Chapter 443 Intense Fighting
Sawur arrived with his cavalry and attracted the attention of the Qi army.
At this time, Lu Wende looked at the gathered Mongolian cavalry and saw that the cavalry who had arrived earlier retreated to both sides to make way for a passage.
While Lu Wende and others were wondering, a group of nearly a thousand cavalry slowly came out of the passage.
Although it was relatively far away, Lu Wende and others could still clearly see the difference in this cavalry.
"It's the Tatar heavy cavalry!" Lu Wende swallowed his saliva, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
The Qi soldiers in the front row suddenly broke out in a cold sweat when they saw clearly that the cavalry appeared. Both men and horses were wearing armor.
For the Song Army, cavalry was a terrifying existence, let alone heavy cavalry.
For a time, many new Qi troops in the formation began to sweat on their palms, the soldiers began to look around, and the formation began to stir uneasily.
"Straight bitch! What are you afraid of?" Wang Xiu spat on the ground and said to Lu Wende: "The key to this battle is to block the heavy Tatar cavalry. Let your people retreat and ask the Panshi camp to attack with heavy steps.
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Lu Wende had just surrendered, and Wang Xiu had no confidence in his troops. The Qi army had fought against the Mongolian army several times, and had experienced various methods of the Mongolian army. He could resist the impact of the Mongolian heavy cavalry and have a greater chance of winning.
Lu Wende heard Wang Xiu's intention and felt that he looked down on his troops, so he couldn't help but clasped his fists and said: "Command, our soldiers will fight to the death and not retreat!"
Wang Xiu frowned slightly and pondered for a moment, "How did you deal with heavy cavalry before!"
Lu Wende said: "The Song Dynasty had few horses, while the Northern Army had many cavalry. The Iron Buddha of the Jin Kingdom and the Iron Kites of the Western Xia Dynasty are both heavy cavalry."
Wang Xiu nodded. Most of the opponents of the Song Army had heavy cavalry. Presumably, the methods used to deal with the Xixia Iron Kites and Grandpa Yue's method of fighting the Iron Buddha were passed down.
Lu Wende said: "To deal with heavy cavalry, ordinary bows and arrows are useless and difficult to break through the armor. We must use divine arm bows and crossbows, and then form an formation with spears and large shields, leaving enough depth to withstand the impact of heavy cavalry."
Wang Xiu heard this and said in a deep voice: "Okay! I'll hold the line for you from behind!"
Before he finished speaking, the Mongolian heavy cavalry started to move.
The Mongolian cavalry was not far from the beach and could rush to them in the blink of an eye. Wang Xiu immediately shouted: "Quick! Defend! Pay attention to protect the crossbowmen with heavy steps. No matter what, you must block the impact of the enemy cavalry!"
Lu Wende immediately raised his gun, "Brothers! Behind us is the Huaihe River. If we advance or retreat today, Grandpa Yue will protect us! Defend!"
The Qi soldiers in front of the formation swallowed their saliva, tightened their weapons, and formed a dense formation.
At this time, the frightening roar was getting closer and closer. Lu Wende saw the light cavalry retreating in both directions, and the heavy cavalry had already rushed to a distance of 500 steps.
Mongolia is not a single light cavalry, their heavy cavalry is no less than the Iron Pagoda of the Jin Kingdom and the Iron Kites of Xixia.
These cavalrymen were heavily armored, with only the four calves of the horses exposed. The knights did not use Mongolian scimitars, but all long spears.
They leveled their big guns while running and pointed their spear heads forward. The sharp spear heads, combined with the impact of the horses running, could tear apart all enemies in front of them.
Seeing the cavalry getting closer and closer, the divine arm bowmen and crossbowmen in the Qi army's formation had already raised their large crossbows and aimed at the charging enemy cavalry.
The pikemen in the front row saw that the cavalry, both men and horses wearing heavy armor, had rushed towards them, and the sharp spear points were pointed at themselves. Many of them looked panicked.
Facing the overwhelming Mongolian army's heavy cavalry, they moved their feet back unconsciously. One person in the line shrank back, and the people around them also moved back.
Seeing this, Lu Wende roared angrily, "Coward, don't lose the face of the Huaixi people."
"Whoosh!" At this moment, the crossbowmen in the back row finally pulled the crossbow machine, and thousands of sharp arrows roared out.
The spearmen in the front row only felt the strong wind blowing above their heads, and then saw the locust-like crossbow arrows, as if they were thrown out, directly hitting the enemy group.
With such a dense crossbow arrows, the Qi army's spearmen breathed a sigh of relief. Just when they thought the charging cavalry would fall off their horses, the scene in front of them surprised them.
Such dense crossbow arrows were fired at them. The Mongolian cavalry were clearly hit by arrows, and some were even shot into hedgehogs. However, no one fell off their horses. Only a few horses fell forward after being hit by arrows, while the rest continued to charge forward.
