Chapter 202 Cavalry Hedging
Wanyan Chenglin holds the only remaining elite cavalry of the Jin Kingdom and is the last asset of the Jin Kingdom.
He originally wanted to station himself on the periphery of the battlefield, contain the Mongolian army, wait for the other two reinforcements to arrive, and then find the Mongolian army's weakness and launch a surprise attack.
But Kuo Duan didn't want to give him a chance. When he saw the Jin Army cavalry coming, he immediately sent five thousand cavalry to rush over.
Cavalry, unlike infantry, has to be active to be powerful.
Now there are five thousand Jin cavalry stationed in place. Once the Mongolian cavalry collides with them, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Seeing this, Wanyan Chenglin could only order his cavalry to attack them.
In this battle, Kuoduan fought very fiercely. At the beginning of the battle, he deployed 10,000 elite infantry troops to attack Zhao Tai. Now when they met, he sent 5,000 cavalry troops to directly attack the Jin Army cavalry who had just arrived on the battlefield.
Give Jin Jun time to think and observe the battle situation.
At this time, the Jin Army cavalry, who had just arrived on the battlefield, faced the rolling enemy cavalry and could only rush their horses to fight.
At the military order, the kidnapping horse holding a bow and arrow first clamped the horse's belly, urging the horse to shoot out like lightning.
Then, Wanyan Chenglin hit the war horse on the buttocks with his spear. The horse suffered pain, gave a long cry, and ran out after the kidnapping horse.
There are two main types of cavalry in the Jin Army, the light cavalry is called Guaizima and the heavy cavalry is called Tiefutu.
At this time, the Kuaizi horse galloping in front was galloping while drawing its bow and arrows. The more than a thousand iron pagodas behind were arranged into a wall, leveling their lances and pointing their sharp spearheads forward.
In Shuanggou Town, the Zhongyi Army's morale was boosted by the arrival of the Jin Army's cavalry, and they fought back and forth with the elite Mongolian Army.
When Zhao Tai saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing towards the Jin Army cavalry, he couldn't help but clenched the hilt of his sword, "Wanyan Chenglin, you must fight for your reputation!"
If the Jin cavalry is scattered and defeated by the Mongolian cavalry, then Kua Duan can continue to increase his troops to attack Shuanggou without any worries, but Zhao Tai's loyal army may not be able to withstand it by then.
Therefore, Zhao Tai kept his eyes fixed on the horse army as the two armies quickly closed the distance.
On the battlefield, thousands of hooves trampled the ground, raising up billowing dust. The cavalry of the two armies were like two torrents, approaching rapidly and about to collide in the blink of an eye.
"Fire arrows!" During the galloping, the officers of the cavalry formations on both sides roared at the same time.
The cavalry at the forefront of both armies stretched their bows and arrows one after another, and loosened their bowstrings while galloping.
"Whoosh~" the arrows roared, and the cavalry of the two armies fired arrows at the same time. The sharp arrows directly hit the cavalry on the opposite side. The cavalry of the Jin Army and the Mongolian Army fell off their horses like jujubes.
The shooting skills of the Jin cavalry were obviously inferior to those of the Mongols, and 30% more people fell off their horses. However, before the Mongolian cavalry had time to be happy, the Jin Guaizi horse in front took the reins and separated the two wings to avoid it.
A head-on collision with the Mongolian cavalry.
"Kill!" Wanyan Chenglin roared angrily at the moment the kidnapper horses dispersed. More than a thousand iron pagodas made it easy for the Mongolian cavalry to collide with each other!
In an instant, the Mongolian cavalry were pierced by sharp spears and knocked off their horses by their horses. Those who were not stabbed were directly knocked away by the heavy cavalry.
The huge impact of the Iron Buddha directly scattered the Mongolian cavalry.
"Great!" Zhao Tai, who was watching the battle from a high place in Shuanggou Town, couldn't help but exclaimed loudly, "The Kaizi Ma, Tiefu Tu, is well-deserved! If I have such a cavalry, I can dominate the country."
