choke element

Chapter 576 Dare to Die

Guo Ning casually glanced at Ni Yi.

Perhaps it was because the fighting was so fierce that his eyes were bloodshot, which was a bit frightening. Ni Yi suddenly lowered his head, not daring to look at Guo Ning.

Ni Yi has been by Guo Ning's side for the past two years, and has grown a lot under the influence of his ears and eyes.Although he held the banner and galloped on horseback the whole time, watching his master general slaughter all directions, he was not dazzled by the superiority in front of him.

He was right about the situation.

Guo Ning's current position is not only a little deep, but it can even be said that it looks majestic, but it is actually at stake.

The total strength of Guo Ning's troops is less than [-].Among them, Qiu Huiluo's headquarters and a group of auxiliary soldiers, with most of the vehicles and supplies, formed the rear team.

According to Dong Jin's report, the rear team has been entangled by the Mongols, which should have happened half a quarter ago.Qiu Huiluo's troops must rely on their vehicles to hold on on the river beach, but they couldn't hold on for long.With the power of the Mongolian cavalry, dealing with the supply troops in the marching state is like destroying the dead.The current situation is only more dangerous.

What's more, Guo Ning repeatedly asked all the ministries to move forward with all their strength, and never cared about him.The soldiers marched for three days while guarding against the surprise attack of the Mongolian army. They were already very tired and nervous. It is normal for their morale to collapse when they see their comrades continue to die and get injured while there is little support within sight.

This is the way people's hearts are, even elite soldiers can't avoid it, and there won't be any essential changes just because Guo Ning's prestige is higher.

When this group of scattered soldiers and horses were overwhelmed and eaten, the Mongols would chase after them again, as if the sweeping arms were slightly retracted.At that time, it was the turn of Qiu Huiluo's soldiers who continued to move forward to be unlucky.

At the same time, Wang Shixian's central army was pushing forward against the flanking Mongols.Guo Ning saw the Mongol arrows pouring down on the Chinese army almost like a torrential rain.He saw Wang Shixian's general flag was shaking violently like a sail in the raging sea, insisting on moving forward.

The process of the soldiers moving forward is also the process of being torn apart and cut by the enemy cavalry. It is the process of the soldiers continuously spilling blood on the battlefield, one after another, batch after batch of sacrifices.

Wang Shixian is good at running the army. He usually has a good temper, but he is more determined than Qiu Huiluo at critical moments, so he will last longer and replenish more troops to the front team.

Guo Ning estimated that from now on, half a quarter later, it would be pretty good if three to four thousand people could fill the front team.There were three thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry directly under Guo Ning in the front team, which was only half of the whole army.The rest of the soldiers were all engulfed or crushed by the Mongol cavalry.

The Ding Navy is a force formed by Guo Ning. Its backbone officers and soldiers are all tough and durable. The ordinary soldiers are also well-trained and have high morale.But once they fell into the fighting rhythm that the Mongols were good at, that was the result.

As the most powerful grassland nation and conqueror for thousands of years, the power of the Mongolian cavalry is so terrifying.

In this situation, how long can Guo Ning's violent assault last?
The Tiefutu cavalry of the Ding Navy had raided the Mongols twice successively and achieved great results.But in those two raids, Ding Haijun was prepared and unprepared, and chose a battlefield suitable for his own power.

Now it is the opposite, all favorable conditions are clearly on the side of the Mongols!
How long can Guo Ning charge?What kind of role can such a charge play, and how can it benefit the collapsing central and rear troops?
Judging from the current situation, the Mongolian cavalry will sooner or later encircle them. As soon as they arrive, the active situation won by the soldiers throwing iron cannons will suddenly be overturned.

The infantry who were happily besieging and killing the single Mongols on their own side would change from hunters to prey, and the Ding navy cavalry who came and went to conflict on the battlefield faced several times the enemy, and naturally they would not be able to move.

It can be seen that Ni Yi's vision is not bad, at least as good as that of an ordinary lieutenant or governor.What made Guo Ning happy was that there were many experienced officers in the Ding Navy, and those who only charged forward in their own direction saw that the situation was in dire straits, not one hundred officers, but fifty.

But so far, no one wavers, no one hesitates, everyone is fighting hard.They dared to die, dare to fight, and dared to move forward regardless of everything, because they believed that Guo Ning's command must be reasonable, and everyone would win if they followed the direction of the army flag.

Right next to Guo Ning, many Mongols had escaped from the impact of the explosion, and began to yell and gather a small team to hack and kill the Dinghai officers and soldiers around them.They are all outstanding in horseback riding skills, and they are also very skilled in tactics, and they cooperate better with each other in riding and fighting.

The sound of arrows flying through the air, as well as the tooth-piercing sound of metal rubbing against armor became more intense.When Guo Ning reined in his horse, two or three hundred cavalry gathered under his banner and became a conspicuous target on the battlefield.

The Mongols didn't gather enough for a while, and many people saw that Guo Ning was like a malevolent star, so they didn't dare to come up and charge.On the chaotic battlefield, a void surrounded the cavalry.There were also Mongols who fired arrows repeatedly from a long distance, and the arrows fell in an arc and landed on the soldiers or horses, causing people to groan or horses to neigh.

