Chapter 1189: Bows and arrows rain in the battlefield
Chapter 1189: The bows and arrows are roaring on the battlefield, and the beads are rushing, and thousands of men are invincible
Seeing this Mongolian cavalry team running much faster than before, they were all trying hard to urge the war horses under their crotch, rushing towards this side as if they were desperate.
At this moment, Shen Mo, who was watching the battle down from the top of the mountain, frowned secretly when he saw the formation of these Mongols.
This time, the formation of the Mongolian army 10,000 people rushed up seemed to be more sparse than before. Moreover, everyone held a round shield in the hands of this Mongolian cavalry.
These Mongol round shields are about two feet in diameter. They are all made of willow branches and wrapped in rattan. They look particularly simple, and when they look coldly, they look like the lid of a basket.
But since they used such a formation and shield, these Mongolians must have been ready to fight against those crossbows with extremely lethality.
Shen Mo saw these Mongolian soldiers holding shields in one hand and scimitars in their palms, and a shining sword light shining under the sunlight, as dense as stars shining in the sky!
Then, they quickly approached the death line 400 meters away!
On the Xixia Army, under the order of Li Zhuojue, four thousand crossbowmen once again started a volley of steel-arm crossbows at the Mongolian army in the distance!
After each rain of arrows fell, there were many Mongolians shot to the ground by arrows. However, because the distance was still far and the Mongolian army had shields as a protection this time, there were not many Mongolians killed by crossbow arrows.
Just saw these Mongolian soldiers changing into formations again under the rain of arrows!
They bypassed the barbed wire in front of the Western Xia army, and charged quickly in the rain of arrows with the crossbowman's riding and shooting!
As these Mongolian cavalry advanced, they had already put away their scimitars, but they had their hands replaced with bows and arrows.
Just after they bypassed the barrier made of barbed wire and approached the two wings of the Western Xia army, a rain of arrows broke out in their hands!
Their movements were so fast that they were dazzling!
In addition to holding the bow handle, these Mongolians also held three or four feather arrows.
Every moment they let go of the bowstring, the next arrow hit the bowstring and then shot it out.
As the bow string trembled, a series of feather arrows were like arrow tips chasing the tail, firing outward like beads!
During this rapid rapid fire, each of the Mongolian troops shot four or five arrows into the Xixia army in a blink of an eye, and then drove their horses and galloped backwards!
Just as the Mongols were sacrificing their lives and dyingly shot, Xixia's wings were once again severely damaged!
At the same time, the Mongols rode their horses and their casualties were extremely heavy! Seeing that more than a thousand Mongolians were shot and killed on the road along the way in an instant.
By the time the Mongolian cavalry passed through both sides of the barbed wire, the lethality of the Xixia steel arm crossbow had reached its peak at a distance of more than 100 meters!
Every volley of the crossbowmen caused a large number of Mongolian soldiers to be shot under the horse. But when the Mongolian cavalry were galloping backward, they were still turning around and shooting arrows backward!
The Mongols' charge was like a sharp blade flashing back.
After approaching the Xixia Army Formation and having a rapid rapid fire, their entire 10,000-person team turned around and fled towards their own formation without hesitation!
At this moment,
A flash of light flashed across General Ta Hai's eyes!
He quickly ordered: "The Mongolians' rear formation was shaken and they were preparing to retreat the entire army!"
"Li Zhuojue led 4,000 crossbowmen on the horse, chased and killed him with his tail. There were 30,000 light cavalry each from the left and Ganzhou Roads on the right and the support was carried out on both sides..."
"no!"
Just before General Ta Hai finished his order, Li Zhuojue frowned and immediately expressed his objection.
"These Mongolians were defeated but not in chaos. When they attacked the second time, we killed less than 2,000 people on the other side!"
"If you catch up now, you will inevitably be ambushed by the Mongols!" Li Zhuojue said loudly to Tahai: "General, think twice!"
"Dare you dare to disobey in front of the formation?" After Ta Hai heard Li Zhuojue's words, the old general with white hair and beard looked at Li Zhuojue with anger in his eyes in an instant!
At this time, the two generals of the two routes heard Ta Hai's order and had returned to the town to rectify the army and horses, and began to mobilize the pursuing troops of 30,000 people from each of them!
At this time, I saw far ahead that the 10,000-person team sent by the Mongolians had finally returned to the formation.
This time they returned in disgrace again. While causing major casualties to the Western Xia army, they also left nearly two thousand bodies.
At this time, the Mongolian troops were indeed shaking flags, and the army began to retreat slowly!
At this time, Li Zhuojue saw the angry eyes of the old general Ta Hai at a glance and immediately woke up.
If he really dared to disobey his orders in front of the formation, then Ta Hai would not hesitate now and would order people to kill himself on the battlefield!
Li Zhuojue gritted his teeth and gave up his plan to continue arguing. He then ordered his 4,000 crossbowmen to get on the horse!
The war horses behind the formation were immediately brought over, and the 4,000 crossbowmen jumped onto the horse's back with steel arms and crossbows in their arms. They were waiting for their chief general to issue an order to pursue the Mongolian army in front.
At this time, General Tahai slowly raised his right hand while looking at the retreating Mongolian army in the distance...
...
"Your uncle!"
At this moment, Shen Mo, who was watching the battle on the hill, suddenly swears!
Such a simple trick to cheat and lure the enemy cannot understand. This old man from Tahai is a stick!
Shen Mo looked at the 4,000 crossbowmen who had already gathered and were about to pursue him, and his teeth were almost broken!
Before this, he tried his best to help Xiang Chang'er take office, thus adjusting the strategic focus of the Xixia people. In the middle, he gave the production technology of barbed wire and a large number of steel arm crossbows to the Xixia people for free.
But these big fools in Xixia were going to hand over these things to the Mongolians in a blink of an eye! Shen Mo never expected that he would encounter such a situation!
The Mongols' tactic of fleeing and luring the enemy to pursue the pursuit has been tried and tested in Central Asia and Europe, and almost every time they have helped them achieve brilliant results in decisive battles.
This is the most popular tactic used by the Mongols. The core of this tactic is to pretend to flee and lure the enemy to pursue it. And its essence is speed and suddenness.
Chapter completed!