Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of cannons shook the sky, and heavy iron balls crossed the river and landed far away among the Yuan army's defeated soldiers who were rushing like ants on a hot pan. Blood mud was splashed into the sky, and the terrifying and wailing sounds of tens of thousands of people could still be heard faintly even through the mountains.

The Yuan army fled from Shanghang to Ganzhou, Changting City in Tingzhou was the only way to go. The place name Changting must be on the edge of the Ting River, named after the river. The river and Ganzhou are surrounded by water networks, and many roads are close to rivers, and even many places need boats to cross. As a result, the Yuan army was tragically driven by gunships and boats. The terrain in western Fujian was complex and rugged, and the road was twisted by the mountain. No matter how fast it was, it was not as fast as the boat. As a result, when the defeated soldiers thought they could get rid of the shelling of soul-chasing their lives, the mountains and rivers met again... At the moment when they saw the gunship ship that was as gloomy as a ghost, the Yuan army lost their hearts and cried, and shook away a handful of tears and dragged their tired bodies to death to continue escaping.

Until the third day of the escape, the gunship did not appear again strangely. The Yuan soldiers who were already running almost died all increased their foreheads with their hands, and were glad that they could finally survive. At this time, a river that was not too wide was crossing ahead. This was a north-south tributary that was separated by the east-west Ting River when it left Changting. After crossing this river, you can reach Changting City forty or fifty miles.

However, when more and more Yuan army defeated troops gathered in this place called Mengdong Ferry and collected ships around to prepare to cross the river, it was shocking. A scene of thunder rolling in the sky appeared - the Song army's gunships appeared one by one from the turn of the river on the other side of the river. Looking at the stance, it was a long time since the time...

This was the Song army commander Jiang Fenglie, who used the speed of the cannon boats to seize the front of the Yuan army and occupied the place where the Yuan army must pass through to escape west. The Mengdong Ferry, a tributary of Tingjiang River, crossed the boat to lock the river, changed pursuit to intercepting, and blocked the Yuan army's way for the westward escape.

When the Yuan army was chased by the Longque Army, which was chasing and fiercely attacking, four gunships and eight guns that had been waiting for were already on guard, exchanged iron for blood, and wanted to harvest the lives of the Yuan soldiers, which made the Yuan soldiers rush around, and there was no way out of heaven and no way to the ground.

Half a day later, the main force of the Dragon Que Army infantry also came to chase and approached, attacking the gunships forward and backward, slowly squeezed tens of thousands of defeated troops on a abandoned field within a radius of only ten miles of the south bank, and was at risk of being annihilated at any time.

On a mountain more than ten miles away from the river bank, after three days of exhaustion, Boyan, Suodu, Baijianu and other generals of the Yuan Dynasty saw this sad and powerless scene from afar, and they were all bitter and could not even raise their anger. They were not in the mood to be angry, and they could not protect themselves. The most urgent task at the moment is how they cross the river. If they cross the river, they are alive, and if they cannot pass, they are dead.

At this moment, the remnants of the central army of Boyan, Suodu and others were only 2,000 troops of Hebi Red Army and one of the central army, about more than a thousand. These three thousand remaining soldiers were all cavalry, and they could only run ahead if they had the advantage of speed - of course, not in front of the Song army, but in front of friendly forces.

Since ancient times, the dividing line between life and death on the battlefield is that you don’t need to outperform the enemy, you just need to outperform the friendly forces.

However, compared with the gunships of the Song army, Boyan's remaining troops ran a little slower. When Changting City was far away, Boyan and others found in despair that their escape route had been cut off by the Song army. Fortunately, Boyan and other generals, Lao Yu, even when they were running away, did not forget to release a forward cavalry to inquire. As a result, the cavalry fell into it, which made the main force of the Boyan army wake up in time, avoid the main road, and rushed into the mountains regardless of the dangers of the thorny road, so that they could escape the disaster.

Seeing that the last tens of thousands of soldiers in Jiang'an were cut off, the deep mountains behind him, and the powerful Dragon Bird Army was pressing over to him, the remaining Meng on the top of the mountain, the Han generals had to admit a sad fact that the last tens of thousands of soldiers were probably finished.

In just three days, more than 100,000 soldiers were wiped out!

Until now, many Mongol Generals have not been able to recover from this unprecedented defeat, including commanders like Boyan and Suodu.

During the period of defeat and fleeing, Boyan, Suodu and others often reflected on the reasons for the failure of this battle. Although victory and defeat are common, even if Boyan, who was regarded as the God of War by the Mongols, had never lost battles in his military career, but was relatively few, and it was a matter of early years. Since he led the army to the south, he has almost never been defeated, and there are very few small defeats, let alone such a big defeat! A crushing defeat! A complete defeat!