A few arrows flew over Guo Ning's forehead, and hissed a hole on the military flag behind him.Ni Yi cursed a few times angrily, and boldly asked again: "Envoy, what shall we do?"

Guo Ning was looking at the south of the battlefield, and he waved his hand to signal Ni Yi to wait.

The battlefield itself is very open, which is the most suitable place for cavalry to gallop freely.But Guo Ning was already on the southern edge of the battlefield, and after a mile or two or three, it was Sanjiaodian.This big pond is the result of the Song people in the Southern Dynasty using manpower in Hebei in the early years to open up and expand the original lake and river.

Like the Wuguan Dian and Bianwu Dian that Guo Ning is familiar with, the water area varies greatly between the dry season and the wet season, so there are a large number of swamps and mudflats outside the core area of ​​the water surface, and there are also reeds and shrubs.

At this time, a large number of Mongolian cavalrymen were constantly coming out of Sanjiaodian, crossing in front of Guo Ning.Their team was more compact than the usual cavalry combat state, a group of three to fifty people, blocking Guo Ning's sight in a dense manner.Those Mongolian people screamed strangely and waved the weapons in their hands, as if accumulating momentum, they would rush over at any time and crush all the enemies.

It was this cavalry that Ni Yi and the soldiers were worried about.Of course, there is also the white banner gradually approaching from the rear of the cavalry, which is a frightening symbol of Genghis Khan and a sign of his approaching.

However, this cavalry moved a little slower.

The moment the iron cannon exploded just now, they should have been dispatched.The sooner they dispatched, the sooner Guo Ning's troops could be surrounded, the first two thousand-man teams might suffer fewer casualties.But Guo Ning rushed for a moment, and the two thousand-man teams were mostly killed and injured, and they still haven't moved.

It wasn't until now that Qingqi began to spread out from the two wings, posing in a galloping posture.

If you have to be entangled, even if the enemy's actions are a little slower, it may not have a decisive impact on the battle situation.But this is not the normal routine of the Mongols, let alone the level of the Qi Xuejun.There are absolutely no incompetent generals in the Cowardly Xue Army. They will make such a decision, and there must be a reason for them to do so.

This reason is the opportunity Guo Ning has to wait for.

Guo Ning was born as a soldier at the lowest level. His understanding of the battlefield and what he can grasp are more subtle than what ordinary generals see.

But it is this kind of subtlety that has never been seen by high-ranking officials and nobles. Under certain circumstances, it is enough to determine the outcome of a big battle.

"I can win!"

Guo Ning grinned and said to himself.

He said to Ni Dao: "In order to avoid being found by us, the Mongols hid in order not to go deep when lurking. Now that we have rushed here in one breath, the speed of the Mongolian army's follow-up troops coming out of the mud seems to be slow. "

"slow?"

Ni Yi asked blankly, "Isn't that much different? What does the envoy mean?"

When Guo Ning was about to answer, someone yelled from dozens of steps away: "Xuanshi! Xuanshi!"

The two turned their heads together.

As the pressure from the enemy cavalry increased, Ding Haijun's infantry gathered from behind the cavalry.Acting with them, there are also iron floating map cavalry who move relatively slowly because they do not charge easily.

At this moment, a young soldier came out of the armored cavalry with his bloody head in his hand, and waved to Guo Ning repeatedly.Because he was holding the braid of his head, every time he swung it, the blood would splatter from his cavity in circles.

"Miss! Xuan! We killed a Mongolian Nayan! He is a centurion, but the buller on the scabbard is made of silver, and there are coral beads! Old Liu said, this must be Nayan's head! "The young soldier shouted happily.

The old soldier at the back pulled the Mongolian's head off dissatisfied: "It's enough to have a scabbard and a Burr! It's not too heavy to carry the head!"

Guo Ning recognized that the old soldier was Lao Liu, who had a big appetite. He raised his finger and pointed: "Old Liu, well done!"

Old Liu laughed.

Guo Ning asked the young soldier, "I've seen you before. What's your name?"

"My name is Zhang Peng!"

"Good boy, do you still have the strength to fight?"

"Have!"

"Do you still have the guts to fight?"

"Yes!" Zhang Peng shouted in response.

"The thing in your hand is just the head of a centurion. I've seen it a lot. Not to mention the centurion, I've cut off the heads of several thousand commanders too! Today, I'm not going to kill this kind of head. Shit, I want to kill a real Tartar chief! If you kill this guy, you can brag to others for the rest of your life! How about it, are you willing to follow?"

"Of course follow!"

Not only Zhang Peng responded, but many soldiers rested for more than a dozen breaths at this time. After a little relief, they waved their knives and shouted: "Follow the envoy and kill a big chief!"

"Don't worry about everything else, let's move on!"

Thousands of horses let go of their legs, and the grass blades danced on the ground.The floating soil rolled up, and Guo Ning continued to head south.

　1. Bole is a round ornament made of silver and hung on the scabbard of a Mongolian knife. There are patterns on it and large coral beads embedded in the middle.

2. The reason why there is Zhang Peng is because the Wandering Earth is really beautiful:-)

　
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