356. Song Li confrontation
While the sun had not yet completely set, the Song army soldiers hurriedly dug up the stove next to the river and set up an iron pot.
In this era, marching and fighting often took two meals. They were early and late. When they were hungry, they could only use dry food, that is, dried barley, millet, etc., and eat it with water. The two meals that were formally prepared for cooking were the main meals. Although the food had not improved much, it was finally slightly better than dry food.
Zhao Dongting paid great attention to military food, but at this time, he was helpless.
There is no green vegetables in the army, let alone meat.
Under the burning of war, Guangxi has suffered from the disaster. It is already extremely difficult for Leizhou to supply military rations, so where can we get green vegetables?
It can be said that there was no shortage of food in the Song army, which is very good.
The soldiers didn't look complaining. When cooking, some of them surrounded the iron pot, and some went to the river to fetch water, which was very active.
These days, it’s great to have a stuttering.
Zhao Dongting walked off the dragon chariot and sighed slightly as he saw the fire-headed army distributing food in the army.
It is not easy for the emperor to do it. It is even more difficult for the emperor to start a country and restore the country to make it difficult. It is actually more difficult to get the soldiers to eat delicious food than to win a battle.
Not to mention that in a short period of time, even ten or eight years later, the Song army may not be able to carry meat and green vegetables. This is the limitation of national strength.
These days, Zhao Dongting and the soldiers ate and lived together, and they also ate dry food. They knew how unpalatable this thing was.
But it still smells quite fragrant.
Not long after, the strong smell of fennel floated on the yellow grassland. This can more or less arouse people's appetite.
The imperial guards helped Zhao Dongting and others bring dry food, and even Tulando, who didn't care about the past delicacies, chewed them slowly.
Only when I am hungry do I realize the preciousness of food.
Zhao Dongting was undoubtedly satisfied with Turando's performance and said, "You little kids should eat more to grow."
This made Tulando roll his eyes secretly. How much nutrition can this dry food have?
At this moment, from the Yin side of the mountain range next to the river, more than 10,000 cavalry suddenly rushed towards the place where the Song army camped.
Ten thousand horses rush out from the yin surface of the mountain range, with a huge momentum. The word "Li" is embroidered on the military flag of the pole.
"There are enemy troops! There are enemy troops!"
The cavalry who was on guard immediately started to shout.
Then, a loud trumpet sounded.
The Dali army rushed out of the yin surface of the mountain range at this time, which was undoubtedly extremely unexpected.
This is the ability of the genius Qin Han.
If an ordinary general had never missed a place like a canyon, he would have led his army to ambush on the yin side of the mountain range.
This not only can we avoid the investigation of the Song army, but also, at this time, it was actually the time when the Song army was most relaxed.
Who would have thought that the Dali Army would have a geographical advantage without using it?
War is a trick.
Zhao Dongting couldn't help but be stunned. He held the bowl and looked at the direction where the Dali cavalry rushed.
A smile appeared on Tolando's face.
She hated Zhao Dongting very much, and would rather fall into the hands of the Dali Army than continue to be imprisoned by Zhao Dongting like this.
Moreover, even Zhao Dongting is not sure whether the Dali army will be independent or choose to continue to rely on the Yuan Dynasty.
Tolando never thought that the Dali army would be independent.
Dali Province was just a minister within the territory of their Yuan Dynasty. She thought that if she was rescued by the Dali army, she would be free.
So, after chuckling, she hurriedly got into the dragon chariot.
She didn't want to beheaded by the soldiers outside in a daze.
"Welcome to the enemy!"
Zhao Dongting suddenly fell off the bowls and chopsticks and shouted loudly. Then he ran into the dragon chariot and took out his Zhanlu sword.
The Dali army was unexpected in this battle. They were unprepared and it was very likely that it would be a tough battle. If Monto could not count on it, the outcome of this battle would be unpredictable.
Many Song troops were facing the Dali cavalry, while more were in panic.
In this case, the advantage of numerical power cannot be reflected at all. Moreover, the surrendered soldiers of the Yuan army had no weapons, so they probably had no idea of confronting the Dali army.
Even, there was only a slight panic, and someone had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape from the army and ran away.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty undoubtedly did not care about these surrendered soldiers at this time.
Nearly a thousand Song army cavalry began to fight with the Dali cavalry in just a few minutes.
Yue Peng rode his horse in front and first entered the cavalry formation of Dali Army. His silver spear danced like a dragon, and instantly stabbed several Dali cavalry to the ground.
He shouted loudly, "Kill! Kill!"