Why is this happening? Is it because Zhao Lie, Jiang Fenglie has too high control ability and is using troops like a god? Is the Dragon Crow Army too strong and far better than the Mongolian Army? Or is the army and armor are not good, and the food and fodder are not good?

Boyan finally found the answer himself - none of them!

To be fair, whether it is Zhao Lie or Jiang Fenglie in this battle, the battlefield command performance was in moderation, neither amazing nor lacking in standards, and they were basically qualified military commanders. However, that's all. Compared with the changeable and scheming Boyan, he was more than one step away from the scheming and scheming Boyan. He was often passive in strategy. Not only was the Yuan army attacked thousands of miles away from the food route, but even the king was surrounded, almost repeating the mistakes of the siege of Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang Baideng.

As for the army, the Song army has become stronger, but it depends on who to compare with. In terms of individual soldiers' quality, the Mongolian soldiers mainly eat meat must be stronger than the Song army mainly eat vegetarians. In addition, the Mongolian combat power is in an upward stage at this time, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is world-class, and the Song army is really incomparable.

In terms of military, armor, food and fodder, at least in the past few months of fighting with the Song army, it has not dragged the army down at all.

However, the Yuan army, which had such obvious advantages formed by all this, was defeated in tactical ways. Although the Song army was not as good as the Yuan army in all aspects, they had strong force and directly broke through the deadlock with their strength and tore all of Boyan's plans. Compared with the epoch-making tactics and weapons of the Dragon Que Army, the Mongolian Yuan army's tactics were several centuries behind - you know, the Mongolian cavalry tactics swept half of the world at this time!

In the face of the newer and more advanced firearm tactics, bows and horses are destined to fall behind, and they will be beaten if they fall behind - this is true for the Southern Song Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty!

"Before having your own muskets and cannons, you should not fight the Dragon Que Army with more than 100,000 troops." Boyan finally had to come to this conclusion helplessly. This will be the advice that he, the empire prime minister, would come back to the king. At the same time, he would also make suggestions to the Khan, discuss with Song, and work hard to prepare for the battle against the kings of the northern sects, so as not to fall into a dangerous situation of attack on both sides.

Just when Boyan learned of his mistakes and was deeply worried about the future of the empire, Liu Jun, a new army general who was heading to inquire about the road, rushed over, his face was exhausted, bowed to Boyan and Sudu, and said hoarsely: "Prime Minister, Deputy Marshal, the last time he inquired from many places, the Song army's gunships locked the river, and even recruited nearby villagers and boats to patrol the river. Once we found out that we were trying to cross the river, we ordered the boatmen to draw fireworks and flags as a letter, and the gunships came to surround and kill... From here and within dozens of miles upstream and downstream, there was no hope of crossing the river, and we had to think of another way."

Suodu frowned and said, "Can you cross the river from other places if you avoid dozens of miles upstream and downstream?"

Liu Jun shook his head: "No. It's a hundred miles away, only here is the water flowing slowly and there are very few undercurrents, which makes it easier for the army to cross. Otherwise, the water is dangerous and the reefs are everywhere. The Prime Minister's body of a thousand golds is not suitable for risk."

"The river cannot be crossed, and the mountain cannot be swept." Baijia Nu roared in despair, "Can we be killed by Song Gou all living here?"

Liu Jun's face was as dark as earth, and he did not dare to respond. The other Yuan generals looked desperate.

At this time, the general was Wu Jiming, a member of Xia Wanhu, bowed to Boyan and said, "The last general was the governor of Tingzhou for several years, and he had some understanding of this place. Not far from the southwest, there is a bank entrance service, and there is a mine transportation path leading to Ruijin. From this, you can travel more than a hundred miles southwest to Ruijin and get rid of the pursuit of the Song army."

The Baijiazi was excited and shouted, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Wu Jiming said bitterly: "This road is both narrow and dangerous, rugged and difficult to move, it is difficult for infantry and military to pass, and it is even more impossible for cavalry to..."

He didn't continue to say it, but all the generals of the Mongol Yuan understood his unfulfilled intentions and did not dare to speak for a moment. They all looked at Boyan and waited for him to make a decision.

Boyan said decisively: "The whole army abandoned its horses, drove at full speed and headed for Ruijin."

The generals responded with a sudden surprise and dispersed to prepare. Thousands of Mongolian soldiers who received the order held their companions who were fighting in the south and north. Even though they were hard to give up, no one dared to disobey the order.

When leaving the top of the mountain, Boyan pulled his horse back, but saw the fog surging in the river, and saw the Song army's gunships. Further away, Changting City was vaguely visible. However, it was out of reach.
Chapter completed!