In the distance, under the banner of the Mongolian army, Sawur sneered. When the Mongolian army fought with the Jin army, the Jin army lacked arm bows and could not cause damage to heavy cavalry.
In this expedition to the Song Dynasty, the Song army was good at infantry and had a large number of sophisticated equipment, which could pose a threat to heavy cavalry.
Therefore, the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army were all fixed to their horses with ropes. Even if they were shot by the divine arm bow, they would not fall off their horses. The horses would carry the bodies and continue charging.
The Qi army saw that the crossbows had no effect on the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army, and the soldiers were instantly frightened. However, fear was useless at this time. The impact of shaking the earth and the mountains had already hit them.
"Protect Qianhu!" Seeing this, Lu Wenhuan quickly protected Lu Wende.
With a loud "Peng" sound, the Mongolian cavalry crashed into the Qi army's line. It was like a heavy hammer, smashing the general's line open.
Lu Wende was pulled by Lu Wenhuan, and a Mongolian heavy cavalry directly hit the Qi army in front of the formation. The dock stepped on the fallen body and rushed past him.
Seeing this, Lu Wende stabbed out his spear, inserted it into the side of the cavalry, and picked it up hard, but found that it was not moving at all. Only then did he realize that the cavalry was tied to the horse.
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The Mongolian cavalry crashed into the formation, and the Qi troops in the front row suffered heavy losses. The Qi troops in the back row stepped on the tail of the gun barrel and stabbed the gun head diagonally, but were still knocked back.
For a moment, the Qi army's formation was in chaos, and at this time Sawur had already drawn his scimitar and was preparing to attack.
The heavy cavalry came out of a chaotic formation, and the light cavalry or infantry immediately charged and entered the formation to harvest. This was one of the magic weapons for the Mongolian army to win.
In Sawu'er's eyes, he seemed to have seen the scene of Qingqi rushing in, taking the opportunity to massacre, and driving Qi's army down the river.
At this time, he was about to give the order, but suddenly there was a "Peng" cannon sound behind him, the Chuzhou city gate opened, and thousands of Song army infantry came out.
Sawur turned his head to look, and couldn't help but twitching the corner of his mouth, "How dare these barbarians leave the city! Team up, contain them."
A Mongolian general immediately saluted, then pulled the reins of his horse and rushed out, followed by a thousand Mongolian cavalry, rushing towards the Song army in the distance.
Sawur turned his head and looked at the Qi army's formation. It had been knocked into chaos by cavalry, but it was impossible to defeat the Qi army with heavy cavalry alone.
The ground on the river beach is relatively soft, and the Qi army's infantry formation has sufficient depth. The subsequent cavalry must follow up and cooperate with the heavy cavalry to expand the results in order to defeat the Qi army.
"Charge!" Without hesitation, Saul led the remaining cavalry and began to sweep over.
Lu Wende led his subordinates to resist desperately, picked up the fallen military flag from the ground, and raised it again for his subordinates to see.
At this time, Jue Dui could not retreat. Once he retreated, the seven thousand soldiers who came ashore would be driven down the Huaihe River and drowned.
Wang Xiu saw this in the rear formation and shouted: "Don't panic! The sword and ax hand will chop off the horse's legs!"
The Zhongyi Army fought many times with the Mongolian army in the field. When they saw the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army disrupting the front line, the soldiers did not panic.
At this time, Zhongbu from the Panshi camp held his battle ax with both hands and stared at the charging cavalry. However, he was surprised to find that the knight on the horse had his spear drooping feebly and was not aimed at him.
The Qi army stepped forward without hesitation, and at the moment when the heavy cavalry collided, they swung the ax away, and the waistcoat and the horse's legs were directly cut off by the axe.
The war horse neighed violently and fell forward. Qi Jun took a closer look and found that the cavalry on the horse had multiple bloody holes and had been stabbed to death long ago.
At this time, Qi Jun reacted immediately, but before he had time to rejoice, the spear of the cavalry behind him pierced his body, pushing the body and hitting him backwards.
"Kill!" Wang Xiu held a sword in his hand and his voice was like a bell, "Serve the country with loyalty and righteousness! Fight to the death and never retreat!"
The heavy cavalry of the Panshi Battalion formed a dense formation to protect the Chinese army's banner and Wang Xiu, and began to use their bodies to withstand the impact of the heavy cavalry.
Lv Wende was in front, but the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army killed him and had already lost some of his speed. The Panshi camp was behind, close to the river. The heavy cavalry kicked and galloped into a deep pit. The speed dropped and the impact was greatly reduced.
The heavy cavalry broke through the blockade of the swordsmen and crashed into the Rock Camp, which was arrayed against the water. The line was dented, but was forced back.
Wang Xiu immediately ordered, "Two wings, wrap them up."
For a moment, the two wings of Panshi Battalion rushed forward, encircling the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army and fighting.
At this time, Sawur rushed into Lu Wende's army who had no time to restore their formation through the hole opened by the heavy cavalry.
Chapter completed!