride in their hearts.

But at this moment, the camp was as noisy as before, but the atmosphere in the army was a little delicate.

Some ten and centurion commanders yelled loudly on purpose, talking about their victory on Lishigang last night, trying to cheer up the soldiers, but the shouting and responding voices of the soldiers fell into the ears of their companions, which also concealed Can't help feeling heavy.

The Mongolian army is very good at attacking and roundabouts, so when they fought in the territory of the Kingdom of Jin in the past, they occasionally bit a hard bone somewhere and suffered a small loss. elated.

Yesterday evening, losing luck, suddenly balding, suddenly unable to shake the strong formation of the navy, and suddenly turning to the Jurchens on the stone hill, this is the usual routine.

However, the soldiers of the Qixue Army were warriors drawn from various tribes or the children of Nayan from various tribes. They had better knowledge than ordinary Mongols, and they were not chaotic and ignorant beasts.After two or three years of fighting with the Kingdom of Jin, they already knew that the Jurchens were not the only ones under the rule of the Kingdom of Jin, and they gradually understood the complex relationship between the Jurchens, the Khitans, and the Han people.

Therefore, many of them knew that the victory over the Meng'an Muke Army in Hebei could not offset the failure in the battle against the Ding Navy.Just because you have won the Jurchens doesn't mean you can win them; no matter how many Jurchens you kill, you won't be able to shake them.

Some people know better that last night when Shiji Hutu suddenly killed Shangli Shigang, those Ding Haijun also killed Shangli Shigang, and there were quite a few Jurchens who died in the hands of those Han people!

That being the case, everyone's attention has to go back to the battle with Dinghai itself, to the failure of our own side in yesterday's battle.

It was a real fiasco, a fiasco in which the Mongols seemed to be hit by a blow in the field they were best at.Everyone still remembers the situation of yesterday, thinking that when they watched more than 1000 cowardly Xue army soldiers surrounded by the enemy's army formation, and then slaughtered wantonly, the coolness caused by the cold wind last night immediately became more severe, making people I feel cold all over.

Ding Haijun is a formidable opponent, and the soldiers of the Cowardly Xue Army have known it for a long time.

In the past two years, almost every failure of the Mongolian army in Jin Kingdom was related to Dinghai. When General Jebe died in Liaodong, Genghis Khan regarded Dinghai as the number one enemy, so he put it in the center. Regardless, they rushed to Liangxiang to fight with Ding Haijun.

Who would have thought that the result of the fight would be like this?

Before the fourth prince Tuo Lei lost, everyone felt that the fourth prince was incompetent.Later, according to Chen Nayan's troops, they lost, and everyone thought it was because Chen Nayan did not come to command in person, and Ding Haijun took advantage of it.After Jebie died, the soldiers scolded Ding Haijun for treachery.

After yesterday's battle, everyone was a little stupid.Genghis Khan personally led the Qi Xue army here, and then suffered such a big loss?
There are only 1 soldiers in Khan's Qi Xue army. The casualties of more than 1000 people accounted for one-sixth of the total number of Qixue troops!

No matter how tough the army is, it is difficult to bear such a high proportion of casualties.Since the war between the Mongolian Kingdom and the Kingdom of Jin, only two years ago when the Kingdom of Jin besieged Xijing, there were more casualties than this time.But in that battle, the Mongolian army at least took the initiative, but lacked experience in attacking strong cities.This time, it was a solid defeat with no excuses in the field!
If it weren't for Genghis Khan himself to lead the army and rely on his unparalleled prestige to suppress the situation, I am afraid that the army would have been shaken in various ways.Such shaking has not occurred for a long time after Genghis Khan unified the grasslands and kneaded all the Mongols into one.

What's more, who among the members who make up the Qixue Army is not distinguished?They served under the Great Khan and represented the direct link between the many tribes that made up the Great Mongol Kingdom and the Great Khan.

After all, the Great Mongol Kingdom is a country based on tribes. On the one hand, Genghis Khan tried his best to reorganize and transform many tribes, and on the other hand, he had to rely on the support of the tribes.His Qixue army is the result of the support of countless tribes, and the death of anyone in the Qixue army means that Genghis Khan's communication channel with a certain tribe has been broken.

This is not a military loss, but it affects the rough and delicate political balance on the grassland!
In the early morning, the camp was noisy, and the hearts of the Mongolian generals were in turmoil. While everyone was busy with their work, they looked at the round tent where the Khan was from time to time.

A sharp-eyed person saw that the waiters around the round tent were still waiting respectfully.Suguerchi and Yuliechi in the outer ring, Yunduchi and Yudianchi at the head and tail of the line did not move, Bijachi and Zarichi just knelt and waited respectfully, and Bao who was in charge of cooking My sons, you have washed and skinned a lamb, but you will not light a fire until you order it.

Seeing this situation, many soldiers smiled and said, "Khan is still sleeping! Khan is sleeping very well!"

In fact, in the round tent, Genghis Khan had been awake for a long time, he just deliberately didn't get up, on the one hand to stabilize the emotions of his subordinates, on the other hand, he also waited for the arrival of Shiji Hutuhu.

The loss of luck and baldness did not make Genghis Khan wait long.After a while, he lifted the tent with a whoosh, and rushed into the tent, sweating profusely.

Genghis Khan sat up and said with a smile, "What's the matter? You're so anxious... What happened?"

"Just before dawn, our team of Batu'er captured a few sentinel riders of Dinghai alive and asked for confessions."

"What does the confession say?"

"Dinghai will have [-] reinforcements arrive, and we will fight us in Zhongdu!"