The momentum alone can already make many Dali soldiers close to him frightened.
It was only close to a thousand people, and it was obviously unlikely to block so many Dali cavalry. What he wanted was to temporarily block these Dali cavalry and buy time for preparation for the army behind him.
Wen Tianxiang, Xiao Yulin, and Miao Youli were shouting at the soldiers on the spot and organizing defense.
The Song army threw the bowls and chopsticks to the ground and formed a formation.
Zhao Dongting looked at Monto and whispered to Hong Wutian: "Senior, stare at Monto. If he has any abnormal movements, kill him immediately."
What he was most worried about was not the Dali army, but the Monto will lead the soldiers to mutiny.
Although there are not many soldiers of the Song Dynasty under his command, relying on his powerful firearms to fight with the Dali Army, it is at least unpredictable to win or lose.
Hong Wutian nodded slightly.
At this time, many Dali cavalry had already crossed Yue Peng's nearly a thousand cavalry and rushed towards the army behind.
If you want to defeat your troops, you will first disrupt your formation.
Obviously, all the cavalry of the Dali Army would not deal with Yue Peng. After the army passed, only about two thousand Dali Army were left beside Yue Peng's nearly a thousand men.
Next to the mountains, more Dali Army were already seen. There were cavalry and infantry, and they came like a tide.
Su Quandang's Tiangang Army and Zhang Hongwei's Tianji Army are elite soldiers and are the fastest array.
Within a few minutes, thousands of Dali cavalry rushed towards him. The two of them led their soldiers to meet him, but the team was inevitably a little disorganized.
Cavalry and infantry mixed.
The commander in front of the Dali army chuckled, with disdain in his eyes.
He didn't think that these scattered Song troops could withstand the cavalry under his command.
Look at their military formation, how could they resist the impact of the cavalry?
But then, the gunshots.
The commander was stunned.
Just as the gunshots were heard, several knights next to him fell off the horse and turned into rolling gourds.
There are also war horses who were shot and kneeled down on their front hooves, which has a great impact.
If the horse in front falls, it will often implicate the horse in front of the war that is charging later.
At this time, his cavalry was still hundreds of meters away from Su Quandang and Zhang Hongwei's army.
The two soldiers had a total of five or six thousand soldiers, and the Shenlong Gunners occupied the vast majority. This made the Dali Army commander a little doubt whether the charge power of his cavalry could still be exerted. If the cavalry lost its momentum, there would be no advantage over the infantry.
The coach and Mr. Qin have never told him this!
Although he had heard of the powerful firearms in the Song army, he never thought that they would be so powerful and so many.
Seeing the sound of gunfire in the Song army, and the surrounding knights kept falling off their horses, he could only shout: "Run!Run!"
What can he do now if he draws the bow without turning back?
Moreover, at this moment, there was a drum sound in the distance.
This must be the coach who ordered him to continue charging.
If he goes back, he will disobey military orders.
At a distance of hundreds of meters, the cavalry passed by in a flash.
Thousands of war horses hit Su Quandang, and Zhang Hongwei and his two teams broke up in the formation, causing the soldiers in front to collapse in the blink of an eye, making the military formation even more chaotic.
However, the Song army's Shenlong gun also caused a lot of damage to the Dali cavalry.
Su Quan slapped his horse and was about to meet the commander of the Dali Army. Not far away, a cold arrow was already passing through the air.
Archer Zhang Hongwei.
His arrows are perfect, and his accurate head is even more accurate than the Dragon Gun.
Fortunately, the commander of the Dali Army was not a mediocre person. He immediately waved his sword and cut the cold arrow down.
But what he didn't expect was that the cold arrow feather followed immediately, and there was an arrow behind it.
The two arrows are almost connected in a straight line, which is the famous arrows in archery.
He used up his sword style, his eyes suddenly widened, and he had no more effort to block the arrow that followed. He could only try his best to slightly change the trajectory of the big sword.
The blade gently cuts through the arrow body.
This slightly changed the trajectory of the arrow breaking through the air, but failed to block the arrow.
"Um!"
The arrow penetrated directly from the left side of his chest, leaving only half of the arrow shaft, which made him hum in pain.
At this moment, fear couldn't help but come to the heart of the Dali general.
There was such an archery master in the Song army.
He ignored the pain and quickly pulled the horse and did not dare to move forward. The cavalry rushing toward him were successively killed by the Shenlong gun.
The scene was chaotic, and both sides suffered losses, increasing rapidly at an extremely fast speed.
Chapter completed!