Seeing the Jin Army cavalry coming out of the formation, everywhere they passed were the fallen corpses of the Mongolian cavalry and the mournful horses, Zhao Tai could not hide the look of envy in his eyes.
At this time, the battle was fierce, but Zhao Tai couldn't help but think in his heart that he had to find a way to keep this cavalry.
If he can bring this cavalry under his command, then Zhao Tai will have the confidence to seize the land of Shandong and become a prince.
Seeing this, Kuoduan, the leader of the Mongolian Central Army, couldn't help but became furious, "Stupid! How can Qingqi hit the Iron Buddha Tu head-on? You have to use your speed to go around behind them and hit them with iron bones!"
The Mongols have their own tactics for dealing with heavy cavalry, which is to use heavy cavalry, which is slow and inconvenient to turn, to attack from behind, or light cavalry to fly kites in front, which consumes the horsepower of the heavy cavalry. In short, they will not collide with the heavy cavalry head-on.
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The impact power of the cavalry is related to its own weight. The iron pagoda is a tall horse. Both the cavalry and the war horses are heavily armored, so the impact ability is not comparable to that of the light cavalry.
The Mongols were attacked just now, mainly on the plains. The kidnappers' horses blocked their view. When the kidnappers' horses dispersed, they were unable to react in time and were knocked over by the heavy cavalry.
The Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy losses due to this collision, but the dispersed cavalry quickly regrouped in the distance. After a while, they regrouped and launched another charge.
The Jin cavalry that penetrated the Mongolian army formation gradually stopped. The cavalry pulled the reins of the horses, and Tiefu Tu turned around. Seeing the Mongolian cavalry charging again, Wanyan Chenglin raised his horse high and roared again: "Kill!"
The cavalry of both armies did not take a break and rushed towards each other again.
The Jin Army's cavalry repeated their old tricks. The Kaizi horses that had been scattered on both wings made a detour and returned to the front of the Iron Pagoda. They shot out arrows as they galloped. When they collided, they drew their horses and dispersed left and right again, revealing the Iron Pagoda behind.
This time the Mongols also learned the lesson. They pulled the reins of their horses and split them into two groups, avoiding the front of the Iron Pagoda. They fired arrows from both sides and galloped past.
When the Iron Pagoda passed between them, the Mongolian cavalry immediately made a detour and relied on the speed of the light cavalry to pursue the Iron Pagoda from behind.
When the Jin army dispersed, they saw the Mongolian cavalry chasing the Iron Pagoda from behind. They took out iron bones and other blunt weapons in an attempt to catch up with the Iron Pagoda from behind, and then struck the cans to death from behind.
The Jin army's kidnapping horse immediately pulled its reins and charged straight at the Mongolian light cavalry to rescue the iron pagoda.
The Jin cavalry who arrived at this time were inextricably killed by the five thousand Mongolian cavalry, unable to threaten the broad foot formation.
Seeing this, Kuo Duan turned his attention to Shuanggou Town again and immediately ordered, "Advance the infantry again!"
He gave the order, and another five thousand Mongolian troops stopped. They slowly left the formation and moved towards Shuanggou to suppress it.
Kuo Duan's intention was obvious. It was difficult to annihilate the cavalry in the wilderness, so he decided to defeat Zhao Tai first and then deal with the Jin cavalry.
The war continued. The Mongolian army attacking Shuanggou Town received reinforcements, and the defenders in the town were at a disadvantage again.
As time passed, the battle had already progressed to noon. Rivers of blood had already flowed into Shuanggou Town, and corpses were scattered everywhere.
Although the Mongolian infantry did not capture the town, they tore open several holes, rushed into the streets, and fought bloody battles with the defenders.
The cavalry of the two armies were fighting on the periphery. They were constantly hedging each other. The heavy cavalry of the Jin army was almost exhausted. It relied entirely on the protection of the cavalry horses and was completely at a disadvantage.
Kuo Duan saw this with a proud smile on his face. The battle had lasted for most of the day, and he had no patience to continue, "Zhang Rou, come on, it's time to end the battle!"
Before she finished speaking, Zhang Rou suddenly exclaimed, "No, the north is coming again!"
Chapter completed!